REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 93 



Thirty-four ocellated turkeys were brought to the Zoo by Dr. D. S. 

 Newill, who had obtained them in Guatemala. These turkeys have 

 been very rare in collections and make an interesting exhibit. Five 

 were retained and the rest distributed by Dr. Newill to other zoos. 



Other interesting birds were two gray hornbills from India, the 

 first of the species to be exhibited in the United States. 



Three specimens of Troost's turtle, two albino and one normally 

 colored, were deposited by James Nelson Gowanloch. All were 

 young, only about 2 inches in diameter, but were outstanding be- 

 cause of the extreme rarity of albino turtles. These are a beautiful 

 light cream color through which shows the pattern of the normal 

 coloration. They have pink eyes and a bright red spot on the neck 

 that is characteristic of the species. 



Exhibits of very small creatures of more than ordinary interest 

 were three different species of tiny frogs : the green and black arrow- 

 poison frogs, red and black frog"S, and yellow and black atelopus. 



Other additions to the collection that were of unusual interest were : 

 A young great gray kangaroo, which was a gift from the people of 

 Australia to the people of the United States and was flown to Wash- 

 ington on a nonstop flight September 30-October 1, 1946, from. Perth, 

 Australia, to Washington, D. C, by the United States Navy plane 

 Truculent Turtle^ a young Alaska brown bear received through the 

 interest of members of the force of the Alaska Game Commission and 

 the Fish and Wildlife Service; an Arabian gazelle presented to 

 the Zoo by W. W. Shaffer; a spectacled bear from the x\ndes region, 

 o])tained by purchase; a baby potto bom to a pair that had been 

 brought to the Zoo by the Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Li- 

 beria in 1940; pigmy green cardinals; the short-legged lizard from 

 Cuba; five young specimens of the giant salamander of Japan, which 

 were received by the United States Army as a gift from the school chil- 

 dren of Japan to the school children of the United States, particularly 

 through the interest of Brig. Gen. John W. O'Brien, Chief, Scien- 

 tific and Technical Division, GHQ, SCAP, and Dr. Austin Brues 

 and Lieutenant Kelly. These were collected through Dr. Tadamichi 

 Koga, Director, Uyeno Zoological Garden, Tokyo, Japan. 



ACQUISITION OF SPECIMENS 



Specimens for the Zoo collection are acquired by gift, deposit, pur- 

 chase, and births or hatchings. While depositors are at liberty to 

 remove the specimens that they deposit with the Zoo, many leave 

 the specimens for the rest of their lives. 



During the year the Zoo received a number of shipments of live 

 specimens by air without a single loss. Some of these animals were 

 rare or delicate, and had they been transported by the usual means. 



