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yet returned, and I was informed that Herr Nill was the actual 

 proprietor of the Doggenburger Tiergarten. 



The live animals that I saw there were Grivet Monkeys, three 

 species of Macaques, Drill, Marmoset, a magnificent European 

 Lynx, Serval, Genets, Striped Hyaena, Wolf, Fox, Pine-Marten, 

 Beech-Marten, Badger, Otter, Coati, two Bears, Hedgehogs, 

 Squirrels, Marmot, Dormouse, Hamster, Eats, Mice, Ponies, 

 " Stein " Donkeys, Chamois, Goats, Sheep, a pair of Bed Deer, 

 a pair of Eoe Deer, a remarkably fine Arabian Camel, three 

 Wild Boar, a Spotted Dasyure, a very nice collection of Euro- 

 pean birds and some foreign species. Parrots, Pheasants, &c., 

 Tortoises, Snakes, Toads, Newts, Axolotls, and a select and 

 attractive series of small fishes. 



Besides the Restaurant (a prominent feature in most zoo- 

 logical gardens), the most noticeable buildings were the " Flying 

 Cage," in which White Storks were nesting, and a combined 

 Bird House and Aquarium, cleverly arranged and charmingly 

 fitted up. The outer walls were mostly occupied by aviaries, 

 communicating with out-of-door flight cages. Down the centre 

 of the house there was a double row of small compartments, 

 with a service passage between them, all lit from above, on the 

 aquarium principle. Each of these little compartments had 

 evidently been the subject of much careful thought on their 

 designer's part ; the scheme of decoration differed in almost 

 each case, and combined providing comfortable homes for the 

 little animals on exhibition with giving the visitors both pleasure 

 and amusement. While the Batrachians lived in miniature 

 gardens well supplied with water, the Japanese Mice played 

 about in a completely furnished sort of doll's house upholstered 

 in blue and white, and a family of Rats occupied an original 

 house, the domed roof of which was made of an Armadillo's skin. 



(ii) Museum. 

 The Royal Natural History Museum (Konigliches Naturalien- 

 Kabinett zu Stuttgart) is situated in the State Archives Building, 

 in the Neckarstrasse, conveniently near the centre of the city. 



This museum is of very special interest, not only from the 

 extent and value of the collections which it contains, but also 

 from its being one of the oldest zoological institutions in the 

 Zool. 4th ser. vol. XV., November, 1911. 2 k 



