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luriaceae) ; Prof. W. A. Setchell, of the University of California, 

 who is interested in the floras of certain islands of the Pacific Ocean ; 

 and Alfred Rehder, of the Arnold Arboretum. 



The extent to which loans of specimens have been made to institu- 

 tions and investigators at their request for aid in the study of their 

 own material will be seen from the following list: Mammals were 

 loaned to the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 

 for the benefit of Dr. William K. Gregory, Childs Frick, and others; 

 Dr. Oklfield Thomas, British Museum; Brooklyn Museum, New 

 York ; A. B. Howell, Pasadena. Calif. ; Dr. Glover M. Allen, Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology; E. R. Hall, University of Kansas; R. J 

 Terry, Washington University, St. Louis, 111.: Dr. R. I. Pocock, 

 Zoological Society of London. Birds were sent to the American 

 Museum of Natural History; the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 Philadelphia; W. E. Clyde Todd, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, 

 Pa.: Dr. C. E. Hellmayr, Field Museum of Natural History, Chi- 

 cago; Museum of Comparative Zoology for the benefit of D. Bangs 

 and James L. Peters; Harry S. Swarth, Museum of Vertebrate 

 Zoology. Berkeley, Calif. ; Walther H. Rich, Falmouth, Me. : P. A. 

 Taverner, Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, Canada; Dr. Jona- 

 than Dwight, New York; H. H. Bailey, Miami Beach Zoological 

 Park and Museum. Specimens of birds or eggs were also lent locally 

 for various purposes to D. C. Chapter of Boy Scouts ; Frank Bond ; 

 Dr. N. A. Cobb; Mrs. E. K. Peeples; Dr. R. W. Shufeldt. Reptiles 

 and amphibians were sent to Dr. E. R. Dunn, Smith College; 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology for the benefit of Dr. T. Barbour ; 

 Mrs. H. T. Gaige, and Dr. Frank N. Blanchard, University of 

 Michigan; Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa; Percy Viosca, jr., 

 New Orleans, La., and A. I. Ortenburger, American Museum of 

 Natural History. Specimens of fishes were borrowed by the U. S. 

 Bureau of Fisheries, and by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, of Washington, 

 D. C. The division of insects has transmitted to outside entomolo- 

 gists for their benefit as follows : Dr. A. C. Kinsey, Indiana Univer- 

 sity; C. Howard Curran, Entomological Branch of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada; Maj. W. S. Patton, 

 Edinburgh University, Scotland; J. R. Watson, University of 

 Florida; Prof. C. R. Corkins, State Agricultural College, Fort 

 Collins, Colo.; National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C. ; 

 Prof. P. W. Claassen, Cornell University; Dr. John Tothill, Fred- 

 ericton, New Brunswick; Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 

 H. I.; Dr. Roger C. Smith, Kansas State College; Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; Dr. A. B. Wolcott, Field Museum 

 of Natural History ; Prof. W. S. Blatchley, Indianapolis, Ind. ; Dr. 

 C. H. Kennedy, Ohio State University. Material from the division 



