LIST OF accp:ssions to the collections during 



THE FISCAL YEAR 1913-1914. 



[Except when otherwise indicated, the specimens were presented, or were transferred by 

 bureaus of the Government in accordance with law.] 



Abbott, Dr. William L. : About 839 

 mammals, 701 bird skins, 6 sliele- 

 tous, 2 nests and 2 eggs of birds, 3 

 skeletons and a skin of reptiles, 9 

 baskets and a specimen of native 

 cloth, from Dutch Borneo, collected 

 by Mr. H. C. Raven (56376: 56895) ; 

 ethnological material and a few 

 mammals, collected by Dr. Abbott in 

 Halmahera Island, northwestern 

 New Guinea, Ambon and eastern 

 Celebes (in all 15 localities) 

 (56963). 



Abercrombie, Miss. (See under Mrs. 

 Thomas Hamilton Wilson.) 



Aberfoyle Manltfacturing Company, 

 Chester. Pa. : 25 2-yard lengths and 

 116 5-yard samples of fancy dress 

 goods and shirtings made from cot- 

 ton, cotton and spun silk, and cotton 

 and viscose silk (56670). 



Adams, Charles Francis, Washington, 

 D. C. : Full-length portrait, in oil, of 

 Mr. Charles Francis Adams, by Rob- 

 ert W. Vonnoh (55690: loan). 



Adams, Mrs. Charles Francis, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. : Portrait, in oil, of 

 Mr. Charles Francis Adams, by Rob- 

 ert W. Vonnoh (55689 : loan). 



Adams, Orr J., Grand Junction, Colo. : 

 2 fossil tree trunks impregnated 

 with carnotite (57125: purchase). 



Adelaide Silk Mills, Allentown, Pa. : 

 6 specimens of tie silks (57127). 



Agriculture, Department of : 



Bureau of Animal Industry: Col- 

 lection of wools and woolen products 



Agriculture, Department of — Contd. 

 illustrating methods of grading and 

 manufacture, with suggested im- 

 provements in breeding and market- 

 ing raw wools (57073). 



Bureau of Biological Survey: 3 

 living specimens of Opuntia col- 

 lected by Mr. Stokley Ligon near 

 Tularosa, N. Mex. (55647) ; 320 

 plants, including 19 living Cacta- 

 ceae, collected in Arizona by Mr. 

 E. A. Goldman (55647 ; 55803 ; 55829 ; 

 55835; 56389; 56731); plants prin- 

 cipally from the southeastern part 

 of the United States, collected by 

 Mr. Ernest G. Holt (55697; 55710; 

 55966; 56983); plants from the 

 southeastern part of the United 

 States, Maryland and Maine, col- 

 lected by Mr. W. L. McAtee (55803; 

 55966; 56708) ; 40 plants from Ala- 

 bama, collected by Mr. A. H. Howell 

 (55749; 57019); land shells from 

 Alabama and Oregon, collected by 

 Mr. Howell and Mr. L. J. Goldman 

 (57070; 57093) ; 2 eggs of the west- 

 ern nighthawk, Chordeiles virgini- 

 anus henryi, from Arizona (55844) ; 

 125 mammals from Patagonia 

 (56067) ; 24 birds in alcohol, princi- 

 pally from Panama and Porto Rico 

 (56169; 56178; 56952) ; 2 specimens 

 of Helicina from Panama (56566) ; 

 8 plants collected in Arizona by INIr. 

 Vernon Bailey (56265) ; 2 snakes, 

 Bascanion flaviventris, and a sala- 

 mander, Ainbystoma tigrinum, from 

 Utah (56291) ; 14 bird eggs from 



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