i64 FiKLD Mlshum or Natural IIistoey — Reports, Vol. V. 



by cxihariK^' " j^artKil sk !< • .n <>t t:ic Ui,s.\il coind Sunomylus from 

 Ncbra.ska, ami a i»ajr of j.iws aiitl pchns of Lcontina. a larj^c South 

 Amrriian lln^,'ulaU^ A wcU-prt'scn'Ctl skull of Ihc Pcniiian rcplilc, 

 I)ipli«.-aulus, wa-i oliiaitutl fnmi the University of Chicago by excluuigc. 

 Prom W. T. Watkin-Brown of Sydney, Aas-lrolia, twenty-two specimens 

 of Au J minerals were received by exchxmjjc. These included rare 



examples of native bismuth, bismuthinite, molybdenite and feldspars 

 such OS ordinarily cannot be readily obtained. Eleven specimens of an 

 intcrcsiinK occurrence of p>Titc from Rolla, Missouri, were obtained 

 from R. S. Dean by ex' , and a brilliant specimen of artificial 



bismuth cr>-slals from V. ......;.i Thum by the same means. Twenty 



specimens of minerals were purchased, the most important being two 

 &hoi*->* specimens of violet apatite cT>-stals from Maine and two large 

 specimens of the newly discovered vanadium minerals hewettite and 

 meta-hewcttitc. Amonjj specimens acquired by collection may be 

 mentioned 43a specimens of the Colby meteorite and twenty-four speci- 

 mens of sand-carved boulders from Maine. 



A noteworthy acquisition in the Dc{Virtment of Zooloj^ '" the 



year was the donation, from Mrs. Anna Sala Mako\'ick>'i of Uok i ark, 

 Illinois, of a collection containing approximately 2,700 domestic and 

 exotic butterflies, moths and beetles gathered by her former husband, 

 Mr. Au>rust Sala. Mr. Hugh T. Birch of ChicaRo presented to the 

 Museum a cabinet of drawers containing 258 specimens of butterflies 

 moths and beetles, mainly from Colombia, S. A. To Mr. B. Preston 

 Clark of Boston, the Museum is a^in indebted for some very desirable 

 additions to its scries of sphinx moths. The s^xximcns of mammals 

 received from the Collins-Day South American Expedition were acces- 

 sioned during the year. The s>'noptic collection of mammals received 

 a number of additions, mostly of species of small size. These include 

 the Cape Jumping Hare, Parry's Ground Squirrel, Zulia Squirrel, 

 Redwcxxl Chipmunk, Prairie Hare, Roof Rat, White-footed Mouse. 

 Red-backed Mouse, and Lemming Mouse. A few specimens of mam- 

 mals, from French Guiana, were purchased. An important nccewioa 

 of birds was secured by purchase from W. H. Rosenberg of London,. 

 E: ' ', consisting of 404 skins, representing many rare species 

 fr' :lh America, nearly all of which were new to the Museum 



oouvv i.oii. Mr. T. L. Hanldnson donated an interesting series of fresh- 

 water fishes from Cuba and Florida, and Mr. Paul D. Ruthling 

 presented some salamanders and lizards from southern California. 

 An important accession consists of specimens of fishes, amphibians, and 

 reptiles from California collected by the Assistant Curator. In this 

 coQsignroent were included the most complete single collection of tide 



