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LIST OF ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE DURING THE YEAR ENDING 
FEBRUARY 28th, 1918. 
1917. 
Mar. 3. 1 Livingstone's eland ( 9 ) exchanged. 
1 scaled quail presented by Mrs. H. Kingsmore, Philadelphia. 
6. 1 great anteater ( 9 ), 1 Yucatan jay, 1 Acapulco jay, 2 silver-blue tanagers 
and 2 Boddaert's tanager ( 9 ) purchased. 
1 common quail ( cT ) presented by Dr. Mason W. Zimmerman, Philadelphia. 
10. 1 alligator presented by Mrs. Joseph A. Bruder, Philadelphia. 
12. 1 mongoose lemur ( 9 ) born in the Garden. 
13. 1 common opossum ( 9 ) presented by Walter EUis, Philadelphia. 
1 common opossum ( 9 ) presented by J. W. Owen, Secane, Pa. 
14. 1 common camel (9s) born in the Garden. 
1 roseate cockatoo presented by Mrs. M. W. Watson, Philadelphia. 
1 fox sparrow caught in the Garden. 
16. 4 cojTJUs born in the Garden. 
17. 1 Kaffir cat ( 9 ) born in the Garden. 
1 alligator presented by Captain David McCoach, Philadelphia. 
18. 1 aUigator presented by Frank Ohntrup, Philadelphia. 
19. 1 rhesus macaque ( 9 ) born in the Garden. 
1 common opossum ( 9 ) presented by Mrs. Harrold E. Gillingham, Phila- 
delphia. 
20. 1 ring-tailed lemur ( 9 ) born in the Garden. 
2 slate-colored juncos caught in the Garden. 
20. 3 Inca doves and 1 scaled quail presented by Seth E. Gordon, Harrisburg, Pa. 
21. 3 slate-colored juncos caught in the Garden. 
23. 1 lion ( cf) and 4 pairs of ungulated grass parrakeets purchased. 
1 purple gallinule presented by C. A. B. Zook, Lancaster, Pa. 
24. 1 alUgator presented by Arthur Littlewood, Jr., Roxborough, Philadelphia. 
26. 1 bald eagle purchased 
27. 2 fan-tailed grackles, 4 red-eyed cowbirds, 2 red-eared bulbuls and 2 black- 
tailed hawfinches purchased. 
1 alUgator presented by Joseph J. O'Juoughhn, Philadelphia. 
29. 1 alhgator presented by Master Geoffroy Slagle, Lansdowne, Philadelphia. 
31. 1 painted terrapin presented by George Stitzer, Philadelphia. 
Apr. 1. 2 common horned lizards presented by Mrs. Lizzie Daniels, Philadelphia. 
2. 1 aUigator presented by Louis Martin, Philadelphia. 
11. 2 sandhiU cranes purchased. 
12. 2 ground rattlesnakes, 5 black snakes, 3 chicken snakes, 4 common garter 
snakes, 1 keeled green snake, 10 hog-nosed snakes, 2 scarlet king snakes, 
1 scarlet snake, 5 whip snakes, 4 banded water snakes, 1 brown water 
snake, 1 cyclops water snake, 1 rainbow snake and 1 American glass 
snake purchased. 
13. 2 aoudads {d & ) born in the Garden. 
14. 1 common skunk ( cf ) presented by Mrs. L. W. Popp, Narberth, Pa. 
15. 1 alUgator presented by Master WilUam Ward, Philadelphia. 
19. 1 Bengal tiger (cf ), 1 ocelot (cf ), 2 Swinhoe's pheasants (d^ 9 ) and 1 black- 
shouldered peacock ( cf ) purchased. 
19. 1 alUgator presented by Mrs. James J. Ragan, Philadelphia. 
20. 1 toque macaque ( ) presented by Wilford S. Baker, Tacony, Philadelphia. 
21. 2 American robins (cf" ) caught in the Garden. 
23. 1 prairie dog (cf ) presented by ]\Irs. M. Williams, Philadelphia. 
2 aUigators presented by Mrs. Rogers, Philadelphia. 
1 common water snake, 1 spotted terrapin and 1 mud turtle presented by Roy 
Stanley Humbert, Lansdowne, Pa. 
24. 1 brown thrasher caught in the Garden. 
25. 1 cereopsis goose, 2 red-legged tinamous and 1 snow pigeon purchased. 
26. 1 Japanese sika deer ( ) born in the Garden. 
29. 1 Java sparrow presented by P. F. Harpel, Philadelphia. 
1 Say's rattlesnake presented by Walter Clark, Jr., Philadelphia. 
May 1. 1 catbird caught in the Garden. 
1 alUgator presented by Mrs. L. Kinskey, Philadelphia. 
2. 1 prairie dog presented by W. Henry WilUams Skerrett, Company B, Engineers, 
N. G. P. 
3. 1 eastern diamond rattlesnake, 2 ground rattlesnakes, 2 harlequin snakes and 
2 water moccasins purchased. 
1 king snake presented by John Hipp, Philadelphia. 
4. 2 Mexican crested hangnests, 1 silky cowbird, 2 crimson-backed tanagers, 4 
pin-tailed whydahbirds, 2 red-headed finches, 2 unidentified weavers, 1 
sulphur-breasted toucan, 2 snow pigeons, 1 Cayenne raU, 4 Chukar 
partridges, 2 black-throated hill partridges and 1 wood ibis purchased. 
1 Central American great blue heron presented by the WiUiam Bartels Com- 
pany, New York. 
6. 1 towhee ( cf^ ) caught in the Garden. 
8. 1 Himalayan thar ( c?' ) born in the Garden. 
1 green monkey ( ) and 2 snowy owls purchased. 
9. 1 white-fronted amazon presented by Joseph A. Baldauf, Milmay, N. J. 
