The Zoologist — August, 1869. 1775 



The tusks of the male weigh seventy-five pounds, and each is four 

 feel four inches long, and sixteen inches girlh round the thickest part : 

 they can be seen now at my house. 



R. Thompson. 

 Forest Lodge, Nynee Tal, July 31, 1867. 



Ex'tracts from the Report of the Council of the Zoological Society^ 



rend April 29, 1869. 



It seems desirable to reprint in the 'Zoologist' those portions of 

 the Zoological Society's Report which have especial reference to the 

 state of the collection, while the statistics of income, expenditure and 

 attendance are of less general interest. 



The number of visitors to the Gardens during 1868 has been 

 573,186, being an increase of 16,972 over last year. 



The number of animals living in the Society's Menagerie has not 

 varied greatly since the issue of the last report. The following are 

 the corresponding numbers at the close of the last four years : — 

 Quadrupeds, in 1865, four hundred and ninety; in 1866, five hun- 

 dred and thirty-five ; in 1867, five hundred and thirty-one ; in 1868, 

 six hundred and sixteen. Birds, in 1865, one thousand three hun- 

 dred and sixty-five; in 1866, one thousand three hundred and five; 

 in 1867, one thousand three hundred and twenty ; in 1868, one thou- 

 sand two hundred and twenty. Reptiles, in 1865, one hundred and 

 one; in 1866, one hundred and seventy-three; in 1867, one hundred 

 and fifty-nine ; in 1868, one hundred and thirty-four. There have, 

 however, been some very remarkable additions to the collection 

 during the year 1868, as the following list of the principal novelties 

 will show : — 



A young caiman from Paraguay, presented by George Wilks, 

 Esq., February 4th. This specimen was determined by Dr. Gray 

 as belonging to his species Jacare longiscutata, and was of interest 

 as indicating the true patria of this rare species. 



A smooth-headed capuchin monkey {Cebus monachus, F. Cuv.), 

 remarkable for its large head covered with short recumbent hairs, very 

 different from those of the Cehi ordinarily seen in the Society's Mena- 

 gerie, where this species is believed to have never been exhibited 



