106 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1951 



The cars that made up the remaining 11.5 percent came from every 

 one of the remaining States, as well as from Alaska, Austria, Bahamas, 

 Belgium, Canada, Canal Zone, Cuba, England, Germany, Guam, 

 Guatemala, Hawaii, Holland, Japan, Mexico, Newfoundland, Nica- 

 ragua, Okinawa, Philippines, Puerto Eico, some of the South American 

 Republics, and Switzerland. 



THE EXHIBITS 



Specimens for exhibition are acquired by gift, deposit, purchase, 

 exchange, births, and hatchings and are removed by death, exchange, 

 or return of those on deposit. Although depositors are at liberty to 

 remove their specimens, many leave them permanently. 



As in any colony of living things, there is a steady turn-over, and 

 so the exhibits are constantly changing. Thus, the inventory list of 

 specimens in the collection on June 30 of each year does not show all 

 the kinds of animals that were exhibited during the year; sometimes 

 creatures of outstanding interest at the time they were shown are no 

 longer in the collection at the time the list is prepared. 



The United States National Museum is given first choice of all 

 specimens that die in the Zoo. If they are not desired for the Museum 

 they are then made available to other scientific institutions or scien- 

 tific workers. Thus, the value of the specimen continues long after 

 it is dead. 



ACCESSIONS 



During the year there were 267 accessions comprising 862 individual 

 animals received as gifts or deposits. These included an unusual 

 number of interesting specimens. 



OUTSTANDING ACQUISITIONS 



There were received 38 different kinds of animals that either had 

 never before been exhibited in this Zoo or are such rare specimens that 

 they are outstanding additions. 



One of these is the Agrimi goat, "Kri Kri" {Gapra aegagrus cret- 

 ensis) , a choice male specimen of a very rare native wild goat of Crete. 

 This was a gift to the United States Government from the Greek Gov- 

 ernment, through the Economic Cooperation Administration and the 

 State Department. 



A single specimen of toucan (Ramphastos) , which is as yet un- 

 identified, was received from Colombia. This bird had never been 

 exhibited formerly in the National Zoological Park, and it is appar- 

 ently rare in the wild, as well as in collections. 



Seventeen specimens of the Santa Marta tinamou {Ci^pturellus 

 noctivagus idoneus) were also received from Colombia. These were 

 new to the Zoo collection, and they are large enough and so conspic- 



