42 THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF EUROPE 



of this room are three specimens of the curious Surinam 

 sloth {Cliolopus didactylus), hanging from horizontal 

 bars by large curved claws. Passing through a door, 

 you find yourself in the parrot house, which is well 

 filled with the brilliant-coloured noisy birds. Here, 

 also, was the magnificent bird of paradise from New 

 Guinea, and the curious wiugless kiwi from New 

 Zealand. A monkey house, well stocked, is next passed, 

 and we then come to the large duck-pond, simply 

 teeming with mute swans, wild swans, black swans, 

 bernacle and Canadian geese, gannets, gadwalls, 

 sheldrake, mallard, wigeon, teal, pintail and flamingoes. 

 We next see a very fine pair of American bison, and 

 two young ones born in the Gardens. The crane and 

 wading- bird pens are close at hand, one large pen 

 containing an extraordinary number of coots, rails 

 and oyster-catchers, all looking the picture of health. 

 There is a long, well-lighted lion house, built in 1859, 

 containing twelve cages inhabited by a pair of lions 

 from Somaliland, a pair of tigers from Delhi, some 

 leopards and jaguars, and a pair of pumas, with their 

 young born in the Gardens, 



We now come to the elephant house, built in 1897, 

 in which are housed four Indian elephants and a tapir. 

 In the antelope house, which stands near, are a fine 

 pair of elands in a large roomy paddock, waterbuck, 

 a harnessed antelope and its baby, a brindled gnu, 

 an oryx, and the rare inyala. Next, we find a very 

 fine collection of birds of prey, including a beautiful 

 specimen of the Bateleur eagle from Africa. 



We now come to the ethnological or anthropological 

 museum, built in 1888, containing native armour, 



