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articulated Skeletons : Capybara, Sable Antelope, Golden Cat, 

 Fells temmincki. Rough Skeletons : Oscelot, Felis pardalis ; 

 Asiatic Elephant, Elephas indicus; Anubis Baboon, Wild Sheep, 

 Oris cycloeeras ; Equus hemionus, Also viscera and brain of 

 Asiatic Elephant. Foetal Opossum and Young Vervet Mon- 

 key in alcohol. 



BIRDS. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott. Skin of Antrostomus carolinensis, Cuba. 



J. L. Buck. Curassow sp. (skin). 



Mr. Bucknell. Albino Robin, mounted. 



Estate of Edw. D. Cope. A collection of about 700 skins of 



North American Birds and several hundred Brazilian Birds in 



alcohol. A few miscellaneous skins and skeletons. 

 I. N. DeHaven. Golden Eye Duck, Clangula americana, and For- 



ster's Tern, Sterna forsteri (skins), Cape Charles, Va. 

 Delaware Valley Ornithological Club. A number of nests, 



eggs and birds presented by members of the Club, for the Club 



Collection. Male and female of the Red Shouldered and 



Broad Winged Hawks, Buteo lineatus and latissimus, received 



from Chas. S. Welles, Sooty Shearwater, Puffinus stricklandi, 



from Theo. L. DeBow. 

 J. Edward Farnum, George Farnum and Dr. A. Donaldson 



Smith. A small collection of Birds from Mongolia. 

 H. W. Fowler. Several mounted North American Birds. 

 C. R. Hansell. Screech Owl, Megascops asio. 

 Miss A. C. Hartshorne. Six skins of Japanese Birds. 

 Howard T. Jefferies. Specimen of Krider's Hawk, Buteo bor- 



ealis hrideri, from Minnesota. Dendroiea, Pennsylvania. 

 Dr. J. C. Kirkpatrick. Skins of Peacock and several small 



birds from Burrnah. 

 Samuel N. Rhoads. Skin of Passer domesticus. 

 Dr. J. H. Romig. Skins of ten Alaskan Birds, including two 



McKay's Snowflakes, Passerian hyperborea. 

 Dr. Paul J. Sartain. Mounted specimen of Bird of Paradise, 



Paradiscea apoda. 

 S. L. Shumo. Three skins of Floridian Birds. 

 A. P. Willets. Two skins of Horned Lark, Otocoris alpestris, 



Beach Haven, N. J. 

 R. T. Young. Several nests and eggs of North American Birds. 

 Zoological Society of Philadelphia. Specimens received in 



the flesh and preserved as follows. Skins and sterna : Paloeornis 



