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July. 
A rare monkey from West Africa, the White-crowned 
Mangabey {Cereocebus xthiops), was purchased, and a Horned 
Lizard {Phrynosoma coronatum) from the western plains was 
for the first time exhibited. A considerable collection was 
received from London, among which may be mentioned : 
three Emus (JDromdeus novse-liollandise), one Stanley Crane 
{Tetrapteryx paradisea), one White-necked Stork, {Dissura 
episcopa), one Maned Goose [Bernida jubata), two Indian 
Tree Ducks {Dendrocygna arcuata), two Australian Shel- 
drakes ( Tadorna tadornoides), one Concave-casqued Hornbill 
(Buceros bicornis), two Vulpine Phalangers {Phalangista vul- 
pina), two Brush-tailed Rock Kangaroos {Petrogalepencillatajf 
and one Black Wallaby (Halmaturus ualabatus). 
August. 
A Green Monkey {Cercopithecus callitrichus), and an Im- 
perial Amazon {Chrysotis augusta) were received from the 
West Indies, and a Glaucous Gull {Larus glaucus), was pro- 
cured from Greenland. 
September. 
A specimen of the Yellow-crowned Night Heron [Nyctiar- 
dea violacea), a bird of southern distribution was captured 
near Long Branch, N. J., and forwarded to the Garden with 
four Marsh Harriers [Circus cyaneus hudsonius) from the 
same locality. 
October. ^ 
Two Yellow Baboons ( Cynocephalus babouin) from Africa, 
and a male Chuva Spider Monkey {Ateles marginatus), one 
of the rarest of this genus, were for the first time placed on 
exhibition, and a common Merlin [Falco aesalon) of Europe, 
which flew on board the steamship " Illinois," a thousand 
miles off the coast of Ireland, was presented by the sailors. 
