ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



Mammals 



W. T. HORNAIIAV. 



Birds 

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Brpartmrnta : 



Aquarium 



C. H. ToVfNSKND. 



Reptilfs 

 Raymond L. Ditmars. 



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Copyrighi. 1917, by the New York Zoological Society. 



Each author is responsible for the scientific accuracy 



and the proof reading of his contribution. 



Elwin R. Sanborn, 



Editor and Official Photographer 



Vol. XX, No. 4 



JULY, 1917 



COL. WILLIAM CONANT CHURCH. 



We announce with regret the death of Col. 

 William Conant Church, who passed away in 

 the City of New York on the 23d day of May, 

 1917. Col. Church was a member of the orig- 

 inal Board of Managers, and at the time of his 

 death was a member of the Class of 1920. He 

 was a faithful attendant at the meetings of the 

 Society, and was greatly interested in promot- 

 ing its welfare. 



GALLERY OF OIL PAINTINGS OF 

 AMERICAN WILD GAME. 



The Gallery of Oil Paintings is making rapid 

 progress at the Zoological Park, and as soon 

 as the new Heads and Horns Building is com- 

 pleted, and the present National Collection of 

 Heads and Horns moved into their new quar- 

 ters, there will be abundant space in the upper 

 galleries of the Administration Building for the 

 suitable exhibition of the magnificent paintings 

 of the larger North American mammals in their 

 natural haunts. The following subscriptions 

 have been received towards the completion of 

 this gallery for the year 1917: 



Frank K. Sturgis $250.00 



Percy R. Pyne 250.00 



Lispenard Stewart 250.00 



Mortimer L. Schiff 250.00 



George F. Baker 250.00 



Frederick G. Bourne 250.00 



Joseph A. McAleenan 250.00 



Edward S. Harkness 250.0,0 



Cleveland H. Dodge 250.00 



Andrew Carnegie 250.00 



Watson B. Dickerman .■. _.. 250.00 



Grant B. Schley 250.00 



Ogden Mills 250.00 



Charles F. Dieterich 250.00 



WILD LIFE, FORESTS AND THE WAR. 



Notwithstanding the anxieties and the efforts 

 inseparable from a war with a great military 

 power, the other paramount duties of the Amer- 

 ican people must resolutely be performed. This 

 nation is sufficiently populous and resourceful 

 that we can do this. Even with war upon us, 

 our taxes must be paid, our children must be 

 educated, the general welfare of the people 

 must be promoted, and the resources of nature 

 must be protected from neglect and destruction. 



It is imperative that our national heritage 

 of forests and wild life should resolutely be 

 safeguarded, and that our nation's supply of 

 food should be protected and increased. 



We are not by any means either unmindful 

 or neglectful of the duties we owe to the na- 

 tion at this hour ; but we repeat, most urgently, 

 that our wild life and forests need not be, and 

 must not be neglected by those whose bounden 

 dutv it is to conserve them. 



Work for the Red Cross. — The ladies in 

 charge of the Red Cross Working Base in the 

 Lion House, report that in the interval be- 

 tween March 31 and May 23, 1917, the follow- 

 ing articles were made: 



207 pairs of pajamas 

 55 surgical shirts 

 QG robes 

 143 sheets 

 213 pillow cases 

 61 water bag covers 

 35 slippers 

 35 Red Cross caps 

 23 Red Cross aprons 



838 pieces in all 



One hundred and thirteen volunteers have 

 given their aid in accomplishing this work. 



The total number of students visiting the 

 vivarium of the Washington Irving High School 

 during the past term was 3.350 ; and the cost 

 of maintenance for the term was only $103.87. 

 All the mammals, birds and reptiles were sup- 

 plied, as heretofore, by the Zoological Society. 



