TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT Al 
actual attendance figures for 1919, as compared with those of 
1918, are as follows: 
Zoological Park Aquarium 
OM re ae te ns. 2,035,859 1,850,575 
OER a teed sed pete te 1,770,437 1,450,609 
This makes a joint attendance at the two institutions of 
nearly four millions at a cost to the city of but a trifle over 
seven cents for each person. 
COLLECTIONS AT THE PARK. 
The census of the animals in the Zoological Park, compiled 
January 1, 1920, compared with the census of January 1, 1919, 
is as follows: 
January 1, 1919 January 1, 1920 
Species Specimens Species Specimens 
Mammals 2.4 5 ~. 167 567 ibe} 591 
IBInGSh. asc 736 2,406 726 2,309 
Reptiles and 
Amphibians .. 95 al 81 501 
998 3,450 980 3,431 
During the year 1919 some valuable specimens were lost. 
The most important were as follows: 
Mammals: The African elephant, Sultana, young pigmy 
hippopotamus (two days old), blesbok, orang, jaguar, Tasmanian 
wolf, springbok, black alpaca, sitatunga, Rocky Mountain goat, 
three sea-lions and three kangaroos. 
Birds: Harpy eagle, two South African ostriches, whistling 
swan, North African ostrich, four eagles, three snowy egrets, 
two European buzzards, white ibis, black ibis and a demoiselle 
crane. 
The collections at the Park were increased by the acquisition 
of the following specimens: 
Mammals: Jaguar, two polar bear cubs, two yaguarundi 
cats, woolly monkey, four capybaras, one drill and a golden 
baboon. 
Birds: Six ostriches, jabiru, curassow, sandhill crane, three 
toucans and a pair of spoonbills. 
