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  ANNUAL 
  EEPOET 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  The 
  pair 
  of 
  lions 
  presented 
  to 
  President 
  Coolidge 
  by 
  the 
  mayor 
  

   and 
  citizens 
  of 
  Johannesburg 
  produced 
  four 
  cubs. 
  The 
  parents 
  are 
  

   still 
  young 
  and 
  promise 
  to 
  become 
  magnificent 
  animals. 
  

  

  Each 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  pairs 
  of 
  leopards 
  caught 
  as 
  adults 
  by 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian-Chrysler 
  expedition 
  have 
  bred 
  both 
  this 
  year 
  and 
  last. 
  The 
  

   wart 
  hogs 
  last 
  year 
  gave 
  birth 
  to 
  five 
  young, 
  which 
  died, 
  but 
  this 
  

   year 
  four 
  young 
  were 
  born 
  and 
  are 
  thriving. 
  

  

  Purchase 
  and 
  exchange. 
  — 
  ^Among 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  specimens 
  

   acquired 
  by 
  purchase 
  and 
  exchange 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  cheetah, 
  to 
  replace 
  

   a 
  pair 
  lost 
  last 
  year 
  ; 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  European 
  wild 
  boars, 
  which 
  have 
  since 
  

   bred 
  ; 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  14 
  lories 
  ; 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Orinoco 
  geese 
  ; 
  four 
  species 
  of 
  tree 
  

   ducks 
  for 
  the 
  great 
  flight 
  cage 
  in 
  the 
  bird 
  house; 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Spix 
  

   macaws; 
  and 
  two 
  Kea 
  parrots. 
  As 
  the 
  available 
  quarters 
  are 
  lim- 
  

   ited 
  and 
  crowded, 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  purchased 
  only 
  especially 
  desirable 
  

   species. 
  

  

  Removals. 
  — 
  Losses 
  by 
  death 
  included 
  one 
  gibbon, 
  which 
  died 
  of 
  

   pneumonia; 
  a 
  rhinoceros 
  hornbill; 
  a 
  striped 
  hyena, 
  which 
  l?ved 
  in 
  

   the 
  park 
  from 
  May 
  1, 
  1918, 
  to 
  September 
  27, 
  1928 
  ; 
  a 
  Malay 
  tapir, 
  

   which 
  was 
  received 
  September 
  13, 
  1921, 
  and 
  died 
  September 
  29, 
  1928 
  ; 
  

   a 
  red 
  kangaroo, 
  received 
  in 
  June, 
  1912, 
  and 
  died 
  November 
  3, 
  1928. 
  

  

  Post-mortem 
  examinations 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  by 
  the 
  patho- 
  

   logical 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Animal 
  Industry. 
  The 
  following 
  

   list 
  shows 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  autopsies 
  : 
  

  

  CAUSES 
  OF 
  DEATH 
  

  

  MAMMALS 
  

  

  Marsnpialia 
  : 
  Enteritis, 
  1; 
  gastroenteritis, 
  3. 
  

  

  Carnivora 
  : 
  Pneumonia, 
  3 
  ; 
  congestion 
  of 
  lungs, 
  1 
  ; 
  enteritis, 
  4 
  ; 
  gastroenteritis, 
  3 
  ; 
  In- 
  

   ternal 
  hemorrhage, 
  1 
  ; 
  goiter, 
  1 
  ; 
  accident, 
  1 
  ; 
  no 
  cause 
  found, 
  1. 
  

  

  Pinnipedia 
  : 
  Gastritis, 
  1. 
  

  

  Primates 
  : 
  Pneumonia, 
  3 
  ; 
  tuberculosis, 
  1 
  ; 
  gastroenteritis, 
  1 
  ; 
  hepatitis, 
  2 
  ; 
  intestinal 
  

   parasites, 
  1. 
  

  

  Artiodactyla 
  : 
  Pneumonia, 
  1; 
  intestinal 
  obstruction, 
  1; 
  difficult 
  parturition, 
  2; 
  old 
  age, 
  

   2 
  ; 
  no 
  cause 
  found, 
  1. 
  

  

  Perissodactyla 
  : 
  Accident, 
  1. 
  

  

  Edentata 
  : 
  No 
  cause 
  found, 
  1. 
  

  

  BIRDS 
  

  

  Casuariiformes 
  : 
  Aspergillosis, 
  1. 
  

  

  Ciconiiformes 
  : 
  Tuberculosis, 
  1 
  ; 
  congestion 
  of 
  lungs, 
  1 
  ; 
  enteritis, 
  1. 
  

  

  Anseriformes 
  : 
  Congestion 
  of 
  lungs, 
  1. 
  

  

  Psittaciformes 
  : 
  Enteritis, 
  1 
  ; 
  no 
  cause 
  found, 
  1. 
  

  

  Coraciiformes 
  : 
  Gastroenteritis, 
  1. 
  

  

  Passeriformes 
  : 
  Aspergillosis, 
  1. 
  

  

  ANIMALS 
  IN 
  THE 
  COLLECTION 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1929 
  

  

  MAMMALS 
  

   MARSUPIALIA 
  

  

  Virginia 
  opossum 
  (Didelphis 
  virginiana) 
  8 
  

  

  Flying 
  phalanger 
  {Petaurus 
  breviceps) 
  2 
  

  

  Brush-tailed 
  rock 
  wallaby 
  (Petrogale 
  penicil- 
  

  

  tata) 
  1 
  

  

  Great 
  red 
  kangaroo 
  {Macropus 
  rufus) 
  -.. 
  1 
  

  

  Wombat 
  {Phascolomys 
  mitchelli)- 
  1 
  

  

  