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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  of 
  an 
  accident, 
  one 
  apparently 
  from 
  old 
  age, 
  and 
  the 
  remaining 
  one 
  

   from 
  unknown 
  causes. 
  Several 
  of 
  the 
  Monkeys 
  died 
  from 
  dysentery 
  

   ahout 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  as 
  this 
  disease 
  appeared 
  among 
  the 
  Lemurs 
  ; 
  

   three 
  died 
  of 
  tuberculosis 
  ; 
  others 
  of 
  pneumonia 
  and 
  severe 
  con- 
  

   stipation, 
  but, 
  as 
  usual 
  in 
  many 
  cases, 
  it 
  was 
  impossible 
  to 
  determine 
  

   the 
  cause 
  of 
  death, 
  all 
  the 
  organs 
  appearing 
  healthy. 
  

  

  An 
  unusual 
  incident 
  occurred 
  on 
  a 
  recent 
  Sunday 
  in 
  St. 
  James's 
  

   Park. 
  Just 
  when 
  the 
  walks 
  were 
  beginning 
  to 
  be 
  thronged 
  by 
  visitors 
  

   after 
  church, 
  the 
  birds 
  were 
  seen 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  state 
  of 
  perturbation, 
  

   huddling 
  together, 
  or 
  hurrying 
  to 
  take 
  shelter 
  in 
  the 
  bushes. 
  The 
  

   cause 
  was 
  soon 
  discerned 
  in 
  a 
  Hawk, 
  which 
  soared 
  in 
  wide 
  circles 
  over 
  

   the 
  park, 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  eighty 
  or 
  a 
  hundred 
  yards. 
  Presently 
  an 
  

   unwary 
  Pigeon 
  came 
  in 
  view, 
  flying 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  St. 
  James's. 
  

   The 
  Hawk 
  made 
  a 
  swoop, 
  and 
  struck 
  the 
  Pigeon, 
  which 
  fell 
  into 
  the 
  

   shrubbery 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  near 
  the 
  bridge. 
  The 
  Hawk 
  

   remained 
  poised 
  in 
  the 
  air, 
  and 
  then 
  circled 
  round 
  and 
  round 
  again, 
  

   rising 
  and 
  falling, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  swooping 
  so 
  low 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  its 
  

   quarry 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  an 
  easy 
  shot. 
  After 
  about 
  a 
  quarter 
  

   of 
  an 
  hour 
  it 
  gave 
  up 
  the 
  search, 
  and 
  soared 
  away 
  westward. 
  Soon 
  

   afterwards 
  the 
  Pigeon 
  fluttered 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  shrubbery 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  mown 
  

   lawn, 
  and 
  lay 
  there 
  helplessly 
  beating 
  its 
  wings. 
  A 
  park-keeper, 
  whose 
  

   attention 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  its 
  condition, 
  speedily 
  put 
  it 
  out 
  of 
  pain. 
  It 
  

   was 
  found 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  deep 
  wound 
  in 
  its 
  breast, 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  put 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  a 
  finger 
  in. 
  The 
  park-keeper 
  said 
  that 
  during 
  a 
  long 
  period 
  of 
  

   service 
  he 
  had 
  never 
  before 
  known 
  such 
  a 
  thing 
  to 
  happen, 
  and 
  had 
  

   never 
  noticed 
  a 
  Hawk 
  near 
  the 
  park. 
  It 
  was 
  certainly 
  a 
  surprising 
  

   instance 
  of 
  audacity, 
  though 
  it 
  was 
  surpassed 
  about 
  two 
  years 
  ago 
  by 
  

   a 
  Hawk 
  actually 
  killing 
  a 
  Pigeon 
  right 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  Guildhall 
  during 
  

   the 
  busiest 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  day. 
  — 
  Shooting 
  Times 
  and 
  Brit. 
  Sportsman. 
  

  

  The 
  actual 
  records 
  of 
  net-fishing 
  tend 
  to 
  make 
  one 
  sceptical 
  of 
  all 
  

   theories, 
  whether 
  propounded 
  by 
  men 
  of 
  science 
  or 
  sportsmen, 
  to 
  

   account 
  for 
  the 
  increase 
  or 
  decrease 
  of 
  fish. 
  Take 
  Salmon, 
  for 
  example. 
  

   How 
  carefully 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  explained, 
  over 
  and 
  over 
  again, 
  that 
  a 
  great 
  

   supply 
  under 
  modern 
  conditions 
  is 
  impossible. 
  But 
  suddenly, 
  and 
  

   without 
  any 
  assignable 
  reason, 
  the 
  Salmon 
  have 
  returned 
  in 
  unheard- 
  

   of 
  numbers 
  to 
  the 
  Tweed 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries. 
  Few 
  sportsmen 
  who 
  had 
  

   the 
  luck 
  to 
  share 
  last 
  autumn's 
  fly-fishing 
  will 
  forget 
  it, 
  and 
  the 
  

   catches 
  by 
  net 
  during 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  have, 
  says 
  'Country 
  Life,' 
  been 
  

  

  