THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 33 



The opening of the Garden caused some excitement. In the 

 Swainson Correspondence, now in the possession of the Linnean 

 Society, there is a letter, dated December 1, from Barron Field, 

 Advocate-Fiscal of Ceylon, afterwards Judge of the Supreme 

 Court of New South Wales, and Corresponding Member of the 

 Society, in which Yigors's share in the work is thus referred to : 



It must be very gratifying to see the March of Zoology in England. 

 The popularity of the science is greatly indebted to Vigors and his lucky 

 hit of the Regent's Park Menagerie. 



Dr. Horsfield resigned the Vice-Secretaryship, and was suc- 

 ceeded in that office by Mr. E. T. Bennett ; and John Gould's 

 connection with the Society began this year by his appointment 

 as Curator and Preserver to the Museum, now so well stocked as 

 to warrant the issue of a catalogue of the mammalia. This was 

 arranged on the Quinarian system, a fact not to be wondered at 

 considering the important part Vigors played in the early history 

 of the Society."^ There were 450 specimens, the bulk of them 

 belonging to the Rafflesian collection, but Captain Parry, Captain 

 (afterwards Sir John) Franklin, and Dr. (afterwards Sir John) 

 Richardson were also donors. In the Museum were exhibited 

 the panda or bear cat, discovered by General Hardwicke ; 

 the fennec or long-eared fox, which effectually vindicated the 

 accuracy of Bruce, that had been impugned by some French 

 naturalists ; and the clouded tiger, made known to science by 

 Sir Stamford Raffles, the specimen he had brought alive to 

 England, which was exhibited at Exeter 'Change. 



The first printed list of Members was issued in January, 1829, 

 and contains the names of 1,294 Ordinary, 8 Honorary, and 37 

 Corresponding Members. In his Jubilee Address Sir William 

 Flower referred to it as interesting from the number of names it 

 includes of persons eminent in science, art, literature, or social 

 life. '* Indeed," he said, " there were not many people of distinc- 

 tion in the country at that time who are not to be found in it." 



This year saw the first publication of the Council's Report, 

 on the occasion of the Anniversary Meeting on April 29. It 



* An interesting account of the Quinarian system and the men who advocated 

 it will be found in the Introduction to Professor Newton's "Dictionary of Birds," 

 pp. 32-35. 

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