﻿REDOUT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  89 
  

  

  -Doctor 
  Mann 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  congratulated 
  on 
  his 
  success 
  in 
  bringing 
  to 
  

   the 
  country 
  live 
  representatives 
  of 
  several 
  species 
  from 
  Bolivia 
  and 
  

   western 
  Brazil 
  that 
  have 
  never 
  before 
  been 
  shown. 
  The 
  red-faced 
  

   spider 
  monkey, 
  black-headed 
  woolly 
  monkey, 
  pale 
  capuchin, 
  choliba 
  

   screech 
  owl, 
  Bolivian 
  penelope, 
  short-tailed 
  parrot, 
  Maximilian's 
  

   parrot, 
  blue-headed 
  parrot, 
  Cassin's 
  macaw, 
  golden-crowned 
  paro- 
  

   quet, 
  Weddell's 
  paroquet, 
  orange-wanged 
  paroquet, 
  and 
  golden- 
  

   winged 
  paroquet 
  are 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  collection. 
  These 
  and 
  other 
  rarities 
  

   are 
  mostly 
  from 
  the 
  Rio 
  Beni, 
  Bolivia, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  Rio 
  Madeira, 
  

   Brazil, 
  localities 
  from 
  which 
  animals 
  seldom 
  find 
  their 
  way 
  into 
  

   collections. 
  Other 
  species, 
  including 
  such 
  rare 
  birds 
  as 
  the 
  festive 
  

   parrot, 
  Amazonian 
  caique, 
  and 
  white-backed 
  trumpeter, 
  while 
  not 
  

   new 
  to 
  the 
  park 
  records," 
  are 
  unusual. 
  There 
  were 
  also 
  some 
  showy 
  

   birds 
  and 
  small 
  mammals 
  from 
  the 
  lower 
  Amazon 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  an 
  

   excellent 
  collection 
  of 
  living 
  reptiles. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  pro- 
  

   portion 
  of 
  rare 
  species 
  it 
  contained 
  and 
  the 
  unusually 
  good 
  condi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  on 
  arrival, 
  the 
  Mulford 
  Explorations 
  collection 
  

   easily 
  ranks 
  as 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  accession 
  received 
  from 
  tropical 
  

   America 
  in 
  some 
  years. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  J. 
  La 
  Varre, 
  jr., 
  continuing 
  his 
  donations 
  from 
  personal 
  

   exploration 
  of 
  out-of-the-way 
  parts 
  of 
  South 
  America, 
  presented 
  

   28 
  birds 
  and 
  mammals 
  from 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  British 
  Guiana. 
  Con- 
  

   spicuous 
  among 
  these 
  are 
  a 
  cock 
  of 
  the 
  rock, 
  a 
  Hahn's 
  macaw, 
  and 
  

   two 
  dusky 
  parrots, 
  all 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  collection. 
  Mr. 
  La 
  Varre 
  also 
  

   succeeded 
  in 
  landing 
  a 
  young 
  red 
  howler 
  monkey. 
  The 
  cock 
  of 
  the 
  

   rock, 
  a 
  young 
  bird 
  in 
  immature 
  plumage 
  on 
  arrival, 
  has 
  now 
  de- 
  

   veloped 
  into 
  full 
  color 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  showy 
  and 
  attractive 
  

   exhibits 
  in 
  the 
  bird 
  house. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Victor 
  J. 
  Evans, 
  of 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  long 
  a 
  regular 
  con- 
  

   tributor 
  to 
  the 
  collection, 
  purchased 
  and 
  placed 
  on 
  indefinite 
  de- 
  

   posit 
  a 
  Cape 
  great-eared 
  fox 
  and 
  two 
  yellow-billed 
  hornbills, 
  both 
  

   species 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  park. 
  The 
  long-eared 
  fox, 
  received 
  

   from 
  South 
  Africa, 
  is 
  doubtless 
  the 
  first 
  representative 
  of 
  its 
  species 
  

   ever 
  exhibited 
  alive 
  in 
  America. 
  

  

  Sixty-eight 
  individual 
  donors 
  contributed 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  during 
  

   the 
  year. 
  The 
  complete 
  list 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Benjamin 
  E. 
  Abbott, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  Virginia 
  opossum. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Arthur 
  A. 
  Allen, 
  Ithaca, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  10 
  greater 
  scaup 
  ducks. 
  

  

  American 
  Express 
  Co., 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  4 
  chipmunks. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  R. 
  P. 
  Andrews, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  Cuban 
  parrot. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Carl 
  Bandrexler, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  copperhead. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Murrell 
  Barkley, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  2 
  tovi 
  paroquets. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Baum, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  alligator. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  William 
  R. 
  Bedell, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  blue-fronted 
  parrot. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  John 
  M. 
  Blanton, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  Texas 
  red 
  wolf. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Grace 
  Boone, 
  New 
  Midway, 
  Md., 
  American 
  coot. 
  

  

  