. The book of antelopes. Antelopes. 101 ' Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes,' from specimens living in the Jardin des Plantes. In 1845, as we learn from Gray, the Nilgai bred in the Knowsley Menagerie, and there was at that time a herd of a male and four females kept in one of the paddocks along with the Elands. In 1847 the half-grown male and young were drawn from some of these specimens by Waterhouse Hawkins, and the figures were published in the twenty-ninth plate of the ' Gleanings.' The Nilgai has been an inhabitant of the Zoological Fig. Frontlet of an adult male Nilgai. (Brit. Mus.
. The book of antelopes. Antelopes. 101 ' Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes,' from specimens living in the Jardin des Plantes. In 1845, as we learn from Gray, the Nilgai bred in the Knowsley Menagerie, and there was at that time a herd of a male and four females kept in one of the paddocks along with the Elands. In 1847 the half-grown male and young were drawn from some of these specimens by Waterhouse Hawkins, and the figures were published in the twenty-ninth plate of the ' Gleanings.' The Nilgai has been an inhabitant of the Zoological Fig. Frontlet of an adult male Nilgai. (Brit. Mus.) • Society's Menagerie from its commencement. In 1830 it was described and figured in the first of the two volumes on the ' Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society' by Vigors and Bennett, and in February 1831, as recorded in the ' Proceedings,' a specimen of a young one, born at the Society's farm at Kingston, was exhibited and described at one of the Scientific Meetings. This appears to have been the first instance of its breeding in the Society's. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913; Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929; Wolf, Joseph, 1820-1899, ill; Williams, Alpheus F. , former owner. DSI; National Zoological Park (U. S. ), former owner. DSI; Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI. London : R. H. Porter
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