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Notable among gifts of amphibians and reptiles, during 1934, are 

 thirty-eight specimens of snakes, lizards, frogs, and turtles from 

 Yucatan, from Mr. E. Wyllys Andrews IV, of Chicago; forty speci- 

 mens of frogs and lizards from north China, from Dr. C. C. Liu, 

 Soochow University, China; seven snakes from Brazil and Central 

 America, from Mr. R. Marlin Perkins, of the St. Louis Zoological 

 Park, including a rare genus of boa, Ungaliophis; a king cobra and 

 an exceptionally large East Indian monitor lizard from Mr. Frank 

 Buck, well-known dealer in live animals; and five snakes and fifteen 

 lizards, chiefly Australian, from the Chicago Zoological Society. 



As in previous years, a number of desirable fishes were received 

 from the John G. Shedd Aquarium. The continued friendly cooper- 

 ation of the aquarium staff has resulted in the selection of especially 

 needed specimens, from time to time, which have filled many 

 gaps in the Museum's collections. A specimen of great interest is 

 an east African lungfish, given by the General Biological Supply 

 House, of Chicago. The Charleston Museum, Charleston, South 

 Carolina, continued to add to its gifts of fishes, especially pickerels, 

 from that state. 



The insect acquisitions were unusual in that more than two- 

 thirds of them were specimens from foreign countries such as Guate- 

 mala, Colombia, Ecuador, and Arabia. A notable and important 

 gift from Mr. H. St. J. Philby, of Mecca, Arabia, consisted of 1,281 

 specimens of various insects (particularly small moths and grass- 

 hoppers) from Hejaz, Arabia, a country which previously was 

 poorly represented in the insect collection. A welcome addition 

 to the Museum's series of local insects was a donation of 427 

 specimens, including 327 bees and wasps, received from Mr. Albert 

 B. Wolcott, of Downers Grove, Illinois. 



cataloguing, inventorying, and labeling — ZOOLOGY 



The number of zoological specimens catalogued was 15,042, a 

 rather large total as compared with recent years. The entries were 

 divided as follows: mammals, 1,187; birds, 3,416; amphibians and 

 reptiles, 1,772; fishes, 8,667. One thousand skins in the reference 

 collection of mammals were labeled and 300 skulls of mammals 

 were numbered, labeled, and boxed or bottled. Some 8,000 cards 

 were added to the index of mammal specimens, including new cards 

 for all type specimens and all mammals on exhibition. This work 

 was participated in by Illinois Emergency Relief workers and by 

 one volunteer assistant, Mr. Douglas Bruce, who was in regular 

 attendance for seven weeks during the summer months. 



