104 MR. A. D. BARTLETT ON THE BIRTH OF [Jail. 21, 



of 2| inches, divides into the right and left common carotids. This 

 disposition is very much like that of the Llama as drawn by Prof. 

 Owen. The thickness of the ventricular septum is 1| inch. 



The lungs are extremely simple, coniform, and undivided, except 

 at their apices, where, as in mauy animals, they send down small 

 lobes which overlap the auricles of the heart. They are nearly equal 

 in size, being 25 inches long by 15 deep and 5 broad. They weigh 

 each 9| 1D - (uncongested). 



The uterus is two-horned. The corpus uteri is 3£ inches long by 

 2\ inches broad ; the- cornua are 1 65 inches, by 2 inches broad ; they 

 are both very distinctly longitudinally plicated. The os uteri is much 

 folded, and the orifice is quite small ; from it to the orifice of the 

 urethra is 12 inches. The vagina is lined with a squamous epithe- 

 lium, and it presents a few transverse folds about «S inches apart. Its 

 circumference in the middle is 1 5 inches, at its orifice 9 inches. The 

 urethra is 2 inches long, and admits two fingers. 



The length of the elongate fringed orifices of the Fallopian tubes 

 is 5 inches. 



The clitoris and vulva are similar to those of the Indian species. 



3. On the Birth of a Sumatran Rhinoceros. 

 By A. D. Bartlett, Superintendent of the Society's Gardens. 



[.Received January 7, 1873.] 

 (Plate XI.) 



The steamship ' Orchis ' arrived at the Victoria Docks from Singa- 

 pore on December 7, 1 8/2, having on board an adult female Sumatran 

 Rhinoceros {Rhinoceros sumatrensis) . About 7 o'clock in the evening 

 of that day the keeper was surprised to hear a feeble squeaking voice 

 proceeding from the den containing the Rhinoceros. He was soon 

 made aware of the cause of this small voice ; for upon examining the 

 den he found the beast had produced a young one, which was still fixed 

 or attached by the umbilical cord ; and while looking at it he di- 

 stinctly saw the mother turn her head towards the young one and with 

 her teeth bite or sever the connecting band. He found also that the 

 mother, who had been always rather savage, appeared quite quiet and, 

 as he called it, perfectly tamed ; she allowed him to enter her den 

 and milk her, and afterwards place the young one in a position that 

 enabled it to suck. Having carefully closed the canvas all round 

 and over the den, he left, thinking that rest and quietness would 

 perhaps be desirable for the then tired and exhausted mother. 



It appears, however, that the little Rhinoceros was not inclined to 

 be shut up in the den, and was found soon afterwards walking about 

 in the dark and rain on the deck of the ship. The cold and wet had 

 produced the effect of almost depriving it of the use of its limbs ; it 

 was soon restored by being rubbed all over and placed in warm blan- 

 kets. On the following morning I found the mother and young one 

 on board the ship and about to be landed. I advised having the 



