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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



amount can be reserved to erect at least a part of the building. Plans for the house 

 are already well under way. 



It would be of the greatest advantage to the park if innnediate provision could be 

 made for its most vital needs. A central heating plant is one of the indispensable 

 features of a permanent equipment and must be put in ultimately. The establish- 

 ment of such a plant will result not only in direct and immediate economy thi'ough 

 reducing the amount of fuel and the number of firemen required, l)ut it will also 

 save the expense of providing each building erected with a separate heating plant, 

 and will remove from all the public exhil)ition houses the dirt, smoke, and other 

 inconveniences which necessarily attend the operation of a heating plant in the 

 building. 



Need of a suitable public comfort house equipped for ladies and children and 

 with provision for a restaurant has before been nientioned and is again urged. Tlie 

 present insufficient arrangements are becoming each year more unsatisfactory and 

 objectionable. It may be mentioned that accommodations of this kind are among 

 the most important features in all of the leading zoological gardens. 



Attention is again called to the great desirability of providing permanent build- 

 ings for animals sufficient to keep pace with the growth of the collections, so that 

 there may be no further necessity for putting up ilieap temporary structures, which 

 are never satisfactory and entail a greater final cost than would result were perma- 

 nent houses provided at tlie outset. 



Animals in Xutional Zoological Park, June 30, 1903. 



Name. 



MAMMALS. 



North American xpecies. 



American bi.son (Bison amerlcaims) ... 

 Prong-horn antelope [Antilocapra 



amcricana) 



Virginia deer (Odocoileus vir()inianus) . 

 Cf)lumbIablHck-tailed deer ( Odocoileus 



columhicmns) 



Mule deer ( Odocoileus hemionvs) , 



Cuban deer ( Odocoileus sp.) 



American elk ( Cervus canadensis) 



Newfoundland cariboxi (Uanijifer 



terrxnovas) 



Moose {Alces amen'ranus) 



Collared peccary ( Tayassu anyulatum) 



Cougar {FclU concolor) 



Oregon cougar {Fclis concohir ortfjon- 



ensis) 



Ocelot ( Feli.s pardalis) 



Yaguarundi (Felis yaguaruiidi) 



Eyra {Felis eyra) 



Bay lynx {Lynx rufus) 



Spotted lynx {Lynx rufus macidalus) . 

 Florida lynx (Lynx rufus floridanus) . 



Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) 



Gray wolf ( Canis griseus) 



Black wolf ( Canis griseus) 



Coyote ( Canis lairans) .- 



Coyote ( Canis frustror) 



Red fox ( Vulpesfulvus) 



Number. 



Name. 



MAMMALS— continued. 



North American species — Continued. 



Cro.ss fox ( Vulpesfulvus) 



Arctic fox ( Vulpes lagopus) 



Swift fox ( Vulpes velox) 



Gray fox ( Urocyon cinereoargcnteus) ... 

 North American otter (i(t<;'a/mc?so??. tea) 



Fisher (Mustela pennantii) 



American badger ( Taxidea taxus) 



Kinkajou ( Totos caudivolvulus) 



American civet cat (iJa.vwuvw'^.s' ((.'-•<»tM.s) 



Raccoon (Procyon lotor) 



Black bear ( Ursus americanus) 



Cinnamon bear ( Vrsus aiiwricanus) 



Grizzly bear ( Ursus horribilus) 



Yakutat bear ( Ursus dalli) 



Kodiak bear ( Ursus middendorffi) 



Polar bear ( Thalarctos maritinms) 



California sea lion (ZaJophus califor- 



nianus) 



Steller's sea lion (Eunietopias stelleri) .. 



Harbor seal (Phoca vitidina) 



Common pocket gopher (Geomys hur- 



sarius) 



California pocket gopher ( Tliomomys 



bottx) 



Mountain pack-rat {Neotoma cinerea) .. 

 American beaver (Castor canadensis) .. 



Hutia-conga ( Caproniys pilorides) 



Southern fox squirrel {Sciurus niger) . . 



Number. 



