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The Mammals collected by Mr. Charles H. Townsend in northern 

 California, and described in the Proceedings of the Museum (Vol. x, pp. 

 159-241), were added to the study series during the year. 



Dr. J. C. Merrill, U. S. Army, stationed at Fort Klamath, Oregon, 

 has presented a considerable number of interesting specimens taken in 

 the vicinity of the fort, including a series of Sorex vagrans. 



Among the specimens of North American Ungulates received during 

 the year was a very fine pair of antlers of the Wapiti, presented by the 

 Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar. Col. Cecil Clay and Mr. R. A. Klock presented 

 the skins of a female Moose and calf captured in Maine, together with 

 photographs of the head of a Moose. An albino Virginia Beer from 

 Clover Creek, Virginia, was purchased in the Washington market. 

 Prof. George P. Atkinson, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, prepared and 

 presented a series of the southern variety of the common Chipmunk, 

 Tamias striatus. A similar series of Richardson's Spermophile, S. rich- 

 ardsoni, was presented by Mr. E. E. Thompson, of Manitoba. The 

 Museum is indebted to Mr. Daniel C. Beard for the storehouse and nest 

 of a Field Mouse, H. leucopus. Good specimens of the rather rare 

 Mountain Beaver, Haplodon rufus, and of the Dusky-footed Wood Rat, 

 N.fuscipes 1 were purchased from Mr. A. Todd, of Elk Head, Oregon. 



Central and South America (including West Indies). — By far the most 

 interesting accession from the West Indies was a living specimen of 

 the Almiqui, Solenodon cubanas, which was probably the first example 

 of the species ever brought alive to the United States. It was obtained, 

 together with two others, a female and a young individual, through 

 Mr. John Gundlach, and was captured in the Sierra Maestra Mount- 

 ains, Cuba. Mr. C. B. Cory presented about 56 specimens of the rare 

 Bat known as Natalus micropus. These were obtained in Old Provi- 

 dence Island, Yucatan. Only the type-specimen was previously known. 

 The authorities of the British Museum presented a specimen of the South 

 American variety of the Horny Bat, Atalapha cinerea grayi, a variety not 

 previously in the Museum collections. A specimen of the rare Ouakari 

 Monkey, Brachyurus rubicundus, and three specimens of a South Ameri- 

 can Deer, believed to be G. gymnotis, were presented by the Zoological 

 Society of Philadelphia. Mr. Anastasio Alfaro presented a series of 

 skins of Sciurus hypopyrrhus and 8. rufoniger prepared by himself. 



Old World. — A number of mounted specimens of European Mammals 

 were received from Mr. E. Hargitt, among which may be mentioned a 

 specimen of the Wild Cat, Felis catus, and the European Badger, Meles 

 taxus. In exchange for North American mammals, Dr. Tycho Tullberg, 

 on the part of the Upsala Museum, sent a small collection of Swedish 

 species. By a similar exchange the Museum received from the Museum 

 d 'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, a number of skeletons of Old World spe- 

 cies, including the Gorilla, Bactrian Camel, Civet Cat, Entellus Monkey, 

 etc. Among a number of Tasmanian mammals presented by the Fish 

 Acclimatization Society of Ballarat, are a very fine native Wolf, Thyla- 

 cinus cynocephalus, and two specimens of the so-called Tasmanian Devil, 



