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Bean, Barton A. , fish named ])y 67 



Bean, Tarleton H. , honorary curator, Division of Fishes 93 



Beck, R. H., skeletons of Harris's cormorant, purchased from 22 



Beckwith, Paul, collections installed in the hall of American history under 



supervision of 57 



specimens received through exchange with 55 



temporarily assigned to the assistant curatorship of ethnology. 51 



Beecher, C. E., material loaned to 86, 88 



specimens of invertebrate fossils received from 24, 86 



Benedict, Jameo E., anomuran crabs from Japan and tlie Hawaiian Islands 



studied by 79 



assistant curator, Division of Marine Invertebrates 94 



crabs of the family Dromidae and annelids studied by ... 79 



descriptions of new Albuneidae by 79 



species of Galatheidae by 79 



researches by 31 , 79 



title and notice of paper by 150 



Benjamin, Marcus, Editor 94 



Bibliography, National Museum 143 



list of authors in 173 



number of authors represented in 43 



total number of papers cited in 43 



Bigelow, Robert Payne, material from Division of Marine Invertebrates sent to. 34, 75 



Biltmore Herbarium, plants loaned to 75 



Biolley, P., specimens of reptiles received from 21,68 



Biological Society of Washington, course of free lectures given under the aus- 40 



pices of 



Survey, Department of Agriculture, birds' eggs transmitted by 68 



loans to assistants in 75 



specimens of mammals used by . 33 



Biology, Department of, accessions 65 



birds 65 



birds' eggs 65 



crustaceans 65 



fishes 65 



insects 65 



mammals 67 



mollusks 69 



plants 65 



reptiles and batrachians 68 



additions to collections, number of 20 



collections in, visited by naturalists 32 



distribution of duplicate specimens 76 



exhibition collections, installation 37 



explorations 64 



exposition work 61, 80 



improvements in exhibition collections of 62 



increase of one division in 46 



labels 63 



laboratory use of collections by investigators. 76 



loan of collections and cooperation of specialists 33, 74 



personnel 81 



report of head curator on 61 



