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considerable collection of marine invertebrates, chiefly mol- 

 lusks. Some collecting was done also in the vicinity of Santa 

 Cruz Island and a little in Monterey Bay. 



Department of Mammalogy. — In the absence of a curator of 

 this department, no effort was made in the past year to increase 

 its collections. A few specimens, however, have been received 

 from miscellaneous sources, increasing the catalogue entries 

 from 2300 to 2336. The most notable of these were 5 excel- 

 lent specimens of the Stone or Black Sheep (Ovis stonei) of 

 British Columbia, for which the Academy is indebted to Mr. 

 H. O. Harrison of San Francisco ; skins and skulls of 3 caribou, 

 3 Dall sheep, 2 mountain goats, and one moose, all from Alaska, 

 which were generously donated to the Academy by Mr. Leslie 

 Simson of Oakland; 14 fur seals from the Pribilof Islands, fur- 

 nished by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries ; and 5 Roosevelt elk 

 from the Olympic Peninsula, through the kindness of Mr. J. C. 

 Albrecht of the Museum of the University of Washington. 



Department of Ornithology. — Very little field work was 

 done by this department during the year. A few miscellaneous 

 specimens were collected by various members of the Museum 

 staff and several donations of single specimens or small col- 

 lections were received. 



The Director gave his personal attention to the care of the 

 collections of birds, birds' eggs and nests, and mammals. 



Mr. Joseph Mailliard has made use of the Academy's collec- 

 tions in connection with his studies of California birds. 



Library. — Reasonable progress has been made during the 

 year in classifying, cataloguing, and arranging the books on 

 the shelves. A total of 670 linear feet of shelving has been 

 added which permits a material reduction in the quantity of 

 books and pamphlets which were previously boxed or stacked 

 on the floor. 



The additions to the library during the year were 749 bound 

 volumes besides several hundred pamphlets and excerpts. 



It is hoped that funds may be available next year to keep one 

 or more library assistants continuously employed. 



PARTICIPATION IN IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 



The Academy took an active and important part in the second 

 annual meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Asso- 



