XA .N7896 iiiiii II J < U I U 1 1 x/^ 'Mm SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM REPORT ON THE PROGRESS AND CON- DITION OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1910 LIBRARY NEW YORK BOTANICAL QARDBN. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1911 An J9/6 United wStates National Museum, Under Direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C, December 20, 1910. Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith a report upon the pres- ent condition of the United States National Museum, and upon the work accomphshed in its various departments during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910. Very respectfully, Richard Rathbun, Assistant Secretary, in Charge of the National Museum. Dr. Charles D, Walcott, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 3 LIBRARY NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN. I CO OOTnTTENTS. Page. Inception and history 7 Operations of the year ]2 Appropriations 12 Buildings 13 Collections 17 Department of Anthropology 17 Department of Biology 27 Department of Geology 46 Distribution and exchange of specimens 50 National Gallery of Art 51 Art textiles 61 Miscellaneous 64 Visitors 64 Publications 65 Library 67 Photography 67 Congresses and meetings 68 Organization and staff 69 The Museum staff 73 List of accessions 75 List of publications 117 5 REPORT ON THE PROGRESS AND CONDITION OF THE U. 8. NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1910. By Richard Rathbun, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in charge of the U. S. National Museum. INCEPTION AND HISTOHY. The Congress of the United States, m the act of August 10, 1846, founding the Smithsonian Institution, recognized that an opportunity was afforded, in carrying out the large-minded design of Smithson, to provide for the custody of the museum of the Nation. To this new estabhshment was therefore intrusted the care of the national collections, a course that time has fully justified. In the beginning the cost of maintaining the museum side of the Institution's work was wholly paid from the Smithsonian income; then for a number of years the Government bore a share, and during the past three decades Congress has voted the entire funds for the expenses of the Museum, thus furthering one of the primary means ''for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men" without encroaching upon the resources of the Institution. The museum idea was inherent in the establishment of the Smith- sonian Institution, which in its turn was based upon a ten years' discussion in Congress and the advice of the most distinguished scientific men, educators, and intellectual leaders of the Nation of seventy years ago. It is interesting to note how broad and com- prehensive were the views which actuated our lawmakers in deter- mining the scope of the Museum, a fact especially remarkable when it is recalled that at that date no museum of considerable size existed in the United States, and the museums of England and of the continent of Europe were still to a large extent without a developed plan, although containing many rich collections. The Congress which passed the act of foundation enumerated as within the scope of the Museum "all objects of art and of foreign and curious research and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens belonging to the United States," thus stamping the Museum at the very outset as one of the 7 8 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. widest range and at the same time as the Museum of the United States. It was also fully appreciated that additions would be necessary to the collections then in existence, and provision was made for their increase by the exchange of duplicate specimens, by dona- tions, and by other means. If the wisdom of Congress in so fully providing for a museum in the Smithsonian law challenges attention, the interpretation put upon this law by the Board of Regents within less than six months from the passage of the act can not but command admiration. In the early part of September, 1846, the Regents took steps toward formu- lating a plan of operations. The report of the committee appointed for this purpose, submitted in December and January followdng, shows a thorough consideration of the subject in both the spirit and letter of the law. It would seem not out of place to cite here the very first pronouncement of the board with reference to the character of the Museum: "In obedience to the requirements of the charter,* wdiich leaves little discretion in regard to the extent of accommodations to be provided, your committee recommend that there be included in the building a museum of liberal size, fitted up to receive the collections destined for the Institution. * * * ''As important as the cabinets of natural history by the charter required to be included in the Museum your committee regard its ethnological portion, including all collections that may supply items in the physical history of our species, and illustrate the manners, customs, religions, and progressive advance of the various nations of the world; as, for example, collections of skulls, skeletons, portraits, dresses, implements, weapons, idols, antiquities, of the various races of man. * * * jj^ ^\^[q connexion, your committee recommend the passage of resolutions asking the cooperation of certain public func- tionaries, and of the public generally, in furtherance of the above objects. "Your committee are further of opinion that in the Museum, if the funds of the Institution permit, might judiciously be included various series of models illustrating the progress of some of the most useful inventions; such, for example, as the steam engine from its earliest and rudest form to its present most improved state; but this they propose only so far as it may not encroach on ground already covered by the numerous models in the Patent Office. "Specimens of staple materials, of their gradual manufacture, and of the finished product of manufactures and the arts may also, your committee think, be usefully introduced. This would supply oppor- tunity to examine samples of the best manufactured articles our coun- ' Since the Institution was not chartered in a legal sense but established by Con- gress, the use of the word "charter" in this connection was not correct. REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 9 try affords, and to judge her gradual progress in arts and manu- factures. * * * "The gallery of art, your committee think, should include both paintings and sculpture, as well as engravings and architectural de- signs; and it is desirable to have in connexion with it one or more studios in which young artists might copy without interruption, being admitted under such regulations as the board may prescribe. Your committee also think that, as the collection of paintings and sculpture will probably accumulate slowly, the room destined for a gallery of art might properly and usefully meanwhile be occupied during the sessions of Congress as an exhibition room for the works of artists generally; and the extent and general usefulness of such an exhibition might probably be increased if an arrangement could be effected with the Academy of Design, the Arts-Union, the Artists' Fund Society, and other associations of similar character, so as to concentrate at the metropolis for a certain portion of each winter the best results of talent in the fine arts." The important points in the foregoing report are (1) that it was the opinion of the Regents that a museum was requisite under the law, Congress having left no discretion in the matter; (2) that eth- nology and antliropology, though not specially named, were yet as important subjects as natural history; (3) that the history of the progress of useful inventions and the collection of the raw materials and products of the manufactures and arts should also be provided for; (4) for the gallery of art the committee had models in existence, and they proposed, pending the gathering of art collections, which would of necessity be slow, to provide for loan exhibitions by coop- erating with art academies and societies. In the resolutions which were adopted upon the presentation of the report, a museum was mentioned as "one of the principal modes of executing the act and trust." ^ The work was to go forward as the funds permitted, and, as is well known, the maintenance of the museum and the library was long ago assumed by Congress, the Institution taking upon itself only so much of the necessary responsi- bility for the administration of these and subsequent additions to its activities as would weld them into a compact whole, which together form a unique and notable agency for the increase and diffu- ^Resolved, That it is the intention of the act of Congress establishing the Institution, and in accordance with the design of Mr. Smithson, as expressed in his will, that one of the principal modes of executing the act and the trust is the accumulation of collections of specimens and objects of natural history and of elegant art, and the gradual formation of a library of valuable works pertaining to all departments of human knowledge, to the end that a copious storehouse of materials of science, litera- ture, and art may be provided which shall excite and diffuse the love of learning among men, and shall assist the original investigations and efforts of those who may devote themselves to the pursuit of any branch of knowledge. 10 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. sion of knowledge, for tlie direction of research, for cooperation with departments of the Government and with universities and scientific societies in America, and likewise afford a definite corre- spondent to all scientific institutions and men abroad who seek inter- change of views or knowledge with men of science in the United States. Since that early day no material change has been suggested in the general scope of the Government Museum; it has only remained to elaborate the details, and the opportunity is now at hand to realize all that the first board had in view, since ample space has become available. The development of the Museum has naturally been greatest in those subjects which the conditions of the past sixty years have made most fruitful — the natural history, geology, ethnology, and arche- ology of the United States, supplemented by many collections from other countries. The opportunities in these directions have been mainly brought about through the activities of the scientific and economic surveys of the Government, many of which are the direct outgrowths of earlier explorations, stimulated or directed by the Institution. The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 afl'orded the first opportunity for establishing a department of the industrial arts on a creditable basis, and of this the fullest advantage was taken, though only a part of the collections then obtained could be accommodated in the space available. The department or gallery of the fine arts had made little progress, though not from lack of desire or appreciation, until within the past four years, during which its interests have been markedly advanced, as elsewhere explained. Another subject to which much attention has been paid with satis- factory results is American history, illustrated by objects repre- senting distinguished personages and important events as well as the domestic life of the country from the colonial period to the present day. It is gratifying to note that the new building has now been so far completed as to permit of taking up the work of readjusting the collections, whose systematic arrangement has for many years been impossible through lack of sufficient space. To this large structure, specially erected for their accommodation, the collections of zoology, geology, ethnology, and archeolog}^ are being rapidly transferred, making available for the arts and industries the entire older build- ing and a part of the Smithsonian building. With its collections thus distributed between the three buildings, all fireproof and of substantial construction, the National Museum may be expected to enter upon an era of renewed prosperity and usefulness. KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 11 "VMiile it is the primary duty of a museum to preserve the objects confided to its care, as it is that of a hbrary to preserve its books and manuscripts, yet the importance of pubhc collections rests not upon the mere basis of custodianship, nor upon the number of specimens assembled and their money value, but upon the use to which they are put. Judged by this standard, the National Museum may claim to have reached a high state of efficiency. From an educational point of view it is of great value to those persons who are so fortunate as to reside in Washington or who are able to visit the Nation's capital. In its well-designed cases, in which every detail of structure, appointment, and color is considered, a selection of representative objects is placed on view to the public, all being carefuUy labeled individually and in groups. The child as well as "the adult has been provided for, and the kindergarten pupil and the high-school scholar can be seen here, supplementing their classroom games or studies. Under authority from Congress, the small colleges and higher grades of schools and academies throughout the land, especially in places where museums do not exist, are also being aided in their educational work by sets of duplicate specimens, selected and labeled to meet the needs of both teachers and pupils. Nor has the elementary or even the higher education been by any means the sole gainer from the work of the Museum. To advance knowledge, to gradually extend the boundaries of learning, has been one of the great tasks to which the Museum, in consonance with the spirit of the Institution, has set itself from the first. Its staff, though chiefly engaged in the duties incident to the care, classification, and labeling of collections in order that they ma}'' be accessible to the public and to students, has yet in these operations made important discoveries in every department of the Museum's activities, which have in turn been communicated to other scholars through its numerous publications. But tlie collections have not been held for the study of the staff nor for the scientific advancement of those belonging to the establishment. Most freely have they been put at the disposal of investigators connected w^ith other institutions, and, in fact, without the help of many such the record of scientific progress based upon the material in the Museum would be greatly curtailed. Wlien it is possible to so arrange, the investigator comes to Wash- ington ; otherwise such collections as he needs are sent to him, whether he resides in this country or abroad. In this manner practically every prominent specialist throughout the world interested in the subjects here well represented has had some use of the collections, and thereby the National Museum has come to be recognized as a conspicuous factor in the advancement of knowledge wherever civili- zation has a foothold. OPERATIONS OF THE YEAR. ' APPROPRIATIONS. The maintenance and operations of the National Museum for the year covered by this report, namely, from July 1, 1909, to June 30, 1910, were provided for by the following items of appropriation contained in the sundry civil act approved March 4, 1909: Preservation of collections $250, 000 Furniture and fixtures 200, 000 Heating and lighting 60, 000 Building repairs 15, 000 Purchase of books 2, 000 Postage 500 Moving collections, etc 4, 000 Printing and binding 34, 000 Total 565, 500 The following appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1911, were made by Congress in tlie sundry civil act approved June 25, 1910: Preservation of collections $300, 000 Furniture and fixtures 125, 000 Heating and lighting 50, 000 Building repairs 15, 000 Purchase of books 2, 000 Postage -■ 500 Printing and binding 34, 000 Total 526, 500 The general deficiency act approved June 25, 1910, also contains two items relatmg to the Museum, one authorizing the installation of an ice plant from an existing appropriation, the other appropriating funds for certain work in completing the new building and its sur- roundings. These items are as follows: "Out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for 'Preser- vation of collections. National Museum,' for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten not exceeding the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars is authorized to be expended during the fiscal years nineteen hundred and ten and nineteen hundred and eleven for purchase and installation of an apparatus for the manufacture of ice for use of the National Museum." 12 BEPORT OF NATIONAL. MUSEUM, 1910. 13 "For the completion of the new building of the United States National Museum and its surroundings, namel}", the construction of roads and walks, grading and sodding, construction of a waterproof granolithic platform along the outer walls of the building, and the painting of the interior walls of the building, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, seventy- seven thousand dollars." BUILDINGS. New building. — At the close of the year the entire exterior of the new building had been completed, with the exception of the broad steps leading to the main entrance, on which work was then in progress. Much still remained to be done in the interior of the south pavilion, including both the auditorium on the ground floor and the rotimda above, but the main part of the building lacked only certain minor features of construction and had been wholly in the possession of the Museum during the greater part of the year. The abandonment of the rented buildings at the end of the previous year had made it necessary to move their contents, comprising large and valuable collections, to the new building in May and June, 1909. This material was placed in several of the exhibition halls where the floors had been laid and in one of the open courts, affording an excellent opportunity for overhauling and assorting a large part of the specimens. On August 10, 1909, occupation of the third story, which is divided into rooms for laboratories, reserve collections, and offices, was obtained from the superintendent of construction, although at that time the story was improvided with doors, and temporary expedients had to be adopted for the protection of such property as was first moved. On November 9, following, the remain- ing stories of the main building were turned over to the Museum, and while constructive work of a subordinate character continued to be carried on during most of the rest of the year, it can not be said to have materially interfered with Museum operations. The mechanical plant was completed in ample time to meet the requirements of themnter season, the boilers being put into permanent service on October 15, 1909, and soon demonstrating their efficiency. The heating system in the new building is by means of hot water. Steam connections with the other buildings, through the medium of an underground tunnel, were effected on November 3, and since then all of the heating of the Smithsonian group of structures on the Mall has been provided from the new plant. Electrical connections with the generators of the plant by means of cables also running through the tunnel, and finished in June, 1910, cover the same area. Certain minor, though important, mechanical and electrical fittings have likewise been supplied. In view of the combustible nature of parts of the collection, an effective fire system has been provided, 14 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. consisting of alarm boxes of essentially the same pattern as those used by the city, and of fire extinguishers, and many lengths of hose kept attached to fire plugs. There may also be mentioned a series of call boxes throughout the building, from which the watchmen turn in their signals to the central office during each of the night rounds, and a comprehensive vacuum cleaning plant, with pipes leading to all parts of the building. A very complete system of electric wire con- duits was included in the building construction, and the more necessary of these were wired in the same connection. Nearly all of the light- ing fixtures required on the ground floor and third floor have been installed, and the hanging of the ceiling fixtures in the exhibition halls was well advanced before the close of the year. As explained in previous reports, the new building, erected for the natural history collections, contains four full stories, in addition to which a large part of the attic space is available for storage. The two middle stories are designed wholly for the public exhibition of specimens, while the lower story, with the exception of one exhibition hall, and the third story are arranged for the laboratories, the storage of the reserve collections, the offices, the mechanical plant, and the workshops. In the matter of furnishing, preference has been given to the ground and third stories over the exhibition stories, in order that the laboratories and the mass of the collections might be moved as soon as possible, and the scientific staff be established in the new building where its members could more conveniently work out the somewhat difficult problems which confront them in planning and arranging the exhibition collections under the greatly improved conditions now offered as to amount and character of space. The furniture for these two floors, except the tables and chairs, will be almost wholly of steel or steel covered. Excellent designs for the several patterns of cases required were secured, and in view of an extensive competition the prices have been kept at a relatively low figure. Some cases had been constructed during the previous year, but the work was much more actively continued during the past one, in view of the larger appropria- tion available. On account of the special patterns and of the excel- lent quality of work demanded, it was not to be expected that con- tracts could be promptly filled, but the results have been extremely satisfactory. The pains taken with this subject not only redounds to the profit of this Museum, but will be helpful to museums generally throughout the country, since the national establishment is looked upon as a sort of central bureau for supplying information and advice in matters of museum equipment and operation. As it was not feasible to await the completion of all or of any considerable part of the metal furniture, wooden cases from the older buildings were largely made use of in the beginning, being replaced from time to REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 15 time as the fireproof furnishings were received. The construction of exhibition furniture for the new building has thus far been hmited, the current needs ha^'ing been mostly supplied from the older build- ings, but during the present year it will be actively taken up. The moving of the natural history specimens from the older build- ings was begun on August 11, 1909, and could readily have been fin- ished within the year had the necessary furniture been on hand. As it was, such of the laboratories and reserve collections as were trans- ferred were at once installed in their new quartei-s, however adverse the conditions might be. In respect to some divisions, however, the accommodations were so incomplete that no changes were attempted. The only exhibitions installed consisted of certain ethnological groups and historical cases arranged in the middle hall and adjacent ranges, in conjunction with the paintings of the National Gallery of Art, as described under that head. All other exhibition collections taken over were temporarily stored in their old cases. The reserve collections transferred either wholly or in greater part were of the following subjects: Ethnology, prehistoric and historic archeology, physical anthropology, mammals, birds, insects, mol- lusks, geology generally, minerals, fossil vertebrates and inverte- brates, and paleobotany. Those still remaining in their old quarters consisted of the reptiles and batrachians, fishes, marine invertebrates, and plants. The division of plants, for which sufficient space is not available in the new building, will be accommodated in the upper story of the main part of the Smithsonian building. The exhibition collections destined for the new building, which at the close of the year were still displayed in the halls which they have hitherto occupied, comprised the birds and marine invertebrates in the Smithsonian building; and the American mammals, osteo- logical specimens, invertebrate and plant fossils, minerals and gems, a considerable part of the collection of applied geology, the material illustrating historic religions and some branches of ethnology, in the older Museum building. The other exhibits in the latter building, including history, technology, art fabrics, ceramics, graphic arts, medicine, musical instruments, etc., will be kept there permanently. The removal of collections and laboratories included the abandon- ment of the entire double north tower of the Smithsonian building above the main floor, thus relinquishing several suites of excellent rooms to which the Bureau of American Ethnology was transferred in December, 1909. A supplemental appropriation by Congress made near the close of its last session provided for two important matters in connection with the new building. One of these was the grading of the grounds about the building and the construction of roads and paths leading to its entrances. The other was the painting of the interior walls, required 16 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. as much for the hardening of the plaster as for the apphcation of color to relieve the extensive white surfaces. Other huildings. — The repairs put upon the older buildings were of a varied character, being such as are constantly necessitated bj dete- rioration through wear and tear and through the effects of the weather. The outside stone steps at the main entrance of the Smith- sonian building were redressed and reset; the old doors were replaced by revolving doors, which will greatly improve the conditions as to heating and the inroads of dust from the adjoining pavements; while the worn floor of the vestibule was relaid with new stone, and the walls and ceiling were painted. The large second story of this build- ing having been allotted to the division of plants, it became necessary to plan the changes and improvements required to meet the needs of the extensive herbarium, which is already in excellent condition for the transfer. This work, which includes the division of a part of the hall into separate apartments, will be taken up at the begin- ning of the new year. In the interior of the older Museum building the principal repairs and adaptations consisted of the painting of walls and ceilings, the construction of macite partitions in furtherance of fire protection, and the fitting up of a part of the southeast range for taxidermal work, the older quarters in the south shed being inadequate for present purposes. The painting and repair of portions of the roofs and woodwork on the exterior of the same building constituted an item of considerable importance. The transfer of the roughing-out laboratory of physical anthropology to the stable building necessi- tated the overhauling of a part of that building and the addition of a ventilating stack and fans. The rooms in the south shed formerly occupied as tin and electrical shops, which are now provided for in the new building, were fitted up for certain kinds of preparators' work in biology. During the summer and autumn of 1909 the boilers and machinery in the old Museum building were thoroughly overhauled, but in view of the extension to this and the Smithsonian building of the heating system from the new plant, as elsewhere described, the old boilers will not be used, but kept in reserve. The furniture and fixtures constructed or purchased during the year were almost entirely for the new building. An enumeration shows that there were on hand at the close of the year 2,406 exhibition cases, 5,882 storage cases, and 2,649 pieces of laboratory and office furniture. EEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 17 COLLECTIONS. The number of specimens received during the year was approxi- mately 970,698, of which 933,998 were biological, 17,979 geological, and 18,721 anthropological. This very large nominal increase over the receipts for any previous year, embraced in 1,450 accessions, resulted from the fact that the number of insects alone transmitted by the Bureau of Entomology of the Department of Agriculture amounted to not less than 800,000 specimens. A detailed list of the accessions is given in the latter part of this report. DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY. Ethnology. — The additions to the ethnological collections compared favorably, both in number and scientific value, with those of the pre- vious year. An important accession, comprising 253 specimens, from the Dyaks of Pasir River, southern Borneo, was received from Dr. William L. Abbott. This material, added to the previous sendings by the same collector, forms a noteworthy monument to his energy and ability as an explorer. Another noteworthy collection, number- ing 431 specimens, transferred by the United States Government Board of Managers of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, consists of objects brought together during a number of years by Dr. N. B. Emerson, of Honolulu. The material illustrates the tapa-making industries, the preparation of poi and other foods, canoe and house building, and costumes and customs of the vanishing Kanakas, and also includes many valuable archeological objects. A most important contribution from the Department of the Interior, formerly constitut- ing a part of the museum of the United States Bureau of Education, comprises nearly 1,500 Eskimo specimens and 700 objects of art from Japan and other foreign countries. Also worthy of mention are a collection of brass ware, weapons, and ornaments from the Moros of Mindanao, gathered by Chaplain Joseph Clemens, United States Army; a number of native objects from British East Africa, including weapons, musical instruments and other articles, obtained by the Smithsonian African Expedition; examples of basketry from Java, contributed by Mr. Owen Bryant ; a valuable series of textile materials illustrating the folk art of the country, from the Cecho-Slav Museum at Prague, Bohemia; and a number of rare Indian baskets from a cave in the Santa Barbara National Park, California, obtained through the Forest Service. A summary of all the collections received shows that 43 were from America, 6 from Europe, 3 from Japan, 3 from China and eastern Asia, 7 from the Philippine Islands, 5 from the East Indies, 8 from Polynesia and 6 from Africa. General work on the collections was mainly connected with their transfer to the new building. The large mass of material which for 71245°— NAT Mus 1910 2 18 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. many years has been held in storage in rented quarters was carried over in bulk, unpacked and cleaned, sorted and placed in trays or otherwise cared for. The exhibition series was in large measure removed in trays and boxes, and such cases as were portable were re- paired and renovated to again receive the collections in the new halls. Satisfactory progress was made in the revising of the card catalogue. In the latter part of the winter a portion of the exhibition collec- tion was temporarily installed, in connection mth the paintings of the National Gallery of Ai't, in the middle hall of the new building, for the opening which occurred on March 17. Several exhibits recently received from the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition were also utilized for that occasion. At the close of the year there remained in the old Museum building the contents of certain wall cases in the west hall, and of a large number of the floor and wall cases in the north-west and west-north ranges, and in the northwest court and gallery. The curator, Dr. Walter Hough, continued his investigations on the use of incense by the Indian tribes of the Western Hemisphere; on the basketry and textile art of the Pueblo tribes; on the distribu- tion of gray ware in the Pueblo region; on the relation between the Mexican and Pueblo cultures, and on the Museum-Gates collection of 1905. In response to a suggestion made to the Consular Bureau of the Deprrtment of State that the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum be included in the curriculum of consular educa- tion, a class of 25 recently appointed consuls was instructed by Dr. Hough in the subject of anthropology on July 29, 1909. Prehistoric archeology. — The accessions in this division exceeded in number those of the previous year and furnished material of excep- tional scientific value. Of particular importance was a collection from Argentina, forwarded by Dr. Juan B. Ambrosetti on behalf of the Museu Ethnografico, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, in exchange for North American material. It includes stone mortars and pestles, metates and mullers, hammer stones, grooved stone axes, hatchets, stone disks, stone beads, flakes of flint and obsidian, bone implements and ornaments, shell objects, implements and objects of wood, bronze implements and ornaments, and a representative series of earthenware vessels including large burial urns, bowls, pitchers, jars, dishes, etc., many with painted decorations. The collection is especially valuable for purposes of comparison with analogous relics of antiquity in North America. A noteworthy collection obtained by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, of the Bureau of American Ethnology, under the auspices of the Department of the Interior, from the "Cliff Palace," Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, consists of grooved stone axes (one with the original handle), notched axes, hammer and polishing stones, paint stones, EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 19 beads, disks, drilled pendants, thin stone slabs for grinding paint, grooved sharpening stones, flint blades and arrow points; bone implements and ornaments including chisels, scrapers, punches, etc., many awls made from bones of deer and wdld turkey, and a number of cylindrical beads; wooden shafts and planting sticks, ceremonial tablets, fli-e sticks, prayer sticks, and withe handles for stone axes; earthenware bowls, ladles, jars, mugs, cups, dishes, etc. Another collection of kindred material was secured by Dr. Fewkes for the Bureau of American Ethnology from the ruins of the Marsh Pass region, Arizona, in 1909. It comprises grooved stone hammers or sledges, pitted stones, polisliing stones, stone mortar, knives of flint and quartzite, and flint arrow points; an earthenware strainer, and fragments of coiled ware vessels and of painted and gray ware with designs in red and black. A third North American collection, con- sisting of ancient Pueblo earthenware, was donated by ]Mr. Stephen Janis, superintendent of the Navaho Indian Reservation, Tuba City, Arizona. Noteworthy examples are ollas and bowls of gray ware with geometric decorations in black and red; others are embellished with volutes and other figures in relief, and one jar is of coiled ware. Senator H. C. Lodge presented a Porto Rican stone collar of massive type, oval in shape and embellished with sculptured figures. A collection of much interest from Honduras and Guatemala, including numerous articles of stone, copper, and clay, was lent by ^Ir. A. H. Blackiston, of Cumberland, I\Iaryland. Of special note are copper bells of varied pattern, vases elaborately decorated in glyphic designs and symbolic devices, and figures of animals and men modeled in clay. The members of the staff of the division were mainly occupied during most of the year in preparations for and in the actual removal of the collections from the Smithsonian building to the new building, and considerable headway had been made in the work of installation in the new quarters by the end of June. The cataloguing and mark- ing of recent accessions was kept up in the usual manner. During the early part of the year the head curator of the depart- ment, Mr. William H. Plolmes, was engaged in the study of the stone implements of the collection, in continuation of his work on an ex- haustive monograph intended for publication by the Bureau of American Ethnology, but later his time was entirely taken up with matters connected with the removal of collections. Mr. A. V. Kidder, of the Peabody Museum of Archeology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, examined the collection of pottery obtained by Dr. Fewkes at the "Cliff Palace," Mesa Verde National Park. Although no field work was undertaken by the division, the explorations and excavations in the Pueblo region, by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, of the Bureau of American Ethnology, were important for the Museum; and Mr. J. D. 20 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. McGuire's researches in the vicinity of Mount Kineo, Maine, resulted in a valuable collection of stone implements and rejectage of imple- ment-making, which Mr. McGuire presented to the Museum through the Bureau of American Ethnology. Historic archeology. — Among the collections received and assigned to this division were the following: Egyptian bronze figurines of Osiris, Isis, and Horus, usJiahti figurines of faience, pottery vases, pieces of mummy cartonage and a box of wheat grains, lent by Mr. A. PI. Blackiston, of Cumberland, Maryland; and 30 specimens of Turkestan pottery of the eleventh and fourteenth centuries, obtained by exchange from the Musee d'Anthropologie et d'Ethnographie de Pierre le Grand, St. Petersburg, Russia. Of objects of religious art and ceremonial were models of the Salt Lake Mormon Temple and Tabernacle, presented to the Museum by the Church of Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ, through its treasurer and commissioner at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Mr. George D. Pyper; a model in wood of the Russian Church at Sitka, made under the supervision of the Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, and a model of the Santa Barbara Mis- sion, California, constructed under the supervision of the head curator, both for the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition and transferred to the Museum by the United States Government Board of Managers; a model of a Hindu temple, made from the pith of the cork tree, from the Rev. William E. DeRiemer; 19 liturgical books used in the Russian Church in Alaska, the gift of the Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff; and a Catholic reliquary and six religious medals, lent by Mrs. G. Brown Goode. Pending the removal of the collections to the new building, little work was done on the exhibition series. A small number of objects, not heretofore shown, was installed in the Egyptian section, and some labels were prepared and printed. At the close of the year, the Egyptian and a large part of the Assyro-Babylonian and Hittite col- lections had been transferred, but there still remained in the old building the entire series of objects of recent religious art. Studies were made of the ancient potteries, with a view to their arrangement under the new conditions. Physical anthroj^ology . — Of the accessions received by this division, which were numerous and of exceptional value, the most important was that of the Egyptian remains, which, through the courtesy and generosity of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of the division, was enabled to make in connection with the extensive excavations that are being conducted by that Museum. The value of this collection is greatly enhanced by the fact that every specimen is well identified chronologically. Other note- worthy accessions were about 100 Indian skulls, with other bones, from Newport, Madison, and Marked Tree, Arkansas, obtained and REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 21 presented by Mr, Clarence B. Moore, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 16 skulls, received in exchange from Prof. David Paul von Hansemann, Rudolf Virchow-Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany; 6 casts of ancient human and primitive Australian crania, obtamed by purchase ; a cast of an ancient human lower jaw, known as "the Heidelberg jaw," the gift of Prof. Otto Schoetensack, of Heidelberg, Germany; 20 human skulls, transferred from the Ai-my Medical Museum through Maj. T. T. Russell, United States Ai-my, curator; 25 brachycephalic skulls of Czechs, received in exchange from Prof. J. Matiegka, of Prague, Bohemia; 28 negro skulls, from the Smithsonian African Expedition; 6 specimens of articulated hands and feet, through exchange with Prof. Gustav Schwalbe, University of Strassburg, Germany; a large number of anatomical specunens presented by Prof. F. P. Mall, of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; a skeleton of an Australian native, in exchange with the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery, Perth, Australia; the skull of a Flathead Indian and 2 head-flattening pillows, donated by Capt. Newton Chittenden, Brook- lyn, New York; 23 important anatomical preparations, contributed by Dr. D. S. Lamb, of the Ai-my Medical Museum, Washington; and two collections of valuable anatomical material, presented, one by Dr. Robert Bennett Bean, the other by Dr. Winsor, both of the Pliilippine Medical School, Manila. This division was one of the fii"st to move into the new Museum building, and since September attention has mainly been given to fitting up the laboratories and rearranging and relabeling the collec- tions. A considerable amount of material has been brought together preparatory to installation in the exhibition cases now provided in the laboratory. The series of Indian busts on general exhibition has been increased by the addition of five new casts made in the Museum. Investigations were concluded b}^ the curator on the Arkansas and Louisiana crania presented by Mr. Clarence B. Moore, and the results pubhshed by the Academy of Sciences of Philadelpliia. Measure- ments of the capacity of these crania have been made and await elabo- ration. A very important collection of Esldmo skulls and skeletons, fonvarded by the American Museum of Natural History, was studied and the report submitted to that Museum. Some progress was made toward the completion of investigations on the humerus in the differ- ent races, and a large amount of work was done on the report concern- ing the ancient and modern inhabitants of the Oasis of Kharga, Egypt. An account of two Texas crania was furnished the Bureau of American Ethnolog}', and detailed measurements of certain south- ern California Indian skuUs were sent to Dr. P. Rivet, Laboratoire d' Anthropologic, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. On April 1, 1910, the curator sailed for Argentina, South America, to conduct 22 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. examinations regarding the antiquity of man in that country, and at the close of the year satisfactory progress had been made. Technology. — The most important addition to this division was a collection received from the Navy Department, consisting of 82 rifles, carbines, and muskets, which had been kept as an historical exhibit at the League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, for several years. A few of the most interesting examples are typical pieces from the Virginia Manufactory, Richmond, Virginia, of dates 1816, 1818, and 1819; a musket from the Palmetto Armory, Columbia, South Caro- lina, 1852; several Harpers Ferry muskets, including the rare Ply- mouth pattern of 1858; a Whitney ville rifle of 1863; a rare breech- loading rifle made by A. H. Waters & Co., Milbury, ]\Iassachusetts ; a standard United wStates Arm}^ rifle altered by the Confederate Govern- ment and stamped "Cook and Brother, Athens, Georgia, 1864;" a Potsdam musket of 1833; Tower muskets and carbines of various lengths and calibers, some of early dates ; and good examples of Colt, Sharps, Wliite, and Maynard arms. Two sets of aerodynamic models in wood, devised by Dr. Albert F. Zahm in 1903, in the laboratory of the Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Colum- bia, and employed by him for determining the atmospheric resistance of symmetric spindles and wedge-shaped models, and the best form of hulls for motor balloons and flying machines, have been deposited by Dr. Zahm. A number of interesting sundials designed and con- structed by Mr. Claude L. Woolley, of Baltimore, Maryland, and pre- sented by him, are especially instructive as showing the dift'erent forms of dials adapted to the latitude of the Panama Canal Zone, 8° 57' north, Washington, District of Columbia, 38° 55' north, and Nome, Alaska, 64° 30' north. ]\fr. Woolley has also contributed a vertical sundial adapted to tlie latitude of Boston, 40° 21' north, and a noon mark to be used in any latitude. A model likewise received from him represents a rare dial known as the reclining cross type, which is made for the latitude of New Orleans, 29° 55' north, and bears the inscription, "Aspiciendo senescis." A pin machine, the gift of the Howe Manufacturing Company, Derby, Connecticut, invented by Dr. John Ireland Howe in 1835, is said to be the first successful machine constructed for automatically making complete pins. It was put in operation by this company in 1838, was kept in service until about 1865, and had a capacity of 60 pins a minute. Models of the unarmored protected cruiser Atlanta and the armored cruiser Pennsylvania were deposited by the Navy Department. A most noteworthy and valuable collection of 153 chronometers and watches, comprising many superior, full-jeweled, and finely finished timepieces, the productions of the best makers ot their time, American and foreign, was donated by Dr. Thomas Feather- stonhaugh, of Wasliington, District of Columbia. Sixty-four articles, REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 23 embracing Japanese astronomical instruments, electrical apparatus, microscopes, surveying instruments, and standard mechanical gauges, and 208 small wooden models of agricultural implements of primitive and advanced designs, were transferred from the museum of the United States Bureau of Education. One hundred and thirty-three objects, comprising ancient matchlock, wheel-lock and flintlock guns and pistols, a large number of East Indian and Filipino swords, daggers, and knives, and several more modern arms, were lent by Mrs. Charles W. Hickman, of Augusta, Georgia. The collection con- tains many specimens which are not only superior as effective weap- ons, but also remarkable for their artistic design. All of the material belonging to this division which had been taken from the Ninth Street annex and the armory shed to the new Museum building for overhauhng in the spring of 1909 was carefully exam- ined, classified, and scheduled. Every box was opened, ever}^ speci- men inspected, and an accurate record of each was made. In April, 1910, following the completion of this task, it was moved over to the old Museum building, in which the division will remain, as many of the objects as possible being placed in the exliibition cases available. With few exceptions, the accessions of the year have also been put on exhibition. No extended investigations were undertaken by members of the staff, but many persons from outside have made use of the collections, either for research or for purely practical ends. Ceramics. — Among the additions to the ceramic gallery, which were very few, the following loans may be mentioned: Three fine exam- ples of yellow Chinese porcelain to the valuable collection of Mss E. R. Scidmore, of Washington; 19 specimens of Hispano-Moresque and Brower ware, and other objects of mterest, from Miss Julia Chad- wick, of Washington; 4 examples of cloisonne enamel, a cinnabar lacquer box, and an ancient Roman terra-cotta head, from the estate of Olive Risley Seward, through Miss Sara Carr Upton, executrix; a lacquered vase presented to Dr. James Chadwick by the Emperor of Japan, from Mr. Robert Hinckley, of Washington; an ''Apostle" pitcher, from IVIrs. Mary C. Blandin, of Glenarm, Maryland; and 46 pieces of old English china formerly belonging to the Haswell and Plimpton families of Vermont and Massachusetts, from Miss Kath- erine Noyes, of Washington. The Olive Risley Seward collection was rearranged and labeled by Miss Upton. GrwpJiic arts. — Many examples of reproductions by new processes, both of black and white and of color prints, were received during the year. A mezzotint of John Randolph, by Sartain, presented by ^Ir. David Sulzberger, of Philadelphia, is an important contribution to the historical series of engravings, being a representative example of the work of this noted American engraver. Among the additions in photography were two exquisite portraits of a lady, in platinum, 24 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. and four remarkable portraits of a girl, on Royal Nepera paper, pre- sented by the Eastman Company, of Rochester, New York. There is now assembled an excellent collection to illustrate the history of photography from the earliest period to the present time, which it is expected to prepare and install during the current year. It includes both apparatus and pictures, and contams many rarities. Musical instruments. — The following were among the additions to this section: Tliree Japanese musical instruments — a treble guitar, direct bass flute, and fiddle — obtained by the late Mrs. James M. Flint in Yokohama and presented by Dr. Flint; a series of drawmgs, tracings, and notes relating to violins, their manufacture, dimensions, and characteristics, both old and new, collected by Mr, Gilbert Thompson and donated by Miss A. G. Thompson, of Washington; a melodeon made in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, by William Pierce, prior to 1863, formerly the property of Dr. Theodore F. Hance, and con- tributed by his estate, through his daughters, the Misses Emma and Eleanor W, Hance, of Washington; a "marimba" of the most recent type, used by the natives of Yucatan, presented by Mr. Emil Mosonyi. Medicine. — This division acquired a number of surgical instru- ments, cases of medicine, microscopic slides, and other interesting material. History. — The accessions received by this division contained much that is noteworthy. A collection of 38 pieces of table porcelain bearing the insignia of the "Society of the Cincinnati," made in Cliina for David Townsend, of Massachusetts, in 1790, was lent by Mr. Thomas Gerry Townsend. Accompanying it is the diploma of membership of David Townsend in the Society of the Cincinnati and a letter from Samuel Shaw, dated 1790, relating to the procurement of the china. A number of personal relics of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, United States Navy, were deposited by his daughter, Miss Jane Wilkes, of Washington, including a handsome jeweled sword presented by the city of Boston in 1862, a gold medal conferred by the Royal Geographical Society of London in 1848, a service sword, hat, epaulets, and other articles used by the admiral, then a lieuten- ant, during his command of the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842. Many personal memorials of the distinguished astron- omer Simon Newcomb, bequeathed by him to the United States Government for exhibition in the National Museum, were deposited by Mrs. Newcomb, though possessing the right to retain them dur- ing her life. The collection embraces the uniform and sword of Prof. Newcomb, who had the rank of rear admiral in the United States Navy, two orders of the Legion of Honor of France, various gold and bronze medals and tablets, a large jasper vase on a black marble pedestal presented by the Observatory of Poulkova, Russia, a pair of bronze vases from the Imperial University of Tokyo, and HEPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 25 118 diplomas and announcements of honor conferred by universities and other learned bodies for distinction in science, A portrait in oil of Prof. Newcoiiib, by C. H. L. Macdonald, has been placed tem- porarily in the Museum by Mrs. Newcomb. The uniform coat worn by Admiral Farragut while lashed to the rigging of the ship Hartford during the battle of Mobile Bay, August 4, 1864, was presented by Mrs. Pauline Philip Lapidge, of Rockville Center, New York; and a silver snuffbox given by President Millard Fillmore to his wife in 1862 was donated by ^Irs. Florence A. Rockwell Judd, of New York City. The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America added, among other objects, to its collection of relics deposited in the jMuseum a silver baptismal basin which was sent from Holland in 1694 to the first Dutch church on Manhattan Island. The heirs of Mrs. Virginia L. W. Fox presented the Gustavus Vasa Fox collection of books illustrating Russian life and history. Printed, for the most part, in the Russian language, these works are remarkable for their handsome bindings and exceedingly fine engravings. Mrs. Julian James, of Washington, added to her loan collection 51 pieces of silver and glassware and two miniatures belonging to the Bailey-Myers- Mason family, and a sword belt and scabbard. Sixteen American historical paintings by Trumbull, Charles Willson Peale, Rembrandt Peale, and other noted artists were lent by Dr. George Reuling, of Baltimore, Maryland. A portrait in oil of Dr. Edward Maynard, by his son, George W. Maynard, of New York City, was presented by the artist. Seven handsome silver trophies, won in rifle competition by the ^Marine Corps of the United States Navy, and a silver cup, won by a boat crew of the marines of the U. S. S. Illinois, were received on deposit. Five pieces of silver — two punch bowls, two cups, and one pitcher — presented to the late Gen. Henry C. Corbin by his fellow army officers in 1901, were lent by Mrs. Corbin. An especially noteworthy accession was a bronze tablet 7 feet wide by 14 feet high, showing life-size relief figures of Edward F. Beale and Kit Carson, and commemorating an incident of the war with Mexico, which is explained in the inscription on the tablet as follows: "The army sent from Santa Fe to occupy California was met and defeated by the Mexicans at San Pasquale. The American forces were driven upon a butte in the desert, on which there was no water, and there surrounded by the Mexican forces. Edward F. Beale and Kit Carson, both famous explorers of the West, volunteered to get through the Mexican lines and get reinforcements from Stockton's fleet at San Diego. They succeeded in crawling past three cordons of Mexican sentries in the night, and by hiding in ravines in the day and travelling by night they reached Stockton's fleet after enduring great hardships." This tablet, which is of high artistic design, was ^6 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910 executed by Mr. Isidore Konti on a commission from the Hon. Truxton Beale, son of Gen. Beale who at the time of this episode was an acting heutenant in the Navy. Mr. Beale has happily selected the new building of the National Museum as an appropriate place for the tablet, which has been installed on one side of the north entrance vestibule, and was informally unveiled on May 31, 1910, in the pres- ence of members and friends of the family, brief remarks being made by Senator George C. Perkins. A large model in plaster and a perspective drawing of Andrew O'Connor's competitive design for the Commodore Barry monument was presented by Mr. Jeremiah O'Connor, of Washington. One of the four sledges with which Commander Robert E. Peary, United States Navy, reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909, and also a pick and pair of snowshoes, were contributed by Mr. H. L. Bridgman, of New York City. Among gifts to the collection of coins and medals were 24 papal and other medals from Mr. Joseph Pagani, of Washmgton; 38 Vene- tian and Byzantine coins from Georgius Constandenethos, of Brook- lyn, New York ; and a set of the nine official medals and two badges struck in commemoration of the Hudson-Fulton celebration in New York City in 1909, from the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission. To the collection of portraits were added 88 photographs of persons mostly connected with the history of the Smithsonian Institution, the gift of Dr. Theodore Gill, and over 300 photographs of members of the Medal of Honor Legion of the United States, presented by the Legion through Mr. Walter Thorn, commander. Other accessions worthy of mention were a valuable set of casts of cameos of classical subjects, photographs of prominent educators, and photographic copies of old maps, transferred by the United States Bureau of Education; maps, facsimiles of treaties, photographs of early newspapers, portraits of historic personages, and various inter- estmg objects illustrating the history of the Pacific coast and the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands, being part of the Smithsonian exhibit at the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition, transferred by the United States Government Board of Managers. The collection of Washington relics and the Copp collection of colonial relics were moved in March to the new building, where they were temporarily installed at the north end of the middle hall as a part of the exhibition opened on the 17th of that month. They will, however, be restored to their places in connection with the general historical collections when the necessary arrangements have been effected. Anthropological laboratory. — The activities of the departmental laboratory were, as heretofore, confined largely to work in plaster and to repairing and poisoning specimens. The commodious quarters in REPOET OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 27 the new building were occupied early in the year and progress has been made in classifying and properly caring for the large body of duplicate casts and molds and in installing the fittings. The labora- tory is in charge of IMr. Henry W. Hendley, assisted hj Mr. Joseph Palmer, modeler. Although the work is much diversified, the services of Mr. Hendley being frequently called for by other departments, much of the time has been devoted to modelmg and casting Indian busts, casting fossils, medals and archeological objects, and repaii'ing and otherwise caring for the numerous lay figures and lay-figure groups. DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY. The largest and most noteworthy accession of the 3'ear in the department of biology was that received from the Smithsonian African Expedition, under the direction of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, of which an account is given under the head of explorations. The collection is especially rich in mammals and birds from east Africa, though other groups are well represented. The United States Bureau of Fisheries made several large and important transfers, consisting mostly of material which had been studied and described, and includ- ing many types. Another important source of material was the expe- dition to Java by Mr. Owen Bryant, of Cohasset, Massachusetts, accompanied by IVIi'. William Palmer, of the Museum staff. The collection, in which the Museum shares equally with Mr. Bryant, represents a wide range of subjects. Mammals. — Besides the material from Africa and Java, above referred to, the more noteworthy additions of mammals comprised 200 specimens from Cliina, of wliich the majority of the species represented were new to the Museum, collected by Mr. Arthur de C. Sowerby; 139 specimens from eastern Borneo, collected and presented by Dr. W. L. Abbott; and 30 specimens, including a rare monkey and a giraffe from the type localities of the species, donated by Mr. John J. White, of Wasliington, District of Columbia, by whom they were obtained during a hunting trip in British East Africa. Twenty-three interesting Australian mammals were received in exchange from the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery at Perth. During the first nine months of the year the work of this division was chiefly of a routine character, and much progress was made in arranging and labeling the skulls of rats, mice, and bats, and the skins of several genera of rodents, of which there are large series. In April, 1910, the general reserve collection was moved to the new building, where it now occupies the entire ground floor of the northwest range, and the mammal collection of the Biological Survey, the adjacent west range. The increased space and facilities in these quarters permit a thorough overhauhng of the material and a careful systematic 28 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. arrangement was at once commenced. All of the primates, carniv- ores, ungulates, edentates, marsupials, and monotremes have been placed in order, and at the close of the year it was possible to promptly locate any particular specimen belonging in these groups, or all of the specimens of any of them. The type specimens, of wliich the number is exceedingly large, have been arranged in the bottom tier of cases on the north side of the range where they are most accessible and can be examined under the best conditions as to light. The work of getting the more extensive orders of small mammals, especially the rodents, in proper sequence was also begun, but there are so many of these that, even with what has been accomplished in previous years, some time must still elapse before tliis task can be completed. The rabbits, however, have already been arranged. Many boxes which had long been stored in the rented buildings were unpacked, the skins distributed to their proper places in the laboratory and the skulls and skeletons set aside for adding to the osteological collection, which, together with the specimens in alcohol, still remains in the old building. Eighty-five skins were made up and 65 old mounted skins dismounted for addition to the reserve series. Forty- six skeletons and 6,538 skulls were cleaned for study, and 11 skeletons were roughed out preparatory to cleaning. Much work was done in comiection with the mammals from the African expedition, especially in unpadding, inspecting, and cataloguing specmiens, and preparing material for taiming. The head curator of the department of biology. Dr. Frederick W. True, completed Ms description of the Museum collection of beaked whales, family Ziphiidse, of which the proof was read before the close of the year. He also identified a large collection of the bones and teeth of mammals from the shell-heaps of Hancock County, Maine, on which subject he has a paper well in progress. The curator of the division, Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, jr., practically finished his work on the large European collections mentioned in the last report, and spent considerable time in classif3dng material recently acquired from Java, the Philippine Islands, China, and Africa. Some papers bearing on these studies were published, while others are still in press. Dr. M. W. Lyon, jr., before his resignation to accept a position elsewhere in Washington, had made considerable progress with his report on the Abbott collection of mannnals from Borneo, which he expects soon to finish. Mr. N. Hollister, his successor as assistant curator, besides publishing the three articles mentioned in the bibliography, continued work on a monograph of the muskrats, which he commenced before entering the Museum service. Dr. Edgar A. Mearns, United States Army, studied the cottontail rabbits, of which he described a new form. REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 29 Mr. Edmund Heller, on his return from Africa in the spring, was assigned the difficult task of working up the entire mammal collection from the Smithsonian expedition, which will occupy liis time for perhaps two years or more. While still in the field he forwarded several papers descriptive of new species, which were immediately published by the Institution and Museum. Dr. D. G. Elliot, of New York City, examined the collection of monkeys and lemurs for infor- mation to be used in coimection with a monograph of the primates which he is preparing. Mr. W. H. Osgood, of the Field Museum of Natural History, who is writing a report on the African mammals in that museum, studied the older African collections here. Birds. — The principal accessions of birds, as of mammals, were from east Africa and Java. Next in importance was a collection from Polynesia, made by Dr. C. H. Townsend during one of the early Pacific cruises of the Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross, of which he was then the naturaUst. It comprises 391 specimens and about 85 species, many of which are new to the Museum or were previously represented only by old and faded specimens dating back to the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842. The types of three species of swiftlets (Collocalia) are included, and there is a good specimen of the rare sandpiper, Aechmorliynchus cancellatus, which has been reported as extinct. Thirty-nine birds and one nest from East Borneo and the islands of the Java Sea, including a pheasant, Polyplectron schleiermacTieri, new to the collection, were presented by Dr. W. L. Abbott. There were two contributions of birds from the island of Luzon, one of 64 specimens from Dr. H. C. Curl, United States Navy, the other of 33 sldns and 2 eggs from Mr. D. B. Maclde, of the Bureau of Agriculture, Manila. Mr. Henry D. Baker, American Consul at Hobart, Tasmania, transmitted 24 Australian birds. Thirty-four Chinese birds, including a pheasant, Orossoptilon tihet- anum, were received in exchange from the Hon. J. E. Tha^^er, of Lancas- ter, Massachusetts. In appreciation of work done by the Museum in the identification of natural history material, the Peruvian Govern- ment, through Dr. R. E. Coker, donated 47 skins and a few alcoholic specimens, besides 33 eggs, including a number of interesting water birds. One hundred and six African birds, chiefly from Mount Ruwenzori, needed for comparison, were purchased. Three hundred and eleven land and water birds from Vkginia, mostly from Smith's Island, were contributed by the collector, Dr. E. A. Mearns, Mr. J. H. Riley, and Mr. E. J. Brown. A fine series of 1,319 eggs and five nests, including several rarities, which had constituted the collection of the late Clarence H. Morrell, was presented to the Museum by his sister, Mrs. Ethel Morrell Hooper, of Exeter, New Hampshire, and three eggs of the rare Bachman's 30 EEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910 warbler were donated by Mr. George C. Embody, of Cornell University. Eleven birds of paradise were purchased for the exhibition collection. Twenty-nine skins and five skeletons of birds were received from the National Zoological Park. They included a male north African ostrich, presented to President Roosevelt by Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia, two examples of the Jahiru myderia, one of the whooping crane, Grus mnericana, one of Burmeister's cariama, Chunga hur- meisteri, one of the Timneh parrot, Psittacus timneh, and a rhea, Bliea darwini. By transfer from the United States Biological Survey, 110 birds' eggs and three nests, chiefly from Mexico, were obtained. The reserve collection of birds was moved to the new building in August, 1909. The eggs had previously been transferred, but were not permanently placed until in December of the same year. The overcrowding of the skins in the old building had been so great that it was found necessary to immediately order over 70 additional cases to provide for a reasonable spreading of the collection, and soon there- after half as many more to accommodate the current accessions, including those from east Africa. Delays in securing all of the draw- ers and fittings for the new cases, however, prevented the completion of the arrangement of the specimens within the year. Much work of a routine nature, in addition to the above, was put upon the collection. During the earlier period of the ISIuseum and before the present fine distinctions between species and varieties were recognized, much material now known to be of exceptional value was unfortunately included in the duplicate series which were widely distributed. A careful examination of the older records, w^ith the object of determining as far as possible the location of desired specimens, has been going on for a considerable time, and some important types have already been recovered. There has been the customary amount of labeling and cataloguing, and identifications were printed on 5,733 labels, including the remaining parts of Dr. Abbott's collections. The specimens from all accessions of the year, including the African and Javan expeditions, were catalogued. A temporary assistant was employed for five months to help in the record w^ork and the arrangement of specimens, but some time is still required to cover all of the arrearages and place the collections and records of the division on a thoroughly satisfactory basis. The fifth volume of the manual of North American birds, by the curator, Mr. Robert Ridgway, was completed except as to the family of woodpeckers, and it is expected that the manuscript will be ready for the printer by October, 1910. For examination in connection with this work, 6,529 birds were borrowed from other institutions. Dr. C. W. Richmond, assistant curator, added about 1,500 cards to the catalogue of genera and species of birds. Mr. H. C. Oberholser continued studies on the East Indian collections of Dr. Abbott. An REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 31 arrangement was made with Mr. A. C. Bent, of Taunton, Massachu setts, who vohmteered to take up at liis own expense, the unfinished work on the life histories of North American birds, so well begun by Maj. Bendire and continued by Dr. Ralph. Mr. Bent examined the unpublished manuscripts and notes on the subject preserved at the Museum, and also made a trip to the Breton Island reservation. Birds to the number of 503 were lent for study, the principal loan having been made to Mr. W. E. Clyde Todd, of the Carnegie Museum, who is preparing a revision of the ground doves of the genus CTiamse,- pelia. Ornithologists who visited the ]\Iuseum and the material which they examined were as follows: The late J. F. Ferry, of the Field Museum of Natural History, Costa Rican birds; Mr. L. A. Fuertes, of Ithaca, New York, the collection of pheasants, with a view to making colored drawings of some of them for an illustrated mono- graph of the group; Mr. B. H. Bailey, of Coe College, North American and Asiatic birds; Mr. B. H. Swales, of Grosse Isle, Michigan, speci- mens, records, and books for information relative to the birds of ^lichigan; Mr. Outram Bangs, of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cliinese and other Asiatic birds, for the purpose of identifying Cliinese specimens collected by the Thayer expedition; Mr. Thomas Barbour, of the same museum, parrots from the West Indies and New Guinea; ^Ir. William Brewster, also of the same museum, the collection of bitterns; Mr. Edward Arnold, of Detroit, the collection of birds' eggs; Mr. John J. Boyce, of Juneau, Alaskan birds and eggs, especi- ally of the genus BrachyrampJius. Reptiles and hatracliians. — About 1,800 reptiles and batracliians were received from the African expedition and about 600 from the Bureau of Fisheries, a considerable part of the latter having been collected in the Pliihppine Islands. Maj. J. M. T. Partello, United States Army, presented 6 specimens, including a remarkable unde- scribed hzard, from the Pliilippines, and Dr. W. L. Abbott, 13 speci- mens, chiefly marine snakes, from Borneo. Mr. Arthur de C. Sowerby transmitted 66 specimens from northern China. Dr. Ales Ilrdhcka obtained 34 reptiles during his trip to Egypt, and Dr. V. Brazil sent 24 Brazilian snakes as a gift. The Museum of Comparative Zoology furnished 16 cotypes of West Indian hzards, Anolis, in exchange, while Mr. Thomas Barbour, of the same museum, donated 20 reptiles and batrachians from various tropical locaUties, including an example of the interesting Surinam toad, Pipa americana. Eighty-seven specimens, mostly collected in Colorado by Mr. M. Cary, were received by transfer from the United States Biological Survey. The Hon. J. D. Mitchell, of Victoria, Texas, presented the type specimen of the hzard Engystoma areolatum. An important work of the year was the beginning of a card cata- logue of specimens, for which special help was employed. The 32 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. contents of about 4,400 jars, containing about 15,000 specimens, were entered in this way, the task involving the critical examination by the curator of all the specimens and of the records relating to them. The entire collection of North American batrachians and the majority of the North American lizards were gone over in this manner before the close of the year. On account of these routine duties, tlie curator, Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, had little time for scientific investigations, though some progress was made in his study of the herpetology of the Philippine Islands. Fishes. — The division of fishes received about 37,000 specimens. The transfers from the United States Bureau of Fisheries were excep- tionally large and valuable, representing important investigations and containing many types. They may be summarized as follows: A collection of 1,297 specimens from the expedition of the steamer Albatross to the south Pacific Ocean in 1899-1900; over 1,285 spec- imens from the Albatross expedition to the eastern Pacific Ocean in 1904-5; specimens from Lake Maxinkuckee, Indiana, and vicinity, collected in 1899 and 1900; specimens from Ohio, Lake of the Woods Basin, and the Panama Canal Zone; and miscellaneous collections from various localities, aggregating about 28,000 specimens. About 100 specimens were received from the Smithsonian African Expedi- tion, and many examples from the field work of Mr. Bryant and Mr. Palmer in Java. A valuable series of several hundred specimens collected in British Guiana by Dr. C. H. Eigenmann was obtained in exchange from the Carnegie Museum. The International Fish- eries Commission, through Dr. D. S. Jordan, contributed a collection of white fish, trout, etc., from the Great Lakes; and the Gulf Bio- logic Station at Cameron, Louisiana, presented the type and cotype of Leptocerdale longipinnis. JMr. A. C. Weed, aid in the division, while conducting investigations on the pickerel and allied forms at Sodus Bay, Lake Ontario, prepared a well-selected series of the fishes of that region for the Museum collection. The routine work on the collection of fishes, which has now grown to an immense size, was chiefly in the direction of placing it in such condition that upon its removal to the new building, expected to occur during the summer of 1910, it could be quickly arranged in systematic order and made conveniently accessible for reference and study. This has long been impossible in the old quarters, which are both inadequate and unsuitable, and space vacated by other divisions was temporarily assigned for the purpose. The sorting and sepa- rating of specimens and groups, especially of types, and the marking of the latter in a definite manner, has been a slow and difficult task. In all cases, and they are many, where a particular specimen has been designated as the type, this has been preserved apart even if previously associated with other specimens from the same locality, REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 33 a work which has required extended examination and will be appre- ciated by all who may have occasion to consult the collection. Being provided with distinctive labels, any type or group of types can be readily found as soon as the new arrangement is completed. Spec- imens to the number of 14,128 were entered in the record books, many cards were added to the card catalogue, and many jars were labeled. A collection of fishes from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, was the subject of joint study by the assistant curator, Mr. Barton A. Bean, and the aid, Mr. A. C. Weed, who also have in preparation a new set of instructions for collecting and preserving fishes. Among those who made use of the collections during the year were assistants of the Bureau of Fisheries, Dr. Theodore Gill, and ]\lr. C. V. Burke, formerly of Stanford University. Insects. — The most important accessions of the year consisted of transfers from the Bureau of Entomology of the Department of Agriculture, including the following: A collection of insects inju- rious to forest trees, mainly coleoptera of the family Scotytidge, comprising some 800,000 specimens, assembled in connection with the investigations on forest insects which have been carried on by the bureau for a number of years; 5,000 miscellaneous insects collected at Tampico, Mexico, by Mr. E. A. Schwarz; about 200 specimens of coleoptera, identified by ^Mr. A. L. Montandon; 500 microlepidoptera, and 200 bred parasitic hymenoptera. About 400 specimens of sawflies, of which many are types and paratj^pes, were presented by Mr. S. A. Rohwer, of the Bureau of Entomology; 406 named Tasmanian coleoptera were received as a gift from Mr. H. D. Baker, American consul at Hobart; some 500 specimens of miscel- laneous insects were contributed by the Washington Biologists' Field Club; and about 1,000 Japanese coleoptera were obtained in exchange from ^Ir. John D. Sherman, jr., of Brooklyn, New York. The division of insects was moved to the new building in August, 1909, and occupies the entire northwest range on the third floor, with the exception of two rooms. The new quarters are far more commodious than the old and much better adapted to the needs of the division. Additional metal cases and drawers of the improved form were provided, and the transfer of specimens to them has been going on as rapidly as practicable. Much more remains to be done in this direction, however, and considerable time will be required to place the material already on hand in proper shape for reference. Most progress has been made with the lepidoptera, coleoptera, hymenoptera, and hemiptera. The number of drawers used in making transfers of lepidoptera alone was 700, and the cards neces- sary for locating their contents were also WTitten. With the assist- ance of several temporary preparators eight collections, containing many thousands of specimens, were mounted and labeled. 71245°— NAT Mus 1910 3 34 KEPOBT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. A joint monograph on the mosquitoes, family CuHcidae, by Dr. L. O. Howard, curator, Dr. Harrison G. Dyar, custodian, and Mr. Frederick Knab, of the Bureau of Entomology, was completed. Mr. J. C. Crawford, assistant curator, continued his studies of the hymen- optera. An important jniblication by Mr. Nathan Banks, custo- dian, consisted of directions for collecting and preserving insects, issued as a bulletin, which replaces the well known work by Prof. C. V. Riley, now become in large part obsolete. Insects to the number of over 9,000 were borrowed by specialists during the year, the more important loans having been as follows: Bees and wasps to Dr. H. T. Fernald, of Amherst, Massachusetts, who is working up the genus Bomhus and the subfamily Aporinte; bees of the genus Ceratina to Mr. H. S. Smith, and flies of the family Sarcophagidfe to Mr. W. R. Thompson, both of the Gipsy Moth Parasite Laboratory, Melrose Highlands, Massachusetts; and hemip- tera of the subfamily Triozinas to Mr. C. F. Baker, of Pomona College. There were also sent to Mr. William Schaus, at London, England, for study and comparison, a selection of about 5,000 butterflies from the important collection which he has presented to the Museum. Among persons not connected with the Museum who spent more or less time in the study and examination of the collections of insects may be mentioned Mr. Nicolas Kourdumoff, of the Univer- sity of Kief, Russia; Dr. T. F. Dreyer, of Cape Town, South Africa; Dr. Arthur Neiva, of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Bra- zil; Mr. W. S. Regan, of the Massachusetts Agricultural College; Prof. J. B. Smith, of Rutger's College; Mr. W. R. Thompson and Mr. H. S. Smith; Dr. Carroll Fox, of the Hygienic Laboratory, Washing- ton; Mr. C. R. Ely, of Wasliington; and Mr. A. B. Gahan, of College Park, Maryland. MoUusks. — The most noteworthy addition of the year was a collec- tion of about 1,000 land shells from the Smithsonian African Expedi- tion, obtained chiefly on the slopes of Mount Kenia by Dr. E. A. Mearns. Although the number of species is not large, it is thought that, coming from a region not previously explored, a good propor- tion may be new. The Philippine Bureau of Science transmitted for identification a collection of land and fresh water shells, from which a series is to be retained by the Museum, and Father Antonio Arnalot, of Davao, Mindanao, contributed over 400 mollusks, also from the Philippines. Cotypes of 41 species of Australian mollusks were pre- sented by Dr. J. C. Verco, of Adelaide, South Australia; and a set of Peruvian shells, including the types of three new species, collected by the Hon. Hiram Bingham, was obtained through Dr. L. J. Cole, of the University of Wisconsin, in return for assistance in the naming of material. During a journey in Mexico Mr. C. R. Orcutt, of San Diego, California, secured a number of interesting land shells, several not REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. '35 previously described, representatives of all of which were donated by liim to the Museum. The Geological Survey of Canada, through Dr. JohnMacoun, contributed a series of mollusks, including cotypes of 16 new species, dredged in Barclay Sound, Vancouver Island. Types of new species and other specimens from the coast of California were presented by Miss J. M. Cooke, Dr. Fred Baker, Mr. C. W. Gripp, Mrs. E. E. Johnston, and Dr. R. H. Tremper. Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Oldroyd, of California, long-time contributors to the Museum, transmitted very acceptable material at various times during the year. A miscellane- ous collection of shells, chiefly European, was received from Lieut. Col. L. Worthington Wilmer, of Ryde, England, to whom the Museum has also become indebted for many past favors. The entire collection of the division of mollusks, to which the third story of the west range had been assigned, was moved to the new buildmg in August, 1909. The study or reserve series has already been arranged in new metal cases specially constructed for the purpose, but the exhibition series remains in the condition as transferred, awaiting the determination of a plan for its enlarge- ment and installation on a more comprehensive basis than hereto- fore. About 5,300 lots of specimens were catalogued, labeled, and added to the reserve series. The Philippine collection, mainly from the Albatross explorations of 1910, is gradually being cleaned and made ready for study, and much progi'ess has been made in preparing the west American material with the view of monographing the faima. In the preliminary work of sorting the dry Philippine specimens about 29,000 labels were %\Titten. From deep sea dredg- ings, chiefly by the vessels of the Bureau of Fisheries, there has accumulated a large amount of fine material from the ocean bottom in different parts of the world. While consisting chiefly of the remains of the lowest forms of life, such as foraminifera, this material also contains immense numbers of small and even minute mollusks. The sorting out of the specimens is a slow and tedious task, in which something has been done from year to year. With special assistance, however, 90 lots of the material were completely and carefully gone over during the past year, with the result of obtaining not less than a quarter of a million specimens, representing a great number of interesting and mostly new species. Many specimens of mollusks from the western coast of America as far north as Alaska, principally obtained during the expeditions of the steamer Albatross and those of Dr. Dall, were cleaned and prepared for incorporation in the study series of dried specimens. About 8,000 catalogue cards were written, representing partly the beginning of a revised catalogue of the reserve collection, and partly a species catalogue of Philippine moUusks. 36 REPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. A monograph of the molhiscan fauna of the northwest coast of America, for which Dr. Dall has been gathering specimens and data for 45 years, has now been taken up, the material having accumu- lated and been arranged to such an extent as to permit of its being systematically studied. Dr. Dall completed a review of the genus Conus as represented on the west coast of America and conducted various minor investigations on the land shells of Mexico and Peru. Dr. Paul Bartsch continued his work on the east African collection of Col. Turton, which has been interrupted by other duties but will now soon be finished. He also WTote a few short papers on small west American species. The monograph of the Pyramidellid mollusks of the west coast of America, by Messrs. Dall and Bartsch, the completion of which was announced in the last report, w\as issued as a bulletin in December, 1909. As an instance of the stimulation such publications afford to research in the line to which they relate, it may be mentioned that, since the distribution of the work, some 25 new species not included in it have been discovered and forwarded to the ]\Iuseum by west coast collectors. Dr. T. Wayland Vaughan, of the Geological Survey, the Hon. T. H. Aldrich, of Birmingham, Alabama, and Miss Julia Gardner, of Johns Hopkins University, have had free access to the collections for the prosecution of their paleontological investigations on the Tertiary formations of the eastern United States. Mr. G. D. Hanna, of the Geological Survey, conducted researches on the anatomy of the small land shells of the District of Columbia and of some Philippine marine shells, which were made the subject of a paper. Mr. J. B. Henderson, jr., of Washington, spent much time at the Museum working up the marine mollusks from off the southeastern coast of the United States, where he has made extensive deep sea collections by dredging. Miss M. C. Breen continued her studies of the mollusks of the District of Columbia, spending one or two days each week during the greater part of the year with a view to preparing a thesis for a doctorate degree. Dr. H. A. Pilsbry, Mr. Bryant Walker, Mr. H. W. Clapp, and Mr. F. N. Balch consulted the collections at various times. The demands on the division from correspondents for the identification of specimens have been especially great. Marine invertebrates. — Among the accessions to the division of marine invertebrates Avere several important transfers from the Bureau of Fisheries, as follows: Opliiurans, or brittle stars, to the number of over 7,000 specimens, from the cruises of the steamer Albatross in Japanese waters in 1900 and 1906, identified by Dr. Hubert L3^man Clark, and constituting part of the material used by him in preparing the monograph of the North Pacific Ophiuroidea now being published by the Museum; 20 species, represented by 235 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 37 specimens, of sea urchins, of the family Echinothuridse, forming the type set of the specimens on which was based the recent mono- graph by Dr. Alexander Agassiz and Dr. H. L. Clark, published by the Museum of Comparative Zoology; 166 specimens of alcyonarian corals from the Albatross explorations m the northwestern Pacific Ocean in 1906, worked up by Prof. C. C. Nutting, of the University of Iowa; 64 lots of parasitic copepod crustaceans from various localities, comprising an important part of the material used by Dr. C. B. Wilson, of N'orthampton, Massachusetts, in his articles on this group now in course of publication by the Museum; about 200 speci- mens of isopod crustaceans collected by the steamer Albatross in the Philippine Islands in 1907-8 and identuied by Dr. Harriet Rich- ardson ; a small collection of pycnogonids from the Albatross expedi- tion of 1904-5 to the eastern Pacific Ocean, named by Dr. L. J. Cole, of the University of Wisconsin. With the last was a large number of unidentified pycnogonids from various sources. An especialh^ noteworthy accession, received from Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, of the Museums, Cambridge, England, consisted of 806 specimens of crustaceans, representing 245 species, which had been collected by H. M. S. Sealarlc in the western Indian Ocean in 1905. The importance of this addition arises from the fact that the region was previously very poorly represented in the Museum, while the collection contains the types of 34 species and 3 new subspecies, together with 3 new genera, besides many other species now obtained for the first time. This is the first set of specimens and was presented in consideration of the services of Lliss Rathbun, assistant curator, in working up the entire collection of crustaceans from this exploration. The Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, through Prof. E. L. Bouvier, contributed 30 specimens representmg 23 species of isopod crustaceans, obtained by the exploring vessels Travailleur and Talisman in the eastern Atlantic and European waters. Ten species of sea-pens, Pennatulidae, from Japan and the Mediterranean, were received in exchange from the Zoologische Sammlung des Bayer- ischen Staates, Munich, Bavaria. Mr. Owen Bryant presented the second set of jelly fishes, comprising 16 species, collected during his cruise to Labrador in 1908. Seventy microscopic sUdes of British hydroid zoophytes and 48 sUdes of rotifers from difTerent regions were purchased. Through exchange some especially interesting parasitic worms w^ere secured from Dr. Frederick Fiilleborn, of Ham- burg, Germany, and Prof. A. E. Shipley, of Cambridge University, England. The collection of the Smithsonian African Expedition contained over 400 specimens of crustaceans and worms from British East Africa and Aden, the most important beuag examples of several fresh-water crabs, Potamonidw, from the mountams of east Africa. 38 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. On account of lack of sufFicient space, it has been impossible to accomplish much in the direction of separating and preparing the extensive reserve and unstudied collections, many of which have been stored for a long time in inconvenient places, preparatory to their removal to the new building. The corals not on exhibition have, however, been transferred. The dried sponges, which have been distributed in several places, were segregated on one of the galleries in the mam Smithsonian hall, w^hile another gallery was fitted up as a temporary laboratory for work on the extensive collection of crinoids. Through the temporary employment of several persons, more than the customary amount of routine work was accomplished. One such person of the grade of aid made considerable progress in the sorting of miscellaneous material. The others were engaged in recording and cataloguing, a work which, by force of circumstances, has fallen greatly in arrears and should be brought up to date as soon as possi- ble This was done during the year for the identified specimens of crustaceans, bryozoans, tunicates, and ophiurans. Through an oversight, the last report failed to make mention of the investigations conducted by the staff of this division during 1908-9, which are therefore mcorporated in the following summa- tion for the past year. Miss M. J. Rathbun, assistant curator, com- pleted her studies on the crabs collected in the Gulf of Siam by Dr. Th. Mortensen, of Copenhagen, and in the Indian Ocean by H. M. S. Sedlark on the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition of 1905 under Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, The report on the former is in course of pubh- cation in the memoirs of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences, while that on the latter will appear in the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Other investigations finished by Miss Rathbun are incorporated in a report on the decapod and stomatopod crustaceans of the coast and fresh waters of Peru, collected by Dr. R. E. Coker and submitted to the Museum by the Peruvian Government for working up, now being printed m the Proceedings of the National Museum; in a paper on a small collection of decapod crustaceans obtained by Mr. Thomas Barbour in the Dutch East Indies, British India, and Japan in 1906-7, to be published in the Bulletm of the Museum of Comparative Zoology; and in an account of the decapod, scliizopod, and branchiopod crustaceans contained in the large collection of natural history secured by Mr. Owen Bryant during his Labrador trip of 1909, which will be published in the full report of the cruise. The localities for each species of the collection last men- tioned have already been given in a list of the crustaceans of Labra- dor, which forms an appendix to Dr. Grenfell's recent book, entitled "Labrador." Mr. Austm H. Clark continued liis researches on the crinoids, and has the first part of au extensive monograph of the group nearly REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 39 ready for publication. Besides the specimens in this Museum, he has studied the collections of the Copenhagen University Museum, the Australian Museum, the Berlin Museum, and the Indian Museum at Calcutta, including those obtained by the German steamer Gazelle and the Royal Indian survejdng steamer Investigator. Preliminary papers have been published dealing with these various collections, and also with certain points in the distribution, coloration, ecology, and structure of these animals. In connection with, these investiga- * tions, negotiations have been entered into \x\i\\ the Copenhagen Museum, the Bergen Museum, the Berlin Museum, the Indian Museum, the Australian Museum, and the Liverpool Museum, and \\4tli Prof. Doderlein, of Strassburg, and Prof. Koehler, of Lyons, whereby the National Museum will receive about 300 specimens, representing some 50 species, most of which are new to the collection. Dr. Harriet Richardson continued studies on the isopod crustaceans, describing various new forms from the collections obtained by the United States Fish Commission between 1871 and 1887 on the north- east coast of North America, until recently in the custody of Prof. A. E. Verrill, and working up the specimens secured on the cruises of the steamer Albatross to the northwestern Pacific Ocean in 1906 and to Philippine waters in 1907 to 1910. She also described the isopods obtained by Dr. R. E. Coker in connection with fishery investi- gations conducted for the Peruvian Government, a small collection of terrestrial isopods from Costa Rica, collected by Dr. J. Fid. Tristan, and the specimens from Mr. Owen Bryant's Labrador cruise, and other sources. Dr. J. A. Cushman, of the Boston Society of Natural History, com- pleted a paper on two families of foraminifera of the North Pacific Ocean, Astrorliizidse and Lituolidae, from the collection of the Museum, which was placed in his hands some time ago for monographing. Dr. N. Annandale, director of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, sub- mitted a fourth paper on fresh-water sponges contained in the National Museum collection. Dr. Hubert Lyman Clark, of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, completed his work on the large collection of ophiurans, or brittle stars, of the North Pacific Ocean, which will appear as a bulletin of the Museum, and also furnished a description of a new species from the West Indies. Dr. W. K. Fisher, of Stanford University, submitted the first part of a mono- graph of the starfishes of the North Pacific Ocean, descriptive of the Museum collection, which comprises some 6,000 specimens. Dr. Charles B. Wilson, of the State Normal School, Westfield, Massa- chusetts, presented three more papers on parasitic copepod crus- taceans, chiefly Lernaeopodidse and Ergasihdse. Dr. J. H. Ashworth, of the University of Edinburgh, reported on the annehds of the family Arenicolidae of North and South America, including an account 40 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. of Arenicola glacialis Murdoch. Prof. William E. Ritter, of the University of California, spent some time at the Museum in the study of the Atlantic ascidians, in preparation for his monograph of the simple ascidians of the Pacific Ocean. Dr. E. A. Andrews, of Johns Hopkins University, examined the shrimps of the family Eryonidae, the anatomy of which he is investigating. Over 315 lots of specimens of marine invertebrates were sent to 11 naturalists for study and examination, besides 1,100 microscopic slides of foraminifera forwarded to Dr. J. A. Cushman. The prin- cipal sendings were of Ostracoda and Cladocera, to Mr. R. W. Sharpe, of Brooklyn, New York, who will report upon them to the Museum; of amphipod crustaceans, to Dr. A. S. Pearse, of the University of Michigan; of amphipods of the Connecticut coast, to Dr. B. W. Kunkel, of the Sheffield Scientific School, who requested them for use in a report for the State authorities; and of simple ascidians, to Dr. W. E. Ritter. With reference to the section of helminthological collections, it is reported that Dr. B. H. Ransom completed a study of all known species of nematode worms, about 50 in number, which are parasitic in the alimentary canal of cattle, sheep, and other ruminants, based chiefly on the material in the Bureau of Animal Industry collection. Several of the species were found to be new. Mr. M. C. Hall, also of the Bureau of Animal Industry, gave some attention to a new species of tapeworm which infests the dog. Mr. Howard Crawley, of the same bureau, described a species of Trypanosome common in American cattle. Investigations by Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles related mainly to the prevention of typhoid fever, and the hookworm and alHed diseases. Dr. Joseph Goldberger, of the Hygienic Laboratory, studied a number of flukes, or distomatous worms, from various sources, among which he discovered some new species. A few loans of parasitic worms were made, and some specimens from the collec- tion were used for class demonstration at the Naval Medical School and Georgetown University. Plants. — The number of plants added to the National Herbarium was 33,477, received in 374 accessions. Especially noteworthy were several thousand specimens from the Smithsonian African Expe- dition, mainly collected and prepared by or under the direct super- vision of Dr. E. A. Mearns. The transfers from the Department of Agriculture amounted to 3,371 specimens, furnished by the Bureau of Plant Industry, the Biological Survey, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Entomology. Through the medium of exchange over 8,000 specimens were received, the largest contributor in this connection being the Bureau of Science at Manila (to the extent of 5,670 plants), followed by the New York Botanical Garden, the Field Museum of Natural History, and the K. K. Naturhistorisches EEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 41 Hofmuseum at Vienna. Specimens numbering 3,256, all from North America and mostly from the United States, were purchased. Fifty steel-covered insect-proof cases, containing 1,200 pigeonholes, were added to the equipment of the herbarium, increasing its comple- ment of cases to 568 and of pigeonholes to 12,668, and for the first time providing suitable accommodations for the entire herbarium. The permanent collection now contains 385,374 specimens. The number of specimens mounted was 51,500, being more than three times as many as in the preceding year and more than twice as many as in any year smce 1899 except 1904. Of this number, 48,000 were done by contract. About 30,000 sheets were stamped, recorded, and dis- tributed to their appropriate places, while about 16,000 mosses and liverworts were also distributed or made ready for the herbarium. Dr. J. N. Rose, associate curator, continued his studies of Mexican and Central American plants, and also his investigations on the Cac- tacese in collaboration with Dr. N. L. Britton, of the New York Botanical Garden. Mr. W. R. Maxon, assistant curator, continued work on North American ferns, and spent one month at the New York Botanical Garden in that connection. One thousand and thirty-eight plants were lent to botanists, the principal loan consisting of Central American plants to Capt. J. Donnell Smith, of Baltimore. The foregoing figures, however, are exclusive of material borrowed by the botanists of the Department of Agriculture. Among visitors to the Museum who came to examine specimens the following may be mentioned, together Avith the subject of their inquiry: Dr. Ezra Brainerd, of ^liddlebury, Vermont, the violets, of which the herbarium contains a very large series; Miss Alice Eastwood, of the California Academy of Sciences, California plants; Mr. W. W. Eggleston, of New York, the genus Cratsegus; Prof. J. W. Harshberger, of the University of Pennsylvania; Mr. E. L. Morris, of Brooklyn, New York, the genus Plantago; Dr. P. A. Rydberg, of the New York Botanical Garden, plants of northwestern America; Rev. Dr. Julius A. Nieruwland, of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, Indiana plants; Dr. J. K. Small, of the New York Botanical Garden, plants of North America; Miss Mary Wilkins, of Washmgton, the subfamily Solanaceae. Members of the scientifix staff of the Department of Agriculture consulted the herbarium fre- . quently. Explorations. — The most important exploration of the year and the one from which the Museum profited most richly was that known as the Smithsonian African Expedition under the direction of Col. Theodore Roosevelt. This expedition was organized by Col. Roose- velt, through whose invitation the Smithsonian Institution was enabled to take part, with the understanding that by furnishing the naturahsts and paying its share of the expenses, the collections 42 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. obtained should come into the possession of the National Museum. The funds for the expedition on the part of the Institution were secured entirely from private sources, and the great collections turned over to the Nation as a result of the undertaking, essentially as a donation from a few friends, compose one of the largest and most important single gifts of natural history specimens ever received. As this mat- ter has been fully treated in the report of the Secretary, only a brief account of the expedition need be given here. Col. Roosevelt was accompanied by his son Kermit. The natural- ists designated by the Smithsonian Institution were Lieut. Col. Edgar A. Mearns, surgeon, United States Army (retired), Mr. Edmund Heller, and Mr. John Alden Loring. The itinerary, as reported by the director, was briefly as follows: The party landed at Mombasa, British East Africa, on April 21, 1909, and reached Khartum on March 14, 1910. It was joined at Mombasa by Mr. R. J. Cuning- hame, who remained with it throughout the entire trip, and by Mr. Leslie J. Tarlton, who continued with the expedition until it left east Africa, both of these gentlemen working zealously and efficiently for the success of the expedition. Eight months were spent in British East Africa. Collecting was carefully done in various parts of the Athi and Kapiti plains, m the Sotik, and around Lake Naivasha. Dr. Mearns and Mr. Loring made a thorough biological survey of Mount Kenia, while the rest of the party skirted its western base, went to and up the Guaso Nyero, and later visited the Uasin Gisbu region and both sides of the Rift Valley. Mr. Kermit Roosevelt and Mr. Tarlton visited the Leikipia Plateau and Lake Hannington, and Dr. Mearns and Mr. Kermit Roosevelt made separate trips to the coast region near Mombasa. The expedition left east Africa on December 19, 1909, passed through Uganda, and thence down the Wliite Nile. Over three weeks were spent in the Lado north of Wadelai, and, crossing again into the Lado at Gondokoro, Colonel and Kermit Roosevelt remained about 10 days in the neighborhood of Redjaf. On the journey from Gondokoro to Khartum, which was made in a steamer placed at the disposal of the party by the Sirdar, collections were obtained at Lake No and on the Bahr-el-Ghazal and Bahr-el-Zeraf. Col. Roosevelt speaks in the Avarmest terms of the generous courtesy shown the expedition and the assistance freely rendered, not only by the Sirdar, but by all the British officials in east Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan, and by the Belgian officials in the Lado. It is impossible in this connection to give a complete inventory of the specimens obtained, as the collections from Uganda and the Sudan were not received until after the close of the fiscal year, and had not been fully unpacked and assorted at the time of writing. In his report, however, Col. Roosevelt gives the following tentative enumera- EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 43 tion: Mammals, both large and small, 4,897; birds, about 4,000; reptiles and batrachians, about 2,000; fishes, about 500; making the total number of vertebrates about 11,397, The invertebrates include insects; marine, land, and fresh-water mollusks; crustaceans; and representatives of other groups. Several thousand plants were also collected and a few anthropological objects. It may be remarked that through this expedition the National Museum has acquired a series of the large and small mammals of east Africa, which, collectively, is probably more valuable than is to be found in any other museum in the world. Its importance lies not so much in the number of new forms as in the fact that it affords an adequate basis for a critical study of the mammal fauna of east Africa and the establishment or rejection of the large number of forms which have been described, especially in recent years, from insufficient material. The collection of birds is also noteworthy; the plants should form the basis of a valuable report; the reptiles and batrachians include large series of individuals of the same species, and will be useful for studies of variation; and other parts of the collection contain groups of specimens and single specimens of much interest. Mr. Owen Bryant, of Cohasset, Massachusetts, announced, in the winter of 1908-9, his intention of spending a year or more in Java, and offered, in case the Museum would detail a naturahst to accom- pany him, to turn over to the Museum half of such collections as might be obtained. In accepting this proposition, ]\Ir. WilHam Palmer was assigned to the service and left Washington in January, 1909. Field work was carried on until last spring, and at the close of the year both naturalists were on their way home. The collections, which are elsewhere referred to and are important, were mainly obtained at the western end of Java, about Buitenzorg and on Mount Gede and other mountains. The series of mammals and birds, wliich are the most extensive, are of great interest for comparison with east Indian and Philippine specimens contributed by Dr. W. L. Abbott and Dr. E. A. Mearns. The only considerable biological expedition sent out by the Museum itself was a botanical one under Dr. J. N. Rose, who was accom- panied by IVIr. P. C. Standley and Mr. P. G. Russell. This party was absent 10 weeks, during wliich it visited western Texas, southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona and western Mexico, and made a very important collection of plants, comprising about 10,000 speci- mens, including representatives of many undescribed species. The head curator, Dr. True, spent a few weeks in collecting vertebrate remains from the shell heaps in the vicinity of Penobscot Bay, Maine, and secured material which, taken in connection with that obtained 44 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. in previous years, seems to indicate that the original mammal fauna of the region differed somewhat from the present one. JVIr. A. C. Weed, aid in the division of fishes, made a collecting trip to Sodus Bay, New York, as explained elsewhere. Preparation of speciTnens. — There has been necessity for some changes in the shops used for the preparation of specimens of zoology, due partly to the abandonment of the rented quarters south of the Mall, and partly to the greatly increased amount of work to be pro- vided for in building up the exliibition collections under the new conditions. This was accomplished by assigning to osteology an additional room in the shed south of the Smithsonian building, and temporarily to taxidermy a part of the southeast range in the older Museum building, which has been suitably inclosed. One of the prmcipal problems of the year was the preservation of the many large skins from the African expedition, which were received in pickle but could not safely be allowed to remain long in that medium. It was therefore decided to tan them, and, as the Museum has no facilities for that kind of work, it was arranged to have it done by contract. The results have so far been very satisfactory. The work of the preparators is under the direct charge of the chief of exhibits. Dr. James E. Benedict. With the changes inaugurated during the year, the chief taxidermist, Mr. G. B. Tiu-ner, was relieved of the miscellaneous work wliich has hitherto occupied much of his attention, and he and his immediate assistants are now giving prac- tica.lly all of their time to mounting for exhibition. Only one speci- men from the African expedition, a cheetah, was completed for this purpose, but a model in clay for a group of lions from the same collec- tion was prepared. Among mammals from other sources mounted were a takin or Chinese antelope, an African bush pig, a black leopard, and a number of small Old World mammals needed to fill gaps in the faunal series. The time of the bird taxidermist, Mr. N. R. Wood, was fully taken up in the mounting and remounting of bird skins for exhibition and the preparation of skins for the study series. In osteology a large amount of work was also accomplished, including the cleaning of skeletons and skulls, and the mounting of some skele- tons for exhibition. The exhihition collections. — Included m the moving from the older buildings were the exhibition collections of mollusks, insects, fishes, reptiles and batrachians, and Old World mammals, but as none of the new halls could be fitted up in time, these exhibits were still inaccessible to the public at the close of the year. The exhibits remaining in the old quarters consisted of the bhds and marine invertebrates in the Smithsonian buildmg, and the American mam- mals and osteological specimens in the Museum building. The REPORT OF NATIONAX. MUSEUM, 1910. 45 transfer of the mollusk cases from the middle of the bird hall has greatly relieved the congestion there, and made it possible to so arrange the cases containing bird groups as to much improve the appearance and condition of the hall. The space allotted for the exhibition collections of biology in the new building comprises most of the western side of the building, including the main and second stories of the western wing and range and the second story of the northwest range. A complete provisional arrangement of the various exhibits, even to the indi- vidual cases, has been worked out, but it is subject to more or less change. Its immediate importance is as a basis for the construction of furniture. To temporarily meet the needs of installation, how- ever, many old cases were taken from storage, and are being repaired as far as necessary. Tlie mounted mammals which had been in stor- age were critically examined, and the fish, reptile, and batrachian molds and casts were being treated in the same way when the year closed. Distribution and exchanges. — Specimens were distributed for edu- gational purposes or to be added to museum collections as follows: Mammals to the Wisconsin School for the Deaf, and to the Museum of the City of Portland, Oregon; birds to the Normal School, Wash- ington, District of Columbia; fishes from the Albatross explorations in the southern and eastern Pacific Ocean, to the Museum of Com- parative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and fishes and marine invertebrates to Muhlenberg College; insects to the British Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, the Museum of the Brook- lyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, and the University of Utah ; mol- lusks to the Crane Technical High School, Chicago ; marine inverte- brates of other groups to the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sci- ences, the University of Iowa, Yale University Museum, and Leland Stanford Junior University; and samples of ocean bottom to the University of California. The number of specimens used in making exchanges was small, the largest sendings having been of insects to the extent of 1,281 speci- mens, and of plants to the extent of 6,214 specimens. The principal recipients of the latter were the New York Botanical Garden, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the University of Cahfornia. The number of specimens of plants received by the Museum on account of exchanges was 8,049. Specialists not connected with the Museum obtained for study and comparison about 10,800 specimens of animals and plants, exclusive of marine invertebrates. A part of these transactions were initiated by the Museum, in accordance with a long established policy, in order to facilitate and hasten the classification of the collections, while in 46 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. other cases the material was requested as loans to aid in researches which had been started elsewhere. In essentially all cases the work is carried on gratuitously, the compensation, if any, consisting in the gift of a set of duplicate specimens. When the investigations are being conducted directly for publication by the Museum, the cost of illustrations may be allowed. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGl. Accessions. — This department received about 18,000 specimens, the accessions being distributed among the several divisions as follows: Systematic and applied geology, 63; mineralogy, 26; invertebrate paleontology, 33; vertebrate paleontology, 26; paleobotany, 9. Among the additions in systematic and applied geology may first be mentioned a series of volcanic glasses from the island of Billiton and from Australia, included under the names of billitonite, obsidianite, and obsidian bombs, which are at present exciting considerable interest on account of their supposed though unproven meteoric nature. A small complete meteorite from McDufhe County, Georgia, and fragmental portions of others from Ilvittis, Finland; Lampaf) Chile, and Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania, were purchased. Sixty-one rock specimens were obtained in exchange from the museum at Colombo, Ceylon. The following were presented: Two large speci- mens of magnesite from Porterville, California, by the Tulare Alining Company; 62 specimens of rocks and ores from the mines at Mount Lyell, Tasmania, by the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company; a small series of drift rocks from the antarctic region, by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton; and a small but very interesting series of obsidians from Iceland, by Dr. F. E. Wright. The most noteworthy acquisition by the division of mineralogy was a large series of type specimens of mercury minerals from Terlingua, Texas, which had formed the basis of important chemical and crystal- lographic investigations by Messrs. Hillebrand and Schaller, depos- ited by the United States Geological Survey. Among specimens pur- chased were fine examples of calamine, mimetite, calcite, niccolite, sphalerite, crystallized carnotite, bloomstrandite, and alamosite. The Dallas Mining Company, of Coalinga, California, donated a fine showy specimen of the new gem stone, benitoite, associated with neptunite; and the Rhodesia Museum, Bulawa3^o, South Africa, sent in exchange two specunens of the rare minerals tarbuttite and hopeite from the Broken Hill mines. Mr. F. P. Graves, of Doe Run, Missouri, presented some fine amethystine calcite twins from that locality, and Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, of the Museum staff, secured an interesting series of sand barite crystals at Kharga, Egypt, during an anthropological trip to the Lybian Desert in 1909. REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 47 The principal accessions in the division of invertebrate paleontology consisted of collections made by or under the direction ot Or. Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and by members of the staff of the division. Of Cambrian fossils, extensive collections were obtained by Dr. Walcott at various localities in Alberta, Canada, during the summer of 1909, and later in Lawrence County, Pennsyl- vania; in northeastern Utah by Mr. J. M. Jessup, in the same general region by Mr. Eliot Blackwelder, and in Manchuria, China, by Dr. J. P. Iddings, who secured over 6,000 specimens. All of this field work, except that by Mr. Blackwelder, was conducted under the auspices of the Institution, in the interest of the important investiga- tions of this early geologic fauna, which has occupied the attention of Dr. Walcott for many years. Of Ordovician and Silurian fossils about 3,000 specimens were collected in the Ohio Valley by the curator. Dr. R. S. Bassler, and an important series in northeastern Utah, by Mr. J. M. Jessup. Eocene fossils from Wilmington, North Carolina, to the number of over 2,000, were received as a gift from Prof. B. L. Miller, of Lehigh University. Other donations of which mention should be made comprised Tertiary fossils from the Olympic penin- sula of Washington, from Mr. Albert B. Reagan, of La Push, Wash- ington; and Ordovician and Silurian fossils from the island of Anti- costi, Canada, from the Yale University Museum. Among the additions in the division of vertebrate paleontology were a skull and lower jaw associated with other parts of the skeleton of a Cretaceous crocodile, Leidyosuclius, from Kansas; a complete skull and neck of Clidastes velox, from the same place; and a complete skeleton of a small rhynchocephalian reptile, Homoeosaurus maximili, from Germany. Mr. J. W. Gidley, of the division, under the auspices of the United States Geological Survey, collected some important mammalian remains in the Fort Union formation, near Fish Creek, Sweet Grass County, Montana. These specimens are of rare scientific value and, together with previous accessions from the same formation and localitv, make the iluseum collection the best known of Fort Union mammals in the world. A collection of turtle remains from the Cretaceous of New Mexico, obtained by Mr. Gidley and Mr. J. H. Gardner, also for the Geological Survey, comprise the type specimens of eight new species. The division of paleobotany received from the Geological Survey the types and figured specimens of fossil plants described by Mr. Arthur Hollick in Monograph 50 of the Survey, entitled ''The Cre- taceous Flora of Southern New York and New England." Mention should also be made of a large number of undescribed fossil plants from Spitzbergen, presented by Mr. John M. Longyear, of Brookline, Massachusetts, and of about 350 fossil plants from the Laramie and '48 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. Fort Union formations of Wyoming and Colorado, collected b}^ Dr. A. C. Peale. General work on the collections. — Routine work on the collections was subordinated to the transfer of the department to the new build- ing, which was carried on as rapidly as the necessary cases could be supplied. The material previously contained in the rented buildings south of the Mall, consisting mainly of unassorted and unidentified specimens, had been moved the year before and temporarily stored on the floors and in rough shelters erected in the east court. The work of overhauling, labeling, and cataloguing these and other unstudied collections was taken up, and while good progress was made, considerable time will still be required to complete this large task. By the end of the year all of the laboratories and shops, as well as the office of the head curator, had been removed to the new building, and also the following collections: The reserve and geographic exhibi- tion series in applied geology; the exhibition series in systematic geology; the entire collection of meteorites; the reserve and duplicate series of minerals; the reserve and duplicate series in invertebrate and vertebrate paleontology, except the Cambrian material on which the Secretary is at work and which remains mostly in the Smithsonian building; and a part of the reserve and duplicate series in paleobotany. The fitting up of laboratories and the storage of material in the new quarters were in various stages of adjustment, in some directions approaching completion, but it was impossible to finish any part of the new installation of exhibition collections, though this work is rapidly progressing. General work in the division of systematic and applied geology has consisted almost wholly of the preparation of exhibition material, the separation of duplicates and the copying of about 18,000 catalogue cards on the standard size of card recently adopted. Early in the year a thorough overhauling of the mineral and gem collections was begun, the classification used by Dana in his System of Mineralogy being adopted for their rearrangement. This work involves the num- bering of a large quantity of specimens, the revision and amplifica- tion of many labels, and the preparation of a new card catalogue. Advantage is also being taken of the opportunity to separate the duplicates from such material as is considered appropriate to retain in the reserve series which, together with the exhibition series, has, so far as the work has gone, been placed in exceptionally good condition for study and reference. The mineralogical laborator}^ in the new building is being furnished in a manner to provide for the more convenient and detailed study of material than has been possible heretofore. EEPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 49 In the division of vertebrate paleontology excellent progress was made in the preparation of material for both exhibition and study. Over 250 separate bones of Stegosaurus remains were worked out. A skeleton of Ceratosaurus nasicornis was made ready for final mounting, while the mount of a Basilosaums was nearing completion. A beginning was also made in the preparation of skeletons of Campto- saurus hrowni and C. nanus. These will all form valuable additions to the exhibition series, the zeuglodon (Basilosaums) being the first of its kind to be mounted in any museum of the world, its nearest approach being the grotesque Hydrachus prepared and exhibited by Koch in Germany in 1847. The collections in the division of mvertebrate paleontology are now well systematized. A large number of boxes of unstudied mate- rial which had been in storage were unpacked and made ready for examination, and some additions and improvements were made in the biologic series. The additions to the Cambrian collection were, under the supervision of the Secretary of the Institution, prepared for study, being numbered, labeled, and catalogued as the work progressed. The number of lots of specimens received from correspondents for identification and reported on by letter was 433, distributed among the different divisions of the department as follows: Systematic and applied geology, 282; mineralogy, 103; fossil invertebrates, 20; fossil vertebrates, 25; fossil plants, 3. Exhibition collections. — As above stated, circumstances did not warrant making any appreciable additions to the exhibition collec- tions installed in the public halls, and in fact the transfer of several of the collections to the new building caused them to be temporarily withdrawTi from view. The following exliibitions, however, still remained open to the public in the old building at the close of the year, namely: Stratigraphic geology, minerals and gems, building stones, metallic and nonmetallic minerals in applied geology, inverte- brate paleontolog}^ and paleobotany. Researches. — In view of the circumstances already explained, com- paratively little research work was done. The number of publica- tions by members of the staff of the department amounted to 31. A new meteorite was described by the head curator, Dr. George P. Merrill. Dr. F. B. Laney, assistant curator in geology, began an investigation of the copper ores, mth the object of establishing the primary or secondary origin and order of crystallization of the vari- ous minerals constituting both the ore and gangue, the method adopted being that of studying polished surfaces under the microscope and by reflected light. Some interesting results were accomplished, but the work was cut short by the resignation of Dr. Laney to accept 71245°— NAT sius 1910 4 r 0 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, U»10. employment on the Geological Survey. Dr. J. E. Pogue, assistant curator of mineralogy, completed four studies on Museum material, and devoted some time to the examination of calamine crystals from Mexico, phlogopite-biotite intergrowths from Ottawa, Canada, and certain unusual pseudomorphs of marcasite after pyrrhotite from Osnabruck, Prussia. An account of the turquoise was also begun, and some work was done on the optical and crystallographic charac- ters of carnotite and certain vanadium minerals from Peru. Dr. Ray S. Bassler, curator of invertebrate paleontology, finished a work which had extended over a period of four or five years on the stratigraphy of the Ordovician rocks of Russia, with a description of their bryozoan fauna. He spent two weeks in the Ohio Valley in examining the Ordovician and Silurian rocks ; and the month of June, 1910, in a survey of the Silurian and Mississippian rocks in Kentucky and Tennessee for the purpose of securing certain geologic data needed by the Hon. Frank Springer for the completion of his work on the Crinoidea Flexibilia. Reference has already been made to the collections obtained from these expeditions. The assistant cura- tor, Mr. L. D. Burling, began the stud}^ of some Ordovician brachio- pods in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge; completed his work in connection with the Secretary's monograph of Cambrian brachiopoda, and continued that on the Ordovician fauna of Colorado and Wyoming. He has also prepared a catalogue of all the Cambrian brachiopoda in the Museum, giving complete data for each figured specimen. Dr. William H. Dall, asso- ciate curator, has been engaged in research work on the fossils of the Oligocene silex beds of Tampa, Florida, and has nearly completed a study of the fossils of the Lake beds of Meteor Crater, Arizona. In the division of vertebrate paleontology, IMr. J. W. Gidley, cus- todian of mammalian remains, continued his studies of the Fort Union fossil mammals, of the skeleton of Basilosaurus (Zeuglodon) now in process of mounting, and of Oligocene and Miocene rodents. Mr. C. W. Gilmore, custodian of reptilian remains, completed papers on a new rhynchocephaiian reptile from the Jurassic of Wyoming and a new crocodile fi'om the Cretaceous of Kansas. He also devoted con- siderable tune to a study of the fossil reptiles of the southern coastal plain. DISTRIBUTION AND EXCHANGE OF SPECIMENS. The distribution of regular sets of duplicate specimens during the past year was confined almost entirely to invertebrate fossils, of which 61 sets, containing 3,214 specimens, were sent out. In addition, 2,732 specimens, of which 1,-962 were biological, 752 geological, and 18 anthropological, were selected from the duplicates to meet special applications. To specialists not oiJicially connected witli the Museum EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 51 there were lent for study 15,715 specimens from the department of biology, 1,241 from the department of geology, and 120 from the department of anthropology. Exchanges wdth scientific institutions and with individuals were conducted as usual, and for this purpose 24,361 specimens were used, 9,534 being biological, 14,713 geological, and 114 anthropological. Following are the institutions abroad wdth which exchanges were made during the year: The British Museum of Natural History, Lon- don, and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kcw, England ; the Konigl. Bo- tanischer Garten und ]\Iuseum, Dahlem, Steglitz bei Berlin, and the Zoologische Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates, Munich, Germany; the Jardin Botanique de I'Etat, and the Musee Royal d'Histoire Nature lie de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium; the Botanisk Museum and the Zoologisches Museum, Copenliagen, Denmark; the Musee d'An- thropologie et d 'Ethnographic de Pierre le Grand, St. Petersburg, Russia; the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockliolm, Sweden; the K. K. Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum, Vienna, Austria; the Cesko- Slovanske Narodopisne Museum (Musee Ethnographique Tchequo- Slave), Prague, Bohemia; the Colombo Museum, Colombo, Ceylon; the Rhodesia Museum, Bulawayo, Rhodesia, British South Africa; the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery, Perth, Western Australia; the Museo Ethnografico, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; the Department of Agriculture, Hope Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies, and the Geological Survey of Canada. Exchanges were also made with the following individuals abroad: Mr. Arthur C. Banfield, and Mr. W. G. Rutherford, London, England; Dr. Emile G. Racovitza, Sorbonne, Paris, Monsieur M. P. Thiery, Chaumont, Haute-Marne, France; Dr. Enslin, Fiirth i. B., Mr. A. Kneucker, Karlsruhe, Prof. Gustav Schwalbe, Strassburg, Alsace, Prof. David Paul von Hansemann, Berlin, Germany; Prof. J. Matiegka, Prague, Bohemia; Dr. Einar Lonnberg, Stockholm, Sweden; Dr. K. Martin, Leiden, Holland; Dr. C. Christ and Dr. Jean Roux, Basel, Charles Mottaz, Geneva, Switzerland; Dr. F.Werner and Mr. I. V. Zelizko, Vienna, Austria; Senor Federico Eichlam, Guatemala, Guatemala. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. At the beginning of the fiscal year the William T. Evans collection of American paintings which, through the courtesy of the trustees of the Corcoran Gallerv of Art, had been accommodated in the atrium of that Gallery since the initial gift of 50 pictures in 1907, was brought to the older Museum building. It was there installed in the provisional picture gallery at the left of the main entrance, and so fully occupied its walls and screens as to necessitate the removal 52 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. to other temporaiy quarters of nearly all of the paintings which had previously been displayed in this hall. The Evans collection at that time numbered 84 canvases. The growth of the National Gallery has been so marked that no quarters suitable for its installation, either in size or character of room or manner of lighting, are to be found in the older buildings. Wliile the new building was planned and erected for the natural history collections, and none of its space can well be spared for other purposes, it contains three sky-lighted halls, one of which it has been decided to allot provisionally to the needs of the paintings, rather than keep them scattered, in large part inaccessible to the public, and thus jeopardize the art interests of the Government now being so greatly stimulated through the acts of generous-minded citizens. The place selected for the Gallery in the new building is the entire central part of the middle hall on the main floor directly below the skylight well and included between the two rows of nine large rec- angular piers serving as supports for the second floor. These piers are spaced 18^ feet apart from center to center. In the arrangements effected during the year the southernmost section of 18^ feet was not utilized, but having been added at the beginning of the new year, the entire construction for the Gallery as it now stands may be described in this connection. It consists of simple screen walls adapted to the hanging of pictures, having a uniform construction and height throughout. There is primarily a general inclosing wall of this character built against the inner faces of the piers, and including a floor space 146 feet long by 48 feet wide, which is the total extent of the Gallery. The area so surrounded is then divided into eight rooms, symmetrically disposed, besides three short sections of corridor running with the longitudinal axis of the hall. The largest of the rooms is midway of the inclosure and occupies its entire width, measuring 48 by 36 feet. Immediately adjoining it both to the north and south is a pair of rooms, the rooms in each pair being separated by a 12-foot corridor. These four rooms are of equal size and 36 feet long by 18 feet wide. The southern end of the inclosure consists of a single room, 48 by 18 feet; and the northern, of two small rooms, each 17^ by 14^ feet, separated by a corridor 18 feet Avide. The general inclosure is entered fi"om the north and south only, and each of the rooms, except the two smallest ones, has two doorways, all of which are sufficiently large to permit the free circulation of visitors. There are no doors, however, and the pro- tection of the Gallery is provided for in the measures adopted for safeguarding the hall as a whole. The corridors as well as the compartments are arranged and used for the installation of paintings. The screen walls are built with a core of macite blocks strengthened by iron bars and covered with wood as the only convenient medium REPORT OF NATIONAL. MUSEUM, 1910. 53 for the attachment of pictures. Measurmg only 13 feet 11 inches high, an open interspace of 3 feet occurs between the top of the gen- eral inclosing walls and the under surface of the ceiling girders which span the piers. All inside wall surfaces have a 6-inch base of pink Tennessee marble, surmounted by a wood base of the same height, and followed by a molded wainscot rail 3 feet above the floor. All interior compartments, except the south room and the corridors, are also provided with a 2^-inch round handrail of oak at the same height as the wainscot rail, supported on ornamental cast-iron brack- ets. This rail is generally about 2 feet from the wall, but in some places the distance is reduced to 1 foot 4 inches to avoid obstructing openings. With the exception of the handrail, all exposed wood- work, including the doorway trims and the molding along the tops of the screens, is of c}'press. The surface for the hanging of pictures measures 10^ feet high from the wainscot rail to the top molding, and has a total linear extent, excluding openings, of about 950 feet. It is covered with burlap, as is also the space between the baseboard and the wainscot rail, the color of this material being a dark green in the rooms and a light brown in the corridors. The exterior surfaces of the inclosing walls, used for ethnological subjects, are provided with marble and wood bases of the same char- acter as those in the interior, but they lack the wamscot and hand- rails. Tlie burlap covering is of the light-brown color used in the corridors. The construction of the Gallery screens was fuiished in Februar}'^, 1910, and the hanging of the paintings about the middle of March. The installation, directed by the curator of the Gallery, Mr. William H. Holmes, proved most effective and resulted in a harmony of arrangement wliich elicited the warmest praise. It should also be stated that, upon tlie completion of this task, the lighting conditions, though designed for another purpose, were found to be exceptionally good. In these new quarters the Gallery was informally opened to the public from noon until 5 o'clock on the afternoon of March 17, 1910. Admission was by card, partly to prevent undue crowding and partly to bring the event specially to the attention of Congress, the official body in Washington, and all other j)ersons knoAvn to be interested in the promotion of art at the Nation's Capital. The attendance reached about 1,600, and the appreciation manifested was extremely grati- fying. The space prepared for the occasion, includmg also the sur- rounding parts of the main hall and the adjacent ranges, wliich contained some of the best of the ethnological groups and historical exhibits, provided ample room for the circulation and comfort of the guests. Since that time the Gallery has continued open. The num- 54 EEPOET OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. ber of paintings exhibited was 159, of which 131 were the property of the Gahery, the remainder being loans. There were also a few pieces of sculpture belonging to the Harriet Lane Johnston collection. The Evans collection occupied four rooms and a large amount of corridor space; the Harriet Lane Johnston collection, one room; a loan by Mr. Ralph Cross Johnson, one room; and the other Gallery possessions and loans, the remaining room and corridor walls and also the northern outer surface of the general inclosure. The large deco- rative painting by Mr. John Elliott, entitled "Diana of the Tides," elsewhere described, was likewise included in the exhibition. A cata- logue of the collection was printed for gratuitous distribution. Again, on the afternoon of May 17, 1910, the Gallery was specially opened from 4.30 to 6 o'clock for the benefit of the members of the American Federation of Arts, which was then holding its first annual convention in Washington, and on the same day the Secretary of the Institution addressed the Federation on the subject of the National Gallery. A Museum bulletin of 140 pages issued during the 3^ear treats in a historical way of the collections of art of all kinds acquired by the museums under Government control from the founding of the Na- tional Institute in 1840, and concludes with an illustrated catalogue of the paintings in the National Gallery on July 1, 1909. According to this publication, the National Gallery had, during the preceding three years, been the recipient of three important collections of paintings, one bequeathed by Harriet Lane Johnston, the others presented by Mr. Charles L. Freer, of Detroit, and Mr. William T. Evans, of New York. It was also in possession of a number of paintings derived from other sources, and had been fortunate in securing several inter- esting loans. The bulletin likewise records many additional paintings, mainly portraits, and other objects of art, associated with the his- torical collections of the Museum or belonging to the Smithsonian Institution. The collection of Harriet Lane Johnston, who died on July 3, 1903, came into the possession of the Gallery under a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, dated July 11, 1906, wliich inter- preted that part of Mi's, Johnston's will relating to the collection favorably to the contention of the Government, based upon the act of Congress of 1846 founding the Smithsonian Institution. Received and placed on exhibition in August, it contains the following paint- ings: ''Madonna and Child," by Bernardino Luini; "Portrait of Mrs. Hammond," by Sir Joshua Reynolds; "Portrait of Miss Kirkpat- rick," by George Romney; "Portrait of Lady Essex as Juliet," by Sir Thomas Lawrence; "Portrait of Mrs. Abington," by John Hoppner; "Portrait of Miss Murray," by Sir William Beechey; "Portrait of the Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)," by Sir John Watson Gor- REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, I'JlO. 55 don; "The Valley Farm," by Jolin Constable; "Madonna and Child," after the manner of Correggio; "Portrait of Madame Tulp," by Cornelis-Janson van Ceiilen (Jansen); "Portrait of Josepha Boe- gart," by Francis Pourbus, the Younger; "Independence," by Klaus Meyer; "A Street Scene m the East," by Edwin Lord Weeks; "The Prince of Wales and President Buchanan at the Tomb of Waslmig- ton. Mount Vernon, 1S60," by Thomas P. Rossiter; "Portrait of President Buchanan," by Jacob Eicholtz; "Miniature of President Buchanan," by John Henry Brown; and "Portrait of James Buchanan Johnston," by Harper Pennington. The collection also includes sev- eral articles of historical mterest and three pieces of sculpture, namely, a bust of President Buchanan by Henry Dexter, and a bust of Henry Elliot Johnston and a full length of Henry Elliot Jolm- ston, jr., at the age of 2 years, by William Henry Rinehart. A marble bust of Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston, by Rinehart, was added as a loan during the past year by Miss May S. Kennedy, of Charlestown, West Virginia. The gift of Mr. Charles L. Freer was accepted by the Board of Regents of the Listitution on January 24, 1906. Its general charac- ter and the principal conditions under which it was tendered were stated by Mr. Freer in an early communication, as follows: "These several collections include specimens of very widely sepa- rated periods of artistic development, begmning before the birth of Christ and ending to-day. No attempt has been made to secure specimens from unsympathetic sources, my collectmg having been confined to American and Asiatic schools. My great desire has been to unite modern work with masterpieces of certain periods of high civilization harmonious in spiritual and physical suggestion, having the power to broaden esthetic culture and the grace to elevate the human mind. "These collections I desire to retain during my life for the enjoy- ment of students, my friends, and myself, and for the further purpose of making additions and improvements from time to time. Believ- ing that good models only should be used in artistic instruction, I wish to continue my censorship, aided by the best expert advice, and remove every undesirable article and add in the future whatever I can obtain of like harmonious standard quality." On May 5, 1906, Mr. Freer transferred to the ownership of the Institution all of the objects then assembled for the collection, the conveyance being made by a deed of gift, accompanied by a descrip- tive inventory. In the same connection provision was made for the erection, at the proper time and at the cost of the donor, of a suitable and worthy building to house the collection, which is to be adjacent to the National Museum. During subsequent years ^Ir. Freer has added very extensively to the original gift, mainly as the result of 56 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. several visits to Europe and the Orient. These additions have been the subject of three supplemental transfers, the last of wliich was executed on July 22, 1910. The following summary of the compo- sition of the collection at the close of last year conveys only a suggestion of its richness: American art is represented by the works of 6 painters, as follows : Thomas Wilmer Dewing, by 21 oil paintings, 8 pastels, and 1 silver point; Abbott Henderson Thayer, by 10 oil paintings and 1 water color; Dwight William Try on, by 26 oil paintings, 2 water colors and 12 pastels; Childe Hassam, by 1 oil painting; J. Gari Melchers, by 1 oil painting, a portrait of President Koosevelt; and James Abbott McNeill Whistler, by 58 oil paintings, 4.3 water colors, 32 pastels, 110 drawings and sketches, 3 wood engravings made after his designs, 402 etchings and dry points (over 600 impressions), 166 lithographs (190 impressions), 37 original copper plates, including the Thames set, and the entire woodwork and decoration of the famous Peacock Room from the London residence of the late F. R. Leyland. The oriental part of the collection consists of choice and rare examples of paintings, pottery, and other kinds of objects, assembled at much pains and with careful discrimination. The period covered extends back some twenty centuries, and the number of oriental masters represented is exceptionally great. The paintings are entu'ely Japanese and Chinese, and comprise 146 screens, 71 panels, 338 Kakemono, 67 Makimono or scroll paintings, 15 albums of paintings, and 13 Tibetan paintings. The pottery numbers 1,506 pieces, of which 706 are Japanese, 214 Korean, 189 Chinese, 86 Persian, 128 Rakka, and 82 Egyptian, the remainder coming from other parts of central and western Asia. The miscellaneous objects, of wliich there are 187, include figures, statuettes, sculpture, mirrors, boxes, etc., in bronze, stone, wood, and lacquer, and a number of Byzantine gold ornaments and medallions. There is also a collection of over 600 specimens of ancient Egyptian glass, consisting of bottles, vases, and miscellaneous shapes. During the year Mr. William T. Evans added 30 examples to his notable collection, which now numbers 114 pieces and represents 80 modern American artists, the most of whom are still living. The collection consists wholly of paintings in oil, with the exception of a fire etching on wood, by Mr. J. William Fosdick. Three paintings belonging in the original gift were replaced by other examples by the same artists. A complete list of the collection is given at the end of this section. For the most noteworthy loan of the year the Gallery is indebted to the kindness of Mr. Ralph Cross Johnson, of Washington. Received in time for exhibition on the opening day, it entirely occupies one of SEPORT OF NATIONAL. MUSEUM, 1910. 57 the smaller rooms, and comprises the roUowing 9 paintings of excep- tional merit: "Italian Landscape," by Richard Wilson; "Portrait of Archibald Skirving," by Sir Henry Raeburn; "Portrait of Sir Sampson Wright," by George Romney; "Marine," by Wilham Clarkson Stanfield; "Madonna and Child," by Govaert Flinck; "A Man's Portrait," by N. Maes; "A View in Rome," by Francesco Guardi; "Portrait of Mrs. Price," by William Hogarth; and "Out- skirts of a Wood," by David Cox. Especiall}^ interesting is a series of 15 paintings by early American artists, deposited in the spring of 1910, by Dr. George Reuling, of Baltimore. The pieces are as follows: "Launching of the Brigan- tme," by P. F. Rothermel; "Battle of Bunker Hill," "General Washington at Trenton," and "Portrait of General Washington," by John Trumbull; "General Washington at Princeton," and "Portrait of General Andrew Jackson," by Charles Willson Peale; "Portrait of Mrs. Lloyd," by Gilbert Stuart; "Hemy Clay on his estate, Ashland," by G. P. A. Healy; "Portrait of Miss Rieman," by Gilbert Stuart Newton; "Henry Clay making his Great Speech," and "Portrait of Sergeant Wallace," by John Neagle; "Portrait of William Clark, the Explorer," by Jarvis; "Portrait of Henry Clay," "Portrait of General Zebulon Montgomery Pike," and "Portrait of a Lady," by Rembrandt Peale. The loan also includes a painting by Sir Henry Raeburn, entitled "English Country Squire." A valuable collection lent by the Duchess de Arcos and turned over to the Gallery in June, 1910, comprises 18 paintings, and a marble Bacchante by Bien Aime. Among the painters represented are Van Dyck, John Opie, Albano, Zuccarelli, Pietro de Cortona, Perino del Vaga, Baroccio, and Berchem. As the paintings have been in storage for some years, they will require cleaning and some repair before they can be installed. A portrait of the late Prof. Simon Newcomb, by C. H. L. Mac- donald, was deposited by Mrs. Newcomb, and one of Miss Viola W. Myer, by Carle J. Blenner, was lent by Miss Myer. Reference has been made in a previous report to a large painting designed as a mural decoration for the great east hall of the new building, executed by Mr. John Elhott, as a gift to the Museum from Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson, of Boston and Wasliington. It is enti- tled "Diana of the Tides," and was painted in the studio of the artist in Rome, Italy, durmg the years 1906-1908. Tliis canvas, which measures 25 by 11 feet, was first unpacked, framed, and installed for exhibition at the opening of the Gallery on March 17, 1910, being given a position on the southern wall of the middle hall, outside of the Gallery inclosure, where it attracted much attention and was the subject of much praise. Before the close of the year, however, it was removed to its place in the east hall, where it occupies a high 58 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. position, its lower margin being about 25 feet*above the floor. The label attaclied to the painting describes the motive as follows: "The varied attributes of the Moon Goddess of the Romans did not include that of ruler of the tides, since the connection of the moon with tidal movements was unknown before the time of Newton ; and Mr. Elliott was the first to recognize the just clauns of the goddess to this splendid heritage. In the painting Diana stands erect in her chariot, a rainbow-tinted sea-shell drawn by four white horses. The horses typify the flow of the tides, their action repeating and ampli- fving the rhvthm of the breaking waves. The moon behind the goddess m the east rises through the purple shadows that follow the setting of the sun in the west." Among other paintings belonging to the Gallery which are men- tioned in the art bulletin and are exhibited in the new quarters are F. E. Church's "Aurora Borealis, " presented by Miss Eleanor Blodg- ett; Adrien Moreau's "Crossing the Ferry," the gift of Mrs. James Lowndes; G. P. A. Healy's portraits of Guizot, President John Tyler, and Senator William C. Preston; Lucien W. Powell's "Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone," contributed by the Hon. J. B. Henderson; Max Weyl's "Indian Summer Day," presented by 30 of his friends; and Jose de Ribera's "Job and His (Jomforters." Of the 21 paintings from the Lucius Tuckerman collection lent to the Gallery in 1907, five still remain on deposit through the courtesy of the owners. One of these, belonging to Miss Emily Tuckerman, is by Eduardo Zama^ois and entitled "Refectory." The other four, the property of Mrs. James Lowndes, are as follows: "Boys and Flowers," by Mario da' Fiori; "Fishing for Eels," by Pierre Marie Beyle; "Still Life," by Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe; "Preparing for the Masquerade," by Jehan Georges Vibert. Other loans consist of the 13 marine paintings composing the Edward Moran historical collec- tion, received through Mr. Theodore Sutro; "Judith with the Head of Holofernes, " by Francesco di Rosa, lent by Mrs. Elizabeth Wal- bridge; and a portrait of Andrew Jackson, by an unknown artist, deposited by the Navy Department. Although placed on exliibition with the collection of history, it is interesting to note in this connection the gift to the Museum of the beautiful model for the Commodore Barry monument in Washington, designed by Mr. Andrew O'Connor. The donor was Mr. Jeremiah O'Connor, of Washington. The painting by Mr. William Sergeant Kendall, entitled "An Interlude," was included in an exliibition of that artist's work in Boston during the latter half of January and the first of February, 1910; "Spring, Navesink Highlands," by Childe Hassam, was lent to the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, for its spring exhibition of 1910; and the "Visit of Nicodemus to Christ," by John La Farge, was REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 59 contained in the American Art Exhibition, organized by Mr. Hugo Reisinger, of New York, and held at the Royal Academy of Arts, BerUn, and the Royal Art Society, Munich, during March and April, 1910. These paintings all belong in the Evans collection. LIST OF THE PAINTINGS BY CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARTISTS PRESENTED TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART BY MR. WILLIAM T. EVANS.' John White Alexander. A Toiler. Hugo Ballin. The Sibylla Europa — Prophesied the Massacre of the Innocents. The Lesson.* Carroll Beckwith. The Blacksmith.* Frank Alfred Bicknell. October Morning.* Ralph Albert Blakelock. At Nature's Mirror. The Canoe Builders. Moonrise. Sunset, Navarro Ridge, California Coast. Robert Frederick Blum. Canal in Venice, San Trovaso Quarter. George H. Bogert. Sea and Rain. George de Forest Brush. The Moose Chase. William Gedney Bunce. Sunset, San Giorgio, Venice. Emil Carlsen. The South Strand.* William Merritt Chase. Shinnecock Hills. Frederick Stuart Church. The Black Orchid. Circe.* Willlam Anderson Coffin. September. J. FoxcROFT Cole. Late Afternoon near Providence.* ' The paintings contributed during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, are indicated by means of aster- isks. Three others of the paintings enumerated in the list were also new to the collection during the year, having been sent in place of the same number withdrawn, as follows: Louis Paul Dessar's " The Watering Place" replaces his "Evening at Longpre; " while Frederick Ballard Williams's "Conway Hills" and "A Glade by the Sea" are substitutes for "Sea Echoes" and "Old Viaduct at Little Falls, New Jersey," by the same artist. Mrs. Charlotte B. Coman. Early Summer. Eanger Irving Couse. Elk-Foot (Pueblo Tribe).* Kenyon Cox. Plenty.* Bruce Crane. Autumn.* Charles Courtney Curran. The Perfume of Roses. Leon Dabo. Evening on the Hudson.* Elliott Daingerfield. The Child of Mary.* Charles Harold Davis. Summer. Henry Golden Dearth. An Old Church at Montreuil. Louis Paul Dessar. Return to the Fold. The Watering Place. Charles Melville Dewey. The Harvest Moon . The Close of Day. Thomas Wilmer Dewing. Summer . Paul Dougherty. Sun and Storm. Charles Warren Eaton. Gathering Mists.* Benjamin R. Fitz. A Pool in the Forest.* James William Fosdick. Adoration of Saint Joan of Arc* (Fire etching on wood.) 60 REPORT OP NATIONAL MIJSETTM, 1910. Ben Foster. Birch-Clad Hills. George Fuller. Ideal Head.* Portrait of Henry B. Fuller, 1873. Henry B. Fuller. Illusions.* Edwai:i> Gay. The Hillside. Miss Lillian Matilde Genth. Adagio.* R. Swain Gifford. Near the Ocean. Sanford R. Gifforu. The Villa Malta.* Albert Lorey Groll. The Acoma Valley, New Mexico. Childe Hassam. Spring, Navesink Highlands. WiNSLOW Homer. High Cliff, Coast of Maine. The Visit of the Mistress. William Henry Howe. My Day at Home. George Inness. Niagara. Sundown. Georgia Pines. Septemher Afternoon. Alphonse Jongers. Portrait of William T. Evans. William Sergeant Kendall. An Interlude. John La Faroe. Visit of Nicodemus to Christ. William Langson Lathrop. The Three Trees. Ernest Lawson. An Abandoned Farm. Louis Loeb. The Siren. Will H. Low. Christmas Morn. Albert P. Lucas. October Breezes.* William Edgar Marshall. Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Long- fellow. Portrait of the Artist, age 23. Homer D. Martin. Lower Ausable Pond. Evening on the Seine. The Iron Mine, Port Henry, New York.* Willard Leroy Metcalf. A Family of Birches. Robert C. Minor. A Hillside Pasture. Great Silas at Night. James Henry Moser. Evening Glow, Mount Mclntyre. John Francis Murphy. The Path to the Village. Indian Summer. Charles Frederick Naegele. Mother Love. Leonard Ochtman. Morning Haze.* Henry Ward Ranger. Entrance to the Harbor. Connecticut Woods. The Cornfield. Bradbury's Mill Pond No. 2. Groton Long Point Dunes.* Robert Reid. The White Parasol. Frederic Remington. Fired On.* Theodore Robinson. La Vachere. Old Church at Giverny.* Albert Pinkham Ryder. Moonlight.* Walter Shirlaw. Among the Old Poets. Roses. RoswELL Morse Shurtleff. The Mysterious Woods. William Thomas Smedley. One Day in June. Dwight William Tryon. November. EEPOKT OE NATIONAL. MUSEUM, 1910. 61 John Henry Twachtman. Round Hill Road. The End of Winter. The Torrent. Fishing Boats at Gloucester.* Alexander T. Van Laer. Early Spring. Douglas Volk. The Boy with the Arrow. Henry Oliver Walker. Eros et Musa. Musa Regina. Horatio Walker. Sheep yard — Moonlight . Frederick J. Waugh. After a Northeaster.* Southwesterly Gale, St. Ives.* Julian Alden Weir. A Gentlewoman. Upland Pasture. WORTHINGTON WlIITTREDGE. Noon in the Orchard. Carleton Wiggins. Evening After a Shower. The Pasture Lot. Irving Ramsay Wiles. The Brown Kimono. Frederick Ballard Williams. A Glade by the Sea. Conway Hills. Alexander H. Wyant. Autumn at Arkville. The Flume, Opalescent River, Adiron- dacks. Housatonic Valley. Spring. Cullen Yates. Rock-Bound Coast, Cape Ann.* ART TEXTILES. The collection of art textiles and other art objects started in the spring of 1908 by Mrs. James W. Pinchot, assisted by other ladies of Washington, was very materially increased during the year both by loans and by gifts, two of the latter being especially noteworthy. The importance of tliis movement, which it is designed shall lead to the formation of a worthy permanent collection, can not be over- estimated, and it is gratifying to note that the interest on the part of contributors has continued unabated. That the subject is an appropriate one to encourage is demonstrated by the attention it receives in the important art museums of the world, and that it is appreciated by the public is shown by the number o'f visitors at- tracted to the hall in which the specimens are displayed. While appealing to the esthetic sense through beauty and delicacy of de- sign, it is from a utilitarian point of view that the matter is mainly being considered by the Museum. By stimulating and furnishing motives for the higher grades of handiwork, several lines of indus- trial activities long fostered in European countries and for which a promising field exists in the United States can be very materially aided. For tliis purpose a large collection is required, contaming as many and as varied examples as can be brought together, and it is hoped, therefore, that the efforts of the ladies, on whom the bur- den of the work has so far fallen, will be properly sustained. With the transfer of the paintings to the new building and the removal of the western and middle screens, it became possible to 62 EEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. assi-88. In Garrya, Lithophragma, Collomia, and Persicaria, 1 new species each; in Crepis 3 new species. Lamson-Scribner, F., and Elmer D. Merrill. The grasses of Alaska. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 13, Ft. 3, June 8, 1910, pp. 47-92, pis. 15, 16. Maxon, William R. Schizseacese [of North America]. North Amer. Flora, 16, Nov. 6, 1909, pp. 31-52. Includes descriptions of several new species of Anemia. Gleicheniacese [of North America]. North Amer. Flora, 16, Nov. 6, 1909, pp. 53-63. Includes description of 1 new species, Dicranopteris underwoodiana. from Mexico and Guatemala. (See also under Lucien M. Under- (See under F. Lam- wood.) Merrill, Elmer D. son-Scribner.) Pittier, Henry. New or noteworthy plants from Colombia and Central America, 2. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 13, Ft. 4, June 11, 1910, pp. 93-132, pis. 17-20, figs. 2-41. Rose, J. N. Five new species of Cras- sulacese from Mexico. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 12, Pt. 10, July 21, 1909, p. 439, pis. 77-81. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 143 Rose, J. N., and J. A. Purpus. Three new species of Echeveria from southern Mexico. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 13, Pt. 2, Feb. 21, 1910, pp. 45, 46, pis. 10-14. (See also under N. L. Britton and J. M. Coulter.) Underwood, Lucien M., and William R. Maxon. Cyatheaceae [of North America]. North Amer. Flora, 16, Nov. 6, 1909, pp. 65-68. Includes treatment of the genus Cya- thea, with 3 new species. GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. Bassler, R. S. The cement resources of Virginia west of the Blue Ridge. Virginia Geol. Surv., Bull. Xo. 2-A, 1909, pp. 1-309, pis. 1-30, figs. 1-30. This report deals essentially with the limestones and shales— the cement-mak- ing rocks — of Appalachian Virginia, although the stratigraphy of all the rocks has been descril)ed in some detail. The Cambro-Ordovician rocks have received most attention, although the post-Ordo- vician rocks are discussed. Since practi- cally nothing concerning the Paleozoic fossils of Virginia has appeared in the literature, plates of fossils, based upon Museum specimens, are inserted. Merrill, George P. A heretofore unde- scribed stony meteorite from Thomson, McDuffie County, Ga. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 52, Qnar. issue, Pt. 4, No. 1881, Dec. 2, 1909, pp. 473-476, pis. 52, 53. Describes briefly the mineral composi- tion and structure of the stone and calls attention to an apparent case of secondary filling of a vein cavity by pyrite. Peale, Albert C. On the application of the term Lararnie. Amer. Journ. Sci., 4th ser., 28, July, 1909, pp. 45-58. Pogue, Joseph E. Geology and struc- ture of the ancient volcanic rocks of Davidson County, N. C. Amer. Jovrn. Set., 28, Sept., 1909, pp. 218-238, flgs. 1-3. The geology of a portion of the Pied- mont Plateau of North Carolina, compris- ing the beveled folds of a great volcano- sedimentary series, is given. The follow- ing rock types are described: slate, acid fine tuff, acid coarse tuff, acid volcanic breccia, rhyolite (with chemical analysis), dacite (with chemical analysis), andesitic fine tuff, andesitic coarse tuff and breccia, andesite (with chemical analysis), gabbro, and diabase (with chemical analysis). The article concludes with a discussion of Pogue, Joseph E. — Continued. the structure and geologic history. It is based partly on material in the U. S. National Museum. Crystallographic notes on calcite. Smithsonian Misc. Calls., 52, Quar. issue, Pt. 4, No. 1878, Sept. 24, 1909, pp. 4G5-468, pis. 53, 54. Crystallographic descriptions of (1) two specimens calcite from Joplin, Mo., (2) caloite with moving bubble from Guana- juato, Mexico, and (3) small crystals of calcite from Virgilina, Va. On a remarkable cube of pyrite, carrying crystallized gold and galena of unusual habit. Smithsonian Misc. Cells., 52, Quar. issue, Pt. 4, No. 1882, Dec. 22, 1909, pp. 477-484, pi. 59, figs. 81-85. A description, with consideration of its crystallographic features, of a 2-inch cube of pyrite from Jvmeau, Alaska, the surface of which is studded with easily visible, clear-cut crystals of native gold and partly covered with plates of galena unusually laminated. On olivine-diabase from Davidson County, N. C. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mm., 37, No. 1715, Jan. 19, 1910, pp. 475-484, pi. 37. A petrographic description, including a discussion of the chemical composition, a classification according to the quantita- tive system, and the literature on olivine- diabase occuiTing in the United States. On sand-barites from Kharga, Egypt Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 38, No. 1726, Apr. 30, 1910, pp. 17-24,- pl. 9, 1 fig. An account of the crystallographic, mi- croscopic, and chemical character of a large suite of crystals from the Libyan Desert of northeast Africa. Includes a review of the literature on sand barites and baritic sandstones. 144 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. Stanton, Timothy W. The age and fitratigraphic relations of the "Ceratops Beds " of Wyoming and Montana. Proe. Washington Acad. ScL, 11, No. 3, Aug. 14, 1909, pp. 239-29.3. Based partly on a study of specimens In the U. S. National Museum. White, David. The effect of oxygen in coal. Bull. U. S. Oeol. Surv., No. 383, Washington, 1909, pp. 1-74, pis. 1-3. PALEONTOLOGY. Arnold, Ralph, and Robert Anderson. Geology and oil resources of the Coa- linga District, California. Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., No. 398, 1910, pp. 1-354, pis. 1-52. Illustrates the characteristic fossils of the district, the specimens used being Museum material. Bassler, R. S. Dendroid graptolites of the I Niagaran dolomites at | Hamil- ton, Ontario | compiled by | Ray S. Bassler, | Curator, Division of Inver- tebrate Paleontology, | U. S. National Museum | (Seal) | Washington | Government Printing Office | 1909. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 05, July 10, 1909, pp. i-ix, 1-76, pis. 1-5. This bulletin, which is a compilation based partly upon manuscript left by the late Dr. R. R. Gurley, contains descrip- tions of the genera and species of grapto- lites from the Silurian dolom.ites at Ham- ilton, Ontario, with an introduction dis- cussing the history of the manuscript, methods of photographing these organ- isms, and the geology of the region. Based partly upon material in the U. S. National Museum. Adequacy of the paleontologic record. Pop. Sci. Mo., 76, No. 6, June, 1910, pp. 586-589. This is one of a series of papers delivered before the Paleontologic Society, at the 1909 meeting at Boston in a conference upon the Paleontologic Record. Berry, Edward W. Pleistocene swamp deposits in Virginia. Amer. Naturalist, 43, July, 1909, pp. 432-436. Contributions to the Mesozoic flora of the Atlantic coastal plain, iv. Maryland. Bull. Torrey Bot. Chtb, 37, Jan., 1910, pp. 19-29, 1 pi. A new species of Dewalquea from the American Cretaceous. Torreya, 10, No. 2, Feb., 1910, pp. 34-38, 1 fig. Berry, Edward W. A new Cretaceous Bauhinia from Alabama. Avier. Journ. Sci., 4th ser., 29, Mar., 1910, pp. 256-258, 1 fig. Contributions to the Mesozoic flora of the Atlantic coastal plain, v. North Carolina. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 37, Apr. 1910, pp. 181-2(X), pis. 19-24. Additions to the Pleistocene flora of Alabama. Amer. Journ. Sci., 4th ser., 29, May, 1910, pp. 387-398, figs. 1-3. A revision of the fossil plants of the genus Nageiopsis of Fontaine. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 38, No. 1738, June 6, 1910, pp. 185-195, figs. 1, 2. Clarke, John M. Early Devonic his- tory of New York and eastern North America. N. Y. State Mus., Mem. 9, Pt. 1, 1908, pp. 1-366, pis. 1-48; Pt. 2, 1909, pp. 1-250, pis. 1-34. Many Museum specimens are used in the deseriptions.and illustrations. Dall, William Healey. Conditions governing the evolution and distribu- tion of Tertiary faunas. Journ. Geol. 17, Sept.-Oct., 1909, pp. 493-502. A discussion based on the Tertiary col- lections of the U. S. National Museum. A new Floridian Amnicola. Nautilus, 24, No. 1, May, 1910, p. 2. Amnicola harpcri is described as new from Lake Panasoffkee, Florida. The types are in the National Museum. Gilmore, Charles W. A new rhyncho- cephalian reptile from the Jurassic of Wyoming, with notes on the fauna of "Quarry 9." Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 37, No. 1698, Oct. 15, 1909, pp. 35-42, pi. 11, figs. 1-3. Describes and figures the new genus and species, Opisthias rarus. LIST OP PUBLICATIONS. 145 Hay, Oliver P. On the nature of Edes- tus and related genera, with descrip- tions of one new genus and three new species. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 37, No. 1699, Oct. 16, 1909, pp. 43-61' pis. 12-15, figs. 1-7. In this paper there are described three new species of EdestUK, E. crennlatun, E. serratus, and E. minusculus. The last name is applied to a species found in Russia. A description, with figures, is given of the histology of Edestus. Addi tional specimens of JAssopnon ferrkri are described and figured, which show that the so-called teeth of this genus were coiled, as in Helicoprion. A new genus, Toxoprion, is founded, the type of which is Dean's Edestus lecontei. The genera here mentioned are all defined. The last section of the paper is devoted to a dis- cussion of the nature of the objects on which the genera mentioned are based. Reasons are presented why they can hardly be regarded as teeth. It is be- lieved by the writer that these objects, straight, bent, or coiled, were more proba- bly organs of defense or attack, arranged along the back near the dorsal fins. On the manner of locomotion of the dinosaurs, especially Diplodocus, with remarks on the origin of the birds. Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 12, No. 1, Feb. 15, 1910, pp. 1-25, 1 pi., figs. 1-7. The position taken by the author of this paper is that the sauropodous dino- saurs, especially Diplodocus, did noi walk In a mammal-like way, as usually repre- sented, but more as the crocodiles walk. In reply to Abel's argument that Diplodocus walked as usually represented because its feet were digitigrade. Hay points out that the land tortoise is digiti. grade. Before the close of the Jurassic there were dinosaurs that went erect on their hind legs, l)Ut it is not necessary to suppose that their ancestors walked as mammals do. The origin of bipedalisrn Is considered, illustrations thereof being drawn from certain lizards. Certain crocodiles attain great size, but this does not necessitate an erect gait. The entax- onic structure of the feet shows that Dip- lodocus did not walk erect but rather as crocodiles walk. The author takes the position that the whole pro.ximal end of the femur, rounded out by cartilage, fonned the end of that bone and was inserted into the acetabu- Itun, as in the crocodiles and the lizards. The thigh thus moved backward and for- ward in an approximately horizontal plane. Issue is taken with von Huene as regards the pose of some of the Triassic dinosaurs, the position of some of these 71245°— NAT MUS 1910 10 Hay, Oliver P. — rontinucd. being regarded as too mammal-like. The writer holds further that the bipedal dino- saurs had a more straddling gait than is usually supposed. It is held as not proved that the hirdlike tracks found in the Connecticut X'alley were not made by primitive dinosaur-like birds. The sauro- pods are regarded as the most primitive, and that from these sprang first the birds and later other groups of dinosaurs. The birds became bipedal because of speciali- zation of their wings for Height; dinosaurs, because of the reduction of their fore limbs. Finally, bipedalisrn has no neces- sary connection with tridactylism. Specimens in the collections of the U. S. National Museum were used for study in the preparation of this article. Descriptions of eight new species of fossil turtles from west of the hun- dredth meridian. Proc. U. S. Nat. .\fus., .38, No. 1747, June 29, 1910, pp. 307-52(1, pis. 10-12, figs. 1-23. Two species of Compsemys, C. va/er, from Puerco or Torrejon deposits, in New Mexico, and C. parva, from the same re- gion and probably the same deposits, are here described. These new materials throw new light on the characters of the genus. Mesoplastra were certainly pres- ent and the genus is to be placed in the Baenidae. Two species of the remarkable genus Basilemys are described, B. prxclara, from the Lance Creek beds of South Dakota, and B. nobilis, from beds of probably ilie same age in New Mexico. Adocus vigoratus comes from the Creta- ceous of New Mexico, t he same beds which furnished B. nobilis. Alamosemys an- nem, not distant from tlie preceding species, was found in what probably are Torrejon deposits in Colorado. Hop- lochclys bicarinata, from the Puerco or Torrejon of New Mexico, is represented by large parts of both carapace and plastron. A spideretes amnigenus is a new trionyehid from the I.-.ince Creek beds of South Dakota, and is represented by a nearly complete costal plate. Knowlton, Frank H. Descriptions of fossil plants from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic of North America. I. (1) Two fossil chain ferns (Woodwardia) from Oregon and Wyoming. (2) A new name for Davallia tenuifolia Swartz, aa identified by Dawson, and Asplenium tenerum Lesquereux. , Smithsonian ^risc. Colls., 52, Quar. issue, Jan. 11, 1910, 63, 64. Pt. pp. 4, No. 1S84, 4S9-906, pis. 146 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. Knowlton, Frank H. Biologic princi- ples of paleo-geography. Pop. Set. Mo., June, 1910, pp. eo 1-603. MooDiE, Roy L. Carboniferous air- breathing vertebrates of the United States National Museum. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 37, No. 1696, Sept. 23, 1909, pp. 11-28, pis. 4-10. Describes and illustrates Isodectes punc- tulattis Cope, in addition to de.seribing one MooDiE, Roy L. — Continued. new genus, Odonterpeton, and three new species, as follow.s: Tuditanus v:alcotti, Odonterpeton triangularis, Erpetosaurus minutus. Fifteen genera and si.xteen species are listed, all based on specimens belonging to the U. S. National Museum. White, David. The Upper Paleozoic floras, their succession and range. J num. GeoL, 17, No. 4, May- June, 1909, pp. 320-341. o I t 4 New York Botanical Garden Libra llllllllll 3 5185 00259 01 54