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Fish and Wildlife Service, Annapolis, Md., Virginia deer; Boothbay Harbor, 

 Maine, 5 great black-backed gulls, 3 harbor seals; Eastern Shore, Md. (through 

 Vern Stott), 2 pied-billed grebes, 6 whistling swans, 3 golden-eyed ducks, 

 bufflehead ; Turkey Bay, Md., whistling swan. 



George's Pet Store, Bladensburg, Md., spider monkey. 



Harbaugh, George, Mount Rainier, Md., spiny-tailed iguana. 



Joy, Chief Petty Ofiicer J. E., San Angelo, Tex., 22 western diamond-backed 

 rattlesnakes. 



Kuntz, Dr. Robert, Taipei, Taiwan, 11 green snakes, water snake, 6 green vipers 

 (Trimeresurus stejnegeri), 3 green vipers (T. gramineus), striped rat snake. 



Moynihan, Dr. Martin H., Barro Colorado Island, C.Z., 4 spider monkeys. 



Muckels, R. N., Irongate, Va., spider monkey. 



Nye, Alva G., McLean, Va., golden eagle. 



Pinkston, Miss Nell S., Arlington, Va., tovi parakeet. 



Pomeroy, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene, American Embassy, Benghazi, Libya, 2 spiny- 

 tailed lizards. 



Roeder, H. Edward, Churchtown, Md., red-crowned mangabey. 



Sather, Ken, Round Lake, Minn., 3 red-breasted geese. 



Stambaugh, Dean, Washington, D.C., 2 troupials, 1 yellowhammer. 



Statland, Samuel, Washington, D.C., 5 African clawed frogs. 



Swain, Mark, Las Vegas, Nev., puma. 



Wetmore, Dr. Alexander, Washington, D.C., crowned hawk eagle. 



Xanten, William Jr., Washington, D.C., collection of North American snakes. 



PURCHASES 



Among important purchases of the year were an African rhinoceros, 

 three Cape buffaloes, three brindled gnus, a clouded leopard, and three 

 ring-tailed lemurs. The Director, while in New Delhi making arrange- 

 ments for the shipment of the white tiger, purchased a sizable col- 

 lection of native birds, including bulbuls, tits, thrushes, parrots, and 

 parakeets. 



Other purchases of interest were : 



Rocky Mountain goat 2 South American lapwings 



3 Patagonian cavies 2 pileated tinamous 

 Emu Quetzal 



5 lesser African flamingoes 2 purple gallinules 



4 Dalmatian pelicans 7 Nanday parrots 

 2 black-necked swans 2 Illiger's macaws 



4 coscoroba swans Concave-casqued hornbill 



Harpy eagle 



EXCHANGES 



By the judicious use of exchanges with other zoos and with individ- 

 uals the following animals were obtained : 



Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Spain, 2 Goliath frogs. 



Breazeale, Edgar, Edmonton, N.C., 6 chukar quail, 8 bobwhite quail. 

 Calgary Zoo, Calgary, Alberta, 2 Arctic foxes. 

 Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati, Ohio, jaguar. 

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