ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 
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Leaving the Andul House, by its north-western door, the 
visitor will find himself facing a sheet of water, with a 
bridge to his right, and 
The Bandstand 
to his left, with a large tamarind-tree before him, under¬ 
neath which are some cages, and a small house. 
A military Band performs in the Gardens once a week, 
generally on Friday afternoon. 
The visitor, instead of crossing the bridge which leads 
direct to the Giraffe enclosure and to the Surnomoyee 
House, should follow the carriage drive round 
The Great Lake. 
In doing so, he will very shortly pass under the 
tamarind-tree just mentioned, in the cages of which 
he will find a number of small birds of prey. 
The Cages of the Tamarind-tree 
usually contain the following species, the Barn Owl, 
Strix flammea ; the Brown Fish Owl, Ketapa ceylonensis ; 
the Brazilian Caracara, Polyborus brasiliensis ; the Chil 
or Indian kite, Milvus govinda ; the Shikra, Astur badius ; 
and the common Kestrel, Tinnunculus alaudarius. 
The Birds of prey belong to the great division of birds, 
the Carinate ?, and to the Order called Accipitres . They were 
formerly considered to be the most highly developed type 
of the whole class of birds, but as our knowledge of the 
structure of birds has extended, the Raptorial birds are not 
assigned so high a place, and their affinities are considered to 
be more towards the aquatic than towards the perching birds. 
They are distinguished by compact muscular bodies, but the 
