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THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 842.— August, 1911 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON ZOOLOGICAL INSTITU- 

 TIONS RECENTLY VISITED IN EUROPE. 



By Capt. Stanley S. Flower, F.L.S. 



The following notes on some of the Zoological Gardens, 

 Museums, and Aquariums, which I have visited while on leave 

 in Europe during the last three years, may be of interest, both 

 as a sort of guide to other travelling zoologists (the ordinary 

 guide-books give little information on our subject), and to record 

 a few interesting facts about animals in captivity. 



The towns I propose to mention in this series of notes 

 are: — 1. Birmingham. 2. Brighton. 3. Brunn am Gebirge. 

 4. Cologne, 5. Halifax. 6. London. 7. Lyons. 8. Marseilles. 

 9. Munich. 10. Naples. 11. Paris. 12. Southampton. 

 13. Stuttgart. 14. Vienna. 



1. Birmingham, England. 

 (i) Zoological Gardens. 



Several " Zoological Gardens" have existed for short periods 

 in the district of Birmingham.* In 1870 an attempt was made 

 to form a Midland Zoological Society, with gardens and a 

 menagerie at Birmingham, but apparently nothing was actually 

 done. 



In May, 1873, the late Morris Roberts, the ex-prizefighter, 

 opened a menagerie in the grounds of the Sherbourne Hotel, 



* Vide ' Birmingham Post ' and ' Birmingham Mail ' ; both of February 

 16th, 1910. 

 Zool. ith ser. vol. XV., August, 1911, z 



