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birds, 1 red-shouldered whydah bird, 2 bishop weavers, 
2 Swainson's long- tailed jays and 1 Egyptian monitor pur- 
chased. 
August 28. 15 western diamond rattlesnakes born in the Gardens. 
Sept. 1. 2 North African ostriches ((^ and $ ), 2 leche antelopes ((J^) 
and ( ? ), 1 Salvin's amazon, 1 Guatemalan amazon, 2 
silver-blue tanagers and 4 rosy-faced love-birds purchased. 
4. 1 Douglass' horned lizard presented by Fred. Welp, Philadelphia. 
5. 1 common horned lizard presented by John W. Minnick, Frank- 
ford, Pa. 
6. 9 banded rattlesnakes presented hy C A. Chatham, St. Marys, Pa. 
7. 1 box tortoise presented by Master Frank Thacklinburg, Phila- 
delphia. 
8. 3 American green lizards presented by Mrs. J. B. McCullough, 
Philadelphia. 
9. 1 hog deer born in the Gardens. 2 ravens, 1 lesser black-backed 
gull and 3 mew gulls purchased. 1 albino gray squirrel 
presented by Samuel B. Rambo, Harrisburg, Pa. 1 wild 
cat (cf ) presented by William Franklin Mathues, Media, 
Pa. 
11. 1 mink captured in the Gardens. 
14. 1 opossum presented by William J. Drew, Philadelphia, 
17. 1 common macaque purchased. 
19. 1 red salamander presented. 
20. 6 copperhead snakes born in the Gardens. 
22. 1 alligator presented by J. Levin, Philadelphia. 
24. 1 weeper cebus presented by J. J. Hunt, Lewistown, Pa. 
25. 1 deadly snake, 1 dusky rat snake, 2 keeled tree snakes and 1 
thick-necked tree boa purchased. 1 weeper cebus pre- 
sented by W. E. Nuss, Olney, Philadelphia. 1 painted 
terrapin presented by Master George Calvin Harbison, 
Philadelphia. 
28. 1 alligator presented by George Egolf, Philadelphia. 
30. 1 Barbary ape, 1 three-banded night monkey, 1 chicken snake, 
1 American glass snake, 1 indigo snake, 1 king snake, 2 
keeled green snakes and 1 whip snake purchased. 
1. 4 Mexican guans purchased. 1 bull frog presented by Mrs. G. 
Roth, Philadelphia. 
7. 1 fish hawk presented by Edward Gilbert, Philadelphia. 
8. 1 alligator presented by George Lassner, Philadelphia. 
10. 1 alligator presented by Edmund Barr, Philadelphia. 
12. 1 ring-necked snake presented by John A. Herboth, Philadelphia. 
14. 2 woodchucks ((J^ and 9 ) presented by R. Dale Benson, Jr., 
Philadelphia. 
16. 1 American coot presented by Stanley K. Smith, PHttadelphia. 
18. 2 alligators presented by Arthur W. Cline, Philadelphia. 
19. 2 Guira cuckoos purchased. 
21. 2 grand eclectus {(^ and 9 ) purchased. 4 box tortoises pre- 
sented by R. G. Parry, Philadelphia. 
24. 1 double-crested cormorant presented by Ralph R. Hughes, 
schoolship "Adams." 
25. 2 box tortoises presented by Miss Mary Jaeger, Philadelphia, 1 
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