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MANN:    That was a special appropriation from Congress.

HENSON:  Oh, that was from Congress.

MANN:    Of course, Congress appropriated, and still appropriates, the money for the District.

HENSON:  That's right, I see.

MANN:    This was getting a special appropriation. Dr. Wetmore got the appropriation for the bird house, because that was being built when we were first married. Then Bill went to work on getting an appropriation for the reptile house, and he got that in 1930, as I remember it. Then in the forties, when there was that WPA money, we got an appropriation to finish the bird house, to put that whole new wing on it. Now the whole bird house has been done completely over, and it's a really very beautiful, great improvement on the rows of small cages. I think the big aviary is lovely, a walk-through aviary indoors, and of course, the one outdoors is a walk-through one also. This year they put in all new waterfowl ponds, and large paddocks for cranes and pheasants, and it's really beautiful. 

HENSON:  I've been through that free flight cage, and it's just an incredible experience.

MANN:    Yes. You've been through them both?

HENSON:  Yes, and the indoor one with the pools and rocks.