AG NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
elsewhere. As usual, our total number of specimens is far in 
advance of all other collections of living wild animals. 
A census of the animals in the Zoological Park, taken on 
January 1, 1912, shows the following figures, in the number of 
species and specimens :— 
Species Specimens 
Maman a Stet ocoted eesti ee es 234 710 
Birds, 46: 3c o.9 jae ee eon 880 3,022 
Reptiles oo sketeee pe 2 eee nea a 1,106 
1,251 4,838 
NEW BUILDINGS AND INSTALLATIONS. 
Three animal installations of importance were begun dur- 
ing the year, two of which were practically completed. The 
Eagle and Vulture Aviary has been long awaited, and with the 
opening of spring it will be ready for occupation. The Society 
has already assembled a very fine collection of rare and interest- 
ing birds with which to fill the aviary the moment it comes into 
our possession. 
The Zebra House is now receiving its roof, and will be ready 
for occupancy in the early spring. This building, and its two 
adjacent houses for hardy wild horses, will leave little more to 
be desired for the accommodation and exhibition of wild equines. 
The ten new bear dens, chiefly for small species, were com- 
pleted in December and form a very necessary and valuable ex- 
tension to our bear installation. The addition gives us a total 
of twenty-one bear dens, and for the first time renders it possi- 
ble to bring all our bears into one group. The small tropical 
species will be specially cared for in winter, by housing in the 
fronts of their dens. 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF HEADS AND HORNS. 
A superb collection has been received from Mr. Clarence H. 
Mackay, for the National Collection of Heads and Horns, con- 
sisting of twelve giant Alaska moose heads, ten elk, and four 
bison heads. This collection is now exhibited in the Adminis- 
tration Building and forms one of the most notable gifts ever 
received by the Society. 
Mr. John C. Phillips presented a collection of thirty-six pairs 
of selected horns, which filled many existing gaps in the National 
