APPENDIX B. 
To the Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of Phila- 
delphia : 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit to you below 
my report for the year ending on the 29th of February, 
1892. 
The number and value of the animals composing the 
collection at that date was as follows : — 
295 Mammals $41,570 00 
431 Birds 4,780 00 
275 Reptiles and Batrachians 1,217 00 
1,001 $47,567 00 
The accessions during the year were : — 
Mammals — 
Purchased 91 
Presented 80 
Bred . . ! 20 
— 191 
Birds : — 
Purchased 160 
Presented 65 
Bred 2 
Exchanged 2 
229 
Reptiles : — 
Purchased 313 
Presented 107 
Bred 54 
Exchanged 22 
496 
Batrachians : — 
Purchased 9 
Presented 29 
38 
954 
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