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of this species which the collection has contained. At the 
same time a pair of plantain squirrels (Sciurus hadging) were 
received from Java. 
On March 12th a Rosehill parrakeet (Platycercus eximius), 
native to southeastern Australia and Tasmania, was cap- 
tured in the Gardens. This bird, of course an escaped 
captive, was first observed flying among the trees in the 
month of October previous, and had been seen at intervals- 
throughout the winter. The lowest temperature recorded 
at the Gardens during this period was slightly below^ zero, 
Fahrenheit. The case is of interest as showing the en- 
durance sometimes disclosed by individuals belonging to 
species wholly unused to such extremes under nature. 
An adult male sable antelope {Hippotragus niger) wa& 
purchased on March 19tli, and was new to the collection. 
In April a specimen of Hutchin's goose was purchased 
and also two graceful ground doves {Geopeleia ciineata), from 
Australia. On the same day a fine example of the glaucous 
macaw {Ara glauca) was presented by Mrs. Maria Simpson,, 
of Philadelphia. 
A male Indian chevrotain (Tragulus memmina), purchased 
April 25th, unfortunately died a few weeks later. This 
species had never before been shown in the Gardens. 
On the same day a male crowned bushbuck {Cephnlophus^ 
coronatus) was received by purchase from William Jamrach,. 
of London. This group of small and graceful antelopes, 
known as bushbucks, or duikers, are found in brush-covered 
regions of Africa, south of about fifteen degrees of north lati- 
tude. None of them have before been exhibited in our 
Gardens, and the one now in question was one of three 
specimens which were the first to be received alive in Lon- 
don. With the same shipment arrived a Gaimard's rat 
kangaroo (Bettongia gaimardi), from New South Wales ; a 
male Punjab wild sheep {Ovis vignei), native of the Hima- 
laya Mountains ; and a male wild goat, from the island of 
loura, in the Grecian archipelago. The Grecian ibex 
(Capra xgagrus) was formerly abundant in Greece and the 
contiguous islands, but it appears probable that the goats- 
