part op ZOO'S NEW FLOCK-Hmso Chilean flamingoes arrived here yesterday, part »' a flock 

 will be on exhibition in an outdoor pond near the bird house. 



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Dr. Mann's 'Chickens' Still 

 Coming Home to Roost 



Dr. William M. Mann's "chickens" 

 are still coming home to roost. 



A flock of 21 Chilean flamingoes 

 arrived at the Zoo this morning, 

 along with four baby rheas (South 

 American ostriches), a black ibis, 

 several pampas screamers, etc. 



The latest arrivals from Dr. 

 Mann's collecting voyage to Argen- 

 tina and Brazil were left in New 

 York to be recrated before they 

 were expressed to Washington. 



The long-legged flamingoes all 

 survived the trip, including one 

 that got down and was being tram- 

 pled to death by his cagemates 

 until the bos'n on the steamship 

 Brazil rescued him and put him in 

 the doghouse on top of the ship. 



The flamingoes proved prodigious 

 eaters on the journey north, scoop- 

 ing rice, ground meat and chopped 

 vegetable soup from the bottom of 



their feeding troughs with their up- 

 side-down bills. The waders, in their 

 natural habitat, feed from the bot- 

 tom of ponds, bending their necks 

 down and shoveling toward their 

 feet. 



The ladies of Dr. Mann's party 

 had been worried about the baby 

 ostriches, their special charges. The 

 ship's crew fed them everything on 

 the galley menu, day and night, for 

 almost three weeks. The ostriches 

 ate everything offered them, includ- 

 ing at least one key ring and the 

 setting out of a ring. 



Even an ostrich is supposed to get 

 fed up some time. All four of these, 

 however, lived up to their reputa- 

 tions for digestive powers. 



If anybody suffered, it seems to 

 have been the crew, feeding their 

 provisions into the maws of yearling 

 rheas. 



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