250 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [Proc. 4th Ser. 



Smith, L. E., Sisson, Cal. : Skull of a small mammal, collected at Hilts, 

 Siskiyou Co., Cal. ; specimens of two rare species of plants from north- 

 ern California, and 149 bound volumes. Gift. 



Snodgrass, R. E., Washington, D. C : Seventeen volumes and 38 pam- 

 phlets. Gift. 



South Dakota, through Mr. Chas. McCaflfree, Commissioner of Immigra- 

 tion : Specimen of iron ore. Gift. 



Stonehouse, Miss Mabel E., Sisson, Cal. : Seven botanical specimens from 

 Hilts, Siskiyou Co., Cal. Gift. 



Stoner, R. G., San Francisco : A collection of Upper Miocene fossils from 

 Topo Canyon, Cal. Gift. 



Tough, F. B., Los Angeles, Cal. : Oil sands and buff-colored clay. Gift. 



Troyer, Carlos, San Francisco : Pamphlet, "Indian Music," by himself. 

 Gift. 



United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross" : Twenty-one bird skins ; 

 specimens of fishes, sponges, molluscs, crustaceans, coelenterates, am- 

 phibians, annelids, bryozoa, echinoderms, worm tubes, worms, hydroids, 

 algae, shells, coral, plants, brachipods, 15 insects, eight tree frogs from 

 Cerros Island, two tree frogs and two toads, from Sweet Water Valley, 

 San Diego Co., Cal., and one rattlesnake from Turtle Bay, Lower Cali- 

 fornia. Gift. 



United States National Museum, Washington, D. C. : Eighty-one specimens 

 of cryptogams. Exchange. 



Van Denburgh, Dr. John, California Academy of Sciences : One Rough- 

 winged Swallow {Stelgidopteryx serripinnis) from Edenvale, Santa 

 Clara Co., one snake and seven salamanders from Stanford University, 

 one snake, Sausalito, three snakes from San Jose, one snake, one toad 

 and 12 lizards from Imperial Co., two lizards and two snakes from 

 Merced, Cal. Exploration. 



Van Duzee, Edward P., Cahfornia Academy of Sciences : Sixty-five speci- 

 mens of insects from Los Banos ; 338 specimens from Crystal Lakes, 

 San Mateo Co.; 113 specimens from Mt. Diablo, Contra Costa Co.; 

 243 specimens from Niles ; 87 specimens from San Francisco, 595 speci- 

 mens from Lake Co., 490 specimens from San Diego, 36 specimens from 

 Los Angeles, 124 insects from Leona Heights, Cal. Exploration. Six- 

 teen pamphlets. Gift. 



Van Dyke, Dr. E. C, Berkeley, Cal. : Eight hundred and thirty-four in- 

 sects. Gift. 



Varney, Mrs. F. N., San Francisco: One Short-eared owl. Gift. 



Von Geldern, Otto, San Francisco : Seventy-six insects from Louisiana. 

 Gift. 



Waring, C. A., Berkeley, Cal. : Martinez fossils from the Simi Hills, Cal. 

 Gift. 



Witham, Henry, San Francisco : Four bound volumes. Gift. 



Wickes, Miss E. M. : One botanical specimen from Santa Cruz, Cal. Gift. 



Wooster, John, San Francisco : One hummingbird nest. Gift. 



Wrasse, E., San Francisco: Specimen of oyster-shell. Gift. 



Young, Carlos, San Francisco: Copper ores and mineral cabinet. Gift. 



