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tVoiii Kiin-sii Province, China, from ISIr. A\'. W. Simpson; 27 speci- 

 mens from the I'liilippines, donated by L'wui (ieor<;e C Lewis, U. S. 

 Army; a iiioitnted skeleton of (iray's beaked \\li;dc {Mcsoplodon, 

 (fvay't)^ and a misccl la neons coHection consisting of species not pre- 

 viously represented in the Afuseum, from Kashmir, Peni, A^enezuela, 

 and Euiiland. 



'J'hrouiih e\ehan<i-e with the Hon. ,J. K. Thayer, the INIuseum ob- 

 tained 177 si)eeimens of hunnning birds from Costa llica, comprising 

 26 species, one of Avhich is new to the collection. A small collection 

 from various parts of the world was purchased for the purpose of 

 filling important gaps. The section of birds' eggs acquired several 

 noteworthy additions. One of these, obtained through Prof. Axel 

 Johan Einar Lonnberg, of Stockholm, consisted of a set of the eggs 

 of lioss's gull {/i/iodofitct/tia rosea), from breeding grounds recently 

 discovered by Mr. S. A. Buturlin, of Kussia, near the Kolyma Delta 

 in northeastern Siberia. Another comprised five eggs and a nest of 

 Kirtland's wai'bler {Dendroica k/j-fhuuli), received in exchange from 

 Mr. E. Arnold, of Battle Creek, Michigan. While this rare species 

 has been known since 1852, its breeding grounds, a limited area in 

 northern INIichigan, ^vere located only a year or two ago. Two egg^. 

 of the rare eared trogon {Enpt'dotis iieoxenus) were obtained from 

 Mexico, and some 800 eggs and 18 nests of American and Chinese 

 species ^vere contributed bv the Eev. E, B. and Mr. Harrv R. 

 Caldwell. 



For the division of reptiles and batrachians a valuable collection 

 made by Dr. Franz Werner, comprising about IGO species and sub- 

 species, chiefly from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean coun- 

 tries, was acquired by purchase. Princeton University presented 83 

 specimens of reptiles from l^itagonia, composing the first set of 

 duplicates from the collection made by the late Dr. J. B. Hatcher and 

 studied by Doctor Stejneger. Prof. C. H. Eigenmann donated 60 

 specimens from Cuba, and Mr. Julius Hurter 18 specimens, chiefly 

 from Missouri. Among the latter were 3 specimens of the sala- 

 mander, Speleiyes stejnegeri., not previously represented in the 

 Museum, and several specimens of the rare cave salamander, Typhlo- 

 triton spelfvus. ]Many specimens ^vere collected b}' members of the 

 Museum staff in Virginia, in the vicinity of Wilmington, Xorth Caro- 

 lina, and in Colombia, and some valuable material was contributed 

 by the National Museum of Costa Rica. 



About 25,000 specimens of fishes w^ere received during the year. 

 Next to the transfers from the Bureau of Fisheries, the most impor- 

 tant accessions consisted of a set of IMiilippine fishes, including sev- 

 eral new species, presented through the Bureau of Fisheries by the 

 Philippine Commission to the St. Louis Exposition ; and an excellent 



