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all attempts to breed 
the giraffe at the Zoo 
was a most costly 
and vain pursuit; but 
as the pair are in the 
best of health and 
still growing, there 
seems every possibi- 
lity that we shall in 
time have the pleasure 
of recording a most 
important and unique 
addition to the 
Society's collection, 
af 
il GREVY ZEBRAS. 
labelled Born in the Menagerie. Colonel 
Mahon has given the female the Arabian 
name of ‘Fatima,’ which seems most 
appropriate, as a more typical personifica- 
tion of female curiosity it would be difficult 
to find among the female animals at the 
Zoo; and it was no doubt from observa- 
tions of a similar nature that induced the 
Colonel to name this beautiful specimen 
after Bluebeard’s seventh wife. The male 
he has named ‘Selim,’ after one of the 
Sultans of Turkey, anticipating many wives 
for this choice beast. 
THE 
Animal Life 
are at the 
Gifts from present 
HM. moment 
the King. three mag- 
nificent specimens of 
the Grevy zebra de- 
posited in the Zoo 
by H.M. the King; 
only one other exists 
in Hurope, and that 
one on the estate of 
the Duke of Bedford. 
All four are, unfortu- 
nately, females, and 
THERE 
GIFT OF THE KING. 
the giraffe trouble (fortunately solved) applies 
equally to these beautiful animals. The 
largest specimen, which was presented to 
the late Queen Victoria by Emperor Menelik, 
is about eight years old and is a very fine 
shaped mare, and the other two will, 
no doubt, make equally graceful beasts. 
The markings on each of the animals 
are dissimilar so far as design is con- 
cerned, and although each have their points 
of beauty, it is generally admitted the 
late Queen’s animal is the most beautifully 
marked. 
