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ZOOLOGICAL 



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SOCIETY BULLETIN 



No. iS Priii.isHKi) in' THK Nkw York Zooi-ogicai. Society Jk!^', '9^5 



THE NEW BIRD HOUSE. 



By C. WILLIAM HLEBE, 



CL'RATOR OK BIRDS. 



THE new Hird House in the Zoolo-jical Tark 

 will be opened to the ])ublic on July ist. 

 From an aesthetic and utilitarian point of view, 

 there is no doubt that it excels most other Ijuildings 

 of its kind in the world. The most necessary re- 

 quirements for the successful kee])inj; of birds are 



fresh air, light and plenty of room, and in the plan- 

 ning of this building, these desiderata were never 

 out of mind. 



The building consists of two large e.xhibition 

 halls, built in the shape of an L,one of which, the 

 parrot room, measures sixty-five feet long by fifty 



THE NEW BIRD HOUSE FROM THE SOUTHEAST. 

 The Glass Court, soon to be constructed, will till the unoccupied an^'le 



