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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1920. 



STATEMENT OF THE COLLECTION. 



*CCESSIONS DURING THE YEAR. 



Presented 



Bom and hatched in National Zoological Park 



Received in exchange 



Purchased 



Transferred from other Government departments. 



Captured in National Zoological Park 



Deposited 



Total. 



Mam- 

 mals. 



102 



Bird.s. 



65 

 72 

 133 

 33 



8 

 30 



1 



Reptiles. 



Total. 



127 

 122 



145 

 40 

 28 

 32 

 24 



618 



Animals on hand July 1, 1919 1,336 



Accessions during the year 518 



Total animals handled 1, 854 



Deduct loss (by exchange, deatli, and retm-u ol animals on deposit; 427 



Animals on hand June 30, 1920 1,427 



It will be interesting at this time to submit ^gures showing the 

 comparative size of the collection at the close of each fiscal year since 

 the foundation of the park. The years and numbers of animals are 

 as follows: 



1892 448 



1893 504 



1894 510 



1895 520 



1896 553 



1897 567 



1898 -*- 549 



1899 675 



1900 839 



1901 878 



1902 883 



1903 1, 000 



1904 1, 111 



1905 1, .307 



1906 1, 272 



1907 1, 193 



1908 1, 402 



1909 1, 416 



1910 1, 424 



1911 1, 414 



1912 1. 551 



1913_ 

 1914_ 

 1915. 

 1916- 

 1917_ 

 1918- 

 1919_ 

 1920- 



1,468 

 1,362 

 1,397 

 1, 383 

 1,228 

 1,247 

 1,336 

 1,427 



The number of animals is now 124 under that of the record year 

 (1912), but is greater than has been maintained since 1913. The 



