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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  fisheries 
  advisor 
  to 
  the 
  King 
  of 
  Siam. 
  The 
  material 
  obtained 
  this 
  

   year, 
  supplementing 
  that 
  mentioned 
  in 
  previous 
  reports, 
  has 
  included 
  

   a 
  number 
  of 
  forms, 
  particularly 
  in 
  birds, 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  new 
  to 
  

   science. 
  

  

  Collections 
  from 
  Haiti, 
  through 
  the 
  financial 
  assistance 
  of 
  Dr. 
  

   W. 
  L. 
  Abbott, 
  have 
  included 
  large 
  series 
  of 
  plants 
  from 
  the 
  north- 
  

   western 
  part 
  of 
  that 
  country 
  secured 
  by 
  E. 
  C. 
  Leonard, 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  

   of 
  plants, 
  in 
  the 
  prosecution 
  of 
  his 
  field 
  studies 
  for 
  a 
  flora 
  of 
  the 
  

   island. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  there 
  were 
  obtained 
  further 
  collections 
  of 
  

   bones 
  of 
  extinct 
  animals 
  from 
  cave 
  deposits 
  through 
  the 
  field 
  re- 
  

   searches 
  of 
  A. 
  J. 
  Poole 
  and 
  W. 
  M. 
  Perrygo, 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  staff, 
  who, 
  

   in 
  addition, 
  collected 
  series 
  of 
  birds 
  and 
  reptiles 
  to 
  supplement 
  earlier 
  

   collections 
  in 
  these 
  same 
  fields. 
  Doctor 
  Abbott 
  further 
  presented 
  an 
  

   excellent 
  collection 
  of 
  Siamese 
  mammals 
  which 
  were 
  obtained 
  during 
  

   an 
  expedition 
  under 
  his 
  auspices. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  valuable 
  accessions 
  in 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  mammals 
  

   has 
  been 
  the 
  complete 
  skeleton 
  of 
  an 
  adult 
  sperm 
  whale, 
  presented 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Ippei 
  Yokoyama, 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  Oriental 
  Whaling 
  Co., 
  

   through 
  the 
  interest 
  of 
  Prof, 
  Chiyomatsu 
  Ishikawa. 
  It 
  was 
  brought 
  

   to 
  this 
  country 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Japanese 
  ambassador, 
  the 
  

   Hon. 
  Katsuji 
  Debuchi. 
  Another 
  accession 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  consisted 
  

   of 
  27 
  mammal 
  skulls 
  from 
  India, 
  received 
  as 
  a 
  gift 
  from 
  Gen. 
  William 
  

   Mitchell. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  Bradshaw 
  Hall 
  Swales 
  fund 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  birds 
  secured 
  

   by 
  purchase 
  45 
  specimens 
  of 
  species 
  not 
  previously 
  represented 
  in 
  its 
  

   series. 
  Through 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  there 
  were 
  obtained 
  by 
  

   purchase 
  from 
  J. 
  A. 
  Eeis, 
  jr., 
  177 
  skeletons 
  of 
  birds 
  from 
  Cameroon, 
  

   numbering 
  about 
  116 
  species, 
  a 
  valuable 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  skeleton 
  col- 
  

   lection. 
  Eggs 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  condor, 
  a 
  bird 
  nearly 
  extinct 
  in 
  the 
  

   wild 
  state, 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Homer 
  W. 
  Smith, 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  presented 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   the 
  lung 
  fishes 
  of 
  Africa. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  accessions 
  in 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  insects 
  has 
  

   been 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  Lepidoptera 
  received 
  as 
  a 
  permanent 
  deposit 
  

   from 
  the 
  Brooklyn 
  Museum, 
  which 
  included 
  more 
  than 
  60,000 
  speci- 
  

   mens, 
  with 
  types 
  of 
  about 
  650 
  species. 
  

  

  The 
  division 
  of 
  molhisks 
  obtained 
  about 
  200,000 
  land 
  shells 
  from 
  

   Cuba, 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Paul 
  Bartsch, 
  traveling 
  under 
  the 
  Walter 
  

   Rathbone 
  Bacon 
  Traveling 
  Scholarship. 
  

  

  Geology. 
  — 
  The 
  meteorite 
  collection 
  has 
  secured 
  through 
  purchase 
  

   under 
  the 
  Roebling 
  fund 
  an 
  iron 
  weighing 
  1,000 
  pounds 
  from 
  the 
  

   Zuni 
  Mountains 
  south 
  of 
  Grant, 
  N. 
  Mex. 
  A 
  smaller 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  type, 
  also 
  purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Roebling 
  fund, 
  was 
  secured 
  from 
  

   Red 
  River 
  County, 
  Tex., 
  while 
  a 
  third 
  came 
  from 
  near 
  Lawrence, 
  

   Kans. 
  

  

  