4952 Tue ZooLocist—JuNE, 1876. 
As is usually the case, the prevalent disease among the Old-World 
monkeys was tuberculosis of one organ or another; while among 
the New-World monkeys tubercle was far less frequent. 
The ruminant animals, on post-mortem examination, were found 
to be more than ordinarily free from hydatid tumours in the liver ; 
and intestinal parasites were remarkable for their absence in all the 
animals, indicating that their food was carefully selected and 
prepared. 
The Polar bear deposited in the Society’s Gardens by Captain 
Allen Grant, suffered from a large ulcer on its palate, which, no 
doubt, was the cause of its persistently refusing food, and conse- 
quent death. 
The specimen of the king penguin (Aptenodyles Pennantt), 
presented by F. E. Cobb, Esq., on the 18th of May, 1875, died on 
the 11th of August, 1875, from what is so frequently the cause of 
death among these birds, namely, acute inflammation of the walls of 
the interthoracic air-cells, which spread to the pericardium. 
Additions to the Menagerie.—The total number of registered 
additions to the Menagerie in 1875 was 1458, of which 559 were 
acquired by presentation, 557 by purchase, 156 were bred in the 
Gardens, 143 were received on deposit, and 43 obtained in 
exchange. 
Animals Bred in the Gardens.—The following is a list of the 
animals which have been bred in the Gardens of the Society between 
the Ist of January, 1875, and the Ist of January, 1876. When more 
than one specimen has been bred the number is mentioned :— 
a. Mammals.—Two whitefronted lemurs; three collared fruit- 
bats; blotched genet; two coatis; two Cuming’s octodons; four 
hairy-rumped agoutis ; Persian gazelle, male ; eland (Oreus canna) ; 
zebu, male (Bos indicus); three-quarter-breed zebu (between Bos 
indicus, male, and hybrid Bos frontalis, female); Cape buffalo, 
female ; fallow deer; two Wapiti deer; two Molucca deer, male}; 
hog deer; axis deer; Prince Alfred’s deer; Virginian deer; 
Pampas deer, female ; two Reeves’s muntjac; short-tailed muntjac; 
three hairy armadilloes; great kangaroo; red kangaroo; Derbian 
wallaby; two hybrid rat kangaroos (between Hypsiprymnus 
Ogilbyi, female, and H. Gaimardi, male). 
b. Birds.—Four Upland geese; six trumpeter swans; two 
variegated sheldrakes; ten summer ducks; eight Chiloe wigeon ; 
twelve Chilian pintails; eleven Australian wild ducks; nine 
