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Seek: EM A ho PRA oh ahs "4 ~ { Vy ‘oe i Se 4 1 dd qgdhs. ‘ Ts gt ot dee SLUT iG aso Pai Tan bh + wee Sa oS oat . « % a Ve ew sy _i ahh iti? eed? se iT dddxv gst 4a “4 dl ad rer ali Ana a Woy a a wh why Eiee * Serer ct yy ygeadlet snoapedy ena dheny ee aves yet oe gti ons Mit ida tiie tad bt 4 yAAwus,: AMAL al M lw wre Pi Bt ol ; cf ; | Moe CEU TUTEECTTE CLE TM ce aR MOOT gar Cis Wieee sane View F) we SF a Bath sie re , et > For THE YEAR 191 me Sy oy ~ xa st THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY INcoRPORATED IN 1869 Pe ge vex eae oh ak MEMBERSHIP AND ENDOWMENT There are more than four thousand members of the Museum, residents of the United States and other coun- tries, who support its educational and scientific work and enjoy its lectures, publications and other privileges. Associate Members (non-resident) . . $ 3 (annually) PMintial AVICMIDERSs/a)> Se a ae 8 10 (annually) Srotamimne Members <9. 2040 ea. 25 (annually) Wetec WleiIanens. G2 isc. ke ae a 100 BNO ny wii ee Rl ert Sal alos 500 Weer Gg erin eer eh eee Me tn a igte van ao 1,000 wessociate Henelactors .. .. 8s 10,000 mssociate Pounders: 9.0 21. 2 ee ss 25,000 Benefactors eaten dein Pie ele eal oy USO OOO The Endowment Fund was established in 1884. The Trustees especially desire to insure the permanent growth and welfare of the Museum through an increase of this fund. FORM OF GIFT OR BEQUEST I do hereby give and bequeath to ‘THE AMERICAN Museum oF NATurRAL History” of the City of New Bee ee ee ee we ee ww ee ee ee eee ee ee ee ee ee ee eee eee eee wee ee ere eee 4 Gy Tue HonoraBLeE SetH Low Mayor of New York 1902-1903 Trustee of the American Museum of Natural History 1905-1916 FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE YEAR 1916 Annual Report of the President Treasurer's Report Secretary's Report List of Members List of Accessions Act of Incorporation Contract with the Department of Parks - Constitution and By-Laws Report of the Pension Board NEW YORK Issuep May 1, 1917 CONTENTS Pee EL CHE AND ENDOWMENE 3 as ee ee a a eg SreMMORNGIEE ORVOEOUEST 113745 6) a ee OW ce oa ce ale PeePOI RATS HERS tary 1g At) hatin yay Mee Pease egy Sey! oh Mem MITEEES OF THE DOARD OF TRUSTEES) yo eo Oe oe ag ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE MUSEUM ........ oh STS TATE SAO UE aN eee a i ae ee PePEssRa OE CUE PE RESHDENT (ogg) 50 ata’ Coutts eer gl ities cou. Rien le! ol ei TF Need OL General PnGOWMERt. <) ec cicuh es Reese ee etiles feet ete! BF. BCGMESESIN reo on tells ee ee eae ohh ea ae NN oe wee ey ame Co or SESH UNO ey eek Foret ath ies (sd ee RPI OM ey ish ren) aie ce cess 2G SREP OE ITS OR USSEI A SAREN IN ay co) el eRe: haw) ee el ue ca TO Need of Southeast Wing and Court of Ocean Life . . . . . . I9 Contents of the Proposed New Buildings . . . . . .« « « » 20 Public Approval PT eee EY Re Lae oe eee ell Mietite Es eo Gh ewe? Vepuse UOT Codperation with Other National Institutions in the Diffusion of Science. 22 Serriemes COLPOrAtiONn Bo a a eH ae Lae ee has el ie) MRS ie.) 2B RGCKOICHCE FP OUNGAMON Ics “es ead OSs Vick fecal Sata dehies oi Noeerneten Be Se, Rm Institutions Making Use of the Museum Collections and Exhibitions . 24 Present ystenn OL DEUSIOI «2 en 1 oh y's ee ho ot ee Aceh Neue eo eis 2S Statistics of Numbers Reached by the Museum and its Educational SIMSECHAN en Sel gac cial wredh Co ow tn SG ola Ge ah Bo peak ora Por gy mm es et Ay Expansion ‘of Exploration and Research = .)...0 060 3 6 8 oe ee 26 Selacsinteds PXGCRMIENTES 4 150) (oe) ie Forel ols es eee Se se ie we ne eh 20 Exploration: in. the) belgian, Congo. ei eg a 8 Discovery and Research in Anthropology . . . . « « « « « 28 Zodlogical Exploration in Central and South America . . . . . 29 Gitar MTG MSiat we aca aren) ay at hay do te hel es Meo ae ele: 30 PLEIN Ee DIGEACIOM esc cl vombeanc ey to. Ghali ah es see cg Vise ek gs veya 1 SE Miepavrvental, «KepOLts ey tie hee hea leh 3a) el eee el Lette el ote GE Research Associates BO EN Hue Seen ee Ree AR OCP Rn ane ae Ra Y- USIMA AN Ea OAT Gh PEAISIPVIMETIES <1) sine) te aval auc tee oie ell cath even et” aby. 1, SBS ase Construction dud Equipment: (006720 43 Ne) ey oe eek ke 2 Sareea EAC LL hela pial al Moe eons hee kere mata oat fier ea ieee ice 33 POSE CNOAS AMM SEA olla iste alia) WeliinaNPien Ve. af be. 60, ap yeahh ee a BS Rasec rise tMaticorore tie StAts ios ei tay a heh Vat eis Laie ee alo ewe.) 3S CSAC UOC CE HID ECS 725 oF nt 5 \ 6H Patel ret cay oiok Lei ee eo es 8 BO 8 Contents Etospitality.-to -SGcietles. ow) a<) 70 e.+( se ee eee Special: Hixhibittans sos ae ee eewei nee. ls Gifts and Special Courtesies . . .. . GENERAL ADMINISTRATION . . ... . Practical Use of Exhibits . Popular Publications New Exhibits " Printing and Labeling . Summary of Printing ap Care of Building and Equipment Attendance Building Needs Flagpoles REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENTS. ... : Public Education—Department of Public Raneoon Summary of Statistics . . . Circulation of Lantern Slides. . . . Lectures for School Children in the Museum Local Lecture Centers . Cooperation with Teachers Docent (Seruice fois se) ees Codperation with Barnard College Regents’ Week . . . ay ae Educational Work for the Blind . Jonathan Thorne Memorial Fund General Lectures 3 ‘ Circulating Nature Study eceeiiek Comparative Statistics Relating to the Circulating Collections Past Seven Years . é Library Loan Exhibitions . . . Photographic Wink tc sa-1 saa Reference Photographs and Negatives Library of Motion Pictures Stafh iiss te a are Acknowledgments Geology and Extinct Invertebrates—Department brate Paleontology Hee MAP Eig mane Te) Crocker Land Expedition < .. Staff ieee Revision of Exhibits . . . Segregation vol iyipes) |, 2 oa veneer IModelsrand sila psimncs sc. etre nicee hemes Seismograph . . Research Accessions BNR te if i belie Ga URE iNet a ene as Pablications so sss i eee e . and for the Inverte- PAGE 36 37 39 41 41 42 43 44 44 44 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 49 50 51 51 51 52 52 53 53 53 54 54 55 55 56 56 56 57 58 58 58 59 60 60 61 61 Contents : 9 Minerls—Denament of Mineralogy... . = 6 w 8 st ere te «GE PRESSES ne ea gee Ry eee le eer ae eS eae Ra a Woods and Forestry—Department of Woods and Forestry . .. . . 63 Existing Invertebrates—Department of Invertebrate Zodlogy . . . . 64 ee AIRE en) ee Noe ae ar aS oar righ ee Mee ratty a so OW Research and Publications Se Ca ome tion hath ot cy ct ciel MSP eM bets hee OS Shell Collections Se rae RNC NT ch imeeti Gh hrm Mibadg ay et rae renin Surtees OO SPEER at EG ee ete Aletta em 6 Genecrah Enverveprates ang Darwitl Elall | sss cis ews 8 OF RSSCCLS ea EO MO CES Maer cue) Och aati es een eee em fice eee! enue ee ele ee OR PRCCCSSICH SME eA. ir ey Ae hn want lang Ok enn an ec rel eye ma ciae ce ees cee eth, OS Recent and Extinct Fishes, Existing Reptiles and Batrachians—Depart- ment of lehthyolocy and Herpetology . . =... « « « ... 69 Fishes PO Sent TM Si ert ae ie es wnt Ne ceels Peers Creve Gay ta igen eke ager ww, OO Exhibition ae ee aie tool Mire Rin Since ate aoe omnes Riga Ok eos) B® eee MEUEI EC EIEI Saat tees orc Pod hi ale eed Gh arial ets bene ei we Stents FO See ere Oro E AMCALION fac oat eet nds te fe tee oS) vl le eee FO Pe WRARI CE SEE ECAR IRE yg Snare ay ee Ke en tgs en ete ok. cease ee | PE PeMees ane attrACisAnG Ice pena, orien “webialilig Pip aileiie o6 he «ZI PSC COICIOH Se gue on on aces vest orn) vol nT an et atl lamb ely eat es gl HI Accessions SAS TS RE A ate, BEOR ree = ee i ERE eine eae ee ery aE ner ey 1 iDee Tri rygeigeaies > eae, Boreas 4 CSS SO ae 2 ie So AS Terai UAL niece ema a ER | PEE aS tI MNCSE AEC ow pala soup eS kg ed Be lei ae De Gg Mammals and Birds—Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology . . . 75 Accessions ee en Ava he abate epi h ett Met itcel ta lent. ce ae eee ee eS WES ERM AEIONS Hye ar ae coed oN trae Se Loe ahi nerd: ee ete ee FO PE Re OMCEEION SS yr ccd. Siar Re Le wat eh ORAS Gee Fie eee ae FO ESSE SEES BNO eR et ae as oh AA Mer ie ails ATS) 7 gL, 7 eC Ot ices eo oe ieee or ee eee Se Ge Ge oer SR as be oe ELE ie A ees aa oe aah ec tce en Br oe, Pes at oy aoe ee 0 eA OHSE Baie retin ee See ene Mea eerie ete) eee oo" Bg Extinct Vertebrates—Department of Vertebrate Paleontology . . . . 81 Perel PompieeaeS 7) EttCrtCes, oe eS e. br ee a e ew BE Prcpatationa ands Pxhabwisony | jess ae ht ale ee ee re ee 2 SOLAS Cee oa meee Seear ee eae eeu tine ed eh oes” Gere er ree OS BESCrcenl Aste CE gWie AGE ote SN eh ete ot a el ef ee ae "O2 Pepulacizing the Museum's Work 2 (25 “oe 8S So ee 83 Existing and Extinct Races of Men—Department of Anthropology. . . 84 PRCERAISTEIOH Sy) cia ie tre a eh oe Se Be hfe cite Varia Ritakt wine e hone) ogee ease) Od Bite RaetIRCSCALC IT ange tonty ahs tafe eee eA op ra ag Gaeve a) are ONE oe ates ett, ROA eSeaAne ir 17 «LHe MUS CTIere et yrs yee ats eee aa = ode Oe alse soe, BO Epica Groups: ange Matalsie ). 6 Sse pe at. Shaw eee . SF Panaigien ane. otaiy. Collections: 2 sla ie! ce Aleks ex uae ms. «e688 AIC OCLULES Et ae iene och SAG tteR Mata ea Sho nthe bali 6 Lei OS ICAO Samet ee ot tel etiiotas ce ib nes cet teat Aeon aw a na, Iw OEE eee ec OO ee Ls 10 Contents Anatomy and Physiology—Department of Anatomy and Physiology . . 89 Public Health—Department of Public Health . . . . . . « « « 90 FEXHIDIES Ste Se ks i Se, ay ek ne nce aS ory NS Nag 0 1S ee re Bacteriological Museum «9 21.) 6) je) 8) es Me ie) i Extension Work Se NCO OLECeE Me ICRC MC ic acre LATE Cama Gi Research ie reer bee ire) Men We) aces Vilea) eet ihyerete nes ot ica Otay = alan ars etna taeanM et o ECE SEAM ee N a he yim yl tse Wl etkiie ye Rn ale! tet a eee rare tay ee SMO ne i ECE The Library—Department of Books and Publications. . . . . . « 93 ACQUISITIONS (1955) ooh see we rey se oet) relk saleit Veli? Vem n fer tal te) laze) aie etter Osborn Library of Vertebrate Paleontology . . . . . © « « 95 Publications: 62 oe yey eis pia cee Soret eS RGah Megs eet tt toeetlg tier Ns tn err Technical) Publications’) 0) 5) hn as ee ik ee, eh eo oo Popular: Publications’ > 66.56). S)), ss re bo ie) ee ae nin GENERAL) SUMMARY Onc eg 8 Wo Ot POA Ge rr FINANCES, MAINTENANCE, ENDOWMENT. . .. . . . «© « « « 103 : Endowment and Investment Account . . . .« «© «© « « « -« 103 City Maintenance Account). hic 446 2S ere Pan as ee Trustees’: General Account 1009.5. 2 065 6 ss) see. ie he vel tee re Trustees’ Special Funds Account. . 3 ¢ . 3) ss 6s see Crocker Land Expedition Fund Account . . . . « «© « « « 105 Corporate Stock Account: si 065.05. 6) 38 OS ee Museum Building Fund Account... . . »« 9. <« ¢ «= \)s \eoseumed Pension: Fund gc) ja) ae ee hye boli id rr rd Financial Statement) oo 8S eee ie ow he a ee a MEMBERSHIP 306) 2.9.6.1 2 EF PNG Ae Privileges Enjoyed by Members . . . . «© «'« « «© «© « « 323 Lectures ‘for; Members «.¢60) 6 ee a ee eb te re ee Lectures for the Children of Members. . . . . «© «© « « «© 124 Special ‘Lectures 200) e362) oe ee oe ee ee ee Jesup Lectures) ier ee OO lee Wee) Se eargt) (he ‘Associate ‘Membership 0°). 6665) 0) 228 kt eS a) ee ee Status. ‘of Membership). 3.06 3 ee oe ee New: Members) 33337) 6). ve) ae ey a AE Re Deceased Trustees and Members. . . « . « « «© «© « «= «= 120 List oF TRUSTEES AND TERMS OF SERVICE . . ... . . « « + 129 List OF MEMBERS (0300 8 kt a eee Founders: ore ie i GS ig tea aati de ee Benefactors s)he ie 6S 8) Wheres ee ee ere REO le test Associate: Fouriders 4.96.05 he SI ie ae eee oe le cele Associate: Benefactors 6 .)ii0)0) 5) hie a ate dues Micumnet tee arse 4 Ney ene ke nea Patrons yeas ee ES yet NI te ici te) cra et Nes mun eet Contents TI elicues merase Sen ate ake c heh ee ia we oe eee es rey eh @. BZA Pinnoreeuee laws cr i men AEE reser Es ehyet | write) isa a FBO TERRES (Rbarn esta bee i ae lee tie i ge ae Meet ee lara Mee atc OR A Stitt ee NECHIDEES IN) lic tess) eh ee) fie ketrirjenne Del heii, eg (vain dyer ce EAT Annual Members RP tere An) Deira Sara's ek AAR ey cay os yi pen & EGO PROCESSIONS eG ea a okt e! er ee ie we, 8 BFS Sue BauUCAMORW Sore i tei couse isi isi pee oleh eet, eu es he 275 WEOIOPU eerie misting See ae: © els ed res a ea ere ee ter ane pa Vel So ETS Wie tere amar P OT Se och Moe ought gNMneN MCDA gchar args WG il ta) cle SIG WicedSeamdNOresthye nt <0. %s.pe 6) eel Mae we we en retom oe EZ. Pnwrerteniate ZOOlOry, 6 is) a) ie!) e) aie ein el eh a 6 cole ea af ee) ar EFZ Hchthyology and: Herpetoloryy. fs) so se; ileli- al ot) eth uae « 182 Manvnalopy and Ornitholocy s. 0 6 <0) ss cet iw jienike ele ie 9 185 MPrECGrate EE eOntolopye Miele eins etl Neneh elie. “eis, ote, 189 Anthropology PE RR Tae ep U ed eet ee een MTs Neko te Fiobviohal faa, tek Woh LOO PMTCT Mone eh ies eo eserves cen eke ee eee ysl fee ye LOB Pe UNCORPORAIION 6 gen) i) ic) ep eur gy Gop uey sie «6 #6 395 CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. . .. - + © «© « 197 PEPER HT REION Ge eh eye tt ds Mitre tae ea ke eS 8 203 a Sg Ptah ir aie. wy ce ROR eee elas ija) 6 4 289 | EELELGETIIT Ei eh ROG Ne Sik Oi ai maine tia ett ai eaten es een Pam os ee 6 FourtH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PENSION BOARD . .....- . 215 Financial Statement of the Pension Fund . . . . . . . =. © 231 BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR ory President HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN First Vice-President Second Vice-President CLEVELAND H. DODGE J. P. MORGAN Treasurer Secretary HENRY P. DAVISON ADRIAN ISELIN, Jr. EX-OFFICIO JOHN PURROY MITCHEL MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK WILLIAM A. PRENDERGAST COMPTROLLER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK CABOT WARD PRESIDENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS ELECTIVE Class of 1917 ADRIAN ISELIN, Jr. OGDEN MILLS THOMAS DeWITT CUYLER MADISON GRANT HENRY 2. DAVISON Class of 1918 A. D, JUILLIARD ARCHER M. HUNTINGTON CEEV ELANID TH DODGE FELIX M. WARBURG HENRY C. PRICK Class of 1919 JOSEPH H. CHOATE JAMES DOUGLAS HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN GEORGE F. BAKER Class of 1920 PERCY kp yvans J. P. MORGAN ARTHUR CURTISS JAMES JOHN B. TREVOR WALTER B. JAMES Class of 1921 CHARLES LANIER FREDERICK F. BREWSTER ANSON W. HARD R. FULTON CUTTING I2 eee eee sud ie ii aaa acacia Planes Nan COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR 1917 Executive Committee J. P. MORGAN, Chairman HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN, Ex-officio FREDERICK F. BREWSTER ADRIAN ISELIN, Jr. HENRY P. DAVISON ARTHUR CURTISS JAMES CLEVELAND H. DODGE A. D. JUILLIARD OGDEN MILLS Auditing Committee FELIX M. WARBURG, Chairman CHARLES LANIER THOMAS DeWITT CUYLER Finance Committee HENRY P. DAVISON, Chairman GEORGE F. BAKER R. FULTON CUTTING HENRY C. FRICK Nominating Committee PERCY R. PYNE, Chairman R. FULTON CUTTING MADISON GRANT Committee on Building and Plans PERCY R. PYNE, Chairman HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN, Ex-officio MADISON GRANT FELIX M. WARBURG WALTER B. JAMES CABOT WARD, Commissioner of Parks Committee on Pensions FELIX M. WARBURG, Chairman ADRIAN ISELIN, Jr. WALTER B. JAMES PERCY: Ro PYNE 13 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE MUSEUM Director -FREDERIC A. LUCAS Assistant Secretary GEORGE H. SHERWOOD Assistant Treasurer UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK Bursar FREDERICK H. SMYTH Superintendent of Building Registrar J. B. FOULKE GEORGE N. PINDAR Chief of Construction Chief Engineer H. {BEERS H. J. LANGHAM 14 We tate eed SCIENTIFIC STAFF FOR 1917 DIRECTOR Freperic A. Lucas, Sc.D. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND INVERTEBRATE PALZ ONTOLOGY EpmunNp Otis Hovey, Pu.D., Curator CuestTer A. ReEEeps, PH.D., Assistant Curator DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY L. P. Gratacap, A.M., Curator GeorcEe F. Kunz, Pu.D., Honorary Curator of Gems DEPARTMENT OF WOODS AND FORESTRY Mary Cyntuia Dickerson, B.S., Curator BARRINGTON Moore, A.B., M.F., Associate Curator DEPARTMENT OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY Henry E. Crampton, Pu.D., Curator Roy W. Miner, A.B., Associate Curator Frank E. Lutz, Pu.D., Associate Curator L. P. Gratacap, A.M., Curator of Mollusca A. J. MutTcHLeEr, Assistant WILLARD G. VAN Name, Pu.D., Assistant Frank E. Watson, B.S., Assistant W. M. WHEELER, PH.D., Hon. Curator of Social Insects A. L. TREADWELL, PH.D., Hon. Curator of Annulata CuHarLes W. Lene, B.S., Hon. Curator of Coleoptera DEPARTMENT OF ICHTHYOLOGY AND HERPETOLOGY BASHFoRD DEAN, PuH.D., Curator Emeritus Joun T. NicnHots, A.B., Assistant Curator of Recent Fishes Mary Cyntuia Dickerson, B.S., Associate Curator of Herpetology DEPARTMENT OF MAMMALOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY J. A. ALLEN, PH.D., Curator Frank M. CHApMaAy, Sc.D., Curator of Ornithology Roy C. Anprews, A.M., Assistant Curator.of Mammalogy W. DEW. Miter, Assistant Curator of Ornithology H. E. Antuony, B.S., Assistant in Mammalogy HeErBert LANG, Assistant in Mammalogy James P. CuHaprin, A.B., Assistant in Ornithology 15 SCIENTIFIC STAFF FOR 1917—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VERTEBRATE PALZONTOLOGY HENRY FAIRFIELD OszorN, Sc.D., LL.D., D.Sc., Curator Emeritus W. D. MattHew, PH.D., Curator WALTER GRANGER, Associate Curator of Fossil Mammals Barnum Brown, A.B., Associate Curator of Fossil Reptiles WILLIAM K. Grecory, PH.D., Associate in Paleontology CHarLes R. EastMANn, PH.D., Research Associate DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY CLARK WISSLER, PH.D., Curator Piiny E. Gopparp, PH.D., Curator of Ethnology Ropert H. Lowig, PH.D., Associate Curator HERBERT J. SPINDEN, PH.D., Assistant Curator N. C. Netson, M.L., Assistant Curator CHARLES W. MeEap, Assistant Curator M. D. C. CrAwForp, Research Associate in Textiles Gero. BirD GRINNELL, PH.D., Research Associate in Ethnology J. H. McGrecor, Pu.D., Research Associate in Physical Anthropology ‘Louis R. Sutiivan, A.M., Assistant in Physical Anthropology LEsLIE Spier, B.S., Assistant in Anthropology DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY RALPH W. Tower, PuH.D., Curator CHARLES F. Herm, Assistant ALESSANDRO Fapsri, Research Associate in Physiology DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CHARLES-Epwarp A. Winstow, M.S., M.A., Curator T. G. Hutt, Pu.D., Assistant DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION GrorcGE H. SHERWoop, A.M., Curator G. CLypE FisHER, PH.D., Associate Curator ANN E. THomAS, PH.B., Assistant DEPARTMENT OF BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS RateH W. Tower, Px.D., Curator Ipa RicHarDSON Hoop, A.B., Assistant Librarian 16 FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT To the Trustees and Members of The American Museum of Natural History, and to the Municipal Authorities of the City of New York: The President has the honor to submit herewith his tenth annual report of the development of the American Museum —the forty-eighth year of the history of the institution. On April 6, 1919, the Museum will celebrate the fiftieth anniver- sary of its foundation, and it is hoped that this celebration may be marked by the opening of the two new buildings—the Southeast Wing and the Court of Ocean Life—which the Mu- seum so urgently needs for the reception and exhibition of its overflowing collections. Next to building in importance is the increase of our Gen- eral Endowment Fund. Like all other growing institutions in this country, our needs for general purposes have Need of far outstripped the income derived from our Gen- Sree eral Endowment, which amounts at the present time to $57,211. For several years it has been necessary for the Trustees and Members of the Museum to add amounts varying from $60,000 to $100,000 to operate the institution and to make up the deficiency in the mainte- nance allowance of the City. This is a generous method, but not a financially sound one, and the gift to the General En- dowment of $2,000,000 is greatly needed to insure permanently the development of the Museum before entering the second half century of its existence. 2 The need of immediately increasing the General Endow- ment is still further emphasized by the results of a careful study of the salaries of the Museum, which was made during the preparation of the budget for 1917. The statistics showed 17 18 Report of the President that the schedule of salaries for the members of the scientific and administrative staffs is much below the standards recog- nized elsewhere in the city, and if the American Museum is to retain highly efficient men on its staff, it must pay salaries commensurate with those that similar services command out- side. Relief in this situation can be obtained only through a larger General Endowment. During the year a number of important bequests and gifts have been announced, which when received will be applied to the General Endowment. Under the will of Amos F. Eno, an Annual Member for twenty-four years and a Life Member for ten years, the Museum was designated as a beneficiary to the ex- tent of $250,000. This will was contested by certain of the heirs and was set aside by jury trial. The case is now pending before the Court of Appeals. Under the will of James Gaunt, the Museum is to be a bene- ficiary of one half of his residuary estate after the death of his brother Dr. Thomas T. Gaunt. It is estimated that under this legacy the Museum may receive $100,000. | Although the will of Charles E. Rhinelander is being con- tested, there is a possibility that the Museum will receive a bequest of $8,000 and may later be a further beneficiary to the extent of $12,000 from a trust fund. The Museum has received $10,000 as payment in full of the bequest of Emil C. Bondy. This sum has been added to the General Endowment Fund. Under the will of Helen C. Juilliard, the Museum is to re- ceive the sum of $50,000, which will be applied to the Building Fund of the Museum. Bequests If the Trustees and Members will observe the wonderful stimulus which has been given to the scientific and educa- tional development of the Museum through the new resources coming from the Jesup Endow- ment Fund, they will feel more strongly than ever the urgency of the movement towards increased building space and in- creased General Endowment. The annual income from this Jesup Fund Report of the President 19 fund is $252,500, all of which, according to Mr. Jesup’s wise q intention, must be devoted to exploration, research, scientific HH discovery and publication, as well as to scientific exhibition. Among the pleasant surprises of the year was a gift of $10,- ooo from Mrs. Russell Sage, which has been added to the Special Endowment as the Margaret Olivia Sage Gift of Mrs. Fund. In view of the interest of Mrs. Sage in Russell Sage _. : . : : birds and their conservation, the income of this fund is set aside for the enrichment of the collection of birds. The Trustees have positively decided that the Museum building must be enlarged. At the May meeting of the Board, the question was raised whether, in view of Need of Southeast the restricted financial condition of the City, are one awe rt it would be expedient to attempt to enlarge the Museum through personal donations. On July 18, a conference was held between the President, Mayor Mitchel and Comptroller Prendergast, in which the Comptroller expressed the opinion that it would be impossible to make any appropriations of any kind for building during the remainder of the year 1916, and both officers expressed the opinion that the City would not regard the donation of a build- ing as prejudicing or hindering municipal appropriations in the future. In order to make this agreement a matter of legal record, at Mayor Mitchel’s suggestion the following resolution was adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment on July 27: oe | Se = : ~ > > — > . —. > Whereas, The Trustees and friends of the American Museum of Natural History, through very large dona- tions, have greatly increased the collections and have strengthened the relations between the Museum and the public schools, the members of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment desire to make public acknowledgment of the service which the Museum has rendered and is render- ing to the City; and Whereas, Ten years have elapsed since the City has added to the building of the American Museum of Natu- 20 Report of the President ral History, and the members of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment appreciate the urgent necessity of en- largement of the building, they realize that it is imprac- ticable for the City to make any appropriation this year for the Museum because of the very heavy obligations to which the City is committed for other important purposes. The members of this Board, however, are fully alive to the binding nature of the agreement between the Museum and the City, namely, that the City shall continue to add building space as the collections and exhibitions increase, according to the Contract of 1878, and trust that the op- portunity may soon come when building by the City may be renewed. In view of this emergency, the Board desires to make record that if private funds are contributed for the erection of the building the acceptance of such dona- tion shall not be regarded as a precedent to relieve the City of its obligation to continue the extension of the building in the future. This action of the Board of Estimate removed the serious objection to the raising of a building fund by subscription. The first contribution to the Museum building fund was a check for $100,000 from Dr. James Douglas, which was fol- lowed by other generous subscriptions from members of the Board of Trustees, amounting, at the time of the Annual Meeting of 1917, to $617,000. To build and equip the Southeast Wing and Court of Ocean Life at the present time, the sum of $1,000,000 is re- quired ; consequently there is still an amount of $400,000 to be contributed. Full acknowledgment of the individual dona- tions will be made when the subscription is complete. The Court of Ocean Life is being designed as the most com- plete and beautiful museum unit in the world. Contents of It is planned for exhibitions covering the entire the Proposed ike d : i . New Buildings [ife and environment, geographic and physio- graphic, of the sea, on the lines of the famous Oceanographic Museum at Monaco and the Fisheries Mu- seum at Berlin. Besides the small forms and phenomena of Report of the President 21 ocean life, it is planned to exhibit the George S. Bowdoin collection of whales and other cetaceans, including the twenty- seven models and eight skeletons of whales now on exhibition and the much larger number of models and material now in storage, assembled from the expeditions extending from Long Island Sound to Quebec, British Columbia, Alaska, Japan and Korea, made by Mr. Roy C. Andrews between the years 1907 and 1914, as well as other great collections from the Arctic and Antarctic Seas. The first floor of the Southeast Wing will be occupied by the great Hall of Fishes, for the arrangement of which special designs are being prepared by Curator Bashford Dean and Director Frederic A. Lucas. Above this will be the Asiatic Hall, for which the Museum has assembled great collections and for which it now has a special expedition in the field in southern China and Tibet, under the direction of Mr. Roy C. Andrews. The third floor will be devoted to the Reptiles of the World. The fourth floor will be a Hall of Dinosaurs, including the great collections which have been made since explorations were begun in 1907 in the Rocky Mountains. The upper floors will be devoted to curators’ offices, laboratories and storage space. These plans, as presented by Trowbridge and Livingston, architects, are fully set forth in the Fourth Edition of the Museum’s folder, “Growth of the Building,” published December 1, 1916. The movement for the relief of the Museum in this crisis of its development, by the donation of buildings, has received very strong public and editorial support, especially asmaee in the Times, Sun, Tribune, World, American, Herald and Evening Post. The Special Committee of the Trustees, which has the matter in charge, includes Messrs. Cleveland H. Dodge, J. P. Morgan, A. D. Juilliard, _ Felix M. Warburg, and Henry Fairfield Osborn ex officio. 22 Report of the President COOPERATION WITH OTHER NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE DIFFUSION OF SCIENCE Since 1896, when Professor Franz Boas was simultaneously appointed to Columbia University and to the scientific staff of the American Museum, this institution has been cooperating with Columbia in anthropology, as a result of which Columbia has taken a leading place in the training of anthropologists in this country. Similar important results have been obtained through cooperation in vertebrate paleontology and zoology. On another side, the Museum is now offering to codperate with other great scientific institutions in the United States for the wider diffusion of science among the people. There has probably never been a time in the history of our republic when the wide diffusion of a knowledge of the laws of nature among the people was more important and pressing than at present. To the pure science of zodlogy, geology and an- thropology of its early days, the Museum is now adding many of the applications of science to public welfare in chemistry, mining, public health, eugenics and food supply, to meet the constantly increasing demand for knowledge on these subjects. To the dissemination of the ideas and great scientific discov- eries of Linneus, Darwin, Louis Agassiz, Leidy, Cope and Marsh, we are adding the practical influence of the discoveries of Pasteur and Ross in disease, of Sargent in forestry, of Gal- ton and Mendel in heredity. In the Darwin Hall a child can learn the principles of racial improvement and eugenics, in a simple and beautiful manner. The cooperation of the Museum has recently been tendered to the Trustees of the Carnegie Corporation* in the form of a proposed arrangement whereby the Museum may translate to * The charter object of this corporation is ‘“‘to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding among the people of the United States, by aiding technical schools, institutions of higher learning, libraries, scientific re- search, hero funds, useful publications, and by such other agencies and means as shall from time to time be found appropriate therefor.” By Act of the Legislature on June 9, rort. Report of the President 23 the people the latest results of scientific research and discovery which are flowing from the men of genius enlisted in the va- rious affiliated departments of the Carnegie Institution. Dur- ing the year 1916, the Carnegie Institution expended the unprecedented sum of $750,710 in pure research in astronomy, pure and applied chemistry, physics, geophysics, terrestrial magnetism, biology, zodlogy, paleontology and experimental evolution. It has been suggested to the Trustees of the Carnegie Cor- poration that they should take into consideration the means which the American Museum now affords, and ee. which may develop through further building and orporation ‘ A : s equipment, for the wide diffusion among the peo- ple, and especially among the pupils and students of our educa- tional institutions, of the results of the most recent scientific discoveries. For example, in the COURT OF OCEAN LIFE, in the adjoining Hall of Fishes and in the Hall of Biology (Darwin Hall), the discoveries which are being made in va- rious parts of the world by the Carnegie Institution in these subjects could be translated into visual or graphic form and made to exert an influence, as is done by the remarkable Oceanographic Museum at Monaco and the Institut fiir Mee- reskunde at Berlin. Similarly in the proposed ROTUNDA OF ASTRONOMY, which forms the central feature of the Museum’s new plan of building, approved by the Trustees in 1911, the most recent discoveries from the great astronomic observatories of America, especially the work of Hale at Mount Wilson, of Campbell at Mount Hamilton, of Pickering at Harvard, of Lowell at Flagstaff and of other American observers, could be presented visually. To present the subject of astronomy properly, the central rotunda would cost about $500,000, representing an annual in- terest and maintenance charge of approximately $30,000. By this annual expenditure, the results of researches, which cost the Carnegie Institution alone more than $219,000 annually, could in considerable measure be brought to the pupils of the schools, to the students of the universities and to the general public. pr . ~ 2 »)' a 24 Report of the President The Trustees of the Museum may also invite the codperation of the Rockefeller Foundation in support of its purely educa- tional propaganda in the Department of Public Health for a knowledge of the natural causes of health.and disease. There is a widespread impres- sion, which rests upon no adequate evidence, that the Ameri- can people are relatively well informed in matters of science. As a matter of fact, inquiry would show that we are far behind the people of Scandinavia, of Denmark, of Holland and espe- cially of Germany in all these subjects. In our judgment, the Museum on the Jesup foundation should prepare itself to cooperate so far as possible with the great institutions which have been founded for public enlightenment by men like An- drew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller in the more rapid diffusion of science, each institution taking the particular share which it is best fitted to undertake. The Carnegie Institution is preéminently devoted to pure research; the Rockefeller Foundation is at present devoted largely to the practical appli- cation of medical discovery, while the American Museum is devoted primarily to visual education in all departments of natural science, including the subjects which have more re- cently come within its domain. As regards what is now being accomplished in the diffusion of knowledge, the statistics of the Department of Public Education, showing the number of institutions of different grades now reached by our plan of cooperation, are very im- pressive: Rockefeller Foundation INSTITUTIONS MAKING USE OF THE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS Public Schools. jink) ctr ee PT eR re een cies ok 440 Parochial: Schools) esis ows ats Seon oa ee ee Cae ee ee eee 8 Private: Schools.) /iic at: chk us eae eee eee 51 Gotleges) and Universities 00. 220. oe ae ee cee ete 167 Medical ‘Schools: 6.05. S,c00:4 Re eee ee a ere re 114 Schools) of Art iand Design: (.5i9 1-0. 2c:. seca bee 8 TAD RATES 8 21055 Wie is poe, 6 See 4 ejay ee ae OI err ene eran 14 Other Educational Organizations and Institutions .......... 148 Report of the President 25 The various means by which this diffusion is carried on, by class work in the Museum, by laboratory work in the schools furnished with Museum material, by lectures Present System jin the Museum and in local lecture centers, by of Diffusion é ‘ advanced observation courses in the Museum exhibition halls, and by the free use of our collection of 20,000 lantern slides, are clearly set forth in the report of the Depart- ment of Public Education. Through the nature study collec- tions, 1,118,000 school children have been reached; nearly 40,000 lantern slides have been in circulation in the schools, and more than 80,000 pupils have attended our lectures within and without the Museum. Through this extension work the scientific results of expeditions and researches are promptly translated to the schools. Presented in another way, there has been a very marked increase in the practical use of the Mu- seum by visiting classes in both science and art and for pur- poses of technical design. The very slight falling off in total attendance in connection with our educational system is due to the epidemic among the children and also to the withdrawal of nature study courses in certain of the schools. SGATISTICS OF NUMBERS REACHED BY THE MUSEUM AND ITS EXTENSION EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IQI2 1913 IQI4 IQI5 1916 Board of Education Lectures 52,855 48,119 52,761 41,970 34,421 Lectures to School Children and Classes visiting the Mu- Seum tor Study s...+se.- 49,872 56,899 65,785* 61,437 58,842 Meetings of Scientific So- cieties and Other Meetings ward ISECtUTES © wi2 Stee e's eins 28,384 2353157 32,939 22,542 28,495 PR OvEES Pe oa ieeclc a inte wie sla elare pee (so tyes 138,375 151,485 125,949 121,758 Attendance in Exhibition 2 0 APS Ee Ree 715,852 728,288 657,458 794,139 725,917 Total Attendance for all Pur- GSES Be cielaiviciesaleie sieve ie\e sic. 846,963 866,663 808,943 920,088 847,675 Lectures to Pupils in Local x REESE frat wiiie ys eo nictove. 0.650. 32,800 37,400 Numbers reached by Circu-. lating Collections ....... 1,275,890 1,378,599 1,273,853 1,238,581 1,118,322 Pete > SOE osc 2 . = Be eee ——Seey SE == = —— =e = 168 Thomas, Samuel Hinds Thompson, Augustus Porter Thompson, Mrs. J. Todhunter Thompson, Lewis M. Thompson, Rev. Dr. Walter Thomson, Miss Evelyn M. Thomson, George W. Thomson, John F. Thomson, Wm. Hanna Thorley, Charles Thorne, Mrs. Edwin Thorne, Miss Eliza A. Thorne, Mrs. J. W. Thorne, Robert Thorne, Samuel, Jr. Thorne, W. V. S. Thorne, Mrs. W. V.S. Thornton, Mrs. George M. Tiedemann, Mrs. Theodore Tierney, Myles Tiffany, Charles L. Tiffany, Louis C. Tillotson, Mrs. H. B. Tim, Bernard L. Timolat, J. G. Timpson, James Tinkham, Julian R. Tipper, Harry Titus, Erastus, Jr. Toch, Mrs. Maximilian Tonnelé, John L. Tonnelé, Mrs. John N. Torrance, Norman F. Totten, John R. Towns, Mrs. Charles B. Townsend, David C. Townsend, Howard ramon. S. Trenor, John J. D. Trevor, H., G. Troescher, A. F. Annual Members Trowbridge, E. Kellogg Trowbridge, Frederick K. Trowbridge, S. Breck P. Tucker, Carll Tucker, Mrs. Carll Tuckerman, Alfred Tuckerman, Mrs. Alfred Tuckerman, Miss Emily Tuckerman, Paul Turck, Dr. Fenton B. Turnbull, Arthur Turnbull, Mrs. Ramsay Turnbull, William Turner, Mrs. J. Spencer Turnure, George E. Tuska, Benjamin Tuttle, Donald Seymour Tweed, Charles H. Tweedie, Miss Annie Ullman, Sigmund Ullmann, E. S. Ulmann Ca: Ulmann, James Ulmann, Ludwig Underwood, William Lyman Untermyer, Alvin Untermyer, Isaac’ Vail, Theo. N. Vaillant, Mrs. G. H. Valentine, J. Manson Valentine, Wm. A.,M.D. van Beuren, F. T., Jr. van Beuren, Mrs. M. M. Van Brunt, Jeremiah R. Vanderbilt, Miss Cathleen Vanderbilt, Reginald C. Vanderbilt, Mrs. W. K. Vanderlip, Mrs. F. A. Vanderlip, Frank A. Vanderpoel, Mrs. J. A. Van Dusen, Thos. D. Van Dyke, R. B. van Dyke, Tertius Van Emburgh, D. B. Van Emburgh, Mrs. D. B. Van Horne, John G. Van Ingen, Edward H. Van Norden, Ottomar H. van Raalte, Mrs. E. Van Raalte, Mrs. Z. Van Sinderen, Howard Van Vorst,® Frederick B. Van Wagenen, Bleecker Van Winkle, Edgar B. Veit, Richard C. Veltin, Miss Louise Vernon, Mrs. Catherine D. Vesper, Karl H. Vettel, Mrs. Rosa Vietor, Carl Vietor, Ernst G. Vietor, Mrs. Geo. F. Vietor, Thos. F. Villard, Mrs. Henry Vincent, Frank Vineberg, Dr. Hiram N. Voelker, John Ph. Vogel, Felix A.” Vogel, Herman Vogel, H. G. Vogelstein, L. Vondermuhll,George A. von Gontard, Alex. von Zedlitz, Mrs. Anna M. Voss, F. G. Vreeland, Frederick K. Vuilleumier, Dr. Jules A. Wadsworth, James W., Jr. Wagner, T. B. Wainwright, Wm. P. Wakeman, Stephen H. Walbridge, H. D. Walcott, Mrs. F. C. Waldo, Miss Julia L. Wales, Edward H. Walker, E. Robbins Walker, Mrs. Gustavus A. Walker, Horatio Walker, John B., M.D. Walker, Mrs. Joseph, Jr. Walker, W. G. Walker, William I. Wallenstein, Milton H. Wallerstein, Leo Wallerstein, Dr. Max Walsh, Myles Walter, Edw. J. Walter, W. I. Walther, Elmore Curt Wanninger, Chas. Ward, Artemas Ward, Mrs. Artemas Ward, Mrs. Frances M. Ward, John Gilbert Ward, Owen Ward, T. Edwin Wardwell, Allen Warner, C. Blaine Warner, Mrs. Henry S. Warner, Mrs. Henry Wolcott Warner, Lucien C. Warren, Mrs. J. Kearny Warren, Mrs. John Hobart Washburn, Thomas G. Wassermann, E. Waterbury, Miss Florence Waterbury, Mrs. John I. Waterman, Max Annual Members Waters, Horace Watjen, Louis Watkins, Eugene W. Watson, A. W. Watson, Miss Emily A. Watson, Mrs. J. E. Watson, John J., Jr. Watson, Louis T. Watson, Margaret W. Wearne, Harry Weatherbee, Mrs. E. H. Webb, H. Walter Webb, Mrs. Vanderbilt Weber, Ferdinand Weed, Geo. E. Weeks, Andrew Gray Weeks, Dr. John E. Wehrhane, Chas. Weigle, Chas. H. Weil, Arthur William Weil, Emil Weil, Dr. Isaac Weil, Miss Josephine M. Weil, R. Weiller, Simon Weinberg, Charles Weinberger, Dr. B. W. Weir, Chas. Gouverneur Weir, Mrs. Chas. Gouverneur Weiss, Mrs. Chas. Weiss, Mrs. Samuel W. Weist, Harry H., M.D. Weitling, Wm. W. Welinsky, Max Wells, Mrs. John Wells, Judd Elwin Wells, Oliver J. Welsh, S. Chas. Welwood, John Caldwell Wentz, James G. Wentz, Theodore Werner, Charles H. Werner, Theodore Wertheim, Jacob 169 Wertheim, Maurice Wesendonck, M. A. Wessell, Arthur L. Westcott, Mrs. Robert E. Westervelt, William Young Weston, Dr. Edward Westover, Myron F. Wetherbee, Gardner Wheeler, Dr. Herbert L. Wheeler, John Davenport asitth Wheeler, Miss L. qu Wheelock, Geo. L. it Wheelock, Mrs. G. G. Wheelwright, Joseph S., M.D. Whitaker, John E. White, Alexander M. White, A. Ludlow White, Miss Caroline White, Miss H. White, John Jay, Jr. White, Mrs. Stanford White, W. A. Whitehouse, J. Henry Whiting, Mrs. James R. Whitman, Wm., Jr. Whitney, Caspar Whitney, Edward F. Whitney, Mrs. Eli Whitney, H. P. Whitney, Mrs. Payne Wiborg, F. B. Wickes, Edward A. Wight, Mrs. H. B. Wilbour, Miss Theodora Wilcox, Mrs. Clermont H. Wilcox, T. Ferdinand Wiley, Louis Wilkens, H. A. J. Wilkie, John L. Wilkinson, Alfred Willcox, William G, ez i ses BE 28h 2 See Bi a = = — 2) I i = aie = == ee eg Sam 3 Pe ee —= = SSSa_— =i S ieee = = = — = =" -) ee srr — — ~~~ _ SS er 3 Ss ——s 170 Willets, Miss Maria Willett, George F. Williams, Alex. S. Williams, Arthur Williams, Blair S. Williams, Joseph Williams, Mrs. Percy H. Williams, Richard H. Williams, Mrs. Richard H. Williams, T. W. Williams, William H. Willis, W.P. Wills, Wm. Willson, Fredk. N. Willstatter, A. Wilmerding, Lucius Wilson, Associate Members Wilson, M. Orme. Wilson, Orme, Jr. Wilson, R. Thornton Wimpfheimer, Chas. A. Wingate, Geo. W. Winthrop, Bronson Wise, Edmond E. Wisner, Percy Witherbee, Frank S. Wittmann, Joseph Woerishoffer, Mrs. Anna Woerz, F. W. Wolfe, Mrs. Anzonetta B. Wolfe, S. Herbert Wolff, Mrs. Lewis S. Wolff, Wm. E. Rev. Andrew Chalmers Wolfson, T. Wilson, Edmund B. Wilson, George T. Wilson, Mrs. Henry B. Wilson, John E., M.D. Wilson, Miss Margaret B. Wood, Mrs. Cynthia A. Wood, Mrs. John D. Wood, Willis D. Wood, Wm. C. Woodin, Mrs. C. R. Woolley, James V. S. Worcester, Wilfred J. Worms er, Mrs. Isidor Wray, A. H. Wray, Miss Julia Wright, Mrs. J. Hood Wurzburger, A. Wyckoff, Barkley Wyckoff, Edward Guild Wylie, Dr. R. H. Yeisley, Rev. Dr. George C. Young, A. Murray Young, Mrs. A. Murray Young, Charles H., M.D. Young, Mrs. John Alvin Zabriskie, Andrew C. Zabriskie, George Zanetti, Joseph A. Zimmermann, John Zinsser, Aug. Zinsser, August, Jr. Zoller, Charles ASSOCIATE MEMBERS ( NON-RESIDENT ) By contribution of $3 annually Aborn, John Russell Ackley, Miss Adeline E. Adams, Newton Albree, Fred W. Allen, GL. Allen, Normand Ames, Oakes Anderson, John Andrews, Col. James M. Appleton, Maj.-Gen. Francis Henry Armour, M. Cochrane Arnold, Miss Mittie Atlee, E. I. Atwater, Chas. B. Babcock, Frederick R. Babcock, William Bailey, Edward P. Ballantine, Percy Ballou, Louis Barclay, Miss Cornelia C. Barney, D. Newton Barr, James H. Barrett, W. H. Barron, Clarence W. Bartlett, A. C. Bartlett, Florence Barton, Geo. H. Bass, Robert P. Baxter, Harold F. Bayard, Thomas F. Beardslee, J. C. Beck, Paul Belknap, Henry Wyckoff Bell, C. Edward ~ Benjamin, Julian A. Bennett, Winchester Benney, G. A. Benson, Edwin N., Jr. Bent, Wm. W. Billings, Frank Bindley, Cornelia McK. Bingham, Arthur E. Bird, John B. Blackmer, James L. Blakeley, George H. Blakeley, William A. Blakiston, Kenneth M. Blanchard, John A. Blaney, Dwight Bliss, Miss Elizabeth B. Blossom, Mrs. Dudley S. Blumer, George Boardman, Mrs. William D. Bodine, Wm. W. Bogert, William B. Bole, B. P. Bond, Hugh L., Jr. Bowditch, Mrs. Henry P. Bradford, Sidney Brainard, M. B. Brewster, Frank Bridge, Norman Briggs, Dr. C. E. Brooks, Charles T. Brown, Mrs. Carter Brown, Henry P., Jr., M.D. Brown, Laurence F. Brown, Samuel B. Browning, Victor Reed Bryant, Henry G. Bryn, H. Buckingham, John Bulkley, Barry Bull, Manlius Burgess, Theodore P. Burnham, T. W. Burnham, W. E. Burpee, David Burr, J. H. Ten Eyck Burrell, Loomis Bushnell, Edward Buswell, C. H. Butcher, Henry C. Cabot, George E. Cadwalader, Williams B. Associate Members Cahn, Benjamin R. Caldwell, James H. Canniff, William Henry Carmalt, William H., M.D. Carney, F. D. Carter, Dr. C. Shirley Carter, Geo. E. Carton, Alfred T. Cary, Miss Kate Case, Willard E. Chamberlain, Chauncy W. Chase, Frederick S. Cheever, James G. Cheney, Mary Cheston, D. Murray, Jr. Child, John H. Church, Morton L. Clapp, Charles C. Clark, Emory W. Clark, George H. Clark, Jefferson Coe, Miss Ella S. Cogswell, Mrs. Wm. Browne Cole, Mrs. Ansel O. Cole, Mrs. Robert Clinton Colgate, Mrs. Mary F. L. Colgate, Robert Comstock, Mrs. Robt. H. Conover, H. B. Cooke, George J. Cousens, John A. Gax, J.D. Cramp, Theodore W. Crowell, Robert H. Cudahy, Joseph M. Cummings, Mrs. Charles A. Cusachs, G. Cushing, Harvey Cushman, Herbert E. Cutler, James G. 171 Dana, Mrs. E. L. Dann, W. M. Danziger, J. M. Davenport, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Day, Mrs. F. A. Dean, C. E. Delano, F. A. Deming, Paul H. Denégre, Wm. P. Dennison, Henry S. de Windt, H. A. Dietz, Carl Frederick Dietz, Mrs. C. N. Disston, William D. Dixon, Ephraim W. Dixon, J. Shipley Dows, Tracy Draper, Wallace S. Drury, Francis E. Dunbar, F. L. duPont, Alfred I. Durant, Frederick C. Earle, Samuel L. Ely, Philip V. R. Erickson, Mrs. A. Wentworth Fabyan, F. W., Jr. Fabyan, Marshal Farnham, Wallace S. Farrel, Estelle Ffoulkes, S. Wynne Field, E. B. Fisher, Miss Elizabeth W. Fleek, Henry S. Folsom, Miss M. G. Ford, Mrs. John B. Fordyce, Geo. L. -Freeman, Miss Harriet E. Fricks, Dr. L. D. Fuller, Clifford W. Galle, Miss Louise Se rae ee re = SSS = = =2 = = = a SS a ee 172 Gallogly, E. E. Gardner, James P. Garrett, Mrs. Philip C. Gifford, Harold Gillingham, Tacie E. Gilman, Miss C. T. Glessner, John J. Godfrey, Mrs. W. H. K. Goldthwait, Dr. Joel E. Goodloe, Mrs. Hart Gordon, Mrs. Donald Greene, Arthur Duncan Gustine, John S., Jr. Haass, Lillian Henkel Halbach, Howard L. Hamann, Dr. C. A. Hannum, William E. Harding, Emor H. Hare, Dr. Hobart Amory Harriman, Mrs. J. Low Harris, Geo. B. Harris, Geo. W. Harrison, Thomas Skelton Harvey, Dr. Robert H. Hasbrouck, Mrs. H.C. Hazard, Mrs. John N. Hecker, Frank J. Hickox, W. B. Higgins, Harry E. Hills, E. A. Holcomb, James W. Holden, Guerdon S. Hooper, Miss I. R. Horsfall, R. Bruce Howland, C. H., D.D.S. Hoyt, Edwin Hubbard, Joshua C. Hubbard, Lucius L. Iddings, George S., M.D. Ingersoll, Dr. J. M. James, George Abbot Associate Members Jenness, Chas. G. Jewett, E. H. Kellogg, Mrs. R.S. Kimball, Walter F. Klette, Richard E. Krohn, Irwin M. Wane Eo Ee Lawrence, Mrs. Annie W. Lee, Mrs. George B. Leiter, Joseph Leverett, Geo. V. Little, Arthur D. Livingston, Archibald R. Lloyd, John Uri Logan, Frank G. Loring, Lindsley Lovejoy, F. W. Lowe, Mrs. Josephine D. Lowell, James A. Lyman, Henry F. Macnamara, Charles Malcom, Mrs. Arthur Manierre, George Martin, Frank G. Martin, Wm. Barriss McCartney, Rev. Albert Joseph, D.D. McGregor, Tracy W. Mershon, Wm. B. Miles, Herbert D. Mills, Enos Mitchell, Mrs. Mina B. Musgrave, M. E. Nettleton, Charles H. Newcomb, C. A., Jr. Newcomb, William W. Newman, Mrs. R. A. Olmsted, John C. Pabst, Mrs. Frederick Painter, Kenyon V. Parker, Mrs. Robert Pellew, Miss Marion J. Perry, Thomas S. Phillips, Ebenezer Sanborn Platt, Mrs. Orville H. Porter, James F. Rebmann, G. Ruhland, Jr. Redwood, Mrs. Francis Tazewell Remington, Seth P. Reynolds, John P. Rice, Prof. Wm. North Ricketson, Walton Roberts, Thos. S., M.D. Rogers, Wm. B. Rothwell, J. E. Ruggles, Mrs. T. Edwin Russell, B. F. W. Russell, James S. Sarmiento, Mrs. F. J. Scott, Wim. G. Shattuck, Frederick C., M.D. Sheldon, Mrs. G. W. Sherman, Miss Althea R. Sibley, Mrs. Rufus Adams Simons, W. C. Slater, H. N. Slaven, Ralph E. Slocum, William H. Stilwell, Miss Marie C. Sturgis, S. Warren Swan, Mrs. J. Andrews Sweeney, John E. Sweet, Henry N. Thayer, John E. Ticknor, Mrs. Howard M. Townshend, Henry H. Vaillant, G. W. Van Dyke, B. Franklin Vibert, Charles W. Wadsworth, Samuel Walker, Miss Lydia M. Walker, R. L., M.D. Wallace, Herbert I. Associate Members Warren, George C. | Warren, Dr. J. Collins Webb, Walter F. Webster, Harrison B., M.D. Wehrle, Augustine T. Weld, Elizabeth F. Wheatland, Richard Wheeler, H. C. Wheeler, Samuel H. White, Dr. Charles J. Whitney, David C. 173 Whitney, Hammond M. Will, George F. Willey, Arthur Williams, David W. Wood, Mrs. Richard L. Woodward, Lemuel Fox Wright, A. B. Wright, Mrs. Eva Edgar Wright, Miss Harriet H. Ai ve iy LIST OF ACCESSIONS, 1916 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION By Girt Miss KatTHryN E. BERGEN, Jamaica, L. I. Myrtle Warbler in flesh, Jamaica, L. I. RubDoLeH BLASCHKE, Cold Springs, N. Y. Chipmunk in flesh. Miss Laura B. Bromatt, Far Rock- away, L. I. Hermit Thrush, Nuthatch and Scarlet Tanager in flesh, Far Rockaway. Frank M. CHapMAn, New York City. 20 Negatives of mounted birds. Mrs. R. R. Cornett, New York City. Collection of rocks and minerals. E. W. Demine, New York City. ° 3 Photographs of Tiger Shark, Tampico, Mexico. JosEPH GarEIs, New York City. Domestic Pigeon in flesh, New York City. Mrs. L. W. JENNY, New York City. 60 Butterflies, moths and other in- sects. Davin Lowe, Fitchburg, Mass. Exhibit illustrating textile processes. New York BoTANICAL GARDEN, Bronx, iy. Y. 2 Gray Squirrels in flesh, 12 Gray Squirrel skins. F. W. PENNELL, Bronx, N. Y. Lantern slide of Mountain Sheep, Colorado. L. S. QuacKENBUSH, New York City. 4 Photographs of fishes. HERMAN Seim, New York City. Olive-backed Thrush and Belted King- fisher in flesh. G. O. Sutetps, New York City. Section of tree cut by beavers. H. A. Stevers, New York City. Virginia Rail and Double-yellow- headed Parrot in flesh. Mrs. R. O. Steppins, New York City. 50 Negatives, 225 photographs in al- bum, 200 photographs unmounted and 155 stereopticon slides of Dr. F. A. Cook’s Arctic Expedition to Greenland in 1894. ELtiott Woops, Washington, D. C. Lantern slide from bas-relief by En- rico Causica, “Conflict between Daniel Boone and the Indians.” By EXCHANGE ERNEST HARro_p Baynes, Meriden, N. H. 220 Lantern slides of birds, animals, etc. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND INVERTEBRATE PALZ ONTOLOGY By GIFT BARNUM Brown, New York City. 50 Specimens of ammonites and brachiopods, Folkestone, England. H. C. BrowneLt, City Island, N. Y. 2 Small glacial drift boulders, beach of City Island. Tuomas T. CALLAHAN, Gouverneur, NY 2 Slabs of polished “St. Lawrence” and extra dark “St. Lawrence’ marble, St. Lawrence Quarries, Gouverneur. Mrs. GerorciA M. CLAPHAM, Roslyn, Polished pyritiferous ammonite, Lyme Regis, England. DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, Trans- fer. 4 Specimens of volcanic rock from the base of Mt. Tarawera, North Island, New Zealand. DEPARTMENT OF MINES, Sydney, N.S. W. Piece of meteorite (pallasite), Molong, Australia. E. L. FLranpreau, Port Chester, N. Y. Iron ore (hematite) specimen, near Rye Lake, N. Y. 175 176 Mineralogy Boots MINERAL ComMPANY, Philadelphia, ae 12 Plaster casts of siderite (“Burk- ett”). Miss A. K. Harnep, New York City. 110 Specimens of gold, silver, lead and copper ores, Cripple Creek and vicinity, Colorado. SAMUEL Howarp, Center Rutland, Vt. 14 Samples of marble slabs, 4” x 6”, Alaska, Texas and Vermont. Louis Hussaxor, New York City. 4 Specimens of Ostrea seleformis and Cardita, near Vicksburg, Miss. MIDDLEBURY MarsBLE Company, Brandon, Vt 2 Samples of “Pavonazzo and Cream” marbles from quarries at Middle- bury, Va. Curis E. Otsen, New York City. Specimen of petrified wood, 18” x 6” x 4”, Lahaway, N. J. CHARLES PLatz, New York City. Sea urchin, Clypeaster rogersi, Hemp- stead Beach, L. I. G. O. ScuuetxK, Astoria, L. I. Pitted pebble resembling human face, Astoria. A. Tirreis, Long Island) City, NV, 7 Water-worn pebbles, from Pennsyl- vania Railroad Yard, Long Island City. EINAR J. VaLeur, New York City. 35 Rock specimens and 2 blocks con- taining Tertiary fossils, Santo Do- mingo. By PuRCHASE 2 Eight-ounce “Ness County” aérolites. 10 Specimens of meteorites, “Burkett,” “Okano,” “La Bécasse.” TuHroucH MusEUM EXPEDITIONS Miscellaneous fossils from Winnipeg, Canada. Collected by Barnum Brown. DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY By GIFT D. J. Atkins, New York City. 2 Specimens of Hubnerite from Por- tugal. Joun H. Barnuart, Bronx, N. Y. 20 Specimens of miscellaneous min- erals. J. Bicxrorp, New York City. 20 Specimens of miscellaneous min- erals. MATILDA W. Bruce FunNp. 94 Specimens of cabinet minerals. C. E. Doxpear, Salt Lake City, Utah. Crystal of Cinnabar, Humboldt County, Nev. Henry Farr, SPOKANE, Wash. 5 pene of Sphzrosiderite, Spo- ane. A. La Crorx, Paris, France. Specimen of Ampangabeite from Am- pangabe, Madagascar, specimen of Betafite, Antanifotsy, Madagascar. Esper S. LARSEN, Washington, D. C. Specimen Aegirite, Libby, Mont., 2 Specimens Cancrinite, Gunnison County, Colo., specimen Creedite, Wagon Wheel Gap, Colo., speci- men Seartesite, Seartles Lake, 1 Melilite, Gunnison County, Colo., 2 specimens MHinsdalite, Hinsdale County, Colo., 1 Cebollite, Gunni- son County, Colo. GeorcE C. Lonctey, Pelham Manor, IN. eM Quartz conglomerate, Oyster Bay, L. I. E. Howarp Martin, New York City. 1 Specimen each of Chalcopyrite, Quartz and Sphalerite, Ellenville, N.Y: H. Masso, Corozal, Porto Rico. 5 Flat Gold flakes. RUSSELL Hastincs MitLwarpb, New York City. 25 Specimens of Emerald in rough, Muzo Mine, Colombia. SCHLESINGER RaDIUM COMPANY, Denver, Colo. 5 Specimens of Carnotite, Montrose County, Colo. GrorceE O. Simmons, Brooklyn, N. Y. Specimen of Pectolite, Paterson, N. J., specimen of Fasciculated Horn- blende, Charlemont, Mass. W. F. Westover, Schenectady, N. Y. Large crystal of Phlogopite, Syden- ham, Ontario; large mica-sheet. Invertebrates 177 By ExXxcHANGE FREDERICK I. ALLEN, New York City. 2 oo Autunite, Mitchell County, Cuar_es W. Hoaptey, Englewood, N. J. Specimen Wollastonite, specimen Leucophenicite, specimen Schefferite, Franklin, N. J. D. S. Martin, Charleston, S. C. Specimen Thaumasite, West Paterson, ConrAD MOELLER, West Paterson, N. J. Specimen Pseudomorph after Glauber- ite, specimen Pseudomorph after An- hydrite, 2 Apophyllites, 1 Datolite, 1 Prehnite, West Paterson, N. J. W. D. Neve, Floral Park, L. I. Smoky Quartz, Topsham, Me.; Tour- maline, Pala Chief Mine, Pala, Cal. Apert H. Petereir, New York City. 3 Specimens Ampangabeite, specimen Betafite, II specimens Euxenite, Madagascar. GeorcE S. Scott, New York City. Specimen Caledonite with Linarite and Anglesite, Beaver County, Utah; specimen Pyrite, Bingham Cafion, Utah; Twinned Quartz, Mount Lincoln, Park Co., Colo. Russet, S. Tarr, New York City. 2 Large Beryl crystals, Bedford Hills Quarry, Bedford, N. Y. E. H. Witson, Caldwell, N. J. Specimen Analcite, Thomsonite and Chabazite, North Table Mountains, Golden, Colo. By PurRCHASE Dioptase, Kirghiz Steppe, Siberia. Gold nugget, Hunter Creek, Rampart District, Alaska. ‘ Specimen Wiikite, Impilaks, Finland. Io Specimens Staurolite, Fannin County, Ga.; 9 Small Tourmaline pacts, 6 Tourmalines, San Diego, al. Zine spinel, Spruce Pine, Mitchell we, N.C. 2 Specimens Pyrite, Bingham, Utah; 3 specimens of Asterated Rose Quartz, Oxford County, Me. Specimen Crystallized Gold, California. 3 Specimens Apophyllite, West Pater- son, N. J. ' Specimen Carnotite, Long Park, Colo.; specimen of Wulfenite, Oregon Mountains, N. Mex. . Specimen Apophyllite, Paterson, N. J. Specimen Pyrite, Leadville, Colo. Specimen Labradorite, 1 cut stone of Labradorite. DEPARTMENT OF WOODS AND FORESTRY By GIFT Hersert N. Lowe, Long Beach, Cal. Large branch holding 7 pine cones from San Jacinto Mountains, and 3 branches of pine with cones at- tached, from Pelican Bay, Santa Croz- Island. Cal. -C. Hart Merrtam, Washington, D. C. 3 Specimens California lilac (Ceano- thus thyrsiflorus), 2 specimens Cali- fornia cascara or Posse-berry (Rhamnus californica), 1 specimen tanbark oak (Quercus densiflora), I specimen hazel (Corylus califor- nicus). Mrs. RusseELt SaceE, New York City. Small branch with cone, from a pine tree 2,000 to 3,000 years old, grow- ing in Palestine. DEPARTMENT OF INVERTE- BRATE ZOOLOGY INVERTEBRATES By GIFT F. S. Aten, St. Petersburg, Fla. Water-oak-gall, St. Petersburg, Fla. Joun W. AnceELL, New York City. __ 18 Specimens insects, New York City and Natal, Africa; 137 specimens Coleoptera and Orthoptera, various localities. ANONYMOUS. Vial of myriapods, Chapada, Province of Matto, Brazil. Aguarium Society, transfer from De- partment of Ichthyology. 2 Crayfish, 2 myriapods. Wiu1AM Barnes, Decatur, Iil. Female Eurymus harfordu, Califor- nia. ee eS ee ae ————— : SS Se SS eS = Ses = = Ss = i ——— oe ee So SSS 25 72 Sy 178 Joun H. Barnwart, Bronx, N. Y. A partly identified collection of inver- tebrates, various localities. J. Bequaert, New York City. | 22 Specimens Coleoptera, various lo- calities. C. WILLIAM BeeEse, New York City. Crab, Bartica District, Georgetown, British Guiana; myriapods, Utinga, Brazil. Ferp. Bernp, Macon, Ga. 6 Boll-weevils, Harris County, Pa. HENRY Birp, Rye, N. Y. Ammophila pictipennis, Rye, N. Y.; paratype of Papaipema polymne Bird, Roslyn, Va. Captain Benoit BoLanp, Halifax, N. S. Collection of invertebrates from At- lantic cables. R. L. BripcMan, New York City. About 1,000 insects, various localities. Barnum Brown, New York City. 2 Crayfish and other invertebrates, Winnipeg, Manitoba; 1 Cicada, Sas- katchewan. E. C. Brown, Copake, Columbia County, N. Y 2 Fresh-water clams and I_ vial of plankton, Price County, Wis. Mrs. FRANK Brown, Port of Spain, Trinidad. he 9 Insects, Port of Spain, Trinidad. ALBERT E. Butier, New York City. 600 Insects, Estes Park, Colo. B. Preston CLark, Boston, Mass. 87 Lepidoptera, North and South America; 120 Bees, Alaska; 477 Lepidoptera, Santo Domingo. James L. CiarK, New York City. Several myriapods and insects, Yatta Plains, British East Africa. L. V. Coteman, New Haven, Conn. Collection of insects, North, Central and South America. Sr. Jutius M. Conesa, Ponce, P. R. Pupa of Papilio, vicinity of Ponce. Henry E. Crampton, New York City. A portion of the Roberts Collection of Aquatic Coleoptera. M. D. C. Crawrorp, Nyack, N. Y. Live pupa of C. Regalis, Nyack, N. Y. Invertebrates WituiAM T. Davis, New Brighton, S. I. 4 Cicada sordidula, Big Pine Key and Parish, Fla.; Coleoptera and a para- type of Cicada texana, various lo- calities; a portion of the Roberts Collection of Aquatic Coleoptera. Mario DE Moya, Sanchez, R. D., Santo Domingo. 22 Insects of various orders, Sanchez. DEPARTMENT OF ICHTHYOLOGY, Transfer. 4 Centipedes, 1 Scorpion, 1 Spider, Miraflores, Cal. E, L. Dickerson, Nutley, N. J. 7 Specimens of Nitidulide, N. J. RicHArD Douctas, Absecon, N. J. Myriapods and _ arachnids, South Africa. R. P. Dow, Brooklyn, N. Y. 6 Coleoptera, various localities. Miss Ana L. Dvumots, Santiago, Oriente, Cuba. Euchinoid and various seeds, Nipe Bay, Oriente Province, Cuba. CHARLES FALKENBACH, New York City. 4 Crabs, 1 starfish, City Island. H. C. Fatt, Pasadena; Gal: Cotype of Calosoma tristoides, San Diego, Cal. GonzaLo E. FERNANDEZ, Ithaca, N. Y. 23 Specimens, chiefly Lepidoptera, Costa Rica. . G. CiypE Fisuer, New York City. 8 mostly Lepidoptera, Flor- ida. FREDERICK HAGEN, Sanchez, R. D., Santo Domingo. 38 Insects of various orders, Sanchez. Gaytorp C. Hatt, New York City. 12 Lepidoptera, North America; 6,000 insects of various orders, Georgia and Alabama. Collected by Mr. F, E. Watson. D. P. Harris, New York City. Luna-moth, Nova Scotia. Epwarp D. Harris, New York City. A portion of the Roberts Collection of Aquatic Coleoptera; 183 Coleoptera; 50 miscellaneous insects. Witt1am Hasxey, New York City. String of egg-cases. A. Hermann, New York City. Ascaris and fragments of tapeworm, Hon Japanese spaniel, New York ity. Invertebrates Joun Hiscox, New York City. Hard-shell crab, very large specimen, weighing 7% pounds. C. L. Hotmes, Waterbury, Conn. Lampyrid, Centralia, Pa.; 8 Cocoons, South Carolina. Expeert A. Hott, Jr., Montgomery, Ala. 2 Corydalis, 11 Lepidoptera, Mont- gomery, Ala. L. Hussaxor, New York City. _ 2 Specimens of Peripatus sp., Kings- ton, British Guiana. F. M. Jones, Wilmington, Del. 16 Lepidoptera, eastern United States. WiLiiAM Kesster, New York City. Small collection of local insects; 6 Crustaceans, City Island and Rock- away Beach, N. Y. A. B. Kiucu, Kingston, Ontario. 5 Vials of myriapods, Muskoka, On- tario. J. B. Knapp, New York City. 32 Insects, Connecticut and Cali- fornia. C. C. LAwuorn, Brooklyn, N. Y. 164 Insects, mostly Coleoptera, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. THEODORE LEHMANN, Santa Barbara, Cal. 93 Lepidoptera, Florida. C. W. Lenc, New York City. A portion of the Roberts Collection of Aquatic Coleoptera and 49 other specimens of Coleoptera. E. G. Love, New York City. A portion of the Roberts Collection of Aquatic Coleoptera. E. A. Man, New York City Cicada shell, Long Island, N. Y. Watter C. Marturtas, Portland, Oreg. Ir Insects, 2 biological specimens, Washington and Oregon. Dwicut C. Miner, New York City. 2 Vials of myriapods, New York City. Wui11am G. Moore, S.S. Metapan, United Fruit Company. 7 Insects, Costa Rica. Rev. A. Mites Moss, Helm Windermere, Eng. 2 Wasp nests, Para, Brazil. L. L. Mowsrray, New York City. Six-foot sponge, Grand Turk, B. W.L; collection of Cerions and other land shells, Turks Islands, B. W. I. 179 Lewis J. NaAcELE and FRANK NAGELE, New York City. 3 Molting crabs. Miss MARGUERITE NEILSOoN, New York City. 5 Small shells and 1 sand dollar. New YorK Aquarium, New York City. Large lobster. Francis Cuitps Nicuoxas, Nogales, Ariz. 10 Arachnids and insects, Nogales, RAZ, es TREADWELL NicHots, New York ity. 5 Vials of myriapods, Washington, D. C., and Portland, Oreg. Howarp J. NotmMAN, Brooklyn, N. Y. Collection of myriapods and arach- nids. Curis E. Otsen, New York City. 4 Vials of myriapods and crustaceans, Maspeth, L. I., and Ocean County, N. J.; 1 paratype of Stegaspis viri- dis, Port of Spain, Trinidad; 80 insects, various localities. Mrs. L. E. Oppycke, Bar Harbor, Me. Moth, Bar Harbor, Me. Norman L. Orme, Jr. Puerto Plata, R. D., Santo Domingo. 75 Insects of various orders, Puerto Plata. Henry FatrFIELD Oszporn, New York City. 2 Specimens insect borings in stored paper, Washington, D. C. R. Ortotencu1, New York City. 29 Lepidoptera, 8 Diptera, 10 Hyme- noptera, United States and Canada; a portion of the Roberts Collection of Aquatic Coleoptera; 3 specimens of Chionabas katahdin, Mt. Katah- din, Me. JoHn L. Puiurps, Transfer from De- partment of Herpetology. Centipede, Barahona, Santo Domingo. Mrs. L. M. Puitires, New York City. Coral and 4 shells. C. L. Pottarp, New Brighton, S. I. 2 Lepidoptera, Mt. Washington, N. H. B. Van D. Post, Washington, D. C. Beetle, Bosphorus. C. N. REApER, New York City. Arachnids and myriapods, Texas. 180 A. R. Ropinson, New York City. Tick, Jeffersonville, Neos H. L. Roper, New York City. Hymenopteran nest, Upper Amazon region. J. A. SamueEts, New York City. Bee and nest, 3 jars of gastropod mol- lusks and about 20 ticks from toads and snakes sent to the Department of Herpetology from Dutch Guiana. Joun D. SHERMAN, Jr. Mt. Vernon, NAY, A portion of the Roberts Collection of Aquatic Coleoptera. E. SHOEMAKER, Brooklyn, N. Y. 16 Coleoptera. Mrs. ANNIE TRUMBULL StLosson, New York City. A portion of the Roberts Collection of Aquatic Coleoptera. Henry A. Smiru, Saugatuck, Conn. Chrysalis shell and parasite, Sauga- tuck. E. B. SoutHwicx, New York City. 5,000 Insects, numerous pieces of in- sect work and numerous insecti- cides. Dr. Stottwitz, New York City. Collection of shells, corals and sponges. A. H. Sturtevant, New York City. Numerous insects, various localities. Louis W. Swett, West Mass. 7 Geometrids, including 5 paratypes, North America. Henry TuHurston, New York City. 2 Lepidoptera, Floral Park, L. I.; 1 syntomid, British Guiana. Anton TiTTELs, Long Island City, N. Y. Pycnogonid, Tybee Island, Ga. A. L. TREADWELL, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 94 Vials of identified annulates. UnitED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRI- CULTURE, Washington, D. C. Life-history series of Mayetiola de- structor Say; adults of Polygnotus hiemalis Forbes, Merisus destructor Say, Tetrastichus carinatus Forbes and Eupelmus allynii French. Col- lected by Messrs. McConnell and Myers. Frank E. Watson, New York City. 63 Insects, vicinity of New York City. Somerville, Invertebrates Witt1AM H. WEEKS, Brooklyn, N. Y. 2 Specimens of Balanus tintinabulum, Sierra Leone. Harry B. Wetss, New Brunswick, N. J. Dendrolium weevil and its work, also Vicitoreicium japonicum as an in- sect catcher; life history and work of M onarthropalpus buxt, New Jer- sey; 2 castorids, South America; numerous specimens of insects and insect work received at various times during the summer ; numerous specimens illustrating economic en- tomology, economic insects and in- sect work. Miss ELizABETH WHITE, City. 9 Echinoderms and 1 crab, Azores. L. B. WooprurF, New York City. 6 Anthonomus grandis. W. S. Wricut, New York City. 4 Lepidoptera, California. CarL H. ZeEuMER, Hamburg-American S.S. Company. Jar of barnacles, Colon Bay, Panama. New York By EXCHANGE DurBAN Museum, Natal, Africa. 60 Insects, Africa. LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, Stanford University, Cal. Collection of crustaceans, echino- derms, shells, annulates and other invertebrates, Pacific Grove, Cal., and Puget Sound, Wash. By PuRCHASE Small collection of insects in alcohol and cotton, Tucson, Ariz. 600 Specimens of Anosia plexippus. 95 Beetles, Florida. 600 Specimens of Anosia plexippus. 7,500 Specimens of Coleoptera, various localities. About 2,500 specimens of Coleoptera, Guadeloupe. General collection of insects, various localities. About 200 insects, mostly bees, Guate- mala. 78 Lepidoptera. Portion of Roberts Aquatic Coleoptera. 20 Specimens of Hemiptera. Collection of Mollusks 181 64 Lepidoptera and 1 lantern-fly, Rio Amazon. 221 Insects of various orders, Webber Camp, Catalina Mountains, Ariz. 5 Models of Membracidze constructed by the late Ignaz Matausch. Model of Cimex constructed by Chris E. Olsen. TuHroucGH MusEUM EXPEDITIONS 1 Scolopendra and various insects, EGaado, P: R.- Collected by H. E. Anthony. 1m Vials of shells, myriapods, worms and crustaceans, San Lorenzo, San- chez and Puerto Plata, Santo Do- mingo. Collected by Clarence R. Halter. 20,000 Insects, Arizona, California and Utah. Collected by Frank E. Lutz and J. A. G. Rehn. 27 Vials of myriapods, Arizona. Col- lected by Frank E. Lutz. 1,884 Myriapods, and various insects and spiders, Fulton Chain of Lakes, Adirondacks, N. Y.; marine inver- tebrates, Nahant and Pigeon Cove, Mass.; 13 vials of myriapods, New York and New Jersey. Collected by Roy W. Miner, Chris E. Olsen and Show Shimotori. P Lithobus sp., Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, S. D. Ln MOLLUSKS By Girt J. H. Barnwart, Bronx, N. Y. 1,050 shells. GRAHAM F. BLanpy, New York City. 4 Abalone shells, 1 Chiton, 1 sea pearl clam, all polished. J. Howarp Brince, New York City. Series of shells of common scallop, gathered on half a mile of shore opposite Chatham, Cape Cod, se- lected to show color variations of the species in a restricted area. Barnum Brown, New York City. A collection of Naiades, Manitoba. Harry Wuauitinc Brown, Glendale, Ohio. 2 Specimens Murex marcouensis, Sow- erby. W. S. CHapMmAN, St. Petersburg, Fla. Shell and egg-case ribbon of Fascio- laria gigantea, Florida. RusseEtL J. Cores, Danville, Va. Mollusk, Cape Lookout, N. C. GERARD P. HERRICK, New York City. 112 Specimens of Unionide (pearl oysters). FREDERICK F. Hunt, New York City. 8 Specimens Chiton granulatus on rock, 1 Melongena corona, Lors- mann’s River; 25 Modiolus papyria, Barnes Sound, Fla. L. Hussaxor, New York City. 50 Shore shells, Captive Islands, Fla. Miss EpirH Kunz, New York City. Egg-case ribbon of a _ gastropod, Tampa Bay, Fla. GerorcE C. LoncLey, Pelham Manor, N.Y. 100 Miscellaneous Long Island shore shells. RussELL Hastincs Mittwarp, New York City. 377 Sea shells from English Cave, Coast of Honduras. JAMES B. QuINICHETT, New York City. Small bottle containing 133 oyster con- cretions. FreD. TABLEMAN, Newark, N. J. 60 Specimens Planorbis bicarinata Say, Cable Lake, West Orange, N. J.; collection of Unio complanatus as Rahway River, Union Co, WiLi1AM D. WENzLAU, Hoboken, N. J. 3 Specimens of Unio complanatus Dillwyn. Miss ELizABeETH WuiteE, New York City. Land shells from the Azores. Davip WHITEHALL, New York City. 41 Polished Abalone blisters, 17 polished Meleagrina disk blisters, 1 gold mounted lavalliére. By EXCHANGE HeErpert N. Lowe, Long Beach, Cal. 345 Land and marine shells, California. By PuRCHASE Design in black and white on Mele- agrina margaritifera (sea_ pearl clam). Drawn by H. Papke. 20 Specimens of Deformed Cyprea lynx. 182 3,000 California marine and land shells. 10 Polished Unios. 29 Fossil Cephalopoda. 51 Species for Molluscan Provinces in Shell Hall. DEPARTMENT OF ICHTHYOLOGY AND HERPETOLOGY FISHES By Girt Aquarium Society, New York City. Lion-head Goldfish and § other aqua- rium fishes. Howarp S. Boye, New York City. 4 South American Catfish, Tikara, Argentine. E. CLivE Brown, Copake, Columbia Co., INDY, 10 Log Perch, White Sucker, Redfin and Mud Minnow, Price County, Wis.; 1 Rudd, 2 Broad Killifish, 3 Sucker eggs, 2 Suckers, Robinson Lake, Columbia Co., N. Y. RussELL J. Coes, Danville, Va. i Baer of fishes, Cape Lookout, Neve: C. S. Davison, New York City. Sea-trout, New Brunswick, Canada. DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, Trans- fer. Sawfish, off New South Wales. DEPARTMENT OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, Transfer. 5 Mousefish, 20 Sundials, 6 Spined Dogfish, 30 Top Minnows, 6 Miscel- laneous fishes, Porto Rico. DEPARTMENT OF MAMMALOGY, Transfer. 12 Fishes, Province of Cochabamba, Bolivia. DEPARTMENT OF VERTEBRATE PALAON- TOLoGY, Transfer. Small lot of vertebrz, scales and other fish remains from the Bridger for- mation, Bridger Basin, Wyo.; 3 fos- sil fish remains from the Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. F. M. Dyer, New York City. 2 Shark jaws, off Provincetown, Mass. Otto FALKENBACH, New York City. Clear-nosed Skate, City Island, N. Y. Joun D. Haseman, New York City. Several concretions containing fish remains, Province of Ceara, Brazil. Fishes VERNON Kano, New York City. se Dogfish, off Exceueee Light- ouse. FREDERIC H. KENNARD, Newton Center, Mass. Nine-spined Sunfish, Newton Center. WILLIAM KeEssLer, New York City. Egg cases of common Skate, egg cases of large Skate, Sand Launce, Pipefish, Rockaway Beach; 15 com- mon Anchovies, Fort Washington, Noe: Wii1am V. Kine, New York Gay. Swordfish sword. Roy LatHam, Orient, L. I. Common Anchovy, Filefish, 12 fishes from Orient, L. I. J. V. LAUDERDALE, Brooklyn, N. Y. 62 Fossil fishes, fish spines, teeth and other remains, Linton (now Yellow Creek), Ohio. F. A. Lucas, New York City. Large Yellow Perch, 1 head of Small- mouthed Bass, Plymouth, Mass. WiiiiAm H. Marpocx, New York City. Sting-ray spine, Santarem, Amazon River. Horace R. MoorwHeEap, Bronxville, N. Y. Specimens of Priscacara pealei Cope, Green River Eocene, probably near Fossil, Wyo. Lewis J. NAGELE and FRANK NAGELE, New York City. Flounder, New York Market. New York Aquarium, New York City. Large Sand Shark, Selford, N. J.; 2 Climbing Perch, 3 Catfishes, 65 fishes from Key West, Fla.; Deep- water Dogfish, off New York in 125 fathoms; 12 Long-nosed Gar Pikes, Salisbury, Md. JoHN TREADWELL NicHots, New York City. 5 Fish specimens from Moriches Beach, L. I Tuomas McCiure PETERS, Oyster Bay, aa is 1 Young Mackerel, Oyster Bay, L. I. EpwiIn THoRNE, Babylon, L. I. 5 Ground Shark jaws, Babylon, L. I. Cart H. ZeumMER, Hamburg-American Steamship Company. Sharp-nosed Shark, 2 tropical Swell- fish); Shark Sucker, Colon Bay, Panama. Amphibians and Reptiles 183 By EXCHANGE U. S. Nationat Museum, Washington, io 2 Great Bear Lake Sculpins, Lake Bennet, Alaska. By PuRCHASE 1 Fossil fish, Fossil, Wyo. 2 Sawfish saws. Specimen of Belonostomus compton, in counterpart, from Cretaceous stratum of the Province of Ceara, Brazil. Cast of White Shark, Provincetown, Mass. 3 Fossil fishes from Florissant, Colo. Small lot of shark teeth from the Carboniferous of Kansas. TuroucH Museum EXPEDITIONS 5 Minnows and 17 Top-minnows, near Tucson, Ariz. Collected by Frank > Laitz. AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES By GIFrt H. E. AntHony, New York City. Small collection of frogs, lizards and snakes, Adjuntas, Porto Rico. W. H. Batiou, New York City. Box Turtle, Saxon Woods, West- chester Co., N. Y. C. WitL1AM Beezse, Bronx, N. Y. 11 Toads and frogs, 144 lizards, 14 snakes, Bartica District, British Guiana. Miss A. K. Bercer, New York City. 2 Salamanders, Woodstock, N. Y. GRAHAM F. BLanpy, New York City. Tortoise, Nassau, Bahama Islands. G. A. BouLeNncER, London, England. ' 4 Frogs, 7 snakes, Choco, Colombia. CuHarLes L. Camp, New York City. Salamander, 2 snakes, Berkeley, Cal. Joun Lewis Cups, Incorporated, Flowerfield, L. I. Snapping Turtle, Flowerfield. Morton L. CuurcH, Marshall, N. C. 3 Toads, 8 frogs, 33 salamanders, I turtle, 1 snake, Marshall, N. C. Henry E. Crampton, New York City. Salamander, Estes Park, Colo. CapTaAIN M. L. Crimmins, Columbus, N. Mex. 2 Green Rattlesnakes, El Valle, N. Mex. : Witt1AMmM T. Davis, New Brighton, S. I. 3 Salamanders, Batavia, N. Y. gue ee oF ANTHROPOLOGY, Trans- er. Boa Constrictor, Colon Bay, Panama. DEPARTMENT OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, Transfer. 2 Salamanders, 2 toads, Heartwell- ville, Vt.; 4 salamanders, Massachu- setts; 4 salamanders, 2 frogs, New York, New Jersey and Canada; 1 lizard, British West Indies; 6 toads, 39 frogs, 19 lizards, 11 snakes, West Indies, British Guiana, Brazil; 2 ceecilians, 3 ccecilian eggs, 1 lizard, I snake, South America. DEPARTMENT OF ORNITHOLOGY, Transfer. 12 Lizards, Rhodesia, South Africa. DEPARTMENT OF Parks, New York City. I Snake, New York; 2 lizards, South America. Ropert FLEMING, Pineland, Jasper County, S. C. 49 Frogs, 2 toads, 5 snakes, Pineland, Jasper County, S. C. A. L. Gittam, Flushing, L. I. 20 Green Tree Frogs, 11 Southern Leopard Frogs, 21 Cricket Frogs, 6 Bullfrogs,2 Narrow-mouthed Toads, 22 Oak Toads, 41 Southern Toads, 10 Gopher Turtles, 2 Box Turtles, 1 Terrapin, 1 Mud Turtle, 1 Soft- shelled Turtle, 3 Red-headed Liz- ards, 6 Race Runners, 9 “Chame- leons,”’ 29 young alligators, 6 adult alligators, 1 alligator nest, 17 Water Snakes, 1 Garter Snake, 1 Ribbon Snake, 15 Black Racers, 2 Coach- whip Snakes, 4 Corn Snakes, 1 Hog- nosed Snake, 2 Scarlet Snakes, 9 Green Tree Snakes, 1 Ring-necked Snake, 1 Coral Snake, 10 Water Moccasins, 9 Diamond Rattlesnakes, 4 lots of Eggs of turtle, snake and alligator, Eau Gallie and Canaveral, Fla.; 1 Red-headed Lizard, Sterling Wake, N.Y. CHAPMAN GRANT, New York City. 1 Toad, 1 lizard, 1 snake, Texas. poe Hacciunp, South Bethlehern, a. 1 Salamander, Lewis, Adirondacks, Ney. 184 H. Haupt, Jr., South Haven, Mich. I eee Hyla, South Haven, ich. A. HERMANN, New York City. 18 Horned Toads, 4 Holbrookia, 7 Collared Lizards, 2 Zebra-tailed Lizards, 3 lizards, Texas, Wyoming and New Mexico. Emory HutTcHINSON, Winona Lake, Ind. 8 Turtles, Winona Lake. Joun C. Jacozs, San Antonio, Tex. 1 Lizard, Guadalupe River, east of San Antonio. A. G. Jenxins, Mount Vernon, N. Y. 2 Snakes, Juma River, Brazil. Irvine M. KetcHam, Glen Head, L. I. 2 Salamanders, Glen Head; 2 sala- manders, 6 frogs, East Norwich, cae Rosert Lewis, New York City. 2 Red-bellied Snakes, Munsonville, INET. Miss ADELAIDE Mitter, Interlaken, N. J. 1 Box Turtle, Deal Lake, N. J. W. DEW. Miter, New York City. 1 Frog, Metuchen, N. J. WiLLiAM Moore, New York City. 2 Snakes, Port Limon, Costa Rica. New York Aquarium, New York City. 1 Terrapin, 1 Hawk’s-bill Turtle, Flor- ida; 1 Kemp’s Loggerhead, Gulf of Mexico; 2 turtles, South America. New York ZOOLOGICAL Society, New York City. 1 Hog-nosed Snake, 1 Pilot Black Snake, Connecticut ; 1 Green Snake, 2 Copperheads, 1 Ground Rattle- snake, 3 Banded Rattlesnakes, New York; 1 Pine Tree Frog, 1 Tree Frog, 2 Bullfrogs, 1 Red-headed izard;) 2°" Chameleons, (12) Race Runners, 2 Swifts, 7 Water Mocca- sins, 2 Copperheads, 1 Garter Snake, 2 Banded Rattlesnakes, 3 Red- bellied Snakes, 1 Rainbow Snake, I Black Racer, 15 Water Snakes, 4 Hog-nosed Snakes, 4 Chicken Snakes, 4 Corn Snakes, 1 King Snake, 1 Ground Rattlesnake, South Carolina; 1 Copperhead, Virginia; 2 alligators, 1 Chicken Snake, 1 Corn Snake, 1 Gopher Snake, 1 Water Snake, 1 Ground Rattlesnake, 2 Diamond Rattlesnakes, Florida; 4 salamanders, Ohio; 1 Ribbon Snake, Amphibians and Reptiles 1 Gopher Snake, 1 Rattlesnake, 1 Holbrookia, Texas; 1 Gila Mon- ster, I Collared Lizard, 2 Bull Snakes, 2 Coachwhip Snakes, 1 Coluber, 1 Horned Rattlesnake, Ari- zona; I Diamond-back Terrapin, 2 King Snakes, California; 1 Red- footed Gopher Tortoise, 1 Bush- master, 3 Variegated Rat Snakes, 2 Golden Tree Snakes, 1 South Amer- ican Water Snake, 1 Cuban Boa, Io miscellaneous lizards, 20 miscellane- ous snakes, British West Indies; 1 Boa Constrictor, Central America; 3 turtles, 7 lizards, 1 Tree Snake, 1 Rattlesnake, 1 Fer-de-lance, 3 mis- cellaneous snakes, British Guiana; 3 Iguanas, 1 Boa, 6 Vipers, Brazil; 1 Crocodile, 7 snakes, South Amer- ica; 4 lizards, 5 Carpet Snakes, 4 Black Snakes, 2 Tiger Snakes, 3 miscellaneous snakes, Australia; 1 Radiated Tortoise, Madagascar; 2 lizards, South Africa; 1 snake, Asia; 2 turtles, 1 crocodile, 1 Iguana, 1 Gila Monster, 1 Desert Tortoise, 1 Rattlesnake, localities doubtful. JoHN TREADWELL NicHots, New York Citys 1 Box Turtle, Long Island; 1 Hog- nosed Snake, Michigan; 5 Wood Frog Tadpoles, West Englewood, Nee A. M. NicnHotson, Orlando, Fla. 3 Terrapins, 1 Mud Turtle, 5 Gopher Turtles, 1 Coachwhip Snake, 9 Water Moccasins, Orlando, Fla. C. E. Orsen, New York City. 2 Tree Frogs, Ocean County, N. J. NormMAN L. Orme, Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo. 19 “Chameleons.” C. E. Patron, Wray, Colo. 2 Frogs, 1 toad, 3 lizards, 2 snakes, Wray. JouHNn J. Paut, Watertown, Fla. 1 Scarlet Snake, Watertown. Puitie H. Pope, Manchester, Me. 4 Frogs, Manchester, Me.; 8 frogs, 3 lizards, Bermuda. Cartes H. Rocers, New York City. Several tadpoles, West Englewood, INeeae E. C. SuipHer, Flagstaff, Ariz. 6 Salamanders, Flagstaff, Ariz. Mammals - 185 Matcotm A. SMITH, Bangkok, Siam. 16 Frogs, 4 cecilians, 34 lizards, 22 snakes, Siam. Henry SNypver, Scarsdale, N. Y. Albino Frog, Scarsdale, N. Y. LesLie Spier, New York City. Snake, Zufii, New Mexico. A. Tuomson, New York City. Western Milk Snake, Blue River, Neb. HERMAN WEBER, New York City. Box Turtle, New York. Ben H. Woop, Englewood, N. J. Salamander, Catskill Mountains, N. Y. By ExXxcHANGE U. S. Nationat Museum, Washington, DOC I Amphisbznian, Bayamon, Porto Rico. By PuRCHASE 6 Live alligators, just hatched, ™% dozen shells from which alligators came, Jacksonville, Fla. 2 Frogs, 7 lizards, Padra Island, Brownsville, Tex. 7 Toads and frogs, 4 Mobile Terra- pins, 8 Florida Terrapins, 2 Long- necked Terrapins, 2 Soft-shelled Turtles, 1 Alligator Snapper, 19 Keeled Musk Turtles, 6 Gopher Tortoises, 3 Florida Box Turtles, 2 Blind Worms, 13 Fence Lizards, 7 Ground Swifts, 1 Scarlet Snake, 1 Rainbow Snake, 1 Yellow Chicken Snake, 1 Red-bellied Snake, 1 Corn Snake, 8 live alligators and 8 living eggs of alligators, Eureka, Marion County, Fla. 6 Terrapins, Orlando, Fla. 18 Larve Ant-lions, Orlando, Fla. 33 Toads and frogs, 2 turtles, 66 liz- ards, 46 snakes, Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. 6 Snakes, Everglade, Fla. TuroucH Museum EXPEDITIONS 2 Toads, 13 frogs, 2 salamanders, 7 turtles, 4 alligators, 5 snakes. 861 Salamanders, 88 toads and frogs, 9 turtles, 7 lizards, 42 snakes and 2 lots of reptile eggs, North Carolina. Collected by E. R. Dunn. 10 Frogs, 3 lizards, 19 snakes, China. Collected by R. C. Andrews. 1 Salamander, 2 frogs, 8 lizards, 2 Boa Constrictors, 11 Colubrine Snakes, 1 Coral Snake, 4 Pit Vipers, Province of Cochabamba, Bolivia; 7 frogs, Argentina. Collected by Leo E. Mil- ler and Howarth S. Boyle. DEPARTMENT OF MAMMALOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY MAMMALS By GIFT ANONYMOUS. Horse, Glen Head, L. I. A. W. Antuony, Ironside, Oreg. 2 pee teas of Black-tailed Jack Rab- it, Louis B. BisHop, New Haven, Conn. 14 Small mammals from North Da- kota; 5 mammals from Connecticut, 2 from Canada, 2 from Algeria, 1 from North Carolina, 1 from Florida. FREDERICK BLASCHKE, Cold Spring, Put- nam Co., N. Y. 5 Skins of Weasels, Cold Spring, N. Y. CuarLes W. Carson, Tappan, N. Y. 2 Jumping Mice, Tappan. James P. Cuapin, New York City. Mouse in flesh. JorL ALLEN CHERRIE, Newfane, Vt. Porcupine. COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, New York City. Skeleton of negro. CapTAIN M. L. Crimmins, U. S. A. Ground Squirrel, Namiquip, Mexico. DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, Trans- fer. Fossil mammal bones, from Porto Rico cave excavations. DEPARTMENT OF HerpetoLocy, Transfer. 2 Fawns in alcohol, Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. Collected by J. A. Samuels. DEPARTMENT OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, Transfer. 2 Bats in alcohol, Tropical America. Collected by Frank E. Lutz. 5 Bats in alcohol, Porto Rico. Col- lected by Henry E. Crampton. 1 Bat in alcohol, Texas. Collected by C. W. Leng. i! i i. | i ea 3 Ee | eee. — A iB iS » Fee lUw UL ee SS ee ~ eS! = + ae > SS - 186 Mammals DEPARTMENT OF Parks, New York City. Skeleton of Mongoose, skin and skele- ton of Buffalo, skeleton of Nilgai, Elk skeleton, Porcupine skeleton, Monkey skin ‘and skeleton and Gray Fox skeleton. DEPARTMENT OF Transfer. 37 Mice (37 skins and 33 skulls). _ J. Dixon, New York City. Armadillo in flesh, McAllen, Texas. JoNATHAN Dwicut, New York City. Lower jaw of Walrus, Sable Island. Cartos D. Emprz, New York City. Brown Bat. J. ALPpIn Graypon, New York City. Newfoundland Dog in flesh. BERTRAM J. HALL, Hudson, N. Y. Rabbit skin and skull. ARCHIBALD Harrison, Aiken, S. C. Albino Virginia Deer skin, with skull and leg bones, Ball’s Island, S. C. Francis Burton Harrison, Manila, Ped Skin of Tamarau, Mindoro, P. I. Mrs. C. F. Hoiper, Pasadena, Cal. 2 Sections of tusk of “Jumbo.” V. H. Jackson, New York City. Thoroughbred Boston Bull Terrier, 10 years old (for skeleton). BROTHER APOLINAR MariA, Bogota, Co- lombia. 15 Specimens of Region of Bogota. LreiGHTON MeEservE, New York City. Chipmunk melano, Bridgton, Me. W. DeWitt MILLER, New York City. Red Squirrel, Andover, N. J. New York ZoOLocicAL Society, Bronx, ING Pusiic EDUCATION, small mammals, Nilgai skeleton, Phalanger skin and skeleton, 3 Coypu Rats (2 skins and 3 skeletons), Tree Kangaroo skin and skeleton, Giraffe skeleton, Wal- laby, Ibex skeleton, Leopard skin and skeleton, 2 Antelope skins and skeletons, 1 Gibbon skin and skele- ton, 2 Muskox skins and skeletons, Siberian Tiger skin and skeleton, I Cross Fox with leg bones and I Sloth Bear skin and skeleton. Joun TREADWELL NicHots, New York City, Skeleton of New York Weasel in flesh, Long Island. RicHArD RATHBORNE, Bernardsville, N. J. eae in flesh, Bernardsville, Miss ANNE E. RoeLker, New York City. Pair of antlers (Moose), reputed to have been obtained by John J. Au- dubon in Maine. CHARLES SCHAEFER, North Bergen, N. J. oy Squirrel, mounted, Lafayette, H. H. SuHetpon, Homestead, Oreg. 3 Skins of Mice, 5 miles northwest of Hooper, Colo. GEORGE SHIRAS, 3d, Washington, D. C. Moose skin and skull, Canada. W. = on RENSSELAER, Salt Point, Belgian Hare in flesh, Salt Point. WiLt1am D. WENzLAU, Hoboken, N. J. Mole, Hoboken, N. J. Wittiam H. Wuite, Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. 2 ies ‘of Pacific Walrus, Bering ea WALTER WINANS, Surrenden Park, Pluckley, Kent, England. White Bull (Chillingham Wild Bull, skin, skull and leg bones), England. By ExcHANGE Brook_tyn Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y. 2 Skins with skulls of Leporide, Lower California. J. D. Ficcins, Denver, Colo. 2 Woodchucks (skins and _ skulls), Colorado. MusEuM OF CoMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, Cam- bridge, Mass. 9 Shrews and Moles, Siberia. By PurcHASE 1016 Specimens of North American Mammals, skins and skulls, western United States. Figure of African. 5 Enlarged models in plaster of heads of bats. Mountain Goat kid, Montana. 11 Skins, with skulls, of South Ameri- can Monkeys. Forearm and hand of a man, and fore- arm and hand of a beaver (bones). Commercial skin of Fur Seal, show- ing stages in plucking and dyeing. Birds 187 Mounted Pére David’s Deer, China. 3 Rocky Mountain Goats and 1 Black- tailed Deer, Idaho. 2 Young Deer in alcohol, Surinam. 2 Mammals, Venezuela. TuHroucH MusEuUM EXPEDITIONS 200 Mammals, China. Collected by Roy C. Andrews. Fossil mammal, bird and reptile re- mains, and 491 specimens of bats, skins, skulls and alcoholics, Porto Rico. Collected by H. E. Anthony. Skeleton of Three-toed Sloth Brady- pus, Costa Rica. Collected by Clarence R. Halter. 439 Mammals, South America. Col- lected by Leo E. Miller and Howarth S. Boyle. 3 BIRDS By GIFT CHARLES ALLGOEVER, New York City. Quail, Screech Owl and Woodcock in flesh. ANONYMOUS. Junco and Canadian Warbler in flesh, t Heron skin. Davip S. Batt, New York City. Junco in flesh. FREDERICK BLASCHKE, Cold Spring, N. Y. Rouen Drake. B. S. BowpisH, Demarest, N. J. Head and foot of Holboell’s Grebe. CouRTNEY BRANDRETH, Ossining, N. Y. Cockatoo in flesh. W. L. Brinp, Bergenfield, N. J. Swift in flesh. A. D. CHANDLER, New York City. Scarlet Tanager in flesh. James P. CHapin, New York City. Skull of Cormorant. Miss BertHA B. P. CHITTENDEN, Con- cord, N. H. Quetzal skin. H. K. Coarse, Highland Park, III. 3 Old World Warbler skins. L. G. Coox, Amherst, Mass. Ovenbird in flesh. Captain M. L. Crimmins, U. S. A. Rough skin of Mallard. Harotp K. Decker, New York City. White-throated Sparrow in flesh. DEPARTMENT OF Parks, New York City. 8 Quail, 1 Starling, 30 Song-birds, 2 Doves, 14 Parrots, 8 Swans, 10 Geese, 1 Duck. Miss M. C. Dickerson, New York City. Canadian Warbler. JONATHAN Dwicut, New York City. 30 Mounted local birds, chiefly from Fort Hamilton, N- Y. G. CLypE FisHErR, New York City. 2 Mockingbird skins. WILLIAM FLoyp, Mastic, L. I. Red-breasted Merganser skin, Marsh Hawk and Cuckoo in flesh. F. E. Forp, Chardon, Ohio. Bird in flesh. Epwarp J. Foytes, New York City. European Goldfinch in flesh. Louis A. Fuertes, Ithaca, N. Y. 14 Bird skins from Nicaragua. JoHn W. Gricecs, Paterson, N. J. 1 Tree Duck, 1 Woodcock, northern New Jersey. Witson C. Hanna, Colton, Cal. Nest and set of three eggs of White- throated Swift, Colton, San Bernar- dino Co., Cal. J. S. Henpricxson, Flowerfield, L. I. 2 Kingfishers in flesh. W. i SEMPRE SON Long Island City, Buff-breasted Sandpiper skin. GrorcE E. Hrx, New York City. Pine Siskin, Thrush and Yellow-bel- lied Sapsucker, in flesh. Joun Hurt, New York City. American Goshawk, mounted in glass bell case with accessories. A. C. IppEKEN, New York City. Java Sparrow in flesh. Jamaica HicH ScHOOL, Jamaica, L. I. Towhee in flesh. J. M. Jounson, Brooklyn, N. Y. Brown Thrasher, 1 Least Sandpiper in flesh. Justus Von LENGERKE, New York City. 2 Goshawks, 68 Hawks, 2 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 Crow. W. B. Ley and CuHartes A. URNER, Elizabeth, N. J. Hybrid Duck in flesh, Elizabeth, N. J. ! : SESS ESS EE ee 188 W. i ane ee Fort Covington, Bird in flesh. Miss N. L. MarsHatt, New York City. Black-poll Warbler. EpwarpD McGALtL, Orange, N. J. Bones of “Cahow.” W. DEW. Miter, New York City. Herring Gull, Sparrow, Bulbul, Robin, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Great, Horned Owl, Redstart and Vireo in flesh. ADELAIDE Mitis, New York City. 42 Specimens of mounted birds. Moct, Momonor & Co., New York City. 55 Mounted Birds from Japan. New York STATE CONSERVATION Com- MISSION, New York City. 2 Bodies of Wood Ducks. New York ZooLocicAL Society, Bronx, 1 Seriema, 3 Vultures, 7 Parrots, 3 Tinamou, 2 Pigeons, 2 Herons, 21 Song- birds, 1 Penguin, 1 Secretary Bird, 1 Pheasant, 1 Sand Grouse, I Duck, 3 Doves, 5 Owls, 2 Fran- colins, 1 Spoonbill, 1 Quail, 2 Hawks, 1 Sun-bittern, 1 Guan, I Flycatcher, 2 Hornbills, 1 Bird of Paradise, 1 Rail, 1 Bustard, 1 Trum- peter, I Goose, 1 Woodpecker, 1 Trogon and 1 Toucan. JoHN TREADWELL NicHoLts, New York City: Black. Duck in flesh, body of Hud- sonian Curlew, 2 Yellowlegs, 4 Henslow’s Sparrows, 1 Henslow’s Sparrow nest, 1 Green Heron. S. M. Nyperc, Beaumont, Tex. A number of skins from Sweden. Mrs. EutaA Puipp-MILLter, New York City. Gray Parrot in the flesh. Mrs. C. R. Prescott, Orange, Black-poll Warbler in flesh. Mrs. V. M. REICHENBERGER, New York City. 1 Field Sparrow, 1 Song Sparrow, 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2 Ruby- ‘crowned Kinglets, 3 Hermit Thrushes, 2 Robins and 1 Ovenbird. Tuomas N. RHINELANDER, New York City. Herring Gull in flesh. Ni: Birds Wi11AmM A. RopBins, New York City. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in flesh. F. B. Roptnson, Newburgh, N. Y. Rough birdskin of Cape May Warbler. Mrs. Roy Rosinson, Englewood, N. J. peo eee Green Warbler in esh. WILLIAM G. ROCKEFELLER, Tarrytown, Y Olive Pigeon in flesh, Tarrytown. CuarLes H. Rocers, New York City. 1 House Sparrow, 1 Horned Grebe, 1 Ovenbird, 1 Dove. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Oyster Bay, L. I. Skin of Parrot. J. A. SAMUELS, New York City. 2 Specimens of Jacana’s eggs. L. C. SANForD, New Haven, Conn. 3 Skins of Sharp-shinned Hawks, 5 skins of Grouse, 1 skin of Ptarmi- gan, I skin of Hawk, 4 birdskins from Brazil, 5 skins of Humming- birds, 2 skins of Sparrows. ERNEST SCHERNIKOW, New York City. 5 Skins of Quetzals. SctiaMA, Davis & Company, New York City. 229 Birdskins. ERNEST THOMPSON SETON, Conn. Skin of Yellow Rail. H. F. Stone, Lawrence, L. I. 1 Red-backed Sandpiper, 2 Knots, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Turnstones, 1 Semi-palmated Sandpiper, 1 Sharp- tailed Sparrow. sans KENNETH Strauss, New York ity. Bird in flesh. E. B. THompson, Amenia, N. y. Barred Plymouth Rock cockerel (Im- perial “Ringlet”). Henry TuHurston, New York City. I Junco in flesh, 1 skin of Kingfisher, 1 Flicker in flesh, 1 Yellowlegs in flesh. CHARLES H. Townsenp, New York City. Rough birdskin of Red-shouldered Hawk, and Long-eared Owl in flesh. Harry S. Truitt, New York City. Starling in flesh. Miss VIRGINIA FLORENCE TRULL, New York City. Chickadee in flesh. Greenwich, Paleontology 189 B. Vitoto, New York City. Ovenbird in flesh. O. Witcox, Englewood, N. J. Merganser in flesh, Englewood. WALTER WINANS, Surrenden Park, Pluckley, Kent, England. 2 Mounted English Pheasants, Swaff- ham, Norfolk, England. Leon WootseEy, New York City. Gyrfalcon. By EXCHANGE S. H. CHuss, New York City. Hairy Woodpecker skin. JoHN TREADWELL NicHots, New York City. Screech Owl in flesh. DEPARTMENT OF PuBLIC EDUCATION, Transfer. 199 Birdskins. Henry TuHurston, New York City. Chimney Swift in flesh. DeWitt C. Warp, New York City. 2 Skins of Penguins. Mrs. Maset Oscoop Wricut, Fairfield, Conn. 8 Skins of Hawks. By PurRCHASE 1 Ptarmigan in flesh. 5 Domesticated Pigeons in flesh and 12 mounted Domesticated Pigeons. 187 Birdskins, Peru. 72 Birds, Venezuela. 517 Birdskins from Ecuador. THrouGH MusrEumM EXPEDITIONS 70 Birdskins, 10 skeletons and alco- holics. from Porto Rico. Collected by H. E. Anthony. 1,000 Birdskins, South America. Col- lected by Frank M. Chapman and George K. Cherrie. 1,000 Birdskins, Bolivia, 3,000 bird- skins, Argentine. Collected by Leo E. Miller and Howarth S. Boyle. 400 Birds, China. Collected by Roy C. Andrews. DEPARTMENT OF VERTEBRATE PALAEONTOLOGY By Girt AMALGAMATED PHOSPHATE COMPANY, Brewster, Fla. Part of skull and jaws of fossil crocodilian and cranium of fossil crocodile, Phosphate beds, Brewster. P. Barnon, New York City. Midget horse in flesh. H. K. Busu-Brown, Washington, D. C. Lumbar vertebra of half-Arab colt. M. Crane Company, New York City. 2 Embryo pigs. WarrEN DELANO, New York City. Vertebral column of Arabian colt. EDWARD FETTERBY, New York City. Front foot and hind foot of steer. New York ZoOLoGIcaL Society, Bronx, Yi Young ‘gorilla “Dinah.” Henry FairFIELD Osporn, New York City. Skin and skeleton of yellow dun horse. S. H. Roper, New York City. Fossil vertebrates from Upper Purus River, Brazil. E. L. Troxett, Ann Arbor, Mich. Fossils found with Phohippus skele- ton, Rosebud Reservation, S. Dak. By EXCHANGE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 3 Casts of Sivapithecus, extinct an- thropoid from Pliocene of India. Major E. E. Huet, Oklahoma City, Okla. Horse skull with a pair of supernu- merary molars, no lower jaw. UnitepD States NationaL Museum, Washington, D. C, Casts of Allosaurus forelimb, Como Bluffs, Wyo. YALE UNIversiTty, New Haven, Conn. 2 Casts of type teeth of Protohippus parvulus. By PurcCHASE Celtic horse and Norse horse, Scot- land. Collection from Niobrara Cretaceous, Gove County, Kansas. aie 190 Casts of skulls and bones of fossil human remains from European lo- calities. Skeleton of Phohippus, near Mission, Dak. Skeleton of Pliohippus, Snake Creek beds, Sioux Co., Neb. THrouGH MuSEUM EXPEDITIONS In Cretaceous of Montana, 54 boxes of dinosaurs from Two Medicine and Saint Mary’s formations, including skeletons of new kinds of Horned and Duck-billed Dinosaurs. Col- lected by Barnum Brown, P. Kaisen and W. Johnson. In Paleocene of New Mexico, 4 boxes of fossil mammals from Animas valley and vicinity of Ignacio. Col- lected by Walter Granger and George Olsen. In Eocene of Colorado, 1 box of fos- sil mammals from Huerfano valley, including skull of Tullotheriwm. Collected by Walter Granger and George Olsen. - In Eocene of Wyoming, 2 boxes of fossil vertebrates from Big Horn basin, including skeleton of giant bird. Collected by William Stein. In Tertiary of Nebraska, 11 boxes of fossil mammals from Agate and other points in western Nebraska, including 3 skeletons of Clawed Un- gulate Moropus, 25 skulls of Pair- horned rhinoceros and large collec- tion of Pliocene fossils. Collected by Albert Thomson and party. DEPARTMENT OF ANTHRO- POLOGY By GIFt ANONYMOUS. Revolvers, knife and opium outfit. H. E. Antuony, New York City. 8 Potsherds, from a mound near Whitefish Lake, near Port Arthur, Ontario. Apert C. Bates, Hartford, Conn. Splint gauge used in making baskets. Justice NATHAN Biyur, New York City. War shirt of moose hide, Tlingit In- dians, Kupreanof Island. Anthropology GrAHAM F, BLtanpy, New York City. 2 African baskets, Haida hat, 3 fans, card of leaves and ferns, table cover and 2 lamp shades of fiber, piece of bark, model of slate totem pole, knife and case, Africa, West Indies and Alaska. Mrs. THEoporRA Crosspy Briss, Washing- ton, D. C. Model of hut and model of canoe, Marshall Islands. ae Wi.i1aAM Henry Bitss, New York ity. Large ladle of mountain sheep horn. Henri Brincs, New York City. Stone implements, near Yuruan River, southeastern Venezuela. E. A. BrockHaus, Bronx, N. Y. Metate, Mexico. Major E. C. Brooxs, New York City. Double whistling bowl, Peru. A. H. Cast, New York City. Hat, headwaters of the Maya River, Colombia. H. E. Crampton, New York City. 3 fans and model of a boat, Society Islands. Cart. M. L. Crimmins, 16th Infantry, U.S. A. Pair of moccasins, I skull, vicinity of Chihuahua, Mexico. RALPH CurtTIs, Paris, France. Flint implements decorated with draw- ~ ings. Cuartes Bates Dana, New York City. Beaded buckskin coat. D. Bryson DELAVAN, New York City. Birchbark receptacle, Mackinaw, Mich. Miss C. DeutscH, New York City. Archeological specimens and beaded vase, eastern United States. Miss KaTHERINE E. DEVoe, Montclair, ais is Mexican bowl, Chihuahua, Mexico. I. WEyMAN Drummonp, New York City. 3 Ax heads, 3 copper points, scalping knife, Wisconsin, Tennessee and New York. ee Marcaret H, Exztiot, New York ity. 4 Baskets, medicine rattle, pipe, five spoons and shark hook, Alaska; rhi- ’ noceros shield, whip and 4 spears, Somaliland; 3 pieces of pottery, New Mexico: Anthropology IQI Lieut. G. T. Emmons, Princeton, N. J. Bark knife; caribou horn used for cutting outer bark of black pine, hemlock and other trees, the inner bark of which is used for food, Babines, Huwilgit Village, Buckley River Cafion; 4 slugs made by a Chilkat hunter for use in brown bear hunting with the old muzzle-loading musket. Morcan J. GotpsmitH, New York City. 2 Specimens of Peruvian pottery. Mapison Grant, New York City. Human jaw, Bronx River, N. Y. WitttAm K. Grecory, New York City. 8 Potsherds, section of the jaw of a ruminant and 4 fragments of bone, eight miles east of Flagstaff, Ariz. Mrs. L. F. G. Grimxt, New York City. Wooden .needle, beaded pincushion (Salteaux), near Sault Ste. Marie, and 3 Tlingit baskets, Alaska. GUGGENHEIM BroTHERS, New York City. Collection containing armor of woven cords, drinking cup of basketwork, bow and quiver of arrows, pottery vessels, wooden scrapers used in mining, small pieces of textiles, etc., Chiuchiu, Chile, about 26 miles north of Chuquicamata. A. HATFIELD, Jr., New York City. Spears, bows, etc., Philippine Islands and German New Guinea. Grorce G. Heyer, New York City. Pair of sandals, 2 awls, cornmeal sieve, gourd vessel, Jauco, Baracoa, Cuba. Joun J. Hippie, New York City. Small stone paint bowl, found in gravel dump at Whitehall and Stone streets, New York City. N. R. Hopkins, New York City. Potsherds, prehistoric pueblo of Tschi- rege, New Mexico. Mrs. AprtiAN HoFFMAN JoLINE, New York City. Hawaiian tapa cloth. GeorceE C. LoncLey, Pelham Manor, i NY. Stone, shell and pottery objects, Island of Jamaica. Mrs. E. M. McCartuy, Brooklyn, N. Y. Pair of mittens made from reindeer oe Yukanski Bay, Russian Lap- land. Gene F. McConneLt, Port Morris, Stone moccasin last, Delaware Bay. F. E. McMItten, Boston, Mass. Small voodoo drum and voodoo cala- bash rattle, confiscated in a raid on a voodoo temple in the Commune of Petit Goave, Haiti. Miss Loutse Mippteton, Brooklyn, N. Y. 2 Boxes of Indian pottery, Jemez, N. Mex. RusseLL Hastings Mit_twarp, New York City. 10 Pieces of Maya embroidery, Flores, Peten, Guatemala. CLARENCE B. Moore, Philadelphia, Pa. Plaster cast of monolithic ceremonial hatchet, Moundsville, Ala. Mrs. Paut Morton, New York City. Navajo blanket, 8 North American In- dian baskets, bronze statuette, Hopi runner for rain. Henry FatrFIELD Oszorn, New York City. 5 Flint implements, Rawhide Butte, Eastern Wyoming; 1 bone _ hide dresser, probably from Wyoming. Mrs. Etstz CLEws Parsons, New York City. 2 Prayer plumes from a shrine on the west side of Towa Yallane; frag- ments of bone from a burial and pieces of cave floor, Fresh Creek, Andros Island, Bahamas. W. S. Patterson, Maplewood, N. J. Eskimo parka, leggings and mocca- sins, Point Barrow, Alaska. CiirForpD H. Port, Washington, Wilkes Co., Ga. 20 Arrowheads, 1 mile from Washing- ton, Ga. Rospert R. ReyNnoips, Ceiba, Honduras. Tuna blanket, Mosquito Indians, Hon- duras. Mrs. J. West Roosevett, New York City. Mexican blanket. THEODORE RoosEvELT, Oyster Bay, L. I. 17 Prehistoric stone implements, Carib Indians, M. F. Savace, New York City. Stone pestle or grinder, Friesland, Holland; anvil stone secured during excavation at Madison Avenue and 38th Street, New York City. 192 Anthropology Misses Lourts—E LeEe and GeEoRGINA SCHUYLER, New York City. Basket, platter, 2 small boxes contain- ing pieces of pottery and lithograph of Osceola. GrorcE R. Stimpson, New York City. Malay kris and scabbard. G. WHITFIELD SmitH, Grand Turk, BOW: Indian skull from a ‘cave in the Caicos Islands. LesLiE SmitH, New York City. 2 Sioux: pipes, 2. Sioux | tohacco pouches, 1 Crow bow with arrows, 2 pairs of moccasins and 1 pipe cleaner. EMANUEL SPIEGELBERG, Main, Germany. Mexican silver filigree bridle, N. Mex.; Navajo leather belt with sil- ver mountings, N. Mex. Epwarp S. STEVENS, New York City. Amulet, Massie Township, Warren Co., Ohio, within a few miles of Fort Ancient. Miss Marcaret Stimson, New York Frankfort-am- ity. Apache basket. Miss Grace E. Tart, New York City. Woven belt, Peru. Mrs. Mary E. K. Turner, Smyrna, Del. Collection of Alaskan material loaned to the Museum in 1905 by her brother Dr. John B. Driggs, now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. JosHUA VELLEMAN, New York City. Pair of reindeer moccasins, bought at Laplander’s camp, Tromso, Norway. CHARLES D. WaGNER, Santa Clara, Utah. Devil’s horn weed used by Paiute of Shivwits, Utah, for black material for basketry. Capt. E_vin Henry WAGNER, United States Army. Stone implement, interior of Panama, south of Gatun, inland some 15 miles from any water course. Wittiam R. Wares, New York City. 12 Arrows, Central America. W. Hoyt Weser, New York City. Foot cast made of clay found in lime- stone cave near “Big Spring” (near- est town Eminence), Mo. GerorcE F. WILL, Bismarck, N. Dak. Ears of Zuni corn grown in Bis- marck, N. Dak.; 14 samples of In- dian corn. By ExcHANGE LizuT. G. T. Emmons, Princeton, N. J. 4 Tlingit baskets and 1 bag. E. W. Keyser, Washington, D. C. Hupa basket, Apache basket with cover, Mescalero basket, Ute water jar, 3 Paiute baskets and I mat, Alaska. REGINALD G. Russom, New York City. Maori skirt, 2 boomerangs and Samoan club. StaTE Museum, Albany, N. Y. Iroquois archeological collection. By PURCHASE String of Jade and gold beads, Mitla, Mexico. 18 Carved jade tablets, 2 figurines, Tuxtepec, northern part of State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 6 Gold objects, Colombia. 375 Specimens of Eskimo material. Tsimshian shaman’s dance costume, 2 Kwakiutl clubs, Northwest Coast. Shoshoni war bundle, Wyoming. Gold breast ornament, Atrato River, Department of Antioquia, Colombia. Ethnological specimens from New Guinea. Archeological specimens, Las Matas, near Maracay, Venezuela. Archeological specimens from south- ern Utah, northern New Mexico and . Arizona. 103 Vessels, 4 shell bracelets, 1 skull and 1 string of beads of three col- ors, Mimbres Valley, New Mexico. 25 Pottery vessels, Mimbres Valley, New Mexico. General ethnological collections from the Penobscot, Malecite, Micmac and Passamaquoddy Indians. 22 Gold ornaments, Colombia, 120 miles up Sinu River from Monteria. Public Health 3 War bonnets, 2 pairs of leggings, hair rope, buffalo calf skin robe, bridle, girl’s dress, buffalo skin shield, beaded bandolier, knife and sheath, quirt, beaded tobacco bag, woman’s dress, man’s shirt, sheath, cradle, saddle and collection of pipes, Plains Indians. 17 Specimens of pottery, Sinu Valley, Colombia. Ethnological collection from _ the Matchapunga, Pamunkey and AI- gonkin Indians. Painted coat, 5 wampum belt models, brooch and pendant, bark pipe, comb, stone buzzer, bark box, bark drum, Penobscot. Image and shield, Philippine Islands. Girl’s buckskin suit and pair of moc- casins, Mescalero Apache. Fetish, Zufii. THrouGH MusEuM EXPEDITIONS Ethnological specimens from New Zealand and Fiji Islands. Collected by Miss Frances Del Mar. Archeological specimens from White River, Ariz. Collected by Pliny E. Goddard. Anthropological and ethnological ma- terial from the Northwest. Col- lected by H. K. Haeberlin. 25 Samaritan skulls, 15 Bedouin skulls, costume, etc., Syria. Collected by Henry M. Huxley, Igor. Archeological and ethnological mate- rial from Zuni, N. Mex. Collected by A. L. Kroeber and Leslie Spier. Ethnological specimens from Hopi of Arizona and Crow Indians. Col- lected by Robert H. Lowie. Archeological specimens from the Az- tec and other ruins in New Mexico. Collected by N. C. Nelson and Earl H. Morris. 193 Ethnological specimens from Pawnee Indians, Oklahoma. Collected by James R. Murie. Ethnological and archeological speci- mens from Venezuela and archzxo- logical specimens from Porto Rico, in cooperation with the New York Academy of Sciences. Collected by Herbert J. Spinden. Archeological specimens from Ken- tucky. Collected by N. C. Nelson. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH By GIFT COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, New York City. Bacteriological specimen. DEPARTMENT OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, Transfer. 1 Fly and 3 bugs. East Loutstana Hospitat, Jackson, La. 3 Bacterial specimens. Jouns Hopxins University, Baltimore, 21 Bacterial specimens. New JerRsEY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT Station, New Brunswick, N. J. 31 Cultures of Actinomyces from soil. H. Nocucui, New York City. Jar of mounted diseased and healthy silk-worms and 1 slide cross section of silk-worms showing pebrinous corpuscles. By PuRCHASE 6 larve, 6 pupze and 6 adults of L7- bellula pulchella. 6 Specimens of Anopheles manlipennis. aan INCORPORATION AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Passed April 6, 1869 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION I. John David Wolfe, Robert Colgate, Benjamin H. Field, Robert L. Stuart, Adrian Iselin, Benjamin B. Sher- man, William A. Haines, Theodore Roosevelt, Howard Potter, William T. Blodgett, Morris K. Jesup, D. Jackson Steward, J. Pierpont Morgan, A. G. P. Dodge, Chas. A. Dana, Joseph H. Choate and Henry Parish, and such persons as may here- after become members of the Corporation hereby created, are hereby created a body corporate, by the name of “The Ameri- can Museum of Natural History,” to be located in the City of New York, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said city a Museum and Library of Natural History; of encouraging and developing the study of Natural Science; of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and to that end of furnishing popular instruction.* SEc. 2. Said Corporation shall have power to make and adopt a Constitution and By-Laws, and to make rules and regulations for the admission, suspension and expulsion of its members, and their government, the number and election of its officers, and to define their duties, and for the safe keeping of its property, and, from time to time, to alter and modify such Constitution, By-Laws, Rules and Regulations. Until an election shall be held pursuant to such Constitution and By-Laws, the persons named in the first section of this Act shall be, and are hereby declared to be, the Trustees and Man- agers of said Corporation and its property. 195 196 Incorporation SEC. 3. Said Corporation may take and hold by gift, devise, bequest, purchase or lease, either absolutely or in trust, for any purpose comprised in the objects of the Corporation, any real or personal estate, necessary or proper for the purposes of its incorporation.f SEc. 4. Said Corporation shall possess the general powers, and be subject to the restrictions and liabilities, prescribed in the Third Title of the Eighteenth Chapter of the First Part of the Revised Statutes, and shall be and be classed as an educa- tional corporation.* | SEc. 5. This Act shall take effect immediately. STATE OF NEW YORK, t : OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. = I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript there- from, and of the whole of said original law. Given under my hand and seal of Office at the City of [L. s.] Albany this fourteenth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine. D. Witters, Jr., Deputy Secretary cf State. + Section 3. As amended by Chapter 303, Laws of 1898, of the State of New York, entitled “An Act to amend chapter one hundred and nineteen, laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, entitled ‘An Act to incorporate the American Museum of Natural History,’ relative to its charter.” * Sections 1 and 4. As amended by Chapter 162 of the Laws of 1909, entitled “An Act to amend chapter one hundred and nineteen of the laws of eighteen hun- dred and sixty-nine, entitled ‘An Act to incorporate the American Museum of Natural History,’ in relation to classifying said corporation and modifying its cor- porate purposes.”’ CONTRAGE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS FOR THE OCCUPATION OF THE NEW BUILDING Tuts AGREEMENT, made and concluded on the twenty-second day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between the DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS OF THE City oF NEw York, the party of the first part, and the AMERICAN Museum OF Naturat History, party of the second part, witnesseth: Whereas, by an Act of the Legislature of the State of New York, passed April 22d, 1876, entitled “An Act in relation to the powers and duties of the Board of Commissioners of the Department of Public Parks, in connection with the American Museum of Natural History, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art,” the said party of the first part is authorized and directed to enter into a contract with the said party of the second part, for the occupation by it of the buildings erected or to be erected on that portion of the Central Park in the City of New York, known as Manhattan Square, and for transferring thereto and establishing and maintaining therein its museum, library and collections, and carrying out the objects and purposes of said party of the second part; and, Whereas, a building contemplated by said act has now been erected and nearly completed and equipped in a manner suit- able for the purposes of said Museum, as provided in the first section of the Act of May 15, 1875, known as Chapter 351, of the Laws of 1875, for the purpose of establishing and main- taining therein the said Museum, as provided by the said last- named act, and by the Act of April 5, 1871, known as Chapter 290, of the Laws of 1871; and, Whereas, it is desired as well by the said party of the first part, as by the said party of the second part, that, immediately 197 198 Contract upon the completion and equipment of said building, the said party of the second part should be established therein, and should transfer thereto its museum, library and collections, and carry out the objects and purposes of the said party of the second part; Now, therefore, it is agreed by and between the said parties as follows, namely : : First.—That the said party of the first part has granted and demised and let, and doth, by these presents, grant, demise and let, unto the said party of the second part, the said build- ings and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, to have and to hold the same so long as the said party of the second part shall continue to carry out the objects and purposes defined in its charter; or such other objects and purposes as by any future amendment of said charter may be authorized; and shall faithfully keep, perform, and observe the covenants and conditions herein contained on its part to be kept, performed and observed, or -until the said building shall be surrendered by the said party of the second part, as hereinafter provided. Secondly.—That neither the party of the first part, its suc- cessor or sticcessors, nor the Mayor, Aldermen and Com- monalty of the City of New York, shall be in any manner chargeable or liable for the preservation of the said building or the property of the party of the second part which may be placed therein, against fire, or for any damage or injury that may be caused by fire to the said property; but it is agreed that, damages as aforesaid excepted, the said party of the first part will keep said building, from time to time, in repair. Thirdly.—That as soon after the completion and equipment of said building as practicable, said party of the second part shall transfer to, and place and arrange in said building, its museum, library and collections, or such portion thereof as can be properly displayed to the public therein, and shall have and enjoy the exclusive use of the whole of said building, subject to the provisions herein contained, and the rules and regulations herein prescribed, during the continuance of the term granted, or until a surrender thereof, as herein provided. Contract 199 Fourthly.—That the exhibition halls of said building shall, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of each week, and on all legal or public holidays, except Sundays, be kept open and accessible to the public, free of charge, from nine o’clock A.M. until half an hour before sunset, under such rules and regulations as the party of the second part shall from time _to time prescribe; but on the remaining days of the week the same shall be only open for exhibition to such persons, upon such terms as the said party of the second part shall from time to time direct. But all professors and teachers of the public schools of the City of New York, or other institutions of learning in said city, in which instruction is given free of charge, shall be admitted to all the advantages afforded by the said party of the second part, through its museum, library, apparatus, and collections, or otherwise, for study, research and investigation, free of any charge therefor, and to the same extent and on the same terms and conditions as any other persons are admitted to such advantages, as aforesaid. Fifthly.—That the museum, library and collections, and all other property of said party of the second part, which shall or may be placed in said building, shall continue to be and remain absolutely the property of said party of the second part, and neither the said party of the first part nor the said the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty, shall by reason of said property being placed in said building, or continuing therein, have any right, title, property or interest therein; nor shall the said party of the second part, by reason of its occupation and use of said building under this agreement, acquire, or be deemed to have any right, title, property or interest in said building, except so far as expressly granted by this agreement. ‘Sixthly.—That the said party of the second part shall, on or before the first day of May, in every year, during the con- tinuance of this agreement, submit to the said party of the first part, its successor or successors, a detailed printed report of the operations and transactions of the said party of the second part, and all its receipts and payments, for the year ending with the 31st day of December next preceding. | : : : | | | 200 Contract Seventhly.—That said party of the first part shall have, at all times, access to every part of the said building for general visitation and supervision, and also for the purpose of the per- formance of the duties devolved upon it by the laws of the State of New York, or of the City of New York. That the police powers and supervision of said party of the first part shall extend in, through and about said building. That the said party of the second part may appoint, direct, control and remove all persons employed within said building, and in and about the care of said building, and the museum, library and collections therein contained. Eighthly.—That said party of the second part may, at any time, after the expiration of three, and before the expiration of six, months from the date of the service of a notice in writing to said party of the first part, its successor or successors, or to the Mayor of the City of New York, of its intention so to do, quit and surrender the said premises and remove all its prop- erty therefrom; and upon and after such notice, the said party of the second part shall and will, at the expiration of the said six months, quietly and peaceably yield up and surrender unto the said party of the first part and its successors all and singu- lar the aforesaid demised premises. And it is expressly under- stood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that if the said party of the second part shall omit to do, perform, fulfill or keep any or either of the covenants, articles, clauses and agreements, matters and things herein contained, which on its part are to be done, performed, fulfilled or kept, according to the true intent and meaning of these presents, then and from thenceforth this grant and demise shall be utterly null and . void. And in such case it shall and may be lawful for said Department to serve or cause to be served on the said party of the second part a notice in writing declaring that the said grant hereinbefore made has become utterly null and void and thereupon the said party of the first part, its successor or suc- cessors (ninety days’ time being first given to the said party of the second part to remove its property therefrom), may reénter, and shall again have, repossess and enjoy the premises aforementioned, the same as in their first and former estate, Contract 201 and in like manner as though these presents had never been made, without let or hindrance of the said party of the second part, anything here contained to the contrary notwithstanding. Ninthly.—And it is further expressly understood and agreed, by and between the parties hereto, that this agreement may be wholly canceled and annulled, or, from time to time, altered, or modified, as may be agreed, in writing, between the said parties, or their successors, anything herein contained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. In witness whereof, the party of the first part hath caused this agreement to be executed by their President and Secretary, pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of said Department, adopted at a meeting held on the thirtieth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and seventy-eight; and the said party of the second part hath caused the same to be executed by their President, and their official seal affixed thereto, pursuant to a resolution of the Trustees of the American Museum of Natural History, adopted at a meeting held on the twelfth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. In presence of JAMES F. WENMAN, D. PortER Lorp. President Department of Public Parks of the City of New York. WILLIAM IRWIN, Secretary Department of Public Parks of the City of New York. SEAL of the American ROBERT L. STUART, ‘ . Museum of | President American Museum of : Natural History | Natural History. ee —-- Se 3) eae, Ee _ S. r hi | 202 Contract STATE oF New York, ; ae City and County of New York, § ” On this 12th day of February, in the year 1878, before me personally came James F. Wenman, President of the Department of Public Parks of the City of New York, and William Irwin, Secretary of the said De-. partment of Public Parks, with both of whom I am personally ac- quainted, and both of whom being by me duly sworn, said that they reside in the City and County of New York; that the said James F. Wenman is the President, and the said William Irwin is the Secretary of the said Department of Public Parks, and that they signed their names to the foregoing agreement by order of the Board of Commis- sioners of the said Department of Public Parks, as such President and Secretary. W. C. BESSON [SEAL. ] (73) Notary Public N. Y. Co. State oF New York, hss : City and County of New York, fi On this 12th day of February, in the year 1878, before me personally came Robert L. Stuart, the President of the American Museum of Natural History, with whom I am personally acquainted, who being by me duly sworn, said that he resides in the City and County of New York, that he is the President of the American Museum of Natural History, and that he knows the corporate seal of said museum, that the seal affixed to the foregoing agreement is such corporate seal, that it is affixed thereto by order of the Board of Trustees of said American Museum of Natural History, and that he signed his name thereto by the like order, as President of said Museum. W. C. BESSON, [SEAL. ] (73) Notary Public N. Y. Co. Recorded in the office of the Register of the City and County of New York in Liber 1426 of Cons., page 402, February 16, A. D. 1878, at 9 o’clock A.M., and examined. Witness my hand and official seal, FREDERICK W. LOEW, [SEAL. | Register. Note.—July 25, 1892, by consent of the Trustees, section fourth was modified to enable the Trustees to open the Museum free to the public “throughout the year, excepting Mondays, but including Sunday afternoons and two evenings of each week.”’ June 29, 1893, by consent of the Trustees, section fourth was modified to enable the Trustees to open the Museum free of charge to the public “throughout the year for five days in each week, one of which shall be Sunday afternoon, and also two evenings of each week.” CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK REVISED AND AMENDED TO FEBRUARY 7, 1916 ARTICLE I This Corporation shall be styled THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL History. AR FICLE If The several persons named in the charter, and such others as they may add to their number, which shall not exceed twenty-five in all at one time, and in addition, the Mayor, the Comptroller, and the President of the Department of Public Parks, of the City of New York, for the time being, ex-officio, shall be the Trustees to manage the affairs, property and busi- ness of the Corporation. The members of the Board of Trustees holding office at the time of the regular quarterly meeting of November, 1905, shall then, or at the first meeting of the Board thereafter, be divided by lot into five classes of five members each, to serve for the terms of one, two, three, four and five years respectively from the date of the annual meeting of February, 1906. The Board of Trustees at each annual meeting thereafter, or an adjourn- ment thereof, shall by ballot, by a majority vote of the Trus- tees present at the meeting, elect five Trustees to supply the places of the class whose term expires at that meeting; said newly elected Trustees to hold office for five years or until their successors are elected. In case of a vacancy in the Board by death, resignation, disqualification or otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled by ballot, in like manner, by the Board of Trus- tees at any regular meeting or special meeting, for the un- expired term. No person shall be eligible for election as Trustee unless his name shall be presented by the Nominating 203 SS 2 SEE SS 8 See —— Be So ee See ————— --_—__ —— S32 SSS — ——————=>= ee : i | hy 204 Constitution Committee at a regular or special meeting of the Board pre- vious to the meeting at which his name shall be acted upon. Written notice of such election and the vacancy to be filled shall be sent to the Trustees at least one week prior to said meeting. ARTICLE iit The Trustees shall meet regularly, on the first Monday of every February and May, and the second Monday of Novem- ber, at an hour and place to be designated, on at least one week’s written notice from the Secretary, and shall annually, at the regular meeting in February, elect the officers and com- mittees for the ensuing year. They shall also meet at any other time to transact special business on a call of the Secre- tary, who shall issue such call whenever requested so to do, in writing, by five Trustees, or by the President, and give written notice to each Trustee of such special meeting, and of the object thereof, at least three days before the meeting is held. ARTICLE IV SEcTION I. The officers of said Corporation shall be a President, a First Vice-President, a Second Vice-President, a Treasurer and a Secretary, who shall be elected from among the Trustees. These officers shall be elected by ballot, and the persons having a majority of the votes cast shall be deemed duly elected. They shall hold their offices for one year or until their successors shall be elected. Sec. 2. The Board of Trustees shall appoint each year, in such manner as it may direct, the following Standing Com- mittees: an Executive Committee, an Auditing Committee, a Finance Committee and a Nominating Committee. These Committees are all to be elected from the Trustees, and the members shall hold office for one year or until their succes- sors shall be elected. The Board of Trustees shall also have authority to appoint such other committees or officers as they may at any time deem desirable, and to delegate to them such powers as may be necessary. | Constitution 205 The Board of Trustees shall have power to appoint a Director who, acting under the authority and control of the President, shall be the chief administrative officer of the Museum; but shall not be a member of the Board. He shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board. ARTICLE VW SECTION I. The President shall have the general super- vision, direction and control of the affairs of the Corporation, and shall preside at all the meetings of the Museum and of the Trustees. In his absence or inability to act, the First or Second Vice-President shall act in his place, or in the absence of these officers, a Trustee appointed by the Executive Com- mittee. Sec. 2. The Secretary shall be present, unless otherwise ordered by the Board, at all the meetings of the Museum and Trustees, of the Executive Committee and such other Com- mittees as the Board may direct. He shall keep a careful record of the proceedings of such meetings, shall preserve the seal, archives and correspondence of the Museum, shall issue notices for all meetings of the Trustees and various commit- tees, and shall perform such other duties as the Board may direct. The Board of Trustees shall have power to appoint an Assistant Secretary, who, under its direction, shall perform the duties of the Secretary in his absence or inability to act. The Assistant Secretary shall be an administrative officer of the Museum and shall act under the direction of the President or the Secretary. He shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board. Sec. 3. The Treasurer shall receive and disburse the funds of the Museum. He shall report in writing, at each regular meeting of the Trustees, the balance of money on hand, and the outstanding obligations of the Museum, as far as practi- cable; and shall make a full report at the annual meeting of the receipts and disbursements of the past year, with such suggestions as to the financial management of the Museum as he may deem proper. 206 Constitution The Board of Trustees shall have power to appoint an Assistant Treasurer, who shall perform such duties as it may direct, and who shall hold office during its pleasure. Sec. 4. The accounts of the Museum shall be kept at the General Office, in books belonging to it, which shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Trustees. ARTICEE VI The Executive Committee shall consist of nine Trustees, the President, the Secretary and the Treasurer ex-officio and six others, to be appointed each year in the manner provided in Article 1V. They shall have the control and regulation of the collections, library and other property of the Museum; and shall have power generally to conduct the business of the Museum, subject to the approval of the Board. Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. ARTICLE Var The Auditing Committee shall consist of three Trustees. They shall have the books of the Museum duly audited, at least once in six months, by an authorized public accountant to be selected by them. AR LICL Viti The Finance Committee shall consist of five Trustees, the Treasurer ex-officio and four others to be elected each year in the manner provided in Article IV. They shall have gen- eral charge of the moneys and securities of the Endowment and other permanent funds of the Museum, and such real estate as may become the property of the Corporation, with authority to invest, sell and reinvest the same, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees. Three members shall constitute a quorum. ARTIGRE TIX The Nominating Committee shall be composed of three Trustees, to whom shall be first submitted the names of any persons proposed as candidates for election to membership in Constitution 207 the Board of Trustees. The Committee shall report on such candidates from time to time, as it may deem to be for the interest of the Museum. A fortnight before the annual meet- ing they shall prepare and mail to each member of the Board of Trustees a list of the candidates for officers and Trustees to be balloted for at the said meeting. ARTICLE -X Nine Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but five Trustees meeting may adjourn and trans- act current business, subject to the subsequent approval of a meeting at which a quorum shall be present. ARTICLE XI By-Laws may be made from time to time by the Trustees providing for the care and management of the property of the Corporation and for the government of its affairs, and may be amended at any meeting of the Trustees by a vote of a majority of those present, after a month’s notice in writing of such proposed amendment. ARTICLE: XIt The incorporators of The American Museum of Natural History shall be designated as Founders of the Museum. Any person contributing or devising $50,000 in cash, securi- ties or property to the funds of the Museum may be elected a Benefactor of the Museum. Any person contributing $25,000 in cash, securities or prop- erty to the funds of the Museum may be elected an Associate Founder of the Museum, who after being so elected shall have the right in perpetuity to appoint the successor in such asso- ciate foundership. Any person contributing $10,000 to the funds of the Mu- seum may be elected an Associate Benefactor of the Museum, who after being so elected shall have the right in perpetuity to appoint the successor in such associate benefactorship. Any person contributing $1,000 to the funds of the Museum, at one time, may be elected a Patron of the Museum, who ————. r 7 oe lee == Sas oe = Vas. SS 33 SS 2S > - Dav seo im a py 208 Constitution after being so elected shall have the right in perpetuity to appoint the successor in such patronship. Any person contributing $500 to the funds of the Museum, at one time, may be elected a Fellow of the Museum, who after being so elected shall have the right to appoint one suc- cessor in such fellowship. No appointment of a successor shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing, endorsed on the certificate, or by the last will and testament. Any person contributing $100 to the funds of the Museum, at one time, may be elected a Life Member of the Museum. Any person may be elected to the above degrees who shall have given to the Museum books or specimens which shall have been accepted by the Executive Committee, or by the President, to the value of twice the amount in money requisite to his admission to the same degree. Benefactors, Associate Founders, Associate Benefactors, Patrons, Fellows and Life Members shall be elected by the Board of Trustees or by the Executive Committee, and the President and Secretary shall issue diplomas accordingly under the seal of the Museum. In recognition of scientific services rendered, the Trustees may also elect Honorary Fellows of the Museum in their discretion. ARTICLE XIII Any Trustee who shall fail to attend three consecutive regu- lar meetings of the Board shall cease to be a Trustee, unless excused by the Board. mR PIC LE oy, No alterations shall be made in this Constitution, unless at a regular meeting of the Trustees, or at a special meeting called for this purpose; nor by the votes of less than a major- ity of all the Trustees; nor without notice in writing of the proposed alterations, embodying the amendment proposed to be made, having been given at a previous regular meeting. BY-LAWS REVISED AND AMENDED TO FEBRUARY 7, 1916 I If any Trustee shall accept a salary from this Corporation he shall thereby be disqualified for the time being from acting as a Trustee thereof; provided, that the Board of Trustees shall have power to suspend the operation of this law in any special case. IT Any vacancies occurring in the membership of the several committees during the interval between the regular meetings of the Board of Trustees may be filled at a regular meeting of the Executive Committee, until the next meeting of the Board. Jali The regular meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held on the third Wednesday of each month, but special meet- ings may be held at any other time on a two days’ call issued by order of the President, or at the request of three of its members. EY All bequests or legacies, not especially designated, and all membership fees, excepting Sustaining, Annual and Associate Membership fees, shall hereafter be applied to the Permanent Endowment Fund, the interest only of which shall be applied to the use of the Museum as the Board shall direct. Vi : Section 1. No indebtedness (other than for current ex- penses) shall be incurred by any committee, officer or em- ployee of the Museum, except as provided for in the Con- stitution. 209 es ree == a ee ee a Pe Seas an eae 210 By-Laws Sec. 2. No bills shall be paid unless approved by the Direc- tor or, in his absence, the Assistant Secretary, and counter- signed by one of the following named Trustees: President, Chairman of the Executive Committee, or Treasurer. Sec. 3. The accounts of the Museum shall be under the care of a Bursar, who, on recommendation of the President and the Treasurer, shall be appointed by the Board of Trus- tees and be under its direction. He shall give such bonds for the faithful performance of his duties as the Board may direct, and shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board. The Bursar, acting under the direction of the President or Treas- urer, shall be the official representative of the Treasurer at the Museum, and as such shall be the head of the Treasurer’s office there. Va The Board of Trustees shall have power to appoint, on recommendation of the Director, a Superintendent of Build- ing and such other officers as may be deemed necessary, who, acting under the instruction of the Director, shall have charge of the construction, maintenance, alterations and repairs of the buildings, and shall be responsible for their sanitary condi- tion. They shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board. VII The Board of Trustees shall have power to appoint a Reg-. istrar, who, acting under the instruction of the Director or Assistant Secretary, shall inspect all incoming and outgoing shipments, and shall attend to the details of matters relating to customs. VIll Benefactors, giving $50,000, are each entitled ‘to 1 Sub- scriber’s Ticket, 10 Complimentary Season Tickets and Io Tickets for a single admission. Associate Benefactors, giving $10,000, are each entitled to 1 Subscriber’s Ticket, 10 Complimentary Season Tickets and 10 Tickets for a single admission. By-Laws 211 Patrons, giving $1,000, are each entitled to 1 Subscriber’s Ticket, 5 Complimentary Season Tickets and 10 Tickets for a single admission. Fellows, giving $500, are each entitled to 1 Subscriber’s Ticket and 10 Tickets for a single admission. Life Members, giving $100, are each entitled to 1 Sub- scriber’s Ticket and 7 Tickets for a single admission. Sustaining Members, paying $25 yearly, are each entitled to 1 Subscriber’s Ticket and 5 Tickets for a single admission. Annual Members, paying $10 yearly, are each entitled to 1 Subscriber’s Ticket and 4 Tickets for a single admission. Associate Members, paying $3.00 yearly, are each entitled to 1 Subscriber’s Ticket, admitting to the Members’ Room, and 2 Tickets for a single admission; also to current copies of the Museum Journal and the Annual Report. Note.—A Subscriber’s Ticket admits to the Members’ Room, also to all Recep- See and Special Exhibitions, and may be used by any member of the Subscriber’s amily, The Single Admission Tickets admit the bearers to the Members’ Room, and are issued to Subscribers for distribution among friends and visitors. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE SOUTHEAST WING AND COURT BUILDING OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY LEGAL ENACTMENTS OF to11 By THE Boarp oF ALDERMEN AN ORDINANCE providing for an issue of corporate stock of The City of New York in the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, to pro- vide means for additions to Museum of Natural History, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks, Manhattan and Richmond. Be it Ordained by the Board of Aldermen of The City of New York as follows: SECTION I. The Board of Aldermen hereby approves of and con- curs in the following resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment July 17, 1911, and authorizes the Comptroller to issue corporate stock of The City of New York to the amount and for the purposes therein specified : “Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section 47 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of the issue of corporate stock of The City of New York to an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), to provide means for the construction of a founda- tion for the southeast wing and court building of the American Mu- seum of Natural History, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks, Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond, and that when authority therefor shall have been obtained from the Board of Aldermen, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue said corporate stock of The City of New York in the manner provided by section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, the proceeds thereof to the amount of the par value of the stock to be applied to the purposes aforesaid.” Adopted by the Board of Aldermen July 31, 1911, a majority of all the members elected voting in favor thereof. Received from his Honor, the Mayor, Sept. 19, 1911, without his approval or disapproval thereof; therefore, as provided in section 40 of the Greater New York Charter, the same took effect as if he had approved it. (Signed) P. J. Scutty, Clerk. APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES THEREON TO DECEMBER 31, 1915 RECEIPTS : By Direct Appropriation (C.D.P. 3b)...............6. $200,000 00 EXPENDITURES : Phillips & Worthington (boring for foun- ET ECyaW MeL Aea aOR iH ma IME Ae eR coe ao $448 83 ENeineers pServiCeSeen ch cere Sue ec ees 89 26 Benedetto & Egan Construction Co. CEXCAVATINIO)) i. Se nein seem ene chentere iste 49,796 00 Architects’ Fees (reserved) ..............-- 37,857 14 88,191 23 Balance December 31, 1915......... $111,808 77 212 FOR EQUIPMENT AND CASE CONSTRUCTION LEGAL ENACTMENTS OF 1015 By THE Boarp oF ESTIMATE Resolved, That subject to concurrence herewith by the Board of Aldermen, the resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Appor- tionment on July 17, 1911, amended on February 21, 1912, and concurred in by the Board of Aldermen on July 31, 1911, and on March 12, 1912, respectively, to read as follows: “Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section 47 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of the issue of corporate stock of The City of New York to an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), to provide means for the construction of a founda- tion for the southeast wing and court building, and for architect's fees for designing, planning, and supervising the work of constructing the entire southeast wing and court building of the American Museum of Natural History, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks, Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond, and that when authority there- for shall have been obtained from the Board of Aldermen, the Comp- troller be and is hereby authorized to issue said corporate stock of The City of New York in the manner provided by section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, the proceeds thereof to the amount of the par value of the stock to be applied to the purposes aforesaid.” —be and the same is further amended by adding after the words “Natu- ral History’ the words “to the extent of eighty-eight thousand one hun- dred and ninety-one dollars and twenty-three cents ($88,191.23), and for the purchase of cases, bookstacks and other equipment for said Mu- seum, to the extent of one hundred and eleven thousand, eight hundred and eight dollars and seventy-seven cents ($111,808.77) ; provided, how- ever, that no encumbrances or expenditures shall be made against the proceeds of corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such contracts be advertised for until after approval by the Board of. Esti- mate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost and forms of such contracts which shall be submitted to said Board by the Commissioner of Parks, Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond, nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or deparimental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds except after approval by said Board of such employment and of the fee or wage to be paid by preliminary and final contracts, voucher or budget schedule, which are to be similarly submitted, unless in the case of departmental employees, such employment is in accordance with schedules approved by said Board; the amendment herein, having the effect of rescinding $111,808.77 in the corporate stock authorization for the fund C. D. P. 3-B; which sum is herein reauthorized for another purpose. A true copy of resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, December Io, 1915. James MANCHESTER, Assistant Secretary. 214 FOR ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY LEGAL ENACTMENTS OF 10915 By THE LEGISLATURE Chapter 312 Aw Act to amend chapter two hundred and ninety-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and five, entitled “An act to authorize a further appropriation for the maintenance of the American museum of natural history in the Central park of the city of New York,” generally. Became a law April 14, 1915, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. Accepted by the City. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION I. Section one of chapter two hundred and ninety-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and five, entitled “An act to authorize a further appropriation for the maintenance of the American museum of natural history in the Central park of the city of New York,” is hereby amended to read as follows: §1. The board of estimate and apportionment of the city of New York may annually include in the budget for the then next ensuing financial year such sum or sums of money as it shall, in its discretion, deem necessary and proper to be applied by the department of parks of said city through the commissioner of parks for the boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond for the public educational work of the Amer- ican museum of natural history, for the keeping, preservation and ex- hibition of the collections in the buildings in the Central park in said city that now are or hereafter may be occupied by said museum, and for the maintenance of the said buildings and equipment thereof, in addition to the sum or sums now authorized by law for such purposes. §2. This act shall take effect immediately. STATE OF NEw York, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript there- from and of the whole of said original law. Francis M. Hueco, Secretary of State. 214 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PENSION BOARD OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE YEAR 1916 OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF PENSION BOARD 1916 Chairman Vice- Chairman FELIX M. WARBURG RALPH W. TowER Treasurer Secretary Henry P. DAvIson GEORGE N. PINDAR TRUSTEE MEMBERS ADRIAN ISELIN, JR. Percy R. PYNE WALTER B. JAMES FELIX M. WaRBURG EMPLOYEE MEMBERS Harry F. BEERS RALPH W. TOWER GEORGE N. PINDAR Bursar re Counsel FREDERICK H. SMYTH Lewis L. DELAFIELD Consulting Actuary Medical Examiner S. HERBERT WOLFE GEORGE M. MAcKENzIE, M.D. 216 To the President and Trustees of the American Museum of Natural History and to the Subscribers to the Pension Fund; I have the honor to transmit to you herewith the Fourth Annual Report of the activities of the Pension Board and on its financial operations for the fiscal year terminating Decem- ber 31, 1916. 4 FELIX M. WARBURG : Chairman February 1, 1917 i 247 218 Pension Fund Report It has been thought desirable to preface the report of the Pension Board by briefly recording the most essential changes which have been made in the Rules and Regulations of the Pension Fund and also the measures for safeguarding, in every way possible, its investments. So many changes are occurring in the personnel of the em- ployees of the Museum, as well as among the participants in the Pension Plan, that it has been found desirable and neces- sary to institute a system of physical examination for the new entrants. Upon recommendation of this Board, the Trustees of the Corporation amended the Rules and Regulations so as to provide that no employee of the Museum can become a sub- scriber without having first passed a satisfactory physical ex- amination. That the insertion of this provision was justifiable and wise is best demonstrated, not alone by the rejection of certain applicants, but by having the attention of others per- sonally called to minor physical defects and ailments, and which, in the majority of cases, have readily responded to treatment. Early in the year the Chairman notified the members of the Pension Board that certain of its securities were not legal investments for Savings Banks, etc., according to the laws of the State of New York, and thereupon, in accordance with the resolution adopted by the Trustees of the Museum, the Pen- sion Board sold such bonds and invested the proceeds thereof in securities which had been declared to be legal investments. A list of the securities now held is incorporated in the finan- cial statement of this report. It is with deep regret that we are obliged to report the death of four of our subscribers, who have been in the service of the Museum for periods ranging from seven to eighteen years, particular mention concerning whom will be found in another part of this report. At the time of the adoption of the present Rules and Regu- lations, in 1913, the Trustees of the Corporation had the as- sistance of Mr. S. Herbert Wolfe as consulting actuary. Mr. Pension Fund Report 219 Wolfe since that time has taken an active interest in the wel- fare of the Plan and has submitted for consideration an in- teresting report of the condition of our Fund based upon his observations, from which we quote as follows: “Your pension fund has been in existence nearly four years —having been started in March, 1913—and it will be inter- esting, therefore, to present a statistical review of this initial period. The following statement of the receipts and disbursements of the fund by calendar years will enable you to judge of its growth: TABLE I RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES in =a $6,465 72 $8,005 66 $8,290 61 $8,942 06 $31,704 05 Contributions of Board of Trustees to : 1913 IQI4 1915 1916 Total Dee: ik 31, 1916 i Deductions of 3% from pay-rolls of ( City Maintenance Account ........ $4,100 14 $4,888 66 $4,937 72 $4,897 75 $18,824 27 AGERE IE CACCOUNE <..5:s.005.c siage es iese.eoses 1,980 21 2,448 08 3,033 69 3,612 92 11,074 90 al Special Funds Account ........... 26 58 81 20 64 84 110 63 283 25 ic i Corporate Stock Account ....:..... 98 06 367 47 4 56 121 16 591 25 ‘i Isieidental ACcount =. <)..0 665605008 2% 31 70 48 31 35 59 72 116 32 Hl Crocker Land Expedition .......... 25 94 07 26 o1 iH Personal contributions from subscribing Hl MPI COSE sre oie tee coo e.caieie #, elsicve-biate oie 203 09 170 27 214 21 198 88 786 45 Interest on deferred contributions ..... I 60 1 60 : H equal contributions of subscribing em- RIB ECS Folge leis: viw o(cldie eee om oie eee) wis ose 6,465 72 8,005 66 8,290 61 8,942 06 31,704 05 Interest on Credit Balances ........... II5 09 201 00 187 92 180 77 684 78 i Interest on Endowment Fund ......... 50 74 50 74 67 43 168 91 il Interest on Investment Fund ......... 340 37. «1,150 78 1,817 58 3,308 73 i Interest on leave of absence payments. 5) 17 rt Interest on repayment of contributions 20 LEIS SED Sei Roe Sea ae 87 87 meturh GF COMEMIDUtiONS® « < s:s/e'si0 sii 2 bie ; 68 78 68 78 Hi Interest on contributions returned .... 79 79 Interest on deferred contributions ..... 3 08 3 08 $13,046 53 $16,674 04 $17,970 66 $19,952 98 $67,644 21 | DDE MIORE PUGG osc oc eo occ casos sees 19,075 99 19,075 99 Bempoiiene Pind Sidi ese cele ces 1,083 27 27 50 I1,I40 40 2,251 17 $14,129 80 $16,701 54 $17,970 66 $40,169 37 $88,971 37 = 220 Pension Fund Report PENSION FUND—SPECIAL FuNps ACCOUNT RECEIPTS Cleveland "Hi. "Dodge: carcis: catis cicie e's $25 00 Adrian Iselin, y Jiri oon Bese oe esive sisies 25 00 Arthur Curtiss James\. 5. 022... n6 25 00 AyD. Jarsbliand esa cisiecs decanter ann eiae 25 00 JeeP Morgans aseiaeen ects tata ersten s 25 00 Henry Fairfield Osborn ............... 25 00 FelixoMy Warburg! since. sce a cralecseeine 50 00 Charles *Wanter aso fos bs cae Gees Oeden vMillsie er eels ehiaieveene ciao nce Interest on Credit Balances ........... $200 00 DISBURSEMENTS hee 1913 IQI4 Return of contributions .........c.cc. $189 94 $607 39 Interest on contributions returned .... 06 II 95 $190 90 §=©$619 34 Service: PEnSiomy Ws shy cin edie sconce ein esos $231 25 Death gratuities paid under Section 13 . 1,574 00 $1,805 25 FSX DENSESH Hose evaiacus lelenstermmevalclote ci erercnanenetieis Total disbursements for Pension Fund . $190 90 $2,424 59 Purchase Securities: Endowment Hund) e502: 2 3) sp a $1,083 27 Investment Fund ...............22. 3,747 08 14,306 25 $4,830 35 $14,306 25 Grand ‘total fp ed Se oer aged eeecmiel: FEMGIE Y shi Sires a yeaa ne eae ees re hee ou Sart bra, cm pteten Fi a Shafi ae Ie a ae a eae ec tend ER EL ras canoer ae el coe oe tae ae eae co cate wiles Sas Beaten aca rap oh tase eG oe Bees as oe. ah 5G Bs has wor [te oats meee Mie ene rele CA aa Aa 224 Pension Fund Report The significance of the foregoing tables lies in the fact that the average age of the new entrants is 28, while the average age of those who have resigned is 32. In other words, the con- dition of the fund has been materially improved by a reduction of the average age of over one-third of the total membership. The fact that some of the retirements took place among those who had entered the fund since its inauguration may affect the correctness of this statement slightly, but to all intents and purposes the change has affected about one-third of the initial membership. There have been ten deaths among the contributors, their ages and length of service at time of decease being as follows: TABLE VI DEATHS DURING IQ14 Age at Length Member Death of Service I 31 3 yrs. I 40 T3U0% I 51 TOS I 58 te DEATHS DURING IQI5 Age at Length Member Death of Service I 48 7 yrs. I 50 4) Coates Age at Length of Member Death Service I 40 I2 yrs. I 53 18-5 I 63 £5) I 66 Be Pension Fund Report 225 But one contributing member has been placed on the pen- sion rolls, and it is a matter of interest to note that his retire- ment was not voluntary, but was made necessary by the con- dition of his health, which in the opinion of your Board in- dicated the advisability of his availing himself of the right to the pension after 15 years of service. This retirement took place in 1914, and the present age of the pensioner is 79. The foregoing statistics are interesting and when examined from year to year will enable you to judge of the condition of your fund. It may not be amiss for me at this time to point out certain facts in connection with your fund specifically and staff pen- sion funds generally. I venture to say that there is no form of benefits granted to municipal employees or private and public corporations about which so much uncertainty exists as among pension funds. The statement has been made that the number of such funds which are on a financially sound basis is practically negligible, and, while I am not prepared to subscribe to that statement in its entirety, I feel that it is correct to all intents and purposes. The New York City Teachers Retirement Fund and the Carnegie Pension Fund are recent examples of the instability of plans involving a large number of benefi- ciaries. When I passed upon your plan early in 1913 I realized that there were peculiar conditions surrounding your employees which made it impossible to apply the data which had been used in the formation of a number of other funds. Many of your employees are connected with the scientific development of your institution, and the pride which they take in their work justifies us in assuming that there will be a deviation from the principles applicable to commercial annuity or pension plans ; that this faith has been justified is indicated by a statement of the age and service record of your present contributors. The retirement of those more advanced in age and the taking of their places by employees of younger ages were other factors which led me to advise you that it would be unnecessary to 226 Pension Fund Report establish a large initial fund to take care of what are some- times termed ‘accrued liabilities.’ I felt that we would be justified in-first determining whether the peculiar conditions surrounding your employees would obviate the necessity for the creation of such initial fund based upon assumptions which would not be applicable to the problem which con- fronted us. I stated that if the time arrived when a change in your method became necessary, I would advise you and steps could then be taken to provide the necessary safeguards based upon data derived from your own actual experience. I am happy to state that the condition of your fund is such as to indicate the necessity for no change at the present time.” Decreased Subsertbhers It is with deep regret that we record the deaths of the fol- lowing subscribers during the year 1916: CHARLES FALKENBACH Charles Falkenbach was born on July 28, 1876, in Phila- delphia. Nearly thirteen years ago he became attached to the laboratory staff in the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology and soon became one of the most skilful preparators in the Museum. His accuracy in the detail of the restoration of fragile specimens and his inventiveness in devising means of preparing them for exhibition are especially deserving of credit and commendation. The numerous specimens of an- cient fossil reptiles prepared by him during his long service with the institution will stand as monuments to his genius and aptitude. In his death the Museum has lost an industrious and conscientious employee, and his personal associates a valued friend and co-worker. He died on March 3, 1916. CATHERINE HAWLEY Catherine Hawley was born in Ireland on May 23, 1863. Over eighteen years ago she became a matron in the Museum. Possessed of a keen sense of humor, a most kindly disposition, and a willingness to assist those in distress, she early endeared herself to her associates and to the large body of employees in the Museum. The last years of her life were filled with physi- cal pain and suffering, which she bore with a fortitude con- sistent with the Christian life which she lived. She died Sep- tember 9, 1916. 227 228 Pension Fund Report LAWRENCE McKEon Lawrence McKeon was born in Ireland, January 23, 1850. He entered the service of the Museum seven years ago and was assigned to the construction department, where he devoted his time principally to the operation of the wood-working ma- chinery. Always of a happy disposition, his cordiality won for him a welcome in the gatherings of his associates, and his skilful workmanship merited the frequent approval of the heads of his department. He died on April 21, 1916. MicHAEL J. MILEs Michael J. Miles was born on July 12, 1853, in Newburgh, New York. He came to the Museum over fifteen years ago, where he was employed at his trade of carpentry. He was steadfast in friendship and faithfully and conscientiously per- formed the duties to which he was assigned. Although he suffered from physical ills for a protracted period, he bore them without complaint and without the knowledge of most of his associates, in whose memory will linger pleasant recol- lections of this agreeable man and fellow worker. He died on September 22, 1916. RETIREMENTS v Date Period Name. Position. Effective. of Service. Francis McGuire...Asst. Engineer.. March I, 1914..15 yrs. 229 FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE Pension Funp OF THE AMERICAN Museum or NatTurAt History 1916 INVESTED FUNDS Par Value Book Value PEMOW TENT FXIND 20) oo os ine boec kev deena oe $1,258 37 $1,140 39 PaVESTMENT POUND .. 5.66. cc as os oe Ret RECs 58,741 63 55,548 36 WROTAE oe Fes ef tied MEANS hs ee eg TEN et Zh $60,000 00 $56,688 75 231 233 Pension Fund Report SZ 9g9‘05$ oS Z1Z‘v GZ gIS‘v 00 SzQ‘P GZ ees‘b Gz 90L‘V Gz 1300 oS 2g0'V GZ 309° 00 0S0‘S oS 2agV 00 SzZ‘V oS Zg0‘r¢ ante A 400d Qi61 QI61 QI61 gI61 QI61 QI6I QI61 QI61 S161 S161 vV161 VI61 ‘Of ‘00q 81 490 ‘Z1 Ajne ‘6c ALIN 62 Ae ‘6z Ae ‘6z ARI C ACT '6z ‘99. ‘vy oun ‘L Aine 92 “qT poinboy a1eq oSS‘z¢ 002d 00d zz 00z ooz$ uy ‘uuy ‘ydoS- 12] “AON APTA Ajnf(—uef Ajnf{—ue[ ‘po-idy ‘po-idy ‘po-idy po-idy ‘aq-oun[ ‘daq-eunf “AON API ‘ydaS—1e yy aiqedeg 4so19qU Ty ~b wv Ag WV Wey nv Vv MAb %S Av WP LV WU] jo ey QS61 CSOL. 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JUoWDAOId “0D AemM[iey IygIoeq UsoyJION spuog I68es}10O/ Supungoy ISIC 9 peolprey oyIeg Usey NOS vreeeses* Spuog JusmaAOId -W] Su puney 9 peoipiey [eljusd YIOX, MIN eoeres eee eee eo e ese sere eee e ease ee oe eo spuog 93°38 -JIOJ “[OSUOD 4st ‘AeMIIeY UloIsSaMA FQ Y[OJION spuog osd8esJ1OJ [e1ous4 ‘Aueduio7y ABMIeY 27 eIURS ®W eyYadoT, ‘UOSIYyDIV eevee seer eer eae e ee spuog ISeSIIOW sulpunjoy y jetouery ‘Aueduioy [neg 3S ‘ooynemypipy, ‘oseoryy "** spuog ssesWIop [eto -Ud) Q suipunjoy “od peospiey oro ® siounjyeg spuog ases}IO[T [e1ousr ‘Aueduioy peorpiey eiueAlAsuuog oeee eres ee ee eee ee eee eee spuog ISCSIIOW [eto -usx) ‘Auedwiod AemMiIey UsoJsoMYWION ®W oseoiyy eae eresee ere eee eae ee eeeee spuog ISeS}IOP suipuny -y ® uory jst ‘Auedwioy peosiey oyioeg wor ° eoececee ee eee eo oe eo eo oO eoeoceoee ee ee Oe ee eoeees -W] J poe a el eooceoeree eee ee eo 2 eo eocee eee eeoeee e eeeeveee eer ee ew ee eee oe oh eoeeeeee eee eee ee eo 8 8 eeoeeeeer eserves eeeoeeeeee S9IngIag SGNN4 GHLSHANI 4O LNAHNALVIS S S Sivoo S 0O O00 00 000‘090$ 000‘S oo00‘S o0o00'S ooo's¢ ane Iv 234 THE AMERICAN Museum or Natura History PENSION FUND ACCOUNT RECEIPTS 1916 CASH ON HIAND JANUARY 1, TOIG)00.. P25. ck os eee eee ee $5,340 52 CONTRIBUTIONS OF SUBSCRIBING EMPLOYEES : Deductions of 3% from Payrolls of City Maintenance Account ..... $4,807 75 General Account. oe eae. 3,612 92 Special Funds Account ........ 110 63 Corporate Stock Account ...... 121 16 IncidentalvAccount 252). 42525 72 eh ele eee Personal Contributions of Subscribing Em- PIOV CES eek a eee neg ela eet esta 198 88 >. epgzres CONTRIBUTIONS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES: To Equal Contributions of Subscribing Employees ..... 8,942 06 INTEREST ON DEFERRED CONTRIBUTIONS ......cccecccccccccecs 3 08 INTEREST ON INVESTMENT FUND 2200250. 5o0 tees eee ee come 1,817 58 INTEREST ON ENDOWMENT FUND ..........ccccccecccccccoes 67 43 INTEREST ON CREDIT/ BALANCES ¢, \iccccicing nce clclee Geeta ae 180 77 INVESTMENT FUND: Proceeds ot) Salevof ‘Bonds. i043 225260 oe eee 19,075 99 ENDOWMENT FunpD: Proceeds of Salevot Boridsi i. ee eee oe eee 1,140 40 BURSAR'S: VACCOUIN TD ieiicr Cees Wee cae ceca star on eee eae tne 500 00 4 $46,009 89 Examined AbRIAN ISELIN, Jr.) Auditing a and Approved (aoe R. PyNE Commnuttee PENSION FUND—SPECIAL FUNDS ACCOUNT RECEIPTS 1916 SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS No. 2: Cash on hand Jandary: Ti 1O1O%) oa gees cee aoe $20 00 INTEREST ON CREDIT BALANCES: Earnings to December 31, 1916 ..........--seeeee Bee Th 87, $31 37 Examined ane ISELIN, 1 Auditing and Approved | Percy R. PyNe Committee in account with H. P. Davison, Treasurer 235 PENSION FUND ACCOUNT DISBURSEMENTS 1916 Reseeni@s CONTRIBUTIONS. «0. 0c cece es « sig emeers cn $063 77 INTEREST ON CONTRIBUTIONS RETURNED .......... 28 65 Mae Ra Poe: Ae Repeater OEE NGTON SOO s/n SRR ae ele ad's « Hapnipd eral $277 50 DEATH GRATUITIES Pamp UNDER SECTION 13 ...... 1,696 57 1,974 07 PURCHASE OF SECURITIES: MIWESEMENE PUN afc ecary ccc e a 6s oe cael eae $36,256 77 Pramewineit MUNG. co 5 6s odie sw tye eeieie cs ees e 1,140 40 37,397 17 DMS pre eae es Al clo ahaha wlgh id Sle 4 xb s eigge Saree 43 57 ce LT EAD RERUN SS rE eae ee 2 se le rae in are ian 500 oOo CASH ON HAND DECEMBER 31, 1916: Deposited with United States Trust Company alee CNW Cluis sR SPE Se ee Nes $4,602 66 Deposited with Colonial Bank (Bursar’s PRISED Uris We Me hs Mies SIS eS wether cies 500 00 SSS ELE OE $46,009 89 H. P. DAVISON, Treasurer E. & O. E. New York, December 31, 1916 PENSION FUND—SPECIAL FUNDS ACCOUNT DISBURSEMENTS 1916 CASH ON HAND DECEMBER 31, IQ16: Deposited with United States Trust Co. of New York .. $31 37 $31 37 H. P. DAVISON, Treasurer E. & O. E. NEw York, December 31, 1916 feo the Charter of 1869 a «for the purpose of establishing and main = a taining in said city a Museum and Library of aN . flatural History; of encouraging and develop. = tng the study of Matuval Science; of advancing - — the general knowledge of Kindred subjects, and to m thet. end, of haenenc, (ines (BCE oe oe A} Ra vv. : oP be ij, WY Liens Pez we mT | de ; 4 tae gahe ane, fir A iis Vay St AP crmperr a vr 4 yf pee’ cone cet pt, ee aan 1A -, yy Mayet pak paased! 4 et apr yph ere att ; ray 4 pe? he ARNG papbersfr te” agement ere. hg Na ha’ i ne eet ae Pr. Lorne g-% onSapnne: bin aehmee «- pmol Serre ie reap he ‘ P aa ‘ tas .'34 Hilpert Aid | id T ye bal’ Willns Ci tm 4 a> ALT | ~e? i+w iy I Voge) ALL if 4 ® 4 Pau Len te “Vara wepecr tie. 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