46 Vertebrate Palczontology — By Gift. 



F. A. SCHNEIDER, New York City. 



1 American Goldfinch. 

 Col. NICOLI P. SOKOLNIKOFF. 



2 Skins of adult Ross's Gull from Siberia. 

 EDGAR F. STEAD, Christchurch, New Zealand. 



1 Penguin skin from New Zealand. 

 C. C. WARREN, White Plains, N. Y. 

 Humming-bird on burdock. 



By Exchange. 



11 Specimens from Sonora and Isle of Pines. 

 150 Specimens, mostly from South America. 



3 Specimens from Florida. 



Through Museum Expeditions. 



LOCAL COLLECTING. 



32 Small birds from New Jersey. 

 WESTERN EXPEDITION (North American Bird Group Fund). 



131 Specimens from Arizona, Nebraska, California and Oregon. 

 MEXICAN EXPEDITION. 



328 Birds from western Mexico. 



DEPARTMENT OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY. 



By Gift. 



Prof. BASHFORD DEAN, New York City. 



Mounted skeleton of Cryptobranchus, the "giant salamander" of 



Japan. 

 Several specimens of fossil fishes from various formations and 

 localities. 

 Major F. MCLAUGHLIN, Santa Cruz, Cal. 



Tooth of mammoth from the Klondike, Yukon Territory. 

 J. PIERPONT MORGAN, New York City. 



The Warren Collection of fossils, etc., including : 



1. The "Warren Mastodon," the largest and finest mastodon 



skeleton ever found. 



2. Skull and jaws of the " Shawangunk Mastodon," and various 



incomplete skeletons, jaws and teeth of mastodons and 

 mammoths. 



3. Incomplete skeleton of the primitive Cetacean, Zeuglodon, from 



the Eocene of Alabama, estimated to be 70 feet in length. 



4. Series of footprints of dinosaurs on Triassic flagstones from 



near Turner's Falls, Connecticut River. 



