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Dr. H. C. Kellers, United States Navy, who accompanied the 

 astronomical expedition to the Philippines, returned with a lar<re 

 shipment of snakes, lizards, birds, and small mammals. 



Mr. W. ^r. Perry^o of the United States National Museum, on an 

 expedition to Haiti, secured a large collection, of which six rhinoceros 

 iguan:is and two Haitian boas were the most interesting to the Zoo, 

 though some of the small snakes that he collected may ])rove to be 

 new species. 



Hon. Gifford Pinchot, who cruised the Pacihc on a notable expedi- 

 tion, brought home with him for the National Zoological Park a 

 specimen of the almost extinct Duncan Island tortoise, a Hood 

 Island tortoise, four Albemarle tortoises, and three land iguanas, all 

 from the Galai)agos. These are very important additions and make 

 the collection of giant tortoises one of the finest. 



Through Tlieodore Roosevelt, jr., Harold S. Coolidge, jr., and 

 Kalph Wheeler, of the Kelly-Koosevelt expedition, were presented 

 a trio of white-faced gibbons, father, mother, and child, all magnifi- 

 cent specimens; a rare Bay Bamboo rat; a sun bear; a Himalayan 

 bear; as well as several smaller specimens. 



Mr. Fo.ster H. Benjamin of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, who has been engaged in field work in connection with 

 the extermination of the fruit fly in Florida, has kept a constant 

 lookout for reptiles, and through liim there has been obtained a 

 notable collection of Florida species, including many desirable 

 specimens. 



Mr. O. Hallson, Bethel, Alaska, througli the Alaska Game Com- 

 mission and the United States Biological Survey, sent three pairs of 

 the rare Emperor goose, and Mr. E. R. Kalmbach of the United States 

 Biological Survey secured on a western trip a collection of 31 assorted 

 birds, including 5 Caspian terns. 



The United Fruit Co., through Mr. Samuel Kress of Costa Rica, 

 has continued its interest and ])resented a fine pair of Costa Rican 

 deer, a collared peccary, and an Imperial boa. 



Through the Walter P. Chrysler fund was purchased a specimen 

 of the very rare saddle-bill stork of West Africa, one of the most 

 striking of living birds. This bird was captured by the Viennese 

 explorer Weidholz, and was acclimatized in Vienna and afterwards 

 in Nice. 



DONORS 



Mr. EuKene L. Abbott, Wnsliinjrton, D. C, alllpator. 

 Mr. H. W. Armculrout, Washington, D. C, 6 opossums. 



Dr. Paul Uart.scli, National Museum, Wa.'ihington, D. C, 6 iguanas, 10 

 tortoLses, 50 herinU crabs. 

 Mr. Frank Bas-fiani, Wa.shlngton, D. C, Cuban parrot. 

 Mr. D. F. lUiile, Washington, D. C, ring-iUH-kod phijisant. 



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