KEPORT OF THE SECRETARY 99 



Pearson & Hauke, Clifton, Tex., red-tailed hawk. 



Hon. Gifford Pinchot, Washington, D. C, yellow and blue macaw. 



Mr. Paul G. Redington, Chief U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, Kadiak bear. 



Mr. E. B. Reid, Culpeper, Va., gray fox. 



Mr. B. D. Reid, National Museum, black snake. 



Lieut. E. J. Richards, United States Navy, rosella parrakeet. 



Mr. Siegfried Scharbau, Washington, D. C, crimson-headed parrot. 



Mr. Charles Shelby, Washington, D. C, American black bear. 



Mr. H. A. Shumaker, McEIhattan, Pa., and New York City, three plains 

 wolves. 



Mr. M. B. Slemmer, Centerville, Md., alligator. 



Miss Stella Snell, New York City, canary. 



Mrs. Sockrell, Washington, D. C, red-tailed hawk. 



Mr. J. H. Stieg, Washington, D. C, osprey. 



Mr. Robert F. Taylor, Washington, D. C, raccoon. 



Mrs. Thomas, Garrett Park, Md., copperhead. 



Miss Frances Tooke, Washington, D. C, opossum. 



Mr. B. R. Torrance, Silver Spring, Md., three skunks. 



Mr. G. Townsend, Colonial Beach, Va., great horned owl. 



Mrs. E. M. Tracy, Washington, D. C, two coyotes. 



United States Biological Survey, through Stanley G. Jewett, Portland, Oreg., 

 albino coyote. 



United States Coast Guard, New London, Conn., black bear. 



United States Marine Corps, through Dr. H. C. Kellers, United States Navy, 

 three gray spider monkeys, two gray coatimundis, agouti, lemon-breasted tou- 

 can, two tovi purrakeets, white-throated capuchin. 



United States National Museum, Washington, D. C, coach-whip snake. 



Miss Mabel Van Alstyne, New Rochelle, N. Y., red-fronted parrakeet. 



Mr. G. H. Vega, Fort Humphreys, Va., gray fox. 



Mr. A. E. Vinsen, Port au Prince, Haiti, Haitian snake. 



Mr. C. T. Vorhies, Tucson, Ariz., three Gila monsters. 



Mr. Edward White, Washington, D. C, two alligators. 



Mr. W. L. Whiting, Takoma Park, Md., raccoon. 



Mr. J. S. Williams, Widewater, Va., green guenon. 



Mr. W. C. Williams, Franklin, Tenn., banded rattlesnake. 



Unknown donors, great blue heron, turkey vultures, broad-winged hawk, two 

 alligators. 



The office of the Chief Coordinator has again transferred certain 

 useful and appreciated equipment and supplies to the park. 



Births. — Among the births of the park this year have been yak, 

 tahr, American elk, Alpine ibex, mouflon, barasingha deer, hog deer, 

 fallow deer, red deer, Sika deer, bison, mountain sheep, llama, gray 

 wolves, aoudads, wart hogs, agouti, rhesus monkey, and leopards. 

 Both jDairs of leopards secured by the Smithsonian-Chrysler expedi- 

 tion mated in iho, zoo and each produced a litter of two cubs, which 

 are doing well. An American white pelican was raised in the pelican 

 pond near the Harvard Street entrance, which is the first breeding 

 record of this bird in captivit}^, and two more blue geese have been 

 hatched. The herd of Rocky Mountain sheep was augmented by 



