74 
SIP RIN Cw,” wie 
INDIAN TIGER, is 
one of the finest 
specimens in the 
Gardens. He is not 
yet fully grown, but 
his beautiful shape, 
colour, and mark- 
ings are things to 
admire. 
We 
THE JAckaus illus- 
trated on this 
and the previous 
page come 
from South 
Africa and 
Kgypt—the 
black- backed 
jackal from 
the former 
country and 
the varie- 
gated from 
the latter. 
SO 
THE Heyp- 
TIAN Fox 
(Canis vulpes 
niloticus) is 
anothermem- 
ber of the 
family to 
which the jackals 
belong, and really 
only a variety of the 
common fox, whose 
reputation for craft 
and cunning is not 
by any means over- 
rated. 
fa" 
THE OcELLATED 
BLADDER FRoG, de- 
picted on page 75, takes 
its name from the 
highly-developed fore- 
lunbs it possesses. So 
Animal Life 
= 
““PRINC 
EGYPTIAN 
e 
EE. 
FOX. 
powerful is the grip 
with which this 
amphibian is able 
to hold almost any- 
thing it seizes, that 
it is exceedingly 
difficult to withdraw 
even one’s fingers 
from its vice - like 
grasp. 
ee 
THE LoNnG-FING- 
ERED FROG, next 
shown on the same 
page, is one of 
those species 
which only 
differs in 
trivial details 
from certain 
other mem- 
bers of its 
tribe. 
Dy 
THE Norsy 
Froc, the 
last of the 
trio, well de- 
serves its 
name. One 
Or wmese 
animals is 
enough to 
make sleep 
an impossibility ; but 
when several hundred 
join in concert, and 
their din ean be heard 
a mile off, the results 
defy description. 
a 
THe Ring OvzEL 
(Turdus torquatus) of 
Europe is one of our 
summer visitors, 
breeding im Deyon- 
shire, Derbyshire, the 
north of England, and 
