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upon animal food. Soon after her arrival, I found sh.e would kill 

 and eat small birds ; seizing them bj the neck, she would bite 

 off the head and eat the bird — skin, feathers, and all. For 

 some months she killed and ate a small pigeon every night. 

 After a time we supplied her with cooked mutton and 

 beef -tea ; upon this food she has done well. I have never 

 found any ordinary chimpanzee that would eat any kind of 

 flesh. 



" Another singular habit was the producing pellets or ' quids,' 

 resembling the castings thrown up by raptorial birds. . . . They 

 are composed of feathers and other indigestible substances, that 

 had been taken with her food. Moreover she is an expert rat- 

 catcher, and has caught and killed many rats that had entered her 

 cage during the night. Her intelhgence is far above that of the 

 ordinary chimpanzee. With but little trouble she can be taught to 

 do many things that require the exercise of considerable thought 

 and understanding. She recognizes those who have made her 

 acquaintance, and pays marked attention to men of colour, by 

 uttering a loud cry of bon, bun, bun. She is never tired of romping 

 and playing, and is generally in a good temper." 



