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The following Table exhibits a comparison of the num- 
ber of the specimens of the three first classes of verte- 
brated animals exhibited in the Society’s collection on the 
31st of December last, as compared with the correspond- 
ing numbers eubibited on the 3lst of December of the 
present year, by which it appears that the total gevtdes 
has been considerably increased. 
December 31. 
Comparison. 
1863. | 1864. 
Quadrupeds ............+++ ! 567 | 498 Decr. 69 
BAP seh sick cedcaryee, asabee | 1063 | 1255 Incr. 192 
Reptilesiss::-.2¢,25.02:s8een 100 | 105 Incr. 5 
1730 0 [4 1858 Incr. 128 
The List of Animals exhibited for the first time during 
the year 1864 is as follows :— 
MAMMALS. 
. The Thick-tailed Galago (Galago crassicaudata). 
. The Grizzled Spider-Monkey (Afeles 
. The Chilian Skunk (Mephitis chilensis). 
The Patagonian Cavy (Dolichotis patachonica). 
. The Orange-quilled Porcupine (Hystrixv malabarica). 
. The Saiga Antelope (Sazga tatarica). 
. The Abyssinian Wild Ass (Hquus teniopus). 
. The Kuhl’s Deer (Cervus kuhiii). 
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BIRDS. 
. The Rufous-necked Falcon (Hypotriorchis rufigu- 
laris). 
. The Golden-winged Woodpecker (Colaptes auratus). 
- The Guira Cuckoo (Guira piririgua). 
The Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros). 
The Blue Creeper (Cereba cyanea). 
. The Blue-bearded Jay (Cynocorax cyanopogon). 
. The Yellow-rumped Icterus (Icterus persicus). 
The Algerian Chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenia). 
. The Double-crested Fruit-Pigeon (Lopholemus ant- 
arcticus). 
- The Didunculus (Didunculus strigirostris). ) 
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