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most important group is the collection of Dr. A. Donaldson 
Smith, from Somaliland, south of Abyssinia, and also from India. 
This series contains heads of giraffe, Abyssinian buffalo, rhinoc- 
eros, kudu, waterbuck, Indian bison, Indian buffalo, and many 
other species. It was presented by Mr. George J. Gould. 
Mr. E. J. House, of Pittsburgh, has contributed a Grevy 
zebra, Grant zebra, black rhinoceros, reticulated giraffe and 
Atlantic walrus. Mr. Henry Disston, of Philadelphia, has pre- 
sented two pairs of Eland horns, one of which is the world’s 
record pair for length. The Caughnawana Club, of Quebec, has 
presented a sixty-five-inch moose head; Mr. Wilson Potter of 
Philadelphia, has given a mountain sheep head from Lower Cali- 
fornia; Mr. Carl Rungius has given the most southerly moose 
ever taken, and Mr. Frank Hart, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 
has contributed a fine collection of twelve pairs of rare horns and 
antlers. Mr. Harry Edwards, of Fairbanks, Alaska, has pre- 
sented two pairs of antlers of Osborn caribou; Mr. George F. 
Norton has given tusks of norwhal and Atlantic walrus; Mr. 
John M. Phillips has contributed an extra large mountain goat 
head; Mr. Edward P. Larned, an Atlantic walrus skull; Mr. John 
R. Bradley, an Altai ibex head; and Mr. F. S. Billings, of Wood- 
stock, Vermont, a mountain sheep head. 
PUBLICATIONS. 
During the year the Annual Report and four Bulletins have 
been published and sent to all the members of this Society. 
Brochure, No. II, on the National Collection of Heads and 
Horns, was prepared and sent out to a selected list of the mem- 
bers of the Society. The special publications are sent free to 
any member desiring them. 
OBITUARY. 
The Committee reports with regret that during the past year 
the following life members have passed away: 
Miss Maritpa W. Bruce, 
Mrs. GEORGE W. CoLiorp, 
Mr. E. W. Davis, 
Mr. CHarLtes R. HENDERSON, 
Mr. J. W. PIncHOoT, 
Mr. GeorceE W. QUINTARD, 
Mr. EuGENE SCHIEFFELIN. 
