_President_, HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN. MADISON GRANT, _Secretary_, 11 Wall Street. PERCY R. PYNE, _Treasurer_, 30 Pine Street. Executive Committee MADISON GRANT, _Chairman_. PERCY R. PYNE, WATSON B. DICKERMAN, SAMUEL THORNE, WM. PIERSON HAMILTON, WILLIAM WHITE NILES, FRANK K. STURGIS, LISPENARD STEWART, HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN, _ex-officio_. General Officers WILLIAM T. HORNADAY, _Director_ H. J. SHORTER _Assistant Secretary_ R. L. CERERO _Assistant to Treasurer_ DR. GEORGE S. HUNTINGTON _Prosector_ C. GRANT LA FARGE _Architect_ H. DeB. PARSONS _Consulting Engineer_ Officers of the Zoological Park. WILLIAM T. HORNADAY, Sc.D. _Director and General Curator._ H. R. MITCHELL _Chief Clerk and Disbursing Officer_ R. L. DITMARS _Curator of Reptiles, Asst. Curator of Mammals_ C. WILLIAM BEEBE _Curator of Birds_ LEE S. CRANDALL _Assistant Curator of Birds_ W. REID BLAIR, D.V.S. _Veterinarian_ H. W. MERKEL _Chief Forester and Constructor_ ELWIN R. SANBORN _Editor and Photographer_ GEORGE M. BEERBOWER _Civil Engineer_ WILLIAM MITCHELL _Cashier_ [Illustration: ITALIAN GARDEN, BAIRD COURT, The structure on the right is the Large Bird-House, and in the distance, the Lion House.] GENERAL STATUS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK. Origin.—The New York Zoological Park originated with the New York Zoological Society, a scientific body incorporated in 1895, under a special charter granted by the Legislature of the State of New York. The declared objects of the Society are three in number—“A public Zoological Park; the preservation of our native animals; the promotion of zoology.” The Society has enrolled among its various classes over 2,000 members.