36 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1900. 



Two collections of European mammals, comprising 185 specimens, 

 were purchased. The proprietors of Forepaugh and Sells Brothers' 

 shows presented an African rhinoceros which died in their menagerie. 



Skeletons of the aye-aye, potto, and a porpoise {NeomeriK) were pur- 

 chased, and skeletons of a guanaco and a spotted hyena were obtained 

 from the National Zoological Park. 



Among birds a very interesting addition was the skeleton of Harris's 

 cormorant, received in exchange from Leland Stanford Junior Univer- 

 sity. It is at present the only known skeleton of this rare species. 

 A vakiable collection of Hawaiian birds, containing about 500 speci- 

 mens, was purchased from Mr. H. W. Henshaw. Mr. Outram Bangs 

 presented a collection of about 800 Colombian and Panama birds. 

 From Maj. W. A. Glassford, U. S. A., was received a specimen of 

 the Cuban Macaw {Ara tricolor)^ which is now believed to be extinct. 

 Dr. E. A. Mearns, U. S. A. , presented a number of reptiles which he 

 collected in Texas. 



. An excellent collection of Japanese fishes, including the t^'pes of 

 14 hew forms, was presented by the Leland Stanford Junior Univer- 

 sity, through Dr. David S. Jordan. These were supplemented by col- 

 lections from the same region transmitted by the Fish Coumiission, 

 together with Alaskan, Hawaiian, and Californian fishes. A collection 

 of fishes of the Red Sea, in an especially fine state of preservation, and 

 also fishes of the Mediterranean, were obtained from the Museo Civico, 

 Milan, Italy. New Zealand fishes were obtained from the Public 

 Museum at Wanganui. 



Mr. Barton A. Bean made a collection of fishes in the vicinity of 

 Woods Hole, Mass., in which were included the young of a number of 

 southern forms not previously found so far north. 



Among mollusks the most interesting addition was a fine collection 

 of some 800 specimens of South Australian shells received in exchange 

 from Walter D. Reed, esq., of Adelaide. A small series of rare shells 

 was received from the Bishop Memorial Museum, Honolulu, and Mr. 

 Dall also presented specimens collected b}' himself in the Hawaiian 

 Islands. 



A valuable series of land shells from the Galapagos Islands was 

 received from the Leland Stanford Junior Universit}^ and the Museum 

 series is now probably unsurpassed. Rare land shells from the 

 Hawaiian Islands were presented by Mrs. Henrietta D. Walcott, of 

 Dedham, Mass. Mr. B. H. Wright, of Penn Yan, N. Y., continued 

 his generous donations of type specimens of river mussels (Naiades) 

 from the South and West. 



Many fine shells have been added to the Pacific coast series by cor- 

 respondents in California, among whom should be mentioned Mrs. T. 

 S. Oldroyd, Prof. F. W. Kelsey, and Hon. Delos Arnold. 



