Vol. XI| EVERMANN— DIRECTORS REPORT FOR mi 679 



auditorium is built, which would release for exhibition purposes the room now 

 used as an auditorium. 



Several portable loan groups of nesting birds have been prepared for school 

 work, and others are in process of construction. 



Joseph Mailliard, Curator. 



Department of Herpetolocy 



At the beginning of the year 1922 the Academy's collection of reptiles and 

 amphibians numbered 46,506 specimens. There have been added during the 

 year more than +,500 specimens, so that the collection has grown to 50,914 

 specimens. 



The largest single accession of the year was the William H. Crocker Col- 

 lection of Oriental Reptiles and Amphibians consisting of more than 3,100 

 specimens from the Philippine Islands, China and Siam, purchased from Mr. 

 Edward H. Taylor. This collection contains about 335 species and subspecies 

 and about 80 types and paratypes, and will be extremely valuable for study 

 in connection with the Academy's great collections from China, Korea, For- 

 mosa, the Loo Choo Islands, and Japan. The acquisition of this collection was 

 made possible by the generosity of Mr. William H. Crocker. Other gentlemen 

 who contributed funds for the purchase of this collection or of glass jars to 

 care for it, are: Mr. Herbert Fleishhacker, Mr. William F. Herrin, Mr. 

 Louis F. Monteagle, Mr. C. O. G. Miller, Mr. Selah Chamberlain, and Mr. 

 George Uhl. 



During the year the assistant curator, Mr. J. R. Slevin, carried on explora- 

 tions along the western coast of Lower California, where he secured 923 speci- 

 mens from Cedros, Natividad, San Martin, San Roque, Ascuncion, Santa Mar- 

 garita, and Magdalena islands and various localities on the peninsula. 



Late in August the curator and assistant curator visited the Yosemite Na- 

 tional Park for the purpose of securing certain species found in the high 

 Sierras. This expedition resulted in 418 specimens including five of the Mt. 

 Lyell Salamander which had been found only once before, and other species 

 not previously represented in the Academy's collections. 



The number of specimens added to the collection during the past six years 

 has been about as follows: in 1917, 1,600 specimens; in 1918, 1,724; in 1919, 

 2,666; in 1920, 1,466; 1921, 5,002; and in 1922, 4,934. 



Gifts of specimens during the year have been received as follows: From 

 Mr. William H. Crocker and Mr. Herbert Fleishhacker, 3,135 specimens; Dr. 

 J. Van Denburgh, 12; C. L. Fox, 2; Richard P. Erwin, 55; Prof. V. M. 

 Tanner, 9 ; F. Maag, 1 ; Mrs. J. E. Wilkens, 1 ; Mr. Frank Tose, 1 ; L. A. 

 Peterson, 1; Marcus Hanna, 1; Don P. Johnston, 1; E. P. Van Duzee, 1; 

 W. Sargeant, Jr., 1; Mrs. E. C. Sutliffe, 1 ; L. M. Klauber, 1. 



Two specimens of the rare Chinese Alligator have been received, by ex- 

 change, from Harvard University. 



Specimens have been secured from 18 counties of California as follows: 

 Alameda, 1 ; Del Norte, 7 ; Fresno, 1 ; Humboldt, 2 ; Kern, 1 ; Lake, 1 ; Ma- 

 dera, 21; Marin, 3; Mariposa, 130; Merced, 1; Modoc, 1; Placer, 1; San 



