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Notes and News. [* a u n k 



much desirable matter been offered for publication, during the same 

 length of time, as within the last four or five months ; for which favors 

 the Editors beg to extend sincere thanks. 



Since our last notice of the New York Zoological Park (Auk, XV, 

 Jan. 1S98, p. 79), great progress has been made in laving out the grounds 

 and in the construction of various buildings and dens for the animals. 

 The Elk House has been completed and is fitted up for temporary use 

 as offices and workshops. The Winter Bird House, to cost $ 14,400, is 

 ready to receive its roof. The foundation walls of the Reptile House, 

 which will cost $34,000, have been completed, and excavations have 

 been made for the series of Bear Dens, and for eight Wolf and Fox Dens, 

 and for the Beaver Pond. Also excavations for the Ducks' Aviary have 

 been made, and about five hundred cubic yards of sandy earth hauled to 

 form the dry runways for the Pheasants' Aviary. The Flying Cage for 

 birds will be soon begun, to cost $5000; it will be the largest structure 

 of its kind in the world, with a length of 150 feet, a width of 75 feet, and 

 a height of 50 feet. Among the many structures in contemplation are 

 the Eagles' Aviary, for the Birds of Prey in general ; six shelter houses 

 for Deer and Moose, an Antelope House, to cost $25,000, and a Monkey 

 House, to cost $40,000, some of which, if not the most of them, will 

 probably be completed the present year. No money yvill be expended on 

 buildings of a temporary character, but all are to be built for permanent 

 use, and after the best plans that modern experience and research in 

 such matters can suggest. The Monkey and Antelope Houses may be 

 utilized in part at first for the reception of other tropical animals, till the 

 proper buildings for them have been provided. 



The Director states, in the last 'News Bulletin' of the Zoological 

 Society (No. 3, Dec. 1898) : "The New York Zoological park should, in 

 fact, be so well equipped with buildings, dens, and aviaries, that by mid- 

 summer, 1S99, no type of animal need be turned away because there is 

 no place in which to put it." It is expected that the park will be in 

 readiness to receive contributions of animals in April, and that the for- 

 mal opening of the park will take place in May. "When the Zoological 

 Park is ready for animals, all members of the Society, and also friends 

 who are not, are expected and requested to do their utmost to secure, 

 as gifts for the Park, a large and continuous .supply of fine, typical 

 quadrupeds, birds, and reptiles, especially of North American forms." 



As stated in our former notice, the Society is largely dependent upon 

 membership and patrons' fees for its support, and is to be open free to the 

 public. Among its advantages will be the encouragement and opportu 

 nities it will afford to not only students of animal life, but to animal 

 painters and sculptors. The office of the Secretary, Madison Grant, is 

 still at No. 11 Wall St., New York City, but the address of the Director, 

 William T. Hornaday, is New York Zoological Park, 183d St. and South- 

 ern Boulevard, New York City. 



