84 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 19 3 9 



Births. — There were 48 mammals born and 15 birds hatched during 

 the year. 



MAMMALS 

 Scientific name Common name Number 



Ammotragus lervia Aoudad 4 



Axis axis Axis deer 7 



Bison Uson American bison 3 



Bos indicus Zebu 1 



Cervus elaphus Red deer 2 



Choeropsis liberiensis Pigmy hippopotamus 1 



Dama dama Fallow deer 6 



Felis onca Jaguar 2 



Hemitragus jemlahicus Talir 1 



Magus maurus Moor monkey 1 



Macaca mordax Javan monkey 2 



Macaca mulatta Rhesus monkey 1 



Macaca nemistrina Pig-tailed macaque 1 



Ovis europaeus Mouflon 1 



Procyon lotor Black raccoon 3 



Pseiidois nahtira Bharal or blue sheep 2 



Sika nippon Japanese deer 4 



Taurotragus oryx Eland 1 



Thalarctos maritimus X Ursus middendorflii — Hybrid bear 2 



Vrsus arctos European brown bear 1 



Ursus gyas Alaska peninsula bear 2 



BIRDS 



Chrysolophus pictus Golden pheasant 5 



Nycticorax nycticorax naevius Black-crowned night heron. 9 



Spheniscus demersus Jackass penguin 1 



Exchcmges. — A most interesting lot of South American animals 

 were received on an exchange basis with the zoos at Buenos Aires and 

 La Plata, Argentina. These were brought to the Park by the Na- 

 tional Zoological Park- Argentina Expedition. Another important 

 exchange was with the Cole Brothers Circus, in which the Zoo received 

 a female hippopotamus and a male yak. 



Purchases. — Specimens acquired by purchase and worthy of men- 

 lion include a Malayan pangolin, one pair of Atlantic walruses, one 

 pair of Bengal tigers, one pair of alpacas, a harpy eagle, and a pair 

 of reticulated giraffes, the first of this species ever exhibited at the 

 Park. 



REMOVALS 



Deaths. — ^Major losses during the year included one brown hyena, 

 one Malayan pangolin, two walruses, one colobus monkey, a prong- 

 horn antelope, and two shoebill storks. As in the past, all specimens 

 of scientific value that died during the year were sent to the National 

 Museum. 



