426 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1907. 
SPECIES THAT ARE EXTINCT—Continued. 
Indi- | Present 
Names of species. viduals im-} Born. | Novem- Where confined, etc. 
ported. ber, 1906. 
Blastocorus campestris F. Cuy..-.-.-- 6 (1894) iL |iscoeceosds 
Mazama, sp. var. (Brockets) ...---- 17 (1894) Ib |iscsocstase 
Cariacus macrotis Say ...--...--..- 23 (1897) Us| sasosccade 
Capreolus caprea GY ....--..------- 93 Oe es acta Re Sent into the wood, where all died. 
Capreolus mandchuricus......-.--- 23 Del Goscossoue 
Strepsiceros capensis Har.....----- 4 (1899) Al ile See Ry oe In agrassy inclosure, with a shelter; 
one female lived 5 years. 
Antilope cervicapra Pal.........--- 13 (1895) 1 eee The vOnng, born in winter, died of 
cold. 
Hippotragus niger Har ....-..----- 4 (1895) WV eeeeeecsec 
Cephalophus grimmia L...---.------ 3 (1895) We lvoweae cies 
Cervicapra arundinum Bod....-.-- 2 (1896) I |ssesoecose 
Antilocapra americana Ord.....--- 14 (1895) W\leocosaosce 
Onyxileuconya Pale sseeeere eres ees 5 (1896) IL enosaasedo 
Bubalis bubalinus .......-.-------- 5 (1896) DP clssciotiseees 
Tetraceros quadricornis Bl........- 6 (1895) ny ae ee 
Ovibos moschatus Zimm .........-.- 2 (1899) Wel seetee fee: One lived nearly 4 years. 
RUD UCH ONAN AGUs Gil serie se eietee 7 (1894) ie | Le ereysctaci= 
Gazella subguttwrosa Guld......-.- 17 (1897) eset 
Capra falconert Wag.....-.-------- 8 (1900) dal Se eeren eee 
Urotragus goral Hard..... Seiscislacels 13 (1897) AD rowrars cts citrs 
Ouvuisammonelseeenereeeeee eee eee 15 (1901) Bi, |\stekrersleret stats In a rocky paddock. 
Ovis tragelaphus Desm ......-....-- (GE) Geeraocclsodascusbe Taken sick with foot-rot. 
The foregoing tables show in a general way that the Cervide im- 
ported from America have given the least satisfactory results. 
All the species that are noted as being kept in inclosures with 
shelters are fed during the entire year with grass, wheat, and other 
cereals; during the winter there is added-to their ration of hay, 
clover, acorns, hazel-nuts, and branches for the bark on them. 
The greatest mortality is due to cold and dampness, affecting espe- 
cially the young, or to the development of parasites in the lungs or 
stomach. It should, however, be noted that the axis deer, the sambars, 
the swamp deer of India, Duvaucel’s deer and the pig deer appear to 
be able to resist parasitic maladies; they are the species that have 
thriven best at Woburn Abbey. 
In brief, the vast experiment in acclimation which the Duke of 
Bedford has carried on at Woburn Abbey since 1892 has extended to 
1,600 exotic mammals and their descendants belonging to 100 differ- 
ent species; and besides this he has had representatives of 80 species 
and varieties of foreign birds of which it is impossible to give the 
exact number of individuals. 
If we add, further, that the Duke of Bedford preserves and suc- 
ceeds in propagating species about to become extinct in their native 
countries, such as the elands, that have since 1895 brought forth 34 
young, the American bison, that have produced 29, and Father 
