THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



heron occupy this enclosure, but the more delicate species 

 occupy the Ostrich House and its yards. West of the Crane 

 Paddock, two outdoor bird cages house gyrfalcons, and op- 

 posite these is a perch for the gaudy and noisy macaws. 



The Goose Aviary (3 on map) is a long pond with three 

 islands, on which latter are breeding houses for the birds. 

 American flamingoes, Chilean skua, African spur-winged 

 goose, red-breasted merganser, herring gull, white stork and 

 other interesting species share this Aviary, and on Cope 

 Lake to the north are the swans and Canada geese. 



The northwest corner of the Park is devoted to the deer 

 of Asia, which continent is richer than any other in species 

 of deer. On the hill to the west of this area the herds of 

 Indian sambar, Malay sambar, Indian thameng and beauti- 

 ful barasingha deer have their ranges, faced on the south 

 by the Colombian black-tailed species. 



The Japanese sika deer occupy a slope to the east; the 

 Indian axis deer, the most beautiful of all tropical deer, and 

 the hog-deer of India share the Axis Deer House above, 

 and the ranges of the fallow deer, a native of Africa but 

 acclimatized in Europe, and the Axis Deer Range bring 

 the visitor to the northwest or Fordham entrance of the 

 Park. 



From here it is possible to walk or take a surface car 

 half a mile to the Fordham station of the elevated railroad, 

 which connects with the subway at 149th Street; or, one 

 may return through the Park to the Boston Road entrance 

 and take the subway at 180th Street. 



176 



