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Surinam Toad, Pipa americana (L.). 
Hab. Guineas and Brazil. 
Three individuals presented by the New York Zoological 
Society on April 13th; an appreciated acquisition of a 
long desired species well known for its remarkable and 
highly speciahzed breeding habits. 
The donations of previously exhibited species include: 
Four grizzly bears — a half grown male, and an adult female 
with two cubs — obtained through the Department of the Inte- 
rior and trapped for the Society in the Yellowstone National 
Park by Colonel L. M. Brett, the Superintendent of the 
Park. Two agoutis and an Orinoco goose from Mr. Francis 
E. Bond, Gwynedd Valley, Pa., who obtained them in 
northern Venezuela. Four blue geese, five little white 
herons, two little blue herons and seven Louisiana herons 
from Mr. E. A. Mcllhenny, Avery Island, La., and a gray 
wolf from Mr. William S. Febiger of Philadelphia. 
The following were the most important accessions by 
purchase of specimens not new to the collection: An excep- 
tionally large wombat received in March; a pair of adult 
red kangaroos and two blackish elephant tortoises, one of 
the ''giant" species from the Galopagos Islands, in April. 
On June 4th a nearly adult female giraffe arrived at the 
Garden, this was one of a pair specially captured for the 
Society in South Africa, but the male, most unfortunately, 
died during the voyage to this country. In February a 
pair of Tasmanian devils and a wolverine, the latter 
from Siberia, were received. During this month there were 
also obtained four American bison — a young bull and heifer 
from Iowa and two adult cows from Kansas — these, with 
the ones previously on hand, representing four distinct 
lines of descent, should insure to the Society the continu- 
ance of this species for many years to come. 
The births during the year were as follows: — 
1 monkey, d^, hybrid between Cercopithecus pygerythrus 6^ 
and C. sahceus, 9 , August 14th. 
3 pig-tailed macaques, (Macacus nemestrinus), d^, March 
5th, d^, October 25th, d^, December 27th. 
