822 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [DeC, 



two Indian Civets, Vivericula malaccensis; Azara's Fox, Canis azarce; Corsac 

 Fox, Vulpes corsac; Black-footed Ferret, Putorius nigripes; Red Howling Mon- 

 key, Alouatta senicula; Sooty Mangaby, Ccrcocebus fuliginosus; two Doguera 

 Baboons, Papio doguera. Skin and Skeleton: Tenrec, Centeies ecaudatus; Sloth, 

 Bradypus sp. Skulls: Prong-horned Antelope, Antilocapra americana; Himal- 

 ayan Bear, Ursus thihetanus; Japanese Macaque, Macacus fuscatus. Alcoholic: 

 Nyctinomus mexicanus; Papio cynocephalus juv.; Tatu novemcinctum. 



Birds. 



Lt.-Col. George S. Anderson. Three bird skins, Philippines. 



Thomas Biddle, M.D. Mounted Gallus sonerati. 



J. G. DiLLEN. Skin of Hawk Owl, Parry Sound. 



J. D. Gordon. Barn Owl, Strix pratincola. 



B. T. Gibbs, Jr. Two Reed Birds, Dolichonyx oryzivorus (skins). 



William E. Hughes, M.D. Collection of eggs. North Dakota. 



H. W. Hand. Short-eared Owl, Asio accipitrinus. 



Delaware Valley Ornithological Club. Mounted specimen Least Bittern, 

 Ardetta exilis; Two Turkey Vultures, Cathartes aura; Little Blue Heron, Ardea 

 coerulea. 



J. P. NoRRis, Jr. Nest, eggs and skin of Dendroica auduboni nigrifrons. 



Charles B. Penrose, M.D. Hybrid Duck, Anas boschasXNettion carolinen- 

 sis (skin). 



Samuel N. Rhoads. Ten bird skins, Delaware. 



Mrs. Charles Schaepfer. Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo borealis '^skin). 



James Spear, Jr. Skins of White Ibis and Florida Cormorant. 



William D. Winsor. Two skins of Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias. 



Adolf van der Wielen. A collection of skins from Pennsylvania, California 

 and Maine. 



Purchased. Four mounted Flamingos, Phoenicopterus ruber; seven hundred 

 Califomian bird skins. 



Philadelphia Commercial Museums. Collection of bird skins from South 

 America and Africa, received in return for identifications. 



Zoological Society of Philadelphia. Specimens prepared as follows: 

 Skins: Gray Struthidea, Struthidea cinerea; Red-shafted Flicker, Colaptes 

 cafer; two Meadow Larks, Sturnella magna hoopesi; Crested Hangnest, Ostinops 

 decumanus; two Parrots, Callocephalon galeatum; Lorius garrulus; Cotumix 

 pecforalis; Myadestes unicolor; Passer luteus; Bare-throated Francolin, Pternistes 

 leucoscepus; Chrysotis vinacea; Palceornis longicauda; Aprosmictus erythrop- 

 terus; two Hanging Parakeets, Loriculus stigmatus; Sordid Parrot, Pionus 

 sordidus. Skull and sternum: Mexican Black Hawk, Hawk-headed Parrot. 

 Several birds' nests from Pecos, Texas. 



Reptiles and Batrachians. 



Miss Fanny Batten. Two specimens of Phrynosoma cornutum, Texas. 

 C. R. Biederman. Eublepharis variegatus, Arizona. 

 Charles Clappier. Several specimens of Plethodon erythronotus. 

 Miss L. Fell. Two Phrynosoma cornutum. 



