LIST OF ACpESSIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS DURING 

 THE FISCAL YEAR 1917-1918. 



[Except when otherwise indicated, the specimens were presented or were transferred by 

 bureaus of the Government in accordance with law.] 



Abbott, Dr. William L., Philadelphia, 

 Pa. : Mammal, and a collection of 

 miscellaneous bones from a cave, 112 

 birds, collection of birds' eggs and 

 nests, 9 reptiles, 150 land shells, col- 

 lection of insects, all from northwest 

 Haiti (61403) ; bird skin and 1 bird 

 in alcohol ; 24 mammals, 297 bird 

 skins, 27 alcoholic and skeletal 

 specimens of birds, about 300 insects, 

 including a myriapod, 11 specimens 

 of plants, 50 specimens of crustace- 

 ans and mollusks, and 53 reptiles, 

 all from Haiti (61549, 62320) ; set of 

 2 eggs of Petrochelidon fulva from 

 Tortuga Island, near Haiti (61619) ; 

 30 mollusks from " Trou de Bon 

 Dieu," Port de Paix, Haiti (62049) ; 

 767 skins and 32 skeletons of birds, 

 106 mammals, skins and skulls, 36 

 odd skulls, 3 skeletons, 8 sets of 

 horns and 3 sets of jaws, 1 reptile 

 skull, skull and portion of vertebral 

 column of an eel, 1 human skull, and 

 402 ethnological specimens, all col- 

 lected by Mr. H. C. Raven (61662). 

 (See also under Mons. P. Guiller- 

 mot, Lieut. Peter W. Hartman, and 

 Capt. Charles G. Sinclair.) 



Abrams, Dr. LeRoy. (See under Le- 

 land Stanford Junior University.) 



Academy of Natural Sciences, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. : 322 specimens of plants 

 principally from Pennsylvania 

 (61409, exchange). 



Adams, A. M., Perrysburg, Ohio : 1 

 specimen of eyed click beetle, Alaus 

 oculatus (61334). 



Adler, Dr. Cyrus, The Dropsie Col- 

 lege, Philadelphia, Pa.: Abridged 

 prayer book for Jews in the Army 

 and Navy of the United States 



Adler, Dr. Cyrus — Continued. 



(61648) ; "Readings from the Holy 

 Scriptures for Jewish Soldiers and 

 Sailors" (62178). 



Agriculture, Department of : 



Bureau of Biological Survey: 40 

 specimens of plants from Connecti- 

 cut, collected by Mr. I. N. Gabriel- 

 son (61346) ; specimen of plant from 

 Lower California (61523) ; specimen 

 of plant from Arizona (61581) ; 114 

 specimens of plants from Georgia 

 and Florida, collected by Mr. Fran- 

 cis Harper (61595) ; 8 specimens, 7 

 young and 1 adult, of slugs, Areoli- 

 max columbianus, from H. M. Laing, 

 Portland, Oreg (61605) ; 3i speci- 

 mens of mollusks, Anodonta wahla- 

 mctensis, from the mouth of Bear 

 River, Utah ; also a crayfish, Astacus 

 gambelii, from the same locality ; 

 specimen of an oak from Arkansas, 

 all collected by Mr. Alex. Wetmore 

 (61663, 62108, 62356) ; 2 amphipod 

 crustaceans, Pontoporcia ? species, 

 from Netarts, Oreg. (61749) ; 83 

 specimens of plants from Montana, 

 collected by Mr. Vernon Bailey 

 (61867, 61880, 61994) ; 5 copepods, 

 parasitic on cut-throat trout, col- 

 lected by Dr. A. K. Fisher (61882) ; 

 183 specimens of plants collected in 

 Arizona by Mr. E. A. Goldman 

 (61934) ; 3 fresh water sponges, 

 Trochospongilla leidyi, from Frank- 

 fort, Ky. (61980) ; 28 skeletons, 3 

 skulls, 61 eggs, and 2 nests of birds 

 from North America (61998) ; 3,265 

 specimens of insects (62064) ; 66 

 specimens of plants, 4 reptiles, and 

 12 amphibians, collected by Mr. A. H. 



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