54- CHIROMYID-ffi. YELIDJK. 



Family CHIROMYID^E. 



Genus CHIROMYS. 



166. Chiromys madagascariensis (Gm.). The Aye-aye, 

 Hob. Madagascar. 



(See ed. 8, p. 48.) 



a. c? ; & 2 Deposited, June 9, 1883. 



c, Purchased, Oct. 28, 1887. 



Order III. CARNIVORA. 

 Family FELID^E. 



Genus FELIS. 

 a. Species Orbis antiqui. 



167. letis leo, Linn. Lion. 



Hab. Africa and South-western Asia. 



(See ed. 8, p. 48.) 



a. <3 ; b, c. $ . Purchased, April 10, 1883. 



d. cT Born in the Menagerie, June 14, 1884. 



e,f. <5 ; g. . Born in the Menagerie, Dec. 8, 1884. 



h. $ . Deposited, July 4, 1885. 



i,j. d ; &. $ . Born in the Menagerie, Nov. 24, 1885. 



Z. d; w, w. $ . Purchased, July 22, 1886. 



o, p. <$ ; </. $ . Born in the Menagerie, Jan. 27, 1887. 



r. d; 5. $. Presented by Major J. Humfrey, B.S.C., 



E.Z.S., June 20, 1887. From Kathywar, Guzerat, 



India. 

 t. c? ; u. $ , jrs. Presented by H.K.H. the Duke of Clarence 



and Avondale, K.G., June 18, 1890. 

 v. d Deposited by H.M. The Queen, Sept. 15, 1890. From 



Sokoto, West Central Africa. 

 w. $ . Purchased, April 15, 1891. 

 x. $ . Presented by F. Vaughan Kirby, Esq., May 16, 1893. 



From S.E. Africa. 

 y. <*>\ z. $ . Presented by H.H. the Sultan of Zanzibar, 



Sept. 15, 1893. From East Africa. 

 a 1 l\ $ jrs. Presented by Lord Delamere, Sept. 29, 1893. 



From Somaliland. 



