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can be sold. Unfortunately, the demand in this country for for- 

 eign deer is very limited. At the same time, however, we con- 

 stantly offer for sale, by circular and otherwise, our stock of 

 surplus animals, and annually sell a fair number. 



The following is a list of the most noteworthy mammals born 

 in the Park during 1909 : 



HEALTH OF THE ANIMALS 



The losses during the year have been so unimportant that 

 very few of them stand out with any real prominence. The 

 most serious was the death of a newly acquired cheetah, and an 

 adult female white mountain goat that was caught when fully 

 grown and carrying young, and accepted as an experiment. 

 Owing to one of Nature's own mistakes, the birth of the kid 

 was not successful, and both mother and young lost their lives. 

 The female Baker's roan antelope died of a combination of dis- 

 eases; an old male barasingha deer with diseased eyes was 

 chloroformed, as also was an old male sika deer. The young 

 male African rhinoceros is obstinately refusing to grow, and 

 although it takes its food with seeming relish, it is feared that it 

 will, during 1910, become a loss. 



The general health of the mammal collection is excellent, 

 and the death-rate continues to be very low. 



CENSUS FOR 1909 



A full list of the mammals living in the Park on January 1, 

 1910, is as follows: 



