Zoological Gardens.

Zoological Gardens. London, familiarly known as the 'Zoo,' a triangular piece of ground about 20 or 21 acres in extent on the north side of the Regent's Park, containing one of the finest collections of animals in the world. The ground was first rented in 1828 by the Zoological Society, which was instituted two years previously. On 1st January 1892 the society had 2985 fellows, and the gardens, which during 1890 were visited by 640,987 persons, during 1891 by 598,730, had 2232 animals—630 mammals, 1346 birds, and 256 reptiles.