THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



The house is used in winter for the occupants of the out- 

 door Flying Cage; in summer the Aquatic Bird House is 

 closed. Several large outdoor bird cages southwest of the 

 Aquatic Bird House contain the grackles, finches, sparrows 

 and other hardy American birds. 



The Flying Cage (5 on map) is one of the most interest- 

 ing installations in the Park: a huge structure of wire net- 

 ting supported by a steel frame and enclosing several large 

 trees and a good-sized pond. The cage is 152 feet long, 55 

 feet high and 75 feet wide, permitting a considerable 

 range of flight to its occupants. These are a varied assort- 

 ment of rare and showy water birds, among which are the 

 wood ibis, the Indian, black, scarlet, black-headed, and 

 white ibises, the roseate spoonbill, purple gallinule, snowy 

 egret, cormorant, the Franklin and several other species of 

 gull, the snake bird, some rare ducks, and five species of 

 the active and amusing pelican. Feeding time for the Fly- 

 ing Cage is 4 p.m. 



The Crane Paddock, west of the Cage, is a large open-air 

 enclosure where a series of cranes has been acclimatized 

 and remains winter and summer. At the south end is the 

 breeding cage of the rare Cereopsis, or Cape Barren, geese, 

 which do not care to swim. 



Of the cranes, the rare and beautiful whooping crane, 

 once abundant in this country but now practically extinct, 

 is worth attention. The hooded sandhill and European 

 cranes, the wonderful crowned crane of Africa, the Javan 

 and Indian adjutants, marabou stork and several species of 



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