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the Zoological Society liave been enabled to make for 

 the current year. They state that they have already 

 received advice of collections of various importance, 

 which are in progress of formation, or already shipped 

 from : — 



Singapore — ^by Capt. the Hon. H. Keppel, RN. 

 Ceylon— by A. Grant, Esq. M.D., and A. Grace, Esq. 

 Deputy Queen's Advocate. 



Bombay — ^by Alexander Elphinston, Esq., and A. 

 Shaw, Esq. H.E.I.C. Civ. S. 



Whydah — ^by J. Duncan, Esq. H.B.M. Yice-Consul. 

 Sta. Lucia — by Lieutenant Tyler, KE. 

 South Carolina — by J. Davis, Esq. M.D. 

 As long as the president and council do their duty in 

 this way, and consider the instruction and amusement of 

 thousands, as they have done, by lowering the price of 

 admission on Mondays to sixpence, they will receive the 

 support of the public ; and they deserve it. 



Of the African form of rhinoceros, three species — Rhi- 

 noceros hicornis, Rhinoceros keitloa, and Rhinoceros 

 simus — are preserved in the well-arranged zoological 

 collection of the British Museum, which owes so much 

 to the energetic care of Mr. Gray ; nor do we despair of 

 seeing some, if not all, of these great pachyderms in life 

 and health in the Eegent's Park. Last year the Asiatic 

 rhinoceros (Rhinoceros Indiciis) died there, after a 

 healthy existence of fifteen years in the Garden. The 

 cause of death, apparently, was inflammation of the 

 lungs, — a disease which, assisted by the damp and foggy 

 atmosphere arising from the un drained clay soil, carries 

 off so many of the animals confined there. When will 

 the Government take in hand the long-promised work of 

 draining that park ? All ye dwellers in that captivating, 

 }yy)X — during certain months, when moisture is most pre- 

 valent — dangerous locality, read the well-written and 

 well-considered report of Mr. Donaldson. The com- 



