HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
95 
"A special attraction for Easter will be the 
exhibition of a, number of rhesus monkeys in the 
Iarg-e parrots' aviary on the canal bank, which 
has been especially fitted up with trees, swings, 
and shelters, the birds in the meantime being 
shown in the large outdoor cages by the office, 
where they make a brave show. 
R. I. POCOCK." 
THE BOSTOCK AND WOMBWELL 
MENAGERIE. 
The Business carried on for many years by 
the Subscriber, Edward Henry Bostock, Theatre 
and Menagerie Proprietor, Zoo Buildings, Glas- 
gow, as proprietor of the Travelling Menagerie 
known as Bostock and Wombwell's, was on 7th 
April, 1919, transferred to his son, the Sub- 
scriber, John Reginald Wombwell Bostock. 
On and after that date the said Edward Henry 
Bostock ceased to have any interest in the con- 
cern, and the said John Reginald Wombwell 
ceased to have any interest in the concern, and 
the said John Reginald Wombwell Bostock be- 
came the proprietor of the Menagerie, and has 
carried on, and will in future, carry on, the busi- 
ness for his own behalf. 
E. H. BOSTOCK. 
JOHN F. W. BOSTOCK. 
Witness : 
ARCHD. CAMPBELL, Solicitor. 
HELEN CAMFION, Clerkess. 
"World's Fair," April 19th, 1919. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
By John D. Hamlyn. 
THAT the United States War Department author- 
izes the following : — i 
Engine trouble forced two army flyers 
from the 2d Provisional Wing, Park Pace, 
Houston, Texas, to stay overnight near Ander- 
son, Texas, recently. Thev were Lieut. Harry 
McDonough, pilot, and Fred W. McConky, Jr., 
observer. 
McDonough, in a hunt in an adjacent grove 
that night, caught a live 'possum. The airmen 
shut the 'possum in the fuselage of the plane 
for the rest of the night and the next morning 
they started for headquarters, eighty-five miles 
away. The 'possum in some manner escaped 
from his cubbyhole after the plane was in the 
air and rode the rest of the way hanging by his 
feet and tail to the scarf mount over the rear 
cockpit. Upon landing, the animal was handed 
over as a mascot to the men of the 343d Squad- 
ron, who christened him "Aero," and to-day 
he enjoys the distinction of being the first fly- 
ing 'possum of the Air Service. 
THAT largely through the efforts of the American 
Bison Society, the American bison, which for- 
merly ranged the prairies in countless herds, 
but which was almost exterminated through 
the ruthless; methods of the wild game hunters, 
has been saved. Enormous herds have been 
established in the national zoological societies. 
There are said to be approximately 2,773 in 
captivity, and 70 wild bison in the U. States. 
In Canada 3,123 bison are in captivity and 500 
in a wild state. Making a grand total of 6,466 
known to' exist in America. The records show 
that more than 900 calves were born in 1917. 
When the American Bison Society first aroused 
public sentiment to the question of their pre- 
servation, there were only a little over 1,000 
head known to be in existence. 
THAT the last of the white-tailed or sea-eagles 
of the Shetlands, the old white-tailed eagle of 
North Roe, has disappeared says " Bird Notes 
and News," the journal of the Royal Society 
for the Protection of Birds. 
For several years after the death of her 
mate, eight years ago, she haunted the old nest, 
and it is believed that she has died a natural 
death. She was said to be the last of the British 
species. 
THAT "Planter," writing to "The Calcutta 
Statesman," says :^— 
" I believe that there are at present about 
twenty-five proscribed elephants in the Dooars. 
They are becoming increasingly dangerous, as 
the following incidents will go to prove. 
"A planter riding home some months ago 
was attacked by a wild elephant. He only 
succeeded in escaping by riding- into the dhan 
khets (paddy cultivation), which were soft at 
that time. The elephant was so close that the 
planter threw his topi (hat) into the elephant's 
face, which distracted its attention. 
