THE MENAGERIE. 567 



in folio and in 12% by M. Miger, who engraved 

 the plates. The second by MM. Geoffroy Saint- 

 Hilaire and F. Cuvier was begun in 1819, and 

 will be continued as opportunities occur of ob- 

 serving new species. Forty numbers of this 

 work, containing two hundred and forty figures, 

 are published. The figures drawn on stone are 

 coloured with the greatest care from living ani- 

 mals. The text contains not only a scientific de- 

 scription, but also a full account of all that has 

 been observed in the habits and economy of each 

 animal during its residence in the menagerie. 



To give an idea of the utility of this establish- 

 ment to natural history, we shall add a list of the 

 remarkable animals which have existed in it, 

 and which have been described and drawn, and 

 subsequently placed in the galleries of zoology 

 and comparative anatomy. 



An asterisk designates those which were 

 not at all or imperfectly known at the time 

 they were received in the menagerie, and the 

 letter L those which are living at the present 

 moment (i). 



(1) We shall omit the names of those animals which are generally 

 known . 



