< * >\ IHTh >NS IN l l 'ls 



It i- new sixteen years since this leaflet was printed and many 

 changes have taken place among our big game animal-. l>oth those in a 

 wild state ami those represented in the Museum. With the exception 



«.l' the bison, whlc h. owing to BtrenUOUS efforts On the part of a tew indi- 

 vidual.-, has increased in cumbers, our big game animals have continued 

 iilv to decline. This i> 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 in numbers wherever granted proper pro- 

 tection. Some of the gaps in the study series have been filled l>ut some 

 -till remain. 



i twing '<» the general growth of the collections without correspond- 

 ing growth of the building, it has not proved practicable to construct 

 groups on the Bcale of the Bison and the Moose, l»ut a number of groups 

 • •f a -mailer -i/.e have been added. These include the Pronghorn Ante- 

 lope, Roosevelt's Elk, Grant's Caribou, Virginia Deer. Bighorn and 

 Mountain < ioat. 



There has been some m rearrangement of collections, due 



to lack of room. The boreal mammals have been transferred to the 



th American Hall and BO have the groups of mammal- found within 



fift v mile- of New York ( 'it Y. 



