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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1921. 



Ground rattler (Sistrurus miUariua) — 

 Snapping turtle (Chelydra serpen- 

 tina) 



Rossignon's snapping turtle (Chely- 

 dra ro8signonii) 



Wood turtle (Clemmys insculpta) 



Diamond-back terrapin (Mala clem j/s 



centrata) 



Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) 



Cooter (Pseudemys scripta) 



Central American cooter (Pseudemys 



ornata) 



Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphe- 



mus) 



Duncan Island tortoise (Testudo 



ephippium) 



Indefatigable Island tortoise (Testudo 



porteri) 



Albemarle Island tortoise (Testudo 



vicina) 



STATEMENT OF THE COLLECTION. 

 Accessions during the year. 



SUMMARY. 



Animals on hand July 1, 1920 1,427 



Accessions during the year 613 



Total animals handled 2,040 



Deduct loss (by exchange, death, and return of animals on deposit) 495 



Animals on hand June 30, 1921 1,545 



Class. 



Mammals. 



Birds 



Reptiles... 



Species. 



198 



246 



34 



Individ- 

 uals. 



541 

 901 

 103 



Total, Juno 30, 1921. 



478 



1,545 



This is a gain in the collection of 59 species and 118 individuals 

 over the total for June 30, 1920. The number of species shown is 

 greater than ever before in the history of the park. 



VISITORS. 



For the second time the official attendance records exceed 2,000,000. 

 The total number of visitors to the park for the fiscal year, as deter- 

 mined by count and estimate was 2,400,837, a gain of 171,232 over 

 the record of last year. The greatest attendance in any one month 

 was 390,988, in March, 1921, an average per day of 12,612. 



