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species of fish-eating birds, the pond in the Moose Range has 

 been well stocked with breeding carp, kindly supplied by the 

 director of the New York Aquarium, and it is expected that many 

 thousand young carp can be bred annually for food purposes. 

 This will make it possible to keep a certain number of diving 

 birds which until now could not be adequately supplied with liye 

 fish. In addition to the stocking of this pond with carp, a great 

 number of yellow perch fry and young goldfish were placed in 

 the Aquatic Mammals' Pond and Cope Lake. 



The composition of the bird collections on Decemlier 31, 1904. 

 was as follows : 



OkDKR. Species. Specimens. 



Ratitae 6 10 



Longipennes 6 32 



Steganopodes 7 24 



Anseres 22 221 



Odontoglossae i i 



Herodiones 15 53 



Paludicolae 8 12 



Limicolae i i 



Gallinae 18 74 



Columbae 3 3 



Accipitres 12 30 



Striges 9 25 



Psittaci 23 35 



Passeres 34 122 



14 Orders 165 643 



During tlu' \ear several experiments of a very interesting 

 nature were carried out by Curator Beebe. Complete success was 

 attained in the rearing and keeping of the common tern and sooty 

 tern, black skimmer, honey creeper, and three si)ecies of bitterns, — 

 the latter the most difiicult of all herons to establish in captivity. 

 A large colony of laughing gulls was successfully established be- 

 side the pool in the old Caribou Range. After spending two 

 years in the Park, several of these birds luigrated southward in the 

 autumn of 1903, and returned to the Park colony in the follow- 

 ing spring. A beautiful flock of 30 brant geese was placed on 

 tlie Mammal Pond, where they attract much attention. 



The sandhill cranes in the old Caribou Range nested and laid 

 fertile eggs, but failed t'l lialcli tlicni. The snowv herons nested 



