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(ii) The Maria Theresa Pavilion in the centre of the Mena- 

 gerie. In it are twelve mural medallions of great zoological 

 interest, the subjects being animals that were living in this 

 Menagerie in the middle of the eighteenth century. I learn from 

 Prof. Loisel that these were painted about 1759 by Gregor 

 Gugliemi. Prof. Loisel has published (* Nouvelles Archives des 

 Missions scientifiques,' t. xv. page 241) a list of the species re- 

 presented in the medallions. On comparing his list with one 

 that I had made independently, I find that we are not in all 

 cases quite in accord either in numbers or identifications as far 

 as the mammals are concerned. 



(ii) Museum. 



It is impossible to give here a description of the magnificent 

 building of the Natural History Museum of Vienna, or of the 

 rich collections that it contains. Attention will only be called 

 to the recent additions to the series of stuffed mammals ex- 

 tremely well mounted by Herr Fred. Kerz, of Stuttgart, especi- 

 ally a Gibbon, a Baboon, a Siberian Tiger, a Puma, and a Bear 

 {Ursus pruinosus), and to sixteen out of the many thousands of 

 interesting specimens that are exhibited here. 



1. Model of skeleton, mounted, of Megaladaphis edwardsi, one 

 of the largest of the subfossil Lemurs of Madagascar. 



2. Seal {Phoca vitulina), born in the Schonbrunn Menagerie, 

 1908. 



3. Hyrax {Procavia slatini, Sassi), the type, from the Sudan. 



4. Rhinoceros simus cottoni from the Lado Enclave, 1909. 



5. Equus quagga lorenzi. 



6. A fine male Capra cegagrus cretensis. 



7. 8. Two Shoebills {Balceniceps rex). 



9. Incomplete skeleton of a Dodo. 



10. Stuffed Great Auk. 



11. Very large Testudo daudinii, presented by the Hon. 

 Walter Eothschild. 



12. Very large male T. marginata. 



13. Large T. pardalis from Harar. 



14. 15. Pair of Garials ; male about 5'50 metres (18 ft. ^ in.), 

 female about 5'00 metres (16 ft. 5 in.) in total length. 



16. Large Tomistoma schlegelii. 



