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November 15. "Japanese Pearl Fisheries." 



Prof. C. A. Kofoid, Department of Zoology, University 

 of California. 



December 20. "The California Pocket Gopher as a Useful Animal." 



Dr. Joseph Grinnell, Director of the Museum of Ver- 

 tebrate Zoology, University of California. 



In addition, Sunday afternoon lectures are being delivered in 

 the Museum building, since October. The list for 1916 em- 

 braces the following : 



October 22. "Picturesque India." 



Dr. Walter K. Fisher, Stanford University. 

 October 29. "To the Tip-top of the United States in Quest of the Golden 

 Trout." 



Dr. Barton W. Evermann, Director of the Museum. 

 November 5. "A Trip to the Southern Sierra Nevada and the Caiion of 

 the Kern." 



Dr. Roy E. Dickerson, Assistant Curator of Paleon- 

 tology. 



November 12. "The Argentine Ant; a Pest from South America." 



Prof. C. A. Woodworth, Department of Agriculture, 

 University of California. 



November 19. "Ups and Dow^ns of the Pacific Coast." 



Prof. R. S. Holway, Department of Geography, Uni- 

 versity of California. 



November 26. "Some Common California Mammals." 



Dr. Joseph Grinnell, Director of the Museum of Ver- 

 tebrate Zoology, University of California. 



December 3. "Injurious Insects." 



Prof. E. A. Essig, Department of Agriculture, Uni- 

 versity of California. 



December 10. "Turtles of the Galapagos Islands." 



Dr. John Van Denburgh, Curator of the Department 

 of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences. 



ACCESSIONS TO THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY 



Among the notable donations with which the Academy's col- 

 lections of material and of books have been enriched during 

 1916, the following may be noted: 



Argentine Government, through Hon. Enrique M. Nelson, Commissioner- 

 General, Panama- Pacific International Exposition: Thirty-nine speci- 

 mens of mounted Argentine birds ; eight mounted specimens of native 

 mammals; 10 boxes of exhibits of native insects; 10 framed colored 

 drawmgs of Argentine plants ; one stereoscope and 37 slides ; exhibit 

 illustratmg water filtration ; specimens of Argentine plants. 



Branner, Dr. John C, Stanford University: 55 bound volumes 



California Botanical Club, through Miss Alice Eastwood: A collection of 

 397 specimens of Mexican plants collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in 

 1910, purchased for $39.80 by the Club. 



Crocker, Mr. William H. : Three large folios, "Japanese Temples and their 

 Treasures." 



