24 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1906. 
Lakes; corals, with commensal annelids, and sponges from the region 
about Panama; and corals from the South Pacific. There were also 
many mollusks, chiefly from the Pacific Ocean. 
Maj. Edgar A. Mearns, surgeon, U.S. Army, contributed about 150 
specimens of birds from the Philippine Islands and Guam, including 
several species new to the Museum, and a large number of rats and 
shrews from Manila and vicinity. 
Among the additions specifically to the division of mammals was a 
mounted specimen of the handsome broad-horned antelope, Huryceros 
euryceros, from West Africa, collected by Mr. W. N. McMillan and 
presented by Mrs. McMillan. This genus had not previously been 
represented in the Museum. The British Museum transmitted in 
exchange a collection of small mammals from Borneo, China, Africa, 
and Australia, consisting mainly of species new to the National 
Museum; the Copenhagen University Zoological Museum, specimens 
of the Norwegian wild reindeer and red deer, both of which are 
becoming rare; and the Civic Museum, of Genoa, 51 specimens of bats, 
chiefly from South America, but including two Malayan genera. <A 
collection of small mammals from Java, obtained through the offices 
of the United States consular agent at Padang, Sumatra, are of special 
interest as coming from a region from which many species were 
described at an early date. Among the mammals received from the 
National Zoological Park was a specimen of Grevy’s zebra, a species 
new to the Museum. A small but important collection of birds from 
islands in the Bay of Panama, including specimens of newly described 
species from the type localities, was obtained from the Hon. J. E. 
Thayer in exchange. 
To the division of reptiles and batrachians there was added, as a 
gift from the Science College of the Imperial University of Tokyo, 
a valuable collection from Japan, the Riukiu Archipelago, and For- 
mosa, containing the types of several new forms and species not pre- 
viously in the National Museum. This division also received a small 
but interesting collection from the Philippine Islands, presented by 
Mr, R. C. McGregor; a series of 24 specimens illustrating the devel- 
opment of the spotted-tailed salamander, Spelerpes maculicaudus, the 
gift of Mr. W. L. McAtee and Mr. A. M. Banta; 16 specimens of 
rare North American salamanders, including one new species, Petho- 
don shermani, from Mr. C. 8. Brimley, and 2 specimens of a new 
species of horned toad from Mexico, from Mr. R. L. Ditmars. 
Beside the material from the Bureau of Fisheries, already men- 
tioned, the division of fishes obtained two important accessions. The 
first consisted of specimens from Ecuador and Peru, collected by Mr. 
P. O. Simon; the second of a large number of Mexican species col- 
lected by Dr. S. E. Meek and contributed by the Field Museum of 
Natural History. 
