1 8 THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF EUROPE 



hall and the shooting and fishing museum, which have 

 been described, we come to the new sale gallery, a 

 large hall 30 metres long, in which are displayed more 

 agricultural implements, carriages, harness, carts, iron 

 rails, wooden fencing, and everything appertaining to 

 the care of animals and plants — all to be sold at very 

 reasonable prices. A catalogue can be obtained free of 

 charge. 



Communicating w4th the new sale hall is a parrot 

 and small bird gallery. Passing the monkey house, 

 we find large wooden constructions, holding the pea- 

 cocks, the turkeys and fowls of many kinds, such as 

 Houdans, Dorkings, etc. In this part of the Garden 

 are to be found pretty little rustic buildings containing 

 various birds. In one of them are to be seen the great 

 horned owls which belonged to Gustav Dore, the 

 celebrated artist. In another little pavilion is a 

 Norwegian hawk. In an enclosure bordering on the 

 main walk is to be seen a beautiful collection of cranes 

 from all parts of the world. In the same enclosure are 

 the cassowaries, ostriches and the South American 

 rheas, which latter frequently breed in the Garden. 



The pheasan tries, which contain more than twenty 

 pens, are occupied by such varieties as the Amherst 

 pheasant from Thibet, Elliot's pheasant from China, 

 the Versicolor from Japan. 



We now come to the great aviary, part of which 

 holds the scarlet ibis and the rare stilts, and the other 

 half contains peacocks and large game-birds. In front 

 of the large aviary are the pens of the doves and 

 partridges. Facing the pheasantries is a statue of 

 Daubenton, by Jules Godin Daubenton, who died in 



