NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS - 215 



NEW YORK 



Buffalo zoological garden, Buffalo. F. A. Crandall jr, ouratf/r. 



The collections consist of the following animals: nianunals, 35 

 species, 159 specimens; birds, 21 species, 67 specimens; reptiles, 

 6 species, 44 specimens. 



Rochester zoological park, Rochester. William Bausch, chair- 

 man of zoological co-mmittee; C. C. Lang, siqyerintendent of parks. 



The collections consist of: mammals, 38 species. 111 speci- 

 mons; birds, 80 species, 371 specimens; reptiles 3 species, 3 speci- 

 mens. 



The New York zoological society, the aquarium, Battery park. 

 Charles H. Townsend, director.- 



The collections consist of marine and fresh-water life and 

 include only such forms as can be shown to advantage in tanks. 

 While fishes constitute the main feature of the exhibit, batrach- 

 ians, reptiles and seals represent the higher forms of life. 

 Ascidians, crustaceans, worms, mollusks, echinoderms, anemones 

 and corals, are among the lower forms showm. 



The New Y^ork aquarium has the largest buildings and the 

 most extensive collections of marine and fresh-water life in the 

 w^orld. 



NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK, Broux. William T. Hornadav, 

 director. 



Collections of li\ing animals: mammals, 141 species, 612 

 sx>ecimens; birds, 175 species, 1005 specimens; reptiles, 131 

 species, 1198 specimens. 



These numbers are subject to constant change. Xew animal 

 houses are now being constructed and collections will be ex- 

 tended as facilities for their accommodation increase. 



New York botanical garden museum, Bronx park. X. L. Brit- 

 ton, director; D. T. MacDougal, first assistant; John K. Small, 

 curat&r of tlie museioms; P. A. Rydberg, Arthur Hollick, Marshall 

 A. Howe, F. S. Earle, assistant curators; George V. Xash, heud 

 gardener; Anna Murray Yail, librarian; H. H. Rusby, curator of 

 the economic collections; William J. Gies, consulting chemist; F. A. 

 \SchilKng, superintendent; John R. Brinley, landscape engineer;^ 



