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During the past year this has obtained to a large extent as regards 

 phmts. birds, nianinials. and marine invertebrates, and special mention 

 should be made of some of the more important loans. 



The collection of crustaceans of the family Alpheidae, which was to 

 have been worked up by Prof. F. H. Hei'rick, having been returned 

 by him with the statement that circumstances prevented his carrying 

 out the undertaking, it was transmitted to Dr. H. Coutiere, Museum 

 of Natural History. Paris, who has been many years engaged in the 

 study of the group. 



Applications having been received simultaneously from Professor 

 Edwards, of the University of Cincinnati (now of Trinit}' College), and 

 Dr. Hu))ert L. Clark, of Olivet College, Michigaa, for the use of the 

 collections of Holothurians for monographic pui"poses, it was decided 

 to divide the collections, sending the Apoda to Dr. Clark, and the 

 remainder of the specimens to Professor Edwards. Mr. Robert W, 

 Hall, New Haven, Conn., obtained the use of the large collection of 

 PaUjemoneUx for special study of that genus. Samples of ocean l)ot- 

 tom were sent to Dr. Albert Mann, who desired to search them for 

 diatoms. 



Dr. J. Percy Moore, who lias been engaged for some time in work- 

 ing up the collections of leeches, received an additional consignment of 

 specimens during the j'ear. 



The ]Museum collection of meadow larks (35 skins) was sent to Mr. 

 F. ]M. Chapman, of the American Museum of Natural Histor}-, New 

 York, for use in a revision of the genus Sturnella. 



The collection of lemmings (124 skins) was lent to Mr. AVitmer Stone, 

 of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, who was engaged 

 in a study of the species of this group of rodents. 



At the request of Dr. D. S. Jordan the collections of Japanese and 

 Corean fishes made by Messrs. Jouy. Morse, Hitchcock, and Bernadou 

 were sent to the Leland Stanford Junior University, to aid in his work 

 on the fish faunas of these countries. 



A collection of insects of the famih' Saldid^e (Rhynchota) was sent 

 for the purpose of study to Prof. H. E. Summers, of the Iowa Agricul- 

 tural College, who is engaged in monographing the family. Specimens 

 of Tipulida? and Ortalid;e (Diptera) were lent to Prof. R. W. Doane. 

 for monographic purposes. 



A collection of Hymenoptera was sent to Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, 

 of Mesilla Park, N. Mex., for study in connection with his investiga- 

 tions of the mouth parts of these insects. Several other loans of 

 insects were made during the year. 



The extensive use of the herbarium by experts outside of Washing- 

 ton is shown by the fact that 3,232 herbarium sheets were sent out for 

 stvidy during the year. 



