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collection of llamas, guanacos, vicunias and alpacas, with which 

 to fill the new Llama House. After about two years of contin- 

 uous effort, Mr. Charles Sheldon succeeded in securing a Mexi- 

 can grizzly bear, which he presented to the Society. 



The funds provided in 1901 by Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss, for 

 the purchase of a snow leopard, secured a very fine male speci- 

 men early in 1903, and it now forms one of the chief attractions 

 of the Lion House. Being a hardy animal, it is living contin- 

 uously in one of the outdoor cages, beside the Manchurian leop- 

 ard, and has not been in the least inconvenienced by a tempera- 

 ture of sixteen degrees below zero. 



An order that was placed in 1903 for three pairs of Steller's 

 sea lions was, after many futile efforts, finally filled late in 1903. 

 Six young specimens were received from the coast of California ; 

 but, with one exception, their fate has been exceedingly unfortu- 

 nate. Shortly after their arrival two died of pneumonia, and 

 three others died from ptomaine poisoning, leaving only a soli- 

 tary individual. 



From Mr. William Rockefeller, six Russian fallow deer, spe- 

 cially selected by Carl Hagenbeck, for breeding purposes, were 

 received by gift. Mr. David S. Cowles presented a black bear 

 cub from the Laurentian Mountains, Canada. From Mr. John J. 

 Ittner, two fine male mandrills were received. From the Park 

 Department for the Borough of the Bronx, a herd of twenty-five 

 fallow deer was received by gift. 



From Captain Thomas Golding the Society purchased several 

 very interesting importations from northern China and Japan, the 

 most important specimens being two Tscheli monkeys, one Chinese 

 macaque and a rare palm civit. From Singapore, Captain 

 Golding brought a half-grown specimen of a very rare anthro- 

 poid ape called the siamang, the first animal of that species to 

 come into the possession of the Society. 



A pair of fine giraffes from German East Africa was purchased 

 of Mr. Hagenbeck, and safely installed in the Antelope House on 

 October 17th. Upon their arrival the male specimen measured 10 

 feet, 8 inches, and the female was 10 feet, 1 inch high. 

 These animals are in excellent health, very active in taking exer- 

 cise in their compartment, and they appear to be growing satis- 

 factorily. The pair cost the Society $5,500.00, which, consider- 

 ing the rarity of living examples of this species, was a very mod- 

 erate price. 



The health of the animals in the mammal collection has been 

 fairly satisfactory. The deaths have been much fewer than dur- 



