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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



MAIN HALL OF THE ANTELOPK HOUSE. 



antelopes now becoming so rare, has been 

 difficult to resist. But the futility of this desire 

 — until suitable quarters could be provided — 

 was so strongly exemplified by the perplexing 

 task encountered in the care of the few tropical 

 deer through the winter, that no other argument 

 for its abandonment was necessary. 



The new Antelope House stands on the highest 

 point of ground in the Park ; on the site of the 

 Lodge of the old Lydig Homestead, at the south- 

 ernmost boundary, midway between the Prong- 

 Horned Antelope Range and the BufFahi Range. 

 It commands a cliarming view of the Aquatic 

 Mammals' Pond in one direction, and the flat 

 meadows and Mountain Sheep Hill in the other ; 

 while directly north are the Reptile House and 

 the new Small Mammal and Ostrich Houses now 

 under construction. In fact, the widest general 

 view of the Park is obtained from this point and 

 on a bright spring morning it is a view long to be 

 remembered. A grove of honey locusts, maples 

 and elms yields a pleasant shade, so that at all 

 seasons the corrals will be protected alike from 

 the fierce summer sun and cold winds of winter ; 



and as the grounds slope gently in every direc- 

 tion, the heavy spring and autumn rains will flow 

 off so rapidly as to leave no dampness behind. 



GENERAL CHARACTER, 



Tlic building is of but one story, as are all 

 the other Park buildings, and the materials used 

 in its construction are buff -colored brick, gray 

 granite, Indiana limestone and terra cotta. 



Its general form is that of a huge ellipse. 

 From each of the long sides radiate spacious fan- 

 shaped enclosures, and so skilfully liave these 

 yards been planned that were the lines of the en- 

 closures continued, they could all be joined at 

 two points in the building's interior. The apex 

 of each of these yards, with the point cut off, 

 makes the interior quarters of each specimen. 

 There are twenty-four of these stalls, and of this 

 number four are 19x24 feet. 



The entire length of the building is 142 feet 

 and the width 78 feet. Including the yards and 

 walks these figures increase to 387 feet by 335 

 feet. The yards are macadamized, and a con- 

 crete coping surmounted by a heavy wrought 



