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Upon the return of this expedition, the results and the field 

 notes will be brought together in the form of a monograph on 

 Pheasants, on which no expense or effort will be spared. The 

 illustrations of the book are being prepared by such artists as 

 Charles R. Knight, Louis Agassiz Fuertes and Bruce Horsfall. 



NEW YORK AQUARIUM 



During the year 1910 your Committee granted a leave of 

 absence to Dr. Charles H. Townsend, Director of the Aquarium, 

 to enable him to accept temporarily the position of Acting Di- 

 rector of the American Museum of Natural History, with the dis- 

 tinct understanding that he should return to the service of the 

 Society early in 1911. During his absence the management of 

 the Aquarium was intrusted to the Assistant Director, Dr. Ray- 

 mond C. Osburn, under Dr. Townsend's supervision. The 

 Aquarium has continued to enjoy the highest degree of public 

 favor, and the necessity for an enlargement of the building be- 

 comes constantly more pressing. 



The Aquarium, together with the Park, participated during 

 the month of October in a Budget Exhibit, held under the aus- 

 pices of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment ; and on Sep- 

 tember 27, 1910, the American Fisheries Society held its Fortieth 

 Annual Meeting at the Aquarium. 



During the latter part of November, the First Annual Ex- 

 hibit of the Aquarium Society was also held at the Aquarium. 

 With a new and enlarged building opportunities for meetings 

 and exhibitions of this sort can become permanent features. 

 The March and November numbers of the Bulletin were espe- 

 cially devoted to the Aquarium in 1910, and for the future two 

 of the yearly issues of the Bulletin will be devoted solely to the 

 interest of this institution. 



The usual amount of replacement and repairs, together with 

 some small improvements to the mechanical departments of the 

 Aquarium has been made, and additional skylights have been 

 installed. 



Additional electric lights have been supplied, enabhng the 

 Society to throw the Aquarium open to the public at night dur- 

 ing the latter part of the summer. In 1911 the Aquarium will 

 be kept open at night during the summer months. 



The collections have been maintained at a high degree of 

 efficiency, and their further extension is an impossibility owing 

 to the lack of space. In addition to the West Indian seals, a 



