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obtain ii paper for publication in the Proceedings, or Bulletin. Tn still 

 other instances both the above-mentioned o})jects arc aimed at, the 

 expert getting the use of material for use with other collections in a 

 work of general scope, and the Museum r(>ceiving a report on its own 

 specimens. 



The system has worked to tho advantage of the Museum and also, it 

 is believed, has facilitated in no small degree the work of zoological 

 and botanical specialists, both in the United States and abroad. Manj^ 

 collections were in the hands of specialists at the beginning of the 

 year covered ))y this report and others were sent out during the year. 

 The most important were as follows: A series of 208 Patagonian mam- 

 mals sent to Dr. J. A. Allen, American Museum of Natural History, 

 for use in connection with his work on the Manunals of the Princeton 

 expedition to Patagonia; 68 Alaska squirrels, also sent to Dr. Allen; 

 49 mammals sent to Dr. i). G. Elliot, Field Columbian ^luscum. for 

 use in connection with his work on the mammals of Mexico and Cen- 

 tral America; (>8 martens sent to Mr. S. N. Rhoads, Academy of Nat- 

 ural Sciences, Philadelphia, for use in a study of th(> genus J/jf.'<fr/a/ 

 315 Hshes from Negros Island, Philippines, to Dr. D. S. flordan, to 

 be identiiied for the ])enetit of the Museum; the general collection of 

 Salpa^ and simi)le ascidians to Dr. William E. Ritter, University of 

 California, to be identitied for t\m benefit of the Museum; the general 

 collection of Pj^cnogonida (which had previously been in the hands of 

 Dr. Meinert, of Copenhagen) and other specimens, to Prof. Leon J. 

 Cole, University of Michigan, to be worked up for the benetit of the 

 Museum; 14 lots of Porto Rican echinoderms to Prof. H. L. Clark, 

 Olivet College, to be identified at the request of the U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission; ()4 lots of Alpheidie to Dr. PI. Coutiere, Paris Museum, added 

 to the collections of the same kind previously sent him, to ])e classified 

 for the benefit of the Museum; 11 lots of leeches to Dr. J. Percy 

 Moore, University of Pennsylvania, added to similar lots previously 

 sent him and identitied for th(> Museum. The following insects, with 

 many smaller lots, were lent for study: One hundred specimens of the 

 genus Lri/raniri to Prof. J. B. Smith, Rutgei's Colleg(^: liS specimens 

 of Ophionini to Dr. E. P. Felt; 138 Lepidoptera to Dr. W. J. Holland, 

 Carnegie Museum; al)out 400 specimens, illustrating the natural his- 

 tory of the dragon-fli(^s and their alliens, to Prof. James G. Needham, 

 Lake Forest Cniversity, for monographic w'ork; 832 Tettigidie to Dr. 

 J. L. Hancock. 



Loans of plants were 30 in number, among which the following 

 deserve notice: 214 specimens of Amorj?ha and PhUadelphu>< to the 

 Biltmore Her])arium; 197 specimens of Equtsetum to Mr. A. A. Eaton; 

 589 specimens of Curdinu'mc to Dr. A. Engler, Royal Botanical 

 Museum, Berlin; lOO Hepatica? to Dr. A. W: Evans, Yale University; 

 474 specimens of Nyctaginaceso to Dr. A. Heimerl, Vienna; 223 mis- 



