REPORT OF THE SECRETARY: NATIONAL MUSEUM 95 



the Arctic Ocean, and the only bowhead in any American museum, 

 while in European museums the species is represented by less than 

 half a dozen specimens. From Dr. Plugh M. Smith in Siam 151 

 mammals, supplementing the large collections of previous years, 

 were received. By exchange with 11. J. V. Sody, Buitenzorg, Java, 

 59 mammal skins with skulls from Java and Celebes, were obtained, 

 mostly forms new to the Museum. W. G. Sheldon and Richard 

 Borden presented 03 specimens collected in British Columbia. Dr. 

 R. K. Enders collected in Panama 51 mammals for the Museum, 

 two species being new to the region. Noteworthy among the many 

 specimens obtained from the National Zoological Park by transfer 

 w'cre a young mountain gorilla, Cacojao calvus, IJylohates ag'dis, and 

 a 3'oung fur seal born at the park. Two gibbons (Hylobates hoolock), 

 a species new to the Museum, were obtained in exchange, and a skele- 

 ton of a dugong, from Australia, b.y purchase. 



Birds. — The 456 birdskins and 2 skeletons from Siam sent by Dr. 

 Hugh M. Smith take first place. James Ford collected 169 bird- 

 skins in Alaska, and Dr. A. Wetmore 95 skins and 38 skeletons in 

 the southwestern United States, besides about 100 local birds. A 

 number of species and genera new to the Museum were obtained by 

 exchange, including an Hawaiian honey creeper (Paroreomyza 

 fiammea), 10 forms of hummingbirds, and 13 of other birds. A 

 skin and skeleton of the rare Hawaiian goose {Nesochen sandvicensis) 

 were presented by the Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry 

 at Honolulu, and the first loioAvn nestling wandering tattlers {Hetero- 

 scelus incanus), collected by Joseph S. Dixon, came from the National 

 Park Service. Among transfers of specimens from the National 

 Zoological Park was an egg of the California condor. Eggs of 

 148 forms hitherto not represented in the Museum were obtained 

 in exchange. Percy Shufeldt placed a valuable collection of 2,316 

 birdskins on deposit in the division. 



Reptiles and amphibians. — The largest additions of the year came 

 from Dr. C. E. Burt, the most important being collected for the 

 Museum during a trip to the upper reaches of the Tennessee and 

 Cumberland Rivers, when he obtained 1,491 specimens. He also 

 donated 1,325 specimens from the West. An important collection 

 from Puerto Rico containing topotype material of some recently 

 described frogs was the result of G. S. Miller's visit to that island 

 early in 1932. Three small herpetological collections obtained from 

 French Indo-China are highly important as the locality was not 

 represented in the Museum collections previously, except for a few 

 specimens recently received. From the National Zoological Park 

 the division received by transfer an unusually interesting lot of 

 animals, among which is a series of the pipa, or Surinam toad. A 

 splendidly preserved series of Californian Batrachoseps is of great 



