44 THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF EUROPE 



building, erected in 1882, is well worth a visit. Its 

 tanks contain, amongst many others, specimens of 

 coal-fish, sea-anemones, huge cod, conger-eel, crabs, 

 lobsters, plaice, lump-sucker, skate, dog-fish, cat-fish, 

 stickleback, king-crab (very curious), barnacles, newts, 

 gold-fish, pike, barbel, roach, some magnificent trout, 

 carp, perch, American trout and a salamander. In 

 the aquarium is a large museum of preserved natural 

 history objects, mostly fish, shells and reptiles. 



After leaving the aquarium, we encounter large 

 pheasantries and peacock houses, wild-sheep pens, 

 ibis pens and a pigeon house, from which the birds 

 have free exit. A tliird museum is found to be full of 

 stufied birds, eggs, and nests ; some of the birds 

 stufied in their natural surroundings are very beauti- 

 fully done. The zoological library adjoins. A fourth 

 museum, built in 1894, contains a large collection of 

 stuffed animals and a collection of shells. Here is a 

 huge skeleton of an African elephant, with good tusks, 

 and a stuffed giraffe ; a whole unmounted hippo- 

 potamus skin, and a stuffed quagga, now extinct. 



Close by this museum are some pens containing 

 zebras and wild asses. The new bear house, built in 

 1897, contains a fine collection. A large house, built 

 like a fortress, containing wolves, hyrenas and jackals, 

 is close at hand. 



Dr. C. Kerbert very kindly sent me a volume of 

 many hundred pages, containing the names of all the 

 specimens in the gardens, aquarium, and museums ; but 

 in a work of this size it would be utterly impossible to 

 give the names of even one-quarter of the treasures 

 that are contained in these most remarkable Gardens. 



