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several positions where this material appeared most de- 

 sirable. 



4. A great addition of accommodation in the Reptile 

 Room. 



5. A thorough repair of the most dilapidated portion 

 of the Lawn Aviary. 



6. The addition of a wide gallery with glass roof, for 

 spectatoi's in the Ostrich House. 



7. Repair and adaptation of the old sheds formerly oc- 

 cupied by carpenters, and as provision stores, &c., which 

 now afford, in their converted state, good accommodation 

 for twenty-five Antilopes and Kangaroos, with nine 

 inclosures for exercise in the open air. 



The more important Works and Buildings erected in 

 1851, include 



1. The large Tank, Inclosure and Platforms for Spec- 

 tators which adjoin the Hippopotamus House. 



2. An addition to the Western Wing of the Giraffe 

 House ; which now contains seven loose Boxes for large 

 Ruminants, tenanted by the Elands and Leucoryx. 



3. The Raised Terrace Platforms for Spectators in front 

 of the Carnivora Dens. 



4. A Building, 60 feet in length, containing a room 

 which will now be fitted up for Reptiles, and another 

 which will be fitted up for Urans and Chimpanzees, 

 specimens of both which species are expected during the 

 course of the summer. 



5. Provision Sheds, and paved yard adjoining them. 



6. The great Aviary has been completed by the addi- 

 tion of a third division, and now presents a front of 168 feet 

 in length, containing nineteen divisions, and is tenanted 

 by nearly 200 specimens of Birds. 



7. An Eagle Aviary has been erected which presents 

 a combined frontage of 180 feet in length, and affords ac- 

 commodation for the finest series of the large Birds of Prey 

 which has ever been brought together in any country. 



The Buildings which have been undertaken since the 

 commencement of the current year, are 



1. The erection of a house ultimately destined for An- 

 tilopes, but at present appropriated to the display of 

 Mr. Gould's Collection of Humming-Birds. This house 

 has been constructed for the most part of materials which 

 became the property of the Society in November last, in 



