ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



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Harlequin Toads. One speeies represented is 

 bright Vermillion with bright blue limbs. An- 

 other is marbled with green and black. All 

 are small and look much like the enameled ob- 

 jects tliat are prepared to be attached to jew- 

 elry. This is possibly the first time that crea- 

 tures of these species have ever been exhibited 

 alive. There are several frogs in Mr. Cran- 

 dall's collection that so far have defied identifi- 

 cation. These may prove to be species that 

 are new to science. 



New Anaconda. — We have received from 

 Mr. R. R. Mole, at Port of Spain. Trinidad. 

 B. W. I., an exceptionally large and fine ana- 

 conda. This is the great water boa of the 

 American tropics. Our specimen is about sev- 

 enteen feet long. Of late we have heard a 

 number of sensational tales about anacondas 

 that measured forty to fifty feet in lengtli and 

 have communicated with Mr. Mole about the 

 possibility of the existence of such monsters. 

 He writes us that the largest anaconda that he 

 has ever observed in his collecting trips was 

 about twenty feet in length. He very much 

 doubts that this species of snake grows much 



larger. The largest anaconda ever exhibited 

 at the Park was nineteen feet long and became 

 the mother of seventy-five young, showing this 

 specimen to be quite mature. 



Our Walrus. — The Atlantic walrus on ex- 

 hibition here for the past four years has now 

 attained a weight of over 500 pounds. Upon 

 his arrival this animal weighed H9 pounds. 

 This is possibly the most expensive animal that 

 we have on exhibition. Figuring tiie cost of 

 this creature's feed for a day — forty pounds 

 of clam-meat — the labor of preparing the feed, 

 the frequent labor of cleaning its tank and sea 

 salt which is added to the water to produce an 

 ocean density, the cost of keeping the walrus is 

 equivalent to that of feeding two large ele- 

 phants. During the past few months, the tusks 

 of the walrus have been rapidly growing and 

 are now about four inches long. Previously it 

 was possible to maintain a partition fence be- 

 tween the walrus and the sea lions that con- 

 sisted of cliain mesh. Now the animal has 

 shown a frequent habit of sticking its tusks 

 in the netting and tearing it down. It has made 

 se\'eral excursions into the sea lions' enclosure 



