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less by donations than in previous years. 
 
Some interesting specimens were received from two collectors sent out by the Smithsonian Institution. With one or two exceptions very little material has been received from persons in the various branches of the Government service. 
 
No descriptions of new species of North American mammals have been published during the year, though announcements of the discovery of several have been made to some of the scientific societies. 

[[double underline]]Notes on important accessions [[/double underline]].

[[underline]]North America[[/underline]]. Selections were made from several collections of small mammals made by Mr. F. A. Stephens in the San Francisco Mts, Arizona, and the San Bernandino