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monkey, a Cuvier's toucan, two razor-billed curassows, and 
a sun bittern. 
A pair each of llamas and aoudads were purchased in 
October. The second echidna (Echidna aculeata) which the 
Society has possessed was purchased on October 3d. The 
preceding one arrived at the Gardens on April 12th, 1SS7, 
and died on May 12th following. The present specimen 
has remained in apparent health up to the present time. It 
is unfortunate that the sluggish habit of the species and 
its disposition to bury itself as completely as the depth of 
earth in its cage will permit, affords little opportunity to the 
visitor to become acquainted with the external form of one 
of the two members of so remarkable a group as the mono- 
tremes, the lowest and most primitive of existing mammals. 
A West Indian boa (Boa diviniloqua), presented November 
12th by Mr. Clinton Brandt, and an Indian eryx (Eryx 
johni), presented by Mr. J. Hope, of Philadelphia. 
On January 9th a female clouded leopard {Felis nebulosa) 
from Singapore was purchased to mate the fine male already 
in the collection, but as she is not fully mature they have 
not yet been placed together. The possession of a pair of 
these rare and beautiful animals is a noteworthy event. 
A fine pair of white-tailed gnus, about adult, were pur- 
chased on January 23d. The one specimen formerly owned 
by the Society was a female and lived in the Antelope 
House from 18S1 to 1894. 
A pair of jungle fowl {Gallus hanhiva) were presented on 
January 26th by Mr. Homer Davenport, of East Orange, 
N.J. 
The following list enumerates the births of the year : — 
2 pig-tailed macaques {Macacus nemeMrinus), December 
6th and 28th. 
1 yellow baboon {Papio cynocephalus), 2, March 19th. 
2 tigers {Fdis tigris), <^^, September 19th. 
9 prairie wolves (Canis latrans), (4) April 18th, (5) May 9th. 
6 gray wolves (Canis mexicanus) , April 19th. 
2 brown bears ( Ursus arctos), January 7th. 
