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there by the Council of the Society for the purpose of obtaining living 

 specimens of it. 



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 12lh 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. Pend- 

 ing ihe completion of the new house for rhinoceroses and ele])hants, 

 now in process of erection, this rhinoceros is temporarily lodged in the 

 giraffe-house. 



Two specimens of the dotled-jawed caymen {Jacare piinctulata), 

 obtained in the island of Tobago, and presented to the Society by 

 Capt. Spicer, of the ship 'Mary,' on the 18lh September. 



A Pampas cat {Fells pnjeros) from La Plata, being a beautifully 

 marked species quite new to the Society's collection. 



Two black-billed shealh-bills (Chionis minor, Hartl.) from the Cro- 

 zelte Islands, presented by E. L. Layard, Esq., F.Z.S., on the 26lh of 

 October. 



A fine specimen of the aard-wolf of the Cape of Good Hope 

 {Proieles TMlnndii), purchased by the Society, October 26tli, of Capt. 

 W. R. Dixon, of the Caj)e 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 purchase? for the 

 Society's Menagerie in 1867 was £2000. The amount actually spent 

 in this manner, together with carriage and keeper's travelling expenses, 

 was £2099 9.f. lOrf. Besides this, however, special expenses con- 

 nected with the increase of the Menagerie, amounting altogether to 

 £6.32 8.9. 1 If^, were incurred under the following circumstances: — 



The young male sea-lion {Otaria juhdta) acquired by the Society 

 in 1866, having proved to be an animal of no ordinary interest both to 

 scientific observers and to the public, the Council, as already an- 

 nounced to the Society in their Report of the year 1867, made 

 arrangements to obtain another individual of the same species to re- 

 place it. To this end they desjiatched to the Falkland Islands, in 

 June, 1867, the keeper Frangois Lecouile, with instructions to eudea- 



