PROCEEDINGS. 369 



Additions to the Museum for the Year 1891. 



Unless otherwise stated, the following accessions were received by dona- 

 tion : 



N. Ahrens, San Francisco: cranium with horn-cores and one horn of 

 Bos primigenius irova Alaska. 



Dr. W. Allen, Boulder Creek, Cal.: specimens of fossil bones in sand- 

 stone. 



Melville Attwood, San Francisco: precious opals in the matrix (basalt) 

 from near Moscow, Wash. 



George B. Badger, Santa Cruz, Cal.: 23 skins and 22 crania of Califor- 

 nian mammals. 



F. W. Bancroft, Berkeley, Cal. : 5 specimens of mammals in alcohol. 



J. A. Barr, San Francisco: 1 specimen crustacean. 



Dr. H. H. Behr, San Francisco: specimen of Gryllotalpa and Gordius. 



L. Belding, Stockton, Cal.: 49 birds' skins; 4 birds in the flesh; lo- 

 birds' eggs and 2 nests; head of Putorius brasiUensis frenatus; head of 

 Olor buccinator; pelt of Tamias merriami; 1 specimen Salmo irideus; 1 

 fresh water shell from Lower California. 



W. A. Bissell, San Francisco: specimens of lignite. 



Walter D. Bliss, Carson City, Nev. : 7 specimens of mammals in alcohol. 



W.S. Bliss, Bijou, Cal.; 1 specimen of Scapanus iownsendii in the flesh 

 and 2 specimens of Picicorvus columbianus in the flesh. 



M. Braverman, Visalia, Cal.: collection of identified fossils from various 

 localities; 1 specimen Latrodectus verrecundum. 



Walter E. Bryant, Curator: 8 specimens of birds; 15 specimens of 

 mammals and 16 crania; living specimen of Bufo lentiginosus; 3 specimens 

 Diemyctilus torosus; 6 specimens (1 species) Neuroptera from Oakland, 

 Cal.; 2 fossil shells; 1 Gordius; 10 fish; 10 reptiles; 1 specimen Vesper- 

 tilio; 5 batrachians; 14 specimens Curculionidae; 1 specimen Avian oste- 

 ology. 



California State Fish Commission: 2 specimens Salmonidse. 



C. S. Capp, San Francisco: cast off" skin of Bascanium sp. ? 



J. R. Chalker, Glendora, Cal.; lizard with abnormal tail. 



Dr. E. S. Clark, San Francisco: 3 Coleoptera; 1 crustacean; 1 marine 

 worm. 



Dr. J. G. Cooper, Haywards, Cal.: Specimen of Amblystoma califor- 

 niense alive. 



W. 0. Cidlen, San Francisco: 1 specimen of Pica pica hudsonica in the 

 flesh. 



George W. Dunn, San Francisco: 1 snake. 



Miss Alice Eastioood, Denver, Colo.: 5 birds' eggs and 2 nests; 10 speci- 

 mens Coleoptera. 



Dr. Gustav Eisen, San Francisco: 1 specimen Atalapha cinerea; 2 speci- 

 mens of Coitus sp. ? 



