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U. S. Department of Agriculture, race- 

 runner snake. 



U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service: 

 Through Gardner Bump, Karachi, 

 Pakistan, and F. C. Lincoln, snow 

 cock. 

 Through J. Stokley Ligon, Carlsbad, 



N. Mex., 2 sand grouse. 

 Through David L. Spencer, Kenai, 

 Alaska, and William Tierre, Alas- 

 kan brown bear. 

 Through Bruce Stollberg, Squaw 

 Creek Refuge, Mound City, Mo., 2 

 blue geese. 



Vanderhoof, Jonna, Rockville, Md., 

 horned lizard. 



Van Tassel, M. E., Arlington, Va., Bra- 

 zilian cardinal. 



Vaughan, Merrill W., caiman. 



Vigliotti, George A., Silver Spring, Md., 

 kinkajou. 



Villa, Kathy, Chillum, Md., 2 domestic 

 rabbits. 



Vincent, Michael, snapping turtle. 



Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, 

 Uganda, through Dr. J. A. Morris, 

 Army Medical School, Walter Reed 

 Hospital, 20 galagos. 



Wadsworth, Richard, 2 grass parakeets. 



Walter, Harry, College Park, Md., cai- 

 man. 



Walter Reed Hospital, *o Malayan tree 

 shrews, 4 chimpanzees. 



Walters, Billy, *chicken snake. 



Watson, Dr. Joseph, Chevy Chase, Md., 

 ring-necked dove. 



Watson, William D., Kensington, Md., 

 caiman. 



Wayland, O. D., Culpeper, Va., 3 grass 

 parakeets. 



Weber, Jeanne, and Mrs. Bill Quinter, 

 snapping turtle. 



Welbon, Henry G., Tokyo, Japan, For- 

 mosan flying squirrel. 



Weston, Douglas, Arlington, Va., 2 

 Peking ducks. 



Wheeler, William J., Falls Church, Va., 

 2 copperheads. 



Whitley, James F., *yellow-vented par- 

 rot. 



Wickenheisen, Walter, Kensington, Md., 

 Muscovy duck. 



Willard, Dolores J., jaguarundi. 



Williams, Bobby and Johnny, Arling- 

 ton, Va., 2 Peking ducks. 



Wills, Yvonne, domestic rabbit. 



Witt, William, *pilot black snake, cop- 

 perhead snake, 2 tree frogs, *milk 

 snake, milk snake, king snake, 5 

 spotted turtles. 



Wolk, Carolyn, gray squirrel. 



Wonn, Clifford P., *red-blue-and-yellow 

 macaw. 



Wood, Diana, domestic rabbit. 



Worthington, Mrs. Sandra, Takoma 

 Park, Md., Peking duck. 



Yarbrough, Arthur, Arlington, Va., 

 sparrow hawk. 



BIRTHS AND HATCHINGS 



Conditions under which animals are kept on exhibition are usually 

 not favorable for breeding or raising young. However, occasionally 

 young are born or hatched that are of unusual interest to the public 

 and are valuable as additions to the group or for exchange. Out- 

 standing among the births at the Zoo were the following: 



The herd of Nubian giraffes {Giraffa camelopardalh) again pro- 

 duced young, thus providing valuable exchange specimens. 



The pygmy hippos {Ghoeropsis liberiensis) continue to produce 

 young, the eighteenth having been born during the fiscal year. 



The w r ater civets {Atilax paludinosus) , African relatives of the 

 mongoose, continue to produce young. 



The colony of rather attractive slender-tailed cloud rats (Phloeomys 

 cumingii) continues to increase by births. The original pair have 

 died of old age, but their progeny are carrying on. 



