106 ANTSrUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1954 



One morning a number of baby shovel-nosed skinks {Scincus 

 o^cinalis) were found darting in and out of the sand at the bottom 

 of the cage which housed the collection sent to the Zoo by Dr. Kuntz. 

 Twenty survived. 



It was gratifying to find a young White's skink {Egernia whitii) 

 in the cage in which a group of Australian skinks had been since 

 November 1951. 



During the year several of the reptiles laid eggs. This is always 

 encouraging, and an effort is made to hatch the more promising ones. 

 A few of the eggs, or those that seem sterile, are sent to the National 

 Museum for its collection of preserved specimens. Those reptiles 

 that laid eggs this year were : 



Matamata turtle (Chelys fimbriata) 20 



Small snake-necked turtles {Hydromcdusa tectifera) 4 



American crocodile (Crocodyhts aaitus) 36 



Chinese alligator {AlUyator sinensis) 14 



Indian rock python {Python moluriis) 36 



Pilot black snake (Elaphe oTJSoleta otsoleta) 18 



Following is a complete list of the births and hatchings : 



MAMMALS 



Scientific name Common name Numier 



Ammotragus lei'via Aondad 5 



Bibos gaums Gaur__ 1 



Bos taunts Iw'H^t^t'."^ ""Z"^!:,- '\ 



(.West Highland cattle 1 



Capra hireus Domestic goat 1 



Cebus fatuellus Weeping capuchin 1 



Cercopithcais aethiops sahaciis X C. a. pygery- Green guenon X vervet gue- 1 

 thrus. non hybrid. 



Cervus canadensis American elk 1 



Cervus elaplms Red deer 2 



Cervus nippon Japanese deer 2 



Chocropsis liheriensis Pygmy hippopotamus 1 



Cholocpus didactylus Two-toed sloth 2 



Cuniculus paca Paca 1 



Dama dama f Brown fallow deer 5 



\Wliite fallow deer 3 



Equus turchellii bohmi Grant's zebra 1 



Erythrocebus patas Patas monkey 1 



Felis leo Lion 7 



Felis pardus Black leopard 2 



Oiraffa camelopardalis Nubian giraffe 2 



Hydropotes inermis Chinese water deer 7 



Hylobates agilis X H . lar pileatus Hybrid gibbon (2d genera- 1 



tion). 



Uystrix galeata African porcupine 2 



Lama glama Llama 1 



Leontocebus rosalia Silky marmoset 1 



Macaca mulatta Rhesus monkey 1 



Macaca sylvanns Barbary ape 1 



Myocastor coypus Coypu 3 



Odocoileus virginianus White-tailed deer 1 



Phlocomys cumingi Slender-tailed cloud rat 3 



Taurotragus oryx Eland 1 



Thalarctos maritimus X Ursus middendorfli Hybrid bear (2d generation)- 5 



Vulpes fulva i Silver fox 2 



IRed fox 2 



