Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 with funding from Getty Research Institute https://archive.org/details/annualreportofdi1913fiel f FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY REPORTS, PLATE XLIV. George Manierre Secretary of the Museum Corporation from April, 1894, to May, 1907, and Chairman of the Auditing Committee since the organization. Field Museum of Natural History. Publication 173. Report Series. Vol. IV, No. 4. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR 1913. Chicago, U. S. A January, 1914. CONTENTS Board of Trustees Officers and Committees Staff of the Museum Report of the Director Maintenance Lecture Courses Publications Mailing List Library Cataloguing, Inventorying, and Labeling Accessions Expeditions and Field Work .... Installation and Permanent Improvement The N. W. Harris Public School Extension Photography and Illustration .... Printing Attendance Financial Statement Accessions Department of Anthropology .... Department of Botany Department of Geology Department of Zoology Section of Photography The Library Articles of Incorporation Amended By-Laws List of Honorary Members and Patrons List of Corporate Members List of Life Members List of Annual Members Page 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 286 287 296 299 310 311 312 312 3i5 318 318 319 323 326 329 330 35i 353 359 360 361 362 276 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. George E. Adams. Edward E. Ayer. Watson F. Blair. William J. Chalmers. Stanley Field. Harlow N. Higinbotham. A. Arthur B. Jones. George Manierre. Cyrus H. McCormick. George F. Porter. Martin A. Ryerson. Frederick J. V. Skife. . Sprague, 2nd. HONORARY TRUSTEES. Owen F. Aldis. Norman B. Ream. DECEASED. Norman Williams. George R. Davis. Marshall Field, Jr. Huntington W. Jackson. Edwin Walker. Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. OFFICERS. Stanley Field, President. Martin A. Ryerson, First Vice-President. Watson F. Blair, Second Vice-President . Frederick J. V. Skiff, Secretary. D. C. Davies, Assistant Secretary and Auditor. Byron L. Smith, Treasurer. Edward E. Ayer. Watson F. Blair. COMMITTEES. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Stanley Field. William J. Chalmers. George Manierre. Harlow* N. Higinbotham. Martin A. Ryerson. Watson F. Blair. FINANCE COMMITTEE. Martin A. Ryerson. Arthur B. Jones. BUILDING COMMITTEE. William J. Chalmers. Cyrus H. McCormick. Frederick J. V. Skiff. A. A. Sprague, 2nd. SUB-COMMITTEE OF BUILDING COMMITTEE Stanley Field. A. A. Sprague, 2nd. Frederick J. V. Skiff. George Manierre. AUDITING COMMITTEE. Arthur B. Jones. George E. Adams. Watson F. Blair. Arthur B. Jones. ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE. Edward E. Ayer. George Manierre. George F. Porter. 278 Field Museum of Natural History — - Reports, Vol. IV. STAFF OF THE MUSEUM. DIRECTOR. Frederick J. V. Skiff. DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY. George A. Dorsey, Curator. Berthold Laufer, Associate Curator of Asiatic Ethnology. Charles L. Owen, Assistant Curator Division of Archaeology. Albert B. Lewis, Assistant Curator of African and Mela- nesian Ethnology. Fay Cooper Cole, Assistant Curator Physical Anthropology and Malayan Ethnology. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. Charles F. Millspaugh, Curator. B. E. Dahlgren, Assistant Curator Division of Economic Botany. Huron H. Smith, Assistant Curator Division of Dendrology. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. Oliver C. Farrington, Curator. H. W. Nichols, Assistant Curator . Elmer S. Riggs, Assistant Curator of Paleontology. Arthur W. Slocom, Assistant Curator Section of Invertebrate Paleontology. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. Charles B. Cory, Curator. Seth E. Meek, Assistant Curator. Wilfred H. Osgood, Assistant Curator of Mammalogy and Or- nithology. William J. Gerhard, Assistant Curator Division of Entomology. Edmond N. Gueret, Assistant Curator Division of Osteology. RECORDER. D. C. Davies. THE LIBRARY. Elsie Lippincott, Librarian. THE N. W. HARRIS PUBLIC SCHOOL EXTENSION S. C. Simms, Curator. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 1913 To the Trustees of Field Museum of Natural History: I have the honor to present a report of the operations of the Museum for the year ending December 31, 1913. A review of the year’s activities, while not without the broader and more striking interest of expedition research and survey in various parts of the world, shows that the labor performed, the material progress made, has been very largely within the walls of the Institution in continuance and enlargement of the plans of the past two years in preparing exhibi- tion material for the New Building. This work not only includes the installation of material that has not been on exhibition but the re-instal- lation of exhibited material and the re-labeling of the latter. So well have the different departments devoted their energies to this task that the orderly and systematic physical appearance of the Museum has ceased to elicit commendation from visitors or contemporaries. The great number of installed new cases for which space is continually de- manded from the already crowded floor area has interlocked the installa- tion of departments and divisions to a degree that must be confusing to visitors, as it certainly is most unsatisfactory to the management. If the pressure for space continues, as it seems likely it will do, some por- tions of the Museum must be closed off as an improvised warehouse where cases can be stored without any relation to passage-ways or any regard for the convenience of visitors. In some of the courts and halls the circulation provisions have been reduced to two-feet passage-ways which really almost prohibits an inspection of the contents of the cases. The Joseph N. Field Ethnological expedition to the South Sea Islands concluded its three years’ studies and collections, and Dr. Lems, the head of the expedition, has returned and for several months has been engaged in cataloguing, labeling and installing this most prized collec- tion. It is now quite apparent that the great extent of this collection will not permit its complete installation for several years, though from its abundance a notable representation will be on view within the coming year. In addition to the fund provided by Mr. Joseph N. Field for the field work of this South Pacific expedition, a further and large sum was contributed by Mr. Field for the purchase of an important collection of 279 280 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. masks from New Britain and ethnological material from German New Guinea. The South American Zoological expedition is still in the field, being last reported as in Southern Brazil with splendid results. The consign- ments of material from the field reach the Museum at intervals of about three months, and, as will be seen from the report on the Depart- ment of Zoology made elsewhere, is giving the greatest satisfaction to the department. The Museum is the grateful beneficiary of the results from a private expedition to British East Africa and adjacent territories under Mr. Brent Altscheler of Louisville, Kentucky, a hunter, a lover of science, and a friend of the Museum. The announcement of the Hon. R. M. Barnes of Lacon, Illinois, that he had constituted Field Museum of Natural History legatee under his will for his collection of more than 24,000 birds’ eggs was received by the authorities of the Museum with the greatest satisfaction, for not only is this act regarded as a high testimonial to the worthiness of the Museum and an evidence of extending confidence in its purposes and perform- ances, but it is of a great value to the Division of Ornithology to be as- sured that eventually this great collection will be added to its resources. The progress made by the N. W. Harris Public School Extension dur- ing the year, and the interest that the public and the Chicago schools system have manifested in this exhibition of collections from the Muse- um in the public schools, have encouraged the founder in this philan- thropy, and inspired with zeal the organization which is dispensing it. The preliminary stages in the difficult task of getting this undertaking in full operation have been passed; the experimental period is practically over, and when a few details, yet to be arranged with the Superintendent of Schools have been determined upon, the regular distribution of these cabinets will be begun. The force of scientific men and preparators under the guidance of the efficient curator of this foundation have a great many cabinets and cases completed, and recently, at the request of the Council for Library and Museum Extension, made an exhibition of a number of the collections at the Art Institute, which was very well attended and very cordially commended. maintenance. — The cost of maintenance for the year amounted to $170,000, which was $5,000 less than the amounted authorized by the Board of Trustees for the year ending December 31, 1913. The total amount expended for all purposes was $237,100, being $1,000 less than the previous year. The difference between the cost of maintenance and the actual amount expended is accounted for by special appropria- tions for the purchase of collections, and the cost of extensive repairs to Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 281 the roof of the building. The building itself can be considered as being in good repair, yet the overhanging cornices which are rapidly de- teriorating occasion a certain amount of anxiety and are promptly removed as conditions demand. During the year the entire building was thoroughly examined by an expert assigned for this inspection by D. H. Burnham & Company, the architects. The report states that all brick work is in first class shape, as is also the structural steel in the columns and girders. The staff work throughout the interior of the building was found to be in good condition. The skylights were also reported as being in good state. A special request was made that this expert examine the floor loads throughout the building, and it is gratify- ing that the report states that much care had been exercised in this respect and where an unusually heavy load is concentrated the floor had been thoroughly reinforced in each instance. lecture Courses. — The lecture courses have been particularly inter- esting and well attended. They have been participated in by dis- tinguished scholars and students in the various branches of the natural sciences, and acknowledgment is here made of the generosity and good will which this participation manifests toward the Museum. Thirty-eighth free illustrated lecture course, delivered during the months of March and April, 1913. March 1. — “A Look into South America.” Prof. Rollin D. Salisbury, The University of Chicago. March 8. — “Fossil Collecting.” Mr. A. W. Slocom, Assistant Curator, Division of Inver- tebrate Paleontology, Field Museum. March 15. — “Cultural and Somatic Evidences of Man’s Antiquity.” Prof. George Grant MacCurdy, Yale University. March 22. — “Spain — Country and People.” Mr. Arthur Stanley Riggs, New York. March 29. — “Newfoundland.” Prof. M. L. Fernald, Harvard University. April 5. — “Wild Flowers of the Chicago Region.” ’Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, Curator, Department of Botany, Field Museum. April 12. — “Crossing the Andes of Northern Peru.” Mr. W. H. Osgood, Assistant Curator of Mammalogy and Ornithology, Field Museum. April 19. — “Logging California Redwoods.” Mr. Huron H. Smith, Assistant Curator, Division of Dendrology, Field Museum. 282 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. April 26. — “Religious and Artistic Thought in China.” Dr. Berthold Laufer, Associate Curator of Asiatic Ethnology, Field Museum. Thirty-ninth free illustrated lecture course, delivered during the months of October and November, 1913. Oct. 4.— “Korea.” Mr. Homer B. Hulbert, Springfield, Massachusetts. Oct. 11. — “The Scenery and Resources of Alaska.” Prof. Lawrence Martin, University of Wisconsin. Oct. 18. — “The Physical Basis and Determination of Sex.” Dr. Horatio H. Newman, The University of Chicago. Oct. 25. — “Our Forests.” Air. Huron H. Smith, Assistant Curator of Dendrology, Field Museum. Nov. 1. — “Zoological Collecting in South America.” Mr. Wilfred H. Osgood, Assistant Curator of Mammal- ogy and Ornithology, Field Museum. Nov. 8. — “The Inhabitants of Fresh Water.” Dr. Victor E. Shelford, The University of Chicago. Nov. 15. — “Migration of Plants.” Prof. L. H. Pammel, Iowa State College. Nov. 22. — “The Joseph N. Field South Pacific Expedition.” Dr. A. B. Lewis, Assistant Curator of African and Melanesian Ethnology, Field Museum. Nov. 29. — “New Zealand.” Dr. Carlos E. Cummings, Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. publications. — The publications of the Museum have appeared as usual from time to time as opportunity presented itself. The list in- cludes eight numbers of the established series, details of which follow: Pub. 165. — Report Series, Vol. IV, No. 3. Annual Report of the Director to the Board of Trustees for the year 1912. 90 pages, 14 half-tones. Edition 2500. Pub. 166. — Zoological Series, Vol. X, No. 8. New Species of Fishes from Panama. By S. E. Meek and S. F. Hildebrand. 15 pages. Edition 1500. Pub. 167. — Ornithological Series, Vol. I, No. 7. Descriptions of Twenty-eight New Species and Subspecies of Neotropical Birds. By C. B. Cory. 10 pages. Edition 1500. Pub. 168. — Zoological Series, Vol. X, No. 9. New Peruvian Mam- mals. By W. H. Osgood. 9 pages. Edition 1500. 283 Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. Pub. 169. — Anthropological Series, Vol. XIII, No. 1. Notes on Turquois in the East. By Berthold Laufer. 72 pages, 1 colored plate, 7 halftones. Edition 2000. Pub. 170. — Anthropological Series, Vol. XII, No. 2. The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao. By F. C. Cole. 153 pages, 1 colored map, 75 halftones, 62 zinc etchings. Edition 1500. Pub. 171. — Geological Series, Vol. IV, No. 3. New Trilobites from the Maquoketa Beds of Fayette County, Iowa. By A. W. Slocom. 41 pages, 6 halftones, 1 zinc etching. Edition 1500. Pub. 172. — Botanical Series, Vol. II, No. 9. I. The Genera Pedi- lanthus and Cubanthus and other American Euphorbiaceas. By C. F. Millspaugh. II. Two New Stonecrops from Guatemala. By Raymond Hamet. 27 pages. Edition 1500. Names on mailing List Domestic . Foreign Distribution of foreign Exchanges Argentine Republic .... 12 Australia 29 Austria-Hungary 31 Belgium 17 Borneo 1 Brazil . 9 British East Africa .... 2 British Guiana ..... 2 Bulgaria 1 Canada 29 Cape Colony 6 Ceylon 3 Chile 2 China 2 Colombia 2 Costa Rica 4 Denmark 9 East Africa 1 Ecuador 1 Egypt 2 France 55 Fiji Islands 1 Finland 2 Germany 138 Great Britain 119 Greece . Guatemala 614 693 U307 India 13 Italy 35 Jamaica 2 Japan 9 Java 4 Liberia 1 Malta 1 Mexico 20 Natal 3 Netherlands 21 New Zealand 7 Norway 8 Peru 2 Portugal 5 Rhodesia 2 Rou mania 1 Russia 16 Salvador 1 Sicily 3 Spain 7 Straits Settlements .... 1 Sweden 15 Switzerland 23 Tasmania 3 Transvaal 3 Uruguay 1 West Indies 3 1 284 Field Museum or Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Distribution of publications (Foreign) Anthropological 0 00 Ichthyological . 165 Botanical . • 366 Ornithological .... 205 Entomological 162 Report 693 Geological . Distribution of Domestic 357 Exchanges Zoological 298 Alabama . r> New Jersey .... 14 Arkansas .... I New Mexico .... 2 California . . . . . . . 28 New York . 84 Colorado . II North Carolina 6 Connecticut 21 North Dakota 2 Delaware . . . . 2 Ohio 22 District of Columbia . • ■ • 65 Oklahoma 2 Florida 2 Oregon 1 Idaho I Pennsylvania ... 35 Illinois . . . 71 Rhode Island .... 5 Indiana . . . . l6 South Carolina 2 Iowa ... 15 South Dakota .... 2 Kansas . . . 6 Tennessee 2 Kentucky . • • • 3 Texas 2 Louisiana . . . . 4 Utah 1 Maine ... 7 Vermont 4 Maryland . . . . . . . 9 Virginia 4 Massachusetts ... 65 Washington 6 Michigan . . . . 12 West Virginia .... 6 Minnesota . . . . ... 9 Wisconsin 1 7 Mississippi ■ • • 3 Wyoming 2 Missouri . . . . 12 Cuba 3 Montana . . . . 2 Hawaii 5 Nebraska . . . . ... 7 Philippine Islands 3 Nevada 3 New Hampshire 4 Distribution of Publications (Domestic) Porto Rico .... 1 Anthropological • • - 230 Icthyological 150 Botanical . . . . . . . 300 Ornithological .... 158 Geological . . . . .311 Report 614 Historical . ••• 159 Zoological . 263 ' The Library. — The accessions to the Library during the year num- bered 4,003, an increase over last year of 1,737. Of these additions 3,908 were received by gift or exchange and 95 by purchase. The volumes and pamphlets in the Library are credited to the different Depart- ments, as follows: ments, as follows : General Library 41,102 Department of Anthropology 3,008 Department of Botany 6,444 Department of Geology 8,751 Department of Zoology 2,931 Total 662,23 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE XLV. TIGER Shark ( Galeocerdo tigrinus) WITH 38 YOUNG. Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 285 Publications were received from 808 individuals and institutions. A special effort was made to increase the useful collections of separata. Requests for reciprocation with equivalent literature were made to all authors who are receiving the publications of the Museum, and who had not done so hitherto. The response to date is gratifying, some four hundred titles having been received. The securing of these ad- ditions, the effecting of new exchanges, the obtaining of missing parts to fill in or to complete sets, involved the writing of approximately 1,000 letters. From the translators and commentators, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Clark Hoover, London and New York City, was received a copy of Georgius Agricola De Re Metallica, translated from the first Latin edition of 1556, with biographical introduction, annotations, etc. With copies of the original editions of 1621 and 1657 in the library, this gift of an accurate translation of this classic in miner- alogical literature is highly prized. The library was also the recipient of a copy of the second volume of the J. Pierpont Morgan Catalogue of Porcelains. Other gifts of value received were from Mr. G. R. Agassiz, Cambridge, Mass.; Mr. William D. Boyce of Chicago; Mr. Arthur De Seim, Kankakee, Illinois; Mr. Martin A. Ryerson, Chicago; Mr. William Schaus, Washington, D. C.; Mr. Charles D. Walcott, Washington, D. C.; 'Imperial Botanical Gardens, St- Petersburg, Russia; Japan Society, London, England; Royal Academy of Science, Vienna, Austria; Ecole des Langues Orientales Vivantes, Paris, France; The Natural History Museum of Hamburg, Germany; the Natural History Society of Hannover, Germany; U. S. Department of Com- merce and Labor; the Smithsonian Institution and Yale University Library, New Haven. A notable accession of the year was the literature received with the collection of Ward-Qoonley meteorites. The late Mr. Ward had collected over three thousand titles, 1,250 new to this Library, covering the years 1620-1906. This addition to the literature already on the Museum shelves places this library in the front rank on this particular subject. Among the most important purchases were: Le Coq, Chotscho; Gorer & Blacker, Chinese porce- lain and hard stones; Dufour, Le Bayon d ’Angkor Thom bas- reliefs; Brabourne & Chubb, Birds of South America; Giebel & Liche, Mammalia, 1874-1913; Martius & Spix, Reise in Brasilien, 1817-20. The books, periodicals and pamphlets bound during the year number 1,021. The proper sequence of the accessions has had to be sacrified to make more readily accessible the books most in demand. Two cases discarded for installation purposes by the Departments were fitted with shelves and placed in the General Reading Room and filled with works of a general character. All duplicate material has been packed 286 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. in boxes. There have been written and inserted in the various catalogues 22,570 cards. Departmental Cataloguing, Inventorying and labeling. — In no previous year in the history of the Department of Anthropology have so many cases been installed with their full complement of labels. At least 150 cases have been fully labeled. It is confidently believed that no more adequate labeling could have been accomplished than that which now prevails throughout the Chinese and Philippine collections recently installed. For the Chinese collection alone over 2,600 labels have been printed. There have been entered in the inventory books of the Department nearly 3,000 catalogue cards, which were about equally divided between the Blackstone Chinese Collection and the Field South Pacific Islands Collection. The Chinese archaeological collection has. been completely catalogued and the cataloguing of the Tibetan material is well advanced. Assistant Curator Lewis has written approximately 3,000 catalogue cards of the South Pacific Islands collections, which are ready to be entered in the inventory books. These have not yet been turned over to the Cataloguer, but are retained for further reference in connection with the installation of the material which they chronicle. The cataloguing of the specimens of all accessions received during the year in the Department of Botany is complete to date, and 31,624 sheets of the larger accessions of previous years have also been cata- logued. All new installations have received their labels so far as they have been secured from the printer. Copy has been written for 1,033 labels, of which 290 are still in the hands of the printer. The principal work of cataloguing performed in the Department of Geology was that of the Ward-Coonley meteorite collection. All of this collection to the number of 1,661 specimens has been carefully catalogued. All other material received during the year has likewise been fully catalogued. The material so catalogued includes 784 econo- mic specimens, 1,034 of minerals and about 400 of fossils. For the card catalogue of vertebrate paleontology 72 descriptive cards were written. Books to the number of 282 and 1,355 pamphlets were added to the Department library during the year, and 1,004 cards were added to the card catalogue of the library, making a total of 3,618 cards now com- prising the Departmental library catalogue. To the Department photo- graphic albums 185 prints have been added since the last report, making a total of 2,685 photographs now contained in these albums. All of these photographs are fully labeled. The preparation of labels for the exhibition series during the year has principally been concerned with replacing labels of the old buff cardboard type by those of current type. In connection with this work constant revision of the labels has been Jan., 1914. Annual Report oe the Director. 287 carried on and any improvements deemed desirable in the text or style of labels have been made. Series which have been labeled in this way in full during the year include the asbestos collection, the collections of Lake Superior and Manhattan Island rocks, ores of copper, zinc, iron and many minor metals, the collections of concretions, stalactites, rock textures, etc., the glaciated slabs and other specimens in Alcove 103 and the soda collection. Many of these collections contain descriptive labels which were rewritten in order that the information given might be as fresh and up-to-date as possible, or improved in form. For this purpose or for newly installed material 65 descriptive labels were written during the year. Newly installed material was provided with labels as fast as received during the year and practically all specimens now on exhibition are provided with labels of the latest Museum pattern. New series labeled during the year include the graphite collection, several series illustrating uses of metals, a series of Patagonian fossils, of mis- cellaneous fossil mammals and a large number of invertebrate fossils. The series of blast furnace models, Hall 34, was also supplied with fully descriptive labels. The total number of labels prepared during the year was 3,215, of which 2,902 were printed and installed. The Curator of Zoology reports that cataloguing has proceeded in this Department as usual and all accessions received during the year have been properly entered. In the classified card catalogue much progress has been made both in Ornithology and Mammalogy. Cata- logue cards to the number of 350 have been written for mammals which represent more than 1,000 entries. For birds 400 cards have been written and 22 distribution maps have been labeled, the former num- bering 1,200 enteries. The card check list of the specimens of South American mammals has been increased to approximately 800 cards. New labels were provided for the serial collection of exotic birds. The Costa Rican collection of fishes obtained by Assistant Curator Meek has been partially catalogued. The year’s work in the Museum on catalogues and inventories is shown in detail below: No. of Record Books Total No. of Entries to Dec. 31, 1913 Entries During 1913 Total No. of Cards Written Department of Anthropology . 36 126,530 3,000 130,781 Department of Botany . 57 404.965 41,781 40,711 Department of Geology 21 128,036 4,020 7,659 Department of Zoology . 40 9L905 2,975 30,034 The Library 14 95.865 1,054 164,692 Section of Photography . 10 107,268 5,7i4 accessions. — The most important accessions of the year in the Department of Anthropology were those resulting from the Joseph N. 288 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Field Expedition to the South Pacific. These not only include the material collected by Dr. Lewis, but several thousand specimens selected and purchased by the Curator from a dealer in Hamburg. As a result of the expedition and the purchase mentioned, the Department now possesses one of the most important and extensive collections of South Pacific ethnology. It is not possible at this time to state accurately the total number of specimens, but it is believed that it will exceed 20,000. The large number of specimens from most of the islands of Melanesia makes the collection of supreme importance. The collection from the Admiralty Islands is probably unique, for it not only comprises a series of fine carvings and a large series of specimens illustrating all phases of ordinary material culture of the islanders, but more than 30 carved beds, 20 huge carved drums, and 60 great bowls with highly decorated handles. From the Baining Mountains, New Britain, are no less than 1 1 ceremonial masks, unmatched in character. The series of prepared skulls from New Hebrides runs into the hundreds; of prepared skulls from New Guinea there are more than a thousand. Collections from the Kaiserin Augusta region of German New Guinea are especially rich and beautiful, comprising among other examples 4 feather masks 15 feet in height. The series of carved drums and house ornaments from New Caledonia adds to the effectiveness of an already rich collection from this interesting island. While the bulk of material acquired during the year must be credited to Mr. Field, yet the Department has made other important accessions. An especially notable acquisition is that of 1 5 7 ancient and wonderful bone carvings of intrinsic interest, assem- bled in China by that distinguished Chinese scholar and missionary Mr. F. FI. Chalfant of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is Dr. Laufer’s opinion that these objects rank among the most ancient relics known of Chinese antiquity and that they were originally used for purposes of divination. The oracles and decisions given in reply to them by the seers are carved into the surface of the bone and present the oldest form of Chinese writing now extant; hence their remarkable interest. Among the carvings represented are alligators of a surprisingly realistic form, dragons, tortoises, snakes, and replicas of weapons, bells, and imple- ments; again there are imitations of shell money and specimens of ancient cowry-shells actually used in lieu of money. Somewhat similar collections are to be found in the museums of Pittsburgh, Edinburgh, London, and Berlin, but according to Mr. Chalfant this institution has secured the finest and most valuable series ever taken from China. This interesting and valuable acquisition was made possible through the generosity of Mrs. T. B. Blackstone. To the generosity of Prince Dam- rong, brother of the late King of Siam, the Museum is indebted for the FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE XLVI. Parade Uniform, Front and Back, of Officer in attendance on the Emperor in the Palace, Peking, China (xviiith Century). Jan., 1914. Annual Report oe the Director. 289 gift of four Buddhist votive offerings of clay stamped with Buddhist subjects, excavated on the site of an ancient temple in Trang province, Siam. These objects are of great value inasmuch as the Museum pos- sesses similar specimens from China and Tibet. In connection with this gift the Museum is indebted to Dr. C. S. Braddock of New York, through whose mediation the tablets were forwarded to the Museum. Mr. Gotfryd Anderson of Chicago and of the China Inland Mission presented to the Museum a Tibetan ink-drawing on yellow silk, mounted on Chinese brocade, representing Buddha surrounded by deities and saints. Of acquisitions made by purchase the two most important pertain to China. One is an excellent specimen of the parade uniform of an official in attendance at the imperial palace of Peking. It dates from the 18th century, and is in an unusually good state of preservation. The uniform is of silk almost solidly embroidered with heavy gold thread which is in practically perfect condition. The steel helmet of the uniform bears chased dragons in gold and is decorated with inlaid kingfisher feathers and painted eagle pinions. The uniform is accompanied with bow case and quiver, and studded with gilt brass ornaments, and the chest in which the whole is packed when not in use. From the British Museum the Museum purchased a color-print reproduction of the famous paint- ing attributed to Ku JCai-chi. A copy of O. Franke’s book on Agricul- ture and Sericulture in China was acquired to make use of the 91 plates for exhibition purposes. These embrace an interesting series of wood cuts executed in 1210, of which but one copy is thus far known, found by Dr. Laufer in a bookshop of Tokyo and now de- posited in the John Crerar Library. The whole series of plates is shown on a screen, individual labels being printed on the mats, and affords a good idea of the various stages of farming and the pro- cesses of weaving. The Curator of Botany reports important additions to the Herbarium of which the following may be noted: Arsene & Nicolas, Mexico 1159; Britton & Shafer, St. Thomas 125, St. Jan 71; W. E. Broadway, Tobago 227; Brumback & Davies (Misses), Colorado 222; W. P. Carr, South Dakota 101; Clemens Mrs., Montana 51, Utah 50; Dr. Dalziel, Nigeria 59; Judge DeSelm, Illinois 775, Michigan 68; A. D. E. Elmer, Phil- ippines 1000; Padre Fuertes, San Domingo 658; Wm. Harris, Jamaica 420; J. H. Hart, Jamaica 94; Dr. Haydon, Oregon 128; A. A. Heller, Nevada 196; Hungarian Natl. Museum, Hungary 109; Frank W. Johnson, Indiana 52; C. F. Millspaugh, Wisconsin 65, Illinois 56; John Macoun, Vancouver Isl. 74; C. A. Purpus, Mexico 359; J. A. Shafer, Cuba 198; Shafer & Leon, Cuba 53; H. H. Smith, Indiana 69, Illinois 108, California 681, Sta. Catalina Isl. 159; Tilden, |oscphine, New 290 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. South Wales 77, Victoria 399, Tahiti 94; S. S. Visher, South Dakota 663; Vanoverburgh, Philippines 507. Status of the organization of larger Herbaria purchases: Herbarium Organized Completely 1913. organized. Bebb, M. S 3L583 Chicago University 10,361 44,048 Heller, A. A , Hitchcock, A. S. (Fla.) 7,078 Millspaugh, C. F 5,002 Patterson, H. A 37,887 Rothrock, J. T 22,809 Schott, Dr. A 8,428 Shuette, J, H 10,990 10,990 Small, J. K 10,273 19,381 Wahlstedt, L. J 17,555 The additions to the organized Herbarium are shown in the follow- ing geographically arranged table: North America (in general) . Alaska (in general) . Mary’s Island Unalaska Island Canada (in general) British Columbia Labrador .... Kurnavik Island Manitoba .... New Brunswick . Nova Scotia .... Ontario Pr. Edward Island Quebec Queen Charlotte Island Saskatchewan Vancouver Island Yukon Newfoundland . Greenland Disco Island United States .... Alabama Arizona Arkansas .... California .... Santa Catalina Island Colorado Added to Herbarium 1913. Total now in Herbarium. 9 140 23 553 1 1 1 32 13 2,015 32 1,012 11 178 3 3 1 259 28 780 46 194 49 624 2 1 1 24 145 6 6 1 363 130 361 1 69 4 716 39 203 4 43 285 L333 79 9,442 142 4i7 1,895 23,854 159 184 863 11,781 Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 291 North America (in general) United States Added to Herbarium 1913. Total now in Herbarium. Connecticut 222 541 Dakota 3 38 North Dakota 300 701 South Dakota 935 IO42 Delaware 125 1,588 District of Columbia 385 2,352 Florida 778 20,693 Georgia 105 4,554 Idaho 362 3,244 Illinois 1,831 20,640 Indiana 649 5,863 Indian Territory 27 281 Iowa 303 1,761 Kansas 127 499 Kentucky 269 1,204 Louisiana 47 1,282 Maine 61 1,613 Maryland 127 1,079 Massachusetts 216 3,122 Mexican Boundary 3 L355 Michigan 501 3,931 Minnesota 698 1,598 Mississippi 69 2,031 Missouri 525 3,oi5 Montana 520 4,026 Nebraska 173 413 Nevada 264 1,01 1 New Hampshire 123 1,481 New Jersey 590 2,013 -New Mexico 281 2,953 New York 626 6,046 North Carolina 2,063 4-557 Ohio 134 1,670 Oklahoma 105 287 Oregon 334 7,858 Pennsylvania 1,586 10,845 Rhode Island 48 592 Rocky Mountains 13 L39I South Carolina 268 I,°I5 Tennessee 226 1,452 Texas 977 9,708 Utah 250 2,948 Vermont 114 2,660 Virginia 2,356 4,673 Washington (State) 92 6,340 West Virginia 3i 1,840 Wisconsin 6,908 8,088 Wyoming 75 929 Yellowstone National Park 35 435 292 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Central America: Mexico (in general) Lower California Cedros Island Yucatan Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua San Salvador . West Indies: Anagada Antigua Bermuda Cuba Isle of Pines . . Jamaica Porto Rico Saint Kitts San Jan Little San Jan . . Saint Thomas . . Buck Island . . . • . Santo Domingo . Tobago Tortola Trinidad Virgin Gorda . South America (in general) . Brazil British Guiana . Chile Colombia Ecuador Juan Fernandez Magellan Peru. Venezuela Bonaire Island . Curacao Island . Europe (in general) Austria-Hungary Bavaria Belgium Dalmatia France Germany Great Britain: England Ireland . • . Added to Herbarium 1913. Total now in Herbarium. L859 34,269 85 i ,8 1 1 I 165 19 4,690 17 552 26 2,881 I 341 3 88 2 23 23 23 1 13 6 650 344 9,767 1 654 522 7,080 8 4,000 2 12 7i 76 7 7 175 620 3 3 666 1,378 204 513 32 32 13 478 5 5 113 5io 1 7i 3 252 3 2,423 15 849 3 3 2 40 3i 90 2 1,063 2 2 27 42 4 83 546 7,012 2 2 3 75 3 3 133 4,524 231 7,098 116 679 9 161 Jan., 1914. Annual Report oe the Director. 293 Europe (in general) Great Britain Scotland Wight, Isle of Greece Italy Mediterranean Islands: Crete Malta . . . . Sardinia Sicily Norway Portugal Finland Scandinavia Spain Sweden Gotland Island . Lapland . Switzerland Asia: Afghanistan . Arabia Armenia ....... Asia Minor (in general) Asiatic Turkey (in general) Anatolia Mesopotamia Syria ...... China Mongolia . . . . East Indies Japan Formosa Java . . Malaya Persia Philippine Islands \ Palawan Siam Siberia Turkestan Africa (in general) Abyssinia Algeria Angola Cape Colony Central Africa Congo Egypt Gold Coast Added to Total Herbarium now in 1913. Herbarium. 22 493 ' 3 34 5 525 106 2,491 1 2 2 1 3 2 40 3 4 324 5 24 271 8 7 7 no 219 11 95 19 139 823 203 231 2,614 1 2 13 1 7 1 175 2 1 3 64 1 3 75 1 7 1 7 2 1 167 1,000 3 19 3 2 24 6 1 14 3 1 1 1 2 1 75 323 1 3 295 54 101 27 21 5,648 1,000 6 429 92 3,928 217 30 11 81 3 1 23 294 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Added to Total Africa (in general) Herbarium *913. now in Herbarium. Mauritius . I 9 Morocco I 7 Mozambique 7 7 North Africa 63 205 Somaliland 4 4 South Africa 10 1,243 Uganda 4 4 Zanzibar 26 75 Oceania (in general) Australia (in general) 424 2,343 New South Wales hi 525 North Australia 10 15 Queensland 7 26 South Australia 1 1 Victoria 488 488 West Australia . 10 42 Cooks Islands Raratonga 29 29 New Zealand 2 2,755 Samoa 40 103 Sandwich Islands 10 462 Tahiti 94 180 Tasmania 1 191 Timor 1 4 Horticultural Illustrations, Drawings, etc., mounted as herbarium 613 2 622 sheets 58 1,012 The total increase of the organized herbarium during the year amounted to 41,401 specimens. Several interesting and valuable accessions were received by the Department of Geology. Of especial interest were two gold nuggets obtained in the California gold fields in 1850, presented by Mr. William J. Chalmers; also a quantity of silver nuggets from Lake Superior. A fine series of lead minerals and mercury ores was presented by Christopher Murphy. Six slabs of standard museum size of Georgia marble illus- trating different varieties of this marble were presented by the Georgia Marble Company; 13 slabs of Vermont marble, similarly prepared, were presented by the Vermont Marble Company; and three slabs of Cana- dian marble, likewise of standard size, by the Dominion Marble Company. A large mass weighing 400 pounds, of Versailles, Missouri, fire clay was presented by the W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company, and six varieties of pottery and other clays from various localities by the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway. A series of 14 specimens illustrating a natural change of pyrite to hematite, Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 295 as seen at Copete, Mexico, presented by Francis C. Nicholas, was of much interest, as was also a series of 10 specimens illustrating the con- centration of iron ores by washing, presented by the Oliver Mining Company. The Joseph Dixon Crucible Company presented an interest- ing series of 24 specimens illustrating uses of graphite, and the H. W. Johns-Manville Company 19 specimens illustrating the uses of asbestos. The Heath & Milligan Manufacturing Company presented 13 specimens of buhrstones and pigments. A series of 10 specimens of lead and silver ores from a new locality in California was presented by Dr. T. A. Dumont, and a large specimen of allanite used as an ore of rare earths, by A. C. Richards. A fine example of manufactured Monel metal was presented by the Biddle Hardware Company. About 1,000 specimens of varieties of agate and jasper from Oregon were presented by C. H. Marsh, and a series of about 50 ores and minerals, chiefly from A Ion- tana and illustrating ores of historic interest, was received from J. L. Rosenberger. Prof. R. D. Salisbury presented several specimens of obsidian nodules from Patagonia and some diamondiferous sand from Brazil, secured on his recent trip to South America. Through the kind- ness of Prof. Salisbury also 225 specimens of copper ores and concentrates were received from the Braden Copper Company, Rancagua, Chile. This suite was very complete in representing all phases of occurrence of the ore and many varieties of ore. By exchange with the University of California a valuable accession was received in a skeleton of Canis diurus, an extinct wolf from the asphalt beds near Los Angeles, Califor- nia. By exchange with the United States National Museum a section of the Perry ville meteorite was obtained and one of the Naklila meteorite was obtained in a similar manner from the Egyptian Geological Survey. Specimens of the Tepl and St. Germain meteorites were also obtained by exchange, and some specimens of minerals, a trilobite, and a skull of the fossil camel Stenomylus, the latter from Amherst College. The most important purchase was that of the Davis Mountains, Texas, meteorite, which was obtained entire. The entire mass of the Pickens County, Georgia, meteorite was also purchased, a section of the St. Michel meteorite and an unusual specimen of pollucite from Maine. The Department of Zoology received extensive accessions in all of its several divisions. The most important accessions of the year were those received from the Museum collectors in South America, which is shown by the fact that they contained 38 new species and subspecies; 28 of birds and 10 of mammals. These have been described in Museum publications and the types have materially added to the value of the collections. In addition to these a very valuable collection of humming- birds, numbering 591 specimens and representing about 386 species and 296 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. subspecies, was obtained by purchase. This is a part of the great pri- vate collection of humming-birds belonging to the famous French naturalist, M. Adolph Boucard, and is especially important since many of the specimens are co types or paratypes of species described by him. Mention should also be made of a small but valuable collection of South American birds and mammals purchased from a dealer in Merida, Vene- zuela, containing 6 mammals and 235 bird skins, together with 42 humming-birds’ nests and eggs, several species being very rare. Mr. John M. Studebaker of South Bend, Indiana, presented the Museum with a pair of American Elk, or Wapiti, which he killed a number of years ago in Colorado, and Mr. G. F. Steele of Chicago gave the Museum a number of mounted heads of Deer, Caribou, Goats, and one of the American Bison. A notable addition to the Osteological collection is the skeleton of Ccenolestes obscurus from Columbia, which was mounted and installed and is the only known example on exhibition in any museum in the world. In the Division of Entomology an impor- tant addition was a collection of butterflies and moths from Key Is- lands. Among this lot were six specimens, three males and three fe- males, of the magnificent butterfly Troides priamus poseidon. These will form a welcome addition to the exhibit series. Chiefly from expedi- tions, 649 fishes were added to the collections in the Division of Ichthy- ology and several hundreds through exchange, mention of which is else- where in this report. expeditions and field work. — The Assistant Curator of African and Melanesian Ethnology, Dr. A. B. Lewis, returned to resume his duties in the Museum last June, having completed his four years’ pilgrimage in the South Pacific among the Melanesian Islands, in charge of the Joseph N. Field South Pacific Islands Expedition. The early months of the winter Dr. Lewis spent in Dutch New Guinea, traversing the north coast as far east as Humboldt’s Bay. From this point he proceeded to Batavia, Java, where he spent two weeks packing up the collections and studying in the museum in that city. He returned to Europe via Singapore, Rangoon, and India, where he visited the chief museums and the chief centers of ethnologic interest. May was spent visiting the principal museums of Italy, Austria, Germany, Holland, and England. About 12,000 specimens were secured by this expedition. If to these are added the number of specimens secured by purchase and from the Curator’s expedition into Melanesia, the total should approximate' 20,000. Assistant Curator Owen returned to the Museum in May after a visit of several months among the Hopi Indians of Arizona. As a result of this expedition the Museum secured 50 boxes of additional specimens to be added to the already existing Hopi collection, all of Jan., 1914. Annual Report oe the Director. 297 which work has been made possible through the generosity of Mr. Stanley McCormick. Mr. Owen was especially fortunate on this occasion in securing a large number of old specimens of a sacred nature which heretofore had not been attainable. The number of specimens exceed 800, including, for the first time, a complete set of all known gourd vessels used by the Hopi; a complete set of earthenware vessels used for household or ceremonial purposes; some 50 tihus or decorative wooden images, either decided variants from those already in the collection or entirely new to the collection ; many fine old Katcina masks and headdresses; a complete series of objects illustrating the manu- facture of shell beads; textiles, which include garments in the loom and every variety of weave known to the Hopi; complete sets of weaving implements; entire set of baskets and basket material from the Third Mesa; ceremonial paraphernalia, both for altars and costumes; raw materials, foodstuffs, etc. While in the Southwest the Assistant Cura- tor secured identifications and additional information for about 50 tihus, some of which have been on exhibition in the Museum since its founda- tion. Many old masks were also identified and information obtained for their proper labeling. Over 150 photographs were made of winter ceremonials, especially of Katcina dances held only at that time of the year. Measurements and photographs were made of a typical Hopi spring, as well as of wooden figurines of certain Hopi divinities, both for purposes of reproduction in the Hopi Halls. Early in the year the Curator was granted a month’s leave of absence to accept an invitation to deliver four lectures at Cambridge University, England. During this time he visited the museums of Hamburg and Berlin, and made a careful and exhaustive study of the East Indian Museum in London. The material results of the work of the Assistant Curator of the Division of Dendrology of last season reached the Museum early in the year. The collections comprise many hundred photographic negatives of trees, tree growth, and forest conditions and operations; 215 tree trunks, “wheels, ” and boards; 80 dried fruits, seeds, and barks; 885 herbarium specimens and 2,275 duplicates for exchange purposes. During the present year the Dendrologist has spent his time in prepara- tory work in the Department, making two short field trips only in Indiana where he procured several tree specimens and photographs, 125 her- barium specimens, and 300 duplicates for exchange. A journey made by the Curator of Geology to western Texas re- sulted in securing for the Museum an iron meteorite of a hitherto un- known fall. It is the largest individual specimen but one now in the Museum meteorite collection. The weight of this individual is 1,520 pounds. Besides its large size, it is of interest for its marked orientation 298 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. and for containing an appreciable quantity of platinum. The Assistant Curator of Paleontology secured by a trip to Grovertown, Indiana, a well preserved skull and nearly complete lower jaw of the extinct giant beaver, Castoroides. By using previously obtained remains of this species in connection with this skull it is probable that a mounted skeleton of this rare and interesting animal can be prepared. The Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology collected 182 specimens of invertebrate fossils at Little Traverse Bay, Michigan. Field work in South America in the interest of the Department of Zoology was continued with excellent results. Through co-operation with a Brazilian government expedition in charge of Roderic Crandall, the collectors in the field, M. P. Anderson and R. H. Becker, were enabled to reach, and work at small expense, regions difficult of access; namely, the upper parts of the Rio Branco and the Mountains of the Moon near the boundary between Brazil and British Guiana. Important collec- tions of birds and mammals were made and several fine examples of large mammals were obtained, which will be used for habitat groups already planned. Mr. Anderson returned to the Museum in May, and Mr. Becker continued work in Brazil on the lower Amazon River and subsequently in the arid region of extreme eastern Brazil, in the Province of Ceara, whence he proceeded southward to Bahia and inland to the San Francisco River. The results of this work are mainly the acquisition of typical forms of vertebrate life, fresh material represent- ing species many of which were described by early explorers and ab- solutely essential to any accurate knowledge of the fauna. Mr. Ander- son, after a needed change in a northern climate, again entered the field, leaving here in October, commencing work in the little known Catatumbo region in northwestern Venezuela. An expedition to Alaska by Taxidermist Friesser proved highly successful. By permis- sion of the Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Friesser secured four selected specimens of the Alaskan Moose, the skins and skeletons being carefully prepared. Samples of vegetation, photographs, and all needed acces- sories for a striking group of these animals were obtained, as well as desirable specimens of birds and the smaller mammals, including Alaskan Porcupines, Squirrels, Ptarmigan, Owls, etc. Some local field work was done by the Curator of Zoology including a short trip to Vilas County, Wisconsin, where photographs for studies in group work, and migration notes to be used in maps illustrating the range of various species, were secured. In addition to the expeditions named above mention is made of the African expedition undertaken by Mr. Brent Altscheler of Louis- ville, Kentucky, in the interest of the Department of Zoology, to whose generosity in this particular reference is made elsewhere in this report. Jan., 1914. Annual Report oe the Director. 299 The following is a list of the expeditions: Brazil, Peru and Venezuela Monterey, California Baird, California Alaska, Seward Peninsula . Indiana Arizona Melanesia Indiana ...... Michigan Texas British East Africa .- Locality Brazil Collector R. L. Becker M. P. Anderson Material Mammals and Birds. Mammals and Birds. Fishes. Fishes. Mammals. North American Forestry. Ethnological Material. Ethnological Material. Vertebrate Fossils. Invertebrate Fossils. Meteorites. Mammals and Birds. W. Heim W. Heim J. Friesser H. H. Smith C. L. Owen A. B. Lewis E. S. Riggs . A. W. Slocom O. C. Farrington B. Altscheler Installation, rearrangement, and permanent Improvement. — The capacity of the staff and the assistants in the Department of Anthropology has been fully tested this year, for besides the routine work an ex- traordinary amount of new work has been performed. Over 150 new cases have been placed on permanent exhibition, practically all of them fully and completely labeled. In addition to these, 1 5 standard cases installed in recent years have been rearranged, for such rearrange- ment seemed necessary on account of the acquisition of new material. More than 250 boxes, many of them of huge dimensions, have been unpacked and the contents assorted into temporary storage cases. All of this has required an extensive rearrangement and readjustment, but the time has now come when there is practically no room, outside the three small halls still reserved for Chinese and Tibetan material, for the display of new material except at the expense of material already installed. Borneo collections were installed in 9 cases as follows : 4 Iban, 2 Malay, 1 Milanan, 2 Murut, 1 Kayan, and 1 Klemantan. These, together with 2 cases of Andaman Island material and one of Nicobar installed this year, and a case of Malay Peninsula material representing the primitive culture of the Semang and Sakai, have been placed in Hall 8 where they completely fill up the aisles and block the cases of prehis- toric pottery from the Southwest. That hall now, though one of the most prominently placed halls in the Department, is merely a confused storage hall. Practically the entire Javanese collection has been rein- stalled, which was necessary because most of it was installed in old and inadequate cases. This collection now occupies Hall 54. To provide adequate space in the East Annex for the completion of the Philippine collections and the rapidly expanding Chinese and Tibetan collections, other changes than those already noted were necessary. First, all the Melanesian material, except the large canoes suspended from the ceiling 300 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. and the large house posts attached to the wall, was removed from Hall 67 and transferred to the West Annex, where it is no longer available to the public. Again, the entire contents of. Hall 66, consisting of a dozen cases devoted to Polynesia, Micronesia, and so on, were transferred to the West Annex. These collections also are no longer available to the public. But more serious was the enforced withdrawal from public exhibition of all the African collections, which now occupy a temporary resting place in a hall in the West Annex. While the Department has never maintained an expedition in Africa and while this African mate- rial has been acquired in an indirect and, consequently, more or less unsatisfactory manner, yet, from certain regions, the collections are of importance and have distinctive value, and they certainly deserve a better fate than to be placed in storage. The Philippine collections are now completely installed and occupy Halls 37, 38, 3 9, 40, 41, 42, 54, and 57. During the year 15 Philippine cases were reinstalled — a necessity because of the acquisition of new material — and the following cases were installed for the first time: 1 Batak, 1 Ilocano, 1 Mangyan, 9 Ilongot, 4 Ifugao, 1 Tingian, 1 Igorot, 1 Amburayan Igorot, 1 Guinnan, 6 Mandayan, 1 Bagobo, and 1 Pulunan. Besides, special cases have been prepared for certain spirit houses, planting sticks, and other ob- jects requiring cases of special dimensions. A large group, to occupy a case 1 2 feet square, showing various phases of activity of the Bagobo represented by 7 figures modeled from life, is near completion and will soon be ready for installation. In the Northwest Coast Halls, 4 cases have been added — 3 Salish and 1 Chilcotin — of material presented to the Museum by Mr. Homer E. Sargent. Besides these, 3 cases of Thompson River material were reinstalled. To the Southwest Section have been added 2 new cases of pottery from the Hopi pueblos, 1 case of Navaho masks, 2 cases of Apache costumes, a case of Colorado River baskets, and 3 cases of decorated pueblo shields and buffalo robes. The installa- tion of this material has necessitated a certain amount of rearrangement in Halls 2,3, and 7. Every case in the Gem Room containing ethnologic material has been subjected to a careful revision, classification, and labeling. In the Chinese Section installation has progressed in a satis- factory and efficient manner. There have been 69 new cases installed, besides three special exhibits requiring platforms or bases. The mediae- val mortuary clay figures formerly shown on screens have been installed anew on shelves, and being now exposed in full light, their attractions can now be viewed and studied to best advantage. Five halls in the East Annex were fully installed which with Hall 44 are now devoted to East- Asiatic material. Hall 45 is mainly devoted to a display of the ceramic arts, 4 cases illustrating in historical development the most Jan., 1914. Annual Report oe the Director. 301 prominent types of porcelain, three others containing faience, and three funeral images to which a marble sarcophagus and a glazed pottery coffin are joined. The other cases embrace miscellaneous material temporarily arranged; viz., coins, seals, and medals, Chinese and Tibetan silver jewelry, ancient bone carvings, and Buddhist votive offerings of clay. The object of the exhibits in the adjoining Hall 46 and 47 is to illustrate the religions of China — -Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Islamism. Sixteen cases are now on view. Confucianism is illustrated by the most important portraits of Confucius and scenes in his life and career in examples chosen from the work of the best Chinese artists. The other religions are presented by a large number of paintings, rub- bings, and statues of bronze, iron, and pottery. The principle of arrange- ment is simultaneously chronological and according to subject-matter. The important event of the year in matters of installation proved to be the placing on exhibition of the Chinese and Tibetan masks, and in view of complexity of the technical problem involved, due credit should be given to the Department’s efficient preparators who with untiring zeal and resourcefulness have made this exhibit a success. In principle this group of exhibits essentially differs from the other Chinese exhibits. The latter are analytic in depicting certain periods and facts ; the former are synthetic, presenting in their totality an essential and vital organ of Eastern life, and spontaneously convey a feeling of reality. Three Chinese maps, one of the year 1136 and two printed in 1461 with the imperial preface, have been hung in Hall 44. Six clearly engraved maps of China, due to the courtesy of the National Geographic Society of Washington, have been distributed over the various halls. The appear- ance of Hall 44 described in the last report has been improved in various ways: by the addition of labels, the reinstallation of the case containing ancient specimens of body armor increased by an important specimen obtained by purchase, and above all by the installation in wall cases of the two large painted scrolls presented by the Tuesday Art and Travel Club and appreciated in the last report. The silk tapestry acquired last year and a wood-cut reproduction of a celebrated landscape by the eminent Japanese painter Sesshu (obtained by Dr. Laufer in Tokyo) have been added to this wall, which now presents a unique spectacle of beauty of line and color. In this manner, not only is the best possible advantage taken of the wall space, but also the most efficient and impressive background is secured for the case exhibits. It was thought, for instance, very appropriate to include here Sesshu’s famed scroll, inasmuch as it is Chinese scenery sketched by the artist during his sojourn in China, and the tribute paid by him in such masterly form to the beauty of Chinese landscape is a worthy monument to adorn 302 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. a hall devoted to the civilization of China. The same reason applies to the two memorable paintings with their gay and vivid description of social and commercial life in mediaeval China. The numerous scenes displayed thereon have been interpreted in detail in a series of descrip- tive labels freely suspended from the lower rim of the wall-case, so that the interested visitor may hold them up to his e}^e to suit his convenience in reading. During the year an unusual amount of work has been done by the preparators. This was caused by the unusual demands made on their time from the nature of the Chinese collections and of the material brought from the South Pacific Islands by Assistant Curator Lewis. Of the work done in the Modeling Section not a little has been in com- pliance with requests from the Curator in charge of the Harris Public School Extension. For work of this nature casts for many replicas of the Igorot Ethnic Group, prepared last year, have been made. For the Harris Extension also have been made the following: Ground-work and houses for 8 coal-mines; ground- work and accessories for 6 Spanish forges; ground-work for 6 gopher groups; 6 Eskimo snow houses; 8 Eskimo figures; casts of 8 gold nuggets; 16 reproductions of cacao pods; one piece-mold of cacao pod for wax casting; 6 miniature rhinoceroses; 6 miniature hippopotamuses. For the Department the following work has been done by the Section of Modeling: For the Chinese Section, 42 papier-mache display figures, besides a large number of miscellaneous rubbings, reproductions of seals, bronzes and porcelains, and iron inscriptions, etc., also reproductions of various designs for display and photography; for the North American Section, 12 papier-mache display figures, 96 moccasin forms, and 66 plaster busts; for the Philippine Section, 70 papier-mache display figures, used in installing garments, etc., ground- work for spirit houses and house models, and many mis- cellaneous repairs and restorations: The most important work done by the modelers during the year has been the preparation of a group to be ready early next year, intended to occupy a case 12 feet square. This will be a Bagobo group and comprise, among other things, seven figures in life-size which have all been modeled from life. In the Department of Botany little new material for exhibition purposes has been received during the past year, though that received has been of great Tralue to the series for installation. The principal accessions were received from The Forest Economist of India, 56 fruits, gums, oils, rubbers, and fibers; from The United States Appraiser’s Stores, specimens of imports of crude drugs and other vegetable sub- stances; E. W. Blake, California, four tree trunks and a box of fruits and nuts; The Pacific Improvement Company, California, four tree trunks; H. H. Smith, Dendrologist, 13 local medical roots; Miss Jose- Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 3°3 phine Til den, 32 fruits, seeds, and gums from the South Pacific Islands; The American Trading Company of Yokohama, rice, kodzu, and bamboo papers; the N. K. Fairbank Company, 16 cottonseed oil products. Notwithstanding the small amount of material received, the public installation has progressed satisfactorily. New material has been added to the following families and the cases reinstalled to accommodate the same: The Fig Family; the Nutmeg and the Arrowroot Families; the Poison Ivy Family (2 cases) ; the Indian Lac Family; the Horsechestnut Family; the Mallow Family; the Pea Family; and a number of other cases readjusted. Ten new double cases were received in April. These were installed with the following material: The Grape and the Buck- thorn Families; the Vegetable-t allow Family; the Milkweed Family; the Dogbane Family; the Sapodilla Family; the Verbena Family; the Ebony Family; the Joint-fir Family; interesting utilizations of the Bamboo; the Australian Beefwood Family; the Birch Family; the Mint Family; the Bean Family; the Orchid Family; the Potato Family; the Ginger Family; the Geranium Family; the Magnolia Family and the Mushrooms. The North American Forestry exhibition has been aug- mented by twenty- two monographic installations as follows : the Winged Elm; Bitter Hickory; Black Ash; Kentucky Coffee-tree; Hackberry; Red Birch; Sugar Maple; Blue Ash; Texan Oak; White Hickory; Per- simmon; Tupelo Gum; Pecan; Sweet Gum; Pignut Hickory; Shagbark Hickory; Sassafras; Swamp Cottonwood; Southern White Oak; Overcup Oak; Red Maple; and Box Elder. Ten other species are prepared and await cases. The following productions in the Section of Modeling have played a large part in the installation accomplished during the year: Ten different, growing mushroom colonies representative of as many edible or poisonous species; a full size plant of Mirmecodium illustrating the peculiar utilization of its bulbous base as a nest by ant colonies; a large, natural size branch of the Great Magnolia in full leaf, flower bud, flower and fruit, reproducing the freshly opened flower as well as those of several days’ anthesis; a natural size branch of the Bilimbi tree, of Sumatra, in full leaf, flower and fruit; a fruiting branch of the East Indian Carambola; an enlarged flower of the common Sorrel illustrating family characteristics; a large, leafy, fruiting, and flowering branch of the peculiar Joint-fir of the tropics which join the exogenous (wood-heart) and the endogenous (fiber-heart) trees, also an enlarged flower cluster and two enlarged flowers of the same ; a full size branch of the Maidenhair tree in full leaf and fruit; an enlarged flower of the Cardamom, somewhat like a pineapple in appearance, eaten as a vegetable in the Oriental tropics; a full size cluster of leafy, flowering, and fruiting vines of the Vanilla plant; a natural size flower and leaf of 304 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. the beautiful Cattleya orchid displaying family characteristics; a bundle of Betel leaves to accompany the exposition of betel chewing ; a large branch of Connarus in full fruit and leaf; a tuber of the Oriental Yam; a full size plant of the common, roadside, Milkweed in full leaf, flower, and fruit; a branch of the Persimmon in full, ripe fruit; a large sprout of the edible Bamboo as sold in the markets of China and Java; a leafy, fruit- ing branch of the famed Mangosteen of Java, with two fruits in section showing the edible pulp; a natural size fruit of the Guava and a section showing the seed characters ; and a leafy twig bearing a pair of full ripe fruits of the Osage Orange. The Curator of Botany has conceived, and the Section of Modeling cleyerly worked out, a unique method of placing before the public such microscopic plants as the germs of disease and other low orders of vegetable life. In this the microscope itself has been eliminated from the installations, its magnified field only being shown in the form of reproductions distinctly portraying the objects that it is desirable to display. In this manner the following plants, invisible- to the unaided eye, have been prepared and placed on exhibition: A field showing graphically how bacteria multiply. Forms of Bacteria: Rod-like ( Bacterium , Bacillus , Pseudomonas , Vibrio ) Globular ( Coccus , Streptococcus , Staphylococcus , Sarcina ) Corkscrew-like ( Spirosoma , Microspira, Spirillum, Spirochcete ) Thread-like ( Streptothrix , Chladothrix , Leptothrix, Gallionella) Various shapes ( Spirophyllum , Zooglcea, Actinomyces, Chondromyces ) The formation of spores in Bacteria. Milk bacteria ( Bacillus , Streptococcus) Nitrifying bacteria ( Nitrosmonas , Nitrobacter,. Clostridium) GermsMf Cholera ( Microspira comma) Pneumonia ( Micrococcus pneumoniae) Tuberculosis ( Bacterium tuberculosis) Syphilis ( Spirochcete pallida) Typhoid ( Bacillus typhosus) Diphtheria {Bacterium diphtheritidis) Splenic fever {Bacterium anthracis) Epidemic Meningitis {Menigococcus) The cultivation of Bacteria illustrating both tube and plate cultures of several species. In these preparations the diseased tissue is represented in color on the field, and the germs, reproduced in glass, are placed, in situ, in the tissue. In this manner there have also been placed on exhibition a number of “fields” showing diatoms in colony and individual growths as well as an exemplification of their life Jan., 1914. Annual Report oe the Director. 305 history and their structure. Diatoms were formerly appreciated mainly because of their aesthetic beauty as microscope objects, but recently they are coming into prominence on account of their recognition as one of the fundamental food supplies of marine life. The series exhibited comprises: The Barrel Diatom ( Melosira Borreri) in colony and individual growth. The Triangle Diatom (Triceratium favus) in single and dissected speci- mens, the latter illustrating the structural parts of diatoms. The Bristled Diatom ( Chcetoceras Lorenzianum ) in chain formation. The Fan Diatom (Licmorpha flabellata) two colonies attached to an alga. The Sun Diatom ( Planctionella Sol), highly magnified. The Bristling Rod Diatom (. Bacteriastrum varians), in chain colony growth. Two Stylus Diatoms ( Rhizosolenia styliformis and setigera), in chain growth and separate individuals. All these forms are reproduced very highly magnified to show their distinctive characters. The meteorite collection has been entirely reinstalled in order to incorporate into it the specimens, numbering about 1,600, of the Ward- Coonley collection. As exhibition space was not available for the entire collection if was divided, the iron meteorites being installed in Alcove 106 and the stone and iron-stone meteorites in Hall 63, which is not at present open to the public. In making this reinstallation, all specimens have been placed according to the falls to which they belong so as to make the representation of the different falls as complete as possible. The installation in Alcove 106 is in the cases previously used for the collection, and that in Hall 63, in the cases obtained with the Ward- Coonley collection. All casts have been withdrawn from exhibition partly for lack of space and partly because their presence is liable to cause confusion. The installation of the meteorite collection is now complete with the exception of the Canyon Diablo specimens, the bases for which have not yet been prepared. It is intended that the Canyon Diablo specimens, when installed, will occupy a single case instead of being scattered among several as formerly. The large iron meteorite from the Davis Mountains, Texas, obtained during the year, was in- stalled in a floor case in Alcove 106. The bases of the glacial slabs in Alcove 103 have been mahoganized and some minor changes made in the installation of this alcove. All of the collections of ores of copper, zinc, iron, and many minor metals have been removed from the upright cases in Hall 34 and reinstalled. This removal was for the purpose of tinting the interior of the cases to the uniform black color now adopted for all cases. In reinstalling these collections considerable rearrange- 306 Field Museum op Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. ment was made in order to improve sequences and permit of the introduc- tion of new material. The new material was in part illustrative of the uses of the metals and in part illustrative of ores and ore dressing. Among new series so added may be mentioned that received from Francis C. Nicholas illustrating the development of hematite from pyrite and that from the Oliver Mining Company showing the con- centration of iron ores by washing. New illustrations of uses of metals added include series illustrating nickel plating, nickel steel, fracture and color of different alloys of copper and zinc, and glass tinting and making. The suites of six slabs of Georgia marbles, 13 slabs of Vermont marbles, and three slabs of Canadian marbles received during the year were in- stalled in their appropriate places in the marble collection in Hall 34, some readjusting of space and specimens having been necessary for this purpose. Some additions to the collections of abrasives, asbestos, and vein formations were installed in Hall 31, and rearrangements of the series already on exhibition were made for this purpose. Nine floor cases of clays and sands have been installed in Hall 63. These cases include six cases illustrating the classification of clays, one case showing effects of different components on clays, one case of refractory materials and one case showing uses of silica. A floor case of petroleum products has also been installed in this hall and a wall case showing varieties of soils in Hall 61. Two cases of graphite and asphalt in Hall 35 were rearranged in order to add a collection illustrating the uses of graphite. A model of a coal mine, prepared for the uses of the Harris Extension Fund, was installed in Hall 34 pending its use in the schools. This model represents both the above-ground and underground equip- ment of a large colliery, the features shown being typical of those gener- ally employed. Above ground are shown in miniature a tipple and fan, boiler house, machine shop and a village of miner’s houses. In front of these the ground is represented as cut away to a depth of 200 feet in order to uncover the underground system of galleries and chambers. Hoisting and air shafts connect the two portions. The underground portion is worked on the panel-retreating system. Three panels are shown; one worked out and caved in, one in active production, and one just being opened. Other exhibits to the number of 20 have been pre- pared for the use of the Harris Extension. These include series illustrat- ing the origin of coal, coal plants of Illinois, invertebrate fossils, ores of iron, ores of several metals, useful minerals, abrasives, glass manu- facture, steel manufacture, graphite, asbestos, salt, etc. Floor cases have been placed in Halls 35 and 59 for the installation of the Dolichor- hinus mount and the skeleton of the fossil camel Oxydactylus. The Dolichorhinus mount is the most nearly complete skeleton of this form FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Skeleton of Early hoofed Mammal ( Do/ichorhinus longiceps) Middle Eocene of Utah, Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 307 in existence. It shows all but a few limb bones of a complete individual. The skeleton is mounted in a recumbent position surrounded by matrix. As the rarity of the form will probably make detailed study of its parts frequently desirable, most of the parts have been mounted in such a way that though appearing joined together, they can be easily removed for examination. The mount was prepared from material obtained by the Museum expedition to the Uintah Basin in 1910. Considerable labor was involved in preparing the mount from the fact that about half the bones were in such a distorted position as found that it was necessary to remove them entirely from the matrix before they could be brought into proper relation for mounting. In order to make room for the new cases mentioned, the cast of Dinotherium was removed from Hall 59 and the icthyosaur and plesiosaur models from Hall 35. The skull of the giant beaver Castoroides obtained during the year was assembled with other bones of the same genus and placed on exhibition in Hall 35. A collection of remains of extinct Patagonian mammals including some portions of the carapace of a glyptodon was installed in a wall case in Hall 59 and a floor case of White River turtles was placed on exhibition in the same hall. Some rearrangement of the adjoining exhibits was made in connection with this addition. A wall case of Oligocene mammals, chiefly titanotheres, was installed in Hall 61 and one of Quaternary forms, chiefly remains of the Mammoth and Mastodon, in the same hall. In Hall 60 a case of marine Eocene mam- mals and other forms was installed, and in Hall 63 a table case of Miocene mammals. A wall case of Devonian invertebrate fossils was installed in Hall 61 and one of Cretaceous and Tertiary invertebrates in Hall 65. Some additions were made to the invertebrate fossils installed in Hall 33 and some rearrangement performed in this connection. The Assist- ant Curator devoted over three months’ time to the analysis of Chinese bronzes for the Department of Anthropology. One hundred complete quantitative analyses of these bronzes were made. Other quantitative analyses made by the Assistant Curator during the year included those of the Davis Mountains and MacQuarie River meteorites. Numerous qualitative analyses have also been made in the Lake Avenue laboratory, a number of meteorite sections etched, and several preparations for the exhibition series made. The material stored in trays in Hall 61, which had in part been withdrawn from exhibition at the time of moving from the West Annex, has been carefully gone over, much condensed and provided with better protection from dust and disintegration. It has also been grouped so that every specimen is readily accessible and each specimen has been labeled sufficiently for identification. As at present arranged, the material occupies 150 wooden trays 18 x 26 inches in size. 308 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Early in the year the paleontological laboratory was moved from the quarters temporarily occupied in the section of taxidermy to Halls 77 and 78 of the West Annex. Side windows were cut, work tables were fitted, and. a sink, benches, and racks were installed in these halls. Racks for 350 trays were erected in part of Hall 78 and a sorting table pro- vided. The semi-prepared and duplicate material was carefully arranged in these trays, and its complete preservation and accessibility thus as- sured. In these quarters the preparation of vertebrate and invertebrate fossils has been actively carried on through the year and a notable amount of material worked out. The most important single piece pre- pared during the year was a slab showing twenty-six skeletons of the fossil water deer, Leptomeryx evansi. This slab was collected in South Dakota in 1905. It was known at the time to be a remarkable specimen, but its great richness in individuals was only realized on its being worked out. In preparing the slab for exhibition the upper surface of the stone has been chiseled away with great care, leaving the skeletons exposed in high relief upon a background of the natural matrix. Not a bone has been disturbed from its original position in the rock. Of the twenty- six individuals shown, nine are in articulated position. Some are in a natural reclining position, while others have legs, vertebral columns or skulls dislocated and some are entirely disarticulated. The slab presents one of the most notable aggregations of fossil mammals to be found in any museum, and exceeds all in the number of individuals shown associated. The size of the slab is four by seven feet. Sufficient mate- rial was secured in connection with this to enable an articulated skeleton to be mounted for exhibition beside it. The specimen as a whole will make known for the first time the complete structure of this animal, portions of which 'have been known to science for sixty years. The preparation of the slab has occupied a large part of the time during the year of Preparator Abbott under the supervision of the Assistant Curator of Paleontology. Mr. Abbott was the discoverer of the specimen in the .field. A large number of other valuable specimens of vertebrate fossils collected by the Museum expeditions of 1905, 1906, and 1908 in the Western States have been prepared for exhibition during the year or have been freed from their matrix so as to be readily available for study or exchange. The specimens so prepared, determined, and installed during the year include 28 miscellaneous specimens of Oligocene titanotheres, three skulls and one jaw of Miocene creodonts, four carapaces and plas- trons of Miocene tortoises and one each of Oligocene tortoise and Eocene turtle. Eight specimens of Miocene horses, 12 of Miocene creodonts, 11 of Miocene camels and one each of Miocene rhinoceros and camel, were also prepared sufficiently for identification. ' The skeleton of Canis diurus received from the University of California was freed from adhering and FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 309 inhering asphalt and made ready for mounting. Specimens of Patagonian fossil mammals, 28 in all, were also prepared, determined, and installed. The Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology has prepared and published descriptions of 1 2 new species and one new genus of trilobites which he collected in the Maquoketa beds of Fayette County, Iowa, and has cleaned and identified a large amount of other material which he obtained at the same localities. In addition he has mounted on labeled tablets for exhibition a large number of invertebrate fossils, the work of mounting having progressed as rapidly as the tablets could be obtained from the printer. Several bird and mammal groups are nearing completion, but only One was actually installed during the year — a large group representing bird life on Laysan Island. This island, situated about 400 miles west of Honolulu in the mid-Pacific, has been set aside as a United States Government Bird Reservation on account of the vast number of pelagic birds that breed there. The group includes eleven species of birds (with a number of nests and eggs), among them being Petrels, Man-o’- war birds, and two species of Albatrosses. The latter are shown indulg- ing in their peculiar “dance.” The painted background shows the character of the island and the great number of birds which breed there, an illustration of environment, being of educational value. A very large group of American Bison is in the final stage of installation and will soon occupy Space in the central rotunda of the Museum. This group of representative American mammals contains six Bison of varying ages, shown in a characteristic Western Plains setting, to which environ- ment “atmosphere” has been given by the addition of a few small animals, such as prairie dog, a burrowing owl, and a rattlesnake. A large amount of taxidermy work has been planned and partly executed. Groups in various stages of completion are: Olympic Elk, Capybara and Jaguar, and a chipmunk and Spermophile group. Fresh specimens for an imposing group of Alaskan Moose and also for an Arctic bird group (Walrus Island) have been received, and work on these groups will begin at once. Five specimens of mammals have been added to the serial exhibition collection and several more are partly mounted, some of which will be completed at an early date. These are Asiatic Takin, Spectacled Bear, Kansu Deer, Mandril, and White-lipped Peccary. Some twenty specimens were added to the series of mounted birds including two examples of the exceedingly rare Trumpeter Swan, a gift from Mr. J. M. Barnes of Lacon, Illinois. During the year the attention of the Division of Entomology was given as much as possible to work that pertained directly or indirectly to the installation of exhibits. A step in this direction was the week spent in completing the work of determin- ing local grasshoppers or Orthoptera, which, it is planned, will eventually 310 Field Museum of Natural History — ■ Reports, Vol. IV. form a part of an exhibition series of Illinois insects. With the same end in view, some time was devoted to local bugs or Hemiptera, the insects that follow the grasshopper in scientific arrangement. At different periods, equaling about three months, the Assistant Curator of Ento- mology gave his attention to the spreading and labeling of exotic butter- flies representing stored accessions intended for exhibition. By means of the material thus prepared, also by using the duplicates which were acquired with the Strecker collection, it will be possible to make many desirable additions to the butterfly exhibit when it is transferred to the new insect cases. The attention of the assistant was largely given to the making of life-history groups. The n. W. Harris Public School Extension of Field Museum of Natural history. — The problem of supplying museum material to the public schools of Chicago under the auspices of The N. W. Harris Public School Extension of Field Museum has been initiated and satisfactory progress may be reported. During the first part of the year considerable time was spent in seeking information, formulating plans of operation, and inaugurating methods of procedure. While these steps were necessary and essential, approved visible results during that period were few but helpful. Considerable of this period was devoted to the development of the character and construction of a type of exhibition case. It is believed that the adopted style of case meets the requirements for stability, portability, usefulness, and appear- ance. It is the aim to standardize all cases, so far as the length and height are concerned. The depths of the cases has so far been deter- mined at four, seven and ten inches. These variations of depths have met thus far the requirements of all installed material. In the very earliest stages of determining the suitability of the cases to be circulated, one very important feature had to be carefully considered. It was determined that the two framed explanatory labels which are to accom- pany each case to the schools should be a part of the case proper, so as to avoid leaving the labels either at the Museum or at the school when the cases were either being delivered or returned. To meet this requirement a scheme of having the two framed labels on grooves affixed to the back of the case was adopted. This arrangement permits of the labels being extended to full view on either end of each case when in use in the class- room, and of being closed flush with the cases when being transported to and from the Museum. In order to prevent as much as possible the handling of cases when in schoolrooms, and that the contents of the cases may be easily seen and studied by a number of students at one time, two hanging appliances have been attached to the top edge of the back of each case, that it may hang from hooks in the wall or upon a standard stand in full view of the classes. To lessen the occurrence of Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 31 i accidents to the cases when being transported by pupils from room to room, experience clearly showed the advisability of having a light, strong handle at each end of a case. The design of a black painted wooden specimen and label holder in one piece assists not only in the rapid in- stallation of collections, but in the general appearance of neatness and order as well. The cases and contents which are now ready for distribu- tion among the schools, were designed with the idea of their serving as keys or sample cases from which duplicates can be easily and quickly prepared. Eighty cases of loan collections are now available for use in the schools. Thirty-eight of these cases represent zoological material, twenty-one geological, twenty botanical, one anthropological. Many public spirited individuals and corporations have given substantial aid by presenting materials of educational value. In many instances the materials represent the various stages of manufacture from the raw to the finished products. Such collections, accompanied by carefully prepared labels, should prove of value in geographical work, in com- mercial studies, and also in nature study courses. During the spring, each of the following schools — Burr, Mann, Warren, McAllister, Haines Practice and Carter Practice — -made use of the cases for a period of two weeks. The request of the Superintendent of Schools for cases to be sent to Burnside vacation school opened up an entirely new field of museum extension work. The request was granted, and for the entire period of the usual summer vacation, several cases were on exhibition at the above school, and not only were these cases viewed and studied by the pupils, but by many of the residents of the neighborhood adjacent to the school. Photography and Illustration. — The following table shows the actual results only of a large series of detailed operations: Number of Negatives made Number of Prints made Number of Lantern Slides made Number of Enlargements made Number of Negatives developed for Expeditions Number of 6|x8J Posi- tives made. Used in mak- ing large Negatives Director’s Office . . 8 15 , f Anthropology . • • 364 907 I42 186 Botany .... • • 157 608 100 84 12 96 Geology • ■ 179 346 83 . . Zoology .... . . 17 713 95 278 . . Karris Extension . • • 41 183 2 2 Distribution 87 1 17 Gift 160 Sale .... 732 Totals .... . . 766 3-751 537 86 476 98 Total number of Catalogue entries during year 1913 5,714 Total number of Catalogue entries to December 31, 1913 107,268 312 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. printing. — The Head Printer reports that, notwithstanding the time devoted to the needs of the N. W. Harris Public School Extension, the regular Museum label work has been given the needed attention with the result that the Section has been able to keep up with the in- coming copy. The number of labels and other impressions which were turned out by the Section are tabulated below: Exhibition Other Labels Impressions Anthropology 4,107 13,350 Botany 2,922 26,321 Geology 6,337 Zoology 2,695 18,400 General .... 59,738 N. W. Harris Public School Extension .... 5,545 11,046 attendance- — The total number of visitors recorded during the year was 214,144, being a decrease of approximately 400 in the figures for the previous year. The classification of the attendance during the year is shown elsewhere in the report and a list of the school classes (twenty pupils or more) that visited the Institution during the year follows : Schools and Locations Teachers University Elementary — Fifty-ninth Street and Kenwood Avenue 3 Sullivan — Eighty-third Street and Houston Avenue .... 2 Ray — Fifty-seventh Street and Kenwood Avenue 2 Art Institute — Michigan Avenue and Adams Street .... 1 Hyde Park High — Sixty-second Street and Stony Island Avenue . 1 University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois Art Institute ■ — Michigan Avenue and Adams Street .... 1 Chicago Latin — 18 East Division Street 3 Addison Normal — Addison, Illinois 1 Ray — Fifty-seventh Street and Kenwood Avenue ..... 1 Andersen — West Division and Lincoln Streets 1 Shakespeare — Forty-sixth Street and Greenwood Avenue . Hull House — 800 South Halsted Street 1 University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois Chicago Academy of Fine Arts — 6 East Madison Street . . . Chicago Latin — 18 East Division Street 1 University of Chicago — - Chicago, Illinois . University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois University Elementary — Fifty-ninth Street and Kenwood Avenue 1 Hyde Park High — Sixty-second Street and Stony Island Avenue . 1 Seward — Forty-sixth Street and Hermitage Avenue .... 13 University Elementary — Fifty-ninth Street and Kenwood Avenue 3 Marshall High — Adams Street and Spaulding Avenue .... 2 University of Chicago — Chicago, Illin’ois 1 New Trier High — Winnetka, Illinois 1 Pupils 20 37 24 30 88 20 30 22 60 21 40 30 25 45 81 20 21 25 21 30 207 31 45 26 20 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE XLIX. Type of Case Loaned to Public Schools by The N. w. Harris Public School extension of field Museum. Jan., 1914. Annual Report oe the Director. Schools and Locations Teacher Moody Bible Institute — 153 Institute Place Epiphany — 4219 West 25th Street 2 Chicago Latin — 18 East Division Street 3 Wendell Phillips High — Thirty-ninth Street and Prairie Avenue . Wendell Phillips High — - Thirty-ninth Street and Prairie Avenue . Clifton High — Clifton, Illinois 1 Wendell Phillips High — Thirty-ninth Street and Prairie Avenue . Luther Institute — 1135 South Marshfield Avenue 5 Marshall High — Adams Street and Spaulding Avenue .... 1 Parker High — 330 Webster Avenue 1 St. Charles — St. Charles, Illinois 1 Steger — Steger, Illinois 1 Warren — Ninety-second Street and Central Avenue .... 3 University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois 1 Hyde Park High — Sixty-second Street and Stony Island Avenue 1 University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois 1 Kenwood — Fiftieth Street and Lake Park Avenue 1 Dewey — Fifty-fourth Street and LTiion Avenue ...... 1 WilHam Penn — Sixteenth Street and Avers Avenue .... 1 Warren — Ninety-second Street and Central Avenue .... 1 Sherman — Fifty-first and Morgan Streets 3 West Pullman — West Pullman, Illinois St. Michaels — Eighty-third Street and Ontario Avenue ... 1 West Pullman — West Pullman, Illinois 2 Juvenial Home — 771 Gilpin Place 4 Chicago Hebrew Institute — 1258 Taylor Street 4 Holden — Thirty-first and Loomis Streets 1 University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois 1 Burnside — Ninety-first Place and Langley Avenue 2 Jefferson Vacation — Elbum Avenue and Laflin Street .... 6 McCormick Vacation — Sawyer Avenue and West Twenty- seventh Street 14 St. Marys — 1031 Cypress Street .......... 2 Central Y. M. C. A. — 19 South La Salle Street 4 Copernicus Vacation — West Sixtieth and Throop Streets ... 20 B ohemian — 1510 W est Eighteenth Street 2 University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois Chicago Orphan — Fifty-first Street and South Park Avenue . 1 University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois 1 Washington — North Morgan Street and Grand Avenue ... 1 Chicago Evangelistic Institute — 1754 Washington Boulevard . 1 Chicago Academy of Fine Arts — 6 East Madison Street ... 1 University Elementary — Fifty-ninth Street and Kenwood Avenue 1 Holy Family — 1444 West Division Street 2 Home for Jewish Friendless — 5228 Ellis Avenue 2 Moody Bible Institute — 153 Institute Place Carter Practice — Sixty-first Street and Wabash Avenue ... 2 University Elementary — Fifty-ninth Street and Kenwood Avenue 1 University of Chicago — Chicago. Illinois 313 Pupils 32 21 20 25 21 23 29 95 28 60 42 20 40 25 76 25 42 20 21 32 74 21 38 20 21 21 45 56 40 52 535 23 28 292 45 27 46 32 55 41 4i 25 24 55 3i 45 20 35 314 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Schools and Locations Teachers Pupils Art Institute — Michigan Avenue and Adams Street .... i 22 University Elementary — Fifty-ninth Street and Kenwood Avenue 2 20 Chicago Latin — 18 East Division Street 5 25 University Elementary — Fifty-ninth Street and Kenwood Avenue 3 22 Andersen — West Division and Lincoln Streets 1 37 Branscroft — Maplewood and Wabansia Avenue 1 30 Herewith are also submitted financial statements, analysis of attend- ance, list of accessions, articles of incorporation, amended by-laws, names of members, etc. Frederick J. V. Skife, Director. Jan., 1914. Annual Report oe the Director. 315 Financial Statement RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS January 1, 1913, to December 31, 1913 Receipts Cash in Treasurer’s hands, General Fund, December 31, 1912 • . . $8,342.10 Cash in Treasurer’s hands, Endowment Sinking Fund, December 31, 1912 504-44 Petty Cash on hand, December 31, 1912 739-95 Dues of Annual Members 1,200.00 Life Members 1,000.00 Life Memberships Fund — Investment Income 275.00 Admissions and Check Rooms 5,886. 15 Sale of Guides 218.00 South Park Commissioners 15,000.00 Interest on Investments and Bank Balances 44,784.39 Field Endowment Income 136,500.00 Field Endowment Sinking Fund 500 . 00 Field Endowment Sinking Fund Income 152.89 New Exhibition Cases Fund 1,829.24 New Exhibition Cases Fund Income 2,760.00 New Exhibition Cases Fund Investments retired 22,500.00 Field-Sprague Ornithology Fund 578.00 Joseph N. Field South Pacific Islands Fund 12,268.13 Huntington W. Jackson Library Fund 40.00 N. W. Harris Public School Extension 171 . 15 Donations 5,670.62 Sundry receipts 1 7.27 $260,9 37-33 Disbursements Salaries $95,201.53 Guard Service 13,152.69 Janitor Service 8,003.03 Fire Protection 5,216.42 Heat and Light — Wages $4,071.28 Fuel 6,081.68 Gas 452 . 00 Renewals, Supplies and Sundries 977-74 11,582.70 316 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Repairs and Alterations — Wages of Carpenters, Painters, Roofers, etc. . . $9,643.18 Material used — paints, oils, glass, lumber, plas- ter, etc 2,467.14 Constructing Sewer 341.00 Restoration of West Annex 2,142.61 Sections of Printing and Photography . Collections, purchased ...... Departmental Expenses Expeditions Publications General Expense — Freight, Expressage and Teaming $2,321.51 Stationery 308 . 33 Postage, Telephone and Telegrams .... 752 . 87 Sundries . 3,229.59 Furniture and Fixtures — New Exhibition Cases $32,453.12 Sundries 88.00 The Library — Books and Periodicals $1,401.82 Binding . . . 741 . 79 Expense 78.73 Field-Sprague Ornithology Fund Joseph N. Field South Pacific Islands Fund .... Stanley McCormick Hopi Fund Mrs. T. B. Blackstone Fund ........ Homer E. Sargent Fund . In Treasurer’s hands, December 31, 1913 — General Fund $11,690.37 New Exhibition Cases Fund 930 .75 Endowment Sinking Fund 180.00 Petty Cash on hand, December 31, 1913 New Exhibition Cases Fund — advance to Building Fund General Fund — Investments Endowment Sinking Fund- Investment $14,593-93 7,302.68 13,832.00 6,350.00 4.725.58 2,763.17 6,612 .30 32,541 12 2,222 .34 348-25 12,429.70 12.20 273.96 12.66 $237,176.26 12,801 . 12 739-95 3.500.00 5.500.00 1.220.00 $260,93 7.33 Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 3i7 ATTENDANCE AND RECEIPTS FROM JANUARY 1 TO ‘ DECEMBER 31, 1913 Attendance. Paid Attendance — Adults 20,547 Children 2,166 22,713 Free Admission on Pay Days — School Children 3.836 Students 3.410 Teachers 505 Members: Corporate 36 Annual 37 Life 1 Officers’ Families 53 Special 193 Press 17 8,088 Admissions on Free Days — Saturdays 40,842 Sundays I42.50i 1 83,343 Total Attendance 214,144 Highest Attendance on any one day (July 20, 1913) . . 7.991 Highest Paid Attendance on any one day (September 1,1913) 618 Average Daily Admissions (363 days) 589 Average Paid Attendance (259 days) 87 Receipts. Guides Sold — 872 at 25 cents each $218.00 Articles Checked — 10,656 at 5 cents each 532.80 Admissions 5,353-35 $6,104.15 318 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Accessions DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY. (accessions are by gift unless otherwise designated.) AYER, E. E., Chicago. Pair of gold bracelets — Italy. Female Ushabti figure of wood — Egypt. Belt, silver plates, Navajo. Ceremonial Copper Shield, Kwakiutl. BLACKSTONE, MRS. T. B., Chicago. Ancient Chinese bone carvings — China. Ancient bone carvings — Shantung, China. Pair of bronze staves — Shantung, China. FIELD, JOSEPH N., Manchester, England. South Pacific Islands Fund. General ethnological collection — Melanesia (Collected by A. B. Lewis). Skulls and skeletons — Melanesia. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Purchases : Painted scroll by Ku K'ai-chi in British Museum, reproduced in colored wood cut — China. Parade uniform of officer belonging to the Imperial Palace Guard, complete with helmet, boco-case and trunk — China. Decorated Buffalo-hide robe. Four Navajo blankets. GARST, GOODWIN, Coon Rapids, Iowa. Flint arrowhead — Coon Rapids, Iowa. GISE, MISS VIRGINIA, Chicago. Miscellaneous ethnological specimens — Samoa and South Sea Islands. LANDIS, FRANKLIN, Chicago. Coat of intestines trimmed with fur — Aleutian Islands. MOORE, CLARENCE B., Philadelphia, Pa. Archaeological specimens. PFAFFER, DR. L., Weimar, Germany. Prehistoric archaeological remains. ROBERTS, GEO. C., Sharon Hill, Pa. Flint arrowheads — Pennsylvania (exchange). SETON-KARR, H. W., London, England. Flint archaeological specimens — Egypt. SIAMESE GOVERNMENT, Bangkok, Siam. 4 Buddhistic clay tablets — Siam. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE L. MUSEUM SUBSTITUTE FOR THE MICROSCOPE. Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 3i9 DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. (accessions are by gift unless otherwise designated.) AMERICAN TRADING CO., Yokohama, Japan. Japanese rice, kodzo and bamboo papers — Japan. ARTHUR, J. C., Lafayette, Ind. Photographs of Cedar Apples — Indiana. BLACK, E. W., Santa Margarita, California. Economic specimens and dry fruits — California. BRANDEGEE, T. S., Berkeley, California. 1 herbarium specimen — Mexico. BRITTON, MRS. E. G., New York City. 4 illustrations. CLAYBERG, H. D., Chicago, Illinois. 1 herbarium specimen — Michigan. CORY, MRS. C. B., Chicago, Illinois. 1 herbarium specimen — Wisconsin. DEAM, CHAS. C., Bluffton, Indiana. » 6 herbarium specimens — Indiana and Florida. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies, 3 branches and fruits of Capparis jamaicensis — Jamaica. DE SELM, JUDGE ARTHUR W., Kankakee, Illinois. 229 herbarium specimens — Illinois and Michigan. 244 herbarium specimens — Kankakee, Illinois. 371 dried plants — Illinois. FAIRBANK COMPANY, THE N. K., Chicago, Illinois. 16 cottonseed oil products. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Collated by C. F. Millspaugh: 16 herbarium specimens — Peru and Ecuador. 56 herbarium specimens — Java, Malaya, Mexico, United States and West Indies. 53 herbarium specimens — Europe, Australia and West Indies. 33 plant fragments, descriptions and drawings. - 3 herbarium specimens — Cuba. 53 herbarium specimens — United States, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. 3 herbarium specimens — Mexico and West Indies. Collated from Museum Library: 5 colored plates mounted as herbarium specimens. Collated by E. B. Uline: 3 drawings of Amaranthacecz and Dioscoreacece. Collected by O. E. Lansing, Jr.: 9 herbarium specimens — Indiana. Collected by H. H. Smith: Fruits of Euonvmus atropurpureus — Indiana. Fruits of Viburnum prunijolium — - Indiana. Gum, seeds and cones of Pinus Sabiniana — California. 125 herbarium specimens — Illinois and Indiana. Dry fruits of Rhus radicans (poison ivy) — ■ Indiana. 320 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV, Made by Section of Photography: 7 photographs of type plants. Photo of Cacalia discolor — Cuba. Purchases: • Economic specimens ( Myristica fragrans) — Butter. Economic specimens ( Myristica fragrans ) — Oil. 109 herbarium specimens — South Pacific Islands. 1 specimen of sealing wax. 1 specimen of shell lac. 1,000 herbarium specimens — Palawan, Philippine Islands. 221 herbarium specimens — Canada. 557 herbarium specimens — Santo Domingo. 338 herbarium specimens — Montana, Nevada, California, Utah and Wyoming. 612 herbarium specimens — South Dakota. 490 herbarium specimens — South Pacific Islands. 32 economic specimens — South Pacific Islands. 359 herbarium specimens — Mexico. 1,159 herbarium specimens — Mexico. 122 herbarium specimens — Tobago and Trinidad. 1 01 herbarium specimens — Santo Domingo. 507 herbarium specimens — Philippines. 5 1 herbarium specimens — South Dakota. 105 herbarium specimens — Tobago, West Indies. 50 herbarium specimens — South Dakota. 56 herbarium specimens — Tobago, West Indies. 87 herbarium specimens — South Dakota. 218 herbarium specimens — ■ Philippine Islands. Modeled by Section of Modeling: Toxylon pomiferum — fruits. Psidium Guajava — fruit section. Garcinia Mangostana — fruiting twig, fruit, and fruit section. Arundinaria sp. — sprout. Cattleya Triancei — flower. Asclepias Syriaca — 1 whole plant. Diospyros Virginiana — fruiting branch. Connarus diver sifolius — fruiting branch. Dioscorea sativa — tubers. Gnetum Gnemon — branch. Plant of Vanilla planifolia. Leaves of Piper Betel. Reproduction of small branch of vanilla plant. Reproduction of fruit head of “Cardamom.” (Elettaria.) Modeling of enlarged flowers of Gnetum. Fruit of Averrhoa Carambola. Whole branch of Averrhoa Bilimbi in leaf, flower and fruit. Diatom — Triceratium favus. Diatom — Planktonella Sol. Flower of Oxalis corniculata. Model of branch of Magnolia fcetida. Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 321 Diatom — Melosira Botteri. Diatom — Chaetoseros Lorenzianum. Bacteriastrum varians. Rhizosolenia styliformis and R. setigera. Models of Cleome spinosa — enlarged flower, fruit natural size, ovary section enlarged. Model of Diatom Licmophora flabellata. Reproduction of a plant of Hydnophytum formicarum. 9 mushroom models. 49 reproductions of Bacteria. A full leafy and fruiting branch of Gingko biloba. Reproduction of a group of fungi ( Armillaria mellea). FOREST ECONOMIST, Dehra Dun, India. 55 Vegetable products — India. Milk and Caoutchouc from Calotropis — India. FRIESSER, J., Chicago, Illinois. 1 herbarium specimen — ■ Florida. 15 herbarium specimens — Alaska and Washington. 5 herbarium specimens — State of Washington. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA, University, Alabama. 14 herbarium specimens — Alabama and Arkansas (exchange). GRAY HERBARIUM OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Mass. 1 herbarium specimen — Cuba (exchange). GREENMAN, DR. J. M., Chicago, Illinois. 2 herbarium specimens Maxillaria. HALL, MRS. HERMAN J., Chicago, Illinois. Living plant of Ginseng in full ripe fruit — Michigan. Illustration of Ginseng — Saugatuck, Michigan. HARRIS, WILLIAM, Hope Botanical Garden, Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies. 2 herbarium specimens — Jamaica. HELLER, A. A., Reno, Nevada. 4 herbarium specimens Composites. HERBARIUM BOISSIER, Geneva, Switzerland. 3 drawings and photographs of type plants Pedilanthus — - Mexico. HUNGARIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM, Budapest, Austria-Hungary. 109 herbarium specimens — Hungary (exchange). HYNES, J. A., Chicago, Illinois. 1 Coumarin from Prunus Mahaleb. Flowers of Hibiscus Sabdariffa. Hat ornaments of Lycopodium — Germany. 2 grass and sedge hat ornaments — Germany. 16 economic specimens. Rhamnus Frangula — bark Boldoa fragrans — leaves Astragalus gum- mifer — gum. JOHNSON, FRANK W., Chicago, Illinois. 67 herbarium specimens — Illinois and Indiana. KEW GARDENS, Kew, England. 1 14 herbarium specimens (exchange). 322 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. LANSING, O. E., Jr., Chicago, Illinois. 26 herbarium specimens — Indiana. 1 composite bur ornament — Chicago market. MILLSPAUGH, DR. C. F., Chicago, Illinois. Economic specimens — Achras Sapota — fruit model, crude gum and refined gum — Mexico. Economic specimens — A chras Sapota — Latex — Guatemala. 16 herbarium specimens — Maywood, Illinois. 28 herbarium specimens — Palos, Illinois. 5 herbarium specimens — Chicago, Illinois. 53 herbarium specimens — Wisconsin. 2 herbarium specimens — Michigan. Seeds of Tropceolum majus — Chicago, Illinois. 2 herbarium specimens — Wisconsin. Fresh fruits of Tropceolum majus — Ephraim, Wisconsin. Cane made of stalk Verbascum Thapsus — Ephraim, Wisconsin. 22 herbarium specimens — Wisconsin and Illinois. Economic specimens : Myristica fragrans — nutmegs from Chicago market. MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, St. Louis, Missouri. 2 photographs of book illustrations (exchange). 1 herbarium specimen of Pedilanthus Finckii — St. Louis, Missouri (exchange). 1 photograph of Pedilanthus Finckii — St. Louis, Missouri (exchange) . 1 herbarium specimen — St. Louis, Missouri (exchange). Leaves of Vanilla planifolia (exchange). 648 herbarium specimens (exchange). MORSE, C. G., & CO., San Francisco, California. Fruits of Tumion calif ornicum — California. NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN, New York City. Illustration of Scirpus floccosus — Cuba (exchange) . 695 herbarium specimens Pedilanthus — West Indies (exchange). 1 herbarium specimen — Porto Rico (exchange). 94 herbarium specimens — Jamaica (exchange). 301 herbarium specimens — West Indies (exchange). 3 herbarium specimens — West Indies (exchange). 9 herbarium specimens — West Indies ( exchange). 1 herbarium specimen — Cuba (exchange). 1 herbarium specimen — New Mexico (exchange). 5 herbarium specimens — Cuba and Florida (exchange). PACIFIC IMPROVEMENT CO., Del Monte, California. 24 economic specimens logs and dry fruits — California. PARISH, S. B., San Bernardino, California. I herbarium specimen Chamcesyce — California. SHERFF, E. E., Chicago, Illinois. 7 illustrations and descriptions. 8 herbarium specimens — United States and Canada. SMITH, HURON H., Chicago, Illinois. 10 herbarium specimens — Illinois. 42 herbarium specimens — Indiana. 13 medicinal roots, etc. — Illinois. Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 323 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Division of Plants, Washington, D. C. 19 herbarium specimens — Mongolia and Siberia (exchange). UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM, Washington, D. C. 19 herbarium specimens — United States, Central America and Philippines (exchange). UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Botanical Garden, Philadelphia, Pa. 91 herbarium specimens — United States. WURZLOW, E. C., Houma, Louisiana. 9 herbarium specimens — Louisiana. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. (accessions are by gift unless otherwise designated.) AMHERST COLLEGE, Amherst, Massachusetts. Skull and jaws of Stenomylus gracilis — Nebraska. ARMOUR SANDPAPER WORKS, Chicago. 6 specimens abrasive powders. BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Nickel steel shavings from armour plate — South Bethlehem, Pa. BIDDLE HARDWARE COMPANY, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Propeller of Monel metal. BOHM, JULIUS, Vienna, Austria. 1 specimen Tepl meteorite — Bohemia (exchange). 1 specimen St. Germain meteorite — France (exchange). BRADEN COPPER COMPANY, Rancagua, Chile. 225 specimens copper ore — Rancagua, Chile. BRITISH SCHOOL OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN EGYPT, London, England. 5 specimens building stones of Memphis, Egypt — - Memphis, Egypt. CHALMERS, W. J., Chicago. 2 gold nuggets — California. Quantity silver nuggets — Lake Superior. COLLINS, P.. Chicago. 3 specimens gem obsidian. 1 specimen obsidian in matrix — - Near Reno, Nevada. DICKEY CLAY MANUFACTURING CO., W. S., Kansas City, Missouri. 400 pound mass fire clay. 1 brick made from same — ■ Versailles, Missouri. DIXON CRUCIBLE COMPANY, THE JAS., Jersey City, New Jersey. Collection illustrating the uses of graphite — Jersey City, New Jersey. DOMINION MARBLE COMPANY, THE, Montreal, Canada. 4 polished slabs of marble — Quebec, Canada. DUMONT, DR. T. A., Dumont, Iowa. 10 specimens silver ores — San Bernardino County, California. EGYPTIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Cairo, Egypt. 1 specimen El Nakhla meteorite — El Nakhla, Egypt (exchange). FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Collected by B. Laufer: 1 polished specimen of ophicalcite — Region of the Upper Huang-Ho, Kansu Province, China. 324 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Collected by E. S. Riggs: I specimen of Loup Fork sandstone — Agate, Nebraska. Collected by R. D. Salisbury: 4 specimens obsidian nodules — Patagonia. . i specimen diamondiferous sand — Brazil. Collected by A. W. Slocom: 182 specimens invertebrate fossils. 5 specimens brown coal — Little Traverse Bay, Michigan. Purchases: • Etched slab of the Chinautla meteorite. Pickens County meteorite — - Pickens County, Georgia. 1 specimen pollucite — Buckfield, Maine. 1 specimen St. Michel meteorite — St. Michel, Finland. Davis Mountains meteorite — Toyah, Texas. Modeled by B. E. Dahlgren: Branch with leaves and fruit of girigko — Washington, D. C. FOOTE MINERAL COMPANY, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1 specimen hopeite — Rhodesia (exchange)'. 1 specimen hinsdalite — Colorado (exchange) . 1 specimen hulsite — Alaska (exchange). GEORGIA MARBLE COMPANY, Tate, Georgia. 6 slabs Georgia marble — Georgia. GILES & NIELSEN NICKEL WORKS, Troy, New York. 2 specimens nickel plate. GOETZ BROTHERS, New Albany, Indiana. 1 specimen pulverized silica for paint — New Albany, Indiana. HEATH & MILLIGAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Chicago. 5 specimens buhr stones. 8 specimens pigments. JOHNS-MANVILLE COMPANY, H. W., Chicago. 19 specimens of asbestos products. JOHNSTON, W. M., Chicago. 1 specimen gold ore — Animas Forks, Colorado. 1 specimen tetrahedrite. 1 specimen rhodonite — San Juan County, Colorado. KILBOURN, SILAS, Chicago. 2 specimens marl — ■ Compos Lake, Florida. KINRADE, J. J., San Francisco, California. I specimen diopside. 1 specimen obsidian — California. MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILROAD, St. Louis, Missouri. 2 specimens burned clay ballast and raw clay — ■ Tebbetts, Missouri. MACKIN, MRS. C. F., Chicago. 1 polished geode — near Charlevoix, Michigan. MARSH, C. H., Marshfield, Oregon. 980 specimens agate and jasper — Oregon. MARTIN, F. E., Chicago. 1 specimen lead ore. 1 specimen lead and zinc ore — Hardin County, Illinois. Jan., .1914 Annual Report of the Director. 325 MORONEY, JOHN J., Chicago. 1 specimen diatomite. 1 specimen kaolin — Mexico. MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER, Chicago. 2 specimens mercury ore — Cinnabar, Arizona. 2 specimens cerussite — Wardner, Idaho. 2 specimens pyromorphite — Wardner, Idaho. NARRAWAY, J. E., Ottawa, Canada. 1 fossil trilobite — Mechanicsville, Canada (exchange). NICHOLAS, FRANCIS E., New York City. 14 specimens showing alteration of pyrite to hematite — Copete Mine, Sonora, Mexico. OLIVER IRON MINING COMPANY, Coleraine, Minnesota. 10 specimens iron ores and concentrates — Coleraine, Minnesota. PEABODY, F. S., Chicago. Tibia of Mastodon — Du Page County, Illinois. PIERCE, HENRY B., Golconda, Illinois. 3 specimens transparent fluorite — Golconda, Illinois. PLUMAS AMALGAMATED MINES COMPANY, San Francisco, California, 2 specimens gold ore — Soda Creek, California. RENNE, D, S., Verona, Illinois. 2 specimens clay — Walker, Lane County, Oregon. RICHARDS, A. G., Albany, Wyoming. 1 specimen allanite — Albany, Wyoming. ROSENBERGER, J. L., Chicago, Illinois. 47 specimens copper ores — Butte, Montana, and Lake Linden, Michigan.- 7 specimens various minerals. SCHROTT, FRED, Salt Lake City, Utah. 2 specimens gold ore. 1 specimen country rock — High Grade Camp, Modoc County, California. SMITH, HURON H., Chicago, Illinois. 25 specimens opal and jasper pebbles — Oregon and California. SOSNOVEC, V., St. Louis, Missouri. Quartz geode — St. Louis, Missouri. 3 specimens flint — St. Clair County, Illinois. 4 specimens chert concretions — St. Louis, Missouri. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Land & Industrial Dept., Washington,. D. C. 6 specimens clays. 1 specimen silica — Southern States. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Chicago, Illinois. 1 specimen petroleum. 1 specimen asphalt — Sunset District, California. UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, Washington, D. C. 1 section Perryville meteorite — Perryville, Missouri (exchange) . UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, California. Skeleton of Cams diurus — Los Angeles, California (exchange). VERMONT MARBLE COMPANY, Proctor, Vermont. 13 polished slabs of Vermont marble — Proctor, Vermont. 326 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. WARSAW CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, Warsaw, Illinois. 1 specimen ferruginous shale — Warsaw, Illinois. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. (accessions are by gift unless otherwise stated.) ALFARO, DR. A., San Jose, Costa Rica. 3 snout beetles — Rio Higueron, Taboga, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. 350 fishes — Pacific side of Costa Rica. 3 reptiles — Pacific side of Costa Rica. AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, New York City. 65 specimens of mammals — Alaska, Siberia, Mexico, South America (exchange). AYER, EDWARD E., Chicago. 1 Mallard Drake (albino) — Kankakee River, Illinois. BARNES, JUDGE R. M., Lacon, Illinois. 1 Trumpeter Swan. 1 Trumpeter Swan — Eastern United States. BEATY, WILBUR L., Chicago. 1 Mountain Rat Nest — Butte, Montana. BORDEN, JOHN, Chicago. 1 Mallard (albino). 1 Cardinal Grosbeak (albino) — Illinois. BROWN, LYLE E., Chicago. 1 Herring Gull — Jackson Park, Chicago. DEUBLER, L., Chicago. 1 Mantispa. 1 beetle — Edgebrook, Illinois. 5 bird lice — Sheldon, Illinois. DEVLIN, MRS. J., Chicago. 4 beetles — Costa Rica, Central America. DOWD, MRS. LYDIA, Chicagp. 1 American Bittern. DUNNING, JERRY, Olive Branch, Illinois. 1 Cormorant — Olive Branch, Illinois. -FAIRCHILD, ELIJAH S., Chicago. 1 spider — Chicago, Illinois. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Collected by M. P. Anderson: 86 mammals — Eastern Peru. 173 birds — Eastern Peru. 2 snakes — Eastern Peru. 1 lizard — Eastern Peru. 1 73 bird skins — Peru , South America. 1 \ — Boa Vista (Rio Bronco), Brazil. 1 bumblebee 2 beetles 6 scorpions 5 reptiles 1 10 fishes / Brazil. Jan., 1914. Annual Report oe the Director. 327 Amazonas, Brazil. [ — Eastern Brazil. Ballard Lake, Wisconsin. Collected by M. P. Anderson and R. H. Becker: 540 bird skins 51 mammal skins } — State of Amazonas, Brazil. 61 mammal skulls J Collected by R. PI. Becker: 104 bird skins 57 mammals (skins and skulls)! 4 skulls only 442 bird skins 85 mammals (skins and skulls) 14 odd skulls 13 bats 5 frogs 1 lizard 1 snake 1 tarantula 1 _ . _ 1 beetle f — Amazon River, Brazil. Collected by C. B randier: 1 Musk Rat — Jackson Park, Chicago. Collected by C. B. Cory. 1 bug 1 dragonfly 2 butterflies 4 grasshoppers 6 flies 11 bees, wasps, etc. 12 beetles 5 shells — Lake Bucktoban, Vilas County, Wisconsin. Collected by J. Friesser: 4 moose (skulls and 3 skeletons) skins, 1 pair moose horns, 5 Alaska porcupines (with skulls and 2 skeletons), 8 red squirrels, 9 varying hares (with skulls and 1 skeleton) — Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 2 bugs, 5 grasshoppers, 5 beetles — Bozeman, Montana. 3 beetles, 20 flies, 1 ant, 3 bugs — Skilak Lake, Alaska. Collected by W. J. Gerhard: 221 dragonflies, grasshoppers, bugs, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, bees, wasps, and parasites — - Northern Illinois and Northern Indiana. Collected by E. N. Gueret: 2 Sanderling — Lake Michigan, South Chicago. Collected by William Heim: 1 Kangaroo Rat — Baird, Shasta County, California. 140 fishes — Monterey, California. 85 fishes — Long Beach, California. 9 boxes mounted fish — Long Beach, California. Salmon eggs — Baird, California. 1 keg of gravel — Baird, California. Collected by S. E. Meek and S. F. Hildebrand: 17,000 specimens of fishes (550 species) — - Panama. Collected by W. H. Osgood and M. P. Anderson: 202 mammals, 208 birds, 2 lizards — Peru. 2 centipedes — Balsas, Peru. 328 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Collected by L. L. Walters: 41 mammals (skins and skulls), 3 birds — Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana. 56 birds, 3 mammals — Cook County, Illinois. Purchases : 1 skink (lizard) — Fruitland Park, Lake County, Florida. 6 eggs, nest and 5 eggs, nest and 4 eggs. 1 cow buffalo. 591 Humming-bird skins. 37 moths, 40 butterflies — Key Islands, Dutch East Indies. 2 Rough-legged Hawks. 3 deer, 1 Coati, 1 Tayra (skins and skulls) — Venezuela. 156 Humming-birds, 79 miscellaneous species, 42 Humming -bird nests — Venezuela. 20 Murres Eggs. 83 Arctic birds, 65 eggs, 4 nests, photographs and samples of moss — Behring Sea, Alaska and Siberia. 6 Paradise Birds — German New Guinea. FRIESSER, J., Chicago. 1 beetle — Willow Springs, Illinois. 3 bugs, 6 beetles — Holland, Michigan. GAULT, B. T., Glen Ellyn, Illinois. 3 bats — Cayenne, French Guiana. GAUMER, G. F., Tacubaya, D. F., Mexico. 2 Pigmy Opossums. GIBNEY, J., Chicago. 1 millipede — Chicago, Illinois. GUERET, E. N., Chicago. 1 bird parasite (bird louse) — Worth, Illinois. HANCOCK, DR. J. L., Chicago. 4 bugs — Wheaton, Illinois. HEFTER, CHARLES, Kankakee, Illinois. 1 starfish — Gulf of Mexico. INDIANA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, Bloomington, Indiana. 123 fishes — Guatemala. LEWIS, A. B., Chicago. 1 Cassowary Egg — North Coast of Dutch New Guinea. 1 Dugong Skull — German New Guinea. ■LILJEBLAD, E., Chicago. 40 bugs, mantispas, beetles, flies, bees, etc. — Northern Illinois and Northern Indiana. 3 bugs — Mt. Vernon, Ohio. MILLSPAUGH, DR. C. F., Chicago. 4 moths — Ephraim, Wisconsin. MUNZNER, H., Chicago. 1 bug, 2 beetles, 1 wasp, 3 spiders — Northern Illinois. NETHERCOT, MRS. ARTHUR, Chicago. 1 scorpion, 1 Trapdoor Spider’s Nest — San Remo, Italy. NICKERSON, V. C., Kankakee, Illinois. Specimens of scale insects on branch of cherry — Kankakee, Illinois. PHELPS, MRS. W. L., Chicago. 1 Gar-fish. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LI. HIGHLY MAGNIFIED Bacteria (stained red) among epithelial ceils (stained, blue). 274033 GERMS OF TUBERCULOSIS. ( Bacterium tuberculosis ). Tubercular affections in man and animals are caused by organisms such as the above. They may attack any organ in the body or all of them. Cattle are especially liable to become affected with tuberculosis; thus dairy products are a prolific source of infection. Outside of the body the bacillus may live for many weeks. It is, however, killed by a few hours exposure to direct sunlight. . Reproduced from nature. Reproduction of a Microscope Field showing Bacteria, Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 329 PORTER, A. F., Decorah, Iowa. 68 bugs, beetles, bees and wasps — Iowa, West Indies, South America and Africa. PRAY, LEON L., Chicago. 1 Synaptomys cooperi — Dowagiac, Michigan. 1 bee, 2 bugs, 2 flies, 7 beetles — Dowagiac, Michigan. SISSON, O. U., Chicago. 1 Gar-fish. STEELE, G. F., Chicago. 1 Caribou head, 1 White-tail Deer head, 1 Mountain Sheep head, 1 Black-tail Deer head, 3 Goat heads, 1 Buffalo head, 5 fish, 1 Jew fish, 2 pelicans, 1 Great Blue Heron, 1 Snowy Owl, 1 Great Horned Owl, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Saw-whet Owl, 1 Royal Tern, 3 California Quail — California and Michigan. STUDEBAKER, J. M., South Bend, Indiana. 2 American Elk (male and female) — Glenwood Springs, Colorado. THOMPSON, S. L., Winnipeg, Manitoba. 3 bugs, 1 butterfly, 2 bumblebees — Winnipeg, Manitoba. UNITED STATES BIOLOGICAL SURVEY, Washington, D. C. 1 Viscaccia, 1 Euneomys — Peru (exchange). UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, Washington, D. C. 200 specimens of fishes (84 species) (exchange) . WARREN, J. B., Chicago. 1 Manatee (skeleton) — Texas. WILLIAMSON, E. B., Bluffton, Indiana. 1 Short-eared Owl — Bluffton, Indiana. 1 Sparrow Hawk — Bluffton, Indiana. 1 Great Horned Owl — Bluffton, Indiana. 1 Horned Grebe — Bluffton, Indiana. 1 Red-tailed Hawk — Bluffton, Indiana. 1 Carolina Rail — Bluffton, Indiana. 1 Red-shouldered Hawk — Bluffton, Indiana. 1 Marsh Hawk. WINCHESTER, MRS. NINA, Santa Cruz, Philippine Islands. 30 shells — Santa Cruz, Davao District, Moro Province, Philippine Islands. WOLCOTT, A. B., Chicago. 54 bugs, beetles, flies, bees, wasps, etc. — Northern Indiana and Northern Illinois. 7 millipedes, 155 vials of spiders — Northern Indiana and Northern Illinois SECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY. (accessions are by gift unless otherwise designated.) FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: Made by the Section: 766 negatives of Museum specimens, etc., 3,751 prints from the same, 537 lantern slides, 86 tree enlargements, 476 negatives developed for Museum field expeditions, 98 6>£ x 8 p2 positives (used in making large negatives for North American Forestry exhibit). 330 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Made by M. P. Anderson: 134 negatives of landscapes, seascapes, general views, etc. — • Brazil. Made by J. Friesser: 144 negatives of seascapes and landscapes — Alaska. Made by A. B. Lewis: 1,100 negatives of landscapes, portraits of natives, industries, etc. — ■ New South Wales. Made by C. F. Millspaugh: 12 negatives of landscapes, tree portraits, etc. — - Wisconsin. Made by C. L. Owen: 168 negatives of landscapes, general views, portraits, etc. — - Arizona. Made by H. H. Smith: 12 portraits of plants, landscapes, etc. Purchases : 100 miscellaneous photographs — Papua. THE LIBRARY. BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND SERIALS (accessions are by exchange unless otherwise designated.) ACIREALE ACCADEMIA DI SCIENZE, Acireale, Italy 1 AGASSIZ, G. R., Cambridge, Massachusetts (gift) . 1 ALABAMA GAME AND FISH COMMISSION, Montgomery, Alabama . 7 ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, University, Alabama 2 ALBANY MUSEUM, Grahamstown, South Africa 1 ALLEN, GLOVER M., Cambridge, Massachusetts 1 ALTENBURG. NATURFORSCHE.NDE GESELLSCHAFT DES OSTERLANDES, Altenburg, Germany 1 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, Cambridge, Massachusetts 2 AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, Boston, Massachusetts ... 3 AMERICAN CHEMICAL JOURNAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, Baltimore, Maryland 2 AMERICAN FOLK LORE SOCIETY, Cambridge, Massachusetts . . . 1 AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, New York City ..... 1 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, New York City . 2 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY, Philadelphia ...... 1 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, New York City . . 45 AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY, New Haven, Connecticut . . . . 1 AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, Philadelphia 1 AMES, ADELINE, Washington, D. C. (gift) 2 AMHERST COLLEGE, Amherst, Massachusetts 1 ANNALES DES MINES, Paris, France 3 ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, London, England 1 ARCHIV FUR RELIGIONSWISSENSCHAFT, Leipzig, Germany . . . 1 ARIZONA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Tucson, Arizona 4 Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 331 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Chicago 1 ARNOLD ARBORETUM, Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 1 ASHMOLEAN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF OXFORDSHIRE, Oxford, England 1 ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, Calcutta, India 7 ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERING SOCIETIES, Philadelphia . . . 2 ATKINSON, GEORGE F., Ithaca, New York 4 AUSTRALASIAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION, Melbourne, Australia 1 AUSTRALIA. GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH, Melbourne, Australia 1 1 AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, Sydney, New South Wales 8 BAKER, RICHARD T., Sydney, New South Wales 6 BARCELONA. LTNSTITUT DE CIENCIAS, Barcelona, Spain . . . 1 BARNES, WILLIAM, Decatur, Illinois (gift) . . 4 BARRETT, S. A., Milwaukee, Wisconsin 7 BASCOM, F., Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 1 BASEL. NATURFORSCHENDE GESELLSCHAFT, Basel, Switzerland 1 BATAVIAASCH GENOOTSCHAP WETENSCHAPPEN, Batavia, Java 3 BATH. NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUARIAN FIELD CLUB, Bath, England 1 BELFAST NATURAL HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, Belfast, Ireland 2 BELFAST NATURALISTS’ FIELD CLUB, Belfast, Ireland 1 BELOIT COLLEGE, Beloit, Wisconsin 2 BERGEN* MUSEUM, Bergen, Norway 2 BERLIN. DEUTSCHE GEOLOGISCHE GESELLSCHAFT, Berlin, Germany 7 BERLIN. DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUR ANTHROPOLOGIE, ETHNOL., UND URGS., Berlin, Germany 1 BERLIN. DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUR VOLKSTUMLICHE NATURKUNDE, Berlin, Germany 1 BERLIN. DEUTSCHER SEEFISCHEREI-VEREIN, Berlin, Germany . 58 BERLIN. DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES MUSEUM, Berlin, Germany 1 BERLIN. GESELLSCHAFT FUR ERDKUNDE, Berlin, Germany . . 2 BERLIN. JAHRES-VERZEICHNIS DER AN DEN DEUTSCHEN UNIVERSITATEN ERSCHIENENEN SCHRIFTEN, Berlin, Germany . 1 BERLIN. K. BIBLIOTHEK, Berlin, Germany 2 BERLIN. K. BOTANISCHER GARTEN UND MUSEUM, Berlin, Germany 4 BERLIN. K. MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE, Berlin, Germany . . 3 BERLIN. K. PREUSSISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN, Berlin, Germany 2 BERLIN. VEREIN FUR VOLKSKUNDE, Berlin, Germany .... 2 BERLIN. ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM, Berlin, Germany 2 BERN. NATURFORSCHENDE GESELLSCHAFT, Bern, Switzerland 2 BERN UNIVERSITAT, Bern, Switzerland 14 BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands . 3 BINGHAM, HIRAM, New Haven, Connecticut 1 332 Field Museum of Natural History- — Reports, Vol. IV. BIOLOGISCH-LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHES INSTITUT, Amani, D. Ostafrika i BIRMINGHAM. NATURAL HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, Birmingham, England 2 BLATCHLEY, W. S., Indianapolis, Indiana 4 BOMBAY. ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Bombay, India . . . . 1 BOMBAY. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Bombay, India . . 1 BONN. NATURHISTORISCHER VEREIN, Bonn, Germany .... 2 BONN-POPPELSDORFF. DEUTSCHE DENDROLOGISCHE GESELLSCHAFT, Bonn-Poppelsdorff, Germany 1 BORDEAUX. 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PIERPONT, New York (gift) 1 MORSE, EDWARD S., Salem, Massachusetts 4 MOSCOW. SOCIETE IMPERIALE DES NATURALISTES, Moscow, Russia 1 MUNICH. DEUTSCHES MUSEUM, Munich, Germany 1 MUNICH. GEOGRAPHISCHE GESELLSCHAFT, Munich, Germany . 1 MUNICH. K. BAYER. AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN, Munich, Germany 6 MUNICH. K. BAYER. LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT, Munich, Germany 7 342 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. MUNN AND COMPANY, New York City (gift) 2 MUSEU GOELDI, Para, Brazil 1 MYERS, CHARLES S., Cambridge, England 8 NAPLES. R. ACCADEMIA DELLE SCIENZE, Naples, Italy .... 3 NAPLES. SOCIETA DI NATURALISTI, Naples, Italy 2 NAPLES. UNIVERSITA. R. ORTO BOTANICO, Naples, Italy . . . 1 NATAL BOTANIC GARDENS, Durban, Natal 1 NATAL GOVERNMENT MUSEUM, Pietermaritzburg, Natal . . . . 1 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Washington, D. C 2 NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Washington, D. C. . . . 1 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, Washington, D. 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MUSEE ETHNOGRAPHIQUE, Neuchatel, Switzerland . 7 NEVADA STATE UNIVERSITY, Reno, Nevada . 1 NEW BEDFORD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, New Bedford, Massachusetts 2 NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, Durham, New Hampshire 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE FORESTRY COMMISSION, Concord, New Hampshire (gift) 3 NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Trenton, New Jersey 8 NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Trenton, New Jersey .... 5 NEW JERSEY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, Trenton, New Jersey . . 1 NEW JERSEY STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, Trenton, New Jersey 6 NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM, Trenton, New Jersey 2 NEW MEXICO AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Mesilla Park, New Mexico 2 NEW SOUTH WALES. BOTANIC GARDENS AND GOVERNMENT DOMAINS, Sydney, New South Wales . 1 NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES, Sydney, New South Wales . 2 NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND AGRICULTURE, Sydney, New South Wales 5 NEW SOUTH WALES. LINNEAN SOCIETY, Sydney, New South Wales 1 NEW SOUTH WALES. ROYAL SOCIETY, Sydney, New South Wales . 2 NEW SOUTH WALES. TECHNICAL MUSEUM, Sydney, New South Wales 1 NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, New York City 2 NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Geneva, New York 9 NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN, New York City 1 Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 343 NEW YORK CONSERVATION COMMISSION, Albany, New York . . 6 NEW YORK. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York City . 2 NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, New York City 1 NEW YORK SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN, New York City 1 NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY, Albany, New York 25 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, New York City 2 NEW ZEALAND. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Wellington, New Zealand 2 NEW ZEALAND. 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DEPARTMENT OF STATE GAME AND FISH, Guthrie; Oklahoma (gift) 1 OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Norman, Oklahoma 5 ONTARIO. BUREAU OF MINES, Ontario, Canada 5 ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Ontario, Canada . . 19 OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY, Chicago 2 OREGON AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Corvallis, Oregon (gift) 4 OTAGO UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, Otago, New Zealand 1 OTTAWA DEPARTMENT OF MARINE AND FISHERIES, Ottawa, Canada 2 OTTAWA FIELD NATURALISTS’ CLUB, Ottawa, Canada 1 OXFORD DELEGATES OF UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, Oxford, England . 1 PALERMO. R. ORTO BOTANICO E GIARDINO COLONIALE, Palermo, Italy 2 PARIS. ACADfiMIE DES SCIENCES, Paris, France 2 PARIS. £COLE DES LANGUES ORIENTALES VIVANTES, Paris, France 10 344 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. PARIS. ECOLE D’ANTHROPOLOGIE, Paris, -France i PARIS. MINISTERE DE L’INSTRUCTION PUBLIQUE ET DES BEAUX ARTS, Paris, France i PARIS. MUSfiE D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE, Paris, France . . . . i PARIS. MUSEE GUIMET, Paris, France 3 PARIS. 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BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Manila, Philippine Islands 4 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. BUREAU OF SCIENCE, Manila, Philippine Islands 5 PHILLIPS ACADEMY, Andover, Massachusetts 1 PIONEER WESTERN LUMBERMAN, Sacramento, California (gift) . . 1 PIRRSON, L. V., New Haven, Connecticut 19 PLYMOUTH INSTITUTE, Plymouth, England 1 PLYMOUTH MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, Plymouth, England . . 1 POMONA COLLEGE, Claremont, California 1 PORTLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY, Portland, Maine 1 POSEN. DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUR KUNST UND WISSENSCHAFT, Posen, Germany 1 PRAG. ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES DE L’EMPEREUR FRANQOIS JOSEPH I, Prag, Bohemia 1 PRAG. BOHEM. NATUR. LANDESDURCHFORSCHUNG, Prag, Bohemia 1 PRAG. K. BOHMISCHE GESELLSCHAFT DER WISSENSCHAFTEN, Prag, Bohemia 3 PRATT INSTITUTE FREE LIBRARY, Brooklyn, New York .... 2 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE Llll- SCENE FROM A CHINESE RELIGIOUS DRAMA. HALL 53. Mrs. T. B. Blackstone Expedition. Jan., 1914. 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R. ACCADEMIA DEI LINCEI, Rome, Italy 4 ROSE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Terre Haute, Indiana ..... 1 ROTH, WALTER E., Georgetown, British Guiana 1 ROTTERDAM MUSEUM VOOR LAND-EN-VOLKENKUNDE, Rotterdam, Holland 5 ROYAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, London, England 1 ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, NORTH CHINA BRANCH, Shanghai, China 2 ROYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY, Falmouth, England . 1 RYERSON, MARTIN A., Chicago (gift) 3 SACCARDO, P. A., Padua, Italy 5 ST. GALL. OSTSCH. GEOGRAPH. COMMERC. GESELLSCHAFT, St. Gall, Switzerland 1 ST. LOUIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, St. Louis, Missouri 2 ST. LOUIS. CITY ART MUSEUM, St. Louis, Missouri ...... 9 ST. LOUIS MERCANTILE ASSOCIATION, St. Louis, Missouri . . . 1 ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY, St. Louis, Missouri 2 ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY, St. Louis, Missouri . 1 ST. PETERSBURG. ACADISMIE IMPERIALE DES SCIENCES, St. Petersburg, Russia 13 ST. PETERSBURG. 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M., Germany 1 SHELFORD, VICTOR E., Chicago 1 SHUFELDT, R. W., Washington, D. C 1 SLOCOM, A. W., Chicago (gift) 1 SMITH, HARLAN I., Ottawa, Canada 1 SMITH, HURON H., Chicago (gift) 15 SMITH, J. D., Baltimore, Maryland 2 SOCIETA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA, Rome, Italy 2 SOCIETA GEOLOGICA ITALIANA, Rome, Italy 1 SOCIETA ITALIANA DI ANTROPOLOGIA, Florence, Italy .... 2 SOCIETA ROMANA DI ANTROPOLOGIA, Rome, Italy 2 SOCIETA TOSCANA DI SCIENZE NATURALI, Pisa, Italy .... 2 SOCIETAS PRO FAUNA ET FLORA FENNICA, Helsingfors, Finland . 1 SOCIETE BELGE DE GEOLOGIE, DE PALEONTOLOGIE ET D’HYDROLOGIE, Brussels, Belgium 2 SOCIETE BOTANIQUE DE COPENHAGEN, Copenhagen, Denmark . 2 SOCIETE D’ETUDES DES SCIENCES NATURELLES, Rheims, France 1 SOCIETE D’HORTICULTURE ET DE BOTANIQUE, Marseilles, France 1 SOCIETE DE GEOGRAPHIE, Paris, France 2 SOCIETE DE GEOGRAPHIE, Toulouse, France 1 SOCIETE DES SCIENCES, Nancy, France 1 SOCIETE HELVETIQUE DES SCIENCES NATURELLES, Bern, Switzerland 2 SOCIETE IMPERIALE RUSSE DE GEOGRAPHIE, St. Petersburg, Russia 1 SOCIETE NATIONALE D’HORTICULTURE DE FRANCE, Paris, France 1 Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 347 SOCIETE NEUCHATELOISE DE GEOGRAPHIE, Neuchatel, Switzerland 2 SOClfiTE OURALIENNE D’AMATEURS DES SCIENCES NATURELLES, Ekaterinburg, Russia 2 SOCIETE ROYALE DE BOTANIQUE DE BELGIQUE, Brussels, Belgium 1 SOCIETE ROYALE ZOOLOGIQUE ET MALACOLOGIQUE DE BELGIQUE, Brussels, Belgium 1 SOCIETE ZOOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE, Paris, France 3 SOUTH AFRICA. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Johannesburg, South Africa 1 SOUTH AFRICAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Cape Town, South Africa 2 SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM, Cape Town, South Africa 3 SOUTH AFRICAN ROYAL SOCIETY, Cape Town, South Africa . . . 1 SOUTH AUSTRALIA. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Adelaide, South Australia 2 SOUTH AUSTRALIA PUBLIC LIBRARY, MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, Adelaide, South Australia 1 SOUTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Brookings, South Dakota 5 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SURVEY, Vermilion, South Dakota 1 SOUTH DAKOTA UNIVERSITY, Vermilion, South Dakota 1 SOUTH LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, London, England 1 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Los Angeles, California 1 SPENCER, L. J., London, England . 4 SPRINGFIELD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, Springfield, Massachusetts . 1 STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, New York City 1 STEINMETZ, S. R., Amsterdam, Netherlands (gift) 7 STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Hoboken, New Jersey . . 1 STOCKHOLM K. BIBLIOTEKET, Stockholm, Sweden 2 STOCKHOLM K. SVENSKA VETEN SK APSAKADEMIEN, Stockholm, Sweden 6 STOCKHOLM. K. VITT. HIST. OCH ANTIK. AKADEMIEN, Stockholm, Sweden . 1 STOCKHOLM. SVENSKA SALLSKAPET FOR ANTROPOLOGI OCH GEOGRAFI, Stockholm, Sweden 1 STOCKHOLM. UNIVERSITE DE STOCKHOLM. INSTITUT DE BOTANIQUE, Stockholm, Sweden 1 STOSE, GEORGE W., Washington, D. C 6 STRASSBURG. KAISER WILHELMS UNIVERSITAT, Strassburg, Germany 27 STRECKER, JOHN K., Waco, Texas 2 SUDLEY, LORD, Kingston-on-Thames, England (gift) 1 SUDWORTH, GEORGE B., Washington, D. C 7 SYDNEY. ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA, Sydney, New South Wales 6 348 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Syracuse, New York ........ 3 TASMANIA. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Hobart, Tasmania . 1 TASMANIA. ROYAL SOCIETY, Hobart, Tasmania 1 TENNESSEE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Knoxville, Tennessee 1 TEXAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, Austin, Texas 1 TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, College Station, Texas 2 TEXAS. STATE BOARD OF ENTOMOLOGY, Austin, Texas .... 3 THURINGISCHER BOTiVNISCHER VEREIN, Weimar, Germany . . . 1 THURNWALD, R., Berlin, Germany 1 TIMBERMAN, THE, Portland, Oregon (gift) 1 TOHUKO IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, Sendai, Japan 2 TOKYO. ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Tokyo, Japan 2 TOKYO BOTANICAL SOCIETY, Tokyo, Japan .1 TOKYO. DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUR NATUR- UND VOLKERKUNDE OSTASIENS, Tokyo, Japan 1 TOKYO. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Tokyo, Japan 1 TOKYO. IMPERIAL COMMERCIAL MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan ... 7 TOKYO IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY. COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, Tokyo, Japan 8 TORINO. M-USEO DI ZOOLOGIA ET ANATOMIA COMPARATA, Turin, Italy 1 TORINO. R. ACCAD. DELLE SCIENZE, Turin, Italy 2 TORONTO UNIVERSITY, Toronto, Canada 12 TRANSVAAL. DEPARTMENT OF MINES, Pretoria, Transvaal . . . 1 TRANSVAAL MUSEUM, Pretoria, Transvaal 1 TRING ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM, Trmg, England 1 TRINITY COLLEGE, Dublin, Ireland 1 TROMSO MUSEUM, Tromso, Norway 2 TUBINGEN. K. UNIVERSITATS-BIBLIOTHEK, Tubingen, Germany . 4 TUNIS. INSTITUT DE CARTHAGE, Tunis, Africa 1 U. S. GOVERNMENT, Washington, D. C 1,091 U. S. INDIAN SCHOOL, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 2 UPSALA. REGIA SOCIETAS SCIENTIARUM, Upsala, Sweden ... 2 UPSALA UNIVERSITY, Upsala, Sweden 14 URBA, K., Prag, Bohemia, Austria 29 .UTAH. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Logan, Utah . . 9 UTAH. STATE HORTICULTURAL COMMISSION, Salt Lake City, Utah 2 VERMONT BIRD CLUB, Burlington, Vermont 5 VERMONT STATE FORESTER, Burlington, Vermont 1 VERMONT UNIVERSITY, Burlington, Vermont 4 VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM AND BETHNAL GREEN MUSEUM, London, England 4 VICTORIA. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Melbourne, Australia 2 VICTORIA FIELD NATURALISTS’ CLUB, Melbourne, Australia . . . r VICTORIA. PUBLIC LIBRARY, MUSEUM AND NATIONAL GALLERY, Victoria, Australia 1 VICTORIA. ROYAL SOCIETY, Melbourne, Australia 1 Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 349 VICTORIA. ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL AND ACCLIMATIZATION SOCIETY, Melbourne, Australia 1 VIENNA. K. AKADEMIE DER WISSEN SCHAFTEN, Vienna, Austria . 8 VIENNA. K: K. NATURHISTORISCHES HOFMUSEUM, Vienna, Austria 1 VIENNA. K. K. UNIVERSITAT, Vienna, Austria 7 VIENNA. K. K. ZOOLOGISCH-BOTANISCHE GESELLSCHAFT, Vienna, Austria 1 VIENNA. NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHER VEREIN, Vienna, Austria 1 VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Blacksburg, Virginia 1 VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Charlottesville, Virginia .... 2 VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY, Richmond, Virginia 4 VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, Charlottesville, Virginia 1 WAGNER FREE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, Philadelphia 1 WANGANUI PUBLIC MUSEUM, Wanganui, New Zealand 1 WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Washington, D. C. . . . 1 WASHINGTON BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Washington, D. C 1 WASHINGTON STATE ART ASSOCIATION, Seattle, Washington (gift) 1 WASHINGTON STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Olympia, Washington . 1 WASHINGTON STATE MUSEUM, Seattle, Washington 1 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, St. Louis, Missouri 3 WEBER, FRIEDRICH, Miinchen, Germany (gift) 1 WEIGEL, OSWALD, Leipzig, Germany (gift) 2 WELLCOME CHEMICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES, London, England 7 WELLINGTON ACCLIMATIZATION SOCIETY, Wellington, New Zealand 1 WELLINGTON. DOMINION MUSEUM, Wellington, New Zealand . . 4 WEST INDIES. IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Barbados, West Indies 1 WEST VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Morgantown, West Virginia 3 WESTERN AUSTRALIA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Perth, West Australia 5 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, Perth, West Australia 1 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ENGINEERS’ SOCIETY, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2 WEULE, K., Leipzig, Germany 3 WHITE, I. C., Morgantown, West Virginia 1 WIESBADEN. NASSAUISCHER VEREIN FUR NATURKUNDE, Wiesbaden, Germany . 1 WILLE, N., Christiania, Norway 6 WILLIAMS COLLEGE, Williamstown, Massachusetts 2 WILLISTON, S. W., Chicago 2 WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB, Oberlin, Ohio . 1 WINCHELL, ALEXANDER N., Minneapolis, Minnesota ...... 5 WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY, Madison, Wisconsin 3 350 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. WISCONSIN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Madison, Wisconsin . . i WISCONSIN STATE BOARD OF FORESTRY, Madison, Wisconsin . . 6 WISCONSIN STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Madison, Wisconsin . . 6 WISCONSIN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, Madison, Wisconsin 2 WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY, Madison, Wisconsin 15 WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY, Philadelphia, . 10 WOODWARD, ROBERT B., Brooklyn, New York 1 WRIGHT, ALBERT H., Ithaca, New York 6 WORCESTER FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, Worcester, Massachusetts . . 1 WULFING, E. A., Heidelberg, Germany 5 WURTEMBERG. VEREIN FUR VATERLANDISCHE NATURKUNDE, Wurtemberg, Germany 1 WYOMING AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Laramie, Wyoming 6 WYOMING STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Cheyenne, Wyoming . . . 1 YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Connecticut 136 ZIMANYI, KARL, Budapest, Hungary 5 ZURICH. BOTANISCHES MUSEUM DER UNIVERSITAT, Zurich, Switzerland 2 ZURICH. GEOGRAPHISCH-ETHN OGRAPHISCHE GESELLSCHAFT, Zurich, Switzerland 1 ZURICH. NATURFORSCHENDE GESELLSCHAFT Zurich, Switzerland 1 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LIV. Bronze Colander, China, Early Archaic Period. Mrs. T. B. Blackstone Expedition. Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 35i Articles of Incorporation STATE OF ILLINOIS. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. William H. Hinrichsen, Secretary of State. To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: Whereas, a Certificate duly signed and acknowledged having been filed in the office of the Secretary of State, on the 16th day of September, a. d. 1893, for the organization of the COLUMBIAN MUSEUM OF CHICAGO, under and in ac- cordance with the provisions of “An Act Concerning Corporations,” approved April 18, 1872, and in force July 1, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof, a copy of which certificate is hereto attached. Now, therefore , I, William H. Hinrichsen, Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, by virtue of the powers and duties vested in me by law, do hereby certify that the said COLUMBIAN MUSEUM OF CHICAGO is a legally organized Corporation under the laws of this State. In Testimony Whereof , I hereto set my hand and cause to be affixed the Great Seal of the State. Done at the City of Springfield, this 16th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth. W. H. HINRICHSEN, [Seal.] Secretary of State. TO HON. WILLIAM H. HINRICHSEN, Secretary of State. Sir: We, the undersigned citizens of the United States, propose to form a corpora- tion under an act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, entitled “An Act Concerning Corporations,” approved April 18, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof; and that for the purposes of such organization we hereby state as follows, to wit: 1. The name of such corporation is the “COLUMBIAN MUSEUM OF CHICAGO.” 2. The object for which it is formed is for the accumulation and dissemina- tion of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating Art, Archaeology, Science, and History. 3. The management of the aforesaid Museum shall be vested in a Board of Fifteen (15) Trustees, five of whom are to be elected every year. 4. The following named persons are hereby selected as the Trustees for the first year of its corporate existence: 35 2 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Ed. E. Ayer, Charles B. Farwell, George E. Adams, George R. Davis, Charles L. Hutchinson, Daniel H. Burnham, John A. Roche, M. C. Bullock, Emil G. Hirsch, James W. Ellsworth, Allison V. Armour, O. F. Aldis, Edwin Walker, John C. Black, and Frank W. Gunsaulus. 5. The location of the Museum is in the City of Chicago, County of Cook, and State of Illinois. {Signed) , George E. Adams, C. B. Farwell, Sidney C. Eastman, F. W. Putnam, Robert McMurdy, Andrew Peterson, L. J. Gage, Charles L. Hutchinson, Ebenezer Bucking- ham, Andrew McNally, Edward E. Ayer, John M. Clark, Herman H. Kohlsaat, George Schneider, Henry H. Getty, William R. Harper, Franklin H. Head, E. G. Keith, J. Irving Pearce, Azel F. Hatch, Henry Wade Rogers, Thomas B. Bryan, L. Z. Leiter, A. C. Bartlett, A. A. Sprague, A. C. McClurg, James W. Scott, George F. Bissell, John R. Walsh, Chas. Fitzsimons, John A. Roche, E. B. McCagg, Owen F. Aldis, Ferdinand W. Peck, James H. Dole, Joseph Stockton, Edward B. Butler, John McConnell, R. A. Waller, H. C. Chatfield-Taylor, A. Crawford, Wm. Sooy Smith, P. S. Peterson, John C. Black, Jno. J. Mitchell, C. F. Gunther, George R. Davis, Stephen A. Forbes, Robert W. Patterson, Jr., M. C. Bullock, Edwin Walker, George M. Pullman, William E. Curtis, James W. Ellsworth, William E. Hale, Wm. T. Baker, Martin A. Ryerson, Huntington W. Jackson, N. B. Ream, Norman Will- iams, Melville E. Stone, Bryan Lathrop, Eliphalet W. Blatchford, Philip D. Armour. State of Illinois\ss Cook County J I, G. R. Mitchell, a Notary Public in and for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing petitioners personally appeared before me and acknowledged severally that they signed the foregoing petition as their free and voluntary act for the uses and purposes therein set forth. Given under my hand and notarial seal this 14th day of September, 1893. G. R. MITCHELL, [Seal.] Notary Public, Cook County, III. CHANGE OF NAME. Pursuant to a resolution passed at a meeting of the Corporate members held the 25th day of June, 1894, the name of the COLUMBIAN MUSEUM was changed to FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM. A certificate to this effect was filed June 26, 1894, in the office of the Secretary of State for Illinois. CHANGE OF NAME. Pursuant to a resolution passed at a meeting of the Corporate members held the 8th day of November, 1905, the name of the FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM was changed to FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. A certificate to this effect was filed November 10, 1905, in the office of the Secretary of State for Illinois. Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 353 AMENDED BY-LAWS. (February 10, 1913). ARTICLE I. MEMBERS. Section i. Members shall be of five classes, Annual Members, Corporate Members, Life Members, Patrons and Honorary Members. Sec. 2. Annual Members shall consist of such persons as are selected from time to time by the Board of Trustees at any of its meetings, and who shall pay an annual fee of ten dollars ($10.00), payable within thirty days after notice of election, and within thirty days after each recurring annual date. The failure of any person to make such initiatory payment and such annual payments within said time shall, at the option of the Board of Trustees, be sufficient grounds for the forfeiture of an annual membership. This said annual membership shall entitle the member to: First. — Free admittance for the member and family, to the Museum on any day. Second. — Ten tickets every year, admitting the bearer to the Museum on pay days. Third. — A copy of all publications of the Museum when requested. Fourth. — Invitations to all special exhibits, receptions, lectures, or other func- tions which may be given at the Museum. Sec. 3. The Corporate Members shall consist of the persons named in the articles of incorporation, and of such other persons as shall be chosen from time to time by the Board of Trustees at any of its meetings, upon the recommendation of the Executive Committee; provided, that such persons named in the articles of incorpora- tion shall, within ninety days from the adoption of these By-Laws, and persons hereafter chosen as Corporate Members shall, within ninety days of their election, pay into the treasury the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) or more. The failure of any person to make such payment within said time shall, at the option of the Board of Trustees, be ground for forfeiture of his corporate membership. Corporate Members becoming Life Members, Patrons or Honorary Members shall be exempt from dues. Annual meetings of said Corporate Members shall be held at the same place and on the same day that the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees is held. Sec. 4. Any person paying into the treasury the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00), at any one time, shall, upon the unanimous vote of the Board, become a Life Member. Life Members shall be exempt from all dues. Sec. 5. Patrons shall be chosen by the Board upon recommendation of the Executive Committee from among persons who have rendered eminent service to the Museum. They shall be exempt from all dues, and, by virtue of their election as Patrons, shall also be Corporate Members. 354 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Sec. 6. Honorary Members shall be chosen by the Board from among persons who have rendered eminent service to science, and only upon unanimous nomination of the Executive Committee. They shall be exempt from all dues. ARTICLE II. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Section i. The Board of Trustees shall consist of fifteen members. The respect- ive members of the Board nowin office, and those who shall hereafter be elected, shall hold office during life. Vacancies occurring in the Board shall be filled at a regular meeting of the Board, upon the nomination of the Executive Committee made at a preceding regular meeting, by a majority vote of the members of the Board present. Sec. 2. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held on the second Monday of each month. Special meetings may be called at any time by the President, and shall be called by the Secretary upon the written request of three Trustees. Five Trustees shall constitute a quorum, except for the election of officers or the adoption of the Annual Budget, when seven Trustees shall be required, but meetings may be adjourned by any less number from day to day, or to a day fixed, previous to the next regular meeting. Sec 3. Reasonable written notice, designating the time and place of holding meetings, shall be given by the Secretary. ARTICLE III. HONORARY TRUSTEES. Section i. As a mark of respect, and in appreciation of services performed for the Institution, those Trustees who by reason of inability, on account of change of residence, or for other cause, or from indisposition to serve longer in such capacity, shall resign their place upon the Board, may be elected, by a majority of those present at any regular meeting of the Board, an Honorary Trustee for life. Such Honorary Trustee will receive notice of all meetings of the Board of Trustees, whether regular or special, and will be expected to be present at all such meetings and participate in the deliberations thereof, but an Honorary Trustee shall not have the right to vote. ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS. Section i. The officers shall be a President, a First Vice-President, a Second Vice-President, a Secretary, an Assistant Secretary and a Treasurer. They shall be chosen by ballot by the Board of Trustees, a majority of those present and voting being necessary to elect. The President, the First Vice-President, and the Second Vice-President shall be chosen from among the members of the Board of Trustees. The meeting for the election of officers shall be held on the second Monday of Jan- uary of each year, and shall be called the Annual Meeting. Sec. 2. The officers shall hold office for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified, but any officer may be removed at any regular meeting of the Board of Trustees by a vote of two- thirds of all the members of the Board. Vacancies in any office may be filled by the Board at any meeting. Sec. 3. The officers shall perform such duties as ordinarily appertain to their respective offices, and such as shall be prescribed by the By-Laws, or designated from time to time by the Board of Trustees. Jan., 1914. Annual Report oe the Director. 355 ARTICLE V. THE TREASURER. Section i. The Treasurer shall be custodian of the funds of the Corporation, except as hereinafter provided. He shall make disbursements only upon warrants drawn by the Director and countersigned by the President. In the absence or inability of the Director, warrants may be signed by the Chairman of the Finance Committee, and in the absence or inability of the President, may be countersigned by one of the Vice-Presidents. But no warrants shall be issued, except in conformity with a regularly prepared voucher, giving the name of the payee and stating the occasion for the expenditure, and verified and approved as hereinafter prescribed. It shall be no part of the duties of the Treasurer to see that the warrants have been issued in conformity with such vouchers. Sec. 2. The securities and muniments of title belonging to the corporation shall be placed in the custody of some Trust Company of Chicago to be designated by the Board of Trustees, which Trust Company shall collect the income and principal of said securities as the same become due, and pay same to the Treasurer, except as hereinafter provided. - Said Trust Company shall allow access to and deliver any or all securities or muniments of title to the joint order of the following officers, namely: The President or one of the Vice-Presidents, jointly with the Chairman, or one of the Vice-Chairmen, of the Finance Committee of the Museum. Sec. 3. The Treasurer shall give bond in such amount, and with such sureties, as shall be approved by the Board of Trustees. Sec. 4. All vouchers executed for the payment of liabilities incurred in the administration of the Museum, shall be verified by the Auditor, and approved for payment by the Director, and the Chairman of the Administration Committee. All vouchers executed for expenditures for the construction or reconstruction of the Museum building, or buildings, shall be verified by the Auditor and approved for payment by the Chairman- of the Building Committee. All vouchers executed in connection with the investments of the Corporation, or in any way having to do with the endowment funds of the Corporation, shall be verified by the Auditor and approved for payment by the Chairman of the Finance Committee. Sec. 5. The Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago shall be Custodian of “The N. W. Harris Public School Extension of Field Museum” fund. The Bank shall make disbursements only upon warrants drawn by the Curator of “The N. W. Harris Public School Extension of Field Museum of Natural History” and counter- signed by the Auditor of Field Museum of Natural History. In the absence or inability of the said officers, warrants may be signed by such officers as shall be authorized by special resolution of the Board of Trustees of Field Museum of Natural History. But no warrant shall be issued, except in conformity with a regularly prepared voucher, giving the name of the payee and stating the occasion for the expenditure, and verified and approved by the officers above designated. It shall be no part of the duties of the Bank to see that the warrants have been issued in conformity with such vouchers. ARTICLE VI. THE DIRECTOR. Section i. The Board of Trustees shall elect a Director of the Museum, who shall remain in office until his successor shall be elected. He shall have immediate charge and supervision of the Museum, and shall control the operations of the insti- 356 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. tution, subject to the authority of the Board of Trustees and its Committees. The Director shall be the official medium of communication between the Board, or its Committees, and the scientific staff and maintenance force. Sec. 2. There shall be four scientific departments of the Museum — Anthropol- ogy, Botany, Geology and Zoology, each under the charge of a Curator, subject to the authority of the Director. The Curators shail be appointed by the Board upon the recommendation of the Director, and shall serve during the pleasure of the Board. Subordinate staff officers in the scientific departments shall be appointed and removed by the Director upon the recommendation of the Curators of the respective Departments. The Director shall have authority to employ and remove all other employees of the Museum. Sec. 3. The Director shall make report to the Board at each regular meeting, recounting the operations of the Museum for the previous month. At the Annual Meeting, the Director shall make an Annual Report, reviewing the work of the Museum for the previous year, which Annual Report shall be published in pamphlet form for the information of the Trustees and Members, and for free distribution in such number as the Board may direct. ARTICLE VII. AUDITOR. Section i. The Board shall appoint an Auditor, who shall hold his office during the pleasure of the Board. He shall keep proper books of account, setting forth the financial condition and transactions of the Corporation, and of the Museum, and report thereon at each regular meeting, and at such other times as may be required by the Board. He shall certify to the correctness of all vouchers for the expenditure of the money of the corporation. ARTICLE VI II. COMMITTEES. Section 1. There shall be five Committees as follows: Finance, Building, Auditing, Administration and Executive. Sec. 2. The Finance and Auditing Committees shall each consist of three members, and the Building and Administration Committees shall each consist of five members. All members of these four Committees shall be elected by ballot by the Board at the Annual Meeting, and shall hold office for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. In electing the members of these Com- mittees, the Board shall designate the Chairman and Vice-Chairman by the order in which the members are named in the respective Committee; the first member named shall be Chairman, the second named the Vice-Chairman, and the third named, Second Vice-Chairman, succession to the Chairmanship being in this order in the event of the absence or disability of the Chairman. Sec. 3. The Executive Committee shall consist of the President of the Board, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, the Chairman of the Building Committee, the Chairman of the Administration Committee, the Chairman of the Auditing Committee, and two other members of the Board to be elected by ballot at the Annual Meeting. Sec. 4. Four members shall constitute a quorum of the Executive Committee; three members shall constitute a quorum of the Administration Committee, and in all other standing Committees, two members shall constitute a quorum. In the Jan., 1914. Annual Report or the Director. 357 event that, owing to the absence or inability of members, a quorum of the regularly elected members cannot be present at any meeting of any Committee, then the Chairman thereof, or his successor, as herein provided, may summon any member of the Board of Trustees to act in place of the absentee. Sec. 5. The Finance Committee shall have supervision of investing the en- dowment and other permanent funds of the Corporation, and the care of such real estate as may become its property. It shall have authority to invest, sell, and reinvest funds, subject to the approval of the Board. Sec. 6. The Building Committee shall have supervision of the construc- tion, reconstruction, and extension of any and all buildings used for Museum purposes. Sec. 7. The Executive Committee shall be called together from time to time as the Chairman may consider necessary, or as he may be requested to do by three members of the Committee, to act upon such matters affecting the administration of the Museum as cannot await consideration at the Regular Monthly Meetings of the Board of Trustees. It shall, before the beginning of each fiscal year, prepare and submit to the Board an itemized Budget, setting forth the probable receipts from all sources for the ensuing year, and make recommendations as to the ex- penditures which should be made for routine maintenance and fixed charges. Upon the adoption of the Budget by the Board, the respective Committees shall be con- sidered as authorized to make the expenditures detailed therein. No increase in the expenditures under any items of the Budget shall be made, except by authority of the Board of Trustees, but the Executive Committee shall have authority, in cases of emergency, to expend a further total sum not exceeding two thousand dollars in any one month. Sec. 8. The Administration Committee shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Museum. The Committee shall hold one meeting each month with the Director at the Museum within a week preceding each Monthly Meeting of the Board of Trustees. Sec. 9. The Auditing Committee shall have supervision over all accounting and bookkeeping, and full control of the financial records. It shall cause the same, once each year, or oftener, to be examined by an expert individual or firm, and shall transmit the report of such expert individual or firm to the Board at the next ensuing regular meeting after such examination shall have taken place. Sec 10. The Chairman of each Committee shall report the acts and proceedings thereof at the next ensuing regular meeting of the Board. Sec. 1 1 . The President shall be ex officio a member of all Committees and Chairman of the Executive Committee. Vacancies occurring in any Committee may be filled by ballot at any regular meeting of the Board. ARTICLE IX. NOMINATING COMMITTEE. Section i. At the November meeting of the Board, each year a Nominating Committee of three shall be chosen by lot. Said Committee shall make nom- inations for membership of the Finance Committee, the Building Committee, the Administration Committee, and the Auditing Committee, and for two members of the Executive Committee, from among the Trustees, to be submitted at the ensuing December meeting and voted upon at the following Annual Meeting in January. 358 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. ARTICLE X. Section i. Whenever the word “Museum" is employed in the By-Laws of the Corporation, it shall be taken to mean the building in which the Museum as an Institution is located and operated, the material exhibited, the material in study collections, or in storage, furniture, fixtures, cases, tools, records, books, and all appurtenances of the Institution, and the workings, researches, installations, ex- penditures, field work, laboratories, library publications, lecture courses, and all scientific and maintenance activities. Sec. 2. These By-Laws may be amended at any regular meeting of the Board of Trustees by a two-thirds vote of all the members present, provided the amend- ment shall have been proposed at a preceding regular meeting. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Model Illustrating Panel— retreating System of Coal mining. Jan., 1914. Annual Report or the Director. 359 HONORARY MEMBERS. EDWARD E. AYER STANLEY McCORMICK HARLOW N. HIGINBOTHAM ROBERT F. CUMMINGS CHARLES B. CORY MRS. TIMOTHY B. BLACKSTONE NORMAN W. HARRIS DECEASED. GEORGE M. PULLMAN MARY D. STURGES PATRONS. ALLISON V. ARMOUR JOSEPH N. FIELD ERNEST R. GRAHAM NORMAN W. HARRIS VERNON SHAW KENNEDY GEORGE MANIERRE JOHN S. MILLER JOHN BARTON PAYNE FREDERICK W. PUTNAM FREDERICK J. V. SKIFF DANIEL H. BURNHAM WILLARD A SMITH DECEASED. WILLIAM I. BUCHANAN EDWIN WALKER 360 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. CORPORATE MEMBERS. ADAMS, GEORGE E. ALDIS, OWEN F. ARMOUR, ALLISON V. AYER, EDWARD E. HIGINBOTHAM, H. N. HUTCHINSON, CHARLES L. JONES, ARTHUR B. BARTLETT A. C. BLACK, JOHN C. BLAIR, WATSON F. BLA.TCHFORD, ELIPHALET W. BUTLER, EDWARD B. CHALMERS, W. J. CHATFIELD-TAYLOR, H. C. CLARK, JOHN M. CRANE, RICHARD T. EASTMAN, SIDNEY C. ELLSWORTH, JAMES W. FIELD, JOSEPH N. FIELD, STANLEY GAGE, LYMAN J. GETTY, HENRY H. GRAHAM, ERNEST R. GUNSAULUS, FRANK V/. GUNTHER, C. F. HARRIS, NORMAN W. HEAD, FRANKLIN H. KENNEDY, VERNON SHAW KOHLS A AT, HERMAN H. LATHROP, BRYAN McCORMICK, CYRUS H. MANIERRE, GEORGE MILLER, JOHN S. MITCHELL, JOHN J. PAYNE, JOHN BARTON PECK, FERD. W. PORTER, GEORGE F. PUTNAM, FREDERICK W. REAM, NORMAN B. RYERSON, MARTIN A. SKIFF, FREDERICK J. V. SMITH, BYRON L. SMITH, WILLARD A. SPRAGUE, A. A. SPRAGUE, A. A., 2D. STONE, MELVILLE E. ARMOUR, PHILIP D. BAKER, WILLIAM T. BISSEL, GEORGE F. BUCHANAN, W. I. BUCKINGHAM, EBENEZER BURNHAM, DANIEL H. CRAWFORD, ANDREW CURTIS, WILLIAM E. DAVIS, GEORGE R. FITZSIMONS, CHARLES HALE, WILLIAM E. HARPER, WILLIAM R. HATCH, AZEL F. JACKSON, HUNTINGTON W. LEITER, L. Z. DECEASED. McCAGG, E. B. McCLURG, A. C. McNALLY, ANDREW PATTERSON, ROBERT W PEARCE, J. IRVING PETERSON, ANDREW PULLMAN, GEORGE M. SCHNEIDER, GEORGE SCOTT, JAMES W. STOCKTON, JOSEPH WALKER, EDWIN WALLER, R. A. WALSH, JOHN R. WILLIAMS, NORMAN Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 361 LIFE MEMBERS. ADAMS, GEORGE E. ALDIS, OWEN F. BARRETT, MRS. A. D. BARRETT, ROBERT L. BARTLETT, A. C. BLACKSTONE, MRS. TIMOTHY B. BLAINE, MRS. EMMONS BLAIR, CHAUNCEY J. BLAIR, HENRY A. BLAIR, WATSON F. BOOTH, W. VERNON BUTLER, EDWARD B. BYLLESBY, H. M. CARTON, L. A. CHALMERS, WILLIAM J. CRANE, CHARLES RICHARD CRANE, RICHARD T. CUMMINGS, D. MARK DEERING, CHARLES DELANO, FREDERIC A. DICK, ALBERT BLAKE DRAKE, TRACY C. FAR WELL, WALTER FAY, C. N. FIELD, STANLEY FULLER, WILLIAM A. GARTZ, A. F. GRISCOM, CLEMENT A. GROMMES, JOHN B. HAMILL, ERNEST A. HILL, LOUIS W. HOROWITZ, L. J. HOXIE, MRS. JOHN A. HUGHITT, MARVIN HUTCHINSON, C. L. INGALLS, M. E. I SHAM, MRS. KATHERINE PORTER. JOHNSON, FRANK S. JOHNSON, MRS. ELIZABETH AYER JONES, ARTHUR B. KEEP, CHAUNCEY KING, FRANCIS KING, JAMES C. KIRK, WALTER RADCLIFFE LAWSON, VICTOR F. McCORMICK, MRS. McCORMICK, CYRUS H. McCORMICK, HAROLD F. MacVEAGH, franklin MASON, WILLIAM S. MITCHELL, J. J. NEWELL, A. B. ORR, ROBERT M. PAM, MAX PIKE, EUGENE S. PORTER, GEORGE F. PORTER, H. H., Jr. REAM, MRS. CAROLINE P. REAM, NORMAN B. REVELL, ALEX. H. ROSENWALD, JULIUS RUSSELL, EDMUND A. RYERSON, MRS. CARRIE H. RYERSON, MARTIN A. SCHLESINGER, LEOPOLD SINGER, C. G. SMITH, BYRON L. SMITH, ORSON SPRAGUE, A. A. SPRAGUE, A. A., 2D. STURGES, GEORGE THORNE, GEORGE R. WILLARD, ALONZO J. 362 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. ANNUAL MEMBERS. ADAMS, CYRUS H. ADAMS, MILWARD ALLERTON, ROBERT H. ARMOUR, GEORGE A. BAILEY, EDWARD P. BECKER, A. G. BILLINGS, C. K. G. BILLINGS, DR. FRANK BIRKHOFF, GEORGE, Jr. BOAL, CHARLES T. BROWN, WILLIAM L. BURLEY, CLARENCE A. COMSTOCK, WILLIAM C. CONOVER, CHARLES H. COONLEY-WARD, MRS. L. A. CORWITH, CHARLES R. COWAN, W. P. CUDAHY, JOHN CUMMINGS, E. A. CURTIS, D. H. DAY, A. M. DEERING, JAMES DILLMAN, L. M. EISENDRATH, W. N. FAIR, R. M. FORGAN, JAMES B. FORSYTH, ROBERT FRANK, HENRY L. FULLER, O. F. FURST, CONRAD GAYLORD, FREDERIC GLESSNER, J. J. GOODRICH, A. W. GORDON, EDWARD K. GREY, CHARLES F. GREY, WILLIAM L. GURLEY, W. W. HARRIS, GEORGE B. HARRIS, JOHN F. HASKELL, FREDERICK T. HERTLE, LOUIS HIBBARD, WILLIAM G., Jr. HITCHCOCK, R. M. HOLT, GEORGE H. HOPKINS, JOHN P. INSULL, SAMUEL JENKINS, GEORGE H. JONES, J. S. KEEFER, LOUIS KEITH, W. SCOTT KIMBALL, EUGENE S. KIMBALL, MRS. MARK LAMB, FRANK H. LAY, A. TRACY LEE, BLEWETT LEIGH, EDWARD B. LINCOLN, ROBERT T. LINN, W. R. LOGAN, F. G. LORD, J. B. LOWDEN, FRANK O. LYTTON, HENRY C. McCREA, W. S. McWILLIAMS, LAFAYETTE MacFARLAND, henry , j. MAGEE, HENRY W. MANSON, WILLIAM MANSURE, E. L. MAYER, LEVY MERRYWEATHER, GEORGE MEYER, MRS. M. A. MILLER, CHARLES P. MOORE, L. T. MOORE, N. G. MULLIKEN, A. H. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LVI I The specimen is unique. Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 363 NATHAN, ADOLPH NOLAN, JOHN H. NORTON, O. W. OEHNE, THEODORE ORB, JOHN A. OSBORN, HENRY A. PALMER, PERCIVAL B. PARKER, FRANCIS W. PEARSON, EUGENE H. PINKERTON, W. A. PORTER, WASHINGTON RIPLEY, E. P. ROSENBAUM, JOSEPH ROSENFELD, MRS. MAURICE RUNNELLS, J. S. SCHMIDT, DR. O. L. SCHWARTZ, G. A. SEIPP, MRS. C. SHEDD, JOHN G. SHORTALL, JOHN L. SKINNER, THE MISSES SOPER, JAMES P. SOUTHWELL, H. E. SPENCE, MRS. ELIZABETH E. SPOOR, J. A. STOCKTON, JOHN T. STUART, ROBERT TEMPLETON, THOMAS TOBEY, FRANK B. UIHLEIN, EDWARD G. WACKER, CHARLES H. WALKER, JAMES R. WALKER, WILLIAM B. WALLER, EDWARD C. WEBSTER, GEORGE H. WHITE, A. STAMFORD WHITEHEAD, W. M. WILSON, MRS. E. C. WILSON, M. H. WOODCOCK, LINDSAY T. BANGA, DR. HENRY BARRELL, JAMES DEERING, WILLIAM DECEASED. HORNER, ISAAC LEFENS, THIES J. MORRIS, EDWARD SELZ, MORRIS Z ~L *1 Publications of FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY REPORT SERIES Volume IV Chicago, U. S. A. 1910-1Q14 INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. VOLUME IV— REPORT SERIES. Opposite Plate No. Page The Late Edwin Walker I 1 White Pine Monograph II 12 Group of Gorillas Ill 20 Enlarged Flower Cluster of the Grape-fruit. IV 28 Miniature Tinguian Village V 38 Skeletons of Gorillas VI 48 Skeleton of Extinct Mammal VII 58 Excavating Skull of Telmatherium VIII 70 Group of Tinguian Iron Workers IX 80 Model of Twenty Stamp Gold Mill X 86 Male and Female Yellowish Chimpanzee XI 94 Group of California Condors with Nest and Egg XII 100 Group of Pelicans and Cormorants Breeding at Quill Lake ..... XIII 100 Group of Wild Turkeys XIV 100 Group of Water Birds Breeding at Quill Lake XV 100 Norman W. Harris. XVI 101 Collection of Paleozoic Sponges XVII 110 The Papaw ( Carica Papaya) of the American Tropics XVIII 118 Miniature Reproduction of Life and Activities in Igorot Village, P. I XIX 126 Habitat Group. Loon XX 133 Model and Section of Modern Iron Blast Furnace XXI 138 The Mangrove XXII 151 Group of Igorot Pottery Makers. Samoki, P. I XXIII 160 Group of American Antelope or Prong-Horn XXIV 166 Fruit Cluster of the Ilang-Ilang XXV 170 Habitat Group. Meadow Mice or Voles XXVI 176 Flowering Branch of Lignum Vitae XXVII 178 Habitat Group of Northern White-footed Mice XXVIII 181 Device for Exhibiting Petroleum Sands XXIX 182 Watson F. Blair XXX 183 Habitat Group. Sonora Grizzly Bear .... XXXI 188 Chinese Stone Sculpture of T'ang Period (742 A. D.) of Tortoise Carrying Inscribed Tablet XXXII 194 Model of Early Blast Furnace and Model of Catalian Forge XXXIII 202 Life History of a Liverwort XXXIV 208 Habitat Group. Whooping and Sandhill Cranes XXXV 218 Aurantiaceae — Citrus Family XXXVI 226 445 446 Field Museum of Natural History ; — Reports, Vol. IV. Opposite Plate No. Page Fossil Titanotheres from Utah Eocene XXXVII 232 Habitat Group. Golden Eagle XXXVIII 240 One of the Elements. Vegetable Standards of Weight and Measure XXXIX Skeleton of Early Rodent. Lower Miocene of Nebraska XL 254 Habitat Group. American Beaver XLI 260 Habitat Group. Great Blue Herron XLII 266 Igorot Women Spinning and Weaving XLIII 272 George Manierre XLIV 275 Groups of Tropical American Fishes and Tiger Shark with 38 Young XLV 284 Parade Uniform, Front and Back, of Officer in Attendance on the Emperor in the Palace, Peking, China (XVIIIth Century) . XLVI 288 Skeleton of Early Hoofed Mammal ( Dolichorhinus longiceps) XLVII 306 Habitat Group. Birds of Laysan Island XLVIII 308 Type of Case Loaned to Public Schools by The N. W. Harris Public School Extension of Field Museum XLIX 312 Reproductions of Diatoms in the Microscopic Field L 318 Reproduction of a Microscope Field Showing Bacteria LI 328 The Bacteria LI1 338 Scene from a Chinese Religious Drama LIII 344 Bronze Colander, China, Early Archaic Period LIV 350 Model Illustrating Panel — Retreating System of Coal Mines .... LV 358 Skeleton of Caenolestes obscurus, Thomas, from South America . . . LVI 362 The late Joseph N. Field LVII 365 The late Byron L. Smith LVI 1 1 370 East African Buffalo ( Syncerus caffer radcliffei) LIX 374 Skeleton of Mammoth ( Elephas Columbi) from Southern Wash- ington LX 382 Italian Bronze Cista, Third Century B. C LXI 388 Embroidered Satin Panels, China, Eighteenth Century LXII 392 Chinese Takin ( Budorcas bedfordi ) LXIII 396 Built-in Hollow Manikin Method for Mounting Small Mammals . LXIV ' 398 Breast Ornaments of Shell and Tortoise Shell, Admiralty Islands . LXV 402 Fossil Skeleton of Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus) from Triest, Austria LXVI 406 Bird Life on Walrus Island, Bering Sea LXVII 410 Slab four by seven feet on which are shown the fossil skeletons of twent}^-five Water Deer ( Leptomeryx evansi ) LXVIII 420 Marble Head of Taoist, God of Creation, China LXIX 430 Getting down the California Redwood Trunk Specimen for the Museum LXX 443 Getting the “Wheel Specimen” of California Redwood out of the forest LXXI 443 Part of the Crated Specimen of California Redwood LXXII 443 Note. — Each Report has its own table of contents; see pages 1, 101, 183, 275, and 365. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LVII THE LATE JOSEPH N. FIELD, A Benefactor of the Museum, Field Museum of Natural History. Publication i 8 i . Report Series. Vol. IV, No. 5. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR 1914. Chicago, U. S. A. January, 1915. CONTENTS Page Board of Trustees 366 Officers and Committees 367 Staff of the Museum 368 Report of the Director 369 Maintenance 371 Publications . 371 Mailing List 371 Library 373 Cataloguing, Inventorying, and Labeling 374 Accessions 375 Expeditions and Field Work 384 Installation and Permanent Improvement 384 The N. W. Harris Public School Extension 395 Photography and Illustration 396 Printing 396 Attendance 396 Financial Statement 399 Attendance and Receipts 401 Accessions 402 Department of Anthropology 402 Department of Botany 403 Department of Geology 406 Department of Zoology 410 Section of Photography 414 The Library . 414 Articles of Incorporation 431 Amended By-Laws 433 List of Honorary Members and Patrons 439 List of Corporate Members 440 List of Life Members 441 List of Annual Members 442 366 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. George E. Adams. Edward E. Ayer. Watson F. Blair. William J. Chalmers. Marshall Field III. Stanley Field. Harlow N. Higinbotham. Arthur B. Jones. George Manierre. Cyrus H. McCormick. George F. Porter. Martin A. Ryerson. Frederick J. V. Skiff. A. A. Sprague, 2nd. HONORARY TRUSTEES. Owen F. Aldis. Norman B. Ream. DECEASED. Norman Williams. George R. Davis. Marshall Field, Jr. Huntington W. Jackson. Edwin Walker. Jan., 1915. Annual Report oe the Director. 367 OFFICERS. Stanley Field, President. Martin A. Ryerson, First Vice-President . Watson F. Blair, Second Vice-President . Frederick J. V. Skiff, Secretary . D. C. Davies, Assistant Secretary and Auditor. Solomon A. Smith, Treasurer. COMMITTEES. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Stanley Field. Edward E. Ayer. William J. Chalmers. Watson F. Blair. George Manierre. Harlow N. Higinbotham. A. A. Sprague 2nd. FINANCE COMMITTEE. Watson F. Blair. Martin A. Ryerson. Arthur B. Jones. BUILDING COMMITTEE. William J. Chalmers. Cyrus H. McCormick. Frederick J. V. Skiff. A. A. Sprague, 2nd. SUB-COMMITTEE OF BUILDING COMMITTEE Stanley Field. A. A. Sprague, 2nd. Frederick J. V. Skiff. AUDITING COMMITTEE. George Manierre. Arthur B. Jones. George E. Adams. ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE. Edward E. Ayer. George Manierre. George F. Porter. Watson F. Blair. Arthur B. Jones. 368 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. STAFF OF THE MUSEUM. DIRECTOR. Frederick J. V. Skiff. DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY. George A. Dorsey, Curator. Berthold Laufer, Associate Curator of Asiatic Ethnology. Charles L. Owen, Assistant Curator Division of Archaeology. Albert B. Lewis, Assistant Curator of African and Mela- nesian Ethnology. Fay Cooper Cole, Assistant Curator Physical Anthropology and Malayan Ethnology. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. Charles F. Millspaugh, Curator. Huron H. Smith, Assistant Curator Division of Dendrology. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. Oliver C. Farrington, Curator . H. W. Nichols, Assistant Curator . Elmer S. Riggs, Assistant Curator of Paleontology. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. Charles B. Cory, Curator . *Seth E. Meek, Assistant Curator. Wilfred H. Osgood, Assistant Curator of Mammalogy and Ornithology. William J. Gerhard, Assistant Curator Division of Entomology. Edmond N. Gueret, Assistant Curator Division of Osteology. RECORDER. D. C. Davies. THE LIBRARY. Elsie Lippincott, Librarian. THE N. W. HARRIS PUBLIC SCHOOL EXTENSION. S. C. Simms, Curator. * Deceased July 6, 1914. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 1914 To the Trustees of Field Museum of Natural History: I have the honor to present a report of the operations of the Museum for the year ending December 31, 1914. The Twentieth Anniversary of the foundation of the Museum was ushered in with an intimation that it was necessary to curtail certain activities in the Institution, in view of the default in payment of inter- est on certain investments held in the Endowment Fund. There is satisfaction in announcing, however, that this condition is only tem- porary, for later in the year it was ascertained that the security for the investments referred to was ample to protect the Institution as to both principal and interest. The chief reduction in expenditure was effected by the temporary abandonment of work in the Modeling Sections of the Departments of Anthropology and Botany. It was felt that the postponement of this work would not seriously affect the plans of the Departments involved, and that the resumption of operations might be undertaken at any future time without detriment to the work in hand. Probably the most important event of the year was the tender to the Board of Trustees of a site for the new Museum building in the reclaimed area south of Grant Park by the South Park Com- missioners. It is confidently anticipated that ground will be broken on this site before the date of the next report. Already the greater part of the steel necessary for the construction of the building is on the ground, and of the marble necessary for the exterior of the structure more than one-half has been quarried and cut. In view of the necessity of retrenchment in the matter of main- tenance expenses, it was deemed advisable to discontinue for the present the two lecture courses hitherto given on Saturday afternoons in March and April, and October and November. The fact that there is no hall in the present building to accommodate these lectures, and the further fact that the only suitable auditorium with the requisite seating capacity is situated some seven miles from the Institution, seems to justify the temporary abandonment of this means of public instruc- tion. 369 370 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. The publication of a series of picture postal cards, portraying the various objects and groups installed in the Museum, was inaugu- rated during the year. The sale of the cards has been encouraging, for over fifty thousand have been disposed of, although they have only been offered for sale a few months. A second series representing forty- two objects and groups in the collections will shortly be pub- lished. The acceptance by Assistant Curator Osgood of the invitation to serve on a United States Government Commission to study and make recommendations regarding the management of the fur-seal herd on the Pribiloff Islands, deprived the Department of Zoology of his services for over half of the year. Leave of absence was granted to Curator Dorsey of the Department of Anthropology for approxi- mately one year. At least two months of Dr. Dorsey’s time, however, will be occupied in an ethnologic survey of British India in behalf of the Museum. The remainder of the leave granted is for a personal undertaking. The death of Byron L. Smith, Treasurer of the Museum, in March has to be recorded. Mr. Smith had faithfully served the Museum as Treasurer since its foundation, and as an officer of the Board, a friend of the Institution, and a high-minded public-spirited citizen of Chicago, his loss will be keenly felt. Mr. Solomon A. Smith was elected Treasurer to succeed his father. The death of Mr. Joseph N. Field, a Patron of the Museum, has also to be chronicled, and as a memorial for his generosity to the Museum, the Board of Trustees by resolution have named the hall in which the South Sea Islands ethnological material is installed the “ Joseph N. Field Hall.” The death of Dr. Seth Eugene Meek in July of this year was a shock to his associates, and is an irreparable loss to the Department of Zoology, of which he was Assistant Curator for seventeen years. Dr. Meek’s highly valuable services on behalf of the Institution were recognized by the Board of Trustees in formal resolutions adopted on the occasion of his death. Mr. Carl E. Akeley in performance of his contract completed and installed during the month of December a group of African Buffalo consisting of five individuals. This group which is installed in the South Court keeps fully up to the high standard of excellence exhibited by those previously produced by him. A brief description of this addition to the Museum groups is made elsewhere in this report. References elsewhere indicate that the activities in the Institution, more especially in the progress of installation, have been fully main- tained during the year under review. mm FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LVIII The Late Byron L. Smith, Treasurer of the Museum Corporation since its foundation Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 37i maintenance. — The cost of maintenance for the year amounted to approximately $135,000, which was $13,000 less than the amount authorized by the Board of Trustees. The total amount expended for all purposes was $198,600 being $38,500 less than the previous year. The difference between the cost of maintenance and the actual amount expended is accounted for by special appropriations for the purchase of collections. The necessary repairs to the building were performed by the regular maintenance force. Publications. — The number of publications issued during the year was seven. These seven comprise parts of five volumes, details of which follow : Pub. 173. — Report Series, Vol. IV, No. 4. Annual Report of the Director to the Board of Trustees for the year 1913. 89 pages, 14 half-tones. Edition 2500. Pub. 174.“ Zoological Series, Vol. X, No. 10. An Annotated List of Fishes known to occur in the Fresh Water of Costa Rica. By S. E. Meek. 34 pages. Edition 1500. Pub. 175. — Zoological Series, Vol. X, No. 11. Four New Mammals from Venezuela. By W. H. Osgood. 7 pages. Edition 1500. Pub. 176. — Zoological Series, Vol. X, No. 12. Mammals of an Expedi- tion across Northern Peru. By W. H. Osgood. 43 pages. Edition 1500. Pub. 177. — Anthropological Series, Vol. XIII, No. 2. Chinese Clay Figures. Part I — Prolegomena on the History of De- fensive Armor. By Berthold Laufer. 245 pages, 64 plates, and 55 text-figures. Edition 1500. Pub. 178. — Geological Series, Vol. V, No. 1. New Meteorites. By O. C. Farrington. 14 pages, 6 half-tones. Edition 1500. Pub. 179. — Botanical Series, Vol. II, No. 10. Contributions to North American Euphorbiaceae — V. By C. F. Millspaugh. 15 pages. Edition 1500. Names on Mailing List Domestic 626 Foreign 704 1,328 Distribution of Foreign Exchanges Argentine Republic .... 12 Bulgaria 1 Australia . 33 Canada 29 Austria-Hungary 32 Cape Colony 6 Belgium 18 Ceylon 3 Borneo ........ 1 Chile 2 Brazil 9 China 2 British East Africa .... 2 Colombia 2 British Guiana 2 Costa Rica 4 372 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Distribution of Foreign Exchanges — continued Denmark 9 Natal ........ 3 East Africa 1 Netherlands 20 Ecuador 1 New Zealand 7 Egypt 2 Norway 8 France 56 Peru 2 Fiji Islands 1 Portugal 5 Finland 2 Rhodesia 2 Germany 138 Roumania 1 Great Britain 120 Russia 18 Greece 2 Salvador 1 Guatemala 1 Sicily 3 India 17 Spain 7 Italy 38 Straits Settlements .... 1 Jamaica 2 Sweden 15 Japan 9 Switzerland 23 Java 4 Tasmania 3 Liberia 1 Transvaal 3 Malta 1 Uruguay 1 Mexico 18 West Indies 3 DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICATIONS (FOREIGN) BY SERIES Anthropological 291 Ichthyological 165 Botanical 373 Ornithological . .... 206 Entomological 160 Report 704 Geological 360 Zodlogical 306 Distribution of Domestic Exchanges Alabama 2 Nebraska 7 Arkansas 1 Nevada . 2 California 29 New Hampshire 4 Colorado 11 New Jersey 15 Connecticut 21 New Mexico 2 Delaware 2 New York 87 District of Columbia .... 66 North Carolina 6 Florida 3 North Dakota 2 Idaho I Ohio 20 Illinois 69 Oklahoma 3 Indiana 16 Oregon ........ 1 Iowa ........ 15 Pennsylvania 37 Kansas 6 Rhode Island 5 Kentucky 3 South Carolina ..... 2 Louisiana 4 South Dakota 2 Maine 7 Tennessee 2 Maryland 9 Texas 2 Massachusetts 65 Utah 1 Michigan 13 Vermont 4 Minnesota 9 Virginia 4 Mississippi 4 Washington 6 Missouri 1 1 West Virginia 6 Montana 2 Wisconsin 17 Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 373 Wyoming 2 Philippine Islands .... 3 Cuba 3 Porto Rico 1 Hawaii 5 Distribution of Publications (Domestic) by Series Anthropological 232 Ichthyological 151 Botanical 304 Ornithological 160 Geological 313 Report 626 Historical 161 Zoological 266 the library. — The Library contains 64,875 books and pamphlets distributed as follows: General Library 42,656 Department of Anthropology 3,189 Department of Botany 6,718 Department of Geology 9,181 Department of Zoology 3,131 64,875 There were added during the year 2,639 books and pamphlets. The principal growth has been through gifts and interchange of the Museum’s publications with individuals and institutions. Among the important purchases were complete sets to date of the Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan; Journal fur Ornithologie; Ornithologische Monats- berichte; andOrnis. Through the continued interest of friends a num- ber of valuable publications were received. Mrs. Frank W. Barker, Chicago, presented ten parts of a rare work “The Acropolis of Ancon.” Dr. Berthold Laufer, Chicago, a copy of “ Epigraphische Denkmaler aus China, Part first” recently published by Dr. Laufer and Otto Franke. Publications were also received from Mrs. F. H. Chalfant of Pittsburgh; Prof. Henry F. Osborn of New York; Sir Thomas W. Northcote of London; Judge Curtis H. Lindley of San Francisco; and Prof. Alexander W. Evans of New Haven. The courtesy of several contemporary institutions enabled the Library to complete sets of their publications. The more noteworthy were: Amer- ican Geographical Society New York City; British Museum Lon- don; Cambridge University, Cambridge, England; Kentucky Geolog- ical Survey Frankfort; South Park Commission, Chicago; Museum of Natural History, Marseilles, France; Royal Asiatic Society, Shanghai; Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland; Royal Museum of Bohemia, Prag; Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frank- fort-am-Main; Zoological Institute, Strassburg; Royal Society of Tasmania, Hobart; National University of La Plata, Buenos Aires. The books and periodicals bound during the year number 504. As routine work permits, the opportunity is being improved to make a 374 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. more careful and extended analysis of many sets of periodicals. There have been written and filed in the catalogues 21,000 cards. Twelve installments of the John Crerar Library library cards have been received and alphabetically arranged in the catalogue. During the summer months the Stack Room was thoroughly cleaned, and a com- plete rearrangement of the books made. A discarded exhibition case was fitted with shelves and converted into a temporary bookcase. DEPARTMENTAL CATALOGUING, INVENTORYING, AND LABELING. The Catalogue cards prepared by the Department of Anthropology during the year numbered 2,825, distributed as follows: Archaeology, 401; Mela- nesian Ethnology, 1,374; Asiatic Ethnology, 1,050. These cards with the addition of 1,885 from the preceding year make a total of 4,710 that have been entered in the inventory books of the Depart- ment. Of the cards relating to American archaeology some have not as yet been turned over to the cataloguer, being retained for further reference in connection with the installation of the material which they record. The number of accessions for the year is 26, of which 25 have been recorded in the inventory. The volumes of inventories number 37. The labels printed for the Department during the year number 3,045, of which 621 were for the Melanesian division, with the addition of 135 prepared for the Fiji collection by Assistant Curator Cole, 22 for American Ethnology and over 2,000 for the Division of Asiatic Ethnol- ogy. The photographic prints prepared for the Department were classified and arranged in albums, of which 1 1 volumes were added to the series, 9 containing photographs of Chinese and 2 of Tibetan specimens. The Curator of Botany reports the preparation of 650 labels. Of these all that have been printed have been placed against the objects installed. The complete card catalogue of all the collectors and geo- graphic regions represented by specimens installed, containing over 12,000 cards, has been finished and arranged in a new and readily referable steel index case. This catalogue is unique and of the greatest value not only to students of the world of plants, but to the efficiency of the Department itself. The work of inventorying the specimens organized has been kept up to date, 7,521 entries having been made during the year, making the total number of entries 412,486. The material catalogued in the Department of Geology during the year included 590 mineral specimens, 355 economic specimens, and 364 miscellaneous. A total of 2,138 labels was prepared during the year, of which 891 have been printed and distributed. The most important series of these was that for the meteorite collection, the number made for that purpose being 1,003. These labels show for each specimen the classification of the meteorite, the locality of the fall or find, date FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LIX. EAST AFRICAN BUFFALO {Syncerus caffer raddiffei). C. E. Akeley, Taxidermist. Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 375 of fall or find, the weight of the specimen and its catalogue number. A large number of miscellaneous labels in addition were prepared relat- ing mostly to material received during the year. Several of these labels were descriptive. Some of the series thus labeled include the asphalt collection, a part of the petroleum collection, the collection of Japanese volcanic material, the amber collection, a series of mammoth and mastodon teeth, and about 200 miscellaneous specimens of min- erals. The descriptive labels in Higinbotham Hall were provided with white frames corresponding in color to the interior of the cases in order to give a more attractive appearance to the installation. In the Department of Zoology cataloguing and labeling of specimens was continued as usual. In the various inventory books all new mate- rial received from Museum expeditions during the year was promptly entered as soon as the specimens were identified, and also card-cata- logued. Some rearrangement in the mammal and bird collection has been made, and the revision of old labels continued. The work of rearranging and transferring the exhibition collection of shells to new cases was commenced and about 2,500 specimens were placed on newly prepared tablets and a new arrangement of labeling adopted. Under the supervision of Assistant Curator Gerhard the entire time of one assistant was devoted to this work. The preparation of labels for the shells to be installed in the new cases is now progressing. The entire collection of humming-birds, including about 400 species and sub- species, was rearranged in new trays and properly card-catalogued, and labels for specimens of reptiles, fishes, and crustaceans, placed on exhibi- tion during the year, have been prepared and installed. The large mammal skins stored in the basement of the Museum have been re- arranged, listed, and catalogued in such a way that they are now readily accessible for quick reference. The following table shows thfe work performed on catalogues and the inventorying accomplished: No. of Record Books Total No. of Entries to Dec. 31, 1914 Entries During 1914 Total No. of Cards Written Department of Anthropology . 37 131,240 4.710 133,606 Department of Botany- 57 412,486 7,521 Department of Geology 21 129,345 1,309 7,705 Department of Zoology 40 94,160 2,255 30,045 The Library 14 96,890 1,025 185,692 Section of Photography 15 110,827 3,599 accessions. — The majority of accessions credited to the Department of Anthropology for the year have been made possible through the generosity of friends. The collection of classical archaeology has 376 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. been increased by two gifts of Mr. Edward E. Ayer - — a large Etrus- can bronze vessel with chain handle and a small variegated glass bottle from Egypt. Two other Italian bronze cistas of the third cen- tury B. C., acquired by Mr. Ayer in Rome, were purchased by the Museum. These specimens belong to a type now very scarce, and seldom, if ever, offered for sale on the market. A diorite statuette of a woman from Egypt, of great artistic beauty, likewise obtained by Mr. Ayer, was secured through exchange. The section of North American archaeology received from Mr. F. Schrott a flaked knife-blade of chert, and from Mr. Clarence B. Moore of Philadelphia an assortment of archaeological material. Fifty arrowheads and two stone axes from Rock Hall, Maryland, were secured through exchange with Mr. George C. Roberts. To Mr. Homer E. Sargent the Department is indebted for an ancient gold ring from Mexico which has been added to the exhibits of American gold jewelry in Higinbotham Hall. Dr. W. S. Lowe, Phoenix, Arizona, presented several sections of cane stem, some wrapped up with a small cotton fabric, found under a ledge of rock in the Camelback Mountains, fifteen miles northeast of Phoenix, and to have served as an offering. American ethnology has been enriched by a gift from Mr. Richard G. Ellis, consisting of a rawhide lariat, wooden bow with skin case, a stone celt, and a stone disc; and by a gift from Mrs. Frank A. Devlin of Chicago, comprising three finely carved cups of pod from Costa Rica (modern) and two prehistoric pot- tery vessels from the same locality. The following acquisitions from Assistant Curator Owen’s recent expedition to Arizona have been added: three finished two-faced Navaho blankets, and one in the loom during the process of working, two-thirds being finished; specimens of yam, and implements used in weaving. Mr. Cleaver Warden, Carlton, Oklahoma, presented the Museum with a peyote out- fit of the Arapaho. Mrs. Frank W. Barker of Chicago presented the Museum with a miscellaneous lot of 17 objects from Italy, Egypt, India, northwest coast of North America, Hawaii, and Micronesia. The fol- lowing gifts were received by the section of Asiatic Ethnology: a rhinoceros-horn presented by Mr. F. W. Kaldenberg of New York; a Japanese gold piece (10 yen), and a Japanese rectangular silver coin from Mrs. T. B. Blackstone; three printing-blocks from the Examination Halls of Nanking from the Curator; an interesting mariner’s compass, enclosed in a copper case, from Mr. Thomas Mason. Three paintings representing polo matches, one album with 25 flower-pieces painted on silk, and another containing an Atlas of Hunan Province with sixteen hand-painted colored maps, were presented by Dr. John R. Taylor, in recognition of services rendered him in the identification of his collection Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 377 of Chinese paintings. The most important gift accessioned during the year are two exquisite silk-embroidered hangings presented by Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus, who has always evinced a keen and generous interest in the work of the Museum. These specimens were made in the Imperial Atelier for use in the Palace, and are classical examples of the marvelous skill attained by the Chinese in art needlework. They have been placed on exhibition in special wall-cases in Hall 45. The Museum is further indebted to Dr. Gunsaulus for two Japanese water-colors, framed, one illustrating the pounding of tea-leaves preparatory to the tea-ceremonies, the other showing a woman engaged in painting. Three notable acquisitions for the Chinese Collection were effected by purchase. The generosity of Mrs. T. B. Blackstone enabled the Museum to secure a famous collection of ancient Chinese coins, 690 in number. This numismatic collection is of intrinsic scientific value, including, as it does, many rare and unique ancient specimens; particu- larly it abounds in those earliest forms of currency, bronze-cast sham- implements, like knives, axes, spades, bells, etc., which are of specific archaeological interest in permitting a study of the development of these ancient utensils. Mr. Chalfant, the collector, unfortunately met a premature death on January 14th, at the age of 52; his collection of ancient bone carvings, reference to which was made last year, and the coin collection in question, remain the most enduring monument of his fruitful activity and his serious aspirations. Mr. Chalfant had spent the last seven years of his life on the decipherment of the inscriptions on these bone carvings and left a voluminous manuscript on this work in two quarto-volumes. Mrs. Chalfant has placed this manuscript with others in the trust of Associate Curator Laufer, with the request that he take charge of the publication thereof. Two nephrite tablets from an imperial jade book, the one inscribed in Manchu, the other engraved with a pair of dragons, were purchased from Mr. Hackett. Through the services of Mr. W. W. Simpson, an American missionary in Taochow, Kansu, China, the Museum succeeded in obtaining the seal and grant conferred upon the Taochow Lama Temple by the Emperor K'ang-hi in 1713. When Dr. Laufer secured the remaining spoils of this temple at the time of his sojourn at Taochow in 1910, it was impossible to get hold of these documents, as the abbot of the monastery is not permitted to part with them without the sanction of the high Church Dignitaries of Lhasa. Word was accordingly left with Mr. Simpson, requesting him to arrange for this transaction, which is now felicitously concluded. The large, square seal is carved from wood surmounted by the figure of a standing lion which serves as a handle; the K'ang-hi date-mark is engraved on the top. The grant is written 378 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. out in Tibetan on imperial yellow silk, which has dragons and other designs woven in, and is stamped with numerous seals. These unique objects naturally are of principal value to the Museum, inasmuch as they furnish substantial evidence for the fact that all treasures in its possession from the Lama Temple in question were indeed turned out during the K'ang-hi era (1662-1722) and prior to the year 1713. In the Department of Botany considerable valuable material for exhibition purposes has been received. The Chicago Varnish Company has presented a very complete and valuable collection of 344 charac- teristic specimens of natural varnish gums, many of them the largest, clearest, and most typical examples of their kind known. These have been fully labeled and installed in two cases, accompanied by tubes of varnishes made from each class of gum exhibited. From the Philippine Bureau of Education a series of 147 typical fibers and objects utilizing the same have been received and installed among other objects belong- ing to the various families of plants they illustrate. Dr. Laufer has presented the Department with several characteristic specimens of “brick Tea” and of paper and raw material illustrating Chinese paper made from Derge roots. The U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry has sent in 168 specimens of crude drug substances that will serve to fill many gaps in the systematic exhibitions of plant products. The U. S. Forest Products Laboratory has contributed, in exchange, 44 examples of wood-paper pulps and papers made therefrom. The Forest Economist of India has presented 19 valuable forest products of India that assist greatly in the representation of the economics of several plant families, and the Section of Modeling, during the last month of its labors, turned over 7 models of desmid species; 9 models of diatom species; a full-size reproduction of a leafy, fruiting branch of the Horsechestnut tree; a full-size reproduction of a flowering twig of the same; a full-size reproduction of a pandanus fruit, a chocolate fruit, cakes of manu- factured chocolate, and several sections of the fruit of Connarus. The important additions to the herbarium during the past year comprise the following: The private herbarium of Mr. Geo. F. Curtiss, consisting of ferns of central North America, presented by Miss E. Curtiss; the private herbarium of Miss Carrie A. Reynolds, consisting of plants collected in northwestern North America, presented by herself; the private herbarium of Mr. C. W. Dusener, consisting of plants collected locally in Illinois and Indiana, presented by himself; and the following: Abbon, Mexico, 70; Adole, Mexico, 106; Arsene, Mexico, 689; Britton, Cowell & Shafer, Vieques Isl., 72; Britton and Shafer, Porto Rico, 217; Curacao, 51; Britton, Stevens & Hess, Porto Rico, 78; Broadway, Tobago, 56; Buchtien, Bolivia, 201; Cowles, northwestern North Amer- Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 379 ica, 1,240; Curtiss, Jamaica, 136; Elmer, Philippines, 863; Flora Exscicc. Austria-Hung., 310; Harris, Jamaica, 107; Heller, California, 169; Nevada, 242; Lansing, Illinois, 207; Macoun, Ontario, 48; Vancouver, 124; Millspaugh, Michigan, 68; Natal Botanical Gardens, South Africa, 101; Nicolas, Mexico, 120; Pennell, Gerardiae, 56; Purpus, Mexico, 408; Huron Smith, Illinois, 160; Visher, South Dakota, 51; Tonduz, Costa Rica, 55; Wenzel, Philippine, 146; and Wood, Natal, 95. Alaska: Coronation Island . Canada: British Columbia Nova Scotia . Cape Breton Island Sable Island . Ontario . Prince Edward’s Island Quebec . Ungava Vancouver Island . Newcastle Island Brandon Island . Yukon United States: Alabama American Plains Arizona Arkansas . . . . California . . . . Carolina, North Carolina, South . Colorado Connecticut . Dakota, South . Delaware . District of Columbia Florida Big Pine Key Georgia Illinois . Indiana Towa Kansas Louisiana . . . . Maryland . . . . Massachusetts . Michigan . Minnesota . Missouri Added to Herbarium 1914. Total now in Herbarium. I I 5 1,017 5 382 1 28 2 37 5i 675 1 12 36 181 2 62 132 710 3 3 1 1 1 70 4 L337 7 219 6 9,448 5 422 186 24,040 17 4,574 22 1,035 6 11,787 H 555 5i 1,093 5 L593 21 2,373 23 20,716 2 2 8 4,562 412 21,052 45 5,908 1 1,762 7 506 H 1,296 28 1,107 62 3,184 72 4,003 1 1,599 5 3,020 380 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. United States: Nebraska Nevada . New Hampshire New Mexico New York Pennsylvania Rocky Mountains Tennessee Texas Virginia . Vermont . Wyoming Central America: Canal Zone . Costa Rica . Guatemala . Honduras Mexico (in general) Yucatan . Nicaragua Panama . San Salvador West Indies: Anegada . Bahamas: Andros Island Crooked Islands Inagua Bermuda Cuba .... Hayti Jamaica . Porto Rico . Culebra Island Desecheo Island Mona Island Vieques Island St. Thomas . Santo Domingo . Tobago . Trinidad . South America: Bolivia Venezuela Curasao Island Peru .... Colombia British Guiana . Brazil Added to Herbarium 1914. Total now in Herbarium. 1 414 245 1,256 5 1,486 8 2,961 11 6,057 16 I0,86l 4 i,395 5 i,457 56 9,764 30 4,703 15 2,675 1 930 2 53 59 611 5 2,886 2 343 1,469 35,738 1 4,691 4 92 10 71 I 24 3 26 3 1,732 4 335 3 443 7 657 11 9,778 1 305 308 7,388 586 4,586 1 221 7 7 24 24 75 75 1 621 1 1,379 57 570 4 482 202 3,715 I 1,064 51 93 39 129 1 2,424 4 75 3 513 Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 381 Added to Total _ Herbarium now in EUROPE: 1914. Herbarium. Austria-Hungary 55 7.067 Bulgaria 1 2 England 2 681 France 16 4,540 Germany 33 7,131 Greece 5 530 Italy . 9 2,500 Mediterranean Islands: Corsica 2 54 Sardinia 1 8 Sicily 14 124 Poland 1 49 Portugal 3 14 Russia 7 1,600 Roumania 1 31 Servia 1 125 Spain 2 141 Switzerland 1 2,615 Africa: Canary Islands 1 47 South Africa 16 1,259 Cape Colony 3 84 Natal 89 750 Zululand 11 160 Asia: Borneo I 8 China 1 324 Mongolia 1 2 India I 1,038 Java 1 102 Siberia 1 430 Oceania: Australia: New South Wales 1 526 Victoria 6 494 Sandwich Islands . 3 465 Horticultural 28 2,650 Illustrations, Drawings, etc., mounted as herbarium sheets 233 1,245 In the Department of Geology a number of accessions have been received by gift, many of which are of unusual value. The most im- portant of these is a skeleton of the American mammoth formerly be- longing to the Chicago Academy of Sciences, which was presented through the generosity of Mr. George Manierre. This skeleton was, until recently, the only mounted skeleton of a mammoth on exhibition in America, and it still remains one of the most nearly complete and important. The skeleton was found in 1878 in Spokane County, 382 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Washington. Owing to its fragile nature and the probability that it might not remain long in the present Museum building, it was decided not to remount the specimen at this time, and it has not, therefore, been placed on exhibition. A valuable collection of minerals, with some fos- sils, the whole numbering about 300 specimens, was received from Miss E. Curtiss. Many of these specimens were of exceptional beauty and rarity. A somewhat similar, though smaller, collection numbering 48 specimens was received from Harold Wegg. It was chiefly valuable for its series of Mazon Creek fossils. Two large specimens of fossil logs, collected by Prof. R. D. Salisbury on his recent trip to Patagonia, were received during the year and made an appreciated addition. From Mr. Charles Winston eight exceptionally fine specimens of Carbonifer- ous plants from Pennsylvania and Rhode Island were received. Some of these were of importance as having been cotypes of Lesquereux and all are large and well-preserved specimens. Two excellent specimens of fossil glass sponge, Hydnoceras bathense , in group form were gener- ously presented by the New York State Museum. An excellent speci- men of fossil fish from Wyoming was presented by Mrs. E. F. Goodall. The skull of a Bison, found in an excavation near 67th Street, Chicago, was presented by Thomas Farley. This is one of few occurrences known showing the distribution of the buffalo in this vicinity. D. S. Renne, Verona, Illinois, presented two large specimens of septaria, which are interesting specimens of this type. From the Dolese & Shepard Com- pany were received two excellent specimens of Orthoceras found near Chicago. Besides the above a number of specimens of economic interest were received through the kindness of donors. Among these may be mentioned six specimens of gold and silver ore from San Bernardino County, California, presented by Dr. T. A. Dumont; 27 examples of minerals and ores from Montana, presented by Mr. J. E. Strawn; 15 specimens of gold ore from the Bella Manana Mine, Tlatlaya, Mexico, from William Brockway; 10 specimens illus- trating the manufacture of tungsten lamps, from the General Electric Company; two specimens of platinum and gold ore from the Boss Gold Mining Company of Nevada; three specimens of vanadium ore from the American Vanadium Company; 46 specimens of asphalt and its products and two large photographs of Trinidad Lake, from the Bar- ber Asphalt Company, and 1 1 specimens of coal tar and its products from the Barrett Manufacturing Company. Dr. F. C. Nicholas pre- sented a series of instructive specimens, which represented ores and lavas of Sonora, Mexico, and Messrs. L. V. Kenkel and H> V. Guild about 150 specimens of fossils and minerals from Idaho. In response to a number of requests sent to producers of building stones and marbles, FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Skeleton of Mammoth (Elephas Columbi) from southern Washington. Gift of Mr. George Manierre. (To be remounted.) Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 383 a number of cubes and marble slabs were added to the building stone collection, making it more representative than formerly. Twenty-one specimens were received from these donors. By exchange a number of important specimens were received, the most important being a large and complete skeleton of the European Cave Bear from Austria. This and a skull of the fossil whale (Zeuglodon) from Egypt were received from Dr. F. Krantz. From the University of California there was re- ceived by exchange a practically complete skeleton of the sabre-tooth Cat from the Rancho la Brea beds of California. From Grebel, Wendler & Company there was received a fine series of Brazilian phenacite crys- tals, numbering 21 specimens. From Mr. George S. Scott of New York City were received by exchange 14 specimens of various minerals; from Prof. H. B. North of Rutgers College, 8 specimens of pseudomorphs after marcasite; and from the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, three large polished specimens showing the occurrence of the silver and nick- el ores of Cobalt, Ontario. By purchase the Bishop Canyon meteorite was obtained entire; also the Scott City meteorite, nearly complete, and a large etched section of the Mount Edith, Australia, meteorite. Other purchases included: 163 specimens showing varieties and modes of occurrence of German amber; an interesting series, numbering 42 specimens, showing products of the eruption of the volcano of Sakur- ajima, a specimen of a “bread crust” bomb in this series being of especial importance; a large specimen of Orthoceras, measuring six feet in length; a series of models of diamonds cut from the Cullinan dia- mond; and 11 teeth and two tusks of a young mastodon. The Curator of Zoology reports that an important addition to the Entomological collection was received from Dr. William Barnes of Decatur, Illinois, who presented to the Museum a collection of about 3,500 moths, which are in fine condition and many of them will ulti- mately be used for the exhibition collection. Miss Elizabeth F. Curtiss also presented to the Museum a collection of butterflies containing some 1,700 specimens, which may supply some material for exhibition pur- poses. A rare species of Sphinx Moth ( Trogolegnum pseudambulyx) from Mexico, a gift from Mr. B. Preston Clark of Boston, was new to the Museum collection. The mammals and birds received from Museum Expeditions were of much scientific value and contained sev- eral new forms, which are being studied and will be the subjects of papers now being prepared for publication. The most important donation received was that of 26 large mammals and 3 birds from East Africa, presented by Mr. Brent Altsheler of Louisville, Kentucky. The collection consisted of 3 Ostriches, 4 Impala Antelopes, 1 Hartebeest, 2 Waterbuck, 1 Wart Hog, 2 Elands, 1 Lioness, 3 Grant’s Gazelle, 3 384 FieldJMuseum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Oryx, 2 Dik Dik, 1 Klipspringer, 4 Gerenuk, 1 Buffalo, and 1 Jackal. Mr. E. B. Williamson of Bluffton, Indiana, presented a number of birds during the year, and his continued interest is much appreciated. Judge R. M. Barnes of Lacon, Illinois, presented a body of the rare Trumpeter Swan. An albino crow was purchased. The Osteological col- lection was enlarged by 445 skulls cleaned for the study collection, and 5 skeletons were prepared and installed in the exhibition collection. Expeditions and field work- — At the beginning of the year the Museum had two zoological collectors in the field: Malcolm P. Ander- son in Venezuela, and Robert H. Becker in Brazil. In January Mr. Anderson proceeded to Peru and worked in high altitudes in the Andes Mountains east of Chimbote, later going to Lake Junin (altitude 14,000 feet). After leaving Lake Junin May 7th, he spent a month collecting in the vicinity of San Ramon on the Rio Chanchamayo, and sailed for home early in June. While Mr. Anderson secured valuable material, the specimens were less in number than could have been expected, owing largely to a series of unfortunate accidents. In Janu- ary, Mr. Becker proceeded from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Lagoa Santa in the State of Minas Geraes, where he made an important col- lection of birds and mammals. He then proceeded up the Rio San Francisco to Barra, and from there pushed on up the Rio Preto to and beyond Formosa, a small native town in a very little known region in the interior of Brazil. This country has not been worked by collectors, and it is unfortunate that after surmounting difficulties in reaching there, his stay had to be limited to two weeks. Interesting mammals and birds were secured, some of which are new and will be the subject of a publication in due time. Coming down the Rio Preto on a raft, which he built, Mr. Becker reached Barra safely, and from there went on to Bahia and took a steamer to Trinidad, where he had been directed to secure material for a group of Oil Birds (Steatornis caripensis). The birds, eggs, nests, and accessory material were obtained, also photo- graphs of the caves in which the birds live, and the group is now in process of construction. INSTALLATION, REARRANGEMENT, AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT. A mOSt en~ couraging feature of the work performed in the Department of Anthropology during the current year is that, despite the reduction of the force rendered necessary in January, the progress of installation has been fully maintained to a remarkable degree, and, in fact, the work in every line of activity has been pursued with energy and devotion. A total of 70 new cases has been placed on permanent exhibition, all fully and completely labeled. The material installed in these cases is distributed as follows: Southwest Ethnology, 5 cases; New Hebrides, 12 Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 385 cases ; Admiralty Islands, 1 2 cases ; Fiji, 8 cases ; Chinese, 1 9 cases ; Tibetan, 14 cases. As regards American ethnology, one case of Apache medicine shirts, one case of painted buffalo hides, two cases bearing on Paiute ethnology from California and Nevada, and one case of Pima storage baskets have been added to the Southwest Section, under the personal supervision of Assistant Curator Owen. Hall 8 has been cleared of nine cases of Borneo, three of Andaman and Nicobar, and one of Malay Peninsula material, these thirteen cases being stored indefinitely with the great number of installed cases already on the floor of the East Court. As Halls 2 and 3 have recently been devoted to the exhibition of New Hebrides, Admiralty and Fiji ethnology of the Joseph N. Field Collections, this arrangement resulted in the necessity of removing the following cases for storing in the East Court: three Sauk and Fox, one Iroquois, one painted buffalo hides, two Apache, two Warm Springs, three Shoshoni, one Klikitat, one Yakima, two Ute, two Wasco, one Comanche, one Bannock, one Kutenai, one Umatilla, and two Nez Perce. More than ninety boxes containing the Stanley McCormick Hopi material have been unpacked in Hall 16. The material has been classified and placed temporarily in new cases and storage bases, await- ing permanent installation with the exhibits of Hopi ethnology which, for the past fifteen years, have been displayed in Halls 15, 16, and 17. In Hall 17 the Hopi Home Case has been completely overhauled, the clothing renovated, and the five life-size figures repainted. Nine altar cases in the same Hall have also been subjected to a most careful and thorough examination and readjustment. Peruvian pottery, particularly from Chancay, and Egyptian tomb tablets have been properly treated and cared for to insure their preser- vation. About 400 photographs which had been stored in Hall 48 for many years have been identified as belonging to about thirty tribes, and each lot has been placed in the cases where the respective tribal group is represented. Many of these prints, varying in character and quality, show scenes no longer obtainable, and before being perma- nently installed in the various cases, should be copied on permanent paper for exhibition purposes, while the old solio prints may be pre- served for the Department albums. During the year Assistant Curator Lewis has installed thirty-two cases of Melanesian material. These, with cases installed towards the end of the previous year, include the collections from Fiji, the New Hebrides Islands, and the Admiralty Islands. Assistant Curator Cole cooperated with Dr. Lewis and superintended the installation of the material from the Fiji Islands, which fills seven cases, illustrating the clothing and ornaments, household utensils, weapons, and various 3 86 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. industries of the natives. The manufacture of tapa, an industry common throughout the whole of the South Seas, is well illustrated by numerous specimens of the implements used in the process, as well as by a great variety of finished product. Fourteen cases of New Hebrides material make an exhibit fairly representative of the culture of these islands, many of which have now almost completely lost their original features. The collections are most complete from Malekula, the largest and least known of the whole New Hebrides group. In this island alone over twenty languages are spoken, and the culture is by no means uniform. The collection illustrating the ceremonial and religious life of this people, — consisting of carved images, masks, pre- pared skulls, and figures of the dead, — is unusually complete. The various types of weapons employed by the tribe are also well illustrated, though many forms still remain to be represented. The Admiralty Island collection now occupies fourteen cases, while a considerable portion of it is not yet placed on exhibition. This collection is notable for the wealth in objects characteristic of the high degree of skill reached by these people in wood carving and decorative art. Particularly striking are the huge drums, finely carved food-bowls, some of them four feet in diameter, decorated wooden beds, and numerous carved images of various sizes, — all manifesting a well-developed artistic sense. There are several series showing the variations of design from realistic to conventional and geometrical stages, such as displayed by the forms of decorations on spears, daggers, and combs. Interesting groups of decorative elements are also seen in their personal ornaments, among which are included over 300 breast ornaments of shell and tortoise-shell, all different in decorative design despite the uniformity of type, and presenting excellent source-material for the study of variability of ornamental forms. There is also shown an extensive series of shell- bead dancing-aprons, which are rare. The process in the making of these shell beads is illustrated by numerous specimens in the consecutive stages of the work. Methods of fishing, including that of fishing by means of flying kites from canoes, which is restricted to a few localities, and the manner of preparing articles of food, are likewise shown, to- gether with models of various types of canoes. Worthy of particular mention are the four remarkable feather masks from Hansa Bay, New Guinea, presented by the late Mr. Joseph N. Field, and now placed on exhibition in the East Court. The Melanesian collections, thus briefly outlined in their main contents, have been assembled in Halls 2 and 3, which were thrown open to the public in the beginning of November. In addition to the installation and labeling of cases, much work has been accomplished by Assistant Curator Lewis in overhauling and sorting Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 387 out the different collections from other parts of Melanesia already in the Museum, many of which had not been catalogued. This cataloguing is now being pushed on with energy, and approximately 900 specimens of the Parkinson collection, as well as a few other small collections, have been entered and numbered. In the Asiatic Section installation has progressed steadily. Two large special cases designed for the Chinese stage-scenes were delivered in January, and all material and labels relating to these exhibits having been fully prepared in advance, their installation was achieved without delay. This completed the exhibits of Hall 53, which is now entirely devoted to a display of Chinese theatricals. Moreover, two new Halls have been added this year to the existing six, referred to and described in preceding Reports, and made accessible to the public. The Tibetan collection secured under the auspices of the Mrs. Black- stone Fund has received a further extension in Hall 50, which consists of 12 cases illustrating the domestic, social, and religious life of the Tibetan people in the following phases: objects used in the household; consumption of food, including articles of food, as well as the utensils serving for their preparation; consumption of tea; consumption of spirits and tobacco; basketry; ceremonial silk scarves exchanged by people in social intercourse; writing and printing; charms and domestic art; musical instruments, censers and other objects, and paraphernalia employed in the temples for religious worship. The case illustrating the process in the production of paper and books is of great culture- historical interest; it forms a counterpart of the case arranged two years ago and displaying the arts of printing and engraving in China and Japan. It contains exquisite specimens of Tibetan manuscript work written in gold and silver on black-lacquered paper, manuscripts illu- minated by colored miniatures, in which the Lama scholars excelled as successfully as the mediaeval monks, and fine samples of Tibetan and Mongol prints; especially notable are some books printed in vermilion in the Imperial Palace of Peking (so-called palace editions), and one of the largest and heaviest books ever turned out (93X pounds in weight; pages measuring 2 feet io}4 inches in length and 14^ inches in width). The case, further, contains an interesting autograph written in vermilion ink by the Dalai Lama with his own hand and transmitted by him to Mr. Laufer for presentation to the Field Museum when he had an interview with him at Peking in 1908; there is also on view an attractive series of seals with wax reproductions of their inscriptions, writing- utensils, and appliances of the printer. Hall 49, which had served during the last years as a storage-house for the East- Asiatic material and as the basis of operation to prepare and catalogue it, has been 388 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. entirely cleared, as it is planned to utilize this room for the continuation of the Tibetan exhibits, which will comprise means of transportation, saddlery, industries, costumes, jewelry, painting, and the culture of the Tibetan nomad tribes. Owing to this arrangement it was made possible to relieve the congestion prevailing in the East Court by transferring 24 new cases to Hall 49. A Tibetan coracle and the trappings of a horse, shown on a papier-mache model, are already installed in this Hall. Much time was consumed on the final installation of the large collection of Chinese stone sculpture. The pieces are of great dimen- sions and heavy in weight, and required drilling of their bases to secure solid and permanent intrenchment on the shelves. The material is installed in 12 two-foot cases, eight of which have been placed in the Rotunda of the East Annex, Hall 58, which seemed to offer the most suitable location. In order to make the best use of the available space, the principle of concentric arrangement has been adopted, the centre being occupied by a small special case sheltering an octagonal pillar inscription of the T'ang dynasty, — an important historical document which records the capture of the city of Taochow in Kansu Province through the Tibetans in the eighth century. From this centre radiates the collection of sculpture with an inner ring of four cases arranged in a square, and fortified by an outer ring of four others, flanking the niches. The distribution, balancing, and classification of the material in the cases proved a task beset with no small difficulties, partially due to the difference in bulk and weight of the single sculptures, partially owing to the repetition of the same types through the various periods of Chinese history. A chronological principle and simultaneously one according to religious types and subjects has been brought into effect. The collection well demonstrates the development of Chinese sculp- ture ip its total range from the fourth to the eighteenth century, em- bracing the two religions of Buddhism and Taoism. Three main chronological divisions have been established: the early or pre-T'ang period, fourth to sixth century, mediaeval or T'ang period (618-906), and the retrospective modern or after-T'ang epoch. The assemblage of ancient Taoist sculpture is probably unique and exceptionally rich in beautiful statues of the Supreme Deity of the Taoist pantheon; it fills two cases which have been added to the Taoist section in Halls 46 and 47, — one of these harboring in addition tombstones and inscription tablets of the T'ang period. A goodly number of Taoist sculptures has been incorporated in the Buddhistic department, in order to bring out the idea of the dependence of Taoist on Indian-Buddhist art and the interrelations of the two religions. As regards the exhibits of Buddhist statuary, the general scheme of division followed is: the Buddhas, the field museum of natural history. REPORTS, PLATE LXI. ITALIAN BRONZE ClSTA, THIRD CENTURY, B. C Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 389 Bodhisatvas, and the clergy, under each of the three chronological epochs. One case is entirely devoted to the portrait-statues of Bud- dhist monks from the T'ang period to the present, as in this manner a most striking phase in the religious and mental development of China is very forcibly impressed upon us. Nothing could better illustrate the ennobling influence of Buddhism on Oriental society and its lofty intel- lectual aspirations than these portraits of religious leaders with their refined and spiritualized features, and their sermon of salvation. It should be said that the present condition of the Halls does not permit of adherence to a rigidly scientific system of classification of these exhibits. In the Department of Botany cases representing the following economic exhibitions have been installed and fully labeled during the year: four case units of Varnish Gums; one case unit illustrating the Cycad family and its products, especially its starch roots and starches; one case unit containing the Gingko and the Yew families and their characteristic fruits and utilizations; a case illustrating in complete groups the Bacteria and their life history, the Diatoms and their methods of reproduction and growth, the Desmids and their life characteristics, and the unicellular Algae; a case illustrating all the phases in the life history of the Marchantiaceae; one unit case containing the Morning- glory family and characteristic products ; three case units of the Rubiads and their products, including an interesting reproduction of the plant known as the “living ant’s nest”; one unit case illustrating the products of the Maple family ; a unit devoted to the fruit of the Coco-de-mer palm and the uses to which it is put; one unit case each comprising the products of the Milk-weed and the Horsechestnut families; a case containing both the Passionflower and the Benzoin families and their utilized products; two units exemplifying the various uses supplied by the Ferns; three -units devoted to the Grass family, especially the fibers yielded by various species; one case each exemplifying the characters and uses of fibers yielded by the Screw-pine, the Sedge, the Palm, the Eel-grass and Banana families; one case exemplifying the botany and products of the Snakeroot family; one case containing both the Elm and the Protead families; one case containing new products of the Fig family; two unit cases devoted to the fruit characters, and various useful products of the Sumach family; one case devoted to the products of Yam and the Iris families; a case containing various characters and use- ful products of the Coca family; one case illustrating the Lignum- vitas and the Quassia families; one unit case showing the products of the Mahogany family; two units devoted to the Connarus and the Bean families; one case comprising the characters and useful materials yielded 390 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. by the Buttercup and the Akebia families and another the Barberry and the Moonseed families; and three cases representing the botany and products of the Monkey-pot and the Pomegranate families. In the Department of Geology two large mounts have been installed in Hall 36. One of these is the large Leptomeryx slab described in last year’s report. This has been installed in a floor case of standard type, feet in size, in which it makes an effective and attractive exhibit. The other large mount installed is a skeleton of a Cave Bear from Triest, Austria, which has been placed in a temporary case. The skeleton is remarkable for its large size and completeness. In connec- tion with the installation of these mounts some rearrangement of the other cases was made. There were also added to the exhibition series of fossil vertebrates a skull of Aceratherium and one of Ancodon, complete skeletal fore and hind legs of the fossil camel Oxydactylus and a skeletal hind leg of Alticamelus. The two large fossil logs from Patagonia, collected by Professor Salisbury, have been installed in this Hall. One of these logs is eight feet in height and two feet in diameter and the other is nearly as large. The structure of the wood is beautifully preserved and the evidences of former tree growth are so unmistakable as to make them impressive specimens. The large slab of Uintacrinus, which has for some time been exhibited in this Hall, was found to be undergoing considerable disintegration owing to im- perfect adherence of the slab to the plaster backing. It was therefore taken down, the thin exhibition surface removed and carefully scraped and readjusted. This was then remounted on a firm plaster bed. By this means a permanent adherence of the slab to the plaster has been obtained and a durable and attractive mounting achieved. In Hall 32 the large specimen of Orthoceras from Troygrove, Illinois, and a number of smaller specimens were installed and some minor rearrangements made. In Hall 30 a series of models showing the diamonds cut from the , Cullinan diamond has been placed in connection with the model of that diamond. In the same Hall a large number of mineral specimens have been added to the series on exhibition, less important specimens having been removed wherever necessary to provide room. The series added includes a number of new species or occurrences that have been acquired in recent years, so that all important mineral specimens may now be considered to be on exhibition. In Hall 31 the series of lavas and vol- canic products has been thoroughly rearranged in geographical groups and a number of specimens added. The additions include the series of specimens from the Japanese volcano of Sakurajima. The series of concretions, faults, and veins in this collection was also rearranged and some additions made. Some marcasite stalactites which had begun to Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 39i show signs of disintegration, were thoroughly treated with shellac and further decay checked. In connection with the rearrangement of the structural collections in this Hall, that of the study collection was car- ried on and considerable interchange of specimens made. About one- quarter of the entire exhibit, which occupies fifteen cases, was com- pletely reinstalled in order to bring the series to a satisfactory condition. To the economic collections in Hall 34 a large number of specimens has been added and a considerable amount of reinstallation performed. In several of the cases the exhibits were entirely removed in order to allow painting of the interiors. These interiors are now all a uniform black. New series installed in this Hall include a number of rare earths; a series illustrating the manufacture of tungsten wire; a series of minerals resembling gold; several series illustrating the uses of cobalt, nickel, zinc, and tin; a number of additions to the building stone collection, including several marble slabs; and a model of a log washer for iron ores. The large specimens of ores in this Hall, which had hitherto rested directly on the floors of the cases and the finish of which they injured on account of their weight and jagged surfaces, have been provided with individual wooden supports placed so as not to be visible. Further injury to the cases has thus been averted. Additions to the collections illustrating the uses of cobalt, zinc, and nickel compounds have been prepared in the Museum work-rooms and placed on exhibition. These include the pigments which have these metals for base. They are shown as varnished coatings on blocks of wood four inches square. Beside each block is placed a tube of the pigment in oil partly emptied into a small watch glass, in order to show its color in quantity. Besides the zinc pigments there have been added to the collection illustrating uses of zinc, a dry cell with the zinc exposed to illustrate electrical uses of zinc; a zinc etching block and a print from it; a jar of zinc ointment, and powdered willemite used as a fluorescent screen in X-ray and radioactive work. A beginning has been made of a collection to illus- trate uses of the rare earths and others of the less familiar elements. A Nemst lamp illustrates uses of zirconia, and a Welsbach mantle shows an important application of thoria and ceria that has made monazite valuable. A series of specimens shows all stages of the evolution of the filament of the tungsten electric light from the mineral scheelite to the wire ready to place in the lamp. One of the most interesting uses of titanium is shown in an example of the yellow enamel used by dentists. In order to obtain space for these additions, a collection of exhibited antimony ores was reduced. There has been added to the gold series a group of specimens illustrating the appearance of those minerals which are most frequently mistaken for gold. The series consists of two 392 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. specimens of gold in quartz and flake gold for comparative purposes and selected specimens of fool’s gold or pyrite, copper pyrite, native copper in slate, and two specimens of mica, one of which is mixed with sand and one is pure. To the collection of building stones exhibited, 27 cubes and slabs have been added. A large specimen of fire clay from Missouri, received in 1912, has been installed in a case in this Hall, space being obtained by moving some less important specimens. Some of the less important pigments have been removed from their place of exhibit in Hall 33 and in their place has been installed the collection of coal tar products presented by the Barrett Manufacturing Company. The production of dyes, etc., from these substances make them of especial interest at the present time. Some additions have been made to the coal mine model in order to make some of its features more readily appreciable. Some of the underground portion has been cut away in order to show the position of the ventilating shaft and its connection with the hoisting shaft. This makes more evident the course of the ventilating system. In order to make the exhibit of washed iron ores, more instructive a small model of a log washer was constructed by the Assistant Curator and installed in connection with that exhibit. The model shows a trough containing a log bearing a series of fins arranged in a screw-like manner; a hopper and track on which the unwashed ores are brought to the washer; an engine house containing the en- gine for providing power for operating the washer; and a car for remov- ing the washed ore. A scale of one-third of an inch to the foot was carefully adhered to in constructing the model, such a size having been adopted in order that the model might not overbalance the collection. The model is chiefly intended to assist the label in making the collection more instructive. The usefulness of such models has been very favor- ably commented on by visitors, on account of the ease with which the details of the models can be studied as compared with the noise, confu- sion, and complexity encountered in visits to large working plants. Some improvements have been made in the installation of the collection of petroleums shown in Alcove 107, chief among them being replacement of the large two-gallon bottles of petroleum products by smaller bottles, which are uniform in pattern with those in which the crude petroleums are installed. The appearance of the collection has thus been much improved. The installation of the other petroleum products has like- wise been somewhat revised and improved. The series showing asphalts and their uses received from the Barber Asphalt Company, with two large photographs of Trinidad Lake, has been installed in Hall 35. Several new specimens of graphite have also been added to the graphite collection in this Hall. The specimens illustrating lithology and ;ld museum of natural history. REPORTS, PLATE LXII. Embroidered Satin Panels, China, Eighteenth Century. Gift of Dr. Gunsaulus. Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 393 structural and dynamical geology, which occupy the drawers under the lithological exhibits, have been completely reinstalled; all specimens have been placed in trays in a logical order and labeled, the drawers have been numbered, and indexes have been prepared so that any specimen wanted can be found at once and can be shown to anyone desiring to study it. Material was prepared for several new cases for the work of the Harris Fund, in addition to a number of duplicates of those previously prepared. The new subjects illustrated include semi- precious stones, varieties of common rock, volcanic products, and coal- tar products. In the laboratory of vertebrate paleontology the prepara- tion of vertebrate fossils has been actively continued and a considerable amount of material has been prepared. A skeleton of the sabre-tooth tiger was prepared for mounting; completion of the preparation and mounting of the slab containing 25 skeletons of the Water Deer, Lepto- meryx, described in last year’s report, was accomplished; the large slab of Uintacrinus was taken apart and entirely remounted; a skeleton of the Cave Bear was repaired and remounted; a nearly complete skeleton of the fossil camel Oxydactylus and a skull of Elotherium were prepared for exchange; a partial skeleton of Oxydactylus and skulls of Aceratherium and Ancodon were prepared for exhibition; a large specimen of Orthoceras was cleaned of plaster and a durable mount provided; the skeleton of the Washington mammoth presented by Mr. George Manierre was disarticulated and carefully packed in boxes so as to provide safety in storage; a set of jaws of the large shark Char- charodon was cast in plaster and mounted for the purpose of replacing the former exhibit of this kind which was somewhat defective as to de- tail; some progress was made in mounting a skeleton of Canis diurus, and the entire collection of teeth of mammoths and mastodons, some of which were undergoing disintegration, was carefully treated in such a manner as to insure its preservation. In the Department of Zoology a large habitat group of American Bison or Buffalo, consisting of five animals, a large old bull, a young bull, two females, and a calf, has been added to the exhibition collection. The scene is laid in Nebraska. Burrowing Owls, Prairie Dogs, and Rattlesnakes, which are common in that prairie country, are included in the group. The following single mammals have been installed and placed on exhibition in the serial collection: Chinese Takin ( Budorcas bedfordi), a rare large mammal; Kansu Deer ( Cervus kansuensis) ; Spectacled Bear (T remar do s ornatus), a rare species from the Andes of Peru secured by Museum expedition, as was also the White-lipped Peccary ( Tayassu pecari ); Drill ( Papio leucocephalus); White-tailed Mongoose ( Ichneumia albicauda), and Porcupine ( Erethizon dorsatum). 394 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Painted backgrounds for a large group of Moose and a group of South American Capybara, including a Jaguar, have been prepared, and con- siderable work on the accessories for both these groups has already been done. The mounting of the specimens for the Moose group, very fine specimens secured by a Museum expedition last fall, is progressing in a satisfactory manner. A new method for making artificial bodies (manikins) for small mammals was introduced by Taxidermist Pray, which seems a decided improvement over the old way. A striking group of East African Buffalo, created by Carl E. Akeley, was installed in the South Court late in the year. This group, which includes two old bulls, one young bull, a cow, and a calf, is an impres- sive example of the possibilities of modern taxidermy. The five bulky animals are so skilfully and naturally grouped that the effect of space and power is not lost even in the confinement of a case of moderate size. In addition to simplicity and fidelity to nature both in grouping and in modeling, the individual animals of this group have an unusual quality produced by a new and superior technique in the treatment of the skin. The principal feature of this method consists in applying the tanned skin to the model in a dry instead of moistened condition. The result in the finished specimen, especially in the case of thinly haired animals, is much more likelife than that of other methods, the skin appearing soft and natural instead of hard and unyielding. In the exhibition of comparative osteology 445 skulls were cleaned, and the follow- ing skeletons mounted and installed: Gila Monster ( Heloderma horridum ); Box Turtle ( Cistudo Carolina ); Jacana ( Jacana spinosa) ; Pigeon ( Columba livid), and Cave Bat ( Eonycteris spelcea). A large habitat group of birds representing bird life in the far north on Walrus Island, Alaska, has been completed and placed on exhibition. This group includes 51 birds with nests, eggs, and several nestlings; some of them, notably the Red-faced Cormorant, are rare and are becoming more so each year. Among the most interesting birds in this group may be mentioned, in addition to the Red-faced Cormorants, theTufted Puffins, Homed Puffins, Paroquet Auklets, and various species of Gulls (among them the Red-legged Kittiwake Gull), Murres, etc. An instmctive feature of the group is in showing the Glaucous and Glaucous-winged Gulls stealing and eating the eggs of the Pallas Murres, which breed in great numbers on this barren, isolated island. For the serial collection there were mounted: 1 Coot ( Fulica americana ); 1 Red- shouldered Hawk ( [Buteo lineatus) ; 2 Kittlitz Murrelets (Brack yr am phus brevirostris ), and 1 Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) . A number of bird skins from fresh specimens sent in for the study collec- tion, including the Snowy Owl, were prepared. A number of fishes and Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 395 crustaceans have been painted for the exhibition collection. One exhibition case of mounted fishes from California was installed, and 88 fishes, 79 from Florida and California and 9 from Alaska, have been mounted and painted. Included are many handsome species, among them being a number of Salmon and Trout from California. A con- siderable number of specimens of various insects, moths, butterflies, beetles, etc., have been pinned and prepared. Early in the year 16 A- shaped cases were delivered for installing the exhibition collection of shells and insects to replace the flat cases at present in use. The Assist- ant Curator of Entomology devoted considerable time to rearranging shells for the new method of installation. Upon the return of Collector Becker from South America he was added to the staff of assistants in this Department and devoted his time to this work. The N. w. Harris Public School Extension of Field Museum of Natural History, — The Curator reports that the practical inauguration of Mr. Harris’ benefaction has been attended with success. The cases prepared dur- ing the year number 207, making, with the cases previously installed, a grand total of 286. The pupils in the public schools examining these collections during the year numbered 368,044. The schools pro- vided with cases were 326, divided as follows: Main Schools 266, Branch Schools 39 and Vacation Schools 21. Each Main School was provided with not less than 6, each Branch School with not less than 3, and each Vacation School with not less than 12 cases at a time. The automobile delivery car designed for the distribution of the circulating collections was delivered during the year and has proved satisfactory. It has a capacity of 45 cases and travels each day of the school week approximately 80 to 100 miles. Thirty-four of the cases will be exhibited at the Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, during the coming year. 396 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Photography and illustration. — The reduction in the force of this section naturally affected the output for the year. Still the showing made is satisfactory. The following is a statement of the work performed : ° (D fc-IS’d s a «4-l 0 ° Crt « sj a to 0 3 ^ c 0 S HT) u 0 co w Q) 0 3 Purchases: 2 nephrite tablets from imperial jade book inscribed in Manchu, China. 1 wood-carved seal. 1 grant written on yellow satin and bestowed by Emperor K’ang-hi on Lama Temple near Taochow, Taochow, Kansu Prov., China. 20 tear bottles from Egypt. 2 Italian bronze vessels of Greek style, Rome. FOWLER, E. H., Chicago, Illinois. Large flaked implement, shells, fragments of pottery, rejects from cave, and five stone objects — Pinal Co., Arizona. FRIESSER, J., Chicago, Illinois. 1 Buffalo skull — Fort Pierre, South Dakota. GUNSAULUS, DR. F. W., Chicago, Illinois. 2 silk embroidered hangings from Imperial Palace of Peking, Peking. 2 Japanese water colors framed under glass — Japan. KALDENBERG, F. W., New York City. 1 Rhinoceros horn. LOWE, DR. W. S., Phoenix, Arizona. 6 sections of ceremonial cane stem. 3 same as preceding, with the addition of a small rectangular cotton fabric tied around the joint — Camelback Mts., Arizona. MASON, THOMAS, Chicago, Illinois. 1 Chinese mariner’s compass, in case of polished copper — Hankow, China. MOORE, C. B., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Archeological specimens. ROBERTS, GEORGE C., Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania. 50 arrow-heads. 2 stone axes. SARGENT, HOMER E., Chicago, Illinois. Mexican gold ring — Mexico. SCHROTT, FRED, Salt Lake City, Utah. Flaked knife blade of chert — Caliente, Nevada. TAYLOR, DR. JOHN R., Madison, Wisconsin. 3 Chinese paintings representing a match of polo — China. 2 painted albums — Peking, China. WARDEN, CLEAVER, Carlton, Oklahoma. Peyote Outfit — Oklahoma. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. (accessions are by gift unless otherwise designated.) ARTHUR, PROF. J. C., Lafayette, Indiana. Herbarium specimens. B AMBER, C. A., St. Cloud, Florida. 1 bundle Palmetto sheaths — St. Cloud, Florida. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, Washington, D. C. Herbarium material, 200 Grasses (exchange). Specimens of Crude Drugs (exchange). CARSON, DR. H. R., Phoenix, Arizona. Herbarium specimen — Arizona. 404 Field Museum oe Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV, COKER, W. C., Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Herbarium specimen — South Carolina. COOS BAY PULP & PAPER COMPANY, Marshfield, Oregon. Compound Pulp for paper manufacture — Marshfield, Oregon. COVILLE, DR. FREDERICK V., Washington, D. C. Photograph of the original description of Euphorbia adenoptera. COWLES, PROF. H. C., Chicago, Illinois. 1241 herbarium specimens. Herbarium specimens — Indiana and Greenhouse. CURTISS, MISS E., Chicago, Illinois. Private herbarium of George F. Curtiss. DAHLGREN, DR. B. E., Chicago, Illinois. Herbarium specimens — Colorado. DAY, MISS MARY F., Cambridge, Massachusetts. Generic descriptions — Cambridge, Massachusetts. DEUSNER, C. W., Chicago, Illinois. His herbarium — Illinois and Indiana. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Collated by O. E. Lansing, Jr.: 1 plant description. Collated by C. F. Millspaugh: 337 herbarium specimens. 31 illustrations of species. Wood of Oregon Maple. Wood plates Sugar Maple. 1 specimen fruit. 1 specimen wood. 3 parts herbarium specimens — New Mexico. Collated by H. H. Smith: 3 board specimens — Philippines. Collected by B. E. Dahlgren: Dry fruit Pandanus — Jamaica. Collected by O. E. Lansing, Jr.: 229 herbarium specimens — Starved Rock State Park, Illinois and Indiana. Collected by H. H. Smith: 14 herbarium specimens — Indiana. 147 economic specimens— Indiana. Purchases: 424 herbarium specimens — Nevada and California, Texas and New Mexico Various fibers and their utilizations — Philippine Islands. 200 herbarium specimens. Herbarium specimens. 863 herbarium specimens. 1414 herbarium specimens — Mexico. 2 herbarium specimens — Bolivia. 56 herbarium specimens — Tobago. Cocaine. Rose petal rosary and components — California. Section of Modeling: 7 glass reproductions of Desmidae. Jan., 19x5. Annual Report of the Director. 405 Green Algae and Desmids. Branch of Horsechestnut. Flowers of Horsechestnut. Fruits of Horsechestnut. Chocolate pod. Chocolate cake. Reproduction of fruit of Pandanus utilissimus. Sectional fruits of Connarus — Java. FOREST ECONOMIST, Dahra Dun, India. 9 economic forest products — India. 19 vegetable products — India. FORBES, F. F., Brookline, Massachusetts. 23 herbarium specimens. GARCIA, DR. CRESCENCIO, Tigulpan, Mexico. Coca leaves — Mexico. GAULT, BENJ. T., Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Trunk section. Board specimen. Photographic prints all of Crataegus Gaultii Sarg. — Illinois. GRAY HERBARIUM, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Description of Euphorbia adenoptera. GREENE, PROF. E. L., Washington, D. C. 2 herbarium specimens. HAMILTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Maple wood type — Wisconsin. HELLER, A. A., Chicago, Illinois. 5 herbarium specimens. HOLZINGER, JOHN M., Winona, Minnesota. 1 herbarium specimen — Coronation Island, Alaska. KROUT, DR. A. F., Glenolden, Pennsylvania. 4 herbarium specimens — Pennsylvania. LAUFER BERTHOLD, Chicago, Illinois. Derge paper-root and paper. Tibetan Tea. Tibetan medicines — Tibet. Tibetan Brick Tea — Tibet. MILLSPAUGH, MRS. CLARA MITCHELL, Chicago, Illinois. Cherry tree gum — Lake Side, Michigan. MILLSPAUGH, C. F., Chicago, Illinois. Fruits of Asclepias syriaca. Fruits of Calotropis gigantea — Jamaica and Illinois. 192 colored illustrations of Mushrooms — Austria. Bundle Scouring rushes — Lake Side, Michigan. 65 herbarium specimens — Michigan. 3 herbarium specimens — District Columbia. MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, St. Louis, Missouri. 316 herbarium specimens — Austro-Hungary. 2 photographs of a type (exchange). NATAL HERBARIUM, Berea, Durban, Union of South Africa. 1 01 herbarium specimens — South Africa. 406 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN, New York City. 2 herbarium specimens — Jamaica (exchange). 649 herbarium specimens (exchange). Specimen of Pedilanthus Smallii Millsp. (exchange). 10 herbarium specimens (exchange). 220 herbarium specimens — West Indies (exchange). 2 herbarium specimens — Big Pine Key, Florida (exchange). 1 herbarium specimen — ■ Mexico (exchange). PADILLA, DR. SISTO ALBERTO, Salvador. 1 herbarium specimen — Salvador. PARISH, S. B., San Bernardino, California. 6 herbarium specimens — California. REECHER, S. E., Chester, Illinois. 8 herbarium specimens — Illinois. REYNOLDS, MISS CARRIE A., Chicago, Illinois. Herbarium specimens — Illinois, Yellowstone, San Juan Island. SAFFORD, LIEUT. W. E., Washington, D. C. Dried petals of Cymbopetalum penduliflorum — Guatemala. SHERFF, EARL E., Chicago, Illinois. 1 herbarium specimen — France. SMITH, HURON H., Chicago, Illinois. 160 herbarium specimens — Illinois and Wisconsin. UNITED STATES FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY, Madison, Wisconsin. 44 specimens of Wood Pulp for paper making (exchange). UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, Washington, D. C. 6 photographs of types (exchange). UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Herbarium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 56 herbarium specimens (exchange). URBAN, PROF. DR. IGNATZ, Daglem-Steglitz. Part of type herbarium specimen — Cuba. WAITE GRASS CARPET COMPANY, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 5 specimens illustrating the manufacture of grass carpet — Wisconsin. WILLEY, C. L. COMPANY, Chicago, Illinois. Board and veneer of Gaboon Mahogany — Gaboon, Africa. WOLCOTT, A. B., Chicago, Illinois. 1 herbarium specimen — Illinois. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. (accessions are by gift unless otherwise designated.) AMERICAN VANADIUM COMPANY, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 3 specimens vanadium ores — Minasrarga, Peru. BARBER ASPHALT PAVING COMPANY, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 46 specimens asphalt and asphalt products. 2 large photographs of Trinidad Pitch Lake — Trinidad and Venezuela. BARKER, MRS. F. W., Chicago, Illinois. 1 specimen travertine. 1 specimen tourmaline. BARRETT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Chicago, Illinois. 1 1 specimens coal tar and products. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LXVI Fossil Skeleton of Cave bear (Ursus speiaeus) from Triest, Austria. Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 407 BURNHAM, AUSTIN A., Cleveland, Ohio. 1 specimen fossil fish (Palaeoniscus brainerdi) in matrix — Chagrin Falls, Ohio. BLACKWELL, JOHN T., Chicago, Illinois. 12 specimens agate, jasper, opal, etc., — Trinity County, California. BOSS GOLD MINING COMPANY, Goodsprings, Nevada. 2 specimens platinum and gold ore — Goodsprings, Nevada. BOYDEN, DWIGHT B., Chicago, Illinois. 20 specimens bonanza silver ores. 1 specimen native copper — Mexico and Arizona. BROCKWAY, WM., Tlatlaya, Est. de Mexico, Mexico. 16 specimens gold ores and associated minerals — Tlatlaya, Mexico. CHICAGO VARNISH COMPANY, Chicago, Illinois. Block varnished with elaterite varnish. CLEVELAND STONE COMPANY, Cleveland, Ohio. 1 dressed specimen of Gray Canyon sandstone — Cleveland, Ohio. MICHAEL COHEN & COMPANY, New York City. 1 four-inch cube of Caen stone — France. COLORADO-YULE MARBLE COMPANY, Chicago, Illinois. 1 four-inch cube white Colorado-Yule marble — Yule Canyon, Colorado. CURTISS, MISS E., Chicago, Illinois. 289 specimens minerals and fossils. DETROIT GRAPHITE COMPANY, Chicago, Illinois. 1 specimen graphite — Baraga County, Michigan. JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE COMPANY, Jersey City, New Jersey. 5 specimens crude and refined graphite. DJORUP, FRANTZ, Chicago, Illinois. 4 specimens magnesium oxy-chloride cement flooring. DOLESE & SHEPARD COMPANY, Chicago, Illinois. Orthoceras in matrix — Gary, Illinois. 1 specimen fossil orthoceras — Gary, Illinois. DUMONT, DR. T. A., and ADAMS, H. C., Dumont, Iowa. 5 specimens silver ores. 1 specimen gold ore — San Bernardino County, California. FARLEY, THOS., and O’TOOLE, MICHAEL, Chicago, Illinois. Skull of Bison Americanus — Chicago. FIELD, JOSEPH N., EXPEDITION. 6 specimens volcanic tuff — Ambrym, New Hebrides. FIELD IMUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Collected by O. C. Farrington: 1 crystal of orthoclase — Stoneham, Maine. Collected by H. W. Nichols: 1 specimen vegetable mold — Antioch, Illinois. Purchases: Bishop Canyon Meteorite. Scott City meteorite. 1 specimen orthoceras. Set of nine models of diamonds cut from the Cullinan diamond. Collection of volcanic products from the January, 1912, eruption of Sakurajima. 4o 8 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Pictures of same. i etched slice Mt. Edith meteorite. Collection illustrating varieties of amber — Prussia. Teeth of fossil shark — South Carolina. Jaw of modern shark. Teeth and tusks of young mastodon — Chesterton, Indiana. EDISON LAMP WORKS OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Chicago, Illinois. io specimens illustrating all stages of the manufacture of the tungsten lamp filament. GOODALL, MRS. ELLEN F., Chicago, Illinois, i fossil fish — Wyoming. GREBEL, WENDLER & COMPANY, Geneva, Switzerland. 21 specimens minerals (exchange). GUILD, H. G., Vale, Oregon. 137 specimens fossil shells, moss agate, etc. — Eastern Oregon. HARDIN, O. B., Chicago, Illinois. 1 specimen black sand — Woods County, Oklahoma. ILLINOIS STEEL COMPANY, Chicago, Illinois. 4 specimens coke oven by-products — Gary, Indiana. KENKEL, L. V., New Plymouth, Idaho. 26 specimens minerals and fossils — Eastern Oregon. KRANZ, DR. F., Bonn, Germany. 1 skull and lower jaw of Zeuglodon osiris — Fayum, Egypt (exchange). Mounted skeleton of cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) — Triest, Austria (exchange). LAMB, N. F., Jonesboro, Arkansas. 2 elephant teeth — Bay, Arkansas. LEE MARBLE WORKS, Lee, Massachusetts. 1 polished slab of marble. 1 four-inch cube of marble — Lee, Massachusetts. MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANITE CORPORATION, Portland, Maine. 1 cube each of Redstone Pink, Redstone Green, and North Jay White granite — North Jay, Maine and Redstone, New Hampshire. MANIERRE, GEORGE, Chicago, Illinois. Skeleton of the Mammoth — Spokane County, Washington. MARSH, C. H., Marshfield, Oregon. 2 specimens natrolite — Douglas County, Oregon. McDERMOTT STONE COMPANY, McDermott, Ohio. 2 specimens building stone — McDermott, Ohio. MEREDITH MINING AND MILLING COMPANY, Libertyville, Illinois. 1 specimen crushed feldspar sized for bird grit — Coatesville, Pennsylvania. THE MICA MILLING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Crawford, Nebraska. 1 specimen mica. 1 specimen ground mica — Crawford, Nebraska. THE MT. WALDO GRANITE WORKS, Frankfort, Maine. 1 four-inch dressed cube of Mt. Waldo Granite — Mt. Waldo, Maine. Jan., 1915. Annual Report oe the Director. 409 THE NERNST LAMP COMPANY, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1 Nernst lamp. NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM, Albany, New York. 2 specimens fossil glass sponge (Hydnoceras bathense H. & C.) — Bath, New York. NICHOLAS, DR. F. C., New York City. 62 specimens ores and lavas — Sonora, Mexico. NORTH, PROF. H. B., New Brunswick, New Jersey. 6 specimens limonite after marcasite. 1 specimen hematite. 1 specimen iridescent pyrite — Wisconsin and New Jersey (exchange). NORTH CAROLINA GRANITE CORPORATION, Mt. Airy, North Carolina. 1 dressed block Mt. Airy granite — Mt. Airy, North Carolina. OHIO QUARRIES COMPANY, Cleveland, Ohio. 1 four-inch dressed cube of Buckeye gray sandstone — Cleveland, Ohio. PATTEE, FRED, Chicago, Illinois. 1 specimen asbestos — Grand Canyon, Arizona. PELTZER, ALBERT, Argo, Illinois. 1 specimen Orthoceras — Argo, Illinois. PHENIX MARBLE COMPANY, Kansas City, Missouri. 2 specimens gray marble — Kansas City, Missouri. PIERCE, HENRY B., Golconda, Illinois. 2 specimens fluorite (1st quality optical) — Golconda, Illinois. POTTER, LOUIS C., Chicago, Illinois. 1 geode — Mississippi River near St. Louis, Missouri. RENNE, D. S., Verona, Illinois. 2 septaria — Marseilles, Illinois. ROCKPORT GRANITE COMPANY, Rockport, Massachusetts. 3 four-inch cubes of granite — Massachusetts and Maine. ROMANO, JOSEPH, Chicago, Illinois. 1 specimen eroded limestone — Melrose Park, Illinois. ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM OF MINERALOGY, Toronto, Canada. 3 polished specimens of silver ore — Cobalt, Ontario (exchange). ST. JOHN, C. A., Wayland, New York. 1 marcasite concretion — Ogden, Iowa. SALTO, DR. A. B., Copenhagen, Denmark. 1 specimen carnotite — Paradox Valley, Colorado. SALISBURY, PROF. R. D., Chicago, Illinois. 2 fossil tree trunks — Patagonia. SCOTT, GEO. S., New York City. 13 specimens minerals (exchange). 1 specimen amethyst — Cripple Creek, Colorado (exchange). SHNABLE AND QUINN, Chicago, Illinois. 1 specimen Orthoceras — Calumet-Sag Canal. SPANISH AMERICAN IRON COMPANY, New York City. 3 specimens iron ore — Cuba. SOUTH DOVER MARBLE COMPANY, New York City. 1 four-inch cube of white marble, dressed. 1 polished slab of white marble — South Dover, New York. 4io Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. STEARNS COAL AND LUMBER COMPANY, Stearns, Kentucky. i specimen carbonate iron ore — Stearns, Kentucky. STRAWN, J. E., Silver Star, Montana. 47 specimens of minerals and ores — Tobacco Root Mts., Montana. THURSTON, DR. FREDUS A., Chicago, Illinois. Titanium oxide coloring artificial teeth. UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY, Chicago, Illinois. 5 specimens raw materials and finished Portland cement. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, California. Skeleton of saber-tooth tiger ( Smilodon neogens ) — Los Angeles, Cal. (exchange). WEBB GRANITE AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Worcester, Massachusetts. 3 dressed cubes of granite — Massachusetts and New Hampshire. WEGG, HAROLD, Chicago, Illinois. 48 specimens minerals, ores and fossils. WINSTON, CHAS., Chicago, Illinois. 8 specimens carboniferous plants — Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. (accessions are by gift unless otherwise designated.) ABBOTT, J. B., Chicago, Illinois. 1 moth — Chicago, Illinois. ALTSHELER, B., Louisville, Kentucky. 3 ostrich skins. 1 piece of skin (head) of an Oryx. 2 mammals (skins only). 3 mammals (skulls, scalps and skins). 6 mammals (skulls and scalps only). 16 mammals (skulls and entire skins) — British East Africa. BARKER, MRS. F., Chicago, Illinois. 1 specimen of brain coral. 1 specimen of sea fan. 2 specimens of sponges. BARNES, JUDGE R. M., Lacon, Illinois. 1 Trumpeter Swan. 1 Whistling Swan. 2 bodies of Trumpeter Swans. 1 body of Whistling Swan. BEATY, W. L., Homestake, Montana. 2 wolf skulls — Homestake, Montana. CLARK, B. PRESTON, Boston, Massachusetts. 1 Sphinx Moth — Guerro Mill., Hidalgo, Mexico. CORWIN, MRS. C. A., Chicago, Illinois. 1 House Wren — Chicago, Illinois. CORY, MRS. C. B., Chicago, Illinois. 1 box Turtle — Kelsey Lake, Dowagiac, Michigan. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Bird Life on Walrus Island, Bering Sea. axidermy by L. L. Pray. Background painted by C. A. Corwin Jan., 1915. Annual Report oe the Director. 411 CURTISS, MISS E., Chicago, Illinois. 1 dragonfly — Bahamas. 150 butterflies and moths — the World. 169 beetles — United States. 105 beetles — foreign countries. DERBY, W. M., JR., Chicago, Illinois. 1 Ruddy Duck — Illinois. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Collected by M. P. Anderson: 8 mammals — Venezuela. 219 bird skins — North West Peru. 1 box of accessory material — Venezuela. 182 bird skins — North West Peru. 69 mammals. 1 mammal (skin only). 7 mammal skulls — North West Peru. 18 bats — Colon and Maracaibo, Venezuela. 18 mammals. 4 mammal skulls. 1 bat — Peru. 55 bird skins — Peru. 50 bird skins — Lake Junin, Peru. 16 mammals. 2 mammals (skins only) — Lake Junin, Peru. 1 mammal skull — Salaverry, Peru. 4 land shells. 5 crustaceans. 3 snakes. 6 toads. 16 lizards. 35 fish — Venezuela and Peru. 6 snakes — Chimbote, Peru. 2 lizards — Near Chimbote, Peru. 514 spiders, bugs, grasshoppers, crickets, moths, butterflies, beetles, flies, bees, wasps, etc. — Peru, South America. Collected by R. H. Becker: 1 lantern fly. 2 millipedes. 4 moth larvae — Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil. 1 centipede. 1 ear-wig — Northern Trinidad. 1 19 mammals. 16 mammal skulls. 12 mammals (skins only) — Brazil. 13 snakes. 1 lizard — Brazil. 372 bird skins — Brazil. 145 bird skins — Brazil. 45 mammals. 60 mammals — Rio das Velhas, near Lagoa Santa, Brazil. 4i2 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. 1 17 bird skins — Rio Preto Region, Brazil. 5 mammals. 6 mammal skulls — Trinidad. 29 bird skins. accessories for group of oil birds (eggs, nests, etc.) — Trinidad. 63 mammals. 18 mammal skulls. 3 mammals (skins only). 79 bats — Rio Preto Region, Brazil. 1 1 fish — Junction of Rio Grande and Rio Sao Francisco, Brazil. Collected by J. Friesser: 1 8 bird skins — Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Collected by W. J. Gerhard: 24 dragonflies, bugs, grasshoppers, butterflies, moths, beetles, etc. — Northern Indiana and Northern Illinois. Collected by S. E. Meek: 1 caiman — Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua. 1 1 bats — Panama. Collected by W. H. Osgood and M. P. Anderson: 64 bats — Panama. Purchases: 39 Arctic birds — Bering Sea, Alaska and Siberia. 3,321 bird skins — United States. 1 cardinal — Illinois and Wisconsin. 2 song sparrows — Illinois and Wisconsin. 1 giant clam — Madagascar. 1 albino crow. 2 passenger pigeons — Dekalb County, Indiana. FIELD, JOSEPH N., Expedition. 599 shells — New Britain and German New Guinea. FRIESSER, J., Chicago, Illinois. ?f!l 1 mammal skull. GILLILAND, C. H., Trenary, Michigan. 1 specimen of an abnormal four day old kitten — Trenary, Michigan. HANDY, COL. WM. J., Pasadena, California. 1 Venus flower-basket sponge — Philippine Islands. HILL, A. L., Sterling, Illinois. 4 plant lice — Rock River, Sterling, Illinois. JEONESCN, PROF. THEO., Chicago, Illinois. 1 chimpanzee — Central Africa. LEOTANL, FELIX, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. 1 snake — Near Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. LILJEBLAD, E., Chicago, Illinois. 1 mantispa — Palos Park, Illinois. 10 Insects — Edgebrook, Illinois. 2 wasps — Edgebrook, Illinois. 4 bugs — Miller, Indiana. McCORMICK, CYRUS H., Chicago, Illinois. 2 beetles — Brazil. MESSINGER, JOE, Chicago, Illinois. 1 albino mandril. Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 4i3 MILLSPAUGH, MRS. C. F., Chicago, Illinois. 19 spiders — Ephraim, Door County, Wisconsin. MILLSPAUGH, C. F., Chicago, Illinois. 1 mayfly — Chicago, Illinois. NOTTER, MISS M., Chicago, Illinois. 1 roach — Chicago, Illinois (ex Tropics). PAXON, MAHLAN, Bluffton, Indiana. 1 mandarin duck. PIKE, EUGENE S., Chicago, Illinois. 1 pair elk horns. PILE, JAMES H., Wayne, Nebraska. 1 map terrapin — Wayne, Nebraska. PORTER, A. F., Decorah, Iowa. 1 beetle — British Guiana, South America. 27 beetles — West Indies. PRAY, L. L„, Chicago, Illinois. 25 bird lice — Chicago, Illinois. SASKO, PROF. V. G., Chicago, Illinois. 2 spider wasps — ■ Ogden, Utah. SETON, ERNEST T., Greenwich, Connecticut. 2 weasels. 2 stoats. 2 red-backed mice. 4 wood mice — England (exchange). SIEGEL COOPER & COMPANY, Chicago, Illinois. 1 monkey — South America. 1 South African baboon — South Africa. SKINNER, DR. HENRY, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2 butterflies — Beaver Canyon, Idaho. STODDARD, H. L., Chicago, Illinois. 1 Say’s bat — Sumpter, Sauk County, Wisconsin. 5 fleas — Miller, Indiana. 10 fleas — Willow Springs, Illinois. WALTERS, L. L., Chicago, Illinois. 3 fleas — Chicago, Illinois. WEGG, HAROLD, Chicago, Illinois. 1 box of bird eggs (205) — Colorado. WILLIAMSON, E. B., Bluffton, Indiana. 1 young red-shoulderd hawk — Bluffton, Indiana. 1 young red-tailed hawk — Bluffton, Indiana. 1 Canada goose. 1 common loon — Bluffton,, Indiana. 1 barn owl — Bluffton, Indiana. 1 red-shouldered hawk — Bluffton, Indiana. 1 red-tailed hawk — Bluffton, Indiana. 1 yellow billed cuckoo — Bluffton, Indiana. 1 horned owl — Bluffton, Indiana. 1 bittern — Bluffton, Indiana. WOLCOTT, A. B., Chicago, Illinois. 5 insects — Chicago, Illinois. 4 beetles — Beverly Hills, Illinois. 414 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. SECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY. (accessions are by gift unless otherwise designated.) FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: Made by the section: 423 negatives of Museum specimens, etc., 3040 prints from the same, 63 lantern slides, 20 enlargements, 33 negatives developed for Museum field expeditions, 20 positives for use in making large negatives. Made by R. H. Becker: 100 landscapes, birds, etc. — South America. THE LIBRARY BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND SERIALS (accessions are by exchange unless otherwise designated) ALABAMA Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn 3 Geological Survey, University 3 ARIZONA Agricultural Experiment Station, Tucson 2 ARKANSAS Agricultural Experiment Station, Fayetteville 2 CALIFORNIA Agricultural Experiment Station, Berkeley 1 1 California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco 2 California State Board of Forestry, Sacramento 2 California University, Berkeley 14 Cooper Ornithological Club, Hollywood 2 Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford University 5 Oakland Free Library, Oakland 1 Pioneer Western Lumberman, Sacramento (gift) 1 Pomona College, Claremont 2 San Diego Society of Natural History, San Diego 1 San Francisco Board of Park Commissioners, San Francisco .... I Southern California Academy of Sciences, Los Angeles 1 State Mining Bureau, Sacramento 1 COLORADO Agricultural Experiment Station, Fort Collins 9 Colorado Scientific Society, Denver 1 State Bureau of Mines, Denver 1 University of Colorado, Boulder 2 CONNECTICUT Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven 5 American Oriental Society, New Haven 1 Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, New Haven 2 Hartford Public Library, Hartford 2 State Forester, New Haven 1 Yale University, New Haven 2 Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 415 DELAWARE Agricultural Experiment Station, Newark 1 FLORIDA Agricultural Experiment Station, Tallahassee 1 State Geological Survey, Tallahassee 6 University of Florida, Gainesville 1 GEORGIA Geological Survey, Atlanta 1 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Agricultural Experiment Station, Honolulu 6 Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu 2 Board of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu 5 IDAHO Agricultural Experiment Station, Moscow . 3 Inspector of Mines, Boise 1 ILLINOIS Academy of Sciences, Springfield 3 Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago 1 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago 2 Cement World Publishing Company, Chicago (gift) 1 Chicago Historical Society, Chicago 2 Chicago Public Library, Chicago 2 Dial Publishing Company, Chicago 2 Forest and Stream Publishing Company, Chicago 2 Hardwood Record, Chicago (gift) 2 International Harvester Company of America, Chicago (gift) . . . .11 John Crerar Library, Chicago 2 Kenfield-Leach Company, Chicago 2 Lake Forest College, Lake Forest 1 Lewis Institute, Chicago 1 Mining World Publishing Company, Chicago 2 Newberry Library, Chicago I Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago 1 Peoria Public Library, Peoria 1 South Park Commission, Chicago 36 Special Park Commission, Chicago 1 State Board of Agriculture, Springfield . State Geological Survey, Urbana State Historical Library, Springfield State Laboratory of Natural History, Urbana 2 State Museum of Natural History, Springfield 2 University of Chicago, Chicago 7 University of Illinois, Urbana 16 INDIANA Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Indianapolis .... 2 Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis 2 John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis 2 Notre Dame University, Notre Dame 1 Purdue University, Lafayette 5 416 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre Haute I State Board of Forestry, Indianapolis (gift) i IOWA Geological Survey, Des Moines 3 Iowa Academy of Sciences, Des Moines 1 State College of Agriculture, Ames . State Historical Department, Des Moines State Horticultural Society, Des Moines 1 University of Iowa, Iowa City 2 KANSAS ) Academy of Science, Topeka 2 Agricultural Experiment Station, Manhattan 8 State Board of Agriculture, Topeka 3 State Historical Society, Topeka 1 University of Kansas, Lawrence 2 KENTUCKY Agricultural Experiment Station, Lexington 4 Geological Survey, Frankfort (gift) 17 LOUISIANA Agricultural Experiment Station, Baton Rouge 4 Isaac Delgrade Museum of Art, New Orleans 1 Louisiana State Museum, Baton Rouge 2 MAINE Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono 3 Bowdoin College, Brunswick 2 Maine State Library, Augusta .22 Portland Public Library, Portland 1 MARYLAND Agricultural Experiment Station, College Park 3 Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore 2 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore 2 State Board of Forestry, Baltimore 2 MASSACHUSETTS . Agricultural Experiment Station, Amherst 5 American Antiquarian Society, Boston 3 American Folk Lore Society, Cambridge 1 Amherst College, Amherst 1 Archaeological Institute of America, Boston 1 Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain 1 Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2 Boston Public Library, Boston 1 Clark University, Worcester 3 Essex Institute, Salem 2 Harvard College, Cambridge 6 Harvard University, Cambridge 2 Horticultural Society, Boston 2 Institute of Technology, Boston 2 New Bedford Free Public Library, New Bedford 2 Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge . 2 Jan., 1915. Annual Report oe the Director. 417 Phillips Academy, Andover I Springfield Library Association, Springfield 1 Springfield Natural History Museum, Springfield 1 State Forester, Boston (gift) 1 Tufts College, Tufts 1 Williams College, Williamstown 2 Worcester County Horticultural Society, Worcester 10 Worcester Free Public Library, Worcester 2 MICHIGAN Michigan Academy of Science, Ann Arbor 1 Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural College 4 Department of Parks and Boulevards, Detroit 1 Detroit Museum of Art, Detroit 2 Detroit Public Library, Detroit 1 Geological and Biological Survey, Lansing 3 Michigan College of Mines, Houghton 1 State Board of Agriculture, Lansing 1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 3 MINNESOTA Minnesota Academy of Sciences, Minneapolis 2 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 9 MISSISSIPPI Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural College 2 MISSOURI Agricultural Experiment Station, Columbia 7 Bureau of Geology and Mines, Jefferson City 1 City Art Museum, St. Louis 4 State Historical Society, Columbia 2 Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis 1 Academy of Science, St. Louis 2 St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis . 2 St. Louis University, St. Louis 1 University of Missouri, Columbia 2 Washington University, St. Louis 2 MONTANA Agricultural Experiment Station, Bozeman . 2 NEBRASKA Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln 1 Agricultural Experiment Station, Lincoln 4 Geological Survey, Lincoln 1 NEVADA State University, Reno I NEW HAMPSHIRE College of Agriculture, Durham 4 Forestry Commission, Concord 1 NEW JERSEY Agricultural Experiment Station, Trenton 10 Craftsman, The, Eastwood 2 Geological Survey, Trenton 2 Horticultural Society, Trenton 1 418 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. Newark Public Library, Newark i Princeton University, Princeton 2 Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken I NEW MEXICO Agricultural Experiment Station, Mesilla Park ........ 2 NEW YORK Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva 2 American Geographical Society, New York City 36 American Institute of Mining Engineers, New York City 2 American Museum of Natural History, New York City 42 Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn 6 Buffalo Public Library, Buffalo 1 Buffalo Society of Natural History, Buffalo 1 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, New York City . 1 Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, New York City 1 Columbia University, New York City 35 Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York City . 1 Conservation Congress, Albany 1 Cornell University, Ithaca 2 Forestry Quarterly, Ithaca 1 Japan Society, New York City (gift) 2 Lake Mohonk Conference of International Arbitration, Lake Mohonk . 2 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 2 Munn and Company, New York City (gift) 2 New York Academy of Sciences, New York City 1 New York Botanical Garden, New York City 1 Oneida Historical Society, Utica 1 Pratt Institute Free Library, Brooklyn 2 Public Library, New York City 1 State Library, Albany 15 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences, New York City ... 1 Zoological Society, New York City 2 NORTH CAROLINA Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh 7 Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, Chapel Hill 1 Geological and Economic Survey, Raleigh 1 NORTH DAKOTA University of North Dakota, University 1 OHIO Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster 13 Cincinnati Museum Association, Cincinnati 1 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland x Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland 2 Denison University, Granville 1 Lloyd Library, Cincinnati 2 Marietta College, Marietta 1 Oberlin College, Oberlin 1 State Academy of Science, Columbus 1 State Archaeological and Historical Society, Columbus 1 Jan., 1915. Annual Report of the Director. 419 State University, Columbus 5 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati 2 Wilson Ornithological Club, Oberlin I OKLAHOMA Agricultural Experiment Station, Stillwater 2 Geological Survey, Norman 1 OREGON Agricultural Experiment Station, Corvallis (gift) 5 State Board of Forestry, Salem 1 Timberman, The, Portland (gift) 1 PENNSYLVANIA Agricultural Experiment Station, Harrisburg ......... 4 American Journal of Pharmacy, Philadelphia 1 American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia 1 Association of Engineering Societies, Philadelphia 3 Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr 2 Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh 3 Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh 3 Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh 3 Delaware County Institute of Science, Media 1 Dropsie College, Philadelphia 1 Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh 2 Franklin Institute, Philadelphia 2 Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia ... 1 Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1 Philadelphia College of Physicians, Philadelphia I Philadelphia Commercial Museum, Philadelphia 1 Philadelphia Numismatics and Antiquarian Society, Philadelphia ... 1 State Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg 1 Topographic and Geologic Survey, Harrisburg United States Indian School, Carlisle . University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 4 Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia 2 Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia 3 Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, Wilkesbarre 1 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Bureau of Education, Manila 5 Department of the Interior, Bureau of Science, Manila 7 RHODE ISLAND Agricultural Experiment Station, Kingston 3 Providence Public Library, Providence 2 Roger Williams Park Museum, Providence 1 SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston Museum, Charleston 1 Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries, Clemson ... 1 SOUTH DAKOTA Agricultural Experiment Station, Brookings 4 Huron College, Huron 1 State Geological and Biological Survey, Vermilion 1 k> 420 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. TENNESSEE Agricultural Experiment Station, Nashville 3 State Geological Survey, Nashville 19 TEXAS Scientific Society, San Antonio 1 University of Texas, Austin 6 UTAH Agricultural Experiment Station, Logan 6 VERMONT State Forester, Burlington 2 University of Vermont, Burlington 4 VIRGINIA Agricultural Experiment Station, Blacksburg 2 Geological Survey, Charlottesville 1 University of Virginia, Charlottesville 2 Virginia State Library, Richmond 3 WASHINGTON Agricultural Experiment Station, Pullman 2 State Geological Survey, Olympia 1 State Library, Seattle 2 State Museum, Seattle 1 WASHINGTON, D. C. Biological Society, Washington 1 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington I International Bureau of American Republics, Washington ..... 2 National Academy of Sciences, Washington 2 National Educational Association, Washington 2 National Geographical Society, Washington 2 United States Government, Washington 510 WEST VIRGINIA Agricultural Experiment Station, Morgantown 3 Forest, Fish and Game Warden, Bellington (gift) I University of West Virginia, Morgantown 1 WISCONSIN Archaeological Society, Milwaukee 1 Beloit College, Beloit 2 Geological and Natural History Survey, Madison 1 History Commission, Madison 1 Wisconsin Natural History Society, Madison 1 State Historical Society, Madison 2 State Horticultural Society, Madison 2 University of Wisconsin, Madison .11 WYOMING Agricultural Experiment Station, Laramie 4 Alexander, Charles P., Ithaca, New York 1 Ames, Oakes, North Easton, Massachusetts 8 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REFORTS, PLATE LXVIII. from Bad Lands, South Jan., 1915. Annual Report op the Director. 421 Arthur, Joseph C., Lafayette, Indiana Barker, Mrs. Frank W., Chicago (gift) Bean, Tarleton H., Albany, New York Bingham, Hiram, New Haven, Connecticut Brandegee, Townshend S., Berkeley, California Brown, Rome G., Minneapolis, Minnesota (gift) Burnett, W. L., Fort Collins, Colorado Casey, Thomas L., Washington, D. C. (gift) Chalfant, Mrs. F. H., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (gift) Chamberlain, Ralph V., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Crook, A. K., Springfield, Illinois Dunn, Elizabeth Hopkins, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Eigenmann, Carl H., Bloomington, Indiana Evans, Alexander W., New Haven, Connecticut Ford, W. E., New Haven, Connecticut Francis, David R., St. Louis, Missouri (gift) Gerhard, William J., Chicago (gift) Girty, George H., Washington, D. C Goldman, E. A., Washington, D. C. Harris, Gilbert D., Ithaca, New York Heller, A. A., Chico, California Hopkins, T. C., Syracuse, New York Kearney, T. H., Washington, D. C Laufer, Berthold, Chicago (gift) Lewis, A. B., Chicago (gift) Lindley, Curtis H., San Francisco, California (gift) Marks, E. L., Cambridge, Massachusetts Meek, Mrs. Seth E., Chicago (gift) Millspaugh, Charles F., Chicago Mitchell, Alexander N., Minneapolis, Minnesota ........ Muller, Hugo, Manila, Philippine Islands Osborn, Henry F., New York City Pellett, Frank C., Atlantic, Iowa (gift) Rehn, James A. G., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Schubert, Charles, New Haven, Connecticut Simms, S. Chapman, Chicago (gift) Skinner, Henry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Smith, Huron H., Chicago (gift) Smith, J. D., Baltimore, Maryland Starr, Frederick, Chicago Strong, R. M., Chicago Taubenhaus, J. J., Newark, Delaware (gift) Thompson, Joseph G., Sausalites, California (gift) Vandenburgh, J., Berkeley, California Washington, Henry S., Washington, D. C Weller, Stuart, Chicago Wickham, H. F., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Williamson, E. B., Bluffton, Indiana (gift) Williston, Samuel W., Chicago Wyer, Raymond, Muskegon, Michigan (gift) 1 10 1 8 1 1 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 43 6 2 85 1 6 1 1 1 1 9 17 3 19 3 82 I 1 54 5 1 4i 187 1 9 1 13 3 2 13 4 11 1 1 7 7 1 422 Field Museum or Natural History — Reports, Vol. IV. AFRICA Biologisch-Landwirtschaftliches Institut, Amani Botanic Society, Pietermaritzburg, Natal Department of Agriculture, Cape Town Department of Mines, Pretoria, Transvaal East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society, Nairobi Geological Society, Johannesburg Institut de Carthage, Tunis Rhodesia Scientific Association, Bulawayo Royal Society, Cape Town South African Museum, Cape Town Transvaal Museum, Pretoria ARGENTINA Facultad de Filosofia y Letras, Buenos Aires < i Museum de La Plata, La Plata Museo Nacional, Buenos Aires Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires AUSTRALIA Australian Ornithologist’s Union, Melbourne . Botanic Gardens and Government Domains, Sydney Department of Agriculture, Adelaide .... Department of Agriculture, Melbourne i Department of Agriculture, Sydney 3 Department of Agriculture, Hobart, Tasmania . 1 Department of Fisheries, Sydney 1 Department of Mines, Sydney 3 Field Naturalists’ Club, Brisbane 1 Field Naturalists’ Club, Melbourne 1 Geological Survey, Perth 7 Government of the Commonwealth, Melbourne 5 Linnean Society of New South Wales, Sydney 1 Melbourne University, Melbourne 1 National Museum, Melbourne 1 Natural History and Scientific Society, Perth 2 Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, Adelaide 1 Queensland Museum, Brisbane 3 Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia, Sydney 3 Royal Society, Hobart, Tasmania 21 Royal Society of New South Wales, Sydney 1 Royal Society of Queensland, Brisbane 1 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney 1 South Australian Ornithological Association, Adelaide 1 Technical Museum, Sydney 1 Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery, Perth 1 AUSTRIA K. K. Franz- Josephs-Universitat, Czernowitz 1 K. K. Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum, Vienna 1 K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft, Vienna 1 Naturhistorisches Landesmuseum von Karten, Klagenfurt 1 Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein, Vienna 1