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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



EAST AFRICAN LIONS "SAMBOUT" AND "SERGOIT.' 

 Presented by Mrs. Armar D. Saunderson. 



TWO LIONS FROM AFRICA. 



THE most valuable and desirable of all lions, 

 young or old, are those to which can be 

 applied the magic word "imported." 

 This term signifies a jungle-bred animal, with 

 a wilderness constitution, and all the stamina 

 that wild paternity can impart. 



The Society has recently received from Mrs. 

 Armar D. Saunderson two fine male lion cubs 

 that belong in the "imported" class. They were 

 captured by Mr. and Mrs. Saunderson on Feb- 

 ruary 20, 1908, in the southwestern corner of 

 British East Africa, when about two weeks old. 

 The mother lioness had four cubs in all, two of 

 which she managed to carry off to a safe retreat 

 before the hunting party arrived. 



The two cubs captured were taken to Mr. 

 Saunderson's camp, and hidden in a pile of sad- 

 dles and boxes. For several nights the mother 

 prowled about the camp, roaring at intervals, 

 but finally she abandoned her efforts to recover 

 her offspring. 



Both the cubs are males, and have been named 

 "Sambout" and "Sergoit," after two large rocks 



that rise out of the Guas N'Guishu plateau. 

 For several days following their capture they 

 were fed on warm milk, to which was presently 

 added a midday meal of raw meat that had 

 been put through a mixing machine. They 

 were carried in two chop boxes, on porters' 

 heads, for over 100 miles to the Uganda Rail- 

 way, and came to New York by way of Mom- 

 basa, Marseilles and England. 



"Sambout" and "Sergoit" will be quartered 

 in one of the large eastern cages of the Small- 

 Mammal House until they are old enough to go 

 to the Lion House. They are very docile and 

 affectionate animals, and are taken out by their 

 keepers for a daily walk, in collar and chain. 



Dancing Cranes. — A stranger might imagine 

 the cranes were crazy or affected by the heat if 

 he came upon them during play time, and ap- 

 parently that is what it can be termed. The 

 Sandhills dance around in a circle, jumping 

 about in the most grotesque way with out- 

 stretched wings and necks, continuing for 



