HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 



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Sir Richard C. Temple, Bart., CLE., used 

 the above words in his address on the " Admin- 

 istrative Value of Anthropology" at the British 

 Association meeting at Birmingham in 1913 ; 

 they can be equally applied to Zoology. 



2.— Activities of the Zoological Service. 



The present activities of the Zoological 

 Service may be divided into : — 



1 The Zoological Survey of Egypt. 



2 The Giza Zoological Gardens. 



3 The Gezira Aquarium. 



4 The Giza Zoological Museum. 



5 The preservation of the natural fauna 



of Egypt. 



6 Direct public instruction. 



7 Minor activities. 



The Zoological Survey is the most im- 

 portance part of the work, as on the accuracy 

 of this the value of the other activities must 

 depend. 



The two institutions at Cairo, the Giza 

 Zoological Gardens and the Gezira Aquarium, 

 may be considered as the " outward and visible 

 sign" of the " inward and scientific work " of 

 the Zoological Service. The collections of live 

 animals enable many important observations to 

 be made on animals in a state of liberty. The 

 information thus gradually collected is likely to 

 be considered of much more general value in 

 the future than at present. 



The Zoological Gardens and Aquarium, 

 moreover, appeal to the public. They help to 

 stimulate and foster in the people a love for 

 animals and plants, and to promote the science 

 of biology, not only in bringing the public into 

 touch with the many beautiful forms of life 

 which inhabit the earth, but also by providing 

 the amateur naturalist, the artist, and the 

 sculptor with material to further their respective 

 tastes and studies. 



The functions of these Gardens are there- 

 fore chiefly educational ; but to attain these 

 ends it is necessa^ to arrange the collection 

 and care for the beautiful grounds which the 

 government has devoted to the purpose in such 

 a manner as to render the Gardens a resort 

 where healthful, peaceful recreation as well as 

 instruction may be obtained. 



General Notes. 



By John D. Hamlyn. 



THAT the Home Secretary has appointed a 

 committee to advise the Home Office on 

 matters connected with the administration of 

 the Wild Birds Protection Acts. The com- 

 mittee consists of the Duke of Rutland, 

 (chairman) Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker, secretary 

 of the British Ornithologists' Union ; Dr. 

 Percy R. Lowe of the Natural History 

 Museum ; Mr. H. G. Maurice of the Ministry 

 of Agriculture ; and Mr. Montague Sharpe, 

 K.C., chairman of the Royal Society for the 

 Protection of Birds. 



THAT the following has been sent from South 

 Africa : — 



Lt. Commander E. H. Ward, R.N., who 

 is farming near Addo Drift has had the good 

 fortune to shoot a 1,000 pound buffalo under 

 most trying conditions. He formed a party 

 and late on Saturday night motored through 

 the bush for five miles, and on foot cut his 

 way through to a pool known by one his 

 assistants as the drinking place of his quarry. 

 But nothing rewarded his icy vigil, so pitching 

 camp he made preparations for an early start 

 next morning. The part}' soon came upon 

 the spoor of a buffalo, and followed it through 

 the dense bush. Rain came on soon after 

 the statt, and the hunters were soon drenched 

 but stuck to the spoor, and at 2 p.m., sighted 

 their game, which Commander Ward des- 

 patched with an excellent shot. 



THAT " The Times " correspondent give the 

 following interesting account of the birth of 

 a chimpanzee. 



On July 14th, a trained chimpanzee in 

 the Bronz Zoological Park, New York, gave 

 birth to a single female infant. This is 

 believed to be the second occasion in which 

 a chimpanzee has ever bred in captivity, and 

 there are no recorded cases of orangs or 

 gorillas ever having so bred. 



The father and mother, known as 

 " Boma " and " Susette," have been in Bronz 

 Park for more than a year. Their exact ages 

 aie unknown, as they were both caught as 

 young wild animals in West Africa, but it is 

 propable that they are over 12 and not more 

 than 16 years old. The two monkeys have 

 shared the same cage, and it was the excited 

 scream? of the male that d ew the attention 



