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(including cubs), one Tiger, eight Leopards, five Pumas, and 

 one hybrid between a male Lion {Felis leo) and a female Jaguar- 

 Leopard [Felis onca x F. pardus), bred in captivity in the United 

 States of America. This was the animal that had been de- 

 posited in the Regent's Park Zoological Gardens on April 14th, 



1908. Some Californian Sea-Lions should also be mentioned. 



(iv) Shepherd's Bush, London. 



"The White City" Exhibition, in 1908, contained a few wild 

 animals in captivity. The Beavers and five young Bears in the 

 Canadian Section attracted much attention on the part of the 

 public, and Mr. Gustave Hagenbeck had a show, where I saw, 

 besides horses and a dog, one Sloth-Bear, six Indian Elephants, 

 a white Deer, a Bactrian Camel, and, what was of more interest, 

 a male Blackbuck {Antilope cervicapra), trained to take part in a 

 performance, a very much rarer sight than a performing Lion 

 or Bear. 



In 1909 Mr. Carl Hagenbeck exhibited a small menagerie in 

 " The White City," with some trained animals under the skilled 

 charge of Mr, Schilling, Besides domestic dogs, the show con- 

 sisted of eight Lions, eight Polar Bears, seven Sea-Lions, one 

 Seal, one Gannet, two Cormorants, about thirty Seagulls, and a 

 Walrus, Mr. Schilling told me this Walrus was a male, about 

 three years old, and that it was then eating 50 lb. (over 22 kilos.) 

 of fish per day ! 



(v) Covent Garden, London. 



Eobert Green & Co.'s " Bedford " Aviaries and Aquarium at 

 Covent Garden Market are always interesting to visit ; in 1908, 



1909, and 1910 1 found representatives of about a hundred species 

 of vertebrate animals (small mammals, birds, reptiles, batrachians 

 and fishes) usually on exhibition, and also a few aquatic in- 

 vertebrates. The celebrated old White Axoltl died about June, 

 1909, having lived, Mr. J. Barrow (the manager) told me, over 

 twenty -five years in Covent Garden. 



(To be continued.) 



