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material over and above what should be required by the University of 

 Iowa, the latter institution agreed to furnish available duplicates from the 

 general collections after these had been worked up by specialists. 



Professor C. C. Nutting, chief of the expedition (which consisted of 

 nineteen persons) requested the curator to proceed to Barbados in advance 

 of the main party in order to organize suitable quarters. He accordingly 

 did so, sailing from New York April 19, 1918. The main party left about 

 10 days later. 



Extensive shore and shallow reef collections were made in the vicinity of 

 Bridgetown, Barbados, consisting for the most part of the commoner West 

 Indian shallow water forms. The more unusual specimens were of course 

 turned over to the general collections. Dredging up to about 100 fathoms 

 was carried on successfully by Dr. J. B. Henderson, the malacologist of 

 the expedition. The curator accompanied the expedition as expert in 

 Echinoderma, but these animals proving to be not very numerous, his 

 activities covered the entire range of marine invertebrates with the excep- 

 tion of Mollusca, in charge of Dr. Henderson. 



After a five weeks' stay at Barbados the expedition moved north to 

 Antigua for a similar period. The base for work was here at English 

 Harbor, an historic fort dating from Nelson's time. The shore collecting 

 proved to be excellent at Antigua, although on account of the prevailing 

 winds dredging was impossible. The number of species encountered at 

 Antigua was not unusually large, but most forms were in abundance. 



The expedition arrived at New York August 1, after safely eluding any 

 submarines which might then have been pirating oflf our eastern coast, and 

 all material reached California in safety. 



In the region of Puget Sound Mrs. Ida S. Oldroyd again made a miscel- 

 laneous collection of invertebrates at the San Juan Islands, paying more 

 attention to the rarer forms which she did not secure last summer. 



Accessions to the Museum and Library 



Alexander, Miss Annie, Piedmont : Fifty-five numbers of Proceedings, 



California Academy of Sciences, and two numbers The Philippine 



Journal of Science. Gift. 

 Allen, Charles A., San Geronimo : Thirty-five mammal and 20 bird skins 



from Nicasio, Marin County, California. Gift. 

 Anderson, Mr. F. M., Berkeley : Miocene fossils from Coalinga district. 



Gift. 

 Antonio, Ferraro, San Francisco : One box of inlaid mahogany. Gift. 

 Berry, Mr. S. Stillman, Redlands : Five pamphlets. Gift. 

 Bethel, Mr. Ellsworth, San Jacinto : Seven botanical specimens. Gift. 

 Blaisdell, Dr. F. E., San Francisco : Three hundred and fifty-five named 



beetles to fill vacancies in the Academy's collection of insects in certain 



families. Gift. 



