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suited in the accumulation of considerable data relative to the local 

 distribution of birds and a number of nests, eggs, skins, and alcohol 

 specimens were obtained. An important addition to the specimens 

 in the department was a collection of 183 bird skins, obtained as a 

 gift from Mr. D. K. Williamson, of Bluffton, Indiana. In the Depart- 

 ment of Geology several valuable accessions have been received by 

 gift. Among these may be mentioned a glaciated copper boulder 

 weighing loi^ pounds, received from Mr. Joseph Austrian; a collec- 

 tion of gem peridots from Rev. Paul S. Mayerhof ; a large relief map of" 

 France from the Central School Supply Company; a classified collec- 

 tion of soils and subsoils numbering forty-one specimens from the 

 United States Department of Agriculture; a series of rare minerals 

 and crystals of California from M. M. and F. M. Sickler ; a transparency 

 of Mt. Pelee from Mr. Morris K. Jesup; a collection of local fossils and 

 specimens illustrating rock structures from Mr. John Hemshell ; topaz 

 crystals from Mr. W. J. Chalmers; and specimens of metallic silicon 

 from the Carborundum Company. Several exchanges have been made 

 which have afforded important additions to the collections. This is 

 especially true of the meteorites, to which twenty specimens of falls 

 not before represented have thus been added. For courtesies rendered 

 in this connection, acknowledgment is due the following institutions 

 and individuals: Department of Mines, Sydney, New South Wales; 

 Geological Survey of India ; Dr. A. Brezina; Julius Bohm; B. Sturtz; 

 and Prof. H. A. Ward. By exchange with the Australian Museum, 

 Sydney, New South Wales, a rare series of Australian minerals was 

 obtained, including specimens of emerald, topaz, zircon, and garnet 

 of gem quality. The most important purchases by the Department 

 were those of the entire mass of the Rodeo, Durango, Mexico 

 meteorite, and a fossil skeleton of the short -necked swimming reptile, 

 Platecarpus, about twelve feet in length. This skeleton is nearly 

 complete. Other purchases included specimens of the Finnmarken, 

 Lance, and Ness Co. meteorites, and a slab of dinosaur tracks. The 

 Department of Botany has received during the past year 83 accessions, 

 of which 65 (representing 33,060 specimens) have been installed in 

 the herbarium, and 18 (representing iii specimens) in the economic 

 section. Among the most notable series received were those of the 

 herbarium of Dr. John K. Small (21,528 specimens), representing in 

 the main his field work on ' ' The Flora of the Southern States ' ' ; and 

 substantially the South American species from the herbarium of 

 Prof. Edward L. Greene (3,315 specimens), kindly donated by himself. 



