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Two examples of the Venezuela parrakeet [Bolborhynchus 
lineolatus) were presented on the 18th September by Mr. 
W. M. Warner ; they were brought by him from Vera Cruz. 
A male and female of the South-African ostrich {Struthio 
australis) were purchased on 22d September, and a month 
later a second pair were received, also by purchase. These 
birds were bred in Southern California. Two striped hy- 
cenas {Hysena striata) were also purchased. 
On the 4th of October two males of the Nepaulese parra- 
keet {Palxornis nepalensis) of Northern India were procured 
from a dealer. This large and beautiful species was new 
to the collection. 
On the 8th a young male gazelle was purchased from the 
master of a vessel which had touched at Muscat, Arabia. 
The animal is too young to be identified with certaint}^, but 
there can be little doubt that it is Gazella muscatensis, a 
species which has hitherto been represented but doubtfully 
in the collection. 
Messrs. Hagar & Co., of Philadelphia, presented on 14th 
October a young Arctic fox (Vidpes lagopus) from Greenland. 
On 2d November a male of tlie grand eclectus parrot 
(Ecledus roratus) was purchased, and on the same day an 
agouti, new to the collection (Dasyproda cristata), a native 
of the West Indies, was received. 
A male dromedary {Camelus dromedarius) was purchased 
from the Commissioners of Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, on 
the 2d of November, and a few weeks later a female Bac- 
trian camel (C hadrianm) was received from a dealer. The 
original stock of camels of both species, which had been for 
many years in the Gardens, has now entirely disappeared, 
in great measure as a result of continued inbreeding. 
A curious ram of a domestic breed of sheep from Nega- 
patam, on the Madras coast of India, was presented by 
Capt. P. Smith, of the steamship Abana." 
On 15th December a young female jaguar {Felis onca) 
was procured by purchase. 
On 30th December three beautiful specimens of Carolina 
parrakeet {Conurus carolinensis) were presented by Mr. M. N. 
