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many of which were missing from those localities. Much attention 

 has been h water fishes for exhibition 



purposes, and in this connection the Assistant Curator, Dr. Meek, 

 made visits • irable localities in Illinois and adj ites, usu- 



ally in company with Mr. Heim, taxidermist, with the result that 

 valuable material was procured and added to the collection. During 

 the months . June, and July frequent visits were made by Dr. 



Meek and Mr. Heim to Pine and Millers. Indiana, to secure specimens 

 of the large commercial : iken at these places by the fishermen. 



These visits and SOI mis and small lakes near 



by resulted in securing 70 skins. Of th are mounted and finished, 



are mounted but not finished, and the remainder is unmounted. 

 The skins include 18 species. During the first three weeks of Sep- 

 ral places along the Illinois River were visited where con- 

 siderable commercial fishing was being done. At these points 98 

 fish skins of 25 species were secured. Dr. Meek, Mr. Freisser, and Mr. 

 Hildebrand spent two days collecting in the Fox River at McHenry, 

 Illinois, securing 12 skins representing 6 s] During his vacation 



in October Dr. Meek spent two days on Lake of the Woods in north- 

 ern Minnesota and prepared and shipped from there to the Museum 

 32 specimens of large fishes representing 7 species. On the same 

 trip he spent two days on Lake Superior at Marquette, Michigan. 

 One lake trout weighing 25 pounds and one weighing 10 pounds, and 

 a ling of 12 pounds were sent to the Museum. No extended field 

 trips were made during the year for the Division of Entomology but, 

 as usual, a fair amount of local collecting was done both by the As- 

 sistant Curator and his assistant, special attention having been given 

 to the species of Illinois. As a result of similar collecting during pre- 

 vious years, the insect fauna of northern Illinois is now fairly well rep- 

 presented in the Museum's cabinets. From the middle and southern 

 portions of the State, however, little material has as yet been obtained. 

 Several acquisitions were made by means of three non-entomological 

 Museum expeditions. The most noteworthy material received in this 

 manner was that collected by Dr. Dearborn in Venezuela. Mr. Slocum 

 of the Department of Geology a! tsin Misissippi, and 



Mr. Perry lik brought with him a few interesting forms gathered 



in Costa Rica, Panama, and Venezuela. The following is a list of the 

 expeditions: 



Locality. Collector. Material 



Costa Rica, Panama, 



Islands of Curacao, 

 Oruba and Bonaire 



J. F. Ferry, Bird and Mammal Skins^ 



