ZOO NOTES. 
Tis, the only Pelican found in Australia, 
is oasily distinguished from all 
The the other laree pelicans by 
Australian Be i : ie 
Pelican, the largo amount of black in 
its plumage—the others only 
having the quills black —and by having the 
bare skin of the face restricted to a ring 
round the eyes, whence its scientific name 
of Pelecanus conspicillatus—the Spectacled 
Pelican. Tt breeds on the @round, and, like 
the other big pelicans, 
is a surlace-foeder, 
reaching down for its 
food while swimming. 
Like 
rally, th does remark- 
ably well in captivity, 
au specimen having 
lived at the Tondon 
pelicans gene- 
Yoological Gardens 
for over thirty-two 
years, Lt showed no 
signs of age when the 
writer last saw it, im 
1897, and the keeper 
afterwards that 
whon it died it passed 
away so quietly, in 
the ordinary position 
sid 
Photo by Wy Py 
Dando, IAS, 
of repose, that at first 
he thought it was merely asleep, Pelicans 
have, however, been known to live in cap- 
tivity much longer than this. It is a curious 
fact that these large pelicans are not a 
match for the ordinary white swan; im 
St. James's Park a common pelican (2?. enro- 
crofalus) was killed by one of these birds, 
and another swan in the Caleutha Zoological 
Gardons accounted for two pelicans, one of 
the Australian and the 
Speclos, 
one of common 
We* 
Tim poor little chimpanzee so named is 
now no like his 
panion Susan,’ whose likeness 
appeared a little while 
MOLE, COM 
“Jimmy.” 
ago, “Jimmy” was 
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never strone, and he recently succumbed to 
pheumonia following on influenza, Indeed, 
the Ape House was recently visited by an 
la grippe, but owing to the 
excellent arrangement of the building the 
results were not very serious, “ Jimmiy’s” 
being the only fatal case, 
It is a great pity these anthropoid apes 
are so delicate, but no doubt if they were 
properly cared for at the time of capture, 
their constitutions 
would be better able 
fo bear the trials of 
captivity. Some day, 
perhaps, the various 
Zoological Gardens of 
Murope may find it 
worth while to finance 
aw joint scheme for the 
epidemic ol 
proper management 
of the capture and 
export of such valu- 
able and interesting 
animals these, 
keeping a trustworthy 
agent in their native 
countries, who could 
be depended upon to 
give them proper treatment from the first, 
aus 
PILTOAN, 
and not to ship them till they were 
thoroughly robust and the time of year 
favourable. Under these conditions, chim- 
panzees, orangs, &e., would no doubt prove 
very much easier to manage when they 
arrived in this country. 
we 
Tris species (Pelecanies fuscus) is not very 
appropriately named, since the 
prevailing hue in the plumage 
of the old bird is a silver-grey, 
the head being eream-colour and. the neck 
dark brown. ‘he young, however, are of 
av general dull light-brown colour, This 
species is the smallest of the pelicans, about 
The Brown 
Pelican. 
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