APPENDIX B. 
To the Board of Directors of the Zoological Society, 
Gentlemen: — I submit to you herewith my report for 
the year ending on the 29th of February, 1888. 
The number of animals in the collection on that day, 
with their estimated values, was as follows : — 
306 Mammals $34,356 
452 Birds 5,567 
48 Batrachians and Keptiles 507 
806 ■ $40,430 
The accessions from all sources were : — 
Mammals :- — 
Purchased 82 
Presented 92 
Born 42 
— 216 
Birds : — 
Purchased 98 
Presented 68 
Born 27 
— 193 
Batrachians and Reptiles: — 
Purchased 5 
Presented 64 
— 69 
— 478 
Some of the noteworthy specimens received and those 
exhibited for the first tjme in the collection may be briefly 
referred to. 
1. A pair of roe deer {Cervus capreolus) received from Ger- 
many on the 4th of March. 
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