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with his fox terrier, “Gip,” with whom they slept. 
They were called by the following names :—Maharajah 
(Prince), Zalim (Tyrant), and Rani (Queen), the latter 
name was given by a mistake, as the animal is a male. 
It should be added that it has come to the knowledge 
of the Council that Surgeon Heuston’s resolve to present 
them to the gardens was carried out in spite of a very 
handsome offer which was made to him for the cubs 
before they left India. 
In recognition of his gift it is now proposed to the 
Society to elect Dr. Heuston as an Honorary Member of 
the Society. 
Lion-Tigers.—With reference to the remarks made on 
this subject in last year’s Report we have not yet suc- 
ceeded in breeding examples of these hybrids, No little 
difficulty was experienced in the attempts to accustom 
adults of the two species to each other’s society, owing 
to the great timidity and consequent fierceness shown 
by one or other of the animals which were introduced 
to one another. 
The arrival of the tiger cubs referred to above has, 
however, enabled us to make a commencement at an 
early age, and the two lion cubs (male and female) are 
now in the same cage, and live on the most friendly 
terms with the tiger cubs, which, however, somewhat 
unfortunately for this experiment, are all males. 
It may be of interest to record here that in a handbill 
of Atkin’s Menagerie, dated 1828, for which we are in- 
debted to Dr. Frazer, there is an account and picture of 
two cubs with their parents, a lion and tigress. These 
cubs are stated to have been born on the last day of the 
year 1827—a previous litter having been presented to 
the king, who first, it is said, conferred the title lion- 
tigers on these hybrids. It is remarkable that the dam 
should have been a tigress, since in captivity they do 
not, as a rule, rear their progeny, thus contrasting with 
