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  ANNUAL 
  KEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  19 
  2 
  9 
  

  

  information 
  obtained 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  valuable 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  

   our 
  own 
  zoo. 
  

  

  In 
  all, 
  20 
  zoos 
  were 
  visited, 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  cities: 
  London, 
  Han- 
  

   over, 
  Hamburg, 
  Copenhagen, 
  Berlin, 
  Dresden, 
  Leipzig, 
  Halle, 
  Vi- 
  

   enna, 
  Budapest, 
  Munich, 
  Nuremberg, 
  Frankfort, 
  Cologne, 
  Dussel- 
  

   dorf 
  , 
  Elberfeld, 
  Antwerp, 
  Amsterdam, 
  Rotterdam, 
  and 
  Stellingen. 
  

  

  In 
  London 
  we 
  attended 
  the 
  centenary 
  of 
  the 
  London 
  Zoo, 
  where 
  a 
  

   notable 
  group 
  of 
  zoologists, 
  including 
  many 
  continental 
  and 
  some 
  

   American 
  delegates, 
  were 
  gathered. 
  They 
  were 
  entertained 
  by 
  the 
  

   London 
  Zoological 
  Society 
  at 
  a 
  meeting 
  and 
  later 
  at 
  a 
  memorable 
  

   dinner 
  in 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Gardens. 
  In 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  zoos 
  visited 
  we 
  were 
  

   shown 
  the 
  greatest 
  courtesy 
  and 
  given 
  much 
  friendly 
  aid, 
  and 
  by 
  

   working 
  together 
  on 
  the 
  steamer 
  on 
  the 
  return 
  trip 
  much 
  time 
  was 
  

   saved 
  in 
  getting 
  together 
  preliminary 
  plans 
  for 
  the 
  reptile 
  house. 
  

   It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  we 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  in 
  Europe 
  a 
  single 
  zoo 
  

   that 
  impressed 
  us 
  unfavorably. 
  They 
  are 
  all 
  thriving 
  institutions 
  

   and 
  in 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  new 
  buildings 
  are 
  being 
  added. 
  The 
  col- 
  

   lections 
  invariably 
  were 
  excellent. 
  

  

  NEEDS 
  OF 
  THE 
  ZOO 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  urgent 
  need 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  is 
  an 
  exhibition 
  building 
  

   for 
  apes, 
  lemurs, 
  and 
  small 
  mammals. 
  There, 
  are 
  now 
  almost 
  no 
  

   quarters 
  for 
  small 
  mammals. 
  These 
  come 
  into 
  the 
  zoo 
  sometimes 
  in 
  

   great 
  numbers 
  as 
  gifts 
  and 
  include 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  of 
  

   all 
  animals. 
  The 
  few 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  exhibit 
  are 
  quartered 
  un- 
  

   satisfactorily 
  in 
  the 
  monkey 
  house. 
  The 
  great 
  apes, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  

   park 
  has 
  a 
  valuable 
  collection, 
  are 
  so 
  placed 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  often 
  impossible 
  

   for 
  visitors 
  to 
  see 
  them, 
  whereas 
  in 
  a 
  new 
  building 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  

   housed 
  in 
  modern 
  hygienic 
  quarters, 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  monkeys 
  

   and 
  chance 
  of 
  infection. 
  Tentative 
  plans 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  building 
  have 
  

   been 
  made, 
  and 
  the 
  cost 
  is 
  estimated 
  at 
  $225,000. 
  This 
  building, 
  like 
  

   the 
  new 
  reptile 
  house, 
  will 
  provide 
  facilities 
  for 
  exhibiting 
  groups 
  

   of 
  animals 
  for 
  which 
  up 
  to 
  now 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  no 
  place 
  at 
  all. 
  

  

  In 
  our 
  entire 
  building 
  program, 
  which 
  includes 
  besides 
  the 
  above 
  

   building 
  a 
  pachyderm 
  house, 
  an 
  antelope, 
  buffalo, 
  and 
  wild-cattle 
  

   house, 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  bird 
  house, 
  and 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  various 
  

   open-air 
  cages, 
  we 
  are 
  asking 
  only 
  for 
  equipment 
  that 
  practically 
  

   all 
  modern 
  zoos 
  already 
  possess 
  — 
  simply 
  the 
  necessary 
  facilities 
  of 
  a 
  

   modern 
  zoological 
  park. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  W. 
  M. 
  Mann, 
  Director. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  

  

  Secretary.^ 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  