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tree boa {Epicortes angulifer) was presented by Mr. E. F. 
Oabada, of Cienfuegos, Cuba, and two birds of great beauty, 
the banded cotinga {Cotinga cincta), from South America, 
were purchased. 
Two young brown pelicans {Pelecanus fuscus) were pre- 
sented on the 1st of August by Captain Kilgore, of the 
United States Revenue Steamer Boutwell," having been 
taken by him from the breeding grounds off the Carolina 
€oast. 
On the 8th of August an addition of much interest was 
made in a pair of young California vultures (Otogyps cali- 
Jornicus). This vulture, almost reaching the dimensions of 
the condor, inhabits a singularly limited range for a bird 
of such powerful flight, in the coast range of California, 
south of the latitude of San Francisco. For many years 
their numbers have been diminishing, and they are be- 
lieved to be near extinction. These specimens, which ap- 
pear to be of each sex, were taken from the nest in Mon- 
terey County, and were hatched about April 1st. Probably 
not more than two or three living examples of this fine 
species have ever been placed upon exhibition, and at the 
present time it is not known that any other specimens are 
in captivity. They were obtained by the Society through 
the efforts of the late Capt. Charles Bendire, U. S. A., of the 
National Museum. 
On the 29th of August a stump-tailed lizard {Trachyso.urus 
rugosus) and a cyclodus lizard (Tiliqua scincoides), both from 
Australia, were received as a gift from Mr. Harold Hanauer, 
of London. 
A green-cheeked Amazon (Chrysotis viridigenalis), from 
Mexico, was presented by Mrs. Mattie Ardell. 
On September 18th a monkey was purchased, which had 
arrived in New York on a steamer from Singapore; the 
species is not easy to determine, but it appears to belong to 
Semnopithecus obscurus, Reid, a little-known member of that 
large and variable genus. 
On the 26th of the same month Mr. F. G. Stewart pre- 
sented a rattlesnake from San Diego, Cal., quite unlike any 
which the collection had previously received. It is proba- 
