38 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Founders 19 



Associate Founders 4 



Patrons 33 



Life Members 302 



Fellows 34 



Annual Members 1,791 



Honorary and Corresponding Members 15 



2,217 



ATTENDANCE. 



The attendance at the Park and the Aquarium for 1916, as 

 compared with 1915, has been as follows: 



Park Aquarium 



1916 1,656,820 1,499,667 



1915 1,780,077 1,538,831 



The decrease at the Aquarium is primarily due to the con- 

 tinuance of war conditions which has affected all activities along 

 the water front. Special and adverse conditions occurred during 

 the past year, by reason of the car strike on the surface lines, 

 and more particularly, because of the epidemic of infantile par- 

 alysis, which, of course, greatly diminished the attendance of 

 children at the Zoological Park. 



COLLECTIONS AT THE PARK. 



A census of the animals in the Zoological Park, compiled 

 January 1, 1917, is as follows : 



January 1, 1916 January 1, 1917 



Species Specimens Species Specimens 



Mammals 211 636 207 617 



Birds 813 2,773 816 2,788 



Reptiles and Am- 

 phibians 157 791 98 782 



1,181 4,200 1,121 4,187 



The health of the collections on the whole continues to be 



