APPENDIX B. 
To the Board of Directors of the Zoological Society, 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit to you my 
report of the condition of the Garden during the year 
which closed on the 28th of February. 
The menagerie contains : — 
297 Mammals, valued at $39,840 00 
343 Birds, valued at 5,212 00 
37 Reptiles and Batrachians, valued at . . 334 00 
677 $45,386 00 
The specimens received from all sources during that 
period were as follows : — 
Mammals : — 
Purchased, 62 
Presented, 51 
Born, 17 
- — 130 
Birds : — 
Purchased, 103 
Presented, 61 
— 164 
Reptiles and Batrachians: — 
Purchased, 18 
Presented, 86 
— 104 
398 
Of these the following were for the first time exhibited in 
the collection : — 
(14) 
