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the large colored map was revised to embody the changes made 

 on the easterly side in the boundary line and the abutting prop- 

 erty by the Public Service Commission, in the erection of the 

 Interborough Rapid Transit Railroad. 



Owing to the suspension of building operations on account 

 of the war, there seemed to be little work for the engineer, and 

 accordingly he accepted temporary employment with the Public 

 Service Commission from the end of the year. 



DEPARTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND PUBLICATION. 

 Elwln R. Sanborn, Piditor and Phot()gra))luT; Anna Newman, Assistant. 



Photography. — The work accomplished in 1917, included a 

 complete series of the kangaroos and wallabies, including the 

 rufous-necked, black-faced, Parry, Woodward kangaroo and the 

 interesting West Australian rat kangaroo; the ring-tailed wal- 

 laby, short-tailed wallaby, brush-tailed wallaby, several females 

 of different kangaroo species with young in the pouches. Pho- 

 tographs were made of the phalanger, bandicoot, immature eland 

 and Grant zebra. An extensive series of pictures was made of 

 pheasants, herons, geese, egrets, emus and ostriches, illustrating 

 some of their characteristic habits. 



A series of the wild equines was made for Prof. Osborn ; 

 and details of the flag raising ceremony. Members' Day, manoeu- 

 vers of Company A of the Park Guards, and the Red Cross 

 Workers at the Lion House. 



A number of negatives were made for a manufacturer and 

 an advertising company, and special prints were made for the 

 Country Geyitleman, Literary Digest, Cosmopolitan, Everybody's 

 Magazine and other publications. 



A lecture, illustrated with slides and motion pictures, v/as 

 given at the Colony Club ; and the same pictures, and a collection 

 of slides — never before exhibited — depicting the life of the gray 

 squirrel, were loaned to the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, for use in their lecture hall. 



The supply of materials for photographic work still is un- 

 certain and erratic. Nevertheless, there has been satisfactory 

 progress in the production of American substitutes for foreign 



