FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 65 



Species. Specimens. 



Primates 36 81 



Carnivora 73 154 



Pinnipedia 1 3 



Insectivora 1 2 



Rodentia 54 242 



Ungulates : 



Artiodactyla 62 283 



Perissodactyla 11 16 



Pioboscidea 3 5 



Hyracoidea 1 1 



Edentata 3 6 



Marsiipialia 9 19 



Total 254 812 



Gain over 1909 37 130 



DEPARTMENT OF BIRDS. 

 C. William Beebe, Curator; Lee S. Crandall, Assistant. 



During the past year unusually large gains have been made 

 for the bird collection, both in species and specimens. Inasmuch 

 as no additional houses or installations were provided, the gain 

 made was by increasing the capacity of the present accommoda- 

 tions. The increase over 1908 is as follows : 



Orders, 2; Species, 102; Specimens, 265. 



The death-rate was as low as in preceding years, and no 

 epidemics occurred. 



The Curator spent three months in British Guiana, and with 

 the help of his assistant, Mr. L. S. Crandall, brought back an 

 important collection of nearly three hundred tropical birds, rep- 

 resenting fifty-one species, thirty-three of which were new to the 

 collection. Among the more interesting were yellow-headed 

 vultures, marail guans, magpie tanagers, red-backed cassiques 

 and moriche orioles. 



A good-sized flock of herring gulls was presented by Mr. 

 Edward Hatch, Jr., and a carefully planned effort will be made 

 to establish a colony of these birds in the Zoological Park. 



Early in the year two men were sent from the bird depart- 

 ment to central New York, where a collection of one hundred 

 winter birds, of seven species, was made. This included two 

 species of the very rare hoary redpoll, besides many of the com- 

 mon and greater redpolls. 



