aa 1) a ° Ste bert th) Hi — — — 7s $ SS SSS ES Hat Ce ma Ms} : = = =-52 Ee ~ ie = eee a Se SS ne | =|) Bee 4S SF THE UNIVERSITY ; ' \9\5-18 ouput | CENTRAL CIRCULATION BOOKSTACKS The person charging this material is re- sponsible for its renewal or its return to the library from which it was borrowed on or before the Latest Date stamped below. The Minimum Fee for each Lost Book is $50.00. Theft, mutilation, and underlining of books are reasons for disciplinary action and may result in dismissal from the University. TO RENEW CALL TELEPHONE CENTER, 333-8400 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN MAR 0 7 1995 R131 i ; When renewing by phone, write new due date below previous due date. L162 ac YU, ane at a 319 ig ¢4 Fietp Museum or Natura Hisrory. PUBLICATION 202. _ Report SERIES. VoL. V, No. 4. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR 1918. Cuicaco, U. S. A. January, 1919. Natural History Liprary FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL®HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE XXXVII Photo. by Baker Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. NATURALIST. FieELD Museum oF NarTuraL History. PUBLICATION 202, REPORT SERIES. Vot. V, No. 4. meaANUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR 1018. Cuicaco, U. S. A. January, I919. CONTENTS. Board of Trustees . Officers and Committees . Staff of the Museum . Report of the Director Maintenance . Publications Library ; Cataloguing, Llpesrieley toes dau. ee ve Accessions Installation and Pétmmatient Dapetvedient The N. W. Harris Public School Extension Photography and Illustration Printing @ Merge Financial Statement Attendance and Receipts Accessions . . Department of atirendldds Department of Botany . Department of Geology . Department of Zodlogy . Section of Photography . The Library A Articles of Incorporation . Amended By-Laws List of Honorary Members and Patrons List of Corporate Members . List of Life Members . List of Annual Members . The Sculpture of the new Museum Keates ‘ PAGB 226 227 228 229 231 231 231 233 235 241 252 253 254 255 257 258 258 259 261 264 264 264 277 279 285 286 287 289 291 226 Fretp Museum or Naturat History — Reports, VOL. V. : THE, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Epwarp E. AYER. CHAUNCEY KEEP. Watson F. Brarr. GEORGE MANIERRE. WILLIAM J. CHALMERS. Cyrus H. McCormick. MARSHALL FIELD. Martin A. RYERSON. STANLEY FIELD. FREDERICK J. V. SKIFF. FrANK W. GUNSAULUS A. A. SPRAGUE, 2nd. Hartow N. HicInBoTHAM. WILLIAM WRIGLEY, JR. ARTHUR B. JONES. HONORARY TRUSTEE. OwEN F. ALDpIS. JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 227 OFFICERS. STANLEY FIELD, President. Martin A. RYERSON, First Vice-President. Watson F. Bratr, Second Vice-President. FREDERICK J. V. SxrFF, Secretary. D. C. Davies, Assistant Secretary and Auditor. Sotomon A. Situ, Treasurer. COMMITTEES. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. STANLEY FIE.p. MARSHALL FIELD. Epwarp E. AYER. ARTHUR B. JONES. WartTSoN F. Brarr. GEORGE MANIERRE. Wiiiam J. CHALMERS. A. A. SPRAGUE, 2nd. FINANCE COMMITTEE. Watson F. Brarr. ARTHUR B. JONEs. Martin A. RYERSON. BUILDING COMMITTEE. Wi1iiAm J. CHALMERS. Cyrus H. McCormick. FREDERICK J. V. SKIFF. A. A. SPRAGUE, 2nd. SUB-COMMITTEE OF BUILDING COMMITTEE. STANLEY FYE Lp. A. A. SPRAGUE, 2nd. FREDERICK J. V. SKIFF. AUDITING COMMITTEE. GEORGE MANIERRE. ARTHUR B. JONES. ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE. Epwarp E. AYER. FRANK W. GUNSAULUS. Watson F. Brarr. GEORGE MANIERRE. CHAUNCEY KEEP. PENSION COMMITTEE. ARTHUR B. JoNEs. A. A. SPRAGUE, 2nd. FREDERICK J. V. SKIFF. 228 Fretp Museum oF NaturaAt History — Reports, VoL. V. 1 , ' } STAFF OF THE MUSEUM. DIRECTOR. FREDERICK J. V. SKIFF. DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY. BeERTHOLD LAUFER, Curator. Cuar tes L. OwEn, Assistant Curator Division of Archeology. Fay Cooper CoLe, Assistant Curator Physical Anthropology and Malayan Ethnology. ALBERT B. Lewis, Assistant Curator of African and Melanesian Ethnology. J. AtpEN Mason, Assistant Curator of Mexican and South American Archeology. HELEN C. Guwnsautus, Assistant Curator of Japanese Ethnology. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. CHARLES F. MILtspaucH, Curator. B. E. DAHLGREN, Assistant Curator Economic Botany. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. OLIVER C. FARRINGTON, Curator. H.W. Nicuots, Assistant Curator. Eimer S. Rices, Assistant Curator of Paleontology. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. CHARLES B. Cory, Curator. WILFRED H. Oscoop, Assistant Curator of Mammalogy and Ornithology. WILLIAM J. GERHARD, Assistant Curator Division of Entomology. Epmonp N. GuErRET, Assistant Curator Division of Osteology. Cart L. Huss, Assistant Curator Division of Ichthyology and Herpetology. R. Macoon Barnes, Assistant Curator Division of Oélogy. THE N. W. HARRIS PUBLIC SCHOOL EXTENSION. S. C. Simms, Curator. RECORDER. ASSISTANT RECORDER. D. C. DAvIEs. BENj. BRIDGE. THE LIBRARY. Etsig Lippincott, Librarian. Emity M. Witcoxson, Assistant Librarian. January I, 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. | 1918 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, 1918. The negotiations of the National Government to secure the new Museum structure for hospital purposes, the contract to this end which was entered into, the resulting increase in building operations in accord- ance with the terms of the contract and the subsequent sudden cancella- tion by the Government of the contract following the European armistice had naturally a confusing and disturbing effect upon the affairs of the Museum during the later part of the year. The preparations for the transfer to the new building had been uhderway for sometime, but work of this character was more actively prosecuted after the contract with the Government had been entered into and the methods of packing were altered in view of the expectation to store the material for several years, or during the operation of the contract or lease. The probability as now appears, that the transfer to the new building may take place next year and possibly in the autumn, will require continued and assiduous efforts in preparation for this event that will leave little else to be done in the old building. The progress so far made and the methods employed may be said to be satisfactory but not remarkable. The Museum has felt the common influence of the war upon its economic affairs and, operating upon a fixed income, has reduced its expenditures as far as possible to the necessities of maintenance. The high prices of fuel and of materials of every variety entering into the every day affairs of the Institution have, except for reserves, practically exhausted the annual receipts and left little to be recorded in the way of new or progressive activities. To what may be ascribed the large decrease in attendance is doubtful. The public in some way appears to have gained the impression, which it has not been easy to correct, that the present building has been closed or was in a state of some confusion, because of preparations for immediate removal to and storage of its contents in the new building, which was to be used for three years as a Government hospital. This may be regarded as one reason. Probably, however, the falling off in attendance has been due very largely to the consuming interest of the public in the war and 229 230 Fretp Museum or Natura History — Reports, Vot, V. in the circumstances reaching into every home immediately or indirectly associated with it. People generally have not felt at sufficient ease and unconcern to visit places of the character of the Museum for pleasure, pastime or study. At the same time the extent of the decrease in attend- ance, even with these allowances fully made, is still unaccountable. President Field returned from his duties in France in September after a year’s service. Trustee Sprague, Major of Infantry, has received his discharge from the Army and has returned to Chicago. Trustee Marshall Field, Captain of Artillery, is still on duty in France. Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, Pastor of the Central Church and President of Armour Institute, accepted election as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Museum, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Honorable George E. Adams. Mr. William Wrigley, Jr., prominent manufacturer, has been elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Henry Field. The general staff of the Museum saw fit to recognize the Twenty- fifth Anniversary of the Diréctor’s appointment by presenting him with an engrossed Appreciation signed by the entire personnel; an act which was sincerely appreciated by its recipient. The Assistant Curator of Economic Botany with several laboratory assistants transferred the activities of the Mrs. Stanley Field Plant Repro- duction section to Miami, Florida, in October, where accommodations were secured from the United States Agricultural Department in its laboratory there, to carry on the work of reproducing the plants of that section; the expedition expecting to be absent six months or more. Re- ports from Assistant Curator Dahlgren reflect a gratifying outcome of this enterprise. Acknowledgment is made of the contributions of funds from Mrs. T.B. Blackstone and from Mr. Charles R. Crane, to defray the cost of a publication in the Museum series by Curator Laufer of the Department of Anthropology, entitled: ‘‘Sino-Iranica; Chinese Contributions to the History of the Civilization of Ancient Iran.” Somewhat extensive reference is made elsewhere in this report to the Japanese painting presented to the Museum by Trustee Gunsaulus; a most valuable gift from both an ethnologic and artistic standpoint. The Finance Committee of the Museum authorized an arrangement to finance the subscriptions of the employes of the Institution to the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan bond issues, under which arrangement a most gratifying subscription resulted, both as to individuals and the amounts taken. The Museum sustained a signal loss in the death of Mr. Odell Edward Lansing, Jr., Keeper-of-the-Herbarium, Department of Botany. : | . F ; : 4 é ‘$ 's | FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE XXXVIII ENLARGED LEAF AND TRAP MECHANISM OF the trep mey serve es « special ture. r Pushing egeinst the membranous door of the trap, which yields “Enterged Hem metere Stentor Mien Leterete-y AN ENLARGED ‘'FLOAT’’ OR ‘'BLADDER’’ OF THE BLADDER-WEED REPRODUCED IN GLASS AND NATURAL COLOR. JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 231 Mr. Lansing had been in the service of the Museum twenty-three years during which his conscientious, untiring devotion to his work, and cheerful presence, had endeared him to all his associates. He was a diligent and discriminating collector, making his special field of labor the Plant Life of the Chicago Basin, in Illinois and Indiana. To this he devoted all his spare time and often his periods of vacation. He also collected in various parts of Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, and in the Ozark region of Missouri. In 1903, on a commission from the Museum, he made a thorough and comprehensive botanical exploration of all the sand keys of Florida from Key West westward. His original collections (4,563 specimens) are preserved in the herbarium of the Museum, and duplicates in various herbaria of America and Europe. MAINTENANCE. — The annual Budget Authorized by the Board of Trustees provided the sum of $158,496.00 for the maintenance of the Museum for the fiscal year. The actual amount expended was $137,- 740.00, leaving a balance within the anticipated expenses for the year of $20,756.00. In addition to the cost of maintenance the sum of approximately $5,000.00 was expended for collections and packing sup- plies, that brought the total to $142,740.00. Pustications. — During the year four publications were issued, com- prising parts of four volumes, details of which follow: Pub. 197.— Zoological Series, Vol. XIII, Part II, No. 1. The Birds of the Americas. By C. B. Cory. March 1918. 315 pages, 1 colored plate. Edition 1,150. Pub. 198.— Zoological Series, Vol. XII, No. 2. Notes on Fishes from the Athi River in British East Africa. By Carl L. Hubbs. January 1918. 4 pages, 3 halftones. Edition 1,000. Pub. 199.— Botanical Series, Vol. IV, No. 1. New Speciesjof Xan- thium and Solidago. By C. F. Millspaugh and E. F. Sherff. April 1918. 7 pages, 6 halftones. Edition 1,000. Pub. 200.— Report Series, Vol. V, No. 3. Annual Report of the Direc- tor for the year 1917. January 1918. 74 pages, 11 halftones. Edition, 2,000. These publications were distributed to individuals and institutions whose names appear on the Domestic mailing list. On account of the enhanced sea risk a few copies of the Annual Report only were sent abroad. THE LiprarY.— The books and pamphlets accessioned during the year were 1,484, a decrease from preceding years, but this is amply explained by war conditions. In the interest of general economy and the desire to codperate with the War Industries Board in the saving of paper, publishers have issued limited editions. Periodicals and serials that 232 FieLp Museum or Naturat History — Reports, Voi. V. had been previously received as gifts or exchanges were discontinued. Foreign exchanges were scant and irregular. The total number of books and pamphlets in the Library is 71,020, which are distributed as follows: General Library f me LAGS tne | CPA Ss PAYGT Ne en Department of Aatnspsiaeys Ait det sts cep hos A Ae RU aki he a Denartment/of Botany i) oi ico \ nies yeu ian iiaelcie 42 Wall wt) ale Department of Geology (73) 0 et ieee ia ie) eile ee Department of Zoology . 00 AS Purchases were made of Fokeeed Six Boules INNS for work in hand in the departmental libraries. Among those received are: Crawford’s History of the Indian Archipelago, 1820; Im Thurm’s Among the In- dians of Guiana, 1884; Rickard’s Ruins of Mexico; Robelo’s Diccionario de Aztequismos; Walters’ Ancient Pottery; Tutton’s Crystallography; Pennant’s Synopsis of Quadrupeds, 1771. Through the continued generosity of Mr. Edward E. Ayer, a handsomely bound and illustrated copy of Lord Rothschild’s Extinct Birds, and continuations of Mat- thews’ Birds of Australia were purchased for the Ayer Ornithological Library. Mr. William S. McCrea donated a copy of Herrick’s Audubon the Naturalist. Interesting additions were also received from Mr. Wil- liam J. Chalmers, Mr. Charles L. Freer, Detroit, Mr. J. Nilsen Laurvik, San Francisco, Mr. Elmer D. Merrill, Manila, Mr. Edward S. Morse, Salem, Mr. James Weir, Missoula. The general activities of the Library have continued in as earnest and energetic a manner as existing con- ditions permitted. New work has not been undertaken during the ye but the development of resources at hand has progressed. The steadily rising cost of binding materials made it impractical to bind the usual number of books, and only 227 periodicals and serials were bound during the year. There were written and filed in the catalogues 15,612 cards. Twelve monthly tnstallments of approximately a thousand cards each of the John Crerar Library were received and filed. Preparatory to moving to the new building a general weeding out has been made of literature no longer of use in the work of the Museum. Much of this material had been accessioned before it was definitely determined that the scope of the Museum would be confined to natural history. For lack of shelf-room these books have been packed in boxes for some years. What is of exchange value was checked off the records and repacked; all duplicate material was carefully examined and what was of im- portance for exchange purposes was also packed. All of these forty- eight boxes were properly labeled and stored ready for shipment. What was fit only for waste paper was sold. In all 1,780 numbers were checked off the records, which reduces to 71,020 the total number of books and pamphlets in the Library. JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 233 DEPARTMENTAL CATALOGUING, INVENTORYING, AND LABELING. — During the cur- rent year the work of cataloguing in the Department of Anthropology has been carried on as usual, and the total number of catalogue cards prepared amounts to 5,441. These cards are distributed over the various divisions as follows: China, India and Philippines 47; Melanesian Ethnology 984; North American Ethnology 594; Mexican and South American Archeology 598; and Physical Anthropology 3,218. All these cards have been entered in the inventory books of the Department, which now number 38. The number of annual accessions amounts to 16, of these 11 have been entered. The total number of catalogue cards entered from the opening of the first volume amounts to 153,111. The photographer made 63 negatives and supplied 503 prints to the De- partment. There were added to the label file 224 new label cards. A total number of 2,309 labels was turned out by the printer for use in the exhibition cases of the Department. These labels are distributed as follows: China and Philippines 20; Melanesian Ethnology 129; and Mexican and South American Archzology 2,160. The printer further supplied the Department with 2,050 catalogue cards and 5,600 shipping labels. The cataloguing of the collections secured under the auspices of the Joseph N. Field Expedition is now completed. All together 11,390 cards are written on this collection. General case-labels have been installed in all cases of Halls 2 and 3 and those in the East Court. The condensation and reinstallation of the Philippine collections, carried on during 1917, made necessary the relabeling of a large portion of the exhibits. This was completed early in the spring by the labeling of sixteen cases covering the Bukidnon tribes of Northern Mindanao and the Bagobo of Davao Gulf. Labels have been written for thirty-five ’ specimens in the case of Egyptian bronzes. The general case labels for six cases ot Egyptian archeology installed last year have been properly placed. The Ushebti figures have been classified, and the translations of their inscriptions made by Dr. Allen will be utilized for the prepara- tion of the labels. The Canopic jars have also been carefully studied, classified, and inscriptions read. Under an agreement with the Depart- ment of Egyptology at the University of Chicago the Museum received for some time the services of Dr. Allen for the translation of Egyptian inscriptions in exchange for Egyptian material of the University to be treated or repaired by the Department’s preparator. Dr. Allen’s notes will form a useful foundation for the labels to be prepared for this section. Since the first of June, the Assistant Curator of Mexican and South American Archeology has concerned himself almost entirely with the Zavaleta collection of Calchaqui archeology. This collection consisted of 4,565 numbers; two hundred and 234 Fretp Museum or Naturat History — Reports, Vou. V. seventy-one of these had already been catalogued in the Peruvian collection, the remaining 4,294 have been numbered in 2,120 cata- logue numbers; about four hundred of these have been catalogued to date. In the Department of Botany the entries made number 7,754, bring- ing the total entries to 477,490. The permanent card reference-indexes maintained in the Department of Botany, and their composition, are as follows: Number of Cards Augmented 1918 Total Index of Botanical Species . ae MINE WR Ne sh 147,650 Index to Common names of plants ail Pig lees Ne a gAd cw em SOE 19,950 Index to Yucatan plants. . Ri CGP el Gam) vot taesdaas 160 6,362 Dodex to Bupberbieds : 1) ae ee aoe gl ae Pare ae 8 1,468 Bseccat =i 2 ge ee at ee ee 9 8,221 iors GARR, (ape ee Pe 288 25,583 Magisleies Fetatidts,, 5) 005 5 3.45 asees te 17 33 Colorado bt gba fc Oe Wi teehee Edie a ah oe II 12,585 Connecticut Afar) Be ee ad Oe te 38 692 Cea, EES en) ae ee eee es Oe 211 4,754 ns ee ee er ee ee Ee, ek I 1,338 Diatsiet GE-Cofautiaal 6° 5.4 5) 015s ES 44 2,712 Wises 2 5 Pte eb 8 Oh pe eee 5 20,331 ee ow he ha a ep er” II 3,995 Wa ag Sok ot ark a) ep ae oe ee ee 4 3,655 AEE Pe oe Ola oe, a Ee ee eee Le 833 27,968 Sacteaey 72 a. a ate 8 ee a aa eee 102 6,943 Bawtbewhey. i656) pS spe wa BAP is 3 1,373 =—~ JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 239 LOCALITY i : United States: (continued) At ee A ne nee ee 86 1,366 RE Nie ANE Se a 7 5,350 EE tos sie als eS aya gh 397 3,912 I Sg ce et kp eee 4 3,886 RAO Wa ert a he om I 1,295 a ee ee oe, 30 3,037 AI ee ee 36 3,722 ICME RS, ay t eoe fatale gII 7,471 Ohio a ae ee ee 7 2,070 RS ERS ee ee ee 296 EEE er eee 48 8,986 EO a ee ae ee 22 10,158 es I ee 2 602 SE a 2 59 SS 6 NS ne re 3 1,370 OS a ne ey Lae a eee Pa 10 9,888 Utah Ne Eee Diet ge 4,45 oe 3 3,301 oe Ee MA a 6 te el es 8 6 3,604 oe te eee cn. at ge 107 4,843 Washington oy Ee? Cals Me er ee te II 7,511 SE Oe ee ae ee ee ee eee 14 2,042 ES a ee 122 5,007 Bahama Islands es ha Mia a! wd. oe kn I 444 CT tae ie Nag gate) see! Ck I 12 Rew Providence 4. . + - + + «= =; 3 2,428 West Indies: Barbados or ee 3 346 Cuba POR RR RRN Wee ee Wa Aw! we 44 10,957 Dominica .. 7 98 NER TRS lr 2 146 ESE le eae er re ce 365 7,694 Porto Rico . ee el a a P I 4,731 Santo Domingo . I 1,323 CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica CLM Se a ee ee 4 612 Guatemala AAG Se a 2 3,083 eran ey eae el Se, 8 ue 70 31,314 Lower California rate la Cte. ioe, I 1,685 8 SE eee a a 6 6,759 Cozumel Island ns gS ee) PDN ieee 2 200 SoutH AMERICA: Columbia I 2,431 Argentina 299 1,368 Uruguay 2 168 Venezuela I 797 EvuROPE: a a a er I 2,459 240 Fretp Museum oF Naturat History — Reports, VoL. V. LOCALITY Added this Total in AFRICA: Year Herbarium OVI) CE COTE 15) Pal APR SAtee De AUREL F MOE arene Lt I 2 ASIA: Poaeal]) $i Crh AEN BO ones nN Bea PUR OSE ERLE S IRL OY Bh fi 124 124 China CME NILE MT CURVE R CRN ISA Me 1 glee ee a a a 679 2,260 Japan ARE SMO TUOR LPO aS HIRD VAGUS SUT Pr aie ty Sg Myf 339 ETS Vale ale i eh MLCT ue ae atte Ros hach pee 715 11,653 Va Foyyolepallinb hl ens ee Eee erat Al OFC EM AYRINA IME VE RMA LOR 127 3,181 Illustrations, mounted as Herbarium specimens . . 45 2,236 The Department of Geology received its most important accession during the year from Mr. William J. Chalmers, who provided ninety additional specimens for the collection of mineral crystals. These specimens are of high quality and interest and greatly enhance the value of this already unique and remarkable collection. A valuable series of minerals and gems, some of them cut, associated with the dia- monds of the Jagersfontein, South Africa, mines, was presented by Mr. Alexander Fay Brigham. The Great Northern Railway presented a large painting of the Rome glacier of Glacier National Park, Montana. Several valuable accessions were received by exchange, among which a series of Permian reptiles from the University of Chicago was of first importance. The series contains skulls, vertebre and other bones of the rare, primitive forms, Eryops, Labidosaurus, Pariotichus and Dimetro- don. The great scarcity of remains known from the Permian and the primitive characters of these forms, make the addition of these speci- mens to the collections a valued accession. From the Australian School of Mines, Sydney, Australia, a number of rare Australian minerals were secured by exchange. These specimens included chiefly opal, chromite and different forms of tetrahedrite. By exchange with Joseph N. Prokes, fourteen large specimens of an interesting form of calcareous tufa pro- duced by spring deposition were obtained. By purchase, the type speci- ment of Paolia superba, an insect of the Carboniferous period allied to the modern locust was obtained. The specimen shows chiefly the wings of the insect, which are about three inches in length and are preserved with complete venation in a fossil concretion. Several large specimens of minerals were also secured by purchase, of special importance among them being some unusually brilliant and well-formed pyrite crystals. In the Department of Zoology the accessions of mammals and birds during the year have been few, 12 mammals and 66 birds having been donated, while only 18 mammals and 4 birds were purchased. Five British fishes, representing new groups for synoptic series, were pur- chased from the well known fish taxidermist Mr. Sherman F. Denton. Mr. L. L. Pray presented to the Museum several small Michigan fishes JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 241 and two large fishes, a sheepshead and a muskallunge, mounted by himself. Some additional fishes and reptiles from California, including paratypes of two new species, were presented by Assistant Curator Hubbs, who also collected some local cold-blooded vertebrates. By exchange the study collection of fishes was enriched in several direc- tions, the following list of material having been secured: 375 fishes, amphibians and reptiles from British Honduras, comprising the collec- tions of the late Dr. B. G. Bailey, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; 38 fluviatile fishes from Eastern Mexico, from the Museum of Zodlogy of the University of Michigan; 33 fishes, mostly of the family Atherinide, including the paratype of Ischnomembras gabunensis, from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and four desirable fishes and salamanders of Southern California, from the San Diego Society of Natural History. The acquisitions in the Division of Entomology during the year consisted mainly of small gifts from various donors. The large number of insects accessioned is wholly due to the fact that it in- cludes the collection received from Dr. William Barnes several years ago. A brief description of Dr. Barnes’ donation was given in a former report. Theinsects received by donation number 3,148 and by exchange 4. INSTALLATION, REARRANGEMENT, AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT, PACKING FOR REMOVAL TO New BuiLoinc.—In the Department of Anthropology installa- tion was carried on only during the first five months of the year, fifteen cases being installed during this period. Thirteen of these belong to the section of Mexican and South American archzology, and comprise two cases devoted to Central American archeology, two to Mexican archeology, four to Mexican ethnology, and five to South American ethnology. Labels have been printed for all of these and installed in all but four cases. As five cases of Mexican archzology and ethnology were installed in 1917, a total of eighteen, out of the number of seventy- eight cases planned for Hall F in the new building, have been completed to date. One four-foot case housing New Guinea material was installed. In it are exhibited some fine examples of the carved wooden drums known as garamuts and found on the north coast of the island. These illustrate the principal variations which occur in this region. A case containing more than eighty-five bronze vessels collected in Egypt largely through Mr. Edward E. Ayer’s efforts, and comprising ladles, basins, ewers, bowls, cauldrons, jugs, amphore, vases, plates, libation pourers, pails and strainers, has been carefully installed in conformity with the plan previously formulated. In accord- ance with instructions issued on May 20 installation was discontinued, and preparations were at once initiated to mobilize collections for their future reception in the new building. Methods of packing and 242 Fietp Museum or NaturaAt History — Reports, VoL. V. material required for this purpose were discussed at meetings with the staff, and the suggestions brought out during these discussions proved most helpful. This Department has adopted the principle of packing, wherever feasible, in the cases and disturbing the material as little as possible. Following is a summary of the material packed dur- ing 1918 in the Department of Anthropology: 150 exhibition cases, 209 crates, 131 boxes, 1 burlap, and 1,194 carton-boxes. For the packing of pottery and bronze the exhibition-case is regarded as the safest receptacle: the method followed is to use two boards of the dimensions of a shelf and to place one along the front and the other along the back of a case against the glass and above the floor, whereby a box-like container is insured. The objects are then removed from the shelves, wrapped with corrugated paper, and tightly placed on the bottom of the case; the boards prevent them from coming in contact with the glass. Delicate pottery pieces or fragile clay figures are first packed in carton-boxes stuffed with paper shavings. Halls 50, 51 and 56 of the East Annex were closed during the summer, and the material displayed in the exhibition cases and a great amount of storage material were made ready for transportation. In June orders were somewhat modified, and instruction was given to spare exhibition- cases and to proceed with the packing of storage-material. Efforts then turned toward clearing up the West’Annex which for a number of years has been the repository of several ten thousands of objects not yet pre- pared for exhibition. These were brought to light, assembled, sorted, and classified to be finally boxed or crated. This material embraces collections from the Philippines, Java, India, Turkey, Egypt, New Guinea, Mexico, and South America. Throughout this work has been done intelligently: exchange and study collections are grouped and packed separately, while all exhibition material is selected and so cut out and arranged that it is in readiness for installation in the new build- ing without delay. Exact records were kept of all cases packed and all crates, boxes, and other packages made. As far as possible, labeling was also continued, the labels being placed with the material to which they belong. In the autumn the embargo on closing exhibition-halls was raised, and accordingly Hall 17, sheltering the Hopi altars and the Hopi home-scene, was broken up. Fifteen large cases were dismantled and their contents packed in nine crates, nine boxes, and four standard cases, while seven altar cases were packed in situ. The Eskimo Hall is now undergoing the same operation, but simultaneously it is planned to raise this interesting collection to a higher standard of exhibition. First installed some twenty years ago, it has long since outgrown its present system of arrangement. Collections have been secured from new i UOILRI[VJSUL JO poyyour SUIMOYS “SNOILOSTIOD MOINYOOOW ASINVLS SHI 4O SXSVIN IdOH XIXXX 3LV1d ‘SLYOd3Y "AYOLSIH IVYNLYN JO WNASNW Q1313 JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 243 localities, while notable additions have been made to districts already represented. It is now possible to present an adequate picture of Eskimo life and to illustrate minor variations in the culture of the tribes, due to contact with other peoples, environment, and similar factors. Of the Zavaleta collection, five cases have been arranged for future exhibition. Labels have been written for three of these and are now being printed. One case has been completely catalogued and packed for shipment. The archzological collection from La Plata Island was examined, ar- ranged for installation in one case, labels written, and the material packed. The balance of this collection, as far as it has not been sent to the Museum of the American Indian for exchange, is likewise packed and labeled as study material. Two cases of the Mexican section have been packed for transportation, and the study material from the South Ameri- can collections is packed in forty-three boxes. During the past year the entire collection of skeletal material has been thoroughly over- hauled, sorted, cleaned, arranged geographically, and numbered by the assistant curator of physical anthropology. The cataloguing of it is now complete, so that data relating to any part of the collection are readily available. In addition to the descriptive catalogue cards, a considerable amount of laboratory work was done on the Peruvian material. Carton-boxes of two sizes have been provided, and the entire collection, including the portion displayed in the exhibition-cases on the east gallery, has been carefully packed in cartons which are num- bered and labeled. A list of this material has been prepared in duplicate for future reference in the moving operations. The collections of facial masks and plaster busts of racial types are included in this lot. As this material has been accumulating through twenty years, and an account of its scientific value has not yet been offered, a short summary may be of interest. The total number of crania and skeletons is approx- imately three thousand six hundred, while casts number about two hundred. There are four hundred and fifty specimens from South Ameri- ca, chiefly from Peru, Bolivia, and Argentine. Among these are many interesting examples which show deformation and trepanning. A large collection of busts has been obtained from Mexico; also a very interesting series of crania excavated in the vicinity of an old temple site at Tezon- tepec. All these skulls are broken in the occipital region, and it is supposed that they were once displayed on a pole in sacrificial cere- monies. Artificial deformation is found in nearly all these specimens. Prehistoric American burials are well represented by collections from the neighborhood of Trenton, New Jersey; the Hopewell, Oregonia, and the Warren County mounds of Ohio; as well as from various sites in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Cliff Dweller crania and skeletons 244 Fretp Museum or Natura History — Reports, Vou. V. amount to two hundred, while prehistoric Hopi is adequately illustrated by more than three hundred objects. Representative collections have been obtained from the Huron, Blackfoot, Iroquois, Pawnee, and Sioux, while collections in smaller numbers come from Central and Southern groups. The most complete collections from North America relate to the Northwest Coast, those from the Haida numbering one hundred and twenty, Kwakiutl one hundred, Nootka forty-five, Chi- . nook sixty. Other groups are also represented. The California material, while small in number, contains many interesting specimens, two of which gathered by Dr. Hudson are of an exceedingly primitive type. Oceanica (South Seas) is particularly well illustrated by six hundred and forty skulls, many of which exhibit instructive examples of carving and face moulding; while small types of skull deformation, trepanning, etc., are found; the collection also contains mortuary figures provided with human heads and other parts of the skeleton. Malaysia and China yield one hundred and twenty-five objects gathered in connection with the Museum’s ethnological expeditions. Owing to the scarcity of skeletal material from these regions in our museums the specimens are of especial interest. The bulk of the material relative to Negroes and Whites consists of complete skeletons, secured in the Middle West and macer- ated at the Museum. Some one hundred and seventy-five individuals are represented in this section. Many minor collections covering Egypt, ancient Sardinia, and parts of Africa and Europe, are also in- cluded in the lists. Since the organization of the section of Physical Anthropology, considerable attention has been paid to measurements on the living, and charts representing more than four thousand in- dividuals are now on file. Of this number the greater part refers to the pagan tribes of the Philippines. Various rearrangements were made in the course of the year. In the Egyptian Hall three hanging wall cases were emptied of their contents consisting of mummies of hawks, cats, alligators, and other small animals; Ushebti figures, basketry and writ- ing materials, for future re-installation in standard cases. Two cases of small working groups and wooden burial figures were also vacated, studied with reference to labels, and packed for transportation in a standard case. One case of vases and mortuary jars, one of boxes and biers, and another of canopics or viscera jars, were dismantled, the contents studied and packed in a standard case. In the East Court, three cases of Mexican, Venezuela and British Guiana ethnology were stripped for immediate installation, following the elimination of study and duplicate material. One Peabody case containing archzological collections from Nicaragua, Bahama and Santo Domingo was released for storage, the material being properly divided for re-installation. The JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 245 Shastan collection was removed from a standard case to storage and will be re-installed at a later date. This change was made necessary by the arrival of new material. Six Peabody cases formerly used for storage purposes in Halls 68, 69 and 72, emptied of their contents in the process of packing, were removed and stored in the basement to give floor space for the cartons containing skeletal material in Hall 69 and the crated Melanesian material in Hall 72. In the repair section of the Department four hundred and forty-nine objects were restored, and more than two hundred and fifty received treatment. There were 50,591 new numbers marked on specimens, chiefly those relating to physical anthropology and archeological collections from Columbia, Peru and Argentine. In lieu of installation in the Department of Botany this year, all effort of the staff, with the exception of herbarium installations and the work of plant reproduction, was expended in preparation for moving the collections to the new building. All those exhibition-cases designed to be moved without disinstallation, and intended to be kept on exhibi- tion until moved, have been opened, their contents and labels securely anchored in place, and the storage locker contents packed in containers therein. In the east and west court galleries two hollow rectangular spaces were enclosed by these cases and within them 60 cases, secluded from public view, were completely disinstalled and their contents packed for shipment in the lockers beneath. In this manner more than half of the Department cases are now ready for shipment without seri- ously impairing the public attractiveness of the botanical display as long as the present building may be open. The activities of the Mrs. Stanley Field Plant Reproduction section have resulted in the production of the following life-like studies that have either been installed in the families to which they pertain or cased on view temporarily, awaiting true installation: A complete Pitcher-leaf plant (Nepenthes) in full leaf, flower and “‘ pitcher,” enlarged male and female flowers, anda “ pitcher’’in section showing its contents of partly digested insects; a large Trumpet Creeper vine (Bignonia) in full leaf, flower and fruit, a Catalpa flower in section, revealing its essential organs, a long rachis of Saussage fruits (Kigelia) with leaf above and two clusters of Candle-tree fruits (Parmentiera) suspended from the trunk of the tree;.a complete plant of Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron) in full vernal leaf and flower, another in autumnal maturity with colorate leaves and ripe fruit, a section of a floral cluster enlarged to reveal the tree distinctive floral characters of the family, a leafy twig of the Mango (Mangifera) in ripe fruit and another of Kemanga in like condition; a large branch of Gonocaryum in full leaf, flower and fruit, produced from material and studies secured, 246 Fretp Museum or Naturat History — Reports, VoL. V. by the Curator, in the Botanical Gardens of Buitenzorg, Java, also an enlargement of the peculiar fleshy flower of the species; a complete, leafy, fruiting branch of the Sassafras, with an enlarged flower of the Alligator-pear (Persea) also a twig of the latter in leaf and ripe fruit and a fruit in section; summit of a Bitter-sweet vine (Celastrus) in full leaf and ripe fruit, a small twig in full flower, and a single flower enlarged; a large branch of Witch Hazel (Hamamelis) in full autumn leaf, flower and fruit and a single flower enlarged; a series of enlarged flowers of Grevillea showing the peculiar character of anthesis in the Proteacez; cluster of three plants of Galax, growing 1m situ, in full leaf and flower and a portion of a floral cluster, enlarged, showing buds and two flowers in different stages of anthesis; a Passion-flower vine (Passtflora) in full leaf, flower and fruit; a complete plant of the Fox-glove (Digttalis) in full leaf and flower; a large flower of the Corn Poppy (Papaver) sec- tioned to reveal its essential organs; a complete Arrow-head plant (Sagittaria), 1m situ, in full leaf and flower; a frond of the Tuna cactus (Opuntia) in full ripe fruit illustrating one of the cultivated varieties now becoming prominent in the fancy fruit shops of our cities; a leafy, flowering and fruiting branch of the Indian Mulberry (Morinda), another peculiar fruit now and then reaching our northern markets; an enlarged flower of the Bladder-wort (Utricularia) sectioned to reveal its peculiar structure, an enlarged leaf of the plant with its interesting bodies commonly known as “‘floats,”’ a single float, or bladder, highly enlarged and opened to reveal its contents (partly digested larvae and minute water animals) proving these “‘bladders”’ to be, in reality, stomachs, and the plant to be carnivorous; the smaller Alge, the Flagellate, Dinoflagellatze and Peridine, groups of micro-plants, have been completed through the production of single individuals or several forms in the following genera: Spirogyra, Spirulina, Nostoc, Rivularia, Trichodesmium, Lingyba, Osctllatoria, Clathrocystis, Coccoltthophora, Discosphera, Syncrypta, Euglena, Conocladium, Rhabdospheria, Ornitho- ceras, Ceratium, Peridentum, Gymnodentum, Spirodenium and Cochlo- denium. In October it was decided to transfer the laboratories and staff to Miami, Florida, where, through the courtesy of the Bureau of Plant Introduction of the United States Department of Agriculture, quarters were granted this Museum in the Department Laboratory Building at that place. All necessary appliances and apparatus were shipped forward and the staff left in a specially equipped automobile on the roth of that onth. On the way south studies and casts of the cotton plant were secured. Arriving at Miami, without special incident, immediate prep- arations were begun for the re-establishment of the work which is now progressing as before removal. The opportunity to thus secure needed JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 247 semi-tropical representative plants is an excellent one. The Section of Plant Reproduction will remain in Florida until April or early May. In the Department of Geology about one hundred and twenty-five specimens were added to the Chalmers Crystal collection and the whole series re-installed, the additions making it necessary to move part of the collection to another case. The specimens are all mounted in correct crystallographic positions on individual mahogany stands and have separate individual labels. In the arrangement of the collection as exhibited, specimens illustrating the six crystallographic groups are first shown in order and subsequent to these, specimens of twin crystals, crystal groupings, crystal inclusions, crystal distortions, etc. The work begun last year of repolishing and re-etching the sections of iron mete- orites, has been continued, thirty-six specimens having been thus treated during the year. These specimens have been re-installed as fast as the work upon them has been completed. Several relief maps that had been exhibited in the Court were removed and packed, while others were re-installed. The large painting of a Montana glacier presented by the Great Northern Railway was installed in this court in connection with large specimens showing glaciated surfaces. A model of the Natural Bridge of Virginia, based on the accurate survey and studies in the field made by the Assistant Curator last year, has been executed by the Assistant Curator and also placed on exhibition in the West Court. The model is five feet six inches long, three feet three inches wide, and two feet ten inches high, thus being of a size which is as large as will fit into the ordinary type of case. The scale is ten feet to the inch. This scale, without producing a model of unwieldy size, is large enough to show minor details distinctly. In this model an attempt has been made to simulate nature as closely as possible and to avoid the conventionalized and generalized systems of representation frequently employed in geological modeling. Also the vertical and horizontal scales are the same, thus avoiding the distortion which is also frequently employed in geological models. The model represents a length of 660 feet of the gorge of Cedar Creek in Rockbridge County, Virginia, with the well- known Natural Bridge of limestone spanning it at an elevation of 215 feet above the water. The stream bed and the vertical cliffs are of lime- stone, with coatings of bright-colored clays. The higher levels and the more sloping portions of the cafion walls are densely wooded. The basis of the model is reinforced concrete. The limestone surfaces and cliffs are modeled, the concrete mixtures at the surface being varied to meet the changing requirements of the rock texture. The strongly colored surfaces of the limestone have been reproduced in the model by perma- nent pigments which have been introduced into the pores of the con- 248 Firtp Museum or NaAturAL History — Reports, VOL. V. crete, thus avoiding a painted effect. Some carved pebbles were em- ployed to represent individual rock features. The wooded portions of the model contain over 1000 miniature trees. The most prominent geological feature illustrated by this model is the formation of a natural bridge by the collapse of the roof of a cave, leaving only a fragment in the form of a bridge. The cafion of Cedar Creek marks the position of the former cave and traces of the latest falling of the roof appear as large limestone boulders in the creek immediately above and below the bridge. The geological reason for the location of the bridge in its present position is indicated by the appearance of the rock on the west wall of the gorge, which shows distinctly at the bridge the axis of a syncline where the beds of limestone lie level and also tend to be less broken than elsewhere. Other characteristic cave features illustrated by the model are light-colored stagmalitic deposits on the wall under the bridge and two vertical pits, one above and one below the bridge. The skeleton of the Irish Deer in Hall 36, having been found to be undergoing injury on account of imperfect mounting, was in part disarticulated and the supporting framework reconstructed. The up- right rods were lengthened, reinforced and attached to the base in such a manner as to give arigid support. Some fractures in the skeleton were repaired and a few missing parts restored. In remounting, also, the posture of the body was improved. Considerable progress has been made also towards mounting a skeleton of Megacerops. This is an Oligocene titanothere collected in South Dakota by the Museum ex- pedition of 1898. While the greater part of the skeleton was obtained, restoration of some components was found necessary. Most of these it was possible to model from corresponding parts of the same individual, but in some cases comparative studies of related animals were used as a basis for modeling. It is intended to display the skeleton in three-quarters relief on a combined base and background, these reproducing so far as possible the matrix from which the specimen was taken. In addition to the attention given to preparation and installation of new material, a large amount of time has been occupied in packing in preparation for removal to the new building. For the most part the collections packed have not been of exhibited material, it being deemed desirable to allow this to remain exhibited as long as possible. The study and stored collections have therefore been those which have been chiefly boxed. This work has so far progressed as now to include the vertebrate paleontological collections which have been stored in the basement of the taxidermy building, and the entire study collections of vertebrate and invertebrate fossils, ores and other economic specimens, lithological “| f HI Ah "| ee = Nn Rn SS a OS nS JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 249 specimens and some apparatus. Careful records of the contents of each box have been made and each box has been marked in such a way as to secure its identification for unpacking and delivery at its appropriate destination in the new building. The record of the material packed during the year is as follows: Invertebrate fossils, 87 boxes; large field specimens of vertebrate fossils, 58 boxes; smaller vertebrate fossils, 48 boxes; lithology specimens, 27 boxes; ores, 67 boxes; apparatus and miscellaneous, 22 boxes and 22 barrels; relief maps, 10 boxes, making a total of 331 barrels and boxes. In the Department of Zoology the work of the year has been largely directed to matters looking toward removal to new quarters. This has involved some rearrangement of specimens, some elimination of un- desirable material, considerable planning and estimating and actual packing. The usual care in preventing damage to specimens from insects has been exercised. The skin dresser has been occupied chiefly in preparing skins of large mammals which have been in the possession of the Museum for a number of years but which, owing to pressure of other work, have remained in the raw state. These were found in good condition. Recently obtained skins, principally from South America, also were dressed for permanent preservation or for mounting. Plans for moving specimens of mammals and birds have been made by which the majority of such specimens will be packed in the storage cases where they are now kept and thus they may remain accessible until shortly before the actual time of moving. Considerable progress has been made in packing other material. In Taxidermy, a large number of casts and material for preparing bird and mammal groups has been boxed or crated and similar material not required for immediate use, including field equipment, etc., has also been packed. The collection of leg bones of large mammals reserved for mounting has been reassorted, relabeled, and packed after the elimination of duplicate or unnecessary specimens. Revision of the synoptic exhibit of mammals has continued and a number of specimens have been provided with new bases, while a few others have been set aside for remounting. A large mounted elephant seal was discarded. A group of the common Ruffed Grouse or “part- ridge” of the Northeastern United States was installed, completing a four-section case of local bird groups. It shows a pair of old birds and their nest under a log, the old female just leaving her eggs in fright at a raccoon which is approaching. A painted background shows a scene from the Forest of Arden near Joliet, Illinois, and the foreground shows an attractive reproduction of characteristic shrubs and smaller plants. The following four groups are now included in this, the latest of the -four-section bird cases: Winter Bird of Lake Michigan; Bird Life of 250 Fretp Museum or NaturAL History — Reports, Vot. V. Fox Lake; Winter Bird Life of Northern Illinois, and Ruffed Grouse in its Summer Home. The several animals for the group of American Bison provided through the generosity of Mr. Arthur B. Jones and mentioned in a former report, were mounted during the year; but owing to the large size of the group and the difficulty of obtaining a proper case for it, the final installation was postponed until after removal to the new building. Therefore the animals, mounted on movable bases, have been temporarily placed on exhibition without background or accessories in a large case in the Rotunda of the Museum. Additions to the synoptic exhibition of mammals have been few, the most important being a large male specimen of the extraordinary baboon known as the Mandrill. Work has progressed on accessory material for projected groups of large mammals, especially that of the Olympic Elk, for which the painted background and the specimens of the animals have been in hand for some time. The exhibition work of the Division of Ichthyology and Herpetology was almost wholly of a preparatory character, it being considered unwise to install new material prior to the time of moving. Three snakes (two rattle-snakes and one fox snake), mounted on sanded bases, were the only specimens placed on exhibition during the year. A few fishes already on exhibition were remounted for more effective dis- play. All of the sixty food and game fishes of the Mississippi River, obtained by a Museum Expedition in 1917, were mounted. After con- siderable planning and experimenting, a type of habitat group for small fishes was developed which promises gratifying results. A sample group which has been prepared shows an excellent sub-aquatic effect, an improvement on groups previously prepared. This group is installed in one of the rectangular glass jars originally designed for the display of fishes in fluid, a practice which has proved by experience in both this Museum and elsewhere to be unsuccessful. By using the type of habitat group mentioned above, seventy-two of the more important of the smaller local fishes can attractively be displayed in their proper en- vironmental setting, in the two twelve-foot cases now utilized for the unsatisfactory exhibition of fishes in fluid. In addition to the actual work outlined above, the whole fish exhibit plans for the new Museum have received further consideration. The number of cases to be used, and to a large degree the detailed contents of each case, have been de- cided upon. The replacing of the old bottles of varied sorts now used in the collection of the Division with a more uniform and more economical type of specimen jar has been continued. The supply of such jars pur- chased in 1917 having been largely absorbed in the collection, a new order for 97 dozen jars of appropriate sizes was placed and filled. The most noteworthy work to which the Division of Entomology was de- JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DrREcTOR. 251 voted during the first five months of the year was the completing of an exhibit of scorpions and centipedes and the making of a sample habitat group of insects. Some time also was spent on a group that will represent. the well-known and injurious tomato worm in its usual surroundings. The scorpion and centipede exhibit consists of a series of special tablet mounts, of which 29 contain different species of scorpions; 2 show harm- less but much feared whip-tailed scorpions, 3 the agile solpugids, the nature of which has been the subject of much controversy, 11 illustrate some of the giant spiders including the tarantulas and trap-door spiders, and 14 tablets contain examples of the larger and hence more poisonous centipedes. This series of specimens with their labels occupies seven of the twelve panels in one of the new A-cases. As an experiment as to what might be done in the way of making groups of insects with accessor- ies to represent natural surroundings, there was prepared a sample case containing the most conspicuous and characteristic insects found in the sand dune region. The group was regarded as a step in the right direc- tion and a case was ordered capable of accommodating two groups and a space for illustrated labels. In addition to the above mentioned groups, the silkworm exhibit was also completed by supplementing photographs illustrating the industry in Japan and by the installation of suitable descriptive labels. The Barnes-Poling collection of moths was taken from the unsafe boxes in which it was received several years ago and transferred to insect-proof drawers. As a result of this work these insects are now arranged systematically in safe, glass-topped drawers and the storage or shipping boxes have been returned to the donors of the col- lection. Considerable preliminary work was essential before the insects in the laboratory could be actually packed for moving. This was espec- ially true of the large number of specimens that were simply lying loose in shallow trays. As they could not be safely moved in this condition, they were relaxed and then placed between layers of cotton in small boxes. Every specimen in the Strecker collection were next examined in order to ascertain whether its pin was held securely, and, as a precau- tionary measure, all of the large butterflies and moths were secured by pins so as to prevent them from turning. The other pinned material was treated in a similar manner, but for the insects packed in papers and in small boxes different protective measures were adopted. A limited number of the loose specimens were pinned and labeled, because they could be more safely shipped in that condition. In order that the cases containing insects could be put in proper place in the new building, it was quite evident that they should be numbered before any attempt was made to pack the exhibits. This work was promptly given attention and all of the cases are now numbered so as to correspond with the 252 Fretp Museum oF NatTurat History — Reports, Vot. V. numbered space assigned to them on the floor plans of the exhibition- halls. Little was done toward completing the re-installation of the shell exhibit. Fifteen skeletons that were stored in Taxidermy were turned over to the Division of Osteology. These were prepared, catalogued and index cards written for the same. Eighty-seven skulls were cleaned for the Division of Mammalogy. Three skeletons were cleaned for the collection of Comparative Osteology. Since the middle of May the entire time of the Assistant Curator has been devoted to packing skulls and skeletons for moving. During that time fifty-three boxes and crates of large skulls and skeletons were packed. Six drawers of the storage cabinet were packed with small ligamentary skeletons. THE N. W. HARRIS PUBLIC SCHOOL EXTENSION OF FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. — At the close of the year there were 588 cases available for circulation among the public schools of Chicago. It is very gratifying to be able to report that despite a reduction in the number of the staff, owing to the enlistment of two of its members in the United States Army and the resignation of another, fifty-four cases were installed during the year. It was necessary to alter hanging and increase storage facilities for cases in order to accommodate 250 new cases. It may be said, and with some pride, that the type of case originally adopted by this Department continues to meet the many demands made upon it. The schedule prepared at the beginning of the year for the delivery of cases to public schools during the scholastic year was maintained, except for a period of several days during the early part of January, when deep snow pre- vented delivery of casestoschools. In connection with civic activities held on the Municipal Pier during the summer, a loan of cases from this Department was requested. During the first part of July twelve cases were sent to the pier in compliance with this request. After these cases had been on exhibition but a few days, the Superintendent of the pier, in a communication, expressed his and the public’s appreciation of “the very interesting and highly educational exhibits” and adding “‘these exhibits are studied with great interest by young and old, and many enthusiastic statements are made concerning them. They are a real attraction to the pier and I am writing you for the purpose of asking you to supplement the present exhibit.’”? In compliance with this later request, twelve cases were sent. The twenty-four cases were on exhibition in a large, well-lighted hall, in which were also exhibited paintings and sculptures. A request was granted to the Twenty-sixth Ward Woman’s Civic League for several cases to be exhibited in the field house in Welles Park for the purpose of illustrating a lecture on the extension work of the Museum. The Curator of the Children’s Museum of Brooklyn stated in a communication received early in the = — sa °. ee e Ee eee e eee oa SSS ess oa te FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE XL POSTERIOR HALF OF A SKELETON OF THE RARE OLIGOCENE AQUATIC RHINOCEROS, METAMYNODON. Collected in South Dakota by Museum Expedition of 1905. ’ JAN., 1919. | ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 253 year, that their Museum was raising by popular subscription a sum of money to be expended in extending the Museum in the public schools of that city, and requested the loan of a typical case of this Department together with the motion picture film showing methods of storing, de- livering cases, etc., which was shown at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition as a part of this Department’s exhibit there. In making this request the Curator stated: ‘‘The N. W. Harris Public School Exten- sion has set a glorious example for the whole land and an example which I hope we will be able to follow with success. It would help us out immensely and be of great assistance in educating the people up to the meaning of loan collections, and it would have much to do with the success of our campaign.’”’ A case and the motion picture film were sent as requested. After using them for several weeks for the purpose desired, an extension of the time of the loan of the case was asked. In support of this request it was stated, ‘‘The case and motion picture film were being used quite effectively, and that people here seem to be delighted with the conception of such a loan, and the comments are uniformly enthusiastic.’”” Requests for information concerning con- struction of cases, methods of installing, distributing and loaning them have been received from various institutions. PHOTOGRAPHY AND ILLustRATION.— The following is a tabulation of the work performed in this Section during the year: Number of 614x8% Number of eno ieee ee Numberof Number’ Lantern Developed in making Negatives of Prints Slides for Expe- large made made made dition Negatives i Os SESS eee Ce I2 213 9 63 503 ty ms 4 Le aS 41 98 sh - 4 OE eo II 49 He 2 SRE AP 10 29 Prarcm Pextension «0... 8s 24 25 a 10 SA ae M4 70 I OES - 95 32 8 OSRGSS Ea Se SRE a 161 1,082 33 10 4 Total number of Catalogue entries during I918 . . . «© «© «© «© 1,290 Total number of Catalogue entries to December 31,1918 . . . « « 119,138 Peralmimisen OF RECO BOOKS. |) es. is ee Vee ae a has 20 254 Fretp Museum or Naturat History — Reports, Vou. V. Printinc.— The number of labels and other impressions made by the Section of Printing during the year is as follows: Exhibition Other Labels Impressions Anthropology AN SNAPE rene Ma ee EN 2,341 8,210 ENCE I IS a PT Ca ae hate he Lie Teale 2,167 10,140 Geology ea ee ey Ot ORE Te EL MAR Sev 2,529 7,000 ZOOOIYY oat ee ia kb hand Gr ares Bee rc. aie heal tet Lea Se 1,902 6,700 KSOHERAL IE Sie aa) ear ears hee WM Sil etna ie Uae aa 22,400 Parary 4 ot 4s on Ps Mise ae he Pad ae gic, Pee grea Seine 1,900 Harris Extension BACT REA RII CRAG ie KL cae 551 150 Herewith are also submitted financial statements, list of accessions, names of members, etc. FREDERICK J. V. SxrrF, Director. ‘ Pee RG — JAN., 1919. Cash in Treasurer’s hands December 31, 1917: General Fund i it ee Picture Post Card Fund Endowment Sinking Fund ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. FINANCIAL STATEMENT. RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. January 1, 1918, to December 31, 1918. RECEIPTS Petty Cash on hand December 31, 1917 Dues of Annual Members. . P Admissions and Check Rooms South Park Commissioners Interest on Investments and Bank Balances Field Endowment Income . , Field Endowment Sinking Fund. . . Field Endowment Sinking Fund Income New Building Moving and Furnishing Fund Picture Post Cards—Sales hee Mrs. Stanley Field Plant Renroduction Pond Arthur B. Jones Buffalo Group Fund Joseph N. Field South Pacific Islands Fund Sundry Funds—Investments Interest Sundry Receipts Donations—special . Homer E. Sargent Charles R. Crane . Edward E, Ayer . $2,417.05 275-25 243.83 $ 2,936.13 . $ 250.00 500.00 50.00 255 739-95 810.00 3,721.05 15,000.00 9,505.17 131,500.00 4,676.26 1,477.87 23,885.00 595 - 42 8,490.00 138.59 648.00 5,198.91 357-18 800.00 $210,479.53 256 Fretp Museum or Naturat History — Reports, Vot. V. DISBURSEMENTS Salaries Guard Service Janitor Service . Fire Protection . Heat and Light . Repairs and Alterations: Wages—Carpenters, Painters and Roofers . Material used—Lumber, Paint, Oils and Glass Packing Supplies Furniture and Fixtures The Library: Books and Periodicals Binding . Sundries Collections Purchased . Installation Supplies Publications . : Picture Post Cards Sections of Photography and Brintine-Sdrplies General Expense Account: Freight, Expressage and Teaming BAR Stationery, Postage and Telephone. . . Liability Insurance 3 Sundries Mrs. Stanley Field Plant Reproduction Fund Stanley Field Ornithology Fund . William J. Chalmers Crystal Fund Arthur B. Jones Buffalo Group Fund Life Memberships Fund—Investments Endowment Sinking Fund—Investments New Building Moving and Furnishing Baad eevestnents Sundry Funds—Investments . Employers Liberty Loan Bonds In Treasurer’s hands, December 31, 1918: General Fund... Picture Post Cards Bid Endowment Sinking Fund Petty Cash on hand, December 31, 1918 . $8,784.08 335.62 $554.53 320.67 57-90 . $1,288.49 551.33 670.81 1,020.20 . $3,103.19 42.32 347-96 $74,945.04 11,347.66 6,528.80 4,177.96 22,487.19 9,119.70 2,000.27 512.00 933.10 1,243.82 2,229.94 3,530.83 7,781.80 15.00 165.30 28.59 1,800.00 6,050.00 27,995.00 17,560.00 3,035.00 3,493.47 739-95 $210,479.53 JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 257 ATTENDANCE AND RECEIPTS FROM JANUARY 1, 1918, TO DECEMBER 31, 1918. ATTENDANCE Paid Attendance: Adults Children Free Admission on Pay Dave: School Children : Students Teachers Members . : Officers’ Families Press Special Admissions on Free Days: Saturdays . ‘ Sundays *Total Attendance . Highest Attendance on any one ena (Aement 18, 1918) Highest Paid Attendance on any one day (July 4, 3 Average Daily Admissions (350 days) Average Paid Attendance (259 days) RECEIPTS Articles checked—9,291 at 5 cents each Admissions SAM eth del *Museum closed fifteen days during the year. 12,530 1,240 13,770 7;790 3,154 545 of tt 2 ; 643 12,205 28,035 103,021 131,056 157,041 5,692 372 448 53 $ 464.55 3,256.50 $3,721.05 258 Fretp Museum oF NAturAL History — Reports, Vot. V. ACCESSIONS. DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY. AYER, EDWARD E., Chicago. 1 Mexican metate with muller — Monterey, California (gift). CHRISTIE, EMERSON B., Washington, D. C. Pottery and porcelain fragments from caves — Bohol, Philippine Islands (gift). FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Purchases: 1 bone awl, 2 coarse mats, I decorated mat, 5 detached bones, 2 dressed antelope hides, 1 rabbit-fur blanket, 1 skeleton of child with shell necklace, 1 skull of woman, 5 wooden implements — Cave in Val Verde County, Texas. 2 Tolowa buckskin dresses, 1 Tolowa feather head-dress, 1 Tolowa stone dish, 1 Yurok feather head-dress — California. 2 sacred bundles of the Sauk and Fox — Tama, Iowa. JOSEPH N. FIELD SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS FUND. 4 trophy skulls — British New Guinea (gift). GUNSAULUS, FRANK W., Chicago. Painted screen of the Tosa School, 13th century — Japan (gift). HAMILTON, THEODORE, Cleveland, Ohio. Necklace of boar’s tusks — Impur, Naga Hills, Assam, India (exchange). HARVEY, CHARLES A., Chicago. Archaeological material — Marblehead, Adams County, Illinois (gift). HOEFELD, NORMAN A., Chicago. Collection of ethnological objects, chiefly from the Ute — Colorado (gift). MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, New York City. 342 pottery fragments, 29 shell implements, 110 stone implements — West Indies (exchange). gi clay figures, 13 specimens bronze, carved stone and bead necklace, 123 pottery vessels, 41 spindle-whorls, 20 stone implements — Ecuador (exchange). NARJAL, H. W., Chicago. 1 pair Eskimo skin boots, I suit chain mail — Alaska and Sweden (gift). 5 pieces tapa cloth, 3 war clubs, shell and seed ornaments, miscellaneous objects — Samoa, South Sea (gift). PARSONS, ELSIE CLEWS, New York City. 8 prayer sticks — Zufii, New Mexico (gift). SARGENT, HOMER E., Pasadena, California. 1 blanket with colored designs of Lower Thompson Indians, B. C. — Spuz- zum, British Columbia (gift). “WNASNW O13!14 4O NOISN3SLX9 TOOHOS DI18Nd SIYYVH “MA “N SHL Ad STOOHOS 9I18Nd OL GANVO7 ASVD 4O AdAL F1AN-JO-NOISNALXS JOOS“ DFTA Nd SMIVH- MND = 7 AS = GINYO'L = ~~ mh pus * on peau =~ eo 291uya ag8s 29y)e 8 8, YEH Be] Oy soqies 8m Wess) AIH oy S14 wate wy YMVHSOD #2 eH BVOINOZING fmmrs Se ene oe 1X 3LW1d *SLYOd3uy “AYOLSIH IVYNLYN JO WNASNW Q13l4 JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 259 WATSON, J. A., Chicago. Miscellaneous textiles from northern Mexico, Liberia, and Canary Islands (gift). DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. AMERICAN CUTLERY COMPANY, Chicago. 8 specimens woods used for handles for cutlery — various localities (gift). AMES BOTANICAL LABORATORY, North Easton, Massachusetts. 8 herbarium specimens — Philippine Islands (exchange). BUREAU OF SCIENCES, Manila, Philippine Islands. 374 herbarium specimens—various localities (exchange). Centuria 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, “Species Blancoanae’’ — Philippine Islands (exchange). BECKWITH, MISS FLORENCE, Rochester, New York. 89 herbarium specimens — Illinois, Indiana and Kansas (gift). BRAINERD, EZRA, Middlebury, Vermont. 2 herbarium specimens — Vermont (gift). BROADWAY, W.E., Tobago, British West Indies. 3 herbarium specimens — Barbadoes (gift). BUSH, BENJAMIN F., Courtney, Missouri. 4 herbarium specimens — Missouri (gift). CLOKEY, IRA W., Denver, Colorado. 177 herbarium specimens — Colorado and Wyoming (exchange). COLTON, MRS. THERON, Chicago. 13 herbarium specimens — Illinois and Indiana (gift). DEAM, CHARLES C., Bluffton, Indiana. 20 herbarium specimens — Indiana (gift). EVANS, ALEXANDER W., New Haven, Connecticut. 35 herbarium specimens — Mexico (gift). FARRINGTON, O.C., Chicago. 2 specimens sphagnum moss — Maine (gift). FLYNN, MRS. NELLIE F., Burlington, Vermont. 12 herbarium specimens — Vermont (gift). FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Collated by C. F. Millspaugh: 7 herbarium specimens — Chicago. Transfer from Department of Anthropology: I specimen lace bark — Jamaica. Transfer from Department of Geology: 1 fossil cryptozodn — Saratoga, New York. Transfer from Section of Photography: 7 photographs of types — herbarium. Purchases: 753 herbarium specimens — China and Japan. 457 herbarium specimens — Philippine Islands. 299 herbarium specimens — Argentina. 306 herbarium specimens — California and Oregon. Mrs. Stanley Field Plant Reproduction Laboratory: Reproduction in glass and wax of pitcher-leaf plant, sectioned leaf, enlarged flowers; Sausage-tree fruits; Candle-tree fruits. 260 Fretp Museum or Natura History — Reports, Vot. V. Reproductions of Poison Ivy plant in leaf, flower and fruit; poison ivy enlarged flowers; Mango fruits and leaves; Kemang fruit and leaves. 12 reproductions in glass of species of Flagellatae and Peridineae. Models in glass of Nostoc, Rivularia, Trichodesmium, Spirulina, Sporogyra. Reproductions of Gonocaryum pyriforme, branch flower and fruit, and enlarged flowers. Reproductions of Branch of Sassafras; enlarged flower and fruit of alligator pear and its fruit in section; Micro. plants of Lingbya, Oscillatoria, and Clathrocystis. Reproductions of plant, flowers and enlarged flowers of Bitter-sweet. Living plants of Calycanthus, Galax; fruits and seeds of Calycanthus; flowers in formalin, of Calycanthus, Galax, Diospyros. Reproductions in glass and wax of Galax plant and flowers; Grevillea flowers; Witch-hazel branch and flower; Catalpa flower. Reproductions of Trumpet-creeper vine; Catalpa flower; Indian Mulberry Fruit; Passion-flower vine; Fox-glove plant; Poppy flower; Arrow-head plant; Tuna Cactus fruits; Bladder-wort enlarged leaf and enlarged float. GATES, FRANK C., Carthage, Illinois. 390 herbarium specimens — Michigan (exchange). GRAY HERBARIUM, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 photograph of Vellozo’s plate 25, Xanthium brasilicum (exchange). JEPSON, WILLIS L., Berkeley, California. 1 herbarium specimen — California (gift). JOHNSON, ARTHUR E., Chicago. 68 herbarium specimens — Illinois (gift). LANSING, O. E., Jr., Chicago. 2 fruits and seeds of Staphylea — Jackson Park, Chicago (gift). LAUFER, BERTHOLD, Chicago. I specimen dried opium — Hankow, China (gift). LEWIS, A. B., Chicago. I specimen of fungus — Jackson Park, Chicago (gift). MATRACIA, A., San José, California. 1 ripe fruiting frond of Tuna cactus — his cultivation (gift). MILLSPAUGH, CHARLES F., Chicago. ‘ 183 herbarium specimens — North Carolina and Illinois (gift). 118 herbarium specimens — Wisconsin and Illinois (gift). 1 photograph of type of Xanthium canadense — London (gift). 1 photograph of type of Xanthium echinatum Mur. in herbarium de Candolle, Geneva — Italy (gift). 1 photograph of co-type of Xanthium oviforme in herbarium British Museum, London — Washington (gif‘). MILLSPAUGH, CLARA MITCHELL, Chicago. 11 herbarium specimens — North Carolina (gift). NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN, New York City. 217 herbarium specimens — various localities (exchange). 44 herbarium specimens — Jamaica (exchange). 148 herbarium specimens — Jamaica and Inagua Island (exchange). NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM, Albany, New York. : 1 photograph of ‘‘ Cryptozodn Ledge’’ — Lester Park, Saratoga, New York (gift). JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 261 POPE, MRS. FREDERIQUE EUGENIA, Racine, Wisconsin. 1 photograph of Linnaea boralis in situ — Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin (gift). 1 herbarium specimen — Beach, Illinois (gift). RIDGWAY, ROBERT, Olney, Illinois. I photograph of Tacoma radicans — Richmond County, Illinois (gift). 267 herbarium specimens — Illinois and Indiana (gift). SEELEY, MR., Asheville, North Carolina. 2 specimens wool, dyed with walnut bark and hickory bark — Asheville, North Carolina (gift). SHERFF, EARL E., Chicago. 188 herbarium specimens — various localities (gift). 1 herbarium specimen — Nukahiva Island (gift). 2 descriptions of species — Library (gift). 281 herbarium specimens — various localities (gift). 10 herbarium specimens — Illinois (gift). SHULL, CHARLES A., Lawrence, Kansas. 4 type specimens of Xanthium — Kansas (gift). STONE, FRANK B., Chicago. I specimen fungus — Chicago (gift). TUNDUZ, ADOLF, San José, Costa Rica. 3 herbarium specimens—Costa Rica (gift). U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM, Washington, D. C. Division of Plants: 246 herbarium specimens — various localities (exchange). 19 photographs of types — Herbarium (exchange). UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago. Department of Botany: 2 herbarium specimens, type — China (gift). Department of Geology: 1311 specimens, Herbarium of William Hall (gift). WHERRY, EDGAR T., Washington, D. C. 3 herbarium specimens — West Virginia (gift). WILSON & COMPANY, LABORATORIES, Chicago. 15 palm products — Brazil (gift). ‘ DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. AMERICAN MANGANESE COMPANY, Chicago. I specimen manganese ore — Laramie, Wyoming (gift). AUSTRALIAN MINING MUSEUM, Sydney, New South Wales. II specimens minerals — Australia (exchange). AXEL, CHARLES O., Chicago. I specimen gold-silver ore — Platoro, Colorado (gift). BAILEY, E. S., Chicago. 2 specimens radium ore — Wyoming (gift). BRIGHAM, ALEXANDER FAY, New York City. 33 specimens gem and other minerals associated with the diamond — Jagers- fontein, South Africa (gift). 262 Firtp Museum or Natura History — Reports, Vot. V. CHALMERS, W. J., Chicago. 42 specimens crystals — various localities (gift). 26 specimens crystals — various localities (gift). 21 specimens crystals — various localities (gift). COOPER, E. R., Rochester, New York. I specimen volcanic ash — Yukon Crossing, Alaska (gift). FARGO, L. W., Chicago. : I specimen titaniferous iron ore — Cook County, Minnesota (gift). FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Collected by B. E. Dahlgren: 83 specimens fossils and ores — Huntsville, Alabama. Collected by H. W. Nichols: I specimen Niagara Limestone — Clarendon Avenue, Chicago. Purchases: 3 mineral specimens — Utah. Type specimen of Paolia superba — Mazon Creek, Illinois. FISHER, MRS. H. &., Chicago. 15 specimens minerals and fossils — various localities (gift). GALLAGHER, J. F., Chicago. I specimen chalk, Scotia, Nebraska (gift). GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Chicago. I painting of Rome Glacier — Montana (gift). HAM, FLOYD, Twin Falls, Idaho. I specimen soda niter — Malheur County, Oregon (gift). HARRIS, B. E., Chicago. I specimen quartzite breccia — Arkansas (gift). HUBBS, CARL L., San Diego, California. 9 specimens ores and minerals — California (gift). KANST, EDWIN A., Chicago. I specimen black earth, Chicago, (gift). NICHOLS, CARRIE R., Waltham, Massachusetts. 7 specimens fossil shells — Canal near West Palm Beach, Florida (gift). OSGOOD, S. W., Chicago. 2 specimens synthetic graphite — South Chicago (gift). PATENT VULCANITE ROOFING COMPANY, Chicago. 5 specimens crushed rock for roofing — various localities (gift). PAYSON, C. H., Watseka, Illinois. I specimen volcanic tuff — Pocatello, Idaho (gift). PROKES, JOSEPH N., Jackson, Minnesota. 14 specimens calcareous tufa — Jackson, Minnesota (exchange). SCHOLZ, CARL, Chicago. Photograph of fossil tree — Alderson, Oklahoma (gift). TUNNELL, G. G., Jr., Evanson, Illinois. II specimens minerals and rocks — California, Arizona and Mew Mexico (gift). UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago. ‘Skull of Permian reptile — Brush Creek, Texas (exchange). 24 specimens of Permian reptiles — Texas (exchange). | | | FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE XLII FIGURE OF WOMAN FROM CENTRAL TIBET, IN FESTIVE ATTIRE. COMPLETE WITH JEWELRY. JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 263 DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA 33 Atherine and Cyprinoid fishes — various localities (exchange). ALLEN, MRS. HARRY, Rockford, Illinois. 2 sponges — Florida (gift). AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, New York City. 2 bees — New Jersey and Long Island (exchange). BARNES, WILLIAM, Decatur, Illinois. 2950 moths — Canada, United States and Mexico (gift). BLATCHLEY, W. S., Indianapolis, Indiana. 1 beetle — Dunedin, Florida (gift). COALE, HENRY K., Highland Park, Illinois. 2 jays — Amami Oshima, Loo Choo Islands (gift). COE COLLEGE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 375 fishes, amphibians and reptiles — British Honduras (exchange). COVERT, A. B., Hannibal, Missouri. 1 silver-haired bat — South Haven, Michigan (gift). FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Purchases: 2 odd skulls, 11 South American mammals with skulls — French Guiana, South America. 5 glacier bears — skins and skulls — Yakutat, Alaska. 5 mounted fishes — England. 5 small mammals — South America. 3 thick-billed parrots — Paradise, Arizona. 2 waterbugs — Rio Blanco at Orizaba, Mexico. Transfer from Department of Anthropology: 1 crocodile skull — New Guinea. STANLEY FIELD ORNITHOLOGY FUND. I passenger pigeon (gift). FRIESSER, JULIUS, Chicago. 2 beetles — Chicago (gift). GERHARD, WILLIAM J., Chicago. 1 tree frog — Illinois (gift). GUERET, MRS. E. N., Chicago. 1 bug — Dawson County, Montana (gift). GUNTHER, F. E., La Crosse, Wisconsin. 1 extra large sheepshead — Lake Pepin (gift). HUBBS, CARL L., Chicago. 7 Atherinoid fishes — southern and lower California (gift). 133 dragonflies, grasshoppers, moths, flies, bees, wasps and parasites — Cali- fornia (gift). 7 reptiles and amphibians — California (gift). 2 snakes — Pacific Beach, California (gift). 11 toads — Indiana (gift). 4 turtles — northern Indiana (gift). 15 water bugs — California (gift). KEEDY, H. W., Chicago. 2 fresh-water fishes — Florida (gift). 264 Firetrp Museum or Naturat History — Reports, Vor, V. KWIAT, ALEXANDER, Chicago. I cicada — Palos Park, Illinois (gift). LILJEBLAD, E., Chicago. 13 ant-lions, bugs, beetles, and velvet-ants — northern Indiana and northern Illinois (gift). 3 salamanders and lizards — Illinois (gift). NARJAL, H. W., Chicago. 1 snake skin — San José, Costa Rica (gift). NOLAN, MRS. M. C., Chicago. 54 mounted birds, 10 mounted mammals—Pennsylvania and Kansas (eift). ODELL, C. L., Chicago. 1 dobson (male) — Geneva, Illinois (gift). PRAY, LEON L., Chicago. 8 bird-lice — Illinois (gift). 10 fishes — Michigan (gift). 8 frogs and toads — Michigan (gift). RAMSDEN, CHARLES T., Guantanamo, Cuba. 12 birds — Cuba (gift). SAN DIEGO SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, San Diego, California. 4 fishes and salamanders — southern California (exchange). WALTERS, LEON L., Chicago. 6 catfishes — Chicago Ridge, Illinois (gift). WEISS, HARRY B., New Brunswick, New Jersey. 3 beetles — Summit and Riverton, New Jersey (gift). WILLIAMSON, E. B., Bluffton, Indiana. 1 albino red squirrel — Bluffton, Indiana (gift). WOLCOTT, A. B., Chicago. 20 sawflies — Chicago (gift). SECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Made by Section: 1290 negatives and prints of Museum specimens. THE LIBRARY. BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND SERIALS (ACCESSIONS ARE BY EXCHANGE UNLESS OTHERWISE DESIGNATED.) AFRICA Durban Museum East Africa and ened Natural Risto oui: Neitobi Geological Society, Johannesburg eft da ntaens Rhodesia Scientific Association, Bulawayo . Royal Society, Cape Town South African Association for Ab Enocettye a aan Cae “Powis! South African Museum, Cape Town . ARGENTINA Academia de Ciencias, Cordoba . . BT ge eT AE Oc een ie Facultad de Filosofia y Letras, Buenos Rites i me ME Re Rie cn Ns Se & NS ND JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 265 AUSTRALIA Austalian Museum, Sydney Australian Ornithologists’ Union, Metbouras A Botanic Gardens and Government Domains, Sydney . Department of Agriculture, Adelaide Department of Agriculture, Sydney . Department of Fisheries, Sydney Department of Mines, Sydney . Field Naturalists’ Club, Melbourne Forestry Commission, Sydney (gift) . Geological Survey, Perth Government of the Commonwealth, Melboarme Linnean Society of New South Wales, Sydney . National Herbarium, Melbourne. . Public Library, Museum and Art Coatee: Hilcinarte Public Library, Museums and National Gallery of Victoria, Mulsaeons Queensland Department of Mines, Brisbane nee Royal Society of New South Wales, Sydney Royal Society of Queensland, Brisbane . Royal Society of Tasmania, Hobart . Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne . . South Australia Ornithological Society, Adelaide Tasmania Department of Agriculture, Hobart . Technical Museum, Sydney Victoria Department of Agriculture, hiaitoninde Western Australia Geological Survey, Perth. BRAZIL Bibliotheca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 4 Escola Superior de Agricultura e Medicina Votertiasia: Pinhero Instituto Agronomico de Estado, Sao Paulo Instituto Archeologico e Geographico Pernambucano, acife BRITISH GUIANA Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society, Demerara CANADA British Columbia Bureau of Mines Department of Agriculture, Ottawa . Department of Agriculture, Victoria . : Department of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa Department of Mines, Ottawa : Department of Mines, Victoria Department of the Interior, Geological Scivey. Ottawa Horticultural Societies of Ontario, Toronto . ‘ McGill University, Montreal . WHAISGEE. GF auCaAtION: “DOrOnto. 5.) ye fhe We Le pS hei Naturaliste Canadien, Quebec Numismatics and Antiquarian Society, Meitten! Ottawa Field Naturalists’ Club, Ottawa Provincial Museum, Victoria . ‘ Royal Canadian Institute, Toronto . Royal Society of Canada, Ottawa RNA DN RS RB DN DD SPD SH SR RWW ND FPN FH SH se Ss es He Lal Se Se ee Se ee OS COM NS NN 266 Fretp Museum oF Naturat History — Reports, VoL. V. CEYLON Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya CHILE Biblioteca Nacional, Santiago de Chile CHINA Botanical and Forestry Department, Hong-Kong . Royal Asiatic Society, North China Branch, Shanghai DENMARK Naturhistorisk Forening, Copenhagen : : Société Royale des Antiquités du Nord, Comeniasee ; FIJI ISLANDS Fijian Society, Suva, Fiji Islands (gift) . FRANCE Académie des Sciences, Paris . ‘ L’Ecole Langues Orientales Vivantes, Pate’ Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris La Nature; Paris ~. . c Société de Géographie, et Société de Géographie, Toulouse Société Nationale d’Agriculture, Sictonete et ree maces Société Zoologique, Paris tS be GREAT BRITAIN Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, London . Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire, Oxford Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society Brighton and Hove Natural History and Philosophical Society, Brighton - Bristol Museum and Art Gallery . ; British Association for the Advancement of Sas Titan: British Museum (Natural History), London Cambridge Philosophical Society . Cambridge University Library Cardiff Naturalists’ Society . Dove Marine Laboratory, Callecsbabs Noptkdiabetland oe te Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Dumfries . . Sis WEAF at ot, diy idee etc aig) gre Fisheries Board, Rdinbureh Geographical Society, London Great Britain Geological Survey, Eauion Imperial Bureau of Entomology, London ‘ Imperial College of Science and Technology, Fai ? Japan Society of London : ; Lancashire Sea Fisheries Eamets! Tavcecee Linnean Society, London Liverpool Biological Society . . Manchester Literary and Bhai shical Sodiour Manchester Museum . Marine Biological Atoe:saan e the United Kingdom, Plymouth National Museum of Wales, Cardiff . . : : a a Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh . .« 2. 9. « « »s =» « = — er fey nr a Del Cea el Te er hah el os we Se me B® ND OO Ott . JAN., I9IQ. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Royal Colonial Institute, London Royal Geographical Society, London Royal Society, London ay Rhee Royal Society of Arts, London Royal Society of Edinburgh Tring Zoological Museum . INDIA Anthropological Society, Bombay Archeological Survey, Calcutta Archeological Survey, Lahore Botanical Survey, Calcutta ; Department of Agriculture, Madras . Department of Agriculture, Pusa Geological Survey, Calcutta Government Museum, Madras es Hyderabad Archeological Society (gift) . National Indian Association, Calcutta (gift) Royal Asiatic Society, Straits Branch, Singapore Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta aah te Superintendent of Government Printing ITALY Accademia Giornia di Scienze Naturali, Catania Instituto Botanico Dell’Universita de Pavia Instituto Geografico de Agostini, Novara. Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, Milan . Societa Romana di Antropologia, Rome JAPAN Bureau of Productive Industry Formosa Government, Taihoku . Geological Survey, Tokyo. . ; Imperial University of Tokyo, College of Apriotliale : Imperial University of Tokyo, College of Science Tohoku Imperial University, Sendai . ; Tokyo Botanical Society F JAVA Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, Batavia Department of Agriculture, Buitenzorg . Department van Landbouw, Buitenzorg Jardin Botanique, Buitenzorg KOREA Government-General Chosen, Seoul . MEXICO Director General de Estadistica, Mexico Instituto Geologico, Mexico : Sociedad Cientifica ‘‘ Antonio Alzate,” Sian : Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia y Estadistica, Mexics NETHERLANDS Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefonde r-vindelijke Wijsbegeerte, Rotterdam K. Bibliotheek, Hague . 267 NHWOARW HH NS He DP DW ex NAW ee ND -— = = = hm =e eS NS Se Roe NN - se Oa ns — 268 Fretp Museum or NaturaAt History — Reports, Vou. V. K. Instituut voor de Taal, Land-en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch Indie, ’s Gravenhage ’ ; K. Nederlandsch Wardiledennaie Cedbbbsetie) pene ene ; Rijks Ethnographisch Museum, Leiden . SHUN Rijks Museum van Natuurlijks Histoire, Leiden NEW ZEALAND Auckland Institute and Museum, Wellington 2 Department of Agriculture, Wellington . Keele: Oe Department of Mines, Wellington 00) 000) 0/0 4 2 Nee N Geological Survey, Wellington New Zealand Institute, Wellington NORWAY Bergens Museum . . Bal Na lec, sap Olaleh mith thet ia i Physiografishe Forening, Ghneisniq:| wT ee le tah ia heath ee Tromso Miiseuma ii i ee el UN NE ar PERU Cuerpo de Ingenieros de Minas, Lima Sociedad Geografica, Lima PORTUGAL Academia das Sciencias, Lisbon Instituto D’Anatomie, Lisbon Société Portugaise de Science Naturelle, eho SPAIN Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid . . PROMI M ee 8 Sociedad Espafiola de Historia Natural, Madatd oie lve 6 al ad ae SWEDEN K. Biblioteket, Stockholm . Svenska Sallskapet for Antropologi nen eceecah Stackhola SWITZERLAND Botanic Garden, Ziirich Musée d’Histoire Naturelle, Conca Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Basel Ostschweizerische Geograph.—Comme rc. Gerlicchase St. Callen Société Botanique de Genéve, Geneva : Société de Physique et d’ Histoire Naturelle, Geters ; Société des Sciences Naturelles, Fribourg Société Neuchateloise de Géographie Société Zoologique de Genéve, Geneva WEST INDIES Agricultural Experiment Station, Porto Rico Biblioteca Nacional, Havana . ABR Department of Agriculture, Bitpedia Imperial Department of Agriculture, Barbadoed Jamaica Institute, Kingston Trinidad and Tobago Department of pubes, Port of ‘eyes Universidad de la Habana, Havana . EE Neon t/a Baker, R. T., Sydney, N. S. W. , Best, Elsdon, Wellington, New Zealand (gift) — N nw Ne Se ee ee ee | [Se ee = N JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. Carpenter, G. H., Dublin, Ireland Chodat, R., Geneva, Switzerland (gift) . Costantin, M. hg wate, Prance (pitty). 6 308 Debenedetti, Salvador, Buenos Aires, Brazil eft) Despoll, Giuseppe, Malta . : é Dunod, H., Paris, France . Gleerup, C. W. K., Lund, Sweden Lambe, Lawrence, Ottawa, Canada (gift) Larrea, C. M., Quito, Ecuador (gift) Lehmann, Netsche R., Buenos Aires, Brazil Maiden, J. H., Sydney, N.S. W. a Marshall, Sir John, Calcutta, India (gift) : Rosenburg, G. A., Copenhagen, Denmark (gift) Steensby, H. P., Copenhagen, Denmark (gift) . ALABAMA Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn ARIZONA Agricultural Experiment Station, Tucson CALIFORNIA Agricultural Experiment Station, Berkeley . California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco Cooper Ornithological Club, Hollywood . Fish and Game Commission, San Francisco , , Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford Paivendiy ; Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art Pioneer Western Lumberman, Sacramento . rh ¢ Ser Pomona College, Claremont , State Board of Forestry, Sacramento State Mining Bureau, Sacramento University of California, Berkeley COLORADO Agricultural Experiment Station, Fort Collins Bureau of Mines, Denver . Pa Paes Colorado College, Colorado Sorings Colorado Museum of Natural History, Biaiven’ State Geological Survey, Boulder CONNECTICUT Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven . American Oriental Society, New Haven . ‘ Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, New Poa : Hartford Public Library Hartford Public Museum . Meriden Bird Club (gift) Ue en ow aa tea Wesleyan University, New Haven ..... . Yale University, New Haven FLORIDA Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee . GEORGIA etlomcal Survey, Atlanta 60. (6S es ee t n Ke) Le oe ee eS, eo al or wr NH HH NH HH DH Orn HH He NH DYN HD 270 Fretp Museum or Natura History — Reports, VoL. V. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Agricultural Experiment Station, Honolulu . Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu . P Board of Commissions of Agriculture and Forestry, Haagtesis Hawaiian Entomological Society, Honolulu . Honolulu Historical Society, IDAHO Mining Industry, Boise University of Idaho, Moscow . ILLINOIS Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana Art Institute of Chicago : Chicago Academy of Sciences . Chicago Historical Society Chicago Library Club (gift) Chicago Public Library . Engineering and Cement World, ee (gift) Hardwood Record, Chicago (gift) Z John Crerar Library, Chicago Lake Forest College Lewis Institute, Chicago Newberry Library, Chicago : Northwestern University, Evanston . e Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago . State Academy of Science, Springfield State Board of Agriculture, Springfield . State Historical Library, Springfield . : State Laboratory of Natural History, Urbana . Sweet, Wallach and Company, eae sae University of Chicago . ‘ University of Illinois, Urbana INDIANA Department of Geology and Natural History, ee Indiana Academy of Science, wrap Sane Purdue University, Lafayette . : State Entomologist, Indianapolis (gift) . Studebaker Corporation, South Bend vidi University of Notre Dame g IOWA Academy of Sciences, Des Moines Geological Survey, Des Moines Iowa State College, Ames . ; Iowa State Horticultural Society, ‘Ties Mesias ; State Highway Commission, Des Moines University of Iowa, Iowa City .. KANSAS Academy of Science, Topeka . Agricultural Experiment Station, Manhatean State Board of Agriculture, Topeka . fo i i ee ee ee ee ee ee ee | N Nore HN | on) oe Se OR FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE XLI/ HABITAT GROUP RUFFED GROUSE (‘‘PARTRIDGE’’) Bonasa umbellus (LINN.) A nesting pair disturbed by a Raccoon. . . JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DrrReEcTor. 271 State Geological Survey, Lawrence . . Oe oat baa ee Cae Ee University of Kansas, Geological Survey, SAE) eS Sa tee eee ee KENTUCKY Agricultural Experiment Station, Lexington. . . . ... ...2 Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington (gift) . . . . . ... .2 LOUISIANA Agricultural Experiment Station, Baton Rouge . ..... =. =. 2 Department of Conservation, New Orleans (gift) . . . . ... .2 rn mrracnee s N Se oye ee OR ee MAINE Bowdoin College, Brunswick . UMN Aa pate et ey hy R54, ca aay ee mreneraronet, Weurvile 5 of wk ge eb ae ET EMR of Pk yee 8 os te a ee MARYLAND Agricultural Experiment Station, College Park . Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore Geological Survey, Baltimore . Johns Hopkins University, Bunhacts Maryland Institute, Baltimore State Board of Forestry, Baltimore MASSACHUSETTS Agricultural Experiment Station, Amherst . 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Ne NO®N ND NN = & YN & SH NYDN NY NN BN ND BS S&S HS He st Oe 272 FreLp Museum oF NaturaL History — Reports, Vot. V. fd Detroit Museum of Art ; Game, Fish and Forest Commission, ionsne (gift) Geological and Biological Survey, Lansing . Grand Rapids Public Library . 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RHODE ISLAND Roger Williams Park Museum, Providence’... . °.' 2” 2) SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston Museum .)07 0 00 8 OR ad a me, SOUTH DAKOTA Agricultural Experiment Station, Brookings. . 9 . .°... . 2 ane Geological Survey, Vermillion °° 2.0... 8 TENNESSEE Department of Game and Fish, Nashville (gift) . . . . . =. . . =F State Geological Survey, Nashville Bp pila or 3 aii hs TEXAS Scientific Society; San Antonio §.. 6 6s ale” eu 0 be) ee UTAH Agricultural Experiment Station, Logan . .. : « .t4 «tis eee VERMONT State Forester, Burlington: 90.) oy). fii eh ee VIRGINIA State Library, Richmond 2 1.6 92) 7 alle ein Ve ee See WASHINGTON State Geological Survey, Kagan wy ta koe bets le SNeultngt? A eg State Library, Seattle . . . wh teh ie IE RUE State University, Seattle WASHINGTON, D. C. American Academy in'Rome > is. $V e430 Sa ee American Mining Congress NOS SS S&S & NS DYDD DS Se Ny CM eH N JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 275 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (gift) National Academy of Sciences Ry er ey Sea: IC es National Education Association (gift) aw ge ice ge GR SR eile ERED RA ER w oN Sa e genece Pemantsenprannic poctetys se Se ae!) WN 2 National Zoological Park a hab | Aa? BRA ene aeons I MameereeaCeteAt LITT SY gee Po SS. fel ES OMe alae SRE A ea er MiMtes sQWerImeny = 2 os a es Lar Ge WEST VIRGINIA Agricultural Experiment Station, Morgantown . WISCONSIN Academy of Sciences, Madison . Agricultural Experiment Station, MiaAioon : Archzological Society, Milwaukee Beloit College . . ; Geological and Natural isi Barvey: Matias ; Natural History Society, Madison State Historical Society, Madison State Horticultural Society, Madison University of Wisconsin, Madison WYOMING Agricultural Experiment Station, Laramie Ayer, Edward E., (gift) Barnes, William, Decatur, Illinois . : Beckwith, Florence, Rochester, New York (gift) Burkholder, Walter H., Ithaca, New York (gift) Casey, Thomas L., Washington, D. C. (gift) Chalmers, William J., Chicago (gift) Cockerell, T. D. A., Boulder, Colorado Cole, Fay-Cooper, Chicago. . : Cook, Melville T., New Brdaswick, New fanney Evans, Herbert H., Norfolk, Virginia (gift) Farwell, Oliver A., Detroit, Michigan . Fernald, M. L., Cambridge, Massachusetts Ford, W. E., New Haven, Connecticut (gift). Freer, Charles L., Detroit, Michigan Baa Gerhard, W. J., Chicago. . Hall, Ivan C., Berkeley, Cobferaa: (gift) eal Holland, W. J., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 57m ‘ Hubbs, Carl L., Chicago aNd ‘ Kendall, W. C., Washington, D. c. Knotts, A. F., Gary, Indiana (gift) Laufer, Berthold, Chicago ; Laurvik, J. Nilsen, San Francisco, California (ett Liljeblad, Emil, Chicago ; as) & 4 McCrea, William S., Chicago it) Mason, J. Alden, Chicago Massey, L. M., Ithaca, New Vick : Merrill, Elmer D., Manila, Philippine iande Millspaugh, C. F., Chicago. . . . - - co] N N &# eH ® NSD Nv _ -_ PHA DARA NN HRW HP HN PW HW Ke) on CANN HF RO KH & ° 276 Fre~tp Museum or Natura. History — Reports, Vor. V.. Moore, Clarence S., Philadelphia Morse, Edward S., Salem, Massachusetts Osgood, W. H., Chicago ‘ Owen, CLs, Chicago: ei ag eee Ha IT hai Payser, W.'A., Philadelphia) Oe ee Penrose, R. A. F., Jr., Philadelphia ’ ‘ Randall, T. A. and Company, Indianapolis, Tdiene Redfield, Casper L., Chicago (gift) 4 Sargent, C. S., Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Sawyer, W. H., Jr., Lewiston, Maine (gift) Schaff, Wilfred H., Philadelphia (gift) Starr, Frederick, Chicaty Weir, James R., Missoula, Weankdia (gift) ‘ Whitehouse, F. C., Red Deer, Alta, Canada (gift) = p NON sa Ne & SN Se WwW FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE XLIV A TRUMPET-VINE REPRODUCED IN GLASS AND WAX. A characteristic plant of the Bignonta Family. This reproduction is natural size and five feet high. JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 277 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. STATE OF ILLINOIS. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. WILtiAM 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 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 Inde- pendence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth. W. H. HINRICHSEN, [SEAL.] Secretary of State. TO HON. WILLIAM H. HINRICHSEN, SECRETARY OF STATE: Srr: We, the undersigned citizens of the United States, propose to form a corporation under an act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, entitled ‘‘An Act Con- cerning 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 dissemination of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating Art, Arche- ology, 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: 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, 278 Fretp Museum or Naturat History — Revorts, Vot. V. 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, Geo. F. Bissell, John R. Walsh, Chas. Fitzsimmons, 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 Williams, Melville E. Stone, Bryan Lathrop, Eliphalet W. Blatchford, Philip D. Armour. STATE OF ILLINOIS ss. Cook CouNTY I, G. R. MitcHELL, a Notary Pus ic 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 Pustic, Cook County, ILL. 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., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 279 AMENDED BY-LAWS. (JUNE 12, 1916.) 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 functions 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 incorporation 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. Cor- porate 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. Src. 5. Patrons shall be chosen by the Board upon recommendation of the Executive Committee from among persons who have rendered eminent service to 280 Fretp Museum or NaturAL History — Reports, Vou. V. the Museum. They shall be exempt from all dues, and, by virtue of their election as Patrons, shall also be Corporate Members. 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 respective members of the Board now in 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 ad- journed 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 1. 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 January 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 elecied and qualified, but any officer may be removed at any regular meeting of the JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 281 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. ARTICLE V. THE TREASURER. SECTION 1. 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 prin- cipal 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. Src. 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 Director and counter- signed 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 war- rant 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 Auditof, the Director and Chairman of the Administration Com- mittee. It shall be no part of the duties of the said Custodian to see that the war- rants have been issued in conformity with such vouchers. 282 Fietp Museum or Natura History — Reports, Vou. V. 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 institution, 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. Src. 2. There shall be four scientific departments of the Museum — Anthro- pology, Botany, Geology and Zoology, each under the charge of a Curator, subject to the authority of the Director. The Curators shall 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 VIII. COMMITTEES. SECTION I. There shall be six Committees as follows: Finance, Building, Auditing, Pension, Administration and Executive. Sec. 2. The Finance, Auditing and Pension Committees shall each consist of three members, and the Building and Administration Committees shall each consist of five members. All members of these five 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, JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 283 the Chairman of the Administration Committee, the Chairman-of the Auditing Com- mittee, the Chairman of the Pension 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 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 endow- ment 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 re- invest 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 mav 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 trom all sources for the ensuing year, and make recommendations as to the expenditures which should be made for routine maintenance and fixed charges. Upon the adoption of the Budget by the Board, the respective Committees shall be considered as authorized to make the expenditures detailed therein. No increase in the expendi- tures 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 emer- gency, 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 ac- counting 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 indi- vidual 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 Pension Committee shall determine by such means and processes as shall be established by the Board of Trustees to whom and in what amount the Pension Fund shall be distributed. These determinations or findings shall besubject to the approval of the Board of Trustees. SEc. 11. The Chairman of each Committee shall report the acts and proceed- ings thereof at the next ensuing regular meeting of the Board. SEc. 12. 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. 284 Fretp Museum or Natura History — Reports, VoL. V. 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 nominations for membership of the Finance Committee, the Building Committee, the Administra- tion Committee, the Auditing Committee, and the Pension 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. / 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. JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 285 HONORARY MEMBERS. EDWARD E. AYER CHARLES B. CORY MRS. TIMOTHY B. BLACKSTONE HARLOW N. HIGINBOTHAM STANLEY McCORMICK PATRONS. ALLISON V. ARMOUR GEORGE MANIERRE EDWARD B. BUTLER CHARLES H. MARKHAM ALBERT M. COLLINS JOHN S. MILLER LEE GARNETT DAY JOHN BARTON PAYNE ERNEST R. GRAHAM HOMER E. SARGENT FRANK W. GUNSAULUS FREDERICK J. V. SKIFF CHARLES L. HUTCHINSON WILLARD A. SMITH VERNON SHAW KENNEDY 286 Fre~tp Museum or Naturat History — Reports, Vor. V. CORPORATE MEMBERS. ALDIS, OWEN F. ARMOUR, ALLISON V. AYER, EDWARD E. BARTLETT, A C. BLAIR, WATSON F. BUTLER, EDWARD B. CHALMERS, W. J. CHATFIELD-TAYLOR, H. C. COLLINS, ALBERT M. CRANE, RICHARD T. DAY, LEE GARNETT EASTMAN, SIDNEY C. ELLSWORTH, JAMES W. FIELD, MARSHALL FIELD, STANLEY GAGE, LYMAN J. GETTY,HENRY H. ° GRAHAM, ERNEST R. GUNSAULUS, FRANK W. GUNTHER, C. F. HIGINBOTHAM, H. N. HUTCHINSON, CHARLES L. JONES, ARTHUR B. KEEP, CHAUNCEY KENNEDY, VERNON SHAW KOHLSAAT, HERMAN H. McCORMICK, CYRUS H. MARKHAM, CHARLES H. MANIERRE, GEORGE MILLER, JOHN S. MITCHELL, JOHN J. PAYNE, JOHN BARTON PECK, FERD W. PORTER, GEORGE F. RYERSON, MARTIN A. SARGENT, HOMER E. SKIFF, FREDERICK J. V. SMITH, WILLARD A. SPRAGUE, A. A., 2ND STONE, MELVILLE E. WRIGLEY, WILLIAM, JR. DECEASED, 1918. CLARK, JOHN M. JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. LIFE MEMBERS. ALDIS, OWEN F. ALLEN, BENJAMIN BAKER, MISS ISABELLE BANKS, ALEXANDER F. BARRELL, FINLEY BARRETT, MRS. A. D. BARRETT, ROBERT L. BARTLETT, A. C. BASSFORD, LOWELL C. BEALE, WILLIAM G. BILLINGS, FRANK BLACKSTONE, MRS. TIMOTHY B. BLAINE, MRS. EMMONS BLAIR, HENRY A. BLAIR, WATSON F. BOOTH, W. VERNON BOYNTON, C. T. BREWSTER, WALTER S. BROWN, WILLIAM L. BUFFINGTON, EUGENE J. BUTLER, EDWARD B. BYLLESBY, H. M. CARR, CLYDE M. CARRY, EDWARD F. CARTON, L. A. CHALMERS, WILLIAM J. CLAY, JOHN COBE, IRA M. CRAMER, CORWITH CRANE, CHARLES RICHARD CRANE, RICHARD T. CUDAHY, JOSEPH M. CUMMINGS, D. MARK DAU, J. J. DAWES, CHARLES G. DAY, ALBERT M. DEERING, CHARLES DEERING, JAMES DELANO, FREDERIC A. DICK, ALBERT BLAKE DONNELLEY, REUBEN H. DONNELLEY, THOMAS E. DRAKE, TRACY C. ECKHART, B. A. FAIR, ROBERT M. FARWELL, WALTER FAY, C. N. FIELD, MARSHALL FIELD, STANLEY FORSYTH, ROBERT FULLER, WILLIAM A. GARTZ, A. F. GARY, JOHN W. GRISCOM, CLEMENT A. GROMMES, JOHN B. HAMILL, ERNEST A. HILL, LOUIS W. HOROWITZ, L. J. HOXIE, MRS. JOHN R. HUGHITT, MARVIN HULBURD, CHARLES H. HUTCHINSON, C. L. INSULL, SAMUEL 287 JOHNSON, MRS. ELIZABETH AYER JOHNSON, FRANK S. JONES, ARTHUR B. KEEP, CHAUNCEY KELLEY, WILLIAM V. KING, FRANCIS KING, JAMES G. KIRK, WALTER RADCLIFFE LAMONT, ROBERT P. LAWSON, VICTOR LOGAN, SPENCER H, 288 Fretp Museum oF NAturAL History — Reports, VoL. V. McCORMICK, MRS. McCORMICK, CYRUS H. McCORMICK, HAROLD F. McELWEE, ROBERT H. McLENNAN, D. R. MacVEAGH, FRANKLIN MARK, CLAYTON MASON, WILLIAM 6&. MITCHELL, J. J. MUNROE, CHARLES A. NEWELL, A. B. ORR, ROBERT M. PAM, MAX PATTEN, HENRY J. PIKE, EUGENE S. PORTER, GEORGE F. PORTER, H. H. RAWSON, FREDERICK H. REAM, MRS. CAROLINE P. REVELL, ALEXANDER H. REYNOLDS, GEORGE M. ROBINSON, THEODORE W. ROSENWALD, JULIUS RUNNELLS, JOHN S. RUSSELL, EDMUND A. RUSSELL, EDWARD P. RYERSON, MRS. CARRIE H. RYERSON, EDWARD L. RYERSON, MARTIN A. SHEDD, JOHN G. SIMPSON, JAMES SMITH, ORSON SPOOR, JOHN A. SPRAGUE, A. A., 2ND STOUT, FRANK D. STURGES, GEORGE SWIFT, CHARLES H. SWIFT, EDWARD F. SWIFT, LOUIS F. THORNE, CHARLES H. THORNE, ROBERT J. WILLARD, ALONZO J. WILSON, WALTER H. DECEASED, 1918, STILLWELL, HOMER A. THORNE, GEORGE R. JAN., I9QIQ. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. ANNUAL MEMBERS. ADAMS, CYRUS H. ADAMS, MILWARD ALLERTON, ROBERT H. ARMOUR, GEORGE A. BAILEY, EDWARD P. BECKER, A. G. BILLINGS, C. K. G. BOAL, CHARLES T. BURLEY, CLARENCE A. COMSTOCK, WILLIAM C. COONLEY-WARD, MRS. L. A. CUMMINGS, E. A. CURTIS, D. H. EISENDRATH, W. N. FORGAN, JAMES B. FRANK, HENRY L. FULLER, O. F. FURST, CONRAD GLESSNER, J. J. GOODRICH, A. W. GORDON, EDWARD K. GREY, CHARLES F. GURLEY, W. W. HARRIS, JOHN F. HASKELL, FREDERICK T. HIBBARD, WILLIAM G., Jr. HITCHCOCK, R. M. HOLT, GEORGE H. JENKINS, GEORGE H. JONES, J. S. KEITH, W. SCOTT KIMBALL, EUGENE S. LAMB, FRANK H. LINCOLN, ROBERT T. LINN, W. R. LOGAN, F. G. LORD, J. B. LOWDEN, FRANK 0. LYTTON, HENRY C. McCREA, W. S. McWILLIAMS, LAFAYETTE MacFARLAND, HENRY J. MAGEE, HENRY W. MANSURE, E. L. MAYER, LEVY MEYER, MRS. M. A. MOORE, N. G. MULLIKEN, A. H. NATHAN, ADOLPH NOLAN, JOHN H. NORTON, O. W. PALMER, PERCIVAL B. PARKER, FRANCIS W. PEARSON, EUGENE H. PINKERTON, W. A. RIPLEY, E. P. ROSENBAUM, JOSEPH ROSENFELD MRS. MAURICE SCHMIDT, DR. O. L. SCHWARTZ, G. A. SEIPP, MRS. C. SHORTALL, JOHN L. SKINNER, THE MISSES SOPER, JAMES P. SOUTHWELL, H. E. SPENCE, MRS. ELIZABETH E. STOCKTON, JOHN T. STUART, ROBERT 289 290 Fretp Museum or NaAturAt History — Reports, Vot. V. UIHLEIN, EDWARD G. WALLER, EDWARD C. WHITEHEAD, W. M. WACKER, CHARLES H. WILSON, MRS. E. C. WALKER, JAMES R. WILSON, M. H. WALKER, WILLIAM B. DECEASED. HARRIS, GEORGE B. HOPKINS, JOHN P. KIMBALL, MRS. MARK LAY, A. TRACY WHITE, A. STAMFORD JAN., I919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 291 Reproduced by permission of the ‘‘Architectural Record” HENRY HERING’S SCULPTURE FOR FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IN CHICAGO By CHARLES OVER CORNELIVS Conceived in the mind of a public-spirited citizen, and made possible of realization by his generosity, the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago stands as a memorial to Marshall Field, its founder, and constitutes one of the chief architectural glories of the city. This great museum is destined to house extensive collections associated with the natural sciences and will function as an immense educational concord- ance. Easy of access from all parts of the city, overlooking the great open space of Grant Park to the north, and visible in its white majesty from far out upon the nearby lake, its site is unrivaled as a dignified and appropriate setting. The design has called forth a sustained architectural study with all that this implies, and the architects, Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, have given to the country a masterpiece in monu- mental building of a distinction and dignity commensurate with its purpose and origin. The monumental sculptures created in conjunction with such a building form an essential element in its design. Their position, while not necessarily structural, is in a vital spot of the organism, esthetically considered, and the individual works themselves thus assume a responsi- bility for the success of the whole work altogether out of proportion to their size, since in them is the final focusing of the attention of the spectator. The larger part of the exterior sculptural decoration of the building has been concentrated about the central motif of the north fagade — the great Ionic portico with its flanking bays. In these two bays caryatid porches rest upon the basement course and aboveare horizontal panels of low relief. Against the attic of the portico are eight figures of colossal size, which complete the sculptural decoration here. On the south facade the caryatid porches are repeated and above the mare horizontal panels similar to those facing the north. The interior sculpture consists of four figures surmounting engaged columns at either end of the central hall. This, then, summarizes the decorative sculpture — the caryatids and the four relief panels, the eight attic and the four interior figures. For the sculptural embellishment the architects commissioned one 292. Fietp Museum or Naturat History — Reports, Vou. V. sculptor to execute the whole of this decoration — perhaps the second timeon record that so extensive a task has been entrusted to the hands of one American sculptor. Henry Hering has utilized the opportunity presented him to create a group of architectural sculptures which is unsurpassed in America today. Throughout the work he has kept con- sciously before him the purposes for which each piece was designed, both as regards its subject and its placing upon the building, with the result that he has achieved a superlative consistency in the whole work, at the same time infusing into each figure the utmost individuality and dis- tinction. In the treatment of the caryatid figures there is observable a greater conventionality and a less definite expression of personality than in any others of the group. Here an actual structural problem had to be met and a nice transition from the strong foundation course was desirable. There are two types of caryatids which are to be duplicated, and while they are very similar in mass and movement, in detail they are absolutely individual. The inspiration is frankly Ionian and their dignity is as unquestionable as is their structural quality. Above each caryatid porch the horizontal panel in relief represents one of the four main departments of the Museum — Anthropology, Zoology, Botany and Geology. The treatment here is very decorative, and by the use of one flying figure in each panel the same scale as that adopted in the other figures has been preserved while admitting the introduction of a definitely horizontal sense into the whole panel, con- trasting effectively with the repeated verticals of the other figures and of the surrounding architecture. Interesting color is given by the wings, the drapery treatment and the floating ribbon which bears the name of the department symbolized in the figure. The length of the panel has also allowed of the introduction of vertical bands of exquisite decoration, each different in detail, though similar in general tone. The iconography of the four panels is exceptionally pleasing and the choice of symbols for each has brought into play the originality and discrimination of the sculptor. The choice of subject for the attic figures exemplifies the generalization appropriate to the decoration of such a building. The four central figures above the columns represent the elements: Fire, Earth, Air and Water; the four flanking figures typify the four points of the compass: North, South, East and West. With this choice of subject comes the necessity of giving to the figures, each so general in its conception, definite and essential qualities and certain attributes which will differ- entiate each from the other and at the same time preserve the unity of the scheme. Of the attributes given to the figures their selection has JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 203 been so apt and their display so nice that no discussion need be entered into to add to their clarity. The subtlety of so large a group fairly escapes expression in words. A broad balance has been obtained for the whole by reversing the poses of the two end figures and the similarity in the poses of the four centre- most figures. The light and shade have been studied for their effect in diffused light, and calculation had to be made for the position sixty-five feet above the spectator. In the placing of the figures in relation to the surrounding space, as in fact throughout most of the architecture of the building, the Greek rhythm of 1:2 has been observed. While in the sculptor’s treatment of the group there is this rhythm, this subtle balance and calculation of light and shade, there is withal a very correct uniformity. The decoration about the heads has a certain general similarity in its suggestion of a nimbus, but how infinitely varied in its detail and individual in its application! In all the figures the law of frontality is strictly observed; a knee may be bent or the head inclined, but the frontal line remains straight. The dress, although partaking more of the quality of costume than of drapery, shows in its treatment a reasoned use of the latter tendency with the Dorian chiton as a point of departure. The architectonic quality is also observable here in the insistent verticals of the folds with their suggested evolution from a columnar form. The details of costume are infinitely varied, and upon repeated examination the figures reveal great fertility of invention and richness of detail. Much of the finest characterization has been reserved for the heads, in which the varied treatment of the eyes and mouth, the most expressive parts of the face, epitomizes the calmness or passion, the mysticism or nobility associated with each generality which the marble strives to present. The sculpturesque form in which the hair is cast in the figures of the ‘Four Points of the Compass” is particularly fine, and this interest- ing conventionality serves to give strength to the neck, a point which may also be remarked with reference to the caryatid figures. The four interior figures are placed in the great central hall of the museum. This immense room, three hundred feet long and lighted from above, is entered from either end through a large arch. Each of the arches is flanked by tall engaged columns, with entablature decoratively used, and upon each stands a symbolic figure. The symbolism of these figures makes a subjective application of the building’s use and suggests the various activities whose inspiration will lie within its walls; Natural Science and the Dissemination of Knowledge flanking one archway, Record and Research the other. These figures appear first at a great distance and are placed where 294 Fretp Museum or Naturat History — Reports, Vot. V. they will be seen under a comparatively steady light from above. Their position is of no structural importance and their purpose is a purely decorative one. All of which facts contribute to the difference in treat- ment from the strictly architectural figures of the attic. The composition here is more varied and the feeling more personal. The whole group is characterized by the eminent dignity and restraint which run throughout all of Mr. Herings’ work — a dignity unfettered by academic formule nor yet disturbed by a factitious realism. In the sane mind of the trained sculptor these two extremes of classicism and realism have been fused into an expressive whole under the spell of his own individual approach. In this particular problem there was opportu- nity for a variety of treatment into which has been breathed much of the spirit of ancient Greece. There are many who will concur in the opinion that the art of sculp- ture has reached and always will reach the broadest expression of its purpose when conceived and carried out with relation to architecture which it may be designed toenhance. Of the greatest sculpture which has come down to us from the past, by far the larger part is permeated by qualities suggested, if not imposed, by the architectural design of which it formed an essential part. When the art began to be employed upon works not destined as absolute units in an architectural scheme, it is yet the presence of definite architectonic qualities which contribute largely to the high essence of the creation. The presence of such qualities may not in itself be of predominant importance, but with their removal comes an immediate tendency toward a less dignified conception, a realism, natural perchance, and by reason of its very naturalness a thing to be controlled and disciplined. The time is not yet ripe when we may judge the relative position of the architectural sculpture of today, and particularly that of America, where traditions in art are most conspicuous by their absence, and where such various traditions as have been carried over into the new world from the old are being simultaneously followed in the works of various individuals. American sculpture has sprung from the headsand handsofa fewscattered individuals almost in its present growth, for what is a century and a half in the development of an art from the first dawn of its heralding in a new land? Thelargest opportunity for the development of such American sculpture must lie in the category of monumental work for public or semi-public possession. In such work there must be a greater generalization, since its im- pression is made upon a myriad different minds and must in each call forth some answering response, and it is just such an opportunity as this which is presented in the Field Museum. JAN., 1919. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 295 In his appreciation of this opportunity, Mr. Hering has created a distinguished group of sculptures of an inspiration sustained not only in the broad, general conception of the work, but throughout the infinite variety of the detail, a group which can only be recognized as one of the most important contributions to American sculpture. al —\ , ‘ad j ’ - 1 Y iy > a Pavey \ FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE XLV ae ae eee ba BE enemas ee ge a ra om oy CARYATID—FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO. Henry Hering, Sculptor. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE XLVI CARYATID—FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO. Henry Hering, Sculptor. REPORTS, PLATE XLVII FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. NAN NEM | ACG Sid WRENS 35 Dede CK CHICAGO. ANTHROPOLOGY—LOW RELIEF PANEL FOR FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, Henry Hering, Sculptor. REPORTS, PLATE XLVIII FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. BOTANY—LOW RELIEF PANEL FOR FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO. ulptor. Sc Henry Hering, ‘Ioydjnog ‘sursozy AluoPy ‘ODVOIHD 'AYOLSIH IVYNLYN JO WNASNW O13!4 Y¥OS TANVd 431134 MOT AS01035 "AHOLSIH IWHNLYN JO WNSASNW O1Al4 XI1X 3LW1d ‘SLYOd3uy PLATE L REPORTS, FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. SIV ANS .. LIA he STR ATV ATE bose leita lanai aie al, | Y, CHICAGO. ZOOLOGY—LOW RELIEF PANEL FOR FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTOR ring, Henry He FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LI FIRE—ATTIC FIGURE FOR FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO. Henry Hering, Sculptor. REPORTS, PLATE LII FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. -ATTIC FIGURE FOR FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL EARTH HISTORY, CHICAGO. Scu ly ytor. y S: Hering Henry FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LIII | 4 4 AIR—ATTIC FIGURE FOR FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO. Henry Hering, Sculptor. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LIV WATER—ATTIC FIGURE FOR FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO. Henry Hering, Sculptor. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LV NORTH—ATTIC FIGURE FOR FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO. Henry Hering, Sculptor. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LVI SOUTH—ATTIC FIGURE FOR FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO. Henry Hering, Sculptor. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LVII EAST— ATTIC FIGURE FOR FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO. Henry Hering, Sculptor. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LVIII WEST—ATTIC FIGURE FOR FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO. Henry Hering, Sculptor. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LIX SCIENCE—FIGURE IN CENTRAL HALL OF FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO. Henry Hering, Sculptor. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LX DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE— FIGURE IN CENTRAL HALL OF FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO. Henry Hering, Sculptor. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LXI RESEARCH—FIGURE IN CENTRAL HALL OF FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO. Henry Hering, Sculptor. FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. REPORTS, PLATE LXIl RECORD — FIGURE IN CENTRAL HALL OF FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO. Henry Hering, Sculptor. i s I f Uy Yi i |