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Birds. 



1 Grey- winged Blackbird I 2 Hill Francolins 



2 Wedge-tailed Pigeons I 4 Chukar Partridges 

 5 Domestic Pigeons 15 Impeyau Pheasants 



8 Surah Doves 

 1 Black Francolin 



21 Cheer Pheasants 

 2 Pucras Pheasants 



4 White-crested Kalij 

 3 Bankiva Jungle Fowl 



10 Horned Tragopans 



5 Indian Peafowl 

 3 Ostriches 



With the exception of the two young elephants, Suffa 

 Ciilli ( $ ) and Jung Pershad {$), which came up by road, 

 the animals were brought by train from Portsmouth. Unfor- 

 tunately, a Cashmere deer was lost on the journey, and the 

 carcase was found on the line about a mile from the starting 

 place. The tarpaulin covering of an open box had been 

 unfastened — it is supposed, by some person wishing to look at 

 the animal — and the deer, alarmed by the flapping, jumped 

 out and broke its neck on the line. 



The animals were exhibited for some months in a reception 

 tent on the waste ground near the reptile house, and were in- 

 spected by Queen Victoria, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and 

 other members of the Royal Family. The hunting trophies, 

 among which were sixteen tiger skins, were displayed in the 

 lecture-room, and shown to the public, early in 1877. Two 

 tigers, two leopards, an elephant (SufFa Culli, still living in the 

 Gardens), two antelopes, and two tragopans were presented to 

 the Society by the Prince. Jung Pershad remained in the 

 elephant house, on deposit, till its death in 1896. It is needless 

 to say that the collection was a very great attraction, and the 

 number of visitors made 1876 the record year. 



The other elephants, Omar and Rostom, remained at 

 Regent's Park till 1882, when they were presented to the 

 Zoological Garden at Berlin. On Easter Tuesday, 1879, the 

 latter upset and trod on a keeper, who had been in the service 

 of the Society nearly fifty years. At the inquest there was 

 some suggestion that the elephant knelt on the man,"^ but 

 this "was not made quite clear." Bartlett "thought it was 

 possible that some mischievous person or persons had touched 

 the elephant from behind with a stick or umbrella, causing the 

 elephant to suddenly step forward and upset Goss, but there 



* Land and Water, May 17, 1879. 



