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the young state they are brown. 
Their food consists of soft substances, and like all 
graminivorous birds they require to swallow small stones to 
assist digestion. They emit a peculiar chirping noise. 
If the visitor has not gone through the lane, but has 
taken the path round the northern side of the ostrich 
enclosure, he will have passed a cage in which there are 
more examples of the Agouti, which animal was described 
under the Rodent House ; and almost adjoining this, is 
A Squirrel Cage, 
in which is generally to be found one or more examples of 
Sciurus mdicus , the large squirrel of the Peninsula of 
India, and which is confined to that area. Its coloration 
is usually maroon, black and yellowish, but it varies a 
good deal in different localities, and has received 
different names, for instance, Sciurus indicus is also known 
as 5. elphinstoni. There are other examples of this 
species in the Gardens. 
A little further on, the visitor will find himself in front of 
The Mullick House 
so named in recognition of the handsome donation made 
to the Gardens at their commencement by Raja Rajendra 
Mullick, Bahadur. This house is generally devoted to 
Aquatic Birds and to Tortoises. It is a circular house 
with five compartments, each having a small tank. 
The Birds usually represented in the Mullick House are 
the following :— 
Common Water-hen ... Gallinula chloropus. 
\\hite-bieasted Water-hen ... Gcillinulciphcenicuvci* 
