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1931. 
Jan. 6. 1 screech owl {Scops asio) presented by Master and Miss Boyer, Phila- 
delphia. 1 opossum {Didelphys marsupialis) presented by Mrs. 
A. P. Stevens, Philadelphia. 
" 7. 1 green monkey ( Cercopithecus callitrichus) born in the Gardens. 
" 9. 2 red-tailed buzzards {Buteo horealis) presented by William Van 
Horn, Philadelphia. 1 great-horned owl {JBubo virginianus) pre- 
sented by J. Mayland Arthur, Philadelphia. 8 white-crowned 
sparrows {Zonotrichia leucophrys) purchased. 
" 12. 1 herring gull {Larus argentatus smithsonianus) presented by Master 
Johnnie Gallagher, Philadelphia. 1 opossum {Didelphys marsu- 
pialis) presented by W. G. Zilbey, Philadelphia. 
" 16. 1 brown bear ( Ursus arctos) born in the Gardens. 
" 18. 2 red foxes {C. vulpes pennsylvanicus) presented by F. A. Behr, Lo- 
pez, Pa. 
" 19. 1 slow loris {Nycticehustardigradus) presented by Harold D. Campbell, 
Philadelphia. 
" 20. 2 nylghaies {Boselaphus tragocamelus) born in the Gardens. 
" 21. 1 chestnut-faced pocket gopher ( Cratogemys castanops), 1 rosehill parro- 
keet {Platycercus eximius). 1 American blue jay {Cyanocitta cris- 
lata), 2 cutthroat finches {Amadina fasciata), 1 orange-cheeked 
finch {Sporceginthus melpoda), 1 Senegal fire finch {Lagonosticta 
senegala). 2 spotted munia finches {Munia punctulata), 2 
black-headed finches {llunia malacca), 1 goldfinch {Carduelis 
carduelis), 2 yellow ammers {Emheriza citrinella), 1 yellow- 
bellied songster {Liothrix luteus), 1 Swainson's lorikeet {Trichi- 
glossus novce-hollandice), 1 mandarin duck {Aix galericulata) , 
1 red-shouldered buzzard {Buteo lineatus) purchased. 
" 24. 1 hog deer {Cervus porcinus) born in the Gardens. 
" 25. 1 mocking bird {3Iii/ms polyglottus) presented by James Baxter, Phil- 
delphia. 
" 27. 1 song sparrow {Melospiza fasciata) captured in the Gardens. 
" 28. 1 chestnut-faced pocket gopher {Cratogeomys castanops). 1 yellow- 
headed conure ( Conurus jendaya) , 1 rosy parrakeet {Palceornis 
rosa), 1 song thrush {Turdus musicus) purchased. 
Feb. 2. 1 alligator {A. mississippiensis) presented by James Coulbourn, Phila- 
delphia. 
" 3. 1 sparrow hawk {Falco sparverius) presented by Charles Gantt, Over- 
brook, Pa. 
*' 4. 1 alligator {A. mississippiensis) presented by S. W. Haines, Cam- 
den, N. J. 
" 11. I chapparal cock {Geococcyx mexicanus) purchased. 
" 12. 1 Levaillant's amazon {C/irysoiis levaillanti) presented by Capt. 
Charles B. Edgar, Philadelphia. 
" 14. 2 European robins {Erithecus rubeculus), 1 troupial {Icterus icterus), 
1 cocci heron {Ardea cocoi) purchased, 
18. 2 chestnut-breasted finches {Munia castaneothorax), 2 cinereus wax- 
bills {Lagonosticta cosrulescens) , 2 saffron finches {Sycalisflaveola). 
2 modest finches {Aidemosyne modesta), 2 hooded finches {Sper- 
mestes cucullata), 2 black-headed finches {Munia malacca) pur- 
chased. 
" 22. 1 ocelot {Felis pardalis), 1 white-collared mangabey {Cercocebus col- 
laris), purchased. 
" 23. 2 yellow-shouldered am Rzons {Chrysotis ochropter a), 2 crimson-eared 
waxbills {Estrilda phcenicotis) . 
