NEWS BULLETIN OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



15 



BROOD OF YOUNG SCREECH OWLS. 



RECENT ARRIVALS. 



Mammals. — 2 Canadian Beaver, gift of Hugh J. Chis- 

 holm ; 1 Florida Deer, gift of Mrs. Arthur Duane ; 1 Bon- 

 neted Macaque, from Ceylon, gift of Mrs. F. Cordes ; 1 

 Capuchin Monkey, Bolivia, gift of Mrs. George H. Bridg- 

 man ; 1 Capuchin Monkey, gift of Master Willie Samuels ; 1 

 Pinche, gift of Miss Miriam S. Coe ; I Fox Squirrel, gift 

 of Mrs. G. A. Geppert ; 1 Family of 7 Opossums, gift of 

 H. C. Wells ; 1 Red Fox, gift of Ferdinand Kaegebehn ; 

 1 Squirrel Monkey and Coati Mundi, gift of F. N. Koziell ; 



1 Three-Toed Sloth and 1 Two-Toed Sloth, from British 

 Guiana, in exchange ; 2 Orang-utans, from Borneo, pur- 

 chased ; 1 Equine Deer, in exchange, from the Philadel- 

 phia Zoological Gardens ; 2 Guenon Monkeys, 2 Squirrel 

 Marmosets, 1 Columbian Black-Tailed Deer, 6 Kangaroo 

 Rats, 3 Minks, 2 European Brown Bears, purchased. 



Birds. — 2 Jungle Fowl, gift of Homer Davenport; 2 

 Black-winged Peacocks, gift of Homer Davenport; 2 Ger- 

 man Nightingales, gift of Louis Fleischmann ; I Blue- 

 fronted Parrot, gift of P. Kelly; 3 Quail or Bobwhite, gift 

 of Mrs. Helen Miitz ; 4 Yellow-crowned Night Herons, 

 and 4 Black-crowned Night Herons, gift of C. D. Brown ; 

 Ring-necked and Peacock Pheasants, received in exchange ; 



2 Black and 3 Turkey Vultures, purchased ; 12 Brown Pel- 

 icans, 7 Indian Peacocks, 2 Javan Peacocks, 2 Sandhill 

 Cranes, 4 American Flamingoes, 12 Magpies and 2 Great 

 Blue Herons, purchased. 



Reptiles. — 1 Cuban Boa, gift of General Daniel E. Sick- 

 les, and another of same species, gift of J. A. Ruiloba ; 

 collection of 17 rare lizards from the canons of Northern 

 Arizona, gift of liarnum Brown ; collection of 12 Florida 

 snakes, gift of Thomas Barbour ; 2 African Rock Pythons, 

 2 Black-tailed Pythons, 2 Bull Snakes, 7 Texas Coachwhip 

 Snakes, 28 Horned Toads, 6 Rainbow Snakes and 24 

 snakes of various species from South Carolina, purchased ; 

 409 serpents and lizards, representing 24 species collected 

 in Hampton County, South Carolina, by R. L. Ditmars 

 juries Snyder. The following specimens have been 

 born or hatched from eggs in the Reptile House : t,t, 



Chicken Snakes, 47 Black Snakes, 11 Ribbon Snakes, 15 

 King Snakes, 29 Florida Garter Snakes, 23 Cotton Mouth 

 Moccasins, II Copperhead Snakes and 6 Banded Rattle- 

 snakes. 



YOUNG BIRDS AND MAMMALS. 



Thus far for the present year the record of 

 births in the Park is very gratifying. In the 

 Bird Department, Mr. Beebe has been very 

 successful in all his breeding operations, par- 

 ticularly with the pheasants in the Shieffelin 

 Collection, and his work will be reported upon 

 in detail in the next number of the Bulletin. 



Notwithstanding that continual blasting and 

 building disturbed the birds frequently, twenty 

 species in the Park nested and laid eggs, and 

 of these the twelve following have successfully 

 hatched and reared their young : 



Golden Pheasant, Silver Pheasant, 



Reeves Pheasant, Lady Amherst Pheasant, 

 East Indian Black Duck. Ring Dove, 

 Canada Goose, Mallard Duck, 



Wild Turkey, European Herring Gull, 



Jungle Fowl, 



California Partridge. 



Other species are incubating, and this list 

 will be considerably extended. 



In addition to the above. Mr. Beebe has col- 

 lected, and is now rearing, a very interesting 

 collection of nestlings, representing the follow- 

 ing species : 



Kingfisher, Catbird, Screech Owl. 



Meadowlark, Baltimore Oriole. 



