THE LION-TIGER. Ay 
- Second is in the British Museum. Sir William Jardine remarks 
that ‘‘the colour was brighter than that of the Lion, and the 
bands were better marked than they generally are in the young 
of the true breed.” Indeed, from his figure, the animal has 
more the appearance of a Tiger than of a Lion. Writing of 
the cubs of the first litter in the “Library of Entertaining Know- 
ledge,” where one of them was figured, Griffith observes that 
“our mules, in common with ordinary Lions, were born with- 
out any traces of a mane, or of a tuft at the end of the tail. 
Their fur in general was rather woolly; the external ear was 
pendant towards the extremity ; the nails were constantly out, 
and not cased in the sheath, and in these particulars they 
agreed with the common cubs of Lions. Their colour was 
dirty yellow or blanket-colour; but from the nose over the 
head, along the back and upper side of the tail, the colour was 
much darker, and on these parts the transverse stripes were 
stronger, and the forehead was covered with obscure spots, 
slighter indications of which also appeared on other parts of 
the body. ‘The shape of the head, as appears by the figures, is 
assimilated to that of the father (the Lion); the superficies of 
the body on the other hand is like that of the Tigress.” 
Fourth Litter—Born October 2nd, 1828, at Windsor; one 
male and two females. 
Fifth Litter— Born May, 1831, at Kensington, three cubs; 
sexes not recorded. They were shown to the Queen, then 
Princess Victoria, and to the Duchess of Kent. The whole 
group performed in a specially constructed cage at Astley’s 
Amphitheatre, and in 1832 were taken by Mr. Atkins for a 
tour in Ireland. 
Sixth Litter.—Born July roth, 1833, at the Zoological Gardens, 
Liverpool ; one male and two females. One, the male, lived 
for ten years in the Gardens. The young male Lion-Tigers 
