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HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
of the collection of pheasants of the late Dr. Pear- 
son is very interestsing. "General Notes" this 
month is somewhat curtailed. The arrivals have 
been few and far between, and the celebrities of 
the Animal and Bird World have escaped my 
notice. The subscription is 10'/- per annum, and 
if this second number comes up to your expecta- 
tion, I should be pleased to receive your subscrip- 
tion on enclosed form. 
The following Articles will appear from time to 
time as opportunity occurs : — 
"How I became a Naturalist." 
"Why I went to the Congo." 
"My Second Visit to the Congo." 
"Gorilla Dealing — Alive and Dead." 
"A true acount of the origination of the Wild 
Beast Business in Great Britain." 
"The Peculiarities of this Unique Business." 
"My Visit to South Africa." 
" The Advent of the Boxing Kangaroo and the 
Wrestling Lion. " 
"Concerning 'Peter,' one of the most famous 
Chimpanzees of the Age; also on the train- 
ing of Chimpanzees in general." 
"The Arrival and Landing of the Barnum and 
Bailey Show, 1899." 
" My Expedition to Dyers Islands, Cape of Good 
Hope, resulting in the capture of 125 Pen- 
guins and 12 Cape Sea Lions." 
"Ivory Buying in the French Congo." 
" Concerning the Water Elephant in the Fernan 
Vaz District, French Congo, obtained 
whilst visiting Sette Cama, S.W. Congo." 
" How I attempted to corner the Monkey Mar- 
ket thirty years ago, and lamentably failed." 
A FEW NOTES ON THE LATE 
DR. F. S. PEARSON, 
of Kingston Hill, who unfortunately lost his life 
whilst travelling with his xvife on the S.S. 
" Lusitania." 
By the courtesy of Mr. E. H. Pankhurst, who 
has had charge of the wonderful collection of 
Pheasants, Game Birds, Currassows and Poultry 
of the late Dr. Pearson, I am enabled to give my 
readers the following particulars. 
I have just been informed that the Zoological 
Society, Regents Park, have purchased the col- 
lection of Pheasants, comprising 2 pairs Impeyan, 
2, cocks 1 hen Peacock, 1 cock Siamese, 1 hen El- 
liott, 1 cock 2 hens Horsfields, 1 cock 3 hens Mon- 
golian, 1 cock Cheer, 2 cocks 3' hens Swinhoe, 2 
cocks 8 hens Reeve, 5 cocks 6 hens Amhersts, 3 
cocks 2 hens Japanese, 2 cocks 2 hens Formosan, 
21 cocks 4 hens Golden, 4 hens Prince of Wales, 3 
cocks 7 hens Silver, 1 hen Penelope, 2 pairs black 
Kaleege, 2 cocks 1 hen Veuillots, 1 cock Satyr 
Tragopan, 1 cock Temnincks, 1 hen Cabot, 1 
razor-billed Currassow, 2 crested Currassows, with 
a few hybrid Pheasants of no importance. 
My offer was .£76 cash for above: — a fairly rea- 
sonable one these times — so I take it the Zoologi- 
cal Society have exceeded that figure. 
Mr. Pankhurst has been wonderfully successful 
the last few years in rearing the rarer variety of 
Pheasants, and he has now several broods just 
hatched out. He not only hatches these delicate 
birds, but manages to rear them and keep them 
alive and in first-class condition for all time. This 
is more than can be said of other establishments. 
The rearing- of first-class Pheasants has been for 
many years past a profitable industry with our 
French neighbours, and why it cannot be so in 
this country requires thought and consideration. 
A Pheasant Farm conducted on the principles laid 
down by Mr. Pankhurst should be a very profitable 
undertaking. 
ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF 
IRELAND. 
The weekly meeting was held on Saturday, May 
22nd, Dr. R. R. Leeper (Vice-President) in the 
chair. The Secretary, referring to the Whitsun- 
tide holidays, said the Gardens would be open on 
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at half-price. 
Gifts reported : — A merganser, sent by Mr. H. B. 
Rathbone; a pair of golden pheasants, Mrs. Hone 
Dyas; and vegetables from Colonel Sir Fred Shaw. 
Messrs. Walter Brown, Hanover Street, Mills, 
sent a horse for the carnivora. Mrs. Sealy, 6, 
Wilton Place, and Mr. Gerald Horan, were elected 
Members of the Society (life). Visitors to the 
Gardens for the week, 21,176'. 
RATS AT THE DOCKS. 
Last year 42,916 rats were caught at the Docks 
and on vessels arriving in the Port of London. Of 
these 2,716 were examined bacteriologically and 
not one was found showing any evidence of plague. 
The Port Sanitary Committee consider this most 
satisfactory, as during the previous five years rats 
infected with plague were found on several occa- 
sions. Since the; Corporation undertook the work 
of exterminating rats in the Docks 837,097 have 
been accounted for. In 1913 a conference was held 
with a view to taking measures to prevent the risk 
of plague arising within the Port of London. No 
serious attempt, the Medical Officer states, has 
been made to carry out these measures. 
