HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
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I- find that most of these foreign birds and 
animals hatch or bring- forth their young in the 
winter in this! country which would be the warm 
part of the year with them. My Indian Cattle 
also bred yearly and did well in the field. The 
pair of Llamas bred twice, and the calves did 
fine and were no trouble to rear. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
By John D. Hamlyn. 
THAT Mr. James Jennison, Manager of the 'Belle 
Vue Gardens, Manchester, for the last forty 
years, left ^146,275. 
It is with very much regret that it has 
only been Irought to my notice late!) tha" M<\ 
James died at Belle Vue, December 8th, 1917, 
of pneumonia following an attack of influenza, 
and was buried in the family vault at Gheadle, 
Cheshire, age 75. 
My business acquaintance commenced forty 
years ago with him, and continued right down 
to the last on most friendly terms. A more 
amiable, straightforward, high minded Natura- 
list never lived. 
He loved his animals., more especially the 
Anthropoid Apes, and made Chimpanzees his 
special study. 
He introduced the "Consul" Chimpanzees. 
The very first educated Chimpanzee was his 
first Consul. A remarkable animal indeed. I 
well remember years ago my introduction to 
that highly educated Ape. It was a gtorious 
summer's morning, that entering Belle Vue, I 
met Mr. James Jennison with Consul taking his 
. walk through the gardens. Just to show how 
obedient he was to his beloved master, we 
walked through one of the vast stores, with 
tables piled up with thousands of buns, 'tarts, 
and cakes, but Consul looked neither to the 
right or left; he simply followed on. 
THAT a very interesting letter on "The Wild 
Cattle of Chartley," appeared in "The Field" 
lately : — > 
."Sir, — The famous herd of wild, white cat- 
tle in Chartley Park, which a few years ago 
seemed to be doomed, will most likely become 
once again a reality. Twenty years ago, fifty- 
three cattle roamed the 1000-acre park at their 
will, and would never allow themselves to be 
handled by man; though in the winter thev were 
fed in sheds. A few years later an epidemic of 
tuberculosis attacked the herd, and, owing to 
long in-breeding, they fell easy victims. By 
1905 they had been reduced to eight head, and 
the only chance of saving them from extinction 
was evidently to introduce fresh blood. Some 
of the animals were bought by the Duke of Bed- 
ford and removed to Woburn for breeding ex- 
periments. Also, a short time, ago, a few ani- 
mals originally from the Chartley herd were 
found at Needwood, belonging to the late Mr. 
Brace. Animals from that herd, including a fine 
bull, were purchased, and a splendid young bull, 
now two years old, has been bred from them, 
true in colour and points to the Chartley herd. 
It is wholly white, save for its black ears, 
muzzle and hoofs, and has long spreading horns 
tipped with black. It is slighllv different in type 
from the kindred herds of Chillingham, in North- 
umberland, and Cadzow, in Lanarkshire. Thus 
through the patriotic efforts of the Duke of 
Bedford and Sir Claud Alexander, who has just 
formed a society for the preservation of the 
breed of British white park cattle, the resuscita- 
tion of the Chartley herd is practically assured. 
It is interesting to notice that the survivors 
of the herd were found at Nedwood, from which 
forest their ancestors were driven into Chart- 
ley Park in the reign of Henry III. by William 
Ferrers, Earl of Derby, to preserve them when 
extinction threatened them by reason of the 
forest charters then enacted. — T. Pape. " 
THAT an officer in Palestine writes home as 
follows : — ' 
"Yesterday I took a two hours' walk for 
the purpose of counting how many different 
sorts of birds I could see. Walking along the 
hills, I saw one blackbird, four thrushes, a chaf- 
finch, goldfinches, meadow pipits (in a la/ge 
flock), a pair of great tits, several stone-crats, 
one fieldfare, a few willow wrens, greenfinches, 
swallows, white wagtail, two large falcon, and 
a kestrel." 
THAT there has just been deposited; in the Zoo 
by Captain Leonard P. Napier a fine lion cub, 
which is stated to have been bred 1 in France — 
presumably at the Jardin des Plantes. Its home 
for the time being is in the Cats' House. 
THAT the champion breeders of lions in the 
United Kingdom are undoubtedly the authorities 
in Dublin. In the Lord Roberts' Lion House in 
that capital the success has been phenomenal — 
as much as ^"5,000 having been realised in a 
single year. 
THAT war. it seems, is being waged on the spar- 
row, and we find Mr. Montagu Sharpe urging 
