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the estate changed hands a second time. " In the presence of 

 these curious facts, attested by many witnesses, the people in 

 the neighbourhood, when the estate was acquired in 1854 by 

 Mr. Eobert Baird, become curious to see whether the eagles 

 would return. In particular the Eev. Mr. Gardiner, the then 

 minister of the parish, was on the look-out. Strange to say 

 they did return to their old eyrie, and continued there for some 

 time " till driven away for good by being shot at by the Pennan 



coastguards." 



The Amateur Menagerie Club Year Book, 1915. Edited by 

 G. Tyrrwhitt-Drake. 

 The present little volume is far the best of these year-books 

 we have seen, and should be in the hands of everyone who is 

 interested in animals and has anything to do with their practical 

 management in captivity, as it contains much information of 

 scientific value and an unusual number of practical hints. Dr. 

 Hornaday, of the New York Zoological Park, gives a full account 

 of the young female Gorilla under his charge, and now thriving, 

 after recovery from a serious illness. We note with interest 

 that a large portion of her food is human diet — a restaurant 

 dinner, in fact ; such feeding suits anthropoids well, as we have 

 often observed in the case of those kept in the Hamlyn establish- 

 ment. Sir Claud Alexander's " Notes for Novices " are invaluable, 

 for he enters into the most minute details as to the practical 

 management of both carnivorous and herbivorous mammals, 

 especially as regards the all-important point of feeding. He is 

 quite contented with very modest housing, his own dens being 

 "old showmen's waggons," and prefers boarded floors to stone 

 ones. There seems to be in progress a feeling for simplicity 

 in exhibitions of animals, for we find Dr. Eenshaw declaring, 

 what we have often remarked ourselves, that "the chief bane 

 of zoological collections may be summed up in two words — 

 architecture and horticulture." We do not, however, agree with 

 his recommendation of green paint for wirework ; we think it 

 dangerous, and tar-varnish is much better. Mr. E. Scott Miller 

 gives an interesting account of his success in breeding Eaccoons; 

 his accommodation was most simple — a corrugated iron lean-to 

 9 ft. deep by 5 ft. wide and 6 ft. 6 in. at the eaves, with branches 

 and a barrel. Miss E. Chawner has valuable notes on the small 



