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O, leucoryx) thrive well on mixed food, consisting of gram, bran, Indian corn, 
wheat, paddy, &c., supplemented by hay and green grass—the last to be given 
sparingly. The gazelles (Gazella arabica, G. bennettir, and G'. grant), the other 
Indian antelopes (Antelope cervicapra and Tetraceros quadricornis), and the 
North African form (Alcephalus bubalis) are fed on gram, bran, grass in small 
quantities, maize, paddy, wheat, &c., hay, onions and salt, the gazelles being 
very fond ‘of babul leaves (Acacia arabica). The Persian Ibex (Capra 
egagrus) and the Uryal (Ovis cycloceros) thrive better on various kind of leaves 
and hay than on grain, and are extremely fond of rose-leavyes, Two to 
three seers of grain (maize, gram, wheat, &c., with a pinch of salt twice daily, 
supplemented by a few bundles of hay, constitute capital food for the giraffes 
in the Calcutta Gardens. It has been found that here they much relish the 
leaves of the Acacia arabica and the Zizyphus jujuba. Of the Cervide, the 
Chevrotains (Cervulus muntjac and C. reevesi) and the various members of the 
genera Cervus and Rangifer (Cervus canadensis, C, tevanus, C. duvaucelli, 
C. aristotelis, C. equinus, C. porcinus, C. hippelaphus, C. moluccensis, C. axis, and 
the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), have been found to thrive best on grains, with 
salt, and onions, taking care, at the same time, that the former be not newly- 
harvested, but at least three months old. Both the living species of camels 
which have been represented at Alipore were found to be fond of the leaves 
of the various species of neem (Melia) and babul (Mimosa) and hay, a change 
of crushed food being occasionaly given. The Suide in the gardens have 
thriven well on grain, vegetables, and kitchen refuse, such as boiled meat, eggs, 
&e. Finely minced raw meat and eggs with milk constitute a capital diet for 
the Great Ant-eater (Myrmecophaga jubata). The two species of the genus 
Phascolomys hitherto exhibited, namely, P. wombat and P. latifrons, feed on 
grass and leaves—a small quantity of grain and sometimes biscuits being 
given every morning, The kangaroos* (Macropus giganteus and M, rufus) and 
the Wallabies (Halmaturus ualabatus and H, bennetti) are strictly vegetarian 
feeders and forage for themselves, a small quantity of maize, wheat, and other 
grains being generally allowed to them. 
The orang-outang (Simia satyrus) has been found to thrive well on any one 
of the following three different courses of diet, véz., (1) plantains, boiled rice, 
biscuits, vegetables ; (2) soaked gram, milk, bread, fruits ; (3) plantains, raw 
eggs, sugarcane, &c., fruit of the sweet potato. The other anthropoid apes in the 
Gardens, viz., the hoolock and the gibbons (Hylobates hoolock, H. leucogenys, 
H. lar, H. agilis, H. leuciseus, and H. syndactylus), have maintained very 
good health when fed on boiled rice, soaked gram, various kinds of fruit, and 
* Among the Marsupials, the unadorned-footed rock-kangaroo (Petrogale inornata) has 
not been noticed in this work, though it was at one time exhibited in the Gardens. I remem- 
ber having seen pretty specimens of this species in the Sonebursa House, some time in June 
or July, 1892, Among the other omissions is the European badger (Males taxus, Bodd.), 
which is also included in the collection at Alipore, and was, I believe, purchased at the sale 
of the King of Oudh’s menagerie, 
