114 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1953 



Following is a complete list of the births and hatchings : 



MAMMALS 



Scientific name Common name Number 



Alopex Jagopus Arctic fox 4 



Amwotragus lervia Aoudad 9 



Aisles velierosus IMexican spider monkey 1 



Bibos gaurus Gaur 1 



„ . /British Park cattle 1 



Bos iaurus .-- 1^^^^^. Highland cattle 1 



Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus X 



C. a. pygerythrus Green guenon X vervet guenon 1 



Cervus canadensis Elk 1 



Cervus nippon Japanese deer 3 



Choeropsis liberiensis Pygmy hippopotamus 1 



Choloepus didactylus Two-toed sloth 1 



Cunicuhis paca Paca 2 



r, J /Brown fallow deer 4 



Damadama \ White fallow deer 4 



Equus biirchellii Grant's zebra 1 



Erethizon epixanthum Western porcupine 1 



Felis concolor X Felis patagonica.. Hybrid puma 2 



Felis leo -. Lion 3 



Felis tigris Bengal tiger 3 



Giraffa camelopardalis Nubian giraffe 1 



Hydropotes inennis Chinese water deer 6 



Hystrix galeata African porcupine 2 



Lama glama Llama 2 



Lama pacos Alpaca 1 



Leontocebus rosalia Silky marmoset 2 



Mephitis mephitis nigra Eastern skunk 4 



Mustela eversmanni Ferret 5 



Myocastor coypus Coypu 3 



Odocoileus mrginianus Virginia deer 4 



Papio hamadryas Hamadrj'as baboon 1 



Phloeomys cumingi Slender-tailed cloud rat 1 



Procyon lotor Raccoon 6 



Tawotragus oryx Eland 1 



Thalorctos maritimus X Ursus 



middendorffi Hybrid bear 2 



Trichosurus vulpecula Vulpine phalanger 2 



Tupai montana baluensis Kinabalu tree shrew 7 



Ursus horribilis Grizzly bear ^ 1 



A.as viaiyrhynckos...^ {^H^JSari ducV.-;;:::;;:::::: 1 



Branta canadensis Canada goose 15 



Chauna torqiiata Crested screamer 1 



Larus novaehollandiae Silver gull 2 



Lonchura leucogasiroides Bengali finch 2 



Nycticorax nycticorax hoatli Black-crowned night heron 20 



Pavo cristattis Peafowl 1 



Streptopelia tranquebarica Blue-headed ring dove 2 



Taeniopygia castanotis Zebra finch 47 



Zenaida asiatica White-winged dove 2 



Boa enydris Tree boa 13 



Boa imperator Central American boa 20 



MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS 



Alaintenance and repair work at the Zoo suffered considerably dur- 

 ing the fiscal year 1953 owing mainly to shortage of funds for the 

 hire of personnel. Being forced to absorb the salary increases, the 



