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3 Virginia deer, born May 18th, June 11th. 
5 wapiti (Cervus canadensis), born July 7th and 14th, August 
14th, September 1st and 28th. 
1 red deer (C. elaphus), born August 8th. 
2 fallow deer (C. dama), born June 10th, August 14th. 
2 axis deer, born January 3d and 30th. 
3 Indian antelopes, born July 12th and 13th, February 
27th. 
1 Chapman's zebra?, born May 30th. 
8 prairie dogs (Gynomys ludovicianus), born in May. 
1 red kangaroo, born July 28th. 
6 common opossums {Didelphys virginianus), born August 2d. 
7 golden pheasants. 
9 Amherst pheasants. 
18 silver pheasants. 
10 jungle fowl (of doubtful purity). 
3 banded water snakes {Tropidonotus fasciatus), born Au- 
gust 11th. 
17 Cyclops water snakes {T. cyclopeum), born September 
19th. 
4 Sacken's garter snakes (Eutsenia sackeni), born August 
23d. 
3 ground rattlesnakes {Sistrurus miliarius), born September 
16th. 
The losses by death have not been large, in spite of the 
unfavorable weather conditions by which the year has been 
singularly marked, the extreme range of temperature ob- 
served at the Gardens having been no less than 104° F., 
while the summer was notable for continued and extreme 
humidity, and the low temperature of February was accom- 
panied by high winds and an unusual snowfall. 
The most important deaths were the female Persian ass, 
already referred to ; a condor vulture, purchased May 7th, 
1875; a female American bison, bred in the Gardens April 
24th, 1881 ; the lion "George," purchased June 13th, 1882, 
and the female Chapman's zebra, bred in May last, which 
died January 3d, from pneumonia. 
