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Among other noteworthy species of birds may be mentioned 

 both sexes of the harpy eagle, (Thrasaetus harpyia, Linn.) ; two 

 Cahfornia condors, {Gymnogyps calif ornianus, Shaw), one just 

 shedding the last of its natal down, while the other, at the age of 

 three years, has just acquired the fully adult head colors and 

 gular swelling. We have the black cockatoo, (Calyptorhynchus 

 hanksi, Lath.) ; satin bower bird, {Ptilonorhynchiis violaceus, 

 Vieill.) ; and the sacred ibis, (Ibis aethiopica, Lath.). A pair of 

 ocellated turkeys, (Agriocharis ocellata, Cuv.), just acquiring 

 adult plumage and coloring, is perhaps the rarest species in the 

 entire collection, and as far as we are aware our specimens are 

 the first ever exhibited in a zoological garden or park. 



During the year the Curator completed a volume on the 

 birds of British Guiana, to be published in 1910, and prepared 

 five additional numbers of Zoologica, entitled respectively. No. 2. 

 — "Ecology of the Adult Hoatzin" ; No. 3. — "A Reconnaissance of 

 the Birds of Northeastern Venezuela"; No. 4 — "New Species of 

 Insects Collected in British Guiana by C. William Beebe" ; No. 5. 

 — "Racket Formation in the Tail-Feathers of the Motmots" ; No. 

 6. — "Three Cases of a Supernumerary Toe in the Broad- Winged 

 Hawk." 



Four other papers are in course of preparation, relating to 

 experiments on color, and observations on these will be con- 

 tinued during 1910, by the assistant. 



To the Bird Department the most important event of the 

 year was the gift of a fund from Mr. Anthony R. Kuser for the 

 preparation and publication of a monograph of the Phasianidae. 

 On December 29, the Curator sailed for the far east in the in- 

 terest of this work. Mr. Beebe has been granted eighteen 

 months' leave of absence, and in Asia and the East Indies he will 

 gather materials for the monograph. 



SUMMARY OF BIRDS LIVING IN THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK 

 JANUARY 1, 1910. 

 Orders. Species. Specimens. 



Rheiformes, Rheas 1 1 



Struthioniformes, Ostriches 2 3 



Casuariformes, Emeus and Cassowaries. 3 5 



Tinamiformes, Tinamous 1 5 



Galliformes, Quail and Pheasants. .. . 64 208 



Hemipodii, Hemipodes 1 2 



Columbiformes, Pigeons and Doves 46 256 



RalHformes, Coots and Gallinules. .. . 12 32 



