Oct.  1898..  Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
KENKEL,  LOUIS,  140  Fifty-fourth  street,  Chicago. 
9  salamanders. 
1  shrew. 
1  mouse. 
3  frogs. 
LAWRENCE,  W.  J.,  Chicago. 
4  carpet  shells,  Tapes  staminea. 
MEARNS,  E.  A.,  United  States  Army,  Fort  Clark,  Kinney  Co.,  Texas. 
17  species  of  land  and  fresh-water  shells. 
MEEK,  HIRAM,  Hicksville,  Ohio. 
1  woodchuck  skin. 
1  chipmunk  skin. 
3  red  squirrels. 
2  fox  squirrels. 
1  minkskin. 
MEEK.  S.  E.,  Field  Columbian  Museum. 
1  hellbender,  Cryptobranchus  alleghaniensis. 
MITCHELL,  LUCIAN,  Greenway,  Ark. 
1  mole,  7  bats — Greenway,  Ark. 
NORRIS,  PHILLIP,  Field  Columbian  Museum. 
1  turtle— Chicago. 
OGDEN,  DR.  H.  V.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
12  species  of  small  fresh-water  fish  (for  examination). 
27  small  mammal  skins  (for  examination). 
ROLFS,  PROF.  P.  H.,  Lake  City,  Fla. 
1  alligator  for  skeleton. 
STERT,  A.,  5649  Cottage  Grove  avenue,  Chicago. 
1  ground  squirrel — Uoalde  County,  Texas. 
THOMPSON,  A.  J.,  Field  Columbian  Museum. 
3  fishes  (2  species). 
UNITED  STATES  NATIONAL  MUSEUM,  Washington,  D.  C. 
1  fish,  Cyprinodon  mydrus — Key  West. 
1  fish,  Cyprinodon  bovinus — Chihuahua,  Mex. 
1  fish,  Cyprinodon  riverendi — Cuba. 
ZOOLOGICAL  MUSEUM,  OHIO  STATE  UNIVERSITY,  Columbus,  Ohio 
7  fishes,  Etheostoma  variatum — Ohio  (exchange). 
3  fishes,  Etheostoma  camurum — Ohio  (exchange). 
1  fish,  Leuciscus  elongatus — Ohio  (exchange). 
THE  LIBRARY, 
(accessions  are  by  exchange  unless  otherwise  designated.) 
Books,  Pamphlets  and  Serials. 
ACHELIS,  TH.,  Bremen,  Germany. 
Archiv  fur  religionswissenschaft,  vol.  1,  no.  1. 
Friedrich  Ratzel. 
ALABAMA  INDUSTRIAL  AND  SCIENTIFIC  SOCIETY,  University,  Ala 
Proceedings,  vol.  7,  pt.  2. 
AMERICAN  ACADEMY  OF  ARTS  AND  SCIENCES,  Boston,  Mass. 
Proceedings,  current  nos. 
AMERICAN  ANTIQUARIAN  SOCIETY,  Worcester,  Mass. 
Proceedings,  vol.  11,  pt.  3,  and  vol.  12. 
AMERICAN  ASSOCIATION  FOR  THE  ADV.  OF  SCI.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Preliminary  announcement  of  the  Boston  meeting,  1898. 
Proceedings,  46th  meeting,  1897. 
