q6 Vol. v 



grn :,ooo grams of the Plain view, Texas, 



rod also specimens of f< >ur other 



bt ape< . vsy forms called 



nit 40 specimens of 



fossils a !c\l as a result of the 



>r's tr . Illii 75 specimens min- 



rk in M The 



A tan! /.ona 20 »ns of copper ores 



Vpartmcn* accession of the 



year is a 



nis [1 MU purchased from Mr. I'. U t A Bjd obtained it from 



na iscar and pcrsonall .;ht it from there to this 



country. The first installment of the id of the birds 



taken on th< 



1 the .' M.-um :ral li The mam- 



ma in the year but have 1 



been accessioned. A • -.animals and . from 



1 were presented by the A c Commissioners to the 



Pn Pacific Internationa] Bxp pecial mention. 



hem a pedes new to the collection. To the 



col bi specimens. 



One < IHed Sea £ ry desira"' 



By far the largest and roost 

 importa:. 1 was the Hall collection of 



BUhu H Illi- 



nois. Th consi water sh< 



ar 1 at least several thousand name*! As they 



orted by a s; :ie exact number 



. be acceario? annot be definitely 



at th Among the faaaa the most desirable 



I sccur reston 



I this lot at least tl ti new to the 



col though smaller acquisition, was an 



: 7 ran » from northern India were secur> 



The accessions a summar .. follow : Pur base: 138 mam- 



U 

 and eggs, and approximately 3,000 shells; I change: 39 



mammals and 80 in 



«toiT)o^j»noPiiiowo«* — A (< by the Curator 



of Geology in v. ral localities in La Salle County, Illinois, and 



as a result specimens of a number of occurrences which had not been 



