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5 American Wapiti 1 Yak 
7 White-Tailed Deer 2 Grizzly Bears 
5 Red Deer 1 Hybrid Sloth-Russian Bear 
3 Barasingha Deer 6 Raccoon Dogs 
5 Fallow Deer 2 Raccoons 
2 Hog Deer 7 Himalayan Tahr 
2 Sika Deer 1 Persian Ibex 
1 Eld’s Deer 4 Red Fox 
1 Mongolian Wild Horse 4 Beaver 
4 American Bison 4 Aoudad 
Deaths.—We have lost a number of valuable animals dur- 
ing the past year, but these losses were mainly from old age. 
In many cases it was necessary to mercifully destroy decrepit 
specimens. Following is a list of all important deaths during 
the year: Siberian tiger; Stellar sea lion; great ant-eater ; Ameri- 
can bison; Indian sambar deer; anoa; sing sing water-buck; 
Suleiman markhor; nylghai; sloth bear; puma; South American 
tapir; Malay sambar deer; Dybowsky’s deer; barasingha deer ; 
sable antelope; bontibok; American wapiti, and Senegal giraffe. 
The folowing is a census of the Department of Mammals 
as compiled at the close of 1916: 
Species Specimens 
IMEeneS Ula lig esate eee ee 15 38 
ndentatar 2 es na OEE Ie Genoa i if 
CAPMEVORA- sce bo as ett Poe ele ti 47 107 
PATNI Cl ee dae el Pe Name Be Ser, if 6 
RROGeniGA? Soke seth So eet he ees 36 123 
1 E2118 0021 Ss Ne Seer ke a ee OS pe a ol 64 
Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates) 59 250 
Perissodactyla (Odd-toed Ungulates) 14 Zo 
AT OWOSCIO CAG hea ere an wee we AR! 2 3 
hiv tacoidea ss. ease LE Seay oe 1 2 
207 617 
The work of renewing the old cages in the Small-Mammal 
House has been two-thirds completed. The new cages are of 
ideal construction, and are much more satisfactory than were 
the cages of the original series, even when new. With them it 
is possible to maintain a more wholesome atmosphere than in 
the past. With the new construction, the floors are non-absorb- 
