vertebral line which gets broader posteriori}'. 
On both fore and hind limbs there are traces 
of stripes. According to Blanford (“Fauna of 
British India,” Mammalia, 1891, p. 470) this 
would be a form of Equus hemionus^ but accord- 
ing to Lydekker (“Guide to the Horse Family,” 
Brit. Mub., 1907, p. 32) it would be Equus 
onager typicus of Northern Persia. 1 was unable 
to ascertain where these particular animals came 
from, but it appeared to be more likely that 
they were of Indian origin than imported from 
Northern Persia, especially as Blanford {loc. cit. 
supra) records that wild asses occur in Bickaneer, 
a neighbouring State to Jaipur in Bajputana. 
In another paddock were two more of these 
fine animals, making four in all in the Jaipur 
collection. 
Altogether I saw fourteen Asiatic Wild Donkeys in Indian 
Zoological Gardens. Two at Bombay were said to be from 
Kathiawar ; Calcutta had two labelled Equus onager ; 
Karachi, one said to be from Persia; Lahore two, very like 
those seen at Jaipur ; Mysore a pair, said to be from Cutch ; 
and Peshawar one, without locality. 
In the Ram-Newas Gardens is also the Museum, called 
the “Albert Hall”; a very ornamental building designed by 
Colonel Sir Swin ton Jacob, K.C.I.E. The zoological collec- 
tion is unimportant. 
Besides the collection of animals in the Ram-Newas 
Gardens there is also an official menagerie inside the City 
of Jaipur. This contained five tigers and two leopards ; 
housed in a row of stone cages, with fronts of iron bars, 
and small retiring rooms at the back with iron-grated 
windows. The cage floors are of stone, but wooden boards 
have been provided for the beasts to lie on. The keeper in 
charge is a Mohammedan. 
Some notes on the Mugger Tank at Jaipur will be found 
in this report in the chapter devoted to crocodiles. 
