Zoological Society bulletin . ction (60by 75 inches), and as a gift it is almost as note-worthy as the Reed-McMillin collection ofAlaskan heads and horns. This is the third Rungius painting of Ameri-can big game that the Society has acquiredthrough the generosity of Mr. Emerson McMil-lin; and to the best of our knowledge and beliefit is the finest wild-animal painting in it hangs in the East Gallery ofthe Heads and Horns Collection. In connection with this subject there is to benoted a strange and unaccountable state of public art galleries of America containgood r
Zoological Society bulletin . ction (60by 75 inches), and as a gift it is almost as note-worthy as the Reed-McMillin collection ofAlaskan heads and horns. This is the third Rungius painting of Ameri-can big game that the Society has acquiredthrough the generosity of Mr. Emerson McMil-lin; and to the best of our knowledge and beliefit is the finest wild-animal painting in it hangs in the East Gallery ofthe Heads and Horns Collection. In connection with this subject there is to benoted a strange and unaccountable state of public art galleries of America containgood representations of every branch—andeven every twig—of pictorial art. except pic-tures of wild animals. So far as we can recall,or learn by inquiry, there is not one public artgallery in all America that contains even onenoteworthy painting of an American wild ani-mal. The wild animals of the world offer topainters a magnificent field that as yet hasbarelv been touched by the brush. W. T. H. 956 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY NEW ZKBRA AND WILD HORSE HOUSES, AND THEIR ENVIRONS ZOOLOGICAL PARK NOTES. New Rodents.—Our collection of western rodentslias materially strengthened the small mammalsgrouped in the economic rodent-reptile series. Theseconsist of gopher rats, pack rats and several of thesmaller species of rats and mice that injure theproducts cf the great grain belts. While it hasbeen alleged that the average life of small mammalsis comparatively short, this being particularly theease with the rodents, we have already made someinteresting notes relating to the longevity of speciesof North American gnawing animals. The jumpingrat (Dipodomys) lived in this collection for a periodof three years. Sagacity of Monkeys.—It amuses our visitors towatch the monkeys operate the swinging doors thatlead to their outside cages. These doors are hingedfrom above, and swing both ways. The object is to enable the hardy monkeys to run out of doorsat will, and at the same time prevent dr
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