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generosity of Dr. Thomas Barbour, and a similar collection of bones 

 of Isolobodon from the shell-heaps of Porto Rico is due to the kind 

 interest of Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Lothrop. Dr. Barbour has also 

 given the Museum a fine skeleton of an adult Tomistoma, a rare 

 crocodilian from Sarawak. 



To Mr. Frank Springer, whose early interest and gifts enhanced 

 the value of the palaeontological collections, the Museum is 

 indebted for a number of species of rare crinoids, mostly species 

 new to the collection. 



The Museum is also indebted to Dr. W. L. Smith for a young 

 Bison; to Mr. W. T. Hornaday for several Birds of Paradise; to 

 Dr. A. G. Ruthven for desirable amphibians and reptiles; to Dr. 

 Hiram Bingham for a series of Peruvian fishes; to Prof. W. M. 

 Wheeler for many interesting land invertebrates, especially, named 

 series of ants; to Messrs. Morgan Hebard and J. A. G. Rehn for 

 many Orthoptera, including recently described species; to Mr. 

 E. B. Williamson for types of Odonata; to Dr. J. W. Folsom for 

 types of Collembola; to Mr. J. H. Emerton for types of spiders; 

 and to the U. S. National Museum for a series of Philippine 

 Medusae. 



The Library contains 54,427 volumes, and 52,499 pamphlets; 

 644 volumes and 2,029 pamphlets have been added during the year. 



The publications of the year include two numbers of the 

 Memoirs, completing volume 30 and volume 46, twelve numbers 

 of the Bulletin, and the Annual Report, a total of 907 (248 quarto 

 and 659 octavo) pages and 97 (60 quarto and 37 octavo) plates. 



One number of the Bulletin was published as a Contribution 

 from the Zoological Laboratory, two numbers as Contributions 

 from the Bussey Institution, and nine numbers of the Bulletin 

 contain reports on Museum collections or the results of field-work 

 undertaken in the interest of the Museum. The two contributions 

 from the Bussey Institution consist of reports on collections con- 

 tained in part in the Museum. 



One Memoir completes the series of reports on the Hawaiian 

 and other Pacific Echini (provided for under the Alexander Agassiz 

 Expedition Fund), and the second describes and illustrates the 

 gigantic Land Tortoises of the Galapagos and is based on Museum 

 material. 



The Corporation granted $300. to aid in the publication of 

 Contributions from the Zoological and Geological Laboratories. 



Samuel Henshaw, 



Director, 



