152 THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF EUROPE 



noticed a very pretty little light- coloured fox, which 

 has so far gone unnamed. It was presented by Baron 

 von Erlanger. The collection of marsupials is very 

 fine, no less than twenty kangaroos being bred there. 

 The following are represented : the red kangaroo 

 (Macropus rufus), the great gray kangaroo {M. gigan- 

 teus), the black- tailed wallaby {M. ualahatus), the 

 wallaroo (M. rohustus), the red-necked kangaroo {M. 

 Tujicollh), derliganus, conspicillaris, frenatus, and 

 penicillatus. 



There are also three species of wombats (Perameles), 

 including Pliascolomys wombat, P. latifrons, helidens, 

 echidna, etc. There is a duck-billed platypus, and a 

 squirrel as large as a cat. 



Opposite these houses is the entrance to a sea-water 

 aquarium (six pfennig extra), situated in a large and 

 dark underground vault, which contains crabs, king- 

 crabs, lobsters, a beautiful show of sea-anemones, 

 jelly-fish (which I do not remember having seen in 

 tanks before), sterlet, perch, eels, a salamander, and a 

 tiny seal. Many of the large species are fed with living 

 fish, and it was interesting^ to watch them catching- 

 the small prey. From the top of a high tow^er over 

 the aquarium, which forms with the duck lake below it 

 one of the most picturesque spots in the Garden, a 

 good view is obtained of the palatial concert-house 

 across a large lake. In this old tower are owl cages, 

 containing, amongst others, the beautiful snowy owl. 



The monkey house is close by, containing a rich 

 collection, as well as reptiles and a row of small 

 rodents. An orang-outang came as a present from 

 Sumatra, and is a fine specimen, extraordinarily clevei". 



