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Aug. 2. 2 musk turtles presented by F. Elwood Yarnall, CoUingdale, Pa. 
3. 1 red-billed hornbill, 1 yellow-billed hornbill, 2 black-necked swans, 2 Hors- 
field's pheasants, 2 red-beaked weavers, 2 green glossy starlings, 4 crim- 
son-ear ?d waxbills, 2 red-shouldered whydah birds, 2 golden-headed 
weavers, 1 white-cheeked lark, 1 pied babbler, 2 Alexandrine parrakeets, 
and 2 white-eyed ducks (young) purchased. 
4. 2 lesser white-fronted geese purchased. 
7. 1 common hog-nosed snake presented by Irvin Haig, Philadelphia. 
8. 1 alligator presented by Mrs. Elizabeth M. Cook, Philadelphia. 
9. 1 green monkey presented by H. R. Mercer, Philadelphia. 
1 llama born in the garden. 
11. 4 coypus born in the garden. 
14. 2 red-eared terrapin presented by R. Tindell, Philadelphia. 
15. 1 alligator presented by Bertus Halvorsen, Philadelphia. 
1 night hawk presented by Calvin Wright, Philadelphia. 
18. 1 common hog-nosed snake presented by E. H. Matson, Peach Bottom, Pa. 
19. 1 great blue heron presented by Women's S. P. C. A., Philadelphia. 
21. 18 common garter snakes born in the garden. 
1 alligator presented by Mrs. Thos. S. Gassner, Glenside, Pa. 
22. 1 common box tortoise presented by Francis Lawrence, Philadelphia. 
2.5. 1 golden-crowned thrush caught in the garden. 
1 common chameleon presented by John A. Krause, Philadelphia. 
1 common box tortoise presented. 
26. 1 sparrow hawk presented by V. A. Grillett, Philadelphia. 
1 Sj-rian bear cf presented by Capt. W. Baggaley, New York City. 
27. 1 common black snake presented by Matthew Herdel, Philadelphia. 
28. 1 black bear cf presented by R. H. Hazen, Philadelphia. 
Sept. 1. 1 snapper terrapin presented by Master Francis Harkins, Villanova, Pa. 
2. 1 common box tortoise presented by R. X. Temple, Philadelphia. 
1 rhesus macaque cP presented by Dr. J. W. Seltzer, Pottsville, Pa. 
3. 4 waltzing mice born in garden. 1 southern giraffe , 1 greater kudu cf , 3 
southern elands cf cf 9 , 1 Chapman's zebra cf , 1 Leche antelope cf i 1 
gem.sbock cf, 2 brindled gnu d's, 2 blessbock cf 9, 2 springbock cf 9 , 2 
chacma baboons cf s, 2 vervet monkeys, 3 South African ground squirrels, 
2 South African porcupines, 2 dingoes, 1 silver fox, 1 cape hyrax, 1 yellow 
mongoose, 1 large gray mongoose, 1 cape ratel, 1 large-spotted genet, 1 
small-spotted genet, 1 African civet, 1 black-backed jackal, 1 fresh water 
turtle, 3 leopard tortoises, 5 gigantic zonurus, 1 angulated tortoi.se, 1 pied 
babbler, 1 Transvaal barbet, 3 Senegal turtle doves, 2 cape doves, 2 yellow- 
billed ducks, 2 crimson-billed ducks, 1 cape crowned crane, 1 tawney 
eagle, 2 bateleur eagles, 1 Africansea eagle, 1 African hawk eagle, 
2 helmeted guinea fowl, 1 Coqui's Francohn, 3 red-winged francoUns, 
2 Swainson's francoUns, 2 black spur-winged geese, 3 Egyptian 
geese, 6 yellow-billed hornbills, 2 rosy-faced lovebirds, 2 spotted 
eagle owls, 2 Meyer's parrots, 4 dark-backed pigeons, 1 lilac- 
breasted roller, 1 red-backed shrike, 4 red-shouldered green glossy 
starlings, 1 Burchell's glossy starhng, 1 white-bellied stork, 3 gray 
touracous, 2 buffalo weavers, 1 African eared vulture, 1 Kolb's 
vulture, 15 red-headed finches, 1 Senegal fire finch, 2 maja finches 
2 scaly-fronted finches, 9 gray-headed cape sparrows, 3 common African 
sparrows, 6 yellowish-rumped seedeaters, 4 grenadier weavers, 1 golden- 
headed weaver, 10 red-beaked weavers, 1 long-tailed weaver, 4 great 
weavers, 4 crimson-eared waxbills, 3 black-faced finches, 31 zebra wax- 
bills, 47 St. Helena waxbills, 6 violet-eared waxbills, 3 regal whydah birds 
17 black-throated seedeaters and 5 diamond sparrows received from 
African expedition. 
4. 1 yellow-belHed terrapin presented by Miss Mable Baltzer, Philadelphia. 
7. 1 alligator presented by Martin Kohn, Philadelphia. 
10. 8 common opossums ( 9 and 7 young) presented. 
1 common water snake and young, 1 snapper terrapin and 1 painted terrapin 
presented by A. R. Allen, Philadelphia. 
14. 1 collared paccary presented by A. J. Drexel, Jr., Lakewood, X. J. 
IG. 1 white-throated cebus presented by Mrs. Eva B. Guj^er, Elkins Park, Pa. 
1 coypu presented by C. M. Fisher, Philadelphia. 
17. 1 red and yellow macaw presented. 
1 copperhead snake presented by Wallace Cleland, Philadelphia. 
20. 1 alligator presented by Miss Marion C. X'icholson, Haddonfield, N. J. 
2 alligators presented by Mrs. C. B. Grace, Philadelphia, 
21. 1 naked-throated bell bird purchased. 
22. 1 mouflon cf purchased. 
23. 1 brown cebus 9 presented by Samuel Masland, Philadelphia. 
26. 1 loggerhead turtle presented by J. E. Smallwood, Philadelphia. 
1 common water snake presented by V. A. Grillet, Philadelphia. 
27. 2 alligators presented by Anna Peters, Philadelphia. 
29. 19 common water snakes and 9 banded rattlesnakes born in the garden 
Oct. 2. 1 green monkey 9 presented by Edward H. Weber, Philadelphia. 
1 alligator presented by John Strokch, Philadelphia. 
4. 1 alligator presented by W. S. Wilson, Wilmington, Del. 
