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Mrs. Charles Shelby, Washington, D. C, 5 buUsnakes, 



Gates Slattery, Washington, D. C, red-tailed hawk. 



Miss Edith Smallwood, Cumberland, Md., green guenon. 



South Dakota Game & Fish Commission, through O. H. Johnson, Pierre, S. D., 

 4 prong-hom antelopes. 



Dr. Robert M. Stabler, Philadelphia, Pa., woodchiick. 



Franklin A. Thompson, Washington, D. C, 2 ring-necked snakes, water snake. 



M. I. Tomilin, Orange Park, Fla., garter snake, 2 hog-nosed snakes, coachwhip 

 snake, water moccasin or cottonmouth, 5 water snakes. 



U. S. Biological Survey, Washington, D. C, pintail. 



U. S. Biological Survey, through J. S. C. Boswell, Canada Goose, corn snake, 

 3 king snakes ; through J. M. Hill, Jr., and L. C. Whitehead, 28 white-necked 

 ravens ; through F. C. Lincoln, ring-necked pheasant ; through George Mush- 

 bach, 2 cinnamon teals; through Utah State F, E. R. A., 3 pumas. 



U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, through Fred Orsinger, 6 mudpuppies. 



W. H. Vesper, Washington, D. C, 2 kinkajous. 



Mrs. L, C. Vogt, Takoma Park, Md., canary. 



Mrs. Reginald Walker, Washington, D. C, common turkey, mallard duck. 



Mrs. Carl Werthner, Washington, D. C, sulphur-crested cockatoo. 



Miss E. J. Whitacre, Washington, D. C, double yellow-head parrot. 



Mrs. Hazel Whitaker, Takoma Park, Md., sulphur-crested cockatoo. 



J. O. Whittey, Washington, D. C, marine turtle. 



K. F. Wood, Washington, D. C, screech owl. 



John F. Wynkoop, Washington, D. C., Virginia opossum. 



Dr. James Zetek, Canal Zone, Panama, 60 arrow-poison frogs, 12 yellow 

 atelopus. 



Vincent Zoll, Washington, D. C, 4 Siamese fighting fish. 



Donor unknown: Boa. 



Exchanges. — Notable additions obtained through the medium of 

 exchange were an Asiatic wild ass or Kiang, black-buck or Indian 

 antelope, and a barking or rib-faced deer obtained from Hagenbeck 

 Brothers, Hamburg, Germany. From the Philadelphia Zoological 

 Garden were received 2 electric eels. A pair of zebu were obtained 

 from Ellis S. Joseph, New York City. 



Purchases. — Important purchases during the year were 3 Siberian 

 ibex and 3 Saiga antelopes, the first of their kind ever exhibited 

 in the Park. 



Births. — There were 42 mammals born in the Park during the 

 year. These include the following: 



MAMMALS 



Scientific name Common name No. 



Axis axis Axis deer 1 



Bison bison American bison 3 



Bos indicus Zebu , 1 



Cania nubilius Plains wolf 3 



Cervus duvaueelii Barasingha deer 2 



Cervus elaphus Red deer 2 



Dama dama Fallow deer 4 



Dolichotis salinicola Dwarf cavy 1 



Equus quagga chapmani Chapman's zebra 1 



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