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ing season the Director made numerous short week-end col- 

 lecting trips to Los Bailos and other nearby fields. One longer 

 trip was made to the Channel Islands in March, and another 

 in June and July through northern California and southern 

 Oregon, which added greatly to the Academy's oological col- 

 lections. Suitable cases have been provided in which these 

 collections are now being arranged. 



Department of Mammalogy. — No effort has been made to 

 enlarge the collections in this departm.ent. A few miscellane- 

 ous specimens were, however, received, including specimens 

 chiefly from Marin County donated by Mr, Charles A. Allen, 

 the veteran naturalist and collector of San Geronimo, and 87 

 specimens chiefly from California, donated by the well-known 

 collector, Mr. J. August Kusche. 



A considerable number of mammal skulls having accumu- 

 lated. Miss Lula M. Burt, an expert preparator, has been 

 employed for some weeks in cleaning skulls and skeletons. 

 More than 1200 skulls have already been cleaned by Miss 

 Burt. 



Department of Invertebrate Zoology. — The curator of this 

 department. Dr. W. K. Fisher, was invited by Dr. C. C. Nut- 

 ting of the University of Iowa to accompany an expedition 

 organized by that institution for study of the marine fauna 

 of the Lesser Antilles. Through an arrangement with Stan- 

 ford University, Dr. Fisher was pennitted to represent the 

 Academy and that institution. He sailed from New York for 

 the Antilles April 19th and returned August 1st. Collecting- 

 was done about Antigua and the Barbados and considerable 

 collections of marine invertebrates were obtained. 



Some work v/as done by the department at the San Juan 

 Islands, Puget Sound, where important collections were ob- 

 tained for the Academy by Mrs. Ida S. Oldroyd. 



Library. — Very gratifying progress has been made in put- 

 ting the library in proper shape, especially in accessioning the 

 volumes. More than 8000 volumes have been accessioned. 

 These include all the volumes on the second floor and all those 

 in the departments of Ornithology, Herpetology, Botany and 

 Paleontology. Valuable assistance has been rendered the 

 librarian by Miss Mary E. McLellan and Mrs. Helen Van 

 Duzee. 



