46 THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OE EUROPE 



Dutch), jays and many other birds. Above the 

 aviary is a museum. 



Next we come to a funny Kttle Himalayan bear, 

 and a monkey house, with large open-air cages for 

 summer use. After passing through some greenhouses 

 full of plants and ferns, we find a nice collection of 

 pheasants from Germany, China, New Guinea, the 

 Himalayas, and Japan. These birds are housed in 

 two long lines of pens, separated from each other by 

 a greenhouse. In the centre of the Gardens, near a 

 pond, is to be found a deer pen. On the back of one 

 of the deer a jackdaw was perched, but unluckily he 

 flew ofl* before I could obtain a photograph of this 

 somewhat unusual sight. Crows and jackdaws are 

 often to be seen upon the backs of cows and sheep, 

 but one would have imagined that a deer was too 

 timid an animal to allow a large bird to perch 

 upon it. 



In the Gardens is a fine concert-hall ; and here I 

 may remark that in nearly all foreign Zoological 

 Gardens there is such a music-hall, which on concert 

 nights is packed to overflowing, adding largely to 

 the revenue of the Gardens. It has always been a 

 puzzle to me why our Council in London do not 

 try to attract more people by the erection of such a 

 hall and the engagement of the best artistes. An 

 outdoor band appears to be the only attraction of the 

 kind in our Gardens at home, such a thing as an 

 evening concert being almost unheard of 



Close by the concert-hall is a reindeer shed, a llama 

 l)addock, a bear pit, and a very tame collie dog kept 

 in a cage as a rarity. Close to a duck-pond containing 



