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Two collecting trips were undertaken to : 



1. Carmel, Monterey County, and Campo, San Diego County, California. 



2. Arizona. 



Specimens have been secured from 12 counties of California, as follows : 



Contra Costa 1 specimen 



Kern 1 



Los Angeles 1 " 



Madera 2 specimens 



San Benito 1 specimen 



San Diego 7 specimens 



San Francisco 1 specimen 



San Joaquin 1 " 



San Luis Obispo 1 " 



San Mateo 5 specimens 



Santa Clara 1 specimen 



Sonoma 1 



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Specimens from other localities are : 



Arizona 890 specimens 



Connecticut 2 



Idaho 18 



Utah 217 



Washington 9 



Wisconsin 2 



Australia 28 



Celebes, D. E. 1 1 specimen 



Hawaiian Islands 205 specimens 



Laysan Island 5 " 



Lower California 1 specimen 



New Zealand 18 specimens 



Philippine Islands 1 specimen 



Vancouver Island, British Columbia 6 specimens 



The classification and arrangement of the collection was continued dur- 

 ing part of the year. 



Considerable research work has been accomplished during the year and 

 a further study of the gopher-snakes west of the Rocky Mountains has been 

 published. 



The snakes of the genus Lampropeltis were borrowed for study by Dr. 

 Blanchard, and the lizards of the genus Gerrhonotus were studied by Mr. 

 Ivan Johnston. Other students also made use of the collection. 



During the year the Assistant Curator, Mr. J. R. Slevin, carried on ex- 

 plorations in California and Arizona, where he spent the months of May, 

 June, July, August, and part of September, and secured large collections. 



John Van Denburgh, Curator. 



