TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 75 



the whole, our efforts have been quite successful, and despite 

 changes and economies once believed impossible, our collections 

 never were in better general condition. 



Among the year's accessions, the most important were 

 those brought by Mr. Ellis S. Joseph, who arrived from Aus- 

 tralia in July, with a great assortment of birds and mammals. 

 Among the more striking were two tawny frogmouths, {Podar- 

 giis strigoideH sfrigoides) ; two Count Raggi's birds of paradise, 

 (Pamdisea raggiuna) ; a white goshawk, (Leucospiza novae- 

 • hollandiac) ; two regent birds, {Sericidu^ chriisocephalus chry- 

 socephaliis) ; a pheasant coucal, {PolopMlus phaaianus phasian- 

 us) ; a northern flock pigeon, (Hist)'iophaps histrionica alistera) ; 

 two purple-crowned fruit pigeons, (Piilopodwcus coro7udatus) , 

 and two amethyst pigeons, (Phlogoenaf^ kubaryi), from the Ruk 

 and Caroline Islands. This certainly was the finest collection of 

 Australasian birds ever received by us. 



The Tropical Research Station contributed a number of de- 

 sirable birds, including the rare imperial Amazon parrot, (Ama- 

 zona imperialis) , a Guiana hawk-headed parrot, (Deroptyus ac- 

 cipitriniis accipitrinns) , several toucans and numerous small 

 birds. From a local dealer we obtained an uncommonly fine 

 specimen of the rare Brazilian hawk-headed parrot, (Deroptyiis 

 accipitrinus fuscifrovs), so that we now have representatives of 

 each form of this attractive bird. 



The Loring African Expedition, returning late in January, 

 brought a number of birds, for division among the zoological 

 parks of Washington, Philadelphia and New York. To our lot, 

 among others, fell a pair of the lovely white-crested touracos, 

 {T uracils corythaix) , once fairly common in the market, but now 

 never seen; a jackal buzzard, (Buteo jackal), a spotted eagle 

 owl, (Bubo maculosus) , and a pair of horned guinea fowl, {Nu- 

 mida coronata) . 



Among the few birds which reached us via England, through 

 a New York dealer, were four beautiful Indian hill partridges, 

 (Arbo)icola torqueola) ; a pair of African yellow-billed ducks, 

 {Anas undulata), a mallard-like species not previously repre- 

 sented in our collection, and two wedge-tailed fruit pigeons, 

 (Sphenocercus sphenums) . We now have five species of these 

 brilliantly plumaged but delicate birds, as follows : The nutmeg 

 fruit pigeon (MynnisHcivom bicolor spilorrhoa) , from Aus- 

 tralia; the blue-tailed (Carpophaga concinna) , Aru Islands; the 



