. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. THE SBCEETAKY VULTUEE.(Serpentarius Secretrius.) best specimens of its kind, and doesgreat credit to its keeper. Pelicans are the largest of theswimming bhds, and in Indiathey are found in enormousflocks, and authorities say theyhave seen miles of them. Thecareful manner with which theypreen their breast feathers hasgiven rise to an erroneous ideathat these birds feed theiryoung with the blood fromthen- own breasts, and the factthat the tip of the pelicansbill is orange red in colourstrengthened the belief. It isverj^ amusin
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. THE SBCEETAKY VULTUEE.(Serpentarius Secretrius.) best specimens of its kind, and doesgreat credit to its keeper. Pelicans are the largest of theswimming bhds, and in Indiathey are found in enormousflocks, and authorities say theyhave seen miles of them. Thecareful manner with which theypreen their breast feathers hasgiven rise to an erroneous ideathat these birds feed theiryoung with the blood fromthen- own breasts, and the factthat the tip of the pelicansbill is orange red in colourstrengthened the belief. It isverj^ amusing to watch thesebirds when the keeper entersenclosure. BATELEUE old bird that died. the They knowperfectly well ifhe is accom-panied by any-one that thereis somethingon; and whenhe opens thegate which shutsthem off fromthe pond, theyfile in and waitpatiently untilhe has thrownsome fish into. !DI;N S Nil,III called Dark Nit^ht Herons. 72 Animal Life ? the pond. The gate is then opened, andin a Chinese goose race ? they make adash for the water, and in a few secondshave swallowed everything and are outagain and as busy as ever at their pouch of these buds will hold quitetwo gallons of water, and you can calculatethe quantity of fish it wouldcontain. With the exception ofJim, the rhinoceros, the Syrianpehcan is the oldest animal inthe Gardens. A DEATH and an addition withina few days is curious, ^Eagle ^t *1S happenedwith the Bateleur,which is no doubt a most beautifulbird. The profile position is thephotograph of the bird just dead,the other is the new arrival, whichbeing young does not yet showthe beauties of the plumage. Inthe old bird the extreme shortnessof the tail is wellshown, and this isa point which dis-tinguishes theBateleur from allother members ofthe family. Theyare inhabitants ofthe whole ofAfrica, and the}prey on youngantelopes, la
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