NINGEH ANNUAT REPORT: 69 
LIVING REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. 
[ 
Chelonians (Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles). 3 
I i 
Crocodilians (Crocodiles and Alligators).... 3 43 
leacentilians (Wizards and Vouanads ))-”...2-.-- 23 122 
@plidians (Senpents))iiee a. sia ee 50 282 
Anmap nibiaimseen e Serre te erteeteds ciel hte) oor: 10 7 
m7, 643 
A summary of the Zoological Park collections as they stood on 
December 31, 1904, is as follows: 
Mammals, aes ecs 22 ae «- 154 Species. 516 Specimens. 
ICS sore aiie Sieve cis Gist Sets 165 3 643 ‘ 
FRG PILES ercreysone ober, to 107 fs 572 Ge 
GATE MUD IAMS) ve ere hceesicts s 1O. 71 
430 is 1,802 ze 
ADMINISTRATION. 
The most important new development of the year in this depart- 
ment was the Riding-Animal establishment. Early in the year, 
Chief Clerk H. Raymond Mitchell purchased an outfit of ponies, 
carts, harnesses and saddles, and engaged a force consisting of 
one man and three boys to handle the riding and driving animals. 
It was finally decided to use the extreme northern end of the 
Motor Road as a riding-animal concourse, and accordingly a 
stand was established by paving, draining and railing-off a suita- 
ble area of ground under the large oak trees opposite the new 
Bird House. 
The arrival, in July, of a fine half-grown tusk elephant from 
Assam, the gift of Col. Oliver H. Payne, greatly increased the 
interest of visitors in the riding animals, but the untrained condi- 
tion of the animal, and the preparation of a suitable elephant- 
saddle, occasioned some delay in the elephant service. The ani- 
mal was placed in the hands of Keeper Frank Gleason, who from 
the very first has handled “Gunda” with excellent judgment and 
success. Within three weeks from his arrival at the Park, the 
