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dcxp r^.i oriv^n which also ha\x industrial uaet. Dr. B. E. Dahlgrtsn 

 duntu: his stay in Florida and other southern stales ooUocted for the 

 dr]v.irtmcnt nl>out one hundred and thirty geological spedment diiefly 

 from FI«inda, Imt also from localities in Kentucky and Tcnnettee. These 

 include* "'^■t-n specimens of varieties of soils, maris, mudd tod HUlds 

 cluirni • of certain jwrtions of Florida; several larj^ tp frimfn i o£ 



ctxjuina, illiistratinK the varieties and forms which characterize the 

 structure of this peculiar aRKTCKate, and ninety specimens of inverte- 

 brate fossils, partly from recent formations in Florida and partly from 

 formations of Chester age in Kentucky and Tennessee, 



The principal accession during the year in the Di\-ision of Mammal- 

 ogy was secured by pift from Col. Dale Bumstcad of Oak Park. It 

 consi5Tts of throe well-prepared skins and skiills of the Lower California 

 mountain sheep and several skulls of mule deer. The Divisioa ci 

 Omitholo^' received 217 bird skins, 67 of which represent a part of the 

 Mu.-^oum's share from the Collins- Day expedition. An African elephant 

 skull and a white rhinoceros skull were received as an exchange from 

 the American Museum of Natural History. Among the additions made 

 to the shell c»:)llcction is a gift from Mr. Giuseppe Despott of the Natural 

 HLstory Museum in Malta, which consists of 433 named and well labeled 

 specimens from the Maltese I.slands. The fact that the Museum had 

 few shells from these islands adds to the value of this acquisition. There 

 were 949 shells and 10 crustaceans added to the Department during the 

 >*car. A total of 63 specimens of insects was received, of which number 

 57 were a gift and 6 an exchange. The accessions in the EM vision o£ 

 Ichthyology and Herpetology consisted chiefly of gifts, totaling 284 

 specimens. The most important of these is a collection of thirty amphi- 

 bians and reptiles from the Mississippi River Valley, presented by 

 Mr. J. W. Mackcldcn of St. Louis. Mr. Leon L. Pray, Mr. William J. 

 CrtThard, Mr. Hcrlxrt L. Stoddard, and others, added a number of 

 dc-sidcrata to the collection of Illinois and Indiana snakes. Mr. Stoddard 

 also donated a collection of wall lizards, taken by him while in the service 

 in France. Mr. J. G. Sinclair presented a few amphibians and reptiles 

 from Arizona, Mr. M. H. Sacklieim three from New Mexico, and Mr. 

 Charles L. Hubbs several from southern California. 



exFto«TK>Ns AMD FicLO woKK. — Finds of remains of mastodon at two 

 localities, Mooee, Illinois, and Lciter's Ford, Indiana, were investigated 

 by Assistant Curator Riggs. The mode of the occurrence of the bones at 

 these k>calities was studied, some erpknution conducted at the sites and 

 negotiations entered into with the owners of the specimens which may 

 result in securing desirable material later. As a result of a trip to 

 Porcupine, Ontario, r-anaHa^ gold-mining district, a number of typical 



