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7. WHAT MATERIAL FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED TO STUDENTS AND INVESTIGATORS [[underline]]OUTSIDE OF THE MUSEUM[[/underline]] DURING THE YEAR, AND IN CONNECTION WITH WHAT SPECIAL INVESTIGATION WAS THE MATERIAL NEEDED? IT SHOULD BE STATED IN [[underline]]EACH CASE[[/underline]] WHETHER OR NOT THE MATERIAL HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE MUSEUM. 13 [[underline]]Vespertilio[[/underline]], Mearns Coll. & 7 [[underline]]Vespertilio[[/underline]] from Ft. Yuma Ariz. sent to Mr G. S. Miller jr, Dept of Agric. for use in connection with a monograph of the genus [[underline]] Vespertilio [[/underline]] - Not returned. 3 [[underline]]Cuniculus[[/underline]] to same for illustration in a forthcoming paper on the Voles & their allies - Not returned 201 specimens of the smaller N.A. weasels ([[underline]]Putorius[[/underline]]) sent to Mr. Outram Bangs, Boston, Mass., for use in a Revision of the Eastern Weasels. (Returned.) 5 additional specimens sent Dec. 11, for the same purpose. Not Returned 10 specimens Northern Hares ([[underline]]Lepus[[/underline]]) sent to Mr. S. N. Rhoads, Phila Acad., Philadelphia Pa. for use in a revision of the Arctic Hares. (Returned) 6 skins & 16 skulls of American & Old World arctic hares for same purpose. (Returned) The type of the shrew, [[underline]]Neosorex navigator[[/underline]], to Dr. C. H Merriam, U. S. Dept of Agriculture, for use in connection with revision of the genus [[underline]]Sorex[[/underline]]. (Returned) 7 skulls of Striped Skunks ([[underline]]Spilogale[[/underline]]) to Dr. Mearns, U.S.A., Ft. Myer, Va. (Returned) 1 specimen of Tree Coney, [[underline]]Dendrohyrax validus[[/underline]], to Dr. J. L. Wornian, Amer. Mus. New York, for comparison with fossil forms. (Returned) 18 specimens of weasels to Mr. V. Bailey, U. S. Dept of Agric., for Dr. C. H. Merriam, for use by the latter in a revision of N. A. weasels. (Returned)