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Aug. 13. 2 burrowing owls {Speotyto cunicularia hypugwa), 1 Marcy's garter 
snake {E. elegans elegans), 3 painted box tortoises {T. ornata) 
purchased. 
" 14, 1 Pacific ring-necked snake (Diadophis amabilis), 1 yellow-bellied 
blacksnake {Z. constrictor flaviventris) purchased. 
" 18. 1 alligator {A. mississippiensis) presented by A. T. Eavensou, Phila- 
delphia. 
" 19. 1 Carolina rail {Porzana Carolina) presented by Charles McKinley, 
Philadelphia. 
" 21. 1 pine snake (P. melanoleucus) presented by William Cramer, Tucka- 
hoe, N. J. 
" 22. 1 red-masked weaver {Connrxis rubrolarvatus) purchased. 
" 23. 1 painted terrapin {C. 2ncta) presented by Miss G. Goss, Philadelphia. 
" 27. 1 hawfinch {Coccothraustes coccothraustes) purchased. 1 yellow- 
shouldered amazon {C. ochroptera), 1 brown-throated conure 
(C. ceruginosus) presented by William A. Brunner, Phillipsburg, 
N. J. 1 great blue heron {A. herodias) presented by George 
Porter, Philadelphia. 
" 29. 13 Marcy's garter snakes {E. elegans marciana) born in the Gardens. 
1 alligator {A. mississippiensis) presented by H. Sigel, Phila- 
delphia. 
" 30. 1 nylghaie {Boselaphus tragocamelus) d received in exchange. 1 
cinerens waxbill {Lagonosticta ccerulescens) , 2 hog-nosed snakes 
{H. platyrhinus) purchased. 
*• 31. 1 banded rattlesnake {C. horridus) presented by A. N. Staples, Phila- 
delphia. 
Sept. 3. 1 western diamond rattlesnake {C. atrox atrox), 2 Say's bull snakes 
(P. catenifer sayi), 1 leopard collared lizard {Crotophytus tvisli- 
zenii), 3 Holbrook's lizards {IT. maculata) purchased. 
" 4. 1 common macaque {31. cynomolgus) presented by George Rich, 
Wissahickon, Philadelphia. 3 banded rattlesnakes {C. horridus) 
purchased. 
" 6. 2 western diamond rattlesnakes {C. atrox atrox) purchased. 1 green 
heron {Ardea virescens) presented by Joseph H. Deschamps, 
Philadelphia. 2 prairie rattlesnakes {S. catenatus catenatus) born 
in the Gardens. 
" 10. 5 burrowing owls {S. cunicularia hypiigcea) purchased. 
" 11. 1 painted terrapin ((7. 7>icto) presented. 
'* 12. 7 painted box tortoises {T. ornata) presented by E. Meyenberg, Pecos, 
Texas. 
" 13. 2 mona monkeys [C. mona), 4 rhesus monkeys (31. rhesus), 2 black 
spider monkeys {Atcles ater), 1 wild cat (X. rufus maculatus), 1 
Malayan paradoxure (P. hermaphroditus) purchased. 
" 14. 2 common water snakes {T. sipedon sipedon), 1 brown water snake 
( T. taxispilotus) purchased. 
. " 16. 1 undulated grass parrakeet {3rellopsittacus undulatus) presented by 
Mrs. Charles J. J. Carter, Penllyn, Pa. 1 least bittern [B. exilis) 
presented by Fred Fulirmeister, Philadelphia. 
" 17. 1 milk snake ( 0. doliatus triangiUus) presented by George Griffith, 
Philadelphia. 1 Say's bull snake (P. catenifer sayi) purchased. 
" 18. 2 green monkeys ( (7. callitrichus), 2 long-tailed grass finches {Poephila 
