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Title: The children's city
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Singleton, Esther
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Publisher: New York, Sturgis & Walton company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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. It is the loudest animal sound of thepampas, and its jubilant martial character stronglyaffects the mind in that silent, melancholy wilder-ness. The Screamers sing the year round, atall hours, both on the ground and when soaring;when in pairs the two birds invariably sing together,and when in flocks they sing in concert. At nightthey are heard about nine oclock in the evening,and again just before dawn. It is not unusual, how-ever, to hear them singing at other hours. Walking a short distance south of the OstrichHouse, they soon came to the Antelope House. ** I know what you want to see first of all, ex-claimed Doodle, as they entered, those two splen-did Nubian giraffes. They came from GermanEast Africa in 1907 and cost $5,500. These twoanimals are great favourites because they are gentleand good-tempered and are always in good health.How tall are they? Well, the male is 13 feet, 8>4inches high and the female 12 feet, 4j^ inches high. They eat clover hay, raw vegetables cut into
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A DAY IN THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK 125 very small pieces, bran and rock salt, and brokenforage biscuits and they like to bite the tree tops. Why do they have such long necks ? askedNora. They like to take their salad off tree-tops, andyou can see how uncomfortable they are when theyhave to eat off the ground. Look at that one nowbending his neck down. How awkward he is! Now, let us look at the Eland. The Eland isthe handsomest and largest of all antelopes, but isnow unfortunately nearly extinct. It used to roamover a great part of South Africa; but is now onlyto be found in Natal. The only captive herd isowned by the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey;and the handsome male that you are now looking atcame from this herd. He is named Duke in honourof the Duke of Bedford. He stands about six feetand weighs two thousand pounds. Those splendidhorns of his are two feet and a half long. The White-tailed Gnu is also very rare. Heis very peculiar, resembling an ox, a horse and anantelope. The White Bea

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