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a magnificent black, lop-eared Zebu, or Sacred Bull — in color 
and form one of the rarest of his race. He has become 
thoroughly domesticated at the Garden, and has attracted 
much attention. 
Three Arctic Foxes ( Vulpes lagopus)^ captured in Norway, 
were purchased from the captain of a trading vessel. 
A specimen of the Little Black-headed Duck (Fuligula 
affinis) of North America, was also for the first time placed 
in the menagerie. 
On the 8th of October, a young Beaver [Castor fiber var 
canadensis) msLde its first appearance in the Beaver Pond. It 
was apparently some six weeks old, and is the first of these 
animals which has been born in the garden. 
A numerous collection of birds was presented on the 15th 
of this month ; — among them was a pair of Cuban Trogons, 
[Prionotelus temmnurus). These superb birds, so far as has 
been ascertained, are for the first time exhibited in a zoolog- 
ical collection. Although they are not uncommon in their 
native forests, the difficulty of inducing them to feed in cap- 
tivity has heretofore prevented their domestication. They 
are among the most brilliant of the richly colored group to 
which they belong. A number of small Finches were also 
new to the collection. 
A Duck Hawk [Falco communis), which flew on board of 
the steamer Pennsylvania, when three days out from pojt, 
was brought safely to land and was presented by Captain 
Harris, of that vessel. 
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An Alexandrine Parrakeet [Paloeornis alexandri), from 
India; two small North American Snakes [Storeria dekayi 
and Storeria occipito-maculata), with a Black-eared Marmo- 
set (Hapale pencillata), from Brazil, were the new additions 
for this month. A Red Kangaroo [llacropus rufus), and 
4 Dingos (Canis dingo), having been born in the Garden. 
After the opening of the year 1878, the usual dullness of 
Winter set in, the only arrivals worthy of notice, being the 
receipt, on January 18th, of a pair ol Chinese or Knobbed 
Geese [Anser cygnoides), presented by David Taggart, Esq., 
and the arrival from Africa, on Febrnary 6th, of a female 
Eland [Oreas canna), two years old, which has been procured 
