﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  93 
  

  

  barasingha, 
  1; 
  dingo, 
  2; 
  gray 
  wolf, 
  1: 
  European 
  brown 
  bear, 
  4; 
  red 
  

   kangaroo, 
  2; 
  and 
  rufous-bellied 
  wallaby, 
  2. 
  

  

  A 
  number 
  of 
  animals 
  on 
  deposit 
  were 
  returned 
  to 
  owners. 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  death 
  rate 
  has 
  been 
  kept 
  low 
  for 
  the 
  collection 
  as 
  a 
  

   whole, 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  some 
  serious 
  losses 
  of 
  animals 
  long 
  in 
  the 
  

   park. 
  The 
  records 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  these, 
  interesting 
  because 
  of 
  longev- 
  

   ity 
  in 
  captivity, 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  A 
  black 
  vulture 
  {Coragyps 
  urulii) 
  

   received 
  as 
  a 
  bird 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  November 
  26, 
  1900, 
  was 
  killed 
  by 
  its 
  

   cage 
  mate, 
  a 
  bird 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species, 
  December 
  28, 
  1921, 
  21 
  years, 
  

   i 
  month, 
  and 
  2 
  days 
  after 
  arrival. 
  A 
  female 
  South 
  American 
  

   tapir, 
  received 
  from 
  Demerara 
  August 
  28, 
  1901, 
  then 
  about 
  4 
  years 
  

   of 
  age, 
  died 
  September 
  7, 
  1921, 
  after 
  20 
  years 
  and 
  10 
  days 
  of 
  life 
  

   in 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park. 
  Nine 
  young 
  were 
  born 
  to 
  this 
  

   animal 
  during 
  this 
  period, 
  seven 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  reared. 
  The 
  im- 
  

   mediate 
  cause 
  of 
  death 
  was 
  tuberculosis. 
  A 
  male 
  gray 
  wolf 
  (Canis 
  

   uaOUus), 
  born 
  in 
  the 
  park 
  March 
  29, 
  1905, 
  died 
  at 
  an 
  age 
  of 
  16 
  

   years, 
  3 
  months, 
  and 
  5 
  days, 
  on 
  July 
  4, 
  1921. 
  A 
  male 
  llama, 
  born 
  

   in 
  the 
  park 
  April 
  28, 
  1907, 
  died 
  of 
  pyemia 
  at 
  an 
  age 
  of 
  14 
  years, 
  10 
  

   months, 
  and 
  7 
  days, 
  on 
  March 
  7, 
  1922. 
  A 
  female 
  California 
  sea 
  

   lion 
  received 
  May 
  25, 
  1907, 
  died 
  14 
  years, 
  2 
  months, 
  and 
  5 
  days 
  

   after 
  arrival 
  on 
  July 
  30, 
  1921. 
  A 
  cariama 
  {Cariama 
  cristata) 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Clemente 
  Onelli, 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  Municipal 
  Zoologi- 
  

   cal 
  Gardens, 
  Buenos 
  Aires, 
  March 
  14, 
  1908, 
  died 
  13 
  years, 
  4 
  months, 
  

   and 
  1 
  day 
  later, 
  on 
  July 
  15, 
  1921. 
  A 
  grizzly 
  bear, 
  male, 
  received 
  

   from 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  National 
  Park 
  July 
  29, 
  1908, 
  died 
  March 
  27, 
  

   1922. 
  This 
  bear 
  was 
  about 
  3£ 
  years 
  old 
  on 
  arrival, 
  lived 
  in 
  the 
  park 
  

   13 
  years, 
  7 
  months, 
  and 
  28 
  days, 
  and 
  its 
  death 
  was 
  clearly 
  due 
  

   to 
  advanced 
  age. 
  The 
  female 
  harbor 
  seal 
  (Phoca 
  vitulina), 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  January 
  19, 
  1910, 
  died 
  of 
  enteritis 
  on 
  March 
  9, 
  1922, 
  after 
  12 
  

   years, 
  1 
  month, 
  and 
  18 
  days 
  of 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  park. 
  A 
  female 
  wart 
  

   hog, 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  N. 
  McMillan, 
  which 
  reached 
  the 
  park 
  

   December 
  19, 
  1909, 
  died 
  July 
  29, 
  1921, 
  11 
  years, 
  7 
  months, 
  and 
  10 
  

   da}'s 
  after 
  arrival. 
  A 
  female 
  kinkajou 
  (Potos 
  flavus), 
  received 
  

   from 
  Panama 
  June 
  17, 
  1910, 
  died 
  after 
  11 
  years, 
  1 
  month, 
  and 
  5 
  

   days 
  of 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  park, 
  on 
  July 
  22, 
  1921. 
  A 
  female 
  Woodhouse's 
  

   wolf 
  {Canis 
  frustror), 
  born 
  in 
  the 
  park 
  April 
  17, 
  1911, 
  died 
  Janu- 
  

   ary 
  7, 
  1922, 
  at 
  an 
  age 
  of 
  10 
  years, 
  8 
  months, 
  and 
  21 
  days. 
  A 
  female 
  

   gray 
  coatimundi 
  (Noma 
  narica) 
  received 
  April 
  2, 
  1913, 
  died 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  22, 
  1922, 
  after 
  8 
  years, 
  10 
  months, 
  and 
  20 
  days 
  in 
  the 
  park. 
  

   The 
  European 
  badger 
  (Meles 
  rneles) 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  London 
  

   Zoological 
  Gardens 
  May 
  1, 
  1915, 
  died 
  6 
  years, 
  6 
  months, 
  and 
  11 
  

   days 
  later, 
  on 
  November 
  12, 
  1921. 
  

  

  Other 
  serious 
  losses 
  include 
  the 
  Plorida 
  manatee 
  from 
  septic 
  

   peritonitis, 
  July 
  18, 
  1921; 
  Mongolian 
  wild 
  horse 
  (hJquus 
  prsewal- 
  

  

  