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REPORT ON MAMMALS AND BIRDS. 



By J. A. Allen. 



These departments remain nearly as indicated in the last 

 Report, there having been comparatively few additions or other 

 changes during the last year. 



To the collection of Mammals have been added nineteen 

 mounted specimens, three skins, and one mounted and eight 

 unmounted skeletons. Of noteworthy pieces are a female go- 

 rilla and a black-tailed deer (Cariacus columbianus), the latter 

 contributed by Professor Baird ; also, a skeleton of a whale. 



The collection of Birds has been increased by the addition 

 of sixty-eight mounted specimens (fifty-eight species) and one 

 hundred and seven skins (sixty-one species) ; the latter mainly 

 to fill deficiencies in the North American collection. There 

 have also been added three mounted and three unmounted 

 skeletons. The Birds in the Systematic, South American, and 

 Australian Rooms have been labelled, and considerable progress 

 has been made in the preparation of the systematic or index 

 catalogue of the skins. 



