APPENDIX B. 
To the Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of Phil- 
adelphia : 
Gentlemen : — I beg to submit to you my report of the 
condition of the Gardens of the Society during the year 
ending on the 29th of February, 1896. 
At the end of that period the collection consisted of 276 
mammals, 368 birds, 278 reptiles, and 46 amphibians, a 
total of 968 living specimens. 
The full number of accessions received during the year 
was : — 
Mammals : — 
Purchased 35 
Presented 30 
Born in the Gardens 27 
— 92 
Birds : — 
Purchased 135 
Presented 46 
— 181 
Reptiles and Amphibians : — 
Purchased 585 
Presented 105 
Bred in the Gardens 20 
— 710 
— 983 
Many of them were unimportant additions, but the fol- 
lowing may be mentioned, either as new to the collection 
or as of especial interest : — 
A male and female of the East African ostrich {Struthio 
molybdophanes), received in exchange from Messrs. Sells 
Brothers, on the 8th of April. 
(10) 
