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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1919. 



STATEMENT OF THE COLLECTION. 



ACCESSIONS DUUINO THE YEAR. 



Presented : 



Mammals 19 



Birds 25 



Reptiles 30 



Born and hatched In the National 

 Zoological Park : 



Mammals 76 



Birds 83 



Received in exchange : 



Mammals 11 



Birds 70 



Purchased : 



Mammals 9 



Birds 27 



Reptiles 2 



Transferred from other Govern- 

 ment departments : 



Mammals 2 



Birds 1 



Reptiles 6 



74 



159 



81 



38 



Captured In National Zoological 

 Park : 



Birds 10 



Deposited : 



Mammals 2 



Birds 7 



Reptiles 10 



19 



Total accessions 390 



SUMMARY. 



Animals on hand July 1, 1918 1, 247 



Accessions during the year 390 



1,637 

 Deduct loss (by exchange, death, and 



return of animals on deposit) 301 



Animals on hand June 30, 1919. 1, 336 





Class. 



Species. 



Individuals. 



MatTiTnals 



156 

 190 

 23 



528 



Birds 



737 



Reptiles - ^ - - - - - 



71 









Total 



369 



1,336 







VISITORS. 



The record for number of visitors during a single fiscal year has 

 again been exceeded. The number of people admitted to the park, as 

 determined by count and estimate, was 1,964,715, a daily average of 

 5,383. The greatest number in any one month was 355,651, in April,. 

 1919, an average per day of 11,855. On March 23, 1919, there weie 

 70,000 visitors; on Sunday, April 6, 1919, 85,000; and on Easter Mon- 

 day, April 21, 1919, 55,359 (actual count at gates). 



The attendance by months was as follows : In 1918 : July, 160,600 ; 

 August, 116,200; September, 154,600; October, 114,500; November, 

 91,400; December, 93,424. In 1919: Janizary, 101,625; February, 

 115,150; March, 242,650; April, 355,651; May, 220,700; June, 198,215. 



The record for attendance for the year ending June 30, 1918, which 

 exceeded the previous record year (1916) by 436,117, was beaten by 

 371,488. Following are the attendance records for the past eight 

 years : 



1912 542,738 1916 1,157,110 



1913 633,526 1917 1,106,800 



1914 733,277 1918 1.598.227 



l^l-'' 794,530 1919 1.964.715 





