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As I think has been explained to you, these animals have come into possession of 
the Institution without effort, and we have not thought it desirable to refuse them 
since they are in many ways serviceable to the interests of science and to the Museum. 
We now have them and need for the maintenance of this collection during the com- 
ing year the sum asked for in the estimate for appropriations. 
I am, sir, your most obedient servant, 
8. P. Lanatey, Secretary. 
List oF SPECIMENS IN THE COLLECTION oF Livinc AntmaAts, U. S. Narronant Museum. 
Whole number of objects received and cared for, 281.1 
Nore.—The following list includes all the specimens now living in the collection, 
and also a few deserving mention which have been lost by death. The specimens so 
lost are indicated by an asterisk (*). Although these have disappeared from this 
collection, their remains have gone into various other departmental collections, 
and are now to be found elsewhere in the form of skins and skeletons, mounted or 
otherwise. 
MAMMALS. 
AmeERICAN Bison, Bison americanus.—Two specimens, male and female. Captured 
when wild, in western Nebraska, near Ogalalla. Received May 12, 1888. Breed- 
ing. Will be bred experimentally with domestic cattle. Hon. E. G. Blackford, 
New York City. i 
ELK or Wapiti, Cervus canadensis.—Three specimens, adult female and two young 
males. From Wyoming Territory. Received October 25, 1888 (deposit). Hon. 
W. F. Cody (‘‘ Buffalo Bill’”’), North Platte, Nebr. 
VircintA DEER, Cariacus virginianus.—Female. From Florida. Received April 12, 
1888. Dr. P. Glennan, Washington, D. C. 
VirGintA Deer, Cariacus virginianus.—Male. From Alabama. Capt. R. L. Hoxie, 
U.S. A., Montgomery, Ala. 
Vireinta Deer,* Cariacus virginianus.—Young male. From Helena, Mont. Col- 
lected October 14, 1887. W. T. Hornaday, National Museum. 
CoLuMBIAN BLACK-TAILED DEER, Cariacus columbianus.—Male. From Mount Tacoma, 
Washington. Collected October, 1887. Very rarely seen in captivity. W. T. 
Hornaday, National Museum. ; 
Mute Derr, Cariacus macrotis.—Female. From Rocky Bar, Idaho. Collected in 
November, 1887. W. T. Hornaday, National Museum. 
Rocky Mountain SuHEeEp, or Bia Horn, Ovis montana.—Young female. Captured in 
northwest Montana, by Indians, in 1888. A greatrarity. So far as can be ascer- 
tained there is only one other specimen alive in captivity, and but orie other 
has ever been seen alive east of the Mississippi River. Received November 17, 
1888. Mr. Geo. Bird Grinnell, Editor Forest and Stream, New York. 
Ancora Goats, Capra hircus angorensis.—Four specimens. The parent pair imported 
from Angora, Asiatic Turkey. Received November 17, 1888. The Misses Grace 
and Maud Parsons, Natural Bridge, Va. 
Jaauar, Felis onca.—Male, ten years old. A magnificent specimen, of great size and 
beauty. From Eagle Pass, Tex. Received (through the kindness of Mr. R. 
E. Moffitt, deputy collector of customs) January 23, 1888. Mr. J. W. Riddle, 
Eagle Pass, Tex. 
PantuHeER, Felis concolor.—Male. Captured by Indians near Fort Keogh, Mont. Re- 
ceived April 18, 1888. Capt. H. Romeyn, U.S. A., Fort Keogh, Mont. 
SporreD Lynx,* Lynx maculatus.—Male and female. From Church Island, Great 
Salt Lake, Utah. Received November, 1887. Dr. C. W. Higgins, Salt Lake 
City. 
1See at end, list of objects declined. 
