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As with all animals whose wide range of distribution ex- 
poses them to many different climates and kinds of food, 
under the action of which, with other conditions, they are apt 
to vary more or less, the Lion of different parts differs 
much in appearance, chiefly in color and thickness of mane. 
These differences were formerly held to constitute distinct 
species, but as the variations are indefinite and do not in- 
volve the slightest change of structure, they are now looked 
on as being of no specific importance. 
The large male, now in the Garden, is a fine specimen 
of the African Lion in the prime of life, with all the charac- 
ters of his race fully developed. One of the two Lionesses, 
also in the collection, is the mother of the pair of well- 
grown cubs, “Simon Kenton” and “Daniel Boone,” born 
in Louisville, Kentucky, and now also belonging to the So- 
ciety ; they will not reach their full development until their 
eighth year. 
In the south-east wing of the building is another member 
of the family, several years younger. 
THE TIGER. 
