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being very great. Out of the whole number of additions already 

 catalogued, 846, the following are those of the larger animals. 



Black Bear, Ursus americanus 1 



Cinnamon Bear, Ursus cinnamomeus .... 1 



Grizzly Bear, Ursus ferox 10 



Racoon, (too species) 6 



Wolf, Lupvs occidentalis 10 



Prairie Wolf, Lupus latrans 6 



Red Fox, Vulpes fulvus 6 



Gray Fox, Vulpes Virginianus 6 



Badger Taxidea labradoria 5 



"Wild Cat, of three species 19 



Panther, Feiis concolor 5 



Jaguar, Feiis onza 1 



Prairie Dog, Cynomys ludovicianus 50 



Beaver, Castor canadensis 7 



Common Deer, Cervus virginianus 18 



Black Tail Deer, Cervus columbianus. ... 7 



Mule Deer, Cervus macrotis 11 



Elk , Cervis canadensis 12 



Antelope, Antehpe americana 18 



Bighorn, Ovis montana 5 



Mountain Goat, Capramontana 4 



Buffalo, Bison americana 5 



As might readily be inferred, most of the above mentioned speci- 

 mens were received from Captain Pope, Lieutenant Warren, Lieu- 

 tenant Bryan, and Dr. Hayden ; those collected by Lieutenant Warren 

 being of extraordinary variety and number. 



Continuations of the collections on the west coast, both of mammals 

 and birds from Doctors Cooper, Suckley, and Hammond, Mr. Samuels 

 and others, have been of much interest. Messrs. Kennicott, Jenks, 

 Pastel, Wilson, Curtis, and others, have contributed many specimens 

 from the Atlantic region. 



Several rich collections of European and Siberian mammals have 

 been received, and furnish the much desired opportunities of com- 

 parison with American species. Among them may be mentioned 

 Dipusjaculus, acontion, sagitta; Meriones opimus, tamaricinus; Sper- 

 mophilus guttatus, eversmanni, erythrogenys; Cricetus arenarius, fru- 

 mentarius; My odes novegicus, torquatus, obensis, lagurus, obscurus, 

 schisticolor; Arvicola rutilus, oeconomus; Lagomys alpinus; Tamias 

 pallasii.* Mustela sibirica, Feliscatus, &c. — These have been received 

 from Dr. George Hartlaub, of Bremen, Dr. F. Brandt, of St. Peters- 

 burg, and Maximilian, Prince of Wied. 



A deficiency in the collection last year of the Geomys pineiis, or 

 pouched rat of Georgia, sometimes called " salamander," has been 

 supplied by specimens received from Dr. Baldwin, Dr. Gesner, and 

 Mr. Burgwyn. 



Birds. — Many specimens of birds have been received from various 

 parts of the world, and among the North American specimens are 

 several new species. A collection of nearly 100 Australian species 

 was presented by Mr. Warfield. Some rare birds from Bolivia were 

 deposited by Mr. Evans. 



Reptiles. — Among many, the most interesting specimens of reptiles 

 added during the year are two of Lepidosiren annectens from the 



* By this name I denote the species of ground squirrel found in Siberia by Pallas, and by 

 him considered the same with the ground squirrel of the United States. The most superfi- 

 cial comparison of the two shows them to be distinct, and as the American animal was first 

 described by L.nnaeus as Tamias striatus, it must retain the name. In the necessity for a 

 new name for the Siberian species, I propose that of the discoverer, in the absence, as far as 

 I can ascertain, of any other. 



