It has been gratifying to find in other zoological establishments a number of features which we could utilize here, thereby saving ourselves something in the eternal grind of invention and experiment, and we have gladly made prominent mention of such cases.
While it is possible to complete the equipment of animal installations for a Zoological Park, and fill them with fine collections, the demand for more animals is continuous. Our wild creatures are not immortal; and, like human beings, they live out their allotted lives and pass away. The great majority do not perpetuate themselves in captivity, and the depleted ranks must be filled by new gifts and new purchases. Gifts of specimens, and funds for purchases, must constantly be forthcoming.
In the acquisition of certain representative species of great variety but particular desirability, the Society has been much favored by its friends, both at home and abroad. Frequently it happens that the greatest zoological rarities are obtainable only through the good will and tireless industry of friends who travel into the most remote and inaccessible regions of the earth. It is to such sources that we owe our musk-ox herd, walrus, mountain goat herd, spectacled bear and many other species.
The Executive Committee makes grateful acknowledgment of the loyal and generous support it has constantly received from the Board of Managers, the members of the Zoological Society, and from the Government of the City of New York. Thanks to a judicious union of these forces, the development of the Zoological Park has gone forward rapidly and satisfactorily. Although the actual period of construction has been remarkably short for so vast an undertaking, everything constructed is of the most permanent character. It is only just to note the fact that while the Zoological Park is an institution of national interest and importance, and free to all the world, with the exception of a few gifts of animals it has been created and is maintained wholly by the citizens of the City of New York. The State has contributed nothing.
The Executive Committee.
JUNE 1, 1913.
CONTENTS.
Page [Statistics of the Zoological Park] 10 [Officers of the Society] 11 [Origin] 13 [Means of Access] 16 [Admission] 17 [Physical Aspect of the Grounds] 21 MAMMALS. [Bison Ranges] 26 [Mountain Sheep Hill] 29 [Antelope House] 35 [Small-Deer House] 42 [Miscellaneous Mammals] 49 [White Mountain Goat] 50 [Prong-Horned Antelope] 51 [Camel House] 53 [Llama House] 55 [North American Deer] 57 [Zebra House] 63 [Asiatic and European Deer] 66 [Lion House] 71 [Sea-Lions] 78 [Primate House] 80 [Elephant House] 89 [Wolf Dens] 98 [Fox Dens] 101 [Otter Pools] 103 [Small-Mammal House] 104 [Puma and Lynx House] 115 [Burrowing Mammals] 116 [Prairie-Dog Village] 118 [Bear Dens] 119 [Raccoon Tree] 128 [Beaver Pond] 128 [Economic Rodent-Reptile Collection] 130 BIRDS. [Goose Aviary] 133 [Flying Cage] 135 [Aquatic-Bird House] 141 [Eagle and Vulture Aviary] 143 [Wild Turkey Enclosure] 146 [Large-Bird House] 146 [Wild Fowl Pond] 153 [Pheasant and Pigeon Aviary] 155 [Ostrich House] 162 [Cranes] 167 REPTILES. [Reptile House] 171 [Turtles and Tortoises] 172 [Crocodiles and Alligators] 175 [Lizards] 177 [Serpents] 179 [Batrachians or Amphibians] 182 INSECTS. [Insect Collection] 185 [Index] 188 MAPS. [Map of Zoological Park] Second page of cover [Sketch Map, New York] 14 [Sketch Map, Vicinity of Park] 16
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE [Peninsula Bear: Ivan] Frontispiece [Baird Court and Concourse] 12 [The Boat House] 18 [Boating on Bronx Lake] 20 [White-Tailed Deer] 24 [American Bison] 26 [European Bison] 27 [White-Fronted Musk-Ox] 30 [Big-Horn Mountain Sheep] 30 [Mouflon] 32 [Arcal Sheep] 32 [Himalayan Tahr] 32 [Burrhel] 32 [Chamois] 33 [Markhor] 33 [Aoudad] 33 [Persian Wild Goat] 33 [Nilgai: Indian Antelope] 36 [Nubian Giraffes] 38 [Beatrix Antelope] 40 [Blessbok] 40 [Leucoryx Antelope] 41 [White-Tailed Gnu] 41 [Eland] 42 [Sable Antelope] 43 [Redunca Antelope] 44 [Sasin Antelope] 46 [Great Gray Kangaroo] 48 [Rocky Mountain Goat] 49 [American Prong-Horned Antelope] 52 [Bactrian Camel] 53 [Alpaca] 54 [Vicunia] 55 [American Elk] 58 [European Red Deer] 58 [Development of Antlers] 61 [Grant Zebra] 64 [Prjevalsky Horses] 65 [Axis Deer] 68 [Burmese Deer] 69 [Jaguar] 72 [Cheetah] 73 [Barbary Lion] 74 [Snow Leopard] 75 [Atlantic Walrus] 79 [Chimpanzee, “Baldy”] 82 [Orang-Utan] 84 [Humboldt Woolly Monkey] 85 [Japanese Red-Faced Monkey] 88 [Pig-Tailed Macaque] 88 [Slow Lemur] 89 [Siamang] 89 [Elephant House] 90 [Indian Elephant] 92 [African Elephants] 93 [African Two-Horned Rhinoceros] 94 [Indian Rhinoceros] 95 [Pygmy Hippopotami] 96 [Timber Wolf] 99 [Coyote: Prairie Wolf] 100 [Swift or Kit Fox] 102 [Red Fox] 103 [Ocelot] 106 [Common Genet] 107 [African Porcupine] 111 [Tamandua] 112 [Great Ant-Eater] 113 [Six-Banded Armadillo] 114 [Two-Toed Sloth] 115 [Polar Bear Den] 120 [Polar Bear “Silver King”] 122 [Syrian Bear] 123 [Spectacled Bear] 126 [European Brown Bear] 127 [Brazilian Tree Porcupine] 131 [Mute and Trumpeter Swans] 133 [Cereopsis Geese] 136 [White-Faced Glossy Ibis] 137 [Roseate Spoonbill] 137 [Brown and White Pelicans] 140 [Great Horned Owl] 142 [Spectacled Owl] 142 [Eared Vulture] 143 [Lammergeyer] 143 [King Vulture] 145 [Black Vulture] 145 [Harpy Eagle] 145 [Griffon Vulture] 145 [Wild Turkey] 147 [Seriema] 148 [Secretary Bird] 148 [Great Crowned Pigeon] 150 [Sulphur Crested Cockatoo] 151 [Toco Toucan] 151 [Ducks Feeding] 154 [Pheasant Aviary] 156 [Manchurian Eared Pheasant] 158 [Indian Peacock] 159 [North African Ostrich] 163 [Rhea] 164 [Cassowary] 164 [Emeus] 165 [Little Brown Crane] 167 [Demoiselle Crane] 167 [Asiatic White Crane] 168 [Paradise Crane] 168 [Whooping Crane] 169 [Crowned Crane] 169 [Adjutant] 169 [Jabiru] 169 [Mastigure] 170 [Horned Rattlesnake] 170 [Hog-Nosed Snake] 170 [Gecko] 170 [Tree Frog] 170 [Giant Tortoise] 173 [Alligator Pool] 176 [Venezuelan Boa] 177 [Rhinoceros Viper] 180 [Cobra-De-Capello] 181 [Metamorphosis of the Leopard Frog] 184 [Giant Centipede] 186 [Tarantula] 187 [Red-Winged Locust] 187 [Hercules Beetle] 187