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ABYSSINIAN HORNBILL, WHITE-NECKED CROW, AND SMALL HORNBILL, ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, REGENT’S PARK, 1865. CREATOR: DALZIEL BROTHERS.
Abyssinian Hornbill, White-Necked Crow, and Small Hornbill, Zoological Society, Regent's Park, 1865. African birds. 'The large, gaunt-looking bird, [foreground], and companions of which are seen in various positions on the rocks behind and in the air above, is one of the strange family of hornbills - the Bucerotidae of naturalists. Departing widely from the usual habits of his congeners, which are generally forest-lovers and fruit-eaters, the ground hornbill, as its name indicates, inhabits the open districts of inner Africa, and lives on insects and reptiles...The example in the...Society's possession may be generally seen either stalking about on the floor or perched upon the summit of a tree in the roomy aviary in which he is kept...The figure on the tree in the right-hand corner is that of a small and very elegant member of the same group of birds - the red-billed hornbill (Toccus erythrorhynchus). This is a native of Western Africa, where it resorts to the forests, and lives probably altogether on fruit...The white-usped crow (Corvus albicollis), which is shown perched on the trunk of the tree...[is] a scarce bird in captivity; the present specimen...being believed to be the first example of this bird ever brought alive to this country'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Abyssinian Hornbill, White-Necked Crow, and Small Hornbill, Zoological Society, Regent’s Park, 1865. Creator: Dalziel Brothers. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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THE NEWLY-IMPORTED AFRICAN ELEPHANT AT THE GARDENS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, REGENT'S PARK, 1865. CREATOR: PEARSON.
The newly-imported African elephant at the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's Park, [London], 1865. '...no example of the African species has been previously exhibited...[here], nor, we believe, has such an animal ever been previously brought to England alive. As, however, the African elephant is very distinct in its outer form as well as in its internal structure from the Indian species, the council of the society have long been desirous of bringing the two elephants together side by side in the gardens...it is only within the last few weeks that the...society succeeded in obtaining an African elephant from the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, in exchange for an Indian rhinoceros. The animal thus acquired is a young male, supposed to be five or six years old. He is nearly the same size as the smaller of the two Indian elephants now in the society's collection. When the two are placed together, as is the case every day, for some hours, the differences between them are very striking. The most obvious peculiarity of the African species consists in the enormous ears, which cover the whole side of the head. The general outline of the two species is likewise very different, as is also the form of the trunk and the shape of the forehead'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The newly-imported African elephant at the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's Park, 1865. Creator: Pearson. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION, REGENT'S PARK, 1864. CREATOR: PEARSON.
Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. 'These have all been imported from various parts of the American continent, and the greater part of them represent species which had previously been brought alive to this country. The blue tanager (Orchesticus ater), and the pileated jay (Cyanocorax cyanopogon), are both from the forests of Brazil...The woodpecker...is from the more northern forests of the New World...The Brazilian monkey (Pithecia Satanas) is from the banks of the Amazon; the oppossum (Didelphys virginidux)...with its numerous family of young ones clinging around it, is from the Southern States of the great Northern division of the American continent. The species portrayed in the lower figure are all from the tropical part of the New World. The cuckoo (Guvia piririgua) is of very lively and peculiar habits...The tronial (Cacicus persicus) is one of a starling-like group of American birds, remarkable for their ingenuity in weaving long pendent nests. The whistling duck (Dendrocygna arborea), from Jamaica; and the little green bittern, from Para (Butorides virescens), do not differ materially from their well-known allies of the same groups in habits'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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RARE BIRDS FROM NAVIGATORS’ ISLANDS: THE DIDUNCULUS STRIGIROSTRIS, 1864. CREATOR: PEARSON.
Rare birds From Navigators' Islands: the Didunculus strigirostris or tooth-billed pigeon, 1864. Engraving from a drawing by E. Thomas. 'A notice of this singular bird, which had been considered nearly extinct, will, no doubt, be of interest to ornithologists...The didunculus has a very limited range of habitation. It has only been found in the Samoan or Navigators' Islands. It received the generic name of didunculus, or Little Dodo, from its resemblance to that celebrated extinct bird the Dodo, like which, the didunculus combines in its form the character of a rapacious bird with that of the harmless pigeon. In the contour of the bill, the form and position of the nostrils, and several other characteristics, the didunculus differs from any other living species at present known; and although a small bird in size, it approximates the nearest in all its characters to the gigantic dodo...It is named by the natives of the Navigators' Islands Manu Mea, or Red Bird, the predominant colour of its plumage being chocolate red...When any person approached their cage the birds uttered a deep guttural growl, frequently repeated, and often followed by a vibration of the whole body, from the head to the tail, with a plaintive note of ''Yoo, yoo, yoo." From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Rare birds From Navigators’ Islands: the Didunculus strigirostris, 1864. Creator: Pearson. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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THE CHIMPANZEE AND THE OURANG-OUTANG AT THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK, 1864. CREATOR: PEARSON.
The chimpanzee and the ourang-outang at the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, 1864. 'The new monkey-house lately erected now contains specimens of both of the best known species of apes usually called "Anthropoid," from their resemblance to mankind. These are the ourang (Simia satyrus) and the chimpanzee (Troglodytes niger)...The ourang is a young female about four years old...In its native state the ourang is only found in Borneo and certain parts of Sumatra...The chimpanzee, also a young female...was brought into Liverpool by the last mail steamer from the West Coast of Africa, and there purchased for the society by the superintendent of the gardens, who was dispatched to secure the prize upon its arrival... It has been stated that the ourang and chimpanzee had never before been exhibited together; but this, we believe, is not strictly correct...In 1831...two so-called "orangutans" were exhibited at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, one of which, from the details given, appear to have been, without doubt, a chimpanzee. This fact, however, it may be supposed, will scarcely prove any detraction from the interest excited by the present pair of "Anthropoids," who have already received a host of fashionable visitors'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. The chimpanzee and the ourang-outang at the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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