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A nearly white specimen of a male Cariacus virginianus from 

 Maine, U.S.A., obtained in 1863. 



The big collection of Deer's antlers : Red Deer {Cervus 

 elaphus), &c. on this (the first) floor, and Roe {Capreolus caprea) 

 on the second floor. 



Birds. — The fine collections of stuffed Birds of Prey and 

 Bustards. 



The adult female stuffed Shoebill (Balaniceps rex), obtained 

 from von Heuglin in 1855. 



The stuffed Great Auk (Alca impennis). 



Reptiles.— A male Terrapin {Staurotypus triporcatus) from 

 Guatemala. Terrapins of this family — the Dermatemydidcs — 

 are rare in collections, and this individual is a particularly 

 striking specimen. 



A large stuffed Garial* {Gharialis gangeticus, or Garialis 

 gangetica) obtained from Dr. von Barth in 1854 ; this specimen 

 now measures approximately in total length fourteen feet, but 

 nearly half of the tail is missing. 



The second floor contains the collection of the fauna of 

 Wurtemberg, and the general osteological and palaeontological 

 collections. Among the stuffed animals the following may be 

 specially mentioned : —The last Lynx, a male, killed in Wurtem- 

 berg, in 1846 ; the last Wolf, also a male, killed in Wurtem- 

 berg, in 1847 ; two Beavers, both males, from near Ulm, on the 

 Danubian side of Wurtemberg, one obtained in 1828 and one in 

 1869, the latter being the last Wurtemberg Beaver ; a male Red- 

 breasted Goose {Bernicla ruficollis) obtained at Leonberg in 

 January, 1844. Among the fossils from abroad I noticed some 

 Egyptian ones from the Fayum, including the skull of a 

 Zeugloclon isis, E. Fraas, 1906. 



14. Vienna, Austria. 

 (i) Zoological Gardens. 

 The Imperial and Royal Menagerie of the Palace of Schon- 

 brunn, Vienna, is not only the oldest existing Zoological Garden 



''= Although W. Theobald, in 1876, corrected the spelling of the name of 

 the Long-snouted Indian Crocodile, the words "Gavial"and " Gavialis" 

 still occur in books. To those who, like myself, know the animal alive in 

 India, the "v" instead of "r" sounds very unsuitable. See Lydekker, 

 " Royal Nat. Hist.," 1896, vol. v., page 30. 



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