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the summer of 1903 the crown was reformed and a new surface dressing of crushed 

 Umestone was put on at a cost of $450. (This section of road is still in almost ])erfect 

 condition, a good example of the ease with which a comparatively level road can be 

 kept in repair as against one on a steep grade. ) 



This road was also widened at the entrance and reshaped to conform to the new 

 lines of the highway approach outside. Cost, $250. 



Repairing log bridge. — It was found that the floods in the creek had cut into and 

 undermined the north abutment of this l)ridge, and additional concrete was put in 

 and faced with stone slabs. The trend of the current against the abutment was pre- 

 vented for the future 1)y removing a gravel bank and burying a few logs in the edge 

 of the stream to turn the water toward the center and prevent scouring. Cost, $250. 



Water supplg from the main on Connecticut avenue extended. — The water supply for 

 the entire park had been furnished by a 6-inch main, laid at the expense of the park, 

 down Quarry road from Columbia road. The supply in the higher parts of the park, 

 on the west side, was not satisfjtctory, and it was impossible to maintain ,gufficient 

 pressure when water was being used in the lower levels. A new pipe to supply the 

 western part of the park was laid from the main on Connecticut avenue extended, 

 at a cost of $250. 



Bookcase.t for office. — Reference l)ooks and bookcases for the superintendent's 

 office were purchased during the year at a co.st of $200. 



Noteworthy accessions. — A young male lion, presented to the President liy King 

 Menelik, of Abyssinia, was deposited in the park by the President. A spotted hyena, 

 presented by N. E. Skinner, special envoy to King Menelik. Twelve American bison 

 were loaned by Messrs. Bailey and Cody. One phalanger and 2 l)ridled wallabies 

 were received from Dr. F. W. Goding, United States consul at Newcastle, New South 

 Wales. Four ct>yotes were presented by Major Pitcher, acting superintendent, Yel- 

 lowstone National Park. Nine wandering tree ducks were presented by Carl Hagen- 

 beck. One Himalayan bear was received from the New York Zoological Park in 

 exchange. 



Purcliases. — A Kodiak bear. (This sjtecies is the largest carnivorous land animal 

 now in existence; one killed at English Bay, Kodiak Island, weighed 1,756 pounds.) 

 In this connection it is of interest to note that the male of Ursus dalli g>/as, now-in 

 the park, which weighed in June, 190.3, 450 pounds, had attained a weight, January 

 18, 1904, of 625 pounds. A Mexican mountain sheep. A pair of yearling moose 

 obtained in Manitol)a. A pair of jaguars. A male Bactrian camel, jirocured as a 

 mate foi- the female already in the coUec^tion. A California condor. A female black 

 bear, from the Province of Quebec; an unusually tine specimen, weigliing 380 pounds. 



BirtJis. — Eight wild turkeys hatched in the park. Brown jtelican, sandhill crane, 

 and Canada goose also nested, and the emu laid two eggs. 



Inqxtrtant losses. — Two American bison, gastro-enteritis. One pair moose. One 

 American antehjpe. Mule deer — 3 from disease, 2 from fright by buffalo, 1 female 

 killed by a male. Two jaguars — intense catarrhal inflammation throughout intestinal 

 tract; virulent colon germs found, pathogenic to rabbits and guinea pigs. One puma. 

 Black bear — pneumonia, 2; gastro-enteritis from Ascaris transfuga, 2. One grizzly 

 bear, gastro-enteritis with nephritis; in the collection since June, 1888. One sun 

 bear, from gastro-enteritis. One Ja])auese bear, shock from cutting claws, tour 

 Arctic foxes, no intestinal worms found; they were found in sul)se(iuent cases. Two 

 European flamingoes, Tropidncerca (a nematode worm found in suljsequent ca.ses) 

 jiroducing fatal inflammation of the digestive tract. One cassowary from serous 

 pericarditis. 



A considerable number of monkeys, birds (parrots, etc.), and snakes died from 

 results of overcrowding or lack of proper quarters. 



The post-mortem examinations were made by tlie Bureau of Animal Industry, to 

 whose courtesy tht^ thanks of the park are due. 



