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HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
ing the year were : — 2 Two-wattled cassowaries, 
1 lynx, 1- kangaroo (albino), 3 tigers, 1 rufous 
kangaroo, 2gayals, 1 Phayre's Leaf monkey, 1 
ostrich, 1 orang-utang, 1 white-handed gibbon, 1 
markhor, 3 blood pheasants. 
,The following table gives the chief items of 
expenditure under "Food of animals" for the 
year : — ■ 
Beef 
Mutton 
Bread 
Worms 
Live fish 
Plantain 
Grasshoppers 
Grains, such as gram, rice, wheat, 
etc. , etc. 
Shattoo 
Miscellaneous food, such as leaves, 
fowl, canary seed, kangney, 
etc., etc. 
Milk 
Rs. 
5,054 5 
906 10 
554 4 
234 15 
291 15 
518 12 
36 
17,108 1 6 
185 8 
5,466 4 3 
281 3 
Total Rs. 30,637 14 3 
GENERAL CONDITION OF THE ANIMALS. 
The general health of the animals was satis- 
factory. There were no epidemics amongst the 
mammals, and the larger carnivores were kept 
in splendid condition, while the Himalayan ani- 
mals, such as markhor, tahr, serow, uryal, cat- 
bear, did remarkably well. 
In th eaviary there wa.s an outbreak of chic- 
ken cholera amongst a lot of newly purchased 
pheasants, which were at once placed in the se- 
gregation shed under observation, and the disease 
was suppressed without difficulty. 
NEW ARRIVALS AT THE ZOOLOGI- 
CAL GARDENS, REGENTS PARK. 
Interesting particulars are given in "The 
Field," April 19th, by Mr. R. I. Pocock, of the 
new arrivals at Regents Park, and I cannot do 
better than print them which I know will interest 
all my readers. 
" From the surprise and dissatisfaction some- 
times expressed at the reduction in the number of 
animals exhibited in the Zoological Gardens at 
the present time, it is evident that there are still 
people, even amongst the educated classes, who 
do net even yet realise the far-reaching effects of 
the war, and know them only as the hardships 
of their own immediate and personal surround- 
ings. The causes that have led to> the depletion 
of the Society's collection may therefore be briefly 
alluded to. Since August, 1914, the normal mor- 
tality amongst the animals has been going on, 
and owing to the requirements of shipping for 
other and essential purposes, coupled with the 
Board of Trade's wise prohibition against the im- 
portation of wild beasts and birds, it has been im- 
possible to replace lost stock. In the second 
place, owing to the high cost and scarcity of food, 
it was found to be impossible to feed all the ani- 
mals in the Gardens, even allowing for the grad- 
ual loss of specimens from natural and unavoid- 
able causes. The council therefore decided to 
reduce the stock to a minimum by disposing of all 
superfluous specimens, selecting those that there 
was every prospect of replacing without difficulty 
with the return of normal conditions. With the 
signing of the armistice steps were immediately 
taken to make good the losses of the four pre- 
ceding years, and during the past month or two 
these have been bearing fruit. 
"The Duke of Bedford has generously de- 
posited six llamas, a bull American bison, and a 
white bull of 1 the Chantley breed. The latter is 
placed in a pen in the cattle house, next to the 
Society's Chillingham bull, so that the difference 
between the two breeds may be seen at once. 
Both animals are white, but whereas the Chant- 
ley bull has black round the muzzle, on the ears 
and feet, and laterally extended drooping horns, 
recalling the iong-horn' domestic cattle, the Chil- 
lingham bull is pale fawn on the parts named, 
and the horns have a decided upward and forward 
curvature, recalling the 'short-horn. Our stock 
of carnivora has been strengthened by the addi- 
tion of two lionesses, kindly deposited by Mrs. G. 
T. Drake; a young leopard and two common mon- 
gooses, purchased from the steward of S.S. 'Cola- 
ba' ; a pair of pandar and a leopard cat, purchased 
'from Mr. Hamlyn; and two' spotted hyaenas, 
purchased from Mr. Hannaford. These hyaenas, 
a particularly fine pair, are temporarily exhibited 
in the lion house. We also purchased from Mr. 
Hamlyn a pair of Malabar squirrels, and very 
unexpected additions were two meerkats presented 
by the manager of the Rhodes estate at Groote 
Schuur, Cape Colony, and a banded mongoose 
from Natal, presented by Lieut. -Surgeon Nairne, 
R.N., who kindly brought home the meerkats for 
us. Several birds have also come in, notably a 
pair of Impyan pheasants, purchased from Mr. 
Hamlyn, and in a week or two we are expecting 
a consignment of five Californian sea lions from 
New York. The results so far achieved in the 
short space of time hold out hopes that the Gar- 
dens will soon appear to be as well provided 
with specimens as in pre-war days. 
