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•">()-acre zoological garden of London, Paris, Antwerp or Phila- 

 delphia, and the great private game preserve. In the southern 

 portion of Bronx Park we find a wonderful combination of hill 

 and hollow, of high ridge and deep valley, of stream and pond, 

 rolling meadow, rocky ledge and virgin forest of the finest des- 

 cription, all of which, by a happy combination of circum- 

 stances, have been preserved through all these years. While 

 other portions of Bronx Park are more rugged, and more 

 wildly picturesque, and while in itself the area chosen for the 

 animal collections has never been regarded as strikingly beau- 

 tiful, its ada]')tability to the peculiar wants of animals in captiv- 

 ity is really marvellous. Furthermore, it is believed that the 

 treatment of nature's work which will be desirable in estab- 

 lishing the collections, will only emphasize and enhance the 

 natural attractions of the area in question. 



In by far the greater nmnber of zoological gardens or parks, 

 the choicest landscape features have been artificially created; 

 here it remains only to skilfully, artistically and sensibh- adapt 

 the work of nature. The expenditure of a million dollars on 

 any other park area north of the Harlem River would not yield 

 the open hard-wood forest, the areas of heavy timber, the open 

 glades, the sheltered valleys open toward the south-east, the 

 great natural catch-basins for storm water, the splendid rock 

 masses and the thirt\' acres of still water that await us in the 

 area selected. The Society now has before it a series of pre- 

 liminary plans locating the various buildings, aviaries, fences 

 and walks as they should be arranged to best accommodate the 

 animals and the public, and these plans do not involve the cut- 

 ting of a single tree ! The only concession proposed in this 

 direction is that the beavers shall be allowed to cut down several 

 small trees that stand in the bog where it is proposed the Beaver 

 Pond shall be located. 



EXHIBITION OF NORTH AMERICAN TYPES. 



As ma}' fairly be expected, the first duty of the Society in the 

 formation of collections, will be to bring together a liberal number 

 of fine examples of the more noteworthy and interesting species 

 of the animals of North America, particularly of those species that 



