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5 American Wapiti 1 Yak 



7 White-Tailed Deer 2 Grizzly Bears 



5 Red Deer 1 Hybrid Sloth-Russian Bear 



3 Barasingha Deer 6 Raccoon Dogs 

 5 Fallow Deer 2 Raccoons 



2 Hog Deer 7 Himalayan Tahr 



2 Sika Deer 1 Persian Ibex 



1 Eld's Deer 4 Red Fox 



1 Mongolian Wild Horse 4 Beaver 



4 American Bison 4 Aoudad 



DeatJis. — We have lost a number of valuable animals dur- 

 ing the past year, but these losses were mainly from old age. 

 In many cases it was necessary to mercifully destroy decrepit 

 specimens. Following is a list of all important deaths during 

 the year : Siberian tiger ; Stellar sea lion ; great ant-eater ; Ameri- 

 can bison; Indian sambar deer; anoa; sing sing water-buck; 

 Suleiman markhor ; nylghai ; sloth bear ; puma ; South American 

 tapir; Malay sambar deer; Dybowsky's deer; barasingha deer; 

 sable antelope; bontibok; American wapiti, and Senegal giraffe. 



The folowing is a census of the Department of Mammals 

 as compiled at the close of 1916 : 



Species Specimens 



Marsupialia 15 38 



Edentata 1 1 



Garni vora 47 107 



Pinnipedia 1 6 



Rodentia 36 123 



Primates 31 64 



Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates) 59 250 



Perissodactyla (Odd-toed Ungulates) 14 23 



Proboscidea 2 3 



Hyracoidea 1 2 



207 617 



The work of renewing the old cages in the Small-Mammal 

 House has been two-thirds completed. The new cages are of 

 ideal construction, and are much more satisfactory than were 

 the cages of the original series, even when new. With them it 

 is possible to maintain a more wholesome atmosphere than in 

 the past. With the new construction, the floors are non-absorb- 



