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In August the Aquarium received a manatee from Porto 

 Rico as the gift of Hon. John A. Wilson, of San Juan, who also 

 secured free transportation for it from the New York and Porto 

 Rico Steamship Co. The manatee was unfortunately injured in 

 capture and lived only three weeks, during which time it was 

 apparently unable to feed. The specimen was presented to the 

 American Museum of Natural History, New York, in Mr. Wil- 

 son's name. 



In September Messrs. Travilla Brothers of Minneapolis, 

 presented two yearling California sea lions, one of which died 

 soon after its arrival. The other specimen is active and thriving 

 and is most interesting to visitors. 



Two handsome specimens of the tarpon captured at Belford, 

 N. J., in lower New York Bay in August and September, were 

 exhibited at the Aquarium for a couple of weeks. Like other 

 specimens collected by commercial fishermen, they were subject- 

 ed to careless handling and did not live long. These are the third 

 and fourth tarpons taken in New York Bay during the past ten 

 years and received alive at the Aquarium. 



A four-hundred-pound leatherback turtle captured at Man- 

 asquan, N. J., was received in October. This species has never 

 survived long in captivity. Although specimens are received 

 every summer, none of them have ever learned to feed. 



The Bureau of Agriculture of Bermuda sent sixty-three 

 handsome tropical fishes in August. These fishes were intended 

 for exhibition at the Toronto Exposition, which was abandoned 

 on account of the war in Europe. They were presented through 

 Mr. E. J. Wortley, Director of the Bureau of Agriculture. 



Mr. Chester Lloyd of Brooklyn presented twenty very in- 

 teresting goldfishes of nine different varieties. 



Mr. Emil Gottsleben of Nassau, Bahamas, presented a fine 

 hawksbill turtle, the second specimen which has been received 

 through his kindness. 



Dr. A. G. Mayer sent eleven young loggerhead turtles from 

 the Dry Tortugas, Florida. 



The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries presented fish eggs of several 

 species for the Aquarium hatchery. The young were delivered 

 when hatched to the New York Conservation Commission for 

 stocking State waters. 



In addition to the above the Society supplied sixteen hun- 

 dred specimens. These represented ninety different species of 



