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INDEX. 



Adhela Presented, 115 



Admission to Gardens, Conditions of, 34, 95, 96 



Albert, Prince, becomes President, 103 ; Visits 



Gardens, 105 ; Death of, 126 

 Alice Purchased, 137 ; Accident to her Trunk, 163 

 Alligator, Chinese, Introduced, 184 

 Animals Kept at Tower and Exeter 'Change, 23 ; 



Placard Against Teasing, 57 ; Proposed for 



Introduction, 67 ; List of. Published, 100. 

 AnncUes des Scioices, on Proceedings, 76 ; on 



Transactions, 78 

 Anoa Introduced, 160 

 Ant Bear, Cape, Introduced, 142 

 Ant-eater, Great, Introduced, 113 



, Two-toed, 115 



Aneurysms, 240 



Antelope, Beatrix, Introduced, 117 



, Nagor, Introduced, 184 



, Pleasant, 212 (Note) 



, Saiga, Introduced, 136 



, Selous', Introduced, 183 



, House, Completed, 108, 127 ; Stock in, 128 ; 



its Defects, 231 

 Apteryx, Owen's, Introduced, 142; Southern 



Introduced, 112 

 Aquarium, 107 ; Influence of, 108 

 Aquavivarium (Aquarium] 



Atlienceum, Notice of "Gardens of the Society," 49 

 "Atlantis," Quotation from, 116 (Note) 

 Auckland, Earl, Founder, 103 (Note) 

 Auditor, Professional, Appointed, 245 

 Audubon and his Pictures, 27 

 Auk, Great, 120 

 Aviary, Eastern, Rebuilt, 128. 



, New, or Night-herons' pond, 180 



, Western, commenced, 83 



, completed, 107 



, Canal Bank, 232 



, Owls', 234 



, Southern, 234 



Aye-aye, Introduced, 133 



Babirusa, Introduced, 65 



Band, Military, Proposal to Engage, 66 ; Provided, 

 95 



Bandstand Presented, 160 



Banking Account, Changes in, 245 



Barbary Sheep Yard Made, 202 



Barlow, Rev. J., Appointed Secretary, 25 



Barrow, Mr. John, Accountant, 152 



Bartlett, A. D., Prize-winner, 96 ; Appointed 

 Superintendent, 104 ; on Prongbuck Shedding 

 Horns, 136 ; Report on Jumbo's Condition, 

 185 ; on the Removal of Jumbo, 191 ; on 

 Bovine Hybrids Bred in the Gardens, 197 ; on 

 Sally, 197 ; on the Surinam Toad, 213 : Death 

 of, 200 



Bartlett, Clarence, Sent to Surinam, 138 ; to Cal- 

 cutta, 139; Returns with the King's Indian 

 Collection, 164; Appointed Assistant-Super- 

 intendent, 152 ; Superintendent, 201 ; Retire- 

 ment on Pension, 228 ; Death of, 228 (Note) 



Bear, "Arctic," 57 



, Polar, Den and Bath, 82 ; Escape of, 112 ; 



Death of, from Ruptured Aneurysm, 239 



Beddard, Mr. F. E., Appointed Prosector, 176; 

 Edits " Record," 195 



Bedford, Eighth Duke of. Letter to Yarrell, 67, 



, Duke of, Elected President, 201 



Bell, T,, on the Grison, 5 



Bennett, E. T., Vice-Secretary, 33 ; " Gardens of 

 the Society Delineated," 49 ; Founds Library, 

 52, 59 ; Death of, 53 



Benstead, Mr., Collector, 130 ; his Advertisement, 

 132 



Birds Added to British List by Linnean Zoological 

 Club, 5 



Birds-of-Paradise, Lesser, Introduced, 134 ; King, 

 239 



Bishop's Wig taken by Wandaroo, 29 



Bison, European, Shed for, 83 ; Introduced, 87 



Boa, Cannibal, 215 



"Bonassus," 40 



Bonhote, J. L. , on Sabine's Snipe, 5 ' 



Boulger, Mr. D. C, on Sir Stamford Raffles, 7, 22 



Bower-bird, Silky, Introduced, 89 



Breeding List, First, 68 



Brunei, M. I., on Museum, 74 



Brush-turkeys, Introduced, 89 ; Breed, 116 



Bruton Street, No. 33, taken, 23 ; Museum at, 24 ; 

 Animals at, 28 ; Office, crowded, 74 



Burchell, on the Zebra, 4 



Burdett, Mr. H. C, and the Jumbo Agitation, 

 189, 190 



Burrhel Sheep Yard, 179 



Burton, Decimus, his Plans Approved, 23 ; his 

 Plans Lithographed, 27 ; Literary Gazette on, 

 28 ; Architect to the Society, 43 



Canal Bridge built, 153 



Cape Jumping Hare, Introduced, 211 



Carnivora, Open-air Arrangement for, Suggested, 



108 

 Carp Bred, 40 

 Carshalton Ponds, 15 

 Cattle, White Park, 183 

 Charter Granted, 34 

 Chimpanzee, The First, 59 ; Sally Purchased, 181 ; 



Died, 215 ; East African, 238 ; Schweinfurth's, 



238 

 Chitty, Mr. Justice, Decision in the Jumbo Case, 



190 

 Clerk, Sir George, elected President, 126 ; Death 



of, 126 

 Cobra, King, Feeding on Living Snakes, 216 

 Colin, Virginian, 48 



