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Copyright ANIMAL LIFE. 
“CHELSWORTH MYALL.” 
Mrs. H. C. Brooke’s Tame Dingo. 
the photographs. It was fairly tame, and 
eagerly gulped down the portions of fish with 
which it was fed, also much enjoyed having 
water splashed over it from a bucket. Fish 
is the main, if not exclusive diet of this bird, 
and not mollusca, as was surmised by Sir 
Samuel Baker, who saw it once or twice 
when going through the Sudd. The exact 
geographical distribution of Baleniceps is still 
somewhat uncertain, though the Sudd in the 
district of latitude 9 degrees N. seems to be 
its home, especially up to Bahr-el-Ghazel, 
at a place called Lake Ambadi. <A few 
specimens have been seen on the Bahr-el- 
Gebel, which joims the White Nile at the 
east end of Lake Tro. This species was 
first brought to Europe by Mr. Mansfield 
Parkyns about the year 1851, and except 
for two living examples brought over to 
England by the late Mr. Petherick in 1860, 
and exhibited in the Zoological Gardens, 
this rare bird has never been seen alive in 
Europe. We are indebted to Mr. Loat for 
Animal Life 
the above information, as well as 
for the interesting photographs of 
the bird. 
CY) 
ONE of the most beautiful of all 
The canines, In colour and 
Australian shape, and certainly 
Dingo. one of the most in- 
telligent, is the dingo of Australia. 
“ Chelsworth Myall,” whose portrait 
we give, is a first-class specimen 
and has won a good many prizes 
for his owner, Mrs. Brooke, -who 
bred him, his sire and dam being 
both imported specimens. Nothing 
will ever persuade him to make 
friends with strangers; as a per- 
sonal guard and watch-dog he is 
unequalled. In the wild state the 
dingo, like the wolf, is unable to 
bark, but when kept or reared near 
domestic dogs they often acquire this 
accomplishment, and their owner 
considers them then far more reliable 
than domestic dogs, as their senses 
are keener and they never cry “wolf” 
and bark at nothing, merely to hear them- 
selves, as so many dogs do. Could the dingo 
be thoroughly trained as a sporting dog he 
should be invaluable, since naturally, as im 
all wild animals, his powers of hunting are 
excellent. The female dingo now at the 
Zoological Gardens is litter sister to this 
specimen. 
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Mr. W. J. JESSIE writes from Mapledurham: 
“On 7th August, after several 
days of heavy rain, which was 
still falling, a brood of five 
recently hatched partridges and three eggs 
which he had picked up were shown me by 
the coachman; the eggs were all wet and 
cold, but the coachman wrapped them up in 
a piece of flannel and put them in a warm 
oven. After about two hours we looked at 
them; one had hatched out and the re- 
maining eggs were chipped, and in four more 
hours’ time the other two eggs were hatched ; 
all eight birds are now quite strong.” : 
A Lucky 
Brood. 
