TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 65 



IMPORTANT ACCESSIONS. 



The following were the more important purchases during 

 1918: 



One large female chimpanzee "Susette," 1 Green monkey, 1 

 rhesus monkey, 2 mangabey monkeys, 1 black entellus monkey, 

 2 golden baboons, 1 ocelot, 3 badgers, 1 tayra, 2 kit foxes, 1 

 albino woodchuck, 1 Canada porcupine, 1 Mexican fox squirrel, 

 4 southern fox squirrels, 1 olive agouti, 1 sea lion, 3 Bactrian 

 camels, male and female and young, 1 Rocky Mountain goat, 1 

 Texas armadillo and 1 Australian echidna. 



The following were the more important gifts during the 

 year 1918: 



One black spider monkey, 1 Green monkey, 1 red fox, 2 coati 

 mundis, 2 coyotes, 2 black bear cubs, 1 polar bear cub, 1 kinka- 

 jou, 1 Mexican red squirrel, 1 Malabar squirrel, 1 young Bac- 

 trian camel, 1 peccary and 1 murine opossum. 



DEATHS. 



The more important deaths during 1918 and notations of 

 causes condensed from the acting veterinarian's reports were 

 as follows: 



Indian rhinoceros, (myocarditis, or inflammation of the mus- 

 cular tissue of the heart; also aneurism) ; Bactrian camel, 

 (chronic intestinal catarrh) ; mountain zebra, (gangrene of the 

 colon resulting from intestinal obstruction) ; Rocky Mountain 

 goat, (gastro-enteritis) . 



Our last musk ox had been on exhibition for eight years, 

 which makes an exceptional record for this difficult species. It 

 was the last survivor of several specimens presented to the So- 

 ciety by Paul J. Rainey. A post mortem revealed a condition 

 of general malnutrition. None of the organs indicated an ac- 

 tually diseased stage. For several years we had had difficulty 

 in inducing this animal to properly feed during the transition 

 season from fall to winter. 



We also lost several specimens among the larger kangaroos, 

 from a mysterious but mild epidemic which broke out in the 

 Small-Deer House. The disease attacked the lower jaw, each 



