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Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society f t3 P O Q O J3 S W C « Pi c w ^ H o "g ^ a be o / / TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY CHARTERED IN 1895 OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY A PUBLIC ZOOLOGICAL PARK THE PRESERVATION OF OUR NATIVE ANIMALS THE PROMOTION OF ZOOLOGY 1921 NEW YORK OFFICE OF THE SOCIETY, 111 BROADWAY JANUARY, 1922 Copyright 1922, by THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY G55872 67^ 7/ 'i CLARK a FRITTS PRINTERS NEW YORK CONTENTS Board of Managers 9 Officers of the Society 10 Committees 11 Auditing Committee Heads and Horns Museum Building- Committee Aquarium Alteration Committee Art Committee Editorial Committee Aquarium Committee Executive Staff 12 Officers of the Zoological Park Officers of the Aquarium Officers of the Tropical Research Station Members of the Society : Honorary Members . 13 Fellows 13 Corresponding Members 13 Benefactors 14 Founders in Perpetuity- 14 Founders . 14 Associate Founders 14 Patrons 15 Life Members . 15 Sustaining Members 19 Annual Members 19 Ladies' Auxiliary- 39 Summary of Membership 39 Report of the Executive Committee 43 Obituary .... 59 Report of the Ladies' Auxiliary 61 Report of' the Director : Park 65 Report of the Pension Board 103 Tropical Research Station . 105 Report of the Director: Aquarium 113 Treasurer's Reports: Maintenance Fund 129 Zoological Park Account Aquarium Account CONTENTS—Continued. Endowment Fund .... 132 General Endowment Account Sage Endowment Account Special Endowment Fund . 133 Cadwalader Endowment Account Stokes Endowment Account Carnegie Endowment Account Special Fund . 134 Animal Account Art Gallery Account Heads and Horns Building Account Sage Construction Account Improvement and Repair Account General Income Fund ... 136 Scientific and Research Fund . 137 Publication Account Tropical Research Account Library Account Heads and Horns Collection Account Wild Life Account List of Securities .... 139 General Endowment Account Sage Endowment Account Cadwalader Endowment Account Stokes Endow^ment Account Carnegie Endowment Account Heads and Horns Building Account Pension Fund Income Account . 141 Subscriptions to Endowment Funds . 142 General Endowment Account Sage Endowment Account Special Endowment Funds Contributions to Special Funds 144 Audit Company's Report 145 Audit Committee's Report 145 List of Accessions : Zoological Park 146 Aquarium . 155 Documents : Articles of Incorporation 161 By-Laws 165 Index .... 173 ILLUSTRATIONS Young Greater Kudu Frontispiece Barasingha Deer .... 42 Big Horn or Rocky Mountain Sheep 48 Mountain Zebra .... 54 Paradise Crane .... 60 American Bison from Yellowstone Park 64 Malay Sambar Deer .... 68 Black-Necked Stork 73 Color Phases of Fallow Deer 76 Springbok 78 African Spring Hare 82 Class from Public School 86 Greater Red Kangaroo . 96 Indian Elephant Kartoum 102 The New York Aquarium 112 New Electric Pump Room at Aquarium 114 Pumps Used in Circulating Salt Water 116 New Boiler Room at Aquarium 117 Vacuum Pumps and Sump Pumps . 118 Sand Shark and Shark Sucker 122 BowFiN OR Mudfish .... 125 Vmth nf managrra ^^^^ Mayor, of the City of New York. tJx-officio' ' Dep't I The President, of Parks, City of New York. CLASS OF 1923 Henry Fairfield Osborn, Edward S. Harkness, LisPENARD Stewart, William B. Osgood Field, Charles F. Dieterich, A. Barton Hepburn, George F. Baker, William Woodward, Wm. Pierson Hamilton, Edwin Thorne, Robert S. Brewster, Percy A. Rockefeller. CLASS OF 1924 Madison Grant, Archer M. Huntington, William White Niles, George D. Pratt, Frank K. Sturgis, T. Coleman du Pont, George J. Gould, Henry D. Whiton, Ogden Mills, Edward Hatch, Jr., Lewis Rutherfurd Morris, Cornelius R. Agnew. CLASS OF 1925 Percy R. Pyne, Watson B. Dickerman, George Bird Grinnell, Mortimer L. Schiff, Cleveland H. Dodge, Frederick C. Walcott, C. Ledyard Blair, Beekman Winthrop, Anthony R. Kuser, George C. Clark, W. Redmond Cross. : : ODfftrrra of tli^ ^urtrt^ President Henry Fairfield Osborn. First Vice-President Second Vice-President: Madison Grant. Frank K. Sturgis. Secretary: Madison Grant, 111 Broadway. Treasurer: Cornelius R. Agnew, 16 William Street. Assistant Treasurer: The Farmers' Loan & Trust Company. Sxrnittup CCnmmtttrr Madison Grant, Chairman. Percy R. Pyne, Watson B. Dickerman, William White Niles, Anthony R. Kuser, Wm. Pierson Hamilton, W. Redmond Cross, Frank K. Sturgis, Frederic C. Walcott, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Ex-Officio. Cornelius R. Agnew, Ex-Officio. William T. Hornaday, Director, Zoological Park. Charles H. Townsend, Director, Neiv York Aquarium. George S. Huntington, Prosector. George A. MacCallum, Pathologist. H. De B. Parsons, Consulting Engineer. R. L. Cerero, Bursar. William Pierson Hamilton, Chairman. Cornelius R. Agnew, Treasurer. Dr. Lewis R. Morris, Charles H. Townsend. George Bird Grinnell, H. R. Mitchell, William B. Osgood Field, W. Reid Blair, Hermann W. Merkel, Secretary. (EnmmittrpH nf tlj? i'ortftg Aulittiug (Hammittrr William White Niles, Chairman. W. Redmond Cross, Anthony R. Kuser. l^rabB mxh HfnniB HluHrum Suilfting €nmmittrr Frank K. Sturgis, Chairman. Henry Fairfield Osborn, Watson B. Dickerman, William T. Hornaday, Madison Grant, Ex-Officio. Aquartitnt Altrratiuu (Enmmtttrr Frank K. Sturgis, Chairman. Henry Fairfield Osborn, Watson B. Dickerman, Madison Grant, Ex-Officio. Art (Cnmmittrr Frank K. Sturgis, Chairman. Watson B. Dickerman, William T. Hornaday SJiitnrial (Cimimittrr Henry Fairfield Osborn, Chairman. William T. Hornaday, Charles H. Townsend. Aquarium CEummittrr Charles H. Townsend, Chairman Charles L. Bristol, John T. Nichols, Bashford Dean, E. W. Gudger, G. K. Noble. €xpruttttr l^taff (f^fllrrre of ll^r Zualngiral Park William T. Hornaday, Director and General Curator. H. R. Mitchell, Chief Clerk. Raymond L. Ditmars, Curator of Reptiles. Lee S. Crandall, Curator of Birds. William Beebe, Honorary Curator of Birds. W. Reid Blair, Veterinarian. Hermann W. Merkel, Chief Forester and Constructor. William Mitchell, Cashier. Elwin R. Sanborn, Photographer and Editor. ©ffirrra of tl|r Aquarium Charles H. Townsend, Director. Robert J. Lanier, Assistant. Charles M. Breder, Jr., Aquarist. James C. Moore, Chief Engineer. Ida M. Mellen, Secretary. ®ffirrrB of lltp alrnpiral SpBrarrh ^tattnn (1922) William Beebe, Director. John Tee-Van, Assistant. Paul G. Howes, Research Associate. Henry Seton, Research Assistant. Isabel Cooper, Helen Damrosch, Ruth Rose, Artists. MEMBERS JJntt f0rk Znnlngtral ^nrirtij January 1, 1921 ?[|unorarH ISrmbrrfi *Prof. Alexaxder Agassiz, *Dr. F. L'Hoest, Dr. J. A. Allex. Dr. C. Kerbert, The Duke of Bedford. K.G., F.R.S., "Sir Ed.mt'xi) I oder. Bart. Herr F. E. Blaauw, Dr. C. Hart Merriam, *ARTiirR Erwix Browx^ TiiERr.Hox.LoRDRoTn.scmLD,F.R..S., Dr. Frank M. CuAPaiAX, *Dr. Philip I..utley Sclater, Dr. Daxiei. Giraud Elliot. H. S. H. Albert. Prixce of Monaco. *SiR William Flower, Dr. p. Chalmers Mitchell. Barbour, Thomas, Huxtixgtox, Dr. George S., Beebe. William, I^AXG, Herbert,, *BiCKMORE, Prof. Albert S., Lee, Prof. Frederic S., Blair, Dr. W. Reid, Lucas, Dr. Frederic A., Bristol, Prof. Charles L., Mac Callum, Dr. George A., Brooks, Dr. Harlow, Matthew, Dr. W. D., Calkins, Prof. Gary N. Mayor. Alfred G., Cramptox, Prof. Henry E., Merkel, Hermann, W., Crandall, Lee S., Morgan, Prof. Thomas H., Davenport, Dr. Charles B., Osborn, Prof. Henry Fairfield, Dean, Dr. Bashford, OsBURN, Dr. Raymond C, Ditmars, R. L., portielje, a. f. j., *Dutcher William, Schulte. Prof. H. von W., Grant, Madisox, Scott, Dr. George G., Gregory, Dr. William K., Seton, Ernest Thompson, Grixxell, George B., Sheldox, Charles, Gudger, Prof. E. W., Seth-Smith, David, Hartley, G. Inxess, Stockard, Dr. Charles R., HoRXADAY, Dr. Wm. T., TowxsEXD, Dr. Charles H., WiLSOx, Prof. Edmuxd B., (2IarrrB|iandtn0 Iflrmbpra Delacour, Lieut. Jean, Johxstox, Sir Harry H., Ferxaxdes. B. a., Millward, Russell Hastixgs, Gilfedder, T. p., LeSouef, W. H. Dudley, Gillespie, T. H., Sturtevaxt, Lieut. C. G., Tyrwiiitt-Drake, G. tThe qualifications for this class rest solelj' upon scientific achievement. 'Deceased 14 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY iBrupfartflra Raker, George F., *Morgan, J. P., 'Carnegie, Andrew, Rockefeller, William, Dodge, Cleveland H., *ScHiFF, Jacob H.. *Cadwalader, John I... Thompson, Mrs. Frederick F., KusER, Col. Anthony R., *Thorne, Samuel, IFmiubrra in ppryrtuitH * Bourne, Frederick G., Mills. Ogden, * Barney, Charles T., *MoRTON, Hon. Levi P., Carnegie, Mrs. Andrew, Pratt, George D., *Con\t:rse, E. C, Pyne, Percy R., Dieterich, Charles F., Robinson, Nelson, Gould, George J., Rockefeller. John D., Harkness, Edward S., Rockefeller, John D., Jr., *HiLL, James J., *Sage, Mrs. Russell, KiTCHiNG, Mrs. Frank W., Schiff, Mortimer L., *Kitciiing, Frank W., Stewart. Lispenard, McMiLLiN, Emerson, *Taylor, Henry A. C, Mackay, Clarence H., *Thorne. Miss Phoebe Anna, *Whitney, Hon. William C, JffauubprH *Archbold, John D., *Payne, Col. Oliver H., *A\t:hy, Samuel P., *Perkixs, George W., *Barnes, John S., Rainey, Paul J., Berwind. Edward J., *SCHERJLERHORN, F. AUGUSTUS. Blair, C. Ledyard, *ScHLEY. Grant B., Brewster, Robert S., Shepard, Mrs. Finley J., *Chisholm, Hugh J., *Sloane, William D., *Clark, George Crawford, *Stokes, Miss Caroline Phelps, *Dodgk, William E., Sturgis, Frank K., *GoELET, Robert, Trevor, Miss Emily, Huntington, Archer M., Trevor, Mrs. John B., *Huntinoton, C. p., *Vanderbilt, Cornelius, Xesbitt, Abram G., *Vandfrbilt, William K., *Ottendorfer, Oswald, *WooD, Mrs. Antoinette Eno, Aaaortatp IFniutbrra *Babcock. Samuel D., *Rhinelander, Miss Serena, *Carter, Ja3IES C, *ScHUYLER, Philip, *Crocker, George, *ScHUYLER.
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