﻿APPENDIX 
  6 
  

   KEPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  ZOOLOGICAL 
  PARK 
  

  

  Sir 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  

   June 
  30, 
  1929 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  appropriation 
  made 
  by 
  Congi-ess 
  for 
  the 
  regular 
  maintenance 
  

   of 
  the 
  park 
  was 
  $182,050, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  the 
  usual 
  allotment 
  of 
  $300 
  

   for 
  printing 
  and 
  binding 
  and 
  an 
  additional 
  appropriation 
  of 
  $13,500 
  

   to 
  cover 
  the 
  increase 
  in 
  salaries 
  of 
  the 
  personnel 
  under 
  the 
  Welch 
  

   Act. 
  

  

  ACCESSIONS 
  

  

  Gifts. 
  — 
  The 
  park 
  this 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  recipient 
  of 
  an 
  unusual 
  

   number 
  of 
  gifts 
  of 
  valuable 
  animals. 
  Notable 
  among 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  

   several 
  shipments 
  of 
  birds 
  and 
  animals 
  obtained 
  through 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  C. 
  

   Kellers, 
  United 
  States 
  Navy, 
  who 
  was 
  on 
  duty 
  with 
  the 
  Marines 
  in 
  

   Nicaragua. 
  The 
  animals 
  were 
  brought 
  to 
  Washington 
  on 
  a 
  trans- 
  

   port 
  through 
  the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  the 
  Navy 
  Department. 
  The 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  included 
  large 
  groups 
  of 
  spider 
  monkeys, 
  capuchins, 
  and 
  

   coatimundis; 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  6 
  sulphur-breasted 
  toucans; 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  curas- 
  

   sows, 
  many 
  parrots, 
  and 
  several 
  unusual 
  birds 
  and 
  small 
  mammals. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  D. 
  W. 
  May 
  sent 
  from 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  two 
  rhinoceros 
  iguanas, 
  an 
  

   unusual 
  species 
  in 
  captivity. 
  One 
  specimen 
  is 
  doing 
  well 
  and 
  ' 
  

   promises 
  to 
  survive. 
  Through 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  W. 
  O'Malley, 
  United 
  

   States 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Fisheries, 
  the 
  park 
  received 
  a 
  trio 
  of 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  fur 
  seals 
  from 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands, 
  a 
  species 
  very 
  rare 
  in 
  col- 
  

   lections. 
  From 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Government 
  were 
  received 
  a 
  pair 
  

   of 
  black 
  swans 
  and 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  the 
  rare 
  paradise 
  ducks. 
  The 
  New 
  

   York 
  Zoological 
  Society 
  sent 
  a 
  Prince 
  Rudolph's 
  blue 
  bird 
  of 
  

   paradise 
  and 
  a 
  Lawes's 
  6-plumed 
  bird 
  of 
  paradise, 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Crandall 
  on 
  the 
  society's 
  New 
  Guinea 
  expedi- 
  

   tion. 
  Mrs. 
  Emily 
  C. 
  Chadbourne 
  presented 
  a 
  great 
  black 
  cockatoo; 
  

   Mr. 
  Harvey 
  S. 
  Firestone, 
  jr., 
  a 
  potto 
  from 
  Liberia 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  F. 
  Goldsby 
  

   four 
  Canada 
  geese 
  ; 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Richard 
  Gordon 
  six 
  blue 
  geese. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  spectacular 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  zoo 
  in 
  many 
  years 
  has 
  been 
  

   N'Gi, 
  the 
  gorilla. 
  The 
  animal 
  was 
  purchased 
  with 
  money 
  remaining 
  

   from 
  the 
  Smithsonian-Chrysler 
  expedition 
  funds. 
  Pie 
  weighed 
  40 
  

   pounds 
  on 
  arrival 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  greatest 
  attraction 
  the 
  zoo 
  has 
  

  

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