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Identifier: zoologica515519121913newy (find matches)
Title: Zoological Society bulletin
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: New York Zoological Society
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: (New York) : New York Zoological Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library
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K. Sturgis, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Ex-Officio. (Srnrral ©ffitrraWilliam T. Hornaday, Director of the Park.Charles H. Towxsend, Director of the Aquarium.La Faroe & Morris, Architeets. H. De B. Parsons, Consulting Engineer. H. R. Mitchell, Raymond I.. Ditmars, (SJffirrrs of tljp Znnlngiral ParkWilliam T. Hornaday, Director.C. William Beebe, H. W. Merkel, L. S. Crandall, W. Reid Blair, ©ffirrrs nf tt\t Aquarium Elwin R. Sanborn,G. M. Beerbower. (iiahi.es II. Townsend, Director. Washington I. DeNyse, Raymond C. Osburn, Assistant.Robert SutcliffE. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN CONTENTS FOR JULY Hans Schomburgk with Pygmy Hippo Frontispiece Our Pygmy Hippopotami W. T. Hornaday. 877 Ox the Trail of the Pygmy Hippo Hans Schomburgk. 880 Birds of Prey (Part II) C. William Beebe and Lee S. Crandall. 8S6 The Hooded Seal Harry Whitney. 891 Land of the Free Elwin R. Sanborn. 885 ( Lee S. Crandall. 889 Zoological Park Notes ■( Raymond L. Ditmars. 893 Elwin R. Sanborn. 894. New Members .. 885
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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETYBULLETIN Published by the New York Zoological Society Vol. XVI JULY 1912 Number 52 OUR PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMI By William T. Hornaday DESPITE all the exploring to and fro inAfrica, and all the slaughter of big gamethat for a century has furiously pro-ceeded, the dark continent has not yet given upall her wild-animal secrets. The wonderfulpygmy African elephant (Elephas pumilio)stole into the world very quietly in 1905, but in1889 the far more wonderful okapi burst uponthe scientific world like a meteor. Since thatastounding animal, the zoologists have been in;i mental state of what-next. The pygmy elephant of the Congo countryand elsewhere, we-have-with-us-to-night, as itwere, in the lusty personality of the type speci-men, now about fourteen years of age; but thusfar the okapi has eluded us. Major Powell-Cotton literally called back the supposedlyalmost extinct white rhinoceros by discoveringin the Lado District an entirely new outcrop ofthem. For this species we have str
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