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ZOOLOGICAI. SOCIETY BFLLETIX. 



NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SERIES. 

 Portions of the Barber, Madeira and House Collections are she 



Artluir Jordan, of Nairobi and the veldt. We 

 asked him recently, "How long will the g'ame 

 of British East Africa last in anything like 

 abundance, as it is now being shot, and as the 

 country is being settled up.^" 



He replied, "Oh, it will last quite a long time. 

 At least ten years! But outside of the pre- 

 serves, it is bound to go." 



Another authority, when asked the same ques- 

 tion, thoughtfully answered, "Outside the jjre- 

 serves, the best of the big game will be gone in 

 ten or fifteen years." 



It is indeed time for the men of to-day who 

 care for the interests of the men of to-morrow, 

 to be up and doing in the forming of collections 

 that a hundred years hence will justly and ade- 

 quately represent the vanished wild life of the 

 world. 



It is impossible to give in this short article 

 anvthing more than a brief sketch of the Na- 

 tional Collection of Heads and Horns as it ap- 

 ])eared at the private view afforded the sports- 

 men of America, and the contributors, on June 

 2, 1910. Owing to the unfortunate delay that 

 it seems must yet ensue in the furnishing of the 

 Administration Building, by contract made at a 

 public letting, the building is fated to remain 

 closed and unused until — Heaven alone knows 

 when ! 



As the collection hangs to-day, it is to be 

 regarded only as a serious beginning. In some 

 features it is already strong, in others it is con- 

 fessedly weak. Already it crowds the walls of 

 the two ])icture galleries that we once thought 

 would hold it rather handsomely for about five 

 years. Already we are compelled to apologize 

 because the specimens of the Barber Collection, 

 the Donaldson-Smith Collection, and others 

 also, are so crowded that even the "record" 

 horns are cramped for room. 



The promjitness and enthusiasm with which 

 the sportsmen and nature-lovers of America — 

 and England also — have come forward in sup- 

 port of the plan inaugurated only three short 

 years ago, have surprised and delighted the 

 Zoological Society. At first there was some fear 

 that the effort might not receive much support 

 outside of New York City; but that apprehen- 

 sion quickly proved to be groundless. We have 

 received valuable gifts from British East Africa, 

 Kashmir, London, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, 

 Doj'lestown, Victoria, Santa Barbara and 

 Chung King, China. 



In heads and horns of African big game, we 

 begin to be strong. Beginning with the largest 

 forms, the magnificent African Elephant head 

 loaned by INIr. Samuel Thorne, and the great 

 "record" tusks presented by Mr. Charles T. 



