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Zoological Gardens of Pretoria and Johannesburg. We also 
sent to the London Zoological Gardens, by Keeper Bailey on his 
return trip, a number of animals that were specially desired by 
that institution. Finally, near the close of the year, two black 
bears were shipped to the Antwerp Zoo. 
During the early part of the year the Assistant Curator of 
the Department of Mammals made a number of hand-prints of 
the primates, at the request of the Galton Society. These were 
filed at the office of Dr. Gregory, in the American Museum of 
Natural History. 
A new series of heavy, sheet-iron labels, with hand-painted 
pictures, was prepared for the Bear Dens. 
On April 5, 1920, a new time schedule was experimentally 
undertaken by the keepers of the Mammal, Bird and Reptile 
Departments. Under this schedule the men remain off a full day 
each week, in place of half a day, as in former years. 
Two female giraffes were deposited on April 28, 1920. These 
were loaned by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey 
Show. They are, respectively, a Nubian giraffe, Giraffa camelo- 
pardalis, born at Bridgeport, Connecticut, on January 15, 1910, 
and now weighing 1,335 pounds, and a Masai Giraffe, G. tippel- 
skirchi, born in British East Africa in 1911 and now weighing 
865 pounds. The larger specimen is about thirteen feet high. 
On May 5, 1920, the American Society of Mammalogists 
held a meeting in the Zoological Park, were entertained by the 
officers and escorted through the collections. 
For the first time in a number of years a large animal 
escaped from its cage, and from the Park. This transgression 
happened on May 21, 1920, and the culprit was a full-grown black 
bear from Anticosti Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence. Through 
some feat of abnormal dexterity, the animal managed to swing 
over the overhang bars of the Bear Dens at night. It was located 
by early morning and as there was little chance of driving the 
animal into a cage, it was immediately shot to prevent danger of 
further wandering. The escape of this bear during the night 
was immediately detected and reported by the watchman on 
duty. The pursuit of the animal at daybreak and its final de- 
struction were accomplished under the able direction of Mr. 
Hermann W. Merkel, Chief Forester. 
