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Pennsylvania Wood Rat (Neotoma pennsylvanica Stone). 
Hab., Mountain region from Southern New York to 
Northern Alabama. 
A single specimen, captured in New York State, was 
presented on March oth. 
Philippine Spotted Deer or Prince Alfred Deer (Cervus 
alfredi Sclater). 
Hab., Islands of Samar and Leyte, east side of center 
of Philippine group. 
On August 5th a male and female of these rare deer 
were received by purchase. The Philippine Spotted 
or Prince Alfred Deer is found only in the Philippine 
islands of Samar and Leyte. It was first described 
from a male sent to the Zoological Society of London 
in 1870 by Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh, 
for whom it was named, a female was obtained the 
following year; since then no additional specimens 
have reached England and the pair shown here are 
the first to be exhibited in this country. So little 
is known of this deer that the fully developed antlers 
of the male have never been described. 
Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Linnaeus). 
Hab., Mountains of Europe and the Himalayas. 
A pair was purchased on June 18th. 
Pied Grass Finch (Amauresthes fringilloides Lafres- 
naye). 
Hab., Africa. 
One presented on June 13th. It it just possible that 
this species has been exhibited in the collections 
before although there is no record of it 
Wood Lark (Alauda arbor ea Linnaeus). 
Hab., Europe and Asia. 
Two purchased on November 24th. 
Groove-billed Ani {Crotophaga sulcirostris Swainson). 
Hab., Southwestern United States to Northwestern 
South America. 
Two received by purchase on August 17th. 
