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the three orang-utans, all the monkeys, all the lynxes, and various 

 smaller species. 



On January ist the mammal collections of the Zoological Park 

 were made up as follows : 



Species. Specimens. 



Primates 6 lo 



Carnivora 21 43 



Ungulata 9 28 



Rodentia 6 65 



Edentata i i 



Marsupialia i 4 



Total 44 151 



The Society has received, by purchase, three caribou from 

 northern Newfoundland ; by gift, from Mr. William Rockefeller, 

 four fallow deer and two red deer ; and from the Duke of Bed- 

 ford, two sambar deer and one equine deer. It is our intention to 

 fill up the ranges as rapidly as possible with the large ungulates 

 for which they were designed, until each range contains as large 

 a herd as it will properly accommodate. 



The four Bear Dens, completed in October, were filled im- 

 mediately thereafter. The special installation for the polar bears 

 has not yet been constructed, and these fine animals are now kept 

 in one of the ordinary bear enclosures, which is very inadequate 

 for their needs. The small bathing tank, which is sufficient for 

 other bears, is entirely too small for polar bears, and it is im- 

 perative that another enclosure, with a spacious swimming pool, 

 be constructed without delay. The polar bears are fine and showy 

 animals, and should have a swimming pool suitable to their very 

 interesting aquatic habits. 



BIRDS. 



After much deliberation, the choice of an ornithologist to take 

 charge of the bird collections of the Zoological Park fell upon 

 Mr. C. William Beebe, who entered the service of the Society on 

 October 16, 1899. For several years Mr. Beebe has been a close 

 student of the classification, structure, and food habits of birds, 

 and, by reason of his combined knowledge of systematic ornithol- 



