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ANNTTAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1917. 



BIRDS. 



Passeriformes : Enteritis, 1. 



Coracilformes : Aspergillosis, 1 ; no cause found, 2. 



Cuculiformes : Gastroenteritis, 1 ; internal hemorrhage, 1 ; cause not found, 10.* 



Charadriiformes : Enteritis, 2 ; tuberculosis, 3 ; pneumonia, 2. 



(Jruiformes : Tuberculosis, 2. 



Galliformes: Enteritis, 2; gastroenteritis, 2; quail disease, 22. 



Falconiformes : Enteritis, 1 ; a.spergillosis, 3 ; no cause found, 1. 



Anseriformes : Enteritis, 2 ; tuberculosis, 4 ; pneumonia, 1 ; aspergillosis, 2 ; no 

 cause found, 3. 



Ciconiiformes : Enteritis, 5 ; anemia, 1 ; internal hemorrhage, 1 ; fibroma of in- 

 testines, 1. 



Colymbiformes : Septicemia, 1. 



EEPTILES. 



Testudinata: Enteritis, 1. 



Loricata : No cause found, 1. 



Serpentes : Enteritis, 1 ; intestinal necrosis, 1 ; no cause found, 1. 



Thirty-three of the animals lost by death were transferred to the 

 National Museum for mounting. These included all the rarer speci- 

 mens or those of special scientific importance. 



ANIMALS IN THE COLLECTION JUNE 80, 1917. 

 MAMMALS. 



MARSDPIALIA. 



^rurine opossum (Marmosa murina) 



Virginia opossum (Didelphis virgin- 



iana) 



Tasmanian devil (SarcophUus har- 



risi) 



Phalanger (Trichosurus vulpecula) 



Dusky phalanger (Tridhosurus fulig- 



inosus) 



Nail-tailed wallaby (Onychogale fre- 



nata) 



lirush-tailed rock kangaroo (Petrogale 



penicillata) 



Great gray kangaroo {Macropus gl- 



ganteus) 



Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) 



Wallaroo (Macropus robustus) 



Black-tailed wallaby (Macropus ualw- 



batus) 



Parma wallaby (Macropus parma) 



Wombat (Pha-scolomys tnitchelli) 



CARNIVORA. 



Kadiak bear (Ursus middendorffi) 



Alaska Peninsula bear (Ursus gya^) — 



Yakutat bear (Ursus dalli) 



Kidder's bear (Ursus kidderi) 



Hybrid bear (Ursus Mdderl-arctos) 



European bear (Ursus arctos) 



Himalayan bear (Ursus thibetanus) -- 



Japanese bear (Ursus japonicus) 



(Jrizzly bear (Ursus horribilis) 



Black bear (Ursus atnericaiiiis) 



CARNivoRA — continued. 



Kcnai black bear (Ursus americanus 



perniger) 2 



Cinnamon bear (Ursus -americanus 



ciniiamomum) 1 



Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) 1 



Polar bear (Thaiarctos maritimus) -- '2 



Eskimo dog (Canis familiaris) 2 



Gray wolf (Canis nubilus) 



Southern wolf (Canis ftoridanus) 1 



Woodhouse's wolf (Canis frustror)-- 2 



Coyote (Canis latrans) 2 



Red fox (Vulpes fulva) 7 



Swift fox (Vulpes velox) 1 



Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargentcus) - 1 



Cacomistle (Bassariscus astutus) 1 



Raccoon (Procyon lotor) - 8 



Gray coatimundi (Nasua narica) 1 



Kinkajou (Potos flavus) 1 



Ferret (Mustela furo) 1 



Mink (Mustela visoti) 1 



Tayra (Tayra barbara) 1 



Skunk (Mephitis nigra) 1! 



American badger (Tawidea taxuv) 2 



European badger (Meles mil'' , 2 



Florida otter (Lutra ca)iadensis vaga) - l- 



African civet (Viverra civetta) 1 



Genet (Oenetta genetta) 1 



Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) 1 



African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) -^ 2 



Lion (Felis lea) 4 



Somaliland lion (Felis leo somaliensis) _ 1 



Bengal tiger (Felis tigris) 2 



^ Nine lorikeets, while apparently healthy, died suddenly after convulsions. The 

 pathologists have thus far been unable to find the cause. 



