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Biology, I >epartment of, number of accessions 28 



personnel 94 



report of head curator on 77 



scientific researches and investigations 39, 91 



total nurh 1 >er of specimens added to 26 



work « >f fiscal year 1903-4 77 



on study series 86 



birds 86 



birds' eggs 86 



fishes 87 



insects 87 



mammals 86 



marine invertebrates 88 



mollusks 87 



National Herbarium 88 



reptiles and batrachians 86 



zoological specimens received, number of 77 



Birds, Division of, accessions 82 



overcrowded quarters and lack of assistance in 86 



specimens obtained by exchange 82 



work on study series 86 



Birds' eggs, accessions .- 79 



collection of, much improved 86 



Blackwelder, Eliot, collecting outfit supplied to 46 



collection of birds consulted by 40 



Blaisdell, F. E., specimens < if coleoptera loaned to 42,89 



Blaney, Dwight, series of shells donated, by 29, 83 



B(")hm, Julius, material obtained in exchange from 47 



Boston Museum of Fine Arts, casts donated by and purchased from the 27 



Botanical staff, Department of Agriculture, collections in division of plants 



consulted by _ .' 43 



Bowdish, B. S. , title and notice of paper by 164 



Branch, H. Selwyn, collection of bats and birds purchased from 81 



Brezina, D. Aristides, material obtained in exchange from 47 



Briceno, M. S., purchases in Department of Biology from 81 



British Museum of Natural History, exchange received from 46, 82 



Britton, N. L., investigations conducted by in conjunction with J. N. Rose 43 



title and notice of joint paper by 164 



Brockett, Paul, custodian, Division of Graphic Arts 75, 105 



plans of, to enlarge the study series in graphic arts 73 



Brock way, William, collecting outfit supplied to 46 



Brown, E. J., reptiles of southern Florida presented by 29 



Brown, Gen. Jacob, sword belonging to, presented by Nathan Brown Chase.. 27,62 



Brown, Mrs. John Crosby, specimens acquired through exchange with 64 



Brown, N. C, series of birds donated by 29, 82 



Brown, S. C. , registrar 106 



Browne, Cecil Seymour, material obtained in exchange from 47 



Brues, C. T. , collection of diptera presented by 84 



Buddha or a bodhisattva, description of 741 



reclining, description of 740 



seated upon a lotus, description of 740 



the lotus throne, description of 741 



sitting in meditation, description of 740 



