ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



WINTER AT THE OSTRICH FARM 

 The ostriches revelling in the snow in Zero weather 



a small boy of fourteen and a kind-hearted and 

 plucky farmer, were the only assistants avail- 

 able. 



Strong and vigorous ostriches, accustomed to 

 liberty in large enclosures and for several years 

 free from all restraint, are not easily induced 

 to enter crates two feet by five. Especially is 

 this true when the usual plucking pens and 

 other devices are wanting. It was a case of 

 rough and tumble, in which we were not always 

 victorious. Clothes, shoes and especially hats, 

 suffered severe casualties, to say nothing of 

 barked shins and elbows. At length the daunt- 

 less and indestructible six were safely boxed, 

 and dissuaded from leaping over the sides of 

 their crates by the simple expedient of a cover 

 of thin cloth, which prevented them from look- 

 ing out. 



Six trips with a single sturdy farm wagon 

 replaced the cavalcade of a previous year, and 

 at length the crates were safely landed at the 

 station at Espey. Here they were received by 

 the lonely agent, but with the crushing state- 

 ment that while he would gladly make out pa- 

 pers and receive any moneys due. he could not 

 be expected to place the birds upon the train. 

 It thus became necessary to impress the services 

 of passing farm laborers, who willingly and 

 kindly lent their strong muscles to the last rites. 



With this efficient help, the birds were quickly 

 lifted into the express car that finally drew up 

 at the little platform. 



The following day, six fine ostriches were de- 

 livered at the Zoological Park, none the worse 

 for their journey. Quartered in the large runs 

 at the Yak House, they make a striking display. 

 There they are happy and contented, and while 

 their daily rations are assured, the investing 

 public of Bloomsburg is still wondering. 



THE COLOGNE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 

 AFTER THE ARMISTICE. 



By Lieutenant Delacour. 



From Avicultural Magazine, London 



MY duties with the British Army having 

 summoned me into the part of Germany 

 occupied by the Allies, I was able to 

 visit the Cologne Zoological Gardens on Decem- 

 ber 23rd last. 



Having many a time heard during the course 

 of the war that the starving Germans had been 

 compelled to sacrifice their animals, I supposed 

 that I should see only empty cages. What was 

 my astonishment to still find there a very fine 

 series of animals, and a collection, all things 



