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BUDAPEST (A. Czerba, in charge) 



Just inside the entrance to the Budapest zoo roads radiate in four 

 directions and there is a beautiful floral display. The monkey house 

 is excellent ; all cages are lighted from the top and the inside cages 

 are protected from the pul)lic l)y glass placed six inches from the bars. 

 Two lion marmosets are ke]3t in a glass-fronted cage, where they are 

 given extra heat from electric light bulbs. After six months of cap- 

 tivity they were in excellent condition. 



The arrangement of open pits for lions is unusually good. The 

 ground slopes in front away from the visitor, so that he loses all idea 

 of a pit, and feels as though only a narrow stri]:) of grass separated 

 him from the lion. In the pachyderm house the bathing pool is 



Fig. 47. — Waterfowl pond, Budapest. Specimen of magnificent artificial 



rock work. 



Iieated ])y natural hot water from springs 2,500 feet below the ground. 

 This house is unusual in that the cages are arranged like grottoes, 

 lighted from above. 



The beautifully decorated acpiarium is maintained by an extra 

 admission charge of 8 cents, most of which is used to buy new stock. 

 The excellent collection of rejitiles and tropical fish are kept in a 

 converted palm house. The bird house, though not very large, ap- 

 pealed to us as the l;est we had seen. At one end is a glass-enclosed 

 panorama with a pool and rock work, housing avocets and shore birds. 



The zoo maintains a large farm outside the city where much food 

 for the animals is raised. An interesting feature of this zoo is that 

 most of the employees live in a large apartment house at one side 

 of the park. 



