76 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
DEPARTMENT OF BIRDS. 
LEE S. CRANDALL, Curator; WILLIAM BEEBE, Honorary Curator; 
SAMUEL STACEY, Head Keeper. 
Our hopeful expectations for the rehabilitation of the live 
bird and animal trade during 1920 not having been realized, 
unusual efforts for the upkeep of the bird collections were neces- 
sary. Arrivals through the regular dealers’ channels were very 
few and the specimens acquired by this means were almost 
negligible. The only dealer’s shipment of any importance during 
the entire year was one received from India in May. This 
included many fine Asiatic species not exhibited in the Zoological 
Park since pre-war days. 
The situation being rather critcal, and the English bird 
market fairly active, the Curator of Birds sailed for Europe in 
June, 1920, for the double purpose of securing what material 
might be available and inspecting the recuperating Zoological 
Gardens of England and the continent. Large African consign- 
ments, as well as some others, were then arriving in England, 
and about 500 specimens of mammals, birds and reptiles were 
secured. Through the friendly cooperation of the Zoological 
Gardens of London, they were safely transported to New York. 
The general market on the continent was found even more dor- 
mant than our own, but visits to the Gardens of Belgium and 
Holland showed the results of determined efforts to return to 
normal. A detailed account of the trip appeared in the January 
Bulletin. 
In September, a large shipment arrived from Africa, in 
charge of Mr. A. K. Haagner, Director of the Zoological Gardens 
of Pretoria. Several fine species new to our collection were 
received, including a white-bellied stork (Abdimia abdimi), a 
white-headed sea eagle (Halixtus vocifer) and a white-headed 
vulture (Lophogyps occipitalis), and many others. 
Early in November, Mr. Ellis 8. Joseph arrived with a 
splendid consignment of Australasian birds. Thirty-five species 
new to our collection were acquired, besides many others. Most 
important were the kaka (Nestor meridionalis), kea (N. nota- 
bilis), turquoisine parrakeet (Neophema pulchella), six-plumed 
bird of paradise (Parotia sefilata), the lovely and extremely rare 
Prince Rudolph’s blue bird of paradise (Paradisornis rudolfi) 
and the magnificent rifle bird (Craspedophora magnifica). 
