ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



ENTRANCE TO AQUARIUM AT HONOLULU. 



NEW AQUARIUMS. 



THE public aquarium is a rare institution in the 

 United States, and the opening of a new one 

 is a noteworthy event. A fine temporary aquarium 

 is now maintained at the St. Louis Exposition, 

 by the United States Fisheries Bureau. The 

 building was constructed especially for use as an 

 aquarium, and while not large, it is pronounced 

 one of the best architectual features of the E.xposi- 

 tion. Its collections are admirable. There are 

 thirty-five wall tanks, and a large central pool, 

 containing fishes from various parts of North 

 America. The food and game fishes are especially 

 well represented, and there are a number of tropical 

 forms, from the Bermuda Islands. 



This aquarium, like others maintained by the 

 United States Government at previous American 

 expositions, is always crowded with visitors. It 

 would be safe to say that at each of these great 

 fairs, the aquarium has been the most congested 

 spot, requiring special attendants to keep the 

 crouds moving. Aquariums are expensive institu- 

 tions to operate, and require the most careful man- 

 agement to make them successful, but there has 

 never been any doubt regarding their great popu- 

 larity with the masses. 



Undoubtedly, the world's best collection of tropi- 

 cal fishes is now to be seen in the new aquarium 

 at Honolulu. This institution was opened to the 

 public in March of the present year. Its thirty-six 

 exhibition tanks are devoted entirely to the bril- 

 liantly colored fishes of the coral reefs surrounding 

 Hawaii. Although Honolulu is not a large city, 

 the attendance of visitors averages about six thou- 

 sand a month, notwithstanding the admission fee 

 that is charged. At present the building contains 

 about five hundred specimens, representing over 

 one hundred species. A New Yorker who recently 

 visited this aquarium was greatly impressed vnth 

 the wonderful variety, both in color and form, of 

 the species exhibited there. 



The new Detroit Aquarium is located in Belle 

 Isle Park, and is a great dehght to the people of the 

 citv. It has forty-four tanks, most of which are 

 already stocked. 



Information has just been received to the effect 

 that the heirs of the late Lloyd Tevis propose to 

 erect a great aquarium in Golden Gate Park, San 

 Francisco, at a cost of $4,000,000, and that an 

 architect is now preparing plans. As the ideal 

 aquarium has not yet been built, it would seem 



