SECRETARY'S REPORT 125 



ANIMALS IN THE COLLECTION ON JUNE 30, 1954-Continued 



BIRDS— Continued 



PASSERIFORMES — continued 



Scientific name Common name Number 



Ploceidae — Continued 



Ploceus baya Baya weaver 19 



Ploceus viteUinus Vitelline masked weaver 1 



Poephila acuticauda Long-tailed finch 1 



Poephila gouldiae Gouldian finch 3 



Quelea quelea Red-billed weaver 1 



Sporaeginthus melpodus Orange-cheeked waxbill 7 



Steganopleura bichcnovii Bicheno's finch 1 



Steganura pradisea Paradise whydah 2 



Taeniopygia castanolis Zebra finch 30 



Uracginthus bengalus Cordon-bleu finch 1 



Icteridae: 



Icterus giraudi Giraud's oriole 3 



Icterus icterus Troupial 1 



Molothrus ater Cowbird 2 



Notiopsar curaeus Cliilean blackbird 1 



Ouiscalus quiscula Purple grackle 1 



Xanthocephalus xanlhocephalus Yellow-headed blackbird 1 



Thraupidae: 



Calospiza ruficapilla Brown-headed tanager 1 



Piranga rubra Summer tanager 1 



Ramphocelus carbo Silver-beaked tanager 3 



Ramphocelus dimidiatus Crimson tanager 2 



Ramphocelus flammigerus Yellow tanager 1 



Ramphocelus passerinii Passerini's tanager 4 



Thraupis cana Blue tanager 1 



Thraupis palmarum Black-winged palm tanager 1 



Fringillidae: 



Carpodacus mexicanus Mexican house finch 3 



Cayleyna picta Painted finch 1 



Cyanocompsa argentina Argentine blue grosbeak 1 



J unco hyemalis Junco 1 



Lophospingus pusillus Black-crested finch 1 



Paroaria cucullata Brazilian cardinal 1 



Paroaria gularis nigro-genis Black-eared cardinal 1 



Passer ella iliaca Fox sparrow 1 



Passerina ciris Painted bunting 1 



Passerina cyanea Indigo bunting 1 



Pheucticxis aureoventris Black-and-yollow grosbeak 1 



Poospiza torquala Ringed warbling finch 2 



Richmondena cardinalis Cardinal 2 



Serinus canarius Canary 26 



Serinus icterus Green singing finch 1 



Sicalis luteola Saffron finch 9 



Sporophila gutluralis Yellow-billed seedeater 11 



Sporophila melanocephala Black-headed seedeater 2 



REPTILES 



RHYNCHOCEPHALIA 



Sphenodon tidae : 



Sphenodon punctatum Tuatara 1 



LORICATA 



Crocodylidae: 



Alligator mississipiensis Alligator 26 



Alligator sinensis Chinese alligator 2 



Caiman sclerops Spectacled caiman 20 



Crocodylus acutus American crocodile 4 



Crocodylus cataphr actus Narrow-nosed crocodile 1 



Crocodylus niloticus African crocodile 2 



Crocodylus porosus Salt-water crocodile 1 



Osteolaemus tetraspis Broad-nosed crocodile 3 



