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A pair of black and white geese and a brush-turkey (Cath- 
eturus lathami), from AustraUa, with a pair of secretary 
vultures, were received in May. None of these had been 
represented in the collection for many years. 
A pair of dingos, or Australian wild dogs, were received 
on May 15th from the National Zoological Park, in exchange 
On May 18th a contribution of reptiles was received from 
the New York Zoological Society, and in June seven Butler's 
garter snakes from Sandusky, Ohio, were received from the 
same source. 
A collection from the Amazon, presented by Mr. Harry 
Nuding, arrived on June 6th ; included was a female Brazilian 
ocelot and several species of toucan. The same gentleman 
forwarded in August a second collection, chiefly of birds, 
and on September 21st a fine young male tapir, captured 
near Santarem, Brazil. 
Two star-nosed moles were presented on June 7th by Mr. 
Robert L. Campbell. It is to be regretted that by no amount 
of care does it seem that these interesting animals can be 
induced to live in captivity. 
On July 15th an American bison bull two years old was 
obtained in exchange from the New York Zoological Society, 
and has been placed with a young cow bred in the Gardens, 
in an enclosure formerly occupied by elk, at the northern 
end of the Gardens. 
In August two brown bear cubs fj'om Admiralty Island, 
Alaska, were purchased. These animals are still too young 
for exact determination of the species, but without doubt 
they belong to some form of the large brown bears inhabiting 
that region. The species found in this island has been named 
Vrsus eulophus Merriam, but is only doubtfully distinct 
from U. dalli of the same author. 
A male and female Dorcas gazelle reached the Gardens on 
September 6th, from Egypt, as a gift from Dr. Henry C. 
Chapman. 
In February a young eyra cat and several snakes from 
Tamaulipas, Mexico, were presented by Mr. James Spear, Jr. 
Births occurred in the collection as follows: — 
7 dingos {Canis dingo), February 13th. 
