(>8 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1903. 



Mr. A. Boucard were purchased two rare birds of paradise, Paradisea 

 gxulielmi and Bhijndomis ijuiUdmi-IIL A pair of rare flio-htless 

 cormonints from the Galapagos Islands, and about 300 birds from 

 this group and the islands ofi' the west coast of Mexico, including a 

 series of Wei<omiimis trifasciatus, were also purchased. The Bishop 

 Museum, Honolulu, presented a collection of the birds of Guam, com- 

 posing about 44 specimens, representing species not previously con- 

 tained in the Government collection. Mr. Outram Bangs, of Boston, 

 presented about 50 desirable Honduras birds, and about 300 specimens 

 from Chiri({ui, Costa Rica, were obtained from him in exchange. The 

 I>iological Survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture, transmitted a 

 line collection of birds' eggs from diii'erent parts of North America. 



Reptiles and, hat rack lans. — Messrs. Brimley and Sherman presented 

 a fine series of salamanders from North Carolina, and Mr. H J. Brown 

 a number of rare reptiles from southern Florida. In a siuall collec- 

 tion from Cocos Island, Costa Rica, presented by Prof. P. Biolley, 

 were five specimens of a new gecko, described by Doctor Stejneger 

 under the name of SplixTodactylus jMcificxLS. 



Fishes. — The accessions of fishes w^ere remarkable on account of the 

 number of type specimens and cotypes included among them. An 

 especially important accession consisted of 42 types of species of 

 Hawaiian fishes, collected in 1889 and described l)y Dr. O. P. Jenkins, 

 of Stanford University. These were donated to the Museum by Doc- 

 tor Jenkins, and are a continuation of the series presented in 1001. A 

 collection of Japanese fishes, comprising- 75 species, of which 3 were 

 represented b}^ t3^pes and 16 by cot3'pes, was presented by Stanford 

 University. The}'^ were collected by President D. S. Jordan, by the 

 University of Tokyo, and by K. Otaki. Included with them were the 

 t^'pes of Bryostemvia tarsodes and JJryolophus lysi/mcs, two species 

 obtained near Unalaska Island by the Alhat^'oss. The types of the Jap- 

 anese species Draconetta xenlca and Cyttojjsis itea were also received 

 during the year. 



Among single specimens of interest should be mentioned a very large 

 pipe-fish, Fistularla taljaccaria., 4i feet long, from Campeche Bank, 

 Mexico, presented by E. E. Saunders & Co. Dr. S. Wier Mitchell 

 presented a large salmon weighing 47 pounds, taken by him at Cas- 

 capedia, Quel)ec. Casts of this fine fish and of the pipe-fish were made 

 for the exhi))ition series. A deep-sea pelican-fish, genus Gastrostomus., 

 was received during the year from the U. S. S. Nero. It was obtained 

 during the survey for the trans-Pacific cable at a depth of between 

 2,000 and 3,000 fathoms. Mr. Louis Mobray, of Bermuda, obtained 

 a living specimen of the large Conger eel, Channomur»na vlttata, and 

 sent it to the New York Aquarium. Upon its death, which occurred 

 in a few months, it was sent to the Museum by the director of the 

 aquarium, at the suggestion of Prof. C. L. Bristol. Dr. J. C. Thomp- 



