REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 59 
Statement of the collection. 
ACCESSIONS DURING THE YEAR, 
PETS GC ate re ee fea ete A ha 65 
Receivederromp Yellowstone. National Parks 2 2 ncs a ee aL 
Receivedsingex chains eke ae sae oe P eih eee es Ra a 13 
ARBRE Ge ee a Ce eee eed See GL Se ee 1] 
CHA SEU ere ee nc at Ties AIR olen St tae Ale Pa ee Sy Te a Te 130 
Borneand hatched) in: National) Zoological Park ==. 115 
CEO Galler Siete te oe a ae Ne A ee ree ein PTR re, Rene 335 
SUMMARY. 4 
JATUE CPE ASS Cay oto OETA LS) FU Ace Be OI Ye SA Ee eee ooo Ue ee eee 1, 424 
ENC CESSION SE UULIN Sethe VCR Ie seers ae ee DE ee Re ee She ea 335 
ARO 2 aA Saat 2 et ee a Sree es teres Sy 1, 759 
Deduct loss (by exchange, death, and returning of animals)____________ 345 
Onvghands June SO IO epee rs ae ee ee 1, 414 
Class. Species. Tndivid. 
UESR TUR TTL AS epee ee ca teria meh ey reap ee ae Sia Te es Ws RS ees amet 157 636 
TEVVRT RIS 2 ae” sey Re OS Ie GS ee a Sr MCE ie ey ai aNd ae RT 186 685 
TEL BD EAIOR peer cere eas ectea ce mia Ree ee a ied TO eR See oes Fe tenaneeeee eee 33 93 
ED otis eiopso or atter crt fs a ars siete eevee as ee actors ato ie so tan as Rises cee oe 376 1,414 
VISITORS. 
The number of visitors to the park during the year was 521,440, a daily 
average of 1,428. The largest number in any one month was 95,535, in April, 
1911, a daily average for the month of 3,184. 
During the year there visited the park 169 schools, Sunday schools, classes, 
ete., with 4,966 pupils, a monthly average of 414 pupils. This number is an 
increase over the previous year of 14 schools, 1,088 pupils, and an increase in 
the monthly average of 90 pupils. While most of the classes were from the 
District of Columbia, 47 of them were from neighboring States, and classes 
came from Meriden, Hopedale, Norton, North Attleboro, Clinton, Hudson, and 
Whitman, Massachusetts; Dover, Peterboro, Lancaster, and Exeter, New Hamp- 
shire; Bath, Augusta, Biddeford, Gardiner, and Sanford, Maine; Bellows Falls, 
Vermont; Raleigh, North Carolina; Middleport (two) and Penn Yan, New 
York; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania; and Hartford, Connecticut. 
IMPROVEMENTS. 
A house for zebras, a frame building 35 feet square, was constructed, pro- 
viding four good-sized stalls with yards attached. This is now occupied by a 
male Grant’s zebra, the male Grevy’s zebra, which was returned from the 
experiment station of the Bureau of Animal Industry at Bethesda, Maryland, 
after use there in breeding, and a hybrid from the latter animal and a do- 
mestic ass. 
The existing yards on the west side of the antelope house were too small, 
and the fences around them, which were of temporary character, had seriously 
