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Number of species represented,
Mammals - 30
Birds - 28
Reptiles - [[underlined]]19[[/underlined]]
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,[[strikethrough]]precisely[[/strikethrough]] ^[[more than]] three times as many were received by gift as it was necessary to purchase. Furthermore, of the [[strikethrough]]114[[/strikethrough]] ^[[123]] specimens received by  presentation, [[strikethrough]]fully four-fifths[[/strikethrough]] ^[[about three-fourths]] were offered voluntarily,and without either suggestion or personal solicitation from the currator. The actual cash value of all the gifts is at least six times that of all the specimens purchased.

In addition to the gifts ^[[mentioned]] in the list already given,the most noteworthy mammals are the following: A fine pair of American Bison,from Mr. E.G. Blackford,New York; a very large male Jaguar,from Mr. J.W. Riddle,Eagle Pass, Texas; two black bears from Mr. J.J.E. Lindberg,El Paso, Texas;