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Mr. Edw. S. Schmid, Washington, D. C, blacksnake and two skunks. 

 Dr. It. W. Shufeldt, Washington, D. C, box tortoise, ground rattlesnake, two 

 king snakes, and two wood turtles. 

 Mr. Lubert Sisco, Washington, D. C, pilot blacksnake. 

 Mr. H. N. Slater, New York, N. Y., East African baboon. 

 Mr. G. T. Smallwood, Washington, D. C, 15 opossums. 

 Mr. Albert Stabler, Washington, D. C, barred owl. 

 Mr. Robert M. Stabler, Washington, D. C, five Virginia opossums. 

 Mrs. Ida Stanley, Washington, D. C., raccoon. 

 Mr. J. F. Steffey, Fort Washington, Md., great horned owl. 

 Mr. Arthur Tew, Washington, D. C, alligator. 

 Mrs. E. F. Townsend, Washington, D. 0., alligator. 

 Mrs. Russell Tyson, Brattleboro, Vt., albino woodchuck. 

 Mr. Titus Ulke, Washington, D. C, painted turtle and milk snake. 

 Mr. F. L. Van Patten, Great Falls, Va., barred owl. 

 Mrs. O. D. Wayland, Washington, D. C., canary. 

 Mr. J. T. Wenchel, Takoma Park, Md., rabbit. 



Mr. Ira Cartright Wetherill, Machadoc, Va., diamond-back terrapin. 

 Mr. Allen H. Whisner, Washington, D. C, fox squirrel. 



Births.— Fifty-five mammals were born and 21 birds were hatched 

 in the park during the year. As usual, these records include only 

 such as are reared to a reasonable age, no account being made in these 

 published statistics of young that live only a few days. The births 

 include : European brown bear, 4 ; dingo, 2 ; great gray kangaroo, 1 ; 

 red kangaroo, 3 ; black-tailed wallaby, 2 ; rufous-bellied wallaby, 1 ; 

 brush-tailed rock wallaby, 1 ; Australian opossum, 1 ; rhesus monkey, 

 4; mona, 1; mountain goat, 1; Rocky Mountain sheep^ 1; Indian 

 antelope, 2 ; American bison, 3 ; llama, 3 ; guanaco, 1 ; Virginia deer, 

 4 ; black-tailed deer, 3 ; f alloAV deer, 1 ; Japanese deer, 3 ; hog deer, 3 ; 

 barasingha, 2 ; red deer, 6 ; American elk, 2. Birds hatched were of 

 the following species : White ibis, American coot, wood duck, canary, 

 and peafowl. 



Exchanges. — There were received during the year, in exchange for 

 surplus stock, 57 mammals, 152 birds, and 6 reptiles. The most 

 important of these accessions were a large collection of Australasian 

 birds from Mr. E. S. Joseph, the well-known animal dealer of 

 Sydney, Australia; and a collection of African mammals from Mr. 

 A. K. Haagner, Pretoria, South Africa. Among the birds received 

 from Mr. Joseph are such desirable species as the pied goose, Eyton's 

 tree duck, Australian black duck, Pacific gull, white-bellied sea 

 eagle, golden-shouldered paroquet, and satin bower-bird. African 

 mammals included in the exchange from Mr. Haagner were a lechwe 

 antelope, 2 blesboks, a springbok, an African porcupine, a chacma 

 baboon, and a specimen of Wahlberg's mongoose. Other valuable 

 mammals received in exchange from miscellaneous sources are 2 

 Barbary apes from Gibraltar, white-collared, black, and sooty manga- 

 beys, an Arabian baboon, 2 ruffed lemurs, 2 Malay porcupines, 2 

 palm civets, and a Florida manatee. 



