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NATIONAL COLLECTION OF HEADS AND HORNS. 



The only sources of income for this fund are transfers made 

 from the general income account of the Society and private 

 subscriptions. There have been no transfers or subscriptions to 

 this fund during the year, and expenditures of only $18.61 have 

 been made; leaving the balance on hand, December 31, 1918, of 

 $107.16. 



The acquisitions during the year by gift and purchase are 

 as follows : 



From Mr. Archibald Harrison, Manila, Philippine Islands: 

 Four skulls and horns and head skins of Gaur. 

 Skull and horns of "Bo-dung." 

 Skull and horns of an adult bull Tamarao. 

 Mounted head of a young female Tamarao. 

 Skull and antlers of Philippine Sambar Deer. 

 Two tiger skulls. 



From Mr. John R. Bradley, New York City : 

 Mounted head of Gemsbock. 

 One Dik-Dik Antelope, mounted entire. 

 Mounted head of Goitred Gazelle. 



From Mr. William F. Velton, New York City: 



Two mounted heads, with interlocked antlers, of Texan 

 White-tailed Deer. 



HEADS AND HORNS MUSEUM. 



War conditions necessitated the postponement of the con- 

 struction of the Heads and Horns Museum, but the subscriptions 

 to this fund, with one exception, have all been paid in and an 

 additional $10,000 has been guaranteed by the individual mem- 

 bers of the Executive Committee. The entire amount, $80,000, 

 has been invested in S^.2% Liberty Bonds. There was a small un- 

 invested balance on hand December 31, 1918, of $5.55. 



WILD LIFE PROTECTION. 



The work of the Society in this field has been financed dur- 

 ing the year by the Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund and 



