338 ANNUAL KECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



United States Fish Commission could doubtless be secured 

 toward the same end, the very complete apparatus used in its 

 service frequently capturing in a single day what would fill 

 a large number of tanks. We trust, therefore, that this idea 

 will not be lost sight of, and that at an early date w^e may 

 have the pleasure of chronicling the erection and successful 

 operation of the New York Aquarium. 



REPORT OF THE CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE. 



The report of the Central Park Menagerie for the year end- 

 ing May 31, 1873, has been published by its director, Mr. 

 William A. Conklin, and presents satisfactory evidence of the 

 growing favor evinced toward this interesting and important 

 appendage of the Central Park, and of its excellent manage- 

 ment. We learn from it that the number of species as well 

 as of specimens received during the past year is much great- 

 er than heretofore, and that the total footing is 806 animals, 

 an increase of 205. While some of these were only on tem- 

 porary deposit, of the permanent collection of the Park there 

 were 199 quadrupeds, 347 birds, and 35 reptiles. Among the 

 births in the museum there w^ere two lions, one leopard, two 

 pumas, one camel, and one liyena. 



A notable feature of the museum, during the winter season 

 especially, consists in the presence of many large and rare 

 animals deposited by Messrs. Barnum, Bailey, Rich, Van Am- 

 burg, Reiche & Brothers, and others. Among those kept for 

 Mr. Barnum are two giraffes, two sea-lions, one manatee, and 

 one Malayan tapir. A complete list of the vertebrates ex- 

 hibited in the Park, giving both the scientific and popular 

 names, adds greatly to the value of the report, and shows 

 that, considering the small amount of money that is available 

 for the purpose, the director is to be congratulated upon the 

 success with which his trust has been administered. 



THE GARDENS OF THE ACCLIMATATION SOCIETY OF PARIS. 



It may be remembered that among the notable results of 

 the siege of Paris by the Germans w^as the injury done to the 

 garden of the Society of Acclimatation in the Bois de Bou- 

 logne, most of the animals contained therein having been kill- 

 ed, either as food for the people or as absorbing too much of 

 what was necessary for the sustenance of the community. 



