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of the Park. Mr. Ditmars has rapidly acquired knowledge of 

 the details of his new hne of duties, which are merely supple- 

 mentary to his work as assistant curator, in charge of reptiles, 

 and there is thus opened to him a wider field of usefulness to 

 the Society. 



Excepting the two epidemic diseases, gastro-enteritis and 

 septic ulcerative dysentery, the mammals of the Park have been 

 satisfactorily free from serious diseases during the year. All 

 the bears, wolves, foxes, otters, cats, rodents, antelope, elk, buf- 

 falo, tropical ungulates of all kinds, European deer, baboons, 

 monkeys, and lemurs are, with but few and trifling exceptions, 

 in prime condition. The following is a statement of the species 

 and specimens on hand December 21, 1901 : 



Species. Specimens. 



Primates 42 114 



Carnivora 26 73 



Pinnipedia i 3 



Rodentia 16 126 



Ungulata 22 90 



Edentata i i 



Marsupialia 2 9 



Total no 416 



Received by gift 85 



Purchased 274 



Born 20 



On deposit 12 



DEPARTMENT OF BIRDS. — C. William Becbs, Assistant Curator, in 



Charge. 



The most important addition to the bird department during 

 the past year was the erection of the temporary Pheasants' 

 Aviary, presented by the heirs of Samuel B. Schieffelin. The 

 structure consists of a long, narrow building, with spacious run- 

 ways in front, each wire enclosure measuring six by twenty- 

 eight feet. P'orty-five specimens of pheasants now occupy these 

 new quarters ; also flocks of jungle fowl and CaHfornia quail. 



