SECRETARY'S REPORT 95 



Two common Philippine macaques were received from the U. S. Air 

 Force tlirough Col. Leon Booth, Air Research and Development Com- 

 mand. These monl^eys are of uncommon interest because they were 

 used in an experiment at Halloman Air Force base, Alamagordo, 

 N. Mex., where they were placed in an x\.ir Force Aerobee rocket wliich 

 was fired to an altitude of 200,000 feet. So far as known, these are 

 the first primates to reach so great an altitude. 



Laboratory mice were also used in this experiment. When the 

 rocket took off, the animals were subjected to about 15 G's, a strain 

 about 15 times that which is normal for their weight. Later in the 

 flight they lost all weight, as they were away from the gravitational 

 force of the earth. 



A fine young chimpanzee {Pari troglodytes) was given to the Zoo 

 by the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. 



Through Lt. Col. Robert Traub, chief. Department of Entomol- 

 ogy, Army Medical Service Graduate School, Army Medical Center, 

 Washington, D. C, there were received three separate collections of 

 mammals from Borneo and the Malay Peninsula, including a young 

 wau-wau gibbon {Hylobates moloch)^ a crab-eating macaque {Macaca 

 irus)^ two brush-tailed porcupines {THchys Upura), a ferret badger 

 {Helictis everetti) , three Kinabalu tree shrews ( Tupaia montana halu- 

 ensis) , two Rajah tree rats {Rattus rajah) , four slow lorises {Nyctice- 

 hus coucang)^ five specimens of three different species of the beautiful 

 tree squirrels {C allosciurus) , one pencil-tailed tree mouse {Chiropod- 

 omys gliroides), one big black Kinabalu tree rat {Rattus infraluteus) ^ 

 four specimens of Berdmore's squirrel {Menetes herd7norei), three 

 spiny-backed tree rats {Rattus sahanus), and three Whitehead's tree 

 rats {Rattus lohiteheadi). The Berdmore's squirrels and one of the 

 Callosciurus were collected by the United States Operations Mission to 

 Thailand. The remainder of the specimens were collected by special 

 United States Army Research Medical Units in Malaya and Borneo 

 with the assistance of Capts. H. T. Newson and Bryce Walton. 



President Syngman Rhee of Korea presented to President Eisen- 

 hower two Korean bear cubs {Selenarctos thibetanus ussuricu^) that 

 had been his pets. They were turned over to the Zoo where they are 

 thriving and are an interesting and entertaining exhibit. They were 

 flown to Washington by Northwest Airlines' Stratocruiser, in charge 

 of Capt. Y. C. Kwak. 



The Sun Life Insurance Co. of America, through Harvey L. Kes- 

 model, Jr., presented two young Malayan sun bears {Helarctos niala- 

 yanus) the first the Zoo has had for some time, and a young Hima- 

 layan bear {Selenarctos thiheta7ius) . 



Dr. R. E. Kuntz, United States Medical Officer, Rc^search Unit No. 

 3, Cairo, Egypt, sent a shipment of 22 kinds of lizards and snakes, 



