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students and professors engaged in marine biological research. A 

 photographic room provides for the making of pictures of aquatic 

 animals. 



LIBRARY. A working library of about 700 volumes on ichthy- 

 ology, marine zoology, fisheries, and aquatic life in general. 



PUBLICATIONS. Annual reports and occasional bulletins, issued 

 as publications of the New York Zoological Society. The first volume 

 of a proposed New York Aquarium Nature Series has already appeared 

 under the title of "Sea-Shore Life," Mayer. 



ATTENDANCE. Open free to the public daily, April-October, 

 from 9 to 5; November-March, 10 to 4; closed on Monday forenoons 

 except to classes, and to members of the society. The attendance in 

 1909 was 3,803,501, with a daily average of 10,417. The attendance 

 for the past 13 years exceeds 25,500,000. 



NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Zoological Park. (Bronx 

 Park.) 



STAFF. Director and general curator, William T. Hornaday; 

 Chief clerk and disbursing officer, H. R. Mitchell ; Curator of reptiles 

 and assistant curator of mammals, Raymond L. Ditmars; Curator of 

 birds, C. William Beebe; Chief forester and constructor, H. W. Merkel; 

 Veterinarian, W. Reid Blair; Civil engineer, George M. Beerbower; 

 Photographer and assistant editor, Elwin R. Sanborn; Assistant to 

 chief clerk, William I. Mitchell. Permanent employees: General ad- 

 ministration, 19; Care of animal collections, 29; Maintenance and 

 repairs, 31 ; Care of grounds, 56. 



COLLECTIONS. Batrachians and reptiles, 1308 specimens, rep- 

 resenting 198 species; Birds, 2880 specimens, representing 665 species; 

 Mammals, 812 specimens, representing 254 species. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. The New York Zoological Society was in- 

 corporated in 1895 for the purpose of maintaining a public zoological 

 park for the preservation of native animals and for the promotion 

 of zoology. The final plan for the zoological park was approved 

 November 22, 1897, and the society assumed control of the grounds 

 July i, 1898. The first building was begun August n, 1898, and the 

 park was formally opened to the public November 9, 1899. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. A city appropriation for maintenance of 

 park and collections, amounting in 1910 to $167, 632, supplemented by 

 the income of the Zoological Society from memberships, amounting 

 in 1909 to $26,753. 



BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. Large animal buildings (all heated), 

 12; Small animal buildings (4 heated), 14; Large groups of outdoor 



