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Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C, turkey. 



Mr. Nelson II. Wood, Washington, D. C, cedar waxwing. 



Mr. E. S. Wright, Lassiter, Va., black-crowned night heron. 



In addition to the vertebrate animals listed above and regularly 

 catalogued in the collection, a most interesting exhibit of crabs was 

 maintained throughout most of the year. The specimens were pre- 

 sented by the collector, Dr. Paul Bartsch, of the National Museum, 

 and comprised 69 West Indian hermit crabs {Ccenohita eli/pcata) 

 from Bush Key, and 37 West Indian land crabs (Gecarcinus mater- 

 alls') from Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas, Fla. Some specimens 

 of the work of beavers, stumps and cuttings made by the animals in 

 the construction of dams and lodges, were collected in the Adiron- 

 dacks, and presented to the Park by Mr. W. E. Talmage, of Cleve- 

 land, Ohio. Arranged on a stand constructed for the purpose in the 

 beaver inclosure, they have added greatly to the interest of the public 

 in this animal and its work. 



Births. — Sixty-three mammals were born, and 45 birds were 

 hatched during the year. The births include 1 Brazilian tapir, 1 

 yak, 2 bison, 2 Rocky Mountain sheep, 2 nilgais, 1 black buck, 2 

 guanacos, 3 llamas, 1 black-tailed deer, 1 Virginia deer, 1 Manchurian 

 deer, 2 American elk, 5 red deer, 1 fallow deer, 4 axis deer, 2 hog 

 deer, 4 Japanese deer, 1 barasingha deer, 4 great red kangaroos, 1 

 brush-tailed rock kangaroo, 1 rufous-bellied wallaby, 1 common pha- 

 1 anger, 2 Tasmanian phalangers, 4 raccoons, 9 coypus, 1 paca, 2 

 Peruvian wild guinea-pigs, and 2 rhesus monkeys. The birds 

 hatched include Canada geese, wood ducks, mallards, East Indian 

 black ducks. American coots, cormorants, night herons, and pea- 

 fowls. 



The tapir, born February 22, is the ninth young reared in the park 

 since 1903 from a single pair of animals. 



Exchanges. — In exchange for surplus animals born in the park 

 there were received during the year 11 mammals, 25 birds, and 6 

 reptiles. Some valuable additions were made to the collections from 

 this source, including a female Manchurian tiger, a young Himalayan 

 bear, a blesbok, two striped hyenas, and a number of Australian 

 mammals, birds, and reptiles. A pair of straw-necked ibises (Car- 

 phibls splnlcollls) , the first of the species ever shown in the park, was 

 received in May. 



Purchases. — The only mammals purchased during the year were 

 12 prairie-dogs to restock the " dog town," the population of which 

 had been greatly reduced in numbers, and one specimen of the Ari- 

 zona mountain sheep. Birds to the number of 104, mostly waterfowl 

 and small aviary species, were added to the collection by purchase. 

 Perhaps the most noteworthy accession by purchase among the birds 

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