THE manner adopted by 
the Indian 
wolf in se- 
curing its 
prey is most sagacious and 
worthy of special mention, 
as I have it direct from 
Mr. W. A. Wallinger, of 
the Forest Service, Bom- 
bay. He related to me, 
during a tour round the 
Zoo, that the Indian 
wolves assemble in packs 
of about six, and, knowing 
the deer they attack are 
much fleeter than they 
are, they arrange quite a 
plan of campaign, and 
post themselves singly at 
different poimts of a part 
frequented by deer, and 
remain secretly hidden 
until the deer are well 
within their track. One 
of the wolves then springs 
out and drives the deer 
towards the first point, 
when the next wolf takes 
up the chase; this is again 
and again repeated until 
the deer is finally cap- 
tured, the entire pack 
coming in at the death. 
Indian 
Wolf. 
eT 
THat bears are one of 
the most an- 
Baby Syrian cient animals 
Bears. : 
of which we 
have any record is acknow- 
ledged, for Daniel is des- 
cribed as haying fought 
with them, and Elisha 
having prophetically 
cursed some lads in Bethel 
for insultmg him two 
she bears issued from a 
neighbouring forest and 
wounded forty-two of 
them. One of the two 
bears photographed shows 
Zoo Notes 
SIBERIAN SLEDGE DOG. 
INDIAN WOLF. 
YOUNG SYRIAN BEARS. 
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every indication of being 
of a similar nature to its 
ancestor, for even at this 
young age the keeper has 
to be careful in handling it. 
The picture shows them 
beimg fed with a spoon 
containing condensed milk 
direct from the tin, and 
as this preparation some- 
what resembles honey 
(which most bears are 
very fond of) they lick 
it down most ravenously. 
The pair are now denned 
by the side of the bear 
pit, and they are growing 
very fast. 
No 
No aninal at the Zoo is 
more amus- 
ing than this 
ereature, 
which is much more 
nimble than old “Jim.” 
If you happen to see him 
in the “run” after a week 
or so of vain and watch 
the way he grovels in 
the soft clay-mud and 
endeavours to bury him- 
self in it, and then wait 
to see the comical appear- 
ance he presents after his 
Schlamn-bad, covered from 
head to foot with mud, 
you cannot help raising a 
smile. Being a very ner- 
vous animal, one only has 
to shuffle the feet as he 
is passing by the bars to 
start him off with a run, 
which is most grotesque. 
The photograph was taken 
during the rain, just as 
he was about to throw 
himself into his little bed, 
which he had been “root- 
ing.’ Rats ‘were very 
plentiful a few years ago 
Hairy-Eared 
Rhinoceros. 
