Second Asiatic Zoological Expedition 87 



MAMMALS AND BIRDS* 

 J. A. Allen, Curator 



The additions to the collection of mammals number 476 

 specimens, of which 210 were received by gift, 66 by exchange 

 and 200 by purchase. The latter include 130 

 from British Guiana, secured through the co- 

 operation of the New York Zoological Society, under the di- 

 rection of C. William Beebe, director of its British Guiana 

 Tropical Research Station. They consist mainly of medium 

 sized species, chiefly monkeys and carnivores, and include 

 many skeletons as well as skins and skulls, this collection 

 forming the most important collection of mammals the 

 Museum has ever received from this part of South America. 

 Other specimens purchased were a number of important de- 

 siderata for exhibition. Many specimens have been received 

 in the flesh, some of them of great value, from the New York 

 Zoological Society's Menagerie in New York City. The usual 

 number has also been received from the New York City De- 

 partment of Parks. Other gifts include a collection of 65 

 small mammals from France, presented by Mr. James P. 

 Chapin, Assistant Curator of Ornithology. 



The accessions to the ornithological collection number 

 about 4,225, of which 625 were received by gift, about 350 by 

 exchange, 20 by purchase, and 3,227 from Museum expedi- 

 tions, collected in Venezuela and Peru. About 100 of those ac- 

 quired by gift were received in the flesh, in large part from the 

 New York Zoological Society. The gifts also include about 80 

 sets of birds' eggs. 



Mr. Roy C. Andrews, Associate Curator of Mammals of the 



Eastern Hemisphere, has continued his work in Northern 



China and Mongolia as chief of the Museum's 



Second Asiatic Zoological Expedition, but none 



of the rich material thus obtained reached the Museum during: 



* Under the Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology (see also pages 212 

 to 216). 



