82 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1941 



SMITH SONIAN-FTBESTONE EXPEDITION — continued 



Scientific name Common name Numier 



Crossarchus ohscurus Marsh civet 1 



Psittacus erithacus African gray parrot 2 



Agapornis pullaria Red-faced lovebird 19 



Ceratogymna elata Yellow-casqued hornbill 1 



Stephanoaetus coronatus Crowned havpk-eagle 2 



Oypohierax angolensis Fish-eating vulture 1 



Kaupifalco monogrammicus Northern lizard-buzzard 1 



Acoipiter tachiro macro scelides West African goshawk 1 



Bitis nasicomis Rhinoceros viper 3 



Bitia gabonica Gaboon viper 2 



Uaja sp Cobra 2 



Python sebae West African python 2 



Varanus niloticus Nile monitor 4 



Hyperolius sp West African tree frog 11 



Rana occipitalis West African bullfrog 4 



Osteolaemus tetraspis Broad-nosed crocodile 1 



Crocodylus cataphractus Narrow-nosed crocodile 1 



Kinixys erosa West African back-hinged tortoise 7 



Pelusios deriianus Turtle 1 



A summary of the specimens received from the expedition, 

 including those in both shipments, follows : 



Class _ Species Individuals 



Mammals 23 48 



Birds 15 42 



Reptiles 20 76 



Amphibians . 2 15 



MoUusks 1 14 



Total 61 195 



GIFTS 



Pleasant contacts made by two previous expeditions have resulted 

 in the receipt as gifts of a number of desirable specimens. 



From the Firestone Plantation in Liberia, through Greorge Sey- 

 bold, manager, and Dr. Fuszek, Director General of Public Health 

 of Liberia, the Zoo received a pigmy hippo, a western chimpanzee, 

 a leopard, 2 rhinoceros vipers, a green mamba, a crowned hawk- 

 eagle, and a porcupine. These resulted from associations made dur- 

 ing the Smithsonian-Firestone expedition of 1940. 



Through contacts made by Malcolm Davis, Zoo staff member of 

 the Antarctic expedition of 1940, an interesting lot of birds was 

 received, including 3 emperor penguins, 4 Gentoo penguins, 2 kelp 

 gulls, and a giant fulmar. These birds were collected through the 

 cooperation of Richard Black, Dr. Paul Siple, Jack Perkins, Roger 

 Hawthorne, and others of the expedition, and brought to the States 

 by Herwil Bryant, Jr., whose painstaking care on the trip saved 



