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gined painted terrapins, 3 Le Suer's terrapins, 2 Blanding's 
tortoises, 4 Pacific terrapins, 2 Troost's terrapins, 6 diamond- 
back terrapins, 2 musk turtles, 1 soft-shelled turtle and 2 
gopher tortoises presented by Frederick H. Shelton, Phila- 
delphia. 
Oct. 13. 1 chipmonk presented by Charles E. Ritter, Philadelphia. 
" 15. 3 American crows purchased. 
" 16. 1 Canada porcupine presented by Otto Behr, Lopez, Pa. 
" 17. 1 springbok ((5^), 2 nine banded armadillos, 5 water moccasins, 
1 harlequin snake, 4 ground rattlesnakes, 1 chicken snake, 4 
glass snakes, 2 keeled green snakes, 6 hog-nosed snakes, 3 indigo 
snakes, 4 king snakes, 5 pine snakes, 2 red-bellied snakes, 1 
scarlet snake, 1 whip snake and 1 fence lizard purchased. 1 
raccoon presented by J. B. Marshall, Lansdowne, Pa. 1 alli- 
gator presented by Dr. F. L Hamilton, Chester, Pa. 3 ground 
rattlesnakes presented by Harvey H. Bard, Norwalk, Fla. 
4 ground rattlesnakes presented by F. B. Kervan, Norwalk, 
Fla. 
" 18. 6 burrowing owls purchased. 
" 20. 1 fish hawk presented by G. Oetinger, Philadelphia. 
" 22. 1 alligator presented by Karl Veigt, Philadelphia. 
" 24. 1 alligator presented by Mrs. James, Philadelphia. 4 water mocca- 
sins, 4 ground rattlesnakes, 3 harlequin snakes, 12 black snakes, 
2 common garter snakes, 1 Sacken's garter snake, 8 hog-nosed 
snakes, 2 indigo snakes, 2 king snakes, 2 banded water snakes 
and 2 whip snakes purchased. 
" 25. 1 chewink captured in the Gardens. 1 Say's pine snake presented 
by William Maguire, Philadelphia. 
" 30. 1 Levaillant's amazon presented by John Ranft, Philadelphia. 4 
Florida terrapins, 2 Mobile terrapins and 1 red-bellied terra- 
pin presented by F. H. Shelton, Philadelphia. 
Nov. 3. 1 pied-billed grebe presented by Henry Haas, Chester, Pa. 1 
screech owl presented by Joseph Medicus, Jr., Philadelphia. 
" 4. 1 white- throated cebus presented by Mrs. Joseph Haines, Phila- 
delphia. 1 alligator presented by Miss Viola Roesch, Phila- 
delphia. 
" 6. 2 American green lizards presented by Francis Astley, Philadelphia. 
" 10. 2 bald eagles, 1 spectacled owl, 1 common linnet, 2 common sisk- 
ins, 2 skylarks, 1 yellow-bellied songster, 1 cutthroat finch, 
1 paradise whydah bird, 2 orange-cheeked finches, 8 amadavine 
finches, 2 African silverbills, 2 hooded finches and 2 maja finches 
purchased. 1 chestnut-bellied finch, 2 black-headed finches, 2 
ultramarine weavers, 2 red-beaked weavers and 1 weaver pur- 
chased. 1 alligator presented by Mrs. W. H. Morrell, Philadelphia. 
" 11. 2 lions ((5^ and 9 ) purchased. 
" 19. 1 alligator presented by Mrs. William M. Neal, Philadelphia. 9 
prairie dogs, 2 Loring's kangaroo rats, 4 little gray harvest 
mice, 7 Texas white-footed mice, 2 Attwater's white-footed 
mice, 4 Texas cotton rats, 4 western diamond rattlesnakes, 10 
Marcy's garter snakes, 1 western sand snake and 1 whip snake 
purchased. 
" 20. 1 Acadian owl presented by Peter McGillin, Philadelphia. 1 
Attwater's white-footed mouse born in the Gardens. 
