20 
1 Red Kangaroo {Macropus rufus), Australia, February. 
2 Brush-tailed Wallabys {Petrogale pencillata), Australia, 
February. 
3 Wallabys (hybrid between Halmaturus derbianus ^ and 
H. dorsalis $), Australia. 
30 Slow Worms {Anguis fmgilis), Europe, August and 
September. 
23 Banded Water Snakes {Tropidonotus fasciatus), United 
States, 13th July. 
20 Brown Water Snakes (T. taxispilotus), United States, 
August. 
10 Cyclops Water Snakes {T. cyclopeum), Florida, August. 
9 Garter Snakes [Eutxnia sirtalis), United States, August. 
3 Garter Snakes (hybrid between E. hammondi ^ and E. 
marciana United-States, 5th September. 
16 Dekay's Snakes {Storeria dekayi), United States, 7th 
August. 
6 Ground Rattlesnakes {Crotalophorus miliarius), United 
States, September and October. 
9 Diamond Rattlesnakes {Crotalus adamanteus), United 
States, August. 
Beyond the construction of an enclosure for badgers, at a 
small cost, no new work has been done during the year. The 
iron railing along the Thirty-fifth Street boundary of the 
Garden, and many of the fences and inclosures, have been 
repainted and put in condition. 
The filling of the old foreba}^, which was ordered by the 
Board in Ma}^, has steadily progressed, and is now almost 
completed, without any expense to the Society. 
The attention of all institutions devoted to zoological 
pursuits is being directed more strongly each year to the 
almost unprecedented destruction of many of the more 
valuable and important animals of our native fauna, and 
to the need for immediate adoption of every means which 
€an be employed to save them from complete extinction. 
In furtherance of this important object an increase of 
enclosures, both in number and in space, is urgently re- 
quired at the Garden. In number, that the herds may be 
