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Crocker, Hon. Wm. H., San Francisco : Three large folios — "Japanese 

 Temples and Their Treasures." Gift. 



Dickerson, Dr. Roy E., California Academy of Sciences: Ten collections 

 of Martinez fossils from the Simi Hills ; eight collections of fossils 

 from the Marysville Buttes ; seven collections from the vicinity of 

 Petaluma ; and specimens of foraminiferal shales from Casmalia and 

 Lompoc, Cal. Exploration. 



Dome, Mrs. Nelly Waterhouse, San Francisco : One pamphlet. Gift. 



Drake, C. J., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio : Representatives of 

 five recently described Tingids (Hemiptera) from the east. Gift. 



Durden, H. S., San Francisco : A map of California in which each county 

 is represented by a piece of wood from some tree native and character- 

 istic of the county, and a collection of fossils, mesozoic ammonoids, 

 petrified wood from the auriferous gravels of California, and several 

 fine specimens of California minerals. Gift. 



Eastwood, Miss Alice, California Academy of Sciences : Collections of 

 botanical specimens from Colorado as follows : Two hundred thirty- 

 four specimens from Grand Junction, 63 from Telluride, 155 from 

 Durango, 85 from Trinidad, and 191 from the vicinity of Denver ; a 

 collection of about 500 specimens from the Grand Canyon, Arizona ; 85 

 specimens from Gallup, New Mexico; 20 specimens from Williams, 

 and 12 from Seligman, Arizona; a collection including 60 species, 

 chiefly exotics, from Santa Barbara ; 160 specimens, representing 140 

 native species, and specimens of 45 exotics, from Ventura Co., Cal. 

 Exploration. A folio of postcards, made by Henry Hemphill ; and 

 two salamanders from San Francisco. Gift. 



English, W. A., U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. : A collection 

 of Miocene and Pliocene fossils from west side San Joaquin Valley. 

 Gift. 



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

 Sciences : Two sheets of specimens of Spraguea umbellata and Spircea 

 splendens from Crater Lake, Cal. ; nine specimens of plants collected in 

 the mountains back of Nordhoff, Ventura County, Cal. ; 14 specimens of 

 Colorado plants ; 27 botanical specimens from Cottonwood Springs, seven 

 from Mecca, Cal., 24 from Newhall, Cal., and 25 from Saugus, Cal. ; 

 specimens of the Walking Fern (Camptosorus rhizophyllus), from 

 Knoxville, Tenn., collected in 1893 ; 10 manganese nodules dredged by 

 the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" in the South Pacific 

 during the Agassiz- Albatross South Pacific Expedition of 1899-1900; 

 a collection of garnets from St. George Island, Pribilof Group ; fossil 

 leaves, Chignik Bay, Alaska ; and one snake from Firebaugh, Cal. Gift. 



Field, C. F., San Diego, Cal. : Miocene or Pliocene fossils from Tia 

 Juana Valley Oil Well. Gift. 



Giflfard, W. M., Honolulu, T. H.: Eleven paratypes of Hymenoptcrs (5 

 species) ; and 126 California insects. Gift. 



Gordon, W. A., Los Angeles, Cal. : Miocene fossils from vicinity of Quail 

 Lake on Osos Creek, Cal. Gift. 



