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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY lULLETIN. 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



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liftllO /."llliwilill I'Mik. 



Klwin |{. Saiihoni. Asst. Kcliti).-. 



I'uWislieil QllaltiTly at tile Office of the Soeiety. 



11 Wall Street. New York Cits'. 



.'^iiiffle Niiml)ers, l.'i Cents; Yearly. .50 Cents. 



Mailed free to members. 



Copyright, 1909, by the New York Zoological Society. 



~} .I.VXl'ARY, 190!) 



©tticrra of tl)» ftotiptg. 

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II. IN. l.KVl I'. .M..KT..N. 



icxpnitiur (Summtttrr : 



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.luiix .s. Bauxes, .Madison ghaxt. 



PEia-v R. Pyne, Wiluam White Nii.es, 



SAMUEL THOKXE, I. KM P. MonToS. Es-Oftifi... 



(ftcnrral ISf&tne : 

 Secretary, Madison Gr.ant, 11 Wall stkkkt. 

 Treasurer, Percy R. Pyxe, si) Pine sthket. 

 Director, William T. Houxaday, Zo.it.oc.icai. Paisk. 

 Directiir .if tlic .Viiiuiriiim, Cmaiclks H. T.iwxsknii, Uattekv Pakk. 



Vaarli o( Ulanagrra : 



Till- Mayor ..t t}i,. City ..( New Y..rk, .... Hox. UEORC.K li. .M.'Cr.F.LLAv 

 I'll.- Presiik-iit i.r the Diii'l ..f Parks, .... HoS. HEXKy Smith. 



(EUai) af 1909. (Elaiiii of 1910. QUaaii nf 1911. 



Levi P. Mortun, F. AugustusSchermerlinrn. Henry F. Osboru. 



Andrew Carnegie, Percy R. Pyne, .Tames W. Barney, 



John L. Cadwalader. George B. ariniiell, William O. Chiir.-li 



John .S. Barnes, Jacob H. Schiff, l.isp.-iuir.l stcuint. 



Madison Grant, Edward J. Berwind, II. i .i.iiiii[ h< l:li.<ii 



William White Niles, George C. Clark, !...._ 



Samuel Thorne, Cleveland H. Dodge, llu_ I \ i,,.. 



Henry A. C. Taylor, C. Ledyard Blair, I'li^.n,. 1 Inn,,,.!, 



Hugh J. Chishnlm, Cornelius Vanderbilt, James J. Hill. 



Wm. D. Slimne. Nelson Robinson, George F. Baker, 



Winthrop Kutherfurd, Frederick G. Bourne, Grant B. Schley, 



Frank K. Sturgis, W. Austin Wadsvyorth, Payne Wliitney. 



OSfBrrrs of ti|r ioolngUal 9arh : 



W. T. HORXADAY, Sc.D., Direitor 



H. H. -MlTiUELl Chief Clerk and Dtsbursiiin (im.-.- 



Kavmuxu L. DlTMAlis Curator of Reptiles 



c. William Peebe Curator of Birds 



H. W. .MKitKKL Chief Forester and Constructor 



G. M. Heerbo\veu Civil Engineer 



Elwix R. S-I.XBORX Photographer and .\ssistant Kilil. I 



Harlow Brooks, M.D Pathologist 



W. Reid Blair, D.V.H Veterinarian 



W. I. Mitchell Office Assistant 



Ferdixaxd K.lEnEBEnN Librarian 



(Sfficrra aftift Aquartum : 



CliAULES H. T.iyvxsEXD, Direct.jr 



L. B. Spexcer Fresh Water Collection 



W. 1. DeNvse Marine Collections 



E. R. Sampsox Disbursing Officer 



A GREAT ZOOLOGICAL PARK FOR 

 FRANCE. 



For .several years we have wondered why 

 Paris, the citj' of many expositions, has made 

 no move to establish a zoological garden or 

 park on a scale commensurate with the position 

 of France among the great nations. The me- 

 nagerie at the Jardin des Plantes is in the 

 menagerie class, only : and the Jardin d' Ac- 

 climatation never was planned to contain a large 

 .•md varied zoological collection. In view of the 

 great zoological establishments of New York, 



Hcrlin, London, Amsterdam and Antwerp, it 

 has been cause for some surprise that the 

 French capitol has made no move in the same 

 direction. 



Last 3ear, when Dr. Gustave Loisel, of Paris, 

 officially commissioned by the Department of 

 Public Instruction of France, spent a week at 

 the New York Zoological Park, studying it with 

 .1 degree of sj'stematie thoroughness and scholor- 

 ly intelligence that was to say the least most 

 unusual, it seemed quite certain that the effort 

 was based on a serious purpose that might 

 easily liave been named. In our design, 

 methods of development and general adminis- 

 tration, there was scarcely a point that Dr. 

 Loisel did not grasjj and enter in his records. 

 The workings and methods of our whole estab- 

 lishment were laid bare to him. and of publica- 

 tions, photographs and tyjjcwritten statements, 

 we furnished a great supply. This material 

 now makes in Dr. Loisel's report about 50 pages 

 of text, which is embellished by a large series 

 of illustrations, beautifully printed. 



An American artist studying in Paris is now 

 our authority for the news that the French gov- 

 ernment has announced its intention to establisii 

 a zoological garden on a grand scale, and devote 

 to its development a very large sum of money. 

 Tiie animal painters and sculptors of Paris have 

 been invited to submit suggestions for the facili- 

 ties which they desire in the new institution in 

 connection with their work. In pursuance of 

 this request, the artist referred to has recently 

 made a careful personal inspection of the studio 

 ill our Lion House, and the specially-invented 

 transfer cage by which animals are placed in it, 

 ,ind withdrawn. 



Naturally, we welcome the news from Paris 

 with keen satisfaction. In view of the appall- 

 ing destruction of wild-animal life throughout 

 the world, there can not be too many zoological 

 gardens and parks ; and witli all our hearts we 

 wish the French undertaking unbounded success. 

 W. T. H. 



BIRD SLAUGHTER AND ITS TERRIBLE 

 RESULTS. 



I have recently received a letter from Aus- 

 tralia which seems of sufficient general interest 

 and importance for publication. Its theme is 

 the ill effects resulting from the indiscriminate 

 slaughter of birds ; by no means a novel subj ect 

 for debate, but one which is becoming ever more 

 vital to the multiplying myriads of human be- 

 ings on the earth. 



The statement of mine alluded to is, in brief, 

 that if every bird in the world was suddenly to 

 be wiped out of existence, the earth would, 



