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rattlesnakes; 20 copperhead snakes; 8 gopher snakes; 4 bull 

 snakes ; 6 coachwhip snakes ; 6 king snakes ; also various smaller 

 lizards, snakes, turtles and tortoise from the eastern United 

 States. 



In British Guiana, at the Tropical Zoological Station, Di- 

 rector Beebe collected a number of interesting reptiles, amphi- 

 bians and fishes in the vicinity of the station. Among these were 

 a very handsome specimen of the ringed tree-boa, a Boa con- 

 strictor, an iguana and an armored cat-fish. 



No large and costly specimens of the reptile collections were 

 lost during the past year. 



The following reptiles and amphibians were crated and 

 shipped to Belgium, along with the mammals and birds pre- 

 sented by the Society to the Antwerp Zoological Gardens : 



One 8-foot alligator ; one 6-foot alligator ; six 3-foot alli- 

 gators ; 1 Madagascan radiated tortoise ; 6 painted turtles ; 2 

 snapping turtles ; 4 slider terrapins ; 2 South American boas ; 2 

 Texas rattlesnakes ; 2 copperhead snakes ; 2 blacksnakes ; 6 garter 

 snakes ; 4 gopher snakes ; 4 bull snakes and 6 bull frogs. 



SUMMARY OF COLLECTIONS. 



A census of the animals in the Zoological Park, taken Jan- 

 uary 1, 1920, is as follows: 



Speci- 

 S pedes mens 



Mammals, at the Park 591 } 



Mammals given to Belgium 56 j 



Birds, at the Park 2,.339( 



Birds given to Belgium 224 j 



Reptiles and Amphibians, at the Park. . . 501^ 

 Reptiles and Amphibians given to Belgium 49^ 



173 647 



726 2,563 



81 550 



Total 980 3,760 



