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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



ELWIN R. SANBORN. Editor. 

 SrparlmrntB : 



C. H. TOWNSEND, Sc. D. 



Raym 



>L. DITMA 



Published Bi-Munthly at the Oftice of the Society, 



11 Wall Street, New York City. 



Single Numbers, 10 Cents ; Yearly, 70 Cents. 



JIAILED FREE TO MEMBERS. 



Copyright, 1910, by the New York Zoological Society. 



(jpffirprs of it)s ^oriptg. 



^xrrutiu? CHommittrr: 



Madison Grant, Chairman, 



John S. Barnes, Samuel Thorne, William White Niles, 



Percy R. Pyne, Levi P. Morton, Wm. Pierson Hamilton 



Henry F 



Osborn, Ex-Offlcin. 



(Krneral (Sffirera 



Secretary, Madison Grant, U Wall Street. 

 Treasurer, Percy R. Pyne, an Pi.ve stri 

 Director, WiLLlAM T. Hornaday, Sc.D., 

 Director of the Aquarium, Charles H. T< 



ilaarb of JHanagrrs : 



CdUflBof 1911. 



Henry F. Osborn, 

 William C. Church, 

 Lispenard Stewart, 

 H. Casimir De Kham, 

 Hugh D. Auchincloss, 

 Charles F. Dieterich, 

 James J. Hill, 

 George F. Baker, 

 Grant B. Schley, 

 James W. Barney, 



OUasB of 1912. ffilasB of 1913. 



Levi P. Morton, F. Augustus Schermerhoro, 



Andrew Carnegie, Percy R. Pyne, 

 John L. Cadwalader, George B. Grinnell, 

 John S. Barnes, Jacob H. SchifF, 



Madison Grant, George C. Clark, 



, Cleveland H. Dodge, 



C. Ledyard Blair, 

 Henry A. C. Taylor, Nelson Robinson, 

 " .-—■'■ Frederick G. Bourne, 



W. Austin Wadsworth. 



Emerson McMillin. 



Anthony R. Kuser 



Wf&tete of ttrr Zaalngiral Path : 



W. T. Hornaday, Sc. D., Director. 

 H. K. Mitchell . . - . Chief Clerk and Disbursing OflRcer. 

 Raymond L. Ditmars Curator of Reptiles. 



C. William Beebe - - Curator of Birds. 



W. Reid Blair, D.V.S. - Veterinarian and Pathologist. 



H. W. Merkel - . . . Chief Forester and Constructor. 

 G. M. Beerbower - - - Civil Engineer. 



W. I. Mitchell ... - Office Assistant. 

 Elwin R. Sanborn - - - Editor and Photographer. 



(St&ttrs of tt^f Aquartum 



Charles H. Tow.vsend. Sc.D., Director. 



In Charge of Collections. 



W. I. DeNyse 



ANOTHER DELAY. 



The vicissitudes of the Administration Build- 

 ing continue to be prolonged. At present it is 

 the furniture. 



It was found that the necessary furniture, 

 rugs and window draperies could be purchased 

 only by a public letting to the lowest bidder. 



After most painstaking consideration of every 

 point involved, an elaborate series of designs 

 and specifications was prepared and submitted 

 to the Park Department. With all possible dis- 

 patch a contract was advertised, and bids were 

 opened on April 11. Tlien a firm that failed to 

 put in a bid, cheerfully filed a protest because 



the specifications were not, in one small detail, 

 worded to suit it ; as a result, the Park Board 

 threw out all the bids, thus making it necessary 

 to re-advertise. In time — as compared with 

 eternity, — we hope to succeed in getting a con- 

 tract for our furniture actually awarded. After 

 that Rubicon has been crossed, the goods will be 

 expected in sixty days ; but when they will be 

 received, no one can say. 



At present only one thing is certain: we will 

 not secure our household goods, nor actually oc- 

 cupy our new offices, before autumn. 



ENDOWMENT FUND. 



The raising of the Endowment Fund is pro- 

 gressing substantially. Of the six $25,000 sub- 

 scriptions needed, three have been received ; of 

 tlie ten $10,000 subscriptions needed, four have 

 been received ; of the twenty $5,000 subscrip- 

 tions needed, seventeen have been received, mak- 

 ing a total of $200,000. 



At least .$250,000 must be raised before July 

 1, 1910, in order to comply with the conditions 

 upon which some of the foregoing subscriptions 

 have been made. It is hoped that the members 

 of the Society will aid the Executive Commit- 

 tee in securing the balance needed. 



The following contributions have been either 

 l)aid into the Treasury, or else subscribed in 

 some cases conditionally upon raising $250,000 

 prior to .July 1, 1910:-^ 



Samuel Thorne $25,000 



Jacob H. SchifE 25,000 



George F. Baker 25,000 



Est. Phoebe Anna Thorne 10,000 



Cleveland H. Dodge 10,000 



Ogden Mills 10,000 



Levi P. Morton 10,000 



Edward S. Harkness 5,000 



Andrew Carnegie 5,000 



Miss Emily Trevor 5,000 



Samuel P. Avery 5,000 



Frank K. Sturgis 5,000 



John L. Cadwalader 5,000 



Percv R. Pyne- 5,000 



George C. Clark 5,000 



George W. Perkins 5,000 



Lispenard Stewart 5,000 



A Friend 5,000 



Robert S. Brewster 5,000 



Hugh J. Chisholm 5,000 



Henrv A. C. Taylor 5,000 



George J. Gould." 5,000 



John^D. Archbold 5,000 



Frederick G. Bourne 5,000 



F. Augustus Schermerhorn 1,000 



Est. Marguerite Carter 100 



