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The following animals were sold during 1917: 1 Barasingha 

 deer, 1 red deer. 4 Axis deer, 2 elk, 4 Virginia deer, 12 Hima- 

 layan tahr, 8 prairie dogs, 2 timber wolves, 9 raccoons, 2 opos- 

 sums, 1 macaque monkey, 2 Prjevalsky horses and 2 yaks. 



Deaths : Following is a list of important deaths during 

 1917: 



Tree kangaroo, puma, Yezo bear, three sea lions, black-faced 

 chimpanzee, orang-utan, African porcupine, duicker deer, sina- 

 loa deer, hangul deer. Rocky Mountain goat, sable antelope, bea- 

 trix antelope, Speke sitatunga, white-bearded gnu, European 

 bison, beisa antelope, Persian wild ass and Chapman zebra. 



A census of the collection of mammals compiled on Decem- 

 ber 31, 1917, is as follows: 



Species. Specimens. 



Marsupialia 26 58 



Edentata 1 1 



Carnivora 51 93 



Pinnipedia 1 2 



Rodentia 31 141 



Primates 28 55 



Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates) 51 237 



Perissodactyla (Odd-toed Ungulates) 13 20 



Proboscidea 2 3 



204 610 



DEPARTMENT OF BIRDS. 



William Bcebe, Curator; Lee S. Crandall, Assistant Curator; 

 Samuel Stacey, Head Keeper. 



Since the beginning of the war, live bird arrivals in this 

 country from the Old World have been few. In 1917, they were 

 almost negligible, although a fair number of specimens contin- 

 ued to reach us from Australia and South America. In spite of 

 these difficulties, our bird collection remains practically at its 

 best, but if the present congested condition of sea traffic con- 

 tinues during 1918, we must expect a diminution to occur. 



The impossibility of obtaining certain kinds of food used in 

 normal times, has forced us to seek numerous substitutes. On 



