FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 45 



FORESTRY DEPARTMENT 



The Forestry Department during the year did a large 

 amount of work in protecting the trees and shrubs, as well as in 

 new planting. The Chief Forester has had charge of the con- 

 struction work during the year, which is more fully set forth in 

 his report. 



The general appearance of the Park depends largely on the 

 zeal and thoroughness of this department. The result has been 

 extremely satisfactory, not only to your Committee, but to visit- 

 ors, and has frequently called forth favorable comment. 



PUBLICATIONS 



For the year 1910, the publications of the Society were: 

 The Annual Report. Six regular issues of the Bulletin, two 

 of which were prepared by the Aquarium officers. A paper on 

 "Cultivation of Fishes in Natural and Artificial Ponds," by the 

 Director of the Aquarium, was reprinted, as well as additional 

 articles on "Recent Progress in Black Bass Culture." "Chame- 

 leons of the Sea" and "The Color Changes in Fishes," by the 

 Director of the Aquarium, were reprinted from the Century 

 Magazine. 



Two folders, prepared with great care, were sent out during 

 1910, and proved successful. The necessity of increasing the 

 membership of the Society is the most pressing duty of the Com- 

 mittee. Members of the Society can greatly assist by sending 

 in new names for membership. 



PHEASANT EXPEDITION 



As stated in the report of the Executive Committee for last 

 year, funds were provided by Colonel Anthony R. Kuser, of 

 Bernardsville, N. J., on a generous scale, for an expedition to 

 secure living and dead specimens of the known species of pheas- 

 ants and to study these birds in their native environment. This 

 expedition, under Mr. C. William Beebe, our Curator of Birds, 

 started from New York on December 29, 1909, and after a pre- 

 liminary investigation of the material in the London Museum, 

 sailed directly to Ceylon where field work began. India was 

 next visited and the foot hills of the Himalayas were searched 

 for specimens. From India the party went to Singapore, mak- 

 ing that city the base for trips to Northern Borneo, Java, the 

 Malay States and Burma. The expedition is now on its way to 

 Central China, and after visiting Japan it will return to New 

 York during the summer of 1911. 



