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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



2oologtral l^avk (£.aln\iiar. 



JrNE 21 TO August 1."). 1910. 



Births. — Three .Vmericaa Elk; two White-Tailed 

 Deer; one Fallow Deer; one European Red Deer; 

 four Rainbow Boas. 



Accessions. — lifummals. — One Chimpanzee; two En- 

 tellus Monkeys; four A'ervet Monkeys; one Chacma 

 Baboon; one Blaek Ape; one Two-Toed Sloth; one 

 Ring-Tailed Lemur; two Elands; one Florida White- 

 Tailed Deer; one Sea Lion; one Black Bear; three 

 Cape Hyrax; one Mongoos; one Common Opossum; 

 one South American Oi>ossum; three Solenodons; two 

 Striped Zorillas; one African Porcupine; one .\friean 

 Hare; three African Ground Squirrels; four Suma- 

 tran Squirrels. 



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Binls. — One .lardine Parrot*; three Pileated 

 Herons*; two Ennippan Jays; two Quail Finches; 

 one Long-Tailed Cilnssy Starling*; one Masked Wood 

 Swallow*; two White-Eyeljnnved Wood Swallows*; 

 One Barnard Parrakeet*; one Vinaceous Amazon*; 

 one Red-Cheeked Coly; three Ruffs; two Bank My- 

 nahs*; two Green-Winged Glos.sy Starlings*; two 

 South .Vfrican Thicknees*; two Secretary Birds*; one 

 Superb Calliste; one Brazilian Silver-Beak Tanager*; 

 six Sooty Terns; one Xoddy*; one Black Parasite 

 Cassique; two Horned Screamers*; one Scarlet-Head- 

 ed Oriole*; four Giraud Flycatchers*; one Derby 

 Kiskadee*; four White-Throated Kingbirds*; one 

 Red-Billed Pigeon*; two Mourning Doves; one White- 

 Xecked Flj'catcher*; two Ferruginous Pygmy Owls*; 



*Deuotes species new to the collection. 



two Ciolden-Brc.isted Buntings*; one Cinnamon- 

 Breasted Bunting*; one Cape Bunting*; two Mexican 

 Brown Jays*; one South American Condor; one 

 .Maguari Stork; two Marsh Hawks; one lesser Vasa 

 Parrot*; two Rock Doves; one Hooded Siskin; one 

 Pin-Tailed Nonpareil; one Reichenow's Yellow-Shoul- 

 dered Weaver*; one .Vriel Toucan; two Blue-Bearded 

 ■lays*; four Gouldian Finches; two Bronze-Winged 

 Pigeons*; two Australian Crested Pigeons; two Yel- 

 low-Bellied Parrakeets*; two Black-Backed Gallin- 

 ules; one Cheer Pheasant*; two Indian Wood Ibises; 

 one Anderson Pheasant. 



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Repliles. — One Box Tortoise; three Radiated Tor- 

 toises; one Muhlenberg Turtle; one Spotted Turtle; 

 one Terrapin; two Snapping Turtles; four ,\lliga- 

 tors; tiu'ee Rough-Eyed Caimans; one Broad-Xosed 

 Crocodile; one Keeled Lizard; one Gila Monster; six 

 Horned Toads; one Carpet Python; two Hog-No.sed 

 Snakes; four Copperhead Snakes; four Garter 

 Snakes; three Chicken Snakes; eight Pine Snakes; 

 three Ring .Snakes; one Corn Snake; one Coachwhip 

 Snake; one Blacksnake; one Green Snake; two large 

 shipments of reptiles from London. 



MEMBERS NEWLY ELECTED. 



June 16 to August 15. 1910. 

 Easton, Charles P. Ryle, Graham 



Ledlie. George 

 Mitchell, A. M. P. 

 Packard, :\Irs. E. W. 

 Pouch. A. B. 



Schaff. Hermann 

 .Slautrhtcr, R. B. 

 Smitli. Erskine M. 



CLASS FRO.Vl PUBLIC SCHOOL NO. 177 AT THE ANTELOPE HOUSE. 



PUBLIC SCHOOL VISITORS. 



THE growth of an institution upon the scale 

 projected by the Societj' in the Zoological 

 Park, has no doubt often occasioned mental 

 inquiry as to its ultimate purpose. To many, 

 a satisfactory answer would be, — "A pleasant 

 place to spend a day"; but to the great majority, 

 its possible value as an educational factor would 

 strongly appeal. 



It would be an idle thought, indeed, to imag- 

 ine that such a concentration of effort would 

 have been made for the purpose of amusement 

 alone. The "menagerie" and the "sliow" fur- 

 nish that; the Zoological Park is neither. 



Ten years ago the Society experienced diffi- 

 culty in convincing its critics of the educational 

 possibilties of a great collection of animals. To 



