APPENDIX B. 
To the President and Board of Directors of the Zoological Society : 
Gentlemen : — I submit to you my report of the condition of 
affairs at the Garden of the Society during the past year and at 
the present time. 
The collection of animals now comprises 
378 Mammals, valued at . . . $44,777 
327 Birds, valued at . . . . 4,120 
52 Batrachians, 1 i j - oo^ 
69 Reptiles, | valued at . . 386 • 
Total, 826 $49,283 
The additions to the menagerie during the year have, as usual, 
been numerous and varied in character. Among the specimens 
received which are worthy of particular mention were, in 
March, 
A Tree Boa {Epicrates angulifer) and a lizard, the Crested 
Anolis [Anolis equestris), from the West Indies; four Sirens 
{Siren lacertina), from South Carolina ; and two Spotted Sala- 
manders [Salamandra maculosa)^ from Germany. A Pig-tailed 
Macaque Monkey [Macacus nemestrinus) was born on the 21st 
inst., and has been successfully reared. Several other animals of 
less importance were also bred during this month and in April. 
May. 
A pair of young Chimpanzees {Troglodytes niger), which had 
been purchased in the previous month, arrived at the Garden on 
the 2d of May. In the absence of a building particularly adapted 
to their wants, one of the pens on the south side of the Deer 
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