LIST OF ACCESSIONS.* 



Abhk, Prof. Cleveland (.See under W. E. Frye; Mr. Seal; The Bishop Taylor Mis- 

 sion). 



Ahbott, W. H. (See under U. S. Fish Commission). 



Abott, Dr. W. L. (Philadelphia, Pa.). A magnificent eollectiou of spears, shields, 

 hows, swords, wooden dishes, and personal ornaments of the Wa Chaga and 

 Wasai negroes of the Kilima-Njaro region ;t specimens of insects, repre- 

 senting all orders; 107 birds' skins, representing about 60 species; specimens 

 of Snakes, Bucephalus and Coluber, both species of Avhich are undeterminable, 

 and specimens of mammal skins (23656); 79 sjiecimens of mammal skins 

 and skulls, t repi'esentiug 29 species; collection of alcoholic and dry insects, 

 consisting of 10 specimens of lepidoptera and 6 of neuroptera, 10 species 

 of orthnptera, 10 of hemiptera, and 50 of coleoptera, 60 specimens repre- 

 senting 30 species of arachuida, and 18 specimens representing 8 species of myri- 

 opoda from Mt. Kilima-Njaro, Seychelles Islands, and Madagascar; 2 specimens 

 of Coco de Mer (Lodoicea sei/cheUarum Labil) and 2 pieces of wood of the same; 

 ■16 reptiles and batrachians, representing 20 species, from the same localities; 

 117 birds' skins, representing 45 species, obtained from the same region; 100 

 African plants and a number of lichens and mosses; 5 eggs of Anous stolidua 

 from Isle Siche, Seychelles Islands, and a nest and egg of a small sun-bird, species 

 not determined, from Mt. Kilima-Njaro; 11 shells, representing 3 species, from 

 the Seychelles Islands; collection of ethnological objects (93 specimens in all), 

 including shields, quivers, arrows, models of huts, wooden vessels, wallets, 

 mortar, beehive, war capes, game board, and other articles and utensils; 4 

 gallinules (24008) ; photographs taken in East Africa, showing natives, scenery, 

 habitations, and objects representing native life (24334). 



Adams, C. F. (Champaign, 111.). Sixteen skeletons of birds and skin of mammal 

 (23432); bird-group composed of shrikes, with nest and young (23622); group of 

 gibbons (ffylohates sp.) from Borneo (23890). Purchase, 



A.DAMS, W. H. (Elmore, 111.). Two flint scrapers from Peoria County. 23927. 



Adam.s, W. W. (Mapleton, N. Y.), Fragment of human skull from an ancient grave 

 in Fleming, Cayuga County. 24206. 



Agricultural College (Lansing, Mich.), through Prof. A. J. Cooke. Forty species 

 of North American coleoptera, 17 of which are new to the collection. Ex- 

 change. 24941. 



Agriculture, DEPARTiMENT of. Twenty-seven photo-lithographs illustrating forest 

 destruction and reforestation in France (23584) ; section of tulip-tree, with his- 

 toiical chart of events contemporaneous with growth (23585); 2 maps showing 

 forest destruction (23587); 100 label maps showing distribution of species 

 (23589). Deposit. 



* The accessions of the year are included under the numbers 23341-24527. 

 tThis collection is fully descril)ed in the catalogue published in Section in of this 

 volun)e. 



JTlic mammal specimens of Ace. 23656 are incorporated with those of Accession 



24008, 



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