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9 Reptiles, Received as gifts 25 Purchased 1 [[line indicating addition]] Total 26 Number of species represented, Mammals 30 Birds 28 Reptiles 10 [[line indicating addition]] Total 68 Total number of specimens 172 Number received as gifts 123 Number purchased 38 It is worthy of note that of all the specimens not bred in the menagerie, more than three times as many were received by gift as it was necessary to purchase. Furthermore, of the 123 specimens received by presentation,about three-fourths were offered voluntarily, and without either suggestion or personal solicitation from the curator. The actual cash value of all the gifts is at least six times that all of all the specimens purchased.