NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 53 



FORESTRY DEPARTMENT. 



The usual amount of general maintenance work, such as 

 cleaning of walks and lawns, collection and disposal of garbage 

 and refuse, care of forests and planting, pruning of trees and 

 the extermination of pests, and a great deal of painting, has 

 been carried on as in previous years. 



Comparatively little has been done by this department in 

 ground improvement work on account of lack of funds for this 

 purpose. The most important items, however, are, the paving 

 around the new Yak Shelter, setting of water troughs and the 

 final details in connection with this installation; repairs to the 

 concrete sidewalk of the Concourse; repairs to the paving in the 

 Service Yard and to the wagon scale; grading around new Pa- 

 vilion east of the river, and planting around new Public Service 

 Building. 



The amount of repair work to buildings and walks accom- 

 plished during the year has been far greater than in any other 

 year since the establishment of the Park. This has already been 

 reported upon in the Improvement and Repair Fund. 



prosector's department. 



During the year the soft parts of deceased animals have 

 been turned over to the Prosector's Department for analysis. 

 Specimens are preserved and are of great scientific value, and 

 your committee feels indebted to Dr. George S. Huntington and 

 his assistants, Dr. H. von W. Schulte and Dr. Hans Zinsser, as 

 well as to Dr. H. L. Amoss of the Rockefeller Institute, for their 

 assistance during the year. 



PHEASANT MONOGRAPH. 



Mr. C. William Beebe, Curator of Birds, returned to the 

 employ of the Society on January 1, 1915, after a leave of ab- 

 sence of five years. The work on the pheasant monograph is 

 now practically complete with the exception of proof reading 

 and book-making, and the final touches, which could have been 

 completed immediately if it were not for the war. As it is, prep- 

 arations have been made to complete the monograph and publish 

 possibly one volume this year, and the balance next year. The 

 letter press and the illustrations have been completed. The 

 monograph can be completed whenever conditions justify its 

 publication. 



