REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 29 



lusks from Minnesota and the Philippine Islands were donated by 

 Dr. E. A. Mearns, V. S. Army. A large number of mammals, birds, 

 reptiles, and fishes from the Bahama Islands were secured as the result 

 of the expedition sent out by the Baltimore Geographical Society, and 

 of which Mr. B. A. Bean and Mr. J. H. Riley, of the Museum staff, 

 were members. A valuable collection of birds' eggs and reptiles from 

 Texas was transmitted by the Biological Survey of the Department of 

 Agriculture. Other miscellaneous lots consisted of birds, land shells. 

 and insects from the mountains of Venezuela, and of bats and birds 

 from Barbuda and Antigua islands. 



Noteworthy among the mammals received were a specimen of a 

 remarkable species of bat, Euderma maculatum, presented by Mr. 

 E. O. Wooton, of Mesilla Park, New Mexico; the first authentic 

 specimen of a jaguar from the United States; a rare mouse-deer, 

 Tragulm stanleyanus, obtained from M. Emile Deschamps; a collec- 

 tion of Old World mammals, from Mr. W. Schli'iter; a collection of 

 Japanese mammals, from Mr. T. Tsuchida; some rare forms of bats 

 from the British Museum; a collection of Colombian mammals from 

 the American Museum of Natural History, and a number of bats 

 from Cuba, the gift of Capt. Wirt Robinson, U. S. Army. 



An interesting series of birds of the Philippine Islands was secured 

 by exchange with the museum in Manila. Mr. Homer Davenport, of 

 Hast Orange, New Jersey, donated a number of young pheasants, and 

 Mr. N. C. Brown, of Portland. Maine, a well-prepared series of birds 

 from South Carolina. Four species of birds-of-paradise, new to the 

 collection, were purchased. Dr. W. L. Ralph, of the Museum staff, 

 and Gen. J. W. Barlow made generous contributions to the collection 

 of birds 1 eggs, and series of rare Mexican eggs and of the eggs of the 

 hoactzin were purchased. 



A collection of Japanese reptiles was presented by Dr. Hugh M. 

 Smith, Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries, and some rare reptiles of 

 southern Florida by Mr. E. J. Brown, of Lemon City, Florida. The 

 Division of Fishes has received a large number of Japanese species 

 from the Leland Stanford Junior University, and a well -prepared 

 series of specimens from Puget Sound, donated by Dr. J. C. Thomp- 

 son, U. S. Navy. A specimen of the Japanese shark, Tlfztsukitria 

 owstoni, 11 feet long, was purchased. 



Hawaiian land shells and other invertebrates were received from 

 Mr. H. W. Henshaw, of Hilo, Hawaii; Dr. II. E. C. Stearns, associate 

 in zoology, now residing in Los Angeles, California, presented an 

 extensive series of west American shells, and Mr. H. N. Lowe and 

 Mrs. Blanche Trask several lots of Californian shells. Mr. E. J. 

 Court, of Washington City, donated a representative series of the 

 land shells of Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia; Mr. 

 D wight Blaney, about 300 shells dredged near Mount Desert. Maine, 



