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Cape Hunting Dog", or Hyena Dog, of South Africa was also 

 acquired by purchase, and is in excellent condition. 



Captain Thomas Golding, a Corresponding Member of the Zoo- 

 logical Society, who has brought from the far East many rare 

 and valuable animals for the Zoological Park, procured in Sin- 

 gapore and brought safely to New York a fine specimen of the 

 Sumatran Rhinoceros. This animal was kept during the summer 

 in one of the ape cages in the Primates' House, in very small 

 quarters. In view of the period which must elapse before the 

 Antelope House is completed, and the extreme difficulty of keep- 

 ing such an animal in temporary quarters, it was decided to dis- 

 pose of this specimen, and accordingly it was sold in December 

 to Ringling Brothers for exhibition in their menagerie. 



Captain Golding procured in Shanghai a fine specimen of the 

 Manchurian Leopard, w'hich forms a particularly interesting 

 link in the chain of spotted cats now in the Society's possession, 

 which reaches from Paraguay, in South America, to North 

 Africa. The Manchurian Leopard is particularly interesting by 

 reason of the fact that its body is marked by rosettes of a size 

 midway between the large rosettes of the jaguar and the small 

 rosettes or spots of the Indian and African leopards. 



On December 26th the Society had the great good fortune to 

 receive from Hagenbeck, by purchase, two specirfiens of the newly 

 discovered Prejevalski Horse, from Western Mongolia. This 

 animal is particularly interesting by reason of the fact that it is 

 the nearest approach, among wild horses and zebras, to the do- 

 mestic horse of civilization. The two specimens in question are 

 about ten months old, and were born in Hamburg of parents 

 captured in Mongolia by the expedition sent out by Mr. Hagen- 

 beck four years ago. That the Society's future collection of zebras 

 and wild horses should begin with a pair of animals as rare 

 and scientifically interesting as the Prejevalski Horse may surely 

 be regarded as a good omen. The fund for the purchase of these 

 specimens was contributed by Professor Osborn and Messrs. 

 William C. Whitney, Philip Schuyler, and Charles T. Barney. 



Another animal deserving special mention among recently 

 acquired rarities is a fine specimen of the Siberian Ibex from 

 Western Mongolia, now three years of age, and in good condi- 

 tion. A young female specimen of this species, born in the Berlin 

 Zoological Garden, has been engaged, and its arrival here is ex- 

 pected some time during the coming spring. Beside the Siberian 

 Ibex is exhibited a beautiful male Burrhel (Oz'is hurrhel), from 

 the Himalavas, which came to the Park from the London Zoo- 



