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fed ; and after the knockiug about those which I have sold to this 

 Society liave stood, these animals must be called any thing but delicate. 



" There is great difficulty in catching tlie Pygmy Hog. Some five 

 years ago a young one was secured by a Mr. Fischer, who tamed it ; 

 but it afterwards escaped. I have heard of no other individual 

 being possessed by any one but myself. 



" The Calcutta Zoological Society were trying for years to obtain 

 a pair, but were unsuccessful in getting a single example until those 

 which they received from the Maharajah of Cooch Behar through 

 me (as already mentioned) reached them. 



" It has taken me about four years to get the four now procured. 

 They were caught in snares, which were set in hundreds all over the 

 country throughout a range of about twenty miles. If you require 

 more I may be able to get some when I return to India in about two 

 months' time." 



Mr. Sclater exhibited a drawing of this animal by Mr. Smit 

 (Plate XXXVII.), and remarked that Mr. Carew'sfour specimens were 

 apparently in excellent health, and fed well on boiled vegetables, 

 rice, potatoes, and other food usual for such animals. On measuring 

 the largest and the smallest, the length of the body had been found 

 in the one case to be 17 inches and in the other 14 inches. The 

 weight of the largest animals had been ascertained to be about 

 10|Ib., and of the smallest 9 j lb. Alluding to the rarity of the 

 animal. Sir Joseph Fayrer had stated that during the many years in 

 which he had hunted in the Terai he had never succeeded in obtain- 

 ing a single specimen. 



2. A Mediterranean Seal (Monachus albiventei-), presented by M. 

 Yeates Brown, Esq., H.B.M. Consul at Genoa, May 18th. This Seal, 

 the first example of the species that had been received at the Gar- 

 dens, had unfortunately not long survived its arrival. 



3. Two male Argus Pheasants (Avffus gi(/anteus), presented to 

 the Society by Major M'Nair, C.M.G., and J. IM. Vermont, Esq., 

 May I8th. This arrival was especially acceptable, as we had pre- 

 viously only two unmated females of this magnificent bird in the 

 Collection. 



4. A Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), purchased May 23. 



It is of great interest to receive a second example of this delicate 

 animal, the only former specimen of which lived about fourteen 

 months in the Society's Menagerie (see P. Z. S. 1880, p. 355, and 

 1881, p. 180), and to be able to announce that it seems likely to 

 thrive. It feeds itself on the leaves of a large gum-tree {Eucalyptus 

 ylobulun) which has been introduced into its cage, and also eats a 

 little bread and milk. 



5. A Jackass Penguin (Spheniscus mayellanicus) from the Falk- 

 land Islands, purchased May 25. This is an adult bird in fine 

 plumage, and is the first example of this species of Penguin that we 

 nave as yet received. 



6. A fine pair of Great Ant-eaters, Myrmecophaga jubata, pur- 

 chased May 31. 



