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Zonlogical Park Calendar. 
JUNE 21 to Aveusr 15, 1910. 
Births —Three American Elk; two White-Tailed 
Deer; one Fallow Deer; one European Red Deer; 
four Rainbow Boas. 
Accessions.—Mammals.—One Chimpanzee; two En- 
tellus Monkeys; four Vervet Monkeys; one Chacma 
Baboon; one Black Ape; one Two-Toed Sloth; one 
ting-Tailed Lemur; two Elands; one Florida White- 
Tailed Deer; one Sea Lion; one Black Bear; three 
Cape Hyrax; one Mongoos; one Common Opossum; 
one South American Opossum; three Solenodons; two 
Striped Zorillas; one African Porcupine; one African 
Hare; three African Ground Squirrels; four Suma- 
tran Squirrels. 
Birds—One Jardine Parrot*; three  Pileated 
Herons*; two European Jays; two Quail Finches; 
one Long-Tailed Glossy Starling*; one Masked Wood 
Swallow*; two White-Eyebrowed Wood Swallows* ; 
One Barnard Parrakeet*; one Vinaceous Amazon*; 
one Red-Cheeked Coly; three Ruffs; two Bank My- 
nahs*; two Green-Winged Glossy Starlings*; two 
South African Thicknees*; two Secretary Birds*; one 
Superb Calliste; one Brazilian Silver-Beak Tanager* ; 
six Sooty Terns; one Noddy*; one Black Parasite 
Cassique; two Horned Screamers*; one Scarlet-Head- 
ed Oriole*; four Giraud Flycatchers*; one Derby 
Kiskadee*; four White-Throated Kingbirds*; one 
Red-Billed Pigeon*; two Mourning Doves; one White- 
Necked Flycatcher*; two Ferruginous Pygmy Owls*; 
Denotes species new to the collection. 
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
BULLETIN. 
two Golden-Breasted Buntings*; one Cinnamon- 
Breasted Bunting*; one Cape Bunting*; two Mexican 
Brown Jays*; one South American Condor; one 
Maguari Stork; two Marsh Hawks; one lesser Vasa 
Parrot*; two Rock Doves; one Hooded Siskin; one 
Pin-Tailed Nonpareil; one Reichenow’s Yellow-Shoul- 
dered Weaver*; one Ariel Toucan; two Blue-Bearded 
Jays”; four Gouldian Finches; two Bronze-Winged 
Pigeons”; two Australian Crested Pigeons; two Yel- 
low-Bellied Parrakeets*; two Black-Backed Gallin- 
ules; one Cheer Pheasant*; two Indian Wood Ibises; 
one Anderson Pheasant. 
*¥ * # 
Reptiles.—One Box Tortoise; three Radiated Tor- 
toises; one Muhlenberg Turtle; one Spotted Turtle; 
one Terrapin; two Snapping Turtles; four Alliga- 
tors; three Rough-Eyed Caimans; one Broad-Nosed 
Crocodile; one Keeled Lizard; one Gila Monster; six 
Horned ‘Toads; one Carpet Python; two Hog-Nosed 
Snakes; four Copperhead Snakes; four Garter 
Snakes: three Chicken Snakes; eight Pine Snakes; 
three Ring Snakes; one Corn Snake; one Coachwhip 
Snake; one Blacksnake; one Green Snake; two large 
shipments of reptiles from London. 
MEMBERS NEWLY ELECTED. 
JuNrE 16 ro Aueusr 15, 1910. 
Easton, Charles P. 
Ledlie, George 
Mitchell, A. M. P. 
Packard, Mrs. E. W. 
Pouch, A. B. 
Ryle, Graham 
Schaff, Hermann 
Slaughter, R. B. 
Smith, Erskine M. 
CLASS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOL NO. 
SCHOOL 
PUBLIC 
HE growth of an institution upon the scale 
projected by the Society in the Zoological 
Park, has no doubt often occasioned mental 
inquiry as to its ultimate purpose. To many, 
a satisfactory answer would be,—‘‘A pleasant 
place to spend a day’’; but to the great majority, 
its possible value as an educational factor would 
strongly appeal. 
177 AT THE ANTELOPE HOUSE. 
VISITORS. 
It would be an idle thought, indeed, to imag- 
ine that such a concentration of effort would 
have been made for the purpose of amusement 
alone. The “menagerie” and the “show” fur- 
nish that; the Zoological Park is neither. 
Ten years ago the Society experienced diffi- 
culty in convincing its critics of the educational 
possibilties of a great collection of animals. To 
