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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON ZOOLOGICAL INSTITU- 

 TIONS EECENTLY VISITED IN EUEOPE. 



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



(Continued from p. 295.) 



7. Lyons, France. 

 (i) Zoological Gardens. 



The Zoological Gardens of Lyons form part of the beautiful 

 Pare de la Tete d'Or, on the left bank of the Khone, at the north 

 end of the city. This park covers an area of just over 281 acres 

 (114 hectares), and was laid out in 1857 by the landscape- 

 gardener, M. Buhler. It may be divided into two parts : first, 

 the lake of 42 acres (17 hectares), woods, lawns, and drives ; 

 and, secondly, the scientific side, containing the botanical garden, 

 the palm-house (which is said to be 23 metres or 755- ft. in 

 height), the hothouses (including the Victoria regia house), the 

 alpine garden, and the menagerie, which is grouped round the 

 Observatory building near the centre of the park. 



The whole institution belongs to the Municipality, and is 

 open free to the public. M. P. Didier is the Director of the 

 Zoological Gardens. 



In comparison with most other gardens, the chief features of 

 the Lyons menagerie that impressed me in the three visits I 

 made to it in October and November, 1908, were, first, the large 

 size of the paddocks for Ungulates ; secondly, the large amount 

 of running water ; and, thirdly, that there was a label for every 

 species of animal exhibited, giving the scientific and French 

 names of the animal, and, where required, the name of the donor 

 of the exhibit. 



The menagerie contained about one hundred and fifty-five 

 mammals, representing thirty-seven species (but this includes 

 no fewer than sixty-eight individual Fallow Deer, Cervus dama), 

 representatives of fifty-seven species of birds, two large Missis- 



