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REPORT ON THE MAMMALS AND BIRDS. 



By William Brewster. 



The following Mammals have been added to the collection 

 during the past year : — 



An Aye- Aye (CMromys madagascarensis), bought of Ward; a 

 Cheetah (Cyncelurus jubata), the gift of Mr. Hart, of New York ; 

 a remarkably fine Jaguar (Felis onca), obtained from Mr. J. T. 

 Clark ; a black (melanistic) Woodchuck (Arctomys monax) and a 

 Red-backed Mouse (JEvotomys gapperi) from North Adams, Mass., 

 presented by Mr. Walter Faxon ; and five unidentified Japanese 

 Mammals, — two Monkeys, a Badger, a Wild Boar, and an Ante- 

 lope, — furnished by Mr. Alan Oroston, of Yokohama. The Aye- 

 Aye, Cheetah, and Woodchuck are mounted, and already on 

 exhibition. 



Of Birds the Museum has received by gift : — 



From Mr. Matthew Luce, Jr., of Boston, thirty-one mounted 

 specimens and two hundred and sixty-four skins ; from Mr. Allan 

 C. Brooks, of Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada, nineteen skins ; 

 from the United States National Museum, through Mr. Agassiz, 

 eighteen skins of Galapagos birds collected during the visit of 

 the United States Fish Commission steamer " Albatross" to the 

 Galapagos Archipelago in 1893 ; from Mr. Walter Faxon, eight 

 mounted New England birds (chiefly Warblers and Sparrows) ; a 

 nest and egg of Swainson's Thrush (Turdus swainso7iii), from 

 Cape Breton, and a nest of the Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), 

 taken at Arlington, Mass. ; from Mr. John G. Hall, of Boston, a 

 skin of the Wandering Albatross (Diomedia exulans) ; and from 

 Mr. T. A. Hillery, of the Museum, an alcoholic specimen of the 

 Brazilian Canary (Sycalis'). 



Mr. Luce's gift deserves something more than a bare acknowl- 

 edgment, for his collection contains a number of exceptionally fine 



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