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History, Chicago, 111. ; Mr. C. J. Pennock, Kennett Square, Pa. ; Dr. 

 J. C. Phillips, Wenham, Mass. ; Mr. H. C. Raven, Bayshore, N. Y. ; Mrs. 

 E. M. B. Reichenberger, American Museum of Natural History, New 

 York; Mr. James Henry Rice, jr., Wiggins, S. C. ; Mr. Charles H. 

 Rogers, Princeton, N. J. ; Mr. Ralph H. Rose, South Kortright, N. Y. ; 

 Dr. L. C. Sanforcl, New Haven, Conn. ; Mr. P. A. Taverner, Ottawa, 

 Canada ; Mr. W. E. Clyde Todd, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa. ; 

 Prof. M. Oshima, of Japan. The above list covers those who ex- 

 amined the skin collection, and includes a goodly number of members 

 of the American Ornithologists' Union, who spent considerable time 

 during the period of the meeting (Nov. 8-11, 1920) in investigating 

 various questions in connection with their work in other museums or 

 in relation to their own private collections. In the office of the divi- 

 sion of birds there is a case reserved for common birds of the Eastern 

 States, and certain birds about which inquiry is most frequent (the 

 nightingale, the robin redbreast of Europe, the starling, etc.), as well 

 as examples of a few birds noted for their bright colors or strange 

 features of bill, plumage, etc. The inquiries of many amateurs and 

 nature-study students are satisfied by reference to this case of birds, 

 but no list of these visitors or statistics as to their numbers has been 

 attemj)ted. The following students have examined the series of 

 North American eggs or parts of it ; Prof. W. B. Barrows, Agricul- 

 tural College, Mich.; :Mr. H. W. Brandt, Cleveland, Ohio; Mr. E. J. 

 Court, Washington, D. C. ; Mr. A. F. Ganier, Nashville, Tenn. ; Mr. 

 A. H. Hardisty, Washington, D. C. ; Mr. R. G. Pape, Texarkana, 

 Ark. ; Dr. A. G. Ruthven, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. ; 

 Mr. W. E. Saunders, London, Ontario, Canada; Mr. J Fletcher 

 Street, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Mr. George H. Stuart, 3d, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Reptiles and amphibians were examined by Dr. Thomas Barbour, 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology ; and Dr. E. R. Dunn, of the same 

 museum; and Dr. Sidney F. Blake, of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. An unusual number of outside entomologists made prolonged 

 stays of from several weeks to several months studying our ma- 

 terials; thus Mr. Ray T. Webber, Melrose Highlands, Mass.; Mr. 

 John Tothill, of the Canadian entomological staff; Mr. C. F. W. 

 Musebeck, Dr. W. T. M. Forbes, and Mr. R. T. Shannon, all of 

 Cornell University. Many other entomologists have visited the divi- 

 sion of insects for a few days or a single day at a time, such as Mr. 

 S. W. Frost, of the entomological staff of the Pennsylvania State 

 College ; Dr. W. J. Holland, director of the Carnegie IMusemn, Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa. ; Dr. William Barnes, Decatur, 111. ; and Dr. C. T. Ramsden, 

 Guantanamo, Cuba. While no outsiders pursued any studies in the 

 laboratories of the division of marine invertebrates during the pres- 

 ent year, personal inquiries by members of the scientific staffs of the 



