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same time. The}' had been feeding on the sparrows that con- 

 gregate there in great numbers. 



DEATH OF OLD ABE, THE MALE GIRAFFE AT THE ZOO. 



The magnificent male "Giraffe" {Camclopardalis Giraffe) 

 died at the. Zoo, January 20, 1892. He was the finest speci- 

 men of his kind in captivity, stood over 16 feet high. The 

 disease was tuberculosis of the lungs. His elongated cervical 

 vertebrae and leg bones are quite remarkable. Both skin and 

 skeleton have been preserved. 



