250 



INDEX. 



Manatee, Clawless, Introduced, 207 



Medal, Landseer's Design Approved, 66 



, Silver, B'irst Presentc<l, 87 



Medallists, 1851-60, 121; 1861-70, 143; 1871-80, 

 169; 1881-90, 193 ; 1891-1900, 220 ; 1901-4, 242 



Meetings, Business, 27 ; at Burlington House, 144 



Meinertzhagen, Lieut. R., 243 



Members, Fiist Printed List of, 83 



Menagerie Stock, Tabulated Statement of 1831-40, 

 79; 1841-50, 102; 1851-60, 126 ; 1861-70, 148 ; 

 1871-80, 174, 175 ; 1881-90, 199 ; 1891-1900 ; 

 223 ; 1901-4, 246 



Miller, Alexander, Appointed Superintendent, 34 ; 

 Pensioned, 104 



Misselbrook, Benjamin, Pensioned, 176 



Mitchell, D. W., Appointed Secretary, 80; Re- 

 tirement of, 104; his "Tryal Place for 

 Beasts and Fishes," 116 ; Retired, 104 ; 

 Thanks of Council to, 104 ; Appreciation of 

 his Work, 144 



Mitchell, Dr. P. Chalmers, his First Paper, 198 ; 

 Elected Secretary, 229 



Monkey, Brazza's, 207 ; Green, 89 



House, First and Second, 56 ; Present, 129 



L'hoest's, 209 ; Said to Have Destroyed Vouch- 

 ers, 28; Stairs's, 204, 205; Proboscis, 237; 

 Tcheli, Kept in the Open, 202 



Mole Marsupial, 219 



Morrison James, Appointed Treasurer, 47; Re- 

 signed, 61 



Moti, the Pearl, 207 



Murie, Dr., First Prosector, 127 ; Resignation of, 

 127 



Musk Deer Introduced, 147 



Musk-Oxen at Woburn, 221 



Museum, Opened, 24, 25 ; Donors to, 33 ; Museum 

 Contrasted with British Museum, 74 ; Gifts 

 from Government to, 74 ; Darwin on, 75 ; 

 Collections in 1840, 77; Valued by Gould 

 and Westwood, 98; Collections Stored in 

 Dufour's Place, 98 ; Transferred to Gardens, 

 99; closed, and Types Sent to British Museum, 

 123 



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Naples Zoological Station, 170 



North Entrance Opened, 153 



North, now Middle Garden, New Buildings in 

 (1831-1840), 55 



Nubian Giraffe, George the Fourth's, 50 ; Painted 

 by II. B. Davis, 30 ; Bifoliate Tooth Described 

 by Davis, 30 ; Roughly Treated by the Arabs, 

 80 ; Skin and Skeleton Offered to Society, 45 ; 

 Skinned by Gould, 46 ; Preserved in the 

 Museum, 46; Bought by Crisp, Preface, p.viii; 

 Note on, 64 



Occurrence Sheet, First, 31 



Ogilby, Resigns Secretaryship, 80 



Okapi, 220, 243 



Okapia, 243 



Orang, Swinton's Spirit Specimen, 46 ; First 



Living Specimen, 46; First Exhibited, 65; 



Jenny, 85 

 Orangs sent by Rajah Brooke, 83 

 Orders abolished, 96 

 Ostrich, the Queen's, 205 



House Built and Opened, 203 



Owen, Mr. (afterwards Sir) Richard, First Paper, 



48 ; Order Signed by, 70 ; Unpaid Prosector, 

 77 (Note); Injures His Hand in Securing 

 Elephant's Bram, 88 ; on Obaysch, 91 ; Ridea 

 on Tortoise, 94 ; In Favour of " Open-air " 

 System for Animals, 206 



Oxford, Bishop of. Attack on Huxley, 127 



Owls' Aviaries, Old, 153 ; New, 234 



Pall Mall, No. 57, Taken, 98 



Park;Street, Stable for.Tender Animals in, 32 



Parrot-house, 106 



Pathologist Appointed, 235 



Pathology, Comparative, and the Pathological 



Society, 194 

 Penguin, King, Introduced, 187 

 Penguins, Boiled Down for Oil, 142 

 Pelicans, Nesting at the Tower, 58 ; Breeding at 



Rotterdam, 58 (Note) 

 Pheasant, Amherst, Introduced, 142; Argus, 



Introduced, 65 ; Fireback, Introduced, 65 ; 



Hybrids, 68 

 Pheasants, Indian, Introduced, 118 

 Pheasantries in South Garden, 83 

 Pheasantry, Broken Down by Snow, 139 



, Northern, 204 ; Stocked and Opened, 281 



Pigeon, Tooth-billed, Introduced, 135 

 Pocock, Mr. R. I., his First Paper, 198; Ap- 

 pointed Resident Superintendent, 236 

 Poulton, Prof. E. B., Paper on Protective 



Coloration in Insects, 198 

 Poultry, Encouragement of Best Breeds, 66 ; 



Experiments with, 71 ; First Show, 96 ; Last, 



193 

 Pratincoles, Breeding of, 214 

 Prince of Wales Visits the Gardens, 217 ; becomes 



Vice-Patron, 224 

 Prjevalsky's Horse, 237 

 Proceedings, 1830, 48 ; 1831-1840, 78 ; 1841-1850, 



100 ; 1851-1860, 123 ; 1861-1870, 145 ; 1871- 



1880, 171 ; 1881-1890, 196 ; 1891-1900, 220 ; 



1901-1904, 244 

 Promenades, 95 



Prongbuck, Introduction of, 136 

 Prosector, Office of. Created, 127 

 Prosectorial Committee, 235 

 Prosectorium Enlarged, 194 ; Changes in, 235 

 Prospectus and Report to be drawn up, 18 

 Provision Table First Issued, 193 

 Publications, Subscription to, 145 ; Economies in 



Production of, 245 

 Pycraft, W. P., on Sabine's Snipe, 5 

 Python, Incubating, at the Tower, 58 ; at 



Gardens, 135 

 Python, Reticulated, Large, 216 



QuAGQA, 56 ; Second, 111 ; the Tring Specimen, 



111 ; Grey's, 119 

 Quinarian System, 33 



Raffles, Lady, on Sir Stamford's Suggestion to 

 Davy, 7 ; Elected Honorary Member, 27 : 

 Presents Suraatran Collection, 27 



Raffles, Rev. R. Blanchard, 22 



Raffles, Sir Stamford, Visits England in 1816, 6 ; 

 Supposed Discussion with Sir Joseph Banks, 



