370 EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MR. W. DUNN. [NoV. 10, 



November 10, 1863. 



E. W. H. Holdsworth, Esq., in the Chair. 



The Secretary informed the Meeting that the Council of (he So- 

 ciety had determined to send out Mr. James Thompson, the Society's 

 Head Keeper, to Calcutta by the next steamer round the Cape, to 

 take charge of a young Rhinoceros, a young Gibbon, and other va- 

 luable animals offered to the Menagerie by Mr. Arthur Grote, Corr. 

 Memb. 



From Calcutta Mr. Thompson would proceed to Akyab to receive 

 another collection offered to the Society by Mr. William Dunn, Corr. 

 Memb., and return to England by the steamer from Calcutta iu 

 March or April next. 



The Secretary read the following extract from a letter addressed 

 to Mr. E. Blyth by Mr. Dunn, enumerating the specimens living in 

 his possession on the 10th of August last, stating that Mr. Blyth 

 had made over to the Society his interest in these animals, which had 

 been offered to him personally with the wish expressed in some 

 cases that they should find their way into the Society's Gardens. 



" At present I possess specimens of the following [animals], which 

 are undergoing probation ; for it would be useless to ship off crea- 

 tures fresh from the jungles, and hence it is a great expense keeping 

 them at present. 



" Hylobates lar. Tawny-white. 



" H. hoolock. [I have no doubt that light and dark varieties of 

 H. hoolock are here intended. — E. B.] 



" Inuus nemestrinus. [Individual seen by me at Akyab; cap- 

 tured in the immediate vicinity. — E. B.] 



" I. leoninus. Female ; very quiet, and full-grown. 



" Galeojnthecus volans. Obtained about 100 miles up the Ka- 

 ladyna river [which flows into Akyab Harbour from the north]. I 

 thought it was never seen so far north. There is no doubt of the 

 identity of the animal, I shall be extremely loath to part with it, 

 unless to some person who will take careful charge of it. 



"Arctonyx collaris. A young specimen. 



" Viverricula malaccensis. 



" Felis bengalensis. Male and female. 



" F. nipalensis. Young. [F. viverrina is probably here intended. 

 — E. B.] 



" Hystrix bengalensis. Very large. 



" Vrsus malayanus. Young. 



" Sus sp. 1 Young boar, striped. 



" Rusa hippelaplms. Young male [Indian Sambur]. 



" Panolia acuticauda [Cervus frontalis, M'Cl. &c.]. Male, in 

 very good condition, and young female. An agent of the Amster- 

 dam Society wishes to purchase them ; but if I could get them to 

 the London Society, I should be delighted. 



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