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' The exception, mentioned above, is the new Monkey House, 

 built since 1905, which appears to me to be neither useful nor 

 ornamental. 



A new piece of ground on the side of the hill at the back of 

 the menagerie was opened to the public in 1910 ; in it fifteen 

 very nice new paddocks for Chamois, Mufflon, &c., have been 

 constructed. Each paddock is on the slope of a hill, and ledges 

 of real stone (not cement) project from the ground. An eighteenth 

 century ice-house which was found to occupy part of the line of 

 these paddocks has been preserved in position. 



The wild birds in the Schonbrunn gardens are numerous and 

 very tame. It was particularly charming to see the Green 

 Woodpecker {Gecinus viridis) feeding on a lawn within a few 

 yards of the visitors. 



During the week we were at Schonbrunn, neither my wife 

 nor I saw a single Squirrel, Eat, or Eabbit at large in the grounds. 

 We asked if there were any, and were told there were none — 

 because the Emperor did not permit loose rodents in his gardens. 



Contents of Schonbrunn Menagerie at end of April, 1910. 



I noted representatives of one hundred and forty- eight species 

 of Mammals, three hundred of Birds, twenty -five of Eeptiles, and 

 seven of Batrachians ; in all, four hundred and eighty species, 

 not counting domestic races. The number of individual animals, 

 on the authority of Herr Kraus, was 2300. 



Mammals, — Primates. — I' saw about forty-nine Monkeys of 

 eighteen species, the most interesting being a Douroucoli {Nycti- 

 pithecus) and twenty-four Lemurs of eight kinds. 



Carnivora. — At least fifty-three ^luroidea of twenty-one 

 species, including a very large red European Lynx, and a male 

 African Chita {Cyncelurus jubatus), presented by Prince Henry 

 Liechtenstein, which has lived here, I am told, for over twelve 

 years, a very long time for a Chita in captivity (or possibly in a 

 wild state also). 



The Cynoidea numbered ten specimens of five species. A 

 Dalmatian Jackal was of special interest from its locality. The 

 howling of the European Wolves in the early morning was most 

 musical, but I felt glad, each time I heard the sound, that the 

 musicians were safely caged. 



