94 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
Walk Repairs. 
The most urgently needed walk repairs, amounting to about 
126,000 square feet, were made on the roadway of the Concourse, 
the Service Road from Southern Boulevard to the top of the 
Buffalo Hill, the East Elephant Walk from the Service Road to 
Baird Court, the walk north of the Wild-Fowl Pond, the walk 
surrounding the Small-Deer Corrals, and the one connecting the 
same with the Service Road past the west side of the Small- 
Mammal House, and certain portions of the Service Yard. These 
walks were resurfaced, after repairing and bringing to grade any 
depressions or breaks in the old surface, with distributing trucks 
for both the tarvia and screenings. This was conducted ex- 
peditiously and cheaply, though the wet season caused some de- 
lay and additional expense. 
The Service Road west of the Lion House, leading from 
the Main Service Road to Cope Lake and the Concourse, which 
never had been brought to grade and surfaced, was repaired, 
brought to its proper level, and given a coat of tarvia. It now, 
for the first time, is in a satisfactory condition. 
A portion of the sidewalk of the Concourse in front of the 
east steps was ripped up and relaid upon a proper foundation 
with concrete and brick. 
SUM MARY. 
As may be seen from this report, comparatively only a few 
items can be stricken from the long list of urgently needed re- 
pairs and replacements that were mentioned last year, and sev- 
eral new items must be added to the list. 
Possibly, the most troublesome of these is the roof of the 
Reptile House. This roof, which rests upon iron braces, is built 
of wooden beams and purlins, with an inside wood ceiling and 
outside roof boards. Serious decay has taken place in a great 
deal of this woodwork. The building is subjected to a tempera- 
ture of approximately 75 degrees and contains much exposed 
water in its various pools and tanks, with the air continuously 
surcharged with moisture, which, together with the presence of 
many skylights, is undoubtedly the cause of a great deal of this 
decay. The heavy outside skylights, with very thick glass, have 
become too great a burden for the weakened woodwork, so that 
