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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1957 



Pifer, Ray F., Takoma Park, Md., col- 

 lection of local snakes. 



Pittman, Miss Irma F., Washington, 

 D. C, Indian hill mynah. 



Pope, Mrs. Esa B., Berryville, Va., 6 

 ring-necked pheasants, chukar quail. 



Rivero, Juan, Mayagiiez, Cuba, 6 tree 

 boas. 



Royal Zoological Society, Amsterdam, 

 Holland, European stork. 



Sadler, Mrs. W. L., Monrovia, Liberia, 

 golden cat (Felis aurata), and a 

 small-clawed otter. 



Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 

 Oberon, S. Dak., 6 blue geese. 



Schmid, Paul F., Bethesda, Md., collec- 

 tion of local snakes. 



Shearer, Miss Julia, Locust Dale, Va., 

 yellow-thighed caique. 



Sinsabaugh, Miss Doris, Washington, 

 D. C, white-breasted toucan. 



Sorensen, H. P., El Paso, Tex., coek- 

 atiel. 



Stewart, Mrs. Elizabeth, Washington, 

 D. C, Florida gallinule. 



Sultan, W. E., Baltimore, Md., collec- 

 tion of tropical fish including the re- 

 cently imported Distichodus sexfasci- 

 atus. 



Turner, William, Washington, D. 0., 

 marsh hawk. 



Wampler, Capt. French, Alexandria, 

 Va., ringed aracari toucanet. 



Warner, Mrs. C. F., Washington, D. C, 

 collection of reptiles. 



Welsh, Neal, Rockville, Md., collection 

 of tropical fish. 



Wheeler, Mrs. T. E., Cheam, Surrey, 

 England, 40 grass parakeets, a su- 

 perior English strain of birds. 



Xanten, William R., Jr., Washington, 

 D. C, collection of reptiles and a 

 tarantula. 



Zoologisk Have, Copenhagen, Denmark, 

 2 European oystercatchers, 2 ruff 

 shorebirds. 



EXCHANGES 



The Zoo often obtains specimens of interest through exchanges with 

 other zoos or with private individuals. Worthy of mention this year 

 are a black-and-white casqued hornbill, obtained from Dr. Lawrence 

 Kilham, Bethesda, Md. ; four roadrunners, from the San Antonio Zoo, 

 San Antonio, Tex. ; Todd's toucan, from William H. Paul, Washing- 

 ton, D. C; a collection of Florida reptiles, from Lewis H. Babbitt, 

 Petersham, Mass. ; four peafowl from the San Diego Zoological So- 

 ciety, San Diego, Calif.; and an albino black snake, from Allan G. 

 Dillon, Arlington, Va. 



PURCHASES 



Purchases of special interest not previously mentioned were as 

 follows : 



An African elephant, about 2y 2 years old, named Nancy. The Zoo 

 had lacked the African species since the death of Jumbina. 



A young Asiatic elephant, named Dixie, purchased as a companion 

 for the young African elephant. 



Seven hoopoes (pi. 7). These attractive European birds had not 

 been in the collection before. They are now mating, and it is hoped 

 some young birds can be raised. 



A male hippopotamus, purchased as a mate for the female bought 

 last year. 



A hawk eagle, a rare species from Colombia. 



