I cannot pass on to the smaller institutions without giving a list of a few of the rarer animals which I saw alive in the Regent's Park :
One Siamang {Hylobates syndactylus) , from Perak ; presented by Mr. E. M. Hawes, Aug. 7th, 1909.
Two Aye-Ayes {Chiromys madagascariensis) ; purchased Sept. 12th, 1908.
One Takin {Biidorcas taxicolor), from Bhutan; presented by Mr. J. C. White, June 22nd, 1909.
One Vaal Rhe-bok {Pelea capreolus) ; presented by Mr. F. Burgoyne, April 3rd, 1908.
One Tasmanian Wolf {Thylacinus cynoceijhalus) ; purchased March 12th, 1909.
Two Tree Kangaroos {Dendrolagus ursinus), from Arfak Mountain, New Guinea; purchased June 25th, 1909. This pair looked very nice, out in the open, by the "Squirrel's Tree." The Birds of Paradise! ! On Oct. 7th, 1908, I counted no fewer than fifty individuals of these wonderful birds, and during various visits in 1908, 1909, and 1910 saw examples of no fewer than eleven different species.
Six Cocks-of-the-Rock {liupicola crocea), from British Guiana; deposited June 14th, 1910.
One Eagle {Pithecophaga jefferyi), from Luzon; purchased Sept. 2nd, 1909.
Two Green-legged Flamingoes {Phoenicopterus ignipalliatus) ; purchased June 7th, 1909.
OneTuatera {Sphetiodon punctatus) ; purchased June 9th, 1908. Two Musky Caymans {Caiman palpehrosus) ; presented by Mr. E. Salis-Schwabe, May 16th, 1908. And last, but perhaps the most interesting of all : One South American Mudfish {Lepidusiren paradoxa) ; presented by the Goeldi Museum of Para, Sept. 4th, 1908.
