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tling swans, ducks, and geese from Attorney General Eobert Kennedy 

 to President Sukarno of Indonesia. While there he accepted a most 

 generous gift from the Government of Indonesia of a pair of the 

 giant monitor lizards found on a few small islands in Indonesia and 

 known as Komodo dragons. The male was nearly 9 feet long and 

 weighed approximately 200 pounds; the female was about half that 

 size. Again, the Zoo was most unfortunate, as the big male, a truly 

 impressive specimen, died of systematic amebiasis on June 1, after 

 only 12 weeks and 4 days on exhibition at the Park. The female 

 has the same infestation with amebae, and every effort is being made 

 to cure her, as she is the only one of this species in the United States 

 at the present time. 



Space does not permit listing all gifts received in the course of the 

 year, but the following are of interest : 



Allan, Karen, Fairfax County, Va., brush-tailed porcupine. 



Amis, Mrs. Esther V., Washington, D.C., Patas monkey. 



Birch, Mrs. H. M., Bethesda, Md., lesser hill mynah. 



Chester Zoo, Chester, England, 2 axolotls (white phase). 



Cochran, Dr. Doris, Washington, D.C., 5 tropical American turtles of 2 species. 



Collette, Mrs. B. B., Alexandria, Va., sooty mangabey. 



DesPres, Mrs. Helen, Monrovia, Liberia, Maxwell's duikei*. 



Dietlein, Lt. Donald R., Alameda, Calif., Galapagos tortoise, sulphur-breasted 



toucan. 

 Godet, Dr. Rene, Dakar, Senegal, lungfish. 



Greenhall, Arthur, Washington, D.C., 4 spear-nosed bats, 8 vampire bats. 

 Greeson's Flying Squirrel Ranch, Arlington, Va., southern fox squirrel. 

 Harding, Grayson E., New York, N.Y., kura kura turtle, Amazon spotted turtle, 



red-faced turtle, chicken turtle, southern soft-shelled turtle, diamond-back 



terrapin. 

 Harris, Lester E., Takoma Park, Md,, 6 timber rattlesnakes, 10 fer-de-lance. 

 Houston, Robert, Arlington, Va., Swan Island iguana. 

 Keegan, Lt. Col. Hugh L., U.S. Army Medical Command, Japan, 5 rat snakes 



of 4 species, Dinodon, 2 many-banded kraits, 2 palm vipers, 3 Ryukyu green 



snakes, Japanese water snake, Japanese pit viper, 4 habus of 3 species, 3 



Erabu sea snakes. 

 Kennedy, Robert F., McLean, Va., 2 Geoffroy's marmosets. 

 Klikna, Mrs. Vincent, Falls Church, Va., 5 chinchillas. 

 Kuntz, Dr. R. E., Washington, D.C., 2 axolotls. 



Marcus, Dr. Leonard, Washington, D.C., 3 Pacific tree frogs, caiman lizard. 

 Maryland Game Department, through David J. Smith, Annapolis, Md., bald 



eagle. 

 McKittrick, F. A., Ithaca, N.Y., capybara. 

 Miller, Robert Fox, Jr., Washington, D.C., 5 South American sucker catfish 



(Plecostomtis). 

 Norfolk, John E., Upper Marlboro, Md., boa constrictor. 

 Ripley, Dr. S. Dillon, Washington, D.C., 2 rosy-billed pochards. 

 Rivero, Vincentes Carlos, Caracas, Venezuela, rainbow boa. 

 Stair, Gary, Washington, D.C., antelope ground squirrel. 

 Sweeney, Philip Niles, Washington, D.C., striped sand snake. 

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