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York Zoological Society in exchange. This animal was 
formerly in the collection of the Duke of Bedford, but the 
locality from which it originally came is unknown. 
The Hon. Henry Burk, of Philadelphia, presented to the 
Society on July 30th a fine young female leopard, which 
he had procured direct from India. 
Four mud turtles received from Pecos, Texas, in Sep- 
tember, are referred to Cinosternum henrici with some hesita- 
tion, as the relations' of the w^estern mud turtles to each 
other and to the eastern species are not yet fully made out. 
A fine pair of young griflfon vultures were purchased in 
November to replace those which had lived more than 
twenty years in the Gardens. A male red deer, five prong- 
horned antelopes and other animals were received from the 
International Forest, Fish and Game Association in ex- 
change for certain specimens loaned to them. 
The following list contains all the animals bred during 
the year, with the dates of breeding : — 
1 black-backed jackal {Oanis mesomelas), March 11th. 
7 gray w^olves {Canis lupus mexicanus), March 18th. 
7 prairie wolves {Canis latrans), April 11th and 17th. 
1 brown bear ( Ursus arctos), July 25th. 
2 tigers {Felis tigris), September 19th. 
1 prairie dog {Cynomys ludovicianus) , June. 
3 white-throated wood rats (Neotoma alhigula), March 22d, 
April 2d. 
1 Chapman's zebra {Equus burchcUi), ?, December 17th. 
3 Indian antelopes {Antilope cervicapra), 1^, 2?, June 10th, 
December 11th, February 24th. 
2 nylghaie [Boselaphus tragocamelus), 2?, March 19th. 
3 fallow deer {Cermis dama), 3?, June loth and 23d, 
. July 9th. 
2 axis deer {Cevvus axis), 2?, April 1st, February 7th. 
6 hog deer (Cervus porcvms), 2^, 4?, March, June, Sep- 
tember, October. 
2 Virginia deer {Mazama americana), 1^, 1 May 18th \ 
June 10th. 
