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Accessions to the Department of Ornithology during the year 1922 have been 

 as follows: Bird skins — By exploration: 504 specimens. By gift: Mr. W. 

 Adams, 19; Mr. Ralph Borden, 19; Miss I. N. Clifford, 1; Mr. Ben. Foster, 1; 

 Mr. John Hanson, 1 ; Mr. F. C. Holman, 1 ; Mr. C. H. Leong, 4-3 ; Mrs. J. A. 

 Leonard, 1; Mr. John McLaren (Golden Gate Park), 7; Mr. V. J. A. Rey, 1; 

 Mr. Rosenblatt, 2; Mr. Alvin Seale, 1; Mr. Frank Tose, 2; Dr. John Van 

 Denburgh, 2; Dr. Otto Westerfeld, 1. By purchase: 63 specimens. The total 

 number of specimens on hand at the end of the year 1922, as recorded, is 

 39,338. 



A number of nests and sets of birds' eggs have been received, by explora- 

 tion and by gift, from the following: Alaska Packers' Association, Messrs. 

 A. Christoffersen, F. C. Clark, Joseph Cotton, Jacob Gorius, M. A. Hanna, 

 E. C. Johnston, W. C. Lewis, Paul O'Brien, M. Schweitzer, Dr. John Van 

 Denburgh, and Mrs. J. Wilkens. 



Joseph Mailliard, Curator. 



Accessions to Museum and Library 

 Adams, Mr. Wallace, San Francisco: Nineteen bird skins from Mexico. Gift. 

 Alaska Packers' Association, San Francisco: Five sets of eggs from Alaska. 



Gift. 

 Allen, Mr. Lewis, San Francisco: Twenty-seven photographs of plants, chiefly 



California trees and shrubs. Gift. 

 American Museum of Natural History, New York: Two salamanders from 



China; one lizard from Porto Rico; two lizards from Arizona; one frog 



from Louisiana; one lizard from Utah; four lizards from Mexico; nine 



lizards from Austral Islands; eight lizards from Christmas Island; 



16 lizards from Taumotu Islands; three lizards from Society Islands; one 



lizard from New Mexico; 70 bird skins. Exchange. 

 Anderson, Mr. F. M., Berkeley: One hundred and ten specimens, representing 



26 species of marine fossils from Lower Miocene deposits in Kern County. 



Gift. 

 Anderson, Mr. Otto, San Francisco: Four sets of antlers of Capreolus capreolus 



capreolus. Gift. 

 Anthony, Mr. A. W., San Diego: Sixteen specimens of land shells from South 



Coronado Island, Lower California. Gift. 

 Arnold, Mrs. A. R., Tracy: Seven California plants for identification. Gift. 

 Augsbury, Mrs. J. C, San Francisco: Fifteen botanical specimens from the 



Yosemite for identification. Gift. 

 Baker, Dr. Frank C, Urbana, Illinois: Four pamphlets. Gift. 

 Baker, Dr. Fred, Point Loma: Two rare land shells (Eulota elongata Pilsbry) 



from Formosa; one rare specimen otf Plemotomaria from Japan; 235 land, 



freshwater and marine shells from various localities, including paratypes 



of 10 species from Brazil, and two rare land shells from Java. Gift. 

 Baldwin, Mrs. William S., San Francisco: One botanical specimen from Paso 



Robles for identification. Gift. 

 Barbat, Mr. William, San Francisco: Eight specimens of freshwater shells 



from Shasta County, and one botanical specimen from Siskiyou County 



for identification. Gift. 



