﻿EEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECEETARY 
  97 
  

  

  Removals. 
  — 
  One 
  hundred 
  and 
  twenty-eight 
  mammals, 
  birds, 
  and 
  

   reptiles 
  were 
  sent 
  away 
  to 
  other 
  zoological 
  gardens 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

   Among 
  these 
  were 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Piiilippine 
  bullalo, 
  various 
  deer, 
  some 
  

   small 
  mammals 
  and 
  birds 
  and 
  reptiles 
  from 
  the 
  Smithsonian-Chrysler 
  

   expedition. 
  

  

  Losses 
  by 
  death 
  were 
  mainly 
  of 
  animals 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  long 
  in 
  the 
  

   collection 
  or 
  very 
  recently 
  received. 
  Among 
  the 
  former 
  was 
  a 
  Man- 
  

   churian 
  tiger, 
  which 
  lived 
  in 
  the 
  park 
  from 
  June, 
  1918, 
  to 
  March 
  12, 
  

   1927; 
  a 
  cheetah 
  received 
  August 
  8, 
  1913, 
  died 
  February 
  17, 
  1927; 
  a 
  

   mountain 
  sheep 
  that 
  had 
  lived 
  from 
  September 
  18, 
  1917, 
  to 
  May 
  3, 
  

   1927; 
  an 
  eland 
  received 
  June 
  9, 
  1916, 
  died 
  August 
  22, 
  1926; 
  a 
  wild 
  

   boar 
  received 
  September 
  10, 
  1911, 
  died 
  December 
  9, 
  1926 
  ; 
  a 
  northern 
  

   wild 
  cat 
  received 
  January 
  15, 
  1912, 
  died 
  January 
  28, 
  1927; 
  a 
  large 
  

   male 
  sea 
  lion 
  received 
  August 
  29, 
  1916, 
  and 
  died 
  June 
  13, 
  1927. 
  Sev- 
  

   eral 
  of 
  these 
  have 
  established 
  long 
  records 
  for 
  longevity 
  in 
  captivity 
  

   but 
  nevertheless 
  leave 
  great 
  gaps 
  in 
  the 
  collection. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Chapman 
  zebras 
  died 
  through 
  an 
  accident, 
  injur- 
  

   ing 
  himself 
  by 
  leaping 
  into 
  the 
  fence. 
  The 
  Humboldt 
  penguin 
  died 
  

   of 
  aspergillosis. 
  

  

  The 
  loss 
  in 
  the 
  reptile 
  collection 
  has 
  been 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  other 
  

   groups 
  owing 
  to 
  lack 
  of 
  suitable 
  quarters. 
  

  

  Post-mortem 
  examinations 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  by 
  the 
  patho- 
  

   logical 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Animal 
  Industry. 
  The 
  following 
  

   list 
  shows 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  autopsies, 
  the 
  cases 
  being 
  arranged 
  by 
  groups 
  : 
  

  

  CAUSES 
  OF 
  DEATH 
  

   MAMMALS 
  

  

  Marsupialia 
  : 
  Piieunioiiia, 
  2 
  ; 
  congestion 
  of 
  lungs, 
  1 
  ; 
  enteritis, 
  1 
  ; 
  infection 
  of 
  

   jaw, 
  1 
  ; 
  no 
  cause 
  found, 
  1. 
  

  

  Carnivora 
  : 
  Tuberculosis, 
  2 
  ; 
  congestion 
  of 
  lungs, 
  1 
  ; 
  gastroenteritis, 
  3 
  ; 
  intestinal 
  

   parasites, 
  1; 
  intestinal 
  obstruction, 
  3; 
  tumor, 
  1; 
  softening 
  of 
  brain, 
  1. 
  

  

  Pinnipedia 
  : 
  Congestion 
  of 
  lungs, 
  1 
  ; 
  gastroenteritis, 
  2. 
  

  

  Primates: 
  Pneumonia, 
  1; 
  enteritis, 
  2; 
  gastroenteritis, 
  2; 
  intestinal 
  parasites, 
  1; 
  

   nephritis, 
  1 
  ; 
  streptococcic 
  infection, 
  1 
  ; 
  malnutrition, 
  1 
  ; 
  no 
  cause 
  found, 
  2. 
  

  

  Artiodactyla 
  : 
  Pneumonia, 
  1 
  ; 
  tuberculosis, 
  1 
  ; 
  congestion 
  of 
  lungs, 
  1 
  ; 
  gastro- 
  

   enteritis, 
  3; 
  hepatitis, 
  1; 
  nephritis, 
  1; 
  necrophorus 
  infection, 
  2; 
  tumor, 
  1; 
  

   accident, 
  2 
  ; 
  old 
  age, 
  3. 
  

  

  BIBDS 
  

  

  Struthioniformes 
  : 
  Aspergillosis, 
  1 
  ; 
  peritonitis, 
  1. 
  

   Rheiformes 
  : 
  Egg-bound, 
  1 
  ; 
  no 
  cause 
  found, 
  1. 
  

   Sphenisciformes 
  : 
  Pneumonia, 
  1 
  ; 
  aspergillosis, 
  5. 
  

   Galliformes 
  : 
  Aspergillosis, 
  1 
  ; 
  hepatitis, 
  1, 
  

   Psittaciformes 
  : 
  Enteritis, 
  2; 
  no 
  cause 
  found, 
  1. 
  

   Passeriformes 
  : 
  Aspergillosis, 
  1 
  ; 
  no 
  cause 
  found, 
  1. 
  

  

  The 
  animals 
  lost 
  by 
  death 
  which 
  were 
  of 
  value 
  for 
  museum 
  purposes 
  

   were 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  for 
  preserva- 
  

  

  