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Ardeiformes, Ibises, Storks and Herons 31 49 



Palamedeiformes, Screamers 2 2 



Phoenicopteriformes, Flamingoes 2 2 



Anseriformes, Swans, Geese and Ducks 65 331 



Pelecaniformes, Cormorants, Pelicans, etc. 10 22 



Cathartidif ormes. New World Vultures .... 5 6 

 Accipitriformes, Old World Vultures, 



Hawks and Eagles ... 21 32 



Strigiformes, Owls 14 32 



Psittaciformes, Parrots, etc 81 165 



Coraciiformes, Kingfishers, Hornbills, 



etc 11 17 



Cuculif ormes. Cuckoos and Touracos . . 3 3 



Scansoriformes, Barbets and Toucans ... 11 14 



Piciformes, Woodpeckers 2 3 



Passeriformes, Perching Birds 317 1053 



750 2174 

 Summary: Orders, 24; Species, 750; Specimens, 2174. 



DEPAETMENT OF EEPTTLES. 

 Eaymond L. DiTjtARS, Curator; Jonys Toomey, Head Keeper. 



A review of the year's work reveals uniformly good condi- 

 tions in the department. Gaps in the collection have been quickly 

 filled, species new to the collection have arrived, and frequent 

 attention to various details has kept the Reptile House at a 

 high standard of interest and exhibition value. As is usual in 

 the spring, the Curator made a number of collecting trips that 

 covered the Ramapo region, Westchester County and the south- 

 ern Berkshires. Many specimens representing considerable 

 value were brought in, at no expense to the Society. Among 

 them were rattlesnakes, copperhead snakes and specimens repre- 

 senting the various species of harmless serpents for the exhibit 

 of local reptiles. A sufficiently large number of the venomous 

 serpents was captured to enable us to make important exchanges. 

 The most valuable of these was with the Zoological Society of 

 London, which sent us a series of reptiles, chiefly African, to 

 the value of several hundred dollars. Another exchange related 

 to the renewal of our supply of anti-venomous serums for snake 



