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  ANNUAL 
  EEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1921 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  crowds 
  of 
  visitors 
  in 
  November 
  were 
  attracted 
  by 
  the 
  

   new 
  animals 
  brought 
  from 
  Africa. 
  

  

  Schools, 
  classes, 
  and 
  similar 
  organizations 
  that 
  visited 
  the 
  park 
  

   numbered 
  370. 
  Among 
  them 
  was 
  the 
  4-H 
  Club 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Agriculture. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  in 
  organized 
  classes 
  was 
  

   about 
  25,000. 
  

  

  IMPROVEMENTS 
  

  

  A 
  new 
  flight 
  cage, 
  30 
  by 
  CO 
  feet 
  and 
  35 
  feet 
  high, 
  containing 
  two 
  

   small 
  pools, 
  was 
  installed 
  in 
  the 
  ravine 
  below 
  the 
  large 
  flight 
  cage. 
  

   This 
  houses 
  gulls, 
  terns, 
  ibises, 
  and 
  other 
  water 
  birds 
  and 
  gives 
  them 
  

   opportunity 
  to 
  nest 
  and 
  raise 
  their 
  young 
  unmolested 
  by 
  the 
  pelicans 
  

   and 
  other 
  large 
  birds 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  formerly 
  were 
  continually 
  in 
  

   conflict. 
  The 
  large 
  accessions 
  from 
  the 
  Smithsonian-Chrysler 
  expedi- 
  

   tion 
  necessitated 
  alterations 
  in 
  the 
  lion 
  house, 
  bird 
  house, 
  and 
  monkey 
  

   house 
  to 
  accommodate 
  them. 
  Practically 
  all 
  the 
  cages 
  in 
  the 
  monkey 
  

   house 
  were 
  divided 
  each 
  into 
  two. 
  The 
  bird 
  house 
  was 
  remodeled 
  to 
  

   secure 
  quarters 
  for 
  the 
  giraffe. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  repair 
  work 
  and 
  painting 
  was 
  done 
  on 
  the 
  

   larger 
  metal 
  structures. 
  The 
  frame 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  flight 
  cage, 
  

   exterior 
  cages 
  of 
  the 
  lion 
  house 
  and 
  antelope 
  house, 
  and 
  fences 
  of 
  

   the 
  bear 
  yard 
  were 
  painted, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  much 
  miscellaneous 
  painting 
  

   done 
  throughout 
  the 
  park. 
  

  

  The 
  electric 
  pump 
  that 
  was 
  purchased 
  from 
  the 
  1926 
  appropria- 
  

   tion 
  was 
  installed 
  at 
  the 
  central 
  boiler 
  house 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  and 
  larger 
  

   pipe 
  connection 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  pump 
  to 
  the 
  hippo, 
  tapir, 
  and 
  alli- 
  

   gator 
  pools, 
  greatly 
  improving 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  warmed 
  water. 
  

  

  The 
  electric 
  service 
  line 
  was 
  extended 
  to 
  the 
  restaurant 
  and 
  electric 
  

   refrigeration 
  installed 
  — 
  the 
  latter 
  without 
  expense 
  to 
  the 
  park. 
  

  

  A 
  new 
  public 
  walk 
  was 
  built 
  from 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  roads 
  to 
  

   the 
  lion 
  house. 
  

  

  Preliminary 
  to 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  bird 
  house, 
  an 
  area 
  about 
  

   250 
  feet 
  square 
  was 
  cleared. 
  In 
  clearing 
  the 
  required 
  space 
  it 
  was 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  remove 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  large 
  trees 
  — 
  mostly 
  poplars. 
  These 
  

   were 
  cut 
  into 
  saw-log 
  lengths 
  and 
  converted 
  into 
  lumber. 
  

  

  A 
  service 
  road 
  about 
  600 
  feet 
  long 
  was 
  built 
  to 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  

   bird 
  house 
  from 
  the 
  new 
  highway 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  park. 
  

   This 
  road 
  is 
  of 
  tar-bound 
  macadam. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  necessary 
  to 
  put 
  

   in 
  an 
  unusually 
  deep 
  stone 
  base 
  for 
  this 
  road 
  because 
  of 
  soft 
  

   ground, 
  and 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  heavy 
  hauling 
  would 
  be 
  done 
  

   over 
  it 
  in 
  bringing 
  materials 
  for 
  the 
  building, 
  and 
  later, 
  bringing 
  

   coal 
  and 
  other 
  supplies. 
  The 
  sewer 
  and 
  water 
  systems 
  of 
  the 
  park 
  

   were 
  extended 
  to 
  the 
  site. 
  

  

  A 
  passenger 
  automobile 
  was 
  purchased 
  second 
  hand, 
  and 
  a 
  1-ton 
  

   truck 
  was 
  bought 
  for 
  light 
  work 
  about 
  the 
  grounds. 
  A 
  G. 
  M. 
  C. 
  

   li^-ton 
  " 
  light 
  aviation 
  " 
  truck 
  chassis 
  was 
  received 
  by 
  transfer. 
  

  

  