TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 51 



PUBLICATION FUND. 



The amount on hand January 1, 1917, was $6,000, and the 

 only receipts were from the sale of "Tropical Wild Life," by 

 Beebe, Hartley and Howes, in the amount of $297. The balance 

 on hand on December 31, 1917, was $1,075.40. 



HEADS AND HORNS MUSEUM. 



Mr. Henry D. Whitfield was appointed architect for the pro- 

 posed Heads and Horns Museum, and after prolonged studies, 

 preliminary plans for the building were adopted by the Com- 

 mittee. Upon the proclamation of war, however, it was decided 

 to postpone the construction of this building. A call was then 

 issued for the subscriptions, and most of them have been re- 

 ceived. They were immediately invested in Liberty Bonds. The 

 principal and accumulated income from this fund will be used for 

 the construction of the Museum as soon as building conditions be- 

 come normal. 



Cash balance on hand December 31, 1917, was $13,983.62. 



NEW PHEASANT AVIARY. 



Col. Anthony R. Kuser presented to the Society, the steel 

 work of a large pheasant aviary, in five sections. Two sections 

 have been erected together, making a cage thirty by forty feet, 

 for use as a flying cage for pheasants. This installation will be 

 located immediately north of the existing Pheasant Aviary, and 

 will contain a large collection of male golden and silver pheasants, 

 so that the contrast between the plumage of these two species may 

 be displayed to best advantage. The three remaining sections, 

 thirty by sixty feet, will be erected on the space north of the Wild 

 Fowl Pond, and will be devoted to an assemblage of breeding 

 egrets and spoonbills. Two subscriptions of $200 have been re- 

 ceived from Col. Anthony R. Kuser and Mr. Percy R. Pyne for 

 this purpose, and $600 additional will be needed. 



The balance in the Pheasant Aviary Fund on hand Decem- 

 ber 31, 1917, was $141.33. 



