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[[double underline]] Central America. [[/double underline]] The only important collection from this region was the considerable one made by Mr. Charles H. Townsend in the vicinity of the Segovia river, Honduras. This included a valuable series of specimens of an undescribed deer, which has simple antlers like the species of the sub-genus [[underline]] Coassus, [[/underline]] but which nevertheless, appears to belong to the sub-genus [[underline]] Cariacus. [[/underline]] Prof. Alfred Dugés presented a specimen of the rare meadow mouse [[underline]] Arvivola quasiater [[/underline]] from the valley of Mexico.

[[double underline]] Old World [[/double underline]]. The most important exotic mammals obtained during the past year were those received from Prof. H.A. Ward in exchange for skins of North American species. The collection included several lemars, cats, civets, squirrels and kangaroos, all of which were of species new to the museum series. The Zoological Society of Philadelphia, through Mr. A.E. Brown, presented a fine male Harnessed Antelope [[underline]] Tragelaphus scriptus [[/underline]], an Indian squirrel [[underline]] Scuirus bicolor [[/underline]] and a Moar Monkey [[underline]] Semnopithecus maurus [[/underline]]. Mr. Valdemar Knuds[[strikethrough]]o[[/strikethrough]]^[[e]]n presented two additional specimens of the bat found in the Sandwich Islands. This is a species of [[underline]] Atalapha, [[/underline]] which is apparently distinct from those hitherto described and I