APPENDIX B. 
To the Board of Directors of the Zoological Society, 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to present to you my 
report of the condition of the Garden during the year end- 
ing on the twenty-ninth of February, 1884. 
There were during this period 511 living specimens 
added to the collection ; their character and manner of their 
receipt, being as follows: — 
Mammals : — 
Purchased, 94 
Presented, 53 
Born * . . 30 
— 177 
Birds : — 
Purchased, 155 
Presented, 76 
Born, 19 
— 250 
Reptiles and Batrachians: — 
Purchased, 30 
Presented, 50 
Born, 4 
— 84 
511 
The number of specimens in the Garden at the present 
time, with their valuation, is : — 
251 Mammals, valued at, $39,637 
372 Birds, " " 6,613 
50 Reptiles and Batrachians, valued at . . . 476 
673 
(14) 
$46,726 
