90 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1924 



Mrs. G. A. Somerville, Washington, D. C, bob white. 



Mr. P. C. Standley and Dr. W. M. Mann, Washington, D. C, Allen's opos- 

 sum, Panama agouti, 10 tovi paroquets, and loggerliead turtle. 



Mrs. Robert B. Stiles, Petersburg, Va., white-throated capuchin. 



Mrs. W. W. Stuart, Washington, D. C, white-throated capuchin. 



Mr. Landon Thomas, Augusta, Ga., bUie-and-yellow macaw. 



Mr. J. E. Tyler, Washington, D. C, 3 alligators. 



Mr. Allen W. Underwood, Washington, D. C, 2 ringed turtledoves. 



Mr. Frank Upsham, Washington, D. C, alligator. 



Mr. J. S. Warmbath, Washington, D. C, Virginia opossum and 2 great 

 horned owls. 



Mrs. Garret Watson, Washington, D. C, double yellow-headed parrot. 



Mr. J. E. White, Snowden, N. C, whistling swan. 



Mrs. Grace Wilkinson, Washington, D. C, Cuban parrot. 



Mr. Charles M. Willoughby, Washington, D. C, 2 European foxes. 



Mr. R. W. Wilson, Glen Echo, Md., California coyote. 



Mr. E. F. Wood, Washington, D. C, red fox. 



Births. — During the year 42 mammals were born and 27 birds 

 were hatched in the park. These records, as in former reports, in- 

 clude only such as are reared to a reasonable age, no account being 

 made in these published statistics of young that live only a few days. 

 Mammals born include: Mexican puma, 2; lion, 2; dingo, 2; gray 

 wolf, 6; Rocky Mountain sheep, 1; mouflon, 1; aoudad, 1; tahr, 2; 

 American bison, 2 ; reindeer, 2 ; Japanese deer, 3 ; hog deer, 2 ; fallow 

 deer, 2 ; red deer, 5 ; guanaco, 1 ; Trinidad agouti, 3 ; rhesus monkey, 

 1; Javan macaque, 1; red kangaroo, 1; rufous-bellied wallaby, 1; 

 brush-tailed rock wallaby, 1. Birds hatched were of the following 

 species: Blue goose, black duck, wood duck, Australian ibis, black- 

 crowned night heron, and grass paroquet. 



Twin monkeys were born for the first time in the records of the 

 park, but one of the young lived only a few days. The species was 

 Macaca rhesus. The breeding of the blue goose {Chen ccerulescens) 

 is a notable achievement, of which the keepers in the bird division 

 may well be proud. The young of this bird have never before been 

 reared, and only once before, so far as is known, has the species 

 nested in captivity. 



Exchanges. — A number of desirable animals were received in ex- 

 change for surplus stock. These included 12 mammals, 60 birds, 

 and 4 reptiles. Among the especially noteworthy accessions in this 

 class are a young black rhinoceros and a leopard from Africa, 5 

 reindeer from Norway, and 2 San Geronimo harbor seals from 

 Lower California. Birds received in exchange include a kiwi {Ap- 

 teryx mantelli), which, Avith a number of other rare species, came 

 from the Wellington, Ncav Zealand, Zoological Gardens in exchange 

 for some American animals. There were also received in exchange 

 a trumpeter swan, a wedge-tailed eagle, and numbers of other water- 

 fowl and cage birds. 



