Oct.  1897.         Annual  Report  of  the  Director.  215 
BRITISH  MUSEUM,  London,  England. 
1  South  American  deer — 1  Klipspringer  (exchange). 
CHOPE,  E.  B.,  Field  Columbian  Museum,  Chicago,  111. 
5,921  beetles,  619  butterflies,  3  bats,  2  lizards  (variety  of  species) —Illinois, 
Michigan,  Wisconsin,  Florida. 
102  land  and  fresh  water  shells,  15  species  of  centipedes. 
198  bees,  wasps,  etc.,  165  grasshoppers  and  locusts,  355  bugs. 
424  dragon  flies,  205  flies  (variety  of  species),  from  Illinois  and  Wis- 
consin. 
CORY,  C.  B.,  Palm  Beach,  Fla. 
1  alligator  (young). 
1  crocodile  (young). 
EDWARDS,  PROF.  A.  MILNE,  Paris  Museum,  France. 
13  mammal  skins  (exchange). 
FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM. 
Collected  by  D.  G.  Elliot,  African  Expedition: 
193  mammal  skins— Somaliland  and  Ogaden. 
22  skulls  and  skeletons. 
115  specimens,  33  species  of  fishes. 
12  specimens,  7  species  lizards;  6  specimens,  6  species  snakes;  12  speci- 
mens, 4  species  frogs;  1  specimen,  1  species  turtle. 
Purchases: 
36  mammal  skins— Iowa  and  Dakota  (purchased  from  Geo.  K.  Cherrie, 
Field  Columbian  Museum,  Chicago,  111.). 
1  skin  of  rhinoceros  (purchased  from  T.  WT.  Franklin,  New  York). 
12  skins  of  musk  oxen,  2  skeletons  of  oxen,  4  skins  of  polar  bear — Arctic 
regions,  Hudson  Bay  (purchased  from  Thos.  Luce  &  Co.,  New  Bed- 
ford, Mass.) 
50  mammal  skins,  skulls,  etc.  (purchased  from  C.  E.  Akeley,  Chicago,  111.) 
400  specimens  of  shells  (78  species),  taken  mostly  within  the  city  limits  of 
Chicago  (purchased  from  T.  Jansen,  Chicago). 
5  fur  seal  skins,  consisting  of  1  male,  1  female  and  3  young  (purchased 
from  Prof.  C.  H.  Gilbert,  Stanford  University,  California). 
Buffalo  skin  and  skull  (purchased  from  P.  H.  Lannan,  Salt  Lake  City: 
Utah). 
1  male  Grevys  zebra  skin — Lake  Rudolph,  Africa;  pair  of  horns  of 
the  brindled  gnu,  (purchased  from  Rowland  Ward  &  Co.,  London, 
England). 
10  specimens  of  corals,  2  shells,  1  starfish,  3  rattlesnake  rattles  (purchased 
from  A.  J.  Mears,  Chicago,  111.) 
32  shells  from  the  shores  of  the  Island  of  Samoa  (purchased  from  Gus- 
tavus  Goward,  Chicago,  111.) 
FRANKLIN,  T.  W.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
4  musk  ox  skins,  1  rhinoceros  skin  (for  examination). 
1  rhinoceros  skull  and  2  leg  bones  (for  examination). 
KAVANAUGH,  R.  B.,  Field  Columbian  Museum,  Chicago,  111. 
1  snail,  helix  kczmastoma. 
KENKEL,  LOUIS,  Chicago,  111. 
11  toads,  13  frogs,  several  cricket  frogs. 
3  Racine  garter  snakes— Chicago,  111. 
LARKIN,  T.  J.,  Field  Columbian  Museum,  Chicago,  111. 
1  horned  toad,  Phrynosoma  (alive)— Fort  Bayard,  Grant  county,  N.  M. 
LAWRENCE,  W.  T.-,  Chicago,  111. 
2  shells — near  San  Diego,  Cal. 
MEEK,  HIRAM,  Hicksville,  Ohio. 
3  rattlesnakes,  Crotalus  horridns. 
MEEK,  S.  E.,  Field  Columbian  Museum,  Chicago,  111. 
50  species  of  fishes  from  Mazatlan,  Mexico. 
100  species  of  fishes  from  the  fresh  waters  of  North  America. 
50  species  of  fishes  from  the  Atlantic  coast. 
25  species  of  North  American  reptiles. 
