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lope and Reptile Houses as an informal court, somewhat similar 
to Baird Court. There is provision for a number of buildings 
of considerable size, but not drawn on formal lines, either as to 
location of buildings or as to planting of trees. It was decided 
to name this part of the Park after the great French-American 
naturalist, Audubon, so it can hereafter be known as Audubon 
Court. 
Plans for the large Bird House have required an exceptional 
amount of study on the part of the Director, and Curator of Birds 
Beebe, and of several members of the Executive Committee. As 
a result, the ground plan and elevation, details of which are now 
nearly complete, are published in this report. These plans are 
in the hands of the Park Department, and bids are being adver- 
tised for. This imposing building, which provides for a great 
variety of bird life, especially during the winter months, will be 
located, as originally designed, on the northwest corner of Baird 
Court, and will afford cage room for a very large number of spec- 
imens. Provision is made for two interior and several outside 
flying cages. This necessitates the completion of the southern 
half of Baird Court up to the Central Sea Lion Pool; and we 
must look forward in the near future to the building of the con- 
course or main carriage road between Baird Court and Pelham 
Avenue, as soon as the necessary funds are provided by the City. 
The Park Department of the Borough of the Bronx is planning to 
construct a new single-arch stone bridge over the river at the 
northern boundary of the Park, which will greatly add to the 
beauty of Lake Agassiz. 
The City is indebted to Mr. William Rockefeller for the gift of 
a magnificent antique Italian fountain from Como, Italy. After 
long consideration and the best advice, it was decided to place this 
fountain directly opposite the Sea Lion Pool and nearly north 
of the Primate House, in order to give the lines of the fountain 
the background of the trees on the east side of the court. The 
grading and planting of this section of the court will complete 
the setting for this beautiful monument. 
In another part of the Park is being erected a gateway in 
memory of the late Philip Mesier Lydig, presented to the Park 
by his daughter, Mrs. Frank K. Sturgis. After considerable de- 
lay, the gateway has been located at the top of the steps overlook- 
ing Beaver Valley. The City acquired this land directly from the 
Lydig estate in 1888, and it was owing to this fortunate circum- 
stance that the forests were in such a superb state of preservation. 
The gateway is Renaissance in design, covered by an iron grill, 
