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from Harry Whitney; Musk-Ox and Barren-Ground Caribou 

 heads from Captain George L. Comer; five large cases of heads 

 and horns from Newland, Tarlton and Company, Nairobi, Brit- 

 ish East Africa; and nine heads and horns from E. Hubert Litch- 

 field, Jr., Bayard Dominick, Jr., and Henry Sampson, Jr., of 

 New York. 



For the purpose of rendering it possible to purchase on 

 short notice rare specimens that were very unlikely to be ac- 

 quired as gifts, thirty-three sportsmen united in subscribing to 

 a Contributor's Fund. From that very welcome fund, thirty- 

 seven heads and horns, representing about thirty species not 

 otherwise obtainable, have been purchased and added to the 

 Collection. 



PLANS FOR 1910. 



Of the plans for 1910, the most important feature is the 

 immediate construction of a Zebra House westward of the south 

 end of Baird Court for our splendid collection of zebras and 

 other equines. An Eagle and Vulture Aviary is also planned 

 for the old Caribou Range to be placed directly north of the 

 Zebra House. This has long been a necessity, owing to the in- 

 creasing number of these large birds. Additional bear dens 

 must also be provided. 



The Society intends to erect a memorial gateway on Boston 

 Road at the West Farms Entrance, and in order to do this the 

 entrance and the approach to the ticket pavilion and Boat House 

 will have to be readjusted to new conditions. This change is 

 made necessary by the change in the main entrance to the Park 

 from Pelham Avenue to West Farms caused by the Subway. The 

 proposed gateway will commemorate the portion of the Old Bos- 

 ton Post Road which lies within the boundaries of the Zoological 

 Park in an almost unchanged condition. 



The difficulties with the site of the proposed new Subway 

 Station (at this point an elevated structure) have been finally 

 adjusted with a minimum of injury to the Park. The new 

 station will be known, by order of the Public Service Commis- 

 sion, as "The Zoological Park Station." 



ANIMAL COLLECTIONS. 



A total of $19,856.68 was spent during 1909 on the purchase 

 of animals. The census of the mammals, birds and reptiles liv- 

 ing in the Park on January 1, 1910, is as follows : — 



