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Mr. John Buckey, Washington, D. C, an alligator. 



Mr. Joseph H. Curtis, Washington, D. C, a wootlchiick. 



Mrs. J. B. Dodson, Washington, D. C, an opossum. 



Mr. G. A. Durfee, Washington, D. C, a grass parrakeet. 



Mr. C. C. Estes, Washington, D. C, two cottontail rahbits. 



Mrs. Sheldon Evans, Washington, D. C, a white-fronted parrot. 



Mr. E. Fabre, Washington, D. C, a red-shouldered hawk. 



Mrs. George Fowler, Philadelphia, Pa., a white-throated capuchin. 



Mr. F. A. Frazer, Spotsylvania, Va., a Cooper's hawk. 



Mr, James Frazier, Washington, D. C, a silver pheasant. 



Brother Geraptin, Franciscan Monastery, Washington, D. C, two mocking 

 birds. 



Mr. C. G. Hoffman, Remington, Va., a barn owl. 



Mr. J. M. Johnson, Wasliington, D. C, a bald eagle. 



IMrs. D. C. Laws, Port Limon, Costa Rica, a white-throated capuchin. 



Mrs. Arthur Lee, Washington, D. C, a silver-blue tanager. 



Mr. Oscar M. Link, Washington, D. C, a sparrow hawk. 



Mr. E. A. Mcllhenny, Avery Island, La., six blue-winged teal. 



Mr. Vinson W. McLean, Washington, D. C, a diamond rattlesnake. 



Mr. Lester Martin, AVashington, D. C, a raccoon. 



Mr. Fred. Mertens, Washington, D. C, a bald eagle. 



Mr. A. M. Nicholson, Orlando, Fla., a diamond rattlesnake. 



Mr. John IM. Pickrell, Washington, D. C, a diamond rattlesnake. 



Jlr. Edw. S. Schmid, Washington, D. C, a screech owl, two barn owls, and a 

 spreading adder. 



Mr. Fred. Schnaebele, Washington, D. C, an alligator. 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, Washington, D. C, a black snake and a barred owl. 



Mrs. C. B. Strong, Washington, D. C, a merganser. 



Mrs. Swyhart, Washington, D. C, a horned lizard. 



Mr. E. Thomas, Washington, D. C, an alligator. 



Mr. Samuel G. Walker, Weld, W. Va., a bay lynx. 



Mr. William Whyte, Washington, D. C, an alligator. 



Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C, an opossum. 



Mr, D. E. Winstead, Washington, D. C, an alligator. 



Mr. N. P, Wood, North Mountain, W, Va., a green snake. 



Unknown donor, a rod fox. 



Unknown donor, a Gila monster. 



LOSSES. 



The most noteworthj^ loss during the year was the death by rup- 

 ture of the aorta of the hirgest of the Alaskan brown bears, caught 

 as a small cub in May, 19.01. He had attained a weight of 1,1G0 

 pounds. A Coke's hartbeest and several monkeys died from tuber- 

 culosis, two pronghorn antelopes from necrotic stomatitis, a lion 

 from pericarditis, and a large bison bull (the "ten-dollar buffalo") 

 from the effects of old age. Quail disease was again brought into 

 the collection in a shipment of birds received from the southwestern 

 United States and caused the death of more than half of the quail in 

 the collection. A few waterfowl, also, died from aspergillosis, and 

 there was some loss of birds from attacks by predatory animals 



