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monkey, or wanderoo, an Indian species of striking ap- 
pearance, was acquired by purchase on September 19th. 
A pair of silky marmosets was purchased in January; 
this species, sometimes, from its color and mane, called 
the ^4ion" marmoset, is seldom to be had, and we were 
fortunate to obtain a male and female of these seldom 
exhibited small monkeys. A pair of yaks, which had 
been bred in the National Zoological Park in Washing- 
ton, were received by purchase from that source on 
April 20th. 
Admiral Robert E. Peary presented a pair of Eskimo 
dogs on December 4th. A male European wildcat, now 
a rarity in collections of living animals, was purchased 
on August 3d, and two young American wildcats of the 
southern variety were sent as a gift by ]\Ir. Albert J. 
"^liite, of Fort Bayard, New Mexico, on February 3d. 
A pair of Cape hyraxes were purchased in November 
28th. Two talking ravens were presented by Dr. Thomas 
Biddle in August and September. A white gyrfalcon 
was purchased on November 30th. Two European 
swans were received on October 10th from Miss Elsie 
Janis, then at the Chestnut Street Opera House. A pair 
of Javan peafowl, strikingly different from the domestic 
variety, were purchased on September 7th. Two Aus- 
traUan brush turkeys, a mound-building species of ex- 
traordinary breeding habits, were purchasd on November 
1st, and a large St. Hilaire's terrapin, presented on July 
loth by Mr. W. H. White, who saw it on a fruit boat from 
the West Indies, and, recognizing its rarity, secured it 
for the Society. 
The births during the year were as follows: — 
1 monkey, d", hybrid between Macacus cynomolgus cf 
and Cynopithecus niger 9 , ^lay 7th. 
1 hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) , 9, Feb- 
ruary 3d. 
4 Caffre cats {Felis caffra), and 3 9s, October 23d. 
4 gray foxes {Cants cinereo-argenteus) , 3 cfs and 1 9, 
June 12th. 
