ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



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BOSTON ROAD ENTRANCE TO THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 

 Recently completed at West Farms. 



the completion of the Park can be made avail- 

 able within a short time. 



In the total number of mammals, birds, rep- 

 tiles and amphibians on exhibition, the Zoo- 

 logical Park stands to-day at the head of all the 

 zoological parks and gardens of the world. The 

 Twelfth Annual Report of the Zoological Park 

 contains the following table showing our rank 

 according to the total number of living speci- 

 mens on exhibition. 



All are as of January 1, 1907, except New 

 York and London, which are for 1Q08. 



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New York Zoological Park SOT 2530 89T 4034. 



Berlin 946 2176 27 3149 



London 873 1621 478 2972 



Philadelphia 487 952 1087 2526 



Hamburg 473 1G65 251 2389 



Schoenbrunn 593 1351 171 2085 



Cologne 424 1479 98 2001 



Breslau 592 1067 184 1843 



Frankfort 644 1002 158 1804 



The character of the New York Zoological 

 Park as a whole, its grounds, its buildings and 

 its collections, are in the main quite well known 

 to the people of New York City and vicinity. 

 To-day the buildings of the first class that are 

 complete, occupied by animal collections and 

 open to the public, are ten in number, not count- 



ing the magnificent new Elephant House, which 

 will be completed in the autumn or early winter. 

 Of second class animal buildings there are ten 

 more, and of large groups of outdoor dens, 

 aviaries and corrals, there are twelve. There 

 are also eight entrances, six public comfort 

 buildings, two restaurants and three animal 

 storehouses for winter use. The area of the 

 Park in land and water embraces 264 acres. Of 

 walks and roads there are about eight miles, 

 and of fences ten and one-half miles. The 

 maintenance force of the Park, constantly on 

 duty, embraces 141 persons. The number of 

 visitors in 1907 w - as 1,273.046, — nearly one- 

 third of the entire population of the metropolis 

 of the American continent. Of this number it 

 is estimated that a quarter of a million visitors 

 were from outside of New York City. 



To all members of the New York Zoological 

 Society, and to all residents of New York, the 

 opinions of foreign critics on the Zoological Park 

 are of much interest. Entirely aside from the 

 value of local opinion, it is worth while to see 

 ourselves as others see us. On this point we 

 may quote the opinion of three German pro- 

 fessors who came to America last August as 

 delegates to the Seventh International Zoological 

 Congress. At the close of their visit in New 

 York, thej' addressed to one of the leading- 

 newspapers of this city the following letter: 



