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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1&22. 
  

  

  gardens. 
  The 
  panda 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  Old 
  World 
  representative 
  of 
  the 
  

   raccoon 
  family 
  and 
  is 
  an 
  animal 
  of 
  striking 
  appearance. 
  It 
  comes 
  

   from 
  the 
  high 
  Himalaya 
  Mountains 
  of 
  northern 
  India. 
  The 
  aard- 
  

   wolf 
  of 
  South 
  Africa 
  has 
  probably 
  never 
  before 
  been 
  shown 
  alive 
  in 
  

   America. 
  It 
  is 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  hyenas 
  but 
  is 
  chiefly 
  insectivorous 
  in 
  

   its 
  habits 
  and 
  lacks 
  the 
  powerful 
  dental 
  equipment 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   carnivores. 
  Other 
  mammals 
  received 
  in 
  exchange 
  are 
  a 
  lioness, 
  

   aoudad, 
  great 
  anteater, 
  cape 
  bushbuck, 
  sable 
  antelope, 
  two 
  Malay 
  

   tapirs, 
  a 
  wombat, 
  brown 
  woolly 
  monkey, 
  anubis 
  baboon, 
  vervet 
  

   guenon, 
  and 
  two 
  Japanese 
  monkeys. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  birds 
  received 
  in 
  exchange 
  special 
  mention 
  should 
  be 
  

   made 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  : 
  Hawaiian 
  goose, 
  bean 
  goose, 
  Euro- 
  

   pean 
  pochard, 
  tufted 
  duck, 
  European 
  lapwing, 
  greater 
  vasa 
  parrot, 
  

   and 
  African 
  black 
  vulture. 
  

  

  A 
  regal 
  python, 
  25 
  feet 
  long, 
  was 
  received 
  in 
  exchange. 
  This 
  is 
  

   the 
  largest 
  snake 
  ever 
  exhibited 
  in 
  the 
  park. 
  

  

  Purchases. 
  — 
  A 
  brindled 
  gnu 
  from 
  South 
  Africa, 
  and 
  a 
  young 
  male 
  

   American 
  elk, 
  were 
  purchased 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these 
  

   a 
  few 
  small 
  common 
  mammals 
  and 
  birds 
  were 
  purchased 
  at 
  low 
  cost. 
  

  

  Transfers. 
  — 
  An 
  especially 
  fine 
  collection 
  of 
  ostriches, 
  12 
  birds 
  in 
  

   all, 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  park 
  from 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  poultry 
  ex- 
  

   periment 
  station, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Animal 
  Industry, 
  Glendale, 
  Ariz. 
  The 
  

   lot 
  includes 
  selected 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  Somaliland, 
  Nubian, 
  and 
  

   South 
  African 
  species, 
  and 
  comprises 
  probably 
  the 
  finest 
  show 
  of 
  

   ostriches 
  in 
  America. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  Biological 
  Survey, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  were 
  

   received 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  animals 
  collected 
  by 
  field 
  agents 
  of 
  the 
  

   bureau. 
  These 
  include 
  a 
  badger 
  from 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  E. 
  Bateman, 
  Billings, 
  

   Mont. 
  ; 
  2 
  gray 
  wolves 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  J. 
  Bayer, 
  Cheyenne, 
  

   Wyo. 
  ; 
  7 
  beavers 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Vernon 
  Bailey, 
  chief 
  field 
  naturalist; 
  a 
  

   wood 
  duck 
  and 
  a 
  cardinal 
  from 
  Mr. 
  George 
  A. 
  Lawyer, 
  chief 
  game 
  

   warden; 
  a 
  desert 
  tortoise 
  from 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  E. 
  Musgrave, 
  Phoenix, 
  

   Ariz.; 
  and 
  12 
  Florida 
  gopher 
  tortoises 
  from 
  the 
  survey 
  labora- 
  

   tories. 
  

  

  The 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries, 
  Department 
  of 
  Commerce, 
  contributed 
  

   5 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  snapping 
  turtle. 
  

  

  REMOVALS. 
  

  

  Surplus 
  animals 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  44 
  were 
  sent 
  away 
  during 
  the 
  

   year 
  in 
  exchange 
  for 
  other 
  stock. 
  Among 
  these 
  were 
  the 
  following 
  

   mammals 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  born 
  and 
  reared 
  in 
  the 
  park 
  : 
  Indian 
  water 
  

   buffalo, 
  1; 
  American 
  bison, 
  1; 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  sheep, 
  1; 
  Indian 
  

   antelope, 
  1 
  ; 
  llama, 
  2 
  ; 
  guanaco, 
  1 
  ; 
  red 
  deer, 
  7 
  ; 
  Japanese 
  deer, 
  '6 
  ; 
  

  

  