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Sept. 4. 1 painted terrapin (C. picta) presented by Miss Eva Bush, Phila- 
delphia. 
" 5. 1 ashy opossum (D. cinerea) purchased. 
" 6. 4 common horned lizards {P. cornuta), 2 Poinsett's scaly lizards 
{S. torquatiis poinsetti), 1 Marcy's wave-lined lizard {S. undu- 
latus consobrinus) , I Marcy's garter snake {E. elegans mar-_ 
ciana), 1 Graham's leaf-nosed snake {Salvadora grahami), 2 
spotted-necked garter snakes {JE. eques) purchased. 
" 7. 3 Western diamond rattlesnakes {C. atrox atrox), 2 Say's bull snakes 
(P. catcnifer sayi), 1 western sand snake {H. nasicus) purchased. 
1 box tortoise {T. Carolina) presented by J. E. Lane, Norwood, 
Pa., 1 bullfrog {R. catesbiana) presented by Miss Edythe Mc- 
Cormick, Philadelphia. 
" 8. 1 diamond rattlesnake {C. adamanteus), 1 keeled green snake {C. (esti- 
vus) purchased, 1 screech owl {Scops asio) presented by F. H. 
Lipp, Philadelphia. 
" 9. 2 turkey vultures {Cathartes aura) presented by Dr. M. E. Conard, 
Philadelphia. 1 banded water snake {T. sipedon fasciatus) pre- 
sented by Masters Charles and Hiram Eitter, Philadelphia. 
" 10. 1 alligator {A. mississippiensis) presented by Miss Eetta Clark, 
Philadelphia. 
" 11. 4 banded rattlesnakes {C. hor^ndus) purchased, 1 bullfrog {R. cates- 
biana) presented by Dr. N. M. Drake, Philadelphia. 
" 12. 1 chapparal cock (Geococcya; mea;icawt<s) purchased. 
" 13. 1 Kentucky warbler {Geothlypis formosa) presented by A. P. Willits, 
Willits' Station, N. C. 
" 14. 1 sickle-billed curlew {numenius longirostris) purchased, 3 painted 
terrapins {C. picta) presented by Howard Walcott, Philadelphia. 
" 16. 2 hog deer (C jt)om"wMs) born in the Gardens, 1 leopard {Felis par- 
dus) 5 purchased. 8 Woodhouse's water snakes {T. sipedon trans- 
versus) born in the Gardens. 
" 17. 1 red-shouldered parrakeet {Palceornis eupatrius) presented by Mrs. 
George Griffith, Philadelphia. 14 banded water snakes ( T. sipedon 
fasciatus) born in the Gardens. 1 weeper cebus {Cebus capucinus), 
presented by Harry Daily, Philadelphia. 2 silver pheasants 
{GenncBus nycthemerus) purchased. 
" 18. 1 black-headed finch {munia malacca), 1 Senegal fire finch (X. 
ccerulescens) purchased. 
" 19. 2 tigers {Felis tigris) born in the Gardens. 2 canvas-backed ducks 
{Fuligula vallisneria), 2 summer ducks {Aix sponsa), 1 west- 
ern diamond rattlesnake (C. atrox atrox), 1 Say's rattlesnake 
{C. confluentus) , 3 Say's bull snakes (P. catenifer sayi), 1 
Marcy's garter snake {E. elegans marciana), 1 western sand 
snake {H. nasicus) purchased, 
" 20. 1 copperhead snake {Ancistrodon contortrix) born in the Gardens. 
1 blue-crowned hanging parrakeet (ZoWcwZws galgulus) purchased. 
1 banded rattlesnake (C. horridus) presented by P. K. Gable, Nor- 
ristown, Pa. 1 bullfrog (P. catesbiana), presented by Master 
Joseph Morrison, Philadelphia. 
" 21. 1 Virginia rail {Rallus virginianus) presented by John Cugley, 
Philadelphia. 4 Henry's mud turtles {Cinosternum henrici), 
