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Messrs. Tliourez and Smith, Los Angeles, Calif., green guenon. 



Mr. Clarence Turner, Latonia, Ky., black bear. 



Mr. J. S. Warmbath, Washington, D. C, red-tailed hawk. 



Dr. David White, Washington, D. C, alligator. 



Mr. C. H. Wilson, Washington, D. C, barred owl. 



Mr. Charles H. Zier, Washington, D. C, Virginia opfossum. 



Births. — During the year 51 mammals were born and 29 birds 

 were hatched in the park. These records include only such as are 

 reared to a reasonable age, no account being made in these published 

 statistics of young that live only a few days. Mammals born include : 

 European bear, 3; lion, 3; dingo, 3; gray wolf, 4; raccoon, 2; moun- 

 tain goat, 1 ; tahr, 1 ; bison, 2 ; Indian buffalo, 1 ; guanaco, 2 ; llama, 

 2; red deer, 7; American elk, 2; barasingha, 1; Japanese deer, 6; 

 hog deer, 1 ; Virginia deer, 2 ; Trinidad agouti, 1 ; rhesus monkey, 2 ; 

 mona, 1; rufus-bellied wallaby, 3; great red kangaroo, 1. Birds 

 hatched were of the following species: Mallard, black duck, wood 

 duck, silver pheasant, peafowl, and black-crowned night heron. 



Exchanges. — Specimens received in exchange for surplus stock 

 include 27 mammals and 21 birds. Special mention should be made of 

 two Greenland musk oxen imported by way of Norway, the first ever 

 to be shown in the park ; two mouflons, the wild sheep of Corsica and 

 Sardinia ; a fine male nilgai from India ; a clouded leopard, marbled 

 cat (Felis marmorata), and fire cat (Ailurin planiceps) from Su- 

 matra ; a male panda from India ; 2 black and 2 fulvous lemurs ; and 

 a two-toed sloth. Birds received in exchange include, besides other 

 more common species, 3 kagus, 2 Victoria crowned pigeons, 3 black- 

 head ibises, 2 falcated ducks, and 2 eagle owls. 



Purchases. — Among the mammals purchased during the year were 

 2 Alaska Peninsula bear cubs, 2 Alaskan black-tailed deer, an 

 ocelot, and 2 otters. Birds purchased include some very desirable 

 specimens: 2 Marquesan doves, 2 red-breasted mergansers, 2 sooty 

 shearwaters, 4 wood ibises, and a gannet. A number of more common 

 water birds, cage birds, eagles, and owls, as well as a number of 

 reptiles, were also acquired by purchase. 



Transfers. — Among the animals received by transfer from other 

 Government departments special mention should be made of a ship- 

 ment of 36 specimens of the Laysan finch, collected by Dr. Alexander 

 Wetmore while engaged in work for the Biological Survey, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, on the island bird reservations west of Hawaii. 

 The Laysan "finch" (Telespyza cantons) is a member of an inter- 

 esting family of birds that is restricted to the Hawaiian Islands. 

 The specimens sent by Doctor Wetmore were all collected on Midway 

 Island. Some wood ducks, canvasbacks, and a collared lizard were 

 £lso received by transfer from the Biological Survey. 



