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Title: Zoological Society bulletin
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: New York Zoological Society
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: (New York) : New York Zoological Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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adison Grant, andWilliam T. Hornaday are leading officers. Itis intended to check the repulsive and hor-rifying slaughter of valuable and beautifulbirds for the feather trade, and to prevent theextermination, now rapidly proceeding, ofthese birds. This immense commercialized wild-birdslaughter that has been going on for yearswith constantly increasing thoroughness servesno defensible purpose. All the uses of orna-ment and millinery can be served as well byother means. It must stop pretty soon forlack of birds to kill, but by checking it in timewhat birds are left may be saved and continuetheir species. We hope the clause may pass! —From Life, Maxj 15, 1913 THE SOCIETYS PROSECTOR On May 7, 1913, the Executive Committeeappointed Dr. George S. Huntington as Pro-sector of the Society for the utilization of thesoft parts of such of the dead animals at theZoological Park and Aquarium as may beuseful to the purposes of the College ofPhvsicians and Surgeons. 1010 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN
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POINTS NO REAL INDEX OF AGEAntlers of a wapiti in second, third, fourth and fifth stages. SUCCESSIVE STAGES OF ANTLER GROWTHRise, progress and decline in the antlers of an Axis Deer. ANTLERS AND RATTLES MANY people believe that the age of arattlesnake can be determined by thenumber of his rattles, and an equalnumber estimate the years in the life of a maledeer by the number of points on his antlers.As a matter of fact neither theory is cor-rect. The largest rattler may have fewrattles and a small one twice the number ofthe big one. Sometimes the rattles are broken off by violent contact with rocks orbushes, and the damage repaired by theprocess of nature at the rate of about threesegments each year. So in the end the calculator is quite as farfrom the true solution of the problem as in thebeginning. At birth the rattlesnake has atiny button where his rattles are ultimatelyto be. Therefore at the end of the first year—if he should live—he would be, according totheory, three years o

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