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mal, with two others, was born dead at the Gardens about a month 
since. The cubs were all well-formed, and healthy apparently in every 
part except the thyroid gland, which was about twenty times its 
natural size; and Dr. Crisp believed that death was occasioned by 
pressure upon the recurrent laryngeal nerves at the time of birth. 
The most singular and remarkable circumstance connected with this 
enlargement of the thyroid gland was the fact that two lionesses 
whelped on the same day : one had two cubs, and the other one, and 
the thyroid in all these cubs was equally enlarged ; and the same 
lesion had occurred before, although formerly the most common de- 
fect was a malformed palate. 
Dr. Crisp said that up to the present time no Lion had been 
reared at the Gardens, although at Wombwell’s and other private 
menageries a great number attained the adult state. He thought 
that after the lioness had access to the male she should be entirely 
secluded from the public gaze, and placed in a suitable den which 
did not communicate directly with the external air. 
Dr. Crisp likewise exhibited an ear of barley, which, with many 
others, was produced by cutting down oats three times just before 
they came into ear. The experiment was performed by Mr. Kersy 
Cooper, of Euston, Suffolk. Although not a zoological specimen, 
Dr. Crisp thought that it had a most important bearing upon zoo- 
logy, and especially upon the origin of species; and on this account 
he brought the matter before the Society. 
Mr. Fraser, having visited several Zoological Gardens within the 
last month, read the following list of specialities which he had ob- 
served in them. 
Tue JARDIN DES PLANTES, Paris. 
Elephas africanus, Cuv. Two | Vultur occipitalis, Burch. 
very small. Ramphocelus brasilius (Linn.). 
Gazella subgutturosa, Gild. Cassicus persicus (Linn.). 
White-faced. Garrulus cervicalis. From Al- 
arabica, Kemp. geria. 
Gypaétus barbatus (Linn.). Siredon humboldtii. 
Vultur auricularis (Daud.). 
JarpDIN ZoOLOGIQUE D’ACCLIMATATION, Paris. 
Ovis tragelaphus, Linn. Euplocamus prelatus, Bonap. 
Ovis Yemen Sheep. Francolinus perlatus (Gmel.). 
Damalis albifrons (Burch.). Siam. 
- Catoblepas gnu (Gmel.). Coturnix coromandelica (Gmel.). 
Macropus major, Shaw. Crax albertii, Fraser. 
Cacatue ducorpsii, Homb. et | Casarca rutila (Pall.). 
Jacq. tadornoides, Jard. et Selb. 
Phasianus semmeringii, Temm. | Siredon pisciformis. Mexico. 
Ceriornis temminchit (Gray). 
