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capture. The same evening Captain Hood and Mr. Wickes started with 

 eight elephants to secure the prize, and after a march of sixteen hours to 

 the south of Chittagong they came up to the animal. The elephants at 

 first sight bolted, but were brought back by considerable exertion, and 

 the rhinoceros was made fast to one by a rope. The poor creature roared 

 with fright and a second stampede ensued, in which luckily the rope 

 slipped oft the leg of the rhinoceros, to which it was attached. Ultimately 

 she was secured between two elephants and marched into Chittagong, 

 where she soon got very tame. Eventually she was sent to England. 



This animal was afterwards made the type of a distinct 

 species,"^ and is entered under the name "hairy-eared rhino- 

 ceros" in the Vertebrate List of 1896 (the last published), 

 but it is now regarded as only a well-marked variety of 

 the Sumatran rhinoceros. 



These important additions overshadowed the rest. The 

 crested screamer must, however, be named, for this species 

 bred in the Great Aviary in 1904, which, so far as can be ascer- 

 tained, is the first record in captivity. The Beatrix antelope 

 is also entered as an introduction ; but the a in the Vertebrate 

 List distinguishing this individual is a manifest error for 6, 

 since Gray's type was the animal presented by Captain 

 Shepherd in 1856 (see p. 117). 



Two hippopotamus calves were bom. The first came into 

 the world on January 6, and was at once removed from the 

 mother, which was kept at a safe distance by a well-directed 

 stream of water from a garden-engine. In this dangerous 

 business Bartlett had the help of his son Clarence and the 

 keepers Arthur Thomson (now the Assistant Superintendent) 

 and Michael Prescot. " Placed in a warm room," said Bartlett 

 in his notes, " on a soft bed of hay, and covered with a blanket, 

 it seemed to revive. Two goats supplied it with plenty of 

 warm milk, which it readily sucked from a large feeding 

 bottle in sufficient quantity, which caused me to think that I 

 should be able to save its life." His anticipations, however, 

 were not realised ; the calf died on January 10. 



Soon after this alterations were made in the house, so as 

 to afford ready access to the female in the case of a third calf 



* Proceedings, 1872, pp. 185, 493, pi. xxiii. and p. 790 ; Transactions, ix. 652, 

 pi. xcviii. 



