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ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 



[June 11, 



with the enormous development of skin, and the regular arrange- 

 ment of the wrinkles, the large and pendulous ears, the drooping 

 muzzle, together with its intelligent eye, give this animal a dog-like 

 appearance ; in fact, the frequency of the remark made by persons 

 seeing these animals for the first time confirms this opinion. 



Apart, however, from this, the whole structure of this animal is 

 well worthy of consideration : the sides of the rump, and also from 

 the top of the shoulders downwards, are thick folds of skin, which 

 are much harder on those parts than elsewhere, and hang about in the 

 same position and manner as the plates on the same parts of the 

 Indian Rhinoceros. 



Having placed with the male of this animal two or three young 

 sows of the Berkshire breed, I have succeeded in obtaining a mixed 

 race. These half-bred pigs very closely resemble the male, being 

 black with white feet, and exhibit the wrinkles on the face, but in a 

 less degree. 



In what way our domestic breed of pigs has been produced 

 it is difficult to imagine. It is, however, very remarkable that in 

 the Wild Boar of Europe, Africa, and Asia the young are always 

 striped at birth, and in no instance is this marked character found 

 in any of our domestic breeds ; but the colour and markings that 

 appear at birth continue during life unaltered. Not so with the 

 wild species, whose young, although striped at first, gradually lose 

 these markings as they grow to maturity. 



The skeleton of this animal has not, at present, been examined. I 

 can say, however, that the form of the skull is strikingly different 

 from that of any of the species of Sus that I have seen. 



The following hst of additions made to the Menagerie during the 

 month of May was read to the Meeting : — 



1 Secretary Bird 



1 Ocelot 



1 Axis Deer 



1 Cross-bred Cashmere Goat 



1 Ichneumon 



1 Pinche Monkey 



1 Chinese Sand Grouse... 



1 Nightingale 



2 Canadian Geese 



7 Young Kingfishers 



1 Common Buzzard 



1 Zebra 



1 Koodoo 



1 Blesbok 



I Grysbok 



1 Rehbok 



1^ Steinbok 



1 Blaubok 



4 Cape Ilyrax 



Serpentarius reptilivorus 



Felis pardalis 



Cervus axis 



Capra hircics, var 



Herpestes griseus 



Napale cedipus 



Syrrhaptes paradoxus ... 



Lvscinia philomela 



Bernicla canadensis 



Alcedo ispida 



Bufeo vtdgaris 



Equus Imrchellii 



Strepsiceros kudu 



Damalis allifrons 



Calotragus melanotis ... 

 Heleotragus capreolus . . 



Calotragus iragulns , 



Cephahiphus pygmcnis .. 

 \Hyrax capensis , 



Presented by 

 E. L. Layard, Esq.,F.Z.S. 

 W. Duncan Stewart, Esq. 

 Eari Fitzwilham. 

 Earl Fitzwilliam. 

 H. K. Dixon, Esq. 

 M. F. de Paula Manero. 

 Cpt.Commerell, R.N.,V.C, 

 iMr. Mason. 



T. N. Hunt, Esq., F.Z.S. 

 J. C. Gumming, Esq. 

 W. Broderick, Esq. 



His Excellency Sir 

 '■ George Grey, F.Z.S. 



