CONDITIONS IN 1918 
It is now sixteen years since this leaflet was printed and many 
changes have taken place among our big game animals, both those in a 
wild state and those represented in the Museum. With the exception 
of the bison, which, owing to strenuous efforts on the part of a few indi- 
viduals, has increased in numbers, our big game animals have continued 
steadily to decline. This is especially true of the pronghorn, an animal 
of very delicate constitution and very difficult to preserve under any 
conditions. The Virginia deer, on the other hand, can be readily pre- 
served and rapidly increases m numbers wherever granted proper pro- 
tection. Some of the gaps in the study series have been filled but some 
still remain. 
Owing to the general growth of the collections without correspond- 
ing growth of the building, it has not proved practicable to construct 
groups on the scale of the Bison and the Moose, but a number of groups 
of a smaller size have been added. These include the Pronghorn Ante- 
lope, Roosevelt’s Elk, Grant’s Caribou, Virginia Deer, Bighorn and 
Mountain Goat. 
There has been some necessary rearrangement of collections, due 
to lack of room. The boreal mammals have been transferred to the 
North American Hall and so have the groups of mammals found within 
fifty miles of New York City. 
