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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1919. 
Rock python (Python molurus) 3 
Diamond python (Python spilotes) 1 
Anaconda (Eunectes tnurinus) 2 
Boa constrictor (Constrictor constric- 
tor) , 6 
Rainbow snalce (Abastor erythrogram- 
mus) 1 
Blacksnake (Coluber constrictor) 1 
Chicken snake (Elaphe quadrivittata) - 1 
Water snake (yatrix sipedon) 5 
Garter snake (Thamnophis sirtali-s) 1 
Moccasin (Agkiatrodon piscivorus) — 1 
Ground rattler (Sistrurus milinrius) 1 
Duncan Island tortoise (Testudo epJtip- 
pium) 1 
Albemarle Island tortoise (Testudo 
vicina) 1 
Gopher tortoise (Oopherus poylplic- 
mus) 2 
Snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) - 2 
Cooter (Pseudemys scripta) 1 
Florida terrapin (Pseudemys flori- 
dana) 1 
STATEMENT OF THE COLLECTION. 
ACCESSIONS DDEING THE YKAR. 
Presented : 
Mammals 19 
Bir^is 25 
Reptiles 30 
Born and hatched in the National 
Zoological Park : 
Mammals 70 
Birds 83 
Received in exchange : 
Mammals , 11 
Birds 70 
Purchased : 
Mammals 9 
Birds 27 
Reptiles 2 
74 
159 
81 
Transferred from other Govern- 
ment departments : 
Mammals 
Birds 
Reptiles 
Captured in National Zoological 
Park: 
Birds 
Deposited : 
Mammals 2 
Birds 7 
Reptiles 10 
10 
Total accessions 
8UMMAP.Y. 
19 
390 
Animals on hand July 1, 1918 1, 
Accessions during the year 
247 
390 
637 
301 
Animals on hand June 30, 1919_ 1, 338 
Deduct loss (by exchange, death, and 
return of animals on deposit) 
Class. 
Species. 
Individuals. 
Mamma!". 
_ . . _ . _ _ 
156 
190 
23 
528 
Birds 
737 
Reptiles 
71 
Total 
3G9 
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 
were 70,000 visitors ; on Sunday, April 6, 1919, 85,000 ; and on Easter 
Monday, April 21, 1919, 55,359 (actual count at gates). 
