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[[typewritten]] 7. WHAT MATERIAL FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED TO STUDENTS AND INVESTIGATORS [[underlined]]OUTSIDE OF THE MUSEUM[[/underlined]] DURING THE YEAR, AND IN CONNECTION WITH WHAT SPECIAL INVESTIGATION WAS THE MATERIAL NEEDED? IT SHOULD BE STATED [[underlined]]IN EACH CASE[[/underlined]] WHETHER OR NOT THE MATERIAL HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE MUSEUM. [[/typewritten]] [[handwritten]] [[double-underline]]Dr. J. A. Allen[[/double-underline]], Curator of Mammals & Birds Amer. Museum of Natural History, New York, has had: (1) The types of bat, [[underline]]Nyctinomus macrotis nevadensis[[/underline]]. (Returned) [Commented on in paper entitled "Descriptions of Ten New North American Mammals, and remarks on others" - < Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 6, p. 317-332.] (2) The type of [[underline]]Arvicola haydenii[[/underline]], Baird (Returned.) [Commented on in same paper as above, p. 328] The type of [[underline]]Arvicola cinnamomeus[[/underline]], Baird (Returned) [Commented on in same paper, p. 330] A specimen of alleged [[underline]]Pedomys[[/underline]] from the "Black Hills" (Ret'd) [Made the type of [[underline]]Phenacomys truei[[/underline]], in same paper, p. 331. (3) Three skins of [[underline]]Arvicola "curtatus"[[/underline]] (Returned) [Commented on in same paper, p. 329] (4) The type of [[underline]]Reithrodontomys montanus[[/underline]] (Bd.) (Returned) [Noted in paper entitled "On the species of the genus Reithrodontomys", < Bull. Amer. Mus. NH., 7, pp. 107-143] (5) The type of [[underline]]Reithrodontomys megalotis[[/underline]] (Bd.) and 7 other skins and alcoholics of same genus. (Returned) [Noted in preceding paper.] [[double-underline]]Dr. Harrison Allen[[/double-underline]], Philadelphia, Pa., has had (1) Three Vampire bats (2 [[underline]]Desmodus rufus[[/underline]] & 1 [[underline]]Diphylla ecaudata[[/underline]]) [A paper on this material will be published in vol. 18 of the Proceedings of the Museum.] [[/handwritten]]