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Isle of Wight, England, and a Javan jnngle fowl, a black-winged peacock, and otlier 

 birds from Mr. Homer Davenport, Morris Plains, N. J. The lUshop Musenm, of 

 Honoluln, jn-esented about 40 bird skins, including several species not previously 

 represented in the Museum collection, and about 300 interesting sj)ecimens from 

 Chiriqui, Costa Rica, including a number of cotypes. Fifty-two bird skins from Hon- 

 duras were obtained from Mr. Outram Bangs, of Boston, partly as a gift and partly 

 in exchange. The most important accession to the oological collection was a fossil 

 egg of Aepyornis maximus from Madagascar. Valuable birds' eggs from Australia, 

 South America, and other countries were also received froni different sources. 



Reptiles irou\ southern Florida were contributed by Mr. E. J. Brown, of Lemon 

 City, and a fine series of salamanders was presented by INIessrs. Brimley and Sherman, 

 of Raleigh, N. C. From Prof. P. Biolley, of the National Museum of San Jose, Costa 

 Rica, there were obtained several very interesting specimens, including a new gecko, 

 described by Doctor Stejneger as Sphierodaciylus pacificus. Eighteen snakes from the 

 Island of Cyprus were purchased from Giacomo Cecconi, of Florence, Italy. 



The accessions to tlie collection of fishes were numerous and important. Dr. O. P. 

 Jenkins, of Leland Stanford Junior University, donated 42 types of Hawaiian fishes, 

 constituting a second installment of a series of types the first of which were trans- 

 mitted in 1901. A valua])le collection of types and cotypes of Japanese fishes was 

 received from Dr. Da^'id S. Jordan, president of the same university. A large sal- 

 mon, W'eighing about 50 jjounds, taken at Cascapedia, Canada, was presented by Dr. 

 S. Weir Mitchell, of Philadelphia. A deep-sea jielican fish, captured at a depth of 

 between 2,000 and 3,000 fathoms, during the survey for the Pacific cable, was trans- 

 mitted by the officers of the U. S. S. Nero, and a large conger eel was received from 

 Mr. Louis Mowbray, of Bermuda, through the New York Acpiarium. 



Besides the moUusks ol)tained by the Fish Commission expedition to the Hawaiian 

 Islands a number of well-iireserve<l land shells from the same region were donated 

 by Mr. W. H. Henshaw, of Hilo, Hawaii. Interesting collections of shells were also 

 received from Dr. Henry Loomis, Yokohama, Japan; Mr. F. A. Wood worth, San 

 Francisco, Cal.; Mrs. T. S. Oldroyd, Burnett, Cal., and the Imperial Academy of 

 Sciences, St. Petersburg. A specimen of the rare Valuta mamilla Sby., from Tasma- 

 nia, and other valuable Australian shells, were also added to the mollusk collection. 



Among the most important additions to the entomological division were a collec- 

 tion of over 19,000 specimens of gall wasps, parasites, etc., from Canada, transmitted 

 by the Department of Agriculture; a series of Costa Rican insects of different orders 

 purchased from 3Ir. P. Schild, of New York City; 2,000 specimens of Chilean insects 

 from Mr. E. C. Reed, Concepcion, Chile; 277 specimens of African Lepidoptera 

 received in exchange from Dr. Yngve Sjostedt, Stockholm, Sweden; a collection of 

 mites, including types and cotypes, from Prof. Robert Wolcott, of the University of 

 Nebraska; specimens of many orders and comprising types and cotypes, from Prof. 

 T. D. A. Cockerell, East Las Vegas, N. Mex.; about 700 specimens of European Cole- 

 optera from Dr. W. H. Valway, Cleveland, Ohio, and a valuable series of Venezuelan 

 ClclndeUidx and Scarahmdx from Mr. E. A. Klages, of Crafton, Pa. A collection of 

 African butterflies, including examples of several species described by Doctor Auri- 

 villius, was received in exchange from the Royal Natural History Museum, Stoc-k- 

 holm. An important exchange was made with the American Entomological Society, 

 whereby the Museum received 100 species of Mexican and Central American Hyme- 

 noptera, including many cotypes. Thirty-four cotypes of Coleoptera were presented 

 by Prof. H. C. Fall, of Pasadena, Cal. 



The Division of Marine Invertebrates obtained through exchange Math the Museum 

 of Natural History, Paris, France, about 50 species of fresh-water crustaceans. A 

 series of Japanese crustaceans, inchiding many interesting specimens collected by Dr. 

 David S. Jordan and Mr. J. O. Snyder, was presented by the Leland Stanford Junior 

 University. A mmil)er of crustaceans from the Maldive Islands, collected by Mr. 



