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P. Cooke, are now in the Museum and will be described later. 
Some other gifts have been received and are acknowledged in the 
list of accessions given below. 
Department of Pulmonata. 
Dr. C. M. Cooke, the Curator of Pulmonata, has made very 
extensive collections in his department and has spent much time 
on the Ancey collection. He reports: ‘‘Number of specimens 
collected or sent to the Museum for identification, 27,333. Cata- 
logue numbers, 1347. The Thwing collection, numbering nearly 
40,000, was purchased by the Trustees. It is hoped that the cata- 
loguing of this magnificent collection will be finished during 1910. 
‘‘Specimens have been received from Messrs. I. Spalding, 
weON: Forbes, A> FF: Knudsen, BM. Podmore, W. H. Rice Jr., 
idee C..S. Dole, A. F. Judd, C: H. Cook, EF. Deverill, F. W. 
Terry and Dr. H. E. Crampton.’’ 
Department of Botany. 
Mr. Charles N. Forbes has continued his good work in this 
Department of which he has now been appointed Curator, and 
this may be partly seen in his report. He also has an account of 
a new Hawaiian plant. His report is as follows:—‘‘ An excur- 
sion for the purpose of collecting and studying the vegetation of 
Kauai was made during the months of July, August and September. 
Four bases were established as follows: Hanalei, from which the 
region Kalalau and the power line trail was gone over; Lihue, 
from which the surrounding region was slightly covered; the 
McBryde mountain house and Mr. Gay’s mountain house. Side 
trips were taken up Hanapepe and Olokele valleys. In covering 
so large a region in so short a time hardly more than a superficial 
survey could be made of any one place. About 500different varie- 
‘ties were collected, and a good preliminary knowledge of the 
vegetation of the island was acquired A large part of the success 
of the trip was due to the friendly interest shown by many of the 
people of Kauai, and especial thanks are due to Rev. J. M. Lydgate, 
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