80 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1919. 



Dr. Frank M. Chapman, of the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, New York City; Mr. Eobert E. Coker, of the Bureau of Fish- 

 eries, Washington, District of Columbia; Maj. Alfred M. CoUins, 

 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Mr. Edward J, Court, of Washing- 

 ton, District of Columbia; Mr. W. A. Deane, of Washington, Dis- 

 trict of Columbia; Dr. Jonathan Dwight, of New York City; IVIr. 

 H. J. Elwes, of England; Mr. J. H. Fleming, of Toronto, Canada; 

 Mr. C. L. Fitzgerald, of the Eoyal Nayj^; Mr. L. A. Fuertes, of 

 Ithaca, New York; Mr. Leon L. Gardner, Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 

 vania; Dr. G. Dallas Hanna, of the Bureau of Fisheries; Mr. E. B. 

 Hough, of Lowville, New York ; Mr. Chas. M. Hoy ; Mr. Carl Lum- 

 holtz; Mr. Eobert Cushman Murphy, of Brooklyn Museum; Mr. 

 John T. Nichols, of the American Museum of Natural History, New 

 York City; Mr. G. K. Noble, of Cambridge, Massachusetts; Mr. J. 

 Parker Norris, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Mr. W. H. Osgood, 

 of the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois ; Mr. H. C. Eaven ; Mr. Chas. 

 H. Eogers, of the American Museum of Natural History, New York 

 City; Dr. L. C. Sanford, of New Haven, Connecticut; Dr. E. W. 

 Shufeldt, of Washington, District of Columia ; Mr. Henry Steele, of 

 Highland Park, Illinois; Mr. George H. Stuart, of Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania ; Miss Katherine Stuart, of Alexandria, Virginia. 



There were an unusual number of inquiries for titles of books on 

 the birds of France, and a number of men in uniform called at the 

 office to see books on this subject. 



Specimens were lent for study to the American Museum of Natural 

 History, New York City ; Judge E. M. Barnes, Lacon, Illinois ; Brook- 

 lyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York; Bureau of Engraving and Print- 

 ing; California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California; 

 Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Mrs. John W. Daniel, 

 Lynchburg, Virginia; Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 

 Illinois; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachu- 

 setts; Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, California; Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Arthur T. 

 Wayne, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. 



Reptiles oMd hatrachians. — Although the accessions as a whole were 

 rather disappointing, there are nevertheless a few noteworthy addi- 

 tions. Thus Lieut. H. C. Kellers, L^nited States Navy, sent 

 in 139 specimens from Savage Island and the American Samoa, 

 Polynesia. The Biological Survey transferred 354 specimens, mostly 

 from western United States, but including 35 from France collected 

 by Maj. E. A. Goldman. From the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 Cambridge, Massachusetts, 20 specimens from Kamerun, Madagascar, 

 the Weet Indies, and Peru were obtained in exchange. To Dr. W. L. 

 Abbott we are indebted for 19 specimens collected by Mr. H. C. Eaven 

 in Celebes, and 8 specimens collected by himself in Santo Domingo. 



