THE AMERICAN BISON IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. 



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in captivity — continued. 



United States — Continued. 



Glen Island, N. Y., herd of John H. Starin ' 11 



Great Salt Lake, Utah, herd on island, private owners, estimated 10 



Kalispel, Mont., herd of E. E. Conrad 30 



Leslie, S. Dak., private owners 45 



Lenox Park, Mass., herd of W. C. Whitney *17 



New York City — 



Central Park *4 



Prospect Park, Brooklyn 2 



Van Cortlandt Park *1 



Zoological Park *11 



Philadelphia, Pa., Zoological Gardens *15 



Pittsburg, Pa., City Park *4 



San Francisco, CaL, Golden Gate Park 14 



St. Louis, Mo., City Park 3 



Washington, D. C, National Zoological Park *11 



Game preserves, traveling menageries, and owners not mentioned, esti- 

 mated 25 



Dominion of Canada: 



Banff, Alberta, Canadian National Park 26 



Winnipeg, Manitoba, City Park 4 



Other countries: 



Australia 12 



Belgium, France, and Holland # 14 



England — 



London, Zoological Gardens 1 



London, Woburn Park, Bedfordshire, herd of Duke of Bedford 12 



London, other points not enumerated 13 



Germany 46 



Russia 2 



RECAPITULATION. 



Buffalo running wild in the United States 30 



Buffalo running wild in the Dominion of Canada 570 



Total number of buffalo running wild 600 



Buffalo in captivity in the United States 664 



Buffalo in captivity in the Dominion of Canada 30 



Buffalo in captivity in North America 694 



Buffalo in captivity in other countries 100 



Total number of buffalo in captivity 794 



Total number of buffalo in existence 1, 394 



Note. — This statement is included merely for the purpose of showing the esti- 

 mated number of buffalo on February 6, 1902, the date of letter of the Secretary of 

 the Smithsonian Institution. The difference in numbers as shown in this statement 

 and as ascertained by the Secretary of the Interior through correspondence is set 

 forth in the tabulated* statement forming part of the report of the Secretary of the 

 Interior on this resolution. 



[Excerpt from the report of S. P. Langlev, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, for the vear 



ended June 30, 1901.] 



NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The Secretary recalls to the Regents that the primary purpose for which they sanc- 

 tioned the establishment of the National Zoological Park was embodied in its name. 

 It was to be a "national" one, and it was not for the city of Washington only, but 

 to be the means of preserving the great animals of the country, and particularly of 

 the North and West, which were in danger of extinction, and it was to exist quite as 

 much for Idaho or Oregon as for the District of Columbia. 



It is earnestly to be hoped that Congress will carry out the plan originally urged 



