(3*04 metres) wide. The giraffes apparently 
do not enter this ditch and try their sirength 
against the fence beyond it. The vertical irons 
are built into a wall of masonry (which forms 
the outer edge of the ditch) and project 4 feet 
10 inches (1*47 metres) above it. These 
verticals are placed about 23 feet (7*00 metres) 
apart, that is to say, the length of a metre gauge 
rail. The single horizontal bar is made of similar 
rails, fastened by fish-plates to the tops of the 
verticals. The horizontal irons are curved where 
necessary to follow the outline of the paddock. 
The outer surface of the wall, that is, towards 
the visitors, is covered with sloping turf. 
(xii) The Nilgiri Blackbird, probably, die simillina. 
(xiii) The Crested Bunting, Melophiis melanicterus . 
(xiv) Three Mondls, or Impeyan Pheasants, Lophophorus 
refulgens. 
(xv) A male Somali Ostrich, Struthio molybdoijhanea. 
(xvi) Three Indian Pythons, Pythoii molurus^ one of 
which was sitting on her eggs. 
The pretty little striped Palm- Squirrels, Sciurus palmarum^ 
live wild here. The Indian House- Crow, Corvus splendens^ 
is very common, and also the Jungle-Crow, Corvus ma- 
crorhynchus^ comes into the gardens. I actually saw a 
party of five or six of these black jungle-crows go in 
through the bars of the lion’s cage and eat up the meat 
which had been placed there for the lion. 
The Large Pied Wagtails, Moiacilla maderaspatensis, 
looked very handsome walking on the lawns, and among the 
other wild things that seemed to find the Mysore Zoological 
Garden a pleasant home were many Vultures, IS! eophron gin- 
ginianus^ and some very fine frogs, apparently Rana tigrina. 
Besides the carnivora in the Zoological Garden, there 
are two very big male Mysore leopards kept in a cage in 
the courtyard of H.H. the Maharaja’s Cow-House in the city 
of Mysore. I am told that to keep either leopards or chitas 
near the Cow-House is a local custom of great antiquity. 
