SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



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At Merrymeeting Park, Brunswick, Me., were purchased 3 

 buffaloes, 2 adult woodland caribou, i antelope, 3 elk, 3 white- 

 tailed deer, i black bear, 3 gray wolves, 2 foxes, 3 raccoons, and 

 3 porcupines, all of which were in fine condition, and were added 

 to the groups of those species already on hand. 



A number of rare and valuable ungulates were acquired dur- 

 ing the year, the following being by purchase : 7 Newfoundland 

 caribou fawns, through the kind offices of Robert L. Mare, 

 Esq., of St. Johns, Newfoundland ; i anoa, i sika deer, 2 sam- 

 bar deer, i equine deer, i Chinese water deer, 2 aoudad, i Him- 

 alayan tahr, and 6 prong-horned antelope. A fine female equine 

 deer was received in exchange from the Philadelphia Zoological 

 Society, and a llama is expected shortly from the Washington 

 Zoological Park. 



During the summer Mr. Raymond L. Ditmars was appointed 

 assistant to the director in the mammal department, and this 

 arrangement has proven to be admirably adapted to the needs 



THE RACCOONS' TREE. 

 Recently inclosed near the Bear Dens. 



