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in western China, and birds, insects, antl plants obtained by E. G. 

 Holt in northern Brazil. Other excellent collections came from the 

 Hon. Gilford Pinchot as the result of a cruise to the Caribbean and 

 Pacific Islands on the yacht Manj Pinchot. A notable collection 

 obtained through the cooperation of the Navy Department was 

 secured by Dr. H. C. Kellers, United States Navy, on the Island of 

 Panay, in the Philippines, tluring service as medical ollicer to the 

 Naval Solar Eclipse Expedition. 



Doctor Bartsch, traveling under the Walter llalhbone Bacon 

 Travelling Scholarship, obtained large series of moUusks in the West 

 Indies, which add remarkably to our collections from that region. 

 Dr. G. A. MacCallum, of Baltimore, presented his entire collection of 

 helminthological material, including many type specimens. 



Collections forwarded by the Rev. D. C. Graham from western 

 China include many things of great value, particularly among mam- 

 mals, birds, fishes, reptiles, and insects. There may be mentioned 

 especially three skins of the giant Panda. 



Further excellent collections from Siam were received from Dr. 

 Hugh M. Smith, long an honorary associate of the Institution. 



A. C. Bent, a collaborator of the Smithsonian Institution, depos- 

 ited in the division of birds his collection of North American birds' 

 eggs, a most excellent and complete series. From the Minneapolis 

 Public Library there were obtained more than 1,500 bird skins from 

 the Philippines comprising the Menage collection. The Smith- 

 sonian-Parish expedition to Haiti obtained excellent series of birds, 

 reptiles, and other materials. Under the Swales fund, through 

 money left by the late Bradshaw H. Swales, there were secured 34 

 skins of birds new to the Museum. 



The Victorias Milling Co. of Manila presented a considerable 

 number of insects collected by Dr. W. Dwiglit Pierce. For the 

 division of mollusks there were purchased series of land shells from 

 Jamaica and Haiti through the Chamberlain fund. Through a 

 botanical expedition to Peru and Upper Brazil under E. P. Killip 

 there were acquired more than 27,000 specimens of plants. 



Geology. — In the department of geology the single accession ol 

 greatest importance during the year was the crystal ball presented 

 to the National Museum by Mrs. Worcester Heed Warner as a 

 memorial to her husband, long a friend to the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. This ball of flawless crystal 12% inches in diameter, weigliiiii.' 

 lOC-Yi pounds, is believed to be the largest perfect sphere of its kind 

 in existence. It is one of the most striking objects found in the 

 Museum halls. 



Through the income of the Koebling fund there have been secured 

 23 species of minerals not previously represented in our collections, 



