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May 15. 1 Western scarlet milk snake presented by Arthur W. Cline, 
Philadelphia. 
" 17. 1 common deer purchased. 1 sparrow hawk presented by 
Francis R. Bond, Penllyn, Pa. 
" 19. 1 Highland bull presented by J. Vauhan Merrick, Philadelphia. 
1 fishing cat, 1 panda, 1 Tamandua anteater, 5 Himalayan 
choughs, 2 gannets, 2 yellow-bellied cardinals, 2 chestnut- 
headed buntings, 2 yellow-rumped finches, 2 banded 
grass finches, 1 diamond rattlesnake, 2 ground rattle- 
snakes, 4 black snakes, 2 chicken snakes, 1 common garter 
snake, 3 hog-nosed snakes, 1 king snake, 2 pine snakes, 
1 long-nosed sand snake, 1 scarlet snake, 1 whip snake 
and 29 Rocky Mountain garter snakes purchased. 
" 20. 4 mute swans and 5 Reeve's pheasants born in the Gardens. 
" 21. 4 Western diamond rattlesnakes, 2 j^ellow-bellied black snakes, 
3 Paries' garter snakes, 1 Say's king snake, 5 whip snakes 
and 8 Holbrook's water snakes purchased. 
" 23. 1 Dekay's snake, 3 milk snakes, 3 common garter snakes and 3 
common water snakes presented by Daniel Charlton and 
Frederick Hoge, Philadelphia. 1 common garter snake 
presented by Gertrude Miller, Philadelphia. 
" 24. 1 black bear cub presented by Joseph Berrier, Harrisburg, Pa. 
1 canary presented by Percy Vaughn, Philadelphia. 
' " 25. 1 common macaque born in the Gardens. 
" 26. 1 Dekay's snake and 3 common garter snakes presented by 
Daniel Charlton, Philadelphia. 
" 27. 1 albino robin presented by Charles W. Cox, Philadelphia. 
" 28. 1 common iguana presented by H. M. Singleton, Chief Engineer 
Steamship "American." 
" 31 . 3 alligators purchased. 
June 1. 1 capybara purchased. 2 alligators presented by H. M. Bertolet> 
Gentry, W. Va. 1 alligator presented by J. J. Jones, 
Mahanoy Falls, Pa. 1 alligator presented by Moses Clay, 
Philadelphia. 12 bullfrogs presented by V. H. ZoU, Phila- 
delphia. 
" 3. 1 yellow baboon born in the Gardens, 6 yellow-bellied black 
snakes, 3 elegant garter snakes, 4 California pine snakes, 
2 many-keeled lizards and 3 occidental wave-lined lizarda 
purchased. 
" 4.1 banded rattlesnake presented by C. A. Potterfield, Charleston, 
W. Va. 
" 5. 5 ground rattlesnakes, 2 harlequin snakes, 6 chicken snakes, 1 
corn snake, 1 common garter snake, 6 hog-nosed snakes,. 
1 indigo snake, 18 king snakes, 2 brown water snakes and 
3 gopher tortoises purchased. 1 white-fronted amazon 
purchased. 
" Cf. 3 c())nmon garter snakes, 4 common water snakes and 3 milk 
snakes presented by Samuel Charlton, Philadelphia. 
" 7. 1 alligator presented by Miss Helen Reeve, Philadelphia. 
S. 5 common garter snakes, 11 common water snakes, 4 striped 
water snakes, 4 box tortoises, 3 musk tortoises and 2 
