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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



ZOOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY BULLETIN 



EDITED BY THE DIRECTOR 



Elwin R. Sanborn, Asst. Editor. 



PuMishcii nt the Office of the Society, a Wall St., New Yoric City. 



Copyright, IQO^, by the Nem York Zoological Society. 



No. I p. OCTOBER, iqqS- 



Subscription price, 50 cents for four numbers. 



Single numbers, I 5 cents. 



MAILED FREE TO MEMBERS. 



©ffitrre of tbt ^ocictp. 



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<E):ecuti\3c Committee : 



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Henry Faikfield 

 John S. Barnes, 

 Philip Schuyler, 



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Madison Grant, 

 Wii LiAM White Niles, 

 SaMI'EL Thorne, 

 n P. Morton, e.r-officio. 



iJBcnetal <©fficct« : 



Secretary, Madison Grant, 11 Wall Sirert. 



Treasurer, Percy R. Pvne, 52 Wall Street. 



Director. William T. Hoknada\-, Zoulogkal Park. 



Director 0/ the .Aquariuiti, Charles H. Townsenu. Battery Park. 



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EX-OFFICIO. 

 The Mayor of the City of Netu York, Hon. George B. McCi.ellan. 

 The President of tite Dep't of Parks. Hon. John J. Pallas. 



"AS OTHERS SEE US." 



[EdiloHal article in the Brooklyn Standard-Union, July 14.] 



THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK 

 The completion of the Manhattan subway from 

 the Battery to West Farms, within two short blocks 

 of the Zoological Park, adds interest to the annual 

 report of the New York Zoological Society, ad- 

 ministrator of the finances and operations of the 

 park. As a rather interesting coincidence, too, 

 the opening of the Bronx and Battery extensions 

 of the subway brings into close physical touch the 

 two hitherto distant "plants" of the Society, that 

 of the land in the Bronx and that of the water in the 

 Aquarium at the Battery, so that by a transfer from 

 one to the other in forty minutes both may V)e 

 visited and thoroughly inspected during a single 

 afternoon. 



The ninth report, Hke tlinse which have preceded 



it, is a handsome volume of more than two hun- 

 dred and fifty pages, finer in the quality of its 

 material and workmanship than any other public 

 document, the excellence of its illustrations being 

 particularly noticeable. A carefully detailed state- 

 ment of ail the transactions of the Society, financial, 

 physical and scientific, is presented, together with 

 valuable monographs by Directors Hornaday of the 

 park and Townsend of the Aquarium; Secretary 

 Grant of the Society, and Curators Ditmars of 

 reptiles and Beebe of birds of the park, while 

 Messrs. Brooks and Blair of the medical staff dis- 

 cuss cage paralysis in primates, one of the most 

 serious obstacles to the maintenance of large ani- 

 mals in captivity. 



The report shows a healthy condition and nor- 

 mal growth in all departments, a great increase in 

 public patronage, which is certain to be again en- 

 larged by the improved transportation facilities 

 and positive results already attained, which entitle 

 the park and its collections to rank among the very 

 best in the world. The wisdom of the allotment 

 of that portion of the Bronx Park to the illustration 

 of the life and habits of captive animals is every 

 vear becoming more apparent, and one of the very 

 best proofs is the steadily decreasing mortahty 

 among the collections; increase in health and vigor, 

 and improvement in conditions, which prove the 

 merit of the environment and the administration, 

 and commend the work as one of the most valuable 

 of the higher educational faciUties of the city. The 

 taxpayers, who share in the support as well as the 

 direct contributors, may abundantly satisfy them- 

 selves from the report, or by personal inspection, 

 of the wisdom with which their money is expended, 

 and that scientific ability and progressive spirit 

 go hand-in-hand in obtaining for the people of New 

 York the best in comparative zoology. 



The Society is already known in the markets of 

 the world as an exact and appreciative purchaser, 

 ready at all times to get the best, but insistent upon 

 full and real value for its money, as recent acquisi- 

 tiiin.--, not vet jiuljlicly announced, will prove. 



AGAIN THE AUTOM.ATIC GUN 



In spite of many protests, the Winchester Arms 

 Company has put on the market the deadly auto- 

 matic gun previously noticed in the Bulletin. 



There is no excuse for those who make, sell, or 



