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(ii) A female Asiatic Two-horned Rhinoceros, Rhinoceros 
sumatrensis^ which has now been about fourteen 
years here. 
(iii) K male Malay Tapir, Tapirus indicus^ which has a 
nice cage to live in. 
(iv) Two Great Black-headed Gulls, Lcirus ichthyaetus^ a 
very handsome species, rarely seen in menageries. 
(v) Six Brown-headed Gulls, Larus hrunneicephalus, 
(vi) An Indian Python, Python molurus^ which was 
purchased on August 3, 1903, and is now in the 
most beautiful condition. It appears to be not 
only the largest specimen of this species but the 
most magnificent individual snake that I have 
ever seen alive. 
Madras Horticultural Garden. 
I visited this very nice, neat, pretty and instructive garden 
on May 1, 1913. Though not fortunate enough to meet 
any of the ofiicials in charge, I learn from Murray (‘‘Handbook 
to India,” 8th Edition, 1911, p. 408) that this garden was 
founded about 1836, “mainly through the efforts of 
Dr. Wright,” and that it occupies an area of 22 acres 
(8*90 hectares). 
Among the many interesting plants I can only mention 
here the Bread-Fruit Tree, Artocaipus incisa^ laden with 
quantities of fruit, and fine specimens of the Sausage Tree, 
Kigelia pinnata^ and of the Mahogany, Swietenia mahagoni\ 
and among the delightful wild birds which were living in 
this quiet beautiful place a Crow-Pheasant, Gentropiis 
sinensis^ in a clump of small palms, Nipa fructitans^ and a 
Black Bittern, Dupetor flavicollis^ sitting motionless on the 
edge of a pretty pond. 
Madras Museum. 
A great institution under the superintendentship of 
Dr. J. R. Henderson, comprising the Connemara Library and 
large and valuable collections of arms, anti(|uities, industrial 
