APPENDIX B. 
To the Board of Directors of the Zoological Society, 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit to you my 
report for the year ending on the twenty- eighth day of 
February, 1885. 
The number and valuation of the animals comprised in 
tiie collection at the present time is as follows : — 
284 Mammals, $43,309 
411 Birds, 5,827 
64 Reptiles and Batrachians, 356 
759 $49,492 
Being a considerable excess in valuation over that shown 
hy the yearly statements of the last seven years. 
The arrivals of animals for the year were 455 in number, 
and were as follows in character : — 
Mammals : — 
Presented, 59 
Purchased, 73 
Born, 22 
— 154 
Birds : — 
Presented, 60 
Purchased, 147 
Born, 6 
— 213 
Keptiles and Batrachians: — 
Presented, . 56 
Purchased, 12 
Born, 20 
— 88 
455 
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