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Of private expeditions there have been several which lienefited the 

 Museum. As a result of his explorations in the Malay Archipelago 

 and other eastern localities, including Trong, Lower Siani, and Singa- 

 pore, Dr. William L. Abbott has contributed a large and important 

 collection of zoological and ethnological material, the former compris- 

 ing 257 mammals, 763 birds, and 125 batrachians, besides many insects 

 and other forms of invertebrates. Among the specimens are many 

 species new to science and numerous others not heretofore represented 

 in the Museum. This is onl}^ one of several expeditions through 

 which the Museum has been placed under great indebtedness to Doctor 

 Abbott. 



While at the Samoan Islands as the British representative on the 

 joint commission. Sir Charles Eliot found time to bring together an 

 excellent collection of the moUusks and other marine invertebrates, 

 which he has kindly turned over to the National Museum. 



Other acquisitions, the results of private explorations, have been as 

 follows: A series of Japanese fishes from the Leland Stanford Junior 

 Universit}'; a collection of crustaceans made on the Brazilian coast 

 by Dr. John C. Branner during the Branner-Agassiz expedition; a 

 collection of Hawaiian crustaceans from Mr. H. W. Henshaw; about 

 300 Colombian birds from Mr. Outram Bangs; over 80() plants of the 

 State of Washington from Mr. Kirk Whited; a valuable series of 

 volcanic rocks and other geological material from the Hawaiian Islands, 

 from Prof. C. H. Hitchcock. 



Collecting outfits. — Outfits have been furnished to the following 

 persons who have ottered to collect material for the Museum: Prof. 

 Dean C. Worcester, United States commissioner to the Philippine 

 Islands; Capt. H. C. Benson, Manila; Dr. Azel Ames and Mr. L. M. 

 McCormick, San Juan, P. R. ; Mr. B. S. Bowdish, Aguadilla, P. R.; 

 Maj. J. H. Hysell, Santiago, Cuba; Capt. O. S. Durfee, Ciego de 

 Ovila, Cuba; Mr. F. G. Gosling, Hamilton, Bernmda; Mr. Charles 

 B. Taylor, Kingston, Jamaica; Mr. Fred Driver, Montserrat, West 

 Indies; Mr. F. C. Holman, United States of Colombia; Rev. Samuel 

 P. Craver, Montevideo, Uruguay; Mr. Paul Narbel, Cour, Lausanne, 

 Switzerland; Dr. E. A. Mearns, U. S. A., Newport, R. I.; Mr. Dane 

 Coolidge, Leland Stanford Junior University, California; Dr. J. 

 Hornung and Mr. M. L. Robb, San Francisco, Cal.; Mr. Robert T. 

 Young, Waring, Tex. ; Mr. R. T. Young, Boern, Tex. ; Mr. Howard 

 S. Reed, New Orleans, La. ; Dr. Adolph Tucheband and Mr. W. A. 

 Schantz, New York City; Mr. Robert Stein, Washington, D. C, 

 leader of an expedition to the North Polar regions; Miss Thora 

 Stejneger, Washington, D. C; Lieut. John W. Daniel, jr., Lynch- 

 burg, Va. ; Mr. George C. Lewis, Fort Myer, Va. 



