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feet high. At the rear, each cage is provided with an adequate 
shelter pavilion of concrete. 
The seven large cages are for the condors, eagles, lammer- 
geyer, eared vulture and king vulture, and the smaller ones are 
for the commoner vultures, hawks and falcons. When the eagles 
and vultures are removed from the cages connected with the 
Aquatic Bird House, those cages will be devoted exclusively to 
the collection of owls. 
In the rear of the Eagle Aviary, a substantial brick building 
has been erected in which to provide winter quarters for the 
tropical birds of prey which can not endure the full rigors of 
winter in the latitude of New York. 
The Eagle and Vulture Aviary and shelter building have 
been erected by George Hildebrand, at a total cost of $18,867. 
The Additional Bear Dens.—Ten additional bear dens were 
erected last year, and completed in December, at a date too late 
to transfer to them the tropical species that eventually they will 
accommodate. There are two large dens for Alaskan brown 
bears, and eight smaller dens for small bears and single indi- 
viduals. Early in the spring of 1912, these dens will be filled, 
and in them will be found the spectacled bear, Malay sun bears, 
the Andean black bears, Japanese black bear, and others of 
small size. 
ATTENDANCE OF VISITORS 
During 1911, the attendance of visitors at the Zoological 
Park, as recorded by the turnstiles, was as follows: 
ray ata In 1910 
SPAT lISy ease ve sacle sooees aateg osteo: Teac ee ee 40,012 47,649 
SCD ei aee A cco ee dee ee nee 70,797 47,679 
VII Chae ya rescore eee ne eae deta Ae meee Cis 126,936 
ADEM ate is each Sie a nese ere eee ee oe 119,867 103,349 
) Ny ae er HP ee i ce PRN AL Satie 234,187 195,997 
SUING yet iy nat etd ecrcece HTT hose astern 151,681 125,705 
US aeryes ace d eee ee PO cee 170,978 198,486 
JRUT OUST, cet Fr eee open he eae NIC 146,519 169,657 
September ssa oe ees er ore 219,046 184,161 
Octower =. Aik ces cee ee ee 113,005 7.425 
INGVEMDER = onto Sees & oar eae (22 5ks3 70,595 
December: a4 4.2 a ae ee eee 64,250 aa Os 
Totals eee ree an, oe eee 1,481,905 1,441,342 
