8 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



tremely rare Cuban Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus bairdii 

 Cassin. 



During recent years, Prof. C. H. Eigemann has been interested 

 in the study of South American fresh-water fishes, and by his own 

 efforts and those of his assistants and students, he has amassed 

 an enormous collection. For a fine series representing many 

 species of these fishes, the Museum is indebted to the kindness of 

 Mr. H. McK. Landon. 



Other accessions for which separate mention should be made 

 are : — 



From the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries and the U. S. Coast Survey, 

 Coelenterates collected during cruises of the Grampus and the 

 Bache. 



From the U. S. National Museum, a series of Panamic star- 

 fishes, including cotypes of species described by Ludwig. 



From Mr. J. H. Emerton, North American spiders, including 

 types of his recently described species. 



From Prof. J. W. Folsom, types of several new species of Col- 

 lembola. 



From Mr. E. D. Harris, a large series of Cicindelidae, including 

 many species new to the collection of the Museum. 



From Dr. C. A. Thomas, a Moose in excellent pelage with fine 

 antlers, obtained by Dr. Thomas in New Brunswick for the North 

 American exhibition collection. 



The Museum is also indebted to Prof. W. M. Wheeler for very 

 many invertebrates from Australia and New Zealand; to Prof. 

 G. H. Parker for some Alaskan invertebrates; to Mr. J. J. Rorer 

 for a small collection of bats; to Dr. A. E. Hodson for specimens 

 of Epicrates and Capromys from Cuba; to Mr. W. B. Cabot for 

 several Caribou antlers from Labrador and to Prof. J. M. Clarke 

 for some exhibition specimens of Hydnoceras. 



The Library consist of 52,634 volumes, and 49,306 pamphlets; 

 1,135 volumes and 1,590 pamphlets have been added during the 

 year. 



The publications of the year include one volume and one num- 

 ber of the Memoirs, nine numbers of the Bulletin, and the Annual 

 Report, a total of 772 (403 quarto, 369 octavo) pages, and 148 

 (120 quarto, and 28 octavo) plates. 



The volume of Memoirs and one number of the Bulletin were 

 published under the provisions of Mr. Agassiz's Expedition Fund; 

 one number of the Bulletin was issued as a Contribution from the 

 Zoological Laboratory, and one number was issued in the Geo- 



