134 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1961 



The Montana State Fish and Game Department, of Helena, Mont., 

 sent to the Zoo five bigliom sheep and one Rocky Mountain goat, thus 

 helping to build up the collection of North American game animals. 



The Department of External Affairs, Canadian Government, Ot- 

 tawa, gave a pair of Canadian beavers. On May 31 they were for- 

 mally presented by the Speaker of the Canadian Senate, Mark Drouin, 

 and the Speaker of the Canadian House, Roland Michener, and ac- 

 cepted on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution by Assistant Secretary 

 Remington Kellogg. Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher of New 

 Jersey, representing the Interparliamentary Union, also spoke at the 

 presentation. The beavers were placed in the newly renovated pool in 

 the section of the Park long laiown as Beaver Valley. 



Sir Edward Hallstrom of the Taronga Zoological Park Trust of 

 Sydney, Australia, sent eight lesser flying phalangers, a welcome addi- 

 tion to the collection. 



Through John Hoke of the American Consulate in Paramaribo, the 

 Government of Surinam sent a three-toed sloth. While the two-toed 

 sloth is commonly seen in zoos and has frequently bred in the National 

 Zoological Park, the three-toed is a rarity as it does not adapt well 

 in captivity. This animal lived from July 2, 1960, to January 29, 

 1961, and produced a young one after it arrived. The baby, unfor- 

 tunately, died after 14 days. When Mr. Hoke returned from his 

 Surinam mission, he brought two more three-toed sloths and gave 

 them to the Zoo on June 19, 1961. 



The Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City, Utah, sent the Park two kit foxes, 

 a species that had not been represented in the collection for several 

 years. 



J. Lear Grimmer, Associate Director, made another field trip to 

 British Guiana to study the life history of the hoatzin and returned 

 with three red agoutis and a large collection of birds and reptiles, 

 including the brown-throated conure, the black-headed conure, yellow- 

 headed marsh bird, black-throated cardinal, crested oropendula, three 

 species of ground doves, Cook's boa, and the rainbow boa. 



Space does not permit a complete list of all gifts received during the 

 year, but in addition to those already mentioned, the following are of 

 interest : 



Alston, F. J., Charlotte, N.C., sea lion. 



Armstrong, Wallace J., Washington, D.C., African lungfish, 2 angelflsh, peacock 



cichlid. 

 Balakirshnan, M. P., Kerala, India, Malabar squirrel. 

 Brady, James, Arlington, Va., night monkey. 

 Bump, Dr. Gardiner, New Dehli, India, jungle cat {Felis chaus), coppersmith 



(barbet). 

 Gate, Mrs. Robert, Washington, D.C., 2 toucans. 

 Department of Preventive Medicine, Entomology Branch, Fort Sam Houston, 



Tex., cacomistle. 



