. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. oloured, and attractive in its movements, hopping aboutwith bird-like actions. They possess the uncommon merit among foreign animals ofbeing cheap—three half-crowns being about a good average price—and are not as arule so difficult to procure as are some other mammals, Hagenbeck, of Hamburg, Harris, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Hamlyn, of Street East, usually having speci-mens on hand. Eor its size the jerboarequires a rather large cage, certainly notless than three feet in length by two feetin depth, and the same in
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. oloured, and attractive in its movements, hopping aboutwith bird-like actions. They possess the uncommon merit among foreign animals ofbeing cheap—three half-crowns being about a good average price—and are not as arule so difficult to procure as are some other mammals, Hagenbeck, of Hamburg, Harris, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Hamlyn, of Street East, usually having speci-mens on hand. Eor its size the jerboarequires a rather large cage, certainly notless than three feet in length by two feetin depth, and the same in height; if moreroom can be spared and the cage madelarger in the same proportions, so muchi the better. There is no need for apartitioned-off space as a sleeping apart-ment, a small wooden box about ten inchessquare, with a three-inch circular hole cutin one side, being equally, if not more,serviceable. Jerboas being true rodents, itis as well—as a precautionary measure—to, _j cover all projecting edges of woodworkwith thin sheet zinc. The front of the 198. EGYPTIAN JERBOA. Uncommon Pets 199
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