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  TEE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  Starlings, 
  the 
  metallic 
  plumage 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  making 
  a 
  charming 
  

   feature 
  against 
  the 
  tender 
  green 
  foliage 
  amongst 
  which 
  they 
  

   perched. 
  Another 
  aviary 
  sheltered 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  tinamous 
  

   (Crypturus) 
  Partridge-like 
  birds 
  from 
  South 
  America, 
  and 
  also 
  

   an 
  African 
  Ground 
  Hornbill 
  (Bucorvus 
  abyssinicus), 
  which 
  could 
  

   whine 
  like 
  a 
  spoilt 
  child, 
  and 
  a 
  Celebean 
  Maleo 
  (Megacephalon 
  

   maleo). 
  The 
  Maleo 
  is 
  very 
  rare 
  in 
  European 
  " 
  Zoos 
  " 
  ; 
  about 
  the 
  

   size 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  Turkey, 
  it 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  the 
  knob-like 
  

   excrescence 
  on 
  its 
  head, 
  for 
  its 
  breast 
  delicately 
  tinted 
  with 
  

   salmon-pink, 
  and 
  for 
  its 
  habit 
  of 
  burying 
  its 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  hot 
  

   sand 
  to 
  be 
  hatched 
  by 
  the 
  sun. 
  The 
  Golden 
  Eagle 
  (Aquila 
  

   chrysaetus), 
  the 
  Harpy 
  Eagle 
  {Thrasaetus 
  karpyia 
  ?), 
  the 
  Angola 
  

   Vulture 
  (Gypolderax 
  angolcnsis), 
  the 
  Condor 
  from 
  the 
  Andes 
  

   (Sarcorhamphus 
  gryphus) 
  , 
  the 
  Collared 
  Owl 
  (Syrnium 
  torquatum) 
  

   from 
  Surinam, 
  and 
  the 
  vulturine 
  Guinea-Fowl 
  (Acryllium 
  vulturi' 
  

   num) 
  from 
  East 
  Africa 
  were 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  amongst 
  many 
  very 
  

   interesting 
  birds 
  in 
  this 
  magnificent 
  collection. 
  Amsterdam 
  is 
  

   remarkable 
  for 
  the 
  liberal 
  amount 
  of 
  space 
  which 
  is 
  allowed 
  to 
  

   the 
  Water-Birds 
  ; 
  the 
  Waders 
  have 
  a 
  special 
  aviary 
  of 
  their 
  

   own, 
  where 
  the 
  scarlet 
  coat 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Ibis 
  (Eudocimus 
  

   ruber) 
  glows 
  like 
  a 
  live 
  coal 
  amid 
  the 
  greenery 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  beautiful 
  

   Sacred 
  Ibises 
  (Ibis 
  (ethiopica), 
  blue- 
  black 
  and 
  snow-white, 
  hatch 
  

   their 
  eggs 
  and 
  rear 
  their 
  young. 
  

  

  In 
  concluding 
  this 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  Amsterdam 
  Zoological 
  

   Gardens, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  that 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  features 
  

   of 
  this 
  flourishing 
  establishment 
  have 
  been 
  herein 
  indicated. 
  

   The 
  excellent 
  museum 
  of 
  stuffed 
  animals, 
  with 
  its 
  many 
  rarities, 
  

   such 
  as 
  the 
  true 
  Quagga 
  (Equus 
  quagga), 
  which 
  once 
  lived 
  in 
  

   Lord 
  Derby's 
  famous 
  menagerie 
  at 
  Knowsley 
  Hall 
  ; 
  the 
  well- 
  

   filled 
  library 
  ; 
  the 
  aquarium 
  ; 
  the 
  museum 
  of 
  preserved 
  reptiles 
  ; 
  

   all 
  merit 
  special 
  study. 
  An 
  Englishman 
  visiting 
  these 
  Gardens 
  

   will 
  find 
  much 
  to 
  instruct, 
  amuse, 
  and 
  delight 
  him 
  for 
  hours, 
  

   days, 
  or 
  even 
  weeks, 
  according 
  to 
  his 
  temperament 
  and 
  his 
  love 
  

   for 
  natural 
  science. 
  Crede 
  experto 
  ! 
  

  

  