ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 
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to Calcutta as it had been 45 years in confinement in a 
small house. The task of bringing the Rhinoceros to 
the Gardens was entrusted to Mr, Rutledge, the dealer in 
animals. When he arrived at Dumraon and informed the 
people in charge of the Rhinoceros, that he had come to 
remove it, they were incredulous of his ability to do so, 
and were much astonished on the following morning to 
find it quietly standing outside its house with its limbs 
manacled. It was walked to the Railway Station without 
any difficulty and placed in a truck and brought to 
Howrah, whence it was walked over night to the Gardens. 
This Rhinoceros was always fed at one place out of a 
v 
stone trough, from which a good deal of grain used to fall 
while it was eating, and, during the first cold weather, it 
was observed to have a constant companion in a Widgeon 
which was believed to be one of a number of birds that 
had been let loose upon the lakes. It was also ob¬ 
served that this bird disappeared at the end of the cold 
weather. The following notes regarding it appeared 
in the Calcutta Englishman of November 14, 1881:- 
“ The Widgeon, which has annually visited these Gardens 
for the last four cold seasons has again returned ; it having 
been observed for the first time this year on the yth of 
November, one week earlier than the date of its arrival 
last year. As usual, it has taken up its abode in the 
Rhinoceros enclosure, to which it was doubtless originally 
attracted by the quiet seclusion of the spot, perhaps, 
also, by the plentiful supply of food. Considering how 
remarkably timid wild ducks usually are, flying off at 
once on the slightest alarm, it is surprising that this male 
bird has from the very first been distinguished by the ab¬ 
sence of timidity, and has evinced this character more and 
