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different corners of the tanks, and there are indi- 

 cations that some of the tropical species, which had 

 undoubtedly lost color in the white tanks, are re- 

 gaining their natural brilliancy in their new sur- 

 roundings. 



The treatment of the fresh-water tanks, where it 

 is desirable to represent in some form the banks of 

 streams, is much more difficult, but cement is a plastic 

 material, and backgrounds can be constructed that 

 will be vastly more satisfying to the eye than mere 

 tiled walls. 



The Bird House, for perchmg birds, will prdliably 

 be undertaken during the summer, and coni]ikted 

 within a year. 



* * * 



The Ostrich House contract will be awarded dur- 

 ing the coming summer, and the building should be 

 completed early in the spring of 1904. This structure 

 is 166 by 32 feet, and will contain fourteen interior 

 cages, each 10 by 11 feet, connecting w^ith outside 

 yards. 



The small Mammal House, designed for small 

 mammals of all kinds, up to the size of a large kan- 

 garoo, will be erected simultaneously with the 

 Ostrich House, and will occupy the site of the temp- 

 orary building which now stands near the Burrow- 

 ing Rodents' Quarters. This building is 150 feet 

 long, by 42 feet wide, and contains a line of cages 

 along each side, both outside and in. It will contain 

 104 cages, and each interior cage will have a corre- 

 sponding cage in the open air. 



RECEXT .\RK1\ALS 



.M-\.\I.\I.\LS 



One Green Monkey, i White-faced Sapajou. i 

 White-throated Sapajou, 2 Mandrills, 2 Lynx, I Black 

 Bear, 5 Red Fo.xes, 2 Raccoons, i Red Coati-Mundi, 

 I Water Buck, 2 Olympian Elk, 2 Crawshay's Zebras, 



3 Musk Rats, l Olive Agouti, l Red Squirrel, i (Iray 

 Squirrel, I Kangaroo Rat, I Road Rat, 3 White- 

 tooted Mice. 



BIRDS 



Six Florida Cormorants, i Brown-headed Gull, i 

 Herring Gull, i Ring-billed Gull, Black Ducks, 2 

 Java tree Ducks, 7 Red-head Ducks. 3 Blue-winged 

 Teal, 2 White-fronted Geese, 8 Brant Geese, 4 Pin- 

 tailed Ducks, 4 Green-winged Teal, 8 Flamingoes, 

 I Crested Screamer, Purple Gallinule, Florida Gal- 

 liiiule, 5 Sultana Gallinule. 2 Black-black Gallinule, 



Great Blue Herons, 10 American Egrets, 8 Little 

 Blue Herons, 3 Louisiana Herons, 2 White Storks, 



1 English Pheasant, 2 Peacocks, i Peahen, 3 Bald 

 l-Iagles. I Red-tailed Hawk, I Broad-winged Hawk, 



4 Red-shouldered Hawks, 5 Sparrow Hawks. I Great- 

 horned Owl, 2 Barn Owls, I Gray Screech Owl, I 

 Screech Owl, I Golden Crowned Parrakeet, i Green 

 Cheeked Amazon Parrot. 2 Le A'aillant's Amazon 

 Parrots, 2 Cockateels, i Blossom-headed Parrakeet, 



2 Large-billed Tyrant Fly-catchers, 2 Western 

 Meadow Larks, i Indigo Bunting, i Purple Finch, i 

 English Song Thrush, 2 Black-headed Caiques. 



Four Alligators, i Star Tortoise, 12 Painted Tur- 

 tles, 8 Spotted Turtles. 2 Musk Turtles, i Texas 

 Rattlesnake, 11 Banded Rattlesnakes. 2 Ground Rat- 

 tlesnakes. 2 Cobra-de-Capellos, 5 Coral Snakes, 3 

 Chicken Snakes. 2 Green Snakes, 200 Garter Snakes, 

 1 Mud Puppy, 4 Red-bellied Salamanders, 3 Spotted 

 Salamanders. 



BIRTHS 

 M.AM.M.\I,S 

 Eighty-two animals have been born in the Park 

 since the beginning of the present year. This shows 

 a considerable increase over the total number of 

 births during 1902. which numbered forty-two ani- 

 mals. The following is a list of the animals born 

 in 1903: One Long-armed Baboon. 3 Leopards, 4 

 Lions, I Russian Bear, 8 Timber Wolves, 8 Coyotes, 

 5 Mearn's Coyotes, I Horse-tailed Deer, 2 Florida 

 White-tailed t)eer. 7 Fallow Deer, I Red Deer, 2 

 Prong-horned Antelope, 2 Punjab Wild Sheep, 2 

 Aoudad. i Mouflon, about 30 Prairie Dogs, 10 Coypu 

 Rats, I Mongoos Lemur. 



GIFTS TO THE AQUARIUM 



SPECIMENS 



Twenty-six Goldfish. Green Turtle. I Tortoise, I 

 Painted and i Wood Turtle. I Diamond-back Terra- 

 pin. 3 small Alligators. 16 Salamanders, and a num- 

 ber of specimens of Salamanders and Bullfrogs from 

 different sources. 



BOOKS 



New York State Fish Commission : Reports for 

 1898 and 1900. New Jersey Fish and Game Com- 

 mission: Reports for 1901 and 1902. Massachusetts 

 Fish Commission : Reports from 1869 to 1902. Cali- 

 fornia State Fish Commission : Reports 1891-2. 1899- 

 1900. 1901-02. and 2 miscellaneous papers. Director 

 of the .\quarium. Amsterdam : Copy of the "Feest- 

 nummer" (50th anniversary vol. Amsterdam Zoologi- 

 cal Society). 



