78 The American Naturalist. [January, 
2 from hyenas. 
8 from other mammals. 
Of these deaths, 85 occurred in the district of Ganjam and 73 in 
Visagapatam. In Ganjam much of the destruction was due to a man- 
eating tiger. 
The largest number of deaths from snake bites occurred in Chingle- 
put, North Arcot, South Arcot, Tanjore, Trichinopoly and Salem, from 
which districts 58 per cent of the total number were reported.—F. C. K. 
The Number of Living Animal Species.—For the benefit of 
the curious, as well as the zoological student, the following table giving 
the census of the animal kingdom as known in the years 1830, 1881 and 
1896 is inserted. The first two columns are taken from a note by A. 
Günther, in Annals‘and Magazine of Natural History,’ and the last 
from a note in The Zoologist.? The last was compiled in February 
(1896) by the contributors to The Zoological Record. 
1830 1881 | 1896 
Mammalia, ù ‘ . $ { j 1,200 2,300 2,500 
arm, r ; r 5 $ ; : 3,600 11,000 12,500 
‘eptilia, . : ; j í s i 443 2,600 
Maieiehiane, oi gutiuce OPADU 4 100 300 |} 4400 
Fishes, k ‘ í ‘ : |. 3,500 11,000 12,000 
Tunicata, a 
Mollusca, . 11,000 33,000 50,000 
Brachiapoda, $ 5 150 
Bryozoa, à ` ; : 1,800 
i r r . 1840 wits 7,500 20,000 
\rachnida, i : : : 1 8,000 
L enogonida, . ‘ 70 10,000 
Myriapo ® 450 1,300 
Protracheata, : ; ; z 4 : : pot 3,000 
Hexapoda, ; i á ė ? : 49,100 | 220,150 230,000 
Vermes, $ ‘ : 412 6,090 6,150 
Echinodermata, ‘ ; 230 1,843 3,000 
lentera ° 1834 500 2,200 2,000 
ngiæ, . 1835 50 400 | 1,500 
Protozoa, . 305 3,800 6,100 
71,588 | 311,558 | 366,000 
It may be noted that among the mollusca, the tunicates, brachiopods 
and bryozoa were probably included in the 11,000 and 33,000 of the first 
8 XVII, 180. 
° Aug., 1896. 
