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at least a dozen Brown Bears, as many White ones, and several

other species.


The Bird House is very well appointed : one finds cages all

round. The centre is occupied by aquaria and vivaria. The collection

of Parrakeets there is remarkable. Almost all the species of

Macaw and Cockatoo are represented—amongst others, Lear’s Macaw

and the Gang-gang Cockatoo (C. galeatus), and a fine pair of Po/y-

thorynchas stellatus. The Amazons, Pionus, etc., are well represented

(A. diademata, hod ini, P. menstruus, etc.). There are but few

Parrots, but there is a good pair of Cyanolysens patagonicns and a

charming Brontogenyspyrrhopterus. Further on I note a little Heron

with a most curious, enormous beak (Canchroma cochlearia ); a Dacelo

gig ant ea, a Toco Toucan, several Hornbills, a Nicobar Pigeon, a Giant

Whydah, Chinese Blue Magpies, and a number of small and medium¬

sized birds. Further on I observe a couple of Goura coronata and

a couple of the rare Sclater’s Goura Pigeon, and some white Sacred

Ibises.


In the centre of the house one sees a Python molurus and a

Reticulated Python, a certain number of Crocodiles, Alligators, and

Caimans; Lizards, Tortoises, Bull Frogs ; Butterflies and other

insects. In the aquaria one finds various Chancitos, some Hemi-

chromids, Chromids, etc., and young Sturgeons.


On the sheets of water the web-footed birds are not very

numerous, but belong to a variety of species. One finds Snow Geese,

Ross’s Blue, Canada, and Magellanic Geese, etc., and Anseranas

melanoleuca, Bahama Ducks, Whistling and Chilian Ducks, etc.

There were at least fifty Rosy Flamingoes, and three Red Flamingoes

from Mexico which appeared to have been newly imported.


The collection of Raptores is very fine : almost all the larger

species figure in it—Eagles, Vultures, Condors, Ospreys. I call

attention to a Harpy Eagle, a Bengal Vulture, and a King Vulture.

There were also a certain number of nocturnal birds.


The big birds are a Rhea, two Emus, a Bennett Cassowary, a

Westermann Cassowary, European, Numidian, White-necked and

Blue-Crowned Cranes; and, finally, a couple of the rare Monk Crane.


I note also two fine American Bison in the midst of a series

of Buffaloes, Yaks, Llamas, and Camels. There remain, amongst the



