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On June 3d interesting additions to the collection were 
received from Yuma, Arizona, consisting of three wood rats 
{Neoioma intermedia) and nine desert mice {Peromyseus 
eremicus). Both of these -species seem to endure captivity 
well, and the mice have bred repeatedl}^ since their arrival. 
These animals were a gift from Mr. Herbert Brown, of 
Yuma, through whose interest we received later on, six 
more specimens of the wood rat, two Arizona sage hares 
(Lepus arizonse), one of the smallest of the genus, and two 
raccoons from the same locality, which, while of rather 
large size, do not appear to present external characters dif- 
fering from eastern specimens. A fine rattlesnake {Crotalus 
adamanteus atrox) was also received from Mr. Brown. 
On June 6tli another Amazon parrot of much rarity 
(Chrysotis inornata) was presented by Mr. E. B. Folger, of 
Philadelphia. 
On the same day a pair each of Indian chevrotain 
(Tragulus meminna) and Stanley's chevrotain {T, stanley- 
anus) were purchased. The last species is the most brightly 
colored of the muis-deer and is a native of Ceylon. 
On the 8th a considerable variety of animals was selected 
from a large shipment arriving at New York from Singa- 
pore. Of chief interest among these was a lion-tailed 
monkey (Macacus silenus), from tlie Malabar coast of India, 
rarely shown in collections; a caracal (Felis caracal); two 
young sloth bears {Melursus ursinus) ; a pair of young 
sambur deer, which are probably the Malayan form (Cervus 
equinus)j which has not been represented in the Garden 
for many years, and a smaller hill mynah {Mainatus re- 
ligions). 
On the 11 til a pair of young lions were received from 
Mr. Carl Hagenbeck in exchange, and at the same time a 
female Persian wild ass {Equus hemionus onager) to replace 
the one which died, of the pair purchased in 1898. 
A specimen of the banded parrakeet {Palseornis fasciatus) 
of India was received for the first time on June 21st. 
Four spiny comb-lizards (Ctenosaura acanthiira), from 
Mexico, were purchased on the 21st, and on the following 
