40 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



lion house, a new monkey house, and a great collection of creatures. 

 The vivarium built by Jeannel some years ago for the exhibition of 

 insects, small reptiles, and batrachians, still stands out as unique. 



The Vincennes Zoo, one of the newest in Europe, already contains 

 a large and attractive collection, including an Indian rhinoceros and 

 four giraffes. In addition to the exhibition areas, which are all of 

 the open, barless type, the service quarters have been exceptionally 

 well worked out. 



The Zoo at Regent's Park in London impressed us as being "bigger 

 and better than ever." Innovations are "invisible glass" fronts for 

 bird cages, a modernistic ape house, and a special building to facilitate 

 the work of artists in the Zoo. Among the rarest of the specimens on 

 display were three giant forest hogs from Kenya — father, mother, 

 and baby. 



The new open-air Zoo at Whipshade, where 400 acres have already 

 been developed and 200 acres more are ready for improvement, is 

 outstanding. The animals are kept in great herds in large paddocks — 

 20 tigers in one enclosure, for instance — and deer, pheasants, and 

 cavies run wild in the forest. The restaurant is like a country club. 

 This is the only Zoo in Europe that permits the entry of automobiles, 

 and a fee of 5 shillings per auto, plus 1 shilling per person, is charged. 

 It has become one of England's most popular resorts and picnicking 

 grounds. 



Edinburgh for many years has been famous for its penguins, and 

 still is. Magellan and King penguins are raised each year, and one 

 specimen has been in the Zoo since 191 4. The Zoo itself is on a high 

 hill, the top of which is covered with large paddocks for herds of 

 ruminants. There were 1 1 chimpanzees and two orang-utans in the 

 collection and a notable collection of carnivores. 



The Dublin Zoo is the second oldest in Britain, having been founded 

 in 1833 and maintained by the Royal Society with a grant from the 

 Government. It is located in the beautiful Phoenix Park. This Zoo 

 has always been famous for raising lions, and there is on exhibition 

 a plaque with the pedigree of more than 160 lions that have been born 

 there. Among the smaller fry there was a Tuatera lizard from New 

 Zealand that has lived in the Park for 27 years, a record. 



In general we found every Zoo that we visited thriving and all of 

 them growing. In addition to the exhibiting of animals, interesting 

 breeding experiments are being made. In Germany, through careful 

 selection, are being recreated the extinct auroch and the wild wood- 

 horse that formerly inhabited the country. 



