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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



INTERIOR VIEW LIF IlIE SMALI.M AMM AL Hi )l'SE, 



wall of a cage, and even the floor from a cage of 

 the upper series. In one minute, two, three or 

 four cages can be converted into one. There are 

 two tiers of these cages, one above another, and if 

 an animal requires a particularly high cage, or 

 one of extra length, it is easily arranged. In cleans- 

 ing the upper cages, all floors and partitions are 

 removed, and by this means they are disinfected 

 with far greater thoroughness and despatch than 

 could otherwise be accomphshed. 



The floors of the lower series are necessarily 

 fixed, and being so they are covered with lignolitli, 



and rendered jointless and impervious to moisture, 

 similar to the cage floors in the Primates' House. 

 For special reasons, the gathering of animals 

 for the Small-Mammal House has not been has- 

 tened. In order that the specimens exhibited 

 here should cover as wide a zoological range as may 

 be practicable, the species to be shown require to 

 be selected with much care. Already, however, 

 we have on hand a sufficient number to fill half the 

 building, and the remainder of the total exhibit 

 will rapidly accumulate. The component parts 

 (if this collection will be set forth later on. 



WILD-ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPHY 



THERE is no royal road to success in photo- 

 graphing wild animals. Every really good 

 negative stands for an untold amount of labor and 

 co-operation, and many failures. In animal pho- 

 tography, as in hunting with a gun, 



"All hits are history, 

 All misses, mystery." 



^ Until they try, the inexperienced believe that 

 the only requisites in animal photography are a 



kodak, and the freedom of a zoological garden or 

 park. They believe that if only permitted, they 

 can obtain good pictures from the walks, either 

 through the fences or between the bars. Those 

 who have tried it exhaustively know that good 

 pictures cannot be obtained by such off-hand 

 methods. 



To secure a good picture of a wild animal, the 

 creature must be made to pose! This means that 

 the corral or cage must be entered, bv the artist with 



