ADVICE TO COLLECTORS. 
ANIMALS ESPECIALLY DESIRED. 
The new possessions of the United States are comparatively poor 
in animals, but it is especially desirable to have as full a representa¬ 
tion of the fauna as possible. While all 
will be valued, those whose names are 
italicised are particularly desirable. 
Cuba and Porto Rico afford the 
manatee , or sea-cow, which frequents 
bays and mouths of rivers; the flamingo , 
spoonbill, ibis, pelican, several species 
of parrots and parrakeets, a variety of 
pigeons, the ani, and other interesting 
birds. Boas of several kinds occur in 
these islands, and large lizards of differ¬ 
ent species are very abundant. The 
agouta ( Solenodon ) and the hutia (Cap- 
romys ), animals a little larger than a 
common rat, and the crocodile are also 
found in Cuba, and an interesting macaw occurs in the Isle of Pines. 
In the Philippine Islands the most notable mammals are the 
“tamarau,” a small wild buffalo found on 
Mindoro, several species of deer, the 
“babui,” or wild hog, monkeys of two 
species, a small cat, two species of civet 
cat, or musang, fruit-eating bats of differ¬ 
ent species, several peculiar large rats, the 
colugo , or flying lemur , and the very 
remarkable and interesting tarsier , or 
“ magou . ” Among these the last two and 
the “tamarau” are especially important. 
Specimens of the domesticated buffalo also 
are desired. 
Of the birds, the eagles, hornbills, cock¬ 
atoos, parrakeets, the pheasants and pigeons, the megapod, pelican, 
and the ground cuckoos are perhaps the most important. Among 
these, any hornbills or brilliant-plumaged cockatoos and parrakeets 
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