REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



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The following is ;i list of specimens mounted during the year 



Primates. 



161(56. Semnopithecu8 siamensis. 



16167. Cercocebus athiops. 



1:5499. Jacchus vulgaris. 



1617U. Lemur flavifrons. 



Carnivora. 



16177. Felis minuta. 

 16176. Felis marmoratus. 

 16324. Felis domesticus (angora). 

 16121. Lynx maculatus. 

 16179. Melivora ratel. 

 16288. Bassaris astuta. 

 16238. Urocyon virginianus. 

 16175. Nandina binotata. 

 16171. Otogale crassicudata. 

 16174. Hemigalea hardmcki. 



16075. 

 16076. 



Ung ulata. 



Cariacus clavatus. Male. 

 Cariacus clavatus. Female. 



( 'hiroptera. 



13251. Rhinolphus hipposideros. 



Bodentia. 



15325. Dasyprocta isthmica. 



16228. Lepus campestris. 



16359. Lepus campestris. 



16335. Mus decumanus. 



16182. Sciurus macrourus. 



16183. Sciurus maximus. 



16184. Sciurus punctaiissimus. 

 15980. Sciurus bicolor. 

 14685. Sciurus niger. 



1(5316. Sciurus hudsonius hudsonius. 

 14433. Sciurus "hudsonius douglassi. 



Marsupialia. 



12881. Didelphys myosurus. 

 16187. Dendrolagus ur sinus. 



Miscellaneous. 



Three Ptarmigans. 

 One Crow. 



Sixty fresh specimens of mammals received during the year and fifty 

 alcoholic specimens were skinned and preserved. Of the sixty fresh 

 animals skinned, thirty-three were collected by the taxidermists, fif- 

 teen were received from the Department of Living Animals, and twelve 

 from the Mammal Department. Thirty-eight skins were also received, 

 dry and alcoholic. There has been some progress in making up into 

 good dry skins the duplicate material on hand. A beginuing has also 

 been made in reducing the number of alcoholic specimens by working 

 them over into dry skins for the reserve collection. 



The following statement relates to dry skins which have been made 

 during the year : 



Primates 7 



Carnivora 33 



Ungulata 2 



Chiroptera 14 



Rodentia 109 



Edentata 2 



Marsupialia 4 



Total 174 



A number of porpoise casts sent to the Cincinnati Exposition having 

 been returned more or less injured, it was decided to put them in good 

 condition, and also to overhaul others on exhibition and in storage. 

 This work has been done almost entirely by Mr. Joseph Palmer and 

 Mr. A. H. Forney. A list of these is as follows, about a dozen remain- 

 ing to be completed another year : 



