100 ANNUAL EEPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1928 



2 lambs, and at the close of the year there were 10 individuals — 8 born 

 in the park and 4 of them grandchildren. 



Exchanges. — The most important of the animals received in ex- 

 change were a mate to the Mongolian wild horse which we already 

 had, a pair of South African big-eared foxes, and a collection of 

 eight species of lories. 



Purchases. — The principal purchases of the year were a young 

 South African buffalo; an inyala, the first of its kind to reach 

 America ; a pair of brown hyena, also unique of their kind in America ; 

 three wolverines secured by Dr. W. H, Chase, of Cordova, Alaska ; a 

 rhinoceros horn-bill ; and a hyacinthine macaw. 



La Societe Nationale dAcclimatation de France during the year 

 awarded the park its medal in recognition of the raising of the blue 

 goose. 



Removals. — Losses by death include the two giraffes, Hi-boy and 

 Dot, both of which died of nephritis with complications. Other 

 serious losses are a Kadiak bear, which had lived in the park from 

 December 15, 1903, to August 28, 1927; white-tailed gnu, arrived 

 June 23, 1914, died November 21, 1927; a sambar deer, received May 

 22, 1912, died January 2, 1928; our last cheetah, which had arrived 

 August 8, 1913, died September 6, 1927; an American bison, born 

 in the zoo May 24, 1907, died September 4, 1927; jaguar, arrived 

 May 1, 1915, died June 28, 1928 ; European black stork, arrived May 

 18, 1902, died May 13, 1928; West African crowned crane, arrived 

 May 25, 1905, died February 21, 1928; gila monster, received Sep- 

 tember 21, 1910, died January 11, 1928; anaconda, received August 

 17, 1899, died August 26, 1927. 



The long life of the cheetah is a record for an individual of its 

 ijpecies living in the North, and the anaconda, having lived for 28 

 years in the park, provides a most notable record for longevity of 

 this snake, which is usually not hardy in captivity. 



The loss in the reptile collection has been great, as we have no 

 suitable quarters for them. 



Post-mortem examinations were made in most cases by the patho- 

 logical division of the Bureau of Animal Industry. The following 

 list shows the results of autopsies : 



CAUSES OF DEATH 

 MAMMALS 



Camivora : Acute peritonitis, 1 ; intestinal obstruction, 1 ; gastritis, 2. 



Primates : Clironic nephritis, 1 ; pneumonia, 5 ; gastroenteritis, 3 ; cacliexia 

 uenilis, 1. 



Artiodactyla : Nephritis, 2 ; gastroenteritis, 1 ; septic metritis, 1 ; pneumonia, 

 3; old age, 1. 



Rodentia: Pneumonia, 1. 



