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respects to their habits. The reproductive system of all 
animals being most easily affected by unfavorable con- 
ditions of life, it is scarcely to be wondered at that a collec- 
tion of wild animals, in its early stages, should feel the 
effects of their surroundings. 
The animals which have been bred in the Garden 
during the past year, are as follows : — , 
3 Lions {Fc'Hs leo). 
I Leopard {^Fclis pardus var. javanensis'). 
6 Prairie Wolves {Cm/is latrans). 
1 Dini^o {Cam's dill !:;o'). 
21 Prairie Dogs { CynoDies ludovicianus^ . 
4 Fournier's Capromys {Caproiiiys piiorides). 
2 Javan Porcupines {Tlystrix javanica'). 
I Zebu {Bos iudicits). 
I Savannah Deer {Cervus savannarinii^. 
I Common Camel {Camehis drouiedaj-izts) . 
I Bactrian Camel {Camehis bactrianus'). 
I Red Kangaroo {I\Iacropns ni fits'). 
1 Great Kangaroo {IMacropiis gi^^anteiis^ . 
4 Golden Pheasants {TJiaumalea picto^. 
2 Common Peafowls {Pavo cristata'). 
The most serious losses by death since last March have 
been: — the female Tiger, purchased in April, which re- 
ceived injuries from its mate, resulting shortly in its death ; 
a female Leopard, which died in the act of producing the 
unusual number of seven young in one litter; a Seal, 
[Zalophiis gillcspii) which died in May, from peritonitis. 
Another young female of the same species had the habit 
of generally staying in the water at night. During a very 
cold night, early in the winter, she lost the air-hole she had 
kept open to breathe through, and not having strength 
to break the ice which formed over her, she was found in 
the morning drowned. 
The Malayan Tapir purchased in the fall also died in 
January, from the indirect results of an old inflammation of 
the lungs. These animals, with a Giraffe which died during 
the winter, and the Manatee, form the greater part of the 
fe<327-75, estimated to be the loss on animals during the 
year. If it be taken into consideration that the summer of 
last year was one of unparalleled heat, and that the earl}' 
part of the winter was almost as remarkable for continued 
cold, both of which extremes bea^ with great severity upon 
animals from milder climates, it will appear that the 
Society has reason for congratulation, in that the loss for the 
year was no greater in proportion to the increased value of 
the collection, than in the year previous. 
