EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 45 



day spoke on the general subject of game protection through- 

 out the United States, and the results of the publication of Our 

 Vanishing Wild Life. 



The spring meeting of the Board of Managers was held 

 in the Administration Building in the Zoological Park on Mon- 

 day, May 19, 1913. 



GALLERY OF OIL PAINTINGS OF ANIMALS APPROACHING 

 EXTINCTION. 



At the spring meeting of the Board of Managers the pro- 

 posal of the Executive Committee to raise a fund of $2,500 

 a year for five years, to start a gallery of oil paintings of Ameri- 

 can wild game, so as to secure proper representation of species 

 now threatened with extinction, such as the prong-horned ante- 

 lope, was endorsed, and referred to the following committee for 

 the arrangement of details : 



Frank K, Sturgis, Chairman. 



Emerson McMillin. 



Lewis R. Morris. 



William T. Hornaday. 



Subscriptions of $250 a year for five years have been re- 

 ceived from the following : 



Frank K. Sturgis Lispenard Stewart 



Percy R. Pyne Mortimer L. Schiff 



Subscriptions of $250 for one year, subsequent years con- 

 ditional, have been received from the following: 



Edward S. Harkness C. Ledyard Blair 



Cleveland H. Dodge Watson B. Dickerman 



Two more subscriptions of $250 are needed. 



A painting of the prong-horned antelope by Carl Rungius 

 for this gallery, has been completed and is on exhibition in the 

 Administration Building. A painting of the snow leopard by 

 Charles R. Knight will be finished shortly. 



COLLECTIONS AT AQUARIUM. 



All the tanks and pools in the Aquarium are now occupied 

 to their fullest capacity, and the exhibits have probably never 

 before been more varied in character. They are in exceptionally 

 good condition, and are as large as it is practicable to main- 

 tain them. 



