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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  Hawk's-bill 
  Turtle 
  {Chelone 
  imbricata). 
  The 
  graceful 
  swimming 
  

   movements 
  of 
  the 
  latter, 
  the 
  oar-like 
  paddles 
  acting 
  in 
  a 
  diagonal 
  

   plane 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  free 
  movement 
  from 
  the 
  shoulder, 
  gave 
  a 
  very 
  

   different 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  reptile 
  to 
  that 
  usually 
  conveyed 
  by 
  a 
  dried 
  

   specimen 
  in 
  a 
  museum. 
  Some 
  very 
  fine 
  Grass-Snakes 
  (Tropido- 
  

   notus 
  natrix) 
  were 
  exhibited 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  case 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  

   fountain, 
  which 
  trickled 
  over 
  rockwork, 
  green 
  with 
  moss, 
  into 
  a 
  

   capacious 
  basin 
  — 
  a 
  remarkably 
  pretty 
  and 
  interesting 
  sight. 
  A 
  

   series 
  of 
  living 
  insects 
  — 
  Swallow-tailed 
  Butterflies 
  of 
  various 
  

   species, 
  Hawk 
  Moths, 
  Tiger 
  Moths, 
  Silk 
  Moths, 
  Stag 
  Beetles 
  

   (Lucanus 
  cervus), 
  and 
  so 
  on 
  — 
  was 
  kept 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   Gardens. 
  

  

  Carnivorous 
  animals 
  are 
  fully 
  represented 
  at 
  Amsterdam, 
  and 
  

   the 
  well-lighted 
  Lion 
  House, 
  built 
  in 
  1859, 
  usually 
  contains 
  a 
  

   good 
  series 
  of 
  Lions 
  and 
  Tigers, 
  Leopards 
  and 
  Pumas. 
  The 
  

   rare 
  Maned 
  Wolf 
  {Canis 
  jubatus) 
  from 
  Brazil 
  was 
  exhibited 
  there 
  

   during 
  1899-1902 
  ; 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  its 
  long 
  legs 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  very 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  and 
  beautiful 
  animal, 
  moving 
  about 
  its 
  cage 
  with 
  an 
  

   elegance 
  that 
  recalled 
  the 
  gait 
  of 
  a 
  Giraffe. 
  Another 
  remarkable 
  

   beast 
  was 
  a 
  cream-coloured 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayan 
  Bear 
  

   (Ursus 
  tibetanus), 
  an 
  animal 
  which 
  is 
  normally 
  jet-black, 
  with 
  a 
  

   white 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  chest. 
  Two 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  rare 
  Ursine 
  

   Dasyure 
  (Tasmanian 
  Devil), 
  Sarcopkilus 
  ursiuus 
  — 
  squat 
  little 
  

   beasts, 
  whose 
  blinking 
  sun-blinded 
  eyes 
  belied 
  their 
  nocturnal 
  

   ferocity 
  — 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  Small 
  Mammal 
  House 
  when 
  I 
  last 
  visited 
  

   it 
  ; 
  also 
  two 
  splendid 
  Ocelot 
  Cats 
  (Felis 
  pardalis), 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  

   small 
  Leopards, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  Geoffroy's 
  Tiger- 
  

   Cats, 
  and 
  a 
  Fettered 
  Cat 
  (F. 
  maniculata) 
  from 
  Africa. 
  There 
  

   was 
  also 
  a 
  fuliginous 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  Common 
  Phalanger, 
  

   Trichosurus 
  vulpecula 
  ("Opossum" 
  of 
  the 
  Australians), 
  in 
  a 
  

   beautiful 
  coat 
  of 
  rich 
  brown 
  fur 
  ; 
  an 
  American 
  Skunk 
  {Mephitis 
  

   mephitica) 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  Paradoxure 
  or 
  Palm-Civet 
  {Paradoxurus 
  sp.). 
  

   A 
  Grison 
  (Galictis 
  vittata) 
  — 
  half 
  -Badger, 
  half- 
  Weasel 
  — 
  rushed 
  

   about 
  its 
  cage 
  very 
  much 
  awake, 
  and 
  screeching 
  excitedly, 
  its 
  

   voice, 
  on 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  the 
  keeper, 
  rising 
  into 
  an 
  ear-piercing 
  

   scream. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  of 
  hoofed 
  animals 
  included 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  the 
  Short- 
  

   horned 
  Buffaloes 
  (Bos 
  sp. 
  ?), 
  which 
  inhabit 
  Southern 
  Asia. 
  These 
  

   splendid 
  beasts 
  were 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  shaggy 
  black 
  hair, 
  with 
  

  

  