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Sumner, Prof. F. B., La Jolla: Five nests of trap-door spider. Gift. 



Sutliffe, Mrs. E. C. : 7 botanical specimens from California. Gift. 



Syme, George : 2 ferns. Gift. 



Taylor, Frank: 1 botanical specimen from California. Gift. 



Thompson, Miss Crystal : 3 frogs from Alger County, Michigan. Exchange. 



Thompson, David G. : 6 botanical specimens from Mohave Desert. 

 Gift. 



Treuholtz, Mrs. C. A. : A collection of 748 bird eggs, representing many 

 species. Gift. 



United States Department of Agriculture : 266 volumes and pamphlets. 

 Gift. 



United States Fisheries Steamer Albatross : 241 specimens of shells, fishes, 

 etc. Gift. 



United States Bureau of Fisheries Biological Station, Beaufort, N. C. : 49 

 specimens of reptiles and 8 specimens of amphibians. Gift. 



United States National Herbarium : 150 botanical specimens from Canary 

 Islands; 190 Cryptogams, 145 ferns, 785 mounted sheets from 

 Biltmore Herbarium; 1036 miscellaneous sheets of botanical 

 specimens. Exchange. 



Van Denburgh, Dr. John : 1 salamander from Los Gatos, Cal. Gift. 



Van Denburgh, John, and Slevin, J. R. : 1 rattlesnake from San Mateo 

 County Cal. Exploration. 



Van Denburgh, John, Slevin, J. R., and McGuire, L W.: From Riv- 

 erside County, 5 snakes, 340 lizards, 23 toads, 9 frogs; from San 

 Bernardino Count}', 9 snakes; 814 lizards, 2 frogs, 4 tortoises; 

 from Mohave County, Arizona, 9 lizards: from Santa Clara 

 County, 3 snakes; from Monterey County, 10 snakes, 34 lizards; 

 from San Benito Count3% 1 snake; from San Luis Obispo County, 

 18 snakes, 78 lizards, and 19 frogs; from Kern County, 12 snakes, 7 

 lizards, 1 toad, 12 turtles. Exploration. 



Van Duzee, E. P. : 20 insects collected at Stanford University; 1131 speci- 

 mens of insects from Bradley and Bryson ; 4846 specimens of insects 

 from Coachella, Palm Springs, Colton, San Jacinto, Soboba Springs 

 and Keen Camp, Riverside County; 91 specimens of insects from Mt. 

 Diablo; 85 insects collected at Berkeley and San Francisco; 17 moths 

 from Berkeley; 111 insects from Los Angeles; 143 insects from ]\It. 

 Wilson; 74 insects from San Francisco; 83 specimens of Hymen- 

 optera from San Diego. Exploration. 



490 insects from the curator's earlier collections made mostly in San 

 Diego County, California, and the West Indies, 2 botanical speci- 

 mens. Gift. 



Van Dyke, Dr. Edwin C. : 70 botanical specimens from Lake Tahoe region ; 

 27 bred parasitic Hymenoptera. Gift. 



Von Hoffmann, Mrs. Charles : 20 volumes and 34 pamphlets. 



Walter, Frank : 20 botanical specimens. Gift. 



Ware, William H., San Francisco: 3 obsidian spear heads dug up in 1883 

 or 1884, on the Jamacha ranch 12 miles east of San Diego; one 

 $500.00 Confederate Bond, one Confederate note of $50.00, and 

 one Confederate note of $100.00. Gift. 



