ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



837 



AN OLD PROSPECTOR. 

 Painting by Carl Rungius; gift of Mr. Emerson McMillin. 



Copyrighted by Carl Rungius. 



Double-creasted Cormorants; 7 Xightingales; 3 

 Florida Redwings; Osprey; South American Rufous 

 Hawk*; 4 Bonham Rock Partridges*; 5 Garden 

 Warblers; Black-necked Screamer; 4 Kurrichane 

 Hemipodes*; 4 Serin Finches*; 5 Himalayan Sis- 

 kins*; Maroon Oriole*; Cinnamon Sparrow*; Gan- 

 net; 14 Sanderlings; Bald Eagle; 2 Baya Weavers*; 

 2 Shoveller Ducks; 4 Rustic Buntings; 4 D'Orbigny 

 Blackbirds*; 2 Short-winged Sparrow-hawks; 6 Cuban 

 Bob-white; 2 Giant Kingbirds*; Lawrence Owl*; 4 

 Cuban Meadowlarks*; 2 Cuban Boat-tailed Grackles* ; 

 2 American Flamingoes; 12 Yucatan Cardinals*; 6 

 Yucatan Mockingbirds*; 2 Barnard Parrakeets; 7 

 Jungle Fowl Hybrids*; Elliot Pheasant; 3 White 

 Wagtails; 2 Crested Seriemas; 4 Lapwings; 4 Knots; 

 European Dunlin; 2 Black-bellied Plover; European 

 Golden Plover*; 3 European Oyster-catchers*; 3 

 Spotted Red-shanks*; Bar-tailed Godwit*; 4 Common 

 Red-shanks; 3 Tadorna Sheldrakes; 2 Redcrested 

 Pochards; 4 Tufted Ducks; 3 White-eyed Ducks*; 4 

 Brown headed Gulls; 2 Mew Gulls*; Lesser Black- 

 backed Gull*; Gannet; Snowy Egret. 



Reptiles. — Alligator, 9 feet 11 inches; African 

 Crocodile; 2 South African Crocodiles. 



Alligator, 9 feet 11 inches; African Crocodile; 2 

 South African Crocodiles. 



4 Yucatan Terrapins; 4 Keeled-back Turtles; 

 Hinged-back Tortoise; Leopard Tortoise; 2 Angu- 

 lated Tortoises. 



Egyptian Monitor; Gila Monster; Exanthematic 

 Monitor; 5 Tegus; Leaf-tailed Gecko; 6 Black 



*New to collection. 



Iguanas; Tiger Lizard; Frill Lizard; 4 Spiny-tail 

 Lizards; Muricated Lizard; Cunningham Skink; 2 

 Cyclodes; 4 African Chameleons. 



6 Central American Boas; 2 Green-headed Snakes; 

 Crebo; Rough-scaled Sand Boa; Brown Sand Boa; 

 4 Ringhals; Puff Adder; 2 South American Rattle- 

 snakes; Horned Rattlesnake; 2 South American 

 Striped Snakes; Green Tree Snake; Egyptian Cobra; 

 3 Horned Vipers; 2 Sharp-nosed Snakes; Fer-de- 

 lance; 2 Golden Tree Snakes; Butler Garter Snake; 

 158 Snakes collected in Sullivan County by R. L. 

 Ditmars. 



5 Surinam Toads; 13 Marine Toads; 4 Indian Bull 

 Frogs; 2 White Axolotls; 4 Hellbenders. 



A GIFT OF ANIMAL PAINTINGS. 



IN due process of development, the Zoological 

 Society will eventually possess a collection of 

 animal paintings and sculptures, for which 

 accommodations already exist in the two gal- 

 leries of the Administration Building that now 

 are occupied temporarily by the Heads and 

 Horns Collection. 



As a suitable beginning for the picture col- 

 lection. Mr. Emerson McMiHin 3 a founder of 

 the Society, has recently presented two large 

 oil paintings by Carl Rungius. which make an 

 excellent beginning for the proposed art collec- 

 tion. They were selected first because of their 



