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2^ 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 devel- 

 oped splendidly 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 Indies, capybara. 



Miss Marjarie Bandelauter, Washington, D. C, alligator. 



Dr. Paul Bartsch, Washington; D. C, great white heron. 



Mr. J. E. 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. 



Miss Elisabeth T. Davison, Baltimore, Md., two grass paroquets. 



Mr. D. L. Du Pre, Washington, D. C, American barn owl. 



Mr. L. A. Ehrmantraut, Washington, D. C, chicken-guinea hybrid. 



