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Through Dr. Hugh M. Smith, associate curator in zoology, director 

 of fisheries of Siain, tliere came important collections of mammals, 

 birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, moUusks. and miscellaneous inverte- 

 brates. Further series came from China through the courtesy of Col. 

 K. S. Clark from the work of Mr. A. de C. Sowerby, of especial im- 

 portance being some excellent series of fishes. Tlirough the coopera- 

 tion of Mr. William N. Beach, Mr. Marcus Dal}^, and Mr. Osgood 

 Field, the Museum was able to send Mr. W. L. Brown, of the stall' in 

 taxidermy, to the Sudan, where he obtained a valuable set of mam- 

 mals, birds, and fishes of importance in our collections. A group of 

 gazelles obtained will be mounted for the exhibition halls. Eight 

 female gorilla skulls were acquired by purchase. 



Mr. B. H. Swales, honorary assistant curator of birds, whose death 

 came during the year, contributed 4 genera and 26 species of birds 

 new to the Museum collections. The collections of Doctor Wetmore, 

 assistant secretary, made last year when traveling under the Swales 

 fund in Hispaniola, included series of birds, reptiles, and amphibians, 

 and other zoological collections of a miscellaneous nature. The work 

 of Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, jr., curator of mammals, who visited the 

 Dominican Republic at his own expense, and that of Mr. A. J. Poole, 

 of the division of mammals, who carried on extensive explorations in 

 the caves of Haiti, under funds provided by Dr. W. L. Abbott, 

 brought important collections of bones of extinct animals and birds, 

 as well as excellent series of existing reptiles and amphibians and 

 other specimens of value. 



Among accessions in the division of insects there may be mentioned 

 the gift of the George M. Greene collection of coleoptera, including 

 nearly 50,000 specimens, and representing many years of careful and 

 painstaking work. Through Dr. R. C. McGregor, the Philippine 

 Bureau of Science has forwarded large series of Philippine insects, 

 while other important additions to these collections have come through 

 the work of the Bureau of Entomology. Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell 

 presented a collection of insects from Russia and Siberia. 



The Amory-Bowman Labrador expedition, arranged through co- 

 operation with Mr. Copley S. Amory, brought collections from the 

 coast of Labrador, including a comprehensive set of arthropods. The 

 Bureau of Fisheries, United States Department of Commerce, trans- 

 ferred 5,4G7 specimens of marine invertebrates, the most important 

 being from the Albatross expeditions of 1907-1909, which have been 

 in the hands of specialist^ for study to this time, and a scries of 

 Crustacea procured from Harvey C. McMillan. 



Through the Frances Lea Chamberlain fund the division of mol- 

 lusks obtained over 50,000 specimens of land shells from Jamaica, 

 which were collected by C. R. Orcutt. Dr. Charles de la Torre, of 



