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 of Febru- 
ary, 1886. 
On that date the animals forming the collection were in 
number and value, as follows : — 
262 Mammals, $39,489 
408 Birds, 5,730 
40 Reptiles, 133 
710 $45,352 
The accessions from all sources, during the year, were 
three hundred and fifteen in number, and were of the fol- 
lowing classes : — 
Mammals : — 
Presented, 51 
Purchased, 42 
Born, 29 
122 
Birds : — 
Presented, 63 
Purchased, 44 
Born, . 14 
— 121 
Reptiles : — 
Presented, 63 
Purchased, . ' 9 
— 72 
315 
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