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4, MENAGERIE. 
The number of animals belonging to the first three 
classes of Vertebrates living in the Society’s Menagerie at 
the close of 1874 was 2122. The corresponding number 
on the 3lst of December 1873 was 2187, as will be seen 
by the subjoined Table :— 
a |. December 31. 
| Comparison. 
sve | ayes |e 
Quadrupeds............... 592. | 751 | Iner. 159 
io eg ee a ees 1329 |} . 1248 Decr. 86 
ODEO: =: cweassasenseeees ABO ES Tas Deer. 138 
2187 .| 2122 | Deer. 65 
The sum allowed in the estimates for the ordinary pur- 
chases for the Society’s Menagerie in 1874 was £2000. The 
amount actually spent in this manner, together with carriage 
and keepers’ travelling expenses, was only £1568 2s. 4d. 
Besides this, however, two special acquisitions were made 
—namely, a Sondaic Rhinoceros, at the cost of £800, and 
three Giraffes, for which £700 was paid in cash and £300 
in duplicates from the Sale-list of Animals. 
The young male Sondaic Rhinoceros *, which was pur- 
chased of Messrs. Cross and Jamrach on the 7th of March, 
is believed to be the first animal of this peculiar species 
ever brought alive to Europe, and is of greater interest as 
raising the representatives of the genus Rhinoceros now 
living in the Society’s collection to four in number, 
viz. :— 
1. A male Indian Rhinoceros (R. unicornis), from 
Assam. 
2. A male Sondaic Rhinoceros (R. sondaicus), from 
: Java. 
3. A female Hairy-eared Rhinoceros (R. lasiotis), 
from Chittagong. 
4. A male Two-horned Rhinoceros (R. bicornis), from 
Upper Nubia. 
* See the accompanying lithograph by Mr. Smit, taken from Mr. Wolf's 
drawing of this specimen. 
