NATURAL HISTORY MUSEfUMS 215 



NEW YORK 



Buffalo zoological garden, Buffalo. F. A. Crandall jr, miratw. 



The collections consist of the following animals : mammals, 35 

 species, 159 specimens; birds, 24 species, 67 specimens; reptiles, 

 6 species, 44 specimens. 



Kochester zoological park, Rochester. William Bausch, cJmi/r- 

 man of zoologioal committee; C. C. Lang, sn^perintendent of parks. 



The collections consist of: mammals, 38 species, 141 speci- 

 mens; birds, 80 species, 371 specimens; reptiles 3 species, 3 speci- 

 mens. 



The New York zoological society, the aquarium, Battery park. 

 Oharles H. Townsend, director. 



The collections consist of marine and fresh-water life and 

 include only such forms as can be shown to advantage in tanks. 

 While fishes constitute the main feature of the exhibit, batrach- 

 ians, reptiles and seals represent the higher forms of life. 

 Ascidians, crustaceans, worms, mollusks, echinoderms, anemones 

 and corals, are among the lower forms shown. 



The New York aquarium has the largest buildings and the 

 most extensive collections of marine and fresh-water life in the 

 world. 



NEW YORK zoological PARK, Broux. William T. Hornaday, 

 director. 



Collections of living animals: mammals, 141 species, 612 

 specimens; birds, 175 species, 1005 specimens; reptiles, 131 

 species, 1198 specimens. 



These numbers are subject to constant change. New animal 

 houses are now being constructed and collections will be ex- 

 tended as facilities for their accommodation increase. ' 



New York botanical garden museum, Bronx park. N. L. Brit- 

 ton, dwector; D. T. MacDougal, p^st assistant; John K. Small, 

 curator of the musewms; P. A. Rydberg, Arthur Hollick, Marshall 

 A. Howe, F. S. Earle, assistant curators; George Y. Nash, head 

 goA'dener; Anna Murray Vail, librarian; H. H. Rusby, cn/7^ator of 

 the economic collections; William J. Gies, consulting chemist; F. A. 

 Schilling, supeHntendent ; John R. Brinley, landscape engineer; 



