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deer, the Indian elk, the beautiful spotted axis deer, have been 
successfully imported, bred from, and turned loose at Wilson’s 
Promontory, the Wimmera, the Sugarloaf, and the Bunyip. Numer¬ 
ous specimens of the hog deer of India, a beautiful deer from Manilla, 
and another from Formosa, are still in the possession of the Society, 
with a view to their multiplication and ultimate release ; and fresh 
importations of the deer tribe are abnost of weekly occurrence. 
The hare has been sent to the Society by the Zoological Society 
of London, and has been turned out and is now breeding freely on 
Phillip Island. 
Various breeds of pheasants, partridges, grouse, and quail have 
been introduced, and some have been liberated. Amongst those 
may be mentioned the Californian quail, which has bred after being 
liberated in the Botanical Gardens and Phillip Island, and the 
Algerine sand grouse, of which a considerable number have been 
imported, and which from their hardy nature and the similarity of 
their original climate may be considered highly adapted to this 
country. 
The English wild duck has been imported, has multiplied very 
freely, and now visits the lagoon at the Botanical Gardens in nearly 
equal numbers to the indigenous water fowl. 
The Egyptian goose has bred at the Royal Park and promises to 
be thoroughly acclimatised. 
The wild pea fowl of Ceylon has thriven and bred in the charge 
of the Society, and can soon be set at liberty. 
The white swan has been introduced in considerable numbers, has 
bred in the gardens of the Society, and is now distributed in various 
localities. 
Various kinds of foreign doves and pigeons have been introduced 
and liberated. . 
The cu rosso w has beeii obtained, and has bred in the aviaries at 
the Botanical Gardens. 
Of the angler, and lover of fish diet, the Society has not been for¬ 
getful. At the recommendation of the Society, successive votes 
have been placed on the Estimates and passed towards assisting the 
spirited enterprise of the Tasmanian Government in the introduction 
of the king of fresh water fishes, the salmon. The gouramie, a fish 
■which has been represented as the best fresh water pond fish in the 
world, is already in the possession of the Society, having been 
presented after many trials by a Melbourne firm, and, the difficulties 
of their introduction having now been overcome, the Society expects 
soon to obtain further supplies in considerable numbers. 
The carp, tench, roach, and dace, as specimens of the not very 
valuable pond fishes of England, and the gold-fish, have been 
introduced and distributed in various localities favourable to their 
multiplication. 
But as illustrating by a small success the wonderful results 
capable of attainment by acclimatisation if adopted on a proper 
