Jan., 1916. Annual Report of the Director. 



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Locality Added to Total 



Herbarium now in 



Oceania: 191s Herbarium 



Samoa i 63 



Sandwich Islands, general . . 484 



Maui I I 



Kauai 449 449 



Oahu 541 541 



Horticultural 21 2,671 



Illustrations mounted as Herbarium sheets 678 1,923 



The most important accession in the Department of Geology was the 

 gift of a large quantity of specimens of the fossil skeletons found in the 

 asphalt beds of Los Angeles, California. This large collection was 

 presented through the kindness of Mr. Edward E. Ayer, Mr. E. B. 

 Butler, Mr. W. R. Linn, and Mr. Martin A. Ryerson. Among the im- 

 portant features of the collection was a complete moimted skeleton of 

 the sabre-tooth tiger. This forms a striking and valuable addition to 

 the series of fossils. An additional skeleton of this tiger, incomplete 

 but mountable, was also included in the collection. An incomplete 

 but moimtable skeleton of the fossil wolf of the Los Angeles locality 

 and in addition six good sktdls and twelve lower jaws of the animal 

 were also received. The large, extinct sloth found at this locality 

 was represented by a sktdl nearly two feet in length, also by teeth 

 and parts of lower jaws and some of the peculiar leg bones and claws of 

 the animal. These will furnish a mounted limb. A large fossil lion 

 of the locality, about twice as large as the largest African lion, is repre- 

 sented by several bones; a large camel, one-half larger than the largest 

 modem camel, is represented by vertebrae and some other bones; and 

 the native horse is represented by leg bones and teeth. There are also 

 contained in the collection parts of four bird skulls, leg bones and claws, 

 and probably one mountable foot. Some of these bones show birds 

 of unusually large size. Bones of the mammoth and bison, the latter 

 including one good bison skull, were also comprised in the collection. In 

 addition a large quantity of miscellaneous bones of various species was 

 included which will be valuable for ptirposes of comparison and pos- 

 sibly for completing skeletons. Two meteoric stones of the fall which 

 occurred at Blanket, Texas, May 30, 1909, were presented through the 

 kindness of Mr. Stanley Field and Mr. Arthur B. Jones. These stones 

 represent all the known material of this fall and make a valuable 

 addition to the meteorite collection. About 60 specimens of min- 

 erals and ores were presented by Mr. W. J. Chalmers. This series in- 

 cluded a nimiber of specimens of gold ores showing free gold, specimens 

 of native silver, agate, turquoise and other valuable minerals. Fifteen 

 specimens of jasper and moss, agate, presented by Mr. J. H. Mosher of 



