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Oct. 4. 3 edible frogs purchased. 1 screech owl presented by Sister De Paul, 
St. Joseph's Hospital, Philadelphia. 1 loggerhead turtle pre- 
sented by the Technical Society of Philadelphia. 
" 5. 1 box tortoise presented by Miss Myrtle Woodlyn, Philadelphia. 
" 11. 1 common chameleon purchased. 
" 13. 1 king rail presented by Dr. E. J. Thornton, Philadelphia. 1 canary 
presented by Miss Marguerite Tollinger, Philadelphia. 
" 14. 1 red fox presented by Miss M. Elizabeth Keever, Philadelphia. 
" 15. 1 opossum presented by F. G. Shourds, Philadelphia. 1 j-ellow- 
ammer, 1 bullfinch, 1 goldfinch, 1 linnet purchased. 
" 17. 8 slimy salamanders purchased. 1 red-faced spider monkey pre- 
sented by Miss E. Adele Sproat, Westtown, Pa. 
" 18. 1 alligator presented by Irving Hallowell, Philadelphia. 
" 19. 5 fruit bats purchased. 
" 20. 1 DeKay's snake presented by Miss Emily Porter, Philadelphia. 
" 21. 1 pig-tailed monkey born in the Gardens. 2 Gambel's quail pur- 
chased. 1 alligator presented by George Charlton, Philadelphia. 
" 23. 1 milk snake presented by Masters Kucher and Malin, Philadelphia. 
1 alligator presented by Master Fred. D. Steese, Philadelphia. 
3 bullfrogs, 3 alligators presented by J. H. Steelman, Phila- 
delphia. 
" 24. 3 painted box tortoises, 3 mud turtles, and 8 western brook frogs 
purchased. 
" 25. 1 American coot presented by M. Nicholson, Philadelphia. 1 night 
heron presented by Francis G. Dupont, Montchanin, Del. 
" 30. 1 DeKay's snake presented by Edward F. Carej^ Philadelphia. 
" 31. 2 Java sparrows presented by Dr. E. B. Fanning, Philadelphia. 
Nov. 3. 1 pig-tailed monkey, 3 raccoons, 1 bare-eyed pigeon purchased. 
" 5. 1 American coot presented by Jesse Murray, Philadelphia. 2 
white-breasted finches, 2 chestnut-breasted finches, 2 St. 
Thomas conures purchased. 
" 7.1 red and yellow macaw presented by Mrs. Ida V. Shallcross, Wissi- 
noming. Pa. 
" 8. 3 alligators presented by William K. Barclay, Philadelphia. 1 
alligator presented by Harry E. Bodine, Jr., Philadelphia. 
" 11. 1 red-tailed buzzard presented by George Moody, Philadelphia. 
" 12. 1 kinkajou purchased. 
" 14. 2 western diamond rattlesnakes, 1 Say's rattlesnake, 6 Say's pine 
snakes, 2 western sand snakes, 2 whip snakes purchased. 
" 15. 10 elegant garter snakes, 6 many-keeled lizards, 2 Burnett's lizards, 
10 occidental wave-lined lizards purchased. 1 gopher tor- 
toise presented by Henry C. Perring, Philadelphia. 
" 17. 2 Brazilian tapirs (cf and 9), 1 capybara, 1 collared peccary pre- 
sented by Harry Nuding, Para, Brazil. 
" 19. 1 bald eagle purchased. 12 Marcy's garter snakes born in the 
Gardens. 3 alligators presented by Fletcher Schaum, Phila- 
delphia. 
" 20. 1 diamond rattlesnake purchased. 
" 21. 2 glossy ibis, 7 western diamond rattlesnakes, 1 Say's pine snake, 
5 Berlandier's tortoises, 1 mobile terrapin purchased. 1 great- 
horned owl presented by Miles Henderson, Jr., NefT'sJMills, Pa. 
" 25. 2 mongoose lemurs purchased. 1 great-horned owljpresented by 
C. A. Bradenburgh, Philadelphia. 
" 30. 1 Chapman's zebra (cf) born in the Gardens. 
Dec. 1. 1 hobby, 1 diamond rattlesnake purchased. 
