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all species which through government protection or 
threatened extermination are becoming increasingly- 
difficult to obtain. 
A cheetah or hunting leopard, a clouded leopard, 
a hyena dog and an African leopard; the latter, in 
contrast with the more common Indian type, has 
smaller spots and is much lighter in color and, repre- 
senting an extreme variation, would be considered 
at least sub-specifically different were it not for the 
known intergradations shown in museum specimens. 
A pair of wolverines, a Himalayan bear, a BurchelFs 
zebra, a Bactrian camel, a pair of red kangaroos and 
a Malayan tapir. The acquisition of this Malayan 
or Saddle-backed tapir, which was a fully-adult male, 
enables us to exhibit, with the female previously on 
hand, what is seldom seen in any zoological collec- 
tion, a fully-matured pair of these fine animals. 
Mr. Albert J. White, of Fort Bayard, New Mexico, 
for the second time, presented us with a pair of wild 
cats. A female axis deer and two ruddy flamingos were 
presented by the New York Zoological Society and 
twelve black-crowned night herons by the National 
Zoological Park of Washington. Seventeen American 
magpies were donated by Mr. Howard Eaton, of Eatons' 
Ranch, Wolf, Wyoming; placed together in an outdoor 
cage these birds have proved to be a very satisfactory 
and attractive exhibit. 
A collection of seventeen Brazilian specimens was re- 
ceived on October 25th as a gift from Mr. Harry Nuding, 
of Para, Brazil; these came in excellent condition and 
were a most acceptable addition to the collection; they 
consisted of three species of mammals, eight of birds, 
including a carrion hawk, never before represented in 
the collection, and four fine boa constrictors. Mr. 
Nuding is a member of the Society and this is the fourth 
shipment that he has presented to us. It is to be re- 
gretted that this kind of practical interest is not as 
general among our members as it is among those of 
