SECRETARY'S REPORT 



137 



Oommon name 



Soientiflo name 



Eider duck* Somateria molissima 



Gadwall* Anas strepera 



European widgeon* Anas penelope 



Wood duck Aix sponsa 



Mandarin duck Dendronessa galericulata^. 



White-winged scoter Melanitta fusca deglandia. 



Wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo 



Red junglefowl Gallus gallus 



Golden pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 



Kelp gull Larus dominlcanus 



'Hatched from eggs imported from Iceland. 



REPTILES 



Slate water snake Enhydris plumhea 



Florida water snake Natrix pictiventris 



Cottonmouth moccasin Ancistrodon piscivorus 



Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus 



Timber rattlesnake Crotalus horridus 



Snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina 



Mobile turtle Pseudemys elegans 



Painted turtle Chrysemys picta 



Number 

 3 

 5 

 5 

 36 

 5 

 1 

 6 

 8 

 1 

 4 



Red-bellied turtle Pseudemys rubriventris. 



33 



26 

 1 

 5 

 5 



23 



52 

 9 



15 



White Cloud Mountain fish. 



FISHES 

 Tanichthys anonuhes. 



Many 



The importance of a zoological collection rests, to a large extent, 

 upon the diversity and scope of its taxonomic representation through- 

 out the whole of the Animal Kingdom. The National Zoological 

 Park has enjoyed some measure of success in efforts to add representa- 

 tive species belonging to little-known or absent families. 



The total number of accessions for the year was 1,312, This in- 

 cludes gifts, purchases, exchanges, deposits, births, and hatchings. 

 Several minor species which are best displayed in large numbers do 

 not have an individual count, merely being listed as "many." 



