100 



ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, l\)'2i 



STATEMENT OF THE COLLECTION 

 Accessions during the year 



Presented - - 



I5oin and hatched in National Zoological Park — 



Received in exchange.. 



Purchased. 



Transferred from other Government departments . 



Captured 



Deposited 



Mammals 



Total - 



Birds 



124 

 27 

 60 

 81 

 11 

 2 

 4 



309 



Reptiles 



Total 



221 

 69 

 76 

 98 

 18 

 2 



SUMMAKY 



Animals ou haud July 1, 1923 1, 76S 



Accessions during the year 491 



Total animals handled 2,259 



Deduct loss (by exchange, death, and return of animals on deposit) 614 



VISITORS 



Attendance records exceeded the previous year (1923) by 49,452 

 and were 42,043 over the record year for the park (1921). The 

 total number of visitors, as determined by count and estimate, was 

 2,442,880, This makes the fifth jesiv in succession that the attend- 

 ance has exceeded two millions. The greatest attendance in any one 

 month was 352,425 in September, 1923. 



The attendance by months was as follows : 



1923 



July 269, 400 



August 279, 550 



September 3r)2, 425 



October 215, 975 



November 114, 210 



December 111, 000 



1924 



January 73, 440 



February 93, 263 



March 211, 250 



April 313, 150 



May 209, 367 



June 199, 850 



Schools, classes, and other similar organizations visiting the park 

 during the year numbered 160, with a total of 15,100 individuals. 



