TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL RKI'ORT 69 



The war's stagnation of the wild animal market led to a 

 universal drop in our exhibits. From 1916 to July, 1920, it was 

 a steady fight against empty cages and corrals. 



However, thanks to the ripening of seed sown in previous 

 years, the year 1920 brought an incoming tide of specimens that 

 has filled some of our Zoological Park collection units full to the 

 point of actual overflow. On account of the new accessions, the 

 collections that we sent to Antwerp, London, Pretoria and 

 Johannesburg, in 1919 and 1920, have not been missed. 



Today our Park is well dotted over with the cheerful scarlet 

 label which says "Recent Accession." 



During 1920, there were three great arrivals. Curator 

 Crandall started the inflow in July, with the collection of about 

 500 birds, mammals and reptiles that he worked hard to gather 

 in England and on the continent. No sooner was that lot safely 

 stowed away and the wreckage cleared than the Chinese Prince 

 floated in from South Africa, having on her forward deck Mr. 

 A. K. Haagner and an amazing collection of African antelopes, 

 small mammals and birds and reptiles both great and small. 

 There were ninety-six cages and crates — and the giraffe house 

 merely counted "one." 



And then came the steamer Belle Buckle, directly from 

 Sydney, Australia, via the Panama Canal, bearing Ellis S. Joseph, 

 most amazing of zoological collectors, with a collection of Aus- 

 tralian birds and mammals of staggering proportions. 



ANIMALS FOR THE FUTURE. 



We are now reaching out into distant lands for certain large 

 and highly desirable species of animals, some of which we never 

 have possessed, and some that are desired to take the places of 

 others that have lived and died in our possession. It is unneces- 

 sary to state our precise ambitions, but if some of our cherished 

 plans prove successful, the year 1921 will be marked by some 

 distinguished arrivals. 



MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER INSTALLATIONS. 



The great number of buildings, of proportions great, medium 

 and small, of large dens and aviaries, of fenced enclosures, of 



