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1 Barasingha deer (C. duvauceli), 9, May 2d. 
1 Eld's deer (C. eldi), c?, November 24th. 
4 white-tail deer {Mazama virginiana) , 2 d's and 29 s, 
May 27th, June 9th and July 10th. 
1 huanaco (Lama huanacos), July 8th. 
2 llamas (L. glama), d's, December 23d and 24th. 
1 dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) , d^, May 15th. 
5 northern wart hogs (Macrocephalus africanus), July 
12th. 
4 rufous rat kangaroos {Mpyprymnus rufescens), Apri 
27th, September 7th, January 21st and February 
14th. 
2 herring gulls (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) , June 8th. 
3 hybrid gulls, herring and black-backed, June 8th. 
2 common night herons {Nycticorax nycticorax ncevius), 
June 19th. 
2 black swans (Cygnus atratus), July 9th. 
2 Canada Geese (Branta canadensis), May 11th. 
1 fulvous tree duck (Dendrocygna fulva), June 19th. 
19 banded water snakes {Tropidonotus sipedon fasciatus), 
August 28th. 
16 Fairie's garter snakes (Thamnophis proxima), August 
1st. 
3 copperhead snakes (Ancistrodon controtrix), October 
29th. 
7 ground rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius), August 30th. 
4 banded rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus), November 
21st. 
The percentage of loss through death was but a frac- 
tion of one per cent, greater than that of last year and 
would have been much less had it not been for the death 
of a large Indian elephant, received in 1876, while quite 
young. Empress," in all probability, would have lived 
some years longer had she not slipped and fallen on the 
soft ground between her bathing tank and the Elephant 
House, the injury resulting from her fall being the im- 
mediate cause of her death. An interesting fact in con- 
nection with her is that she was not known to have lain 
down voluntarily during the last five years of her life. 
