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Hooded Merganser (Mergus cucuUatus), North ximerica. 
Ruddy Duck {Erismatura rubida), North America. 
Least Tern {Sterna super ciliaris), North Atlantic. 
Reptilia : — 
Indian Python {Python molurus), India. 
West African Python {Python sehse), West Africa. 
Tree Boa {Corallns hortulanus), Central America. 
Gila Monster {Heloderma suspectum), Arizona. 
Horned Lizard {Phrynosoma platyrhina), Western U. S. 
The animals bred in the Garden were as follows : — 
3 Dingos {Canis dingo). 
2 Raccoons {Procyon lotor). 
1 Common Porcupine {Eretliizon dorsatus). 
1 Bactrian Camel {Camelus badrianus). 
3 Collared Peccaries (Dicotyles torquatus). 
1 Bison (Bison amerioanus). 
1 Oryx Antelope {Oryx leucoryx). 
2 Wapiti Deer {Cervus canadensis). 
1 Common Deer {Cervus virginianus). 
1 Mazame Deer {Cervus campestris). 
1 Rat Kangaroo {Hypsiprymnus rufescens). 
The only noteworthy loss by death was the young female 
Hippopotamus, which was purchased by the Society in De- 
cember, 1880. The winter being too severe to permit it to be 
brought to the Garden with safety, it was allowed to remain 
in New York, where it unfortunately died early in March. 
With this exception the health of the menagerie has been 
uniformly good, and the loss among the animals actually in 
the Garden has been one of the smallest ever experienced 
by the Society. 
The building of a new Aviary will allow^ much greater 
attention to be paid, hereafter, to the collection both of 
birds and reptiles ; it being proposed to transfer the latter 
to the old Aviary ; the building in which they were formerly 
kept has been so imperfectly suited to the purpose that no 
