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on the lower mandible, and were practically in- 
distinguishable from the older bird. Though I 
had not at that time read Mr. R. Cushman Mur- 
phy's account of the penguins of South Geor- 
gia, I expected, frorm other notes on the king 
and emperor penguins, that the nestlings would 
show an intermediate stage of plumage, and I 
suspected at the time that as a result of the dis- 
location of the normal moulting period, and the 
protracted moult, the birds had, as it were, 
missed a moult. The appearance of the new 
birds confirms this, and shows quite clearly the 
distinction between the intermediate and the 
adult plumage. These birds have the yellow 
ear patches, but they are pale lemon instead of 
rich orange yellow, and while the yellow tinge 
also spreads over the throat, it is restricted in 
area as compared with the adults, and of a much 
paler shade. They also lack entirely the pink 
mondible sheath. Unfortunately, one of the 
birds, which was rather weak on arrival, has 
died, but three of them seem likely to thrive. 
In Miss Mackenzie's photograph reproduced the 
seven birds are shown, and the adults may be 
distinguished from the new arrivals by their 
slightly larger size and by the mandibular 
sheath." 
THAT as Mr. H. Ling was returning from shoot- 
ing at Faulkbourne, Essex, carrying a rabbit 
and a live ferret, a vixen sprang upon him and 
fastened its teeth in his hand. 
He dropped the rabbit and ferret to- defend 
himself, whereupon the vixen pounced on the 
ferret, killed it, and carried it off. 
THAT a conger 5ft. 6in. in length and weighing 
251b. was found floating helplessly along with 
the tide at Deal. 
It was easily secured. The swimming 
bladder had become distended, and the conger 
was thus prevented from sinking. 
The misfortunte of the fish was due to the 
frost. 
THAT the liveliest guest in the Savoy Hotel has 
ever had has just left for the Zoo. He was a 
young lion cub, the pet of the Duke of Orleans, 
and he lived with the Duke in his private suite 
in the hotel. 
When he was very, very young the cub's 
manners were most mild and inoffensive, and 
beyond learning to run up and down the win- 
dow curtains and making a trapeze of the cur- 
tain rod, his life, considering his ancestry, was 
blameless. 
But lately he has been growing bigger and 
bolder and self-conscious. His vocal exercises 
have been prolonged to an inordinate degree, 
and the terrier-like growl with which he used 
to greet a bone has developed into> somthing 
like the roar with which his forbears were wont 
to shake the forest. He has been bored with 
the caresses of lady visitors. 
Also he has been rapidly degenerating into 
a food hog. 
In the Zoo there is a Food Controller who 
has unlimited powers to deal with people with 
such habits. 
The Savoy has had many strange pets in 
the past. Recently there arrived a family of 
small monkeys. 
THAT the arrivals in London outside those of 
the "City of Bombay," "Media," and "Comrie 
Castle," have been four boxes South African 
small birds imported privately on the s.s. "Wal- 
mer Castle," also> 8 Rhesus Monkeys and 12 
Black Mynahs, with a few Mongeese. 
THAT the arrivals from the Continent have been 
a few boxes of Budgerigars. 
THAT the arrivals at local outports have been 
some 20 mixed Monkeys and 8 Grey Parrots. 
THAT the "Manchester Evening News" gives 
the following on Wild Life in Manitoba : — 
"A permanent close season for prairie 
chicken, grouse, and partridge, until such time 
as the birds have sufficiently increased to war- 
rant an open season; and the prohibition of 
autumn and winter shooting or trapping of 
muskrats, are subjects of amendments to the 
Manitoba Game Protection Act. 
"Another prohibition proposed is that of 
the shooting of game from automobiles. To 
aid in the protection of chicken, grouse, mink 
marten, muskrats, and many other fur-bearing 
animals, the game guadians advocate a bounty 
of 10' cents per head on crows, and a bounty 
of 5 cents per crow's egg. 
"An increased bounty on coyotes, with a 
considerably increased one on timber wolves, is 
also advocated. The report of the game guard- 
ians emphasises the opportunity which exists 
for fur-farming in Manitoba. There are only 
two such farms in the province, compared with 
499 in the rest of Canada. It is recommended 
that an educational campaign be organised in 
public schools to aid in the protection of wild 
bird life in general. 
"There are 322 types of birds in Manitoba, 
several new varieties having come north during 
the past year, including the lark-sparrow of 
North Dakota. Ten new areas have been set 
aside as game preserves in the province; six of 
these only were legislated for at the last session 
of the Legislature. On the Riding Mountain 
preserve Manitoba has the largest herd of elk 
deer on the North American continent. Eigh- 
teen special game guardians have been added 
to the department." 
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