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narrow part of the cage, and finally tied up against ihu bars. 

 With a pair of large forceps, Dr. HIair succeeded in pulling the 

 lip over the tooth. It left but a slight wound, which hi-aled 

 .|ui.Ulv. 



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The Servol's Accident. — .Animals in captivity make all the 

 trouble for themselves and their keepers that is po.ssible for them 

 to make. If there is the slightest crevice in the wire or iron- 

 work, through which even a mouse would not attem])! to go, the 

 animal will concentrate its undivided attention upon that jjoint, 

 even if he is as large as a buffalo, and his neighbor in the adjoin- 

 ing enclosure is always there ready to add to the trouble. Human 

 ingenuity has exhausted it.self in the efTorl to make the new Mam- 

 mal House as nearly perfect as such a ])lacc needs to be. \'et 

 the serval found a three-c|uarler-inch opening through which 

 he thrust his right foreleg, with the result that an ocelot on ihe 

 other side seized the leg and splintered the end of the radius. 



The animal was captured and the leg was put into plaster 

 bandages so that a complete reduction of the fniclure was made 

 in about ten davs. 



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Xcsliiij; Cnnir.s. -The two 

 sandhill cranes, which are now- 

 counted among the oldest inhabi- 

 tants of the I'ark, have again 

 nested, and it is ho]ied that no 

 disturbing elements will |)revent 

 the young birds from hatching. 

 Hoth cranes are valiantly defend- 

 ing the nest, and if courage can be 

 reckoned as a favorable factor, 

 this verv unusual event will soon 

 take i.lace. 



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The I'onii/thics. — The .Sociel\ 

 has just added to the collections 

 of the Mammal House a fine 

 specimen of the .-\frican or crested 

 jiorcupine. Ne.\t to the beaver, 

 the .African porcujiine is the larg- 

 est of the Old World r.xlenls. 

 The great crest of white, coarse 

 hair, which it raises at will, and 



the enormous length of the (|uills make this animal one of the 

 most interesting of the Society's exhibits. In great contrast to 

 this specimen are the Canada jiorcupine anil the creslless porcu- 

 pine exhibited near by. 



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. I //(■»(/« Hic- The attendance at the I'ark during the month of 

 April exceeded the same month of the ])revious year, by a wide 

 margin. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, May showed a 

 slight decrease. The number of visitors on Decoration Day was. 

 in round numbers, ,V),ooo. Thus far June has gained consider 

 ably over all former years. 



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.1 Peculiar Injury. — .Aside from a few domestic outbreaks of a 

 comparatively mild kind, our bears live a contented and peaceful 

 life. In the early (lart of June, however, one of the Russian brow n 

 bears and the male hairy-eared bear engaged in a scuffle from 

 which the Russian emerged with a most peculiar injury. In some 

 manner the upper lip was pierced by one of the canine teeth in 

 such a way that the bear could not disengage it. 



.A shifting cage was brought, and the injured bear (|uickly trans- 

 ferred to the h<is])ital yaril cages. Here he was confined in ;i 



creiisc oj Birds. — All of our common birds seem to 

 ■ed at one conclusion — that the Zool<igical I'ark is a 

 refuge and a place in which to rest and rear their 

 ib.solutc peace. 



lump of bushes .sends out a contribution of song, and 

 seems a harboring place for a different .species. 



Three robins have nested in the 

 pavilion between the Mammal 

 and Ostrich Houses, so close 

 together that a newspaper would 

 cover the three nests. .Another 

 has built over the door of the con- 

 servatory, in a place so narrow- 

 that the female had hardly room 

 to hover her young, and in a jiosi- 

 tion .so exposed that one might 

 reach out and touch the binl. 



Golden-winged woodpeckers, 

 scarlet tanagers, thrushes, and 

 cat-birds are frec|uently seen; and 

 gracklcs, blackbirds, .starlings, 

 song sparrows and white-throated 

 sparrows are really common. 

 Considering the enormous 

 amount of w-ork going on 

 throughout the Park, which might 

 naturally frighten the birds, there 

 has never before been so great a 

 variety of species, nor such an 

 abundance of individuals and of 

 bird songs. E. u. s. 



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