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PURCHASES 



While the associate director was in India, he was able to acquire 

 10 Indian flying foxes. These are the first of their kind to be brought 

 into the United States under the revised regulations of the Depart- 

 ment of the Interior through the cooperation of D. H. Janzen, direc- 

 tor, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Fish and Wildlife 

 Service. 



Other specimens purchased in India were 2 pairs of rosy pelicans, 

 6 lion-tailed macaques, a female golden cat, a female leopard cat, 

 8 spot-billed ducks, 12 pairs of assorted parakeets, 12 comb ducks, 

 and 2 lesser pied hornbills. Arrangements were made for the pur- 

 chase of other specimens which will be shipped when accommodations 

 have been completed for them here at the zoo. 



Other purchases of interest were : 



3 Costa Rican rear-fanged snakes 



2 hyraxes 



1 South American short-eared dog 



3 Gila monsters 



1 scarlet macaw 



2 wood rails 



3 chucliwallas 



2 beaded lizards 



1 caiman 



6 Western skinks 



2 purple-created touracos 



4 Townsend's cliipmunlvs 



1 Eastern diamoudback rattlesnake 

 1 red uakari 



1 wattled guan 



5 pygmy marmosets 



2 cantils 



1 Malayan box turtle 



12 Southwestern fence lizards 



STATUS OF THE COLLECTION 



In the following lists of mammals and birds, sex is given where 

 known; 1.0 indicates one male, 0.1 indicates one female, 1.1 indicates 

 one male and one female. A plus sign ( + ) mdicates young animals 

 of which the sex is not yet known. 



