FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 51 
Late in the year the Zoological Park received from the heirs 
of the late Samuel B. Schieffelin a valuable gift, consisting of a 
collection of forty-seven pheasants of four species—golden, silver, 
Reeves, and Amherst—together with six shelter-houses, and an 
extensive series of runways. All these buildings and materials 
have been transported to the Park, and a series of temporary run- 
ways and shelters has been erected for the accommodation of 
the pheasants. 
The need of permanent aviaries for the eagles and vultures, 
pheasants, cranes, and upland game birds is very great, and it is 
hoped that they may be erected during the present year. 
On January I, 1901, the Bird Department contained the fol- 
lowing birds: 
Order. Species. Specimens. 
BerOiMignesy os iaiio 2.102 Soa ae I 4 
enSIpeCHHeS |. oo 02s ares 5 23 
SHEGRIOD bc (. 22 ee Perea 4 14 
STRESS ape Se a cere eae 28 186 
SUC TETS U Sc a 2 5 
SET Ss ee ee ee 15 4I 
“ES CPST?) yo eae gene ei 2 6 
Re baaa ete Rare ere arte ate ee 7 58 
nn SE Bo 2 eee ee 4 8 
BaIpHAGES ee eras acne tenis = 19 50 
(Ses pa eee aera 10 16 
EE oe a a re I 2 
SSS Eo ee eee eae 6 12 
‘hitieen (Orders .-......2- = 2.2 104 425 
Beceived Py Site >. aes |= aa = 106 specimens. 
Baten sede io as ee am 310 i 
Rea Sia oars ro Saw 49 ix 
Net gain during year, 61 species, 240 
DEPARTMENT OF REPTILES.—Raymond L. Ditmars, Assistant Cu- 
rator, in Charge. 
The Reptile House is permanently fixed in the minds of visitors 
as acentre of attraction. Both in the preservation and exhibition 
of its living contents, it has successfully endured the test of fifteen 
