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Mrs. Charlotte Buford, Washington, D. C, a red-fronted parrot. 

 Mrs. M. E. Butler, Washington, D. C, a Belgian hare. 

 Mr. Walter Campbell, Alexandria, Va., a woodchuck. 

 Mrs. C. E. Clark, Washington, D. C, a finch. 

 Mrs. Thomas W. Coskery, Flemingsburg, Ky., a bald eagle. 

 Mrs. Ida M. Dalton, Washington, D. C, a broad- winged hawk. 

 Miss Elizabeth Eccleston, Forest Glen, Md., a common ferret. 

 Lieut. J. H. Everson, United States Nayy, a roseate spoonbill. 

 Mr. W. L. Field, Washington, D. C, a Gila monster. 

 Capt. S. S. Flower, Giza, Egypt, -an Arabian baboon. 

 Mrs. Elsie Frizzell, Washington, D. C, an American magpie. 

 Mr. F. P. Hall, Washington, D. C, a muscovy duck. 

 Mr. Hugh G. Harp, Bluemont, Va., a Cooper's hawk. 

 Mr. Hendley, Washington, D. C, a brown capuchin. 

 Mrs. C. B. Hight, Washington, D. C, an alligator. 

 Miss Barbara Hubbard, Washington, D. C, three common canaries. 

 Mrs. Hughes, Washington, D. C, a goldfinch. 

 Mr. C. E. Hunt, Washington, D. C, a cardinal and four doves. 

 Mrs. Lieber, Philadelphia, Pa., an alligator. 

 Miss Annie C. Linn, Alexandria, Va., a raccoon. 

 Asst. Paymaster Stanley Mathes, United States Navy, a paca. 

 Miss Maria I. McCormack, Washington, D. C, a Cuban parrot. 

 Mr. E. B. McLean, Washington, D. C, a peafowl. 

 Mr. Mills, Washington, D. C, a common canary. 

 Mr. A. M. Nicholson, Orlando, Fla., 12 young water moccasins. 

 Mr. R. G. Payne, Washington, D. C, a hog-nosed snake. 

 Mr. W. W. Reese, Ironton, Va., a bittern. 

 Mr. Peter Simon, Washington, D. C, a hog-nosed snake. 

 Mr. J. T. Smoot, Smoot, W. Va., a horned owl. 



Mr. Andreas Soto, Cape San Antonio, Cuba, two white-headed doves. 

 Hon. William J. Stone, United States Senate, a raccoon. 



Mr. F. A. Thackery, Sacaton, Ariz., a spotted lynx, two Gila monsters, and a 

 horned lizard. 

 Mr. H. W. Wheeler, Street, Md., a black snake. 

 Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C, three opossums. 

 Unknown donor, a pigeon hawk. 



LOSSES. 



The losses were distributed throughout the collection, the more 

 important being a lion, a cougar, a guanaco, a gazelle, and an Ara- 

 bian baboon which died from pneumonia; an East African buffalo, 

 a gnu, a mandrill, and a Malay bear from tuberculosis; two lions, a 

 tiger, a moose, and an American bison from gastritis and enteritis; 

 a rhea, a sarus crane, a flamingo, and a great bustard from asper- 

 gillosis ; and several mammals and birds as the result of fighting and 

 accidents. A number of birds were killed by predatory animals 

 living at large in the park. 



Such of the dead animals as were of value for study or for other 

 museum purposes were transferred to the National Museum to the 

 number of 88. Autopsies were made, as usual, by the Pathological 

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