ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



ZOOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY BULLETIN 



Edited by t/te Director. 



Published at the Office of the Society, u Wall St., Ne-m York City. 



Copyright, Iqoj, by the Ne^v Vork Zoological Society. 



No. 10. JULY, 1903. 



Subscription pnce, 50 cents for four numbers, in advance. 



Single numbers, 15 cents. 



JSIaiUd free to Members. 



©ffitcrs of tbr ^otirtp. 



prrsi&nit : 



HUN. Ll;\ I r. MOKTuN. 



4E;:ccuti»c Committee: 



Ch.^RLES T. B.\RNEV, Chairman, 



Henry FAtRFiELD Osborn, Madison Grant, 



John S. Barnes, William White Niles, 



Philip Schiyler, Sajilel Thorne, 



Levi P. Morton, cc-officio. 



General «0fficcts : 



Secretary, Madison Grant, 11 Wall Street, 



Treasitrer, Percy R. Pvne, 52 Wall Street, 



Director, William T. Hornadav, Zoological Park, 



Director 0/ tlte Aqiuiriiim, Charles H. Townsend, B.^tterv Park. 



■SSoarb of jEanaocts : 



EX-OFFICIO, 

 The Mayor 0/ the City 0/ .W-.u York. Hon. Seth Low, 

 The President 0/ the Deft 0/ Parks. Hon. William R. Willcox. 



Cias? of 1904. <riasi8 of 1905. da?f of t906. 



F. Augustus Schermerhoi 

 A. Newbold Morris. 

 Charles E. Whitehead. 

 Percy R. Pyne. 

 George B. Grinnell, 

 .lacob H. SchilT. 

 Edward .T. Berwind. 



Henr5- F. Osborn. 

 Henry W. Poor. 

 Charles T. Barney. 

 William C. Church. 

 Lispenard Stewart. 

 Joseph Stickney. 



Hugli D. Auchinclo^s, 

 Charles F. Dieterich, 



George F. Baker. 



Levi P. Morton, 

 Andrew Carnegie, 

 Morris K. Jesup. 

 John L- Cadwalader, 

 Philip Schuyler. 

 . John S. Barnes. 

 Madison Grant, 

 ^Villlam XVhite Niles. 

 Samuel Thorne. 

 Henry A. C. Taylor. 

 Hugh J. Chisholra. 

 Wm. D. Sloane. 



THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 

 Hitherto the energies of the Xew York 

 Zoological Society have been directed toward 

 the establishment and equipment of the 

 Zoological Park ; but the time has now ar- 

 rived for the consideration of the interests 

 of its own members. 



Thus far the members of the Society have 

 devoted large sums of money, in the neigh- 

 borhood of three hundred thousand dollars, 

 to Zoological Park buildings and collections, 

 and the demand for animals will be contin- 

 uous. A collection of living animals is, in 

 the nature of things, but transient, and the 

 supply must be kept up. At the same time, 

 the members of the Society who so gen- 

 erouslv bear the burdens, are entitled to 

 more consideration than they have thus far 

 received. It is in order to do justice to the 



members themselves that the Executive 

 Committee is anxious for the proposed Ad- 

 ministrative Building. 



At present the privileges of membership 

 consist chiefly in free admission on pay days to 

 the Zoological Park, and on closed forenoons 

 at the Aquarium, and the receipt of the va- 

 rious publications and reports. Naturally, 

 the puljlications will, as time goes bv, in- 

 crease in value and general desirability, but 

 the Executive Committee desires to take at 

 once a step of commanding importance to 

 every member of the Society. 



The object in view is the erection of a 

 handsome and spacious structure, to be 

 known as the Administration Building, and 

 to be used as the scientific, literary, and ar- 

 tistic headquarters of the Society in the Zo- 

 ological Park. At present, aside from the 

 small office of the Director, in tiie very com- 

 bustible Service Building, the Society has 

 absolutely no abiding place in the Park. 

 There is no proper meeting-place for the of- 

 ficers, nor for members; no fire-proof quar- 

 ters for the first-class zoological library which 

 the Society must have, nor for the ani- 

 mal paintings and sculptures which it intends 

 to collect. It is the purpose of the Society 

 to acquire in the course of time a series of 

 heads and antlers of the important game ani- 

 mals, and these will be placed ini exhibition 

 in this building. 



Private parlors will be provided for the 

 families of members, and the meeting-room 

 for the members themselves will be furnished 

 with the various magazines and papers treat- 

 ing of subjects allied to the work of the So- 

 ciety. 



This proposed building will cost between 

 $50,000 and $60,000, and will be located to 

 the northwest of the old workshops, which 

 must be removed to make room for it. 



It is to be hoped that the members will 

 appreciate these privileges and will aid the 



