Popular Official Guide to The New York Zoological Park

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Author

Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937

Title

Popular Official Guide to the New York Zoological Park (September 1915) Thirteenth Edition

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

New York Zoological Park

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53141

Release Date

September 24, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.POPULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE New York Zoological Park
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.STATISTICS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK.
6. 6.NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
7. 7.GENERAL STATUS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK. — MEANS OF ACCESS. — ADMISSION. — PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE GROUNDS.
8. 8.SECTION I.—THE MAMMALS. — The Hoofed Animals. — THE BISON RANGES, Nos. 51 and 52. — MOUNTAIN SHEEP HILL, No. 44. — THE ANTELOPE HOUSE, NO. 50. — THE SMALL-DEER HOUSE, No. 49. — The Small Deer. — The Small African Antelopes. — Miscellaneous Mammals. — THE WHITE MOUNTAIN GOAT, No. 48. — THE PRONG-HORNED ANTELOPE. — THE CAMEL HOUSE, No. 39. — THE LLAMA HOUSE, No. 38. — NORTH AMERICAN DEER. Elk, Mule Deer, White-Tail, Caribou and Moose. — THE ZEBRA HOUSES, No. 14. — THE ASIATIC AND EUROPEAN DEER, Nos. 1-3. — THE LION HOUSE, No. 15. — THE SEA-LIONS, No. 12. — THE PRIMATE HOUSE, No. 17. — Old-World Monkeys. — ELEPHANT HOUSE, No. 20. — THE WOLF DENS, No. 22. — THE FOX DENS, No. 23. — THE OTTER POOLS, No. 31. — THE SMALL-MAMMAL HOUSE, No. 35. — THE PUMA AND LYNX HOUSE, No. 33A. — THE BURROWING MAMMALS, AND OTHERS, No. 42. — THE PRAIRIE-DOG VILLAGE, No. 41. — THE BEAR DENS, No. 37. — THE RACCOON TREE. — THE BEAVER POND, No. 29. — THE ECONOMIC RODENT-REPTILE COLLECTION.
9. 9.SECTION II.—BIRDS. — THE GOOSE AVIARY, No. 3. — THE FLYING CAGE, No. 4. — THE AQUATIC BIRD HOUSE, No. 5. — THE EAGLE AND VULTURE AVIARY, No. 11. — THE WILD TURKEY ENCLOSURE, No. 33. — THE LARGE BIRD-HOUSE, No. 7. — WILD-FOWL POND, Heretofore Called the Aquatic Mammals’ Pond . — THE PHEASANT AND PIGEON AVIARY, No. 40. Entire Collection is the Gift of Mr. Jacob H. Schiff. — THE OSTRICH HOUSE, No. 43. This entire collection presented by the late Charles T. Barney. — THE CRANES.
10. 10.SECTION III.—THE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. — THE REPTILE HOUSE, No. 34. — SYNOPSIS OF THE CLASS REPTILIA. — THE TURTLES AND TORTOISES. — THE CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS. — THE LIZARDS. — THE SERPENTS. — THE BATRACHIANS, OR AMPHIBIANS.
11. 11.SECTION IV.— THE INSECTS. — THE INSECT COLLECTION. [1]
12. 12.INDEX.
13. 13.Footnotes — Membership in the Zoological Society — PUBLICATIONS
14. 14.Transcriber’s Notes

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