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COLOGNE (Director Hauchecorne) 



The Cologne zoo was established in 1857, and is now maintained 

 by the city. The complete collection consists of 1,600 animals and 

 birds, including 2 giraffes. In times past 6 giraffes have been born 

 in the park, and sea-lions have also been bred here on two different 

 occasions. The polar ])ear pits and the sea-lion pool are unusually 

 good. The bird collection contains many rarities, among them the 

 only West Australian cockatoo {CalypliaryncJius sfcllafits) that we 

 saw in Europe. 



Fig. 46. — Entrance to Zoo at Budapest. 

 DUSSELDORF (Director Georg Aulmann) 



This zoo, established 52 years ago in a park of 16 hektares, now 

 has a collection of 1,500 animals. A new monkey house 130 feet 

 long with an open pit all along one side is now under construction. 

 In the old monkey house were three gorillas, one of them Susi, who 

 afterwards came to America on the Zeppelin. The other two are a 

 mixed pair, one from the Cameroons and one the mountain gorilla. 

 The five woolly monkeys that we saw here had been in the park five 

 and a half years. Of the three orangs, one is the largest in captivity. 



A feature of this zoo is a little railroad that takes children around 

 the park on Sundays. A small natural history museum is under 

 construction. 



