88 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1920. 



Mr. Titus Ulke, Washington, D. C, painted turtle. 



Mr. Edward L. Weikert, Dickerson, Maryland, banded rattlesnake. 



Mr. H. J. Wildeman, Titusville, Florida, barn owl. 



Mr. Thomas Williams, Washington, D. C, haired owl. 



Mr. W. N. Williams, Washington, D. C, chameleon. 



Miss H. D. Wise, Washington, D. C, fish crow. 



Births. — Fifty mammals were born and 72 birds were hatched in 

 the park during the year. This record includes only such animals 

 as are reared to a reasonable age, no account being made in these 

 published statistics of young that live but a few days. The births 

 include 1 hippopotamus, 1 Indian water buffalo, 1 yak, 3 llamas, 

 1 guanaco, 1 tahr, 2 Indian antelopes, 2 American elk, 5 European 

 red deer, 1 barasingha deer, 1 hog deer, 4 Japanese deer, 1 fallow 

 deer, 3 Virginia deer, 8 raccoons, 4 prairie dogs, 2 Peruvian wild 

 guinea pigs, 3 great red kangaroos, 1 great gray kangaroo, 1 rufous- 

 bellied wallaby, and 4 rhesus monkeys. No record was kept of the 

 numerous domesticated guinea pigs and rabbits born during the 

 year. The birds hatched were of the following species: Florida 

 cormorant, black-crowned night heron, Canada goose, mallard, black 

 duck, wood duck, redhead, peafowl, and bob- white quail. 



The hippopotamus was born on May 31 ; it is a thrifty male, and 

 is the second } f oung from this same pair of animals. The nesting of 

 the redhead duck is the first record of the breeding of this species in 

 the park. 



Exchanges. — In exchange for surplus animals born in the park 

 there were received during the year 7 mammals, 133 birds, and 5 

 reptiles. The mammals included a zebu and a Burmese stag from 

 the gardens of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, and 2 black 

 spider monkeys, 1 chacma baboon, 1 Canadian porcupine, and a snow 

 leopard from miscellaneous sources. Of particular interest among 

 the birds are many of the characteristic species of Europe : Wood 

 pigeon, blackbird, robin redbreast, bullfinch, hawfinch, yellowham- 

 mer, goldfinch, siskin, greenfinch, bramblefinch, and jackdaw. Neo- 

 tropical birds received in exchange include the black-necked screamer, 

 upland goose, roseate spoonbill, white ibis, seedeater, yellow-backed 

 cacique, Yucatan jay, blue tanager, red-crowned parrot, and Mexican 

 green macaw. Species new to the collection from Asia are the 

 Baikal teal and the silver-eared hill-tit. One of the most valuable 

 birds received in exchange is a fine example of the single-wattled 

 cassowary, which is apparently referable to a little-known species, 

 Casuarius philipi, of New Guinea, Five specimens of a large South 

 American lizard, Tupinambis teguixin, were also added to the col- 

 lection. 



Purchases. — The lack of sufficient funds for the purchase of ani- 

 mals made it impossible to add to the collection many desirable 

 species offered for sale from time to time. Four young harbor seals, 



