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APPENDIX B. 
To the President and Board of Directois of 
The Zoological Society: 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit to you a 
brief statement of the condition of the collection of ver- 
tebrate animals in the garden of the Society at the present 
time, and also as compared with that of the previous year. 
The total number of specimens now living in the garden 
is 1,073 — being an increase of 172 over the last statement, 
as shown in the table below: — 
March i, 
1876. 
March i, 
1877. 
Increase. 
485 
74 
405 
506 
162 
63 
21 
88 
Total, 
901 
1,073 
172 
^50^251 
^55,665 
$5,414 
The whole number of animals which have been exhibited 
in the garden since its opening is 2,461, representing many 
different genera and species. The table immediately follow- 
ing will show that, considering the infancy of the collection, 
there has been much diversity in the typical forms presented 
to visitors : — 
Genera. 
Species. 
Specimens. 
88 
152 
878 
Birds, 
154 
207 
968 
40 
59 
490 
16 
17 
125 
298 
435 
2,461 
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