176 BOTANIC GARDENS MENAGERIE. 



A. sp. 



A specimen bought for five dollars from a Malay in 

 1904 is still alive. These birds are the easiest of the sea birds 

 to keep in captivity. 



SULID.E. 



Sula fiber. 



The brown booby lived a long time in captivity. It was 

 found that after a time in its enclosure its feet became stiff and 

 it could not walk. This was cured easily by allowing it at in- 

 tervals to swim in the lake with a string attached to it, which 

 it much enjoyed. 



Leptoptilus Argala. 



The Indian adjutant. One example of this bird was kept 

 for some time. 



L. javanica. 



The common adjutant. This bird is very long-lived and one 

 has been in captivity for over 20 years, as no one seems to 

 know when it came. Most of the birds brought in have been 

 wounded by shot and the old one had its wing broken and never 

 repaired. One which was sent to the gardens appeared to be 

 in excellent condition but refused to eat, and died in a couple 

 of days. It was found to have received a complete charge of 

 shot in the abdomen. The adjutants eat meat, fish, rats and 

 any vermin. 



ANATIDJE. 

 Cycmis alor. 



White swans were kept for many years on the lake but 

 both of the two last disappeared and were supposed to have 

 been stolen. 



C. atratus. 



The Australian black swan has always been kept on the. 

 lake and not rarely bred, making a large nest of rotten leaves 

 fished up from the bottom of the lake by the cock bird which 



Jour. Straits Branch 



