Vol. XI] El'ERMANN— DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR W* 5g5 



Barbour, Dr. Thomas, Cambridge, Massachusetts: One salamander from 

 North Carolina; five snakes from Florida; two alligators from China; 

 one lizard from Texas. Exchange. 



Beattie, Mr. R. Kent, Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C: One 

 botanical specimen from Oregon. Gift. 



Beckley, Mr. George C, San Francisco: One moose, two caribou, one Stone 

 sheep, one Fannin sheep, one Rocky Mountain sheep, one mule deer, one 

 mountain goat, two antelope and three Montana elk. Gift. 



Berry, Dr. S. S., Redlands: Four specimens of land shells from Shasta 

 County and 17 specimens of fossil chitons from Southern California. Gift. 



Bethel, Mr. Ellsworth, Denver, Colorado: One botanical specimen. Gift. 



Bibble, Mr. A.: Thirty specimens of freshwater shells from Placer County. 

 Gift. 



Blaisdell, Dr. F. E., San Francisco: Seven hundred and thirty-eight insects, 

 mostly spiders from Mount Hermon, Santa Cruz County (includes four 

 types of Cicadidae) ; 173 government bulletins, 34 pamphlets and four 

 books. Gift. 



Blakely, Mrs. Velinda, San Francisco: Piece of tanned elephant hide. Gift. 



Blanchard, Mr. Frank N., Ann Arbor, Michigan: Fifty herpetological speci- 

 mens from Massachusetts, 50 from Maine, 14 from Maryland, 78 from 

 New Hampshire, 19 from New York, 23 from Virginia, 87 from Vermont, 

 15 from Washington, six from West Virginia. Purchase. 



Blazic, Mr. Antone J., Los Angeles: Two hundred and thirteen specimens 

 of wild and cultivated plants from Florida; 641 specimens of trees, 

 shrubs and wild flowers from the Arnold Arboretum and elsewhere in 

 Massachusetts. Gift. 



Borden, Mr. Ralph, Oakland: Nineteen African birds, in flesh. Gift. 



Bowles, Mr. Charles W., Menlo Park: Sun spot sketches and earthquake 

 notes, made by J. Arthur Bowen, 1638 Oxford Street, Berkeley, with 3" 

 and 6" telescope. Gift. 



Bradshaw, Mr. R. V., Palo Alto: Eighteen botanical specimens of willows 

 from Oregon. Gift. 



Brown, Mr. E. Call, Los Angeles: One specimen of fossil shell from oil 

 well at Signal Hill field. Gift. 



Bruce, Mr. Jay, San Lorenzo: One adult and two mountain lion cubs. 

 Purchase. 



Bulmer, Mrs. Joseph, San Francisco: Twenty-one obsidian Indian arrow and 

 spear heads from vicinity of Calistoga. Gift. 



Burlingame, Mrs. C. A., Sonoma: One botanical specimen from Sonoma 

 County for identification. Gift. 



Cain, Mr. Brighton C, Stanford University: Thirteen snakes, 23 lizards, 

 three frogs, one turtle, four salamanders from California; one snake skin 

 from Texas. Purchase. Twenty-two insects from Utah. Gift. 



California Academy of Sciences Expedition to the Gulf of California, 1921: 

 Two thousand two hundred and eleven land shells from Lower California 

 and islands in the Gulf of California. Exploration. 



