APPENDIX B. 
To the Board of Directors of the Zoological Society, 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to present to you my 
report for the year ending on the twenty-eighth of Febru- 
ary, 1887. 
The collection at that time comprised the following 
animals: — 
295 Mammals valued at $35,609 
450 Birds 5,461 
51 Reptiles and batrachians 628 
796 $41,698 
During the year five hundred and fifty-one specimens 
were received from various sources : — 
Mammals : — 
Purchased 62 
Presented 154 
Born 34 
250 
Birds : — 
Purchased 69 
Presented 71 
Born 19 
— 159 
Reptiles and Batrachians : — 
Purchased 50 
Presented 92 
— 142 
551 
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