ZOOLOGISCHER GARTEN, COLOGNE 69 



office he did much for the pictorial beauty of the 

 Garden. 



Heck in 1886 thoroughly replenished the stock of 

 animals before leaving for Berlin. In 1888 he was 

 replaced by Dr. Wiinderlich, who is the Director of 

 the Garden to-day. 



Of late years the approaches to the Garden and the 

 Garden itself have improved enormously. The old- 

 fashioned and ugly buildings were all removed by a 

 big fire, and a splendid new aviary and a new ostrich 

 house have taken their places. The ostrich house is 

 built in the shape of a mosque with numerous minarets. 

 The birds are now to be seen all the year round, 

 which was not possible in the old house. There is 

 plenty of light and ventilation through a glass roof, 

 whilst two stoves supply heat. Within this house, 

 besides ostriches, are to be found rheas, emus, pouch- 

 bearing animals, rodents and parrots, and the rarest 

 bird in it is the Australian wingless kiwi. This tire- 

 some bird goes to sleep all day, and is never to 

 be seen when wanted ; but when the gates are shut 

 and the visitors have all departed, out comes the 

 kiwi. 



The old ostrich pens have disappeared, and in their 

 place is a children's playground, which is quite deserted 

 and useless, as all the children naturally go to see their 

 cousins in the monkey house. 



The kangaroos' quarters have changed for the worse, 

 as the animals formerly lived in big outside pens ; now, 

 owing to the children's playground, they are confined 

 in much narrower limits, and have only small outside 



