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Show 1900.] OX THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN OF BERLIN. 299 to reproduce the actual distance between the spines, but those on one side of the interambulacrum are shown in a respectively higher position thau those on the other side, as is the case when in their natural position on the test (owing to the alternation of the coronal plates). Fig. 2. Asthenosoma heteractis, p. 278. Abactinal view (in spirit) Four-fifths nat. size. r., radius ; ir., interradius. PLATE XXII. Fig. 3. Salmacis sukata, p. 281. a. Ambulacrum, X 2. b. Interambulacrum, X 2. Fig. 4. Salmacis globator, p. 282. a. Ambulacrum, x 2. b. Interambulacrum, x 2. The white lines indicate the position of the ambitus. PLATE XXIII. Figs. 5 a-e. Laganum depressum, p. 283. Different stages of growth, nat. size. Figs. 6 a-e. Laganum decagonale, p. 284. Different stages of growth, nat. size. Figs. 7 a, b. Laganum sp. ? (possibly a hybrid between L. depressum and L. decagonale), p. 285. All the specimens are viewed from the abactinal side. PLATE XXIV. Fig. 8. Craspidaster glauconotus, p. 290. a. Actinal view, nat. size. b. Adambulacral armature (from drawing), Xl5. Fig. 9. Astropecten pleiacanthits, p. 292. a. Abactinal view, nat. size. b. Actinal view, nat. size. c. Adambulacral armature (from drawing), X 15. 3. Notes on the Zoological Garden of Berlin. By F. E. BLAAUW, C.M.Z.S. [Received March 13, 1900.] Having had the opportunity of visiting the Zoological Garden of Berlin in November last, I think it may be of interest to give you some particulars as to the collection of animals now to be seen there. The Zoological Garden of Berlin, as is well known, owes its first great development to the late Dr. Bodinus, who succeeded in getting " a shower of gold," as the Berlin people call it, to descend on that part of the Thiergarten which is devoted to the zoological collection. This " shower of gold " enabled Bodinus to erect, amongst other buildings, the oriental palaces in which the Pachyderms and the Antelopes are kept. As time went on, however, this " shower of gold " unfortunately did not remain continuous ; and those who visited the Garden towards the end of Dr. Bodinus's career received rather the impression that showers of rust, dust, and mud were of more frequent occurrence than those of the precious metal. |