13 
Reptiles : — 
Presented 
Purchased 
Bred . . 
123 
65 
9 
197 
Amphibians : 
Presented 
Purchased 
Bred . . 
24 
50 
14 
88 
680 
Among the species which were for the first time exhib- 
ited in the Garden, the following may be mentioned 
briefly : — 
1. Numerous attempts have been made in past years to 
procure specimens of the wolverine {Giilo luscus), for our 
collection, but without success, the retiring habits of the 
animal and its comparatively inaccessible haunts rendering 
its capture diflicult and unusual. In February of last year 
a large male was finally secured in central Idaho, and hopes 
were entertained that the species would at last be repre- 
sented in the Garden; but on arrival, on the 26th of 
March, the animal was found to be in a dying condition. 
The parties from whom the specimen was procured have, 
however, interested themselves in the matter, and it is 
hoped that before long another attempt may result more suc- 
cessfully. 
2. A pair of Venezuela parrakeets (Bolborhynchus lineolata) 
were brought from London and presented to the Societ}^ on 
the 17th of April, by Mr. Frank J. Thompson, of New 
York. This graceful little parrakeet from the northern 
part of South America is one of the rarest species in living 
collections, and it was by a strange coincidence that three 
more pairs were secured by purchase within a few weeks 
after the receipt of the first. 
