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as well as for their workmanship, some having been owned by persons 
of high distinction. The collection of postage stamps, postal cards, 
and stamped envelopes was increased to the extent of about 9,000 
examples, and many additions were made to the series of coins and 
medals and of portrait photographs. So many contributions were 
received for the period costume collection as to permit of the instal- 
lation and opening of the hall allotted to this subject. 
Especially notable among the acquisitions in biology were some 
200,000 insects obtained by entomologists of the Department of Agri- 
culture during economic investigations in Texas and neighboring 
States. Mr. H. C. Raven, whose work has continued to be maintained 
by Dr. W. L. Abbott, sent over 1,500 mammals and birds from eastern 
Borneo, including numerous rare and probably some new forms. Be- 
s:des extensive collections of fishes and marine invertebrates, the 
Bureau of Fisheries transferred a large number of reptiles and batra- 
chians from various parts of North America, and the first series, with 
the types, of the mammals obtained in Lower California during the 
cruise of the steamer Albatross in 1911. The Biological Survey, in 
addition to its regular deposits of North American mammals and 
birds, turned over to the Museum many mammals from Patagonia 
and reptiles and batrachians from Panama, and Prof. A. M. Reese 
contributed a large quantity of specimens of several groups collected 
by him at the Philippine Islands. Additional mammals were re- 
ceived from China, Africa, the island of Sardinia, etc., and reptiles 
and batrachians from California, Mississippi, Alabama, and other 
southern States. A generous donation from Dr. E. A. Mearns, United 
States Army, retired, consisted of his large private collection of bird 
skins, eggs, and skeletons, containing many rarities. Other sources 
of fishes than those above referred to were Japan, Fanning Island, 
the Philippines, Panama, and California; and of insects, the Bahama 
Islands, Florida, the southwestern and western States, and Alaska, 
besides which important series in several groups of insects of eco- 
nomic importance were among the contributions. The division of 
mollusks received as gifts the important collection of the late Prof. 
F. W. Bryant, of Lakeside, Cal.; about 2,000 specimens obtained by 
Mr. John B. Henderson, jr., during a dredging expedition to the vi- 
cinity of Chincoteague, Va., and many other valuable donations. The 
marine invertebrates from the Bureau of Fisheries consisted chiefly 
of material in several groups which had been the subject. of study 
and report. About 100 species of rotifers, mounted on slides, were 
presented by Mr. H. K. Harring, and numerous more or less impor- 
tant collections were received from various sources. The additions to 
the herbarium comprised over 10,000 specimens, mainly of grasses, 
from the Department of Agriculture, resulting from recent field 
work; about 38,500 West Indian and African plants from the New 
