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SAMBUR DEER. 

 Cervus Hippelaphiis, Cuv. 



They are natives of the Continent of India. — Donors, the Queen, Capt. Fayrer, 

 and Kon. D. Finch, 



A little to the west of thi.« Building is the Elephant House (51), occupied 

 by the 



INDIAN ELEPHANT. 

 Elephas Indicus, Cuv. 



The larger individual has been in the Society's possession more than six years. 

 When it arrived in the Menagerie it was about eleven years old. Its increase in 

 height since January 1832 has been upwards of 1 foot S inches. The smaller speci- 

 men, a female, was obtained during the last year. 



The Indian Elephant inhabits the Islands as well as the Continent. It is distinct in 

 its form, and in the structure of its teeth, from the African Elephant ; a remarkable 

 feature of which is its excessively large ears. 



The measurements of the large one are as follows : 



Ft. In. 



To the centre of the back 8 



„ v/ether ... 8 

 rump 8 



Round the chest. 



„ middle of the body. 



,, flank 



Length of the trunk 



,, back 



„ tail 



Round the fore-foot 



„ below the knee 



,, above ditto 



„ below the elbow 



,, above ditto 



12 



14 



13 



6 



14 



3 



4 



2 



3 



4 



5 



5 



3 



1 

 10 





 10 



5 



3 



9 



4i 

 11 



5^ 



5 

 10 



Round hind-foot 



,, above ditto 



,, ,, hock 



,, thigh close to flank 5 



,, neck 



Over the crown of the head ... 



Above the eyes 



Round the base of trunk 



,, centre of ditto 



,, end of ditto 



From the top of the ear to bottom 



Breadth of ear 



From top of shoulder-blade to \ 

 rump j 



Here is also a specimen of the 



INDIAN RHINOCEROS. 

 Rhinoceros unicornis, Linn. Rhinoceros Indicus, Cn.v. One-horned Rhinoceros, Penn. 

 Obtained by the Society in the summer of IS34. It belongs to the one-horned spe- 

 cies of the Peninsula of India, the only species of Rhinoceros that has in modern times 

 been brought alive to Europe. The earliest of these modern arrivals was in the year 

 1513, and a rude engraving of it from a drawing made by Albert Durer, formed, during 

 the two succeeding centuries, the only representation of the animal to which naturalists 

 could refer. A second individual was brought to England in 1685; and four others 

 arrived in Europe during the eighteenth century. Since the commencement of the 

 nineteenth only one had made its appearance prior to the present year, in the progress 

 of which no less than three individuals have been brought to England. The specimen 

 exhibited is one of the largest that has been seen in this quarter of the globe, its mea- 

 surements very nearly equalling those of the individual which died at Versailles in 

 1793, after a residence of '22 years. They are as follows : 



Ft. In. 



To the centre of the back 5 



Withers 5 2^ 



Rump 5 5^ 



Round the chest 9 4 



„ middle of the body... II 2 



„ flank 9 7 



Length of back from pole to tail 8 6 



„ oftail 2 4 



„ ofhead 3 1 



Round fore-foot 3 



„ below the knee 1 10^ 



Round above knee 



„ below the elbow 



,, hind foot 



,, hind leg 



,, above the hough 



Over the crown of head 



Above the eyes 



Below ditto 



Round the base of ear 



Length of ear , 



From top of shoulder-blade to 

 rump 



6 Oh 



