436 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1907. 
A great anteater and two echidnas live in the monkey house, the 
former having been there five years, the latter three years. They are 
given finely chopped meat and eggs beaten up in milk. The anteater 
is in a large glazed cage, 1 meter above the floor paved with porcelain 
tiles; he has only a board to sleep on’ The echidnas are in a small 
octagonal cage having a zine floor covered with fine sand; curled up 
in a corner, they seem to avoid the light. 
The birds form the greater part of the number of animals in the 
garden, but there is not the fine ornithological display that I admired 
at London. Neither did I notice any indication of any wild species 
nesting in the garden. The greater part of the birds are, however, 
kept there merely for sale. 
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN AT ROTTERDAM. 
The Zoological Garden at Rotterdam (Diergaarde) belongs to the 
Vereeniging Rotterdamsche Diergaarde, a limited society, whose ob- 
ject is thus defined by Article I of its statutes: 
The society, founded in 1857” under the name of Rotterdamsche Diergaarde, 
has for its object the advancement, by agreeable means, of our knowledge of 
zoology and botany. 
In order to accomplish this, collections of living animals and plants will be 
increased and maintained as far as the finances of the society will permit. 
A museum and a library will be added to the institution. 
The number of members is not limited. 
This number amounted on December 31, 1906, to 5,484. The 
society 1s administered by a council of 25 members, of whom the 
president is now Mr. C. H. Van Dam. This council is itself com- 
posed of five committees; viz, of buildings, of animals, of plants 
(hothouses and gardens), of entertainments, of the library and mu- 
seum. 
The total receipts of the society in 1905 were 161,880.91 florins, of 
which there were— 
Florins. 
Gater Teel Piss See ee ee ee a rice ae a ne ep eee NT 24, 944. 65 
Sales of animals__—_—____ BED a DE Sa be eee eee 7, 550. 00 
Restaurant! Tecelpts. Behe See EE ee Bee et ee eee 8, 825. 00 
Sales of guides and postal cards._____________ ees oe eee 212. 00 
The society has established, as was proposed, a library and a mu- 
seum. The library, superbly installed on the first floor of the ad- 
ministration building to the left of the principal entrance, contains 
numerous bound volumes and scientific periodicals. The museum, 
which occupies the entire first floor of the restaurant building, has 
two halls; one devoted to an ethnological collection derived from the 
Dutch colonies and from western Africa; the other devoted to birds 
“The garden already existed in 1855 as a private menagerie, 
