HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
That one of the larger operations undertaken in 
the laying out of the Scottish Zoological Park 
at Corstorphine was an enclosure for brown and 
black bears, designed, on the lines which the 
Park has now made familiar, to allow the bears 
to be seen under as natural conditions as possi- 
ble. The work on this enclosure was commenced 
two years ago, but owing to the necessity of 
devoting all available funds to more urgent re- 
quirements, it could not be completed at that 
time. For some months past, and especially 
since the arrival of the two very fine brown 
bears, which were presented to the Society last 
autumn, the completion of the enclosure had be- 
come a matter of great urgency. Work on it 
was accordingly resumed, and it has now been 
finished, so that the brown bears, which have 
had to be confined to their cages for some weeks 
will again be exhibited in the enclosure on New 
Year's Day. 
The enclosure is in principle' similar to that 
prepared for the polar bears. It is of considera- 
ble area, and consists in the main of a mass 
of rock-work, rising to a considerable height in 
the centre and falling away at the sides. Several 
tree trunks with stout branches are set in the 
concrete, and these, together with the irregular 
rock-work, supply abundant opportunity for the 
brown bears to exhibit their natural activity and 
playfulness. On the southern side, round which 
the path for visitors passes, is a pool. 
That a Derbyshire rat catcher, John Gaunt, claims 
to be the only man in this country who has 
trained foxes to work with ferrets. 
That I am expecting shortly a collection of African 
birds from the Senegal district. I append here- 
with French and English names which will 
doubtless interest amateurs in general : — 
joues oranges orange-cheek Waxbill 
bees de corail... common African Waxbill 
ventre orange African zebra Waxbill 
cou coupes Cut throat 
cordons bleus Crimson-cared Waxbill 
amaranthes Fire Finch 
nonnes Little pied Grassfinch 
veuves Paradise Whydah 
combassaus Combason 
iguicolors Orange Bishop 
mozambiques Mozambique Siskin 
travailleurs Red-beaked Weaver bird 
bees de plomb Silverbill 
chanteur Grey Singing Finch 
gris bleu Lavender Finch 
That the arrivals in Liverpool are Amazon Par- 
rots, Conures, Blue-winged Love-birds, with 
general South American small birds. The West 
African arrivals have been very few. The old 
traders are adverse to speculating in these dan- 
gerous times. 
That Peach-faced Love-birds continue to arrive 
from Portugal. These birds will soon revert to 
their old prices, 30/- to 35/- pair. The African 
Red-faced still maintains a high price, the arri- 
vals being very few. 
That the arrivals in London have been 2 Secre- 
tary Cranes, 4 Stanley Cranes, 3 Vervet Mon- 
keys, 8 Chacma Baboons, 1 Tricolor Parrot, 4 
Marmozets, 10 Mongoose, 1 Senegal Baboon, 
200 Budgerigars, 1 Mynah, 200 Senegal 
Finches, with other odds and ends. 
That the Bird-eating Spiders are of great interest. 
Mr. Gerald Rattigan writes on the 7th inst : — 
"Spider arrived safely. It is a splendid 
"specimen, and I am very pleased with it. It 
"appears none the worse for the journey. Its 
"living cage is unique." 
That "Gilbert" arrived last week from the Conak- 
ry district, West Africa. "Gilbert" is a young 
male chimpanzee of the dark masked variety, 
with dark markings as far as. the knuckles on 
each hand. His education has commenced. He 
promises to turn out a fairly respectable young 
man chimpanzee. Already feeds at table. He 
has so far strong objections to clothing the lower 
extremities of his interesting dark hairy body. 
Still I have every hope of his wearing trousers 
shortly. He is for sale at a reasonable figure. 
Absolutelv tame with anv one — man, woman or 
child. 
That, after two years, I have .received a consign- 
ment of North American Grey Squirrels ex s.s. 
"Minnehaha." For prices sec list. 
To the Editor of " Hamlyn's Menagerie Magazine. 
Sir, 
The verses you quote in your December 
Magazine are a variation of what was said in 
Russia during the Russo-Japanese War. The 
Russian opinion of the Japs was as follows : — 
Fleurs sans odeur, 
Femmes sans pudeur, 
Hommes sans honeur. 
Flowers without scent, 
Women without modesty, 
Men without honour. 
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