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series of mammals, birds, and reptiles from Spain, the Museum is 

 indebted to Dr. Thomas Barbour. 



For the exhibition series of North American mammals, Mr. 

 George Nelson has under way two fine examples of Moose; one, 

 the gift of Dr. C. A. Thomas, taken in the Cains River district, 

 New Brunswick, by Dr. Thomas in 1914, measures 69 inches at 

 the withers, with antlers showing 22 points and a spread of 44 

 inches; it is in especially good pelage. The second, from the 

 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, collected in the fall of 1919 by Mr. 

 Heyward Cutting, is of enormous size, 75i inches at the withers, 

 with a very fine head, antlers 63 inches and 37 points. In each 

 case Mr. Nelson has, with characteristic skill, given individuality 

 of pose and expression to the mounts. The Museum is greatly 

 indebted to Dr. Thomas and Mr. Cutting for so signal additions to 

 its exhibition collections. 



Mr. W. F. Clapp, continuing his work on the Mollusca, has cata- 

 logued, labeled, and revised the identifications of the year's acces- 

 sions. The Shurtlefr collection, the gift of Dr. Carleton ShurtlefT 

 Francis, the most important accession received, is especially rich 

 in specimens of Cypraea and Conus ; the collection was begun and 

 continued by Dr. Francis's grandfather and uncle, Dr. Samuel 

 Atwood Shurtleff and Dr. Augustine Shurtleff. 



Of the more important accessions not already referred to, the 

 following may be mentioned : — 



From Col. John E. Thayer, a series of Arctic mammals. 



From Mr. T. E. Penard, the types of Galbula surinamensis 

 F. P. & A. P. Penard and Heteroglaucis philippinae T. E. Penard. 



From Dr. George Hills Francis and Dr. Carleton Shurtleff 

 Francis, the collection of nests and eggs of North American birds 

 formed by their brother, the late Nathaniel Atwood Francis, a 

 large series, well prepared, with accurate data. 



From Mr. Arthur Loveridge, reptiles and amphibians from 

 Tanganyika. 



From Wellesley College, (Mr. A. P. Morse), the termite collec- 

 tion of the late Prof. C. B. Thompson. 



From the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, (M. L. Fage), a 

 large and authentically identified series of European spiders. 



From Dr. R. V. Chamberlin, his collection of arachnids and 



