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previously represented in the National Museum and very valuable for 

 comparison. Some new species are quite likely to be detected later. 



Dr. E. A. Mearns, U. S. Army, added to his previous donations a 

 number of valuable lots of specimens, comprising 155 mammals from 

 Minnesota, 271 birds from the Philippine Islands, including 1 many 

 rarities, various mollusks, and (conjointly with his son) some interest- 

 ing birds' egga. 



Through an arrangement with the Baltimore Geographical Society, 

 Messrs. B. A. Bean and J. H. Riley, of the Museum scientific staff, 

 made an excellent miscellaneous zoological collection in the Bahama 

 Islands, including many desiderata, especiall} r among fishes. Of the 

 110 species of fishes obtained, many were previously unknown as 

 belonging to the fauna of the Bahamas or were unrepresented in the 

 national collections. Of mammals, 181 specimens were obtained, of 

 which one species was undescribed; of birds, 15(3 specimens, including 

 a new subspecies of night hawk and the second known specimen of 

 the woodpecker Cmturusnyeanus; of reptiles, 73 specimens, including 

 a new large iguana, described by Dr. L. Stejneger. under the name of 

 Cyclura rileyi. 



The Biological Survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture, trans- 

 mitted some valuable birds' eggs and a collection of 377 reptiles from 

 Texas, the result of several years' collecting and the basis of a paper 

 by Mr. Vernon Bailey on the reptile fauna of the "State. One new 

 species of lizard in this collection was described by Doctor Stejneger 

 under the name of Sceloporus merriami. 



Capt. Wirt Robinson, U. S. Army, presented a collection of bats 

 from Cuba and a number of interesting birds. Some 215 birds, a col- 

 lection of land shells, and about 3,000 insects, together with 31 mam- 

 mals, from the mountains of Venezuela were purchased from Mr. M. 

 S. Briceiio. Among the former were many rare humming-birds. 



A collection of 56 bats and 323 birds from Barbuda and Antigua 

 islands was purchased from Mr. H. Selw} T n Branch. The birds repre- 

 sent the fauna of these islands with a great degree of completeness, 

 and comprise several forms not previously known to occur there, as 

 well as a new species of warbler. 



Mammals. — Besides the specimens included in the foregoing miscel- 

 laneous collections, mention should be made of a number of accessions 

 consisting solely of mammals. Mr. E. O. Wooton, of Mesilla Park, 

 New Mexico, presented the second known specimen of a remarkable 

 bat belonging to the fauna of the United States, known as Euderma 

 maculatum. 



A jaguar killed in Texas was purchased from Mr. H. P. Attwater. 

 This is the first authentic specimen of the jaguar from the United 



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