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by the railway authorities, and after several 
hours some of the iron bars of the luggage van 
were cut away by means of a saw and a new 
cage placed against the opening. 
" It was not until a bucket of water had 
been placed in the new cage, however, that the 
now thirsty tiger was induced to get into' it. 
A porter eyewitness of the astonishing fight be- 
tween the tiger and the cockerel stated that 'if 
every one was afraid of the tiger, the tiger was 
certainly afraid of the cock. ' 
"The cockerel, after the removal of the 
tiger, colly hopped out of the luggage van with- 
out so much as a scratch." 
THAT the Moss Empires are opening a Grend 
Circus at the Olympia, Liverpool, on Boxing 
Day. A great feature in the production will be 
"Tiny," one of the largest elephants to' be found 
in the United States. Other animal novelties 
are also promised. 
THAT the world-famous Bostock and Wombwells 
Menagerie has been doing record business at 
Northampton and Leicester lately. 
This wonderful collection will be exhibited 
at Leeds for the Christmas and New Year's 
holidays, having now received permission from 
the Minister of Munitions, after which all the 
principal towns of Yorkshire will be visited. I 
am also informed that the Italian Circus now 
touring in South Africa are paying a visit for 
the first time to India. 
THAT the World's Fair at Islington will lose 
this year one of its chief attractions. The Zoo- 
logical c ollection this season will be provided 
by a well-known Zoological Amateur, assisted 
by a certain Circus Proprietor. I might men- 
tion in passing that Zoological ambitions have 
spelt disaster to more than one amateur and will 
to many more. 
THAT amateurs have extraordinary ideas of pur- 
chasing animals. Here is an instance : — 
Letter dated October 28rd, 1916. "If the 
"elephant is not already sold, would you be 
"prepared to> sell it for £50 cash down, and the 
"remainder in twelve monthly instalments." 
The natural result would be I should receive 
£50 and, within amonth, a letter somewhat as 
follows: — '"The Elephant broke out of its sta- 
ble last night, and was f ound early in the 
"morning peacefully devouring the contents of 
"the vegetable garden of my neighbour. It 
" alarmed the whole neighbourhood. At first! it 
"was. taken for a Tank which had lost its bear- 
ings. Others in our village thought an air- 
"ship had descended during the night on see- 
"ing the damage done in its triumphal progress 
" to my neighbour's vegetable garden. Not only 
"that, it absolutely dislikes Fido" (then there 
would be a genealogical description of Fido, the 
faithful dog) "consequently I must return the 
"animal without any delay." 
No, gentle amateurs, I am not selling Ele- 
phants on the Hire Purchase System. 
THAT the boom in canaries continues. We are 
purchasing at the rate of one thousand weekly. 
May it always continue so. 
THAT the arrivals of birds are mentioned under 
Import Restrictions. 
THAT the arrivals of animals in Great Britain 
have been practically nil. There have been no 
direct importations of lions,. The arrivals of 
monkeys the last four weeks may have been a 
dozen. 
THAT an Albino Swallow was found recently near 
Amsterdam, Holland. 
Mr. T. Vorstius, President of the Sophia- 
Vereeniging for Animal Protection, writes as 
follows : — " I enclose tk> very curious photo- 
" graphs of a white swallow, taken very care- 
"fullc by a farmer friend of mine living in our 
"neighbourhood. The Director of the Zoologi- 
cal Gardens considered the photograph a great 
"addition to its collection." 
THAT an American correspondent has sent the 
following notes. — 
BANDING WILD DUCKS. 
In order to determine the longevity of wild 
ducks and routes of migration the United States 
Department of Agriculture has caused a large 
number of wild ducks to' be banded. The bands 
bear a serial number so' that in case any of 
them are killed the bands can be returned to the 
Department and the point of release determined. 
Most of those banded were cured of the duck 
sickness prevalent around Great Salt Lake, 
Utah, and there released. The Federal Depart- 
ment of Agriculture is particularly anvious to 
secure reports from these birds to profe their 
complete recovery from this malady which 
has killed thousands of ducks in Utah. 
SAVE THE BIRDS. 
The Massachusetts Fish and Game Protec- 
tive Association has issued a little leaflet of in- 
terest to nature lovers in which the following 
suggestions are offered to show how individ- 
uals can help protect native wild life in this 
country. Among the suggestions are : — " Make 
your land a wild life reservation; put up nest- 
ing boxes for the birds furnish water in sum- 
mer for drinking and bathing; protect them 
from their natural enemies; report violation of 
game laws to authorities; report pollution of 
ponds and streams; interest the children in 
nature study." 
JOHN .D. HAMLYN. 
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