NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 73 



eland calf was added to the colony, by birth, on December 22, 

 1914. One of the southwesterly yards is occupied by several 

 species of kangaroos, and the northerly yards are well filled with 

 ostriches, emus and cassowaries. During the warm months 

 when this aggregation of odd and picturesque species wanders 

 about the radiating enclosures the spectacle is quite impressive. 



During the early summer we noted that the rheumatic con- 

 dition of the pygmy elephant, Congo, was becoming much ag- 

 gravated, and we attributed the elephant's distress partly to the 

 hard cement floor of his stall. He has for years been more or 

 less troubled with rheumatism. Congo was taken out of the 

 Elephant House and placed in the southerly portion of the elk 

 range, where there is a small pond. He was greatly pleased with 

 the change, and spent much of his time in the pond. The soft 

 ground and sun-warmed mud worked wonders with Congo, and 

 in view of his improved condition at the time it became neces- 

 sary to take him indoors, we decided to keep him off the cement 

 floor during the winter. Congo is consequently not on exhibi- 

 tion, as the only place we could provide for him was a deeply 

 bedded box stall, necessarily of large dimensions, in the Antelope 

 Shelter Barn. 



Following is a list of important gifts during 1914: 



1 Argentine Armadillo 



Following is a list of the more important purchases during 

 the past year : 



1 Chimpanzee 2 Hoolock Gibbons 



1 Orang-Utan 5 Baboons 



