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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



THIRD SERIES. 



Vol. VII.] SEPTEMBER, 1883. [No. 81. 



THE NEW REPTILE HOUSE AT THE ZOOLOGICAL 



GARDENS. 



Since our last number appeared, the new Reptile House, 

 which has been for some months in course of construction in the 

 Zoological Gardens, has been opened to the public, and forms a 

 notable addition to the many fine buildings which now adorn the 

 grounds of the Society. 



Visitors to the Zoological Gardens have long been aware of 

 the inadequate accommodation available for the collection of 

 Reptiles and Amphibians, which, too numerous to be displayed 

 in the old Snake House, have had to be located some in the 

 Insectarium, some in other parts of the Gardens, while a large 

 number, of course, remained of necessity in their old quarters. 



The Council of the Zoological Society having become fully 

 convinced of the necessity for a new Reptile House, must have 

 had no easy task to decide upon the form and fittings of a 

 building in which so many special requirements had to be care- 

 fully considered, and particularly the necessity for maintaining in 

 each of the cages the exact temperature suited to the occupants. 

 All difficulties, however, appear to have been effectually overcome, 

 and the Society is now in possession of a new building, which, 

 while presenting a handsome exterior, is admirably adapted 

 internally for the purpose for which it has been designed. 



It is built of red brick, with copings and windows of the fine 

 tawny scorch-stone from Corse Hall, which, during the last few 

 years, has been used a good deal in red-brick architecture, and 



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