60 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Month. 1904. 1905. 



April 88,148 126,611 



May 227,484 i79>59o 



June 128,067 139.361 



July 147,015 147,596 



August 156,460 152,691 



September 129,259 133,146 



October 71,694 144,542 



November 48.105 72.994 



December 13-736 A})-7^^ 



Yearly totals 1,104,616 1,233,528 



Average daily attendance 3,027 3,380 



Increase for 1905 128,912 



COLLECTIONS. 



As usual, the greatest difficulty of the Zoological Park staff 

 has been in finding room for the animals that the Society desires 

 to exhibit, and accumulates. No sooner is a new installation 

 ready than it is promptly filled. The new Asiatic Deer House 

 became so overcrowded — by the arrival of rare new species and 

 by births — that the accommodations for this group of deer re- 

 quired to be permanently extended. The Red Deer barn was 

 appropriated, extended on the western side for the Maral deer, 

 and remodelled inside, as permanent quarters for four more 

 species. For the Red Deer herd, a very comfortable shed was 

 erected on the south side of the barn. 



The Small Mammal House was filled with unusual delibera- 

 tion, in order to choose the most interesting types of animals. 

 To-day it is quite full, with a collection that contains such rarities 

 as the wolverine, fisher, echidna, anteater, hyena dog, serval, 

 clouded leopard, white-whiskered paradoxure, a fine array of 

 viverrines generally, Canada lynx, Arctic fox, capybara. and 

 many other rodents of special interest. Beyond question, visitors 

 find this collection quite as interesting as any other in the Park. 



A new centre of popular interest, and it may justly be added 

 of delight, is the new Bird House, opened on July 4th. It is so 

 light and airy, so well adorned with plants, and so full of happy 

 bird life, its charm is irresistible. Every bird is so abundantly 

 provided with cage-room and companions that the prison sugges- 

 tion is quite absent. There are no small cages and no unhappy 



