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The herbarium has also been constantly utilized by the botanists of 

 the Department of Ag-rioulturc. 



A large amount of material from the Department of Biology was 

 lent to specialists for study or sent to them for working up in the 

 interest of the National Museum. The Biological Survey of the 

 Department of Agriculture had the use of many specimens of mam- 

 mals, and specimens of the same group were sent out of the city as 

 follows: 



To Mr. James A. G. Rehn, of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, 41 specimens of several groups for use in his report on 

 terrestrial vertebrates collected in portions of southern New Mexico 

 and western Texas, l)esides 14 specimens of ]Vi/ctmomu^; to Mr. D. G. 

 Elliot, of the Field Columbian Museum, 35 specimens for use in con- 

 nection with his work on the mammals of Middle America; to Dr. 

 J. A. Allen, of the American Museum of Natural History, 108 speci- 

 mens for use in connection with his study of the mammals of eastern 

 Siberia; to Mr. J. L, Bonhote, of the British Museum of Natural 

 History, who is making a study of the Malayan fauna, 18 skins and 

 skulls of 3fvs; to Dr. John M. Ingersoll, of Cleveland, Ohio, who is 

 working upon the comparative anatomy of the ithmoid region of the 

 mamma'ian skull, 16 specimens of skulls; to Dr. Harris H. Wilder, of 

 Smith Col.ege, for use in embryological studies, specimens of the 

 embryo of Jlanis jammica; to Dr. E. A. Mearns, U. S. Army, sta- 

 tioned at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, 9 specimens of mammals from the 

 Philippine region; and to Mr. Witmer Stone, of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, specimens of JS^ycticebus. 



The Division of Birds furnished 13 specimens of Parus hiid)<onicu8^ 

 and 68 specimens, mainly of Otocorls, to Mr. Frank M. Chapman, of 

 the American Museum of Natural History; 8 specimens from the 

 Malay Peninsula, Java, and Sumatra to Mr. Witmer Stone, of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; 29 specimens of plover 

 to Dr. Jonathan D wight, jr., of New York City; and smaller lots to 

 Mr. Walter K. Fisher and Mr. Joseph Grinnell, of Palo Alto, Cali- 

 fornia; Mr. Outran! Bangs, of Boston; Mr. W. C. Ferril, of the State 

 Historical and Natui-al History Society, Denver, Colorado; Dr. K. M. 

 Strong, of Haverford College; Mr. Carl Hellmayr, of the Zoological 

 Museum. Munich, Bavaria, and Mr. W. A. Bryan, of the Bishop 

 Museum, Honolulu. 



The loans from the Division of Insects have been numerous and 

 included several large lots requested for monographic purposes. The 

 principal sendings were as follows: A large quantity of material, chiefly 

 representing Odonata and Plecoptera to Prof. James G. Needham, of 

 Lake Forest University, Illinois; about 2,500 bees of the family Andre- 

 nidie to Mr. H. L. Viereck, of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 



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