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The Zoological Society seems to have acquired examples of the White- 
tailed Gnu as early as 1830, and this animal has remained represented in 
the collection, except for a few short intervals, ever since. Unfortunately, 
however, the Society was never successful in getting a breeding pair together 
until about two years ago, when a fine young male and two females were 
Fig. 15a. 
Swigyre 
Young White-tailed Gnu (eight months old). 
(Zool. Soc. Gard. 1894.) 
purchased of Mr. C. Reiche, of Alfeld. These have thriven well in the 
Antelope-House, and the first young Gnu was born on the 7th of March last. 
It grew fast and at the present time it is nearly as large as its parents. 
The accompanying drawings by Mr. Smit (figs. 15 and 15a) show this 
animal at the respective ages of five months and eight months. 
