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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1917. 



Passeriformes : Enteritis, 1. 



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



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



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



(Iruiformes : Tuberculosis, 2. 



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



Falconiformes : Enteritis, 1; aspergillosis, 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. 



REPTILES. 



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 30, 1917. 

 MAMMALS. 



MARSCPIALIA. 



Murine opossum (Marmosa murina) — 

 Virginia opossum (Didclphis virgin- 



iana) 



Tasmanlan devil (Sarcophilus har- 



risi) 



Phalanger (Trichosurus vulpecula) 



Dusky phalanger (TricJiosurus fulig- 



inosus) 



Nail-tailed wallaby (OnychogaXe fre- 



nata) 



Brush-tailed rock kangaroo (Petrogale 



penicillata) 



Great gray kangaroo (Macropus gi- 



ganteus) 



Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) 



Wallaroo (Macropus robustus) 



Black- tailed wallaby (Macropus uaia- 



batus) 



Parma wallaby (Macropus parma) 



Wombat (Phascolomys mitchelli) 



CARNIVORA. 



Kadiak bear (Ursus middcndorffi) 



Alaska Peninsula bear (Ursus gyas) — 



Yakutat bear (Ursus dalli) 



Kidder's bear (Ursus kidderi) 



Hybrid bear (Ursus kidderi-arctos) — 



European bear (Ursus arctos) 



Himalayan bear (Ursus thibetanus) — 



Japanese bear (Ursus japonicus) 



Grizzly bear (Ursus horribilis) 



Black bear (Ursus amcricanus) 



CARNIVORA — continued. 



Kenal black bear (Ursus amcricanus 



pcrniger) 2 



Cinnamon bear (Ursus ^amcricanus 



cinnamomum) 1 



Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) 1 



Polar bear (Thalarctos maritimus).- 2 



Eskimo dog (Cants familiaris) 2 



Gray wolf (Cants nubilus) 6 



Southern wolf (Cants floridanus) 1 



Woodhouse's wolf (Canis fruatror)-- 2 



Coyote (Cants latrans) 2 



Red fox (Vulpes fulva) 7 



Swift fox (Vulpes velotc) 1 



Gray fox (Urocyon cinereo argent run) _ 1 



Cacomistle (Bassariscus astutus) 1 



Raccoon (Procyon lotor) 8 



Gray coatimundi (Xasua 7ia>Ua) 1 



Kinkajou (Potos flavus) 1 



Ferret (Mustela furo) 1 



Mink (Mustela vison) 1 



Tayra (Tayra barbara) 1 



Skunk (Mephitis nigra) - 



American badger (Ta&idea tawuai) ~ 



European badger (Melcs mth , ~ 



Florida otter (Lutra canadensis vaga) _ 5 



African civet (Yiverra civetta) 1 



Genet (Oenetta genetta) 1 



Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) 1 



African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) — 2 



Lion (Felis leo) ■* 



Somaliland lion (Fclis leo somali cnsis) _ 1 



Bengal tiger (Fclis tigris) 2 



1 Nine lorikeets, while apparently healthy, died suddenly after convulsions, 

 pathologists have thus far been unable to find the cause. 



The 



