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erill, of Machodoc, Virginia; and Rev. H. E. Wheeler, of Conway, 

 Arkansas, while specialists residing in Washington who consulted 

 material included Dr. Frank M. Chapman, of the American Red 

 Cross; Mr. Wallace A. Deane; Mr. N. Hollister; Maj. R. W. Shu- 

 f eldt ; and Mr. R. W. Williams. Specimens were lent for study to the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia ; Mr. R. M. Barnes, La- 

 con, Illinois; Mr. C. B. Cory, of the Field Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, Chicago; Mr. Outram Bangs and Mr. T. E. Penard, of the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; the 

 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, California ; the University 

 of Michigan, Ann Arbor ; Dr. R. M. Strong, of the Vanderbilt Uni- 

 versity Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee; and to Mr. Louis 

 Agassiz Fuertes, Ithaca, New York. A mounted eagle was supplied 

 the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for the purpose of engraving. 



Reptiles and hatrachians. — Comparatively insignificant as the ad- 

 ditions to the herpetological collections are, a few deserve special 

 mention. The 153 specimens from Peru, the result of the Peruvian 

 Expedition of 1914—1915 under the auspices of Yale University and 

 the National Geographic Society, are particularly welcome, as South 

 America is very poorly represented in the national collection. More- 

 over, Dr. Thomas Barbour and Mr. G. K. Noble, to whom was en- 

 trusted the working up of the collection, have submitted their report 

 and the lot contains the types of several new species. Dr. W. L. 

 Abbott collected 82 specimens in Haiti, among them several fine skins 

 of the large iguana Cyclura cornuta, of which good material had long 

 been wanting. By exchange with the Public Library Museum and 

 Art Gallery of Western Australia a number of genera and species 

 new to the collection were obtained. From time to time during the 

 year the Biological Survey transferred to the division 425 specimens, 

 mostly from western United States, besides G2 specimens collected in 

 France by Mr. R. Kellogg. In a special endeavor to strengthen the 

 collection of turtles for the purpose of a monograph on the Middle 

 and North American species by the curator, a number of important 

 specimens were secured by purchase. 



The principal work on the collections consisted in the refilling and 

 cleaning of the jars in storage. The troublesome mold covering the 

 outside labels has in many cases necessitated their renewal. It is 

 hoped, however, that the varnish now employed to cover the labels 

 will prevent the return of this annoyance. The card cataloguing of 

 the division has progressed but slowly owing to the inability to obtain 

 and keep trained assistance. 



The monograph on the turtles of Middle and North America, upon 

 which the curator, Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, has been working for 

 several years, made as much progress as could be expected, consider- 

 ing the limited time at his disposal for scientific work and the con- 



