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of which by the kind favour .of that Council we are enabled to give a 

 copy herewith (Plate II.), the ground is sufficiently varied, well supplied 

 with water, and provided with plenty of trees for shade. It also seems 

 to be conveniently accessible by several lines of railway, electric and 

 otherwise, although perhaps rather far distant from the great centres 

 of New York population. But considering its large dimensions it 

 could hardly be expected to be nearer. If, however, the proposed 

 buildings are to be scattered about over so wide an area, it will 

 become necessary, we think, ultimately, if not immediately, to pro- 

 vide some mode of locomotion from one building to another within 

 the gardens. 



The great extent of space available in South Bronx Park will 

 of course be highly advantageous to the larger Ruminants, and we 

 may expect that herds of deer, antelopes and other bovine animals 

 will hereafter form one of its marked features. Tlie manner in which 

 the Executive Committee propose to deal with animals of this 

 character will be seen by a second illustration which our friends 

 have likewise provided for us (Plate III.), and which represents " Elk 

 at sunrise, photographed from life." The following passages extracted 

 from the Report inform us generally of the views of the Society re- 

 garding its proposed collection of living animals, in the wisdom of 

 which we must all fully concur. 



" As may fairly be expected, the first duty of the Society in the 

 formation of collections, will be to bring together a liberal number 

 of fine examples of the more noteworthy and interesting species of 

 the animals of North America, particularly of those species that are 

 threatened with extinction. No reasonable effort will be spared to 

 show each species of the larger mammals under conditions of 

 liberal space and surroundings which will at least suggest its 

 natural haunts, which will promote the comfort and longevity of 

 the captives, and render their contemplation by visitors a pleasure. 

 Next to the mammals, birds and reptiles of North America, the 

 fauna of South America will receive attention ; but the Society's 

 collections must of necessity include a sufficient number of the 

 living creatures of the Old World to furnish the student and the 

 general public with good examples of the principal orders, families 

 and sub-families of the higher land-vertebrates of the world. 



" It follows that, in the formation of the numerous living col- 

 lections, which will find homes in the Zoological Park, the first to 

 be gathered will be the representatives of the ' great game animals ' 

 of North America — the buffalo, elk, moose, mountain-sheep, ante- 

 lope, black-tailed deer, Virginia deer, and caribou, and also the 

 mountain goat, if it can be induced to survive in this climate. The 

 enclosures planned for these species vary in area from three to 

 twenty acres each. All will be abundantly provided with shade, 



