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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



GROUP OF YOUNG GIRLS FROM A LOWER EAST-SIDE SCHOOL. 

 Js of school pupils, conducted by their teachers, annually visit the Zoological Park. 



New York, Sept. 1st.. 1907. 

 To the Editor of the 



Xciv York Staiits-Zcittiiig: 



"As a supplement to your article headed 'In 

 the Lion House,' which appeared in No. 208 of 

 the Xetv York Staats-Zeitiuig, we take the lib- 

 erty to send you, in a few words, the views of 

 the German zoologists on your zoological gar- 

 den. The article mentioned is incomplete, for 

 the reason that it does not do justice to the 

 many superior features. 



"Among all existing zoological parks, there 

 is none in which the animals are found in such 

 absolutely natural conditions as here in New 

 York. The extent of the ranges for deer, 

 bisons, etc., and the imposing flj'ing cage, had 

 the undivided admiration of all the scientists 

 present. Added to this is the great number of 

 interesting forms of animals, especially of the 

 American fauna, and last but not least, is the 

 surprisingly large number of individuals. 



"The past attainments give a guarantee that 

 the New York Zoological Garden, upon com- 

 pletion, is sure to take a specially pre-eminent 

 position among institutions of its kind." 



(Signed) Professors Braun. Heymons 

 and Bogert. 



The latest critical opinion on the New York 

 Zoological Park is tliat of Dr. Walther Schoen- 



ichen. of Berlin, which appears in an article on 

 this institution published in the last number of 

 "Alls cler Xatitr," with illustrations. Two of 

 its paragraphs are as follows: 



"There are few places in the world where all 

 desirable conditions have been fulfilled in so 

 excellent a manner, as in the Zoological Garden 

 in New York. Although it has existed only 

 the short space of time since 1899- already it 

 belongs with the most prominent institutions of 

 its kind, and wlicn all of those installations 

 which are now in tiie course of preparation have 

 been finished, it will surely be the grandest and 

 most beautiful garden in the world. 



"The farsightedness and devotion with which 

 the Zoological Society has fulfilled this duty, is 

 not the last thing which must fill the visitor to 

 this grand .■inimal park with admiration and 

 inspiration." W. T. H. 



INTERESTING ANIMAL SURGERY. 



ON May 28, 1908, an interesting and un- 

 usual operation — that is unusual in the ani- 

 mal world — was performed on our Indian 

 Rhinoceros. "Mogul," by Dr. George G. Van 

 Mater, of Brooklyn, for cataracts in both eyes. 

 The operation, in medical parlance, is termed 

 "needling," and is primarily a rupturing of the 

 crvstalline lens, allowing the humor to escape 



