/VIosf of the Pere David’s Deer left alive in the world today are to be seen in this picture — the 
herd of 300 animals on the Duke of Bedford’s estate at Woburn Abbey in England. The estate 
consists of some 4,000 acres of rolling, wooded land where the deer live at virtually complete 
liberty. From this great herd a few animals have been selected for presentation to zoos. 
Leonard Goss, our Veterinarian, ordered her 
confined at night in the indoors quarters of her 
exhibition area. Access to the out of doors is by 
means of an iron-barred door, five feet four inches 
long and four feet three inches high, which 
travels in iron channels and is raised and lowered 
by the keeper by means of a pulley. The door 
weighs 148 pounds, works rather hard, and 
Keeper Vincent Nesor has to “put his back into 
it" in order to raise the door for the Panda to 
go out. 
The first morning after the Veterinarian or¬ 
dered the animal kept inside, Keeper Nesor 
arrived for his morning inspection — and found 
no Panda! Bits of wood apparently chewed from 
the base of the door were scattered over the 
floor. He tugged on the pulley rope until the 
door opened. In walked the Panda. 
Somehow, during the night, she had man¬ 
aged to get her claws or muzzle under the edge 
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of the door, even though it fitted flush with the 
ground, and had hoisted it until she could 
squeeze out. We don’t know yet how she did 
it — but she had no human help. 
PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST 
WINGS IN THE WOODS. By Robert M. McClung. 251 pp., 
black and white illustrations by the author. William Morrow & 
Co., New York, 1948. Price $2.50. 
A boy’s summer on a farm, recorded for eleven to 
fourteen year olds, by the Assistant in our Department 
of Mammals and Birds. Threaded through the story is 
a fascinating and authentic account of the life histories 
of native butterflies and moths. Nature-minded chil¬ 
dren of any age will be enthralled by this unusual story 
and adults will find it pleasant reading. L.S.C. 
ANT HILL ODYSSEY. By William M. Mann. 338 pp., six 
photographs, five maps. Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1948. 
Price $3.50. 
Dr. Mann, Director of the National Zoological Park 
in Washington, is known and loved as a raconteur and 
good companion from Washington to Arlington, the 
long way around. Now many of the tales with which 
for years he has regaled his friends are joined in pleas¬ 
ant sequence. It is typical of Dr. Mann that his auto- 
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