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UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
REPORT ON THE PROGRESS AND CON-
DITION OF THE U. S. NATIONAL
MUSEUM FOR THE YEAR
ENDING JUNE 30, 1908
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United States Xational Museum,
Under Direction of the Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D. C, December 2, 1908.
Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith a report upon the present
condition of the United States National Museum, and upon the Avork
accomplished in its various departments during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1908.
Very respectfully,
Richard Rathbun,
Assistant Secretary., in Charge of the National Museum.
Dr. Charles D. Walcott,
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution.
CO^^TENTS.
Page.
General considerations 9
Inception and history 9
Some important matters of the year 1-1
New building for the National Museum 16
National Gallery of Art 19
An important art movement 21
Summary of the operations of the year 25
Appropriations 25
Buildings 25
Collections 27
Department of Anthropology 27
Department of Biology 39
Department of Geology 51
Distribution and exchange of specimens 55
Miscellaneous 56
Visitors 56
Congresses and meetings 57
Correspondence 58
Publications 58
Library 60
Photography 60
Expositions 61
Organization and staff 62
The Museum staff 65
List of accessions 67
List of publications - 109
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
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1. New building for United States National Museum. Perspective view
of the building as it will appear when finished; taken from the
southeast, and showing the south or main front and the east side.
Hornblower & Marshall, architects. Keproduced from a water color
drawing by L. M. Leisenring . 9
2. New building for United States National Museum. South nv main
front, showing jn-ogress of work. .Tuly 8, 1908 IT
3. New building for I'nited States National Museum. North front, show-
ing progress of work, July 8, 1908 19
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REPORT ON THE PROGRESS AND CONDITION OF
THE U. S, NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1908.
By Richard Rathbun,
Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in cliarfje of the V. S. National Museum.
GENERAL COXSIDERATIONS.
INCEPTION AND HISTORY.
The inception and history of the National ^Vlnsenm have often been
discussed in the opening pages of the annual report. Congress, in
the act of August 10, 184G, 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 establishment 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 sufficient funds to cover 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' dis-
cussion 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 comprehensive
were the views which actuated our lawmakers in determining the
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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 Avere 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
widest range and at the same time as the Museum of the United
States. It was also fully appreciated that additions would be neces-
sary to the collections then in existence, and provision was made for
their increase by the exchange of duplicate specimens, by donations,
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 jDart of September, 1840, the Eegents took steps toward formu-
lating a plan of operations. The report of the committee appointed
for this purpose, submitted in December and January following,
shows a thorough consideration of the subject in both the spirit and
the 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 char-
acter of the Museum :
" In obedience to the requirements of the charter," which 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
i-equirod 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, por-
traits, dresses, implements, weapons, idols, antiquities, of the various
races of man. * * * In this connexion your committee recom-
mend the passage of resolutions asking the cooperation of certain
" Since the Institiition was not chartered in a legal sense, but established by
Congress, the use of tlie word "charter" in this connection would seem to be
unauthorized. It was not subsequently employed.
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public functionaries and of the public generally in furtherance of
the above objects.
" Your committee are further of opinion that in the JNIuseum. 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 products 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
country 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
designs; 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 this 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 ethnolog}^ and
anthropolog}% though not specially named, were A^et 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 pro-
posed, pending the gathering of art collections, which Avould of
necessit}' be slow, to provide for loan exhibitions by cooperating with
art academies and societies.
In the resolutions which were adopted upon the presentation of
this report, a museum was mentioned as " one of the principal modes
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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 respon-
sibility for the administration of these and subsequent additions to
its activities as would weld them into a compact whole, which to-
gether form a unique and notable agency for the increase and diffusion
of knowledge, for the direction of research, for cooperation with
departments of the Government and with universities and scientific
societies in America, and likewise afford a definite correspondent to
all scientific institutions and men abroad who seek interchange of
views or knowledge Avith 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 close at hand to
realize all that the first Board had in view, since ample space will be
available within another two years.
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 afforded 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
two and one-half years, during which its interests have been markedly
advanced, as elsewhere explained.
Another subject to which much attention has been paid with grati-
fying results is American history, illustrated by objects representing
" Resolved, That it is the intention of the act of Congress establishing the
Institution, and in accordance with the design of Mr. Smlthson, 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 knowletlge, to the end that a copious
storehouse of materials of science, literature, 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.
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distinguished personages and important events as well as the domestic
life of the country from the colonial period to the present day.
It has been deemed appropriate to present the foregoing brief re-
view of the scope of the national collections in this connection, since
the time is near when they may be given an orderly arrangement and
when the subjects least developed from lack of space may have the
opportunity for growth. By transferring to the new building, as
proposed to Congress, the subjects which are best represented, which
have been as a whole most completely classified and can, therefore,
be most advantageously exhibited for the benefit of the public,
namely, ethnology, archeology, natural history, and geology, the pres-
ent Museum building may be given over to the arts and industries.
In several branches of this subject the collections are already im-
portant and extensive, and arrangements are under way for large and
valuable additions. Certain halls in the Smithsonian building w^ere
originally planned for the gallery of fine arts, and with a moderate
expenditure they can be adjusted to suit the requirements of to-day.
AVith 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.
AVhile it is the primary duty of a museum to preserve the objects
confided to its care, as it is that of a library to preserve its books and
manuscripts, yet the importance of public 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 w^ho 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, appoint-
ments, and color is considered, a selection of representative objects is
placed upon view to the public, all being carefully labeled individu-
ally 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 class-room 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
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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 may be accessible to the pub-
lic and to students, has yet in these operations made imi^ortant dis-
coveries in every department of the Museum's activities, which have
in turn been communicated to other scholars through its numerous
publications. But the collections have not been held for the study of
the staff' nor for the scientific advancement of those belonsfinsr to the
establishment. Most freely have they been put at the disposal of
iuA'estigators connected with other institutions, and, in fact, without
the helj) of many such the record of scientific progress based upon the
material in the Museum would be greatly curtailed. AA^ien it is pos-
sible to so arrange the investigator comes to Washington; 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 Na-
tional Museum has come to be recognized as a conspicuous factor in
the advancement of knowledge wherever civilization has a foothold.
SOME IMPORTANT MATTERS OF THE YEAR.
The collections of the Museum were increased to the extent of ap-
proximately 219,505 specimens, of which 176,263 were biological and
32,755 geological, while 10,487 pertained to the several subjects
grouped in the Department of Anthropology.
The most important contributions in ethnology were illustrative
of the natives of Borneo, the Philippine Islands and Guam, the cliff
dwellers of northwestern Arizona, the Zuni Indians of New Mexico,
and the Tahltan Indians of British Columbia. Excavations at the
Casa Grande ruin, Arizona, 3'ielded an interesting collection of pre-
Columl)ian objects, and additional archeological material was received
from Mexico, Bolivia, Egypt, and India. The division of phj'sical
anthropology^ obtained many valuable series of specimens from vari-
ous sources, and arrangements were made with two of the exploring
expeditions now making excavations in Egypt to secure some of the
human remains found in the ancient tombs, this class of objects hav-
ing hitherto been generally disregarded. A large number of models
and actual examples of devices, deposited by the Patent Office, form a
most noteworthy addition in technology. The objects were selected
with reference to their permanent value and as illustrating the prog-
ress of invention through a long term of years. They relate to many
subjects and are being arranged in the public halls.
An exceptionally interesting loan, which is attracting much atten-
tion, is the flag which floated over Fort McHenry at the time of its
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bombardment in 1814, and was made memorable as the " Star Span-
gled Banner " by the verses of Francis Scott Key. Among- other
loans were several art collections of metal work, j)orcelain, lacquer,
ivory, etc., mainly from the Orient; an addition to the exhibit of
Jewish religious ceremonial objects; and many pieces of china and
cut glass used at Mount Vernon during the life of Washington.
In the Department of Biology, the more important accesssions of
mammals and birds came from Malaysia, the Philippines, and Costa
Rica. The Bureau of Fisheries transmitted extensive collections of
fishes and invertebrates chiefly obtained during the exploration of the
steamer Albatross in the Pacific Ocean. The final division of the
greater part of the collection of marine invertebrates obtained during
the early explorations of the Bureau of Fisheries on the Atlantic
coast, which had been retained for study at the museum of Yale
University, resulted in the transfer to Washington of over 73,000
specimens, representing an extremely large number of species and
including the types of 355 species. The division of insects received
about 53,000 specimens, mostly American; and the division of plants
about 25,000 specimens, principally from North and Central America.
The geological accessions comprised several of exceptional value,
especially in paleontology. Of fossil invertebrates there were two
large described collections, containing many types; the material ob-
tained in the course of explorations of the Cambrian rocks of British
Columbia and Idaho by the Secretary of the Institution, and of the
paleozoic formations of Tennessee and Virginia by the curator of the
division; and important transfers from the Geological Survey. The
division of fossil vertebrates received two noteworthy additions, one
consisting of a large number of rare species from various horizons in
the United States and South America, the other of the remains of
several species of mammals collected on the Smithsonian expedition to
Alaska. The department also received several series of rocks and
ores, a number of rare minerals, and three meteorites.
The collections of all classes have been maintained in a good state
of preservation, though lack of space and of a sufficient number of
expert assistants has rendered it impossible to systematically classify
and arrange a large proportion of the material. Much important
research work was carried on and many valuable contributions to
knowledge were made public.
In the exhibition halls, which have long been overcrowded, and in
which the display of new material in quantity is practically dependent
upon the withdrawal of older collections, some changes and additions
were made, the latter mainly at the expense of the jjassageways and
the convenience of the public, in order to find room for several at-
tractive loan collections. In this manner the picture gallery has been
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utilized to almost its entire capacity in the interest of the superb
assemblage of laces, embroideries, fans, porcelains, and other kindred
objects brought together by a number of the ladies of Washington, as
explained below. The average daily attendance of visitors amounted
to nearly 1,000, a number which would be greatly increased were it
jjossible to extend the hours of opening to Sundays and evenings.
About 2G,000 duplicate specimens were utilized in making exchanges
and in suj^pljdng material to educational institutions. The publica-
tions comprised 8 volumes and parts of 2 unfinished volumes, all of
which, excej^t the annual or administrative report, w^ere descriptive of
Museum collections. The library, wholly restricted to subjects com-
ing within the scope of the Museum, received 3,257 books, 4,470
l^amphlets, and 247 j^arts of volumes, a large proportion of which
were acquired as gifts or in exchange. Interesting exhibits were made
at the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exj)osition and the International
Maritime Exposition 'at Bordeaux, France, both of which were held
during the summer and early fall of 1907.
NEW BUILDING FOR THK NATIONAL MUSEUM.
The progress of the work on the new building for the National
Museum was greatly hindered, as in previous years, by delays in ob-
taining the white granite from Vermont within the time limits fixed
by the contracts. The quarry, the cutters, and the railroads have
all been at fault in bringing about this unfortunate condition, which
has retarded the completion of the building for many months, and
has caused a considerable extra expense.
At the close of the year the exterior walls, except those inclosing
the south pavilion and the dome, for which the stone had not been
received, were finished, and the construction of the roofs was well
under way. The interior structural walls and piers and the floors
Avere also completed in the rough, and many of the metal window
frames of the first and second stories were in place. Some of the
latter had likewise been glazed. So much work still remains to be
done in the interior, however, such as the building of partitions, the
laying of floors, the plastering, the installation of the heating, ven-
tilating, and lighting plants, with their immense ramifications of
pipes and wires, the completion of the windows, and countless lesser
details, that the expectation held forth of being able to make some
use of the building by January, 1909, has had to be abandoned. The
best that can now be looked for is that the storage and laboratory
quarters may be practically ready for occupancy toward the end of
the fiscal year.
This sj^lendid large building, which covers a greater area than any
other government structure in Washington except the Capitol, was
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authorized by Congress in the sundry ci^'il act for 1904, its limit of
cost being fixed at $3,500,000. The preliminary plans received the
approval of a committee of the Board of Regents on January 27
of that year, but it Avas not until several months later that the Avork-
ing drawings were sufficiently advanced to make the initial contracts.
The ground was first broken on June 15 by the Secretary of the
Institution in the midst of an informal gathering. The necessary
excavations were completed during the summer and the heavy con-
crete foundations on November 9, 1904. Since then the work would
have gone on continuously and rapidly but for the delays occasioned
by the slow delivery of granite, as most other contracts have been
satisfactorily complied with. About four years, therefore, have
already been consumed in the building, and to these it now appears
certain that another will be added.
The importance of this new building will be appreciated by all who
have kept in touch with the growth of the National Museum and the
progress of its activities, as described in these reports from year to
year. The number of specimens received has been enormous, aver-
aging nearly a quarter of a million annually, while the value of
the material thus brought together is beyond calculation. Nature,
as comprehended in the subjects of zoology, botany, geology, eth-
nology, and archeology, jDredominates over art in a very marked
degree, both in the extent and value of the collections and in the
progress made in their study, classification, and exhibition. It was
for the accommodation of these collections, whose diversit}^ and
importance are elsewhere explained and which illustrate the resources
and many economic problems primarily of the territory of this coun-
try, that a new building was most urgently demanded and the one in
question has been planned. When the transfer has been accomplished,
the present Museum building can be wholly given over to the arts
and industries, for which it Avas mainly constructed and has been
partly utilized.
The new building is located on the Mall directly in front of the
Smithsonian building, w^hich it faces. It is a massive and dignified
granite structure, four stories high, with a frontage of 561 feet, a
depth of 365 feet, and a height of 82 feet. Its shorter axis is in a
line with the center of Tenth street, through which it may be reached
from Pennsylvania avenue, distant only three blocks. The principal
external feature of the building is a large square pavilion at the
middle of the south side, terminating in four pediments, one on
each face, at some distance above the main roofs. Inclosed by the
pavilion is a rotunda 80 feet in diameter, with four massive, orna-
mental piers to be surmounted by a curved ceiling reaching a height
of 127 feet 7 inches. The exterior structure of the rotunda will be
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carried above the ijediments of the pavilion in the shape of a circidar
granite wall, capped by a simple rounded dome with slate covering,
attaining a height of 1()2 feet 2 inches above the ground line. The
south pavilion contains the main entrance, sheltered by a portico sup-
ported by heavy Corinthian columns, of which there are 6 in the
outer row. Below these are the steps and platforms of the approaches
from the driveway, all to be built of granite.
Aside from the south pavilion the exterior of the building is prac-
tically without ornamentation, and the same is true of the interior,
as explained below. Well-designed lines and proportions have pro-
duced an air of refinement most pleasing and effective, which any
added features in the way of embellishment could only serve to
depreciate. The purpose of the building is evident from the outside.
The window openings predominate, being everywhere, except in the
upper story, much wider than the intervening piers. The color
tone is very light. The granite for the exterior walls has come from
three sources. A pink or warm gray variety from Milford, Massa-
chusetts, has been used for the basement ; a nearly white stone from
Mount Airy, North Carolina, for the upper story; and a pure white
granite from the recently opened quarry at Bethel, Vermont, for the
two main stories and the south and north pavilions. Such parts of
the roofs as can be seen from the outside are covered with light
green slate, the same as will be used for the dome, which harmonizes
well with the stone work.
In ground plan the building has a general rectangular outline,
but fundamentally it consists of three main wings joined to the south
pavilion in the shape of the letter T. Two series of ranges, placed
at right angles and comiecting with the wings near their outer ends,
compose the northeastern and northwestern parts of the building,
and help to inclose two uncovered courts, each of which is 128 feet
square. The interior width of the Avings is 114 feet, of the ranges
54 feet. In the latter the lighting is entirely from windows, and
thus one story succeeds another uniformly and without any openings
through the floors. A different arrangement was necessary for the
broad wings and has been worked out as follows: The lower story,
which has been termed the " basement," although raised several feet
above the adjacent street, is wholly covered by the floor of the next
or main story, and in the middle parts will require artificial lighting.
This condition, however, will not prevent the utilization of all the
space in this story. The middle of the eastern wing will be occupied
by the boilers and machinery, and that of the western by a large
inclosure for the storage of alcoholic specimens, while that of the
central wing will be used as an exhibition hall for large objects,
besides serving as a passageway from the north entrance to the
auditorium in the south pavilion. The windows will furnish light
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to laboratories, workshops, offices, etc., which are arranged along
the outer walls and extend through the adjacent ranges. The height
of the story is about 20 feet.
The main story, as above intimated, also presents a continuous
floor space, and in order to completely light it the middle part of
each wing, to a width of 50 feet, is carried up through the second
story to a ceiling light underneath a roof skylight. The sides of the
story to a depth of 32 feet are lighted from the windows, but at the
outer ends of the wings the distance is somewhat greater. The line
of demarcation between the two sections is marked by a row of piers,
which helps to support the second story. This open construction is
the main feature of the wings, and furnishes three exceptionally
large halls well adapted to the exhibition of collections for the
public. By means of screens the lateral sections can be parti}' cut
oti' from the skylighted area, and divided iaito apartments so as to
meet the varying requirements of installation without destroying the
architectural effect of the hall as a whole. The height at the sides
is about 21 feet, and from the floor to the ceiling light about 52 feet.
The second story of the main wings, as will be understood from the
above description, is equivalent in space to only the lateral and end
sections of the first story. It is separated from the skylighted area
by walls, pierced at intervals by large doorlike openings, from which
a view of the main halls may be obtained. Its height is about 20
feet, and it derives its light entirely from windows. It will also be
utilized for public exhibition. The third story corresponds with the
second in the amount and distribution of floor space. It will, how-
ever, be entirely divided into rooms for laboratories, for the storage
of collections, and for the general administrative offices. In the
attics of the wings some additional space for storage will be obtained.
The building will be entirely fireproof, and will contain everj^
modern convenience that is deemed essential for museum purposes.
A monumental staircase has been omitted on account of the space it
would occupy, but there are several stairways at different points, and
passenger elevators at the two entrances.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.
In accordance with the plan proposed the year before, with the
object of maintaining a proper standard of merit in the acceptance
of paintings and works of sculpture for the National Gallery of Art,
a committee of five artists to act in an advisory capacity was desig-
nated in the spring of 1908, The selection of three members of the
committee was requested of three leading art associations, the other
two being named by the Smithsonian Institution. This committee
held its first meeting at the Institution on April 16, 1908. As then
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organized, it is constituted as follows: Mr. Francis D. Millet, presi-
dent; Mr. Frederick Crowninshield, representing the Fine Arts
Federation, of which he is the president ; Mr. Edwin H. Blashfield,
representing the National Academy of Design; Mr. Herbert Adams,
representing the National Sculpture Society, of which he is the
president; and Mr. William H. Holmes, of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, secretary of the committee.
The failure to secure last winter the means necessary to provide
suitable quarters for the paintings belonging to the gallery has
retarded the segregation and arrangement of the collection, which,
therefore, continues to be exhibited under very adverse conditions,
not at all likely to attract the attention of those who might other-
wise gladly contribute to its growth. Some important donations of
pictures were, however, received.
Mr. William T. Evans has added to his collection of contemporary
American artists since the last report paintings by Hugo Ballin,
George de Forest Brush, F. S. Church, Henry Golden Dearth,
Charles Melville Dewey, Paul Dougherty, Ben Foster, Childe Has-
sam, Ernest Lawson, Willard LeRoy Metcalf, Robert Reid, R. M.
Shurtleff, John H. Twachtman, Henry Oliver Walker, Worthington
^A^iittredge, Carleton Wiggins, Irving R. Wiles, and Frederick Bal-
lard Williams. Among other gifts of paintings were the following:
" Crossing the Ferry," by Adrien ]Moreau, presented by Mrs. James
Lowndes in memory of her father, Lucius Tuckerman ; and " Indian
Summer Day," by Max Weyl, presented by thirty of his Washington
friends in commemoration of the seventieth anniversary of the artist's
birth. Mr. Charles L. Freer has made very extensive additions to his
large collection of American and oriental art, donated to the Institu-
tion in 1906, which, it will be recalled, is to remain in the possession
of Mr. Freer during his life.
The collection of thirteen historical marine paintings executed by
the late Edward Moran during the later years of his life has, through
the courtesy of Mr. Theodore Sutro, of New York, been temporarily
deposited in the gallery at the Museum building. The several pictures
are entitled as follows: "The Ocean — The Highw^ay of All Nations; "
" Landing of Lief Erickson in the New World in the Year 1001 ; "
"The Santa Maria, Nina, and Pinta;" "The Debarkation of Colum-
bus;"" "Midnight Mass on the Mississippi, over the Body of Ferdi-
nand De Soto, 1512 ;" " Henry Hudson entering New York Bay,
September 11th, 1609;" "Embarkation of the Pilgrims from South-
ampton, August 5th, 1620 ; " " First Recognition of the American
Flag by a Foreign Government, in the Harbor of Quiberon, France,
February 13th, 1778 ; " " Burning of the Frigate Philadelphia in the
Harbor of Tripoli. February 16th, 1804;" "The Brig Armstrong
engaging the British Fleet in the Harbor of Fayal, September 26th,
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1814;'"' "Iron versus Wood — Sinking of the Cumberland b}' the
Merrimac in Hampton Roads, March 8th, 18G2;" "The ^Vliite
Squadron's Farewell Salute to the Body of Captain John Ericsson,
New York Bay, August 25th, 1890 ; " " Eeturn of the Conquerors —
Typifying Our Victory in the late Spanish-American War, Septem-
ber 29th, 1899."
By act of Congress, approved May 22, 1908, the colossal marble
statue of Washington by Horatio Greenough, completed in 1840 and
since 1875 occupying a position in front of the main steps of the
Capitol, was transferred to the custody of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion. It is intended to place this work in the Smithsonian building
imtil a more fitting location for it shall be found, probably in connec-
tion with the National Gallery of Art. The statue has been greatly
injured by its long exposure in the open air, but its preservation has
been urged by artists qualified to pass upon its merits.
AN IMPORTANT ART MOVEMENT.
The Centennial Exhibition of 18TG afforded the first opportunity
for extending the activities of the Museum into the field of the arts
and crafts. In fact, the extensive collections obtained in that con-
nection, which influenced the erection of the 2:)resent Museum build-
ing, completed in 1881, l)elonged largely in this category. They con-
sisted principally of gifts contributed by over thirty diiferent nations
and many American exhibitors, and while none of the subjects
represented was covered comprehensively, yet the material as a whole
formed an excellent nucleus from which to build. Most of the objects
were placed on exhibition in the beginning, but the greater part was
subsequently crowded out and sent to storage. Among the subjects
retained on display were several that lend themselves to artistic
workmanship of a high order. The exhibits along these lines have
been added to by donation _and purchase, and supplemented by im-
portant loans, and although they are still relatively small, they
contain much that is of value and importance. In the graphic arts,
ceramics, metal work, glass work, and lacquer there is now a partial
segregation of materials, but some of the finest examples of these
subjects and illustrations of others are incorporated with the histor-
ical collections or have been temporarily installed among the exhibits
in ethnology. That the early efforts toward building up this depart-
ment were not systematically continued has been mainly due to the
lack of space, but with the additional room soon to be acquired the
work will be actively resumed, in the hope that before many years
creditable- progress can be shown in the matter of illustrating the
materials, processes, and finished products, as well as the history of
the development, of the various arts and handicrafts.
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As the success of tliis undertaking must depend to a great extent
on private contributions, it is extremely gratifying to announce that
during the past year a movement has been started for the very laud-
able purpose of stimulating public interest in a direction where
individual help is especially needed. The field is one belonging
essentially to woman — the adornment of the church, the home, and
the person — since its development has been mainly due to her inspira-
tion and its achievements have resulted largely from her handiAvork.
With boundaries not clearly definable and with a large percentage of
objects difficult of classification, owing to their composite nature, the
range of material employed is so great as to furnish exceptional
opportunities for the skill of the designer, the sculptor, and the
painter.
The matter was first brought to the attention of the Museum by
Mrs. James W. Pinchot in 1907, with the tender of assistance on the
part of herself and of several other ladies of Washington, the proposi-
tion being to assemble a loan collection which, it was expected, would
lead to permanent contributions as has happened in connection with
other museums. This offer was heartily accepted, but action was
deferred until May, 1908, when, at an informal meeting called to
discuss the question, a committee, wnth Mrs. Pinchot as chairman,
was appointed to take charge of the work. Although only a few
weeks then remained in the fiscal year covered by this report, the
results accomplished during this time through the active efforts of
the committee proved not only very satisfactory, but especially note-
worthy as evincing the interest which the subject had aroused. Un-
fortunately, there was no clear space available for the exhibition in
either of the buildings, and it became necessary to make the installa-
tion along one side and between the screens of the improvised picture
gallery. This caused much crowding of the cases, of which 20
were required, but the lighting was found to be excellent. The
arrangement of the objects was attended to by the ladies of the com-
mittee and others invited to assist.
Inasnuich as the work is being continued during the current year
and many additions and changes are expected to be made, a detailed
account of the collection Avill be reserved for the next report. It may
be said here, however, that the material brought together before the
close of the year comprised over 500 pieces, many of them old. rare,
and costly, and covered a very diversified field of European art craft.
The manner of its presentation, though not systematic, which would
have been difficult under the circumstances, has been attractive and
effective, and there is no doubt that the result has been appreciated by
the public. The subjects principally represented are laces, embroid-
eries, fabrics, fans, china, miniatures, enamels, gold and silver ware,
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jewelry, ivory carving, and bookbindino-, besides which there are
many miscellaneous articles of novel and exquisite workmanship.
The contributors to the loan collection, numbering 17, were as follows:
Mrs. Theodore Koosevelt, Miss Lydia Spencer Biddle, Mrs. James S.
Bowdoin, Miss M. C. Codman, Mrs. Nicholas Fish, Mrs. James S.
Harlan, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hobson, Mrs. Julian James, Mrs. Richard
G. Lay, Mrs. C. A. Oswell, Mrs. James W. Pinchot, Mrs. Charles W.
Richardson, Mrs. Thomas F. Richardson, Mrs. G. M. Robeson. ]Mrs.
F. W. Schley, Miss Olive Risley Seward, and the Misses Trai)ier.
In addition to the above, acknowledgments are especially due to
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid for the gift of a collar and pair of cult's of Ve-
netian point lace of the latter part of the eighteenth century.
SUMMARY OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE YEAR,
APPROPRIATIONS.
The appropriations made by Congress, in the sundry civil act, for
the maintenance and activities of the National Museum during the
year covered by this report, namely, from July 1, 1907, to June 30,
1908, were as follows:
Preservation of collections $190, 000
Furniture and fixtures 20, 000
Heating and lighting 18,000
Building repairs 15, 000
Books 2, 000
Rent of workshops 4, 580
Postage 500
Printing and binding 33,000
Total 283,080
There was also appropriated in the same act, approved March 4,
1907, the sum of $1,250,000 for completing the new building for the
National Museum, being the balance of the amount, $3,500,000, named
in the original act authorizing its erection.
Following are the appropriations for the year ending June 30,
1909:
Preservation of collections $190,000
Furniture and fixtures 50,000
Heating and lighting 22,000
Building repairs 15, 000
Books 2, 000
Rent of workshops 4,580
Postage 500
Printing and binding . 34, 000
Total - 318, 080
BUILDINGS.
An account of the progress made on the new building in course
of erection for the National Museum has been given on a previous
page. Of the repairs made on the present buildings some were of
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considerable importance, as follows: The old slate roofs over the
south hall and the southeast and northwest courts of the Museum
building were replaced with tin roofs of a superior quality, similar to
those constructed over other parts of the same building during the
two previous years. This work, completed on November 3, 1907, also
included the substitution of new tin valleys for the old ones on the
south and east sides of the northwest court and the north and east
sides of the southeast court. Other exterior repairs consisted in re-
newing worn-out flashings on the ranges and in repainting the roofs
built the year before, besides attending to many minor matters per-
taining to the roofs, walls, and windows. The only roof which now
remains to be replaced is that over the central rotunda.
In view of the expenditures in connection with the roofs, but little
means were available for continuing the isolation of the exhibition
halls as a measure against the spread of fire, as explained in former
reports. Some progress, however, was made in this direction. The
several window oj^enings between the northeast pavilion and the art
gallery were completely closed with macite, and fireproof doors were
substituted for the wooden ones, thus placing the latter hall in an
exceptionally safe condition from this point of view. Macite parti-
tions were also erected to a limited extent in a number of other places,
where the requirements seemed most urgent. The western hall and
adjoining range in the Smithsonian building, the walls of which had
become much defaced, were partly repainted, 12 of the windows in the
former were thoroughly repaired, and certain fireproof walls and
doors were added in the basement, so as to completely shut in the
alcoholic storage.
Steam was first raised in the heating boilers on October 10, 1907,
and was continued with little interruption until the 10th of May
following. The fuel consumed amounted to 880 tons of coal and 52
cords of wood. Some changes were made in a part of the conduits
carrying the electric lighting wires in order to secure better insula-
tion. This system, which now embraces about 28 miles of wire, with
about 2,000 lam])s, 9 motors, and IGO fans for hot weather, together
with the call box and fire alarm systems, was maintained in good
condition.
At the close of the year there were on hand 2,369 exhibition cases,
2,461 storage cases, and 1,621 pieces of office and other furniture.
Sixty-six of these were made during the year in the workshops of
the Museum, 54 were purchased from contractors, and 24 obtained
from expositions. Storage drawers to the number of 1,212 were also
acquired. A number of old and worn-out pieces of furniture were
condemned and sold. The experiments looking to the construction
of fire])roof furniture for the new building, noted in the last report,
were continued.
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COLLECTIONS.
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY.
The additions to this department were comprised in 317 accessions
and amounted to 10,487 objects, of which over two-thirds belonged
in the divisions of ethnology and prehistoric archeology.
Ethnology. — The ethnological accessions exceeded the average of
past years in both number and value. The most important one,
presented by Dr. W. L. Abbott, consisted of about 600 specimens
gathered in "West Borneo, south of the region explored the previous
3^ear by this generous contributor. While mainly illustrative of the
basket work of the region, it includes a large series of swords, dag-
gers, knives, and blowguns, a number of objects of personal adorn-
ment and others relating to religious beliefs. The Abbott collection
is rapidly becoming one of the most notable of its kind in the world,
in view both of its extent and diversity and of the care with which it
has been assembled and labeled. Several noteworthy collections
from the Philippine Islands were also received. A fine series of
weapons, basketry, costumes, models, etc., was donated by Maj.
George P. Ahern, U. S. Army, and many costumes, weapons, basketry,
and domestic utensils from the Igorot and Ilocano of Luzon were
contributed by Maj. E. A. Mearns, U. S. Army, in continuation of
his former gifts. Capt. Jesse R. Harris, U. S. Army, presented h\
objects from the Moros of Mindanao, including household utensils,
tools, weapons, and musical instruments, and Mr. W. E. Safford, of
the Department of Agriculture, 42 examples of the weapons with
which Spain in the eighteenth century armed the natives of Guam
against attacks by pirates. The latter were made by a native ar-
morer, descended from Philippine stock. Many stone and shell
implements, pertaining to the extinct Chamorros of Guam, were
obtained from Mr. L. H. T. Costenoble. Surg. H. C. Curl, U. S.
Xavy, donated a small but excellent collection of Australian weapons
and cult objects. A large number of oriental weapons, costumes,
and other objects, obtained by United States Senator Albert J. Bev-
eridge during his recent travels in the Far East, was secured as a
loan for exhibition. The collection includes a series of Filipino and
Moro weapons, Japanese swords, spears, and knives, Chinese hats,
embroideries, and weapons, among the latter being a jade-handled
dagger of exquisite form and w^orkmanship. Xoteworthy also is
a huge votive sword of the Tokogawa shoguns. bearing inscriptions
of Buddhist texts in Chinese and Sanskrit characters. It is nearly
9 feet long and is constructed with all the skill in art for which the
Japanese are famous. Another large loan collection of exceptional
interest consists of several hundred examples of Japanese metal and
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other art work, assembled by Gen, Oliver Ellsworth AVood, U. S.
Ami}', duriiifr a four years' official residence in Japan, includino- the
period of the Russo-Japanese war, as United States military attache.
It comprises superb brass vases, lanterns and candlesticks, lacquers,
bronzes, screens, and wood carvings, a pair of costumed dolls 300 years
old, and a fine series of over 50 teapots, oil and sake vessels. Special
mention should be made of a pair of handsome bronze flower vases,
a gift to the Smithsonian Institution by Mrs, Adeline Lanman.
These vases, which are of chaste form and inlaid with several differ-
ent metals, were presented by the Emperor of Japan in 1883 to
Mr. Charles Lanman, American secretary of the Japanese legation
at Washington, President Roosevelt added to his numerous contri-
butions a splendid embroidered Arabian saddle cloth,
Africa was represented in three accessions, Mr, J, D, JNIcGuire,
collaborator in the Museum, presented an ancient Kongo war horn
made of the tusk of an elephant. The Leipzig Museum of Ethnology
sent in exchange 231 weapons, fetiches, implements, and costumes
from the German j^ossessions, and Miss Louisiana Durant donated
59 objects from the Kaffir tribes of South Africa, a people which has
been but poorly represented in the National Museum.
From the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute about 350 objects
from cliff dwellings in the Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto,
nortliAvestern Arizona, were obtained in exchange. This collection,
consisting of sandals, cotton cloth, basketry, matting, and other tex-
tiles, wooden implements, stone axes, mauls, grinding stones, etc,
which had been preserved in the dust of the dwellings, is the largest
Avhich the Museum has received from the region of the northern cliff
dwellers, and will prove of great value for comparison with the
material secured by the Museum-Gates expeditions in the southern
cliff-dwelling district, Mrs, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, of the Bureau
of American Ethnology, procured illustrations of the arts and in-
dustries of the Taos Indians of New Mexico, and interesting speci-
mens relating to the textile industry of the Zuni Indians of the same
territory, Mr, George G. Heye, of New York, transmitted, in ex-
change, 83 objects from the Iroquois tribes of New York and Canada,
comprising masks, rattles, and other ceremonial objects, leggings,
caps, brooches, mortars, pestles, bows and arrows, musical instru-
ments, coins, and a fine wampum belt. A collection of 13 silver
brooches, many of which were heirlooms, from the New York reser-
vations of the same tribe, was purchased. Mr. J. D. McGuire con-
tributed a sash of colored wool yarns interwoven with bead work, a
production of the Creek Indians, probably 100 years old,
A series of 212 objects illustrating the industrial and social life of
the little-known Tahltan Indians, of the Stikine River, British Co-
lumbia, gathered b}^ Lieut, G. T. Emmons, U. S. Navy, was received
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through the Bureau of American Ethnology. A small but interest-
ing collection from Mr. A. Bienkowski, of Panama, consists of masks
and clothing worn in the ceremonial of Diabolitos practiced by
the Veragua Indians. Five Indian paintings, executed by J. M.
Stanley in the early part of the last century and formerly belonging
to Prof. Joseph Henry, were presented by the Misses Henry. A
number of laces, embroideries, and linens made prior to 1830 and
handed down from the Plimpton family, were presented by Miss
Mary Noyes.
Among the models of inventions transferred from the Patent Office
were many relating to fire making, heating, cooking, illumination,
culture history, etc., which were temporarily assigned to this division.
The ethnological groups and objects exhibited at the Jamestown
and Bordeaux expositions were returned duringthe winter and spring.
The routine work of caring for the collections went forward as in
previous years. Many objects of metal were found to require special
treatment for the removal of rust and the preservation of the surface,
and it is now possible to say that the methods initiated a year ago to
prevent the deterioration of ancient Pueblo pottery have proved bene-
ficial. The group cases in the Catlin, Pueblo, and Eskimo exhibition
halls were somewhat changed and rearranged, and the collection of
jade implements and throAving sticks was installed in the Eskimo
hall. The laces from Miss Mary Noyes, the Hindu objects sent by
the Rajah of Tagore, and the collections of Mrs. A. C. Barney,
Senator Beveridge, General Wood, and Major Ahern, were placed on
exhibition in the west liall and gallery. The General Wood collec-
tion occupies four cases in the middle aisle and is one of the most
important received in recent years. The Abbott cases, in the gallery
of the west hall, were reinstalled and a complete arrangement made
of the Kensington cases, three of the latter being filled Avith art ob-
jects from the Abbott-Dyak collection. The remainder of the Philip-
pine collections was provided for in the gallery of the Pueblo court.
The head curator of the department. Prof. O. T. Mason, made a
detailed study of the Abbott collection of basket work from southern
IMalaysia, in order to settle upon a definite nomenclature for the entire
Malay region, including the Philippine Islands. There seems to be
no limit to basket work in a region where so many adaptable species
of bamboos, rattans, palms, and useful hard woods occur. The shapes,
structural parts, and technic. while having some features in common
with the basket work of America, are mostly of the region. One type
called the " mad weave," anyam gila^ made of three sets of Pandanus
stripes, forming rhombs, was minutely worked out. The demands
for a carefully prepared vocabulary are the more imperative, since
the great popularity of arts and crafts studies is bringing into use
terms not hitherto known to basket makers either in England or
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America; and as much Avill be written about this industry In the near
future it is very imjjortant for autliors to reach an agreement in this
particuhir. To give each specimen its full value, the describer
should furnish its native name and that of the tribe using it, the
location, and the materials. The spelling of the words should be
uniform and of good usage, so that the least possible confusion will
arise. These subjects are discussed in a manuscript by Professor
Mason, entitled : "" Vocabulary of Malaysian Basket Work," which
has recently been sent to press. Another completed study by the same
author on the Abbott collections embraces the trap series, using the
term in its broadest sense.
The results of a special research by Dr. Walter Hough, assistant
curator of ethnology, on the material in the Museum relating to the
pulque industry of Mexico w^ere published in the Proceedings. Doc-
tor Hough also began a study of the blow^guns collected by Doctor
Abbott in Malaysia, and of the comparative status of blowguns in
other regions.
Information on ethnological subjects was furnished to many appli-
cants, and a number of persons visited the division for the purpose
of studying its collections or its methods of work and installation.
Data relative to Indian costumes were supplied to several artists,
including Mr. Francis D. Millet, Mr. William Ordway Partridge,
Mr. H. K. Bush-Brown, Mr. Francis P. Wightman, and Mr. E. V.
Valentine. Miss M. E. Adams, of Pasadena, California, and Miss
Mary Lois Kissell, of the American Museum of Natural History,
worked on the basketry collection. Miss Candace Thurber, of New
York, examined specimens of Indian quill work and embroidery with
reference to technical processes and designs, and Miss INI. Kunckell,
of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, studied the methods of arranging and
labeling Indian photographs, paintings, and plates. Mr. H. J. Spin-
den, of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University, made use of
the material relating to the Nez Perce Indians, on which he is pre-
paring a memoir for the American Anthropological Association.
Prof. Emil Goeldi, of Bern, Switzerland, obtained information on
the technic of horn, antler, and bone work among the American
Indians, and Mr. George K. Holmes, of the Department of Agricul-
ture, material for an article on Indian agriculture in this country
before the advent of the whites. Dr. N. Gordon Munro, of Yoko-
hama, an authority on the archeology of Japan, examined the col-
lections from ancient Japanese sites. Mr. Joseph G. Kent, of the
Land Office, was instructed as to the collection of data relative to
the ancient ruins of the Hopi Indian Reservation in Arizona. Mr.
Joseph B. Hingeley, of Minneapolis, made inquiries regarding the
medicine charts of the Ojibwa, of which he has translated several,
and he has now in course of preparation an article embodying the
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Indian conception of their genealogy and migrations. Mr. E. H.
TIaniniond, of the Bureau of Education of Manihi, examined the
Philippine collection and furnished a large amount of data as to the
materials and tribal origin of Philippine basketry. Dr. C. V. Hart-
man, of the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg, studied the installation
and especially the arrangement of the synoptic series, with a view
to introducing this feature in the new Technical Museum in Pitts-
burg. Dr. George B. Gordon, of the Free Museum of Science and
Art, Philadelphia, examined the Eskimo collection for material to
incorporate in a report of recent explorations among these people.
Information respecting the forms and materials of the Apache and
Navaho Indian arrows, necessitating an interesting study, was fur-
nished by request to the Department of Justice.
In January the head curator lectured before the students of the
Naval Medical School on the history of culture, with the special
object of showing how, as medical officers, they might render im-
portant service to the National Museum, Later he addressed the
arts and crafts department of the George Washington University
on the basket work of the Malaysian area.
Prehistoric archeology. — The additions to this division comprised
several of exceptional importance. The Bureau of American Eth-
nology transmitted nearly 800 archeological specimens, being part of
the results of joint explorations by the bureau and the Department
of Archeolog}^ and Paleontology of the University of Pennsylvania
at Key INIarco, Florida, in 1896, under the direction of Mr. Frank
Hamilton Gushing. The collection is of great scientific importance,
representing a people and a culture of which no knowledge had
previously been obtained. The series of objects is more complete
and more valuable than any similar one obtained from a single lo-
cality or number of closely related sites north of Mexico, and throws
much new light on the state of culture, the manner of life, and the
industrial and artistic achievements of the Gulf coast tribes of pre-
Columbian times. The entire collection was kept together until 1900,
when it was separated into two nearly equal parts, one passing into
the possession of the Bureau of Ethnology. A soapstone pot from
Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and two grooved axes of clay iron-
stone and a rubbing hammer stone obtained by Mr. Thomas J. Wilson
near Hughes Springs, Cass County, Texas, were also received from
the same bureau.
Among the gifts were a silver image from ruins on an island in
Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, in the well-known style of the Titicacan
region, presented by Dr. T. S. K. Morton, of Philadelphia; and a
series of flint implements from the Fayum desert, Egypt, and one
of paleolithic quartzite implements, together with two stone hatchets,
from the Pennaar River Valley, India, contributed by Mr. H. W.
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Seton-KaiT, of London, England. A carved stone image in the
form of a standing figure with ehiborate headdress, 20^ inches high,
from the ruins of ancient Tepoxthm, State of Morelos, Mexico, was
lent by Mrs. Harriet L. Dowling, of Washington, and 4 collections,
consisting mainly of prehistoric pottery, together with many shell
and stone artifacts, were deposited by Mr. A. H. Blackiston, of Cum-
berland, JMaryland. A cast of the largest known stone celt, found
near Granite, Illinois, in 1906, was received in exchange from the
Public Museum of JMilwaukee. Many plaster casts of prehistoric
stone implements owned elsewhere were made in the Museum
laboratory by Mr. H. W. Hendley.
Comparatively few additions were made to the exhibition collec-
tions, which occupy the large upper hall in the Smithsonian building,
but the labeling and recording of the many specimens received during
the year occupied much time. The classification and arrangement
by subjects of the general collections, which are extensive and of
great importance, Avere continued. Researches based on this material
were chiefly carried on by Mr. William H. Holmes, curator of the
division, and Dr. J. W. Fewkes, collaborator. Several persons not
connected with the ]\Iuseum also made use of the collections. Among
these were Mr. James C. Christie, of Glasgow, Scotland, who worked
on material from the West Indies, Mexico, and Central America ;
Dr. Arthur L. Mitchell, of Aurora, New York, who examined certain
kinds of stone implements from the United States; and Mr. C. H.
Gallup, curator of the Firelands Historical Museum, of Norwalk,
Ohio, who studied the arts of the mound builders. The exchanges
of specimens, though not unimportant, were limited in number and
extent.
The sundry civil act for 1908 provided for continuing the excava-
tions at Casa Cirande ruin, in Arizona, under the direction of the
Secretar}^ of the Smithsonian Institution, and for the protection and
improvement of the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, under the
supervision of the Secretary of the Interior. Dr. J. AY. Fewkes, who
conducted operations at both of these places, obtained a large and
valuable collection, but at the end of the year it had not reached the
Museum.
Historic archeology. — Among the accessions in historic archeology'
may be mentioned a gift from President Roosevelt of a brass model
of the obelisk of Rameses II, the original of which stood in front of
the temple of Luxor, but is now in the Place de la Concorde in Paris;
some valuable inscribed pottery fragments from Egypt, presented
by Mr. F. B. Kilmer ; and two wax impressions of a signet ring from
Mr. Benjamin H. Boyadjian, of Turkey. This ring, which is en-
graved with human busts so that the upper part represents a man''s
face and the lower end the head of a boar, is interesting from both
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the mythological and art historical points of view. The exhibits of
the division occupy two alcoves in the west hall of the Museum
building facing the rotunda. The northwest alcove. contains mainly
the antiquities of western Asia, namely, the Biblical, Palestinian,
S3^rian, Assyro-Babylonian, and Persian, while the southwest alcove
is occupied by the Egyptian and Hittite antiquities. During the
year a special case with Egyptian antiquities was installed and speci-
mens of Egyptian (Coptic) textiles were put on exhibition. Addi-
tions were also made to the Bible collection.
Historic religions. — Especially noteworthy among the accessions
of the year were 21 objects of Jewish religious ceremonial, added by
Dr. Ephraim Benguiat, of New York, to his important loan collec-
tion which has been on exhibition for several years. They comprise
2 finely embroidered synagogue veils, 2 silver-gilt breastplates of
exquisite workmanship, a silver and brass Hanukah lamp of artistic
design, a quaint brass spice holder, composed of 5 pear-shaped com-
l^artments surmounted by lions, and 8 framed pictures illustrating
the story of Joseph worked in embroidery. Dr. Cyrus Adler, curator
of the division, presented a pair of phylacteries from Jerusalem, and
Miss Eliza R. Scidmore, of Washington, a model of the church at
Borgund, Norway.
The exhibition collections illustrating the historic religions are
mainly installed on the south gallery of the west hall, in the follow-
ing order: Judaism in six wall cases and two Kensington cases, Mo-
hammedanism in two wall cases and one special case, Christianity
in four wall cases and two special cases, Brahmanism in two wall
cases and one special case, Buddhism in five wall cases and one special
case, Shintoism in one wall case, other Eastern religious objects in
one wall case, and Parseeism in one special case. Three Kensington
cases contain, respectively, collections of amulets and rosaries and a
Korean sorcerer's outfit. The S. S. Howdand collection of Buddhist
religious art in two large cases and colossal statues of Buddha and
Vishnu are placed in the rotunda. Objects of the several sections,
which for lack of space can not be exhibited at present, such as photo-
graphs, prints, etc., are contained in drawers. The Jewish section
was partly, and the Christian section entirely, rearranged and labeled.
A case of Buddhist rosaries and a statuette of Confucius were added.
A manuscript entitled: The Collection of Jewish Ceremonial Ob-
jects in the United States National Museum, containing descriptions
of the objects, with photographic illustrations, was completed by
Doctor Adler and Doctor Casanowicz. A study of the collection of
rosaries by Doctor Casanowicz is in progress.
Physical anthroj)ology. — The more important acquisitions by this
division consisted of a large collection of skeletal parts, received in
exchange from Prof. George S. Huntington, of the College of Phy-
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sicians and Surgeons, New York; 2 series of the brains of an-
thropoid apes and of monkeys, 1 from West Borneo the other from
Sumatra, donated by Dr. "W, L. Abbott; 54 specimens, the gift of
Prof. F. P. Mall, of Johns Hopkins University; 10 well-preserved
skulls from mounds along the Arkansas River, including 1 example
of a rare anomaly and several of the flathead deformation, presented
by Mr. Clarence B. Moore, of Philadelphia ; 3 Eskimo skeletons, ob-
tained on the Smithsonian expedition to Alaska under Mv. C. W.
Gilmore; 7 brains and 19 skeletons from various medical schools;
5 Indian skulls and other bones from Casa Grande ruin, Arizona,
collected by Dr. J. W. Fewkes; and 2 Filipino skulls, 9 brains, and
15 heads of monkeys, contributed by Dr. Robert Bennett Bean, of
the Philippine Medical School, Manila. The gift by Mr. J. G. Craw-
ford, of Albany, Oregon, of a skull with a remarkably low fore-
head, and a collection of human bones, including another skull with
low forehead, made by Mr. Gerard Fowke and transmitted by the
Bureau of American Ethnology, are likewise deserving of mention.
There were also added to the collection 26 life masks of Indians, 19
of which were made by the assistant curator with the aid of Mr.
H. W. Hendley, at the Jamestown Exposition, and 5 busts, prepared
from these molds. The Bureau of American Ethnology suj^plied
other valuable material besides that above mentioned, and through
its aid a number of Indians were sent to the Museum for measuring
and the taking of masks.
In the preservation and installation of specimens the work of the
division is entirely up-to-date. A series of skulls with various stages
of a proatlas and fusion of the atlas with the skull has been arranged
in the laboratory and proves of much interest to visiting physicians
as well as anthropologists. The exhibits consist of 32 Indian busts,
placed in the Catlin Hall, and of such groups of specimens as can
conveniently be shown in the laboratory cases. The latter comprise
several collections of crania of special interest, racial pelvises, cranial
and dental anomalies; brains, human and comparative; fossilized
human bones, with examples of low-developed recent crania, and
casts of the European geologically ancient skulls; skulls showing
teeth filing and carving, painting and tattooing; examples of ancient
American trephining, and skulls showing types and individual varia-
tions of artificial deformations.
The scientific work of the division by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, assistant
curator in charge, has been mainly a continuation of that of the previ-
ous year, relating especially to the humerus, which is now nearing
completion. His paper on skeletal remains and that entitled
Physiological and medical observations among the Indians of the
Southwest and northern Mexico will soon be issued as bulletins of
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the Bureau of American Ethnology. Descriptions of two especially
interesting skulls, recently received, are in course of publication in
the Proceedings of the Museum. A report was furnished to Mr. Clar-
ence B. Moore on the collection of crania which he donated to the
Museum, for incorporation in his memoir, and a revision, with addi-
tions, of the paper on Brain "Weight in Vertebrates, has been under-
taken. Finally, several minor reports and a presidential address be-
fore the Anthropological Society of Washington by Doctor Hrdlicka
were based upon his Museum investigations, and he also rendered aid
in the preparation of the second volume of the Handbook of Indians
for the Bureau of American Ethnology.
In connection with his researches, as well as for the purpose of
securing additions to the collections. Doctor Hrdlicka was detailed to
the Jamestown Exposition, where, with the assistance of Mr. Hendley,
he measured and made casts of 2 Eskimo, 2 Panama Indians, and 15
Oglala Sioux. He was in New York in October to arrange for obtain-
ing examples of such ancient human remains as might ]be discovered
in the course of the excavations in Egypt by the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, which has generously tendered its cooperation in the matter,
although involving extra labor and expense on its part. Subse-
quently, in com^Dany with Dr. J. E. Benedict, he visited Ward's Nat-
ural Science Establishment in Rochester, the College of Ph3'^sicians
and Surgeons, the American Museum of Natural History, the Rocke-
feller Pathological Institute, the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute,
and the Wistar Institute of Anatomy, for the purpose of ascertaining
the more recent improvements in methods of j^reparing skeletons.
Technologjj. — The additions in technology were exceptionally nu-
merous and valuable. Of greatest importance were many models and
some full-sized examples of interesting inventions transferred fi*(b'm
the Patent Office. The latter include a large number of pistols,
revolvers, carbines, rifles, etc., illustrating noteworthy devices which
have developed into special systems of firearms now extensively used
for military and other purposes. Among these are the Hotchkiss and
Krag-Jorgensen magazine rifles, Winchester tubular magazine guns,
North guns and pistols, many of which were made for the United
States Army in the early part of the last century ; the Sharps, Joslyn,
Lawrence, Jenks, Spencer, Majaiard, Merrill, Burnside, Lindner,
Burton, Berdan, and other breech-loading guns. The early founda-
tion inventions, on which the Colt and the Smith & Wesson sys-
tems of revolvers are based, are also represented. Some of the other
subjects to which the models relate are printing presses, sewing ma-
chines, typewriters, electrical inventions, telegraph repeaters, time
bank locks, looms, spinning and knitting machinery, etc. The col-
lection of steam machinery models is very important, including sev-
eral by John Ericsson, who is also represented by his inventions in
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gunnery and other classes. Amono; the models of locomotives are
those showing the inventions of Asa Whitney, 1840; JNI. AV. Baldwin,
1842 ; G. A. Nieholls, 1848 ; A. Cathcart, 1849 ; and Eoss Winans, 1851.
Several inventions of George H. Corliss and William Sellers are like-
wise illustrated.
Another notable accession, deposited b}?^ Dr. Alexander Graham
Bell, consists of about 150 pieces of apparatus devised and used by
him in his earliest experiments to produce n practical speaking tele-
phone, which resulted in the establishment of the present system of
the American Bell Telephone Company, now in general use through-
out the world. The U. S. Geological Survey transferred an important
collection of typical instruments and appliances such as have been em-
ployed by the survey, comprising a number of gradienters, alidadse,
alt-azimuth instruments, aneroid barometers, heliotropes, leveling
rods, odometers of different forms, two aluminum bench-mark tablets,
and ten pieces of ajoparatus used in the water resource branch of the
service, principally for measuring the flow and velocity of streams.
Col. A. H. Eussell, U. S. Army, deposited a number of experimental
magazine rifles illustrating his inventions, which form the basis of the
magazine rifles now in use in the United States Army, together with
a number of bronze Spanish mortars and small cannon collected by
him in the Philippine Islands. From the Bureau of Ordnance, War
Department, there were received three of the latest, or 190G, pattern
of army magazine rifles, one United States magazine rifle of the
model of 1903, with bayonet, complete, and the component parts of a
similar rifle arranged separatelj^ to show the construction and oper-
ation of this arm. Among the other accessions were 2 p]nglish tower
flint-lock pistols with brass barrels and bell muzzles of superior work-
manship, lent by Mr. Richard Rathbun; 2 boxes of percussion pills,
introduced about 1840 and extensively used between the time of the
flint-lock and percussion-lock guns, obtained from Davis Brothers,
Kent, Ohio; the engine used in Professor Langlej^'s full-size aero-
drome, deposited by the Smithsonian Institution; 6 models of Jap-
anese fishing boats, transferred by the Bureau of Fisheries; a model
of a canvas canoe of the type now in general use, presented by the
Oldtown Canoe Company, Oldtown, Maine; an old bicycle with
wooden wheels, contributed by INIr. C. Howard Buckler, of Washing-
ton ; an old iron-frame bicycle, donated by Mr. William Sturgis Bige-
low, of Boston; an old grasshopper bicycle, about 1875 to 1880, pre-
sented by JNIr. Thomas M. Wilkins, of Washington; a Pomo Indian
Tule boat, a survival of the ancient form, made in 1906 by an old
Pomo Indian, from the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences;
models of Robert Fulton's steamship Clermont and Fitch's steamboat,
by transfer from the State Department ; two Starr carbines, duplicate
models of the steamboats Savannah and Phoenix, and models of a
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primitive American sledge and a farm sled, from the Jamestown Ex-
position ; and part of a self-registering Avind vane, devised and used
by Prof. James H, Coffin, at Ogdensburg, N. Y., in 1837, donated by
Prof, Selden J, Coffin, of Easton, Pa,
Ceramics. — Owing to lack of space, the gallery assigned to the sub-
ject of ceramics has also been used for objects of several other classes,
such as metal and glass work, lacquers, etc, which it has been custo-
mary to mention under the same heading. Miss E, R. Scidmore made
a large addition to her loan collection already on exhibition. It con-
sisted of 92 pieces of valuable porcelains, together with some bronze,
jade, and lacquer objects, and has been installed in a large wall case
on the south side of the gallery. The Korean pottery cases and the
Olive Risley Seward collection were rearranged and more completely
labeled. Lacking the services of an expert during the past year, but
little work was done in the division beyond attending to the safety of
the collections and the arrangement of such material as was received.
Grajphic arts. — Noteworthy among the additions to the photo-
grajihic section w^as a large platinum portrait of Joseph Henry,
the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, presented by
Mr. F. Gutekunst, of Philadelphia. The transfers from the Patent
Office included a daguerreotype camera of 1851, two stereoscopic
daguerreotype cameras of IS.")!, a series of mechanical devices for
cleaning and burnishing daguerreotype plates which is probably
unequaled elsewhere, and numerous other objects illustrating the
history of photography. While the collections of the division have
been maintained in good condition, the exhibition series has been
rendered practically inaccessible by the overcrowding of the hall,
and many objects have had to be withdrawn and temporarily placed
in storage. Tools and materials belonging in the division were
occasionally used for teaching purposes. A synoptical exhibit from
the section of photography was sent to the Jamestown Exposition.
It represented the more important epochs in the development of
photography, beginning with the first permanent photograph made
in any part of the world and the first camera constructed in the
United States.
Mnsicdl insfninients. — An interesting addition to the collection
of musical instruments consisted of an example of the old melopeon
(harmonium), at one time manufactured by John W. Scott at Cadiz,
Ohio, well illustrating the early free reed keyboard instruments.
It was presented by the heirs of Mr. Scott through his daughter,
Mrs. G. W. Woodborne, of Uhrichsville, Ohio. Miss Delia Curtis, of
Windsor, Ontario, contributed an old melodeon with folding legs,
revealing the mechanism of instruments of this type. Thirteen
musical instruments, donated by Dr. William L. Abbott, are of
particular value as opening a new field of study, since they were
38 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
mostly collected among the wild tribes of the Malay Islands. The
descriptive catalogue of the instruments belonging to the Museum
has been continued by Mr. E. H. Hawley, who is also engaged in
preparing a list of the musical instruments of all countries. No
changes were made in the public installation. In addition to the
developmental exhibits in the north hall, some progress was made
in assembling those instruments which are used by the national bands
of different peoples.
Medicine. — One of the most important accessions of the year was
a large collection of Chinese drugs, sent as a gift by Dr. N. Gist Gee,
of Soochow ITniversity, China. There should also be mentioned a
case of d-ental instruments, containing 218 articles, made and used
by Dr. Edward Maynard, one of the eminent early dentists of this
country, and deposited in 1907 by Dr. George W. Maynard, of New
York, The collection specially prepared for the Jamestown Exposi-
tion by the curator. Dr. James M. Flint, U. S. Navy, was incorpo-
rated with the exhibits in the Museum on its return to Washington.
Its most notable feature was an historical series of portraits of dis-
tinguished physicians. Steps have been taken to j^lace this important
division on a broader and more practical basis as soon as the neces-
sary space becomes available through the completion of the new
building.
History. — The number of permanent accessions received by this
division was 36, and of temporary accessions 16, comprising 891
objects. Foremost among the additions was the flag which floated
over Fort McHenry, Baltimore, during the bombardment by the
British fleet on the night of September 13-14, 181-4, and made
famous as The Star-Spangled Banner by the verses of Francis
Scott Key, an eyewitness of the gallant fight. The flag, retained
by Col. George Armistead, the commander of the fort, descended
to his grandson, Mr. Eben Appleton, of New^ York, who has most
generously allowed it to be exhibited to the public in the National
Museum. This notable relic is so tattered and torn that it has been
necessary to protect it with a backing of canvas. It measures 32
feet 10 inches in length and 27 feet 6 inches in width.
A collection of 175 specimens of Lowestoft china and cut glass
used at Mount Vernon by General and Mrs. Washington was de-
posited by Miss Nannie E. Heth, of Washington. Through bequest,
the late Henry R. Magruder, of Baltimore, left to the Smithsonian
Institution a number of historical and other objects, including a
beautiful gold-mounted sword and silver pitcher presented to his
father, Lieut. Col. J. Bankhead Magruder, by citizens of Virginia
and Maryland. The late Stephen Decatur Smith, of Philadelphia,
bequeathed to the Museum a plain gold ring of unusual interest, since
it had been given by Eichard Somers to Stephen Decatur just before
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the former met his heroic death on the Intrepid in the war ^Yith
Tripoli, in 1804. A pistol and 9 military commissions were added
to the collection of Gen. George W. Morgan, U. S. Army, by his
AvidoAV, now residing at Zanesville, Ohio, and a marble top table
which had belonged to Thomas JeH'erson was received as a gift from
Mrs. Frederic C. Brinton, of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Several
relics of the Sutton family of Virginia were donated by Mrs. Minnie
J. Elliott, of Washington, and Mr. William R. Hawkins, "of Eden,
Arizona, presented the life-preserver worn by the late Maj. J. W.
Powell during his first and most notable exploration of the Green
and Colorado rivers and their great canyons. The Field Museum
of Natural History, Chicago, contributed 18 pieces of Arctic cloth-
ing and other articles used by members of the Greely Relief Expe-
dition. The Rev. J. L. and Mr. Leon L. L. French, of Washington,
deposited a large collection of historical relics, relating mainly to
the civil war. The National Society, Colonial Dames of America,
added 50 objects to its collection and the National Society, Daughters
of the American Revolution, also increased its deposit. A chair from
Morro Castle and an Indian beaded cane, relics of the late Sergt.
Hamilton Fish of the Rough Riders, who was killed in Cuba, were
presented by Mrs. Nicholas Fish, of Washington. From the govern-
ment exhibits at the Jamestown and Bordeaux expositions a large
number of photographs, photographic enlargements, and other his-
torical material were received.
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY.
Accessions of greater or less extent were receiA'ed from the custom-
ary government sources, such as the Bureau of Fisheries, the Bu-
reau of Plant Industry, the Bureau of Entomology', the Biological
Survey, and the Forest Service, as explained further on. Among
private contributors Dr. W. L. Abbott and Maj. E. A. Meariis, U. S.
Army, stand foremost, the former having presented several hundred
mammals, birds, and reptiles, mainly from Siak River, Sumatra, and
southwestern Borneo; the latter, over 1,000 bird skins, about 250
specimens of bats and other mammals, and many land shells, from
the Philippines. Both of these collections contain a large number
of new species and some new genera.
This department has also been more or less benefited by recent ex-
plorations of the Leland Stanford Junior University in Japan, the
Philippine Islands, the Fiji Islands, California, and Mexico; of M. de
Rothschild's expedition to East Africa ; of the Egyptian Government
in the Nile Valley ; of Charcot in the Antarctic region ; of Prof. J. Fid
Tristan and Dr. A. Alfaro in Costa Rica ; of Dr. S. E. Meek at Lake
Amatitlan, Guatemala ; of Mr. William Schaus in Central America ;
40 KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
of Dr. J. C. Thompson, U. S. Navy, aiiiono; the Tortiigas Islands; of
the Gulf Biological Station about Cameron, Louisiana ; of Dr. Glover
M. Allen in eastern Labrador ; and of Mr. Owen Bryant and Dr. W. T.
Grenfell in Newfoundland. Dr. C. G. Abbot, Director of the Smith-
sonian Astrophysical Observatory, made a small but valuable collec-
tion of marine animals at Flint Island, near Tahiti, while engaged
in preparations for observing the solar eclipse of Januaiy 3, 1908.
Acknowledgments are also due to Dr. Holton C. Curl, U. S. Navy,
for his active cooperation in interesting persons in authority to secure
material from the Philippine Islands and elsewhere.
Important researches Avere carried on by the members of the scien-
tific staff as a basis for the classification of the collections, and the
publications of the year were especially extensive and valuable. But
few sets of specimens were distributed to educational institutions, as
little opportunity was found for the separation of duplicates and
their labeling and packing for this purjiose. The exchanges were also
limited for the same reason, consisting mainly of insects, fishes, and
marine invertebrates. The number of specimens sent to specialists
outside of Washington for study and description was very large.
Mammals. — The extensive collections from Doctor Abbott and
Doctor Mearns have been referred to above. Noteworthy among the
other additions is a fine specimen of the rare Chinese antelope known
as the Takin (Budoreas), presented by Mr. Mason Mitchell, Amer-
ican consul at Chungking. It is ])robably the only complete skin in
America. Dr. J. C. Le Hardy, U. S. Army, contributed a skin of the
Tamarao or dwarf wild carabao of the Philippine Islands, the first
of this rare species to reach the Muspum. The head and horns of a
specimen of the large feral or wild carabao w^ere presented by Col.
E. B. Babbitt, U. S. Army, through Capt. Frank R. McCoy,' U. S.
Army. From the National Zoological Park 186 animals, chiefly
mammals, were received, including many large and important forms,
such as the mule deer, pronghorn, Duvaucel's deer, spring buck, lion,
2)uma, Alaska grizzly bear, black bear, California sea lion, Steller's
sea lion, moufflon, zebu, and gray kangaroo. A series of 1G() antlers
and 2f) scalps of the American elk from the Jackson Hole region,
western Wyoming, was transmitted through the Department of Jus-
tice. The antlers are of unusual size and together probably consti-
tute the largest collection from one locality to be found in any
museum. They are especially valuable for the study of individual
variation in this species of deer. A skeleton of the porpoise known
as Steno rostratus was purchased. Although skulls of porpoises of
this genus are common in the larger museums, only a very few skele-
tons have been preserved.
In continuation of work done last year, all the skins of insectivores,
squirrels, chipmunks, ground squirrels, flying squirrels. Old World
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porcupines, and South American octodont rats, as well as the squirrel
skulls and bat skeletons, were rearranged, and the cases and trays
containing them furnished with typcAvritten labels. Considerable
attention was given to the large and mediiun-sized skulls, and the
alcoholic series, especially the large collection of bats, was much im-
proved in arrangement and labeling. Some 3,200 skulls, chiefly large
ones, were cleaned ; about 100 large skins were tanned and folded, and
38 smaller ones made over.
A practically complete skeleton of the very rare Baird's beaked
whale, Berardius Itah'dii, from California, about 40 feet long, was
mounted for the osteological hall. It is probably the only one of its
kind exhibited in any museum, and this and another received from
the Pribilof Islands represent the largest beaked Avhales thus far
recorded. A Kashmir stag was added to the series representing large
game, and 9 small mammals were incorporated in the general ex-
hibition series. It was found necessarj'^ to replace the floor in the
large wall case on the east side of the south hall, requiring the tem-
l^orary removal of all the specimens, which were overhauled and
renovated.
Dr. F. W. True, head curator of the department, and three assist-
ants made several visits to the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, in search
of fossil cetaceans, of which they obtained a large amount of material,
including a nearly complete skeleton of a fossil porpoise, discovered
by Mr. AVilliam Palmer. Doctor True continued his investigations
on the recent North American forms belonging to this group, pre-
paring papers on some of the species, on the Zeuglodont genus Doru-
don and on the classification of the Cetacea. He has also about com-
pleted a majRiscript treating of the recent beaked whales. Dr. M. W.
Lyon, jr., assistant curator, prepared two papers, one on the horns
and systematic position of the American antelope, the other on the
mammals collected by Doctor Abbott along the east coast of Sumatra,
the latter containing descriptions of 13 new forms. He also began
work on Doctor Abbott's latest collection from the Rhio-Linga Archi-
pelago, and southwestern Borneo and nearby islands. A list of the
type specimens of mammals preserved in the Museum, including
those in the collection of the Biological Survey, was compiled for
publication jointly by Doctor Lyon, Mr. "\V. H. Osgood, and Doctor
True.
To Dr. E. A. Mearns, who has begun studies preliminary to a
manual of the mammals of the Philippine Islands, was sent a number
of fruit bats, and sj^ecimens of the Almiqui {Solenodon) were lent to
Dr. J. A. Allen, of the American Museum of Natural History, who is
working up the Haitian species. Many European mammals were
forwarded to Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, jr., who is now at the British
Museum, preparing a general work on the European fauna, and some
42 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
bats and other small mammals were supiDlied to Mr. Oldfield Thomas
and Mr. Kimd Andersen, of the same museum. Dr. Glover M. Allen
examined specimens of South American bats, and Dr. H. D. Reed
borrowed a number of specimens for use in the preparation of a
list of species occurring in the vicinity of Ithaca, New York. Mr. W.
K. Gregory, of Columbia University, New York, spent several days
at the Museum studying the skulls and teeth of insectivores from an
evolutionary standpoint ; Mr. E. E. Heller, of the University of Cali-
fornia, examined types of mammals of northwestern America; and
Mr. J. T. Nichols, of the American Museum of Natural History,
devoted some time to making comparisons of porpoise skulls. As in
23revious years, the naturalists of the Biological Survey made exten-
sive use of the collections.
Birds. — Doctor Abbott and Doctor Mearns, as previously explained,
were among the principal contributors of bird skins. Mr. Robert
Ridgway, curator of the division, was in Costa Rica from January
to May, 1908, on the invitation of Mr. Jose C. Zeledon, a zealous
friend of the Museum, who most generously paid the expenses of the
field work, besides personally supervising its details and employing
a ^professional taxidermist. The principal object of Mr. Ridgway "s
trip was to collect information and specimens for use in the prepara-
tion of his manual on the Birds of North and Middle America, now
in course of publication by the Museum. He brought back with him
about 1,600 specimens.
Costa Rican birds to the number of 154, including topotypes of
recently described species, were also obtained from Mr. Outram Bangs,
of Boston, parth^ by gift and ]:)artly by exchange. The late Mrs.
P. L. Jouy presented about 500 birds, chiefly North American, which
had been collected by her husband ; Corpl. Robert A. Schroder, U. S.
Army, contributed 45 specimens, including the type of a new sub-
species of fantail flycatcher, from Mount Malindang, Mindanao
Island; Maj. John R. A^liite, a number of sj)ecimens from Palawan;
and Mr. Owen Bryant, of Cohasset, Mass., a collection of 48 New-
foundland birds, containing two skins of a recently described wood-
pecker. Twenty-five specimens from southeastern Europe, Morocco,
etc., were donated bv Mr. J. H. Riley, of the Museum; and 9 speci-
mens from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, were obtained in
exchange from Mr. J. H. Fleming, of Toronto, Canada. Among the
latter were examples of several sjDecies which have become rare. Mr.
E. J. Court, of Washington, j)resented the type specimen of the
heron, Ardea herodias treganzce.
The important task of relabeling the stud}^ collection of bird skins
progressed satisfactorily, covering the contents of 71 quarter-unit
and 19 half-unit cases. This Avork is now complete for al)out three-
sevenths of the collection. New written labels were supplied for the
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petrels, ducks, geese, shore birds, auks, jaegers, skimmers, and terns.
All the specimens received during the year, including over 1,100
Philippine birds presented by Doctor Mearns, wei'c also furnished
with standard labels. Seventy storage cases Avere marked Avith type-
written labels, giving their contents by families and genera, and also
noting the genera not in the Museum collection. Many imperfectly
prepared or damaged specimens of value were made over by the
taxidermist, but only a few minor changes were made in the exhibi-
tion series.
Mr. Ridgwaj^ continued the preparation of the fifth part of the
manual of North American birds, giving special attention to the
humming birds and woodpeckers. Dr. C. W. Richmond completed
a supplement to Waterhouse's index of genera of birds, bringing the
subject down from 1901 to 1905, and also added over 3,000 cards
to the catalogue of genera and species of birds, on which he has been
at work for some time. Mr. Riley, besides assisting Mr. Ridgway,
contributed a paper on the West Indian forms of the hawk, Buteo
platypterus. AVork on Doctor Abbott's collection of INIalayan birds
was continued by Mr. H. S. Oberholser, of the Biological Survey,
who also prepared a paper on the kingfishers of the genus PeJargopsis.
based chiefly on Museum material. Bird skins to the number of 368
were lent for study to 8 ornithologists.
Reptiles and hatrachians. — Dr. V. Brazil, director of the Instituto
Serumtherapico do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil, transmitted in ex-
change 13 specimens of snakes, representing 8 species, of which 7
are poisonous. They came from Butautan, and include one recently-
described form. An excellent collection of 40 salamanders from
North Carolina was purchased. Prof. J. Grinnell, of Pasadena,
California, presented a large series of the rare California lizard,
Xantusia vigilis; and Mr. W. T. Davis, of New Brighton, New York,
specimens of the two rare frogs, Hyla andersoni and Rana virgatipes,
from Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Doctor Stejneger's extensive treatise on the reptiles of Japan and
the neighboring mainland of Asia, based chiefly on Museum material,
was completed and published early in the year. He later continued
the study of the reptiles of the Philippine Islands, describing several
new species, and conducted investigations regarding the geographical
distribution of Asiatic and North American species and the origin
of the reptilian fauna of Japan. He also spent some time on a
revision of certain North and Central American genera of snakes and
batrachians.
Fishes. — The Eg^qDtian Government, at the suggestion of Dr. G. A.
Boulenger, of the British Museum, presented through its minister
of education an excellent collection of fishes from the River Nile.
Numerous types and cotypes of new species from Japan, the Philip-
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pine Islands, and other localities, descriptions of which have been
published in the Proceedings of the Museum, were received from
Stanford University. Mr. A, Alfaro, director of the National
Museum of Costa Eica, donated some 40 specimens from Costa Kica,
and Dr. J. C. Thompson, U. S. Navy, a fine lot of si:)ecimens from the
Tortugas Islands. The Bureau of P'isheries transmitted a large and
choice collection from Maine, Alaska, and elsewhere, including tyi:)es
and cotypes of new species. A collection of Formosan fishes was
purchased.
The number of fishes catalogued during the year was about 20,000,
the receipts from the Bureau of Fisheries alone amounting to many
thousands. A large proportion of the specimens was transferred to
jars and labeled, the type specimens, marked with the customary''
red labels, being added to the type series. The specimens stored in
tanks were overhauled, the duplicates separated out and new lists
of the contents prepared. Good progress was made with the card
catalogues of both the type and regular reserve series. Mr. B. A.
Bean, the assistant curator, continued his study of the fishes of Flor-
ida, the large collection from that region being brought together for
this purpose. A considerable number of species was added to the
faunal list, and some apparently undescribecl species were detected.
Mr. Bean also spent some time in working up a collection of Costa
Rican fishes.
Insects. — The number of insects received during the year amounted
to about .53,000, of which the U. S. Department of Agriculture
transmitted 600 European parasitic Hymenoptera identified by Mr.
O. Schmiedeknecht ; about 1,150 named Coleoptera from Europe and
Java obtained from Mr. A. L. Montandon; about 4,200 Lepidoptera,
700 mosquitoes, and 3,000 miscellaneous insects collected by Mr. F.
Knab ; about 2,000 mosquitoes and 4.000 miscellaneous insects secured
in Panama by Mr. A. Busck, and about 4,000 Hymenoptera collected
near Washington, District of Columbia, by Mr. H. H. Smith.
Among the other accessions one of the most important consisted of
about 4,770 identified Coleoptera and 750 Hemiptera and Hymenop-
tera, presented by Mr. F. D. Goclman, of London, being a part of the
material gathered for the j^ublication Biologia Centrali-Americana.
Mr. William Schaws added to his previous large donations about
8.200 Lepidoptera. chiefl}' from Costa Rica. A collection of 275
mosquitoes, including several new species from Panama, was con-
tributed by Mr. A. H. Jennings of Ancon, Canal Zone. The Wash-
ington Biologists' Field Club presented about 800 specimens from
Plummer's Island, INIaryland.
General work on the collection of insects was mainly confined to
the Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. a large number of the former and
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some of the latter, together with a few specimens of other orders,
being transferred to the permanent drawers recently furnished.
The exhibition of insects in the west range of the Smithsonian
building was practically completed as far as the available space
permitted. During the year the old exhibits of termites and their
work and of the Rocky jNIountain locust were renovated and replaced
in the series, new specimens being added to the former and new labels
prepared. An illustration of the work of hymenopterous insects was
also begun. A display of local insects, consisting of about 1,000
species of Coleoptera, Orthoptera, and Odonata, contained in 7 unit
boxes, forms the beginning of a series intended to cover all orders.
Many butterflies and other insects have been collected for this series
and will be installed later. Two additional unit boxes contain dragon
flies from Japan and beetles from Africa. A series of especially
injurious insects was projected, but only the boll weevil and the gipsy
moth, together with some 30 species of mosquitoes, including those
causing yellow fever and malaria, were placed on exhibition. Con-
siderable work was done on the series representing mimicry, etc.
Dr. L. O. Howard, Dr. H. G. Dyar, and Mr. Frederick Knab con-
tinued Avork on a monograph of the mosquitoes of North and Central
America and the West Indies, which was the principal investigation
of the year. About 8,700 insects were lent to entomologists in the
United States and Europe for study and identification. The entire
collection of bumblebees and Psithyridae was placed in the hands of
Mr. H. J. Franklin, of Amherst College, for monographing. Speci-
mens of beetles of the subfamily Aleocharinse to the number of about
2,500 were sent to Dr. A. Fenyes, of Pasadena, California, who has
otfered to identify the named species and determine the others ge-
nerically, and later he will probably describe the new forms. Prof.
H. C. Fall, also of Pasadena, received several hundred beetles of the
genus Diplotaxis of which he is preparing a memoir; and Mr. G. C.
Champion, of London, England, a large number of North and Central
American weevils of the family Barididae, for examination in connec-
tion with his work on the Biologia Centrali-Americana. About 2,000
specimens of Tineid moths were taken to England by Mr. August
Busck, for comparison with collections in that country.
Mollusl's. — Besides the material elsewhere referred to, there were
acquired b}^ exchange about 330 species of Philippine land shells
from the MollendorlF and Quadras collections. Of the 1,500 species
known from these islands, the Museum has now authentically-named
specimens of about 1,330 species. Some 280 species of land shells
from Madeira, the Canaries, and other Atlantic islands, including
cotypes of species described by Lowe and Wollaston, and type speci-
mens of 20 Mexican and Central and South American species de-
scribed by Preston, were obtained by purchase. Mr. Charles Hedley
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of the Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, sent a collec-
tion of Australian species, and Mr. Henry Suter, of Auckland, New
Zealand, one of New Zealand species, both consisting largel}' of co-
types. An excellent lot of land shells from Mexico, including new
species, was presented by Dr. Edward Palmer, of the U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, and some important Californian specimens
were received from Dr. R. H. Tremper, of Ontario, California.
Dr. Paul Bartsch, the assistant curator of the division, was detailed
to accompany the Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross to the
Philippine Islands, for the purpose of making zoological collections
for the Museum. He left Washington on October 9, 1907, and had
not returned at the close of the year. While no material has yet
been received from this source, it is understood that a large amount,
consisting chiefly of marine invertebrates, land shells, and birds, has
been obtained. On account of the absence of Doctor Bartsch, the
routine work of the division was greatly handicai^ped. The most
important result in this direction was the completion of the labeling
and cataloguing of the Jeffreys collection, comprising about 110,000
specimens, concerning which the curator, Dr. William H. Dall,
rej^orts as follows:
The event which is most prominent in the operations of the year, is the
conclusion of the labeling and registering of the Jeffreys collection of British,
Mediterranean, North Atlantic, and North European shells. As a very large
proportion of the collection has served as a basis for publications by Turton,
Bean, Clark, Jeffreys, Weinkanff, and other more modern authors, the material
partakes so much of the nature of tyi)es, when the specimens are not the actual
figured types (as is the case in a multitude of instances), that the utmost care
has been necessary to preserve the identity and the data connected with each
lot of specimens. As many abbreviations were used and, in the case of the
Porcupine and other deep-sea explorations, often merely the station number
was given as locality, the work had to be done with extreme care and very
slowly,' for the most part when not hurried by other more urgent duties.
This work was begun in 1SS3 by Miss Nicholson, who completed the registra-
tion and arrangement of the land and fresh-water shells; it has been carried
on subsequently under my supervision by others, chiefly by Mr. W. B. ^Marshall,
to whose care, assiduity, and perseverance the satisfactory completion of the
work is finally due. The entries iu the register, representing single lots of
specimens from a single locality, number 27,490; the largest number registered
and labeled in any one season was about 4,000 lots. Owing to my absence in
the field during some years, nothing was done, as I have supervised every stage
of the work personally. The collection occupies the equivalent space in drawers
afforded by seven standard table cases, and contains approximately 110,000
specimens.
The further work upon the collection involves writing slips indicating the
species present for each half-unit tray, the cards indicating the genei'a in each
unit drawer, and the card catalogue of species contained in the collection with
reference to the case and drawer in which they may be found. This work, now
that the registration of the species and data is safely completed, involves com-
paratively little difficulty and no more than the ordinary care required in
handling any part of the study collection.
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Doctor Dall completed a work on the mollusks and brachiopods
collected by the Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross in the eastern
Pacific Ocean under the supervision of Dr. Alexander Agassiz, and
also several papers on new mollusks obtained b}- the steamer Alba-
tross in 1906 and by correspondents on the Pacific coast. The paper
on Pyramidellidse by Doctor Dall and Doctor Bartsch, mentioned in
the report of last year, was printed and distributed.
Marine invertebrates. — In the divison bearing this title, which com-
prises the several groups of invertebrate animals other than insects
and mollusks, an especially noteworthy event was the receipt from
Prof. A. E. Verrill, of Yale University, of the greater part of the col-
lection which has been in his custody for the past twenty years and
more. As explained in the last report, this material was mainly
derived from the marine exj^lorations of the U. S. P'ish Commission
on the New England coast between 1871 and 1887, and represented
all classes of marine invertebrates. Its study and description were
intrusted to Professor Verrill, who was to receive the first set of dupli-
cates for his services in lieu of a salarv. His investigations are still
incomplete, and the division of specimens effected during the year
was chiefly confined to those that had been named. The two assistant
curators of the divison were kept fully occupied with this work at
Xew Haven from April to Xovember, 1907, and the sorting and
arrangement of the specimens after their return extended through
several months. The transfer of this material to Washington has
enriched the collections in both this division and that of mollusks
to a remarkable extent. The records show that the number of speci-
mens received was about 73,000, comprised in 18,315 lots, while G54
species, of which 191 are mollusks, were added to those previously
received from the investigations of the Fish Commission. In this
latter number are included the types or cotypes of 355 species, of which
170 are mollusks. To simply label and record this vast collection
required the services of two expert cataloguers for seven and one-half
months.
The Bureau of Fisheries transmitted large numbers of holothu-
rians, sea urchins, starfishes, crinoids, and corals from the Hawaiian
Islands, Alaska, California, and the northwestern Pacific Ocean, and
parasitic copepods and annelids from Japan. Among these were the
type specimens of many new species. A collection of Japanese cri-
noids, containing 131 specimens and the types of three new species,
was purchased of Mr. Alan Owston and deposited in the Museum by
the Honorable Frank Springer, of Las Vegas, Xew Mexico. Xinety-
five specimens of crinoids, representing 15 species, were obtained
from the Museum of Comparative Zoology in exchange, and 41
specimens of isopods, comprising 13 species, from East Africa and
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the Antarctic Ocean were presented by the Museum of Natural His-
tory of Paris, through Prof. E. L. Bouvier,
The absence of the assistant curators in New Haven for so long a
period greatly curtailed the amount of scientific work accomplished.
Two papers descriptive of fossil crabs from California and fresh-
water crabs from East Africa were prepared by Miss ]M. J. Rathbun.
Work on the isopods was continued by Dr. Harriet Richardson, who,
besides identifying the specimens returned from New Haven, de-
scribed the sjjecies Leidya distorta from Bermuda and reported on a
second lot of isopods from the Antarctic Ocean, collected by the
French Charcot expedition. ]\Ir. Austin H. Clark, of the Bureau of
Fisheries, continued work in the laboratory of the division on a me-
moir covering the general collection of crinoids, and also completed
for publication 5 special papers on the group. Dr. Walter K. Fisher,
of Stanford University, spent about four months at the Museum and
visited the Museum of Comparative Zoology and the Yale University
Museum for the purpose of examining tyjje specimens and literature
in connection with the report which he is preparing on the Museum
collection of Pacific starfishes sent him a year ago.
About 2,900 lots of marine invertebrates were sent to 18 specialists
for study and identification, mainly as follows: The entire collection
of s&ssile barnacles, comprising 1,202 lots, to Dr. H. O. Pilsbry, of
Philadelphia, who will report on the group for publication by the
Museum; 711 lots of ophiurans to Dr. H. L. Clark, of the Museum
of Comparative Zoology, for use in the preparation of a work on the
oiDhiurans of the Pacific Ocean north of latitude 35° N. ; 141 lots of
medusae and 184 lots of plankton containing medusae from the Pacific
Ocean, to Dr. H. B. Bigelow, of the same museum ; and 211 vials of
larval crustaceans from the New England coast, to Dr. R. P. Bigelow,
of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The pedate holo-
thurians which have been in the possession of Prof. C. L. Edwards,
of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, except the specimens of
the genus Cucumaria on which he is still at work, have been returned
to the Museum.
The helminthological collection, in charge of Dr. Ch. Wardwell
Stiles, of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, and Dr.
B. H. Ransom, of the Bureau of Animal Industry, has attained a
position of much practical importance, since it now contains a large
amount of material resulting from government investigations on
the diseases of man and of Avild and domestic animals. The speci-
mens have been mainly obtained through the two bureaus mentioned
and the Bureau of Fisheries. The additions from the Marine-Hos-
pital Service during the year included specimens obtained during the
plague investigation in San Francisco; from Manila, forwarded by
Asst. Surg. P. E. Garrison, U. S. Navy, and from physicians in
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different parts of the country. The most important contribution was
SjKirgamim froliferum^ a parasite of man, sent by Dr. H. Gates, of
Manatee, Horida. The Bureau of Animal Industry supplied a large
variety of j^arasites from different parts of the United States, the
island j^ossessions, India, China, Anam, Canada, Mexico, and Pana-
ma. Many specimens were also obtained at autopsies of animals
which had died at the National Zoological Park.
Of investigations bearing more or less directly on the collections
in the Museum, it may be said that the studies by Doctor Stiles have
related chiefly to the question of child labor in the South as influenced
by the presence of the hookworm disease. He described the ^'par-
ganum proUferum, above mentioned, and reexamined the original
specimens of Filaria restiformis Leidy (1880), which he finds not to
belong to the genus Filaria but to be a member of the family Mer-
mithida\ -In conjunction with Dr. Joseph Goldberger, he published
on two new species of trematodes, Homalogaster pJiiJipphiensis
from the Philij^pine Islands, and Agamodistom.um nainus from Africa,
and on a reexamination of the original specimen of Tcenia saginata
ahietina. These two authors have also completed a manuscript on a
number of trematodes of the family Paramphistomidse. Doctor
Ransom continued researches on the nematodes parasitic in ruminants,
and, on the basis of Museum material, described the following new
species: Trichostrongylus capricola^ Ostertagia trifurcata^ 0. mnr-
shalli, 0. occidentalism and Gooperia pectinata, all from America.
The genera Ostertagia and Gooperia are also new. A new species of
tape worm, Gettotcmia mosaica, from rabbits in California, was de-
scribed by Mr. M. C. Hall, of the Bureau of Animal Industry.
Gomparative anatomy. — Several thousand entries of skeletons in
the mammal record books were incorporated in the osteological cata-
logue. A complete card catalogue of the skulls and skeletons of
turtles was made, and this collection was relabeled and arranged in
pasteboard boxes. It became necessary to remove the material which
had been stored behind the wall cases in the south hall, in order to
permit of fireproofing. A large series of rough skeletons stored in
one of the outside buildings, including large numbers of the bones
of East Indian mammals and birds presented by Doctor Abbott, was
listed, transferred to specially made metal boxes, and placed in the
Museum building for greater Safety. The three large skeletons of
Baird's beaked whale in the possession of the Museum were brought
together and measured, and one selected to mount for the exhibition
series, as elsewhere described.
Plants. — The total number of plants received during the year was
about 25,000. The adtlitions from the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture comprised 2,458 specimens from the Bureau of Plant Indus-
try, 919 from the Forest Service, 247 from the Biological Survey,
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and 83 from the Office of Experiment Stations. Among the pur-
chases were 305 Mexican plants from Dr. C. G. Pringle and 769 from
Dr. Pxlward Pahner, 400 CJiiatemahin plants from Baron Henry von
Turckheim, 499 Californian plants fnmi Mr. A. A. Heller, and 544
plants of the northeastern United States and Canada from Mr. M. L.
Fernald, Mr. W. W. Eggleston, Mr. J. ISIacoun, and Mr. W. H.
Blanchard. The herbarium of Mr. J. "W. Toumey, containing 887
specimens of cacti and many types, was also purchased. The princi-
pal acquisitions of American plants by exchange consisted of about
2,000 specimens, including many from the West Indies and some
living specimens of cacti and Crassulacea^, from the New York
Botanical Garden ; 636 Texan plants collected by Lindheimer, one of
the older American botanists, from the ]Missouri Botanical Garden;
206 sj^ecimens from Indiana and Illinois, from Mr. V. H. Chase ; 349
specimens from Nevada, from Mr. P. B. Kennedy; 300 specimens
from Illinois and Wisconsin, from Mr. F. C. Gates; and 280 speci-
mens from Guatemala, from the Ohio State University. The foreign
exchanges were mainly conducted with the Royal Botanical Museum,
Berlin; the Universit}^ of Lausanne, Switzerland; and the Albany
Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa. The associate curator, Dr.
J. N. Rose," collected about 2,000 dried specimens and 500 living
plants while engaged in field work in the soutliAvestern United States
and northern Mexico.
The rearrangement of the herbarium on the sj'Stem of Engler and
Prantl was completed during the year. The genera of flowering
plants have been given serial numbers corresponding with those of
Delia Torre and Harm's Genera SiiDhonogamarum, and an alpha-
betical reference card catalogue of this work was prepared. There
were stamped and incorporated in the permanent series 12,379 speci-
mens, making the total number so disposed of since the return of
the herbarium to the Museum 332,361. The number of specimens
mounted was 10,336. The additions to the stack consisted of 15
wooden unit cases, 3 half-unit cases and 1 steel case, comprising 420
pigeonholes and increasing the total number of the latter in use to
10,858.
The investigations conducted were mainly in continuation of those
of the previous year — Dr. J. N. Rose on the cacti, Mr. W. R. Maxon
on ferns, Mr. E. S. Steele on the genus Laciniaria, and Mr. J. H.
Painter on water lilies. Mr. Maxon, on the invitation of the director
of the New York Botanical Garden, edited the manuscript on ferns
left by the late Dr. L. M. Underwood. The director and three other
botanists of the New York Botanical Garden spent some time at the
herbarium, Dr. N. L. Britton working with Doctor Rose on the
cacti, Dr. J. K. Small examining material in the prejDaration of a
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work on the flora of North. America, Dr. P. A. Rydberg studying
the Rosacea and Mr. Percy Wilson the Rutacea^. The desert phmts
of the southwestern United States were the subject- of investigation
by Doctor and Mrs. Vohiey Spaulding, of Tucson, Arizona, and
plants of California by Miss Alice Eastwood, of the California
Academy of Sciences. Mr. W. AV. Eggleston, of Rutland, Vermont,
made several visits to examine specimens of Crataegus. The bota-
nists of the Department of Agriculture made constant use of the
herbarium.
About 2,800 specimens, the largest number since 1904, were lent
to botanists outside of the government service, both in the United
States and Europe. The principal sendings were as follows: One
thousand and sixty-seven specimens of Xyctaginacese to Mr. Paul
C. Standley, of the New Mexico College of Agriculture; 440 ferns
of the genus Dryopteris to Mr. C. Christensen, of the Botanical
Museum, Copenhagen ; 190 specimens of the genus Wissadula to Prof.
R. E. Fries, of the Botanical Museum, Upsala ; and 153 specimens,
chiefly Colombian Composita\ to Dr. J. ]M. Greenman, of the Field
Museum of Xatural Histor}'.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
The total number of geological and paleontological specimens ac-
quired during the year was nearly 33,000, comprised in 147 accessions.
Twenty lots of specimens were lent to investigators for study, 149
sets of duplicates were distributed to educational establishments, and
15 lots of duplicates were used in making exchanges. Twenty-two
papers by members of the stafl:' and by others descriptive of material
belonging in the department were published. The}- are cited in the
bibliography. As explained elsewhere, the division of stratigraphic
paleontology was separated into three divisions, corresponding with
former sections, as follows: Invertebrate paleontologj^, vertebrate
paleontology, and paleobotany.
Systematic and applied geology. — The most important accessions
to this division were as follows: By transfer from the U. S. Geolog-
ical Survey, specimens of rocks from the Rockland quadrangle,
Maine, the Austin and Brackett quadrangles, Texas, and the Redding
quadrangle, California, and rocks and ores from the Coeur d'Alene
district, Idaho; as gifts from Mr. Charles P. Robbins, the Southern
Railway, and the Utah Antimony Company, respectively, examples
of tin ores from Spokane, Washington, of copper ore from Ducktown,
Tennessee, and of antimony ores from Utah.
Xo noteworthy changes were made in either the exhibition or study
series. The former is as extensive as the space will permit, and is
fully catalogued and labeled. The dust occasioned by the rebuilding
of the roofs rendered necessary the thorough cleaning and overhaul-
52 BEPORT OF NATIONAL, MUSEUM, 1908.
ing of the exhibition and many of the storage cases. Work on the
reserve collection has been continued and been brought well up to
date, some 3,390 cards and labels having been prepared.
Dr. George P. Merrill, head curator of the department, made an
extensive study of INIeteor Crater, Canyon Diablo, which he began by
a visit to the locality in May, 1907, under a grant from, the Smith-
sonian Institution. His investigations tend to show that the crater
was formed, not by volcanic explosion, but by impact, and presuma-
bly from that of a giant meteorite. The results so far obtained have
been published.
Mineralogy. — Among the more valuable additions to the collection
of minerals were specimens of the rare zeolite, edingtonite, from
Bolet, Sweden, and of the rare calcium copper vanadate, calciovol-
vorthite, from Paradox Valley, Colorado ; a fine crystal of tapiolite,
a columbo-tantalate, from Chanteloube, France; an excellent exam-
ple of hydromagnesite from Alameda County, California ; and speci-
mens of meteoric iron from "Williamstown, Kentucky; Ainsworth,
Nebraska; and Crab Orchard, Rockwood County, Tennessee. The
meteors were in part presented by Mr. E. E. Howell, of Washington.
The condition of the reserve collection has been much improved
through the identification of many specimens and the writing of
several thousand labels and catalogue cards. The exhibition collec-
tion has been maintained in good condition, and a new series of de-
scriptive labels is in course of preparation.
Mr. "Wirt Tassin, assistant curator of mineralogy, aided in the
study of the materials from Meteor Crater, and made ten analyses
of meteoric chromites, which represent over 65 per cent of the known
analyses. He also investigated the minerals contained in certam
sands from the vicinity of Norris, Montana, which resulted m the
discovery of the rare thorium-uranium mineral, thorianite, and also
of xenotime, zircon, monazite, and spinel. Numerous demands were
made upon this division for chemical examinations for other branches
of the jMuseum.
Invertebrate paleontology. — Among the accessions received by this
division were several of exceptional importance. The Smithsonian
Institution made two very noteworthy deposits. The first consisted
of the celebrated Gustav Hambach collection of fossil invertebrates,
together with some specimens of fossil plants and vertebrate remains,
containing many types and a number of specimens from the Prout
and Shumard collections which for years were supposed to be lost.
The second was the Gilbert collection of Niagaran fossils from north-
ern Indiana, which formed the basis of Doctor Kindle's studies on
the subject, and, owing to the scarcity of fossil-yielding localities in
this region and the number of types represented, is unique and prac-
tically impossible of duplication. Much material was transmitted by
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the U. S. Geological Survey, the largest and most valuable series
comprising 20 drawers of Paleozoic graptolites, the study of which
had recently been completed for publication by Dr. Rudolph Ruede-
mann, of the New York Geological Surve}^ Among the tyjDes de-
scribed were some presented to the Museum by the University of
Colorado. Through the medium of exchange about 2,500 specimens,
representing 419 species, of European Paleozoic trilobites and
brachiopods were received from Dr. F. Krantz, of Bonn, Germany;
470 species of various groups from Mr. J. Yaquez, of Pantin, France;
and 500 specimens of Tennessee Ordovician fossils from Mr. Manly
D. Barber, of Knoxville. A fine slab of Uintacrinus, deposited by
the Hon. Frank Springer and described in a paper soon to be pub-
lished, constituted a most important addition to the exhibition series.
The Smithsonian field party, under Secretary Charles D. Walcott,
which made extensive geological explorations in British Columbia
and Idaho during the summer of 1907, brought back important col-
lections of Cambrian fossils, the study of which is being conducted
by Doctor Walcott. Dr. R. S. Bassler, curator of the division, spent
a part of July and August, 1907, in making collections especially
from Xiagaran strata in western Tennessee. During September
and a part of the following May and June he was detailed to con-
duct investigations in Virginia under the U. S. Geological Survey.
A general study of the Xiagaran rocks of the Mississippi Valley
occupied his attention during the last three Aveeks of June. Some
5,000 specimens of fossil invertebrates were secured during these
surveys.
Work on the Springer collection was continued, and the Gilbert
and Xettelroth collections were recorded and installed, the total num-
ber of specimens catalogued being 17,G68. Two hundred and fifty-
nine standard drawers and 110 boxes of unworked material were
removed from storage and their contents placed in condition for
examination. The Hambach collection was unpacked and arranged,
but the specimens have not yet been catalogued. Doctor Bassler
completed studies on the Xettelroth collection, the formation of
geodes, the Xiagaran strata of west Tennessee, a revision of the
Beyrichiida^, the cement materials of western Virginia, and the
lower Devonian Ostracoda and Br3^ozoa of MarAdand. He also con-
tinued his work on the American Cambrian Ostracoda.
Vertebrate 'paleontology. — The most notable accession in vertebrate
paleontology was one received from the American ^Museum of Xat-
ural History in partial exchange for the Cope collection, as arranged
some time ago. It contains many rare species from various horizons
in the United States and South America. Of primary interest are a
fine skull, including the jaws, of Uintatherium, several good speci-
mens of Oligocene mammals, and many rare Eocene mammals. The
54 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Giistav PTambach collection included a number of fossil fishes, rep-
tiles, and mammals. The collection oljtained by Mr. C. W. Gilmore
on the Smithsonian expedition to Alaska during; the summer of
1907 and deposited in the jNIuseum contains several fragmentary
specimens representing fossil species of the mastodon, bison, musk ox,
caribou, beaver, etc. The most important find was a nearly complete
skull of a new species of Ovibos, which Mr. Gidley has described
under the name Ovihos yul'onensis. A fossil turtle from the Kansas
chalk is also worthy of mention.
The Teleoceras remains, so extensively represented in the Marsh
collectio-n, have been completely overhauled and cleaned, and from
them has been selected sufficient material for the purposes of the Na-
tional Museum, together with a fine lot of duplicates for exchange.
This work was greatly delayed by Mr. Gilmore's absence in Alaska
and the time subsequently consumed in the writing of his report.
Aside from the above, Mr. Gilmore has devoted his attention mainly
to the preparation of Camptosaurian material, Avhich has progressed
as rapidly as covdd be expected, and he feels confident of being able
to mount one and perhaps two fairly complete exhibition specimens.
The working out of the very large collection of Stegosaurian material
has also been begun. Some 2,500 catalogue cards were prepared.
Mr. J. W. Gidley has studied and described the Miocene and Plio-
cene horses of North America, two new species of Pleistocene
ruminants, a new species of fossil deer from the Mascall formation
of Oregon, a new species of multi-tuberculate mammal, a new species
of Eocene mammal, a new species of Ovibos^ the position and mechan-
ics of limb and foot structure of sundry small mammals, and a small
collection of fossil mammals from the Miocene of Nevada.
There are now cleaned and ready for mounting skeletons of a small-
horned rodent, Epigavliis luifchen, from Kansas; a creodont mam-
mal, SinojM^ from the Bridger Basin of Wyoming; a shortl imbed
rhinoceros, Teleoceras fossiger, from Kansas; two species of the
Jurassic reptile, Camptosaiirus/ a fossil cetacean, Zeiiglodon cetoidcs;
at least one Titanotherium,, and a Lower Eocene carnivore, Hop-
lophonius. The type sjDecimen of Geratosaumis nasicornis can also
be prepared for mounting in relief with a comparatively small
amount of labor. In addition, it is expected that in another year or
eighteen months the work of cleaning the bones of Stegosaurus ungu-
latus, a reptilian form ranking in grotesque character with the
Trireratops. will be completed.
Paleohotany. — The principal accession in this division consisted
of about 235 specimens of fossil plants, forming a part of the Gustav
Hambach collection, previously referred to. It contains 16 types
from Florissant, Colorado, described by W. C. G. Kirchner in the
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908. 55
Transactions of the St. Louis Academy of Science, Volume YIII,
1898. The entire exhibition and a large part of the study series were
overhauled, partly rearranged, and many of the specimens reduced
in size by careful trimming. Much progress was made in the num-
bering of specimens and the preparation of the card catalogue. The
investigations carried on were almost entirely limited to the work
of the paleobotanists of the Geological Survey. Dr. A. C. Peale was
detailed for service in connection with the explorations of the
Geological Survey in Montana during the summer of 1907.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXCHANGE OF SPECIMENS.
Of the regular sets of duplicate specimens prepared for educa-
tional puiposes 152 were distributed during the year, as follows:
Sixty-one of nonmetallic minerals and ores, 53 of fossil invertebrates,
24 of rocks, 8 of minerals, 3 of weathered rocks, and 3 of marine
invertebrates. The total number of specimens included in these sets
was 8,471, besides which nearly 3,500 specimens were sent out in
special sets.
Including the material to be worked up for publication by the
Museum, there were placed in the hands of specialists not officially
connected with it, for study, G,215 specimens from the department of
biology, 2,844 from the department of geology, and 29 from the
department of anthropology, a total of 9.0S8 specimens.
In carrvino* on exchanges with scientific institutions and indi-
viduals 13,993 duplicate specimens were used. Of this number 1,630
were geological, 153 anthropological, and 12,210 zoological and
botanical. An idea of the extent of the Museum's relations in this
regard may be obtained from the following list of establishments and
individuals abroad with which exchanges were made during the
year. Among the establishments were the British Museum of Natural
History, London, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Hancock
Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England; the Museum of Natural
History, Elbeuf, France; the Kiiniglisches Botanisches Museum, the
Koniglisches Zoologisches Museum, Berlin, and the Stiidtisches
Museum fiir Volkerkunde, Leipzig, Germany; the Jardin Botanique
de I'Etat, Brussels, Belgium; the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen,
Denmark; the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden;
Teyler's Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands; Botanical Museum of the
LTniversity of Lausanne, Switzerland ; the Royal Zoological Museum,
Turin, Italy; Royal Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Austria;
the Plungarian National INIuseum, Budapest, Himgary; the Royal
Botanic Garden, Calcutta, India ; the Albany ISIuseum, Grahams-
town, Cape Colony, South Africa ; the Waihi School of Mines, Auck-
land, New Zealand; the Institute de Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro,
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and the Institiito Seriimtherapico do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil;
the Hope Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica; Queen's Universit,y, Kings-
toil, Canada ; and the Estacion Central Agronomica, Santiago de las
Vegas, Cuba.
Among the individuals may be mentioned: Mr, Edward Lovett,
Croydon, P^ngland: Mr. Plenri Douville, l*aris, Mr. A. Duchaussoy,
Caudebec les Elbeuf, Seine Inferieure, and Mr. J. Vaquez, Perreux,
Seine, France; Dr. F. S. Archenhold, Treptow-Sternwarte, Trep-
tow bei Berlin, Mr. A. Kneucker, Karlsruhe, Mr. F. Krantz, Bonn,
and Mr. Curt Morhart, Ensfield, ISIiddle Franconia, Germany: ]Mr.
O. M. Renter, Abo. Finland ; . Mr. Robert E. Fries, Stockholm,
Sweden; Mr. Friedrich Hendel. Vienna, Austria; Mr. Michele Gua-
dagno and Mr. Ernesto Monaco, Xaples, Italy; Dr. Casimir de
Candolle, Geneva, and Mr. Henry Volkart, St. Gallen, Switzerland;
Mr. F. Baker. Richmond, Victoria, and Mr. "\V. H. D. Le Souef,
Melbourne, Australia; Dr. Eugenio F. Giacornelli, La Rioja, Ar-
gentina, and Seiior Juan Tremoleras, Montevideo, Uruguay, South
America : Dr. Carlos Renson, San Salvador, Central America ; Mr.
Luis Brooks, Santiago, Cuba.
MISCELLANEOUS.
VISITORS.
The number of visitors ° to the National Museum building during
the year 11)07-8 was 299,059, a daily average of 954, and to the Smith-
sonian building. 237,182, a daily average of 755.
The following tables show, respectively, the attendance during
each month of the past year, and for each year beginning with 1881,
when the INluseum building was first opened to the public.
NkviJxt of risittirs <liirin(/ (lie fisvul i/<ar 1007-8.
Year and month.
190'
July
August
September
October
November
December
Museum
building.
Smith-
sonian
building.
23, 790
21, 296
52,343
39,204
46,i:»
39,861
33,784
29,882
18,860
17,248
13,896
10,894
Year and month.
1908,
January
February
March
April
May
June
Total
Museum
building.
13, 994
13, 606
18, 700
27, 698
17, 307
14, .546
Smith-
sonian
building.
9,788
9, 262
13,926
21,248
13,590
10, 983
299, 659 237, 182
"These figures are based on an attendance during ;;i4 days in the year, on which the
buildings were open to the public.
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57
Number of visitors to the Museum and Smithsonian huildiiigs since the opening
of the former in 1881.
Year.
1881
1882
1883
1884 (half year)
1884-85
1885-86
1886-87
1887-88
1888-89
1889-90
1890-91
1891-92
1892-93
1893-94
1894-95
Museum
building.
Smith-
s<mian
building.
150, 000
100, 000
167,455
152,744
202, 188
104, 823
97,661
45, 505
205,026
105, 993
174, 225
88, 960
216,562
98, 552
249,665
102,803
374,843
149, 618
274, 324
120,894
286, 426
111,669
269, 825
114,817
319, 930
174, 188
195, 748
103, 910
201,744
105, 658
Year.
1895-96 . .
1896-97 . .
1897-98 . .
189,8-99 . .
1899-1900
1900-1901
1901-2 . . .
1902-3. -
1903-^ . . .
1904-5 . . -
190.5-6 . . .
1906-7 . . .
1907-8 . . .
Museum
building.
Smith-
sonian
building.
180,505
103,650
229, 606
115, 709
177, 254
99,273
192,471
116,912
225,440
133, 147
216,556
151,563
173,888
144, 107
315,307
181,174
220, 778
143, 988
235, 921
149,380
210, 886
149, 661
210,107
153,591
299, 659
237, 182
6, 274, 000
3, 559, 591
CONGRESSES AND MEETINGS.
The Seventh International Zoological Congress was held in Boston,
JMassachusetts, from August 19 to 23, 1907, under the presidency of
Dr. Alexander Agassiz. The Smithsonian Institution was officially
represented by Dr. Theodore Gill, Dr. William H. Dall, and Dr.
Kichard Rathbun, and the National Museum by Dr. Frederick W.
True, head curator of biology, Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, curator of
reptiles and batrachians, and Dr. Harrison G. Dyar, of the division
of insects. Several papers were read by members of the Museum
staff, as follows: Dr. L. O. Howard, curator of insects, The recent
jH-ogress and present condition of economic entomology; Doctor
True, On the correlation of North American and European genera
of fossil cetaceans; Doctor Gill, Systematic zoology, its place and
functions, and The incongruity of inland and marine faunas;
Doctor Dyar, The distribution of mosquitoes in North America;
Dr. Marcus ^Y. Lyon, jr., assistant curator of mammals, The dis-
tribution of bats in the zoogeographical regions; Dr. B. W. Ever-
mann, curator of fishes. The origin of the golden trout of the
Southern High Sierra; Doctor Dall, curator of mollusks. Deep
sea distribution of the molluscan fauna of the northwest coast; Dr.
Paul Bartsch, assistant curator of mollusks, A study in distribution
based on the family Pyramidellidaj of the west coast of America;
Dr. T. W. Vaughan, custodian of madreporarian corals, Summary
of results obtained from a study of the recent Madreporaria of the
Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. Organizing secretaries were selected
from members of the staff, as follows: Dr. Leonhard Stejneger for
58 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
the section of zoogeography. Dr. L. O. Howard for the section of
entomology, and Dr. Ch. Wardell Stiles, custodian of the helmintho-
logical collections, for the section of applied zoolog}'.
After the close of the meeting in Boston many members of the Con-
gress, especiall}^ from abroad, were entertained at other places, and
among them Washington, which they visited during the 3d, 4th, and
5th of September. The Museum building was opened for their
private inspection on the last evening, when an informal reception
was also tendered them by the Smithsonian Institution.
Dr. Paul Haupt, associate in historic archeology, will represent
the National Museum at the Fifteenth International Congress of
Orientalists, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in August, 1908.
Dr. Arnold Hague, of the U. S. Geological Survey, has also been
appointed to serve in a like capacity at the centenary celebration of
the Geological Society of London, which will take place in Sep-
tember, 1908.
Accommodations in the Smithsonian building were accorded to
the National Academy of Sciences for the business sessions of the
annual meeting, from April 21 to 23, 1908, while one of the exhibi-
tion halls in the Museum building was especially fitted up for the
open sessions, at which many scientific papers were read.
f ORRESPONDEN CE.
The corresi:)ondence of the Museum is increasing each year, since,
besides its relations with practically all of the scientific and many of
the art establishments throughout the world, the Museum is called
upon by the public generally for the identification of specimens and
the answering of inquiries. As would naturally be expected from the
character of the requests, this work encroaches heavily upon the time
of the scientific staff, on which dependence must be had for the in-
formation required. The number of specimens received for identifi-
cation amounts to several thousand everv vear.
The office of correspondence also attends to the distribution of
the publications of the Museum, of which about 50,000 copies of vol-
umes and separates were sent out during the year to institutions and
individuals on the regular mailing list and about 10,000 copies in
compliance with special requests.
PUBLICATIONS.
There were issued by the Museum during the past year 8 volumes
and 6 parts of volumes. The Annual Report for 1907, published in
December, was restricted, like those of the two preceding years, to
an administrative statement of the operations of the Museum. Vol-
ume 32 of the Proceedings, issued in July, 1907, contained 51 papers,
REPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908. 59
all of which had been previously distributed in the form of sep-
arates. In June, 1908, volume 33 of the Proceedings, containing 35
jDapers, was published, 700 copies of each paper being delivered in
pami)hlet form, instead of GOO, as in previous years. This increase
will allow a somewhat wider distribution than heretofore. In addi-
tion to those already mentioned, 23 '* separates," forming part of
volume 34 of the Proceedings, were published and distributed during
the year.
Of bulletins, 5 volumes were issued, as follows: No. 50, volume 4,
Birds of North and Middle America, by Kobert Ridgway, containing
973 pages of text and 34 plates, and descrij^tive of the thrushes, wren-
thrushes, mockingbirds, starlings, Aveaver-birds, larks, sharpbills,
tyrant flycatchers, manakins, and chatterers; No. 58, The Herpetology
of Japan and Adjacent Territory, by Leonhard Stejneger ; No. 59, Re-
cent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan, by T. Way-
land Vaughan; No. GO, The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the
Collections of the U. S. National Museum, by Henry A. Pilsbry, of
the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences; and No. Gl, Varia-
tions and Genetic Relationships of the Garter Snakes, by Alexander
C. Ruthven, of the University of Michigan.
The " parts " of volumes consisted of the following numbers in the
series of Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium : Volume
X, part 5, Report on the Diatoms of the Albatross Voyages in the
Pacific Ocean, 1888-1904, by Albert Mann, of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture: Volume X, part 6, The Cyperacese of Costa Rica, by
the late Prof. C. B. Clarke; Volume X, part 7, Studies of Tropical
American Ferns, No. 1, ])y William R. Maxon ; Volume XII, part 1,
Catalogue of the botanical library of John Donnell Smith, presented
in 1905 to the Smithsonian Institution, compiled by Alice Cary At-
wood; Volume XII, part 2, containing The Lecythidacese of Costa
Rica, and Tonduzia, a New Genus of Apocynacese from Central
America, by H. Pittier de Fabrega ; and A Collection of Plants from
the Vicinity of La Guaira, Venezuela, by J. R. Johnston; Volume
XII, part 3, Types of American Grasses, by A. S. Hitchcock.
In addition to the foregoing, 17 papers describing Museum mate-
rial, and for the most part written by members of its statf, were pub-
lished in the Quarterly Issue of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Col-
lections. They may be classified as follows : Archeology, 1 ; mam-
mals, 1 ; fishes, 1 ; insects, 1 ; marine invertebrates, including mollusks,
4; botany, 4: geology, 5. The Secretary also granted permission for
the printing elsewhere than in the publications of the Institution and
Museum of 10 papers by members of the staff.
The following is a classification by subjects of the 230 papers cited
in the bibliography : Administration, 1 ; ethnology, 5 ; archeology, 3 ;
60 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
physical anthropology, 1 ; mammals, 22; birds, 11; reptiles and batra-
chians, 8 ; fishes, 25 ; insects, 41 ; mollusks, 24 ; other marine inverte-
brates, 42; helminthology, 9; plants, 12; geology and mineralogy, G;
fossils, 14 ; fine arts, 1 ; biography, ?> ; bibliography, 2.
In addition to the editorial work in connection with the publica-
tions, the editor also has charge of the other printing for the Museum,
including labels, blanks, etc., and of the binding, all of which is done
by the Government Printing Office.
LIBRARY.
The Museum library has continued to receive from Prof. O. T.
Mason and Dr. C. A. White many gifts of scientific jDublications
which are of great value in completing sets and filling in the series
of authors' sej^arates, and Mr. William Schaus has again added ma-
terially to the sectional library of the division of insects. Dr.- Charles
W. Richmond has presented another installment of books and pamph-
lets, including many of the Thunberg dissertations, which are for the
most part rare and difficult to obtain and of which he is endeavoring
to complete the set. The library has also been benefited by the plan
adopted by the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature of
sending to authors lists of their scientific writings that have been
entered in the catalogue and requesting any that have not been cited,
whereby many separates from periodicals, journals, etc., have been
acquired.
There are now in the library 33,504 volumes, 52,112 unbound papers,
and 108 manuscripts. The additions during the year consisted of
3,257 books, 4,470 pamphlets, and 247 parts of volumes. One thou-
sand books, 2,257 complete volumes of periodicals, and 4,056 pamph-
lets were catalogued, and 1,086 books were sent to the Government
Printing Office for binding. The number of books, periodicals, and
pamphlets borrowed from the general library was 29,242, while the
number assigned to sectional libraries was 10,314.
PHOTOGRAPHY.
The photographic laboratory, which is one of the best equipped for
its purpose in the country, has for its object the preparation of illus-
trations for the publications of the Museum, for the manuscript
records of important collections, and for the exhibition halls, and of
copies of plans relating to details of construction in connection with
the buildings, furniture, etc. The number of negatives made during
the year was 1,328; of silver and velox prints, 3,615; of blueprints,
6,447 ; and of bromide enlargements, 28. Seventy-four rolls of films
taken in the field were also developed.
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EXPOSITIONS.
Jamestown T er-G entcnnlal Exposition. — The participation by the
Smithsonian Institution and National Museum in the Jamestown
Exposition, which opened on April 2(3, 1907, was outlined in the last
report. The exhibit, prepared and maintained under the direction
of jNIr. V\\ de C. Ravenel, who represented these establishments on
the government board, was, in accordance with the act of Congress,
designed to illustrate the aboriginal, colonial, and national history
of America, and, notwithstanding the small allotment granted, it
proved an especially noteworthy feature. Although the exposition
closed on November 30, the dismantling of the exhibits was, by direc-
tion of the President, deferred until January 18, 1908, but by Febru-
ary 10 all the objects belonging to the Institution and Museum had
been shipped to Washington.
Besides the material taken from the existing collections, many addi-
tional groups and objects were specially prepared or purchased for
the exposition, and these have since been incorporated in the collec-
tions of the Museum. Among them was a group of 14 white and
Indian figures representing a trading expedition by Capt. John
Smith at the mouth of the James River in IGOT, designed by Mr.
William H. Holmes, and executed under his direction by Mr. H. W.
Hendley and Mr. U. S. J. Dunbar. Another exhibit, prepared under
the supervision of Dr. James M. Flint, U. S. Navy, curator of medi-
cine, was a collection illustrative of the history of medicine in
America by means of photographs of distinguished medical men,
with information regarding their achievements, from the physician
who accompanied Captain Smith to America to Dr. Carlos Finlay,
Avho is credited with having first formulated a definite theory as to
the transmission of yellow fever b}^ the mosquito.
The other more important acquisitions from the same source Avere
as follows: One hundred and thirty-three enlarged colored photo-
graphs of individuals who have attained prominence in connection
with the history of America ; 17 enlarged colored photographs from
colored drawings made by John White for Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585 ;
48 engravings, paintings, and photographs of historic scenes and land-
marks; 27 enlarged photographs illustrating the history of the Capi-
tol; 4 groups of two figures each, representing by costumes of the
colonial j^eriod the nations most prominent in the settlement of
America; a model of John Stevens's side- wheel steamboat, the Phoe-
nix; a model of the side-wheel steamship Savannah; a model of an
American Indian travois ; a primitive sled ; a number of the gold coins
of the United States; and a fine color photograph from a painting, by
Miley & Sons, of Lexington, Va. A number of cases and other pieces
of furniture, used in connection with other exhibits, were also secured
for the Museum.
62 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
International Maritime Exposition^ Bordeaux, France. — ^This ex-
position, Avliich was also oflicially opened before the close of the
previous fiscal year, was likewise described in the last annual report.
Of the $15,000 appropriated by Congress only about $8,000 was avail-
able for the preparation, installation, and maintenance of the entire
government exhibit, which, at the request of the Secretary of State,
was undertaken by the Smithsonian Institution and placed in charge
of Mr. AV. de C. Havenel. Owing to delays on the part of this Gov-
ernment, the United States pavilion was not completed and turned
over to Mr. D. I. Murphy, American consul at Bordeaux, until late
in June, but by expeditious methods it was made possible to admit
the 23iiblic on July -1, although the installation was not finished until
the 20tli of that month. The exposition remained open until Novem-
ber 10, Avhen the work of repacking the collection was immediately
begun under the direction of Mr. F. C. Cole, of the ^Museum staff, who
had assisted Mr. Eavenel in its installation. The shipment reached
Washington in January, 1008, and the articles contributed by the
several government dej^artments were returned to them. A number
of objects which had been exhibited by other participants were
secured for the Museum.
Alaska-Yuhon-Pacific Exi)osition. — To enable the Government to
particiiDate in this exposition, which will be held in Seattle, Wash-
ington, in 1909, the sum of $600,000 was appropriated in the sundry
civil act, approved May 27, 1908. Of this amount $200,000 was
allotted for exhibition purposes, under the direction of a board of
management to be appointed by the President, composed of three
l^ersons now in the emplo}^ of the Government. Although the board
was not constituted until after the close of the vear, it mav be men-
tioned here that ]Mr. Ravenel, Administrative Assistant of the
Museum, has been designated as one of its members. The part spe-
cifically directed to be taken by the Smithsonian Institution and
National Museum consists in the exhibition of " such articles and
material of an historical nature as will impart a knowledge of our
national history, especially that of Alaska, Hawaii, and the Philip-
pine Islands, and that part of the United States west of the Rocky
Mountains."
ORGAXIZATIOX AXD STAFF. ■
The only change in the matter of organization was made in the
department of geolog}', where three divisions, corresponding with
former sections, were substituted for the division of stratigraphic
paleontolog}'. They are as follows: Division of invertebrate paleon-
tolog^^ with Dr. R. S. Bassler as curator; division of vertebrate
paleontology, with Mr. James W. Gidley as custodian of the mam-
malian collection, and Mr. Charles W. Gilmore custodian of the
EEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908. 63
reptilian collection; and diA'ision of paleobotany, with Mr. David
^Vliite . as associate curator. The other members of the staff con-
nected Avith these divisions are given in the list beginning on page 65.
Furloughs without pay were granted to Dr. AV. H. Ashmead, whose
continued illness still incapacitates him for work, and to Mr. Laurence
La Forge, aid in the division of physical and chemical geology.
Mr. J. C. Crawford was appointed assistant curator, division of in-
sects, to fill the vacancy caused by the transfer to the Bureau of
Entomology of the Department of Agriculture of Dr. Harrison G.
Dyar, Avho had been temporarily occupying this position. The
latter, however, still retains the custodianship of the collection of
Lepidoptera. Mr. A. C. Weed was made an aid in the division of
fishes, and Mr. E. N. Bales, a preparator in the division of physical
anthropology.
I regret having to record the death, on July 8, 1907, of Dr. AVilliam
La Grange Ealph, curator of the section of birds' eggs, to whom the
Museum is indebted for especially important gifts and whose services
were mainly rendered Avithout compensation. Doctor Ralph was
born June 19, 1851, at Holland Patent, Xew York, where his early
years were passed. In his boyhood rambles he imbibed a taste for
natural history which had an important bearing on his after life.
In 1863 his jjarents moved to Utica, where he received his preliminary
education. He attended Whitestone Seminary, and later the College
of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, where he obtained the
degree of doctor of medicine in 1879. LTpon his return to Utica he
engaged in the practice of his profession, but delicate health soon
forced him to abandon his intention of following a medical career,
and urged him to less exacting pursuits. He again turned his atten-
tion to the fascinations of bird study and the wild life of the woods,
and, having independent means, began in earnest the formation of a
collection of birds, nests, and eggs of Oneida County. In the study
of the local avifauna he became associated with Mr. Egbert Bagg, of
Utica, and the researches of the two naturalists resulted in the publi-
cation of an Annotated List of the Birds of Oneida County, New
York. (Trans. Oneida Hist. Soc, III, 1886, pp. 101-147). This
was followed some years later by a supplement, entitled "Additional
Notes on the Birds of Oneida County, New York." (Auk, VII,
1890, pp. 229-232).
It was to the subject of oology that Doctor Ralph's energies were
chiefly directed, and his cabinet of nests and eggs, at first of not
more than local interest, became in later years one of the most impor-
tant private collections in the United States. His personal work in
the field was restricted chiefly to the Adirondacks and Florida, but
he obtained by purchase and through the employment of collectors
many important desiderata from other parts of the country. "When
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64 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Major Bendire undertook the preparation of the Life Histories of
North American Birds he found an enthusiastic supporter in Doctor
Ealph, who proceeded forthwith to contribute specimens and notes
with the object of makino- the undertaking a success. The two pub-
lished vohnnes of the Life Histories teem with items from his pen,
and his contributions to the Museum egg collection, begun in 1892,
number upward of 10,000 specimens, mostly in faultless condition
and labeled with great care. His other donations to the National
Museum, by no means unimportant in the aggregate, include, among
other objects, an excellent specimen of the extinct Philip Island
parrot {Nestor jvodnctus).
At the death of Major Bendire, in 1897, Doctor Ralph was chosen
to fill the vacancy of custodian of the section of birds' eggs, and in
1901 his title was changed to curator. He at once proceeded to accu-
mulate data for the continuation of the Life Histories, but owing to
the precarious state of his health the third volume of this work was
incomplete at the time of hi:; death. Doctor Ealph exhibited a keen
interest in the study of wild creatures, and always kept a variety of
pets in his office. He was largely instrumental in the introduction of
gray squirrels into the Smithsonian grounds, with the object of add-
ing to the attractiveness of the park. Although his tenure of life
was rendered uncertain from an early age by reason of an organic
affection of the heart, Doctor Ealph was invariably cheerful and
optimistic, mild mannered, and of a gentle and unselfish disposition.
His loss will be keenly felt by his friends and associates.
Prof. "W. O. Atwater, of ^Vesleyan University, Middletown, Con-
necticut, who served as honorary curator in charge of the section of
foods from 1884 to 1892, died on September 22, 1907. While con-
nected with the Museum he prepared an interesting exhibit illustra-
ting the composition of the human body, and another showing the
manner in which food compensates for the daiW expenditure of
bodily tissue.
THE MUSEUM STAFF.
[Juue 30, 1908.]
Charles D. Walcott, Secretai-y of the Smithsouian lustitution, Keeper ex
officio.
Richard Kathbu^", Assistant Secretary, in charge of the U. S. National
Mnseum.
W. DE C. Ravenel, Administrative Assistant.
SCIENTIFIC STAFF.
Department of Anthropology :
Otis T. Mason, Head Curator.
Division of Ethnology: Otis T. Mason, Curator; Walter Hough, Assistant
Curator; J. W. Fewkes, Collaborator.
Division of Physical Anthropology: Ale.s Hrdliclia, Assistant Curator.
Division of Historic Archeology: Cyrus Adler, Curator; I. M. Casanowicz,
Assistant Curator. s
Division of Prehistoric Archeology: William H. Holmes, Curator; E. P,
Upham, Aid; J. D. McGuire, Collaborator.
Division of Technology: George C. Maynard, Assistant Curator.
Division of Graphic Arts: Paul Brockett, Custodian.
Section of Photography : T. W. Smillie, Custodian.
Division of Medicine: J. M. Flint, U. S. Navy (Retired), Curator.
Division of Historic Religions: Cyrus Adler, Curator.
Division of History: A. Howard Clark, Curator.
Associate in Historic Archeology: Paul Haupt.
Department of Biology :
Frederick W. True, Head Curator.
Division of Mammals: Frederick W. True, Curator; Marcus W. Lyon, jr..
Assistant Curator.
Division of Birds: Robert Ridgway, Curator; Charles W. Richmond, Assist-
ant Curator; J. H. Riley, Aid.
Division of Reptiles and Batrachians: Leonhard Stejneger, Curator; R. G.
Paine, Aid.
Division of Fishes: B. W. Evermann, Curator; Barton A. Bean, Assistant
Curator ; Alfred C. Weed, Aid.
Division of Mollusks: William H. Dall, Curator; Paul Bartsch, Assistant
Curator ; William B. Marshall, Aid.
Division of Insects: L. O. Howard, Curator; J. C. Crawford, Assistant
Curator; H. S. Barber, Aid.
Section of Myriapoda : O. F. Cook, Custodian.
Section of Diptera : D. W. Coquillett, Custodian.
Section of Coleoptera : E. A. Schwarz, Custodian.
Section of Lepidoptera : Harrison G. Dyar, Custodian.
Section of Orthoptera : A. N. Caudell, Custodian.
Section of Arachnida : Nathan Banks, Custodian.
Section of Hemiptera : Otto Heidemann, Custodian.
65
66 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Department of Biology — Continued.
Division of Marine Invertebrates: Kicliard liatlibun, Curator; J. E. Bene-
dict, Assistant Curator ; Mary J. Itatlibun, Assistant Curator ; Har-
riet Kicliardson, Collaborator.
Section of Helmintlaological Collections: C. W. Stiles, Custodian; B. H.
Itausom, Assistant Custodian.
Division of Plants {yational HerharUnn) : Frederick V. Coville, Curator;
J. N. Rose, Associate Curator; W. 11. Maxon, Assistant Curator;
J. II. Painter, Aid.
Section of Cryptogamie Collections: O. F. Cook, Assistant Curator.
Section of Higher Algte: W. T. Swingle, Custodian.
Section of Lower Fungi: D. G. Faircliild, Custodian.
Associates in Zoology : Theodore N. Gill, C. Hart Merriam, K. E. C. Stearns,
AY. L. Abbott.
Associates in Botany : Edward L. Green, John Dounell Smith.
Department of Geologi' :
George P. Merrill, Head Curator.
Division of Fhijsieal and Cliemieal Geology (Systematic and Applied) :
George P. Merrill, Curator.
Division of Mineralogy : F. W. Clarke, Curator ; Wirt Tassin, Assistant
Curator.
Division of Invertebrate Paleontology: K. S. Bassler, Curator; Lancaster D.
Burling, Assistant Curator.
.Carboniferous Collection: George H. Girty, Custodian.
Mesozoic Collection: T. \V. Stanton, Custodian.
Cenozoic Collection: W. H. Dall, Associate Curator.
Madreporariau Corals: T. Wayland Vaughau, Custodian.
Division of Vertebrate Paleontology:
Mammalian Collection: James W. Gidley, Custodian.
Reptilian Collection: Charles W. Gilmore, Custodian.
Division of Paleobotany: David White, Associate Cui'ator; A. C. Peale,
Aid ; F. H. Knowlton, Custodian of Mesozoic Plants.
Associate in Mineralogy : L. T. Chamberlain.
Associate in Paleontology : Charles A. White.
Associate in Paleobotany : Lester F. Ward.
Department of Mineral Technology:
Charles D. Walcott, Curator,
National Gallery' of Art :
William H. Holmes, Curator.
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.
Chief of Correspondence and Documents: It. I. (Jeare.
Disbursing Agent : W. I. Adams.
Superintendent of Construction and Labor : J. S. Goldsmith.
Editor: Marcus Benjamin.
Editorial Assistant :, E, S. Steele.
Assistant Librarian : N. P. Scudder.
Photographer : T. W. Smillie.
Registrar : S. C. Brown.
Property Clerk : W. A. Knowles.
LIST OF ACCESSIOXS TO THE COLLECTIONS DURING
THE FISCAL YEAR 1907-1008.
[Except wlicm otherwise indicated, the specimens were presented or were transferred by
bureaus of the Government in accordance with law.]
Abce, Cleveland, jr., Washington,
D. C. : German and Austrian calves
(12409: loan).
Abbott, W. L., Singapore, Straits Set-
tlements: A large and valuable col-
lection of ethnological and natural
history specimens from Sumatra and
ad.i'acent islands (4756G) ; a large
and very interesting collection of
material illustrating the manners
and customs of the Dyaks, and of
natural history specimens, including
mammals, birds, reptiles, etc., from
Borneo (48220).
Academy of Natural Sciences, Phila-
delphia, Pa. : Collection of birds'
skins, Formicariidae (488(38: loan).
Adler, Cyrus, Smithsonian Institu-
tion : Pair of Jewish phylacteries
from Jerusalem (480G4),
Agriculture, Department of :
Bureau of Animal Iiidusfry: Skin
and skeleton of a female Grevy ze-
bra from Abyssinia (47992).
Bureau of Biologieal Hurre;/: 3
living cacti, Oiiuiitia, collected in
Colorado by Merritt Cary (4Tr)")2) ;.
2 living cacti, Opuntia, collected by
Yernon Bailey at Warren, Cal.
(47568) ; 3 cacti, Opuntia, collected
by Vernon Bailey in California
(47627) : 5 plants from California
collected by Vei'uon Bailey (47628) ;
2 cacti, Opuntia, from California col-
lected by E. A. Goldman (47629) ;
lizard from China (47630) ; speci-
men of living cactus, Opuntia, frcnn
Colorado (47638) ; 31 flies (476.->l) ;
2 plants from California collected
Agriculture, Department of — Cont'd,
by Yernon Bailey (47652) ; plants
from Colorado collected by Merritt
Cary (47653) ; 12 specimens of Dip-
tera from the District of Columbia
and vicinity (47708) ; living cacti,
Opuntia. collected in Colorado by
Merritt Cary (47711); 2 plants,
Pinus, collected in Colorado by Mer-
ritt Cary (47735) ; 5 specimens of
living cacti, Opuntia, collected in
California by Yernon Bailey
(47804) ; living specimen of cactus,
Opuntia, collected in California by
Yernon Bailey (47811) ; 2 specimens
of Juniperus oeeidentalis collected
in Siskiyou County, Cal.. by C. Hart
Merriam (47825) ; 0 plants collected
in Colorado by Merritt Cary
(47838) ; 2 living cacti. Opuntia, co\-
lected in California by A'ernon
Bailey (47888) : living specimen of
cactus, Opuntia, collected in Cali-
fornia by Yernon Bailey (4797S) ;
7 plants collected in Colorado by
Merritt Cary (48017) : specimen of
living plant, Dudlei/a, collected in
California by E. A. Goldman
(48020) ; 2 living cacti. Opuntia. col-
lected in California by Yernon
Bailey (4802.S) ; 14 plants collected
in California I)y E. A. Goldman
(480.59) ; 3 living cacti, Opuntia,
collected in Colorado by ^Merritt
Cary (48073) ; 2 specimens of cacti,
Opuntia, collected in Washington
and North Dakota (48125) ; 4 plants
collected by ]\Ierritt Cary in Colo-
rado (48137) ; 6 plants from Ne-
braska collected by Merritt Cary
68
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
AGRicrLTURE, Dkpartmknt OF — Cont'd.
(4S1T9) ; 2 living plants, Crassu-
laceae, obtained by E. A. (loldnian,
from Berkeley, Cal. (48215) ; 12
birds in alcohol, 3 spiders and a
leech (48259) ; 3 species of land and
fresh-water shells from California
(48336) ; S3 plants collected by
Vernon Bailey in the western sec-
tion of the United States (48353) ;
G living plants, DiuUeija, collected in
California by E. A. Goldman
(48382) ; specimen of sedge, Carex
nehiaskcnsis, from California, col-
lected by C. Hart Merriam (4843S) ;
21 plants collected in Colorado by
Merritt Cary (48616) : 2 plants
from California (4S621) ; 2 plants
collected in Louisiana by A. H.
Howell (4SGGS) : 2 plants, Amchin-
clticr, collected in the District of
Columbia by W. L. McAfee (48715) ;
plant. Agave deserti, from Cali-
fornia, collected by Yernon Bailey
(48728).
Bureau of Entomolofjij: 42 speci-
mens of Lepidoptera collected in
Mexico by R. Miiller (47546) ; 14
mosquitoes collected at Stockton and
transmitted by H. J. Quayle, Berke-
ley, Cal. (47.560) ; 43 specimens of
Lepidoptera from R. Miiller, Mexico
City, Mexico (47575) ; about 100
specimens of insects, mostly larvae,
collected by John R. Johnston, Bu-
reau of Plant Industry, in connec-
tion with his investigations of the
"bud rot" of the cocoanut palm in
the West Indies (47607) ; 102 speci-
mens of Hemiptera from various
sources, principally collected by E.
S. G. Titus (47608) ; reptiles and
a crustacean collected by George P.
Goll, in Guatemala (47615) ; large
collection of insects from the Canal
Zone, Panama, made by Mr. August
Busek in the summer of 1907
(47667) ; 42 Lepidoptera from R.
Miiller, Mexico City, Mexico
(47746) ; 79 specimens of Lepidop-
tera from R. Miiller (47755) ; 57
specimens of Hymenoptera. types of
new species (47835) ; specimen of
Agkiculture, Department of — Cont'd.
Ldinpronoln innrpiiutta (47836) ; 50
insects from Dr. A. Duges, Guana-
juato, Mexico (47842) ; 24 slides of
CoUcmhoJd and Thysanurn from
Mrs. F. L. Harvey, Orono, Me.
(47848) : 14 insects from Rev. A. H.
Mauee, Southern Pines, N. C.
(47849) ; about 50 insects, mostly
Hymenoptera (47864) ; 3 specimens
of Coleoptera and 1 of Hymenoptera
from Rev, A. H. :Manee (47892) ;
10 specimens of an isopod, Armadil-
Hdiiim rnlffarc, from Waco, Tex.,
collected by Paul Hauhurst (48088) ;
51 specimens of Lepidoptera from
Mexico, collected by R. Miiller
(48131) ; about 1,000 specimens of
Lepidoptera from Texas, resulting
from the cotton-boll weevil investi-
gations (48160) ; 2 nests of a but-
terfly, Eucheira socialis, from Mex-
ico (48161) ; isopod, Ligijda exotica,
from the Azores, collected by L. O.
Howard, and an isopod, Metoponor-
tlius pruinosus, from Dalton, Tex.,
collected by W. Dwight Pierce
(48165) ; 600 specimens of named
Hymenoptera (48218) ; about 200 in-
sects from Mexico sent by Frederick
Knab (48224) ; about 200 insects
from Mexico, collected by F. Knab
(48242) ; 40 specimens of .Lepidop-
tera from Mexico obtained by R.
Miiller (482.58) ; 291 specimens of
Hemiptera obtained from Robert
Meusel, Kismaros, Nograd-megye,
Hungary (48264) ; about 250 Insects
collected by F. Knab in Cordoba,
Mexico (48307) ; about 80 insects
collected by E. G. Kelly at Manhat-
tan, Kans. (48309) ; about 50 larvae
and cocoons of • Lepidoptera from
North China, collected by F. N.
Meyer (48365) ; 12 chironomid flies
(48358) ; 40 specimens of Lepidop-
tera from Mexico, collected by R.
Miiller (48375) ; 7 flies obtained
from Y. A. E. Daecke, Philadelphia,
Pa. (48376) ; 5 flies from Dr. D.
Lahille. Argentina (48.377) ; 1,148
specimens of Coleoptera, mainly
European, but including a few from
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
69
Agriculture, Department of — Cont'd.
Javii (48408) ; 2 isopods, PorcclUo
(lilatatus, from California (48433) ;
about 50 insects collected by O. W.
Barrett (4S4G5) ; about 300 speci-
mens of Lepidoptera from Mexico,
collected by F. Kuab (48468) ; 10
specimens of Diptera and 2 of Hy-
menoptera from B. Bilgeu, Para-
maribo, Surinam (48477) ; 50 speci-
mens of Lepidoptera (lot 24) col-
lected by R. Miiller (48487) ; about
100 mosquitoes, larvae on slides and
in alcohol, obtained by Dr. James
Aiken, British Guiana (48401):
about 250 specimens of Lepidoptera,
collected by F. Knab in Mexico
(48510) ; 41 specimens of Lepidop-
tera from H. Lacy, Kerrville, Tex.
(48522) : 6 specimens of Diptera
from Para, Brazil, sent by Carl F.
Baker (48533) ; 3 specimens of Hy-
menoptera of the group Apheleninae
(48534) ; 2 specimens of Ilymenop-
tera from Hawaii (48542) ; 6 speci-
mens of Hymenoptera from Nathan
Banks (48.548) ; 11 parasitic Hyme-
noptera bred from Cccidoinijia by
H. A. Ballon, Antigua, West Indies
(48562) ; about 75 seed pods of
Yucca containing larvae, probably of
Proniiba (48573) ; 7 specimens of
Hymenoptera, types and cotypes of
CosmocoiHoidca morriUii (48574) ;
about 300 specimens of Lepidoptera
from Mexico, collected by F. Knab
(48575) : 4 specimens of Hymenop-
tera, Paniphilitis pcrsicum, from W.
B. Britton, New Haven, Conn.
(48581) : 46 specimens of Lepidop-
tera from R. Miiller, ^Mexico City
(48595) ; 3 specimens of Diptera,
types of Zijgobothria nidicola and
Tachnia utilis, bred at the Gypsy
Moth Laboratory, Melrose High-
lands, Mass. (48.599) ; 2 specimens
of Lepidoptera and 2 noctuids
(48608) ; 21 specimens of Lepidop-
tera and 2 of Hymenoptera (48617) ;
5 mosquitoes, J^den tccniorhynchus,
from La Boca, Panama (48264); 19
specimens of Lepidoptera from E. S.
Tucker, Texas (48634) ; about 500
Agriculture, Department of — Cont'd,
insects collected by F. Knab in
Mexico (48641); 7 specimens of
Lepidoptera, Tctralopha siibcanilis
(48642) ; about 500 specimens of
Lepidoptera obtained by F. Knab in
Mexico (48645) ; about 500 speci-
mens of I>epidoptera obtained by F.
Knab in Mexico (486.53) ; 21 speci-
mens of Lepidoptera from E. S. G.
Titus (48664) ; .39 specimens of
Lepidoptera obtained by R. Miiller
in Mexico (48689) ; 16 slides of in-
sects ( 48694 ) ; 237 specimens of Lep-
idoptera from Texas -(48705) ; about
1,000 specimens of Lepidoptera from
Mexico, collected by F. Knab
(48742) ; about 200 specimens of
Lepidoptera collected by F. Knab
(48751) ; Limacodid larva, Lepidop-
tera (48764) ; about 4,000 specimens
of Hymenoptera collected in the vi-
cinity of Washington. D. C, by H. H.
Smith (48765) ; 2 lepidopterous lar-
vae from Florida (48766) ; about
2.600 specimens of Hymenoptera, in-
cluding many types, belonging to the
subfamily Encyrtinae( 48856) ; about
6,000 insects collected in Mexico by
F. Kuab (48886) ; 11 ants from
Tahiti, and an Encyrtid from Cape
Town, Africa (48898) ; 4 specimens
of Hymenoptera and 2 specimens of
Diptera from California (48899) ;
20 siiecimens of Lepidoptera, Acro-
hasis sp. ; 15 specimens of Megastig-
iiiiis collaris ( Hymeuoptei'a ) and 3
specimens of Sgiitomasins drufontm
(Hymenoptera) (48900) ; tree-frogs
from Mexico (48921).
Bureau of Plant Industry: 139
plants collected by F. Y. Coville in
Oregon (47642) ; specimen of living
cactus. Opuntia, collected by O. F.
Cook in Guatemala (47668) ; plants
collected by C. R. Ball in Texas
(47695) ; 5 specimens of living cacti,
Opuntia, collected in Texas by C. R.
Ball (47718) ; 18 specimens of living
Cactaceae and Crassulaceae, collected
in Texas by F. I^. Lewton and R. M.
Meade (47766) ; 3 specimens of Ju-
niper us pinchoti, collected in Texas
70
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
AoRicri.TrKi:, Department of — Cont'd,
by ('. V. riper (47S05) ; between
200 iind SOU insects collected in
Guatemala by Argyle McLaughlan
(47S45) ; o living orchids from Flor-
ida collected by Mrs. Agnes Cbase
(47870) ; 165 specimens of Harvey's
"Maine weeds and forage plants"
(47909) ; 1,640 grasses from various
localities (47958) ; 3 plants collected
in Porto Rico by L. H. Dewey
(48027) ; a collection of 2,550 grasses
from various parts of the United
States, many of tbem having been
collected by Yirginius H. Chase,
Wady Petra. III. (48037) ; 28 plants
from central New York, obtained by
W. W. Rowlee (48052) ; 5 plants
(48072) ; 2 living plants, Echinocc-
reus riridiflonis, collected in Texas
by C. R. Ball (48297) ; 234 plants
collected in Mexico iu 1907 by W. E.
Safford (48379) ; 4 living plants,
Diidlcija piilvcrulcnta and Echino-
cactus viridcsccns, collected by ^Y. T.
Swingle in California (48437) ; 2
living specimens of Z)»(7/r//f/ collected
iu California by W. T. Swingle
(48478) : 16 plants collected by C. Y.
Piper in the southwestern part of
Yirginia (48779).
Expcrimoit Stations: 24 specimens
of Alaskan plants collected by Miss
E. F. Woolsey (48129) ; 59 speci-
mens of Hawaiian algae collected by
Miss Miunie Reed, of the Kamaha-
meha schools and transmitted by the
Hawaiian Experiment Station
(47822).
Forest Service: Specimen of living
cactus, Opuntia, collected in Utah
by I. Tidestrom (47712) ; specimen
of cactus, Oinnitio. and a package of
seeds collected by I. Tidestrom
(47767); 5 living plants, Echinoce-
reus, collected in Utah by I. Tide-
strom (4778G) ; 10 specimens of liv-
ing cacti, Opuntia, collected in Utah
by I. Tidestrom (47801) ; living cac-
tus, Opuntia, collected iu Colorado
by I. Tidestrom (47854) ; 5 speci-
mens of living cacti, , Echinoccreus
sp., from Hugo, Utah (47910) ; 2
A(;i;u ii.TUKi;, Department of — Cont'd,
living siiecimens of cacti, Opuntia,
collected in Utah by I. Tidestrom
(47977) ; about 500 plants collected
by I. Tidestrom in Utah (48199) ;
245 plants from Oregon collected by
Messrs. Sampson and I'ierson
(48214); 108 plants collected iu
Oregon by James T. Jardine (48326) ;
specimen of living cactus, Opuntia,
from Arizona, collected liy I. Tide-
strom (48572) : 39 plants collected
in Arizona by I. Tidestrom (48092).
Agriculture Department, Fisheries
Branch of. (See under Dublin, Ire-
land.)
Ainsley, C. X., Department of Agri-
culture, Washington, D. C. : Siteci-
men of two-winged fly, Opsebius
sulphuripes (48430).
Albany Museum. (See under Gra-
hamstown. Cape Colony, South
Africa. )
Aldrich, Helen F., Wilmington,
Mass. : Spider, Epeira insularis
(47981).
Aldrich, J. M., Moscow, Idaho : 15
specimens of flies, Helomyzidae
(48812: exchange).
Aldridge. C. p., Roanoke, Ya. : Worm
known among fishermen as the
"dob son," CorydaUs cornutus
(48864).
Alexander, Charles P., Johnstown,
N. Y. : 3 s]iecimens of Iliimcnoptera
( 48404 ) .
Alexander, William H., Empire, Ca-
nal Zone, Panama : Beetle, Acroci-
nus lonfjimanus (48917).
Alfaro, Anastasio. San Jose, Costa
Rica, Central America : Reptiles and
batrachiaus from Costa Rica (48560) ;
10 skins of Cistotliorus pohjglottus
lucidus from Costa Rica (48880).
Allaire, C. B., San Antonio, Tex. : 2
specimens of cactus, Opuntia
(48903).
Allen, John A., Cleveland, Ohio : An-
acharis associated with living speci-
mens of Aneylus and Planorljis from
Ohio (48128).
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71
Allkn, R. a., jr.. U. S. National Mu-
seum : Arrow points and fragments
of pottery from Terrapin Neck,
Amelia County. Va. (48105).
American Museum of Natural His-
tory, New York City: Collection of
fossil mammals (48172 : exchange) ;
plan and sketch Illustrating the
xleatli drum from the Bismarck
Archipelago (4S16G) ; 2 casts each
of the fore and hind feet of Cnmp-
tosaurus dispar (48821 : exchange) ;
29 specimens of Formicariidae
(48914: loan).
Anderson. Rev. R. W., Eagle Pass,
Tex. : Large noctuid moth. Erehus
odora (47576).
Andrews, Miss E. F., Montgomery,
Ala. : 2 specimens of Argemone from
Alabama (48829).
Appleton, Eben. New York City : The
flag which floated over Fort INIc-
Henry when Key composed " The
Star Spangled Banner" (12341:
loan).
d'Aquino, J. L. F., Shanghai, China:
109 birds' eggs from China (47937:
purchase).
Archenhold, Dr. F. S.. Treptow-
Sternwarte, Treptow bei Berlin. Ger-
many : 2 specimens of moldavite
(48419: exchange).
Babbitt, Col. E. B.. U. S. Army
(through Capt. Frank R. McCoy,
U. S. Army) : 2 heads of wild car-
abao from northern Luzon (4S425).
Back, Ernest A., Orlando, Fla. :
Moth, Syntomeida ipomoeae (47744).
Bailey, J. W. T.. Atkins, Ark.: Pho-
tograph of a collection of Indian
relics belonging to Mr. Bailey
(48G47).
Baker, Carl F., Santiago de las Vegas,
Cuba : Specimen of cereus fruit
from Cuba (47656: exchange); 157
specimens of Lepidoptera (47675) ;
9 specimens of ferns (47875) ; a set
of economic plants from various
parts of the world (47970: ex-
change) ; 75 specimens of Lepi-
Baker, Carl F. — Continued.
doptera (4S594) ; about 75 specimens
of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Brazil
(48640) ; about 50 specimens . of
Lepidoptera (48814).
Baker, Charles, Paducah, Ky. : Albino
raccoon. Pi'ocj/iiii lotor (48654:
purchase).
Baker, F. H., Richmond, Victoria.
Australia : 60 shells from Australia
(47896; 48.391: exchange): photo-
graph of Vohitd r(j(i(I},-iii(/li1i : 28
specimens representing 11 species of
marine shells from Australia (48076) .
Balderston, John L.. Kenuett Square,
Pa. : Specimen of plant, Centaurea,
from Pennsylvania (47856) : 2
specimens of Staclius gvnnanica
from Pennsylvania (48905).
Bales, Ernest, V. S. National Mu-
seum : Spanish boatswain's whistle
from a wrecked vessel at Cavite
(48674) ; 7 specimens — larvae, pupae,
and adult — of Vcspn ntaculata. from
Fairfax County, Va. (4SS57).
Ballou, H. a. (received through the
Bureau of Entomology, Department
of Agriculture) : About 250 speci-
mens of Lepidoptera from St. Lucia
and Dominica, West Indies (48839).
Bamberg. Paul. Friedenau bei Berlin.
Germany : 638 species of fossils from
the upper Jurassic. Eocene, Miocene,
Pliocene, and Oligocene of Europe
(48855: exchange).
Bangs, Outram, Boston, Mass. : 10
specimens of SchispJionis fftiminuhi
from Costa Rica (48365) ; 144 birds'
skins from Costa Rica ( 48623 : ex-
change ) .
Banks, Nathan, Department of Agri-
culture, Washington, D. C. : 2 bees,
Xeopasitcs sp., from near Falls
Church, \n., and a specimen of
Eucerocoris guttuhitHn from the
same locality (47561 : 47674).
Barber, H. S., U. S. National Museum :
Skin and skull of a porcupine, Erc-
tltizon, from near Crab Lake, Vilas
County, Wis. ; insects found on vari-
ous fungi (48106).
72
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Barber, Manly D., Knoxville, Tenn. :
About 500 specimens of Ordoviciau
fossils from the vicinity of Knox-
ville (47721: exchange); 33 speci-
mens of Mississippi fossils (481 23).
Barber, V. S., Washington, D. C. :
Chain with links of coiled stem, ob-
tained from the Digger Indians of
California (48186).
Barbour, Thomas, Museum of Com-
parative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. :
2 frogs from Ecuador and a lizard
from the Bonin Islands (48333).
Barclay, George C, Newport News,
Va. : 5 stone implements (47824);
6 fragments of pottery (48156).
Barrott, a. F., Washington, D. C. :
Human lower jaw from a burial-
mound at Bassett, Mississippi
County, Ark. (47670) ; sphere of
granite from Spencer, Tioga County,
N. Y. (480.54).
Bartlett, C. L., Bristol, Vt. : Fern,
Osn}i()i(lia, from Vermont (48943).
Bartlett, H. H., Gray Herbarium,
Cambridge, ISIass. : 3 specimens of
Laciniaria from Georgia (48005).
Bartram, Edwin B., Wayne, Pa. : 49
plants from Virginia, New Jersey,
etc. (48401).
Bayley, Ivan A., Sydney Mines, Nova
Scotia: Sea mouse, Aphrodifa aru-
leata (47539).
Beach, Sumner, Wilder. Mont. : 5
stone implements (47817).
Bean, Dr. Robert Bennett, Manila.
P. I. : Anatomical specimens (48849).
Becker, Th., Liegnitz, Germany : 2
dipterous insects, Dicraeiis obscurus,
from southern Europe (48517).
Bell, Dr. Alexander Graham, Wash-
ington, D. C. : Collection of tele-
phonic apparatus, including the re-
maining parts of the first speaking
telephone and originals of many
early forms of telephone (48850:
loan ) .
Benedict, J. E., Jr., Woodside, Md. ; 4
crayfishes from North Carolina
(48203).
Benguiat, Hadji Ephraim, New York
City: Jewish religious ceremonial
objects (48385: loan).
Benjamin, Marcus, V. S. National
IMuseum : Photograph of troi)hy
awarded by the Scientific American
for " heavier-than-air " flying ma-
chines (47841) ; platinum-alcohol
cigar lighter (47850).
Berlin, Germ.\ny, Konigl. Zoolo-
gisches Museum : 110 specimens of
Orthoptera (4S049: exchange).
Berlin, Germany, Royal Botanical
Museum : 670 jilants, obtained main-
ly from cultivation (48159: ex-
change).
Beveridge, Hon. Albert J., United
States Senate : Swords, weapons,
and other articles collected in the
Philippine Islands, Japan, and else-
where in the Far East (48702:
loan).
Bickley, F. D. T., Marietta, Ohio:
Stone implements from camping
grounds of the Six Nations, New
York State (48188).
Biddle, Lydia Spencer, Washington,
D. C. : Silver pitcher, 1750, and sil-
ver sugar bowl, 1780 (48801: loan).
Biedebman, C. R.. Palmerlee. Ariz. : 0
specimens of Coleoptera from near
the mouth of Millers Canon, Hua-
chuca Mountains, Ariz. (48016).
Bienkowski, a., Ancon, Canal Zone,
Panama : Costumes worn by the In-
dians of Veraguas and other places
in the interior of the Republic of
Panama ; nest of an " Oropindola "
(48141).
Bigelow, William Sturgis, Boston,
Mass. : One of the earliest bicycles
made in the United States (47725).
Bird, Henry, Rye, N. Y. : 6 moths. 5
cotypes of Hydroccias. and a Tineid,
G nori mo-svJt ciiia gaUaesoIidnginis
(48317).
Bisset, Peter, Washington, D. C. :
Plants, jSlymphaea (47603).
BiTZ, Franklin W., Baltimore, Md. :
Human skull from the ruins of an
Inca city in Bolivia (48094).
EEPORT O'F NATIOKAL MUSEUM, 1908,
IS
Black, Lieut. Fkioj. F., Ti. S. Army,
Fort Liscum, Alaska : 60 plants from
Alaska (48472).
Rlackiston, a. H., El Paso, Tex. :
Arclieological material from the
Casas Graudes Valley, Chilmaliua,
Mexico (48488, 12355, 12511, 12571).
Loan.
Blake, F. P., Imperial, Cal. : Snake,
Chionactis annulatus (48428).
Blanchard, W. H., Westminster, Yt. :
203 plants, Riihus, Amchinchirr and
Bcttila, from the northeastern part
of the United States and Canada
(48596: purchase).
Blaxkingship. O. F., Richmond, Ya. :
Samples of diatomaceous earth from
several localities in P.ichmond
(48479).
Blankinship, J. W., Steglitz, Berlin,
Germany : 189 specimens of plants
from Montana (48859: purchase).
Blumer, .7. C, Paradise, Ariz. : 15
living plants from Arizona (47973).
Blumer, Mrs. J. C. Paradise. Ariz. : 2
plants from Arizona (47626).
Boston Society of Natural History,
Boston. Mass. : 136 specimens of
Lepidoptera collected by Owen Bry-
ant (48551).
Botanical Garden and Institute of
the Royal University. (See under
Yienna, Austria.)
Botanical Museum of the Universi-
ty of Lausanne. (See under Lau-
sanne, Switzerland.)
Botanical Society of Western Penn-
sylvania, Pittsburg, Pa. : 2 plants,
Lactuca, from Pennsylvania (48.327).
Boulenger, G. A. (See under Egyp-
tian Government.)
BowDoiN, Mrs. James S., AYashington,
D. C. : Piece of Rhodian embroidery
(48800: loan).
Boyadjian, Benjamin H., Mersina,
Turkey in Asia : Wax impressions
of the seal of a ring (48496).
I'.randegee, T. S., Berkeley, Cal. : Liv-
ing plant, Ccrciis vngans. from
Mexico (47733: exchange): 5 Mexi-
can ferns (48602) ; fern from Mex-
ico (48644).
Braun, Miss Annette F., Cincinnati,
Ohio : 24 specimens of Microlepidop-
tera (4804.3, 48.523).
Rreen Stone Company. St. Paul,
Minn. : 2 samples of marble from
Kasota, Minn. (48389).
Brewer, Isaac W., Fort Huachuca,
Ariz.: Several specimens of Pliysa
from Huachuca Canon, Ariz. (47907).
Brewer, S. W.. Singer Glen, Ya. : Cop-
lierhead, Affkistrodoti contortrix
(47.540). .
Bricklayers Company of the City
and County of Philadelphia, Phil-
adelphia, Pa. (received through
William Smith, chairman of commit-
tee on history) : An engraved illus-
tration entitled " Plans of house
in which Thomas Jefferson wrote
the Declaration of Independence "
(48590).
Brimley, C. S.. Raleigh, N. C. : 82
specimens of Lepidoptera (47641;
47748; 48274; 483.35; 48.374).
Brimley Brothers, Raleigh, N. C. : 2
specimens of Amphiuma (47703:
purchase).
Brinton, Mrs. Frederic C, West Ches-
ter, Pa. : Marble-top table formerly
owned by Thomas Jefferson (48163).
Brjnton, J. Percy, West Chester, Pa. :
Photograph of the late Dr. D. G.
Brinton (48184).
British Museum (Natural History).
(See under London, England.)
Broadway, W. E., Port-of-Spain, Trini-
dad: 3 plants, Cissus (48238: pur-
chase).
Brodie, W.. Toronto, Canada : 4 garter
snakes from Canada (48262).
Bromley. Howard. Farmville, Ya. :
Specimen of tortoise-beetle, Copto-
cycla pallida (47833).
Y4
EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908,
Brooklyn, New York, The ^Museum,
Institute of Arts and Sciences : 5
Longiforu l)ept]es (4S42<J: ex-
change) ; ethnological specimens
from the cliff dwi'llcrs of the CafKiiis
de Chelly and del Muerto, Ariz.
(48501 : exchange) ; 3 specimens of
Hymeuoptera from Surinam (48655) :
Porno Indian tule boat with wooden
paddles (4SGG1) : exchange).
Brooks, Lewis, Santiago de Cuba :
Large cral), Mitlirax sinnosissimufi
(47541).
Brown, E. J.. Lemon City, Fla. : Fishes,
reptiles, insects, and invertebrates
from Florida (48597).
Brown, Mrs. Giles Gorton, Battle
Creek, Mich. : 25 photographs illus-
trating the native life of the Tamils,
a people of northeastern Ceylon
(48672).
Brown, H. H., Gleuwood, Cal. : Larva
of a caddis fly (47545).
Brown, Hiram, Fi-anklin, Pa. : 10 spec-
imens of " mud puppy," Cryptobran-
cJiiis (47793: purchase).
Brown, William. OU Center, Cal.:
Praying mantis. Fitafnnontantia Ihn-
hata (479o5).
Bettssels, Belgium. .Jardin Bota-
nique de l'Etat : 42 plants, mainly
ferns, from tropical America (48579:
exchange).
Bryant, Owen, Cohasset, Mass. : 48
birds' skins from Newfoundland
(47837) ; 3 specimens of lizard,
Sj)liacro(lact>/1ufi. from Andros
Island, Bahamas (48657).
Buchanan, William P., Washington.
D. C. : Anatomical specimen (48824).
BucKHOUT, W. A., State College, Pa,:
Berries of Gaultheria proctwibrnf)
from Pennsylvania (48126),
Buckler, C. Howard, Washington,
D. C. : Old style, wooden bicycle
with iron tires, etc. (47898).
Bud.^pest, Hungary, Hungarian Na-
tional Museum : 70 specimens of
Chrysididae (47644; exchange).
Burbank, Luther, Santa Rosa, Cal. :
3 flowers of Nopalea sp.. from culti-
vation (47775) ; specimen of living
spineless cacti, Opnntia (47950).
BuscK, August, Department of Agri-
culture, Washington, D. C. : Concre-
tion from the Culebra cut, Canal
Zone. Panama (47666) ; bats; skin
and skull of jioreupine from Panama
(47697: collected for the Museum) :
reptiles and batrachians from the
Canal Zone, Panama (47759) ; 13
specimens of Lepidoptera from
Maryland (48635) ; 12 specimens of
H.vmenoptera. parasitic on spider's
eggs, from Hyattsville, Md, (48699) ;
75 specimens of Lepidoptera (48746) ,
Bush, B. F., Courtney, Mo. : 125
plants from Missouri and other lo-
calities (47800: purchase and 48226 :
exchange).
Bl'tler. J. H.. jr., Youngstown. Ohio :
Photographs of Indian portraits in
Mr. Butler's collection (48290).
Buysmann, :M., Lawang, Pascercean.
Java: 100 ferns from Java (48248:
purchase).
Calcutta, India, Royal Botanic Gar-
den (received through the Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew. England) :
39 plants from Tibet (47772: ex-
change).
Caldwell, Rev. Harry. Ernest B.,
and Eden F.. Ngu-cheng, China : 218
insects, mostly butterflies, from
Sharp Peak Island, near Foochow,
collected in 1907 (47826).
California. University or, Berkeley,
Cal, : Plants and a fern from Lower
California and Mexico (47751;
48096; 48111; exchange); plant
from Lower California (48008).
Cambridge, Mass., Museum of Com-
parative Zoology : 2 toads from
Bengal (48740) : 5 snakes. Dm-
(lophis (48,346 : loan) ; 95 crinoids
(47928: exchange).
Cannon, W. A., Tucson, Ariz. : Speci-
men of living cactus, Opunfia, from
Arizona (48754).
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75
Carnegie Hero P'und Commission.
Pittsburg. Pa. : A specimen of the
Carnegie hero fuud medal in silver
(48706).
Carnegie Institution, Washington.
D. C. : Ordoviciau fossils from
China collected by Bailey Willis and
Eliot Blackwelder (47G1S) ; 15 speci-
mens of cacti. Opuiitht. from Ari-
zona (47839) ; seeds of cactus,
Opiintia, from Arizona, collected by
Dr. D. T. MacDougal (47908) ; 6
living cacti. Opuntia, from Arizona
(47917) ; seeds of cacti, OituntUt.
from Arizona (47951) ; 87 dried
plants, 14 cacti, and seeds from
Souora, Mexico, received through
Dr. I). T. MacDougal (48168) ; re-
cent corals, geological specimens,
and bottom samples from the Flor-
ida coast, keys and reefs (48922).
Carson, William vS.. Kalama, Wash. :
Samples of coprolites from Salmon
Creek, Wash. (48695).
Casa Grande Excavations, 1907 :
About 1.000 specimens of stone im-
plements, pottery, basketry, fabrics,
etc.. resulting from explorations
and excavations conducted at the
Casa Grande Ruin. Ariz., by Dr. J.
Walter Fewkes. 1906-1907. under a
special appropriation in the sun-
dry civil act appi-oved June 30,
19<»6 (48761).
Casey, Col. Thomas L., U. S. Army,
Washington, D. C. : Specimen of
Omophron gemma from the type
set (48356).
Central Experimental Farm, De-
partment OF Agriculture. (See
under Ottawa, Canada.)
Chagnon, G., Montreal, Canada : 9
specimens of Hymenoptera (47613).
Chamberlain. Edward B.. New York
City: 2 mosses from Japan (48011).
Chapin, Guy. Dunn Loring. Ya. :
Specimen of Samia cecropin with
eggs (48832).
Chappelean. Mary Y.. Benedict. ^Id. :
Specimen of luna moth. Actios luna
(48837).
Chase, Y. H., Wady Petra, 111.: 206
plants from Illinois (48122 : ex-
change).
Chicago, University of, Chicago, 111. :
75 guttapercha impressions of type
specimens of invertebrate fossils
(47840) ; plant, Lycopodium pithyoi-
dcs, from Jahipa, ^lexico (47919:
exchange).
Chittenden, F. II., Bureau of Ento-
mology. Department of Agriculture.
Washington, D. C. : 225 specimens of
Coleoptera from Yenezuela (48104).
Clark, Austin H., Bureau of Fish-
eries, Washington, D. C. : 44 micro-
scopic slides of Glossiphonia st ag-
nails and G. parasitica (48115).
Clark, H. Walton, Bureau of Fish-
eries, Washington, D. C. : 2 plants
collected in Indiana and the District
of Columbia (48530) ; living speci-
mens of Ancylus from Piney Branch,
D. C. (48663) ; plant. Viola sp., col-
lected in Elaine by W. C. Kendall
(48713).
Clemens. Ilev. Joseph, Fort Douglas,
Utah: Plants from Mindanao, Phil-
ippine Islands (48547).
Clendenin, R. H.. Martinsdale. Mont. :
Specimen of barite (47750).
CocKERELL, T. D. A., Boulder, Colo. :
14 insects, including the type of a
Lepidopteron (48461) ; 11 specimens
representing 2 species of Hymenop-
tera (48643) ; 27 specimens of Dip-
tera, 6 specimens of Hymenoptera
and nest-cells of a bee, Anthophora
forbcsi (48652). (See also under
.S. A. Rohwer.)
CoDMAN, Miss M. C, Washington,
D. C. : 2 pieces of lace, point d'Angle-
terre and Yandyke point, and 5
pieces of pottery (48804: loan).
Coffin, Selden J.. Easton. Pa. : The
distributing portion of Prof. James.
H, Coffin's self-recording anemometer
(47594).
Coleman, Mr., Old Point Comfort, Ya. :
Piece of anchor rope of the boat in
which Captain Slocum sailed from
South America to this country
(.48393).
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College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Columbia University. (See under
New York City.)
Collins, Frank S., Maiden, Mass. : 50
specimens of North American al,u;ie;
fascicle xxix of the "' Phycotheca
Boreali-Americana " of Collins, Hol-
den, and Satchell (:4S37S) ; 50 speci-
mens of al.iiae fascicle, 30 of " Phy-
cotheca Boreali-Americana " (4.S!)02 :
purchase).
Colorado, Museum of the UNI^'ERSITY'
OF, Boulder, Colo. : Types of the
species Acantlioceras coloradense,
Toliitodcniia clafirortlnji. Capuliis
spangleri, Anaihm dnddsi, and Scr-
piila nttirl:iiiniii (48444).
CoLTON, H. S., Philadelphia, Pa.: 3
specimens of Toms mercenaria
chipped by shells of Fiilgur carica
(48791).
Comeau, Napoleon A., Godbont. Que-
bec, Canada : Skin of an albino spec-
imen of Ilarclda hjicmaUfi (48583).
Commerce and I>abor. Department of :
Bureau of Fisheries: Fishes, mol-
lusks, and marine invertebrates col-
lected by the steamer Spray, of Bos-
ton, during the winter and spring of
1906-7 (47586) ; a collection of fishes
from the vicinity of Beaufort, S. C.
(47593) ; dragon flies from the Mis-
sissippi basin, consisting of about
400 specimens and representing about
50 species (48625) ; 12 plants from
Jo Daviess County, 111., collected by
Messrs. Bartsch and Clark (47643) ;
specimen of living cacti, Opiniiia,
from Tennessee, collected by Messrs.
Bartsch and Clark (47739) : 2 living
plants collected in Tennessee by
Messrs. Bartsch and Clark (47747) ;
Alaskan salmon, collected by the
steamer Alba tross(47798) ; Scrinoids.
including 2 types of new species,
collected by the Albatross (47929) :
types and cotypes of new species of
fishes from Alaska (47988) ; 700
fishes from the Chester River, near
Millington, Md., collected by Messrs.
Goldsborough and Clark (48013) ;
jawbones of a finback-whale, 72 feet
Commerce and Labor, Department
OF — Continued,
long, killed by Capt. J. S. Nickerson,
Provincetown, Mass. (48039) ; about
192 fishes collected on the Pacific
coast by the steamer Albatross, and
in Georgia by Charles H. Bollman
and Bert Fessler. the latter includ-
ing the t3i)e of Opsopadiis boll muni
(48050) ; type specimen of a Japa-
nese fish, Caristius japonicus
(48051) ; mollusks, fishes, reptiles,
batrachians, and crayfishes, and a
specimen of Hemiptera from Devils
Lake, N. Dak. (48083) ; skin and
skull of a spermophile, CifcUiis, col-
lected by E. L. Goldsborough from
North Chautauqua Grounds, Devils
Lake. N. Dak. (48085) ; 201 fishes
collected in the Lake of the Woods
and its tributaries in August, 1894,
by A. J. Woolman. and 249 fishes
from Kootenay Lake. British Colum-
bia, obtained in August. 1898. by
B. W. Evermann (48099) ; types, co-
types, and 3 specimens of fishes
(48100) ; sea-urchins of the family
Cidaridae, collected by the Albatross
in 1887-88, 1891, 1900. 1902, 1904-5,
and 1906. described by Alexander
Agassiz and Hubert Lyman Clark
(48133) ; fishes obtained in Maine
and elsewhere in New England
chiefly by W. C. Kendall (48171) ; a
collection of corals collected by the
Albatross in the northwest Pacific in
1906 (48285) ; type specimen of dar-
ter, Hadroptcrus maxinkHckiensis
(48313) ; fishes obtained by W. C.
Kendall, chiefly in Maine (48320) ;
6 Japanese fishing boats, viz.. 1
tunny flshing boat (Chiba-ken) ;
2 bonito fishing boats (Shiznoka-
ken), and 3 yellow tail fishing boats
(Kagoshima-ken) (48411) ; cray-
fishes from Lake Maxiukuckee and
vicinity (48422) : 58 specimens rep-
resenting 11 species of crinoids. col-
lected by the Albatross among the
Hawaiian Islands in 1902 (48427) ;
40 type specimens of annelids, col-
lected in 1900; bryozoans. worms,
crustaceans, sponges, tunicates, and
jelly fishes, collected in 1902 and
KEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
77
Commerce and Labor, Department
OF — Continuecl.
1903 in Hawaii and Alaska (48447) ;
19 lots of liolotburians, collected dur-
ing the Alaska salmon investigations,
1903 (48492) ; 92 lots of parasitic
copepods from various sources
(48536) ; specimens of BalanngJns-
siis from the Woods Hole region
(48559) ; 2 specimens of pipe-fish,
Xci-ophis acquoreus, coUected byCapt.
Henry Eagleton, steamship Trojan
Prince (48891) ; 113 vials of insects
and insect larvae, and 3 lots of ma-
rine invertebrates, collected by field
parties near Lake Maxinkuckee, Ind.
(48904) ; starfishes, holothurians,
and invertebrates from the North
Pacific Ocean (48923).
Com STOCK Extension Mining and
Milling Company, Carson City,
Nev. : Specimen of fossil wood from
Mount Davidson, Nev. (48041).
CoNRADi, A. F.. Clemsou College, S. C. :
Specimen of AJyson sp. (48738).
Constant, Oscar, Iberia, Ky. : Cere-
monial object of banded slate
(48701: purchase).
CoNZATTi, C. Oaxaca, Mexico : 16 liv-
ing plants (47624. 47920, 47953.
48183) ; 6 specimens of living cacti,
Ecliinocactus mamiUaria, from
Mexico (47.579) ; 35 plants (4765.5,
47669, 47741, 47879) ; 2 specimens
of Mimosa lacerata (47679) ; speci-
men of living plant, Cissus sp.
(47889) ; 7 cuttings of Cissus
(47974) ; 2 plants of the family
Cactaceae, from Mexico (48007) ; 2
specimens of cacti, Cereus, from
Oaxaca (48436).
CooLiDGE, Karl R.. Palo Alto, Cal. : 18
specimens of Lepidoptera (48308).
CoPELAND. E. B., Manila, Philippine
Islands: ISO ferns, mainly from the
Philippine Islands (48459).
Copenhagen, Denmark. Zoological
Museum : 21 specimens representing
10 species of Echini (48549 : ex-
change).
CosTENOBLE, H. L. W., AgaQa, Guam :
Sling stones, shell implements, mor-
tars, adz blades, pestle, and shell
chisels from the island of Guam,
and shell money from the island of
Yap (48520: purchase).
Court, Edward J., Washington, D. C. :
Bird skin, the type of Ardca hero-
dids trvgnnzdc (48606).
Courtis, William M., Detroit, Mich. :
Fern from Nevada (47960).
CowPER, Rev. Fred. C, Woodsville,
N. H. : Drift bowlders (47906).
Cox, Miss Eva P., Washington, D. C:
Clam basket used by the Clatsop In-
dians (47808).
Cox, Miss Hazel Van Zandt, Bright-
wood, D. C. : Young robin, Planes-
ticus migratorius (47.537).
Crandall, S. W., Syracuse, N. Y. :
Specimens of walkingstick, Diaphe-
romera femorata (47791).
Cranston, C. K.. Pendleton. Oreg. :
Young albino salmon, Oncorhijnchus
chouicha f (47715).
Crawford, J. G., Albany, Oreg. : Cra-
nium and fragmentary bones from
a burial mound in Lincoln County,
Oreg. (48526).
Crawford, Lamar, New York City :
Stone implements and arrowpoints
from a mound and cavern near
Meetze, Fauquier County, Va,
(477.53).
Crosby, C. R., Ithaca, N. Y. : 5 Micro-
lepidoptera (47580).
Cross, Whitman, U. S. Geological
Survey, Washington, D. C. : Litho-
logical specimens from Shap Fell,
Westmoreland. England (48019) ;
corundum from Colorado and sand-
stone from England (48.303).
Curl, Dr. H. C, surgeon, U. S. Navy,
Washington, D. C. : A native shield
from the interior of Queensland,
Australia, and a club (langeel) ;
head of a war club (star shaped)
from New Guinea : and " kuditchi "
shoes from Central Australia, made
78
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Curl, Dr. H. C. — Continued.
of felted emu feathers and usually
blood, and used in ceremonial witch-
craft (47861) ; robin {PJancsticus
migratorius) showing a tendency
toward albinism (48482).
Curtis, Miss Delia, Windsor, Onta-
rio, Canada : Old inelodeon and an
old silver watch (481 40).
CusHMAN, J. A., Boston, Mass. : Crus-
taceans from the fresh waters of
Labrador and Newfoundland, col-
lected by Glover M. Allen and Owen
Bryant (48109).
CuTCHiN, N. E., Baltimore, Md. : 2
small ivory carvings (47605).
Davidson. A., Los Angeles, Cal. : Speci-
men of Osmorrliiza from California
(47654) ; plant from the southern
part of California (48685).
Davis Brothers, Kent, Ohio. : 2 boxes
of percussion " pills," which were
extensively used later than gunflints
and before the invention of percus-
sion caps (48485: purchase).
Davis, Charles A., Thorndale, Tex. :
Specimen of Iceland^spar (48032).
Davis, William T., New Brighton,
Staten Island, N. Y. : (received
through Dr. F. A. Lucas) Batrach-
ians (47621).
Day, Philip, Black Warrior, Ariz.:
Arrow-shaft straightener (48390).
Day, Richard H., Philadelphia, Pa. :
Oriental package of " strike-a-light "
flints, with 8 loose flints and steel
(47862).
Deam, C. C, Bluffton. Ind. : 7 plants
from Guatemala (47617) ; plant,
Laciniaria, from Indiana (47922).
Exchange.
Dean, F. A. W., Cleveland, Ohio.:
Squid, Loligo pcalci, from Marthas
Vineyard, Mass., and 2 specimens
of shells, Siliqiia patula nuttalli,
from California (47606).
Deane, Ruthven. Chicago, 111. : 3
blackfin whitefish, C Oregon us nigri-
pinnis, from Green Lake, Wis.
(48294).
Deisher, H. K., Kutztown, Pa. : 9 pho-
tographs of baskets belonging to Mr.
Deisher (48253).
DeLashmutt, Miss Inez, Spokane,
Wash. : Indian paint pot from New
Mexico (48245).
Dennett, John. (See under John
Doan.)
DiETz, W. G., Hazleton, Pa. : 20 speci-
mens of J'lii/citlnae (48747: ex-
change) ; specimen of Pylo his-
triateUa (48776) ; 9 cotypes of
Microlepidoptera {Ornix) (47899).
Doan, John, and John Dennett, Sil-
verbell, Ariz. : Lizard, Colconijx
rariegatus (47982).
DoBSON, Dr. W. H. Yeung Kong,
Kwang Tung, China : Plant, Drosera,
from China (48757).
DoD, F. H. WoLLEY, Millarville, Al-
berta, Canada : 6 specimens of Lepi-
doptera, E ubaphe immaculata i4SilG) .
Dodge, Byron E., Davison, Mich. :
Stone pipe and grooved stone ax
(12.596: loan).
Dodge, C. K., Port Huron, Mich. : 20
plants from Ontario and Michigan
(48181) ; 10 plants from the region
of Lake Huron (48777).
Doubleday, Mary, Estate or : Sword
worn by Gen. Abner Doubleday dur-
ing the Civil War. (48095).
Douglas, James, New York City : 2
sections of stalactites from caves in
limestone of the Warren district of
Arizona (48275).
Dowdle, S. R., Waiakoa, Hawaiian
Islands (received through the Bu-
reau of American Ethnology) : Col-
lection of Hawaiian ethnological ob-
jects (12566: loan).
Dowell, Philip, Port Richmond,
N. Y. ; 14 ferns from New Jersey,
New York, and other localities
(48853).
DowLiNG, Mrs. Harriet L., Washing-
ton, D. C. : Archeological and eth-
nological objects from Mexico
(48649: loan).
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79
Drew, Miss Rosa, Grinnell, Iowa: 32
specimens of plants, Laciniariii,
from Iowa (47871).
Dublin, Ireland, Fisheries Branch
OF THE Department of Agricul-
ture: Specimen of Scorpaena cristu-
lata from the western coast of Ire-
land (4S251).
Duchaussoy, a., Caudebec-les-Elbeuf,
Seine Inferieure, France: 89 speci-
mens of Hymenoptera (4S340: ex-
change).
Dudley, J. H., Hoquiam, Wash.: Hy-
menopterous insect, Sirex alhicornis
(47756).
Duces, A.. Gnanajnato, Mexico : Skull,
wing, and leg of a bat, Anoura geof-
froyi (47619) ; 25 insects (received
through the Department of Agricul-
■ture) (47701) ; lenticular lichens
from Mexico (48687) : 3 plants
Baileya multimdiata (48848).
DuMBOLTON, C. J., Mabton, Wash. :
Fragments of silicified wood from
near Mabton (48588).
Dundee, Scotland, University Col-
lege: Crab (Uca) (48-540: loan).
Dunlop, T. W., Mason City, Iowa:
Collection of supposed prehistoric
stone objects from near Mason City
(4S029).
Durant, Miss Louisiana, Washington,
D. C. : A very interesting collection
of native utensils and implements
obtained in South Africa by the
donor, including a Kaffir piano, or
Miramba (48879).
DuRY, Charles, Cincinnati. Ohio: 8
insects (47672: exchange).
Dutt. H. L.. Ithaca, N. Y. : Photograph
of Mr. Dutt, a native of Calcutta,
India (4764S).
Dyar. H. G., U. S. National Museum :
2 specimens of Hymenoptera from
Tryon. N. C. (47638) ; 2 specimens
of Lepidoptera, Sphiii-r gonHus and
Apatcla Janceolaria, bred from lar-
vae collected in Maine (48767).
Dyer. Mrs. Florence M., Washington,
D. C. : Silver armlet found in an In-
dian cemetery, Maumee Bay, near
Toledo, Ohio (12471: loan).
82065—09 6
Eastwood, Miss Alice, Berkeley. Cal. :
6 plants, Riljcs, collected in Califor-
nia (48515).
Edwards, J. E., Haycreek, Oreg. (re-
ceived through the Department of
Agriculture) : 2 specimens of cacti,
Echinocactus ( 47989 ) .
Eggleston, W. W., Cambridge, Mass. :
65 plants from the northeastern part
of the United States (47938: pur-
chase).
Egyptian Government, Cairo, Egypt
(through H. G. Lyons, director-gen-
eral, survey department, Giza,
Egypt) : Fossil remains of Arsinoi-
thcriiim .:itt(Ji and other species
(47878) ; (through the minister of
education and Dr. G. A. Boulenger,
of the British Museum of Natural
History, Loudon, England) 54 species
of tishes from the River Nile and its
tributaries (48252).
Elbeuf, France, Musee D'Histoire
Naturelle: 132 specimens of Hy-
menoptera (47792: exchange).
Elder, H. C, Lester, Ark. : Petroleum
from Camden, Ark. (48161).
Elder, Thomas L., New York City:
Collection of tradesmen's tokens or
"Store cards" (47789).
Elliott, Mrs. Minnie J., Washington,
D. C. : A copy of the Bible printed
in 1599, silver spoon, glass saltcellar,
and a tin treasure box of the colo-
nial period (47773).
Ellis, Max M., Winona Lake, Ind. :
Mosquito larva?, Wijeomyia smithii
(47677).
Ely, Mrs. H. A., Beverly, N. J.:
Mounted specimen of bald eagle,
Haliaettis Uiicoceiilialus, from near
Philadelphia (48139).
Emmons, Lieut. G. T., U. S. Navy (re-
tired), Princeton, N. J.: 3 reed
stalks used as sandpaper by the In-
dians of southeastern Alaska
(48527).
Ennis, Carl E., Narcrosse, Fla.: Spi-
der, Gnsteracantha Gancriformis
(47865).
80
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Epi'es, Miss Em'ily, City Point, Va. :
Plant from Trinidad, Britisli West
Indies (4S00G).
EsHNAtJR, INIrs. W. H., Los xiugeles,
Cal. : 7 specimens of Haliotia from
tlie western coast of Mexico (?)
(4SS92).
EsTAcioN Central Agronumica. (See
under Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba.)
EwiNG, Herbert S., Artesia, Cal. : 5
specimens representing 2 species of
Epiiymgmopliora from California
(4S445).
Experiment Station of the Hawaiian
Sugar Planters' Association (Di-
vision of Entomology), Honolulu,
Hawaii ; Moths, CirpJiis uniiJiincta,
Caradrina rccuJsa, and CnjiAolabcs
sp. (48270).
Fall, H. C, Pasadena, Cal. : 2 speci-
mens of Ccnopliciigiis dchilis
(4SS81: excliange).
Fallis, Miss Edwina H., Denver,
Colo.: 2 mats illustrating samples
of weaving, and a basket (48210).
Fawcett, H. S., Gainesville, Fla. : 8
orchids from Florida (47962).
Fay, H. W., De Kalb, 111.: Photo-
graphs illustrating the exhuming of
mastodon bones near De Kalb
(48894).
Felt, Dr. E. P., state entomologist,
Albany, ]S\ Y. : 3 .lajjanese tortricids,
Archips sorbiana (48.394).
Fenyes, Dr. A.. Pasadena, Cal.: Adult
and 2 larvae of I'lastcnis n. sp. (near
sanguinicoUis) ; adult and 5 larvae
of Aphorista morosa from Porvenir,
N. Mex. (48231) : 37 specimens rep-
resenting 11 species of Aleochariiiae
(48489) ; about 3,000 insects collect-
ed at Cordoba, Mexico (48SS5).
Fernald, M. L., Cambridge, Mass.: 122
plants from Quebec (48424: pur-
chase).
Fernekes, Val., Milwaukee, Wis. : 12
specimens of Lepidoptera (48164).
Field, G. H., and W. S. Wright, San
Diego, Cal.: 16 siiecimens of Lepi-
doptera (48796).
Field, Mrs. William De Y., Matta-
poisett, Mass. : 3 eggs of the lace-
wing lly, Chnjsopa sp. (47562).
Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, 111. : Plant, Islolina, from
Mexico (47572: exchange); collec-
tion of arctic clothing worn l)y mem-
bers of the Greely Relief Expedi-
tion ; also sleeping bag, canvas
sti-aps, etc. (47967) ; frogs from
Guatemala (48287) ; 300 plants
from the United States and the
West , Indies (48334: exchange);
326 specimens of willows, 8nlix
(48451: loan).
Fink, Prof. Bruce, Oxford, Ohio: 437
lichens from Minnesota (47931) ;
125 specimens of lichens collected
mainly on Plummers Island, Mont-
gomery County, Md., in 1907 (48504) .
FiNLEY, John, Dowagiac, Mich. : Moth,
Encles imperialis (47581).
Fish, Mrs. Nicholas, Washington,
D. C. : Chair brought by Mr. Fish
from Morro Castle, Cuba, and a
beaded Indian cane which belonged
to Sergt. Hamilton Fish (48871) ;
flounce of Brabant (Flemish) lace
(48873: loan).
Fisher, Miss M. J., Denton, Md. : 3
])lants from Porto Rico, Giiarea
trichclioidcs, JairopJia iiniltiflda, and
Zophgntntlics ? (47790).
FiTzsiMONs, F. W., director Port
Elizabeth Museum, Port Elizabeth,
Cape Colony, South Africa : 8 pho-
tographs of skulls of Layard's
beaked whale, Mcsoplodon bayardi,
and one of the exterior (47866).
Fleming, J. H., Toronto, Ontario,
Canada : 9 birds' skins from Chat-
ham Islands (48227: exchange).
Fletcher, Dr. James, Ottawa, Can-
ada: Moth, Nimipliula ohIiicraUs
(48521).
Foerste, A. r., Dayton, Ohio : About
500 specimens of fossil bryozoans il-
lustrating the Mississippian forma-
(ions of Kentucky (47885) ; about
,500 fossils from the same formation
(48024).
EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
81
FoHL, Mary E., Greenville, Ky. :
Larva of hickory-horned devil, Cith-
eronia regalis (47612).
FooTE MiNER.\x, Company, Philadel-
phia, Pa. : Specimens of hydro-
magnesite from California ; eding-
touite from Sweden; tapiolite from
France; and calciovol borthite from
Colorado (4S577: pnrchase).
Ford, Dr. W. Huston, Washington,
D. C. : A 40-pound cannon ball, which
was fired at a floating battery on
April 12, 18G1, by Major Anderson,
in command of Fort Sumter, Charles-
ton Harbor (48355).
Franklin, H. J., Amherst, Mass. : Co-
types of Anthothnps gowdcyi and
Euthrips iiisularis, mounted on 5
slides (481G2).
Freburger, George A., Baltimore, Md. :
Cane cut from a chaparral bush by
the donor during the war with Mex-
ico (47816).
Freeman, C. E., Parang, Mindanao,
P. I.: Fly. SarcoplKir/n sp. (47634).
Freeman, Miss Helen, New Bedford,
Mass. : 13 boxes of natural history
and ethnological specimens, which
belonged to the late Willard Nye, jr.
(48696).
French, Rev. J. L. and Leon L. L.,
Washington, D. C. : Historical and
other relics (48686: loan).
Frierson, L. S., Frierson, La. ; 4 speci-
mens of Lampsilis tcxasensis from
Louisiana or eastern Texas (47604).
Frisbie, D. G., Norris, Mont. : Magnet-
ite sand containing monazite
(48418).
Frost, C. A., South Framingham,
Mass. : 76 specimens of Lepidoptera
(47802).
Fullaway, David J., Stanford Univer-
sity, Cal. : 3 mosquitoes and 2 slides
of insects from Yosemite Valley, Cal.
(47640).
Fulton, H. C, Riverside, Kew, Lon-
don, England: Specimen of Tiirhon-
illa from Florida (47705).
Gaby, C. W., Osceola, Nev. : Lower jaw
(fossil) of a horse, apparently
Equus occidentalis (48193).
Gaillard, Maj. D. D., U. S. Army,
Culebra, Canal Zone : Small bag
woven from a fiber plant, made by
the Indians of Los Remedies, Prov-
ince of Chiriqui, Republic of Pan-
ama (48142).
Gaillard, R., Mobile, Ala. : Phyllopod
crustacean from a hydrant (48298).
(i.vRDNER, Hon. A. P., House of Repre-
sentatives, Washington, D. C. : Pho-
tograph of an Algonquian horn
spoon, an heirloom in the Gardner
family of Massachusetts (48030).
Garrett, J. J., Lunsford, Ark. : 2
specimens of the American hercules
beetle, Dynastcs tityus (47830).
Gates, Frank C, Chicago, 111.: 300
plants from Illinois and Wisconsin
(48240: purchase).
Gearhart, George W., Ashland, Pa. :
Anthracite coal from Schuylkill
County, Pa. (48312).
(iEE, Prof. N. Gist, department of sci-
ence, Soochow University, Soochow,
China : Collection of Chinese medi-
cines, comprising about 500 kinds
(48443).
Geological Survey. (See under Ot-
tawa, Canada.)
Giacornelli, Dr. Eugenio, La Rioja,
Argentina, South America : Butter-
flies from Argentina and Europe
(48900: gift and exchange).
Gibson, R. L., Alameda. Saskatchewan,
Canada : Specimen of Inoccramus
sagcnsis from the Fort Pierre ( Upper
Cretaceous) formation (48793).
Gilbert, Mrs. A. P., Logan, Okla. :
Specimen of praying mantis, Stag-
momantis Carolina (47927) ; speci-
men of walking stick, ParabaciUus
pahneri (48015).
Gilbert, Chester G., South Bethle-
hem, Pa. : 476 grams of meteorite
from Estacado, Tex. (47563 : ex-
change).
Gillette, C. P., Fort Collins, Colo,
(through Dr. H. T. Fernald) : Type
of Deromyia pulchra (47985).
82
EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
GiKAui/r, A. A., Urhana. 111.: o cotypei?
of 'Tritncptis hcincrocampae (Hymen-
optera) and 4 unnamed specimens
(48660).
GoDMAN, F. D., London, England: A
set of the beetles from Central Amer-
ica which were used by the donor
in connection with his monumental
work entitled " Biologia Central i
Americana" (4S314) ; 746 specimens
of Rhynchota and Formicidae fi-om
Central America, selected from the
Biologia Ceutrali Americana collec-
tions (4S59S).
Godwin, I. R., Fincastle, Va. : Jaw of
woodchuck, Marmota monax, with
overgrown incisors (47743).
GoLL, George P., Washington, D, C. : 3
si)ecimens of Pseiidoinclania obelis-
cus from I^alce Yzabal, Guatemala
(47884) ; reptiles, 2 fresh-water
crabs and shells from Guatemala
(4S30S).
GoTTSCHALK, A. L., United States
consul-general, Mexico : 14 picture
postals representing Mexican etli-
nological sub.iects (47647).
GowARD, GusTAvus, Washington, D. C. :
Samoan wedding mat (48888: pur-
chase).
Grahamstown, Cape Colony, South
Africa, Albany Museum : 143 plants
from South Africa (47696: ex-
change).
Grayson, G. W., Eufaula, Okla. : Pho-
togi-aphs of Creek Indians (48760).
Green, H. A., Tryon, N. C. : Specimens
of tabular quartz, asbestos, and
shells (47758).
Greger, D. K., Perkins, Okla. : About
15 species of land and fresh- water
shells from Oklahoma (48810) ; 33
specimens, repi'esenting 6 species, of
land and fresh-water shells from
Oklahoma (48919).
G RIDLEY, Mrs. Ann E., Washington,
D. C. : Silk handkerchief bearing a
picture of the late Capt. Charles V.
Gridley, U. S. Navy (48648).
Griggs, R. F., Columbus, Ohio : Fern,
Asplcniuni pinnatifidum, from Ohio
(4S756).
Grimes Pass Placer Mining Company
(Limited), Boise, Idaho: Black sand
'(48178).
(Jrimes, Warren, U. S. National Mu-
seum : 3 United States 1-cent pieces
(48731) ; a silver coin and a copper
coin (48842).
Grinnell, Joseph, Pasadena, Cal. :
Lizard from California (48044) : 12
bird skins from California (48066) ;
43 mammals and 295 plants from the
southern part of California (48539;
48686) ; 19 insects (48739).
Grout, Dr. A. J., Brooklyn, N. Y. : 25
specimens of mosses (48580 : pur-
chase).
Guadagno, Michele, Naples, Italy :
110 European plants (48452 : ex-
change).
Gulf Biologic Station, Cameron, La. :
5 specimens, representing 3 species,
of parasitic copepods, and 20 vials
of decapod and isopod crustaceans
(48246) ; 2 si)ecimeus of Cumacea
(48367) : 13 specimens, representing
2 species, of Schizopods (48431).
Gutekunst, F., Philadelphia, Pa. :
Photographic portrait of Prof. Jo-
seph Henry (47995).
Haarlem, Netherlands, Teyler's Mu-
seum : Cast of skull and skin frag-
ment of Zcnghtilon li y d r a r c h u s
(48518 : exchange).
Haas, Albert, Washington, D. C. :
Dark lantern used during the civil
war in Armory Square Hospital,
Washington, D. C. (47682).
Haase, Leo G., Pasadena, Cal. : Con-
cretions from the Miocene of San
Pedro, Cal. (47694) ; vertebra of a
fossil whale, and 3 photographs
(47881).
Hahn, Walter L., Mitchell, Ind. : 18
mammals from near Washington,
I). C. (48415: collected for the :Mu-
seum).
KEPORT OF NATIONAL, MUSEUM, 1008.
83
Haines, Alfred S., V\'esttown, Pa. : 9()
plants from Peuusylvania (47551:
4S570).
Halliday, Charles H., contract sur-
geon, TT. S. Army, Manila : 10 in-
sects from Fort Pikit, Mindanao,
P. I. (47693).
Hamlin, Homer, Los Angeles, Cal. :
Fragments of vertebrate fossils
(47895) ; fragments of jaws and
teeth of a species of camel, prob-
ably somewhat larger than Camc-
lops kansaniis (48014).
Hancock Muskltm. (See under New-
castle on Tyne, England.)
Handy, Ij. C. (See under Otto L.
A'eerhoff.)
H.\nnibal, Harold, San Jose, Cal. : 2
sjiecies of Naiads, (lonidca aiif/iiUita
and Anodontn loahhimcioisis, from
San Jose (47883) ; marl containing
specimens of Bythinclla from the
Pliocene of Santa Clara Valley
(47909) ; fresh-water shells (48194).
PIardy, Isaac B., Santa Clara, Cal. :
16 specimens, representing 5 spe-
cies, of marine shells (48920).
Harlan, Mrs. James S., Washington,
D. C. : Collection of embroideries,
enamels, carving, and other art ob-
jects (48798 ; 48846). Loan.
Harpswell Laboratory, Harpswell,
Me. (through Dr. F. D. Lambert,
Tufts College, Mass.) : 3 specimens
of isoi»od! Idothca metaUica, from
Georges Bank (48678).
Harris, C. M., San Diego, Cal.: 9
photographs of the elephant seal,
Macrorhinus angustirostris (47728).
Harris. Di". Jesse R., IT. S. Army,
Fort Assinniboine, Mont. : Set of
Moro gongs (47542 : purchase) ; col-
lection of ]\Ioro ethnological objects
(47543) : 21 Moro cartridges (47558).
Harris, Joseph, Tampico. ^Mexico :
Skin of Central American mountain
deer, Mazaina scntoiii (48269).
Harris, Dr. J. V., Key West, Fla. : 4
scorpions (48619).
Hart, C. A., Urbana, 111. : 3 specimens
of isopod, Porcrllio sp., from Texas
(48565).
Hart, J. H., botanical department,
Trinidad, British West Indies: Skin
of a little collared swift, Panyptila
cayennensis (48792).
. PIasse, Dr. PL E., Sawtelle, Cal. :
Plant, C/-c/j(,s-, from Arizona (47588);
8 specimens of living cacti. Opunfia,
from California (47799; 47916).
Hawley. W. a., Santa Barbara. Cal. :
7 specimens of Prcicn bcllus from
the Pliocene, 4 miles west of Santa
Barbara (48132).
Hay, W. p., Washington, D, C. : Tree
toads from Dorchester County, Md.
(47600).
Hayden, Dr. F. Y., Estate of ( through
Dr. A. C. Peale) : Rocks and verte-
brate fossils (48277).
Hedgeman, Edgar B.. Berwyn, Md. : .
Larva of a hag moth (47684).
Hedley, Charles. Australian Museum,
Sydney, New South Wales : About
125 specimens, representing 34 spe-
cies, of marine shells from Masthead
Island, Queensland, mostly cotypes
of species described by the donor
(48481).
Heller, A. A., Los Gatos, Cal. : 470
plants from California (47636;
48057) ; 29 plants. Rihcs, from Cali-
fornia (48479: purchase).
Henderson, Hon. John G., Lake View,
111. : Stone object from Illinois,
known as a "boat anchor" (48841).
Henry, The Misses, Washington, D. C. :
4 Indian pictures by Stanley, and 1
by an unknown artist (48404).
Henshaw, H. W., Washington, D. C. :
6 ferns from Massachusetts (47930) ;
3 birds' nests from California
(48388).
Herdman, Dr. W. A., Liverpool, Eng-
land : Cotypes of parasitic copeixtds
from the pearl banks of Ceylon
(48544).
84
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Herrera, a. L., Mexico, Federal Dis-
trict, Mexico : 3 species of land
sliolls from Mexico (47897).
IIerkick, Glenn W., Agricultural Col-
lege, Miss.: Plant, Yihiirnum,
(48279) ; 4 adults and 3 larv» of a
Hynienopteron, Lophyrus pinetum,
(4S450).
Herriot, W.. Gait, Ontario, Canada :
41 plants collected in Canada during
1906 (48506).
Heth, Miss Nannie Randolph, Wash-
ington, D. C. : China and cut glass-
ware used at Mount Vernon by Gen-
eral and Mrs. Washington (12549:
loan ) .
Heye, George G., New York City: 83
ethnological specimens from differ-
ent sections of the United States
and Canada (48318: exchange).
HiBBs, W. C, Washington, D. C. :
Specimen of ConjdaUs cornuta from
Washington, D. C. (48897).
HiNKLEY, A. A., Dubois, 111. : 6 cotypes
of Pyrgulopsis tcahashensis n. sp.
.(48174).
Hirase, Y., Kioto, Japan : 272 si^eci-
mens, reitresenting 56 species, of
land shells from Japan (48913:
purchase).
HiTCHiNGS, E. F., Augusta, Me. : 2 co-
coons of Halesidota maculata
(47858).
HiTTiNGER, Sergt. J. J., Exposition
Station, Jamestown, Va. : Nails from
a house built in Virginia in 1640
(47851).
HoBSON, Mrs. Elizabeth C, Washing-
ton, D. .C. : 2 yards of Mechlin lace
(1800) and a piece of point de Mi-
lan (48802: loan).
Hochderffer, Col. George, Flagstaff,
Ariz. : 2 specimens of cactus, Opun-
tia cchinocarpa, from Arizona
(48828) ; 5 specimens of cacti from
Arizona (48883).
Hoge & McDowell, W\ashington, D. C. :
Partridge. Colin us rirginianus, in
abnormal plumage (48343) ; a goose
egg of unusual size (4S55S).
HoLCOMB, Benton, Simsbury, Conn. : 5
specimens, representing 2 species, of
fresh water shells (48439).
Hollister, N., Delaware, Wis. : 10
specimens of Nymphaeaceae from
Wisconsin (47702).
Holm, Theodor, Brookland, D, C. : 14
plants from Vermont and the vicin-
ity of AVashington, D. C. (47602) ;
8 plants (47710; 47770); 5 plants
from near Brookland (47870) ; tu-
bers of Dioscorca illustrata, culti-
vated at Brookland, D. C. (47961) ;
90 specimens of European plants,
Umbel liferae, Crassulaceae, and Jun-
caceae (47792: exchange) ; alcoholic
material of 3 species of plants from
Florida and Washington (48299) ; a
jar of plants from the District of
Columbia (48665) ; 5 plants, Den-
taria diphylla, from Vermont
(48752).
Holmes, J. S., Washington, D. C. :
Double-headed snake from Kentucky
(48084).
Hope Gardens. (See under Kingston,
Jamaica.)
Hopkins, A. C, Charlestown, W. Va.;
Leaf beetle, Monoccsia coryli (47723).
Hornor, Samuel Stockton, Carnes-
ville. Ga. : Arrow point from near
Dobb's Bridge, Franklin County, Ga.
(48063).
Hough. E. C. Falls Church. Va. :
Specimen of fasciated Riidbeckia
hirta (47659).
Hough, Walter, U. S. National Mu-
seum : Plaster cast, painted, of the
bust of a boy. Replica by August
Gerber, of Cologne, of the terra cotta
original by Luca della Robia. 1400-
1482 (48120).
Howard, L. O., Department of Agri-
culture, Washington, D. C. : 190
named specimens of European Hy-
menoptera, comprising 86 species
(48863).
Howard University, Medical School,
Washington. D. C. : Anatomical
specimens (48235).
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85
Howell, E. E., Wasliington. D. C. :
Piece of meteoric irou from Wil-
liamstovvn, Ky. (gift), and a piece of
a meteorite from Aiuswortli, Nebr.
(exchange) (4.8432) ; 2.270 grams of
tlie Crab Orchard meteorite (48925 :
purchase).
Hkdlicka, Dr. Ales, U. S. National
Museum: Bird's nest (47635).
Hubby, Miss Ella F., Pasadena, Cal. :
Photographs of baslvets and samples
of baslietry stitches made by a Ponio
Indian (48305).
Hughes, Mrs. Florence A., Washing-
ton, D. C. : Singing house mouse,
Mus musculus (48554).
Hungarian National Museum. (See
under Budapest, Hungary.)
HuNGATE, J. W., Cheney, Wash. : 9
specimens of Coleoptera (47614).
Hunt, J. B., Topeka, Ivans. : Ores and
fossil invertebrates from Kansas and
Missouri (48593).
Hunter, Clay, Blue, Ariz. : Skin and
skull of shrew, Xotiosorcx craic-
fordi (47877); "white - footed"
mouse, or " deer mouse," Peromyscus
hoylil rou-leyi (48225).
Hurter, Julius, St. Louis, ;\Io. : Rep-
tiles and batrachians from Arizona
and New Mexico (47820) ; salaman-
der from Stone County, Mo. (47998) ;
reptiles and batrachians chiefly
from Arizona and New Mexico
(48055) ; frog from California
(487SS).
Ingham, Mrs. E. C, San Fernando,
Cal. : Living cactus, Oimntia,
(48324).
Inscho, Samuel S., Elmira, N. Y. :
Fossil invertebrates from East
Bethany, N. Y. (48200).
Instituto De Manguinhos. (See
under Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.)
Instituto Serumtherapico do Estado
DE Sao Paulo. (See under Sao
Paulo, Brazil.)
Instituto IMedico Nacional.
under Mexico, Mexico.)
(See
Interior, Department of :
Patent Office: Firearms, models
of various inventions, etc. (48865) ;
models relating to the history of
photography (48806) ; models relat-
ing to the development of musical
instruments (488S9) ; models relat-
ing to the development of lighting
and heating (48890).
U. S.GcoI' gical Survey: Collection
of surveying instruments, obsolete
forms (47736) ; 2 aluminum bench-
mark tablets (48093) ; vertebrate
fossils from the Red Beds of Texas,
collected by Messrs. Adams and Ul-
rich (48151) ; vertebrate fossils
from the Upper Cretaceous and
Lower Eocene (Puerco and Wa-
satch) from the San Juan basin,
New Mexico, collected by J. H. Gard-
ner (481.54) ; rocks from the Brack-
ett, Uvalde, and Austin quadrangles
of Texas, collected by T. Wayland
Yaughan and associates (482.30) ; 3
Hymenoptera, yellow jacket, and
parasitic worms (48243) ; fossil
bones of the Miocene age from Los
Angeles, Cal. (48291) ; rocks col-
lected by E. S. Bastlan from the
Fox Islands, and illustrative of the
Penobscot Bay folio (48337) : instru-
ments used by the Western Re-
sources branch of the survey in the
work of measuring the flow of
streams (48341) ; vertebrate fossils,
chiefly Mesozoic, obtained in 1907
by field parties in Wyoming, Mon-
tana, and North Dakota (48345) ;
sample of halloysite from Indiana
(48369) ; 3 varieties of an extinct
bison, and an astragalus of ele-
phant, probably Elephas colninht,
and apparently Pleistocene, collected
by C. E. Siebenthal near Duenweg,
Joplin district, Missouri (48387) j
rocks and thin sections from the
Rockland quadrangle, Maine, col-
lected by Edson S. Bastin (48400) ;
types of 10 new species and 1 new
variety of Carboniferous inverte-
brate fossils (48500) ; reserve and
duplicate rocks and ores, with thin
86
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Interior, Department of — Coutiuued.
sections, from the Cceur d'Aleue dis-
trict, Idaho (4S543) ; 75 specimens
of typical rocks of the Redding
quadrangle, California, and 60 thin
sections, collected by J. S. Diller
48587) ; meerschaum from the Dor-
sey deposit in the canyon of Bear
Creek, Grant County, N. Mex., col-
lected by Douglas B. Sterrett
(4S6S1 ) ; rock slab with undetermined
fucoids, from Glade Run, Warren
quadrangle, Pennsylvania, collected
by Mr. Charles Butts (4SG98) ; nat-
ural cast of chimaeroid egg case, col-
lected by N. H. Darton, in 1906,
from the lower sandstone of ^lontana
formation 20 miles from Laramie.
AYyo. (48730) : about 20 drawers of
Paleozoic graptolites (48733) ; 2
vertebrfe of a fossil reptile collected
by C. H. Gordon in the Upper Cre-
taceous, 2 miles north of Washing-
ton, Ark. (488.52) ; bryozoans from
Xew Hanover and Brunswick coun-
ties, N. C. (48887).
TJ. S. Redamation Service: Fossil
bones discovered while excavating
in connection with the L'matilla pro-
ject,' Oregon, and at Cold Springs
Dam (47765),
Intkam, Robert, Signal, Ariz. : Ari-
zona coral snake. Flaps euryxan-
thiis, (48034).
ISHAM, Charles Bradley, New York
City : 3 birds' skins from Virginia
(48817).
Isthmian Canal Commission, Wash-
ington, D. C. : Rock specimens from
the Isthmus of Panama, collected by-
Mr. Howe, geologist of the commis-
sion (47591: exchange).
James, Mrs. Julian, Washington,
D. C. : Collection of laces (48709);
collection of French, Italian, Dres-
den, and other chiuaware, minia-
tures, and other art objects (48822;
loan).
James, Olin T., St. Louis, Mo. : Game
of national history (57 cards) and
a book of rules for playing the
game (47726).
Jamestown Tercentennial Exposi-
tion, U. S. Government Board :
Models of the Savannah, Clermimt,
and Phoenix, a primitive sledge, and
a farm sled; 2 models of railway
tracks and 2 models of Starr car-
bines (48783).
Jardin Botanique de l'Etat. (See
under Brussels, Belgium.)
Jenney, Charles E., Fresno, Cal.: 4
Coleoptera (47570) ; 6 species of
marine shells from the West Indies
and the ludo-Pacific region (47584) ;
5 species of Coleoptera and Heiuip-
tera (47714) : 11 species of land and
marine shells (4S505) ; specimen of
Xassa from the Fiji Islands (48620) ;
2 specimens of Hymenoptera, Bnm-
hus sp. (48790).
Jennings, A. H., Ancon, Cangl Zone,
Panama : About 275 specimens of
mosquitoes (48838).
Jewett, Stanley G., Portland, Oreg. :
Bat, Mijotis lucifugus Jongicnis;
young wood rats, Neotoma; lizard,
Sceloporus un&uJatus occidentalis;
snake, Charina plumbea; skulls of
a common cat, Felis clomcstica, and
a spotted skunk, Spilogale plicnax
latifrons; 2 minks, Lutreola vison
(47762) ; skins and skulls of 5 mam-
mals (47925) ; 6 skins and skulls of
mammals from Oregon and Wash-
ington (48056).
Johnson, C. H., Exposition Sta-
tion, Norfolk, Ya. : An ancient
corn pounder from Massachusetts
(47611).
Johnson, H. L., Clarksville, Teun. :
5 flint Implements from Kentucky
and Tennessee (48484: exchange).
Jones, F. A., Washington, D. C. :
Specimen of a star-nosed mole, Con-
cJylura cristata (48656).
Jones, Frank Morton, Wilmington,
Del. : 2 cotypes of Callosamia angu-
lifcra var. Carolina, with their co-
coons (48676).
Jones, Gilbert, Pittston, Pa. : Speci-
men and a thin section of middle-
tonite (47592).
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
87
Jones, Joseph W., Bristol, Teun. : 2
plugs of Sally Limcl tobacco, manu-
factured in Richmond by A. W. Tay-
lor (47807).
Jones, Marcus E., Salt Lake City,
Utah: Specimen of cactus, Opuntia,
from Utah (48022) ; 31 living plants
from Utah (48060. 48827) ; 3 speci-
mens of living cacti, Opuntia fra-
gilis, from Sandy, Utah (48680).
Jordan, David Stakr, Stanford Uni-
versity, Cal. : 5 fossil fishes from
Ceara, Brazil (48915).
JouTEL, Louis H., New Tork City :
17 specimens of Ignotii.s acnigmaticus
(4S364: exchange).
JouY, Mrs. M. S. F., U. S. National
Museum : Birds collected by the late
Pierre L. Jouy, chiefly in the United
States (48148) ; stone implements
and a plaster mold of an archeologi-
cal object (48872).
Justice, Department of : A collection
of the scalps, skulls, and antlers of
the American elk from the Jackson
Hole region, Wyoming, used as evi-
dence in a federal trial against
poachers in September, 1907 (48821).
Ke^^rfott, W. D., Montclair, X. J. :
Tortricids, representing large types
of new species (48567) ; 4 cotypes
of prionapterygid crambids (48748) ;
20 specimens of Lepidoptera, cotypes
of G new species (4SS16).
Keen, J. H., Metlakatla, British Co-
lumbia : Indian skull from Kama-
nawal, British Columbia (47913).
Keenan, Michael, Springer, N. Mex. :
15 pseudo-scorpions, Chelifer can-
croides, (47934) ; a house mouse,
Mvs musculus, and a house sparrow.
Passer domesticus (48048).
Kellerman. W. a.. Los Amates. Gua-
temala, Central America : Seeds of
cacti (48380).
Kemeys, Mrs. Laura Swing. Wash-
ington. D. C. : 94 animal sculptures
in plaster and bronze, by Edward
Kemeys (48170: loan).
Kenkel, Louis V., Muskegon, Mich. :
Star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata
(47590).
Kennedy, P. B., Reno. Nev. : 349
plants from Nevada (48.325: ex-
change) : 51 plants, Ribes (48867 :
loan ) .
Kent, Joseph G.. Tuba. Ariz. : Sam-
ples of cotton, with stems and roots,
cultivated by the Hopi Indians
(48117).
Kern. D. X.. Allentown. Pa. : Stone
implements from a quarry near
Vera Cruz, Lehigh County, Pa.,
with photographs and a printed de-
scription (47727) ; 15 arrow points
(47924).
Kew. London, England. Royal Bo-
tanic Gardens : A frond from the
type specimen of AspJrnium flnckii
from Mexico (48031); 6 fragments
of type specimens of plants, Dalea
(48546: exchange). ( See under Cal-
cutta, India.)
Kilmer, F. B., New Brunswick, N. J. :
Ethnological objects from various
localities, and a sponge with oyster
shells attached (48604).
Kimball. Laura F.. National City.
Cal. : 10 living specimens of fern,
Asplenium vespertinum, from Cali-
fornia (48.509).
King, A. F. A., Washington. D. C:
Furnace slag (481.57).
Kingston. Jamaica, Department of
Public Grounds and Plantations,
Hope Gardens : Fern from Jamaica
(48471: exchange).
Kingston, Ontario. Canada. Queen's
University : 224 plants from Canada
( 48352 : exchange ) .
Knab. Frederick. Department of Agri-
culture. Washington. D. C. : 53
specimens of insects (47632) ;
specimen of Coleoptera, 11 speci-
mens of Orthoptera. and about 20
cocoons of Lepidoptera (48219:
collected for the Museum) : 17
specimens of Hemiptera and 49 of
Hymenoptera (478S0) ; hymenop-
terous parasite of Parasa sp. from
Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico (4S627).
Kneucker, A., Baden. Germany: 40
plants, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae
exsiccatae (47709: exchange).
88
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Knight, Hilles J., San Francisco,
Cal. : Tooth of a sea-elephant (?),
Mirounga auguatirostris (?), from
the mouth of Gualala River, Cal.
(47914):
Kny-Scheerer Company, New Yorlc
City: 2 specimens of Lepidoptera.
Maroga seiiotricha, from Queensland,
Australia (4S462).
KoNiGL. ZooLOGiscHES MusEUM. (See
under Berlin, Germany.)
KoEosTowETz, Wladimir, Station Ra-
doule, Propriety Peressage, Govern-
ment of Tchernigof, Russia : Frag-
mentary specimens of Kourgan pot-
tery (4S901 : exchange).
Kkantz, Dr. F., Bonn, Germany :
About 2.500 specimens, representing
419 species, of Paleozoic trilobites
and brachiopods (48116: exchange).
Kkefft, H., Paddington, New South
Wales, Australia : Photograph of a
diamond snake from Austi'alia
(47557).
KxJEHLiNG, J. H., Mount Vernon, Va. :
Snake, Diadophis, from Virginia
(4S75S).
KuNZE, R. E., Phoenix, Ariz, : 2 speci-
mens of living cactus, Opiintia, from
Colorado (47623) ; 5 specimens of
cactus, Opuntia kunzei, from Ari-
zona (476S0) ; specimen of living
cactus, Opuntia Icunzci, from Ari-
zona (47731) ; specimen of cactus,
Opuntia chloratica, from Arizona
(47806) ; beetle, 2Iacrobasis ochrea
(47834) ; a living plant, Stylophyl-
lum, from California (47902) ; 4
cacti, Opunlid, from Arizona (48229).
Lacet, Howard. Kerrville, Tex. : 7
skulls of mammals (47S53) ; speci-
mens of Mamillaria hcydcri and
Echinocereus caespitosa (48110) :
gray squirrel, Sciurus durangi,
Apache squirrel, Sciuru.'^ apache, and
Gila chipmunk, Eutamius dorsal is
(48114).
Lamb, Dr. D. S., Army Medical Mu-
seum, Washington, D. C. : 2 skeletons
and a brain (48101) ; deformed skull
Lamb, Dr. D. S. — Continued.
of an unknown Indian, and the brain
of a white man (48233) ; anatomical
specimen (48316) ; anatomical speci-
men (48589).
liANKESTER, C. H., Sau Jose, Costa
Rica (through William Schaus) : A
collection of insects, chiefly Coleop-
tera, from the Atlantic slope of Costa
Rica (47781).
Larrieu, E. p. R., Huachuca Siding,
Ariz.: Gila monster, Heloderma lior-
ridurn, from Mexico (48321).
Lausanne, Switzerland, Botanical
Museum of the University : 310
plants from Central Europe and
Mediterranean countries (48058: ex-
change).
I.AWTON, Fritz Hamilton, Rincon An-
tlnio, Oaxaca, Mexico : Hemipteron,
Lcptoglossus dilaticoUis (48348).
Lay, Mrs. Richard G., Washington,
D. C. : 14 pieces of antique art tex-
tiles, including 9 boxes (48S07:
loan).
Lee, Willis T.. U. S. Geological Sur-
vey, Washington, D. C. : Sample of
halotrichite from Blossom mine, near
Cedaredge, Colo. (48040).
Leeds, Mrs. Emily L., Roxbury, Mass. :
Blue china fruit dish and platter
(12584: loan).
Leger, J. N.. envoy exti-aordinary and
minister plenipotentiary from Haiti,
Washington, D. C. : 104 models of
Haitian fruits and vegetables
(48854).
Le Hardy, J. C, contract surgeon.
U. S. Army, Savannah, Ga. : Skin
and 2 skulls of tamarao ; skin and 7
skulls of Philippine deer ; skin of a
crocodile (47722).
Leiberg, J. B.. Leaburg, Oreg. : Speci-
men of moss from Arizona (48250).
Leipzig, Germany, Stadtisches Mu-
seum FUR Volkerkunde ; Collection
of ethnological material from Togo
and Senegambia, Africa (4S5S5: ex-
change).
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89
LfXAN'D Stanford Junior University.
Stanford University, Cal. : 2 speci-
mens of Rimicola muscarum, col-
lected by Dr. Harold Heath at Ta-
cific Grove, Cal. (4S069) ; crabs.
Cancer antcnnarius, C. jordani and
C. gihbosulus (48384) ; types and
cotypes of fislies from Japan, Mex-
ico, California, and the Philippine
Islands (48469) ; fishes from Japan,
Hawaii. California, and other lo-
calities (48924).
Lens, Miss Albertine, Uti-echt, Hol-
land : 3 specimens of Pilocereus
lanuginosiis from Curagao (48835).
Leon, Brother, Colegio de la Salle,
Yedado, Habana, Cnba : 30 Cuban
ferns (48516).
Leonard, August, Batavia, Ark. : 5
small arrowpoints (48301).
Le Souef, W. H. D., director, geolog-
ical survey, Melbourne, Australia :
Stone hatchet from a shell kitchen-
midden near Sorento, Victoria
(47703: exchange).
Lewis, A. E., jr., Washington, D. C. :
Centipede from Arkansas (47717).
Lewis, Benton, U. S. National Mu-
seum : 5 specimens of living cacti
cultivated in Washington, D. C.
(47637).
Lewis, Lieut. George C, U. S. Army,
Mindanao, P. I. : 2 skulls of monkeys,
Macaca, 5 shells and 7 acorns from
Lake Lanao, Mindanao (480.58).
Linton, Edwin, Washington, Pa. :
Tyijes and cotypes of parasites of
Bermuda fishes (48087).
Littrell. C. F., Austin, Nev. : Speci-
men of cactus, Optinlia pohjacanthd
(48136).
Lloyd, F. E., Tucson, Ariz. : 48 living
specimens of Mexican cacti (48667) ;
^ specimens of living cacti, Mamil-
lariu ihurheri, from Arizona
(48097).
Lloyd, Mrs. K., Richmond, Va. : Piece
of ticking showing natural feather-
ing from long use (48289).
LoDiNG, H. P., Mobile, Ala. : 6 speci-
mens of Coleoptera (48020).
London, England. British Museum
OF Natural History : 95 Orthoptera
(48173: exchange).
Lopez. Joseph O., Maynard, Md. : In-
terhaemal bone of a s])ade-fish, Chac-
todiptcnis faber (48053).
Loring, Mr.s. Malek A., Chicago, 111. :
Remington revolver, holster, and
belt, formerly owned by Mr. Loring,
1802-1907 (47923).
LouNSBURY, Charles P., government
entomologist. Cape Town, Soutli
Africa: 0 bees (47745).
Love, Robert E.. Erwin, Tenn. : Stone
implements (48808).
Lovell, F. H., & Co., Arlington, N. J. :
A Hitchcock lamp (48875).
LovETT, Edward, Croydon, England : 2
specimens of fishing gear from the
coast of Galway, Ireland (48098) ;
set of Maundy money, 1908 (48088:
exchange).
Lowe, Fred. B., Melrose Highlands,
Mass. : 13 mosquitoes, Aeclcs cania-
tor (48763).
Lowndes, Mrs. James, Washington,
D. C. : Oil painting entitled " Cross-
ing the Ferry," by Adrien Moreau.
Presented in memory of her father,
Lucius Tuckerman (48532).
LuT)L0w, Miss C. S.. Washington,
D. C. : l8 insects from the Philip-
pine Islands (48646).
Lyon, Marcus W., jr., U. S. National
Museum : 2 photographs of a Philip-
pine water buffalo, Bos buhali'i
(48405).
Lyon, Dr. Martha ]M. B., Washington.
D. C. : Anatomical specimen (48304).
Lyons, H. G. (See under Egyptian
Government. )
MacDougal, D. T., Tucson, Ariz. : 7
specimens of living cacti from New
Mexico and Arizona (47740) : 10
specimens of cacti (47769) ; 2 speci-
mens of Agave from Arizona
(48834).
McCoMB, George T., Lockport, N. T. :
Niagaran fossils from -the western
part of New York (48026: ex-
change).
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McCoy, Capt. Frank R., U. S. Army.
(See imder Col. K. B. Babbitt, U. S.
Arnij'. )
McDonald, J. M., Globe, Ariz. : Speci-
men of westei'ii hereules beetle,
Di/nastcs graniii (4S121).
McElhose, Henry, St. Louis, Mo. : 150
siiecimens of Porto Rieau Lepidop-
tera (4S10T: exchange).
McGee, Mrs. Anita Newcomb, Wasb-
incton, D. C. : Vase from a Korean
tomb (4S502: loan).
McGuiRE. J. D., Washington, D. C. :
Sash of a Creek Indian (48102) :
war horn made from an African ele-
phant's tusk (48202).
McNaughton, George A., San Marcos,
Tex. : Skull of an alligator, Alligator
niixsis-si/iijioifiii^, from near Sau Mai'-
cos (48735).
Mackie, David B., Washington, D. C. :
10 birds' skins from Aarious locali-
ties (47724) ; meadow lark, Stur-
nella magna (48514).
Mackintosh, James, Deer Isle, Me. :
Specimen of rbodochrosite and a
sample of rock from Deer Isle
(47859; 48501).
Macoun, John. Ottawa, Canada :
Snake, Xatrix, from Canada (47980) ;
154 specimens of mosses (484S0:
purchase).
Mall, F. P., Anatomical Laboratory,
Johns Hopkins University, Balti-
more, Md. : Anatomical specimens
(48410).
Mallet, J. W., Charlottesville, Va. :
Specimen of silica and one of fur-
nace graphite (47574).
Marloff, Fred., Oak Station, Pa. :
67 specimens of Microlepidoptera
(48449).
Marsh. G. E., Georgetown, Colo.: 3
living plants from Colorado (47774).
Marshall, Ernest B., Laurel, Md. :
Skin and skull of a weasel, Putorius.
and 4 skulls of mink, Lutreohi.
(48177) : shrew (48195) ; 3 mice,
Microtus pinetoruiii, M. pennsylvani-
cus and Peromyscus leucopus
(48222) ; fishes, Esox amerieanus.
^Lvkshall, P^rnest B. — Continued.
E. rcticuUitus, Aphredoderus naija-
inis and Erimyzon obJongus (48819).
Marshall. George, U. S. National Mu-
seum: Cicada-killer, Sphccins spc-
ciosiis (47784) ; skin and skull of
swamp rabbit, Limnolagiis, from Til-
lery. Halifax County, N. C. (48223) ;
mounted group of killdees (48371:
purchase).
Marshall, Miss May. Page, W. Va. :
Old gold-brocade skirt and shoulder
piece, which belonged originally to
Eleanor Bowles Gooeh, of Mrginia
(48823: loan).
Marvin, Dr. M. F., contract surgeon,
U. S. Army, Fort Mansfield. R. I.:
Ichneumonid. Lnmpronota awrricana
(47818).
Mason, C. S., Jonesboro, Tenu. : Photo-
graph of prehistoric stone objects
(47936).
Maxon, Samuel A.. Oneida. N. Y. : 15
living plants, Hcpatica acuta
(48578).
May', Miss Alma. Washington, D. C. :
Egg shell filled with plaster of I'aris
(48421).
Maynard, Henry W., Ketchikan, Alas-
ka: Plant, Boschniakia glabra
(47857).
Mayo, N. S., Estacion Agronomica Cen-
tral, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba :
8 specimens of Succlnea fiilgcns
(47597) ; 9 species of Cuban land
shells (47649).
Mead. O. P., West Salisbury, Vt. :
Snapping beetle, Alans ociilatus
(47583).
Mearns, Dr. E. A., U. S. Army, Manila,
Philippine Islands : A large collec-
tion of zoological, ethnological, and
geological specimens from the Phil-
ippine Islands (47782) ; 2 rain coats
from Batan Island, opposite South
Formosa (47867) ; 17 bird skins
from the Philippine Islands (48077) ;
collection of ethnological and nat-
ural history specimens from the
Philippine Islands (48134). (See
under Dr. Pascoe and Maj. John R.
White.)
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91
Merchant. Miss M., Robert T.ee, Tex. :
Hen's egg, nearly spherical in shape
(48541).
Merrick, Frank A., New Brighton,
Pa. : 69 specimens of Lepidoptera
(4S062).
Merrill. Elmer D., Manila, P. I. :
Piece of :Manciaya cloth from ^lin-
danao (47664).
Merrill, George P., U. S. National
Museum : Glazed tile and fragments
of pottery from Armenia (4S409).
Merrill, Miss H. B. : About 500 in-
sects, a reptile, shells, and nuts
(48271).
Mestayer, R. L., Lambton Quay. Wel-
lington, New Zealand : Diatomaceous
and foramiuiferous earths from the
Oamaru district, New Zealand
(4S372).
Mexico, City of, Mexico : Instituto
Medico Nacional : Leaf-base of Ma-
guey Agave sp., attacked by a fun-
gus (47567) ; seeds from Mexico
( 48075 : exchange ) .
Meyrick, Edward, Thoruhanger, Marl-
borough, England : 30 specimens of
Lepidoptera, cotypes of East Indian
species (48429) ; 29 specimens of
Microlepidoptera (48600) ; 21 speci-
mens of Australian ^licrolepidoptera
(48769).
MiCHAELis, Lieut. Otho E., U. S.
Army, Cienfuegos, Cuba : 12 sponges
from Bahia de Cochinos (47707).
Miles, Charles, Greenriver, Utah : 3
larvaa of a fly, EiistaUs (47544).
Miller, Dr. G. Brown, Washington,
D. C. : Anatomical specimen (48557).
Miller, Rev. John, Wayne, Pa. : Poi-
soned arrows from Africa (48396).
Miller, Miss Mary F., Washington,
D. C. : 75 plants from the northeast-
ern part of the United States
(48553) ; 15 plants, Botrychiuin,
from New York and Vermont
(48001) ; 2 specimens of plants,
Tiarella cordifolia, from Maryland
(48745).
Miller, Zack, The 101 Ranch, James-
town Exposition, Va. : Collection of
implements from an Indian mound
on the James River (47099); hide
and skeleton of an American buffalo.
Bison bison (47757).
Mills, W. C, Jamestown Exposition,
Va. : 2 fossils (47968).
Mills, W. J., Atlanta, Ga. :
Moth, Chlaenogramma jasminearum
(48446).
Minnesota, University of, Minneapo-
lis, Minn. : 10 plants, Laciniaiia,
from Minnesota (47860: exchange).
Missouri Botanical Garden, St.
Louis, Mo. ; Specimen of living
plant, Xeotrelcasia (47749) ; 636
plants collected by Liudheimer in
the southwestern part of the United
States (48003) ; 4 living plants,
Tlwmpsonclla, from Mexico (48247).
Exchange.
Mitchell, Miss Evelyn Groesbeeck,
Washington, D. C. : Types of 4 new
species of Chironomidae (47980) ;
family Bible printed in Dutch, 1741
(12481: loan).
Mitchell, Hon. John D., Victoria,
Tex. : Snake and frog from Texas
(48254) ; 2 plants, Qiicrcus, from
Texas (48545).
Mitchell, Hon. Mason, American con-
sul, Chung-king, West China : Skin
and skull of a male specimen of
Takin, Bitdorcas taxicolor (48896).
Mock, M. G., Muncie, Ind. : Flint ar-
rowpoint (47778).
MoNTANDON, A. L., Bucarcst, Rouma-
nia : Snakes from Europe (4S.'^.99).
Moore, Clarence B., Philadelphia,
Pa. : Skulls from burial mounds on
the Arkansas River, Ark. (48603).
Moore, J. E., Fairbury, 111.; Archeo-
logical stone implements (48306:
exchange ) .
Morgan, Dr. E. L., Washington, D. C. :
2 bulbs, Camas, from Washington
State; one edible, and a popular
article of food among the Indians;
the other, poisonous (4S874).
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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Morgan, Mrs. G. W., Zanesvillo, Ohio:
Commissious of Geu. G. W. Morgan,
and a fliut-lock pistol carried by liim
ill tlio l)attle of Cbnrubusco, Mexico
(■iVMS).
MoRHART, Curt, Ensfeld Post Dolln-
stein. Middle Franconia, Germany :
Fossils from the Jura region M8525 :
exchange).
Morton, Dr. William James, New
York City : Portrait in oil of Dr.
William T. G. Morton, a pioneer in
the use of ether as an anaesthetic
(48266).
Mowbray, L. L., Bermuda Museum,
Hamilton, Bermuda : Bones of the
" Cahow " bird from a limestone
cave at Bailey's Bay, Bermuda
(47554).
MuHSE, Mrs. Effa F., Bloomington,
Ind. : Toad (48693).
MuNDT, Walter, Mahlsdorf bei Ber-
lin, Germany: Seeds of Erlrinocact us
saselhergii (48556).
MuNGER, H. W., Chester, Pa. : Piece of
Jusi cloth from Tloilo, Panay Island.
Philippines (47947 ) .
MuNN & Co., Xew York City: Bronze
copy of the medal awarded by the
Scientific American for the best de-
vice for the protection of life and
limb (48030).
Murdoch, John, jr., Deadwood, S.
Dak. : Specimen of Dakota red
squirrel, Sciiirus hudsniiicus dal-n-
tcnsis (48496).
Murray, Sir John, Edinburgh, Scot-
land: Fossil corals from Christmas
Island, Indian Ocean (48351).
MuRTFELDT, Miss Mary, Kirkwood,
Mo. : 22 specimens of Microlepidop-
tera (48679).
MusEE D'HisToiRE Naturelle. (See
under Elbeuf. France.)
Museo Nacional. ( See under San
Jose, Costa Kica.)
Museum of Natural History. (See
under Paris, France.)
National Society, Children of the
American Revolution (through
Mrs. A. A. Kendall) : Patchwork
quilt (48825: loan).
National Society of the Colonial
Dames of America, Washington,
D. C. : Colonial relics lent to the
Society by Mrs. John Cropper and
Mrs. R. R. Hoes (48342) ; silver,
open-face watch, lent by Mr. Louis
Randolph ^layo; ])ondant earrings
and tray (silver plated on copper),
lent by Mrs. George W. Mayo; silver
spoons, lent by Arthur Randolph
]\Iayo ; and coat, vest, knee breeches,
and sash, lent by Mr. George Dag-
worthy Mayo (48631) ; oval shoe
buckles with brilliants, lent to the
society by Gen. William RutHii Cox;
oblong shoe buckles with brilliants,
fans, and a punch ladle, lent to the
society by Mrs. William RufRn Cox
(48632) ; minature portrait of Cath-
erine Thomson of New York, wife of
Col. Isaac Coles, of Virginia, an
officer in the Revolutionary Armj'
and a Member of Congress ; fan
presented to Miss Elizabeth Catesby
on the occasion of her wedding, lent
by the Virginia Society ; prayer book
printed in Edinburgh in 1770 ; steel
engraving of a part of the interior
of St. Paul's Cathedral, lent by
Mrs. James L. Harper ; silver
pitcher and platter of the time of
King George III, lent by the District
of Columbia Society (48860; 48861;
48862) ; colonial relics received from
Mrs. William B. Beekman, New
York City (48673) ; silver bowl won
by the race horse Trial on the New-
market race course. South Carolina,
in 1768 (48185) ; stoneware jug
with silver handle and top, brought
to America on the Mayflower ; 2
silver candlesticks, probably of the
time of Charles II ; 2 glass decan-
ters with tops ; 6 colonial East India
soup plates ; 6 colonial East India
dinner plates (4S295). Loan.
National Society of the Daughters
OF THE American Revolution, Mrs.
Donald McLean, president-general ;
Jewel trunk, a relic of Revolutionary
days (487S9: loan).
Navas, Rev. Longings, Colegio del Sal-
vador, Zaragoza, Spain : 2 specimens
of Neuroptera (48244).
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93
Nebraska, University ok, Lincoln,
Nebr. : Specimen of plant, Rihc.s, col-
lected in Nebraska by P. A. Rydberg,
being a portion of the type of Rihcs
aureum chrysococcmn (48G71).
Nellis, L. r., Turkey, Ariz. : 3 speci-
mens of the lizard. ^^aiiroDinliis atrr.
from Arizona (-ISST*)).
Nelson, Hon. Knute, United States
Senate: Specimen of rock salt ob-
tained about 30 miles from Salt
Lake (4ST10).
Nettles, T. D., jr., Buffalo, Tex. :
Specimen of Phengodcs (4S584).
Newcastle on Tyne, England, Han-
cock ^Museum : Collection of fossil
vertebrates. Invertebrates, and plants
from the coal measures and the Per-
mian of England (48563: exchange).
New York Botanical Garden, New
York City : 3 specimens of living
cacti from the West Indies (47553) :
^Ccrcus hpidotiis material from
Hope Gardens, Jamaica, and 2 sheets
of Crassulaceae (47589) ; 358 plants
from the Bahamas (47601) ; 2 speci-
mens of living plants from Palermo,
Italy (47022) : 12 ferns mainly from
tropical America ; also 6 photographs
of ferns of tropical American species.
Aiifroplijfinii (47700) : 2 specimens of
cactus Ccplialoccrciis, from Guade-
loupe (47719) ; 149 plants from the
Bahamas (47734) ; 20 living plants.
Cactaceae, from various localities
(47738) ; 87 plants collected in J;i-
maica (47882) ; 415 plants from
Utah (47S91) ; specimen and 8 pho-
tographs of Mexican plants collected
by Lieberman (47911) ; specimen
of CcufropJnjuiH diissiannm from
Guadeloupe (48035) ; 1,064 plants
from the Philippine Islands and 61
plants from the Barbados (48403) ;
34 ferns from British Guiana
(48707) ; specimen of cotton. fVo.s--
sjipiinii, fi'om Jamaica (48714: ex-
change).
New York City, College of Physi-
cians and Surgeons, Columbia Uni-
versity : Collection of osteological
material (48228: exchange).
New York State College of Agri-
culture, Ithaca, N. Y. : 4 specimens
of Hymenoptera {Eroxij^oina viti-s,
from New York State (48831).
NiCHOLLS, J. Howard, Galway, N. Y. :
Rock and crystals (48012: ex-
change).
Nightingale, Rev. Robert C, Beech-
amwell Rectory, Swaffham, Eng-
land : Collection of fire-making ap-
paratus (47646).
Noyes, IMiss ]Mary, AVashingtoii, D. C. :
Collection of old embroideries and
laces made by and formerly belong-
ing to niemb(n'S of the Plimpton
family of Soutlibridge and Stur-
bridge, Mass. (48070).
Odell, Milton L., Washington, D. C. :
2 turtles from E^lorida (48323).
Offutt, Winsor. Bethesda, Md. : Runt
egg of house wren. Troglodytes acdon
(48582).
Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio : 16 ferns from Guatemala
(48025) : 280 plants collected in
Guatemala by Prof. W. A. Keller-
man (48508: exchange).
Oldtown Canoe Company, Oldtowu,
Me. : Miniature canvas-covered ca-
noe (47826).
Orcutt, Charles R., San Diego, Cal. :
Fragments of pottery from ^Mexico
(48293).
Osburn, Raymond E., Barnard Col-
lege, Columbia University, New York
City: 3 specimens of isopod, Pcnti-
dotca whitei, from Vancouver
(48507).
Ostendorf, B., Vincennes, Ind. : 2 two-
valve specimens of Unio hcros from
Indiana (482.32).
( >swell, Mrs. C. A., Washington, D. C. :
Collection of old French, Dresden,
Sevres, Crown Derby, Chelsea, Na-
lioleon. and other chinaware (48844:
loan).
Ottawa, Canada, Central Experi-
mental Farm, Department of Agri-
culture : 2 specimens of Recurvaria
gihsonella (48143).
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Ottawa. Canada, Geological Survey
OF : 7(1 plastotypes of Onondago and
Hamilton fossil invertebrates
H8090).
Over, W. H., Clear Lake, S. Dak.: G
species of Naiads from Wabash
River, Illinois (48506).
Painter. A. W.. I>ansdowne, Pa. : 3
plants, Ficdiid /icdria, from Penn-
sylvania (48605).
Pallister, HtTGH D., Terlingua. Tex. :
2 fossil shells from the Upper Cre-
taceous related to Ostrca siibspatn-
lata (47886) ; 11 specimens of Upper
Cretaceous fossils (48150).
Palmer, Edward, Washington, D. C. :
195 specimens of living Cactaceae
from Mexico (47559 : purchase) :
several hundred specimens of land
and freshwater shells from the
State of Tamaulipas, Mexico
(47596) ; 574 plants from Tamauli-
pas (47771: purchase).
Palmer, William, U. S. National Mu-
seum : Skull of sloth bear, Melur-
SHS (48357) ; 1,915 insects collected
by Messrs. Mackie, Wood, Lyon, and
Palmer (48511).
Paris, France, Mltseum or Natural
History : 12 specimens representing
6 species of isopods from the east-
ern part of Africa, collected by M.
de Itothschild (48442) ; 29 specimens
representing 7 species of isopods
from the Charcot Expedition to the
Antarctic (48494). Exchange.
Parish, S. B., San Bernardino, Cal. :
2 living cacti, Opiintki, from Cali-
fornia (48135) ; plant, Rihcs paris-
hii (48383).
Parker, B. F., Bridgeton, N. J. : Speci-
men of walking-stick. Diapheromcra
vclici (47893).
Parsons, A. A. Guadalajara, Mexico:
2 grasshoppers, Taeniopoda (47742).
Partello, ]\Iaj. J. M. T., U. S. Army,
Malabang, Mindanao. Philippine Is-
lands: 3 scorpions (48455; 48622);
specimen of beetle from the Philip-
pine Islands (48498).
Pascoe, Doctor, Manila, Philippine Is-
lands (received through Dr. Edgar
A. Mearns, U. S." Army) : Skin of a
snake. Pijthon reticuUitus. from Lu-
zon, Philippine Islands (48636).
Batch, Miss Edith M.. Orono, Me. :
Moth, Hetcrocampa (/uttivitta
(48140) ; 4 pupae and a larva of Cro-
cUjrapha normani (48750) ; 2 moths,
cocoons and work of a tortricid
(48813).
Patchell, James, Knik, Cook Inlet,
Alaska : Oligochaetous worm (48366).
Patten, Miss Juliet, Washington,
D. C. : 3 living plants, Seduni, from
England (47587).
Paull, Mrs. S. O., Wellsburg, W. Va. :
Mole cricket, Gryllotalpa borealis
(47894).
Payn, Elias J., Olympia, Wash.:
Young oysters (48858).
Payne, Miss Bettie L., Brunswick,
Md. : About 40 Devonian fossils
from Maryland (48592).
Penlan Slate Company, Penlan, Ya. :
Slate from a quarry near Penlan
(48637).
Perkins, G. H., Burlington, Yt. : Neg-
atives and photographs of type of
fossil whale, Delphinapterus vcr-
nioniiniKS, from Charlotte Town-
ship, Yt. (47564: purchase).
Pilsbry, H. a., Philadelphia, Pa.: 2
specimens of a barnacle, Octohismis
forrcsti. on the gills of PalinuiKs
(ir(/iis, from Summerland Key, Fla.
(4S216).
Pinchot, Mrs. J. W., Washington,
D. C. : Large collection of fans,
laces, embroideries, paintings, etc.
(48717: loan); beaded awl-case
made by the northern Sioux In-
dians (48784).
Piper, C. Y., Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington. D. C. : 68 plants
collected in Oregon by Kirk Whited
and W. C. Cusiek (47912; 48402);
2 ferns collected in the State of
Washington by J. B. Flett (48466),
KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
95
PiTTiER, H., Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington, D. C. : 67 mosses
and 338 plants from Central Amer-
ica (47639: 47713) : 126 plants from
Colombia, South America (47732) ;
20 plants collected in Salvador by-
Carlos Reuson (47823) : 2 crabs,
P s e II d o t hcl I) h u s a cohancn.sis
(48097).
Polk, George W., San Antonio, Tex. :
Silk badge of the Young Men's Na-
tional Whig Convention, held in Bal-
timore, May 4, 1840 (4S(»()1).
Pollock, Miss A. L., Seattle, Wash.:
Nest of Puget Sound brush tit,
Psaltiipanis inininius staKratiis
(47874).
Powers, Fr.\nk, Harshaw. Ariz. : Sil-
ver ore from World's Fair mines at
Harshaw (48322).
PoYSER, W. A., Philadelphia. Pa. : 3
ferns collected in Pennsylvania
(48538: exchange).
Preston. A. E., Los Angeles, Cal. :
Fossil sea biscuit, Asti-odapsis sp.
(4831.5).
Prestox, H. B., London, England : 21
type specimens, representing 20 spe-
cies, of land and fresh-water shells
from Mexico. Central and South
America (48704: purchase).
Pringle, C. G., Burlington, Vt. : 264
plants collected in Mexico (47.569:
purchase) ; living plants from Nuevo
Leon, Mexico (4762.5: exchange); 2
living plants from Guerrero, Mex-
ico (47681 : exchange) ; 10 living
plants collected in Mexico (47809) ;
31 Mexican plants (48237).
Public Miseum, Milwaukee, Wis. :
Cast of a large stone ax from Illi-
nois (48675: exchange).
Purpus. C. a.. Zacuapani, Puebla, Mex-
ico : Living plants, Olivcrantlius and
Echeveria, and seeds from Mexico
(47578; 47785: 47754); 70 living
plants from Mexico (479.39; 47971:
purchase) ; specimen of Sedum from
Orizaba, Mexico (48021) ; living
specimen of Scdastrum from Vera
Cruz (48182) ; seeds of Dahlia from
Mexico (48278) ; 9 living cacti,
Cercus, from Vera Cruz (48423).
82065—09 7
QuAiNTANCE, A. L., Department of Ag-
riculture, Washington. D. C. : Type
material of Aleurodcs hotvardi n. sp.
from Cuba (47704).
QuARTERMAX, OscAR F., Canaveral,
Fla. : Egg capsule of nurse shark,
Ginglymostoma cinatum (47814).
Queen's T'xiversity. (See under
Kingston, (Jntario. Canada. )
Ralph, Mrs. W. L., Washington. D.
C. : 1,061 birds' egrs and 117 nests,
forming part of the collection of the
late Dr. W. L. Ralph (48683).
Ransier. H. E., Manlius, N. Y. :
Plants, Botrychium onondageme,
from the central part of New York
(48010).
Ratiibux. Richard, U. S. National
Museum : Pair of Tower pistols with
bell mouths and brass barrels
(12368: loan).
Reed, Edwix C. Concepcion, Chile: 2
photographs of a basking-shark,
CetorJiinus iHaximus (47890).
Reed, Mrs. Elizabeth A., Chicago. 111. :
Shells and other invertebrate animals
from the keys off Sarasota, Florida
(48089).
Reed, Fred. M., Riverside, Cal. : 2
specimens of living cactus, Opuntia,
from California- (48755).
Reld, Mrs. Whitelaw, London. Eng-
land (received through Mrs. James
Pinchot) : Collar and pair of cuffs
of Venetian point, latter part of
XVIII century (48806).
; Reuter, O. M., Abo. Finland : 20 speci-
mens of Hemiptera (48.338: ex-
change).
Reynolds, Allen Jesse, Council Grove,
Kans. : Fragmentary impressions of
fossil leaves and associated rock
(47915).
Rho.^ds, I. Milton, Edge Hill, Pa.:
Ilmenite from Edge Hill (47.565) ;
limonite geodes (48213). Exchange.
Richardson, Mrs. Charles W., Wash-
ington, D. C. : Collection of English
and German porcelains and silver
(48.847: loan).
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Richardson, Mrs. Thomas F., Wash-
ington, D. C. : Collection of art ob-
jects, consisting of laces, embroider-
ies, ivories, and other articles
(48805: loan).
RiCKER, P. L., Washington, D. C. :
G,950 mounted and 2,000 unmounted
specimens of fungi (48196: deposit) :
1,000 specimens of fungi (4S197).
RicKSECKER, L. E., San Diego, Cal. :
About 100 moths (48G38).
RiDGWAY, Robert, V. S. National Mu-
seum : 5 birds' skins and a partial
.skeleton of a bird (48147).
Riley, J. H.. V. S. National Museum :
25 birds' skins from Europe, Mo-
rocco, and the Canary Islands
(482.39).
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Instituto de
Manguinhos : 26 species of mosqui-
toes from Brazil (48659: exchange).
Rivera. Manuel J., Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. C. :
About 125 beetles from Southern
Chile (47706).
RoBBiNS, Charles P., Spokane, Wash. :
Samples of tin ore from Spokane tin
mines (47797).
Robertson, Mrs. T. C, Columbia, S. C. :
Collection of pottery made by the
Catawba Indians, and 25 unmounted
photographs illustrating their native
customs, etc. (48736: purchase).
Robeson, Mrs. G. M., Washington,
D. C. : Fan and piece of Greek lace
(48803: loan).
Robinson, Maj. Wikt, U. S. Army,
West Point, N. Y. : Mammals, birds,
and insects from various localities
(48359) : about 50 insects (48618).
RoHWER, S. A., Florissant, Colo.:
Moths and mosquitoes (47631 : ex-
change) ; about 175 insects (48108).
RoHWER, S. A., and T. I). A. Cocke-
rell. Boulder, Colo. : 46 specimens
of mosquitoes, representing the spe-
cies Culiseta impatiens {^ahsohri-
nus) and JEdcs stbnulaiis { = vitta-
tus=al)frtchii) (47555).
Rolle. H., Berlin, Germany: 166 lots,
comprising several hundred land
shells from the Philippine Islands.
China, Mexico, Africa, etc. (from
the Molleudorff collection and other
sources) (47729: purchase).
■ Roosevelt, Hon. Theodore. President
I of the United States: A beautifully
embroidered Arabian saddle-cloth
(47815) ; model, in brass, of an
Egyptian obelisk (48118).
Roosevelt. Mrs. Theodore, The White
House: Painted fan with carved
ivory sticks, and a handkerchief nf
Phllipi)ine drawnwork and embroid-
ery (48732: loan).
Roosevelt, Quentin, The White
House: Bird, CcrtJiia familinris
ai)icric(iii(i (47904).
Rosenstock, E,. Gotha, Germany : 99
ferns from southern Brazil (48113:
purchase).
Rossignol. (i. R., Jr., Savannah. Ga. :
Nests and eggs of seaside sparrow,
Ammodramus m(iriti))uis, and Wonu-
ington's marsh wren, Telmaiodytcs
(jrificiix. with 2 ]iarent birds of the
latter (47538).
Rowley, J., Palo Alto, Cal. : Shrew,
Sorcx ra(/r<ins (48684).
Royal Botanic Garden. (See under
Calcutta, India.)
Royal Botanic Gardens. (See imder
Kew, I.,ondon. England.)
Royal Botanical Museum. (See un-
der Berlin, Germany.)
Royal ^Museum of Natural History.
(See under Vienna. Austria.)
RoYSTER. Alphonso, Suffolk, Vn. : 2
purple finches, Carpodacns piirinirnts
(48448).
RuGG, Harold G., Hanover, N. H. : 11
ferns from New England (48456:
exchange).
Russell, Col. A. H., U. S. Army (re-
tired), AVashington, D. C. : Collec-
tion of small arms and appliances
(48192).
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97
Ryder. Dr. Emily B., Cliicago, 111.:
Parsl schoolgirl's suit, or "God
jacket" (4S7S6: purchase).
Saffohd. W. E., Department of Agri-
culture, Washiugton, D. C. : Robe
made from skins of an American
ostrich, Rhea atncricana, collected in
Patagonia (4TSG9) ; cutlasses, lance-
heads, etc., from the island of Guam
(48513).
St. John. Edward P., Hartford. Conn. :
Fragments of human bones from the
eastern bank of the Connecticut
River at South ^Yindsor (48495).
St. Nicholas Society', New York City :
Bronze portrait medallion of Wash-
ington Irving (^48249).
Sanders. B. L., Selmer, Tenn. : Pupa
of a beetle, Dunastcfs tityiis (47843).
San Jose, Costa Rica, Museo Na-
cional: Fishes from Costa Rica
(48787).
Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, Esta-
cioN Central Agronomica : 3 speci-
mens of Mimosa from Cuba (470(31 :
exchange) ; 200 Cuban plants
(47768) ; 7 specimens of tropical
American plants (47737: exchange) ;
62 Cuban ferns (47810).
Sao Paulo. Brazil. Instituto Serum-
THERAPico do Estado de Sao Paulo :
13 snakes from South America
(48633: exchange)".
Sauter, H., Takao, South Formosa :
Fishes, reptiles, and invertebrates
from Formosa (48795: purchase).
Schaffer, Charles, Glen Echo, Md. :
Skin of an otter, Littnt caiiddcnsis
(48921); skin of Lutra canadensis
(47991: purchase).
SCHAUS, ^YILLIAM. Costa Rica, Central
America : A very interesting lot of
mounted and unmounted Lepidop-
tera, comprising about 5.000 speci-
mens from Costa Rica and Panama,
collected by the donor (48286) ;
about 2.500 specimens of I.epidop-
tera (48552) ; about 700 specimens
of Lepidoptera (48690). (See also
under C. H. Lankester.)
Schley', Mrs. F. W., Washington.
D. C. : English silver teapot (48843:
loan).
Schmid, Edward S., Washington,
D. C. : Solitaire, Myadcstcs unicolor
(48607).
Schroder, Corpl. Ivorert A., Fort Ma-
son. Cal. : Birds and mammals from
Basilan (48080).
Scidmore, Miss Eliza R.. Washington,
D. C. : Chinese and Japanese porce-
lains (48727: loan); model of Bor-
gnnd church, Norway (48809).
Scott, John W., IIeius of: An old-
style melopean presented through
Mrs. G. W. Woodborne, Uhrichsville,
Ohio (47966).
Sears, John H., Peabody Museum, Sa-
lem, Mass. : Fossil bryozoan, Shizo-
porella unicornis, from Bass River,
Beverly, Mass. (48045) ; bryozoans
from Bass River, Beverly, and Dan-
vers River (483.39).
Seelinger, Steve, Norfolk, Va. : Speci-
men of ocean sunfish. Main mala.
taken from near Virginia Beach,
and a parasitic copepod, PcnncUa sp.
(48666).
Seton-Karr, H. W., Wimbledon, Lon-
don, England: Drawings and photo-
graphs of tiint implements collected
in the Fayum, Egypt (47645) ; col-
lection of prehistoric stone objects
from Egypt and India (47957).
Seward, Miss Olive Risley, Washing-
ton, D. C. : 13 pieces of Nymphen-
berg ware (48845: loan).
Shantz, H. L.. Columbia, Mo. : 4
si)ecimens of living cacti, Opuntia,
from Missouri (48152: exchange).
Shearer. C. B.. Llano, Tex. : Speci-
men of wollastonite (48086).
Sheets, G. A., Weston, Mich. : Great
horned owl. Bubo virginianus, from
Michigan (47901).
Sherman, F., Raleigh, N. C. : Sala-
mander from Fairfax County, Va.
(48737).
Sherman, John D., jr., Brooklyn
N. Y. : Beetle, Scutopterus angustus
(47813).
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Shrevf% Forrest, Raltiuiore, Md. : 105
jilaiits from Marylaud (47831 ;
47955).
Shull. Dr. George H.. Santa Rosa,
Cal. : Speeiuit'ii of living caetns,
(>l)Uiiti(i, from Texas; also specimen
of Opuntia from California (484.53).
SiCARD, Jacques, Golfe-.Jnan, A. M.,
France : Plaqne illnstrating the do-
nor's "metallic Ulster ware"
(47G62).
Sim. T. R., Pietermaritzburg, Natal,
South Africa : 3 fragmentary siieci-
mens of ferns, AsplcniiDH, from
Sonth Africa (48268).
SiMPSox. W. W.. Taocbow, Old City.
Kansu, China : Specimen of Cordy-
crpK cliincnsis, parasitic upon the
larva of a beetle (48778).
Sinclair, Dr. W. J.. Princeton. N. J. :
Teeth of Phytosaunis from Fossil
Forest, near Adamana, Arizona
(48564).
SiTz, Miss Clara B., Washington,
D. C. : 2 photographs of the Key
Mansion, Washington. D. C. (47663).
Slater. W. M.. Washington, D. C. : 2
specimens of rutile ore from Rose-
land. Ya. (484.35).
Smalls, Emile B., Cedarville, Cal. :
Promissory note issued by the first
Republic of France (48350).
Smillie. Thomas W.. Washington,
D. C. : Scolytid beetle, Monarthron
fasciatum, with parasitic moth
(48524).
Smith, Adah L., National City, Cal. :
Shells. Eulcthidium substriatum
and riiasianeUa perforata (47863).
Smith. Ben.tamin H., Philadelphia.
Pa. : Plant, PimpineUa saxifraya,
from Pennsylvania (48074).
Smith. H. H., Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington, D. C. : Collection
of about 3,.500 insects: also about
25 spiders from Alabama (48768).
Smith, John B., New Brunswick,
N. J.: 3 moths (cotypes) (47633:
exchange) : .") larvae of Culex per-
turbans (47900) ; larva, pupa, and
Smith. John B. — Continued.
l)upal skin of Culex perturbans
(48830).
Smith, John Donnell. Baltimore,
Md. : 2 Gtiatemalan palms. Kinetos-
tiyiiia (48] 24) : 145 specimens of
ferns, Dryopteris. PolypodiiDn. etc..
mainly from Central America
(48457) ; 2 specimens of Lechthi-
daceae (48483). Loan.
Smith. R. I.. West Raleigh, N. C. : 6
specimens of Hymenoptera. Sigal-
phus eurrulifDiis (48820).
Smith. Stephen Decatur, bequest of
(received through S. Decatur Smith,
jr.) : Gold ring given by Capt. Rich-
ard Soniers to Commodore Stephen
Decatur, and after the death of the
latter presented by his widow to
Francis Gurney Smith. From him
it descended to Stephen Decatur
Smith, by whom it was bequeathed
to the National Museum (48630).
Smith, Dr. Thomas C, Washington.
D. C. : 2 anatomical specimens
(48712; 48187).
Smith, W. D., Washington, D. C. : Nose
whistle (48234).
Smithsonian Institution :
Collection of historical objects
bequeathed to the Institution by
Mr. Henry R. Magruder (received
through Mr. Arthur C. Gibson)
(47577) ; bronze medal presented to
the Institution by Mrs. Maria H.
Stinchfield, of Detroit, Mich. (47671) ;
a pair of bronze flower-vases pre-
sented to Mr. Charles Lanman in
1883 by the Emperor of Japan, and
now presented to the Smithsonian
Institution by Mrs. Adeline Lanman
(4700.")) ; vertebrate and inverte-
brate fossils collected in Alaska by
C. W. Gilmore (48004) : 35 plants,
Cyperaceae, Orchidaceae, and Poa-
ceae, collected in Guatemala by Mr.
von Turckheini and presented by
Capt. John Donnell Smith, Balti-
more, Md. (48042) ; 85 plants, mainly
Orchidaceae, Cyperaceae, and Poa-
ceae. presented by Capt. John Don-
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
99
Smithsonian Institution — Cont'd,
nell Smith (4S06S) ; 22 plants from
the Sello collection of the Botanical
Museum, Berlin, Germany, presented
by Capt. John Donnell Smith
(48153) ; the Gustav Hambach col-
lection representing the main divi-
sions of the North American Paleo-
zoic, including numerous echino-
derms and a fine representation of
Mississippi Valley Subcarboniferous
fossils, also the types of a large
number of Pentremites, fossil leaves,
fishes, and some of the figured speci-
mens of the old Shumard collection
(48175) ; 3 skeletons of Eskimos,
collected by C. W. Gilmore in
Alaska (48191) ; collection of In-
diana Niagarau fossils, purchased
from J. R. Gilbert, Ubee, lud.
(48201) ; pottery jar found by an
Indian on the San Carlos Reserva-
tion, Ariz., and obtained through the
courtesy of the Commissioner of In-
dian Affairs (48211) ; the 55-horse-
power, 5-cylinder gasoline engine,
used on Dr. Samuel P. Langley's
aerodrome, 1903 (48265) ; a silver
figurine from Bolivia, in the style
of the Titicaca region, doubtless of
native origin and belonging to the
pre-Columbian period, presented by
Dr. Thomas S. K. Morton, Phila-
delphia, Pa. (4S276) ; life-preserver
worn by Maj. J. ^Y. Powell during
his famous exploration on the Green
and Colorado rivers in 1869, and pre-
sented by Mr. William R. Hawkins,
Eden, Ariz., through Mr. Robert B.
Stanton, New York City (48296) ;
ethnological material from the Phil-
ippine Islands, etc., presented bj-
:Maj. George P. Ahern, U. S. Army
(retired) (48368) ; a collection of
corals, shells, and other inverte-
brates from Flint Island, obtained
l)y Mr. C. G. Abbot, of the Astro-
physical Observatory, in connection
with the solar eclipse expedition
(48373) ; 27 plants, mainly Guate-
malan orchids, presented by Capt.
John Donnell Smith (48470) ; 48
speciemns of Guatemalan orchids,
presented by Capt. John Donnell
Smithsonian Institution — Cont'd.
Smith (48537) ; 139 plants collected
chiefly by Lehmann in Colombia and
Central America, presented by Capt.
John Donnell Smith (4S569) ; about
5,000 specimens of Cambrian fossils
from British Columbia, and about
2.500 from Montpelier, Idaho, col-
lected by Dr. Charles D. Walcott
and party during tlie summer of
1907 (4S712) ; 12 pieces of pottery
purchased through the Office of In-
dian Affairs by Horton M. Miller,
superintendent Moqui Agency, Keams
Canon. Ariz. (48724).
Bureau of America n EthnoJouy:
Collection of ethnological specimens
and plants made by Mrs. M. C. Ste-
venson in the pueblos of Zuiii and
Taos, N. Mex. (47686) ; aboriginal
soapstone objects from a quarry on
Connecticut avenue extended (Rose
Hill), collected by W. H. Gill
(47687); large steatite pipe illus-
trating the use of the ordinary
pump-drill, made by G. Wiley Gill ;
arrow-points collected in a village
site in Sussex County, Del., by G.
Wiley Gill (47688) ; small bronze
(hawk) bell frcm a mound in Ala-
bama, obtained by Peter A. Brannon,
of Montgomery, Ala. (47689) ; iron
or steel hammer picked up on the
. beach at Coan River, lower Poto-
mac, by De Lancy Gill (47690) ;
Hopi notched '"fiddle" and 2 perfo-
rated bits of metal, presented by
Mrs. H. T. Hall, Chicago, 111.
(47691) : stone ax and flaked im-
plements from Popes Creek, Md.,
collected by W. H. Holmes (47692) ;
cast of a stone ax belonging to D.
I. Bushnell, of St. Louis, Mo.
(47963) ; steatite pot from Mecklen-
burg County, Va. (47964) ; basket-
box made by the Chitimacha Indians
of Louisiana, collected by J. R. Swan-
ton (47965) ; 2 grooved axes and a
hammer-stone (47996) ; collection of
objects representing the industrial
and social life of the Tahltan In-
dians, Stikine River, British Colum-
bia, collected by George T. Emmons
(47997) ; 2 human skulls, one from
100
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Smithsonian Institution — Cont'd,
a burial inouiul in La Push, Wash.,
tlu' othiT from a cave in Tulaski
County, Mo. (48189) ; 15 plants
collected by Mrs. Matilda C. Steven-
son in New Mexico (4S230) ; collec-
tion of bones and fragmentary
pottery made by Gerard Fowke from
mounds in Central Missouri, under
the auspices of the St. Louis Society
of the Archeological Institute of
America (48441) ; surface pebbles
from the mouth of the Colorado
liiver, ^lexico, collected by D. L.
Gill in 1900 (48519) ; collection of
archeological objects resulting from
explorations made in Florida in lS9u
by the late F. H. Gushing, under the
joint auspices of the Bureau ot
American Ethnology and the Arch-
eological Association of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania (48531) ; col-
lection of Indian relics recently re-
ceived from C. W. Weigel, of Kenue
wick, Wash. (48682).
Xatio)iaI Zoohiyical Park: Laugh-
ing gull, Luni8 (UriciUa; white-
faced ibis, Plcgudis gmiraiina
(47547) ; canvasback duck, Aythyu
vallisncria, Franklin's gull, Lants
fniuklliii (;47.j48) ; 3 specimens of
spoonbill, Ajaja ajaja, willet, t^ym-
ijJicniia inonuita (47549) ; Cuban
deer, Odocoileus, 2 specimens of
mule deer, OdocoUeus macrotis
(4755U) ; mule deer, Cariacua ma-
crotis, kinkajou, CereoJeptes caudi-
rolvuhis, mink, Piitorius visoii. black
ape, Cjjnoijitlieciis nic/cr, common
macaque, Mucacus vyiwrnolgiis, bur-
rhel sheep, Ovis nuJuior, prong-horn,
Antilocapra aincricana, 2 specimens
of coypu, Myai-aslitr coyjuis, 3 speci-
mens of Florida wild-cat. Lynx
riifus floriddnus, 2 specimens of
Florida otter, Lutra canadensis
nit/a, tiying phalanger, Petaurus,
lion, Fvlis Ico (47794) ; 3 specimens
of barn owl, Strix piatincola, sand-
hill crane, Griis canadensis, 2 speci-
mens of roseate spoonbill, Ajaja
ajaja, spotted bower bird, Clihiiny-
dera maculata, crested pigeon, ()<y-
phaps lophotes, barn owl, tutrix
Smithsonian Institution — Cont'd.
pratincijhi, wood ibis, Tantalus locu-
lator, black-cro«Tied night heron,
Xycticora.r nycticorax nacvius, Lou-
isiana heron, Ardea tricolor riifi-
collis, roseate spoonbill, Ajaja
ajaja (47795) ; water moccasin,
Ancistrodon piscivoriis, 7 speci-
mens of iguana, Cyclura, 2 speci-
mens of iguana (47796) ; coypu,
Myocastor coypiis, kinkajou, Ccrco-
Jcytes caudivolvulus, bull snake,
Pituophis sayi, 2 specimens of
iguana (47941); bronze-winged
pigeon, Pltaps clialcoptoa, quail,
Perdix cincrca, 2 specimens of
crested pigeon, Ocyphups lophotes,
crowned pigeon, Goura victoria
(47942) ; 3 specimens of iguana,
Cyclura sp., etc. (47943) ; prong-
horn antelope, Antilocapra ameri-
cana, deer, Cariacus, black bear,
Ursus americanus, cougar, Felis
conocolor, California sea-lion Zalo-
phus californiunns (47944) ; harbor
seal, Phora rilulina, 3 specimens of
crested pigeon, Ocypliaps lophotes,
mute swan, Cygnus yihhus, spider
monkey, Ateles sp. ; capuchin, Cebus
hypoleucus, golden agouti, Dasy-
procta aguti, black bear, Vrsus
americanus (47945) ; crested pigeon,
Ocyphaps lophotes (47956) ; iguana,
Cyclura cyclura (48002) ; pine snake,
Pituophis nielanoleucus (48018) ;
American beaver. Castor canadensis
(48033) ; hedgehog, Erinaceus euro-
paeus (48038) ; Guinea baboon,
Papio sphinx (48071); black leop-
ard, Felis pardus, swift fox, Vulpes
velox (48081) ; diamond rattlesnake,
Crotalus adumanteus (48082) ;
iguana. Iguana sp., California val-
ley quail, CalUpepla californica
(48112) ; American badger, Taxidea
americana (48145) : iguana, Iguana
sp., (48206) ; ocellated turkey, Jilelea-
gris ocellata (48207) ; kiwi, Apteryx
mantelli, red kangaroo Macropus
rufus (48208) : lemur. Lemur mon-
goz (48212) ; gopher snake, Bpilotes
corals couperli (48255) ; American
badger, Taxidea americana (48256) ;
blue jay, Cyanocitta cristata
EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
101
Smithsonian Institution — Cont'd.
(48257) ; a pair of dropped antlers
of earihon,Ra)ig if cr caribou (48267) ;
agouti, Dnsyprocta i)nj)nnoIoplut
(48282) ; great anteater, Mijrmeco-
phaga jiibata (48283) ; snowy owl.
Xyctcn nijctea (48328) ; canvasback
duck, Ai/tliya rallisncria, king vul-
ture, Gypagus papa (48329) ; north-
ern sea-lion, Eumetopias stelleri
(48330) : collared peccary, Dicotylca
tajacii (48331) ; guanaco. Lama
huanacos (48360) : ruffed lemur.
Lemur rarius (48361) ; banded rat-
tlesnake. Croiahis hnrridus (485621 :
canvasback duck, Aythya vaUisneria
(48363) ; 2 specimens of European
bedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus
(48420) ; mule deer, Cariacus macro-
tis (48473) ; snowy owl, Xyctca
nyctca, laughing kingfisher, Dacelo
gigas (48474) ; gopher snake,
f-'pilotcs corais couperii (48475) ;
barsingha deer, Ccrvus duvaucclii
(48476) ; 2 specimens of armadillo,
Tatusia novemcincta (48609) ; spot-
ted lynx. Lynx rufus maciilatus,
Alaska peninsula brown bear, Ursus
gyas (48610) ; European hedgehog,
Erinaceus europaeus (48611) ; pig-
tailed monkey, Macacus nemestrinus
(48612) ; 4 specimens of coyote, Ca-
nis lutrans (48613) ; Eskimo dog,
Canis familiaris (48614) ; moufflon
Oris musimon (48615) ; ocelot,
Felis pardalis (4S71S) ; conure, Co-
nurus xanthogenius, roseate spoon-
bill, Ajaja ajaja (48719) ; spring
buck, Antidorcas euchore (48720) ;
bull snake, Pltuophis sayi (48722) ;
fisher, MusteJa pennantii (48724) ;
caracal, Lynx caracal, Tasmanian
devil, SarcopJiilus ursinus (48721) ;
zebu. Bos indicus (48723) ; monkey,
Macacus speciosus (48725) ; Canada
goose, Branta canadensis (48726) :
native companion, Grus australasi-
ana, great white egret, Ardea egretta
(48900) ; gray kangaroo, Macropus
giganteus (48907) ; red-shouldered
hawk, Buteo lineatus, curassow,
Crax globicera, trumpeter swan,
Olor buccinator, aoudad, Ovis tra-
gelaphus (48909) ; Egyptian fla-
Smithsonian Institution — Cont'd,
niiiigo. J'h(Enicopterus antiquorum
(48947) ; king snake, Ophibolus ge-
tuJus, rattlesnake, Crotaius adanian-
teus (48908) ; Virginia deer, Cari-
acus virginianus (48910) ; common
macaque, Macacus cynomolgus, aou-
dad, Ovis tragclaphus, red deer,
Cervus elephas, gray fox, Vrocyon
virginianus, ocelot, Felis pardalis, 2
specimens of nine-banded armadillo,
Tatusia novemcincta, 2 specimens
of viscacha, Lagostomus trychodac-
tylus (48911) ; gray wolf, Canis oc-
cidentalis, cai)uchin, Cebus hypoleu-
cus, 2 specimens of Rhesus monkey,
Macacus rhesus, 4 specimens of com-
mon macaque, Macacus cynomolgus,
spoonbill duck. Spatula elypeata,
California valley quail, CalUpepla
californica, laughing gull, Larus
atricilla, American white pelican,
Pclccanus crytlirorhynchrus (48912).
Xational Museum, collected by
members of the staff: Barber, H. S. :
About 600 insects from Dorchester
County. Md. (47685) ; red bat, Lasi-
urus boreal is (48406) ; specimen of
oak, Quercus minor (48716).
Bartsch, Paul : 4 skulls of mammals
(47846) ; frogs and a snake from
Minnesota (47873) ; land and fresh-
water shells, chiefly Naiads, from
the Mississippi Valley (47946) ; skull
of an owl, probably the great horned
owl. Bubo virginianus (47999).
Bassler, R. S. : About 5,000 speci-
mens of fossil invertebrates from the
Paleozoic rocks of Tennessee and
Virginia (47776). Gilmore, C. W. :
Skin and skull of a Lemming. Leni-
mus (47994). Hrdlicka, Ales: Ter-
rapin from Rock Creek Park, D. C.
(47536). Lyon, M. W., jr.: 8 mam-
mals from near Washington, D. C.
(48413). Maxon, W. R. : Skin and
skull of a rat, Capromys, from Cuba
(47993). Painter, J. H. : 100 plants
cultivated in the District of Colum-
bia (47660). Palmer. William: Cot-
ton-tail rabbit, Sylrilagus f. niallurus
(48412) ; white leeches from the
Peaks of Otter, Bedford County, Va.
(4S576). Ridgway, Robert: A mol-
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EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Smithsonian Institution — Cont'd,
lusk, and a small collection of rep-
tiles and insects (47959). Riley,
J. H. : 7 bats ; skin and skull of a
chipmnnlv and a mole (47658) ; red
squirrels, Sciurus 1iudso)iicus loquax,
and the skull of a weasel, Putorius
(4S62S) ; red squirrel, Sciurus hud-
sonicus loquax (4SS95). Rose, J. N. :
150 living plants, mainly Cactaceae,
from ]\Iexico and the southwestern
section of the United States (4S5GS) ;
seeds of Foiiquieria (4S629) ; 68 liv-
ing plants, Cactaceae, mainly from
Arizona (48639) ;. 73 living Cacta-
ceae from the southwestern United
States (48670) ; 20 specimens of
living cacti from the southwestern
United States (48708) ; 78 specimens
of living cacti, mainly from Arizona
(48711) ; 76 specimens of living
plants, mainly Cactaceae, from the
southwestern United States (48741,
4S753) ; 44 living plants, mainly
cacti, from California (48780).
Seeger, G. A. : Green snake, Cyclo-
])hh or.<(tirus. from Virginia (47787).
Steele, E. S. : 189 plants from the vi-
cinity of Washington. D. C. (47090).
Stejneger, Leonhard: Reptiles, ba-
trachians, beetles, mollusks, and iso-
pods from Massachusetts (47760).
Washington, Charles, Tree toad
from the District of Columbia
(48743) ; piece of wood overgrown
with barnacles, from Chesapeake
Beach (48818) ; tortoise, Terrapene
Carolina, from Chesapeake Beach
(48833).
Models made in the Anthrnpolo<;-
ical Laboratory: Cast of stone
sculpture of a head in high relief
(47616) ; plaster bust of a Van-
couver Island woman, showing arti-
ficial deformation of the head
(47665) ; plaster casts of stone im-
plements (47827) ; casts of celt and
supposed charm-stone (48065) ; 5
plaster busts of American Indians
(48091) ; plaster casts of prehistoric
stone implements exhibited in pri-
vate collections at the Jamestown
Exposition (48119) ; cast of a large
Smithsonian Institution — Cont'd,
grooved stone ax belonging to the his-
torical department of Iowa (48319) ;
2 casts of a stone gouge (48349) ;
cast of banner-stone with drill core
(48397) ; casts of a steel die orig-
inally used to stamp United States
muskets at the Harpers Ferry Ar-
senal, and altered for the same use
at Fayetteville, N. C, for the Con-
federate army (48463) ; cast of a
:Mexican god (48528) ; plaster cast
of a medal or coin, date unknown,
bearing a representation of the bust
of " Christ " (48700) ; life-size lay
figure groups, in boats, depicting
Capt. John Smith trading for corn
with Powhatan Indians (48781) ;
lay figures illustrating the nations
most prominent in the peopling of
America, namely, Spanish lady and
gentleman, the Dutch patroon and
his wife, the Virginia planter and
his wife, and the Puritan and his
wife (48782) ; casts of 9 prehistoric
stone implements (48887) ; models
of a Viking ship and of the Santa
Maria (4S91S).
Prepared in the Photographic
Laboratory: 133 portraits of emi-
nent persons associated with the dis-
covery and history of America
(48871) ; IS colored enlargements of
John White's paintings, the originals
being in the Grenville collection of
the British Museum (48772) ; photo-
graphs illustrating the history of
the Capitol, copied from Glenn
Brown's History of the Capitol
(48773)'.
Smyth, John B., Renovo, Pa. : Lizard,
Eumeces antliracium, from Pennsyl-
vania (48762).
Snelling, W. O.. Washington, D. C. :
Specimen of silver-cobalt ore from
Cobalt, Ontario, Canada (47932).
Snyder, E. C, Dixon, Iowa : Fossil
brachiopod (48272) ; 5 specimens of
Niagaran fossils (48332).
Snyder, W. E., Beaver Dam, Wis. :
About 35 shells from various locali-
ties (48347).
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103
Southern Railway Company, Wasli-
iugton, D. C. : 3 large masses of
copper ore from Ducktown, Teuii.,
and a mass of pyrite from Lumpkin
County, Ga. (4s30U).
SotJViELLE, E. M., Jacksonville, Fla. :
Tape^vorm, I'lttatavnia sp. (47050).
Spaulding, W. H., Rhyolite, Nev. :
Specimen of praying mantis, Stag-
ui<>}iutntlii Carolina (47SS7).
Spencer, A. L., Oenaville. Tex. : Speci-
men of helgramite tiy. Corydalis cor-
uiita (47582).
Spinning. H. L.. McKeever, N. Y. :
Water bug. Amorgiiis amcricanum
(47678).
Springer, Frank, Burlington, Iowa :
Slab of Uintacrinits .socialis (47783:
deposit) ; collection of Japanese
crinoidea, made by Alan Owston, of
Yokohama (48497).
Stadtisches Museum fur Yolker-
KUNDE. (See under Leipzig, Ger-
many.)
Stains, Warren L., Acoma, Xev. : Im-
mature specimen of Pseudosei-mylc
truitcata (47829).
Standley, J. E., Seattle, Wash. : Un-
mounted pbotograpb of native Ha-
w-aiian runners or message carriers
(48344).
Standley, Taul C, Agricultural Col-
lege, N. Mex. : Specimen of cactus,
Opuntia arenaria, from New Mexico
(48882).
State Department :
Crocodile skin transmitted by Eu-
gene H. Plumacher, American con-
sul, Maracaibo, Yenezuela (48217).
Models, photographic enlarge-
ments, charts. Hags, and etching, oi)-
tained for the International Mari-
time Exposition at Bordeaux, 1907
(48691).
Steele, E. S., Washington, D. C. : 352
plants collected in Yirginia (47949:
purchase; 47954); 27 plants from
the vicinity of Washington, D. C.
(48009).
Sternberg, Charles H., Lawrence,
Kans. : Fossil turtle (48916 : pur-
cliase).
Stevenson, Mrs! M. C. Bureau of
American Ethnology, Washington,
D. C. : Meadow mouse, 3Jicr<)tiis
aztecus (47G57).
Stoddard, Dr. T. A., Culebra Hospital,
Canal Zone. Panama : Bat, Molos-
■siis. grasshop])er. Titanarrist rcZrts-
guczl and a sphiugid moth, Diludia
lichen ia (48284).
Strecker, John K., jr., Waco, Tex.:
40 lots of shells from Texas (47847).
Stuart, Miss Catharine C, Wash-
ington, D. C. : An Onondaga Indian
turtle rattle (48S26) ; collection of
brooches — specimens of Iroquoian
silver work (48884) ; skirt of a
Hupa Indian woman (48794). Pur-
chase.
Stuhr. F. A.. Portland. Oreg. : Skull
of a mountain beaver, AiAodontia
sp., and a puma. FcUs oregonensis
(48144) ; flying squirrel, Sciiiroi)-
terus. and a mountain beaver. .4/)-
lodontia (48^0).
SuKSDORF, W. N., Bingen, Wash. : 297
plants from Washington State
(48503: purchase).
SuMSTiNE. D. R.. Wilkinsburg. Pa. :
28 specimens of fungi from Penn-
sylvania and other localities
(48893: exchange).
SuTER. Henry. Auckland. New Zea-
land : 9 rare species of shells, in-
cluding one cotype, from New Zea-
land (482S0).
SuTRo, Theodore, New York City :
13 historical marine paintings, by
Edward Moran (48169 : loan).
Swarthout. J. M., Bolivar, N. Y. : A
specimen of Cicada sp., partly is-
suing from the pupa skin (48155).
Swingle, Mrs. L. W., Tucson, Ariz. :
16 packages of algae (48198: loan).
Tanner. James, Washington. D. C. :
Philippine rain coat (47902).
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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
T.vssiN. Wirt. JL S. Xation.-il Mu-
seum : Mouazite iuul zireou sands,
and concentrates from Fallston,
Cleveland County. N. C. (48550).
Teubf.r, F. B. von, .Jamestown Exposi-
tion. Norfolk. Va. : Photograph of a
group of Indi.-ins from the San Bias
coast. Panama (47764).
Teyler's Museum. (See under Haar-
lem. Netherlands.)
Thompson, Dr. J. C. U. S. Navy.
Washington, D. C. : Fishes and a
starfish from the Tortugas Islands.
Florida (4S15S) ; 4 bats in alcohol
from Shanghai, China (48414).
Thorne. a. E.. Twining City. D. C. :
2 specimens of the short-tailed
shrew. Blarlnn hrevlcauda (48407).
Thornton. Dr. W. F.. Bluefields, Nica-
ragua : About 30 mosquitoes (48815).
Thurow, F. W.. Harvester. Tex.: 10
living specimens of cacti, Opuntia
fiisrontra (47975) : 5 living speci-
mens of cacti, Opuntia (47984) : 5
plants from Texas (48130).
TouMEY, .1. W., New Haven, Conn. :
887 specimens of Cactaceae, with
photographs (48878: purchase).
Tower, W. V., Porto Rico Agricultural
Experiment Station, Mayaguez,
I'. P.: 2 vinls of mosquito larvae,
containing about 100 specimens
(47595) ; 2 vials of mosquito larvae
(4767G).
TowNSEND, C. H., New York City: 8
Devonian brachiopods from near
Meadville, Crawford County, Pa.
(48729).
Tracy. S. M., Biloxi, Miss. : Fern from
Florida (47573) ; specimen of living
cactus. Opuntia, from Florida
(48G50).
Trapier, The Misses, Washington,
D. C. : Piece of Flemish point lace
(fifteenth century), pair of baby
mitts, and a damask spread with
gold fringe (48799: loan).
Trask. Mrs. Blanche, Avalon, Cal. :
Larva of sphinx moth, Protoparcr
sexta (47803) : snake, Lampropcltis
hoylii, from California (47872) ;
Trask, Mrs. Blanche — Continued,
moth, Apaiitc-sis jn-oj-iiiia : scorjjions
Uroctoinis munln.r; nnd a uiyriapod
(48499) ; living specimen of cactus,
Opuiitia, from Santa Catalina Island
(48529) ; 3 living plants from Santa
Catalina Island (4SG69).
Treasury Department :
U. K. J\Jiiit. Philadelphia, Pa. : Half
eagle, eagle, and double eagle
(48770).
V. 8. Puhlic Health and Marhic-
Ifospital Service, San Francisco,
Cal. : Specimens of rats. Bins norwe-
fficus and J7. rattus, from San Fran-
cisco (48797).
Treganza, Edward, Salt Lake City.
Utah : 5 species of land and fresh-
water shells from Utah (48127).
Tremoleras, Juan, Museu Nacional.
Montevideo, Uruguay: 3 lizards from
Montevideo (48288) : 2 snakes and a
lizard from Argentina (48310) ; 6
birds' skins from Uruguay (48370).
Exchange.
Tremper, Dr. R. IL, Ontario, Cal.: 2
species of marine shells (48205) ;
about (>o specimens of CalHostoma
supragraiKisinti from San Pedro, Cal.
(48434).
'I'ristan, J. Fid. San Jose, Costa Rica :
Crabs from Costa Rica (48302).
True, F. W., U. S. National Museum :
Twined basket tray made by the
Yakutat Indians of southeastern
Alaska (47582).
Tucker, E. S., Dallas, Tex.: 10 speci-
mens representing 4 species of Dip-
tera (48002).
Turckheim, Baron H. von, Cohan,
Guatemala : 250 plans from Guate-
mala (48458) : 141 plants from
Guatemala (48836). Purchase.
Turner, D. C, Washington, D. C. :
Catbird, Galeoscoptes carolinensis
(48703).
Turnley, W. D., Dade City, Fla. :
I'raying mantis, Gonatista gvisea
(47701),
Umbacu, L. M., Naperville, 111.: 32
plants, Laciniaria, from Illinois and
Indiana (48241).
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
105
Univeksity College. (See under Dun-
dee, Scotland.)
Utah Antimony Company, Butte,
Mont. : Antimony oxide and stibuite
from Antimony, Garfield County,
Utah (48138).
Yaquez. .J., Pantin (Seine), France:
470 species of Euroiieau fossil in-
vertebrates : 3 boxes of fossils ; 23
fossil plants (47720: exchange).
Vasey, R. W.. Rogers Park, 111. : 6
plants, Laciniaria, from Illinois
(47832).
Vaughan, Francis E., West Haven,
Conn.: 7 stone implements (47903) :
human slvull from Marthas Vine-
yard (4S092) ; 12 arrow jioints from
Arkansas (48561). Exchange.
Veerhoff, Otto L., L. C. Handy ct ah:
39 engravings, prints, and photo-
graphs illustrating scenes and land-
marks connected with the history of
the United States (48774).
Velie, Dr. .J. W.. St. .Joseph, Mich. •
A collection of fishes from Florida
(47983) ; 2 crabs, Panoijcus hcrhstii,
and a shrimp, ralacinonetes exilipcs
(48651).
"S'errill. Prof. A. E., Yale University
INIuseum, New Haven, Conn. : Inver-
tebrates from Long Island Sound
and Bermuda (4S202) ; 3 isopods,
Leidya (48273).
Vibert. C. W., South Windsor. Conn. :
Indian skull from an ancient Indian
burial place iu South Windsor
(48190).
"S'ienna. Austria, Botanical Garden
AND Institute of the Roy.\l Uni-
versity : 13 specimens of fungi from
Brazil (47571: exchange).
Vienna, Austria, Royal Museum of
Natural History: Century 14 (em-
bracing nos. 1301-1400, inclusive)
of the " Kryptogamae exsiccatae "
(48381: exchange).
VoLKART, Henry. St. Gallen. Switzer-
land : Photographs of Swiss-Danish
heddles. and an Armenian Jew
weaving; piece of an Armenian
string, and a quadrangular board
from Tunis (47779: exchange); old
Swiss heddle (47780).
"S'ooRHEEs, Samuel Stockton, Wash-
ington, D. C. : Archeological objects
from Hamilton County, Ohio
(484.54).
Walcott, Benjamin Stuart, Wash-
ington, D. C. : 40 specimens of De-
vonian fossils from Seneca Lake,
N. Y. (48167).
Walker. E. M., Toronto, Ontario, Can-
ada : An Orthopterou (47819: ex-
change).
Wall.\ce, Miss Eleanor, New York
Citj- : Japanese traveler's candle-
stick (48201).
Walsingham, Lord, Merton Hall,
Thetfprd, England : 19 paratypes of
Tineidae (47598).
Walton, W. R., Harrisburg, Pa.: 3
specimens of Xonagria pennagna
(47828).
Wansleben, Miss E., Washington, D.
C. : 2 specimens of Hj-menoptera,
Evania (47788).
War Department :
Office of Chief of Engineers: Con-
cretions and stumps of fossil trees
from near Pierre, S. Dak. (48000).
Office of Chief of Ordnance: Spring-
field rifle of the model of 1903, with
the improvements of 1905 (48386) ; 3
United States magazine rifles, cali-
ber ..30. model of 1903, with sword
bayonets; 3 United States magazine
gallery practice rifles, caliber .22,
model of 1903, with sword bayonets ;
0 sword bayonets for Springfield
musketoons, model of 1842 (48759).
l^urgeon-Oenerai's Office: Collec-
tion of diatomaceous earths (48149).
Army Medical Museum: An Indian
necklace and a beaded belt (48.395).
Ward's Natural Science Establish-
ment, Rochester, N. Y. : 1,120 grams
of Elm Creek, Kans., meteorite
(47556) ; skull of a fossil beaked
whale, Choueziphius Hops (48046) ;
skeleton of a porpoise, Stenorostra-
tus, from Wellington, New Zealand
(48555). Purchase.
Wark, Alex, King City, Cal. : 3 speci-
mens of Pecten from the Upper Mio-
cene of Monterey County, Cal.
(48811).
106
EEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Washincton Biologists' Field Club,
Washiugton, D. C. : About 800 in-
sects from Plummer's Island, Md.
(47933).
Wayne, Arthur T., Mount Pleasant,
S. C. : 4 birds' skins (47673); 3
birds' skins (47752).
Webb, Walter F., Rochester, X. Y. :
164 species of land-sliells from the
MoUendorft" collection (4S440: ex-
change).
Wedestaedt, Geo. S. vox, Goldfleld,
Nev. ; Fossil bones (leg and foot) of
a camel, J'rocainelus (?) robustus
(48775).
Weinberg. Frank, Woodside, N. Y. : 7
living plants (47976: exchange).
Weinschenck, W. F., & Co., James-
town Exposition, Norfolk, Ya. : Box
of solid alcohol and bottle of dena-
tured alcohol, for lighting and heat-
ing (47855).
Wellman, Dr. F. Creighton, Phila-
delphia, Pa. (thi-ough the American
Society of Tropical Medicine) :
About 150 specimens of Diptera
from Benguella, West Africa
(47979).
Wheeler, Rev. H. E., Montevalla, Ala. :
Laud and fresh-water shells
(47987) ; about 50 fresh-water shells
from Alabama (48392) : 6 specimens
of Silurian corals from Greasy Cove,
Ala. (48744).
White, David, r. S. Geological Sur-
vey, Washington, D. C. : Fragments
of fossil leaves from near Cache,
Okla. (48204).
White, Maj. John R., director of
prison colony, Puerta Princessa, Pa-
lawan, P. I. (received through Dr.
E. A. Mearns, U. S. Army) : 6 birds'
skins from Palawan (48079).
White, R.. Ybor City, Tampa, Fla. :
Specimen of silicified gasteropod
(48870).
Widgeon, John, Baltimore, Md. : 12
Devonian fossils from the western
part of Maryland (48023).
Wilcox, Glenn A., Los Angeles, Cal. :
10 specimens of living Cactaceae
from Arizona (47868).
Wilcox, Brig. Gen. T. E., U. S. Army
(retired), Washington, D. C. : 2
specimens of cacti collected in Ari-
zona (47777).
Wilcox, Walter, Washington, D. C. :
Specimens of native copper, calcite,
and quartz; fossil insect (48263).
WiLKiNS, Thomas M., Washington,
D. C. : A grasshopper bicycle (48354).
Williams, Mrs. Caroline E., Quileene,
Wash.: Specimen of Junciis arcticus
from Alaska (48281).
Williams, Hamp, Hot Springs, Ark. :
Sample of chalcedonic silica from
near Hot Springs (47918).
Williams, Miss Hannah F., Wickliffe,
Ya. : Glass punch bowl captured
from British officers at the sur-
render of Lord Cornwallis (12506:
loan ) .
Williams, L, La Salle, 111. : Larva of
a sphinx moth, Thyreus ahhottii
(47609).
Williamson, E. B., Blufftou, Ind. : 2
para types of dragon fly, Mnais
canislKuri. from Burma (47610: ex-
change) ; 51 insects from Texas, In-
diana, and the Indian Territory
(47716).
Willing, T. N., Regina, Saskatchewan,
Canada : 18 mosquitoes and 20 lar-
val skins (47599).
Willis, Morris W., Woodstock, Fla. :
Tropical orb-weaving spider, Gas-
teracantha cancriformis (48047).
Williston, Dr. S. W., University of
Chicago. Chicago, 111. : 2 specimens
of Tachinidae collected by Herbert
H. Smith in Brazil (48417).
Wilmer, Col. L. Wobthington, Lo-
thian House, Ryde, Isle of Wight,
England : Rocks, living and fossil
shells, head of a sea gull, insects,
alcoholic worms (47620).
Wilson, G. A., Lexington, Miss. :
Sparrow hawk, Cerchneis sparverius
(48176).
Wilson, H. H., Townville, Pa. : 3 pho-
tographs and a sketch of " Indian
God Rock" (47821).
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107
Wilson, Hiram, Murphysboro, 111.:
Fossil plant, Neuropteris vermicu-
lar is (48067).
Wise, K. S. : 12 mosquitoes from Brit-
ish Guiana (48677).
Wood, Nelson, U. S. National Museum :
2 young jungle fowls, Gallus gallus,
(47844) ; mounted specimen of
Liothrix Iiitea, and siiin of a field
sparrow. Spizella pusilla (48078) ;
specimen of an insect, Tabanus
megerlei, from Auburndale, Fla.
(4810.3).
Wood, Gen. Oliver Ellsworth, U. S.
Army, Washington. D. C. : Collec-
tion of Japanese brasses, bronzes,
lacquer, etc. (48785: loan).
WooTON, E. O., Mesilla Park. N. Mex. :
16 specimens and 4 photographs of
cacti from New Mexico (48180) ; 8
specimens of cacti from New Mexico
(48571).
.WoRLAND. George T., Havre, Mont.:
Specimens of Jurassic fossils
(48869).
WoRTHiNGTON, Thomas C, jr.. Balti-
more, Md. : Photographs of red bat,
Lasiurus borealis, and young
(48260).
WORTHINGTON, W. W.. Shelter Island
Heights, N. Y. : 2 valves of Labiosa
lineata from Amelia Island, Fla.
(47585).
^Vright, a. C, Guadalajara, Mexico :
Specimen of kissing bug, Rasahus
biguttatus (47698).
Wright, W. S. (See under G. H.
Field.)
Wroughton, R. C, London, England:
127 Himalayan ferns (47940).
Yale University Museum, New Haven,
Conn. : Cast of neural cavity of the
sacrum of a Stcgosaunis (48311:
exchange) ; 10 specimens of Lacini-
aria (48460: loan) ; 7 casts of Cera-
topsia heads, and a cast of the entire
animal (48467: exchange).
Yellowstone National Park, Yel-
lowstone. Wyo. (received^ through
Lieut. Gen. S. B. M. Young, superin-
tendent) : Skin and skull of a
grizzly l)ear. Ursus horribilis (48209).
ZoLLiKOFER, Ernst H., St. Gallen,
Switzerland : 100 European mam-
mals (47730: purchase).
Zoological Museum. ( See
Copenhagen, Denmark.)
under
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE U. S. NATIONAL
MUSEUM ISSUED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1907-8,
INCLUDING PAPERS PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE ^\TIICH
RELATE TO THE COLLECTIONS.
PUBLICATIONS OF THE MUSEUM.
ANNUAL EEPORT.
Smithsonian Institution | United States
National Museum | — | Report on
the progress and con- | dition of the
U. S. National j Museum for the year
I ending June 30, 1907 | [Seal] |
Washington | Government Printing
Office I 1907
8vo., pp. 1-118.
PROCEEDINGS.
Smithsonian Institution | United States
National Museum ; — • | Proceedings
I of the 1 United States National
Museum | — | Volume XXXII | — |
[Seal] I Washington j Government
Printing Office | 1907
8vo., pp. i-xvl, 1-767, pis.
I-LXXXII, flgs. 168.
Smithsonian Institution | United States
National Museum j — | Proceedings
I of the I United States National
Museum | — | A^olume XXXIII
I — I [Seal] I Washington \ Gov-
ernment Printing Office ' 1908
8vo., pp. i-xv, 1-750, pis.
I-LXV, flgs. 144.
BULLETINS.
Smithsonian Institution | United States
National Museum | — | Bulletin |
of the , United States National Mu-
seum. I No. 50. I — i The Birds | of
I North and Middle America. | by |
Robert Ridgway, | Curator. Division
of Birds j — | Part IV. I — |
[Seal] I Washington: | Government
Printing Office. | 1907.
8vo., pp. i-xsii, 1-973, pis.
I-XXIV.
Smithsonian Institution | United States
National Museum \ Bulletin .58 | — \
Herpetology of .Japan and | Adja-
cent Territory by 1 Leonhard Stej-
neger | Curator, Division of Reptiles
and Batrachians | — | With 35
plates and 409 figures | in the text ]
[Seal] I Washington | Government
Printing Office | 1907
8vo., pp. i-xx, 1-577, pis.
I-XXXV, flgs. 1-409.
Smithsonian Institution | United States
National Museum ] Bulletin 59 1 — |
Recent Ma dreporaria [ of the ' Ha-
waiian Islands and Laysan | by | T.
Wayland Vaughan | Custodian of
Madreporarlan Corals, U. S. National
Museum | Geologist, U. S. Geological
Survey [Seal] j Washington | Gov-
ernment Printing Office j 1907
4to., pp. i-ix, 1-427, pis.
I-XCVI.
Smithsonian Institution | T'nited
States National ^luseum | Bulletin
60 I — I The Barnacles (Cirripe-
dia) con- | tained in the collections
of I the U. S. National iluseum |
by I Henry A. Pilsbry j Special
Curator of the Department of Mol-
lusca, Academy | of Natural Sci-
ences of Philadelphia [ [Seal] |
Washington | Government Printing
Office I 1907
8vo., pp.' i-x, 1-122, pis.
I-XI, flgs. 1-36.
Smithsonian Institution ] United
States National Museum 1 Bulletin
109
110
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
61 I — I Variiitioiis and Genetic 1
Relationships of the | Garter-
Snalces | by | Alexander G. Rntli-
ven i Curator of the University Mu-
seum, University of Micbisan, Ann
Arbor | [Seal] 1 Washington | Gov-
ernment Printing Office I 1908
Svo.. pp. i-xii, 1-201, pi. I,
fiKS. 1-82.
PAPERS PUBLISHED IN SEPARATE FORM.
FROM VOLUME :!:! Ol' TIIK rUOOEEDINOS.
No. 1556. An annotated list of Cbara-
cin fishes in the United
States National Museum
and the museum of In-
diana University, with de-
scriiitions of new species.
By Carl H. Eigenmann
and Fletcher Ogle. pp. 1-
36, tigs. 1-8.
No. 1557. Descriptions of new species
of upper paleozoic fossils
from China. By George
H. (iirty. pp. 37-48.
No. 1558. The holothurians of the
North Pacific coast of
North America collected
by the Albatross in 1903.
By Charles Lincoln Ed-
wards, pp. 49-68, figs. 1-
12.
No. 1559. Descrir)tions of new species
of recent unstalked crin-
oids from the North Pa-
cific Ocean. By Austin
Hobart Clark, pp. 69-84.
No. 1560. Notes on parasites of Ber-
muda fishes. By Edwin
Linton. pp. 85-126, pis.
i-xv.
No. 1561. Descriptions of new species
of recent unstalked crin-
oids from the coasts of
Northeastern Asia. By
Austin Hobart Clark, pp.
127-156.
No. 1562. A review of the Cirrhitoid
fishes of Japan. By David
Starr Jordan and Albert
Christian Herre. pp. 157-
167, figs. 1, 2.
No. 1563. On some earwigs (Forfi-
culidte) collected in Guate-
No. 1563— Continued.
mala by iSIessrs. Schwari?
and Barber. By Andrew
Nelson Caudell. pp. 169-
176.
No. 1564. New marine mollusks from
the west coast of America.
By Paul Bartsch. pp. 177-
183.
No. 1565. Supplementary notes on Mar-
tyn's Universal Concholo-
gist. By William Healey
Da 11. pp. 185-192.
?s 0.1566. Basketry bolo case from Ba-
silan Island. By Otis T.
Mason, pp. 193-196, figs.
1-5.
No. 1567. Descriptions of new North
American Tineid moths,
with a generic table of
the family Blastobasidae.
By Lord Walsingham. pp.
197-228.
No. 1568. On a collection of fishes
from the Philippine Is-
lands, made by Maj. Edgar
A. Mearns, surgeon, U. S.
Army, with descriptions of
several new species. By
Alvin Seale and Barton A.
Bean. pp. 229-248, figs.
1-8.
No. 1569. The West American mol-
lusks of the genus Tripho-
ris. By Paul Bartsch.
pp. 249-262, pi. XVI.
No. 1570. On a collection of fishes from
P^chigo, Japan. By David
Starr Jordan and Robert
Earl Richardson, pp. 263-
266, figs. 1-3.
B.EPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Ill
No. 1571. The DragouUies (Odoiiata)
of Burma and Lower
Siani. — n. Subfamilies
Cordulegasteriuae, Chloro-
yompliiuae, and Gomplii-
nae. By Edward Bruce
Williamson, pp- 267-317,
figs. 1-39.
No. 1572. Description of a new species
of Killlfisli, Lucania
browni, from a hot spring
in Lower California. By
David Starr Jordan and
Robert Earl Richardson,
pp. 319-321, 1 fig.
No. 1573. North American parasitic
copepods belonging to the
family Caligidae. Parts 3
and 4. — A revision of the
Pandarinae and the Cecro-
pinae. By Charles Branch
Wilson, pp. 32.3^90, pis.
XVII-XLIII, figs. 1-18.
No. 1574. The Pyramidellid mollusks
of the Oregonian fauna)
area. By William Healey
Dall and Paul Bartsch.
pp. 491-534, pis. XLiv-
XLVIII.
No. 1575. List of fishes collected in the
river at Buytenzorg, Java,
by Dr. Douglas Houghton
Campbell. By David Starr
Jordan and Alvin Seale.
pp. .535-543, figs. 1, 2.
No. 1576. A new Geckoid lizard from
the Philippine Islands. By
Leonhard Stejneger. pp.
.545, 546.
No. 1577. Mammals collected in west-
ern Borneo by Dr. W. L.
Abbott. By jNIarcus Ward
Lyon, jr. pp. 547-571, figs.
A, B, 1 map.
No. 1578. Two new species of toads
from the Philippines. By
Leonhard Stejneger. pp.
573-576.
No. 1579. Tlie pulque of Mexico. By
Walter Hough, pp. 577-
592, figs. 1-19.
82065—09 8
No. 1580. North American parasitic co-
pepods : new genera and
species of Caliginae. By
Charles Branch Wilson,
pp. 593-027, pis. xLix-LVi.
No. 1581. A review of the flatheads,
gurnards, and other mail
cheeked fishes of the wa-
ters of Japan. By David
Starr Jordan and Robert
Earl Richardson, pp. 629-
670, figs. 1-9.
No. 1582. lufrabasals in recent genera
of the crinoid family Pen-
tacrinitidae. By Austin
Hobart Clark, pp. 671-
676, figs. 1-8.
No. 1583. A new species of flying lizard
from the Philippine Is-
lands. By Leonhard Stej-
neger. pp. 677-679.
No. 1584. A new fresh-water bivalve
( Corneocyclas ) from the
mountains of Ecuador. By
Paul Bartsch. pp. 681,
682, 1 fig.
No. 1585. The crinoid genus Comatula
Lamarck ; with a note on
the Encrinus parrae of
Guerin. By Austin Hobart
Clark, pp. 683^88.
No. 1586. On some Isopods of the fam-
ily Dajidae from the north-
west Pacific Ocean, with
descriptions of a new genus
and two new species. By
Harriet Richardson, pp.
689-696, figs. 1-7.
No. 1587. Notes on the fresh-water
moUusk Planorbis magnifl-
cus and descriptions of two
new forms of the same
genus from the Southern
States. By Paul Bartsch.
pp. 697-700, pi. LVii.
No. 1588. On Ctenolucius Gill, a neg-
lected genus of Characin
fishes, with notes on the
typical species. By Barton
A. Bean. pp. 701-703, 1
fig.
112
EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
^l•u^■taL•e;l i'roiu
and Newfound-
Joseph A. Cnsli-
705-713, pis.
No. 15SD. Fresh-wator
TiUbrador
land. r>y
man. pp.
LVIII-LXII.
No. 1590. On a collection of Thysanop-
terous insects from Barba-
dos and St. Vincent is-
lands. By Henry James
No. 1.500 — Continued.
Franklin. iip. 715-730,
pis. LXin-LXV.
No. 1591. Scliizopod crustaceans in the
U. S. National Museum :
Schizopods from Alaslva.
By Arnold E. Ortmann.
pp. 1-10, pi. I.
FROM VOLUME 34 OK THE PROCEEDINGS.
No. 1592. Notes on a collection of
fishes from the Gulf of
Mexico at Vera Cruz and
Tampico. By David Starr
Jordan and Mary Cynth'a
Dickerson. pp. 11-22. fi.^'s.
1. 2.
No. 1593. The parasitic Isopod Leidya
Distorta ( I>eidy ) found
on a new host. By Har-
riet IMchardson.
26, figs. 1-4.
pp. 23-
No, 1594. Descriptions of four new
species of amphipodons
Crustacea from the Gulf
of Mexico. By Arthur S.
Pearse.
1-4.
pp. 27-32, figs.
No. 1595. Description of Pantosteus
Santa-Anae, a new species
of fish from the Santa
Ana Kiver, Cal. By John
Otterbein Snyder. pp.
33. 34.
No. 1596. The Dalmanellas of the
Chennnig formation, and a
closely related new Brach-
iopod genus Thiemella.
By Henry S. Williams,
pp. 35-64, pis. ii-iv.
No. 1597. Descriptions of three new
species of Saturnian
moths. By William
Schaus. pp. 65, 66.
No. 1598. Descrliition of a new Isopod
of the genus Eurycope
from Marthas Vineyard.
By Harriet Richai'dson.
pp. G7-69, figs. 1, 2,
No. 1599. Notes on some W^estern Or-
thoptera ; with the de-
scription of one new spe-
cies. By Andrew Nelson
Caudell. pp. 71-81.
No. 1600. On the revision of the mol-
lusk genus Pterinea Gold-
fuss. By Henry Shaler
Williams. pi>. 83-90.
No. 1601. Descriptions of new species
of South American Ge-
ometrid moths. By Wil-
liam Warren, pp. 91-110.
No. 1602. Description of a new species
of halflieak (Hemiramphus
mioprorus) from Naga-
saki. Japan. By David
Starr Jordan and Mary
Cynthia Dickerson. pp.
Ill, 112, 1 fig.
No. 1603. Foraminifera collected near
the Hawaiian Islands by
the steamer Albatross in
1902. By PiUfus Mather
Bagg. jr. pp. 113-172,
pi. V.
No. 1604. Descrii)tions of new Cur-
culionid beetles of the
tribe Authonomini. By W.
Dwight Pierce, pp. 173-
181.
No. 1605. On three existing species of
sea turtles, one of them
(Caretta remivaga) new.
By Oliver P. Hay. pp.
183-198, pis. vi-XL.
No. 1606. Three new species of lizards
from the Philippine Is-
lands. By Leonhard Ste.i-
neger. pp. 199-204, figs.
1-6.
EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
113
No. 1607. New stalked criuoids from
the eastern coast of North
America. By Austin Ho-
bart Chirlv. pp. 205-208,
figs. 1-3.
No. 1608. Descriptions of new species
of crinoids, chiefly from
the collections made by the
U. S. fisheries steamer Al-
batross at the Hawaiian
Islands in 1902 : with re-
marks on the classifica-
tion of the Comatulida.
By Austin Hobart Clark,
pp. 209-239.
No. 1609. A new Amphipod crustacean,
Oi-chestoidea biolleyi, from
Costa Rica. By Thomas
R. R. Stebbing. pp. 241-
244, pi. xir, figs. 1, 2.
No. 1610. Descriptions of new species
of mollusks from the Pa-
No. 1610 — Continued.
cific coast of the United
States, with notes on other
mollusks from the same
region. By W i 1 1 i a m
Healey Dall. pp. 245-257.
No. 1611. New species of cretaceous
invertebrates from north-
ern Colorado. By Junius
Henderson, pp. 259-264,
pi. XIII.
No. 1612. Some cases of abnormal arm
structure in recent crin-
oids. By Austin Hobart
Clark.
1-5.
pp. 26.5-270, figs.
No. 1613. The criuoid genus Eudio-
criuus, with description of
a new species. By Austin
Hobart Clark, pp. 271-
279, figs. 1-11.
FROM VOLUME 10 OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM.
Part 5. Report on the diatoms of the Albatross voyages in the Pacific Ocean,
1888-1904. By Albert Mann. (Assisted in the bibliography and citations by
P. L. Ricker.) pp. i-viii. 221-142, pis. xliv-liv.
Part 6. The Cyperaceae of Costa Rica. By C. B. Clarke (deceased), pp.
i-vii, 44.3-471.
Part 7. Studies of tropical American ferns. — ^No. 1. By William R. Maxon.
pj). i-vili. 473-508. pis. lv-lvi.
FROM VOLUME 12 OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM.
Part 1. Catalogue of the botanical library of John Donnell Smith presented
in 1905 to the Smithsonian Institution. Compiled by Alice Cary Atwood. pp.
i-iii, 1-94.
Part 2. The Lechythidaceae of Costa Rica. By H. Pittier de Fiibrega. pp.
i-vli, 95-101, pis. i-viii, figs. 1-A. Tonduzia, a new genus of Apocynaceae from
Central America. By H. Pittier de Fabrega. pp. 103-104, pi. ix, figs. 5, 6. A
collection of plants from the vicinity of La Guaira, Venezuela. By J. R. John-
ston, pp. 105-111.
Part 3. Types of American grasses. By A. S. Hitchcock, pp. i-v, 113-158, i-v.
114
EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
CLASSIFIED LIST OF PAPERS BASED WHOLLY OR IN PART ON THE NATIONAL
COLLECTIONS."^
MUSEUM ADMINISTRATION.
Rathbun, KiciiAKi). Report ou the
progress and condition of the U. S.
National Museum for the year end-
ing June 30, 1907.
Rep. Smithsonian Inst. (U. 8.
Nat. Mus.), 1907, pp. 1-118.
FINE ARTS.
Rkockett, Paul. The National Gal-
lery of Art.
The Sketch Book, M, No. 6,
Nov., 1907. pp. 269-276, 5
pis.
ETHNOLOGY. ARCHEOLOGY. PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
Emmons. George T. The Chilkat
blanket.
Metnoirs, Am. Mus. Sat. Hist.,
Ill, Pt. IV, Dec, 1907, pp.
329-401, pis. xxiv-xxvii, figs.
536-592. (Based partly on
Museum specimens, i
This paper is an exhaustive mono-
graph on the " Chilkat blanket," an
exquisite piece of weaving in wool,
harmonious in coloring, and original
in design, which forms the dis-
tinctive ceremonial robe of the sev-
eral tribes of the North Pacific coast.
The paper begins with the tradi-
tional and actual history of the
blanket, which is followed by a dis-
cussion of the technic. The designs
are explained by Dr. Franz Boas.
Mr. Emmons's material was col-
lected from Chilkat sources almost
exclusively and forms a valuable
contribution to our knowledge of the
textile works of the American In-
dians.
Fewkes, J. Walter. Excavations at
Casa Grande, Ariz., in 190&-7.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., L,
Quar. issue. Pt. 3, No. 1773.
Oct. 25, 1907, pp. 289-329,
pis. xxiii-xL, figs. 117-122.
The paper is a report of progress
on certain unfinished archeological
work conducted by Doctor Fewkes
under a special appropriation, and
on the repair and protection of the
Casa Grande ruins, and describes
the work of the year 1906-7. illus-
trating the ruins exposed and giving
detailed plans of the buildings and
inclosures. Incidentally, a number
of the relics of art obtained during
the explorations and placed in the
Museum are described and illus-
trated.
Holmes, William H. Un a nephrite
statuette from San Andres Tuxtla,
Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Am. Anthropologist (n. s. ) ix,
No. 4. Oct.-Dec. 1907, pp.
691-701, pis. xxxiv-xLi.
The paper records all data ac-
quired regarding the origin of a
most remarliable specimen of jade
carving, reputed to have been plowed
up at San Andres. The specimen is
carefully described and the several
series of glyphic decorations en-
graved t)n its surface have been
studied by the best American ex-
perts in this field, and the views of
these experts are included in the
paper.
Hough, Walter. Antiquities of the
Upper Gila and Salt River valleys in
Arizona and New Mexico.
Bull. XXXV, Bur. Am. Eth.,
1907, pp. 1-96, pis. i-xi, figs.
1 51.
The bulletin is a catalogue of the
ruins in the region mentioned in the
title and embodies plans and descrip-
tions of the locations of various an-
tiquities, mainly discovered by the
author during explorations carried
on under the auspices of the Na-
tional Museum during 1901, 1903,
1905, collections from which are in
the National Museum. It is pre-
ceded by a -short resume of the
geogi'aphic history of the ancient
and recent inhabitants and the cul-
ture of the region. The ruins are
•described in some detail and are
located on a map. There is also a
bibliography. Much of the work was
rendered possible by the generous
cooperation with the Museum of Mr.
P. G. Gates, of Pasadena, Cal.
" In a few instances papers which were published prior to this fiscal year are
included, having been omittted inadvertently from previous reports.
EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
115
Hough, Walter. Proceedings of the
Anthropological Society of Washing-
ton. Meetings from November 15,
1907, to May 26, 1908.
Am. Anthropologist (n. s.) x,
Nos. 1 and 2, Jan.-Mar., 1908,
and May-June, 1908, pp. 117-
121, and 285-295, respect-
ively.
Abstracts and resumes of papers
read before the society. Some of
these papers are based upon the col-
lections of the National Museum.
Anthropology in education for
the foreign service.
Am. Anthropologist (n. s. ) ix.
No. 4, Oct.-Dec, 1907, pp.
768-770.
This paper embodies a suggestion
that consuls, on appointment, should
be instructed in the work of
the various governmental institu-
tions in Washington, acquiring in-
formation, useful to them in the pur-
suit of their duties in foreign coun-
tries. The paper asserts that the
basis of such education is anthropo-
logical and recommends that the
Smithsonian Institution and its bu-
reaus be utilized to furnish practical
instruction as to racial traits and
arts.
The pulque of Mexico.
Proc. U. S. A'at. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1579, Feb. 18, 1908, pp.
577-592, figs. 1-19.
This paper is the result of the
study of the collections in, the Na-
tional Museum relating to tlie pulque
industry, mostly procured by Dr.
Edward Talmer, supplemented by
the author's personal examination
of the industry in the field. The
origin of the use of pulque is dis-
cussed and a brief statement of the
Hough, Walter — Continued.
great importance of the plant in the
civilization of Mexico is set forth.
Hrdlicka, AleS. Slfeletal remains
suggesting or attributed to early
man in North ^iinerica.
Bull. XXXIII, Bur. Am. Eth.,
1907, pp. 1-113, pis. i-xxi,
figs. 1-lG.
A review and critical examination
of all such osteological specimens in
North America as have been claimed,
or seemed, to represent a geologic-
ally ancient man on this continent.
The finds dealt with are the New
Orleans skeleton ; the Quebec skele-
ton ; the Natchez pelvic bone ; the
Lake Monroe, Fla., bones ; the Soda
Creek skeleton ; tlie Charleston, S.
C, bones ; the Calaveras skull ; the
Rock Bluff, 111., cranium ; the man
of Penon, Mexico ; the crania of
Trenton ; the Trenton femur ; the
Lansing skeleton ; the fossils of
western Florida ; and the Nebraska
" Loess man." The conclusions
reached are that thus far there are
no solid foundations lor considering
any of the specimens of geological
antiquity. The paper is supple-
mented by a description of a num-
ber of modern low-forehead skulls
from the National Museum collec-
tions.
Mason, Otis T. Basketry bolo case
from Basilan Island.
Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1566, Oct. 25, 1907, pp.
193-196, figs. 1-5.
Structurally, this object illus-
trates the technical processes util-
ized by the primitive peoples of Ma-
laysia in bamboo and rattan.
Functionally, it takes the place of
the traveling bag of the more civ-
ilized peoples.
MAMMALS.
Allen, J. A. Notes on Solenodon para-
doxus Brandt.
BuU.Amcr. Mus.Nat.Hist., xxis,
June S, 1908, pp. 505-517, pis.
xxviii-xxxiii, figs. 1-9.
Describes (not as new) the Hai-
tian Holenodon paradoxus and makes
comparisons between it and the
Cuban iS'. cubanus, three specimens
of the latter being lent to Doctor
Allen for that purpose. Skull of
Cat. No. 37983 U. S. National Mu-
seum is figured on pis. xxix, xxx,
and XXXI.
Cary, Merritt. a Colorado record for
Callospermophilus wortmani, with
notes on the recent capture of Au-
trozous pallidus.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
XX, Dec. 11, 1907, pp. 85, 86.
Records Callospermophilus wort-
mani as new for Colorado from
specimens in the Biological Survey
collection ; and makes remarks on
the occurrence of Antrozous pal-
lidus in Colorado,
116
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, • 1!)0S.
Lyon, Marcttr Ward, jr. Notes on a
collection of niauimals from the
])rovince of Kan-sn, China.
Smithnouinn Misc. Colls., l,
Quar. issue. Vt. 2. No. 1726,
July 9, 1007. pp. 133-i:iS,
pis. xv-xvi.
Systematic account of small col-
lection of mammals made in the
province of Kan-su by W. W. Simp-
son. New species : Mi/otulixi can-
siis, p. 134 ; Ochotona cansits, p.
136.
Mammals collected in western
Borneo by Dr. W. L. Abbott.
Proc. U. 8. Xat. .Uus., xxxiii,
No. 1577, Dec. 24, 1907, pp.
547-572, figs. A and B, and
map.
A systematic account of mam-
mals collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott
in western Borneo in 1905. New
species: Scinras s(i)i(iy(uis, p. 554;
new subspecies, Sciurus borneoensis
palttstris, p. 553.
On a collection of mammals
from the Batn Islands, west of
Sumatra.
Ann. Mag. i^'at. Hist., 8th ser., i.
No. 2, Feb., 1908, pp. 136-
140.
A systematic list of a small col-
lection of mammals in the British
Museum from some of the Batu
group. Sent for identification ana
comparison with types of Malayan
mammals in the T'. S. National Mu-
seum. Now species : Cynocrphtilus
tcUonis. p. 139, type in British
Museum.
MERRiAir, C. Hart. Descriptions of
ten new kangaroo rats.
Proc. Biol. 8oc. Washington,
XX, July 22, 1907, pp. 74-79.
Descriptions of the following new
species and subspecies, all but one in
the Biological Survey collection : Di-
podomys spectabilis cratodon, p. 75 ;
D. nelsoni, p. 75 ; D. platycepliahis,
p. 76 ; D. niargaritae, p. 76 ; D. in-
sularis, p. 77; D. lurrriami kcrnrn-
sis, p. 77 : Perodipus »teplicnsi, p.
78 (Merriam collection) ; P. Muno-
ensis, p. 78; P. perplexus, p. 79;
P. simulans peninsularis, p. 79.
Three new rodents from Colo-
rado.
Proc. Biol. 8oc. Washington.
XXI, June 9, 1908, pp. 143.
144.
Describes three new subspecies
from specimens in the Biological
Merriam, C. Hart — Continued.
Survey collection : Eiitamias mini-
mus caryi, p. 143 ; Xeotoma albi-
gula warreni, p. 143 ; Thomomys
talpoides agrestis, p. 144.
Four new rodents from Cali-
fornia.
Proc. Biol. 8or. Washington,
XXI. June 9, 1908, p. 145-147.
Based on specimens in Biological
Survej- collection. New species :
Thomomys mcwa, p. 146. New sub-
species : Microtus mordax bcrnar-
diniis, p. 145 ; M. orcgoni adocetiis,
p. 145; Thomomys ulpinus airahnee,
p. 146.
Miller, Gerrit S.,, jr. Some new
European Insectivora and Carnivoia.
Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist., 7th ser.,
XX, No. 119, Nov., 1907, pp.
3S9-398.
Describes ten new European mam-
mals of the genera Crocidura, Yul-
pes, Mclrs, Putorius, and Felis,
from material in the British Museum.
Four new European squirrels.
Ann. Mag. \at. Hist., 7th ser.,
XX, No. 119, Nov., 1907, pp.
426-430.
Describes four new subspecies of
the European squirrel, 8ciurns vul-
garis, from specimens in the British
Museum.
Two new mammals from Asia
Minor.
Ann. Mag. yat. Hist., 8th ser.,
I, No. 1, Jan., 1908, pp.
68-70.
Describes a new species of Neomys
and of Muscardiniis from material
in the British Museum.
- The recent voles of the Micro-
iiif< iiivaHs group.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser.,
I, No. 1, Jan., 1908, pp. 97-
103.
Creates the subgenus Chinomy.i for
the Microtus nivalis group describ-
ing all the members of the subge-
nus, including three new species and
one new subspecies. Based on mate-
rial in the British Museum.
Altum's squirrel names.
Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist., 8th ser.,
I, No. 1, Jan., 1908, pp. 127,
128.
Discusses the status of some
names applied to forms of the Eu-
ropean squirrel by Altum in the sec-
ond edition of Forstzoologie, 1876.
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
117
Miller, Gerrit S., jr. Eighteen new
European voles.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser.,
I, No. 2, Feb., 1908, pp. 194-
206.
Describes 18 new species and sub-
species in the genera Erotonii/fi,
Arvicola, Microtus, and Pityuujs,
mainly from material in the British
Museum.
Nelson, E. W. Descriptions of new
North American rabbits.
Proc. Biol. .SVje. Washington,
XX, .Tnly 22, 1907, pp. 81-84.
Descriptions of the following new
species and subspecies all in the
collection of the Biological Survey :
Lepus californicus mngadalcnac, p.
81; Siylrilagus cognatus, p. 82; ;Sf.
floridanus restrictus, p. 82 ; S.
floridanus similis, p. 82 ; 8. audu-
l)oni vallicola, p. 82; S. audutoni
ccdrophilus, p. 83; S. auduboni neo- j
mexicanus, p. 83 ; S. auduJjonl war- 1
reni, p. 83 ; 8. mansuettis, p. 83 ; S.
bachmani exiguus, p. 84.
■ Descriptions cf two new sub-
species of North American mammals.
Proc. Biol. 8oc. Washington,
XX, Dec. 11, 1907, pp. 87, 88.
Describes as new subspecies :
Lepus bairdi cascadensis, p. 87 (in
the Museum of Comparative Zo-
ology) and 8ciurus socialis littoralis,
p. 87, Biological Survey collection.
Nichols, John Treadwell. Notes on
two porpoises captured on a voyage
into the Pacific Ocean.
Bull. Anier. Mus. Nat. Hist..
XXIV, Feb. 26, 1908, pp.
217-219, pi. XIV. figs. 1-3.
Descril)es (not as new) two por-
poises secured by the writer in the
Nichols, .John Treadwell — Cont'd.
Pacific Ocean and makes compari-
son with specimens in the U. S.
National Museum.
Osgood, Wilfred H. A new white-
footed mouse from Alaslca.
Proc. Biol. 8oc. Washington,
XXI, .Tune 9, 1908, pp. 141,
142.
Describes the new species, Pero-
Mi/scus hiilaeus. p. 141, Biological
Survey collection.
True, F. W. Observations on the type
specimen of the fossil cetacean Ano-
plonassa forcipata Cope.
Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., li. No.
4, July, 1907, pp. 97-106,
pis. I-III.
On the occurrence of remains
of fossil cetaceans of the genus
Scliizodelphis in the United States,
and on Priscodelphinus (?) cras-
sangulum Case.
8mithsoni(in Misc. Colls., l,
Quar. issue, pt. 4, No. 1782,
Jan. 27, 1908, pp. 449-460,
pis. LIX-LX.
Re'marks on the fossil cetacean
Rhabdosteus latiradix Cope.
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila.,
Apr. 22, 1908, pp. 24-29, one
plate, figs. 1-3.
■ Occurrence of three species of
Iieaked whales of the genus Mesoplo-
don on the Atlantic coast of the
United States.
Science (n. s.), xxvi. No. 67n,
Dec. 6, 1907, p. 796.
BIRDS.
Bangs. Outram. On a collection of
birds from western Costa Rica.
Auk, XXIV, No. 3, .Tuly, 1907, pp.
287-312.
An annotated list of 238 species
and subspecies collected in the Bo-
ruca district of Costa Rica. Twelve
forms are recorded as not hitherto
known from this country, and the
following are described as new to
science : Micrustur interstcs (p.
289), Qymnocichla nudiccps erra-
tilis (p. 297), 8gnallaxis albescens
latitabunda (p. 298), Dendroco-
laptes sancti-thomae hesperius (p.
299), Leptopogon pileutus j'austus
(p 300), Cyanerpes hicidus isthmicus
Bangs, Outram — Continued.
(p. 306), and Buarremon costa-
ricensis (p. 310).
On certain Costa Rican birds.
Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, iv.
Mar. 19, 1908, pp. 2.3-35.
Remarks on 18 forms of Costa
Rican birds, of which the following
are designated as new : Trogon un-
dericoodi (p. 24), Pachyrhamphus
versicolor costariccnsis (p. 26),
Myiobiiis xiinthopygus aureatus (p.
27), Troglodytes ochraceus ligea (p.
29), Myioborus anrantiacus acceptus
(p. 30), Phlogothratipis sungiiino-
lenta aprica (p. 31), and Emberi-
soidcs sphcnura lucaris (p. 34).
118
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Bangs, Outram, and Peck, Morton E.
On some rare and new birds from
British Honduras.
Proc. Biol. 8oc. Wash., xxi,
J>b. 20, 1008, pp. 43-40.
Limnopindalus inacuhituis inaolitus
(p. 43), Aiitrostomtis badius (p. 44),
Troglodytes irrequies (p. 45), and
Coturniculu.^ savunnarum craccns
(p. 45) are described as new, and
remarks are offered on seven other
species.
Carriker, M. a., jr. Brief descrip-
tions of some new species of birds
from Costa Rica and a record of
some species not bitherto reported
from that country.
Annals Carnegie Mus., iv, Nos.
Ill and IV, Apr., 1008, pp.
301-302.
Formicarius castaneiceps and
SporophUa crissalis are described as
new, and seven other species are
noted as " new records from Costa
Rica."
Cooke, Wells W. Bird migration in
the District of Columbia.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxi,
Apr. 11, 1908, pp. 107-118.
A complete list of the birds of the
District of Columbia, with the dates
of arrival and departure of the
migratory species, and dates of oc-
currence of the " rare or casual
visitors." 293 species are enu-
merated. .
KiRKWooD. F. C. Chestnut-collared
longspur ( Calcarius ornatus) in
Maryland.
Aiik, XXV, No. I, .Jan., 1908, p.
84.
First record of the chestnut-col-
lared longspur from Maryland.
Mearns, Edgar A. Two additions to
the avifauna of the Philippines.
Philippine Joiirn. i^ci., ii. No. 5,
Sect. A, Oct., 1907, p. 353.
Butorides spodiogaster and Spodi-
opsar cincraccus are noted as new to
the Philippine avifauna.
Descriptions of a new genus and
nine new species of Philippine birds.
Philippine Journ. Scl., ii. No. 5,
Sect. A, Oct., 1907,. pp. 355-
360.
The following species, obtained
during the author's explorations in
the Philippines, are described as
new : MaUiidangia mcgrcgori (p.
355), Centropiis carpenteri (p. 356),
Cyornis mindorensis (p. 356), Rhipi-
dura hutchinsoni (p. 357), Hypsi-
Mearns, Edgar A. — Continued.
petes hatanensis (p. 357), Merula
malindangensis (p. 357), Merula
mayoncnsis (p. 358), Oeocichla min-
danensis (p. 359), and Zostcrops
halconcnsis (p. 360). Malindangia
(p. 355) is a new genus of Campe-
phagidae.
Miller, W. DeWitt. A review of the
manakins of the genus Chiroxiphia.
Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxiv.
Art. XIX, May 2, 1908, pp.
331-343, pi. XXV.
The author recognizes 8 species,
of which Chiro.Tiphia napensis (p.
338) is described and figured as
new. Each species is fully dis-
cussed, and a key to the various
forms, followed liy a table of meas-
urements, completes the paper.
Oberholser, Harry C. A new Agelaius
from Canada.
Auk, XXIV, No. 3, July, 1907,
pp. 332-336.
Agelaius phaniccus arctolegus is
described as new (p. 332).
Peck, Morton E. (See under Out-
ram Bangs.)
IliDGWAY, Robert. The Birds I of I
North and Middle America : | A
descripti\e catalogue | of the I
higher groups,, genera, species, and
subspecies of birds 1 known to occur
in North America, from the I Arctic
• lands to the Isthmus of Panama,
the West Indies and other islands
of the Caribbean 8ea, and the | Gal-
apagos Archipelago. | By | Robert
Ridgway I Curator, Division of
Birds j — j I'art IV | Family
Turdidae — Thrushes. 1 Family Zele-
doiiiidae — Wren-Thrushes. I Family
Mimidae — Mockingbirds. I Family
.Sturnidae — Starlings. 1 Family Plo-
ceidae — Weaver Birds. I Family
Alaudidae — Larks, j Family Oxy-
runcidae — Sharp-I)i]ls. I Family Ty-
rannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers. I
Family IMiiridae — Manakins. I Fam-
ily Cotingidae — Chatterers. 1 — |
Washington : | Government Print-
ing Office. I 1907. j
Bull. .lO (I't. IV) U. 8. Nat.
Mus. pp. i-xxii, 1-973, pis.
i-xxxiv, .July 1, 1907.
The present volume embraces 424
species and subspecies and 105 gen-
era, distributed through the above
families. The diagnostic characters
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
119
RiDGWAY, Robert — Continued.
of the genera are illustrated by 119
outline drawings in the 34 plates
accompanying the volume.
Zcledonia insuerata (p. 72), Sem-
narchus (p. 689), and Myiarchus
magistcr nclsoni (p. 90.3), are new.
RiDGWAY, Robert — Continued.
With the completion of this part,
the number of species and subspecies
described reaches a total of l,67.j,
or a little more than half of the
known forms of North and Middle
America.
REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS.
Hay, Oliver P. On three existing spe-
cies of sea-turtles, one of them (Ca-
retta remivaga) new.
Proc. U. 8. yat. Mus. xxxiv.
No. 1605, May 4, 1908, pp.
183-198, pis. vi-xi.
Caretta remivuf/a, new species ;
type, No._9973, U. S. National Mu-
seum. All of the material upoa
which this paper is based is in the
National Museum.
RuTHVEN, Alexander (i. Variations
and Genetic [ Relationships of the
I Garter-Snakes | by | Alexander G.
Ruthven | curator of the University
Museum. University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor | [seal] I Washington j
Government Printing Office | 1908.
Bull. r. 8. Xat. Mus. No. 61,
June 24, 1908, pp. i-xii,
1-201, pi. I, figs. 1-82.
A monographic treatment of the
genus TJiainno/jhia, tracing the prob-
able origin and genetic relation of
the various species and subspecies.
The paper is based largely upon
material in the National Museum,
and also on collections in the pos-
.session of the author, as well as in
the museums at Philadelphia, Chi-
cago, and New York.
Stejneger, Leonhard. Herpetology
of Japan and ! Adjacent Territory |
by I Leonhard Stejneger | Curator,
Division of Reptiles and Batrachi-
ans I — I With 35 plates and 409
iu the text | [seal] | Wash-
Government Printing Office
figures
iugton
! 1907.
Bull. U. 8. Xat. Mus., No. 58,
Aug. 9, 1907, pp. i-xx, 1-577,
pis. i-xxxv. figs. 1-409.
A full account of the batrachians
and reptiles of .Japan, including For-
mosa and Sakhalin, Korea, and Man-
churia, based upon the study of
more than 1.500 specimens, mostly
in the National Museum, but nu-
merous tyjjes and other specimens in
the British Museum and in the mu-
Stejneger, Leonhard — Continued.
seums of Tokyo, Leiden, Hamburg,
Frankfurt a/M, etc., were also ex-
amined.
A new geckoid lizard from the
Philippine Islands.
Proc. V. 8. Xat. Mus. xxxiii.
No. 1576, Dec. 24, 1907, pp.
545, 546.
Luperosaurus macprcf/ori, new
species; type No. 36191, U. S. Na-
tional Museum.
Two new species of toads from
the Philippines.
Proc. V. 8. Xat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1578. Feb. 18, 1908. pp.
573-576.
Phri/nixalus anulatus, new spe-
cies ; type. No. 35399 ; Kalophrynus
stellatus, new species ; type. No.
37375. U. S. National Museum.
A new species of flying lizard
from the Philippine Islands.
Proc. r. 8. Xat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1583. Feb. 29, 1908, pp.
677-679.
Draco mindanensis, new species;
type. No. 37388, U. S. National
Museum.
Three new species of lizards
from the Philippine Islands.
Proc. U. 8. Xat. Mus.. xxxiv.
No. 1606, May 4, 1908. pp.
199-204.
Sphenomorphus atrigularis, new
species; type. No. 37386, U. S. Na-
tional Museum ; 8plienomorphus
steerei, new species ; type, No.
32658. TT. S. National Museum ;
T rapid opiior us misaminius; new spe-
cies : type. No. 37383, U. S. National
Museum.
The status of the Japanese soft-
shelled turtles.
Science in. s.), xxvii. No. 697,
May 8. 1908. pp. 746-748.
Supplementary notes to the treat-
ment of the subject in The Her-
petology of Japan.
120
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
FISHES.
Bean. Barton A. A lump-fisli from
Chesapeake Bay.
Forest and Stream, lxix, Xo.
5. Ausr. 3, 1007. pp. 178-1 rn.
An authentic record of the capture
of Cyclopterus lumpus, in Chesa-
peake Bay near Portress Monroe.
On Ctenolucius Gill, a neglected
genus of Cliaracin fishes, with notes
on the typical species.
Proc. U. S. X(it. iliis.j XXXIII,
No. 1.588. Mar. 4, 1908. pp.
701-70.3, 1 fig.
Establishing the genus Ctcnolu-
ciiLS. for many years overlooked.
(See also under Alvin Seale.)
DiCKERSON, Mary Cynthia. (See
under David Starr Jordan.)
EiGENMANN, Carl H., and Ogle,
Fletcher. An annotated list of
Characin fishes in the U. S. National
Museum and the museum of Indiana
I'niversity, with descriptions of new
species.
Proc. U. 8. Sat. Mus., sxxiii.
No. 1556, Sept. 10, 1907, pp.
1-.36. figs. 1-8.
One hundred and twenty fishes are
listed and the following are de-
scribed as new: Cnritnatufi breripe.s:
C. Icueiscus boliviae ; Prochilodus
brani; Parodon paraguai/ensis ; P.
piracicabae ; Lcporinus parae; Chei-
rodon riheiroi ; C. microptrnis ; Odon-
tustUhe in icrocepJuilus ; Aphyochani.c
rafhbiini; A. stramineiis ; Holo-
pristts riddlei; Hemigrummiis mi-
croptrrus : H. tridrns : H. bouhn
geri ; H. anisitsi ; H. santae; H. in-
constant; Antyanux riitihis iiicurii-
guensis ; A. emperador; A. orthodu-s;
A. atrotoensis ; A. megalops ; Churux
atratoensis.
Gill. Theodore. The remarlcable
story of a Greek fish, the Glanis.
Oeo. Washington Univ. Bull.,
V, No. 4, Dec, 1906, pp. 5-
13, figs. 1-.3.
After a reference to the Wels
(Sihinis glanis), the various pas-
sages of Aristotle relative to the
Glanis are reproduced. References
to them by Cuvier and Valenciennes.
Apostolides, Smith, and Boulenger
connecting them with the Wels are
noticed. The differences between
the Wels and Glanis are then con-
trasted, and agreement is declared
with Agassiz, Garman, Jordan, and
Gill, Theodore — Continued.,
Hoffman. who recognized the
Glanis as a very distinct species —
Parasihirv.s aristutcUs. It is for
the first time illustrated by 3 fig-
ures obtained from the Smithsonian
Institution.
Le Tondule (Fundula cyprino-
donta) of Carbonnier an Fnihra.
Science (n. s.), sxiv, Xo. 625,
Dec. 21, 1906, pp. 818-819.
The fish observed by Carbonnier
was erroneously named and was an
I'mbrid. the Umbra pygmaea or Mud-
fish of Xew York.
The work of Pterophryne and
the flying-tishes.
Science (n. s.), xsv. No. 628,
Jan. 11. 1907. p. 63.
The so-called nest attributed in
1871 to the Antennarid fish by L.
Agassiz was really the result of a
flying-fish's oviposition. The Pter-
ophryne oviposits and makes a raft
like the Angler (Lophius piscatoris) .
Note on the genus Kuhlia.
Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila.,
Apr.. 1907. p. 150.
In contradiction of H. W. Fow-
ler, it is claimed that the name
Dules should be reserved for D.
anriga and the second section should
retain the name Kuhlia, given in
1861.
[Parental care exercised by the
Osteoglossoid fish t^rleropitffe.'i for-
IIKi.^liS.]
Science ( n. s. l. xxv. Xo. 648,
May 31. 1907. p. 863.
A note on Fuhrmann's observa-
tion.
The lumpsucker, its relation-
ship and habits.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., h,
Quar. issue, Pt. 2, No. 1729,
July 10, 1907, pp. 175-194,
figs. 32-47.
An account of the Cyclopterus
him pus is given.
The chief characteristics are noted
of the family Cyclopterids. the
genera indicated and figured, the
characters and popular names re-
corded. The general habits, the ovi-
position and care of young by male
parent, and the growth of young are
detailed. Different views as to its
economical value are compared.
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
121
Gill, Theodore. Holothurian names.
Science (n. s.). xxvi. No. 658,
Aug. n, 1907, pp. 18.5, 186.
.Apropos of The Holothurians of
the Ilawiiiian Islands, by Walter K.
Fisher, it is shown that the tirst in-
clusion of holothurians, so called,
in the genus Holothuria was pub-
lished in the twelfth edition of the
Systema Naturae. In the tenth edi-
tion only the Portuguese man-of-
war and three species of Ascidians
were included. The name Holothuria
should be conlined to the first and
replace Phiji<nlia, while for the typ-
ical holothurians should be revived
the name Bolm<lscliia of .lilger and
Bohadschiidac should be used as the
family name.
Diemyctylus or Notophtbalmus
as names of a salamander.
Science (n. s.). xxvi, No. 06O,
Aug. 23, 1907. p. 2oC.
In his Herpetology of Japan and
adjacent territory Dr. L. Stejneger
adopted the name Dieinyctiihis and
was unable to give the etymoloiry.
It is demonstrated that ?:otopli-
thuhiius should be used instead of
Diemyctylus and the etymologies of
the two names are given.
Stone-gathering fishes.
Am. Xaturalist, XLi, No. 487,
July, 1907, pp. 468, 469.
An article on " Chubs' nests," by
A. W. G. Wilson, is referred to
and the evidence as to the species
(Semotilus corporalis or S. utro-
maculatus) claimed to make the
nests compared.
The Coracinns of Josephns.
Palestine Exph Fund. Quart.
Statement, Oct., 1907, p. 317.
The Coracinus is identified with
a Tilapia.
Systematic Zoology : Its prog-
GiLL, Theodore — Continued.
propagation, (7) embryology and
growth, and (8) uses and injuries.
An appendix gives results of exam-
ination of 50 specimens with refer-
ence to numbers of rays. It is
shown that there is variation in
the number of ventral rays (3 or 4)
and that the Pegedictis ictalops
(Rafinesque) was not a Coitus, but
Etheoctoma flabeUare.
Herre, Albert Christian. ( See under
David Starr Jordan.)
Jordan, David Starr, and Dickerson,
^L\RY Cynthia. Notes on a coller*
tion of fishes from the Gulf of Mex-
ico, at Vera Cruz and Tampico.
Proc. U. S. yat. Mus., xxxiv.
No. 1592, .Vpr. 6, 1908, pp.
11-22, figs. 1, 2.
Bdinliilhi rrruc-crucis is described
as new.
Description of a new
species of halfbeak, Hemiramphus
mioprorus, from Nagasaki, Japan.
Proc. r. S. Xnt. Mus.. xxxiv.
No. 1602, Apr. 25, 1908, pp.
111-112, one fig.
and IIerre, Albert Christian.
ress and i»urpose.
Science (n. s.), xxvi. No. 668,
Oct. 18, 1907, pp. 489-505.
The Millers-thumb and its
habits.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., lii,
Quar. issue, Pt. 1. No. 1801.
June 18, 1908, pp. 101-116,
figs. 26-39.
An account of the Cottus gobio
and related species is given with
relation to (1) its systematic posi-
tion, (2) the characteristics of the
subfamily Cottinae and genus Cottus.
the popular names, (3) specific and
sexual distinctions, (4-5) habits in
general, (6) sexual relations and
A review of the Cirrhitoid fishes of
Japan.
Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1562, Oct. 2.3, 1907, pp.
157-167, figs. 1, 2.
One new genus, Isobuna, is de-
scribed.
and Richardson, Robert Earl.
On a collection of fishes from Ech-
igo, Japan.
Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1570, Dec. 12, 1907, pp.
263-266, figs. 1-3.
Three new species, Lefua echi-
gonia, Pallasina eryngia, and Chloi'a
nakaniurae are described.
Description of a new
species of killifish, Liicania browni,
from a hot spring in Lower Cali-
fornia.
Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1572, Dec. 24, 1907. pp.
319-321, 1 fig.
A review of the flat-
heads, gurnards, and other mail-
cheeked fishes of the waters of
Japan.
Proc. U. 8. Xat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1581, Feb. 28, 1908, pp.
629-670, figs. 1-9.
122
J^ *-d t^
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Jordan. David Staer, and Kichakdsox.
Robert Earl — Continued.
Thirteen genera and 24 species are
listed, of which the following are de-
scribed as new : Genera, Rogadius,
Bambradon, Darti/loptena, Daicocus ;
species, Hoiilkhthijs (jilberti.
and Seale, Alvin. List of fislies
collected in the river at Buyteuzorg,
Java, by Dr. Douglas Houghton
Campbell.
Proc. U. S. yat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1.575, Dec. 24, 1907, pp.
535-.J4.3. figs. 1, 2.
Twenty-four species are listed, one
of which, Olossogohiiis campliell-
ianus, is described as new.
Kexdall, William Converse. Iden-
tity of a supposed vs'hitefish, Corc-
gonus angiisticeps, Cuvier and Valen-
ciennes, with a northern cyprinid,
Platygohio (jracilis (Richardson).
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., lu,
Quar. issue, pt. 1, No. 1800,
May 27, 1908, pp. 95-99.
Ogle, Fletcher. (See under C. H.
Eigenmann.)
Seale, Alvin and Bean, Barton A.
On a collection of fishes from the
Philippine Islands, made by Maj.
Edgar A. Mearns, surgeon, V. S.
Army, with description of seven new
species.
Proc. U. <S'. Xat. Mus.. xxxiii.
No. 1568, Nov. 21, 1907, pp.
229-248, figs. 1-8.
In this paper 132 species of fishes
collected by Doctor Mearns at Zam-
boanga and vicinity are listed. The
following are described as new :
Barbus quinqitemaculatus, Mcarnsella
clestes, Rasbora imnctulatus, Poly-
daclylus opercularis, Cephalopholis
maculntiis, Charops zamboangue, and
Callyodon latifasciatus.
Snyder, John Otterbein. Description
of Pantosteus sauta-auae, a new
species from the Santa Ana River,
Cal.
Proc. U. 8. Xat. Mus., xxxiv.
No. 1595. Apr. 6, 1908, pp.
33, 34.
MOLLTTSKS.
Bartsch, Paul. New marine mollusks
from the west coast of America.
Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1564, Oct. 23, 1907,
pp. 177-183.
This paper embraces diagnoses of
new mollusks from the Oregonian
faunal area belonging to the genera
Sella, Bittium, CeritJiiopsis, and
Metaa'ia.
The following new species and
subspecies are described : Scila mon-
tcrcpciisis, Bittium (Stylidium) es-
chrichtl montereyensis, B. (S) es-
chrichti icclum, B. csuriens multi-
filosum,B. tumiilum, B. quadrifllutum
ingen-s, Ccrithiopsis cosmia, C. pc-
droaiia, Metaxia diudcma.
The west American mollusks of
the genus Triphoris.
Proc. r. S. Xut. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1569, Dec. 12, 1907.
pp. 249-262. one plate.
A monograph of the west Ameri-
can members of the genus : Tripho-
ris montereyensis, T. pedroanus, T.
callipyrgus, T. carpenteri, T. hemp-
hill i, T. catalinensis, T. stearnsi, T.
peiiinsularis. T. CTColpus, T. pana-
m en sis, T. dalli, T. galapagensis, T.
chalhumcnsis, T. adamsi.
Bartsch, Paul, A new fresh-water
bivalve (Corneocyclas) from the
mountains of Ecuador.
Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1584, Feb. 29. 1907.
pp. 681, 682, flgs. 1, 2.
Corneocyclas davisi.
Notes on the fresh-water mol-
lusk Plauorbis magnificus and de-
scriptions of two new forms of the
same genus from the southern States.
Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1587, Mar. 4, 1908, pp.
097-700. one plate.
Planorbis eucosmius,P. eucosmius
vaughani.
(See also under W. H. Dall.)
I) ALL. William Healey. Descriptions
of new species of shells, chiefly Buc-
cinidae, from the dredgings of the
U. S. S. Albatross during 1906, in
the northwestern Pacific, Bering,
Okhotsk, and Japanese seas.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., l,
Quar. issue, Pt. 2, No. 1727,
July 0. 1907, pp. 139-173.
The following species were de-
scribed as new, the types being in
EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
123
Dall, William Healey — Continued.
the National Museum : Pleuroto-
mella simplicissimd ; Buccinum zc-
lotcs, B. opisoplectuni, B. niponense,
B. cnismatum, B. diplodctum, B.
epistomium, B. sigmafoplcura , B.
pnlium, B. wdematum, B. acutispir-
atum, B. surugonuin, B. kadiakcnsc,
B. aniicanum, B. saklialinense, B.
ectomocyma, B. bomhi/cinum, B.
limnoidcum, B. simulatum, B. hitJi-
muloideiim, B. rossiciim, B. pemphi-
gus, B. orotundum, B. fucanum, and
B. eugrammatum ; Clirysodomus in-
sularis var. const) ictus, C. rarici-
ferus, C. parallehis, C. adclphicus, C.
encodes, C. cuiimntus, C. trochoid-
eus, C. (Ancistrolepis) dumon,
C. (-1) grammatus ; Tritonofusus
calamaus, T. esyclius, T. {Plici-
fusus) polypleuratus, T. (PI
Claudes, T. (P) rhyssus, T. (P)
aurantius, T. (Pi croceus, T. (Pi
kroyeri, var. ; Mohnia micra, M.
sordida, J/, clarki; Tolutopsius inid-
dendorffii var. cinphaticus, V. ken-
nicotti var. incisus. V. limfttus, V.
simplex, V. harpa var. d(j-ius; Lio-
mcsus histriatus ; Boreotrophon ele-
gantulus ; Metula elongata ; Galeo-
dea leucodoma; Astraea persica;
Basilissd liahclica ; Microgaza ful-
gens ; CoccuUna japnnicn ; Dcntal-
ium crocinum ; Xucula tniriflca; Pec-
ten (Chlamys) erythrocomatus ; Crc-
nella grisea; C. diaphana ; Modiol-
aria imprcssa; Liocyma aniwana ;
Pholadomya pacifica.
Certain new terms for indicating
in a diagnosis tlie direction of
sculpture, are also proposed, p. 141.
Linnaeus as a zoologist.
Proc. TTas/f. Acad. Sci., ix. July
31, 1907, pp. 272-274.
An address before the commemo-
rative meeting of the academv in
honor of the bicentennial of Lin-
naeus.
- On the synonymic history of
the genera, Clava Martyn. and Ceri-
thium Bruguiere.
Proc. Acad. Sat. .S'ci. Phila.,
Sept., 1907, pp. 363-.3G9.
A discussion of the history of
these generic names with the correc-
tion of a number of published er-
rors.
Supplementary notes on Mar-
tyn's Universal Conchologist.
Proc. U. 8. Xat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1565, Oct. 23, 1907, pp.
185-192, one fig.
These notes give an account of the
names proposed by Martyn in his
Dall, William Healey — Continued.
third and fourth volumes, from a
copy in the library of the Austra-
lian Museum at Sydney, and finally
prove that ' the four parts of the
work were issued in 1784, 1784,
1786, and 1787. It is also shown
that the text of ("lienu's so-called
reprint is innaccurate and not to be
relied upon.
On a Cymatium new to the
Californian fauna.
Sautilus, XXI, No. 8, Dec, 1907,
pp. 85. 86.
Describes a specimen of a new
variety, trcmperi, of Cymatium cor-
rtigatum Lamarck, collected by Dr.
R. H. Tremper near San Tedro, Cal.,
the species being previously known
only as a member of the Mediterra-
nean fauna.
- Xotes.
yautilus, XXI, No. 8, Dec, 1907,
pp. 90, 91.
These notes relate to Planorhis
magnificus Pilsbry, which is blind
when adult ; to a reversed Margi-
nella apicina in the National Mu-
seum : and to discovery of Ilyanassa
obsoleta Say, alive on oyster beds
on the shores of San Francisco Bay,
where Ostrea virginica had been
" planted," doubtless imported from
the East with " seed " oysters.
-Memoranda of suggestions for
the organization of an American
Conchological association or society.
Nautilus, XXI, No. 8, Dec. 1907,
pp. 94-96.
This is practically the report of a
committee to consider the formation
of such a society, appointed at the
International Zoological Congress of
1907, by those members interested
in the subject.
Note on Gonidea augulata Lea,
a fresh-water bivalve, with descrip-
tion of a new variety.
Smithsonian Misc. CoUs., L,
Quar. issue. Ft. 4, No. 1784,
Jan. 28, 1908. pp. 499. 500.
Describes the variety haroldiana
Dall, from Santa Clara County, CaL
— = — Anew species of Cavolina, with
notes on other Pteropoda.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., L,
Quar. issue. Ft. 4. No. 1785,
Jan. 28. 1908, pp. 501. 502.
Cavolina cnuthouyi Dall, from the
South Pacific is described ; the new
name Clio antarctica is proposed for
the preoccupied C. australis D'Or-
bigny, and notes are given on a num-
ber of other Pacific Fteropods.
124
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSiEUM, 1908.
Dall, William Healey. Subdivisions
of the Terobridae.
Nautilus, XXI, No. 11, Mar..
1008, pp. 124, 12.5.
A revision of tlie group ba.'sod on
the museum collection. The follow-
ing new subdivisions are proposed :
Perirhoe for Tcrebra circiimcincta
Deshayes ; TrrpIoslephanKS for Terc-
hra triseriafa Gray ; Acuminia for
Tcrebra lanccata Linnaeus ; and
Duplicarid for forms like Terehra
duplicata Lamarck. A new tech-
nical term, " pervious," is proposed
for the condition when the axis of
a spiral gastropod is coiled about
a central vacant space without sepa-
rating it from the cavity of the
whorls, in contradistinction to
" perforate." which indicates an
asuil umbilicus completely separated
from the cavity of the whorls.
Note on Turbouilla castanea
and Odostomia montereyensis.
Xautilus, XXI, No. 11, Mar.,
1908, p. 131.
These names, given by Dall and
Bartsch in a recent paper (Proc.
U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1.574), having
proved to be preoccupied, the names
T. (P.) cnstanella and O. (A.) can-
flcldi are proposed as substitutes.
Some new Californian shells.
Nautilus, xxr. No. 12, Apr.,
1908, pp. 136, 137.
Rissoa (Alvania) gripplana and
Bcla grippi are described as new
from specimens in the U. S. National
Museum.
A revision of the Solenoniv-
acidae.
Nautilus, xxii. No. 1, May,
1908. pp. 1, 2.
A revision of the group showing
that it comprises several subdivi-
sions, namely, subgenus 8ole)iiya
Lamarck, with three sections ; new
subgenus Petrasma Dall. with three
sections ; and new subgenus Acharax
Dall, with one section. The speci-
mens studied are in the National
Museum.
Doctor Montgomery's proposed
amendment to the rules of nomen-
clature.
Science (n. s. ), xxvi. No. 6.")6.
.luly, 26, 1907, p. 117.
■ The Antarctic expedition of the
Discovery under Capt. Scott, R. N..
1901-1904.
Science (n. s.), xxvi. No. 661,
Aug. 30. 1907, pp. 283-28.5.
Review of Vols, ii and in, on
Zoology and Botany.
Dall, William Healey. Resultats du
Voyage du S. Y. Belgica, en 1897-
1899, sous le commandement de A.
de Gerlache de Gomery : Zoologie.
Science (n. s. ), xxvi. No. 672,
Nov. 15, 1907, pp. 660, 661.
Review of reports on the zoology
of the Belgian antarctic expedition.
For the preoccupied medusa-name
Isonema. the new name Arctapo-
dema is proposed by the reviewer.
National Antarctic Expedition,
190] -1901, S. S. Discovery, com-
manded by Captain Scott, R. N.,
Natural History, \'o\. i. Geology.
Science (n. s. ), xxvi. No. 672,
Nov. 15, 1907, pp. 661, 662. .
A review of the geological results
of the expedition.
Some notes on malacological
nomenclature.
Science (n. s.l, xxxvii. No. 699,
May 22, 1908, pp. 827, 828.
A discussion of some nomencla-
torial (juestions raised by Dr. H.
von Iheriug.
Descriptions of new species of
mollusks from the Pacific coast of
the United States, with notes on
other mollusks from the same region.
Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., xxxiv.
No. 1010, June 16, 1908, pp.
245-257.
The following new forms are de-
scribed : Clistaxis poli/strigma, Tur-
ris (Antiplancs) diaulax, T. (Sur-
cula) lialcyonis, Acanthina lapil-
loidcs variety nurantia, Tritonofusus
(Plicifu^us) kelseyi, Borcotrophon
hentleyi, Anachis petravis, Opalia
(Dentiscala) mazatlanica, O. (D.)
mexicana, Epitonium (Crisposcala)
acrofttephanu-s, E. (C.) catalinae,
fEulima Inniana, Odostomia (Evalea)
atossa, Trichotropisf kelsciji, Phasi-
anella compta variety producta, Fis-
surella volcano variety criicifcra,
Yoldia ensifera variety plena.
The following new names are sub-
stitutes for names which are found
to be preoccupied : for Plcurotoma
inermis Hinds, the specific name
Ophiodcrma ; for P. canccUata Car-
penter, the name rhines ; for Colum-
hella (Anachis) minima Arnold, the
name arnoldi; for Eulithidium va-
riegatum Carpenter, the name
tjipicum ; for Pliasianella punctata
Carpenter, the name carprntcri.
The material upon which this
paper is based is in the National
Museum.
REPORT OF NATIONAL. MUSEUM, 1908.
125
Dall, William Healey, and Bartsch,
Paul. The Pyramidellid mollusks
of the Oregouian faunal area.
Proc. U. S. Sat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1574, Dec. 31, 1907, pp.
491-534, pis. xLiv-XLViii.
This is a general revision of the
local group from material chiefly in
the National Museum. The follow-
ing new species are described and
figured: TurboniUa (Turbonilla)
giUi and subspecies delmontensts.
{T. Chemnitzia?) inoiitereyensis, T.
(C.) muricatoides, T. {Striotur-
hoDilla) serrae, T. (Pi/ifjolampros)
taylori, T. (P.) berryi, T. (P.)
hjain, T. (P.) rictoriana, T. (P.)
valdezi, T. (P.) netrcombei, T. ( /'.)
oregonensis, T. {Piinjlscus) canfleldi,
T. (P.) morchi, T. (P.) antestriata,
T. (P.) eucosmobasis, T. (P.) cas-
tanea (preoccupied name, later
changed to T. castanella), T. {Mor-
Diula) eschscholtzi ; Odostomia
iChrysaUida) coopcri, 0. (C.) as-
tricta, O. (C.) montereyensis, O.
Dall, William Healey, and Bartsch.
Paul — Continued.
(C) oregonensis, O. (Ividia) navisa,
O. (/.) navisa delmontensis, 0.
(lolaea) amianta, O. < Menestho)
pharcida, O. (M.) harfordensis, O.
(J/.) rxara, O. (Eraha) tiUainookcn-
sis, O. (E.) angularis, O. (E.) jew-
etti, O. (E.) Columbiana, O. (E.)
deUciosa, O. (E.) tacomaensis, O.
{E.) valdezi, O. (E.) phanea, O.
(Amaura) kennerleyi, O. (A.) mon-
tereyensis (previously used and later
replaced by O. (A.) canfleldi.
•The following previously described
but unfigured species are figured :
Turbonilla rancouvcrensis Baird, T.
Stijlina Carpenter, T. lordi E. A.
Smith, T. tridentata Carpenter, T.
tenuicula Gould, T. aurantia Car-
penter; Odostomia tenuisculpta Car-
penter, O. inflata Carpenter, O. avcl-
lana Carpenter, 0. nuciformis Car-
penter, O. gouldii, 0. satura Car-
penter.
INSECTS.
Barber. H. S. Notes on Omomyia hir-
suta Coquillett.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., ix, Apr.,
1908, pp. 28, 29.
The glow-worm Astraptor.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wa.-?h.. ix^ Apr.,
1908, pp. 41-i3, pi. I.
BuscK, August. New genera and spe-
cies of American microlepidoptera.
Journ. y. Y. Ent. Soc, xv. No.
3, Sept., 1907. pp. 134-140.
Two new genera and nine new
species from the United States are
described.
■ Descriptions of three new Tor-
tricidae from Mexico.
Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv. No.
4, Dec, 1907, pp. 235, 236.
Descriptions of North American
Tineina.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., ix, Apr..
1908. pp. 85-95.
Sixteen new species.
Report on a trip for the purpose
of studying the mosquito fauna of
Panama.
Smithsonvin Misc. Colls., lii,
Quar. issue. No. 1795, May 1,
1908, pp. 49-77.
Notes on the habits of the various
specie^ taken.
BuscK, August. New microlepidop-
tera from Pennsyh-ania.
Can. Ent., XL, No. 6, June,
1908, pp. 193-196.
Seven new species are described.
Caudell. a. N. Kirby's catalogue of
Orthoptera.
Can. Ent., xxxix. No. 8, Aug.,
1907, pp. 287-292.
Additions and corrections.
An insect ventriloquist.
Ent. News, XVIII, No. 8, Oct.,
1907, pp. 335, 336.
On the song of Cyphoderris piperi.
On some Forficulidae of the
United States and the West Indies.
Journ. X. Y. Ent. Soc, xv. No.
3, Sept., 1907. pp. 166-170.
Description of two new species
and notes on a number of describe!
forms.
Notes on United States Orthop-
tera, with the description of one new
species.
Proc Ent. Soc Wash., viii,
Nos. 3, 4, 1907, pp. 13.3-135.
A number of new records in.
Orthoptera.
126
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Caudell, a. X. On some oanvigs
(Forficulidae) collected in Guate-
mala by Messrs. Scluvarz ami P.ar-
ber.
Proc. U. 8. Xat. 3Ius., xxxiii.
No. 156:^.. Oct. 2.3, 1007. pp.
160-176.
A number of new species and a.
new genus are described.
— A new Barytettix from Ari-
zona.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., ix, Apr.,
lOOS, pp. 60-71.
Barytettix horealis described.
Notes on some western Or-
tlioptera : with the description of
one new species.
Proc. U. 8. i\'at. Mus., xxxiv,
No. 1599, Apr. 17, 1008, pp.
71-81.
Report on a collection of Or-
thoptera made on the Pacific coast.
CoQUiLLETT. D. W. Notcs and de-
scriptions of Hippoboscidae and
Streblid;;e.
Ent. Keics, xviii. No. 7. July,
1907, pp. 290-292, one fig.
Describes one new genus and two
new species, with notes on four ad-
ditional species.
■ New genera and species of
Dipt era.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., ix, Apr.,
1908, pp. 144-148.
Describes three new genera and
nine new species.
Crawford. J. C. New North Ameri-
can Hymenoptera.
Journ. N. Y. Ent. 8oc., xv. No.
4, Dec, 1907, pp. 177-183.
Five new genera and nine new
species, mostly parasitic, are de-
scribed.
Notes on some species of the
genus Halictus.
Journ. N. Y. Ent. Sac, xv, No.
4. Dec, 1907, pp. 183-189.
Tables of the black species with
the description of one new species
in the National Museum.
A new genus and species of
Eupelminae.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wasli., ix, Apr.,
1908, pp. 156, 157.
One new genus and one new spe-
cies from the West Indies are de-
scribed.
= Some new Chalcidoidea.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., ix, Apr.,
1908, pp. 157-160.
One new genus and six new spe-
cies are described.
Dyar, H. U. The life histories of the
New York slug-caterpillars, xix.
Journ. -V. Y. Ent. Soc, xv. No. 4,
Dec, 1907, pp. 219-226, pi. ii.
One species.
New American Lepidoptera.
Journ. X. Y. Ent. Soc, xv. No. 4,
Dec, 1907, pp. 226-234.
One new genus and 18 new species
are described, and notes given on
other species.
The identity of Brephos califor-
nicus and B. melanis.
Can. Ent., xxxix. No. 12, Dec,
1907, p. 411.
Descriptions of some new spe-
cies of American Noctuidae.
Can. Ent., xl. No. 3, Mar., 1908,
pp. 77-80.
The geometrid genus Racheo-
spila.
Can. Ent., xh. No. 5, May, 1908,
p. 171.
Life histories of North Amer-
ican Geometridae, lxviii.
Psyche, xiv. No. 5, Oct., 1907,
pp. 92-94.
Notes on some species of Noto-
dontidae in the collection of the U. S.
National iluseum, with descriptions
of new genera and species.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., ix, Apr.,
1908, pp. 45-69.
Five new genera and 32 new spe-
cies are described.
A pyralid inhabiting the fur of
the living sloth.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., ix, Apr.,
1908, pp. 142-144, fig. 9.
One new genus, one new species.
and Knab, F. Descriptions of
three new North American mosqui-
toes.
Journ. y. Y. Ent. Soc, xv. No. 4,
Dec, 1907, pp. 213, 214.
Descriptions of new mos-
quitoes from the Canal Zone.
Journ. y. Y. Ent. Soc, xv. No.
4, Dec, 1907, pp. 197-212.
Describes 31 new species.
Heidemann, Otto. Notes on Heide-
mannia cixiformis Uhler and other
species of Isometopinae.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., ix, Apr.,
1908, pp. 126-130, fig. 7.
Describes 3 new species.
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
127
Howard, L. O. New genera and spe-
cies of Apelininae, with a revised
table of the genera.
L^ S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent.,
Technical Series, No. 12, I't.
4, July 12, 1907, pp. 69-88,
figs. 13-22.
Descriptions of 5 new genera and
20 new species.
A chalcidid parasite of the tick.
Ent. Xeics, XVIII, No. 9, Nov.,
1907, pp. 375-378, pi. xiv,
1 fig.
Description of Ixodiphagus, new
genus, texaniis, new species, and an
account of the evidence connected
with the rearing of this form from
Jldcmaphiisniis Icporis-palustris on
rabbits in Texas.
A suggestion regarding develop-
ment retarded by parasitism.
Can. Ent., xl. No. 1, Jan., 1908,
pp. 34, 35.
Knab, Frederick. Mosquitoes as flow-
er visitors.
Journ. X. Y. Ent. 8oc., xv. No.
4, Dec, 1907. pp. 21.5-219.
A summary of all records of mos-
quitoes as flower visitors.
Knab, Frederick. Culicid characters.
Can. Ent., xxxix. No. 10, Oct.,
1907, pp. 349-353.
Discussion of the characters used
in classification.
Color varieties of Locustidae.
Science (n. s.), xxvi, No. 670,
Nov., 1907, pp. 595-597.
Treats of red varieties of green
forms.
Observations on the mosquitoes
of Saskatchewan.
Smithsonian ilisc. Colls., h,
Quar. issue, pt. 4, No. 1787,
Feb. 20, 1908. pp. 540-547.
Notes on the species taken by the
author.
A new genus and species of
sabethid mosquito.
Journ. y. Y. Ent. Soc, xv. No.
3, Sept., 1907, pp. 120, 121.
Deinocerites again.
Journ. y. Y. Ent. Soc, xv, No.
3, Sept., 1907, pp. 121-123.
(See also under H. G. Dyar.)
CRUSTACEANS.
Andrews, E. A. The young of the
crayfishes Astacus and Cambariis.
Smithsonian Contributions to
Knoiclc(h/c, part of Vol. xxxv.
No. 1718, Oct. 3, 1907, pp.
1-79, pis. i-x.
Describes the young of Astacus
leniusculus from Oregon and Cam-
bo rus affinis from Maryland. Deter-
mines the form and habits of the
first, second, and third larval stages ;
gives the first detailed account of
the appendages of the first and. sec-
ond stages ; describes the hitherto
unknown nature of successive me-
chanical attachments of the off-
spring to the parent.
Bradley, J. Chester. Notes on two
amphipods of the genus Corophium
from the Pacific coast.
Univ. Cal. Pub. Zool., i\. No. 4.
May 15, 1908, pp. 227-2.-)2.
pis. 9-13.
Describes and figures in detail
Corophium spinicorne and C. sal-
mohis Stimpson, both of which were
before incompletely defined, and
shows their relationships by a key
to all the species of the genus.
About 600 specimens of C. salnionis
Bradley, J. Chester— Continued.
were examined from the stomachs of
young salmon from Karluk, .Alaska,
collected by the U. S. Bureau of
Fisheries.
Cl'shman, Joseph A. Fresh-water
Crustacea from Labrador and Xew-
foundlancL
Proc. U. S. yat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1589, Mar. 4, 1908, pp.
70.5-713, pis. Lviii-LXii.
The material upon which the paper
is based was collected near the east-
ern coast of Labrador (Dr. Glover
M. Allen, collector) and at Funk
Island, Newfoundland (Mr. Owen
Bryant, collector). It comprises one
species of Ostracoda, which is new,
seven species of Cladocera, and one
of Copepoda. The author points out
the similarity between this fauna
and that of northern Europe.
Ortmann, Arnold E. Schizopod crus-
taceans in the U. S. National
Museum : Schizopods from Alaska.
Proc. U. S. yat. Mus., xxxiv.
No. 1.591, Apr. 0, 1908, pp.
1-10, 1 plate.
8206.5—09-
-9
128
EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Obtmann, Arnold E. — Continued.
Treats of the Schizopods collected
during the Alaska salmou investiga-
tions by the Bureau of Fisheries in
1903. Describes three species, two
of which are new, one. representing a
new genus. nolincsieUa, to include
which the definitiou of the sub-
family Leptomysinae is altered.
I'EARSE, Arthur S. Descriptions of
four new species of ampliii)odous
Crustacea from the Gulf of ^Mexico.
Proc. U. 8. yat. 2Iiis., xxxiv.
No. 1594, Apr. 6, 1908, pp.
27-32, flgs. 1-4.
Represents a partial study of the
National ISIusoum collection of
Amphipods from the Gulf of Mexico.
The types cf two of the species were
■dredged by the U. S. Fisheries
steamer Fish Hawk, another was
taken at Cameron, La., under the
auspices of the Gulf Biologic Sta-
tion, while the fourth is from
Oyster Bay, Fla., collected by Henry
Hemphill.
PiLSBRY, Henry A. The Barnacles
(Cirripedia) con- 1 tained in the col-
lections of 1 the U. S. National
Museum | by 1 Henrj^ x\.. Pilsbry 1 Spe-
cial Curator of the Department of
Mollusca, Academy ] of Natural Sci-
ences of Philadelphia | [Seal] |
Washington | Government Printing
Office I 1907.
Bull. U. S. Xat. Mus., No. 60,
Nov. 8, 1907, pp. i-x, 1-122,
pis. i-xi^ figs. 1-36.
Deals with the pedunculate cirri-
pedes and the sessile family Ver-
rucidae. All species represented iu
the National Museum are mentioned
or described, and all known species
of the United States and adjacent
waters are treated monographically
and included in the keys to species.
Of the I'eduncuhita there are in the
National Museum 73 species (37
new), 10 subspecies (all new), con-
tained in 11 genera (1 new), 11
sections or subgenera (3 new), and
2 subfamilies of the Lepadidae. Of
the Verrucidae there are 5 species ( 4
new) and one new subspecies, all be-
longing to the genus Verruca.
Ratiibun, Mary J. Reports on the
scientitic results of the expedition to
the tropical Pacific, in charge of
Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish
Connr.ission steamer Albatross, from
August. 1899, to [March, 1900. Com-
mander Jeffei son F. Moser, U. S.
Navy, commanding. IX.
Kathbun, Mary J. — Continued.
Reports on the scientific results of
the expedition to the eastern trop-
ical Pacific, iu charge of Alexander
Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commis-
sion steamer Albatross, from Octo-
ber, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieutenant-
Commander L. M. Garrett, U. S.
Navy, commanding. X.
The Brachyura.
Memoirs Mus. Comp. Zool.,
XXXV, No. 2, Aug., 1907, pp.
21-74, pis. 1-9.
One hundred and thirty-six species
are recorded, 18 of which are new,
one representing a new genus.
South American Crustacea.
Revista Chilena de Historia
Natural, Santiago de Chile,
aiio XI, Nfim. 1, February 28,
1907, pp. 45-50, pis. II, III,
text fig. 1.
A list of seven species of stalk-eyed
Crustacea, specimens of which were
sent by Prof. Charles E. Porter to
the United States National Museum
for determination. A new crab,
Pinnixa raldivietisis, and a new
shrimp, Hippolysmata portcri, are
described, while a new name, Oala
thea lenzi, is given to Oalathea
latirostris Lenz, not Dana. The
types were destroyed by the earth-
quake at Valparaiso, but cotypes
are in the United States National
Museum.
( See also under William Stimp-
son.)
Richardson, Harriet. Terrestrial
isopods of the family Eubelidae, col-
lected in Liberia by Dr. O. F. Cook.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., l,
Quar. issue, Pt. 2, No. 1733,
Sept. 12, 1907, pp. 219-247,
flgs. 50-116.
The specimens were collected un-
der the auspices of the New York
State Colonization Society by Dr.
O. F. Cook and others, chiefly at
Mount Coffee. One new genus and
12 new species (referable to four
genera) are described. The types be-
long to Doctor Cook ; some cotypes
are in the U. S. National Museum.
On some isopods of the family
Dajidae from the northwest Pacific
Ocean, with descriptions of a Hew
genus and two new species.
Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., xxxiir.
No. 1586, Feb. 29, 1908, pp.
689-696, figs. 1-7.
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
129
Richardson, Harriet — Continued.
In this paper, despite its title, are
described a new genus and three new
species of Uajidae. Two of the spe-
cies come from Bering Island, while
the type-locality of Tlolophryxus
calif orniensis is in southeastern
Alaska, a cotype from Santa Bar-
bara Channel furnishing the specific
name. Two of the species are para-
sitic on Macrura, the other on a
Schizopod.
Richardson, Harriet. The parasitic
isopod Leidya distorta (Leidy)
found on a new liost.
Proc. U. S. Xut. Miis., XXXIV,
No. 1593, Apr. 6, 1908, pp.
23-26, figs. 1-5.
Describes specimens of Leidya dis-
torta from Bermuda parasitic on
Puchygrapsus trans icrsus (Gibbes).
■ Description of a new isopod of
tlie genus Eurycope from Martlias
Vineyard.
Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., xxxiY,
No. 1598, Apr. 17, 1908, pp.
67-69, figs. 1-3.
Eurycope truncata, described from
deep water off Marthas Vineyard and
off Georges Bank.
Stebbing, Thomas R. R. A new am-
phipod crustacean, Orcliestoidea biol-
leyi, from Costa Rica.
Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., xxxiv,
No. 1609, May 15, 1908, pp.
241-244, pi. XII, figs. 1, 2.
Based on specimens collected at
Punta Arenas by Prof. P. Biolley.
Discusses also the Costa Rican Hya-
JeJla faxoni Stebbing and its allies,
and corrects the definition of the
family Talitridae in " Das Tier-
reich."
Stimpson, William. Report on the
Crustacea (Bruchyura and Ano-
mura ) collected by the North Pacific
Exploring Expedition, 1S53-1S5G.
Smithsonian Misc. CoUs., xlix.
No. 1717, Sept. 7, 1907, pp.
1-240, pis. i-xxvi.
A posthumous publication of a re-
port prepared by Doctor Stimpson
for the Navy Department prior to
1871. Brief preliminary descriptions
of all the genera and species had
been published in the Proceedings
of the Academy of Natural Sciences
of I*hilade!phi:i. A few species are
missing from the 358 originally
Stimpson, William — Continued.
described. The introductory note
and the explanatory footnotes are
supplied by Miss Mary J. Rathbun.
^'errill, a. E. Decapod Crustacea of
Bermuda ; I. Brachyura and Ano-
mura. Their distribution, varia-
tions, and habits.
Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and
Sciences, xiii, Jan. -Apr. 1908,
pp. 899-474, pis. ix-xxviii.
Reprinted as a separate, Apr.,
1908.
Two species and 4 varieties are
described as new.
Wilson, Charles Branch. North
American Parasitic Cor>epods belong-
ing to the family Callgidae. Parts 3
and 4. A revision of the Panda-
rinae and the Cecroplnae.
Proc. U. 8. Vflt. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1573, Dec. 31, 1907, pp.
323-490, pis. xvii-xLiii, figs.
1-18.
The sixth paper in the series
based upon the parasitic copepods
in the U. S. National Museum. It is
a careful revision of the two fam-
ilies named. Twenty species are
described, of which one is new to
science. The males of _gight other
species are definitely located, four
of them being new to science. The
difficult genus Nogaus is analyzed
and its component parts referred
to their proper genera. A complete
life history is presented by using
different stages of development from
different genera,
North American parasitic cope-
pods : new genera and species of
Caliginae.
Proc. U. 8. Xat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1580, Feb. 28, 1908, pp.
593-627, pis. xLix-LVi.
Based on work carried on in 1905
at the laboratory of the Bureau of
. Fisheries at Beaufort, N. C. Five
new and two previously known spe-
cies of Calignae are described, two
new species forming types of new
genera. At the end of the paper is
given an alphabetical list of fishes of
Beaufort which were hosts of para-
sitic copepods, with the names of
the latter, many of which are still
to be described.
130
EEPOET OF NATIONAL, MUSEUM, 1908.
ECHINODERMS.
Agassiz, Alexander, aud Clark,
Hubert Lyman. Preliminary re-
port on the Echini collected in 190G.
from May to December, among the
Aleutian Islands, in Bering Sea, and
along the coast of Kamchatka,
Saghalin, Korea, aud Japan, by the
U. S. Fish Commission steamer
Albatross, Lieut. -Commander L. M.
Garrett, V. S. Navy, commanding.
Bull. Mtis. Comp. Zooh, Li. No.
5, Oct., 1007, pp. 109-1.39.
Seventy-one species are enu-
merated, belonging to 42 genera ; 20
species are described as new.
Clark, Austin Hobart. Descriptions
of new species of recent unstalked
crinoids from the North Pacific
Ocean.
Proc. U. S. Xai. Miis., xxxiii.
No. 1559, Sept. 17, 1907, pp.
69-84.
Based on material collected by
the United States Fisheries steamer
Albatross in the Pacific Ocean north
of Mexico and southern Japan. A
key is given to the species described
in the paper. One new species of
Decamctiocrimis and 20 new species
of Antedon are descriljed. The latter
belong to the Ele(jans, Eschriclitii,
and Tenella groups of the genus
Antedon.
Descriptions of new species of
recent unstalked crinoids from the
coasts of northeastern Asia.
Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., xxxii.
No. l.'iGl, Sept. 17. 1907, pp.
127-156.
Here are described -30 new species
of Aniedon and three new species of
Comatula, while new names are
given to a Comatula and an
Atelecrinus. A key is given to the
species in the paper ; those of the
genus Antedon belong to the Acoela,
Multicolor, Basicurva, Spinifera,
Palmata, and Elegans groups.
Five new recent crinoids from
the North Pacific Ocean.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., l,
Quar. issue, pt. 3, No. 1777,
Oct. 29, 1907, pp. 337-342,
1 fig.
The new species belong to the
genera Bathycrinus (1), Zygometra
(2). and Antedon (3). They were
Clark, Austin Hobart — Continued.
collected in southern .Japan and
Kamchatka by the United States
Fisheries steamer Albatross in 1900.
New genera of recent free
crinoids.
SmitJisoiiian Misc. Colls., l,
Quar. issue, pt. 3, No. 1778,
Oct. 29, 1907, pp. 343-364.
Divides the genus .intedon de
Freminville, 1811, into 18 genera,
all of which are new with the ex-
ception of Antedon it.self. The
known species are distributed as fol-
lows : to Zygometra 6, Sanometra 4.
Tropiometra 4, Hcliometra 19,
Thysanomctra 1, Antedon 36,
Psatlnjrometra 3, Zenomelra 1,
Pontiometra 1, Himerometra 52,
Cyllometra 7, Perometra 2, Ptilo
metra 4, Thalassometra 23, Chari-
tometra 19, Pwcilometra 2, Calo-
mctra 9, Adelometra 1.
Notice of some crinoids in the
collection of the Museum of Com-
I>arative Zoology.
Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Li, No.
8, Jan., 1908, pp. 233-248,
pis. I, II.
Ten species are recorded, eight of
which are new. Keys to the
species of Bathycrinus and to the
genera of the Antedonidae are given ;
also a note on the 6-rayed speci-
mens of Tropiometra carinata
(Lamarck). The four species de-
scribed from specimens collected by
the U. S. Fisheries steamer Alba-
tross are in the collection of the
U. S. National Museum.
Infrabasals in recent genera of
the criuoid family Pentacrinitidae.
Proc. U. S. Sat. Mus., xxxiii.
No. 1582, Feb. 29, 1908, pp.
671-676, figs. 1-8.
Kemonstrates the presence of
infrabasals in Isocrinus decorus,
Metacrinus rotundus and M. super-
bus.
The crinoid genus Comatula
Lamarck ; with a note on the En-
crinus parrae of Guerin.
Proc. V. 8. yat. Mus., xxxiii,
No. 1585, Feb. 29, 1908. pp.
683-688.
Divides the original genus Coma-
tula into two parts — Comatula
Lamarck 1816 restricted (type C.
Solaris Lamarck 1816) with seven
KEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
131
Clark, Austin Hobart — Coutiuued.
species, and Comasicr L. Agassiz
1836 (type C. muUinidiain Lin-
naeus 1758) witii 44 species. Tlie
author sbows tiiat Encrinus parrae
of Guerin 1835 is tlie same as
Pentacriiiits miiUeri Orsted, whicla
should therefore be known as Iso-
crinus parrae (Guerini.
The stalked crinoids of tlie Si-
boga Expedition.
American Naturalist, XLii, Xo.
495, Mar., 1908, pp. L'03-206.
A review of a monograph by Dr.
L. Doderlein on the recent stalljed
crinoids of the East Indies, based
on the collections made by the " Si-
boga " Expedition, and containing
the announcement of the discovery
of the infrabasals in a species of
Metacrinus.
• New genera of nnstalked cri-
8oc. Washington,
11. 1908, pp. 12.5-
noids.
Proc. Biol
XXI, Apr
136.
Thirteen new genera of Comatu-
lida are described, while the new
name Pentametrocrinidae is given to
the family containing Pentametro-
criniis and Decametrocrinus. The
paper concludes with a systematic
list of the families and genera of
Comatulida.
New stalked crinoids from the
eastern coast of North America.
Proe. U. 8. Xat. Mus., xxxiv.
No. 1607, May 4, 1908, pp.
205-208, figs. 1-3.
Two new species are described —
Bathycrinits serratus and Rhizocri-
mis rerriJli — the types of which
were collected by the U. S. Fish
Commission and were recently re-
turned to the U. S. National Museum
by Prof. A. E. Verrill.
Descriptions of new species of
crinoids, chiefly from the collections
made by the U. S. Fisheries steamer
Albatross at the Hawaiian Islands
in 1902 ; with remarks on the classi-
fication of the Comatulida.
Proc. U. 8. Xat. Mus., xxxiv.
No. 1608, May 14, 1908, pp.
209-239.
Gives a liey to the 11 recent fam-
ilies of Comatulida, and their geo-
graphical and bathymetrical range ;
also a table of distribution for the
29 genera, and a key to the 12 Ha-
Clark, Austin Hobabt — Continued.
waiian species of which 11 are de-
scribed as new. Thirteen other new
species are descrilied from various
parts of the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans.
Two new crinoid genera.
Proc. Biol. Soc. WasJiinr/ton,
XXI, June 9, 1908, pp. 149-
152.
Subdivides the genus Isocrinus on
characters of arm structure, erect-
ing two new genera. Endoj-ocrinus,
type E. parrae (Gu&rin). and Hypa-
locriniis, type II. naresianus, P. H.
Carpenter.
Some cases of abnormal arm
structure in recent crinoids.
Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus.. xxxiv.
No. 1612, June 16, 1908, pp.
265-270, figs. 1-5.
Records instances of abnormal
arm structure in Rhi.::ocrinus lofo-
tensis, Picilometra acvla, Himero-
inetra stylijcr, Cliaritometra imhri-
cata, Heliometra tanneri and H.
majrima.
The crinoid genus Eudiocrinus,
with description of a new species.
Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., xxxiv.
No. 1613, June 20, 1908, pp,
271-279, figs. 1-11.
Discusses the structure of the va-
rious species previously included in
Eudiocrinus and demonstrates their
position in two families, Zygomet-
ridae and Pentametrocrinidae. The
genera Eudiocrinus and Pentametro-
crinus are defined, and a new species
of Eudiocrinus is described.
Clark, Hubert Lyman. The Cidaridae.
Bull. Mus. Comp. Zooh, Li, No.
7, Dec, 1907, pp. 165-230,
pis. 1-11.
Gives a history of the classifica-
tion of the Cidaridae. Recognizes 21
genera and 60 recent species ; two
genera and three species are de-
scribed as new.
The Apodous Holothurians. A
monograph of the Synaptidae and
Molpadiidae, including a report on
the representatives of these families
in the collections of the U. S. Na-
tional Museum.
Smithsonian Contributions to
Knowledge, part of vol. xxxv.
No. 1723, Jan. 21, 1908, pp.
1-231, pis. i-xiii.
132
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Clark, Hubert Lyman — Continued.
Discusses the history of the classi-
fication of the two families involved,
gives an annotated catalogue of the
specimens in the U. S. National
Museum, and describes the structure,
physiology, development, habits, and
classification of the two families and
of each species of the same, so far
as knownr.
Eight new species and two new
genera are described.
(See also under Alexander
Agassiz.)
Edwards, Charles Lincoln. The Ho-
lothurians of tbe North Pacific coast
of North America collected by the
Albatross in 1903.
Proc. U. S.
No. 1558,
49-68, figs. 1-12.
Based on Holothurians collected
by the United States Fisheries
steamer Albatross during the Alaska
salmon investigations in 190.3.
Eleven species are discussed, of
which one is a new form.
Xnt. Miis.. XXXIII,
Sept. 14, 1907, pp.
Fisher, Walter K. Necessary changes
in the nomenclature of starfishes.
Smitlisoniiiii Misc. Colls., lii,
Quar. issue, Ft. 1, No. 1799,
May 27, 1908, pp. 87-93.
Gives a list of names of genera
of starfishes in current use, most of
which should be changed. Dis-
cusses 12 of them in detail. Pro-
poses four new names : Lysasterias
for Ana.ttcrias pcrrieri Studer ;
Laetitiaster for Ctcnasier speciahilis
Perrier ; Diplodontias for Goniodon
Perrier ; and Parnstcrina for Pa-
tiria crassa Gray.
Sperry, W. L. Notes on Metacrinus.
Fourth Report Mich. Acad. ScL,
IW.'i, pp. 195-199, 2 charts in
text.
Based on a study of specimens
dredged by the United States Fish-
eries steamer Albatross in Suruga
Gulf, Honshu Island, .Japan, 1900,
and assigned to Dr. H. L. Clark, for
study. Discusses the interrelations
and variations in M. rotundus and
M. iiitemiptus.
WORMS, COELENTERATES, ETC.
B.\GG, RuFus Mather, .ir. Foramini-
fera collected near the Hawaiian
Islands by the U. S. Bureau of Fish-
eries steamer Albatross in 1902.
Proc. U. .S'. Xat. Mus., xxxiv^ No.
1603. Apr. 28, 1908, pp.
113-172, pi. V.
The greater part of the bottom
samples taken by the U. S. Bureau
of Fisheries steamer Albatross near
the Hawaiian Islands in 1902 was
destroyed by fire ; the remainder
forms the basis of this report.
There are enumerated 206 species,
subspecies, and varieties belonging
to 54 genera ; of these 5 species and
2 subspecies are described as new.
Bush, Katherine Jeannette. Tubicol-
ous annelids of the tribes Sabellides
and Serpulides from the Pacific
Ocean.
Harriman Alaska Expedition,
XII, 1905, pp. 167-346, pis.
XXI-XLIV.
The introduction gives a brief
account of Pacific annelids with a
list of species previously recorded,
also lists of families, known genera,
new genera, and species new to the
region, which are represented in the
Harriman collection. The syste-
matic discussion deals with the
Bush, Katherine Jeannette — Cont'd,
tribes Sabellides and Serpulides.
Analytical tables for the genera are
given, and 15 new genera and 43
new species are described from the
Pacific. The genus Spirorbis is ex-
tensively dealt with, an annotated
list of known species is given, and
notes on many known species with
descriptions of four new Atlantic
forms.
Based partly on material collected
by the U. S. Fish Commission in the
Atlantic.
(See also under J. Percy
Moore.)
Clark, Hubert Ly'Man. A new host
for Myzostomes.
Zool. Am., XXV, No. 682, Sept.
29, 1902, pp. 670, 671.
Notes the occurrence of Myzos-
tomes on specimens of an ophiuran,
Astroccras perf/amciia Lyman, col-
lected by the U. S. Bureau of Fish-
eries steamer Albatross off the coast
of Japan in 1900, although these
parasites have hitherto been found
only on Crinoids.
I Clarke, Samuel F. Reports on the
scientific results of the expedition to
the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge
of Alexander Agassiz, by tbe U. S.
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
133
Clarke. .Samuel F. — Continued.
Fish Commission steamer Albatross,
from October. 1904. to March, 1905,
I.ieut. Commander L. M. Garrett,
U. S. Navy, commanding.
VIII. The Ilydroids.
Memoirs Miis. Comp. ZooL, xsxv.
No. 1, Feb., 1907, pp. 1-18,
pis. 1-15.
Only 12 species are noted, indi-
cating a scarcity of hydroid life in
the region covered. Six species are
new, one from the unusual depth of
2.845 fathoms. Two species were
previously known from the Atlantic
side of the Isthmus.
GoLDBERGER, JosEPH. (See Under C.
W. Stiles.)
Hassall. a. (See under C.W. Stiles.)
MooRE, J. Percy, and Busch (Bush),
Katherixe J. Sabellidae and Ser-
pulidae from Japan, with descrip-
tions of new species of Spirorbis.
Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila.,
.Tan., 1904 (issued March 18,
1904), pp. 157-170, pis.
XI, XII.
Based on specimens collected by
the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries steamer
Albatross in .Japan-. 1900. Fifteen
species are noted, of which l.S are
described as new. Miss Bush con-
tributed descriptions of the Spiror-
bis. which are four in number.
EAN.S0M, B. H. Notes on parasitic
nematodes, including descriptions of
new genera and species, and ob-
servations on life histories.
Circ. 116, Bureau Animal Indus-
try, U. 8. Dept. Agric, Oct. 4,
1907.
— — — Occurrence of the cysticercus of
Taenia solium in sheep.
Science (n. s. ) . xxvii. No. 703,
.June 19, 1908, pp. 9.50, 951.
Only a few cases of the occurrence
of the intermediate stage of the
armed tapeworm of man in sheep
have been reported, and the case
cited in this article is the first
American case to be placed on
record. The specimens are in the
helminthological collections of the
Bureau of Animal Industry.
Schulze, Franz Eilhard. Reports on
the scientific results of the expedi-
tion to the eastern tropical Pacific,
in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by
the U. S. Fish Commission steamer
Schulze, Franz Eilhard — Continued.
Albatross, from Octol)er, 1904, to
March. 1905, Lieut. Commander Tj.
M. Garrett, U. S. Navy, commanding.
XI. Die Xenophyophoren.
Bull. Mus. Comp. ZooL, Li. No.
6, Nov., 1907, pp. 14.3-162,
one plate.
Reviews the discussion of the
proper classification of Xeusina
ac/assizi described by Goes 1892 as a
foraminifer and by Haeckel in 1889
as a horny sponge under the name
of Stannophyllum zonarium. Con-
siders it as belonging to a peculiar
group of Rhizopods, which the author
has called " Xenophyopbora "' ana
Mhich contains two families, eight
genera, and 22 species.
The Albatross 1904-5 collection
yielded five species, which are de-
scribed ; tables and a chart showing
distribution of the group are also
given.
Stiles, C. W. The occurrence of a
proliferating cestode larva (Spar-
ganuui proliferum) in man in
Florida.
Bull. ],n, Hiioienic Laboratory,
U. S. P. H. and M. H. 8.,
May. 1908, pp. 7-18, figs.
1-18.
A re-examination of the type
specimen of Filaria restiformis
Leidy, 1880 = Agamomermis resti-
formis.
Bull. !fi, Hygienic Lahoratory,
U. 8. P. H. and M. H. 8.,
May. 1908, pp. 19-22, figs.
19-26.
The common tick ( Dermacentor
andersoui) of the Bitter Root Valley.
Puhlic Health Report, U. 8. P.
H. and M. H. 8., xxiii. No.
27. July 3, 1908, p. 949.
and Goldberger, Joseph. Ob-
servations on two new parasitic
trematode worms : Homalogaster
Philippines! s n. sp., Agamodistomum
nanus n. sp.
Bull. JiO, Hygienic Laboratory,
U. 8. P. H. and H. M. 8., May
25, 1908, pp. 23-33, figs.
27-66.
A re-examination of the
original specimen of Taenia saginata
abietina (Weinland, 1858).
Bull. .'lO, Hygienic Laboratory,
U. 8. P. H. and M. H. 8.,
May 25, 1908, pp. 35-38.
134
EEPORT OF XATIOXAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Stiles, C. W., and IIassall. A. In-
dex-catalogue of medical and veteri-
nary zoologj'. Subjects : Trematoda
and trematode diseases.
Bull. 37, Hyyienic Laboratory,
V. S. P. H. and M. H. S.,
June 1908, pp. 1-39S.
Vaughan, T. Wayland. Recent Mad-
reporaria of the , Hawaiian Islands
and Laysau , by \ T. Way laud Vaug-
han \ Custodian of the Madrepo-
rariau Corals, U. S. National Mu-
seum I Geologist, U. S. Geological
Survey | [seal] \ Washington Gov-
ernment Printing Office ! 1907.
Vaughan, T. Wayland — Continued.
BuU. U. 8. ^at. Mus., No. 59,
July 12, 1907, pp. i-ix, 1-427,
pis. i-xcvi.
The writer presents some general
considerations on the species prob-
lem of corals, and the need of ex-
perimental investigation and more
elaborate studies of variation. Lists
are given of the families and genera
of Madreporaria, of the Hawaiian,
species, their geographic and bathy-
metric distribution, and distribution
according to temperature. In the
systematic discussion of the fauna
are described 79 new species, varie-
ties, forms, and subforms.
BOTANY.
Atwood. Alice Cary. (For notice of
catalogue of botanical library of
John Donnell Smith, see under Bib-
liography.)
Bkitton, N. L. and Rose, J. N. A
preliminary treatment of the Opun-
tioideae of North America.
Smithsonia)! Misc. Colls., l,
Quar. issue, Pt. 4, No. 1786,
Feb. 20, 1908, pp. 503-539.
— Pereskiopsis, a new genus of
Cactaceae.
Smithsonian 2Iisc. Colls., l,
Quar. issue, Pt. 3, No. 1775,
Oct. 28, 1907. pp. 331-333,
pis. XLIII-SLIV.
Clark, C. B. The Cyperaceae of Costa
Rica.
Contr. V. S. Xat. Herb., x, Pt.
6, January 24, 1908, pp.
i-vii, 443-471.
Hitchcock, A. S. Types of American
grasses.
Contr. U. S. Sat. Herb., xii, Pt.
3, June 18. 1908, pp. i-v,
113-158, i-v.
A study of the American species
of grasses described by Linnaeus,
Gronovius, Sloane, Swartz, and
Michaux.
Johnston. J, R. A collection of plants
from the vicinity of La Guaira, Ven-
ezuela.
Contr. U. S. Xnt. Herb., xii,
Pt. 2, May 20, 1908, pp. i-vii,
109-111.
INIann, Albert. (Assisted in the bibli-
ography and citations by P. L. Rick-
er.) Report on the Diatoms of the
Mann, Albert — Continued.
Albatross voyages in the Pacific
Ocean. 188S-10O4.
Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., x, Pt.
5, July 11, 1007. pp. i-viii,
221-442, pis. XLiv-Liv.
Maxon, William R. Studies of trop-
ical American ferns. No. 1.
Contr. U. 8. Nat. Herb, x. Pt.
7, Mar. 30, 1908, pp. i-viii,
473-508, pis. LV-Lvi.
and Underwood, Lucien M.
Two new ferns of the genus Lind-
saea.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., l,
Quar. issue, Pt. 3, No. 1776,
Oct. 28, 1907, pp. 335, 336.
Pittier de Fabrega. H. The Lecythi-
daceae of Costa Rica.
Contr. r. 8. Nat. Herb., xii.
Pt. 2, May 20, 1908, pp. i-vii
95-101, pis. I-VII, figs. 1-4.
Tonduzia. a new genus of Aix)-
cynaceae from Central America.
Contr. U. 8. Nat. Herb., xir,
Pt. 2, May 20, 1908, pp. i-vii
103, 104, pi. IX. figs. 5, 6.
RiCKER, P. L
Mann. )
(See under Albert
Rose, J. N. Nopalea guatemalensis, a
new cactus from Guatemala.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., L,
Quar. issue, Pt. 3, No. 1774,
Oct. 28, 1907, p. 330, pis.
XLI-XLII.
(See also under N. L. Brit-
tou. )
EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
135
Smith, John D., Catalogue of botan-
ical library of. (See under Bibliog-
raphy. )
Underwood, Lucien M.
William R. Maxon.)
( See under
Wight. E. F. A new larcli from
Alaslia.
SmWisoniiiu Misc. CoUs., l,
Quar. issue. Pt. 2, No. 1728,
July 10, 1907, p. 174, pi.
XVII.
GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY.
Bassler, Kay S. Cement and cement
materials.
Mineral Resources of Virginia.
1907. pp. 86-167. pis. xi-xx.
This paper deals with the general
geology, geography, and stratigraphy
of western Virginia, the economic
value of the various cement horizons
and distribution of cement materials.
Details of localities, analyses, maps,
and a number of illustrations accom-
pany the report.
Howell, Edwin E. (with Wirt Tas-
sin). The Williamstown meteorite.
Amer. Jour. Sci., 4th ser.. xxv.
No. 145, Jan., 1908. pp. 49. 50,
1 fig.
Mr. Howell gives the circumstances
of the finding of the iron, its weight
and general appearance, stating that
it is a thin, flat, rectangular mass
weighing about 31 kg., and was
found in 1892, near Williamstown.
Grant County, Ky. Mr. Tassin de-
scribes the iron metallographically
as a typical octahedrite of medium
coarseness. Bands of kamacite,
taenite, and plessite are visible on
the etched surfaces, with occasional
nodules of troilite, some of which
contain carbonaceous matter and
are surrounded by a skin of schrei-
bersite. His analysis is as follows :
Fe, 91.54 ; Xi, 7.26 ; Co, 0.52 ; Cu.
0.03: Cr, 0.05; P, 0.12; S, 0.17; C,
0.004 ; Si, trace ; total, 99.694.
The Ainsworth meteorite.
Am. .Jour. Sci., 4th ser., xxv.
No. 146, Feb., 1908, pp.
105-107, figs. 1, 2.
Mr. Howell gives the weight of
the mass as 10.65 kg., with a den-
sity of 7.85, and states that it was
found in 1907 about 6 miles north-
west of Ainsworth, Brown County,
Nebr. Mr. Tassin describes the
meteorite as being triangular in out-
line and having a well-marked octa-
hedral fracture on one edge ; in fact,
the three edges of the section stud
led approximate three directions of
an octahedron, with the cut surface
forming a fourth. In structure the
iron is unique, the etched surface
Howell, Edwin E. — Contmued.
showing octahedral lamellae of the
largest size, in which appear very
minute areas which also possess a
well-deflned lamallar structure and
show the three characteristic alloys.
Troilite occurs in irregularly shaped
segregations, which contain more or
less carbon, with grains of nickel,
iron, and phosphide of iron, and as a
whole surrounded by a thin skin of
schreibersite. Rhabdite is abun-
dantly present. The analysis gives :
Fe. 92.22 : Ni. 6.49 ; Co." 0.42 ; Cu,
0.01 ; P, 0.28 : S, 0.07 : Cr, 0.01 ; SI,
0.049; C. 0.09; Sp. gr., 7.85.
Merrill, George P. The meteor crater
of Canyon Diablo, Ariz. : its history,
origin, and associated meteoric irons.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., L,
Quar. issue, Pt. 4, No. 1783.
.Tan. 27, 1908, pp. 461-498.
pis. LXi-Lxxv, figs. 124-120.
The character of the work is fully
indicated by the title. The paper is
the result of studies made on the
crater under the auspices of the
Smithsonian Institution in May, 1907.
■ and Tassin. Wirt. Contribu-
tions to the study of the Canyon
Diablo meteorites.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., l,
Quar. issue, Pt. 2, No. 1731,
Sept, 12, 1907, pp, 203-215,
pis, xviii-xxi, figs. 48. 49,
Doctor Merrill first discusses at
length the " shale balls " and iron
shale distributed about the crater
of Coon Butte, Ariz., from the view
point of their bearing on its origin.
The shale balls and iron shale are
held to have been derived from the
same mass. This iron shows cer-
tain differences from the typical
iron of the Canyon Diablo meteor-
ites. This difference is explained
by the suggestion that the original
meteoric mass was very heterogene-
ous in character, with segregation
masses rich in chlorides, phosphides,
etc., which might easily have sepa-
rated along their lines of contact
from the more homogeneous portions
and have from their verv nature
136
REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
Merrill. George P. — (."(nitimu'd.
iiudersone more extensive chemical
decompositions.
Mr. Tassin jjives analyses of the
shale-ball irons, the oxidized por-
tions of such a ball, and compares
them with earlier analyses of the
typical Canyon Diablo iron and of
oxidized shale balls. Finding little
or no ferrous oxide, he regards
the shale as composed essentially
of limonite with some turgite,
and that its magnetic property
is, in part at least, due to
unaltered schreibersite visible in
many sections. Analyses are also
given of the mineral components of
the iron-taenite, colienite. schreiber-
site in two varieties, a black non-
magnetic residue, and olivine.
Tassix. Wirt. [Analysis of a new
variety of sericite.] The Granites
of Maine (by T. Nelson Dale).
Bull. U. 8. Geol. Sun:, No. .'51.'?,
1007, pp. 46, 47.
From a quartz vein at Boldwell
Company's quarry. Cooks Mountain,
Redbeach, Calais, Me. In fine
scales when compacted resembles
serpentine. Luster pearly. Color
greenish - yellow. Hardness, 2. .5.
Density, 2.79. Composition : SiOo,
53.28; AloOg. 2.3.06; Fe^Co, O.io';
FeO, 4.30; MgO, 4.09; NaaO, 0.65;
K2O, 8.90; H2O, 6.00.
(See also nnder Edwin E.
Howell and George P. Merrill.)
PALEONTOLOGY.
Anderson. Kobert. (See under Kalpli
Arnold.)
Arnold, Ralph. Geology and oil re-
sources of the Summerland district,
Santa Barbara County, Cal.
Bull. V. 8. Geol. 8urr., No. 321.
1907, pp. 1-93^ pis. i-xvii.
figs. 1-3.
The characteristic fossils of the
district are here illustrated to aid
in the identification of the oil
horizons. A plate by Dr. R. S.
Bassler, illustrating the bryozoa of
the Fernando formation is included.
The specimens illustrated are the
property of the National Museum.
New and characteristic species
of fossil mollusks from the oil-
bearing Tertiary formations of Santa
Barbara County, Cal.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., l,
Quar. issue. Pt. 4, No. 17S1.
Dec. 13. 1907, pp. 419-447,
pis. L-LVIII.
Describes and figures the charac-
teristic fossil mollusks from these
formations. The species are ali
new. and the types with one excep-
tion are the property of the Na-
tional Museum.
— and Anderson, Robert. Geol-
ogy and oil resources of the Santa
Maria oil district, Santa Barbara
County. Cal.
null U. 8. Geol. Suit-.. No. 322,
1907, pp. 1-161, pis. i-xxvi.
Illustrates the characteristic fos-
sils to aid in the determination of
the horizon. The specimens illus-
trated are the property of the Na-
tional Museum.
Arnold, Ralph. (See also under
George Homans Eldridge.)
Bassler, Ray S. (See under E. O.
T'lrich.)
Eldridge, George Homans, and Arnold,
Ralph. The Santa Clara Valley,
Puente Hills, and Los Angeles oil
districts, Southern California.
Bull. V. 8. Geol. Surv., No. 309,
1907, pp. 1-266, pis. i-xLi,
figs. 1-17.
Figures many Museum specimens
from these districts to aid in the
identification of the various forma-
tions.
Gidley, James Williams. Revision
of the Miocene and Pliocene
Equidae of North America.
Bull. Amer. Miis. Nat. Hist.,
XXIII, art. 35, Nov. 26, 1907,
pp. 865-934.
A revision of the genera and
species, and a rearrangement and
reidentiflcation of the subfamilies,
or groups, of the Equidae have here
been made, and several new species
are described.
Gilmore, Charles W. . Smithsonian
explorations in Alaska in 1907 in
search of Pleistocene fossil verte-
brates.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., Li, No.
1S07, May 27, 1908. pp. 3-38,
pis. i-xiii, flgs. 1-4.
Describes the results of the second
expedition sent to Alaska in search
of fossil vertebrates under the
auspices of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, followed by a brief review
of the Pleistocene fauna of that
region.
KEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
137
Hatcher, John Bell. The Ceratop-
sia. Based on preliminary stndies
by Otbniel C. Marsh, edited and com-
pleted by Richard S. Lull.
Monocii: U. 8. Geol. S'urv., XLix^
1907, pp. i-xxx, 1-.300, pis.
i-Li, figs. 1-12.5.
Tbe following types and plesio-
types from the collections of the
National Museum are illustrated ia
this work : Ceratops paucidcns
(Marsh), C. montaniis Marsh, Dice-
ralops hatchcri Lull, T flee rai ops al-
lieoniis (Marsh), T. caleornis Marsh.
T. elatus Marsh, T. galeiis Marsh, T.
obtustis Marsh, T. prorsus Marsh, T.
serratus Marsh, T. siilcatiis Marsh.
Henderson, Junius. Xew species of
Cretaceous invertebrates from north-
ern Colorado.
Proc. U. S. Xat. Miis., xxxiv.
No. 1611, -Tune 16. 1908. pp.
259-264, pi. XIII.
Describes and figures five new
species of Cretaceous invertebrates.
These types are the property of the
National Museum.
Mitchell, Evelyn Groesbeek. An ap-
parently new protoblattid family
from the Lower Cretaceous.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., lii,
Quar. issue, Pt. 1, No. 1798,
May 27, 1908, pp. 8.5, 86,
fig. 25.
Describes and figures a new genus
and species of Cretaceous insect.
The specimen is in the collections
of the National Museum.
Parks. William Arthur. Niagara
Stromatoporoids.
University of Toronto Studies,
Geological Series, No. 5, 1908,
pp. 175-240, pis. vii-xv.
Monographs the Stroma toporoids
Parks, William Arthur — Continued,
of the Niagaran group. The major-
ity of the types are the property of
the National Museum.
Ruedemann, Rudolph. Graptolites of
New York, Pt. 2.
yeio York State Museum, Mem.
XI, 1908, pp. 1-583, pis. 1-.31,
figs. 1-482.
Many of the types covered by this
monograph are the property of the
National Museum.
UiRiCH, E. O., and Bassler, R. S. Re-
port on the Cretaceous Bryozoa of
New Jersey.
Geol. Surr. Xew Jersey, Pal.,
ir, 1907, pp. 31.3-.356, pis.
XX-XXVI.
Describes and illustrates the bryo-
zoan fauna of the Cretaceous (Vin-
centown) marl, consisting of 5.5 spe-
cies, 14 of which are new. The
types are the property of the Na-
tional Museum.
Walcott, Charles D. Nomenclature
of some Cambrian Cordillerau forma-
tions.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., liii.
No. 1804, Apr. 18, 1908,
pp. 1-12.
Proposes names for the Cambrian
formations of the House Range,
Utah : Blacksmith Fork, Utah : and
Mount Bosworth, British Columbia,
sections.
Cambrian trilobites.
ASmithsoninn Misc. Colls., liii,
No. 1805, Apr. 2.5, 1908,
pp. 13-52, pis. i-vi.
Describes and illustrates a few of
the more striking new trilobites
occurring in the House Range. Utah ;
Mount Stephen, British Columbia ;
and Liberty Canyon, Idaho, sections.
The types are the property of the
National Museum.
BIOGRAPHY.
Dall, William Healev. Henry Ven-
dreys.
yautihis, XXI. No. !>, .Tan., 1908,
p. 107.
An obituary notice of an old cor-
respondent of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution.
Merrill, George P. Carl Ludwig Ro-
minger.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., lii,
Qunr. issue. Ft. 1, No. 1796,
Merrill, George P. — Continued.
May 1. 1908, pp. 79-82. fig.
23.
Contains a brief account of the
life and work of the late State
paleontologist of Michigan.
Edward Travers Cox.
Smithsonian Misc. Colls., Lii,
Quar. issue, Pt. 1, No. 1797,
May 1, 1908, pp. 83, 84, fig.
24.
Contains a brief account of his
life and work. Mr. Cox was at one
time State geologist of Indiana.
138
EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908.
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Atwood, Alice Cary. Catalogue of the
botanical library of John Donnell
Smith presented in 1905 to the
Smithsonian Institution.
Contr. V. 8. Nat. Herb., xii,
Pt. 1, Apr. 23, 1908. pp. i-iii,
1-94.
Brockett. Paul. Bibliography of pub-
lished works of S. P. Laugley, Secre-
Brockett. P.\trL — Continued.
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Smithsonian Misc. Colls. No.
1720, Aug. 1, 1907, pp. .35-49.
Printed in the account of the
memorial meeting held on December
3, 1906.
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