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NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



ing the previous year, and there has been no loss of animals of 

 great value. The most valuable animal lost by death was the 

 large female orang-utan, which, having been captured when fully 

 adult, was necessarily short-lived. 



The health of the animals in the Lion House has been particu- 



FALLOW DEER. 



Herds of fallow deer have been presented by Mr. Wm. Rockefeller and the Park Commissioner of 



the Borough of the Bronx. 



larly gratifying, there having been but one case of illness, and 

 but one death save by causes to be classed as accidents. 



With the disappearance of the animals which in 1901-2 en- 

 tered the Primates' House suffering from various diseases, the 

 collection has settled down to a normal condition of health, and 

 the death-rate for the year 1903 was really very low. Such deaths 

 as did occur were chiefly amongst the delicate and short-lived spe- 

 cies, such as the howlers, marmosets and spider monkeys. The 

 only baboon lost during the year was a female which died in par- 



