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maintained in the Gardens, had become completely ex- 
hausted. 
A pair of young condor vultures {Sarcorhamphus gryphus) 
were received on the same day. 
Fifteen young boa constrictors, bred in the National Zool- 
ogical Park, Washington, were received as a gift from the-, 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
On the 8th of December six specimens of the jerboa (Di- 
pus jaculus), found in northeastern Africa, were purchased. 
These rodents are nearly related to the American jumping 
mice, and none of them have previously been shown in our 
collection. Another curious little rodent, the pocket gopher 
{Geomys bursarius), from the western United States, was 
presented on December 12th by the firemen of Engine Com- 
pany No. 41, of Philadelphia. 
Three chapparal cocks {Geococcyx mexicanus) were received 
from Texas on the 21st, and on the same day two specimens 
of the AVest Indian boa {Boa diviniloqua) from Trinidad. 
An exchange of reptiles with Dr. Howard Kelly, of Bal- 
timore, added to the large collection of serpents a Say's 
rattlesnake {Crotalus tonfluentus). 
On February lOtli two pale-headed tree boas {Epicmte^ 
angulifer) and two barn owls from Cuba were presented by 
Dr. Thomas Biddle and Mr. Paul Farnum. 
A fine lioness, with two cubs about ten weeks old, were 
procured by exchange on February 21st. 
The following animals were bred : — 
2 vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus pygerythrus) ; born 12tl> 
March and 27th October. 
1 green monkey (C. callitrichus) ; born 7th February. 
2 moor macaques {Macacus maurus) ; born 8th April and 6th 
February. 
1 common macaque {M. cynomolgus) ; born 23d January. 
1 hybrid monkey (between Macacus leoninus^ and M. nemes- 
trinus^) ; born 26th January. 
2 pumas {Felis concolor) ; born 23d September. 
