THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 19, No. 545] SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1832 [Price 2d. * * * * * ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENTS'S PARK. [Illustration: Emu Enclosure] [Illustration: Pelican Enclosure] [Illustration: Aviary for Small Birds] Our strolls to this scene of intellectual amusement, (or "the gardens with a long name," as Lord Mulgrave's new heroine naively calls them,) are neither few nor far between. The acquaintance is of some standing, since _The Mirror_ was the first journal that contained any pictorial representation of these Gardens, or any connected notice of the animals.[1] At that time the Society had not published their "List," and our twopenny guide was common in the hands of visiters. We do not ask for the thanks of the Council in contributing to their annual receipts, now usually amounting to £10,000.: we were studying the interest of our readers, which uniformly brings its own reward. The first of the present illustrations is the _Emu Enclosure_, in the old Garden. Several broods of _Emus_ have been reared by the Society at their Farm at Kingston Hill; and some of the year's birds are usually exhibited here. Next is the _Pelican Enclosure_, containing a house of mimic rock-work, and a capacious tank of water, the favourite element of the Pelican. One pair in mature plumage, and a second pair, supposed to be the young of the same species, are exhibited. The third Cut is the _Aviary for small and middle-sized birds_, at the north-eastern corner of the Garden. Here are kept various British Birds, as the different species of Crows and Song Birds. The bamboo ornaments of the building are not, therefore, of the appropriate character that we so much admire elsewhere in the Gardens. [1] The _Literary Gazette_ first published the Ground Plan of the Zoological Gardens, from a lithograph circulated among the members, towards the close of the year 1827. In seeking to do ourselves justice, we must not forget others. Our first Engraving, a _Bird's Eye View of the Gardens_ from an original sketch, appeared in No. 330, of _The Mirror_, September 6, 1828. [Illustration: "Happy Jerry"] The individual with this felicitous _soubriquet_, was a specimen of the great Mandrill Baboon, in its adult state, the _Papio Maimon_ of Geoffrey, and the _Cynocephalus Maimon_ of Desmarest. It is a native of the Gold Coast and Guinea, in Africa, where whole droves of them often plunder the orchards and vineyards. Their colours are greyish brown, inclining to olive above; the cheeks are blue and furrowed, and the chin has a sharp-pointed orange beard; the nose grows red, especially towards the end, where it becomes of a bright scarlet. Such are, however, only the colours of the adult animal; the young differs materially, on which account it has been considered by naturalists as a distinct species.