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lizards, 7 Marcy's wave-lined lizards, 1 tessellated lizard pur- 
chased. 
Oct. 24. 1 box tortoise presented hy Miss Branstder, Philadelphia. 1 alligator 
presented by Master Henry L. Homer, Lansdowne, Pa. 
" 25. 1 painted terrapin presented by Master D. Owens Stephens, Phila- 
delphia. 
" 28. 2 laughing kingfishers purchased. 
*' 29. 1 golden-shafted woodpecker presented by Miss Mamie Cugley, Phila- 
delphia. 2 crested pigeons, 2 green-winged doves purchased. 
" 30. 1 red-tailed buzzard presented by Milton C. Hamburg, Douglassville, 
Pa. 2 Cunningham's skinks, 2 starred lizards purchased. 2 brook 
frogs, 11 marbled salamanders presented by Julius Hurter, St. 
Louis, Mo. 
*' ai. 1 sloth presented by Frederick Mitchell, New York. 1 sloth pur- 
chased. 1 meadow mouse presented by D. March, Philadelphia. 
1 DeKay's snake presented by Jay M . Fisher, Philadelphia. 1 
alligator presented by Samuel Staton, Philadelphia. 
Nov. 2. 1 Carolina rail, 1 kingfisher presented by George Settle, Philadelphia. 
" 3. 1 rhesus monkey presented by S. C. Weaver, Baltimore, Md. 1 red 
salamander presented by H. E. Thompson, Philadelphia. 
" 7. 1 common garter snake presented by H. C. Young, Philadelphia. 
1 green lizard presented by Miss Helen McFarland, Philadelphia. 
1 alligator presented by Master Howard Hirst, Philadelphia. 
" 10. 1 hawk-bill turtle, 4 Brazilian tortoises, 1 spotted terrapin, 1 box tortoise 
purchased. 2 hermit thrushes, 1 gray-checked thrush, 2 chicka- 
dees, 2 yellow-rumped warblers, 2 bluebirds, 2 chipping sparrows, 
2 song sparrows, 2 snow birds purchased. 
" 12. 1 West India boa presented by Clinton Brandt, Philadelphia. 1 
woodcock presented by William A. Carpenter, Philadelphia. 
*' 13. 1 diamond rattlesnake, 2 ground rattlesnakes, 2 harlequin snakes, 1 
water moccasin, 1 chicken snake, 3 keeled green snakes, 6 hog- 
nosed snakes, 5 indigo snakes purchased. 
" 15. 1 American green lizard presented by Henry Clay, Fernwood, Pa. 
17. 1 Indian eryx presented by J. Hope, Philadelphia. 
" 19. 1 Indian civet, 2 pectoral tanagers, 1 violet tanager, 1 European robin, 
2 pine siskins, 1 tree sparrow, 1 white-throated sparrow, 2 amada- 
vine finches, 2 pale-headed parrakeets, 8 pairs undulated grass 
parrakeets, 4 pairs crested ground parrakeets, 5 western diamond 
rattlesnakes purchased. 
" 20. 1 opossum presented by J. C. Van Hekle. 
21. 1 spotted terrapin presented by Master Walter F. Hays, Philadelphia. 
" 22. 1 Blainville's horned lizard presented by Harry Salmon, Philadelphia. 
" 26. 2 wave-lined lizards presented by Frank Underwood, Philadelphia. 
Dec. 6. 1 alligator presented by Simon Henry Sykes, Philadelphia. 
" 7. 1 brown cebus presented by Mrs. T. E. Robinson, Philadelphia. 
" 9. 2 Chinese turtle doves purchased. 
" 11. 2 ganga cockatoos, 2 Barraband's parrakeets, 2 Bicheno's finches, 2 
banded finches purchased. 
" 14. 3 opossums presented by Robert D. Griskey, Philadelphia. 
" 17. 1 white-eared conure, 1 thick-billed tanager, 1 tree sparrow, 1 fox 
sparrow purchased. 
