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From EDGAR F. RANDOLPH, Morristown, N. J. : 



SOUTH AMERICAN MARSH DEER, (Blastoceros paludosus). Antlers. (Plate XVII, Fig. 5.) 

 SWAMP DEER, (Blastoceros campestris). Antlers. 

 ADDAX ANTELOPE, (Addax naso-maculatus) . Horns. 



By means of a contribution in cash from Mr. Randolph, the three rare 

 and very desirable specimens mentioned above were purchased for the Collec- 

 tion, from Fred. Sauter. The antlers of the Swamp Deer came into Mr. 

 Sauter's hands "by accident, for the first time in many years," and it was a 

 great satisfaction to be able to secure them. The Marsh Deer antlers (Plate 

 XVII, Fig. 5) are unusually large, and the horns of the desert -born Addax 

 are rarely seen in collections. 



From ALEXANDER BROWN, Bryn Mawr, Penn.: 



GREATER KUDU, (Strepsiceros kudu). Horns. (Plate XVII, Fig. 4.) 



With a cash contribution from Mr. Brown, a great bargain in Kudu horns 

 was secured. It is to be remembered that by reason of the need for two com- 

 plete series of heads and horns, to be arranged geographically and zoologically, 

 two specimens of each horned and tusked species are absolutely necessary. 

 Mr. Brown's gift provides our second specimen of horns of the Greater Kudu ; 

 but later on we must look for two mounted heads, also. 



From WILLIAM JAMRACH, 63 Lordship Road, Stoke Newington, London : 



WILD YAK, (Bos grunniens). Horns. (Plate XVI, Fig. 9.) 



TIBETAN ARGALI, (Ovis hodgsoni). Horns. (Plate XVI, Fig. 6.) 



CHIRU; TIBETAN ANTELOPE, (Pantholops hodgsoni). Horns. (Plate XVI, Fig. 7.) 



Mr. Jamrach's gift is the first one from beyond the Atlantic; and it rep- 

 resents the heart of Asia. For many years Mr. Jamrach has maintained lines 

 of communication reaching into the home of the Markhor, the Arcal Sheep, 

 the Tibetan Argali and the Himalayan Ibex. The Takin horns in the 

 "nucleus collection," representing one of the rarest and least known large ani- 

 mals of the old world, came from him. 



All three of the species represented by this very interesting gift are new 

 to the Collection, and fill important gaps in the zoological series. The Tibetan 

 Argali horns are particularly desirable in our Ovis series. They differ from 

 those of the Siberian Argali by being much shorter, and also smaller at the tip. 

 But for the rounded front angle, and their many heavy rings, they might 

 easily be mistaken for the horns of our Rocky Mountain Big-Horn, (O. cana- 

 densis). 



