14 MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. [Apr. 



The collections from the Atlantic side have been made : — 



1st. At Carthagena and its neighborhood. 

 2d. At Turbo, a village on the Gulf of Darien, and its vicinity, 

 for several miles. 



3d. Along the Atrato River and in the interior of that region. 

 4th. At Aspinwall and along the Panama Railroad. 



The collections from the Pacific side have been made : — 



1st. At Panama. 



2d. In the Gulf of St. Miguel and up the Tuyra River. 

 3d. In the Cupica Bay and across that region along the 

 Napipi River. 



The zoological collection contains, of Mammals, several 

 monkeys representing two species of the Genera Cebus Erxl. 

 and Hapall, 111 , which are preserved in alcohol ; a dozen bats ; 

 some specimens of squirrel, and of agnti (^Dast/procta Ag-uH L.)\ 

 several skulls of the Water-hog QHydrodmrus, L.) ; two speci- 

 mens of the Ant-eater (^Mi/rmecophag-a juhala, L.) ; specimens 

 of the Opossum (^Didelpht/s, L.), and of the Sloth (^Bradypus 

 pallidas Wagn) ; several skulls of the Pecari QDicotyles torqua- 

 tus, Cuv.^, and of the Manati QManatus Americanus Cuv.) 



The birds of the Isthmus are represented very well in my col- 

 lection, which contains a good many skins, as well as alcoholic 

 specimens ; especially a very fine specimen of Trogon resplen- 

 dens. This most beautiful bird, found only near the volcanoes 

 of Mexico, in the Altos of Guatemala, and near the volcano of 

 Chiriqui, is worthy noticing. 



The collection of Reptiles is likewise very well represented by 

 many specimens of turtles, of lizards, of iguanodons, by one 

 Alligator-skeleton, by many snakes, and by various species of 

 frogs. 



The collection of Fishes contains several species from the At- 

 lantic side, and some from the Pacific side. 



The Invertebrata are represented by a large number of beetles, 

 of locusts, of butterflies, of spiders, of crabs, of centipedes and 

 millipedes, of Mollusca and of Radiata. 



This would be a general statement of the zoological collection 



