i8o THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF EUROPE 



His Majesty King William lY. signified his pleasure 

 to become the Patron of the Society, and presented to 

 it all the animals belonging to the royal menagerie in 

 Windsor Park, This collection included fourteen 

 wapiti, seven zebus, two mountain zebras, two Burchell's 

 zebras, and thirteen kangaroos, besides other animals 

 and a valuable collection of birds. 



In 1831 the King presented to the Society the col- 

 lection of animals in the Tower. The armadillos bred 

 in the Gardens. An elephant paddock and pond were 

 erected. 



In 1833 a parrot house was erected. 



In 1834 an additional space of ten acres of ground 

 along the south-western verge of the South Garden was 

 acquired. Examples of twelve species of mammals and 

 twenty-six species of birds were exhibited for the first 

 time. Of the former the most important was an Indian 

 rhinoceros, for which the sum of £1,050 was paid. 



In 1835 a house was built for elephants and rhinoceros 

 in the North Garden, near the spot where the present 

 elephant house now stands. His Majesty the King pre- 

 sented to the Society a fine young Indian elephant. 



On May 24, 1836, four giraffes (three males and a 

 female) arrived at the Gardens in charge of M. Thibaut, 

 who had obtained them for the Society in Kordofan. 

 They were the origin of the famous herd which died 

 out in 1881. Of the seventeen giraffes of this herd 

 subsequently born in the Gai'dens, one Avas presented 

 to the Dublin Society in 1844, five were sold at prices 

 ranging from £150 to £450, and eleven died in the 

 Gardens. 



In 1836 a ainiffe house was erected. 



