1914 
Irish Socieiies. 
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The female Indian Elephant, " Roma," purchased in 191 2, continues 
in good health and has grown to a fair size. The Council are deeply grateful 
to the Maharajah of Mysore for generously giving a young female, three 
years old, " Sandari " by name, and sending an Indian keeper to Dublin 
in charge of her. She is a docile and healthy animal, remarkable for the 
rich growth of hair still apparent on head and back. The Maharajah 
gratified the Society by accepting its gold medal. 
Among the hoofed animals, the pair of Bison — offered to the Society 
by the Government of the Dominion of Canada in a letter from the late 
Lord Strathcona, and brought to Dublin late in August under the super- 
intendence of Mr. Maxwell Graham — form a most welcome and valuable 
addition to the collection. It is eleven years since an American Bison 
was on view in Dublin. The pair now acquired come from the large herd 
kept by the Canadian Government on the extensive park near Banff, 
Alberta. The warmest thanks of the Society are due for this generous 
gift, the transport of which was kindly facilitated by the Canadian Pacific 
Railway and the " Head " Line of steamships, by which the animals were 
conveyed safely and at a reduced freight direct from Montreal to the 
Lifiey. Another noteworthy event of the year was the birth in August 
of a second Grant -Burchell Zebra male foal ; like the previous hybrid off- 
spring of the same parents, this specimen's richly striped coat resembles 
that of the father (Grant's Zebra) rather than that of the mother(Burcheirs 
Zebra). The month of December brought two serious losses to the collec- 
tion of Ungulates in the death of the Brindled Gnu, the gift of the Duke 
of Bedford, which had lived in the Gardens since 1905 ; and of the 
Dromedary. 
From the Zoological Gardens of Toronto six Canadian Beavers were 
sent in the summer in exchange, as mentioned already, for a pair of Dublin 
Lion-cubs. One of the Beavers died on the voyage, two others quickly- 
after their arrival in June, and two more in the succeeding month, so that 
only one now survives. He finds satisfactory quarters in the end com- 
partment of the Seal Pond, where a house -box and a number of logs have 
been provided for his use. Several Squirrels of different species have been 
acquired during the year, including a group of ten American Grey 
Squirrels, for which a small enclosure near the Nesbitt Aviary has been 
made. Three Tree Porcupines were bought, and in June a young one was 
born in a new open-air cage beneath the Haughton House. But, 
unfortunately, all these died -before the close of the year. The Hairy 
Armadillos are still the onh' representatives of the Edentata in the collec- 
tion. In October ]Mr. H. B. Rathborne kindly presented a Tamandua 
Ant-eater, but it survived only a few weeks. Another pair of Black-tailed 
Wallabies were born in March but one of the older females has since died. 
The stock of larger Birds has been replenished by the purchase of a pair 
of Flamingoes and a pair of Storks. Three young Rheas were hatched in 
the spring, and the White Swans reared nine cygnets. The pair of Black - 
necked Swans on the upper pond brought out two cygnets, which promised 
remarkably well for a few weeks, and then, unhappily, died. The most 
