SECRETARY’S REPORT 185 
COOPERATION 
At all times special efforts are made to maintain friendly contacts 
with other Federal and State agencies, private concerns and individ- 
uals, and scientific workers for mutual assistance. Aga result the Zoo 
receives much help and advice and many valuable animals, and in turn 
it furnishes information and, whenever possible, animals it does not 
need. 
Special acknowledgment is due William G. Vale, U.S. Dispatch 
Agent in New York City, and Stephen E. Lato, Dispatch Agent in 
San Francisco, who are frequently called upon to clear shipments of 
animals coming from abroad, often at great personal inconvenience. © 
The animals have been forwarded to Washington without the loss of 
a single individual. 
Russell Arundel, of Warrenton, Va., gave the Zoo a 18-year-old 
chestnut gelding, and his son, Arthur W. Arundel, has placed his 
horse, an 8-year-old quarter horse, also a gelding, on indefinite loan 
in the National Zoological Park. Both are used by the Zoo Park 
Police in patrolling areas that could not be covered otherwise. 
Gen. William Dunckel of Rockville, Md., presented a number of 
tropical plants, among them some mango trees, which have been set 
out in the background of the crocodile cage. Lee O. Burris, formerly 
head gardener and now retired, brought back from Florida a truck- 
load of cabbage palms, magnolias, yellow honeysuckle, and Spanish 
moss, which have been used in the birdhouse and in the reptile house. 
Mrs. Vera S. Hunt of Washington, D.C., donated a large rubber plant, 
which has been placed in the birdhouse. 
Dr. Carlton Herman of the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge gave the Zoo 
a 300-ege capacity incubator, which has been put to good use in the 
birdhouse. The U.S. Naval Receiving Station sent 650 pounds of nuts 
that had been declared unfit for human consumption; from the Dis- 
trict of Columbia Dog Pound the Zoo received a quantity of horsemeat 
and 40 cases of Japanese tuna. 
As in the past, the Zoo cooperated with the National Capital Parks 
and lent small animals to Park naturalists and to the Nature Center 
in Rock Creek Park for demonstration. In return, the Zoo received 
a number of specimens as gifts. 
VISITORS 
Attendance at the Zoo this year reached a total of 4,055,673. In 
general, this figure is based on estimates rather than actual counts. 
