80 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1885. 



Other parts of the world. — During this period, as in the years immedi- 

 ately preceding, the most important accessions of exotic mammals were 

 received from the proprietors of menageries and dealers in live animals. 

 While the exact localities from which the specimens of this series were 

 originally derived are seldom ascertained, they are not the less valuable 

 for purposes of exhibition. 

 The specimens received from these sources are as follows: 

 From Messrs. Barnum, Bailey & Hutchinson, an albino fallow deer 

 (Cervus dama). (Ace. 16053.) 

 From Mr. H. B. Everett, a Semnopithecus albocinereus. (Ace. 15678.) 

 From Mr. Adam Forepaugh, a tiger one day old. (Ace. 16010.) 

 From the Central Park Menagerie (through Mr. W. A. Conklin),»a 

 European badger (Meles taxus) (Ace. 15834) ; a water chevrotain (Ryo- 

 moschus aquaticus); an axis deer (Cervus axis) (Ace. 15916); a dorcas 

 gazelle (Gazella dorcas) (Ace. 15944) ; a young fallow deer (Ace. 16170). 

 From Mr. W. T. Hornaday, an antelope (Damalis pygarga); a baboon 

 (Cynocephalus anubis). (Ace. 15948.) 



From the Philadelphia Zoological Garden (through Mr. A. E. Brown), 

 a Coypu rat (Myopotamus coypu) (Ace. 16040); two kangaroos (Macropus 

 giganteus) (Ace. 15708). 



From Mr. Dobbin, a water-bock (Kobus ellipsiprimnus). (Ace. 16054.) 

 Mr. O. G. H. Lloyd presented a series of skins of Tasmanian mam- 

 mals, which, unfortunately, however, arrived in the department in very 

 bad order.* (Ace. 15886.) 



AQUATIC MAMMALS. 



Seals. — Only a small number of seals were added to the collection. 

 Chief among these are the Californian sea-lion and sea-elephants col- 

 lected by Mr. Charles H. Town send on the coast of California. (Ace. 

 15885.) A young otary (O. jubata), from the coast of Peru, was received 

 from Dr. William H. Jones, U. S. K". 



Cetaceans. — The most important cetacean received during this period 

 was a spotted dolphin from Pensacola, Fla., believed to be identical with 

 Gray's Prodelphinus doris, which was obtained for the Institution by Silas 

 Stearns, Esq., of Messrs. Warren & Co., fish dealers, of Pensacola. An 

 account of this valuable specimen will be found in the report for 1884.t 

 A second specimen of the pygmy sperm-whale (Kogia breviceps), a male, 

 was received through Mr. 1. 1. Hobbs, keeper of Kitty Hawk life-saving 

 station, North Carolina. (Ace. 15560.) The skull of one of four At- 

 lantic right whales (B. cisarctica), captured off Southampton, Long 

 Island, was secured for the collection. Other interesting specimens are 

 a common porpoise (P. communis), from East Orleans station (M. M. 

 Pierce, keeper), (Ace. 15737) ; a striped porpoise (P. lineata), from Ips- 



* For list of specimens see Accession List, Part V. 

 t Pages 317-324. 



