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Accessions to Museum 
Zoological Collections 
Mammals received and catalogued 554 
Birds received and catalogued 564 
Amphibians and reptiles received and catalogued <*9 
Nests and eggs received and catalogued 7 
Mammals 
By Gift 530 
R, T. D. Wickenden, Geological Survey, Ottawa, 1 red squirrel. 
Russell G. Foster, Mankato, Minnesota, 1 Minnesota grey squirrel and 4 
Minnesota red squirrels. 
H. F. Hughes, Curator, Grand Coteau Museum of Canadian Club, Shaunavon, 
Saskatchewan, 1 hunter’s skin of long-tailed weasel, 1 silver-haired bat. 
Laurence B. Potter, Eastend, Saskatchewan, 1 least weasel, hunter’s skin. 
F. Bradshaw, Director, Provincial Museum, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1 black- 
footed ferret ( Mustela nigripes), hunter’s skin, with dried carcass for 
preparation of skeleton, taken near Climax, Saskatchewan. 
Jos. Skillen, Ottawa, 1 European hare, in the flesh, taken near Toronto, Ontario. 
Mrs. Susan K. Squires, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1 short-tailed shrew 
in the flesh. 
Charles F. Hughes, Dollard, Saskatchewan, long-tailed weasel ( Mustela longi- 
cauda), 1 skin in summer coat, 1 skin in winter coat, with one skull. 
Kenneth Racey, Vancouver, B.C., 1 skin and skull of California harvest mouse 
( Reithrodontomys megalotis longicaudus) , taken at Berkeley, California. 
Stuart Criddle, Aweme, Manitoba, 1 white-tailed jack-rabbit in the flesh, 
winter coat. 
Dominion Lands Administration, Department of the Interior, Ottawa, 337 
mammals collected by J. D. Soper, in Wood Buffalo park, Alberta and 
Northwest Territories; 14 skins of wolf cubs ( Canis lycaon occidentals ) 
without skulls taken near Peace point, Alberta, surrendered for bounty at 
Chipewyan, Alberta; 2 skulls of brown bear, and 5 skins of Dawson red- 
backed vole, from Mackenzie Delta region, collected by A. E. Porsild. 
Major E. Mallandaine, Creston, British Columbia, 1 meadow mouse 
( Microtus pennsylvanicus modesties), a species said to be bothering 
orchardists in Creston district. 
Gifford Johnson, Ottawa, 1 northern grey squirrel in the flesh. 
W. Ray Salt, Rosebud, Alberta, 1 least weasel, alcoholic specimen. 
Fenley Hunter, Flushing, Long Island, New York, 4 skulls (kit fox, coyote, 
badger, lynx-cat) from state of Nevada, XJ.S.A. 
Dr. R. E. DeLury, Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, 1 young black squirrel, 
in the flesh. 
A. La Rocque, Ottawa, 1 short-tailed shrew, 1 red-backed mouse. 
E. M. Kindle, Geological Survey, Ottawa, 2 reddish woodchucks in the flesh. 
National Parks of Canada, Department of the Interior, Ottawa, 1 skin of 
northern plains skunk, 1 skull of black bear, from Jasper park. 
John C. Shelford, Wistaria P.O., British Columbia. 54 small mammals — 2 
woodchucks ( Marmota monax petrensis), 5 red squirrels (Sciurus hud- 
sonicus), 3 flying squirrels ( Glaucomys sabrinus alpinus ), 9 bushy-tailed 
woodrate ( Neotoma cinerea), 4 snowshoe rabbits ( Lepus americanus 
macfarlani), 4 red-backed mice ( Clethrionomys gapperi), 2 long-tailed 
shrews ( Sorex cinereus cinereus), 4 Hollister chipmunks ( Eutamias 
amoenus ludibundus ), 12 jumping mice (Zapus princeps ), 1 northwestern 
muskrat ( Ondatra zibethica spatulata), 1 Chilcotin hoary marmot ( Mar- 
mota caligata raceyi), 1 beaver skull ( Castor canadensis). 
L. J. Simpson, Entomological Laboratory, Kelly’s Camp, Grand Cascapedia, 
Quebec, 1 skin and skull of woodchuck ( Marmota monax). 
George H. Hammond, Entomological Laboratory, Apple Hill, Ontario, 1 jump- 
ing mouse ( Zapus hudsonius) in the flesh, 2 long-tailed shrews, 8 meadow 
mice, 10 deer mice, 1 house mouse. 
