A STUDY IN GAPES, OR 
more food, whereas the Cape specimen shows 
real affection, which the keeper reciprocates. 
Strange to relate, the Society have not had 
a seal in the collection for years, although a 
good specimen, which should not be difficult 
to get, would be a great attraction. 
TS 
For some time the Tasmanian wolf was 
Difyacinetor housed in the small mammal’s 
Tasmanian house, but it has now been 
Noli: placed with the other mar- 
supials or 
pouched 
animals in 
the kangaroo 
sheds. This 
strikingly- 
marked 
animal is be- 
coming very 
rare, and at 
the present 
moment 1s 
only found 
in the very 
remote parts 
of Tasmania. 
It is the 
largest 
carnivorous 
marsupial at 
DeGReusnesmay 
CALIFORNIAN SEA LION, 
Animal Life 
MANY 
“Guy Fawkes,’ whose yawning capacities are shown above, was born and bred in the Zoological Gardens. 
The fifth of November of this year (1902) was her 30th birthday. 
HAPPY RETURNS. 
living. The Colonists used to call it “ Tigie” 
on account of the series of transverse black 
bands on the hinder part of the back and 
loms, to show which a special photograph 
was taken, after a weary waiting. To-day 
it is commonly called “ Wolf,” and by reason 
of the havoe it commits among the shcep- 
fold, has become nearly exterminated in _ 
those parts of the island where there is a 
fairly large settlement. In the shelter of the 
almost impenetrable rocky glens and caverns 
of the moun- 
tfainous 
regions of 
Tasmania, 
specimens 
may still be 
discovered, 
but the fact 
that the 
animal is a 
very scarce 
one, should 
not be lost 
sight of by 
anyone who 
delights in 
seeing some- 
thing alive 
which may 
soon become 
extinct. 
