ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



1189 



mayor who wmild have wrecked the Zoological 

 Park even if he could; and even Boston may not 

 have anotiier in a hundred years ; but for the 

 present, Mr. Curley is tiiere. 



As a partial voucher for the situation. .Mr. 

 Alexander Pope was led into giving the indi- 

 vidual animals in Franklin Park a clean bill of 

 health as to care and treatment; but it is not 

 with the individual bears and monkeys of 1914 

 that we are concerned. We are angry and 

 disgusted because ignorance and folly have 

 wrecked a fine plan for a great zoological park. 

 As a result, it now may safely be predicted that 

 Boston never will have a zoological park or zoo- 

 logical garden worthy of serious consideration, 

 or worthv of that citv. W. T. H. 



FIRST NEWS FRO.M THE ANTWERP 

 ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN. 



From the date of the bombardment of 

 Antwerp, great apprehension has been felt re- 

 garding the fate of the beautiful and costly Zoo- 

 logical Garden of that city. Messrs. Lorenz and 

 Heinrich Hagenbeck. both of whom are yet in 

 Hamburg, alive and well, have furnished us with 

 a copy of a letter received by them from Dr. 

 Buttikofer. director of the Rotterdam Zoological 

 Garden, which reads as follows : 



All the bears in the Antwerp Zoological Garden 

 were shot prior to the bombardment. The large 

 feline carnlvora were put into strong transportation 

 cages and removed to the rear of the garden, like- 

 wise prior to the bombardment, while the small fe- 

 linae were transferred to cages in the cellars of the 

 Festival Building. .4 few days before the surrender 

 of the city, when the heavy cannonading started fires 

 in all parts of the city, which could no longer be 

 put out in consequence of lack of water, the large 

 carnivora were likewise shot by resolution of the 

 Board of Directors, adopted contrari/ to the director's 

 advice. None of the other animals were killed, with 

 the exception of a few venomous snakes. During 

 the bombardment only one shell dropped into the 

 garden, striking the ground in the open space for 

 the turtles, where it fortunately did no material 

 damage. Mr. L'hoest and his two younger children 

 were my guests from October 5th to the earlier part 

 of November, while the other members of his family 

 likewise came to Rotterdam towards the end of the 

 bombardment. Mr. L'hoest himself, whose mind had 

 suffered severely from the effects of the terrible ex- 

 citement and of the successive events which over- 

 |iowered him, also came to Rotterdam for a fe« 

 days, after the bombardment. 



By the earlier part of November all the members 

 of the family had returned to Antwerp. 



Tile garden and the animals kept there have suf- 

 fered no further damage during the siege, but you 

 will readily understand that the number of visitors 

 has so decreased as to lie practically nil, while the 

 membership will undoubtedly be reduced to such an 

 extent that the very existence of the gardcTi will ap- 

 parently l)e put into serious jeopardy. 



Everything here is in good shape, although there 

 has likewise been a large decrease in our receipts, 

 which compels us to be exceedingly economical. I 

 presume that similar conditions prevail in all the 

 Zoological Gardens in Germany, as well as in your 

 ciiuntry. 



With kindest regards I remain 



Yours very truly, 



I. Buttikofer. 



A SA.MPLE OF OPPOSITION. 



The following letter, reproduced as written, 

 may be taken as a fair sample of the opposition 

 to the federal migratory bird law that occasion- 

 ally is discovered: 



W. T. H. 



JACKSO.N U.\I)EKT.\KING CO. 

 Fine Funeral Ooixls. 



Chicago, 111., May 22, 1914. 

 Dr. W. T. Hornaday, 

 Dear Sir 



Just a gentle reminder, if old 



and yourself was posessed of some real christian char- 

 ity instead of your misplaced efforts on migratory 

 birds, both of you could really help humanity by de- 

 voting that money to the improvement of orphan 

 and needy children, us western hunters will kill all 

 the birds' we want to kill. 



Yours sincerely, 



Frank O. Baker. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



July 1, 19U-December 31, 1914. 



Life Member. 

 .losEPH .\. McAleenax. 



( 'orrespondiiiff Member. 

 G. Tyrwhitt-Drake. 



AnniKil Members. 

 Ernest Abs-Hagen .\rthur C. .Mack, 



George J. Bryan, Dr. Philip .Manecke, 



C. L. Carpenter, .Miss I.ucv B. Marks, 



Edward H. Clark, Robert W, Martin, 



Case Edwards, Fritz vonBernuth, .Tr., 



Louis J. Ehret, A. R. Walty, 



George Lauder, Jr. W. P. Willis, 



Josepli ^\■ittman. 



Growth of the Stellar Sea Lion. — When first 

 installed with the other pinnipeds the Stellar 

 sea lion was not particularly noticeable, as he 

 was of smaller size and similar color. This 

 animal has steadih* grown until now it appears 

 to weigh over two hundred pounds. His mas- 

 sive build, large eyes and hoarse, guttural cry 

 at once attract attention. Adult males of this 

 species attain a length of ten feet, and a weight 

 of about fourteen hundred pounds. 



