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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



LEATHERBACK TURTLE, NEW YORK AQUARIUM 

 Photograph by C. H. Townsend. 



in the Aquarium. It weighed 840 pounds and 

 was large enough to accommodate the four riders 

 shown in the picture, with perhaps room for 

 another up behind. The specimen has been 

 mounted for the Museum of the Brooklyn Insti- 

 tute of Arts and Sciences and a plaster cast is 

 being prepared for exhibition in the Aquarium. 

 The leatherback is the largest of all existing 

 turtles and this particular specimen is believed 

 to be the largest on exhibition anj'where. 



for each child under twelve 

 years of age. Tickets are 

 sold only at the entrances. 



Opening and Closing. — 

 From May 1st to November 

 1st the entrance-gates will 

 be opened at 9 a. m. and 

 closed half an hour before 

 sunset. From November 1st 

 to May 1st. the gates will 

 open at 10 a. m. 



Admission to the Aquar- 

 ium is confined to members 

 on Monday forenoons. It is 

 open to the public from 

 April 1 to October 31, 9 a. 

 M. to 5 p. M., and from No- 

 vember 1 to March SI, 10 

 A. M. to 1 p. iM. When a 

 holiday occurs on Monday,, 

 the forenoon will be available to the public. 



Correspondence. — A correspondent from 

 Pennsylvania writes: "Can you tell me where I 

 can get an electric eel to be used for medicine 

 to cure my brother of drinking. It must be put 

 into a vial with the other ingredients until dead, 

 then taken out and the medicine given. I en- 

 close stamped envelope for reply." 



GENERAL INFORMA- 

 TION. 



Admission to the Park. 

 — On all holidays and on 

 Sunday, Tuesday, Wednes- 

 day, Friday, and Saturday, 

 admission to the Zoological 

 Park is free. 



On every Monday a n d 

 Thursday, save when either 

 of these days falls on a holi- 

 day, only members of the 

 Society, and persons hold- 

 ing tickets from the Society, 

 are admitted free. All others 

 pay twenty-five cents for 

 each adult, and fifteen cents 



LEATHERBACK TURTLE, NEW YORK AQUARIUM. 

 Photograph by C. H. Townsend. 



