Jan., 1909. Annual Report of the Director. 265 



Collected by S. E. Meek and W. Heim: 



5 turtles, 1 salamander — Meredosia, Illinois. 

 39 fishes — Meredosia, Illinois. 



31 fishes — Pullman, Illinois. 



26 fishes — Alton, Illinois. 

 Collected by S. E. Meek, S. F. Hildebrand, and J. Freisser: 



140 fishes — Fox River and McHenry, Illinois. 

 Collected by S. E. Meek and V. Shelford : 



105 fishes — Calumet River, Clarke, Indiana. 

 Collected by A. W. Slocom: 



157 fresh water shells — Emmet Co., Michigan. 



29 beetles, moth, bugs, bee, spider, grasshopper, etc. — Mississippi. 



203 fresh water shells — Mississippi. 

 Collected by H. H. Smith: 



2 turtles — Batesville, Missouri. 



1 hornet's nest — West Virginia. 

 Collected by L. L. Pray: 



1 blue jay's skin — Dowagiac, Mich. 

 Collected by A. B. Wolcott: 



177 specimens dragonflies, grasshoppers, bugs, moths, flies, beetles, 

 bees, etc. — Illinois and Indiana. 

 . Purchases: 



6 snakes, 14 lizards, 18 toads, 7 frogs — Costa Rica. 



620 sets (2,500 specimens) bird eggs — various localities. 



146 specimens spiders, scorpions, grasshoppers, mantids, roaches, 



bugs, bees and wasps, beetles, moths and butterflies — Palestine. 

 42 specimens jointed spider, digger-wasp, beetles — Arizona. 

 153 specimens insects, 18 specimens reptiles, 51 mammal skins — 



Arizona. 



1 porcupine fish — Jamaica. 



50,000 specimens butterflies and moths. 

 60 mammal skins — various localities. 

 16 young alligators — Florida. 



2 7 alligator eggs — Florida. 



5 otter skins — Queen Charlotte Islands. 

 5 mammal skins — British Guiana. 

 2 finches — Horner's Ranch, Hawaii. 



1 albinistic robin, 1 albinistic sparrow — Geneva, Illinois. 



2 jays — various localities. 



1 jaeger gull, 1 vega gull — various localities. 

 213 bird eggs — Iowa. 



i goose, 1 duck, 3 nighthawks, 1 sparrow — various localities. 



2 bird skins. 



1 whooping swan — Greenland. 



13 bird skins — Costa Rica. 



14 bird skins. 



2 mammal skins. 



2 barn owls — Enid, O. T. 



