Director's Annual Report. 7 
“While in Honolulu the collection in the Museum was care- 
fully gone over. The collections of Messrs. Thurston, Wilder and 
J. S. Emerson were also studied. Particular attention was paid 
to the collection of Mr. Irwin Spalding. This collection, in the 
opinion of the writer, is the largest and finest of the Oahuan tree- 
shells ever put together. 
‘The most important trip of the year was to Palmyra Island. 
The writer was the guest of Judge Henry E. Cooper. Two or 
three weeks were spent in preparation for this trip as everything 
necessary for collecting or preserving had to be taken along. It is 
needless to say that the trip was a success as twenty-seven boxes 
and bags of specimens are the result. 
‘Sixteen days were spent on the island and all kinds of speci- 
mens of animal life were taken, except birds. Several hundred 
specimens of coral, crabs, fish, etc., are now in the Museum as a 
result of the trip. Dr. Clark has kindly consented to name the 
echinoderms collected. The rest of the specimens collected will 
have to be referred to specialists. Of the land-shells only three 
specimens were found. ‘Two species were very common and the 
third extremely rare. Undoubtedly all of the species were acci- 
dentally introduced by man when the coconuts were taken there 
for planting. This trip occupied about six, and several weeks 
were spent on the writer’s return in sorting and cleaning the 
specimens. 
‘“The sources of the material catalogued and added to the 
collection during the year are as follows: 
Collected by HITE CAL be eanalic ctor ieta ote csio te oiera ileus telctel cucretel ausievesietete emeyelerel ot ete 4391 
Collected by C. N. Forbes -.----- eee ee eee cece cece cee cece cece ee neee 5198 
Collected by Seyanie Spalding. . «06.15 cries cir clei on eetrienee ae.rae vine sss 1051 
Collected by J. S. Emerson .-..-.--e+ ceeeee cece cece ee cece ee seen cee 1938 
Collected by (OV ALES RSE DQ ONO ORD CRDIG OIA CPG THOR E Aco Ovo OIA OO cic OOO 29 
SERGE Eanes Te ao ane tere cicegete oho ors es diel dus wtelra olonal.etefevelasic mars saves ea aNe eiebevete eieue wreutel aves oie 12,607 
‘‘Besides these there are numbers of specimens given or ex- 
changed from Messrs. A. F. Judd and D. Thaanum which have 
not as yet been catalogued. 
