﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  President. 
  3 
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  The 
  collection 
  made 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Richard 
  Tjader 
  and 
  Her- 
  

   bert 
  Lang 
  in 
  British 
  East 
  Africa, 
  and 
  presented 
  in 
  part 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Samuel 
  Thorne, 
  comprises 
  178 
  mammals 
  and 
  232 
  birds 
  

   and 
  includes 
  large 
  series 
  of 
  many 
  species 
  of 
  antelopes 
  and 
  

   monkeys 
  and 
  fine 
  specimens 
  of 
  such 
  large 
  mammals 
  as 
  the 
  

   giraffe, 
  rhinoceros, 
  wart-hog, 
  lion, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Another 
  noteworthy 
  addition 
  was 
  three 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  

   very 
  rare 
  Solenodon 
  paradoxus, 
  secured 
  through 
  the 
  personal 
  

   contribution 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Morris 
  K. 
  Jesup. 
  

  

  The 
  mammals 
  recently 
  collected 
  by 
  Commander 
  Peary 
  in 
  the 
  

   Arctic 
  have 
  been 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  by 
  the 
  Peary 
  Arctic 
  

   Club. 
  This 
  collection 
  contains 
  a 
  large 
  series 
  of 
  musk-oxen 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  Peary 
  White 
  Caribou, 
  the 
  latter 
  now 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  

   time 
  represented 
  by 
  complete 
  specimens. 
  

  

  As 
  usual 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  valuable 
  animals 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  

   from 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Zoological 
  Society 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  Central 
  

   Park 
  Menagerie, 
  and 
  we 
  gratefully 
  acknowledge 
  the 
  many 
  

   courtesies 
  thus 
  extended. 
  

  

  Besides 
  supervising 
  the 
  routine 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  department, 
  

   the 
  Curator 
  has 
  edited 
  the 
  Bulletin, 
  which 
  forms 
  a 
  volume 
  of 
  

   more 
  than 
  one 
  thousand 
  pages. 
  He 
  has 
  also 
  carried 
  on 
  his 
  

   scientific 
  studies 
  and 
  has 
  published 
  three 
  papers. 
  

  

  Progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  habitat 
  

   groups 
  of 
  North 
  American 
  birds, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  provided 
  

   by 
  the 
  contributors 
  to 
  the 
  North 
  American 
  Ornithology 
  Fund. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  were 
  contributors 
  to 
  this 
  fund 
  during 
  the 
  

   year. 
  

  

  John 
  L. 
  Cadwalader. 
  F. 
  Aug. 
  Schermerhorn. 
  

  

  H. 
  B. 
  Hollins. 
  Mrs. 
  Harriet 
  L. 
  Schuyler. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Morris 
  K. 
  Jesup. 
  Mrs. 
  John 
  B. 
  Trevor. 
  

  

  Henry 
  Clay 
  Pierce. 
  Mrs. 
  Robert 
  Winthrop. 
  

  

  Three 
  new 
  habitat 
  groups, 
  namely, 
  the 
  Wild 
  Turkey, 
  

   Condor, 
  and 
  Egret 
  or 
  White 
  Heron, 
  have 
  been 
  finished 
  and 
  

   the 
  work 
  on 
  several 
  others 
  is 
  well 
  advanced. 
  To 
  continue 
  his 
  

   field 
  studies 
  and 
  to 
  procure 
  material 
  for 
  additional 
  groups, 
  Mr. 
  

   Chapman 
  made 
  two 
  expeditions 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  In 
  the 
  

   spring 
  he 
  visited 
  Florida 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  the 
  ivory-billed 
  wood- 
  

   pecker; 
  the 
  Bahamas, 
  where 
  he 
  collected 
  and 
  studied 
  the 
  

  

  