TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 43 



COLLECTIONS AT THE PARK. 



A census of the animals in the Zoological Park, taken Janu- 

 ary 1, 1921, is as follows: 



January 1, 1921 January 1, 1920 

 Species Specimens Species Specimens 



Mammals 196 629 173 648 



Birds 797 2,412 726 2,562 



Reptiles 85 465 81 548 



1,078 3,506 980 3,758 



As compared with January 1, 1920, this census shows an 

 increase of 96 species and a decrease of 252 specimens. 



The health of the animals continues good, and the only im- 

 portant losses during 1920, including a number of animals 

 destroyed on account of old age and disabilities, were as follows : 



Mammals : Eighteen deer, two sloth bears, one antelope, three 

 bison, two sea lions, two capybaras, one bear, one chimpanzee 

 (imm.), one blessbok, one lechwe waterbuck, one bactrian camel, 

 two Rocky Mountain sheep, one koala, one panda. 



Birds: Two emus, two storks, four cranes, two swans, one 

 black-footed penguin, two vultures, one kaka, one cassowary, one 

 lesser bird of paradise, one satin bower bird, one cock-of-the- 

 rock, one North African ostrich. 



The important acquisitions were : 



Mammals: One blessbok, one capybara, two California sea 

 lions, one giant ant-eater, three mule deer, two African hogs, one 

 rufus kangaroo, one red kangaroo, one mandrill, one kaola, two 

 Tasmanian devils, three wombats, two Bernard's kangaroos, one 

 albino fox, one sable antelope, one kudu, one lechwe waterbuck, 

 two springbucks, one gnu, one blessbok, one mountain zebra, two 

 Chapman-Burchell zebras, two Rocky Mountain sheep, two white- 

 fronted musk-oxen. 



Birds: One stork, one Imperial Amazon parrot, two keas, 

 one turquoisine parrakeet, one Princess Alexandra's parrakeet, 

 one Barraband parrakeet, two black cockatoos, one gang-gang 

 cockatoo, four blue birds of paradise, two rifle birds, one kagu, 

 one New Guinea kingfisher, two ocellated megapodes, two Aus- 

 tralian cranes, one Macklot pitta, one Bennett's cassowary, one 



