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States, though the range of the species was considered as including 

 the southern part of that State. 



A specimen of the very rare mouse-deer, Tragulus stanleyanus, was 

 purchased from M. Emile Deschamps. 



A miscellaneous collection of^Old World mammals, including repre- 

 sentatives of two new species, was purchased from Mr. W. Schli'iter. 



A collection of Japanese mammals was purchased from Mr. T. 

 Tsuchida. A large collection of bats from Vera Cruz, Mexico, was 

 purchased, and by exchange with the British Museum six exception- 

 ally rare bats, belonging to genera not represented in the national 

 collection, were acquired. By exchange with the American Museum 

 of Natural History, a collection of 51 Colombian mammals was obtained. 



Birds. — In addition to the birds presented by Doctors Abbott and 

 Mearns, and those acquired from the Biological Survey and the Balti- 

 more Geographical Society above mentioned, a few other especially 

 interesting accessions deserve notice. Mr. Homer Davenport, of East 

 Orange, New Jersey, presented 20 3 7 oung pheasants. Pheasants in 

 these early stages, which are valuable in the study of the arrangement 

 of feathers, are difficult to obtain. Mr. N. C. Brown, of Portland, 

 Maine, presented an especially well-prepared series of 267 birds from 

 South Carolina. By exchange with the Philippine Museum, at Manila, 

 an excellent series of well-prepared Philippine birds, comprising about 

 200 specimens, was obtained. Four species of birds-of -paradise not 

 previous^ represented in the national collection were purchased, as 

 well as 215 specimens of birds from the mountains of Venezuela, com- 

 prising several species neAv to the Museum and including man}^ speci- 

 mens valuable for comparison in connection with the work on "Birds 

 of North and Middle America." Some of the humming-birds in this 

 collection are rare in museums. 



Of birds' eggs, Dr. W. L. Ralph added many interesting specimens 

 to his previous donations, and some excellent specimens were presented 

 by Gen. J. W. Barlow. A collection of rare Mexican eggs and 13 

 eggs of the hoactzin, also very rare, were purchased. 



Reptiles. — Dr. Hugh M. Smith, Deput} r Commissioner of Fisheries, 

 presented a collection of 158 reptiles which he collected in Japan. 

 This material has been of much service to Doctor Stejneger, who is 

 engaged in preparing a work on the reptile fauna of Japan. Mr. E. J. 

 Brown, of Lemon City, Florida, presented 17 rare reptiles from south- 

 ern Florida, among which were specimens of a new species of spread- 

 ing adder, described by Doctor Stejneger under the name of Ileterodon 

 hrovMti. 



Fishes. — The Stanford University presented 10 lots of fishes from 

 Japan, comprising t} T pes and cotypes of species collected and described 

 by Dr. David S. Jordan and Mr. Snyder. One lot of excellently-pre- 

 pared fishes from Puget Sound was presented by Dr. J. C. Thompson, 



