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house where it was in three different cages during the 
next two years and according to our records not exposed 
to any tuberculous animal. It died in May 1916 with 
widespread, actively progressive lesions. 
Tuberculosis among the other animals remains about as 
last year, there being a numerical increase of two cases. 
There appear two cases among the parrots, an order miss- 
ing in last yearns survey. Fortunately there is no great in- 
crease approaching the cases in former years. The list 
shows Carnivora, 1; Ungulata, 1; Passeres, 1; Picarise, 
2; Psittaci, 2; Accipitres, 1; Columbae, 2; Galli, 1; An- 
seres, 2. 
Tumors observed during the year and placed on record 
are as follows : 
3988. Sebastopol Goose ( 9 ) {Anser domesticus) , leio- 
myoma, with spindle cell sarcomatous change in left 
kidney region. 
3991. Polar Bear ( ) (Ursus maritimus), adeno- 
carcinoma of adrenal, with metastases to lung, diaphragm 
and lymph gland. 
4068. Common Marmoset ( ) (Calithrix jacchus) , Hy- 
perplasia of bone marrow, with myelomatous nodule in 
the pancreas. 
4081. European Blackbird (Merula merula), Hyper- 
nephroma, with metastases to liver. 
4092. American Robin ( 9 ) {Turdus migratorius) , Hy- 
pernephroma of kidney. 
4120. Least Bittern ( ) {Botaurus exilis), Adeno- 
carcinoma of duodenum. 
4185. White-crested Touracou ( ) (Turacus cory^ 
thaix), Adeno-carcinoma of pylorus, with tuberculous 
enteritis in the vicinity. 
4189. Toque Monkey ( 9 ) (Macacus pileatus), Soft 
papilloma of cervix uteri growing as a fungoid mass 
filling vagina. 
4208. Cape Hyrax ( ) (Procavia capiensis) ^ Squamous 
cell papilloma of cardiac stomach. 
4209. Giraffe ( 9 ) (Giraffa camelopardalis) , Adenoma 
of biliary passages due to parasites (unicinaria) . This 
