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peccary (2), African porcupine (1), six-banded armadillo (5), puma (3), 

 Persian cat (8). 



Birds.— Emu (12), gold pheasant (5), silver pheasant (1), cross-bred 

 Keeves's (1), Sonnerat's jungle-fowl (16), American quail (18), bronze- 

 winged pigeon (4), white-crowned pigeon (2), black-swan (12), cereopsis 

 goose (1), Sandwich Island goose (8), Egyptian goose (34), Canada goose (3), 

 Chinese goose (5), summer duck (34), mandarin duck (9). 



The following letter shows how species, then rare, were distri- 

 buted, as well as the influence possessed by Yarrell, even after he 

 resigned the secretaryship : 



Woburn Abbey, July 2, 1838. 



The Duke of Bedford presents his compliments to Mr. Yarrell, and begs 

 to know whether he can spare him a Cereopsis male goose from the 

 Zoological Gardens. 



The Duke of Bedford had his birds originally through the kindness of 

 Lord Derby ; but he is now in want of a male, and knows not where they 

 are to be procured, unless the Zoological Society should have one to spare. 



This is endorsed, but not by Yarrell : " The breeding season 

 is over this year ; if we can spare one next spring we will." 



The only available literature for the Farm is the Report 

 bearing date March, 1832, of which very few copies exist. It is 

 not a very satisfactory document, dealing largely in generalities 

 when details would be welcome. From it, however, one can 

 learn something about the extent of the housing and the char- 

 acter of the stock. There were places for the " roosting, laying, 

 and sitting of poultry," hutches for rabbits, and lofts for fancy 

 pigeons ; covered shed with paddocks, aviaries and pheasantries ; 

 an extensive range of sheds and yards, the former constructed 

 from materials brought from Windsor, used for animals from the 

 Royal menagerie ; ponds with lawns for aquatic fowl, and open 

 sheds for animals at grass. At this time the staff consisted of a 

 Superintendent, a head-keeper, an assistant who looked after the 

 Windsor animals, a keeper for the mammals and one for the 

 birds, two labourers, and a night watchman. Owing to the con- 

 stant exchange of animals between the Park and the Farm the 

 head-keeper at the Gardens occasionally went down to Kingston 

 Hill, and the Committee acknowledged much benefit to both 

 branches of the establishment from his advice and assistance. 



Among the stock were wapiti, red, sambur, axis, Virginian, and 

 fallow deer. Of the last-named, specimens had been " recently 



