HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 



THAT I sincerely trust the Eastern Traveller and 

 Collector, H. Benis, who has just left for 

 America was impressed with what he saw in 

 St. Swithin's Lane, St. George's Street, and 

 elsewhere. It is reported that he made an 

 offer of £350 for "John Daniel," the Gorilla 

 which is still doing" well and has now grown 

 to a very good size. 



"John Daniel" is The Gorilla of the Cen- 

 tury. I am only sorry I parted with him. 



THAT the young Hippo lately born at the Zoo- 

 logical Gardens, Cologne, is not fbr sale. 



THAT the Duke of Bedford has given a Zebra- 

 Donkey Hybrid to the Zoo. The male parent 

 was a Grevys Zebra., and the mother an Italian 

 domestic donkey. 



The new arrival is a very large animal, 

 much taller than any zebra, and is well shaped 

 and powerful, although a little weak in the 

 hindquarters. Its colouration is remarkable. 

 Crosses between horses and zebras appear at 

 a distance to> be self-coloured, but are marked 

 with a faint but very abundant set of c tripes, 

 more numerous and more closely set than in 

 any of the living zebras. Crosses between don- 

 keys and zebras, on the other hand, are usu-i'lv 

 striped only on the face, legs, and shoilders, 

 the stripes being extremely bright and con- 

 spicuous on the pale brown coat. The hybrid 

 now exhibited has the usual donkey-zebra 

 stripes vividly marked on the face, legs and 

 shoulders, but it has also a less conspicuous but 

 very definite set of stripes all over the body, 

 following- the pattern of the male parent rather 

 closely. 



THAT the Council of the Society has appointed 

 Mr. E. Kay Robinson, the well-known natura- 

 list, to act as guide-lecturer in the Gardens 

 during this season. There are to be two offi- 

 cial tours round the Gardens weekly open to 

 any visitors, but arrangements may be made 

 for private part'es at other times. 



The hours selected are from 11 to- 1 on 

 Tuesdays and from 5 to 7 on Thursdays, as at 

 these times there are not usually too many 

 visitors in the Gardens. The party will meet 

 at the main gate, and the object' of the lec- 

 turer will be to take visitors to some of the 

 chief points of interest and explain the natural 

 history of the animals to which he calls atten- 

 tion. 



THAT the following particulars of numbers and 

 prices of Army Transpor animals might inter- 

 est mv readers : — 



£ s. d. 

 France : — 



103,139 horses 39 17 



39,508 mules 30 6 2 



... 32 8 8 

 ... 33 7 10 

 ... 22 



... 16 13 8 



Egypt :— 



2,134 horses ... 

 6,833 mules ... 

 21,406 camels ... 

 10,836 donkeys 

 Salonika : — 



4,601 horses 

 16,052 mules ... 

 Mesopotamia : — > 



2,738 horses ... 



1,629 mules ... ... 45 7 4 



The sales in Italy, North America and E. 

 Africa have been practically concluded. 



THAT at the last meeting of Jthe Zoological 

 Society of London a communication was read 

 from Mr. George Jennison on "A Chimpanzee 

 in the Open Air in England," stating that the 

 animal had lived in a, healthy and vigorous con- 

 dition for some eight years in the private 

 grounds of its owner, Dr. John K. Butter, .of 

 Cannock, Staffordshire. 



THAT an occurrence of interest to naturalists all 

 over the world took place in the Bradford rat- 

 tery last week, when a pure white rat with 

 black eyes was born. Fanciers and scientists 

 here and in America have for years been try- 

 ing to produce such a specimen, Professor Cas- 

 tle's unsuccessful experiments being recorded 

 in his work, "Genetics and Eugenics." Two 

 years ago the naturalist, Sir Claud Alexander, 

 working with some of Mr. Brooke's pedigree 

 stock, came very near success, but it has been 

 reserved for the Bradford owner to see com- 

 plete success crown his experiments, which have 

 lasted exactly five years and involved the pro- 

 duction of over 2,000 specimens. 



THAT at the monthly general meeting of the 

 Zoological Society of London, the President, 

 the Duke of Bedford, K.G., announced that 

 the Prince of Wales had expressed his desire 

 to be admitted as a Fellow. In accordance with 

 former precedents, the Council had resolved 

 that the formalities of election should be dis- 

 pensed with, and that his Royal Highness 

 should be admitted at once. Accordingly, he 

 had the honour to' declare that the Prince of 

 Wales was a Fellow of the Society from that 

 day. The announcement was received with 

 acclamation, the Fellows present all standing. 

 It was also announced that the President had 

 appointed the following members of the Coun- 

 cil to act as Vice-presidents during the ensuing 

 year : — Mr. Alfred Ezra, Professor J. P. Hill, 

 F.R.S., Professor E. W. MacBride, F.R.S., 

 Lord Sligo, Mr. A. H. Wingfield, and Dr. A. 

 Smith Woodward, F.R.S. 



THAT particulars of imports are given in another 



