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The fine female example of the Kiang of Thibet, pro- 

 bably the true Equus hemionus of Pallas, was brought to 

 England for the Society by the exertions of Major W. E. 

 Hay, F.Z.S., and forms a handsome addition to the group 

 of Equidce, the members of which are now arranged side 

 by side in the New Zebra- and Antelope-house. The So- 

 ciety were already in possession of examples of the Gur- 

 khur or Wild Ass of Cutch, and of the Persian and Syrian 

 varieties of the Hemippe [Equus hemippus), as also of the 

 Burchell's Zebra and Quagga of Southern Africa. Two 

 species only, namely the Common Zebra and the Abyssi- 

 nian Wild Ass, are now wanted to make a perfect series of 

 all the EquidcB known to exist in a state of nature. With 

 the kind assistance of His Excellency Sir George Grey in 

 South Africa, and Consul Petherick in Eastern Africa, it is 

 hoped that these deficiencies may be shortly supplied. 



The Gigantic Salamander of Japan {Sieboldia maxima) 

 and the extraordinary Shoe-bird of the White Nile [Balce- 

 niceps rex) are two of the most singular types in their re- 

 spective classes which have been added to the Society's 

 Menagerie for many years. The Salamander was pre- 

 viously existing in several of the Continental collections, 

 but the Balceniceps has never before been brought alive to 

 Europe. The interest excited by the arrival of these ani- 

 mals has caused a large increase in the number of visitors 

 to the Society's Gardens during the past month. 



List of Donors and Donations to the Menagerie. 



Her Majesty the Queen. An African Leopard. 

 The Viscount Hill. Tivo Barhary Deer. 



A Crowned Crane. 

 Sir George Grey, K.C.B., F.Z.S. 



An Egijptian Goose. 



A Muntjac Deer. 



An Ibis. 



Two Springboks. 



Two Ostriches {young). 

 Sir S. Morton Peto, Bart., M.P. 



A Badger. 

 His Excellency Zulfucar Pacha. 



A Striped Hycena. 

 Sir David Baird, Bart. A Paradoxure. 



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