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aration of a revision of the group; tlie series of Amazilia cervini- 

 ventrisjin order to determiue the distribution of a new form; the series 

 of 3Iegascops Jiammeolus, for the purpose of determining the forms 

 embraced under that name; also two small collections of birds from 

 West Africa. Dr. A. K. Fisher, Department of Agriculture, examined 

 the collection at various times in connection with his determination 

 of certain type specimens and the identification of matei-ial for the Bio- 

 logical Survey. Mr. Outram Bangs, of Boston, Massachusetts, made 

 use of the Museum collection in identifying a series of 700 birds from 

 the Santa Marta region of Colombia. Mr. J. W. Garrett, of Baltimore, 

 Maryland, consulted the library preparatory to identifying a collection 

 of Patagouian birds. Mr. F. M. Chapman, of the American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York, studied the petrels, in order to determine 

 the validity of a Pacific coast form. Mrs. George C. Maynard and Miss 

 Florence Merriam, both of Washington, examined certain North Amer- 

 ican birds, for the i^urpose of describing them in ])opular works on birds. 

 Miss Jennie E. Letson, of Buffalo, New Yoi^, devoted considerable 

 time to the study of mollusks. Mr. Outram Bangs spent a few days in 

 March, and again in May, making comparisons of North American 

 species of mammals. Professor Mitsukuri, of the University of Tokyo, 

 studied the collection of seals, in order to familiarize himself with their 

 taxonomic character. Mr. E. W. Nelson, of the Department of Agricul 

 ture, was given facilities for an extended study of the squirrels of 

 Mexico and Central America. Mr. George R. Wieland, State College, 

 Pennsylvania^ examined specimens of marine and fresh-water turtles. 

 Dr. David S. Jordan, president of the Leland Stanford Junior Univer 

 sity, examined fishes in connection with a report upon the investiga- 

 tions of the Fur Seal Commission, and in connection also with the prep- 

 aration of additional volumes of the work on the "Fishes of North 

 and Middle America."^ Dr. B. W. P^vermann, who is associated with 

 Doctor Jordan as joint author of the above work, also made frequent 

 use of the collections. Dr. H. M. Smith and Dr. W. C. Kendall, ol the 

 U. S. Fish Commission, compared specimens of fishes in the collection 

 with others recently obtained by the Commission. 



Miss Harriet Richardson made a study of certain groups of Isopoda, 

 including species of the genera Bocinela and ^'Ega, and is preparing an 

 annotated list of the Isopoda of the west coast of North America. In 

 November Prof. K. Mitsnkuri, of the University of Tokyo, spent about 

 a week at the Museum studying the Holothuroidea obtained during 

 the cruise of the Albatross- to the Galapagos Islands in 1891. In 

 February, Mr. K. Kishinonye, of Tokyo, was engaged for two weeks 

 in studying the Medusae and the Pena'ida'. Since early in May Dr. 

 Charles M. Blackford, jr., of the Medical College of Georgia, has been 

 engaged in studying the Protozoa and other low forms of life. 



Miss Anna Murray Vail, of the Torrey Botanical Club, New York 



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