64 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION^ 1908. 



VISIT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL CONGRESS. 



A very noteworthy event of the year was the visit made to the park by 

 members of the International Zoological Congress, which occurred on September 

 4, 1907, after the general meeting of the congress held at Boston on August 15 

 to 24. 



Arrangements were made by a local committee for their entertainment while 

 in this city, so that the park was at no expense. About SO of the foreign visitors 

 came to the park and spent nearly the whole day inspecting the collection. A 

 luncheon was served them on the stretch of lawn extending along the bank of 

 the creek just above the lower bridge. They appeared to be much impressed 

 by the installation and appearance of the animals. Among the visitors were 

 three directors of foreign zoological gardens, viz, Messrs. J. Biittikofer, of 

 Rotterdam; W. H. D. Le Souef, of Melbourne, and R. F. Scharff, of Dublin. 

 M. G. Loisel, commissioned by the French Government to inspect foreign 

 zoological establishments, was also present. 



ACCESSIONS AND LOSSES. 



Gifts included a great anteater and two curassows, from Hon. H. G. Squiers, 

 American minister to Panama. 



A fine mule deer buck, from James A. Carroll, superintendent, Indian School 

 at Mescalero, N. Mex. 



A collection of 25 animals was received as an exchange from the Mimicipal 

 Zoological Garden at Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic. This included a pair 

 of alpacas, one llama, a pair of grisons, a pair of viscachas, a pair of Pata- 

 gonian cavies, a pair of common rlieas, a Patagonian rhea, a Maguari stork, and 

 other mammals and birds. 



Purchases. — The purchases included a male tiger from the ISIalay Peninsula, 

 as a mate for the female previously obtained from the same region, three 

 Alaskan brown bears, an oraug, a pair of wanderoo monkeys, a pair of Kongo 

 harnessed antelopes, a gnu, a male nilgai as a mate for the female already in 

 the collection, a pair of guanacos, five American otters, a secretary vulture, 

 etc. 



Births. — The births numbered 91 and included a Brazilian tapir, a yak, a 

 Barbary sheep, a Kongo harnessed antelope, deer of several species, a viscacha, 

 kangaroos, wolves, etc. Eleven wild turkeys were hatched, and various herons 

 and other birds nested in the flying cage. 



Deaths. — The deaths included the lion Lobengula, presented by Mr. H. C. 

 Moore in 1894, which died from chronic interstitial pneumonia ; a young 

 Steller's sea lion and a young Alaskan brown bear, lost from pneumonia ; a 

 black leopard from cirrhosis of the liver ; and a great anteater from hemorrhagic 

 nephritis. An infection with a bacillus resembling that of hog cholera took 

 off 12 pigeons of various species. An outbreak of serious gastro-enteritis among 

 the cats, supposed to have been due to the meat used, resulted in 2 deaths; 5 

 animals were affected. 



One hundred and seventeen autopsies were made by the pathologists of the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry and gave the following results: 



Gastritis and enteritis, 26 ; hemorrhagic proctitis, 1 ; pseudo-membranous 

 colitis, 1 ; impaction of rectum, 1 ; impaction of rumen, 1 ; peritonitis with 

 intestinal obstruction, 1 ; peritonitis with hernia of large intestine, 1 : ascaris 

 and trematode infestation, 1 ; tuberculosis, 18 ; pneumonia, 13 ; congestion of 

 lungs, 4 ; porocephalus infestation of lungs, 1 ; bacillus enteritidis, 12 ; proteus 

 vulgaris, 2 ; nephritis, 8 ; cirrhosis of liver, 1 ; fatty degeneration of liver, 1 ; 

 pericarditis, 2; dilation of heart, 1; hyaline degeneration of heart muscle, 1; 



