HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
That we regret to find that we were grossly mis- 
informed about the price stated in our last issue 
to have been paid for the Pallas's Cat imported 
on the s.s. "Crosby Hall," also that the value 
mentioned was incorrect. 
That the following notice of "The Bazaar, Ex- 
change and Mart" has received our particular 
attention : — 
Hamlyn's "Menagerie Magazine." — We 
have received from the well-known naturalist 
dealer, Mr. J. D. Hamlyn, 221, St. George's 
Street, E., the third number of the above 
magazine. It seems to improve with each is- 
sue, and there is no good reason why its 
scope should not be still further widened. A 
few good illustrations of some of the very in- 
teresting animals that come into Mr. Ham- 
lyn's possession, together with practical notes 
thereon, would help in the direction referred 
to. In our opinion, Mrs. Hamlyn's contribu- 
tion on her pet Chimpanzee Peter in the cur- 
rent issue is certainly interesting. It is a pity, 
however, that the illustrations accompanying 
it are so small and so indistinctly printed, as 
they are worthy of a better fate. 
That the following articles are unfortunately 
crowded out in this number :—" Jack the Mon- 
kev Man," "Jumbo" (this, has been sent by a 
youthful contributor, Laurance Pullar), Reports 
of the Irish ant Scotch Societies, with other 
most interesting matter. 
That Monsieur Pierre Amedee Pichot, of Paris, 
Sir Harry Johnston, with Mr. Leadbetter, have 
our best thanks for their interesting articles. 
That Mr. Harper has returned from India with 
a mixed choice collection of rare birds, also an 
orang outang, the whole of which have been al- 
ready disposed of in Great Britain : — green fruit 
pigeons, lanceolated jay, golden oriole, see see 
partridge, giant barbet, purple sun birds, 2 
species Himalayan tits, red Himalayan sun bird, 
pied bush chat, yellow throated sparrows, finch 
larks, coral billed bulbul, streaked laughing 
thrush, 1 jora, rosy miniuet, small brown babb- 
ler, 1 shrike — the last four mentioned are new 
to the Zoological Society's collection — 1 half- 
grown female orang outang. The collection 
arrived in superb condition, and reflects credit 
on the collector. 
That two giant tortoises arrived on the s.s. "Min- 
nehaha" from the Sandwich Islands via New- 
York. Mr. Pocock, of our Zoological Society, 
contributes to "The Field" the following most 
interesting particulars : — 
The Society is indebted to Lord Rothschild 
for two giant tortoises, natives of the Gala- 
pagos Islands, which were recently procured 
for him by Mr. Thomas Gerrard in the Sand- 
wich Islands. One of them is an example of 
Testudo galapagocnsis, which formerly ex- 
isted in Charles Island; the other os T. nigrita 
from Indefatigable Island, in the Galapagos. 
Both of them came from Kauai, in the 
Sandwich or Hawaian Archipelago, where the 
specimen of T. nigrita is known to have been 
for seventy-five years.; beyond that its history 
is unknown. The example of T. galapagoen- 
sis, however, has been in the possession of 
the Royal family of the Hawaian Islands, for 
about a century, and was until recently the 
property of the ex-Queen Liliuokalani. It is 
one of the very large number of giant tor- 
toises turned loose in the Pacific Islands, par- 
ticularly in Rotumah, by Capt. David Porter, 
of the U.S. battleship Essex, who was set to 
guard the Galapagos Islands in 1813-14. For 
these particulars I am indebted to Lord Roths- 
child, who further informs me that only six 
samples of T. galapagoensis are known, the 
one now exhibited by the Society being, it is 
believed, the last living specimen of the 
species. It is one of the so-called "saddle- 
backed" forms and is a male, measuring 44in. 
along the middle line of the carapace. 
The specimen of T. nigrita, a female, was 
presented to Lord Rothschild by Messrs. G. 
N. and A. S. Wilcox, of Lihue, Kauai. 
That the arrivals in Liverpool have been toucans, 
amazons, grey parrots, with a few monkeys. 
That the arrivals in Southampton practically nil. 
That the arrivals in London have been 1 tame pet 
Indian bear, 2 chimpanzees, 98 mixed Senegal 
birds, 5 small mangabeys, 3 rhesus, 1 Cuban 
parrot, 4 grey parrots, 20 American skunks, 30 
mixed American snakes, 10 grey frogs, 10' terra- 
pins, 1 horse shoe crab, 3 macaws, with other 
odds and ends. 
That Mr. R. Colton deserves special mention for 
his few choice specimens ex s.s. "Osterley" from 
Sydney : 1 king parrot, 1 crimson wing, 1 Stan- 
ley, 1 red martel, 1 blue bonnet, with a lew 
barrabands. 
That our attention has been drawn to the Article 
on English Dealers in the Avicultural Magazine 
which shall receive our attention in the Septem- 
ber number. Personally, we do not consider 
the writer to be of such sufficient standing to 
take to task, but, by the special request of many 
of our readers, it shall be done. 
That the Year Book, 1915, of The Amateur Men- 
agerie Club has arrived. It contains a vast 
amount of most interesting matter. 
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