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NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



IMPORTANT BIRTHS DURING 1919 



CENSUS OF MAMMALS 



DECEMBER 31, 1919. 



Species 



Marsupialia 11 



Edentata 1 



Carnivora 43 



Pinnipedia 1 



Rodentia 24 



Primates 35 



Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates) . . 46 



Perissodactyla (Odd-toed Ungulates) . . 10 



Proboscidea 2 



173 

 Shipped to Belgium 33 



Total 206 



Specimens 



32 



1 



92 



3 



141* 



88 



214 



17 



3 



591 

 56 



647 



DEPARTMENT OF BIRDS 



Lee S. Crandall, Curator; William Beebe, Honorary Curator; 

 Samuel Stacey, Head Keeper. 



During the period of reconstruction which has followed the 

 close of the war, importations of wild birds and animals have 

 received scant attention. Ocean traffic, swamped with the pent- 

 up business of four years, has left little space for non-essential 

 shipments. That this condition will be remedied during 1920, 



