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the bears will be quartered in rock ledges and 

 caves. A flying aviary, 150 feet long, 75 feet 

 wide and 50 feet high, will enable the flamin- 

 gos, herons, ibis, and egrets to retain their 

 strength by the free use of their wings ; and 

 the monkeys will have an entire grove of trees 

 at their disposal — fenced in by a high wire 

 netting, to be sure, but still giving them free- 

 dom on a scale never before attempted. 



The first work of the Society will be to pre- 

 sent the larger North American mammals in 

 such a way that they can be studied by the 

 public, and still keep themselves in perfect 

 condition by exercise. After that the larger 

 buildings will be constructed, one after an- 

 other, until a zoological park shall be devel- 

 oped on strictly American lines. By this is 

 meant the absolute preservation of all desira- 

 ble natural features now existing, and the sub- 

 ordination of all structures and of landscape 

 treatment to the needs of the specimens, and 

 especially to the ranges of the larger animals. 



The largest Zoo in existence in Europe is 

 the Zoological Garden in Berlin — sixty acres 

 in extent, while the National Zoological Park 

 at Washington contains 168 acres, much of 



which, however, is unsuitable for collections, 



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