UNITED STATES 28l 



New York Zoological Society. 



Address. ii Wall Street, New York City, N. Y. Secretary: Madison 

 Grant. 



History. Incorporated in 1895 under special charter granted by the legis- 

 lature of the State of New York. The society assumed control, July I, 

 1898, of the grounds for the Zoological Park, which it is developing in 

 co-operation with the Park Department of the borough of Bronx. Park 

 opened to public in 1899. 



Object. Establishment of a public zoological park; preservation of the native ani- 

 mals; promotion of zoology. 



Meetings. Annual meeting of the society, 2d Tuesday of Jan. ; of the Board of 

 managers, 3d Tuesday of Jan. ; other meetings as called. 



Membership. 1,293 annual (dues, $10) ; 195 life ($200) ; 44 patrons ($1,000) ; 10 

 associate founders ($2,500) ; 20 founders ($5,000) ; 5 benefactors ($10,000) ; 8 

 corresponding; 9 honorary. 



Publications. 



ist-nth ANNUAL REPORT . . . [1895/97] -1906. New York, 1897- 

 1907. 8. 



Prices: Varying from 40c. to $1.25. 



Zoological society BULLETIN, no. 1-25, June i897-Apr. 1907. [New 

 York, 1897-1907.] q. 



no. 1-4, fol. ; no. 5-25 (paged continuously), 8. no. 1-5 have title News 



bulletin . . . 

 Prices: 5oc. for 4 numbers or I5c. each. Back numbers: no. i, SDC. ; no. 



2-4, IDC. each; no. 5 and later, isc. each. 



Popular official guide to the New York zoological park as far as com- 

 pleted, by W. T. Hornaday. 6th ed. [New York], 1903. 8. 

 ist edition, 1899. 



[Views in] the New York zoological park. ser. 1-2. New York, 1903- 

 05. obi. 1 6. 



New York aquarium nature series, no. i. New York, 1905. 8. 



Contents: Sea-shore life; the invertebrates of the New York coast. By 



A. G. Mayer. 



Distribution. Exchange with zoological societies and museums only. On sale 

 at the above address or at the New York Zoological Park. 



Pennsylvania Society. 



Address. 7 Warren Street, New York City, N. Y. Secretary: Barr 



Ferree. 

 History. Founded Apr. 25, 1899, as the Pennsylvania Society of New 



York; incorporated Feb. 18, 1903, under present name. Library of 



about 3,000 volumes and pamphlets. 



