TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT Fhe) 
DEPARTMENT OF MAMMALS. 
W. T. Hornaday, Curator; Raymond L. Ditmars, Assistant Curator. 
On November 7, the collection of mammals was materially 
strengthened by. the addition of a valuable series of specimens 
from Australia. These animals were brought direct from their 
home country by Mr. Ellis S. Joseph, an up-to-date collector of 
and dealer in wild animals. Mr. Joseph made the trip from 
Sidney, N. S. W., Stopped at Honolulu, and went thence to Vic- 
toria, British Columbia. From there he crossed the continent 
to New York. In all this long journey his losses were trivial, 
and his animals arrived in excellent condition. 
The new animals necessitated some shifting and rearrange- 
ments in two buildings, and in consequence we are now ex- 
hibiting a large and fine series of kangaroos. Of these, the 
following were brought by Mr. Joseph: one pair each of red 
kangaroos, Parry’s kangaroos, Island kangaroos, tree kangaroos, 
wallaroos, agile wallabies, black swamp wallabies and rock wal- 
labies. Among other interesting marsupials received in the same 
shipment were three pairs of Tasmanian devils, one Tasmanian 
wolf, a pair of gray phalangers, three pairs of flying phalangers 
and two adult wombats. One of the latter animals is carrying 
in her pouch an alert and active youngster. 
The shipment also included a pair of sloth bears, one Hima- 
layan black bear and two Cape hyrax, of which the Park stood 
greatly in need. 
The most important and spectacular purchase during the 
year was a female Senegal giraffe thirteen feet in height, which 
arrived direct from Dakar, West Africa, on the steamship Mem- 
non, on August 12. This animal was brought from the steamer 
at Staten Island by lighter, which deposited the exceptionally 
high crate at the coal dock in Westchester Creek, a very bad 
point of departure for the Park. It was our great misfortune 
to lose the giraffe on December 7, of lymphatic tuberculosis, of 
which no symptom was visible until long after its arrival. The 
acquisition of this animal was first proposed, and finally made 
possible by American Consul, W. J. Yerby, of Dakar, Senegal, 
who, with rare and commendable persistence and industry, over- 
came a series of formidable obstacles, and finally sent the animal 
safely into New York harbor. 
