ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



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Birds 

 C. William Beebe. 

 Lee S. Crandall. 



AQuarium 



C. H. TOWNSKND. 

 Kaymond C. OSBl' 



Published bi-monthly at the Office of the Society, 

 U Wall Street, New York City. 



Yearly by Mail, $1.00. 



MAILED FREE TO MEMBERS. 



Copyright. 191U. bv the New York Zoological Sorietv- 



Each author is responsible for the scientific accuracy 



and the proofreading of his contribution. 



Elwin R. Sanborn. 



Editor and Official I'liotoKraphcr 



Vol. XVII. No. 5 



SEPTEMBER, 1911 



THE WAR AND THE ZOOLOGICAL 

 GARDENS. 



Close beliind the great horrors of death and 

 destruction that accompany the fearful war now 

 raging in Europe, there speedily will come into 

 view a long train of post-conflict consequences 

 adverse to the interests of mankind. Not the 

 least of these will be the results to the now 

 rich and beautiful zoological gardens of Eng- 

 land and Continental Europe. 



Even in the crises of war, it is the way of 

 civilized nations to spare the national treasure- 

 houses of art, science and literature. In 1871 

 the Germans left the museums, art galleries 

 and libraries of Paris quite untouched. 



Inanimate collections can go through war's 

 alarms unharmed: but every zoological garden 

 within this war's sphere of influence is bound 

 to suffer severely. During the siege of Paris, 

 the large animals of the Jardin des Plantes had 

 to be killed and eaten, — partly because there 

 was no food with which to sustain them. 



While our hearts are torn asunder by the 

 thought of good friends in Germany, France. 

 Belgium and England now arrayed in battle, 

 or rushing to battle, we also dread and fear the 

 evils that are bound to come to many of the 

 zoological gardens involved. To thera the first 

 shock will come in a rise in the price of food; 

 and that swiftly will be followed by great short- 

 ages in the daily su])ply. Already the Euro- 

 pean wild-animal market is dead and gone, and 

 the gorilla that Mr. R. L, Garner landed in 

 New York on August 2i, via Rotterdam, is 

 probably the last wild animal that will come 

 from Europe during 191 k 



The closeness of our relations with the de- 

 fenders of wild life and the zoological gardens 

 of England, France, Germany, Belgium and 



Holland bring the horrors of war closely home 

 to us. \\'hichever side wins, we will be sorry for 

 those who have lost. When the awful conflict 

 is over, it will be our duty to see what we can 

 do to help heal the wounds of the zoological 

 gardens that have suffered most by the world- 

 wide calamity. 



W. T. H. 



PENSION PLAN. 



The rules and regulations governing the es- 

 tablishment, administration and disbursement 

 of the Pension Fund Income Account of the 

 New York Zoological Society were adopted by 

 tiie Executive Committee on April 24, 1914, 

 amended on July 8, 1914, and went into effect 

 August 1, 1914.' The $100,000 received from 

 Mr. Carnegie has been invested by the Treas- 

 urer in first class securities. The members of 

 the Pension Board in charge of the fund are: 



OFFICERS. 

 George Crawford Clark, Chairman, 

 Percy R. Pyne, Treasurer, 

 Hermann W. Merkel, Secretary. 



Representing the Board of Managers: — 

 George Crawford Clark, 

 H. Casimir de Rham, 

 Lewis Rutherfurd Morris, 

 William B. Osgood Field, 

 Percy R. Pyne. 



Representing the employees of the Zoological 

 Park:— 



IL R. ]\Iitchell. Assistant to Treasurer in 

 charge of Pensions. 



Hermann W. Merkel, 



Raymond L. Ditmars. 



Representing the employees of the Aqua- 

 rium: — 



Raymond C. Osburn. 



CADWALADER ANIMAL FUND. 



A check for $20,000 has been received from 

 the executors of the estate of the late John 

 L. Cadwalader, and credited to a new fund 

 known as the Cadwalader Animal Fund. The 

 income of this fund will be devoted annually 

 to the purchase of animals. 



ENDOWMENT FUND. 



Under the provisions of the will of the late 

 Mrs. Morris K. Jesup, a Life Member, the So- 

 ciety is to receive the sum of $25,000. 



