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will be ready for publication as soon as the drawings are com- 

 pleted. 



MAMMALS AND BIRDS 



Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology 



J. A. Allen, Curator 



The activities of this department during the year 1916 have 

 not been exceeded in importance by those of any other year 

 in its history, although some previous years have witnessed 

 greater increase in its material. 



The additions to the mammal collection comprise 1,016 

 much needed specimens from Oregon and Washington, added 

 by purchase; nearly 400 specimens from South 

 ccessions America, mostly from Argentina, collected by 

 Messrs. Leo E. Miller and Howarth S. Boyle, in continuation 

 of the South American exploration work under the direction 

 of Curator Chapman; about 500 bats and an important col- 

 lection of fossil mammal material, collected by Assistant H. E. 

 Anthony in the island of Porto Rico ; about 200 mammals from 

 western China, collected by Messrs. Andrews and Heller, 

 forming the first consignment from the Asiatic Zoological 

 Expedition of the American Museum, under the leadership of 

 Assistant Curator Andrews. As usual, valuable specimens 

 have been received in the flesh from the New York Zoological 

 Society and the Department of Parks, among which may be 

 mentioned a Siberian tiger, an ibex, two muskoxen, and sev- 

 eral kangaroos (skins and skeletons of each) received from 

 the Zoological Society. Among the more important accessions 

 by gift are a Chillingham wild white bull, from the Hon. 

 Walter Winans ; an albino Virginia deer, presented by Archi- 

 bald Harrison ; a skin and skeleton of a moose from Ontario, 

 Canada (collected by Assistant Anthony), presented by the 

 Hon. George Shiras, 3d. Our thanks are also due to Brother 

 Apolinar Maria for further very desirable specimens from the 

 vicinity of Bogota, Colombia. 



The accessions to the bird collection comprise approximately 



