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high at the shoulders and weighed 714 pounds. The kid, which 
is a male, has thriven continuously, and now is a strong, lusty 
specimen. The mother, however, gave her life to her offspring. 
After nursing her young most successfully to weaning time, the 
heavy drain upon her vitality sapped her strength so completely 
that she died in October. 
Another rare and noteworthy birth was that of a Beatrix an- 
telope. The offspring lived and throve for three months, then by 
accident broke one of its fore legs beyond all possibility of re- 
pair, and required to be chloroformed. 
IMPORTANT BIRTHS IN 1908. 
bo 
Japanese Red-Faced Mon- 5. Fallow Deer: 35 22. 
keys. 2 EldsmDeer= 9: 
2 
1 Campbell's Guenon. Malay Sambar Deer: ¢. 
7 HikaAg 29: 1 Mule Deer: 2. 
Beexisn Dee te arte. I Virginia Deer: 9. 
3 Indian Sambar Deer: 9. 2 Valor IDiseire & SY, 
Amikeds Deer 9: 6 American Bison: 5¢ 19. 
2 Barasingha Deer: ¢ 9. 1 Mouflon: ¢. 
4 Sitka Deer: 2¢ 29. 1 Angora Goat: @. 
1 Bactrian (Camels: 1 Beatrix Antelope: ¢. 
t Wahrz ¢- DP dapite 
t Rocky Mountain Goat: @. t Common Macaque. 
2 Persian Wild Goats: 9. 7 Timber Wolves. 
2 Indian Antelope: 9. 1 Rock Wallaby. 
i Peecary ae 3 Six-Banded Armadillos. 
GENERAL HEALTH OF THE MAMMALS. 
The general health of the mammals is excellent. The death- 
rate is very low, and the appearance of the animals speaks for 
their condition. Our most serious troubles with them have been 
due to their excess of vigor and general pugnacity. 
Again the list of deaths of important animals is very small. 
It includes 1 mountain goat, 1 Baker roan antelope, 1 immature 
American bison and 1 aged cow, I chimpanzee (new purchase), 
1 black leopard (by accident), and 2 sea-lions. 
