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Accessions of Birds — Continued 
By gift , outside of collections by members of staff: 
Kenneth G. Racey, Vancouver, 38 bird stomachs, including yellow-headed black- 
bird, Brewer blackbird, mourning dove, cowbird, western tanager, Alaska 
horned lark, western vesper sparrow, Audubon warbler, Columbian sharp- 
tailed grouse, long-tailed chickadee, pine grosbeak, grey ruffed grouse, 
redpoll. 
Maxie Irvine, Ottawa, 1 red-winged blackbird. 
J. M. Bennett, Ottawa, 2 flickers. 
W. H. B. Hoare, N.W.T, and Yukon Branch, Ottawa, eggs of seven species of 
Arctic birds. 
D. Jenness, Ottawa, 1 crested auklet. 
E. G. White, Ottawa, 8 birds in the flesh, including greater snow goose, blue 
goose, ring-necked duck, Brunnich’s murre ( in exchange for other speci- 
mens); 2 pairs wings snow geese (gift). 
J. P. Williams, Picton, Ontario, 1 red-tailed hawk. 
Norman Criddle, Aweme, Manitoba, 1 white pelican. 
J. S. Harterre, Ottawa, 1 rough-legged hawk. 
A. D. Henderson, Belvedere, Alberta, 1 set of eggs of dowitcher, 1 nest of Canada 
jay- 
R. H. Rauch, Harrisburg, Pa., 1 nest each of Bonaparte gull, dowitcher, and 
brown creeper. 
R. C. Harlow, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md., 1 nest of lesser 
yellow-legs, downy young of same. 
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, 2 tule geese, 
in exchange. 
Wm. Rowan, Edmonton, 1 gull. 
Dudley Dimock, Grand Cascapedia, Que., 1 dovekie. 
Canadian National parks, Ottawa, 2 ducks, 2 whistling swans. 
, Lake harbour, Baffin island, 4 ducks, 8 eggs of snowy 
owl. 
Dennis Ashby, Crayle, B.C., 1 ring-necked duck, 2 European widgeon, 1 ruddy 
duck, 1 Clarke nutcracker. 
Stuart Criddle, Aweme, Manitoba, 1 screech owl. 
Talbot Criddle, Treesbank, Manitoba, 1 goshawk. 
H. A. C. Jackson, Montreal, 1 pellet from snowy owl. 
Manley Miner, Kingsville, Ontario, 1 blue goose. 
W. T. Macoun, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 1 great horned owl. 
By purchase : 
Allen L. Moses, Grand Manan, N.B., 1 common cormorant, 1 white-winged 
scoter, 4 American scoters, 4 surf scoters, 1 Kumlien gull. 
Accessions of Amphibians and Reptiles and Localities from which 
They Were Received: 
By members of staff: 
Clyde L. Patch, Grant lake, Burbidge, and Lac-des-Iles, 
Quebec 34 
J. D. Leechman, Norway Bay, Quebec 29 
Harlan I. Smith, Kitwanga and Hazelton, B.C., and Sedro- 
Wooley, Washington 5 
D. MacDonald, Beech Grove, Quebec 1 
C. M. Sternberg, Rumsey, Alberta 2 
By gift , outside of collections made by staff: 
J. Roland Brown, Hamilton and Port Maitland, Ontario 80 
E. R. Buckell, Penticton, B.C 1 
Lawson Caesar, Gravenhurst, Ontario 1 
D. M. Campbell, Armstrong, B.C 59 
Doreen Dodd, Telegraph Creek, B.C 2 
C. M. Edwards, Harrington lake. Quebec 1 
Hamilton M. Laing, Belvedere, Alberta, and Comox, B.C 8 
