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Opposite is a Temporary Building containing Dens for large Feline 

 QuAUKUPEDS (12), which are at present tenanted as follows. 

 One of the Dens is for the present occupied by a 



SPOTTED HY^NA. (A Male.) 

 Hyaena Crocuta, Cuv. 



An inhabitant of the Southern parts of Africa, Called also by the French Le Loup- 

 T'tgre. £t is similar in its habits, food and manners, to the striped Hyceiia. 



MALAYAN SUN-BEARS. 



Ursus Malayanus, Horsf. 



Natives of Sumatra, and found only in the immediate vicinity of the equator. Their 

 food is chiefly vegetable, and they occasionally cause much damage by devouring the 

 young shoots of the cocoa-nut tree. They are also very fond of honey, for the lapping 

 of which their lengthened tongues are well suited. — One presented by Dr. Mont- 

 gomerie. 



CRESTED PORCUPINE. 

 Hystrix cristata, Linn. 



Natives of Northern Africa, and naturalized in Italy. — Presented by E. W. A. Drum- 

 mond Hay, Esq., W. VVillshire, Esq., and J. O. Hanson, Esq. 



Porcupines have twice produced young in the Menagerie. 



STRIPED HYiENAS. (Male and Female.) 

 Hyaena vulgaris, Desm. 



Males of this species have been presented by Captain Boyes, and by Captain 

 J. Home. One of these is understood to have been brought from the Cape of Good 

 Hope. The female is from India, and was presented by Colonel Sykes : it is re- 

 markably tame. 



Opposite to these Dens is a Temporary Building (13) (framed so as to be 

 convertible to other purposes hereafter), in which are occasionally kept some 

 animals, for which permanent accommodations have not yet been provided, or 

 which are removed from their own buildings during the colder season. At 

 present there are here the 



INDIAN ANTELOPE. 



Antilope Cervicapra, Pall. 



An adult male. The female is without horns, and of a much paler colour. The 

 young male, a specimen of which may be seen in one of the neighbouring stalls, is 

 equally pale with the female. The adult was presented by Colonel Sykes. Other 

 donors have been, Capt. Heathorn, Mrs. Pennington. 



WEASEL-HEADED ARMADILLO. 



Dasypus sex-cinctus, Linn. 



Native of South America. Young of this species have been several times produced 

 in the Menagerie ; their growth is very rapid. — Presented by Thomas Wane, Esq. 



This animal is let out on fine days in the Enclosure for Small Quad- 

 rupeds (31 .) 



Here likewise during the winter are many of the less hardy Birds, which in 

 summer are exhibited in more exposed situations in the Gardens : such as some 

 of the Maccaws, from the Maccaw Cage (7) ; &c. 



Here are also kept the 



CERVINE OB BUBAL ANTELOPE. 



Antilope bubalis. Pall. 



Native of North Africa. — Presented by Sir Thomas Reade, Hon. Mem., Consul- 

 General at Tunis. 



GAZELLE ANTELOPE. 

 Antilope Dorcas, Pall. 



Also from North Africa. — Donors, the Earl of Derby, Marchioness of Winchester, 

 James Giro, F.sq. 



