LIST OF ACCESSIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS DURING 
THE FISCAL YEAR 1913-1914. 
[Except when otherwise indicated, the specimens were presented, or were transferred by 
bureaus of the Government in accordance with law.] 
ABBOTT, Dr. WILLIAM L.: About 839 
mammals, 701 bird skins, 6 skele- 
tons, 2 nests and 2 eggs of birds, 3 
skeletons and a skin of reptiles, 9 
baskets and a specimen of native 
cloth, from Dutch Borneo, collected 
by Mr. H. C. Raven (56376; 56895) ; 
ethnological material and a few 
mammals, collected by Dr. Abbott in 
Halmahera Island, northwestern 
New Guinea, Ambon and eastern 
Celebes (in all 15 __ localities) 
(56968). 
ABERCROMBIE, Miss. (See under Mrs. 
Thomas Hamilton Wilson.) 
ABERFOYLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
Chester, Pa.: 25 2-yard lengths and 
116 4-yard samples of fancy dress 
goods and shirtings made from cot- 
ton, cotton and spun silk, and cotton 
and viscose silk (56670). 
ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS, Washington, 
D. C.: Full-length portrait, in oil, of 
Mr. Charles Francis Adams, by Rob- 
ert W. Vonnoh (55690: loan). 
ADAMS, Mrs. CHARLES FRANCIS, Wash- 
ington:) D: C.: Portrait, in: oil, of 
Mr. Charles Francis Adams, by Rob- 
ert W. Vonnoh (55689: loan). 
ADAMS, OrR J., Grand Junction, Colo. : 
2 fossil tree trunks impregnated 
with carnotite (57125: purchase). 
ADELAIDE SILK Mitxs, Allentown, Pa.: 
6 specimens of tie silks (57127). 
AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF: 
Bureau of Animal Industry: Col- 
lection of wools and woolen products 
a SE 
AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF—Contd. 
illustrating methods of grading and 
manufacture, with suggested im- 
provements jn breeding and market- 
ing raw wools (57078). 
Bureau of Biological Survey: 3 
living specimens of Opuntia col- 
lected by Mr. Stokley Ligon near 
Tularosa, N. Mex. (55647); 320 
plants, including 19 living Cacta- 
ceae, collected in Arizona by Mr. 
E. A. Goldman (55647 ; 55803 ; 55829 ; 
55835; 56389; 56731); plants prin- 
cipally from the southeastern part 
of the United States, collected by 
Mr. Ernest G. Holt (55697; 55710; 
55966; 56983); plants from the 
southeastern part of the United 
States, Maryland and Maine, col- 
lected by Mr. W. L. McAtee (55808 ; 
55966; 56708); 40 plants from Ala- 
bama, collected by Mr. A. H. Howell 
(55749; 57019); land shells from 
Alabama and Oregon, collected by 
Mr. Howell and Mr. L. J. Goldman 
(57070; 57093) ; 2 eggs of the west- 
ern nighthawk, Chordeiles virgini- 
anus henryi, from Arizona (55844) ; 
125 mammals from _ Patagonia 
(56067) ; 24 birds in alcohol, princi- 
pally from Panama and, Porto Rico 
(56169 ; 56178; 56952) ; 2 specimens 
of Helicina from Panama (56566) ; 
8 plants collected in Arizona by Mr. 
Vernon Bailey (56265); 2 snakes, 
Bascanion flaviventris, and a sala- 
mander, Ambystoma tigrinum, from 
Utah (56291); 14 bird eggs from 
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