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Two individual Flamingoes have lived between twenty-two and 

 twenty-three years here. 



Limicolce. — Five species, including the Ruff {Machetes 

 pugnax), of which a large number of male birds formed a good 

 exhibit. 



Ebptiles. — Chelonia. — A Pond-Tortoise {Emys orbicularis) 

 was remarkable on account of its exceptionally large size ; Prof. 

 Franz Werner told me that it had probably come from Lake 

 Balaton, in Hungary. These large Emys apparently also occur 

 in Southern Volhynia, as in 1909 Mr. Lydekker kindly showed 

 me a specimen living at his house in Hertfordshire, which he 

 had obtained during his trip to Count Joseph Potocki's estate at 

 Pilawin in 1907. 



Crocodilia. — One specimen of each of the three following 

 species — Crocodilus porosus, C. palustris, and Alligator sinensis. 

 All rarities in European menageries. 



Ophidia. — The collection of Snakes consisted of five species 

 of small non-poisonous Colubrines, one Boa constrictor, one Tree- 

 Boa {Epicrates striatus), one Python spilotes, a very dark-coloured 

 specimen of P. molurus, which Prof. Werner told me was probably 

 from Java or Sumatra, and four individuals of P. reticulatus — a 

 small one which had been bred at Herr Fockelmann's place at 

 Hamburg, two medium-sized ones, and one giant which has 

 lived about twelve years here, and is now supposed to be over 

 7 metres (say, 23 ft.) in length. 



Bateachians. — Ecaudata. — A very large specimen of the 

 South American Horned Frog {Ceratophrys cornuta), which the 

 keeper told me is fed on the common European Frogs. A very 

 fine pair of the South American Frog {Leptodactylus pentadac- 

 tylus). Both male and female were very large and in beautiful 

 condition. They have to be kept in separate cages. Fourteen 

 individuals of the American Giant Toad {Bufo marinus), all in 

 beautiful condition, and some very richly marked and coloured. 



Caudata. — Prof. Werner told me that the Japanese Giant 

 Salamander has now lived for about twenty years here. 



Two things which no visitor to Schonbrunn should miss 

 seeing are : — 



(i) The beautifully clean and neat and richly stocked Palm 

 House, built in 1882 from the designs of Herr F. Segenschmid. 



