74 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
IMPORTANT BIRTHS DURING 1919 
3 Hybrid Bears 1 Grant Zebra 
3 Timber Wolves 1 Horse-tailed Deer 
1 Mongoose Lemur 2 Barasingha Deer 
3 Canadian Porcupines 2 Sika Deer 
3 American Beaver 3 Red Deer 
1 Pygmy Hippopotamus 3 Virginia Deer 
8 Himalayan Tahr 1 Hog Deer 
2 Mouflon 5 Fallow Deer 
3 Aoudad 3 American Wapiti 
1 Eland 2 Eld’s Deer 
CENSUS OF MAMMALS 
DECEMBER 31, 1919. 
Species Specimens 
Marsuplaliay 2s We. ose eels hee Mien Val 32 
Brdembatar thei G seo hie eer nated en if 1 
Carnivore ’«..5 sss eae nt tee ee eens 43 92 
PAMMIpPed 1a .5.7..ncrssty aeRO Re ee 1 3 
Rodenmbtianshc>. 10 3 Seen eee ee ron greges: 24 141 
PLINER LE SS Vy, Aacirceet chee tape cee renee ees 30 88 
Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates).. 46 214 
Perissodactyla (Odd-toed Ungulates).. 10 17 
Rrnoboscideay Cc a5 een nee eet Z 3 
ie} 591 
Shipped: to ss eloiummip hyn ss ne ce 3y 56 
Opals A se ek ee eae eres toe 206 647 
DEPARTMENT OF BIRDS 
LEE S. CRANDALL, Curator; WILLIAM BEEBE, Honorary Curator; 
SAMUEL STACEY, Head Keeper. 
During the period of reconstruction which has followed the 
close of the war, importations of wild birds and animals have 
received scant attention. Ocean traffic, swamped with the pent- 
up business of four years, has left little space for non-essential 
shipments. That this condition will be remedied during 1920, 
