THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



At the right of the path by the Musk-ox Enclosure, the 

 visitor will observe a large pond extending northward. This 

 is the Wild Fowl Pond, where the ducks and geese breed 

 in the grass and underbrush on the east bank and bring 

 their broods to the water when hatched. Here, besides the 

 mallard, pintail, gadwall, rosy-billed duck, black duck, 

 lesser scaup duck and other ducks of America, may be seen 

 the paradise sheldrake of Australia, the ruddy sheldrake of 

 the Mediterranean, the Chinese mandarin duck and others. 

 The geese include the snow goose, Cereopsis goose and 

 barnacle goose. 



An old fable, still believed by many European peasants, 

 especially in Ireland, is that the barnacle or bernicle goose 

 is born from the stalked barnacles that adhere to driftwood 

 on the sea coast, and circumstantial accounts have been 

 given of the young developing in and escaping from the 

 barnacle shells. The name "bernicle," like brant, refers 

 to the burnt or black color of the birds, but the barnacles 

 were really named after the bird, not the bird after the 

 crustacean. 



The Pheasant Aviary (40 on map) faces the Wild Fowl 

 Pond at its southern end. In this building and its runways 

 is housed one of the finest collections of true pheasants in 

 the world. 



Each species has for use at all times an open yard, a 

 storm shelter and a closed room with a large window, and 

 owing to the shy and retiring habits of some of the birds 

 it may be necessary to visit the aviary more than once in 



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