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10 gray wolves {Canis lupus mexicanus); born 2d and 9th 
April. 
9 prairie wolves (C. latrans); born 18th April and 4th May. 
2 gray foxes (C. cinereo-argentatus) ; born 28th April. 
2 banded ichneumons {Grossarchus jasciatm) ; born 26th 
April. 
2 kinkajous {Cercoleptes candivolvulus) ; born 25th July and 
20th December. 
9 hog deer {Cervus porcinus). 
3 Virginia deer {Mazama virginiana) ; born 7th and 25th 
April and 18th June. 
1 fallow deer {Cervus dama) ; born 3d June. 
1 axis deer (C. axis); born 15th October. 
1 wapiti ((7. canadensis) ; born 28th August. 
1 red deer {G. elaphus) ; born 7th July. 
5 American bison {Bison bison) ; born 12th, 13th, 17th, and 
31st May. 
3 nylghaie {Boselaphus tragocamelus) ; born 29th December 
and 9th February. 
1 Indian antelope {Antilope cervicapra) ; born 27th April. 
24 desert mice {Peromyscus eremicus) ; born in August, No- 
vember, December, and February. 
5 prairie dogs {Cynomys ludovicianus) ; born in May. 
1 red kangaroo {Macropus rufus) ; born 24th May. 
3 jungle fowl {Gallus g alius) ; born 22d June. 
2 ring-necked pheasants {Phasianus torquatus) ; born 28th 
June. 
1 silver pheasant {Gennseus nycthemerus) ; born 28th June. 
11 common water snakes {Tropidonotus sipedon); born 5th 
September. 
6 Cerberus snakes ( Gerberus rhynchops) ; born 23d July. 
The principal deaths were a female sing-sing antelope, 
which was killed by the male ; a young active gibbon, 
which had lived two years in the collection ; the female 
orang Boulan," which was presented by Dr. Furness on 
December 4th, 1896, and died January 15th, 1900 ; a female 
South American tapir, which had lived for twenty years in 
