42 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



FIRE SIGNAL STATION IN ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



During the early part of the year a request was received 

 from the Fire Department of the City of New York, for permis- 

 sion to locate a telegraph station for the Bureau of Fire Alarm 

 Telegraph in the Borough of the Bronx, in the extreme southeast 

 corner of the Zoological Park on the north side of East 180th 

 Street. This location is about the geographical center of the 

 Borough and has been approved by both Park Commissioner 

 Higgins and Landscape Architect Lay. Your committee at first 

 refused to accede to this request as being against the policy of 

 the Society, but the extremely urgent conditions connected with 

 this request were explained, and permission was finally granted 

 for the erection of a building of design approved by the Society. 



The plans have been approved, the site agreed upon, and 

 the work started. 



EAST SIDE EXTENSION. 



On October 29, 1913, the plans prepared by the Society for 

 the lay-out of paths, walks and fences for the park east of the 

 Bronx River, including that portion not under the control of 

 the Society, were formally approved by Landscape Architect 

 Pilat and Park Commissioner Higgins of the Borough of the 

 Bronx. 



PHEASANT MONOGRAPH. 



The Pheasant Monograph is progressing rapidly. The 

 paintings are nearly completed, and the text is about three- 

 quarter finished. It is expected that this important work will 

 be ready for delivery not later than May 1, 1915. The pros- 

 pectus will be sent out about October 1, 1914. The Monograph 

 will have about ninety colored plates, 100 photogravures and 

 twenty maps. The entire issue will consist of 600 sets of four 

 volumes each, and the size of each volume will be about fourteen 

 by sixteen inches. The price per set will be $250. 



PROSECTOR OF THE SOCIETY. 



On May 7 your committee appointed Dr. George S. Hunt- 

 ington as Prosector of the Society for the scientific utilization 

 of the soft parts of animals that are at the Zoological Park and 

 Aquarium, for the purposes of the College of Physicians and 

 Surgeons. 



A report from this department appears in a separate sec- 

 tion of this report. 



