APPENDIX B. 
To the Preddent and Board of Directors of the Zoological Society ^ 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit to you my report 
of the condition of the Garden of the Society at the present time, 
and of its operation during the past year. 
The Menagerie now comprises 
392 Mammals, valued at . . . $40,558 
415 Birds, valued at . . . . 5,875 
51 Batrachians, 1 i j i. oo^? 
84 Reptiles, ' | valued at . . 337 
Total, 942 " . . $46,770 
Many additions of interest and value have been made to the 
collection during the year, both by presentation and purchase, the 
latter mainly through the disinterested and valuable assistance 
rendered to the Society by one of its honorary members, the 
Rev. Dan. Greatorex, of London, who has forwarded to the 
Garden, at different times, several collections of animals contain- 
ing a number of rare species. Many of the additions require 
special mention here. In 
March, 
A pair of American Otter [Lutra canadensis) were procured 
from Nova Scotia, and placed in the vacant seal tank. A re- 
markably fine male of the Common Leopard {Fells par dus) was 
purchased to replace the one which had died shortly before ; and 
three Sirens {Sirens lacertlna), were presented by Dr. G. E. Man- 
igault, to whose kind interest the Society has been indebted for 
several rare batrachians from the Southern States. 
April. 
Twenty-seven Undulated Grass Parrakeets {Melopsittacus un- 
dulatus), a Blue-fronted Amazon {Chrysotis cyanorhynca), 2l 
White-fronted Amazon {Chrysotis leucocephalo), and an American 
Whistling Swan {Cygnus ameriGanus)^ were purchased early in 
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