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Mrs. Shelb}', Washington, D.C., 2 prairie dogs, 2 buUsnakes, coachwhip snake, 



king snake. 

 Dr. A. N. Skinner, Washington, D.C., green snake. 

 W. Smith, Washington, D.C., alligator. 



Smithsonian Institution, through Dr. A. Wetraore, Washington, D.C., 2 ferrugi- 

 nous rough-legged hawks. 

 A. Snyder and H. C. Moore, Hayfield, Va., banded rattlesnake. 

 Mr. Sonder, Washington, D.C., great horned owl, diamond-back rattlesnake. 

 Miss Daisy E,. Spradling, Athens, Tenn., bullsnake, hog-nosed snake, timber 



rattlesnake. 

 Storrs Agricultural College, through Walter Landauer, Storrs, Conn., Ancon sheep. 

 Capt. Parker G. Tenney, United States Army, 4 bean geese. 

 M. R. Thompson, Chevy Chase, Md., red-bellied terrapin. 

 F. M. Uhler, United States Biological Survey, Washington, D.C., 2 red-bellied 



cooters, Carolina box turtle. 

 United States Biological Survey, Department of Agriculture, whistling swan. 

 United States Bureau of Fisheries, Department of Commerce, through Henry 



O'Malley, Washington, D.C., 2 northern fur seals, 16 Aleutian rosy finches, 12 



large-mouthed bass. 

 United States National Museum, Washington, D.C., 11 rhinoceros iguanas. 

 Frank J. Vejtasa, Fairdale, N. Dak., snowy ov\'l. 

 Dick Walker, Washington Grove, Md., flying squirrel, 

 Walsh Auto Co., Richmond, Va., coatimundi. 

 James Washington, Washington, D.C., ring-necked snake. 

 Mrs. L. Waxter, Washington, D.C., 4 painted turtles, musk turtle, 4 red-bellied 



newts, 2 grass paroquets, 2 least parrotlets. 

 Neal A. Weber, Cambridge, Mass., bald eagle. 

 Mrs. R. Whitmer, Washington, D.C., raccoon. 

 Miss Grace O. Wiley, Museuin of Public Library, Minneapolis, Minn., 4 fox 



snakes. 

 Samuel B. Wilson, Washington, D.C., snapping turtle. 

 Frances Brinkl^ Zerbee Fund, electric catfish, 6 Rasbora heteromorpha. 

 Donors unknown, muskrat, gray fox. 



Exchanges. — Four doves, 2 Malpclo lizards, 2 red-footed boobies, 

 8 blue-faced boobies, 4 Galapagos penguins, 2 flightless cormorants, 2 

 Farallon cormorants, collected by the San Diego Zoological Society- 

 Hancock Expedition, were obtained by exchange from the San Diego 

 Zoological Society, through Dr. Harry M. Wegcforth, From the 

 South Australian Acclimatization Society, Adelaide, Australia, were 

 received a trio of Bennett's wallabies and 5 laughing jackasses or 

 kookaburras. 



Purchases. — Ross Freeman, formerly an employee of the United 

 States Rubber Co. in Sumatra, arrived in New York in July and 

 brought with him a large collection of East Indian species. The 

 park was able to select specimens desired at prices that made them 

 practically gifts, and through this source were added to the collection 

 a pair of orang-utans, 2 Siamang gibbons, a pair of Sumatran tigers, 

 and several other interesting mammals and birds, as well as some very 

 rare snakes. 



