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HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
" Individual facts are already available. For 
example, I know that individual species of birds 
which ordinarily carry out their migratory fight 
through Poland appeared some iL'ime ago on the 
island of Ezel. In the Tauride province last year 
an abundance of every kind of bird was observed, 
particularly of those speciess which migrate 
through the Carpathians. Those birds, whose 
nests were usually situated in localities affected 
by ^he war were perforce compelled to abandon 
their homes and migrate to other places, which 
has evoked an increased flight of individual kinds 
of birds to certain spots. As regards animals, in- 
vestigation in this direction is less convenient than 
in tihe case of birds, though their wholesale migra- 
tion can alsoi be observed. I repeat, however, 
that I cannot yet express a final opinion till the 
end of the war, when I have a sufficient quantity 
of data at my disposal." 
BELLE VUE GARDENS, MANCHESTER 
Whit-Monday always heralds the summer 
season of that great Manchester institution, Belle 
Vue Gardens. And although, this year, the war 
has necessitated a suspension of the time-honoured 
Whitsuntide holidays we have no doubt that 
thousands of people, the younger generation es- 
pecially, will - contrive to make a visit to /the 
favourite resort. Even if the majority of them 
cannot go> in the day-time, they will find leisure 
enough under the Daylight' Saving- Act to spend 
their evening hours, at any rate, in enjoying the 
numerous and varied attractions provided for them 
by the enterprise of the Messrs. Jennison. By 
the way it is interesting to note that it is now al- 
most exactly eighty years since Belle Vue was 
established. The place was then but a farm with 
the only inn 'twixt there and the city, and so 
isolated was it that someone told old John Jenni- 
son (we believe he was) that he would "never 
make 'owt out of ft"." But, as all the world 
knows, time falsified the prophecy, and from the 
day when a cartload of monkeys with a few par- 
rots hanging on to the back in cages was. brought 
from Adswood, near Stockport, and exhibited, 
the enterprise began to flourish. 
SOME NEW ARRIVALS. 
Although the war has rendered it impossible 
for Messrs. Jennison to add as much as usual to 
their zoological collection during: the past year, 
visitors will still find some new 1 arrivals. Among 
these is a splendid specimen of the Indian buffalo, 
a doughty if domesticated beast, for it has the 
reputation of being able to protect itself against 
the tiger even. A pair of fine antelopes (eland), 
native to SouftW Africa, presented by the Duke of 
Bedford, from the famous Woburn herd, form 
.another notable addition to the collection, and vet 
another is the Tasmanian Devil, a smallish animal 
but wivh a big reputation for ungovernable fero- 
city, albeit the other day it was dozing peacefully- 
enough. It has been placed in a cage in the aviary 
which adjoins the lion and tiger house. The lions 
and tigers, it should be remarked in passing, are 
in excellent condition, and ilhe young lion born 
eighteen months ago is thriving tremendously. 
One lion recently underwent the operation of hav- 
ing a wart removed from the side of its jaw, not 
a Icrifling wart but one as large as a man's fist. 
Additions to. the bird-life of the Gardens include a 
trained Peregrine Falcon, and two naked-footed 
owlets. Of the older denizens we are glad to. see 
that they are all in. good health. The record is 
held by a female condor, known !co be nearly fifty 
years, of age, and probably older. In a cage close 
by her is an egret, whose plumes are called "os- 
preys" by ladies, and nearly opposite are the small 
deer which have figured in Mr. Flanagan's 
Shakespearean productions. There ios also in 
another cage in the vicinity a curiously assorted 
couple of creatures — a big fat-tailed ram and a 
young kangaroo. They agree so well that the 
ram allows the kangaroo to sit on his back. 
THE OPEN-AIR TREATMENT. 
The elephants, "Dinah" and "Daisv," are 
hale and hearty, ready to give joy-rides to the 
youngsters; and the sea-lions, who will swallow 
fish by he bucketful and still cry for more, con- 
tinue to do amazing natatorial feats. As to the 
monkeys, they are as mischievous and larksome 
as ever. The chimpanzee members of the tribe, 
who have a house of their own, are wonderfully 
human,. One of them has built for itself a loftily 
situated nest, a faot which seems to settle a con- 
troversy on the point whether or not this type of 
animal did such work. The nest here built is the 
first one ever known to have been made by the 
animal in captivity. In the main monkey-house, 
in one of the side cages, there is a Hamadryad 
baboon, the creature whose image appears on 
ancient Egyptian monuments. This type of mon- 
key was in the old Egyptian religion sacred |o 
Thoth, and, held the scales in which were weighed 
good and evil. It is a difficult creature to rear in 
captivity, but Messrs. Jennison have managed to 
do it. Indeed, they are every year finding out 
how better and better still to maintain the health 
of the mempers of their varied collection of ani- 
mals and birds, and ,the rate of mortality is con- 
tinually falling. Open-air treatment plays a large 
part in their system, and_they have so adapted it 
as to acclimatise animals from the hottest parts 
of the earth to the variable weather conditions of 
Maschester. Curiously enough, it is now the wild 
animals of Britain which ir is most difficult to 
keep in captivity. 
THE FIREWORKS SPECTACLE. 
For the customary firework display, which is 
the culminating attraction of a day at Belle Vue, 
