APPENDIX B. 
To the Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of Phila- 
delphia : 
Gentlemen: — I beg to submit to you my report of the 
conduct of the Gardens of the Society for the year ending 
on the 28th of February, 1895. 
At that date the collection contained 251 mammals, 416 
birds, and 245 reptiles and amphibians, or a total of 912 
living specimens. 
The full number received during the year, divided into 
classes, was : — 
Mammals : — 
Purchased and exchanged 72 
Presented 46 
Bred in the Gardens 16 
— 134 
Birds : — 
Purchased and exchanged 104 
Presented 46 
Bred in the Gardens 8 
— 158 
Reptiles and Amphibians : — 
Purchased and exchanged 275 
Presented 120 
Bred in the Gardens 57 
— 452 
— 744 
The additions of especial interest were as follows : — 
A young specimen of the eyra {Felis eyra), received from 
a dealer in New York on the 17th March, followed by a 
yaguarundi {Felis yaguarundi) on the 3d April, and a few 
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