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come to understand that we are always ready to be of service, 

 the requests for information increase in number. While this 

 takes much time of the Director and Curators, it is proper 

 educational work and real service which the Museum is always 

 glad to render. 



RESEARCH WORK 



The members of the Museum staf¥ have been active in re- 

 search and scientific investigation. They have contributed a 

 number of papers to scientific literature, among which the 

 following may be mentioned : 



Van Deniburgh, John and Slevin, Joseph R. 



1. The Garter-Snakes of Western North America. <Proc. Calif. 

 Acad. Sci., Fourth Ser., Vol. VIII, No. 6, pp. 181-270, pis. 7-17, 

 October 18, 1918. 



Van Duzee, Edward P. 



1. New Species of Hemiptera chiefly from California. <Proc. Calif. 

 Acad. Sci., Fourth Ser., Vol. VIII, No. 7, pp. 271-308, October 18, 

 1918. 



Evermann, Barton Warren 



1. Notes on some Adirondack Reptiles and Amphibians. <Copeia, No. 

 56, April 15, 1918, pp. 48-51. 



2. Notes on some Reptiles and Amphibians of Pike County, Pa. 

 <Copeia, No. 58, June 18. 1918, pp. 66-67. 



3. George Archibald Clark. < Science, n. s. XLVIII, No. 1235, August 

 30, 1918, pp. 213-215. 



4. Notes on some Reptiles and Amphibians of Waterville, New Hamp- 

 shire. <Copeia, No. 61, September 15, 1918, pp. 81-83. 



5. Note on Flyingfishes. <The Catalina Islander, Vol. V, No. 42, 

 November 5, 1918, p. 4. 



6. The Unionidse of Lake Maxinkuckee. <Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci, 1917, 

 pp. 251-285. (Senior author with Howard Walton Clark.) 



7. Fisheries Experiment Stations. < Pacific Fisherman, Vol. XVI, No. 

 12, December. 1918, p. 11. 



DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES 



Although war conditions disorganized the work of the 

 Museum to some extent the curators and their assistants have, 

 as always, been active and efficient in increasing and caring 

 for the collections in different departments, and in research 

 work based upon the collections of the Museum. The condi- 

 tion and activities of the different departments are fully set 



