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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  Philadelphia 
  Zoological 
  Garden, 
  Philadelphia, 
  Pa., 
  two 
  Muhlenherg's 
  turtles. 
  

  

  W. 
  Plesses 
  Jungle 
  Show, 
  pine 
  snake. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  E. 
  D. 
  Reid, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  hlacksnake. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lowry 
  Riggs, 
  Rockville, 
  Md., 
  California 
  boa. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Sartain, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  woodchuck. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  C. 
  M. 
  Saxelby, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  fire 
  finch. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  Schaub, 
  Fairfax, 
  Va., 
  great 
  horned 
  owl. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  E. 
  S. 
  Schmid, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  two 
  woodchucks. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  Schriver, 
  Cumberland, 
  Md., 
  five 
  golden 
  pheasants. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Ernest 
  T. 
  Seton, 
  Greenwich, 
  Conn., 
  3 
  skunks, 
  1 
  opossum, 
  14 
  mallards. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  R. 
  A. 
  Shinn, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  diamond 
  rattlesnake. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  T. 
  W. 
  Sine, 
  Maurertown, 
  Va., 
  alligator. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Geo. 
  B. 
  Smith, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  red-shouldered 
  hawk. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Spradling, 
  Athens, 
  Tenn., 
  king 
  snake. 
  * 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  G. 
  Stevens, 
  Culpeper, 
  Va., 
  rhesus 
  monkey. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Strange, 
  Enterprise, 
  Miss., 
  barred 
  owl. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Swope, 
  Chevy 
  Chase, 
  Md., 
  pied-billed 
  grebe. 
  

  

  Miss 
  Vivian 
  Torovsky, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  yellow-naped 
  parrot. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  J. 
  G. 
  Updike, 
  Rosslyn, 
  Va., 
  great 
  horned 
  owl. 
  

  

  United 
  States 
  Biological 
  Survey, 
  through 
  G. 
  E. 
  Holman, 
  one 
  wolf. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Waldron, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  Florida 
  gallinule. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Robert 
  M. 
  Ward, 
  Winchester, 
  Va., 
  great 
  horned 
  owl. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  O. 
  D. 
  Wayland, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  two 
  canaries. 
  

  

  Unknown 
  donors, 
  great 
  blue 
  heron, 
  woodchuck, 
  osprey, 
  turkey 
  vulture. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  animals 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  park, 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  

   Chief 
  Coordinator 
  has 
  secured 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  c.f 
  useful 
  and 
  

   valuable 
  supplies 
  and 
  equipment 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  park 
  authorities 
  are 
  

   deeply 
  grateful. 
  

  

  Births. 
  — 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  104 
  mammals, 
  birds, 
  and 
  reptiles 
  were 
  

   born 
  and 
  hatched 
  in 
  the 
  park 
  and 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  collection. 
  Among 
  

   the 
  mammals 
  born 
  were 
  fallow 
  deer, 
  Barasingha 
  deer, 
  European 
  

   deer, 
  sika 
  deer, 
  hog 
  deer, 
  American 
  bison, 
  tahr 
  goat, 
  Indian 
  antelope, 
  

   guanaco, 
  agouti, 
  paca, 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  sheep, 
  European 
  brown 
  bear, 
  

   and 
  rhesus 
  monkey. 
  

  

  The 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  sheep 
  are 
  especially 
  interesting. 
  The 
  flock 
  

   in 
  the 
  park 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  numbered 
  eight 
  individuals, 
  of 
  

   which 
  six 
  were 
  born 
  in 
  Washington 
  and 
  two 
  of 
  them 
  from 
  parents 
  

   also 
  born 
  and 
  raised 
  in 
  the 
  park. 
  

  

  Exchanges. 
  — 
  The 
  most 
  important 
  among 
  the 
  animals 
  received 
  in 
  

   exchange 
  were 
  the 
  Mongolian 
  wild 
  horse, 
  mountain 
  zebra, 
  and 
  six 
  

   Humboldt 
  penguins. 
  

  

  Purchases. 
  — 
  An 
  anoa, 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Chapman 
  zebras, 
  an 
  Indian 
  caracal, 
  

   a 
  yaguarundi 
  cat, 
  a 
  young 
  snow 
  leopard, 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  barbary 
  sheep, 
  a 
  

   pair 
  of 
  wallaroos, 
  and 
  a 
  South 
  American 
  condor 
  are 
  the 
  principal 
  

   purchases 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  We 
  were 
  especially 
  fortunate 
  in 
  securing 
  the 
  

   »now 
  leopard 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  that 
  had 
  died 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   year, 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  handsome 
  and 
  remarkable 
  

   cat 
  in 
  captivity 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  