Life at the Zoo

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Author

Cornish, C. J. (Charles John), 1858-1906

Title

Life at the Zoo: Notes and Traditions of the Regent's Park Gardens

Credits

Sonya Schermann, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Regent's Park (London, England)

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 64029

Release Date

December 12, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LIFE AT THE ZOO
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.THE ZOO IN A FROST
6. 6.THE GHOSTS OF THE TROPICAL FOREST.
7. 7.THE BUTTERFLY FARM AT THE ZOO
8. 8.PATTERNS ON LIVING ANIMALS.
9. 9.THE GIRAFFE’S OBITUARY.
10. 10.THE ELECTRIC EEL.
11. 11.DEEP-SEA LAMPS.
12. 12.THE LION HOUSE AT THE ZOO.
13. 13.DIVING BIRDS AT THE ZOO.
14. 14.TAME DIVERS.
15. 15.THE QUEST FOR THE WILD HORSE.
16. 16.ÆSTHETICS AT THE ZOO. THE ANIMAL SENSE OF BEAUTY.
17. 17.ÆSTHETICS AT THE ZOO. SCENTS AND SOUNDS.
18. 18.ORPHEUS AT THE ZOO. THE FIRST VISIT.
19. 19.ORPHEUS AT THE ZOO. THE SECOND VISIT.
20. 20.ORPHEUS AT THE ZOO. THE CHOICE OF INSTRUMENTS.
21. 21.TALKING BIRDS.
22. 22.ELEPHANT LIFE IN ENGLAND
23. 23.WANTED—A NEW MEAT.
24. 24.AN EXPERIMENT IN ANIMAL PRESERVATION.
25. 25.“JAMRACH’S.”
26. 26.EXPRESSION IN THE ANIMAL EYE.
27. 27.LONDON BEARS.
28. 28.YOUNG ANIMALS AT THE ZOO.
29. 29.ANIMAL COLOURING.
30. 30.WILD-CATS AT THE ZOO.
31. 31.THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS.
32. 32.RARE AND BEAUTIFUL MONKEYS.
33. 33.THE LARGER MONKEYS.
34. 34.LIZARDS AND CROCODILES AT THE ZOO.
35. 35.FROM THE ANIMALS’ POINT OF VIEW. [13]
36. 36.POSSIBLE PETS.
37. 37.THE PARIS ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS IN THE TWO SIEGES.
38. 38.OTHER BEASTS OF BURDEN.
39. 39.THE SOLDIER’S CAMEL.
40. 40.THE CANADIAN BEAVER.
41. 41.THE TEMPER OF ANIMALS.
42. 42.CRIMINAL ANIMALS.
43. 43.A YEAR AT THE ZOO.

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