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15. Several specimens of Couper's indigo snake {Spilotes 
■couperi) were purchased during the summer. 
16. On the 8th of August a dusky rat snake {Spilotes pul- 
latus) from South America was also received. 
17. The dark-green snake {Zamenis atrovirens) was repre- 
sented by several specimens in a collection brought from 
Europe in September by Mr. Fred Moesler. 
18. Specimens of Allen's snake (Liodytes alleni) were pro- 
cured in May from Lake Kerr, Florida ; they are among the 
little known species of that region. 
Amphibia : — 
1. The collection above referred to, brought from Europe 
in September, included specimens of the fire-bellied toad 
(Bombinator igneus), the common European tree-toad {Hyla 
arborea), the crested newt (Molge cristata), the smooth newt 
{M. vulgaris), and the Alpine newt {M. alpestris). 
2. The sole species of amphibia belonging to the Ameri- 
can fauna, which was added during the year was the 
spotted salamander {Amblystoma punctata). 
Other additions of interest, though not new to the collec- 
tion, were a pair of lions, about fifteen months old, pur- 
chased in March. The female of this pair was bred at the 
Zoological Garden of Cologne, and the male at the Garden 
at Breslau, Germany. In May a pair of young wolverines 
{Gulo luscus) were procured from northern Minnesota. The 
shy and retiring habits of this animal renders it uncommon 
in living collections, and as these were the first which had 
reached the Garden in condition for exhibition, they formed 
a welcome addition. Specimens of Agassiz's gopher tor- 
toise and the Mexican pine snake (Pityophis sayi mexicana) 
were among a number of contributions made during the 
year by Mr. Herbert Brown, of Tucson. 
Three unusually fine amphiumas were presented by Mr. 
Harry McCall, of Louisiana ; these were of the three-toed 
form, sometimes known as Amphiuma tridadyla. In August 
a pair of Himalayan bears were purchased, the female 
