﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  29 
  

  

  Arctic, 
  to 
  Nicaragua 
  and 
  to 
  Nebraska. 
  Among 
  her 
  gifts 
  

   should 
  be 
  mentioned 
  a 
  fine 
  specimen 
  of 
  sea 
  otter, 
  a 
  condor, 
  

   skeletons 
  of 
  the 
  gorilla 
  and 
  elephant, 
  two 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  rare 
  

   Solenodon 
  and 
  two 
  collections 
  of 
  mammals. 
  

  

  Other 
  donations 
  to 
  be 
  noted 
  are 
  an 
  antelope 
  and 
  a 
  rare 
  

   Bush 
  Pig, 
  both 
  mounted, 
  and 
  a 
  skin 
  of 
  a 
  Grant 
  Zebra, 
  all 
  from 
  

   British 
  East 
  Africa, 
  presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Armar 
  D. 
  Saunderson; 
  

   a 
  collection 
  of 
  41 
  small 
  mammals 
  from 
  California, 
  presented 
  

   by 
  Dr. 
  Joseph 
  Grinnell 
  ; 
  50 
  small 
  mammals 
  from 
  Nebraska, 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  by 
  Captain 
  M. 
  L. 
  Crimmins, 
  U. 
  S. 
  A., 
  and 
  59 
  small 
  

   mammals 
  from 
  Kashmir, 
  northern 
  India, 
  presented 
  by 
  Colonel 
  

   A. 
  E. 
  Ward. 
  This 
  department 
  has 
  also 
  received 
  many 
  valu- 
  

   able 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  flesh 
  from 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Zoological 
  

   Society 
  and 
  the 
  Central 
  Park 
  Menagerie. 
  About 
  200 
  North 
  

   American 
  mammals 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  by 
  exchange. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  present 
  connection 
  special 
  mention 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  

   of 
  the 
  group 
  of 
  Paradise 
  Birds 
  recently 
  placed 
  on 
  exhibition, 
  

   numbering 
  46 
  species 
  and 
  75 
  specimens, 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  

   Frank 
  K. 
  Sturgis. 
  

  

  The 
  papers 
  contributed 
  by 
  this 
  department 
  to 
  the 
  Bulletin 
  

   during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  are 
  11 
  in 
  number, 
  aggregating 
  274 
  pages, 
  

   illustrated 
  with 
  16 
  plates 
  (one 
  colored) 
  and 
  72 
  text 
  figures. 
  

  

  The 
  Museum 
  publications 
  edited 
  by 
  the 
  Curator 
  consist 
  of 
  

   one 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Memoirs 
  (Part 
  IV 
  of 
  Vol. 
  IX), 
  and 
  Volume 
  

   XXIV 
  and 
  Part 
  1 
  of 
  Volume 
  XXV 
  of 
  the 
  Bulletin. 
  

  

  LIVING 
  REPTILES 
  AND 
  FISHES 
  

  

  The 
  reptiles 
  and 
  fishes 
  of 
  recent 
  time 
  have 
  been 
  placed 
  

   temporarily 
  in 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Invertebrate 
  

   Zoology 
  and 
  the 
  installation 
  of 
  the 
  exhibition 
  collections 
  in 
  

   the 
  corridor 
  of 
  the 
  north 
  wing 
  has 
  been 
  continued 
  under 
  the 
  

   direct 
  supervision 
  of 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Curator, 
  Mr. 
  Roy 
  W. 
  Miner. 
  

   Much 
  attention 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  labeling 
  of 
  the 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  developed 
  along 
  two 
  lines: 
  

  

  1. 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  popular, 
  individual 
  labels 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  

   requirements 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  public. 
  

  

  2. 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  group 
  labels 
  adapted 
  to 
  students. 
  

  

  