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Testudinata : — 
Soft-shelled Turtle {Aspidonedes ferox), Southern United 
States. 
Land Tortoise ( Testudo grseca), Europe. 
The following animals have been bred in the Menagerie 
during the year : — 
1 Dingo {Canis dingo), Australia. 
3 Zebus {Bos indicus), India. 
2 Virginia Deer ( Cervus virginianus), North America. 
1 Mule Deer ( Cervus macrotis), North America. 
2 Fallow Deer {Cervus dama), Europe. 
1 Mazame Deer {Cervus campestris), South America. 
1 Collared Peccary {Dicotyles torquatus), Central America. 
1 Bactrian Camel {Camelus hadrianus), Asia. 
1 Llama {Lama peruana), South America. 
4 Prairie Dogs {Cynomes ludovicianus). North America. 
1 Great Kangaroo {Macropus giganteus), Australia. 
1 Pat Kangaroo {Hypsiprymnus rufescens), Australia. 
11 Common Rattlesnakes ( Oo^ate horridus). North America. 
32 Water Snakes ( Tropidonotus sipedon), North America. 
The Great Ant-eater received by the Society in May, at- 
tracted much attention from visitors; it was exceedingly 
docile, and on warm days followed its keeper around the 
grounds, searching for ant hills, and greedily devouring 
their inmates. This supply of its native food was, however, 
necessarily precarious, and no substitute could be found 
which satisfied both the taste of the animal and its phys- 
ical requirements. It survived for about two months. 
After many attempts to secure a Rocky Mountain Sheep 
the Society finally succeeded in purchasing one in the early 
part of the winter, which was delivered at the Garden in 
May. The specimen was a female, captured in Fremont 
county, Colorado, when only a few days old, had been kept 
near its home for about a year, and was about thirteen 
months old when it arrived. Although apparently in good 
