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A modern hospital and quarantine is being planned to oc- 

 cupy a portion of the Service Yards to the north of the barns, 

 and when completed will enable the Society to prevent possible 

 infection by quarantine, and to provide proper quarters for sick 

 animals. 



Your Committee also proposes to construct an Atelier in 

 which work in taxidermy and the mounting of animals can be 

 conducted. It seems only just that in a Zoological Park con- 

 taining such a vast number of live animals, that the same oppor- 

 tunities should be furnished to the taxidermist which are now 

 provided for sculptors and artists. 



Plans for a Pelican House, which will be used for the stor- 

 age of large water birds during the cold weather, are in the hands 

 of the Park Department. The money has been provided and this 

 structure will be built during the coming year. 



A Shelter Pavilion must be constructed on the east side of 

 Bronx River for the protection of the crowds in stormy weather ; 

 and the yards for the Zebra House will be taken in hand as soon 

 as the building itself has been completed. 



It is probable that in the immediate future your Committee 

 will take up the question of providing permanent entrances at 

 the corners of the Zoological Park, beginning with the Pelham 

 Avenue Entrance. These entrances will ultimately form part of 

 a stone and steel fence entirely surrounding the Park. 



Plans for the enlargement and extension of the Rocking 

 Stone Restaurant are also under consideration, and it is only a 

 question of time when the Administration Building will have to 

 be enlarged to provide more commodious galleries for the exhi- 

 bition of the increasing collection of heads and horns. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



During the year, the Society took an active part in the sup- 

 port of the Bayne bill prohibiting the sale of game in New York 

 state. Dr. Hornaday, the Director of the Zoological Park, was 

 especially active, and the successful passage of the bill is largely 

 due to his efforts. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



The usual acknowledgments to the officers of the Society and 

 the various departments, especially to the different members of 

 the staff of the Park Department of the Borough of the Bronx, 

 are due from your Committee. We cannot too strongly empha- 



