38 NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF 



riety of the red fo\\ or Vu/pcs fulvus, was received from Dr. Ackley and 

 Dr. Kirtland, of Cleveland. Various kinds of Sorex, and other small 

 mammals, from Reverend Chas. Fox, of Grosse Isle, Michigan.* Thf- 

 fetus of a whale, from the arctic regions, was presented by Lieutenant 

 Maury. The fresh skin and horns of a la How deer {Ctrvus damn), and 

 elk [Elajf/ius canadensis,) by Colonel Tuley, of Clarke coant3% Virginia, 

 whose extensive park contains many fine specimens of these species. 

 A pair of living wild cats {Lynx ritfus,) were sent by Dr; Evans through 

 Dr. D. D. Owen. The most important additions, however, have been 

 received Irom Lieutenant Trowbridge, collected on the Pacific coast, 

 including skins of deer, wolves, Ibxes, hares, lynxes, &c., with many 

 small mammals. In this collection are several new species of hare. 



Birds. — A very large collection of the birds of California was received 

 from Lieutenant Trowbridge, embracing nearly all of the larger aquatic 

 species of the coast, and another from Mr. Cutts. A collection of over 

 100 skins, from Gustavus Wurdemann, at Calc;isieu, Louisiana, in- 

 cluded several ver}' rare and new species. Dr. Brewer presented some 

 specimens from Wisconsin, and Mr. William M. Penrose an albino 

 blackbird from near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 



Reptiles and Jishcs. — As usual, it is in this department that the addi- 

 tions have been greatest. The species of Wisconsin have been received 

 from Dr. Ho}^ and Mr. Barry ; of New Jersey and New York, from 

 Mr. Brevoort and myself; of xMississippi, from Cobnel Wailes and 

 Reverend Benjamin Cfease; of California, from Dr. Newberry, Mr. 

 Bowman, and Lieutenant Trowbridge; of lUinois, from Mr. .J. D. Ser- 

 geant, Robert Kennicott, and Mi'. Harris; of South Carolina, from Pro- 

 fessor Holmes, Mrs. Daniel, and Dr. Barker; of North Carolina, from 

 Mr. Bridger, Mr. McNaii-, and Mr. Lineback; of Louisiana, from Mr. 

 Wurdemann; of Missouri, fi-om Dr. H03', Dr. Engelmann, and Mr. 

 Lear; of Alabama, irom Mr. Edgeworth ; of Minnesota, iVom Mr. 

 Riggs; of Tennessee, from Protessois Owen and Johnson; of Chi- 

 huahua, from Mr. Potts; of Gulf of Mexico, from Lieutenant Wright; 

 of Surinam, from Dr. Wyman ; of Brazil, from Mr. Austin ; of Trinidad 

 and Key West, fiom Professor W. H. Thomas; of Africa, from Dr. 

 Steele ; together with many others. My limited space will not allow 

 me to go into details respecting these collections beyopd stating that 

 those of Lieutenant Trowbridge are the most important, adding, as they 

 do, some fifty new species of fishes alone to the North American fauna. 

 Collections of reptiles deposited hj Dr. Webb, who procured them in 

 northern Mexico, New Mexico, and Texas, are likewise very valuable. 



Quite a large number of living reptiles — snakes, lizards, turtles, &c., 

 were received during the 3-ear, but, owing to the want of means for 

 their proper preservation, few survived. Among those, however, at 

 present in ap[)arent good health, may be mentioned a northern rattle- 

 snake f' Cro;«Z«s- Jwn,ss«5^ from Virginia; the black massasauga,(^C?-oto/o- 

 phorns massasavga,) sent from Ohio by Dr. Kirtland ; six speci- 

 mens of C. tergeniinns, Say, or prairie rattle, from Illinois, by Robert 



* To this gentleman the Institution has been under very great obh'gations for numerous 

 specimens illustrating the zoology of Michigan, accompanied, usually, by copious notes oij 

 the habits and peculiarities of the species. It is with profound regret tliat I liave to record his 

 death by cholera during the past suuuner. 



