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THE SEA-LIoNS’ Pool, AND RocKs.—A large and deep tank of concrete, 
with a hill of rock attached, providing shelter dens. 
INEXPENSIVE INSTALLATIONS. 
THE BEAVER POND.—The beavers will be required to build all the neces- 
sary dams for their ponds, all their canals, save one, and also their houses 
for winter use. A strong iron fence three feet in height will surround about 
two acres of land and water. 
THE OTTERS’ POOL. 
THE Ducks’ AVIARY. 
THE UPLAND GAME BIRDS’ AVIARY. 
THE CROCODILE POOL. 
THE SQUIRRELS’ ENCLOSURES. 
THE BURROWING RODENTS’ ENCLOSURES. 
THE PRAIRIE-DOG VILLAGE. 
THE WOODCHUCKS’ ENCLOSURE. 
Shelter barns or sheds must be provided for each of the following herds: 
ELK, MoOosE, CARIBOU, MULE DEER, VIRGINIA DEER, RED DEER, AN- 
TELOPE, FALLOW DEER, PECCARY AND WILD BOAR. 
PRESERVATION OF WILD ANIMALS. 
The following resolution was adopted at the annual meeting, 
January 11, 1898: 
WHEREAS, The investigations of the New York Zoological Society have re- 
vealed the fact that over allsave a very small portion of the United States our 
large mammals, our game birds, birds of prey, song birds and the so-called 
plume birds are disappearing at an alarming rate, and that existing measures 
are by no means adequate for their preservation from extinction, and 
WHEREAS, The preservation of our native animals is one of the avowed 
purposes for which this Society was created, now, therefore, be it 
RESOLVED, That the Executive Committee of this Society be requested to 
take such active measures as it may deem best to inform the public of the 
great decrease in animal life, to stimulate public sentiment in favor of better 
protection, and to co-operate with other scientific bodies, and with the press, 
in efforts calculated to secure the perpetual preservation of our higher verte- 
brates from the extinction which now threatens so many species. 
The investigations referred to were those carried on by the 
Director. They demonstrate a most alarmingly rapid decrease in 
our beautiful native bird fauna, as fully set forth in the appended re- 
port. We should take active measures of our own, and co-operate 
with the Audubon and other Societies to arouse a public sentiment 
towards the preservation of all forms of bird life. 
