CONTENTS AND LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



View of proposed Marine Aquarium and Park Frontispiece. 



COMMENDERS OF THE ENTERPRISE .... Page 5 



Board of Directors 6 



Zoological Gardens and Aquaria for Boston . . 9 

 Head of Caribou, 9 ; Head of Fox, 10 ; Owl, 11 ; Bear's 

 Head, 12 ; Sketch Map of Boston, showing the position 

 of the Natural History Gardens, 13. 



The New England Zoological Garden at Franklin 



Park 15 



Bison, 15 ; in the Forest, IG ; Squirrel, 17 ; the Stickle- 

 back and its Nest, 18. 



The Fresh-Water Aquarium at Ward's Pond . . 19 

 Heron, 19 ; Flamingo, 20 ; Beaver, 21 ; an Unibellula 

 (the slender figure), 22; alialf-grown Molaeanthus 

 (the central figure), 22 ; Ground Plan of Marine Park 

 and Aquarium, 24. 



The Marine Aquarium at City Point . . .25 

 A Young Fisliing-Frog, Lophius, 25 ; an Angler, Anten- 

 narius, 2G ; a Sea- Worm, 28 ; a Melanocetiis, which swal- 

 lows fishes of twice its length, 29 ; a Sea-Hor.se clasping 

 with its tail a broken conch-shell, while its young pass 

 in and out the pouch, 30. 



Conditions under which they can be established . 31 



Head of Male Moose, 31 ; a Gorgonian, called Chryso- 

 gorgia, 32 ; a Porcupine, 33 ; an Eagle, 34. 



The Boston Society of Natural History their 

 Proper Guardian . 35 



Red Deer, Buck, 35 ; View of some of the Tanks in the 

 Naples Aquarium, 3G ; Red Deer, Doe, 38. 



Public Advantages to be gained . . . .39 



Sternoptyx diaphana, 39 ; an Antijiathes, with the cen- 

 tral hollow column occupied by an Aimelid, 40 ; a Sea- 

 Gull, 41 ; Wolf's Head, 42. 



Will Boston respond ? 43 



An Octopus, or Cuttle-Fish, 43 ; Deer, 44 ; Jelly-Fish, 

 45 ; Wild Ducks in Flight, 4G. 



Council of the' Boston Society of Natural History 47 



*jif* The design of the cover is arranged by Mrs. Whitman ; the 

 illustrations of animals are lent by Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 

 and others. 



