THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 815.— May, 1909. 



A LIST OF THE ZOOLOGICAL GAKDENS OF THE 



WORLD. 



By Captain Stanley S. Flower. 



(Plate III.) 



I. Preface. 

 II. Early Zoological Gardens. 



III. Modern Zoological Gardens. 



IV. Bibliography. 



I. Preface. 



Considering the wide interest taken in Zoological Gardens, 

 not only by zoologists but also by the general public, it seems 

 remarkable that no list of these institutions, with any pretension 

 to completeness, appears to have been published. 



It is hoped that the publication of this present list will call 

 attention to the subject, and may be the means both of bringing 

 to light historical notes of other old menageries, unknown to me 

 but perhaps familiar to some readers of ' The Zoologist,' and 

 also be of present and future use to the executive officers of 

 Zoological Gardens in exchanging notes and publications, and 

 especially in making that personal acquaintance of each other 

 which is so important for mutual help and improvement in pro- 

 fessional knowledge. 



Of the existing Zoological Gardens, the senior appears to be 

 the Imperial Menagerie of Schonbrunn, Vienna, founded in 1752, 

 then that of Madrid 1774, and then Paris 1793. 



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