THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 237 



King presented the animals to the Society. The collection 

 was much smaller than that formerly kept there ; it consisted 



of: 



2 Spanish cattle. 



2 Somali ostriches. 

 1 American bison ((^).^ 



3 Zebus. 

 3 St. Kilda sheep. 



1 Black-faced kangaroo. 



1 Yellow-footed rock kangaroo. 



1 Grevy zebra ( $ ). 



3 Nubian goats. 



Early in June His Majesty visited the Gardens, and conferred 

 the Victorian Medal on the Superintendent. 



Prjevalsky's horse came to the Gardens early in 1902, a 

 pair being received in exchange and another pair on deposit.f 

 These animals are of great scientific interest, as belonging to 

 a truly wild species ; but they had little attraction for the 

 general public. A large herd was obtained by Mr. Hagenbeck's 

 collectors near Kobdo, in Western Mongolia, the young ones 

 being taken in nooses on the end of long sticks by mounted 

 Mongols, and then fostered by common mares which had been 

 deprived of their own young. An immature proboscis monkey 

 was purchased soon after the ape house was opened, but its 

 life was short in captivity ; and a new guenon, Delme-RadclifFe's 

 monkey, was received, and described by Dr. Sclater.J The 

 King presented an equine hybrid, bred between a male Burchell 

 and a pony mare, that came into the British lines at the end 

 of the South African war. It was sent home in the hope that 

 Her Majesty might use it. Among the more noticeable birds 

 were the spotted cassowary, the pheasant- tailed ja^ana, the 

 racket-tailed parrot, the Galapagan barn owl, the stork-billed 

 kingfisher, the grey teal, and the wall-creeper ; and the reptiles 

 new to the collection included the strange scale-footed lizard, 

 the fringed gecko, and the Southern or dwarf anaconda, which 

 has since bred. 



The King deposited in the Gardens two Gravy's zebras ( ? ? ), 

 sent as a Coronation gift by the Emperor Menelek. Three 

 American bison, from the Woburn herd, were presented by 

 the President; and two giraffes, for which the Society was 



* Fell dead during the operation of boxing. 



+ The horses in the Duke of Bedford's collection at Wobura have bred 

 twice. The herd was brought there in 1901, and then consisted of twelve (6 <J 

 and 7 9). 



+ Proceedings J 1902, i. 237, pi. xxv. 



