. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. t (9ft. 7in.) and most promising Africanelephant in captivity, and still had abouteight years before reaching maturity, sothere was every probability of his exceed-ing Jumbos record height. Unlikehis predecessor he left these shores withoutany boom. It is said that when Jumbos coming departure becameknown the Society realised £5,600 fromthe public who came to wish theirelephantine favourite good-bye. Thismeant an extra attendance of at leasta quarter of a million people. Jingossad death on board the Georgic fromsea- or more
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. t (9ft. 7in.) and most promising Africanelephant in captivity, and still had abouteight years before reaching maturity, sothere was every probability of his exceed-ing Jumbos record height. Unlikehis predecessor he left these shores withoutany boom. It is said that when Jumbos coming departure becameknown the Society realised £5,600 fromthe public who came to wish theirelephantine favourite good-bye. Thismeant an extra attendance of at leasta quarter of a million people. Jingossad death on board the Georgic fromsea- or more probably home-sickness wasa tragic end to the life of one who had givenpleasure to so many children at the Zoo. ««^The splendid pair of African lions depicted Duke and opPOsite are possibly the Nancy, the finest in captivity, and doAfrican Lions, ^^.g^-j-^ ^^ ^^^^ Society as examples of the perfection with which wildcubs can be raised to maturity in these animals were presented to theSociety by Messrs. Grogan and Sharp, theCape-to-Cairo oii lu AMi;i;aA. 364 Zoo Notes 365 The first of theThe Eagle two birdsand the whose^•- photo-graphs are givenon the next page—the Chihan SeaEagle [Gerano-aetus melano-leucus)—is a nativeof South America,and is a verybeautiful exampleof the king ofbirds. The seaeagles include thelargest membersof t he wholefamily; they buildenormous nests,sometimes six oreight feet indiameter, and in-stances have beenknown of birdsreturning to thesame horst fortwenty years insuccession. Everyyear some additionis made to the nestuntil it becomesfive or six feethigh. Two eggsare generally laid,and the male andfemale sit alter-nately. The other bird^—the Emu—is everyday becomingmore scarce. Thepeculiar boomingnote uttered bythe female emumust have beenremarked by any-one observingthese birds at theZoo. The soundis emitted through
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