76 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1912. 



GIFTS. 



The following persons presented animals to the park during the 

 year : 



Miss Frances Gage Allison, New Bedford, Mass., a Diana monkey. 

 Mrs. J. B. Ames, Winchester, Va., an albino squirrel. 

 Mr. D. R. Anthony, jr., Washington, D. C, an alligator. 

 Mr. Oscar E. Baynard. Washington, D. C, a black vulture. 

 Mr. August Busck, Washington, D. C, a Panama squirrel. 

 Maj. H. W. Carpenter, U. S. M. C, ret., Berryville, Va., two Cuban parrots. 

 Mr. J. R. Eddy, Lamedeer, Mont., a western porcupine. 

 Dr. Chas. W. Ely, Frederick, Md., a barred owl. 

 Mr. W. H. Emery, jr., Washington, D. C, an alligator. 

 Mr. Victor J. Evans, Washington, D. C, two marmosettes. 

 Mr. Wallace Evans, Oak Park, 111., a mink. 

 Mr. Gale, Washington, D. C, a horned lizard. 

 Mr. W. S. S. Groh, Ashburn, Va., a common raccoon. 

 Mr. John B. Henderson, jr.. Washington, D. C, two common canaries. 

 Mr. Holmes, Washington, D. C, a common opossum. 

 Mrs. Kenrolde, Washington, D. C, a woodchuck. 

 Mr. W. P. Mattoon, Washington, D. C, a " glass snake." 

 Mr. F. A. Milligan, Washington, D. C, a common canary. 

 Mr. Russell H. Millward, New York City, a paca. 

 Mr. J. L. Narvell, Port Deposit, Md., two copperhead snakes. 

 Mr. O. Schneider, Washington, D. C, two alligators. 

 Messrs. D. A. Smith & L. E. Deaton, Walhalla, S. C, a bittern. 

 Mr. S. Stansberg, Baltimore, Md., an alligator. 

 Mr. F. B. Travis, Washington, D. C, a common rabbit. 

 Master Horace Wadsworth, Washington, D. C, a love bird. 

 Mrs. L. P. Wadsworth, Washington, D. C, two alligators. 

 Mr. George A. Wise, Washington, D. C, a woodchuck. 

 Mr. Thomas Zipp, Baltimore, Md., seven copperhead snakes. 

 United States Bureau of Fisheries, two elephant seals and four northern fur 

 seals. 



The Janitor, Balfour Apt., Washington, D. C, a sparrow hawk. 

 Unknown donors, a barn owl and two alligators. 



LOSSES OF ANIMALS. 



The most important losses were a lion, wolverine, reindeer, and 

 two northern fur seals from enteritis; a pair of elephant seals 

 and a fur seal from pneumonia; four prong-horn antelopes from 

 malignant catarrh of nose and throat, and an Alaskan brown 

 bear and a springbok from tuberculosis. A female tiger was killed 

 because of abnormal development of its shoulder. Quail disease 

 was introduced through a shipment of birds from the West, but was 

 isolated so that very little loss was occasioned. Dead animals to the 

 number of 199 specimens were transferred to the National Museum. 

 Autopsies were made as formerly by the Pathological Division of 

 the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture. 1 



1 The causes of death were reported to be as follows : Enteritis, 24 ; gastritis, 4 : 

 gastro-enteritis, 9 ; enteritis from round worms, 4 ; intestinal coccidiosis, 4 ; quail disease, 



