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of Washington by a number of their friends and were donated to 
the institution. At the time of their arrival they were about 2 and 
24 years old and were 42 and 45 inches high. The Sumatran elephant 
had never before been exhibited in Washington. It is closely allied 
to the elephant of India, and differs from the African elephant in 
many characters, most conspicuous of which is the very small size 
of the ear. No specimen of this group of elephants has been in the 
collection since the death in March, 1917, of the old Indian elephant, 
“Dunk.” The Sumatran elephant is said to average somewhat 
smaller than the elephant from British India, but the Dutch trader 
who accompanied these young animals from Sumatra reports having 
killed one which was 10 feet high at the shoulder. The baby ele- 
phants are already great favorites with the children and are growing 
rapidly. They are known by their Malayan names of “Hitam” 
(black) and “ Kechil” (small). 
Other particularly valuable donations were a fine capybara from 
Hon. Henry D. Baker, Trinidad, British West Indies, who has pre- 
sented the park with other interesting specimens in past years; and 
a pair of Florida bears from Mrs. A. V. N. Stroop, Moore Haven, 
Fla. The capybara is an especially good specimen of this largest 
of all living rodents, and the Florida bear has ‘never before been 
shown in the collection. The bears are still young, but will apparently 
grow to a much larger size than the common American black bears, 
as they are now considerably larger than Virginia specimens of ap- 
proximately the same age, and the bears of Florida are known some- 
times to exceed in size all other forms of the black bear. 
Among the birds presented during the year the most important is 
an example of the great white heron of southern Florida, taken 
from the nest on one of the Newfound Harbor group of keys, 
Florida, May 12, 1919, by Dr. Paul Bartsch. This bird has de- 
veloped spiendidly and forms one of the unique exhibits of the bird 
department. 
The complete list of donors and gifts is as follows: 
Hon. Henry D. Baker, Trinidad, British West Indes, capybara. 
Miss Marjarie Bandelauter, Washington, D. C., alligator. 
Dr. Paul Bartsch, Washington, D. C., great white heron. 
Mr. J. EK. Boyle, Washington, D. C., horned toad. 
Mr. Morris K. Brady, Washington, D. C., alligator. 
Miss Eddie Capps, Schuyler, Va., alligator. 
Mr. Frederick Chester, Washington, D. C., alligator. 
Mr. E. R. Claud, Washington, D. C., horned toad.’ 
Mrs. V. Cook, Savannah, Ga., alligator. 
Mr. W. R. Coon, Washington, D. C., alligator. 
Miss Pauline Corson, Guinea Mills, Va., four gray foxes. 
Mr. Lee Cummins, Washington, D. C., two alligators. 
Mr. A. H. Davin, Palmyra, Va., five turtle doves. 
