ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



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but expensive animals, the general collection of 

 smaller mammals was well-nigh totally ignored 

 for nearly eighteen months ! At last certain 

 gaps caused by the death of short-lived species 

 became so apjiarent as to be unendurable. In- 

 asmuch as the members of the Board of !Man- 

 agers were called upon for $10,000 for the cur- 

 rent expenditures of the Society, it was deemed 

 impossible to repeat the call upon them, even 

 for animals. 



The case being particularly desperate, the 

 Director of the Park received authority to raise 

 a much-needed animal fund as a special sub- 

 scription. In view of the fund raised by the 

 annual members a short time ago, it seemed 

 necessary to limit the call to the life members 

 of the Society, and a very few others. The 

 case was stated without any reservation, and an 

 effort was made to secure $4',000. 



In view of present financial conditions, and 

 the extra-heavy demands that are being made 

 upon all men and women who give money to 

 worthy objects, the responses up to date have 

 been extremely gratifying. The following sub- 

 scriptions have been received up to June 20: 



Charles H. Senif .$1 ,000 



Robert S. Brewster 500 



Andrew Carnegie 500 



Edward S. Harkness 500 



G. S. Bowdoin 200 



Henrv Phipps 100 



James B. Ford 100 



Zenas Crane - 50 



George D. Pratt 50 



H. C. von Post 50 



George B. Hopkins 50 



Oliver G. Jennings 50 



J. P. ^Morgan. Jr 50 



David Lvdig 50 



W. R. Coe - 50 



William Church Osborn 50 



Samuel P. Avery 25 



Mrs. Farquhar Ferguson 25 



Lloyd Phoenix 25 



John J. Pierrepont - 25 



Mrs. William Gilman Xichols 25 



Dr. L. Haupt 10 



R. P. Lounsbery 10 



Samuel Riker. Jr. 10 



$3,505 

 Balance urgently needed 500 



Never in the history of the Society have sub- 

 scriptions been more welcome than these. Up 

 to this date the following animals have been 

 purchased, to fill up gaps in the collections: 



3 Alpine Ibex, breeding adults. 



1 Polar Bear. 



1 Hamadryas Baboon. 



2 South African Ostriches. 

 2 Dingoes. 



1 Binturong. 



2 Prong-Horned Antelopes. 



1 South American Wild Dog. 



1 Black Ape. 



2 Wanderoo Monkeys, 

 -i ^Marmosets. 



1 Black-Footed Ferret. 



6 Black and Fox Squirrels. 



1 ^Mexican Red Squirrel. 



3 Beavers. 



2 Otters. 



1 Stone ]SIarten. 



1 European Red Foxes. 



5 Hedgehogs. 



3 Roe Deer. 



1 European Squirrel. 

 3 Canada Porcupines. 

 1 Humboldt Woollv Monkev. 



6 Coyjni Rats. " " W. T. H. 



LAWRENCE WARBLER IN CAPTIVITY. 



One of the most interesting results of this 

 spring's collecting in the Bird Department, is 

 the acquisition of a male Lawrence Warbler in 

 full plumage, (HelmhitJiophila lawrencei Her- 

 rick). It will be remembered, that in 1901 the 

 Curator reported the fact that a Lawrence 

 Warbler mated with a female Blue-winged 

 Warbler, had a nest and six unfledged young in 

 the Zoological Park.* These nestlings subse- 

 quently flew in safety and the nest is now in 

 the collection of the Zoological Society. 



On May 13 of the present year the Lawrence 

 Warbler now living in the collection was trapped 

 in the Park almost on the very spot where the 

 nest was located four years ago. This is merely 

 circumstantial evidence but it rather favors the 

 theory that the bird is either the male parent 

 bird or one of the young of the former brood. 

 Each spring since 190 J? careful search has been 

 made in this vicinity but nothing has been seen 

 of Lawrence Warblers, although Blue-Winged 

 Warblers breed there regularly. The warbler 

 collection bids fair to be ahead of that of any 

 former year, there being now about twenty liv- 

 ing species on exhibition. If the Lawrence and 

 a Blue-wing can ever be persuaded to nest in 

 captivity the long-contested question of the 

 status of the former, whether a hybrid, a valid 

 species or one in the process of formation, will 

 be settled once for all. C. W. B. 



^*See Zoological Society Bulletin Xo. 14. page 165, 

 anti Xo. 15, page 181. 



