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of Captain II. lllakc ; i j^olden halKKHi, frnm .Mi>. A. K. Dale; i 

 dusk\- Langur monkey, from Captain llayward, S. S. "Clan Alac- 

 donald" ; i Mexican gray fox, from Maurice O'Connor; a spider 

 monkey from Carlos I'". ( Jstrander ; a golden agouti, from H. Aiel- 

 ciiert : a South American fox, from Captain Siegfried Krause, S. 

 S. "I'rinz lutel I'riedrich'" : a margay cat, from Mr. Jvicliard J. E. 

 llulse; a pure all)ino coyote, from Leslie T. Carter; an ocelot 

 from Alfred Kaegehehn ; a margay cat, from Mrs. L. W. Groat; 

 and a white-tailed deer, from .Sinienn 11. Chiltenck'n. 



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COLLARED PECCARY AND YOUNG. 



BIRTHS IX THE ZOOLOGICAL I'ARK. 



The births in the mammal collections were more numerous and 

 important than ever before. The most exciting event of this kind 

 was the birth here, on May 20, 1908, of the first white mountain 

 goat ever bred or born in captivity. Its mother was one of a 

 band of goats born in southeastern British Columbia in May, 

 i(;05. and brought here in October of that year. The herd con- 

 tained three males and two females. .\11 of them matured suc- 

 cessfullv. The period of gestation proved to lie four days less 

 than six months. Twt) days after birth the kid stood 131^ inches 



