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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. The 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. 
“Tt 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, 
