CS REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, L901. 



presented to the Museum. Later, as already stated, arrangements 

 were made with him to collect small mammals from type localities in 

 Florida, especially along the Kissimmee River. He obtained about 

 300 mammals, some 600 birds, including many in plumages not previ- 

 ously represented in the Museum collections, such as the downy young 

 of the Florida Dusky duck, etc.; also many birds? eggs, including five 

 eggs of the Florida Dusky duck. Anas fulvigula, and large numbers 

 of reptiles, among which was a fine series of skulls and skeletons of 

 the -oft shelled turtle. Platypeltis spinifer. 



Notice was taken in last year's report of an expedition to Venezuela 

 by (apt. Wirt Robinson. U. S. Army, with whom was associated Mr. 

 M. \V. Lyon, jr. The collectors succeeded in obtaining a considerable 

 quantity of material, including mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects. 

 The collection was rich in bats and included some beautifully preserved 

 reptiles, among which were two new species of snakes. Pst udoboa rob- 

 insoni and Phrynonaz lyoni. 



In the spring of L901, Prof. J. B. Steere was authorized to make 

 collection- of characteristic reptiles and fish of the Amazon River for 

 exhibition at the Pan-American Exposition. He was successful in 

 this work, and obtained also a fine adult skeleton of the Amazon por- 

 poise, Tnia aniasonica, some interesting wasps' nests, and other objects. 



'The mammal collection from southern Europe obtained by Mr. Dane 

 Coolidge, already mentioned, included what is probably the best series 

 of Italian rodents now in existence. The collection of mammals made 

 by Mr. G. S. Miller, jr., in Madison County, New York, contains 

 about 200 specimens. 



The .Museum had the good fortune to obtain from Mrs. E. D. Cope, 

 by purchase, a specimen of the extinct Philip Island parrot. Nestor 

 prod/uctus. There are now two specimens of this bird in the Museum. 

 Only about twelve specimens are known to be preserved. 



In the middle of the year the Museum purchased the private collec- 

 tion of Mr. Robert Ridgway, containing about 1,100 North and Cen- 

 tral American birds, including many in the first plumages, and all 

 exceedingly perfect specimens. There were no duplicates in the 



collections. 



The type of a supposed new Mountain Chickadee, Parus gambeli 

 tlunj, /■/. was presented by the late F. J. Birtwell. 



Mr. ( '. B. Kloss presented a representative series of 56 birds from 

 Singapore Island. Malay Peninsula. Capt. II. C. Benson, U. S. Army, 

 presented an excellent collection of nests and eggs of Philippine birds, 

 accompanied in the majority of cases by specimens of the birds. A 

 pair of the rare Stitch birds of New Zealand was purchased; also six 

 skin< of th.' imperial parrot of Dominica Island. West Indies; and four 

 Birds of Paradise, including the rare Pteridophora alberti, a species 



