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REPORT ON THE MAMMALS AND BIRDS. 



Bt William Brewster. 



The only important addition to the collection of Mounted 

 Mammals is a Sea Elephant, 3Iacrorhinus leoninus^ — a remark- 

 ably large, fine male from the Cape of Good Hope. 



Of birds the Museum has received the following. By gift 

 from the British Museum, four hundred and fifty-nine skins, of 

 which fifteen are from New Guinea, a few from India (from the 

 Hume Collection), the remainder from South America. By gift 

 from Allen Weeks a Paradise Trogon (^Pharomacrus paradiseus) . 

 By exchange from the American Museum of New York, 

 twenty-four skins of South American birds, including fourteen 

 species not hitherto represented in the Cambridge Museum's 

 collection. 



In addition to these, about forty mounted specimens of wading 

 or swimming birds have been bought for the collection in the 

 Atlantic Room, which has been lately opened to the public. 

 The cases in this room devoted to marine mammals are now 

 about filled, but there is space for further additions to the collec- 

 tion of shore and sea birds. 



During the past year series of bird skins were sent for ex- 

 amination and study to Mr. Robert Ridgwa3% of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, and to Mr. J. A. Allen, of the American 

 Museum of New York. All of these skins have been safely 

 returned. 



In the last report mention was made of the satisfactory re- 

 arrangement of the Alcoholic Collection of Mammals at the 

 hands of Mr. Garman. There is pressing need of equally thor- 

 ough and systematic treatment of the Alcoholic Collection of 

 Birds, which, at present, is in some confusion. 



The Assistant has published the following papers and notes in 

 " The Auk": — 



