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The following is a list of the most important mammalian births 

 in the Park during 1907 : 



Order Primates. i Grant's Zebra. 



I Long-Armed Baboon. 2 Malay Sambar Deer. 



I Green Monkev. 2 Eld's Deer. 



1 Ring-Tailed Lemur. 2 Barasingha Deer. 



5 Indian Sambar Deer. 

 Order Carnivora. 5 Elk. 



2 Syrian Bears. i Axis Deer. 



2 Russian Hairy-Eared Bears. 4 Sika Deer. 

 4 Black Coyotes. 4 Red Deer. 



3 Lions. 6 Fallow Deer. 



2 Persian Wild Goats. 

 Order Ungiilata. i Tahr. 



2 Nylghais. 12 American Bison. 



Summary. — The following is a complete statement of the num- 

 ber of mammals living in the Zoological Park and on exhibition 

 on December 31, 1907: 



Species. Specimens. 



Primates 33 85 



Carnivora 51 132 



Pinnipedia i 4 



Insectivora i i 



Rodentia 26 119 



Ungulata 65 250 



Marsupialia 8 11 



Edentata 3 5 



Total 188 607 



DEPARTMENT OF BIRDS. 



C. William Beebe, Curator; Samuel Stacey, First Keeper. 



At the close of 1907 it is possible to view the bird collections 

 of the Zoological Park with satisfaction. The collections as a 

 whole are very large, they are admirably labeled and explained, 

 the birds are comfortably housed and satisfactorily exhibited, 

 the death rate has been reduced to a very low point, and the 



