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XIX.— NOTES AT PESHAWAR. 
This Zoological Garden was started about 1909 and is 
situated in the Shahi Bagh,” or Imperial Garden, outside 
the city of Peshawar. The money for its upkeep is found 
by the Municipality, and the garden is open free to the 
public. 
The Staff consists of : — 
1 Honorary Director. Capt. J . G. L. Ranking, 
Indian Army. 
1 Clerk, who is also the Resident Superintendent 
in Charge. 
Gardens 1 Head gardener. 
20 Gardeners. 
Menagerie 1 Salutri (native veterinary surgeon). 
2 Keepers. 
3 Assistant keepers. 
1 Bird-catcher aud Aviary keeper. 
3 Night watchmen. 
1 Bhisti (water carrier). 
1 Grass-cutter, for animal’s forage. 
Total 35. 
Also ten Municipal sweepers assist in the Menagerie and 
gardens when required, making a total of forty-five available 
workers. 
The Shahi Bagh abounds with wild birds. The bulbuls, 
mynas, bee-eaters, and doves are delightful, but the Crows, 
Corvus splendens, here, as in other zoological gardens in 
India, become a nuisance by worrying some of the larger 
animals, especially the Sambar Deer, Cervus unicolor^ by 
perching on their backs and pecking out bunches of their 
hair. 
I visited the PeshaAvar garden on May 22 and 23, 
1913, and found it one of the cleanest and best arranged 
menageries that I haA^e CA^er had the good fortune to see. 
