100 



EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



goat, a Japanese goat, two guinea pigs, and a few other small inaminaiS. 

 A limited number of mounted si)ecimeus, includiug tlie head of a water 

 buffalo, a paugoliu, a Hying squirrel, and a mole rat, were repaired and 

 put on new stands. 



All mammals dying from the effects of confinement at the National 

 Zoological Park are now received by the taxidermist and by him turned 

 over to the osteological preparator or to the department of birds, rep- 

 tiles, or mammals, as the case may be. The total number of nuimmals 

 received in the flesh during the year was 84, nearly one-half having 

 come from the Zoological Park, as will be seen from the following table: 



Mammals received in the flesli. 



Primates 



Carnivora 



Ungnlata 



ChiroiJtera . . . 



Rodentia 



Insectivora . 

 Marsupialia. . 



Total . . 



From tlio 



National 



Zoological 



Park. 



From 



other 



sourcea. 



A number of skins were received, most of them dry, but some fresh 

 or salted; also a few mounted s])ecimens to be dismouuted. 



Xumber of sldn^ rcceiced. 



Caruivora 

 lIuouiat;i - 



12 



Rodenti.i 11 



Marsupialia 2 



Total 33 



Forty-six skins, mostly of large mammals, were received and pre- 

 pared for the Department of Agriculture. Two liundred and fifteen 

 dry skins were i)repared for the study series of the Museum, as shown 

 in the following table: 



Primates 18 



Caruivora. 72 



Ungulata 33 



Rodeutia 67 



lusectivora 3 



Chiroptera 11 



Edentata 1 



Marstipialia 10 



Total 215 



The number of skins remaining on hand June 30, 1895, was 301), as 

 shown below : 



Primates 29 



Carnivora 203 



Rodentia 35 



Ungulata 78 



Cluroptera 3 



Edentata 3 



Insectivora 1 



Sirenia 1 



Marsupialia 16 



Total 



369 



