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which were a Tasmanian zeljra wolf with 3 young, a Tasmaniaii devil, 3 echidnas, 13 

 kangaroos of various species, 3 phalangers, 2 flying phalangera, 4 native cats {Dasy- 

 urus), a black-backed jackal, a pair of emus, 30 cockatoos and jjaroquets, a wedge- 

 tailed eagle, a pair of black swans, and many other birds. A number of these 

 animals were gifts from Doctor Goding, or through him, from persons in Australia 

 who are irterested in natural history; others which were especially difficult to obtain 

 were purchased by Doctor Goding at small cost through correspondents in remote 

 parts of Australia and Tasmania. His wide acquaintance throughout the Australian 

 region and knowledge of its fauna made it possible for Doctor Goding to secure a 

 thoroughly representative collection, and acknowledgment is here given of the grat- 

 itude of the park and of its obligation to Doctor Goding for his valuable assistance. 

 Some of the animals mentioned are shown in Plate II. 



E. H. Plumacher, United States consul at IMaracaibo, Venezuela, presented a 

 monke}', a deer, a peccary, 2 agoutis, and several iguanas, parrots, and owls. 



E. S. Cunningham, United States consul at Aden, Ara))ia, presented a line speci- 

 men of caracal. 



An officer of the Sudan government offered to the President of the United States a 

 young lion, which was secured for the park. Dr. H. T. McLaughlin, of the Ameri- 

 can mission at Omdurman, kindly attended to the forwarding of the animal, which 

 proved to be a fine male about 12 months old. ' 



The President presented to the park a bay lynx and a black bear. 



Victor J. Evans, of Washington, D. C, presented a fine male Arabian baboon. 



Capt. John L. Young, of Young's Pier, Atlantic City, N. J., presented the aqua- 

 rium with a number of interesting fishes and also assisted materially in securing other 

 specimens. 



The Yellowstone National Park, through its acting superintendent, Maj. John 

 Pitcher, U. S. Army, furnished a fine male grizzly bear, weighing 500 pounds. 

 Exchanges were made during the year with the New York Zoological Park; Lincoln 

 Park, Chicago; the Zoological Garden at Buffalo, N. Y., and various private indi- 

 viduals, by means of which surplus animals were disposed of and desirable speci- 

 mens obtained. Births increased somewhat in number over the previous year, and 

 it is of interest to note that the beavers have again bred, this time producing three 

 young. 



Purchases included a young female lion obtained for the park by the United States 

 consul at Aden, Arabia, a specimen of the Oregon cougar, 2 fishers, a female moose 

 as a mate for the male already in the collection, 4 Cuban flamingos, also a male 

 llama and several birds which did not arrive until after the close of the fiscal year. 



The young brown bear obtained on the mainland of Alaska, opposite Kodiak 

 Island, in May, 1901, made a very satisfactory growth and weighed, in June of this 

 year, 450 pounds. Its weight when captured was 18 pounds. This bear is probably 

 of the kind recently described as Ursus gijas. 



Losses of animals.- — The most important were 5 American bison, 3 of which died 

 from gastro-enteritis, 1 from abscess of the stomach, and 1 from pya:>mia; 2 wood- 

 land caribou, 2 prong-horn antelopes, also 15 monkeys, the loss of which must be 

 charged mainly to lack of proper housing. 



Autopsies on a considerable proportion of the animals which died were made by 

 the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Agriciultural Department, and 

 facts of interest were learned as well as information secured which will be of service 

 to the i^ark in the future. 



One draft horse and one saddle horse were condemned during the year as unfit 

 for use and were sold at public auction. 



The urgent need of a house for small mammals was brought to the attention of 

 Congress, and, while no separate appropriation was made for this purpose, it is hoped 

 that from the slightly increased general appropriation for the year 1904 a sufficient 



