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Otis, Mr. I. C, Seattle, Wash. : One hundred and sixty-four specimens of 

 plants of Washington. Gift. 



Parish, Mr. S. B., San Bernardino, Calif. : Sixty-six botanical specimens 

 from southern California. Gift. 



Peers, Miss Susie, Burlingame: One snake from San Francisco. Gift. 



Phillips, Miss, San Francisco : Three volumes. Gift. 



Reed, Mr. C A., Santa Cruz, Calif. : Five botanical specimens. Gift. 



Reynolds, Mrs. L. R., City of Mexico: Two specimens of plants. Gift. 



Rolph, Mayor, San Francisco : One turtle from Pacific Ocean between 

 Yokohama and San Francisco. Gift. 



Ryan Fruit Company, San Francisco: One snake from Guatemala. Gift. 



Slevin, Mr. L. S., Carmel : Forty specimens of insects in alcohol. Gift. 



Slevin, Mr. J. R., California Academy of Sciences : One thousand three 

 hundred and ninety-three reptiles and amphibians from Lower Cali- 

 fornia ; 28 lizards from Anacapa Island ; 3 snakes, 73 frogs, 92 lizards, 

 and 3 salamanders from Santa Cruz Island ; 2 lizards from San 

 Miguel Island ; 49 lizards, 19 toads, 2 snakes, and 1 salamander from 

 Mecca, Calif. ; 8 lots of mollusks containing about 65 specimens of 

 land and freshwater shells from Lower California; 1020 insects from 

 Lower California. Exploration. Four lizards from Nicaragua. Gift. 



Smith, Miss E. S., San Francisco : One botanical specimen from Bird's 

 Landing. Gift. 



Snyder, Prof. J. O., Stanford University: Twenty-two birds' eggs. Gift. 



Stanford University: Seventy-one snakes, 341 lizards, 68 frogs, 118 toads, 

 10 turtles, and 1 salamander. Purchase. 



Stephens, Dr. W. Barclay, San Francisco : One botanical specimen for 

 identification. Gift. 



Stoner, Mr. R. G., Bakersfield, Calif. : Two lots of fossils from south- 

 eastern Nevada. Gift. 



Strohbeen, Mr. J. P., 15 Pennsylvania Ave., Santa Cruz, Calif.: One speci- 

 men of large Scarabid from Columbia, South America (collected by 

 Mrs. John Boyle). Gift. 



Summerton, Miss Amelia : One book (The Heavens, by Amedee Guil- 

 lemin). Gift. 



Sutliffe, Mrs. E. C, San Francisco : Fifty-five botanical specimens from 

 Plumas and Sierra counties for identification and 18 botanical speci- 

 mens. Gift. 



Swann, Mr. H., Kirke : Two pamphlets. Gift. 



Thompson, Mrs. Lillian Dyer, 18 Aspen Road, Swampscott, Mass. : Three 

 radulje and shells of Viviparus contcctoidcs, Bucciniim undatum, and 

 Trachydcrmon harhuegi, 21 mollusks and 24 microscopic mounts of 

 molluscan radulse. Exchange. 



Townsley, Mr. F. S., Chief Park Ranger, Yosemite National Park: One 

 skin and skeleton of mountain beaver, 1 gray squirrel, 1 ring-tailed 

 cat, 1 cougar skin, 1 skeleton Bassariscus sp., and 1 German trout. 

 Gift. 



Turner, Mrs. G. M., Hollyowood : Two botanical specimens for identifi- 

 cation. Gift. 



