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many of those which were placed in the Aquarium at an 

 earlier period have reproduced, and thus afford an oppor- 

 tunity of studying these beautiful forms in every stage of 

 their existence. 



The vast number of new species of Vertebrata which 

 have been added to the Menagerie within the last seven 

 years, renders future additions of this kind more and more 

 difficult ; and, on the present occasion, the Council have 

 therefore reason to be satisfied with the following 



List of Vebtebrate Animals exhibited foe the fiest 

 TIME BETWEEN Apbil 29, 1855, AND Afeil 29, 1856. 



MAMMALIA. 



Genet. Genet t a ? 



Genet. Genetta ? 



Flying Fox. Pferopus edxdis. 

 Assyrian Wild Ase. Equug hemippus. 

 True Gazelle. Gazella vera. 

 ^Mountain Hare. Lepus variabilis. 

 Rat-like Capromys. Plagiodonta odium. 



Africa. 



Africa. 



India. 



Syria. 



W. Africa. 



Scotland. 



Jamaica. 



BIRDS. 



W 

 W 



Senegal Owl. Sumia choucou. 

 Lanner Falcon. Falco lanarius. 

 Bulbul. Pycnonotus leucotis. 



Glossy Thrush. Juida ? 



Siberian Jay. Garrulus infausius. 

 Bed-masked Conurus. Conurus rubrilarvatus. 

 Swainson's Thinocorus. Thinocorus Swainsoni. 

 Black and white Swan-Goose. Ameranai melanoleuca. 



Australia. 



W. Africa. 



Syria. 



India ? 



Africa. 



Russia. 



Chili. 



Chih. 



REPTILES. 



Painted Emy 6. Emyg picta. N.America. 



Australian Chelodina. C/ielodijM oblon^a. Austi-alia. 



Cerastes. C. ? n. s. West Africa. 



Snake. Colder ? Unknown. 



