APPENDIX 6 

 REPORT ON THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



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

 ations of the National Zoological Park for the fiscal jenr ended 

 June 30, 1935 : 



The regular appropriation made by Congress for the maintenance 

 of the Park was $189,600. This was increased by $9,396 by special 

 act of Congress to provide for salary restoration. 



ACCESSIONS 



Gifts. — ^A number of important gifts during the year enriched the 

 collection appreciably. A serval and a caracal, gifts to President 

 Franklin D. Roosevelt, were turned over to the Park. Russell M. 

 Arundel, Washington, D. C, presented a bushmaster. Two of the 

 rare Hood Island tortoises were received from the San Diego Zoolog- 

 ical Garden. Through the interest of O. H. Johnson, of Pierre, 

 S. Dak., four prong-horned antelope were received from the South 

 Dakota Game and Fish Commission. Roy H. Jennier, of the Zoo 

 staff, brought from Panama an interesting collection of reptiles, 

 gifts from Dr. James Zetek and Douglas D. H. March. 



DONORS AND THEIR GIFTS 



AmazoDica, Inc., New York City, 2 common boas. 



Russell M, Arundel, Washington, D. C, bushmaster, 13 black-widow spiders. 



Hugh D. Auchincloss, Jr., Washington, D. C, 3 alligators. 



P. W. Austin, Washington, D. C, red-shouldered hawk. 



Dr. Paul Bartsch, Washington, D. C, Franklin's si^ermophile. 



Baltimore County Humane Society, rhesus monkey. 



Joan T. and Joseph F. Beattie, Washington, D. C, 4 collared lizards. 



D. F. Berry, Orlando, Fla., coral snake. 



Mrs. E. Jason Black, Washington, D. C, Burmese mongoose. 



Mrs. John S. Bleeker, Washington, D. C, alligator. 



Maurice Brady, Washington, D. C, 3 salamanders. 



S. K. Brown, Eustis, Fla., 2 coral snakes, hog-nosed snake, corn snake. 



Dr. W. A. Brumfleld, Farmville, Va., great horned owl, hog-nosed snake. 



Harley B. Buckingham, Takoma Park, Md., woodcock. 



Mrs. Louise Burke, Washington, D. C, red-breasted finch. 



Dr. C. E. Burt, Winfield, Kans., 10 horned lizards, 2 indigo snakes, 8 green 



racers, bald eagle, 18 brown skinks, 4 six-lined racers, 21 collared lizards. 

 Tom Cargill, Washington, D. C, 2 garter snakes. 

 Caribbean Biological Supply Laboratories, Biloxi, Miss., 2 robust plated lizards, 



blue-tongued lizard, stump-tailed lizard, 6 Australian tree frogs. 



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