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It is high headed, handsomely horned, statuesque in form, and 

 its colors are glossy black and pure white. 



From Charles Reiche, of Alfeld, Germany, we purchased by 

 cable a fine adult female mountain zebra, (Equus zebra) , from 

 South Africa. This is now one of the rarest equines to be seen 

 in captivitj^ It inhabits the mountains of Cape Colony, and 

 the game protectors of South Africa estimate that only 400 in- 

 dividuals remain alive. It is smaller than the Grevy zebra, ex- 

 hibited beside it, and its stripes are very broad. 



A fine pair of Grant zebras was acquired by purchase in the 

 home market, and established in the southeastern Fallow Deer 

 Range, all the year round, as an experiment in acclimatization. 



From the same source as the above, and at the same time, 

 there came to us a half-grown male greater kudu, the first the 

 Society ever has had an opportunity to secure. Although the 

 animal arrived in thin condition, and throughout the European 

 zoological gardens this species is reputed to be delicate and 

 short-lived, up to date our specimen has satisfactorily increased 

 in weight and stature, and is to-day in perfect health. An op- 

 portunity to purchase a female was necessarily allowed to pass 

 because of the crowded condition of the Antelope House. 



Other notable accessions during the year consisted of a pair 

 of duiker antelopes, deposited by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt; a 

 Tibetan kiang and four adult hangul deer, (Cervus kashmiren- 

 sis) , presented by the Duke of Bedford; a pair of Speke sitatun- 

 gas, a Congo sitatunga, and a young warthog, the latter pre- 

 sented by Messrs. Litchfield, Sampson and Dominick. 



ANIMALS BORN IN THE PARK 



The breeding of animals never has been with us an import- 

 ant object, chiefly for the reason that the demands of exhibition 

 conditions are so imperative that all other considerations must 

 be secondary. The successful breeding and rearing of captive 

 wild animals on any considerable scale requires special provisions 

 to afford the seclusion and space that will insure satisfactory 

 offspring. In the Zoological Park, our policy of keeping large 

 exhibition herds of all the species of hoofed animals renders the 

 margin of space available for increase very narrow, and it is 

 easy to become overstocked. For example, we have been com- 

 pelled to stop the multiplication of Malay and Indian sambar 

 deer, and now we are so seriously overstocked with Eld's Bur- 

 mese deer, Japanese sika, barasingha deer and Himalayan tahr 

 that we must check the increase of those species until a number 



