92 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1923 



The Bureau of Fisheries, Department of Commerce, donated a 

 collection of 18 snakes of 5 species that were collected by Mr. F. E. 

 Hare at the biological station, Manchester, Iowa. 



REMOVALS 



Surplus mammals and birds to the number of 66 were sent away 

 during the year in exchange to other zoological gardens. Among 

 these were the following mammals that had been born and reared in 

 the park: Siberian tiger, 4; dingo, 1; red deer, 8; barasingha, 3; 

 hog deer, 2; Rocky Mountain sheep, 1; bison, 1; hippopotamus, 1; 

 Trinidad agouti, 2 ; rhesus monkey, 1. 



A number of animals on deposit were returned to owners. 



The death rate has again been kept at a very low mark. Except 

 for the loss of nine kangaroos from necrobacillosis, there has been no 

 evidence of contagion among the animals. Some of the losses of 

 animals long in the collection are as follows: A sandhill crane 

 {Orus mexicana) received January 30, 1899, died April 17, 1923, 

 from enteritis, after 24 years, 2 months, and 18 days in the park. 

 The great black-backed gull, " Billy," well known to thousands of 

 park visitors because of his long residence and sociable nature, died 

 April 13, 1923. " Billy " came to the park from Labrador on No- 

 vember 22, 1905, and had thus been on exhibition for 17 years, 4 

 months, and 22 days. A male of the northern wild cat {Lynx, uinta) 

 received September 3, 1907, died of old age on December 30, 1922, 

 15 years, 3 months, and 27 days after his arrival. A female guanaco 

 received January 20, 1908, died of disseminated tumors, after 14 

 years, 8 months, and 26 days in the park, on October 16, 1922. The 

 South American condor, male, received October 31, 1908, died Junt» 

 15, 1923, 14 years, 7 months, and 15 days after arrival. The cause 

 of death, apparently, was lead poisoning, the bird having in some 

 manner swallowed a piece of lead of considerable size. A female 

 llama received March 14, 1908, died of anemia, July 25, 1922, after a 

 life of 14 years, 4 months, and 11 days in the park. A male 

 barasingha deer (Cervus duvaucelii) received October 1, 1908, died 

 January 10, 1923, 14 years, 3 months, and 9 days after arrival. A 

 female rhea {Rhea americana) received October 8, 1909, died May 

 1, 1923, after 13 years, 6 months, and 23 days in the collection. A 

 female brown macaque {Macaca speciosa) received July 30, 1910, 

 died May 26, 1923, of broncho-pneumonia, after a life in the park of 

 12 years, 9 months, and 26 days. A boatbill heron {Cochlearius 

 cochlearius) received September 28, 1910, died from congestion of 

 the lungs, 12 years, 6 months, and 18 days later, on April 15, 1923. 

 The mate of this bird, received with it, is still living. A female 

 Woodhouse's wolf {Cards frustror), born in the park April 17, 1911, 

 died at an age of 11 years, 3 months, and 15 days, on August 1, 1922. 



