HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
That I herewith tender my thanks to Professor 
Arthur Keith, M.D., LL.D 1 ., for permission to 
publish a lecture delivered at the Royal 
College of Surgeons, Lincoln'si Inn Fields : 
"A Study in the Evolution of the Gorilla 
and Chimpanzee, and its bearing on thei 
Evolution of Man"; also to Mr. Robt. Cushman 
Murphy, Central Museum, New York, for per- 
mission to quote from his very interesting bul- 
letin on "The Penguins of South Georgia"; to 
Mr. Walter Winans and Monsieur Pichot for 
their well-informed articles. 
That many articles are crowded out of this num- 
ber, all of which will appear in due course. 
That Keeper Pinder, who was wounded so badly 
that he has been discharged from the Army, 
is now back at the Zoo doing light work. Forty 
keepers are serving in the Forces. 
That the celebrated Pleasure Fair will not be 
held at Hull this year. There has always been 
a vast aggregation of menageries and shows at 
this old-time Fair, constituting one of the 
sights of the Show World. 
That there has been large arrivals of Peach-faced 
Love-birds lately. They can now be obtained 
at very reasonable prices. 
That a very rare specimen of the Hawk-headed 
Parrot arrived in Liverpool, and was acquired 
by a local dealer. 
That large numbers of Amazons and Conures 
are arriving in Liverpool commanding a ready 
sale. 
That the arrivals of Chimpanzees and African 
Monkeys are few and far between. They now 
fetch high prices. 
That six Rhesus Monkeys arrived in the Port of 
London during the last six weeks. Indian Mon- 
keys are exceedingly scarce. 
That the s.s. "Huntsman," from Calcutta, ar- 
rived on October 1st. One Entellus Monkey, 
consigned to W. J. Henning, and the following 
birds to Lady Rothschild and Mr. Ezra : 14 
variousi Darjeeling Sun-birds, 4 ordinary Sun- 
birds, 1 Ring-neck Parrakeet, 21 Sibras, 1 un- 
known Pigeon, 2 Fly Catchers, with others. 
That a valuable consignment of rare South Ameri- 
can birds arrived on s.s. "Samplan," via New 
York, and were deposited at the Zoo. 
That the s.s. "Llandovery Castle" arrived from 
Cape Town on Saturday, 9th inst., with 1 pair 
Blessboks, 4 Meercats, 1 Cape Crane, 2 Cara- 
cals, 3 Porcupines, 2 Rock Rabbits, 1 Spotted 
Cat, and several Baboons. 
That 100 pairs of Senegal mixed birds, with 
few Jerboas arrived via Paris. 
That very few Roller Canaries are arriving from 
Rotterdam. The supply seems likely to be ex- 
hausted by the end of this year. 
That the Zoological Gardens, Regents Park, 
have received some Siamese Fig-htino- Fish. 
That at the Zoo the other day I was struck with 
the great care that is being taken of the regi- 
mental pets housed there during the war. The 
Canadians have left four bears which were all 
captured as cubs in Canada, and among other 
regimental pets the Zoo is glad to have acquired 
even temporarily are four black bucks, or Indian 
antelopes, belonging to the Royal Warwick- 
shire Regiment. 
That one of the probable results of this unexam- 
pled war is the disappearance from the surface 
of the earth of one of the most interesting 
species we possess. In the Lithuanian forests 
there existed before the war a few carefully- 
protected herds of the European bison, the last 
survivors of those which, in prehistoric times, 
wandered in immense numbers over all Europe. 
They have been steadily disappearing before 
the advance of the human population, and if 
the Russian authorities had not taken measures 
to preserve them they would probably have been 
extinct ere now. These huge creatures are 
plainly near relations of the American bison, 
also threatened with extinction, and the resem- 
blance between the two species is very striking. 
It is quite likely that the few specimens pos- 
sessed by our own Zoo will be the last that 
human eyes will look upon, for the fiercest of 
the Eastern fighting has taken place in the 
habitat of these animals. A bison has a poor 
chance when placed between two contending 
modern armies, and we have very little doubt 
that the herds have already been slaughtered. 
Unless a few have by some miracle escaped no 
one will ever see a wild European bison again. 
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