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liberty there, kept her health very well. She has grown 
considerably since she was first sent down to me.” 
18. A specimen of the Large White Crane of Upper 
India (Grus leucoyeranos), presented by the Babu Rajendra 
Mullick, of Calcutta, C.M.Z.S., August 14th. 
19. A young female Sea-Lion (Otaria jubata), from the 
Falkland Islands, received August 24th. 
This individual was the only survivor of eight examples 
of this animal captured in various spots on the coast of the 
Falklands by Adolphe Alexandre Lecomte, the Society’s 
keeper, who was sent out there by the Council of the 
Society for the purpose of obtaining living specimens of it. 
20. A young male African Two-horned Rhinoceros 
(Rhinoceros bicornis), purchased September 11th. This 
animal, which is believed to be the first individual of the 
species which had reached Europe alive since the days 
of the Romans, was purchased for the Society of Mr. 
Carl Hagenbeck, the well-known dealer of Hamburgh. 
It was originally captured, on the 12th of February 1868, 
by the Arabs of the Beni-Ammer tribe, in the vicinity 
of Casala, in Upper Nubia, and was sold by them to Herr 
Casanova, an enterprising traveller of Vienna. Pending 
the completion of the new house for Rhinoceroses and 
Elephants, now in process of erection, this Rhinoceros is 
temporarily lodged in the Giraffe-house. 
21. Two specimens of the Dotted-jawed Cayman (Jacare 
punctulata), obtained in the Island of Tobago and presented 
to the Society by Capt. Spicer, of the ship ‘ Mary,’ on the 
18th of September. 
22. A Pampas Cat (Felis pajeros) from La Plata, being 
a beautifully marked species quite new to the Society’s 
collection. 
23. Two Black-billed Sheath-bills ( Chionis minor, Hartl.) 
from the Crozette Islands, presented by E. L. Layard, Esq., 
F.Z.S., on the 26th of October. 
24, A fine specimen of the Aard-Wolf of the Cape of 
Good Hope (Proteles lalandii), purchased by the Society, 
October 26th, of Capt. W. R. Dixon, of the Cape Mail 
Company’s service, and believed to be the first example of 
this rare mammal ever brought to Europe alive. 
The sum allowed in the estimates for the ordinary pur- 
chases for the Society’s Menagerie in 1867 was £2000. 
The amount actually spent in this manner, together with 
carriage and keepers’ travelling expenses was £2099 9s. 10d. 
