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Through, the kind interest and generosity of Mrs. Eleanor Patter- 

 son, of tlie Washington Herald, several X-ray pictures were made 

 and an oxygen chamber with technicians and full equipment was 

 brought from New York by airplane and N'Gi placed in this in an 

 effort to save his life. He recovered somewhat, but because of the 

 empyema a surgical operation was necessary. This was performed 

 gratuitously by Dr. Charles Stanley White, of Washington, but the 

 long illness had so weakened the monkey that he died shortly 

 afterwards. 



At the time N'Gi was ill, Jojo, the chimpanzee in the adjoining 

 cage, also became ill and died. Both deaths were apparently occa- 

 sioned by the same type of ailment, generally called the flu or grip, 

 which was prevalent in Washington at that time. 



Okero, the mountain gorilla, and his cage mate, Teddy, the chim- 

 panzee, developed a slight pneumonia, but soon recovered. 



ANIMALS IN COLLECTION THAT HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN EXHIBITED 



MAMMALS 



Scientific name Common name 



Caeajou calvus White Uakari monkey. 



Chiroptes chiroptes Cuxio monkey. 



Eupliractus sexcinctus Six-banrled armadillo. 



Lycaon pictus Cape huntinir dog. 



Metachirus fuscogriseus Allen's mouse opossum. 



Nyctomys sumichrasti Sumicharast's deer mouse. 



Sciurus humei Tricolored squirrel. 



BIRDS 



Pitangus sulpliuratus Kiskadee flycatcher. 



Psomocolax oryzivora Rice grackle. 



Sporophila lineola White-crowned seed-eater. 



Tinamus major Guiana giant tinamou. 



REPTILES 



Ameiva amoiva ameiva South American swift. 



Anilius scytale Blunt-tailed anilius. 



Auolis leucophaeus Turks Island anolis. 



Crocodilurus lacertinus Crocodile lizard. 



Erpetodryas carinatus Marsh snake. 



Erpetodryas fascus Red and black snake. 



Erythrolamprus aesculapii False coral snake. 



Heiicops angulata South American water snake. 



Leiocephalus inaguae Inagua Island curl-tail lizard. 



Leiocephalus sp Curl-tail lizard (Audros Island). 



Leptophis ahaetulla Parrot snake. 



Petalognathus nebulatus Blunt-head snake. 



Philodryus viridissimus Green tree snake. 



Phrynona sulphureus South American rat snake. 



Phrynosoma solare Crowned horned lizard. 



