Jan., 1909. Annual Report of the Director. 2 



RING, H. A., Nome, Alaska. 



2 specimens placer gold ores — Gold Run Creek — Seward Peninsu 

 Alaska 



VERMONT MARBLE CO., Proctor, Vermont. 



1 5 polished slabs of marble — Vermont. 



DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 



(accessions are by gift unless otherwise designated.) 

 AKELEY, MRS. C. E„ Chicago. 



2 beetles — Kilo, Congo Region, Africa. 

 BARBER, C. M., Chicago. 



I waterbug — Chicago. 



6 frogs — Chicago. 

 BARKER, F. H., Victoria, Australia. 



41 shells — Victoria, Australia (exchange). 

 BRAZIL, DR. VITAL, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



II snakes — Sao Paulo, Brazil (exchange). 

 CARPENTER, C. H., Chicago. 



1 dragonfly — Illinois. 



1 spider — Michigan. 

 CARRIAKER, M. A.. JR. 



12 fishes — Costa Rica (exchange). 

 CHAVES DIOCLECIANO, Managua, Nicaragua. 



7 beetles, 1 moth, 55 butterflies — Nicaragua (exchange). 

 CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, Brooklyn, New York. . 



2 fishes — Guatemala. 

 COBB, B. B., Chicago. 



1 turtle — Chicago. 

 DEUBLER, L., Chicago. 



1 beetle — Chicago. 

 DEWEY, C. L., Chicago. 



1 turtle — Dowagiac, Mich. 

 FARRINGTON, O. C, Chicago. 



1 American woodcock — Chicago. 

 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



Collected by C. E. Akeley: 



2 eggs of the Secretary bird — British East Africa. 

 Collected by C. M. Barber: 



6 snakes, 7 frogs, 1 salamander — Willow Springs, Illinois. 



150 fishes — Willow Springs and Lockport, Illinois. 

 Collected by C. B. Cory: 



Nest and eggs of Prothonotary warbler — English Lake, Indiana. 

 Collected by N . Dearborn : 



50 fishes — Venezuela. 



204 specimens dragonflies, bird lice, bugs, grasshoppers, beetles, 

 butterflies, moths and flies — Venezuela. 



