ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, AMSTERDAM 41 



doptera, and one for the coleoptera or beetles, arranged 

 in 920 drawers. 



The scientific library is very rich in works on natural 

 history ; amongst other volumes is to be seen a com- 

 plete edition of the works of Gould, the celebrated 

 ornithologist. The library contains 5,131 books. There 

 are in the museum upwards of 97.5 stuffed animals and 

 3,478 birds. The collection of shells is the most beau- 

 tiful and most important which exists. 



After the death of M. Westerman in 1890, the 

 directorship of the Society was conferred upon Dr. C. 

 Kerbert, who was formerly conservator of the aquarium. 



The fee for admission to these large Gardens is one 

 gulden. There are no less than fifty different houses 

 or pens, besides the aquarium (one of the finest in 

 Europe), and four museums. 



Turning to the left after paying at the turnstile, 

 one sees the llama pens, containing specimens of the 

 huanaco, the vicuna and the alpaca ; near them are 

 two camels of different kinds. Close by is a pretty 

 little deer shed, one of the inmates of which is a very 

 fine example of Pere David's deer from Manchuria. 

 The insect house is next encountered, with a good 

 collection of living caterpillars and chrysalides in glass- 

 cases. Some specimens of the atlas moth and common 

 swallow-tail butterfly had just emerged (May 2). 

 Passing through a door, the visitor comes to a reptile 

 house, well lighted and heated. Here are to be seen 

 some very fine examples of pythons from Java, boa- 

 constrictors and other large snakes, tortoises, lizards, 

 alligators and a Temminck's snapper. In the centre 



