APPENDIX B. 
To the Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of Phila- 
delphia, 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to present to you my 
report of the condition of the Garden of the Society during 
the year which closed on the 28th of February. 
The number of living specimens received during that 
period, and the sources from which they were derived, is as 
follows : — 
Mammals : — 
By purchase, ... 82 
" presentation, ... 58 
" birth 19 
— 159 
Birds : — 
By purchase, ... 29 
" presentation, ... 69 
Reptiles and Batrachians : — 
By purchase, ... 3 
" presentation, ... 77 
" birth, .... 43 
98 
123 
380 
At present the collection is slightly less in numbers and 
greater in value than at the close of the year previous, and 
consists of 
436 Mammals, . . . $43,368 00 
370 Birds, . . . 5,716 00 
95 Reptiles and Batrachians, 170 00 
901 $49,254 00 
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