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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 buft'alo, rhinoc- 

 eros, kudu, waterbuck, Indian bison, Indian buft'alo, and many 

 other species. It was presented by Mr. George J. Goi:ld. 



Mr. E. J. House, of Pittsburgh, has contributed a Grevy 

 zebra, Grant zebra, black rhinoceros, reticulated giraffe and 

 Atlantic walrus. ^Ir. 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 

 PhiJadelphia, has given a mountain sheep head from Lower Cali- 

 fornia ; Mr. Carl Rungius has given the most southerly moose 

 ever taken, and ]\Ir. 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. 

 Xorton has given tusks of norwhal and Atlantic walrus ; Mr. 

 John M. Phillips has contributed an extra large mountain goat 

 head ; Mr. Edward P. Earned, an Atlantic walrus skull ; Mr. John 

 R. Bradley, an Altai ibex head ; and Mr. F. S. Billings, of Wood- 

 stock, \^ermont, a mountain sheep head. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



Durir.g the year the Annual Report and four Bulletins have 

 been published and sent to all the members of this Society. 

 Brochure, Xo. II, on the X^ational 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 Matilda W. Bruce, 



Mrs. George W. Collord, 



Mr. E. W. D.wis. 



Mr. Charles R. Henderson, 



Mr. J. W. PiNCHOT. 



j\Ir. George W. Quintard. 



Mr. Eu(;i-:xi-: Scim-.FFKLix. 



