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logical Society's Gardens, in exchange. This animal is one of 

 the most beautiful of the wild sheep, and an effort will be made 

 to establish on Mountain Sheep Hill a herd of this species. 



During the coming spring a collection of animals must be pro- 

 vided for the Antelope House. With a sufficient fund available 

 it will be possible to purchase during the next six months a suffi- 

 cient number of tropical antelopes, bovines, equines, elephants, 

 giraft'es and hippopotami, to completely stock the new building. 



The following is a statement of the species and specimens of 

 mammals on hand on December 31, 1902: 



Primates 39 Species. 91 Specimens. 



Chiroptera i " 11 " 



Carnivora 41 " 143 " 



Pinnipedia i " 4 " 



Rodentia 23 " 122 



Ungulata 33 " 117 



Edentata i " i " 



]\larsupialia 2 " 14 " 



141 503 



Received by gift 95 



Purchased 204 



Born 43 



DEPARTMENT OF BIRDS. — C. WUliain Beebe, Curator. 



Owing to the fact that during the year 1902 no additional bird 

 buildings or aviaries could be provided, the bird collections could 

 not be sensibly increased. During winter weather the resources 

 at the command of the Curator have been taxed to the very 

 utmost to provide proper housing for the many migratory or 

 tropical species now on hand. The temptation to admit song 

 birds to the Aquatic Birds' House had proven so far irresistible 

 that the building referred to is now crowded full of birds, both 

 of land and water. In summer, when the aquatic birds are in 

 the Flying Cage, the song birds and other land birds have full 

 sway in the Bird House, and in a number of temporary but com- 

 fortable outside cages. 



The unexpectedly high prices bid for the construction of the 

 proposed Ostrich House led to the rejection of all the bids, and 

 a revision of the plans through which a considerable reduction 

 in cost might be secured. The failure of the plan to erect that 

 building in 1902 made necessary a postponement of the Society's 



