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Aside from the collection made on the islands, specimens have been 

 secured from 12 counties of California, as follows: 



Contra Costa 1 specimen 



Lake 5 specimens 



Los Angeles 86 



Marin 2 



Mendocino 5 



Napa 3 



Orange 10 



Riverside 70 



San Francisco 2 



San Joaquin 1 specimen 



San Mateo 1 



Santa Cruz 4 specimens 



Specimens from other localities are : 



Florida 3 specimens 



Kentucky 2 " 



North Carolina 5 " 



Texas 3 



Virginia 2 " 



Washington 239 



Brazil 609 



Dutch East Indies 4 " 



Gautemala 1 specimen 



Hawaiian Islands 3 " 



Lower California 1296 " 



Nicaragua 4 " 



Pacific Ocean between Yokohama and Honolulu... 1 specimen 



The classification and arrangement of the collection was continued dur- 

 ing the early part of the year. 



Considerable research work has been accomplished during the year and 

 a detailed study of the gopher-snakes of the states west of the Rocky 

 Mountains has been published.* 



During the year the Assistant Curator, Mr. J. R. Slevin, carried on 

 explorations in the Cape Region of Lower California, where he spent the 

 months of July, August, and part of September, and secured large collec- 

 tions. 



The growth of the collections is retarded by the limited funds available 

 for field work. These funds should be increased very materially, and a sum 

 should be available for the purchase of collections when offered for sale by 

 individual collectors or institutions. 



*Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th Ser., vol. 9, no. 6. pp. 197-220, pis. 11-13. 



