NINTH ANNUAL REPORT. 67 
in the Flying Cage, but on account of the interference of the 
cormorants, failed to lay eggs. Among the birds of particular 
interest and rarity now living in the Park are the spectacle owl, 
tiger bittern, willow ptarmigan, little brown crane, banded curas- 
sow, Patagonian lapwing plover, great white heron and Indian 
adjutant. 
In the Aquatic Birds’ House has been placed a large upright 
wall case, of copper and glass, in which is now being arranged 
LLAMA AND YOUNG BORN IN THE PARK. 
a collection to illustrate the anatomy of birds of the more impor- 
tant orders, with a carefully selected assortment of eggs and nests 
of special interest to visitors. Upon the wall of that building 
has been hung a large and handsome oil-color reproduction of 
the Director’s “Landscape Chart of the Orders of North Ameri- 
can Birds.” 
