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INDIAN MARABOU STORK 
dens of the United States and Eu- 
rope are apparently waived in the 
Lima park, perhaps because the 
fruits and other tropical products 
which can be bought at the entrance 
to the grounds are almost certain to 
be suitable food for all of the ani- 
mals that are not strictly carnivor- 
ous. The Indian elephant, like most 
others the world over, consumes 
great quantities of tidbits brought to 
his yard by children. This particu- 
lar lone elephant possessed Little 
Tommy Tucker's accomplishment of 
singing for his supper. When ap- 
propriately tempted, and asked to 
sing, he would raise his trunk and 
mournfully wheeze. I used to see 
the delighted but insatiable Peruvian 
youngsters holding the elephant’s 
reward out of reach and shouting 
BULLETIN 
“Mas fuerte!”’, and only after he had 
emitted a crescendo of sounds, which 
rose to a dismal climax, would be re- 
ceive his morsel. 
The aviaries of the Lima park in- 
terested me even more than the mam- 
mal quarters, partly because the va- 
riety of birds was greater, but espe- 
cially because their environment 
seemed far more natural and satisfy- 
ing than that of the four-footed ani- 
mals. Some of the feathered cap- 
tives, such as hawks, parrots and 
songbirds, were kept in large roofed 
cages of the usual type, but prac- 
tically all the waders and water-fowl 
enjoyed the freedom of good-sized 
fenced enclosures filled with water- 
ways, trees, thickets, and rockeries, 
with resulting protection from the 
sun and opportunity for seclusion. 
ASIATIC PINK-WHITE PELICAN 
