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6 American Bison. i Red Deer. 



3 Axis Deer. 4 Indian Sambar Deer. 



2 Sika Deer. 2 Barasinga Deer. 



2 Fallow Deer. i Tahr. 



I Elk. I Grant Zebra. 



I Altai Wapiti. 



In the Small Mammal House the collection of viverrines is par- 

 ticularly full. That building now contains representatives of six 

 of the Mammalian Orders, as follows : Ferae, or Carnivora ; 

 Glives, or Rodentia ; Ungulata ; Edentata ; Marsupialia and Mono- 

 tremata. Already that building is a favorite resort for classes of 

 pupils from the various schools of the city. 



The collection of Ungulates (hoofed animals) will be noted 

 elsewhere in this volume in a special article. 



In addition to the acquisition of many valuable new specimens 

 during the past year, there is also cause for satisfaction in the 

 low death-rate, and the absence of serious accidents other than 

 those caused by the outbreak of sheep-killing dogs. Since all na- 

 tive hoofed animals have been deprived of their previous grazing 

 privileges and quartered on the bare ground of their corrals 

 gastro-enteritis has rarely occurred. The bison and elk herds 

 now are in the best condition they ever were in, and the birth in 

 the former of six healthy calves may well stand as evidence of 

 the vigor of the herd as a whole. 



During the rebuilding of certain boundary fences, the sudden 

 onslaughts by night of cunning and murderous dogs resulted in 

 the death of seven axis and fallow deer before our fences could 

 be rebuilt. This experience was described in the Bulletin No. 19. 

 The most valuable animal lost during the year was a buffalo 

 cow, whose heart was pierced by a small piece of hay-bale wire 

 which was taken into the stomach with food. Keeper John Quinn 

 succeeded in carrying his entire collection of deer, wapiti, and 

 wild horses through the year with only two deaths. In view of 

 the fighting proclivities of many of his animals, this fact is well 

 worthy of permanent record. 



The very valuable collection in the Antelope House has also 

 been maintained in fine condition. The losses to it during the 

 year consisted of a blesbok and a male nilgai, both of them ani- 

 mals of fourth-rate financial value. 



From the collection of apes and monkeys tuberculosis has been 

 so nearly eliminated that only one case occurred during the year. 

 The three Anthropoid apes have been kept in fine, vigorous 



