SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 61 
logical Society’s Gardens, in exchange. This animal is one of 
the most beautiful of the wild sheep, and an effort will be made 
to establish on Mountain Sheep Hill a herd of this species. 
During the coming spring a collection of animals must be pro- 
vided for the Antelope House. With a sufficient fund available 
it will be possible to purchase during the next six months a suff- 
cient number of tropical antelopes, bovines, equines, elephants, 
giraffes and hippopotami, to completely stock the new building. 
The following is a statement of the species and specimens of 
mammals on hand on December 31, 1902: 
[Bhehanela Sore ea sercene cha ee ae ee 39 Species. 91 Specimens. 
Chiroptera brs -wyy eo nee al I 7 II i 
SaimiVOnaiesg acer aot os AI a 143 
Eeitatanpe Gia. cyocpsc-hrcwe he « cues, ec I > 4 ; 
KOGA es oma eunk eos a Scenes 23 J 122 : 
MO naa tae oop 2 aie eceserepacete ease 33 ‘ 117 
eGembatag arse os. susnieae oe oe ene I I 
Wlarsuplalia. js .s.<'s ies 21s es, os 2 p 14 
141 503 
ENOCEINC My FUE os. astion atone f ol) alas s\ecche. ot orctisp hate ea RCN 95 
RE RGIAASe Ces, Sratiendety re ya tnabawer Sts cen ec seee i dnsr he la. ete Sh cge weenie eae 204 
IES fst esse yc ses nene SV st ch uses eicya TS asest  oey slo yaNeT eee 43 
DEPARTMENT OF BIRDS.—C. William Beebe, Curator. 
Owing to the fact that during the year 1902 no additional bird 
buildings or aviaries could be provided, the bird collections could 
not be sensibly increased. During winter weather the resources 
at the command of the Curator have been taxed to the very 
utmost to provide proper housing for the many migratory or 
tropical species now on hand. The temptation to admit song 
birds to the Aquatic Birds’ House had proven so far irresistible 
that the building referred to is now crowded full of birds, both 
of land and water. In summer, when the aquatic birds are in 
the Flying Cage, the song birds and other land birds have full 
sway in the Bird House, and in a number of temporary but com- 
fortable outside cages. 
The unexpectedly high prices bid for the construction of the 
proposed Ostrich House led to the rejection of all the bids, and 
a revision of the plans through which a considerable reduction 
in cost might be secured. The failure of the plan to erect that 
building in 1902 made necessary a postponement of the Society’s 
