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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1918. 



REPTILES. 



Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) 



Alligator (Alligator mississipiensis) - 

 Mona Island iguana (Gyclura stejne- 



geri) 



Gila monster (Heloderma suspec- 



tum) !_ 



Blue-tongued lizard (Tiliqua scin- 



coides) 



Rock python (Python molurus) 



Diamond python (Python spilotes) 



Anaconda (Eunectes nturinus) 



Boa constrictor (Constrictor con- 

 strictor) 



1 

 31 



Water snake (Natrix sipedon) 2 



Coach-whip snake (Coluber flagel- 



lum) 1 



Chicken snake (Elaphe quadrivit- 



tata) 2 



Slug-eating snake (Petalognathus 



nebulatus) 1 



Duncan Island tortoise (Testudo 



ephippium) 1 



Albermarle Island tortoise (Testudo 



vicina) 1 



STATEMENT OF THE COLLECTION. 



ACCESSIONS DURING THE YEAR. 



Presented : 



Mammals 14 



Birds 50 



Reptiles 39 



Born and hatched in the National 

 Zoological Park: 



Mammals 63 



Birds 45 



Received in exchange : 



Mammals 11 



Birds 25 



Reptiles 6 



Purchased : 



Mammals 13 



Birds 104 



Reptiles 1 



103 



108 



42 



118 



Transferred from other Govern- 

 ment departments : 



Mammals 8 



Birds 2 



Captured in National Zoological 

 Park: 



Mammals 3 



Birds 5 



Reptiles 1 



Deposited : 



Mammals 3 



Birds 6 



Reptiles . 9 



10 



18 



Total accessions 408 



SUMMARY. 



Animals on hand July 1, 1917 1, 223 



Accessions during the year 408 



Deduct loss (by exchange, death, and return of animals on deposit). 



1.631 

 384 



Animals on hand June 30, 1918 1,247 



Class. 



Species. 



Individ- 

 uals. 





149 



190 



15 



483 



Birds 



706 





58 











354 



1,247 





VISITORS. 



All records for the numbers of visitors to the park have been ex- 

 ceeded during the past year. The total number of people admitted 



