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very ferocious beast; it was obtained from the Kopet-dag 

 Mountains, on the northern boundary of Persia. It has a long, rough 

 tail and clearly-defined black marks on a very light yellow ground. 

 Amongst the series of Lions I specially noticed a splendid male 

 from Delagoa Bay and a pair from German East Africa. In the 

 last-named pair the male showed a short light-coloured mane, 

 whilst the female, although quite adult, was very much spotted on 

 the legs and belly. Pumas were represented by large grey animals 

 from Texas, and red-coloured ones from California and Missouri. 

 There was also a hybrid between the Puma and the Indian 

 Leopard. The small Cats included specimens of F. geoffroyi, 

 F. passerum, F. celidogaster, F. moormensis, F. caligata, and F. caffra; 

 whilst there was quite a large series of Lyuxes. Amongst these 

 I noticed F. served from German East Africa, F. servalina from 

 Liberia, F. caracal from India and Tunis, a large Lynx from North 

 America, remarkable for its circular black spots as in the Leopard 

 (F. lynx fasciata), and specimens of F. tibetana from Turkestan and 

 F. isabellina from the Altai. 



; Wolves are represented in the Berlin Garden by Oanis ehanco 

 from the Altai, C. latrans from North America, and the southern 

 form G. ochropus (G. occidentalis Behds.), G. hadramauticus 

 (typical- specimens from Southern Arabia), and G. dalmaticus, 

 representing the South -European Jackal. There are also examples 

 of several species of Eoxes, and of special interest was a fine litter 

 of young Corsacs (G. corsac). The Fennec Fox has bred in the 

 Garden, and a specimen born there a few years ago looked in very 

 good condition. Amongst the Hyaenas was remarkable a Spotted 

 Hysena from Togo, which has been described by Dr. Matschie as 

 Hycena togoensis. It is distinguished from the East-African 

 Spotted Hyaenas by its pale grey ground-colour. The spots are 

 coal-black, as are also the legs in their lower halves and the face. 



In the Small Mammals' House was a specimen of Cryptoprocta 

 ferox which had lived iu the house since 1892 ; a specimen of the 

 Indian Zibeth-Cat from Siam, which equals in size the African 

 species ; also a fine series of Genets from Tripoli (Gmetta bonapartei), 

 from German East Africa (G. tigrina), from Somaliland (G.dongo- 

 lana), from German South-west Africa (G . felina), and from Togo 

 ((?. genettoides). I also noticed fine specimens of Paradoxurus 

 hncomystax and of F. tytleri. Ichneumons were represented by 

 five species — Berpestes ichneumon, B. pluto, H. widdringtoni, from 

 Spain, B. albicaudata (in beautiful condition), and B. caffer, the 

 last two named from German East Africa. Worthy of note are 

 also specimens of Mustela eversmanni from the Altai, a Zorilla 

 from Tripoli, a Glutton from the Altai (remarkable for its very 

 lightly-coloured head), Gercoleptes brachyotis (of a greyish-yellow 

 qolour), Ratelus leuconotus, and Melts anlcuma. 



Amongst the Kodents at Berlin were fine specimens of Sciurus 

 varius, Eliomys munbyanus (from Tripoli), Arvicola nivalis, the 

 Yery curious Aulacodus swindernianus, and a pair of large maneless 

 Porcupines from Siam, which Dr. Heck thought might, perhaps, 



