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Mr. John Buckey, Wasliington, D. C, an alligator. 



Mr. Joseph H. Curtis, Wasliington, D. C, a woodchuck. 



Mrs. J. B. Dodson, Wasliington, D. C, an opossum. 



Mr. G. A. Durfee, Wasliington, D. C, a grass parrakeet. 



Mr. C. C. Estes, Washington, D. C, two cottontail rabbits. 



Mrs. Sheldon Evans, Washington, D. 0., a white-fronted parrot. 



Mr. E. Fabre, Washington, D. C, a red-shouldered hawk. 



Mrs. George Fowler, Philadelphia, Pa., a white-throated capuchin. 



Mr. F. A. Frazer, Spotsylvania, Va., a Cooper's hawk. 



Mr. James Frazier, Washington, D. C, a silver pheasant. 



Brother Geraptin, Franciscan Monastery, Washington, D. C, two mocking 

 birds. 



Mr. C. G. Hoffman, Remington, Va., a barn owl. 



Mr. J. M. Johnson, Washington, D. C, a bald eagle. 



Mrs. D. C. Laws, Port Limon, Costa Rica, a white-throated capuchin. 



Mrs. Arthur Lee, Washington, D. C, a silver-blue tanager. 



Mr. Oscar M. Link, Washington, D. C, a sparrow hawk. 



Mr. E. A. Mcllhenny, Avery Island, La., six blue-winged teal. 



Mr. Vinson W. McLean, Washington, D. C, a diamond rattlesnake. 



Mr. Lester IMartin, Washington, D. C, a raccoon. 



Mr. Fred. Mertens, Washington, D. C, a bald eagle. 



Mr. A. M. Nicholson, Orlando, Fla., a diamond rattlesnake. 



Mr. John M. Pickrell, Washington, D. C, a diamond rattlesnake. 



Mr. Edw. S. Schmid, Washington, D. C, a screech owl, two barn owls, and a 

 spreading adder. 



Mr. Fred. Schnaebele, Washington, D. C, an alligator. 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, Washington, D. C, a black snake and a barred owl. 



Mrs. C. B. Strong, Washington, D. C, a merganser. 



Mrs. Swyhart, Washington, D. C, a horned lizai'd. 



Mr. E. Thomas, Washington, D. C, an alligator. 



Mr. Samuel G. Walker, Weld, W. Va., a bay lynx. 



Mr. William Whyte, Washington, D. C, an alligator. 



Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C, an opossum. 



Mr. D. E. Winstead, Washington, D. C, an alligator. 



Mr. N. P. Wood, North Mountain, W. Va., a green snake. 



Unknown donor, a rod fox. 



Unknown donor, a Gila monster. 



LOSSES. 



The most noteworthy loss during the year was th« death by rup- 

 ture of the aorta of the largest of the Alaskan brown bears, caught 

 as a small cub in May, 1901. 'He had attained a weightvof 1,160 

 pounds. A Coke's hartbeest and several monkeys died from tuber- 

 culosis, two pronghorn antelopes from necrotic stomatitis, a lion 

 from pericarditis, and a large bison bull (the " ten-dollar buffalo ") 

 from the effects of old age. Quail disease was again brought into 

 the collection in a shipment of birds received from the southwestern 

 United States and caused the death of more than half of tlie quail in 

 the collection. A few waterfowl, also, died from aspergillosis, and 

 there was some loss of birds from attacks by predatory animals 



