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what impatient of captivity and does not thrive in confinement except in 
occasional instances. ‘The Zoological Society acquired their first specimen 
(by purchase) on July 9th, 1852, and, as will be seen by reference to their 
published Lists of Animals, others have been subsequently received at short 
intervals since that date. At the time we are writing there is a fine pair in 
the Society’s Gardens, deposited by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in March, 1893, 
which are still doing well. Dr. Wunderlich, Director of the Zoological 
Garden of Cologne, has kindly furnished us with notes upon a pair of 
this Antelope which he bought on the 13th May, 1896, from Herr Reiche, 
of Alfeld. ‘They bred on the 24th May last year, and after a period of 
171 days a young one of the female sex was born on the 12th November 
last. The young one at birth was 45 cm. (about 173 English inches) in 
height, and generally of a yellowish-grey colouring. The side stripe was 
rather darker, but by no means so clearly defined as it is in the adult 
animal. The under surface and inner sides of the limbs were white, as in 
the adult. On the face a dark stripe from the eye to the corner of the mouth 
was visible, but the cheeks and chin generally were yellowish grey like the 
sides of the body. The little animal did well in company with its mother at 
first, and after 15 days began to eat corn. Unfortunately, however, it did 
not continue to thrive, and died on December 21st, when about 40 days old. 
The flesh of the Springbuck is much esteemed by the epicures of the 
Cape Colony, and has been occasionally brought to London in a refrigerator 
for consumption here. In the ‘Field’ for 1892 (vol. lxxx. p. 390) will be 
found an account of its successful importation by Messrs. Brooks, of 
Leadenhall Market, and of the high appreciation it met with by those who 
-tried the “venison,” which was pronounced to be “in good condition, not 
the least high, and tasting not unlike Chamois.” 
Our figure of the adult male Springbuck, with a herd of these animals in 
the distance, has been prepared by Mr. Smit from an original sketch by Wolf, 
which is now in the possession of Sir Douglas Brooke, and has been kindly 
lent to us for examination. 
There is a good stuffed specimen of an adult male Springbuck in the 
Gallery of the British Museum. It was obtained by Mr. F. C. Selous at 
Mahemfontein, in the Orange Free State, in 1896, and was presented to the 
collection by that gentleman. From a pencil-note on the back of Mr. Wolf's 
sketch it would appear to have been taken from a specimen of the head of 
