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ning entry: Mighty Mo), and it was exhibited in various branches of 

 a restaurant chain before being formally presented to the Zoo by J. 

 Willard I^Iarriott, Sr. Mr. Marriott also gave the Zoo its first audio 

 device, a magnetic tape repeater sound system which at the press of a 

 button recites the story of the young Bengal tiger. 



James D. Kennedy, American administration personnel adviser to 

 the Indonesian National Police, stationed in Djakarta, Java, sent a fine 

 young cassowary. He later secured another one for the Zoo as a gift 

 from his friend Police Colonel Mohamad Jasin, chief of the Indo- 

 nesian Police Mobile Brigade, who wished to express his appreciation 

 for the training he had received at Quantico, Va. Both birds are im- 

 mature and are valuable additions to the collection. 



Robert F. Kennedy gave a young female Californian sea-lion which 

 had been sent to his children as a Christmas present and had been 

 living in their swimming pool. 



The list of benefactors of the National Zoological Park is a long one, 

 and the following record of gifts received during 1959-60 mentions 

 only those of unusual interest : 



Berger, Paul, Berwyn Heights, Md., Javan macaque. 



Blackwelder, Frank, Washington, D.C., scarlet king snake. 



Brower, Charles F., Falls Church, Va., white-breasted toucan. 



Call, Carl J., Silver Spring, Md., pectoral sandpiper, 



Cobb, Dr. S., Boston, Mass., 4 albatrosses. 



Crawford, Cecil C, Washington, D.C., Lady Amherst's pheasant. 



Davis, M/Sgt. Dale E., Alhambra, Calif., tovi parakeet. 



DePrato, Mario, Langley Park, Md., narrow-mouthed toad, 23 tree frogs (3 spe- 

 cies of Hyla), king snake, scarlet snake, 2 cottonmouth moccasins, red-bellied 

 water snake, 4 black racers, 7 brown water snakes, 2 southern banded water 

 .snakes, mud snake, 4 green snakes, chicken snake {Elaphe), 2 chicken snakes 

 (Dcirochelys), 21 spadefoot toads, 4 American toads, 3 bullfrogs, ring-necked 

 snake, 2 mud turtles, box turtle, 62 newts. 



Devaris, Capt. Dionisios P., Washington, D.C., Javan macaque. 



Ereckson, Mrs. Lucy, Arlington, Va., coatimundi. 



Fischer, Mrs. Milla, Washington, D.C., ocelot. 



Fish and Wildlife Service, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 6 double-crested cormo- 

 rants, 6 gulls, 2 harbor seals. In cooperation with the Fish and Wildlife Serv- 

 ice W. Widman, senior keeper at the National Zoological Park, collected at 

 Kent Island, Eastern Shore, Md., 6 buflleheads, 4 black ducks, 3 pintails, 2 ring- 

 necked ducks, 6 whistling swans ; at Mills Island, Salisbury, Md., 4 American 

 egrets, 4 Louisiana herons, 2 glossy ibises, 3 great white herons ; and at Wash- 

 ington, N.C., 3 royal terns, 4 gray pelicans. 



Garret, Col. E. W., Fort Leavenworth, Kans., night monkey. 



Gray, Steven and Loraine, Bethesda, Md., black-and-red tamarin. 



Hanson, Charles, Port Clinton, Ohio, massasauga, fox snake. 



Harris, Lester E., Takoma Park, Md., 14 timber rattlesnakes, hog-nosed snake, 



Harrison, Allen M., boa constrictor. 



Hawes, Miss Elizabeth, Washington, D.C., 2 white-throated capuchins. 



Isaac, Mrs. Lee, Arlington, Va., Formosan macaque. 



Joy, J. E., St. Angelo, Texas, 5 diamond-back rattlesnakes, prairie rattlesnake 



