THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE 



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Preliminary plan for the enlargement of the New York Aquarium. 



animals might be made to lend them- 

 selves admirably; and there are many 

 kinds of research work in experimental 

 morphology and heredity which might 

 be carried on to advantage. While 

 paying their cost in exhibits of general 

 interest and unusual instructiveness to 

 the public, they would at the same 

 time advance science and its applici- 

 tions. 



The report of the executive com- 

 mittee begins with the paragraph: 

 " With this year closes the first period 

 of the Zoological Park development, 

 and from now on the work of the 

 society will be, to an ever increasing 

 degree, in the direction of the remain- 

 ing objects of the society. Briefly 

 stated, those objects are, scientific 

 work in connection with the collec- 

 tions, and the protection and preserva- 

 tion of our native fauna." The di- 

 rector of the aquarium also urges the 

 desirability of establishing a small 

 staff of scientific curators. We may 

 consequently expect that in a short 

 time the contributions to science from 

 the Zoological Park and the Aquarium 

 will rival those from the Museum of 

 Natural History and the Botanical 

 ■Garden. 



The director of the Zoological Park 

 urges the need of additional bear dens, 

 a zebra house and an aviary for eagles 

 and vultures. He expresses the hope 

 that these three buildings may be ob- 

 : tained during the present year and 

 states that with these the animal 

 ! buildings and other installations for 

 exhibits will be practically complete. 

 During the past year an administra- 

 tion building has been erected at a 

 cost of $75 000. It is intended for 

 executive offices and as a meeting place 

 for the members, and is to contain a 

 library and art gallery. At present a 

 collection of some GOO heads and horns, 

 in which the director has taken much 

 interest, is housed in this building, but 

 a separate building open to the public 

 is planned. 



The attendance at the park last year 

 was 1,614,953, an increase of 200,000 

 over the preceding year. There were 

 5,000 animals on exhibition represent- 

 ing 1,117 species, of which 812 were 

 mammals, 2,880 birds and 1.308 rep- 

 tiles. This is an increase over 1908 

 of 155 species and 421 specimens, in- 

 cluding many of special interest. 



The attendance at the aquarium 

 reached the remarkable record of 3,- 



