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KEPORT OF NATIONAL .MUSEUM, 1892. 



As t lie collections made in this region by tlio earlier Boundary Survey have largely 

 deteriorated, this fresh material is of great interest. 



Mr. 1'. L. Join, who was detailed from the department for held work, made con- 

 siderable collections during the year in .Southern Arizona, and in Sonora and San 

 Luis I'otosi, Mexico. A skin of the coati, Nasua nasica, was obtained by Lieut. 

 John S. Winn. IT. S. Army, in the Huachuca Mountains of Arizona. This is one of 

 the earliest evidences of the presence of this singular animal in the United States. 



The Museum was permitted by Capt. W. H. Cassel to obtain in Druid Hill Park, 

 Baltimore, four Virginia deer— two buck, a doe. and a fawn. The park had become 

 overstocked, and il was necessary to reduce the number. A skeleton of the white- 

 beaked dolphin, Lagenorliyn<?hua albirostris, was received in exchange from Prof. 

 Robert Collett, of Christiania. Norway. 



The mounted skin of a dolphin, Delphinus delphis, from Carmel Hay. California, 

 was purchased. 



Specimens of the rare American bats, Macrotus califomicus and Promops californi- 

 cus, were presented by Mr. George A. Allen. Indian agent in Yuma County. Ariz. 

 Mr. E. Li. Storment also presented a specimen of the latter species and one of Atdla- 

 phtt entered. 



flic President deposited in the Museum an armadillo sent him by Mr. R. R. Skaggs, 

 of Breckenridge, Tex. 



A considerable collection of small mammals from the vicinity of Fort Snelling, 

 Minu., was presented by Dr. Mearns. Small mammals from Texas and. California, 

 needed to till gaps in the study series, were purchased from Mr. C. K. Worthen, of 

 Warsaw, 111 



A number of skeletons of species of ruminants and other mammals previously un- 

 represented in the collections were obtained from the Museum D'Histoire Naturelle 

 in exchange. 



During the year more than 50 mammals, including a moose.:! bears, I goats, and 

 other large forms, were received from the National Zoological Park. While the loss 

 of so many animals by the Park is to be regretted, it seems inseparable from enter- 

 prises of this kind, and is in some, degree counterbalanced by the gain to the Museum. 



No important changes have taken place in the exhibition hall during 



the year, and no groups were added. A tew skins were mounted by 

 the taxidermists, who have had little time, however, to devote to the 

 regular work of the Museum. The chief addition was a portion of 

 the Abbott collection, mounted by Ward's Natural Science Establish- 

 ment. 



The list of new mounted skins is as follows: 



White-collared Mangabey, Gercoccbun col- 



laris. 

 Common Macaque, Macacits cynomolgus. 

 Pig-tailed Macaque, Macacits nemestrinns; 

 Yaguarundi cat. Felis yagiiarundi. 

 Gray wolf, t'aiti* lupus (Florida). 

 Striped skunk, Spilogale sj}.{ semi-albino). 

 Striped ichneumon, Crossarchus munyo 



(Abbott Coll.). 

 Squirrels (4 species). 

 Tana, Tupaia tana. 

 Hedgehog, EHnacens eiuopaius. 

 Giraffe (heads of male and female). 

 White-maned gnu. Connoclicetes taurinus 



(llbajllha/its. 



Reed buck, Eleotragus arundinaceus, 

 Pencil-eared oryx, Oryx callotis. 

 Water buck, Kobus ellipsiprymus. 

 Bush buck, Tragelaphv8 8criptu8roualeynii. 

 Coke's hartebeeste, Alcelaphus cokii. 

 Pallah antelope, Aepyceros melampus. 

 Graut's gazelle. Gazella grantii. 

 Thomson's gazelle, GaeelJa Ihomsonii. 

 Abbott's antelope, Cephaloplus sp a <l i x, 



(Type.) 

 Black-fronted pygmy antelope, Cephalo- 



j>hiis nigrifrons. 

 Damara-land' pygmy antelope, Neotragus 



damarensis. 



This and the succeeding antelopes are all males, from the Abbott collection. 



