HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 



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According to a table printed in the interest- 

 ing programme of the fete, it costs considerably 

 more per dav to feed a bison or an antelope, a 

 chimpanzee or an eagle, than it does to feed a 

 lion. Such has been the pressure of the times and 

 the financial and physical impossibility of repair- 

 ing the war-time wastage of stock, that the suc- 

 cess of the fete, which has now been so aus- 

 piciously inaugurated, is essential to the res- 

 toration of the Dublin Zoo to the glory of the 

 pre-war days. 



THE OPENING CEREMONY. 



At the opening ceremony, which took place 

 at 2 p.m., the Lord Lieutenant, who was at- 

 tended by members of his Staff, was received at 

 the entrance to the Gardens by Sir Frederick 

 Moore, President of the Royal Zoological Society 

 of Ireland; Dr. Scott, Hon. Secretary; Mr. Miller, 

 Hen. Treasurer; and the following members o f 

 the Council : — 



The Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Mr. H. Ste- 

 phens, Colonel Sir Frederick Shaw, Lieut. -Col 

 Edgeworth Johnstone, Chief Commissioner, 

 D.M.P.; Sir Arthur Ball, the Right Hon. T. L. 

 O'Shaughnessy, Recorder of Dublin; Dr. Lee- 

 per, Mr. J. Inglis, Dr. MacDowel Cosgrave, 

 Mr. Charles Green, and Mr. Knox Peebles. 



The Viceroy and the reception party went to 

 the Haughton House, where a military band 

 played the National Anthem, and brief speeches 

 were delivered from the balcony. 



The Viceregal party made a round of visits 

 cf the stalls before leaving the Gardens. 



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GENERAL NOTES. 



By John D. Hamlyn. 



THAT Mr. David Ezra writes from Calcutta on 

 May 16th :— 



"I always look forward to getting your 

 most interesting Magazine." 



THAT Mr. L. E. Taylor writing in "Country 

 Life" says : — ■ 



A WILD HERD OF FALLOW DEER IN 

 ENGLAND. 



Many people, well informed of the fauna 

 of Great Britain, will be surprised to hear 

 that there is at least one wild herd, perhaps 

 more, of fallow deer in England. For manv 

 years a herd of wild fallow deer has held it's 

 own on the forests between Horsham and 



Tunbridge Wells. Their spoor may be traced 

 in the mud by the sides of streams or in the 

 boggy tracks of forest drives. Sometimes 

 the deer may be heard whining and stamping, 

 but they are not often seen. During the two 

 years before the war I spent a lot of time 

 "tracking" these deer. But out of a score 

 or more of days spent thus I only got right 

 up to them two or three times. However,, 

 on two occasions I came to close quarters 

 with them on the road. One evening a stag 

 and two hinds crossed the road just in front 

 of me as I was bicycling; and on another 

 occasion, when motor-cycling in the small 

 hours of the morning — it was still dark — I 

 nearly rode two down. These deer often 

 cross the railway lines, although the lines 

 in this hig'h country are nearly all in deep 

 cuttings. This herd belongs to no man, and 

 is thought to have descended from some deer 

 that probably escaped from a park many years 

 ago>. They are, however, larger than the 

 fallow deer of our parks. A few of these 

 deer are killed every year, and the venison 

 enjoyed by the villagers. 



THAT a correspondent in Cologne sends rne the 

 following interesting information respecting the 

 Hagenbeck's Circus there : — 



"They have a very good show, and are 

 doing great business. The following animals 

 are working in the Circus : 5 Tigers, 7 Lions. 

 5 Elephants, 4 Bears, 5 Polar Bears, 1 Camel, 

 with Russian Hounds and Ponies. Their 

 losses during the war were : — 45 Lions, 18 

 Tigers, 15 Elephants, 40 Polar Bears, with 

 other stock. The Circus is leaving shortly 

 for another Rhine town." 



THAT during the month of May 169 additions 

 were made to the Zoological Gardens, Regents 

 Park. These included an African hunting dog 

 from South Africa; a Mikado pheasant; a Sec- 

 retary bird from South Africa; and a South 

 African Amphisbaena, new to the collection. 



The number of visitors during the month 

 was 161,736, an increased of 72,952 on that 

 for May, 1918. The total number of visitors 

 for the year was 457,,662, an increase of 216,738 

 on that for May, 1918. 



THAT the museum containing the collection of 

 big game and other trophies of the late Mr. 

 F. C. Selous, the famous hunter, at Worples- 

 don, Surrey, will be closed to the public after 

 to-morrow. The collection is to be transferred 

 to the Natural History Museum, South Ken- 

 sington. 



THAT the following animals, the property of a 

 well-known Amateur, are being exhibited at the 



