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<fcc., in Ateles Geoffroyi and Macacus Rhesus; on the Flexor 
Brevis Digitorum in Ateles Geoffroyi ; and on the interesting 
disposition of the blood vessels in the Rete Mirabile in Brady- 
pus Didaetylus. 
During the past year James C. Hand, Esq., and our late 
zealous and efficient Secretary, John J. Ridgway, Esq., re- 
signed from the Board, and their places have been filled by 
Messrs. Charles W. Trotter and John Samuel. 
The thanks of the Society are due to the money donors above 
named ; to Messrs. Landreth & Son, H. A. Dreer, and Robert 
Buist, of Philadelphia, to Mr. George Such, of South Am- 
boy, N. J., for gifts of plants, flowers, <fec, and to Mrs. E. 
A. Garrigues for an English myrtle ; to all those named in 
appendix [B] who have presented animals as therein set out, 
and to the Pennsylvania and Union Pacific Railroads, for 
their liberality in the transportation of the Society's freight. 
All of which is submitted by order of the Board. 
John Samuel, 
Secretary, Zoological Society, 
