﻿THE 
  AMSTERDAM 
  ZOOLOGICAL 
  GARDENS. 
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  the 
  tail-tassels 
  yellow. 
  Their 
  coat 
  was 
  quite 
  wavy, 
  curling 
  upon 
  

   the 
  fore 
  legs 
  in 
  little 
  wisps 
  and 
  tags, 
  while 
  the 
  hair 
  situated 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  horns 
  of 
  the 
  bull 
  was 
  absurdly 
  parted 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   as 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  brushed 
  by 
  a 
  hairdresser. 
  The 
  Antelope 
  pens 
  

   contained 
  several 
  Nilgai 
  (Boselaphus 
  tragocamelus), 
  including 
  a 
  

   young 
  bull 
  whose 
  coat 
  was 
  fast 
  darkening 
  to 
  the 
  blue-grey 
  of 
  

   maturity. 
  There 
  were 
  also 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Singsing 
  Waterbuck 
  {Cobus 
  

   unctuosus), 
  a 
  Keed-Buck 
  {Cervicapra 
  arundinum), 
  an 
  Indian 
  An- 
  

   telope 
  (Antilope 
  ccrvicapra), 
  and 
  a 
  Leucoryx 
  (Oryx 
  leucoryx). 
  A 
  

   fine 
  Eland 
  (Taurotragus 
  oryx) 
  of 
  the 
  now 
  rare 
  unstriped 
  race 
  was 
  

   specially 
  interesting, 
  b}- 
  reason 
  of 
  its 
  unequal 
  horns, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  

   was 
  curionsly 
  curved 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  his 
  consort 
  was 
  a 
  young 
  cow 
  of 
  

   the 
  striped 
  (Livingstone's) 
  subspecies. 
  Both 
  Burchell's 
  {Equus 
  

   burchellii) 
  and 
  the 
  Mountain 
  Zebra 
  {E. 
  zebra) 
  were 
  represented 
  

   in 
  the 
  equine 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  collection, 
  as 
  was 
  also 
  the 
  Shetland 
  

   Pony 
  ! 
  In 
  the 
  Hippopotamus 
  House 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  inmates 
  {Hippo- 
  

   potamus 
  amphibuis) 
  was 
  tame 
  enough 
  to 
  come 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  railings 
  

   for 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  bread, 
  rearing 
  itself 
  up 
  with 
  both 
  fore 
  feet 
  planted 
  

   on 
  the 
  parapet 
  like 
  an 
  enormous 
  Pig, 
  and 
  eating 
  the 
  bread 
  with 
  

   a 
  remarkable 
  sighing 
  noise 
  at 
  each 
  bite, 
  as 
  if 
  its 
  respiration 
  was 
  

   slightly 
  impeded. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  several 
  Porcupines 
  (Hystrix 
  cristata) 
  amongst 
  the 
  

   rodents 
  in 
  the 
  Amsterdam 
  Collection, 
  and 
  these, 
  when 
  gathered 
  

   together 
  round 
  their 
  food, 
  produced 
  a 
  most 
  curious 
  effect 
  on 
  the 
  

   eye 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  their 
  waving 
  manes, 
  and 
  the 
  long 
  white 
  quills, 
  

   which 
  swayed 
  continually, 
  recalling 
  a 
  clump 
  of 
  reeds 
  agitated 
  by 
  

   the 
  wind. 
  Hard 
  by 
  a 
  Prairie-Dog 
  (Cynomys 
  ludovicianus) 
  was 
  

   seen 
  busily 
  scratching 
  out 
  the 
  earth 
  with 
  his 
  fore 
  paws, 
  and 
  

   throwing 
  it 
  backwards 
  between 
  the 
  widely 
  straddled 
  hind 
  feet. 
  

   A 
  white 
  Hedgehog 
  (Erinaceus 
  europceus 
  var.), 
  some 
  beautiful 
  

   black 
  and 
  cinnamon 
  Squirrels 
  {Sciurus 
  prevosti), 
  and 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  

   Spotted 
  Pacas 
  {Coelogenys 
  paca) 
  inhabited 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Garden. 
  

   An 
  Armadillo 
  {Dasypus 
  villosus) 
  scuttled 
  rapidly 
  over 
  the 
  ground 
  

   like 
  a 
  Woodlouse 
  in 
  its 
  coat 
  of 
  mail, 
  and 
  not 
  far 
  away 
  a 
  red 
  

   Kangaroo 
  (Macropus 
  rufus) 
  dozed 
  in 
  the 
  sunshine, 
  its 
  Deer-like 
  

   head 
  poised 
  gracefully 
  on 
  the 
  elongated 
  neck. 
  

  

  The 
  beautifully 
  appointed 
  aviaries 
  are 
  a 
  pleasing 
  feature 
  at 
  

   Amsterdam. 
  One 
  of 
  them 
  contained 
  Toucans 
  {Rhamphastus 
  spp.), 
  

   Jay 
  -Thrushes 
  (Garrulax 
  spp.), 
  Troupials 
  {Icterus), 
  and 
  Glossy 
  

  

  