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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



the hall beyond are the Peruvian and Chinese 

 ethnological collections. In the North Gal- 

 ler\' the "Habitat groups" of North American 

 bird life will prove especially interesting, since 

 they exhibit incidentally several characteristic 

 examples of American scenery. In the East 

 Gallery are mammal collections. Note the life- 

 size model of the Sulphur-bottom whale. In 

 the hall beyond the whale model are the col- 

 lections of insects. Curator of Mammalogy 

 and Ornithology, Dr. J. A. Allen ; Associate 

 Curator, Mr. Frank M. Chapman ; Curator of 

 Entomology, Mr. William Beutenmuller. 



The Fourth Floor. At the right as one 

 leaves the elevator are the Halls of Fossil 

 Vertebrates. Of particular mention in the 

 Hall of Fossil Mammals are specimens show- 

 ing the Evolution of the Elephant, of the 

 Horse and of the Camel. In the Hall of 

 Reptiles, at the extreme east, see specimens of 

 the Brontosaurus, Allosaurus, Iguanodonts 

 and of the Permian Xaosaurus. 



Curator of \'ertebrate Pal?eontology, Prof. 

 Henry F. Osborn ; Associate Curator, Dr. W. 

 D. Matthew ; Associate Curator of Chelonia, 

 Dr. O. P. Hay ; Curator of Fossil Fishes, Dr. 

 Bashford Dean ; Assistant. Dr. Louis Hussakof . 



In the Central Hall is the Bement Collec- 

 tion of Minerals ; in the hall adjoining, to the 

 west, is the Gem Collection, and beyond the 

 Gem Hall are the collections of Mexican 

 Archseology. In the North Hall are the fossil 

 Invertebrates. Curator of Invertebrate Pa- 

 laeontology, R. P. Whitfield; Curator of Min- 

 eralogv and Conchologv, Mr. L. P. Gratacap. 



The Fifth Floor. Beyond the "Shell Hall" 

 are the Library, Reading Room and Depart- 

 ment of Physiology. Curator of Books and 

 Publications and Department of Physiology, 

 Prof. R. \\'. Tower. 



The remainder of the floor is devoted to of- 

 fices and laboratories, as follows : 



West Wing, Anthropology; North Wing, 

 Mammalogy, Ornithology, Invertebrate Zo- 

 ology, Entomology ; East Wing, Vertebrate 

 Paljeontologv and the Administrative Offices. 



THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



Maintained by the City, Directed by the Neix: York 

 Zoological Society. 



THE New York Zoological Park was pro- 

 jected by the Society in 1895. After a 

 year of preliminary study of all the for- 

 eign zoological gardens by Director Hornaday, 

 a preliminary plan was submitted by him and 

 approved. 



Work was begun in 1896. The central 

 ideas were that it should be a free institution 

 developed on a large scale for the benefit of 

 the millions of a great city ; that it should oc- 

 cupy an extensive forest area, which should 

 be developed in a natural manner, giving each 

 type of animal as far as possible something 

 akin to its natural habitat, and that the plans 

 for the management, the grounds, and the 

 buildings, while benefitting by all previous ex- 

 perience, should not be bound by any tradi- 

 tions, but should seek a free and original 

 development. 



The Park. In order that the Zoological 

 Park idea might be carried out, the city al- 

 lotted to the society a splendid tract of two 

 hundred and sixty-four wild acres of great 

 beauty and adaptability. A unique combina- 

 tion of hill and dale, forest, meadow, rocks, 

 and water, found along the Bronx River, of- 

 fered an ideal opportunity for the creation of 

 a zoological park dedicated to a representation 

 of wild animal life. The forest has been care- 



