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Feb, 1773 - Hague
white on their upper edge & short bristly mane from the top of his head to his back his body coverd with a fine & very thinly sewd hair of a lead colour his fore feet had hoofs divided into 4 unguli the outermost sharp the other three rounded the hinder feet 3 unguli all sharp, West Indies
Columba coronata - 10 individuals perfectly healthy
Pelecanus - not half so big as the onocrot. The body above & below coverts of the wings & descending crest a beautiful light rose colour the breast just at the bottom of the gullet deep orange bill yellowish the tusk at the end of it red, Africa
Sus without dentes incisors describd by Pallas was in the Paddock a lively nimble & certainly a dangerous creature I think one of the ugliest of the works of the almighty.
These animals & several others less remarkable were well kept & perfectly good