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CAGE FRONT IN SMALL MAMMALS’ HOUSE. 
escaped and was shot to death. All the foreign deer have been 
maintained in excellent health, but our native Cervidae have not 
done equally well. 
COLLECTIONS. 
Although the beginning of 1904 found the Zoological Park in 
possession of as many living mammals, birds, and reptiles as its 
installations could well accommodate, the temptation to secure 
additional specimens of special rarity and scientific value could 
not always be resisted. As a result, the end of the year found 
all animal quarters, except a few reserved cages in the Small- 
Mammal House, full to overflowing. When rare and long-de- 
sired types finally become procurable, it is often impossible to 
refrain from acquiring them. 
DEPARTMENT OF MAMMALS. 
In gifts to the mammal collections, the most noteworthy event 
of the year was the arrival from southeastern Germany of a fine 
