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Asiatic domestic Sheep ; a pair of Sudan Giraffes ; and two 

 Eeindeer. 



The Tylopoda were represented by all six existing species, 

 and the Suina by a young male East African Hippopotamus, 

 and Gallician Wild Swine. 



Edentata. — An Armadillo {Dasypus villosus) shared a cage 

 with some Macaques in the Monkey House. 



Marsupialia. — Besides Kangaroos and Australian Opossums 

 {Trichosurus vulpecula), which breed here as they do in London 

 and other European zoological gardens, I saw a very nice 

 Pouched- Squirrel, referred to Petaurus, from Southern New 

 Guinea. 



Monotremata — Two Echidnas, which had both lived for six 

 years here. 



BiKDS. — Passeres, — I counted one hundred and thirty-five 

 different species ; those that pleased me most were four Bearded 

 Tits, two Nuthatches, five Nutcrackers, a white Jackdaw, five 

 Indian White-Eyes {Zosterops palpebrosus) , a Scimitar Babbler 

 {Pomatorhinus montanus), which had been six or seven months 

 here, and a Swallow {Hirundo urbica) was of interest, as, although 

 it lived in a small cage, it was in good feather and tame ; the 

 keeper told me that this bird had been hand-reared from the 

 nest and was now two years old, and that another hand-reared 

 nestling had lived in a cage for nine years here. 



PicaricB. — Eight Green-billed Toucans (Rhamphastos di- 

 colorus) living together in one cage made a very fine exhibit, 

 as did also five Blue-cheeked Barbets {Megalcema asiatica) in 

 another cage. 



Accipitres. — A magnificent Crested Serpent-Eagle {Spilornis 

 cheela) should be noted. 



Herodiones. — The large wading-birds' aviary is of a very good 

 design. At the end of April we noticed that the Night-Herons 

 and Spoonbills were busy nesting in trees, and a White Stork 

 was sitting on a nest built on the ground. 



OdontoglosscB. — Thirty-nine Flamingoes (Phoenicopterusroseus) 

 in one enclosure made a very beautiful sightc Herr Kraus 

 told me that he feeds his Flamingoes on grain, chopped 

 horse meat (seven kilos, of meat is the daily ration for thirty- 

 nine birds), and a mixture of food as supplied to the ** soft-bills." 



