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Show 1900.] ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN OF BERLIN. 301 very ferocious beast; it was obtained from the Kopet-dag Mountains, on the northern boundary of Persia. It has a long,rough tail and clearly-defined black marks on a very light yellow ground. Amongst the series of Lions I specially noticed a splendid male from Delagoa Bay and a pair from German East Africa. In the last-named pair the male showed a short light-coloured mane, whilst the female, although quite adult, was very much spotted on the legs and belly. Pumas were represented by large grey animals from Texas, and red-coloured ones from California and Missouri. There was also a hybrid between the Puma and the Indian Leopard. The small Cats included specimens of F. geoffrogi, F.passerum, F. celidogaster, F. moormensis, F. caligata, and F. caffira; whilst there was quite a large series of Lynxes. Amongst these I noticed F. served from German East Africa, F. servalina from Liberia, F. caracal from India and Tunis, a large Lynx from North America, remarkable for its circular black spots as in the Leopard (F. lynx fasciata), and specimens of F. tibetana from Turkestan and F. isabellina from the Altai. Wolves are represented in the Berlin Garden by Canis chanco from the Altai, C. latrans from North America, and the southern form C. ochropus (C. occidentalis Rchds.), C. hadramauticus (typical specimens from Southern Arabia), and C. dalmaticus, representing the South-European Jackal. There are also examples of several species of Foxes, and of special interest was a fine litter of young Corsacs (C. corsac). The Fennec Fox has bred in the Garden, and a specimen born there a few years ago looked in very good condition. Amongst the Hyaenas was remarkable a Spotted Hyaena from Togo, which has been described by Dr. Matschie as Hgcena togoensis. It is distinguished from the East-African Spotted Hyaenas by its pale grey ground-colour. The spots are coal-black, as are also the legs in their lower halves and the face. In the Small Mammals' House was a specimen of Cryptoprocta ferox which had lived iu the house since 1892 ; a specimen of the Indian Zibeth-Cat from Siam, which equals in size the African species; also a fine series of Genets from Tripoli (Genetta bonapartei), from German East Africa (67. tigrina), from Somaliland (G.dongo-luna), from German South-west Africa (G.felina), and from Togo (67. genettoides). I also noticed fine specimens of Paradoxurus leucomystax and of P. tytleri. Ichneumons were represented by five species-Herpestes ichneumon, H. pluto, H. widdringtoni, from Spain, H. albicaudata (in beautiful condition), and H. coffer, the last two named from German East Africa. Worthy of note are also specimens of Mustela eversmanni from the Altai, a Zorilla from Tripoli, a Glutton from the Altai (remarkable for its very lightly-coloured head), Cercoleptes brachyotis (of a greyish-yellow colour), Ratelus leuconotus, and Meles ankuma. Amongst the Eodents at Berlin were fine specimens of Sciurus varius, Eliomys munbyanus (from Tripoli), Ai-vicola nivalis, the very curious Aulacodus swindernianus, and a pair of large maneless Porcupines from Siam, which Dr. Heck thought might, perhaps, |