ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BLLLL'IIN 



Executive Committee 1)\- sccuriiiij additional 

 members. Xo less than three thousand mem- 

 bers are needed, and while our present num- 

 bers compare favorably with similar societies 

 in this city, they are greatly below those of 

 European cities. 



The suhscri])tion of ten dollars a year is 

 not a serious matter to man\' residents of this 

 City, and each of the present members could 

 easily obtain for us one or two new members. 

 With a membership of three thousand, and 

 an income of thirty thousand dollars derived 

 from it, the Society would be in a position 

 not only to furnish animals, which are now 

 provided by ])rivate munificence, but to ex- 

 tend its work in protecting the rapidly van- 

 ishing fauna of .\merica, both mammal and 

 bird. Scientific publications couUl be issued 

 and the usefulness of the Society enlarged in 

 every direction. The Society is just entering 

 on this phase of its work and with the ap- 

 proaching completion of tlie Park it will be 

 at liberty to develop new lines of usefulness. 



It is scarcely necessary to add that while 

 every member of the Society can greatly 

 assist its work by providing at least one 

 new member, many of the members are 

 in a position to make additional subscrip- 

 tions to special purposes, such as its Admin- 

 istration Building. One of the memliers of 

 the Board of ^fanagers has already sub- 

 scribed five thousand dollars, and the Execu- 

 tive Committee will be glad to receive fur- 

 ther subscriptions of a like or less amount, 

 l-'or two years, no call for subscriptions for 

 buildings has been made, but the Administra- 

 tion Building is a structure which mu;t be 

 provided at once. .\r. g. 



THE .ANTELOPE HOUSE 



The comjilction of the Antelope House 

 draws near: and the outloc)k at this date as- 



sures a building which, with its collection, 

 will constitute one of the finest features in 

 the Park. In the next issue of the Bulletin 

 it will be fully described and illustrated. It 

 is no exaggeration to say that both the build- 

 ing and the grounds surroimding it are de- 

 veloping even more satisfactorily than was 

 antici])ated. The earth filling that has been 

 done around the northern end of the building 

 has added much to the impressivencss of the 

 structure. It is like a city set upon a hill, 

 that cannot be hid ; and from every point of 

 view the effect is pleasing. 



The planning of the open-air yards and 

 fences, to suit the animals, the building, and 

 the grounds, has been a task which has taxed 

 the ingenuity of the Director and the En- 

 gineer to the utiuost. The difficulties to be 

 surmounted were unusually numerous, and 

 every point demanded careful study. Three 

 kinds of metal fences and three kinds of 

 gates were recjuired, and each had to be 

 specially designed. To confine elephants, 

 elands, long-horned antelopes, zebras, and 

 tropical bovines. and also to kce]) them from 

 fighting through their fences, without mak- 

 ing the fences as heavy and formidable as 

 they soiuetimes are made for such creatures, 

 was, to say the least, no easy task. 



A contract for the fences and gates, of 

 wrought iron and wire, was awarded on May 

 28th, to the Page \\'oven Wire Fence Com- 

 pany, for the sum of $8,713.00, with a time- 

 limit of ninety working days. We are assured 

 that within three months from the signing of 

 the ])apcrs, the yards will be ready to receive 

 the animals. 



For some months past the Society has 

 been seeking far and w ide for the species of 

 hoofed and horned animals specially desired 

 for the Antelope House collection. A few- 

 have already arrived. Others are in Europe 

 awaiting shipment, and others are on the way 

 from the interior of Africa. By the time the 

 building and its yards have been completed, 

 the collection will be ready. 



The total cost of the initial series of ani- 

 mals for this collection w^ill be about $15,- 

 000.00. Elsewhere in this issue appears a 

 notice of the Zebras, which, with other 

 equities, will be exhibited in the Antelope 

 House until a special installation for zebras 

 and wild horses has been prepared. In the 

 procuring of such rare species as the Eland, 

 Sable Antelope, Roan Antelope and a few 

 others, time is a factor that cannot be ig- 

 nored, and the best we can do is to procure 

 them as soon as the difficulties in each rase 

 will permit. 



