ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



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or Harbary Wild Sheep; 2 Sambar 1 )eer ; i I'ekin SIka 

 Deer ; I Chinese Water Deer ; I Anoa ; I Elk Fawn ; 2 

 Collared Peccaries; 3 Prevost's Squirrels; 2 Agouti; 4 

 Hutia. 



HiRUS. 



Gifts. — 40 young native birds, comprising Tanagcrs, 

 Kingfishers, hluc Jays, Hlackbirds, Thrushes, etc., col- 

 lected by the iiird Department ; I Crossbill, i Horned 

 Owl, C. W. Adams; I White-fronted Amazon I'arrot, 

 Mrs. L. K. Palmer; 2 Tovi I'arrakeets, Mrs. I.. 1 1. Ilurd; 

 1 Orange-winged Amazon I'arrot, Miss M. Schrader ; 4 

 Western Red-tailed Hawks, Charles Sheldon ; 2 Ked- 

 shouldered Hawks, E. MeyenVierg; 2 Handed Eruit 

 Pigeons, Mason Mitchell ; I Crested Curassow, i Cuan, 

 Homer Davenport; 2 young Herring Gulls, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Frederick Longfellow. 



/'wrrAn.fc'j. —15 African Weaver Birds, comprising Cut- 

 throats, Zebras and Waxbills ; 2 Paradise Widow liirds ; 

 4 Bobolinks ; i Troupial ; 5 young Ravens ; i Lemon- 

 crested Cockatoo ; I pair of .Mongolian Pheasants ; 2 

 Chinese Painted Quail ; 2 Cierman Quail ; i W"hooping 

 Crane ; 4 Demoiselle Cr.ines ; 3 Great Blue Herons ; 10 

 Louisiana Herons; 2 Vellow-crowned Night Herons; 3 

 White Ibises ; 4 Roseate Spoonbills. 



Ri- rrii.Ks. 



Gifts. — 2 Cuban Crocodiles, Capt. .\. G. Hammond; i 

 Alligator, Dr. J. V. Lauderdale, Jr. ; I Musk and 2 Snap- 

 ping Turtles, Masters Tony and Otto Dem])ewolf; i l.nrge 

 West Indian Iguana, .\. Van Winkle; 21 spec. Skinks, 

 Newts and Swifts, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tunison; 2 

 Banded Rattlesnakes, 2 Copperheads, Buffalo Park Com- 

 missioners ; I Texas Rattlesnake, i .Marcy's Garter .Snake, 

 I Texas Hog-nosed Snake and 10 Horned Toads, Phil.t- 

 delphia Zoological Garden ; i Gila Monster, I Banded 

 Rattlesnake, Dr. G. Langmann ; 5 Texas Rattlesnakes 

 with 13 young, and 8 other specimens of various kinds, E. 

 Meyenberg ; i Cane-brake Rattlesnake, Emmet G. Charl- 

 ton ; 183 specimens, comprising 10 species of our common 

 snakes; 3g Newts, Miss Eugenie A. Kruesi; collection of 

 Salamanders and Terrarium, August Hitzel. 



Purchases. — 5 Galapagos Tortoises, comprising 3 

 species; I .-Mligator Terrapin, weighing too lbs. ; I large 

 Abyssinian Tortoise ; 2 Nubian Tortoises ; 10 Texas 

 Swifts; 10 Horned Toads ; 1 large Monitor; 27 speci- 

 mens from North Carolina, comprising W.iter Snakes, 

 Corn Snakes, etc. ; I Giant Salamander. 



THE R.^CCOON TREE. 



A permanent installation for Raccoons has 

 been established near the southern end of the 

 Rear Dens, where its inmates will be near 

 their plantigrade relatives. At the foot of the 

 steps leading down from the Rocking Stone, 

 a thrifty cedar-tree, forty feet in height, has 

 been enclosed by an ellijitical iron fence pro- 

 vided with a sheet-metal overhang which is 

 not negotiable by any Procyon. Inside the 

 fence is a dry yard, a pool of water for all 

 purposes, and the tnuik of the tree is sur- 

 rounded by a rustic shelter house, divided into 

 ten warm and dry compartments. Underneath 

 the house is a clean and smooth wooden floor, 

 on which the food is served. 



The smooth, horizontal limbs of a cedar- 

 tree are grateful and comforting to a dozing 



raccoon, and the tree is not so high that the 

 animals can climb beyond the visual power of 

 the visitor. By a wise provision of Nature, 

 three- fourths of the green branches of this 

 particular tree arc on the western side, where 

 they form a welcome wind-break in winter 

 and sun-shade in summer. 



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 icnlly enclosed i 



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r the Bear I >cns. 



GENERAL INFORMATION. 



Admission. — On all holidays and on Sunday, Tuesday, 

 Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, admission to the Zoo- 

 logical Park is free. 



On every Monday and Thursday, save when either of 

 those days falls on a holiday, only members of the Society, 

 and persons holding tickets from the Society, are admitted 

 free. -■Ml others pay twenty-five cents for each adult, and 

 fifteen cents for each child under twelve years of age. 

 Tickets are sold only at the entrances. 



Oi>ENi.\G AM) Closing. — From May ist to November 

 1st, the entrance-gates will be opened at 9 a.m. and closed 

 h.ilf .an hour before sunset. F'rom November Ist to May 

 I St the gates will open at 10 A. M. 



Hlcvci.KS must be checked at the entrances (five cents). 

 .Ml wheels not called for half an hour before sunset will be 

 locked up until the following day. 



Rl'.STAl'RAN I. — .Vt the Rocking Stone Restaurant meals 

 .are .served a la carte every d.ay from 10 a.m. to the closing 

 hour. 



In the North Pavilion of this building is a spacious lunch 

 counter, where .all kinds of luncheon food are served at 

 popular prices. 



The Reptile House Lunch Room has been closed. 



