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8 Water Moccasins (Ancistrodon inscivorus) ; born 30th Au- 
gust. 
2 Indian Antelopes (Antilope cervicapra), males; born 15th 
and 23d December. 
1 Vervet Monkey {Cercopithecus pyger-ythrus) ; born 25th Jan- 
uary. 
The principal losses by death were the male orang 
" Chief," which took place 3d November, 1897, from invagi- 
nation of the intestine. This animal was received at the 
Gardens 16tli November, 1893, and was perhaps as fine a 
specimen of his kind as any which have been exhibited. 
The autopsy showed the animal to have been in such com- 
plete health that the accidental nature of his death was 
greatly to be regretted. It is worthy of note that while it 
has more than once been pronounced by high authority to be 
anatomically impossible for the orang to maintain an erect 
attitude without touching some means of support, this 
animal was repeatedly observed walking about his cage in 
an absolutely erect position without having his hands in 
contact with any fixed object. 
The Indian elephant " Jennie," which had been a general 
favorite in the Gardens for twenty-four years, died 18th 
January, 1898. She had been subject to rheumatic attacks 
for some years and death was owing finally to a complica- 
tion of diseases. The fine male Rocky Mountain sheep 
which had done so well for nearly two years as to give en- 
couragement to the prospect of successfully keeping these 
difficult animals, succumbed in August to the excessive 
dampness which prevailed for long periods during the 
summer. 
The outside cages at the new Monkey House were erected 
and put into use during the summer, thus finally complet- 
ing what is without doubt the most pleasing and well- 
adapted building on the grounds. Plans have been pre- 
pared for a house for small mammals, to be erected upon 
the site of the old Monkey House, all of which will be torn 
down with the exception of the stone portion of the outer 
