XA .N7896 h. '-.S.'^' (^ORDEM X/?. N^ii SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM REPORT ON THE PROGRESS AND CON- DITION OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1913 |PER\ ^'^'^ t«1 /ORE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 United States National Museum, Under Direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Wasliington, D. C, February 27, 191 4. Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith a report upon the present condition of the United States National Museum and upon the work accompHshed in its various departments during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913. Very respectfully, ElCHARD RaTHBUN, Assistant Secretary, in charge of the National Museum. Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 3 CO^TEiq^TS. Inception and history 7 The natural history exhibitions 12 Anthropology 14 Biology 23 Geology 31 Operations of the year 37 Appropriations • 37 Buildings and equipment 37 Collections 39 Department of Anthropology 39 Department of Biology 54 Department of Geology 73 The arts and industries 80 Distribution and exchange of specimens 87 National Gallery of Art 88 Art textiles 103 Miscellaneous 104 Visitors 104 Publications 105 Library 107 Meetings and congresses 112 Special exhibitions 113 Organization and s.taff 114 The Museum staff 119 List of accessions 121 List of publications 165 5 REPORT ON THE PROGRESS AND CONDITION OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1913. By Richard Rathbun, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in charge of the U. S. National Museum. INCEPTION AND HISTORY. The Congress of the United States in the act of August 10, 1846, founding the Smithsonian Institution recognized that an opportunity was afforded, in carrying out the large-muaded design of Smithson, to provide for the custody of the museum of the Nation. To this new establishment was therefore intrusted the car^of the national collec- tions, a course that time has fuUy justified. In the begumuig the cost of maiatainiag the museum side of the Institution's work was wholly paid from the Smithsonian income; then for a time the Government bore a share, and during the past 37 years Congress has voted the entire funds for the expenses of the Museum, thus furthering one of the primary means ''for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men" without encroaching upon the resources of the Institution. The museum idea was inherent in the establishment of the Smith- sonian Institution, which in its turn was based upon a 10 years' discussion in Congress and the advice of the most distinguished scientific men, educators, and intellectual leaders of the Nation of 70 years ago. It is interesting to note how broad and comprehensive were the views which actuated our lawmakers in determining the scope of the Museum, a fact especially remarkable when it is recalled that at that date no museum of considerable size existed m. the United States, and the museums of England and of the continent of Europe were still to a large extent without a developed plan, although con- taining many rich collections. ^ The Congress which passed the act of foundation enimierated as "Tf within the scope of the Museum "all objects of art and of foreign c and curious research and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens belonging to the United 8 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. States/' thus stamping the Museum at the very outset as one of the widest range and at the same time as the Museum of the United States. It was also fully appreciated that additions would be neces- sary to the collections then in existence, and provision was made for their increase by the exchange of duplicate specimens, by donations, and by other means. If the wisdom of Congress in so fully providing for a museum in the Smithsonian law challenges attention, the interpretation put upon this law by the Board of Regents within less than six months from the passage of the act can not but command admiration. In the early part of September, 1846, the Regents took steps toward formulat- ing a plan of operations. The report of the committee appointed for this purpose, submitted in December and January following, shows a thorough consideration of the subject in both the spirit and letter of the law. It would seem not out of place to cite here the first pronouncement of the board with reference to the character of the Museum: "In obedience to the requirements of the charter,^ which leaves little discretion in regard to the extent of accommodations to be pro- vided, your committee recommend that there be included in the building a museum of Rberal size, fitted up to receive the collections destined for the Institution, * * * "As important as the cabmets of natural history by the charter required to be included in the Museum, your committee regard its ethnological portion, mcluding all collections that may supply items in the physical history of our species, and illustrate the manners, customs, religions, and progressive advance of the various nations of the world; as, for example, collections of skuUs, skeletons, por- traits, dresses, implements, weapons, idols, antiquities, of the various races of man. * * * jjj tj-iis connexion, your committee recom- mend the passage of resolutions asking the cooperation of certain public functionaries, and of the public generally, in furtherance of the above objects. "Your committee are further of opinion that in the Museum, if the funds of the Institution permit, might judiciously be included various series of models illustrating the progress of some of the most useful inventions; such, for example, as the steam engine from its earliest and rudest form to its present most improved state; but this they propose only so far as it may not encroach on groimd already covered by the numerous models ha the Patent Office. "Specimens of staple materials, of their gradual manufacture, and of the finished product of manufactures and the arts may also, your ^ Since the Institution was not chartered in a legal sense, but established by Con- gress, the use of the word "chaiter" in this connection was not correct. REPOET OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 9 conunittee think, be usefully introduced. This would supply oppor- tunity to examine samples of the best manufactured articles our coimtry affords, and to judge her gradual progress in arts and manu- factures. * * * "The gallery of art, your committee tliink, should include both paintings and sculpture, as well as engravings and arcliitectural designs; and it is desirable to have in connexion with it one or more studios in which yoimg artists might copy without mterruption, being admitted under such regulations as the board may prescribe. Your committee also tliink that, as the collection of paintings and sculpture will probably accumulate slowly, the room destined for a gallery of art might properly and usefully meanwhile be occupied during the sessions of Congress as an exliibition room for the works of artists generally; and the extent and general usefulness of such an exhibition might probably be increased if an arrangement could be effected •wath the Academy of Design, the Arts Union, the Artists' Fund Society, and other associations 'of similar character, so as to concentrate at the metropohs for a certain portion of each winter the best results of talent in the fuie arts." The important points in the foregoing report are (1) that it was the opinion of the Regents that a museum was requisite imder the law. Congress having left no discretion in the matter; (2) that eth- nology and anthropology, though not specially named, were yet as important subjects as natural history; (3) that the history of the progress of useful inventions and the collection of the raw materials and products of the manufactures and arts should also be provided for; (4) for the gaUery of art the committee had models in existence, and they proposed, pending the gathering of art collections, which would of necessity be slow, to provide for loan exliibitions by cooper- ating with art academies and societies. In the resolutions which were adopted upon the presentation of the report, a museum was mentioned as ''one of the principal modes of executing the act and trust." ^ The work was to go forward as the funds permitted, and, as is well known, the maintenance of the Aluseum and the Ubrary was long ago assiuned by Congress, the Institution taking upon itself only so much of the necessary respon- sibiHty for the administration of these and subsequent additions to ' Resolved, That it is tlie intention of tlie act of Congress establishing the Insti- tution, and in accordance with the design of Mr. Smithson, as expressed in his will, that one of the pilncipal modes of executing the act and the tinast is the accumulation of collections of specimens and objects of natural history and of elegant art, and the gradual formation of a library of valuable works pertaining to all departments of human knowledge, to the end that a copious storehouse of materials of science, litera- ture, and art may be provided which shall excite and diffuse the love of learning among men, and shall assist the original investigations and efforts of those who may devote themselves to the pursuit of any branch of knowledge. 10 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913 its activities as would weld them into a compact whole, which together form a unique and notable agency for the increase and diffusion of knowledge, for the direction of research, for cooperation with depart- ments of the Government and with universities and scientific societies in America, and likewise afford a definite correspondent to all scientific institutions and men abroad who seek interchange of views or knowl- edge with men of science in the United States. Since that early day the only material change in the scope of the Government Museum has been the addition of a department of American history, intended to illustrate by an appropriate assemblage of objects the lives of distinguished personages, important events, and the domestic life of the country from the colonial period to the present time. The development of the Museum has been greatest in those subjects which the conditions of the past 60 years have made most fruitful — the natural liistory, geology, ethnology, and archeology of the United States, supplemented by many collections from other countries. The opportunities for acquisition in these directions have been mainly brought about through the acti^dties of the scientific and economic surveys of the Government, many of which are the direct outgrowths of earher explorations, stimulated or directed by the Smithsonian Institution. The Centennial Exliibition of 1876 afforded the first opportunity for estabHsliing a department of the industrial arts on a creditable basis, and of tliis the fullest advantage was taken, though only a part of the collections then obtained could be accom- modated in the space available. The department or gallery of the fine arts had made little progress, though not from lack of desire or appreciation, until within the past seven years, during wliich its interests have been markedly advanced. With the completion of the new large granite structure on the Mall, the Museum has come virtually into possession of a group of three buildings, in which there is opportunity for a proper systematic arrangement of its vast and varied collections as well as a compre- hensive public installation, and under these favorable conditions it may be considered to have entered upon an era of renewed pros- perity and usefulness. While it is the piimary duty of a museum to preserve the objects confided to its care, as it is that of a library to preserve its books and manuscripts, yet the importance of public collections rests not upon the mere basis of custodianship, nor upon the number of specimens assembled and their money value, but upon the use to which they are put. Judged by this standard, the National Museum may claim to have reached a high state of efficiency. From an educational point of view it is of great value to those persons who are so fortunate as to reside in Washington or who are able to visit the Nation's Capital. REPORT OF JSTATTONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 11 In its well-designed cases, in wiiich every detail of structure, appoint- ment, and color is considered, a selection of representative objects is placed on view to the public, all being carefully labeled individually and in groups. The child as well as the adult has been provided for, and the kindergarten pupil and the high-school scholar can be seen here, supplementing their classroom games or studies. Under authority from Congress, the small colleges and higher grades of schools and academies throughout the land, especially in places where museums do not exist, are also being aided in their educational work by sets of duplicate specimens, selected and labeled to meet the needs of both teachers and pupils. Nor has the elementary or even the higher education been by any means the sole gainer from the work of the Museum. To advance knowledge, to gradually extend the boundaries of learning, has been one of the great tasks to which the Museum, in consonance with the spirit of the Institution, has set itself from the first. Its staff, though chiefly engaged in the duties incident to the care, classification, and labeling of collections in order that they may be accessible to the public and to students, has yet in these operations made important discoveries in every department of the Museum's activities, which have in turn been communicated to other scholars through its numer- ous publications. But the collections have not been held for the study of the staff nor for the scientific advancement of those belong- ing to the establislmient. Most freely have they been put at the disposal of investigators connected with other institutions, and, in fact, wdthout the help of many such the record of scientific progress based upon the material in the Museum would have been greatly curtailed. Wlien it is possible to so arrange, the investigator comes to Washington; otherwise such collections as he needs are sent to him, whether he resides in tliis country or abroad. In this manner practically every prominent specialist throughout the world interested in the subjects here well represented has had some use of the col- lections, and thereby the National Museum has come to be recog- nized as a conspicuous factor in the advancement of knowledge wherever civihzation has a foothold. Most important among the operations of the past year was the work upon the exhibition collections of natural history, in the arrangement of which sufficient progress was made to justify the opening of all the public halls in the new building, as described below. Much was also accomplished in the direction of rehabihtating certain branches of the department of the arts and industries, to which for a long time it has been impossible to give proper recognition, owing to the over- crowded condition of the Museum space preceding the occupation of the new building. THE NATURAL HISTORY EXHIBITIONS. Of the 468,000 square feet, or approximately lOf acres, of floor space furnished by the new building, some 220,000 square feet, or fully 5 acres, are of the nature of exhibition space. Included in the latter figures are the main floor and galleries of the south pavihon and rotunda, and the large central hall and several of its communi- catmg rooms in the ground story, which, though occasionally and in part used for temporary exhibitions, have not as yet been perma- nently assigned to any purpose. The entke area of the wings and ranges in the first and second stories, however, has been definitely allotted to the display of natural history subjects and before the close of last year the installations had been sufficiently advanced to permit of its being wholly opened to the pubhc. The total extent of this area is 185,294 square feet, of which 7,264 feet have for several years been pro^dsionally occupied by the paintings of the National Gallery of Art in default of proper lighting in either of the other buildings. As described m a previous report, the new building consists of three great wings extending east, west and north from a jjractically square paAdHon and connected near their outer ends by two L-shaped ranges, one on each side, so placed as to complete the enclosure of two large courts and give to the building a rectangular and symmetrical outUne in plan. The two exhibition floors are above a basement or ground story and are surmounted by a third story and attic, the latter not discernible fi-om the outside. The wings are approximately 116 feet wide in the inside, and the ranges 54 feet 2 mches. The east and west wings are 216 feet long, but the north wing measures only 205 feet, while each of the ranges has a total length of 316 feet 10 inches. The heights are 20 feet in the first story and 19 feet 6 inches in the second story. On account of their great width, it was necessary to introduce a large skyhght over the middle of each wing in order to obtain illumi- nation for the central part of the main floor, which required the pierc- ing of the second as well as the succeeding stories, mth a correspond- ing diminution in their areas. In the ranges, however, the floors are unbroken and ahke in both stories. The main entrance is on the south side of the building, where the pavihon and rotunda serve as a great lobby communicating directly w^th all the wdngs. From this point, as also from the north side, wliich contains a secondary pubhc entrance, circulation is continuous and unobstructed around the entire building, with a median thoroughfare through the north whig. 12 REPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 13 The skylighted section of each mng is of the nature of a great hall, 54 feet 8 inches high to the under side of the ceiling light, about 167 feet 6 inches long and 50 feet wide. Its boundaries in the first story are marked by a row of large rectangular piers on each side and a crossrow at the outer end, enclosing steel column supports for the inner edges of the floor above and for the walls of the light well, whose only piercings are certain balcony openings in the second story. The interspaces between the piers in the lateral rows, except the extreme one at each end, have been filled in with screen walls to further mark the line of demarcation and supply additional wall space for the purposes of installation. The side aisles furnish elon- gate halls, about 33 feet wide, reaching to the space at the outer end of the wing, which may be regarded as a fourth hall, measuring about 116 feet by 48 feet, except in the north wing, where its size is less and where a screen wall cuts it across. Only where the screen walls occur, however, is there any effect of actual division between the sections of the wing, whose great dimensions of length, -w^dth and height are in e^adence from practically every point of view. In the second story of the wings the floor space is the equivalent of the aisles and outer hall of the main story, with approximately the same dimensions for each. From the south pavihon there are three large openings mto each of the wings on the first floor, one leading to the central haU, the others to the aisles. On the second floor there are only two such entrances, one on each side, though an intermediate balcony opening furnishes a general view overlooking the main haU. From the north entrance of the building immediate access is had to only the north wing, from which the others can be reached only by traversing that "wdng or the ranges at the sides. The provisions for the lighting of the exhibition haUs are ample, as, in addition to the skyUghts, the outer waUs are pierced with excep- tionally large windows, whose width is 1 1 feet 6 inches as against a wddth of 7 feet for the intervening piers, and whose height is only 4 feet to 5 feet 6 inches less than that of the stories. It is also of interest to note that the length dimension of the building is based on a constant unit of 18^ feet, which is the distance between the cen- tei-s of successive piers, and is only disregarded in meeting architec- tural requirements at the corners of the building and at the juncture of walls. This arrangement lends itself to uniformity in the instal- lation of exhibits, which the size of the unit adopted permits to be carried out on a scale and in a manner commensurate with the large size of the halls. The plan of three wings particularly adapts the building to the three departments representing the organization of the natural his- tory collections, each of which is allotted an entire wing for its exhibi- 14 EEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. tion series, the overflow from each extending a greater or less distance into the adjacent ranges. The department of anthropology, which is centrally located with respect to the other two departments, occupies the north \\ing, the northern section of both ranges in the first story, and the entire east range in the second story, with an aggregate of 65,941 square feet of floor space, besides the 7,264 square feet used for the National Gallery of Art. The department of geology is assigned the east wing and the eastern section of the east range in the first story, with 47,691 square feet of floor space; while the department of biology has possession of the west wing, the western section of the west range in the first story, and the entire west range in the second story, with an aggregate of 64,398 square feet of space. The magnitude of the task of installing the large area thus defined, of selecting, preparing, arranging, and labeling the great number and variety of specimens required, preceded by the plamiing and construc- tion of the necessary cases, can be realized only by the few who have had experience in such matters. By expediting the work, by follow- ing along the lines of least resistance in order that the pubhc might be denied access to the several parts of the building for as short a time as possible, the halls have been opened up in rapid succession, the last of them before the close of the past year. While to the casual visitor the installations may in the main seem altogether presentable, some of them are, in fact, still very incomplete, awaiting material which has been planned for and which to a greater or less extent is in course of preparation. In other cases the arrangements have been more or less provisional, demanding an extended revision in the matter of details which is steadily progressing, and the work of labeling re- mains largely to be done. It is to be understood, of course, that how- ever thoroughly the above provisions may be carried out, the collec- tions will be subject to changes and improvement during aU time in order that the public may be kept in touch with the advancement of knowledge in natural history, and, through the introduction of better methods of illustration, may be led to a clearer understanding of the lessons which the exhibits are designed to convey. On April 23, 1913, during the semicentennial celebration of the National Academy of Sciences, the arrangement of the mammal haU in the west "wing havmg been effected, the south or main entrance of the building was fu'st regularly opened to the public, which now has access to the great structure on both the north and south sides. ANTHROPOLOGY. Of the several divisions administered by the department of antlii'o- pology, four have been estabhshed in the new building as constituting together one of the great branches of natural history as now generall}^ recognized by museums. They are physical anthropology, etlmology, REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 15 and archeology, which latter is here subdivided into Old World and American. Physical anthropology is not at present represented in the public halls, though an important exhibition of a technical char- acter for the inspection of experts and students has been arranged in connection with the laboratory, as described farther on. Each of the other subjects, however, has been extensively illustrated on a popular basis of installation, though none the less instructive and important for the professional. Ethnology. — This division occupies the entire area assigned to the department of anthropology in the first story, amounting in the aggregate to 35,474 square feet of floor space and comprising the fol-' lo\ving, namely: The full length of the northern sections of both ranges, each measuring 185 feet 6 inches long by 54 feet 2 inches wide; and all parts of the north wing outside of the enclosure for the paint- ings of the National Gallery of Art, including two side halls 187 feet long by 33 feet wide, besides a considerable amount of space at the ends of the wing. The arrangement of the ethnological collections is geographical, the material belonging to each area being displayed as an assemblage or by classes of objects. The exhibits find their key in family lay- figure groups placed centrally in the halls, which typify the physical characteristics, the social organization, the manners and customs, and the arts and industries of selected human types. The design ot the exhibition is to illustrate systematically the comparative differences in material cultiu-e and advancement of modern groups of mankind, thus giving an impression of the effects of environment and racial tendencies on the arts and industries of peoples. By means of the groups, and of individual figures, models of villages, paintings, trans- parencies, etc., the appearance of different peoples and the larger scope of their life is also shown. Wherever the collections are suffi- ciently large and full they are displayed in separate cases in accord- ance with a systematic arrangement, as costumes, textile art, house- hold utensils, tools, weapons, transportation, artistic works, etc. A synopsis of an implement or product of an art belonging to a great area is also sometimes given, noting as examples the adz, the club, the spear and tapa cloth, which have a mde distribution. Another synoptical series showing the stages of development of implements and utensils has been prepared and awaits installation. Of this exceedingly interesting and varied exliibition, which wiU before long be described in detail, only a brief summary can be given here. In the east range, beginning at the eastern end, are repre- sented all the great regions of Africa, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Papua, Alicronesia, Polynesia, the East Indies and the Phil- ippines, the figures comprising costumed manikins of Africans, Veddahs, Papuans and Malays, and family groups of Negritos, 32377°— NAT Mus 1913 2 16 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Igorots, Filipinos and Samoans. On the east side of the north wing, in continuation from the range, are the exhibits from India, Ceylon, Siam, Tibet, Mongolia, Turkestan, China, Japan, and the northwest coast of America, including a number of single figures and groups of Japanese, Ainos and Eskimo, and a series of paintings and enlarged III 0 S CO Mk^Mkssdttsac . A00nO30 0I1VW31SAS z o 0. X i- a o CO Ul UI H (0 < < CC m UJ 1- a. Ill <9 1- z < -J , a. CD U 2S i d ^ 1 > I « > 1 2 1 2 8 -t "* L. u. -J w 2 A0010NH13 # * •. • z M_i l-J I 1?" i DNIM HiUON r1~l ■ ITI 1 u AOOnONHiS o 1- O § o a o 0> o d 3 i3 M a o CO ■a 3 X2 O o photographs placed above the cases on the wall. At the south end of the wing, adjoining the pavihon, are installed the totem posts and other carvings, paintings, baskets and textiles from the north Pacific region, besides Eskimo manikins, woodwork, armor, etc. The Eskimo exhibit is continued into the southern end of the western side EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 17 of the wing, and is followed by those of the Indians of northwestern Canada, the woodland States, the eastern and southern States, the northern and southern plains, and the Rocky Mountains, with figure groups of the Tlinkit of Alaska, the Tinne of Canada, the Kiowa, the o 3 I z ^• tc o z o I I (- \ a o =3 o d o J2 d o 3 a o .d .g 3 d •mm o t» o ■3 d © d Navaho weaver and Navaho silversmith, the Zuni potter, the Cocopa and the Virginia Indians. The waU cases contain a number of single figures, while selections from the George CatHn collection of Indian paintings are arranged above the cases, and transparencies of both Eskimo and Indian subjects are displayed in the windows. 18 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. The west range is devoted to the Indians of CaUfornia, Oregon and Washmgton, the Pueblo region, the southwest border States, Mexico, Central America, and South America, of which last area a majority of the grand ethnological divisions are represented. The family groups are of the Sioux, the Hupa of California, the Zuni, the Hopi, the Hopi snake dance, the Maya-Quiche, and the Patagonian. Two large models of typical Hopi-Pueblo villages occupy bases in the center of the haU, and interspersed among the exhibits here and elsewhere are numerous small cases of the Kensington type, containing groups of specimens of special interest, village group models, etc. At the northern end of the north wing is an important exhibition of basketry. In four cases flanking the entrance to the art gallery are arranged many examples of these most interesting and pleasing objects of Indian skill and art, constituting a synopsis of the bas- ketry work of the four regions of the world; while in the adjoining alcove, between the stairs and elevators, is a larger collection com- posed exclusively of American baskets, and containing type speci- njens for all of North America. Old World archeology. — Embracing in its scope the antiquities of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, and the proximate islands, this division possesses but a very inadequate representation of the mat- ters which pertain to it. The Government has conducted no explo- rations that would contribute to its resources, and the Museum itself has had few opportunities for directing material its way. Neverthe- less, it has succeeded in assembling a varied and, in many respects, a most important collection, from which it has been possible to select for exhibition a very considerable series of specimens both interest- ing and instructive for the public. The space occupied is the elon- gate hall on the west side of the light well in the second story of the north wing, measuring about 187 feet 8 inches long by 31 feet wide, and the entire outer end of the wing, furnishing an aggregate of about 7,926 square feet of floor area. The classification is in two great sections, the first embracing the culture of the so-called "historic nations," especially those settled around the Mediterranean basin (Assyro-Babylonian, Egyptian, Syro- Palestinian and Greco-Roman), from which our own civilization is largely derived; the second, the diversified cultures of various peo- ples, imperfectly or not at all represented in contemporary written records. To the latter belongs the large body of artifacts and osse- ous remains of man and of animals coeval with him in the very early stages of his development, generally referred to as the prehistoric or stone age. The installations are as follows: The alcove at the northern end of the wing is mainly occupied by antiquities of Assyria and Egypt. In the center is a large mosaic taken from the floor of a Roman REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 19 temple at Carthage of two millenniums ago and representing a lion attacking a wild ass. On either side are facsimiles of the Rosetta Stone, and various Assyro-Babylonian and Palestinian monuments, while mounted on a screen is a large relief map of Palestine with two Palestine inscriptions, surrounded by a series of geographical and ethnographical photogravures. Three floor cases contain the more valuable Egyptian antiquities — a mummy, an original Greco- Egyptian painting, a facsimile of the Book of the Dead, inscribed papyri, potteries, stone implements, etc., while wall cases at either end of the alcove hold several well-preserved Egyptian mummy cases or cofiins. The available wall space is used for reliefs in plas- ter illustrating phases of Egyptian and Assyrian history and my- thology. In the passage adjoining the alcove are replicas of two colossal composite figures, the winged human-headed lion and bull, which once guarded the entrance to an Assyrian temple or palace, with a series of Egyptian and Assyro-Babylonian statues between them, the series being flanked at either end by casts of colossal statues from Syria-Hadad and Panamnu. The otherwise unoccu- pied wall space on both sides of the passage is covered with reliefs. In the large western hall a continuous wall case on the east side contains in succession, beginning at the north, Egyptian antiquities, such as statues and busts of divinities and kings ; a stone sphinx and various funerary paraphernalia; Assyro-Babylonian sculptures and utensils; Biblical coins and gems; a collection of Bibles and musical instruments of the Bible; Italian potteries; and reduced casts of upwards of 70 pieces of statuary and bas-reliefs illustrating Greco- Roman sculpture and mythology. Ranged on bases at the south end of the hall are casts of large sculpture (the Laocoon, Hermes of Andros, etc.), a model of the Parthenon, and a cast of a capital from the Temple of Castor in Rome. A selection of Hittite and Greek bas-reliefs is displayed on the wall space above the long case. The floor space in this hall is occupied by two rows of cases, one extending through the middle, the other being on the window side. Interspaced between the 9 principal cases of the central row are small upright cases containing small collections of Italian bronzes, glass- ware, terra-cotta, mosaics and tiles, and potteries and tiles from Turkestan. In the main series are installed successively the finer and older figured Greek potteries, ranging in date from the 7th to the 4th century B. C; Greek potteries and Etruscan bronzes; terra- cotta figurines and bronzes; bronzes found in various parts of Europe but mostly of Roman origin; a collection of stone and bone imple- ments, bronzes and potteries from Troy, and a similar collection from Armenia* extensive series of Egyptian neolithic stone implements, and a few stone implements and other objects from Palestine, attrib- uted to the paleolithic age; a large series of stone implements and 20 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. potteries from Japan, with a few examples from Korea and Russia; and stone and bone work and ornaments from India, Cambodia, and Indo-China. In the outer row of cases are shown late Italian pottery ; stone im- plements, potteries, and ornaments from the Lacustrine and Terre- mare periods in Italy; stone implements from the earliest times down to the neolithic period, accompanied by osseous remains and bone implements; paleoliths from the river drift and from caves and bar- rows in England and Ireland, with numerous remains of contempo- rary animals; paleoliths from France in which the several divisions and classifications of the paleolithic epoch, such as the Chelleen, Mousterien, and the wonderful art of the caverns of Dordogne in the Aurignacian period are well represented and supplemented by animal bones and bone artifacts; a large number of chipped and polished stone tools, with the appurtenant bones and pottery fragments, illus- trating advanced stages of the neolithic in England and France; objects of stone, pottery, ornaments, agricultural products and the model of a pile house settlement from Switzerland; a collection of stone implements from Scandinavia; and illustrations of the primitive stages of culture in Somaliland, Cape Colony, Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales. Ainerican archeology. — This division comprehends all that relates to American archeology, historic and prehistoric, continental and insular, and as regards northern America its collections are among the most important in existence. All branches of the collections have been drawn upon for the exhibition series, but the representation of the aborigines of the United States greatly preponderates. The space occupied for this display, aggregating in extent 22,540 square feet, com- prises the east hall in the second story of the north wing, about 187 feet 8 inches long by 31 feet wide, and the entire east range in the same story, with a length of 316 feet 10 mches and a width of 54 feet 2 inches. While the natural geographical classification is primarily by con- tinents and island groups, and secondarily by ethnic areas or peoples, for purposes of exhibition, where the public must be considered, the secondary classification has been arranged by political divisions — by countries and states. Classification by peoples, that is, by races, stocks and tribes, is feasible in some cases, as, for example, the antiquities of the Eskimo can be separated in a general way from those of the Indian tribes, and those of the Aztecs from those of the Maya or Incas, but in all cases the distinctions grow less definite as we go backward in time and are finally lost. These ethnic groups are, however, the essential units of research, since a principal pur- pose in all archeological investigation is to acquire fuller knowledge of the history of particular peoples, but the science of archeology finds its greatest usefulness in contributing to the history of culture in its EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 21 primitive states of development, and the exhibits in the Museum are classified and arranged with the view of conveying all that can be brought out by objective material respecting this subject. The hall on the east side of the north wing is devoted to the coun- tries south of the United States. Beginning at the north are casts and originals of ancient Mexican sculptures, utensils, implements, and other objects of stone and clay, followed by corresponding exhibits from Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, and the Guianas. Several models of ancient Mexican buildings occupy a part of the central floor space, while casts of relief sculptures and glyphic inscriptions from Mexico and Central America are displayed on the walls. A number of overflow exhibits of minor antiquities belonging to Middle and South America have been provisionally installed in the east range. Very special interest attaches to the above exhibits as they repre- sent the highest achievements in various branches of culture attained by any of the American aborigines. The buildings, especially of the Maya race, shown in the models are works of astonishing elaboration of plan, mechanical perfection of construction, and beauty of embel- hshment, and the rehefs and glyphic inscriptions confirm the view that these peoples were advanced to the very thi'eshold of civihzation — a stage of progress corresponding with that of the most advanced nations of the Old World only a few millenniums ago. It is seen that the Aztecs of middle Mexico, the Zapotecs of southern Mexico, and the Incas of South America, while in some respects inferior in advance- ment to the Mayas of Yucatan and Guatemala, were also pressing hard up against the lower frontiers of the civiHzed state. The ancient peoples of northern Mexico, of the Isthmian region, and of northern South America were less advanced, while the gTeat body of tribes of eastern and southern South America, ancient as well as modern, had not risen above the state of primitive savagery. The east range, with the exception of a small space allotted to the British possessions, is wholly given up to the archeology of the United States. Forty-five large upright cases, distributed in three series through the entire length of the range, contain representative exhibits for the several States, beginning with Aiizona and New Mexico and ending with New England. On account of the very large body of material from New Mexico, Arizona, and California, a number of cases are devoted to each of these States, while in some instances single cases accommodate the entire representation from two or more States, as Vermont, New Hampshire, Idaho, Montana, Mississippi, and Texas. Accompanying the above, in table cases, are illustrations of special features of exploration and the resultant collections, such as the contents of certain village sites, mounds, cemeteries, pueblos, 22 BEPOBt OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. caverns, and cliff -dwellings, telling the story of the life and culture of the local tribes. Of particular popular interest are models of ancient pueblos, cliff-houses and villages, and also, though yet in an incomplete state, lay figures, colored to life, showing the practice of various industries, especially those concerned in the arts of stone working and metallurgy of the ancient peoples. Another series of table cases extending through the middle of the range, with a few at the sides, hold synoptic collections of relics illustrating each class of utensils and implements, as mortars, pestles, stone axes, copper implements, etc., conveying to the visitor a clear conception of the full range of form, the geographical distribution, and the material employed, and, with the aid of labels, the varied uses of the objects. Associated with these are numerous exhibits elucidating the indus- tries of the aborigines, especially the quarryuig of flint, obsidian, soapstone, and mica; the mining of copper, iron ore, tm-quois, and paint; and the working of stone, metal, clay, bone, and shell, these being the most important features of aboriginal industrial life — the dynamic agencies of incipient civilization. Physical anthropology. — Physical anthropology deals, in a com- parative way, with the physical man, or man considered from the natm'al history standpoint, and endeavors to trace the processes and laws of his evolution and variation. In conjunction with other sciences it seeks a solid foundation for safeguarding the present wel- fare of the race and regulating its future development, and it also constitutes in part the physical basis for the science of psychology. The materials which have been assembled by the division represent normal man in his many differentiations, and embody extensive skeletal, brain, and other series to serve as a basis for research and comparison. As a result mainly of recent activities, the collections have been so built up as to comprise the largest and most compre- hensive body of subject matter of physical anthi'opology in America. The arrangements in the laboratory are such as to facihtate the examination of material, and the study of methods by specialists and students, and in two of the rooms a systematic exhibition series has been installed. Some of the more important subjects illustrated in the latter are the evolution of the human skeleton, the skull of pri- mates compared with that of man, geologically ancient man and his forerunners, neolithic crania, the anatomical connection of present with early man and preceding forms, the development of the human skeleton, variations in the human skeleton, and senihty and miscel- laneous featm-es. These exhibits are supplemented by numerous busts of pm'e-blood types of American Indians, portraits of promi- nent anthropologists, and a large series of modern and early anthro- pometric instruments. REPOBT OF l^ATIONAL MUSEUM, 1&13. 2S BIOLOGY. The exhibition collections of biology, at present restricted to zoology, comprehend a greater number of subdivisions than those of anthropology or geology. The principal of these are a general and comprehensive representation of the various groups of animals, in each of which groups the specimens are arranged faunally; a system- atic series; a series illustrating comparative anatomy and the osteology of vertebrates; a series of domesticated animals; and a faunal series for the District of Columbia. Of a supplementaiy nature are a num- ber of special exhibits illustrating interesting phases in zoology and noteworthy features of the collection. The collections of the first subdivision occupy nearly two-thirds of the entire area allotted to the department, including the west wing and western section of the west range in the first story, and somewhat more than one-half of the same wing in the second story, with an aggregate of about 41,058 square feet of fioor space. The othet subjects are all provided for in the second story, where some 6,633 square feet are assigned to comparative anatomy and osteology; 8,459 square feet, to the systematic collection; 2,640 square feet, to the domestic animals; 1,724 square feet, to the faunal collection of the District of Columbia; and 3,884 square feet, to the special exhibits. General series. — This series has been planned and arranged to illustrate for each group of animals or, in the case of the lower animals, for assemblages of groups, the geographical distribution of forms or types, which, imder the restrictions as to space, can in the main only be carried out to the extent of showing the more important or more characteristic forms of each region. With regard to North America, however, the resources of the Musemn permit and the general inter- ests demand a more complete and detailed representation. Six primaiy regions have been recognized for the land animals, namely, the nearctic, or North America; the neotropical, or Central and South America; the palearctic, or northern and central Asia, all of Europe, and Africa north of the Desert of Sahara; the Ethiopian, or Africa south of the Sahara; the oriental, or India and the Malay Archipelago; and the Australasian, including Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand. The great majority of the specimens exhibited are mounted singly, but in the case of some of the more important and remarkable forms groups have been prepared, accompanied by accessories, to illustrate features of the habits and environment of the species. In all the preparations and especially those of recent years, it has been the endeavor to produce only work of the highest standard, combining scientific accuracy in reproducing form and pose with artistic sldll in the manner of presentation. As a result, the collection contains 24 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. many examples of the taxidermist's art not surpassed elsewhere, and some which are probably unequaled. There remains to be replaced or made over, however, a certain amount of old material which has been retained on display in order that the several series may not present too many gaps. Mammals. — The mammals occupy the entire first story of the west wing except a small section in the north aisle, or a floor space of 22,112 square feet. The great skyUghted area contains the North American fauna, and also a hmited number of forms from Central and South America. Most conspicuous among the features of this hall are 8 large groups representing the American bison, moose, musk ox, pronghorn, barren-ground caribou, woodland caribou. Rocky Mountain sheep, and Rocky Mountain goat. In cases against the walls, mounted singly, are different species of bears, seals, and ungulates. In the eastern part of the hall, that nearest the rotunda, are shown many of the smaller carnivores, such as wolves, foxes, cats, and skunks; small mustehds, such as the weasels and minks; an exceptionally fine specimen of the Alaskan sea otter; a family of badgers at their burrow; a number of the remarkable Texan arma- dillo among characteristic desert vegetation; a large walrus from Bering Sea; and sea lions and fur seals from Cahfornia and Alaska. In the western part of the hall are the rodents, or .rabbits, squirrels, mice, etc.; the insectivores, such as the shrews and moles ; the bats; a group of prairie dogs near their burrow in company with a burrowing owl; and a group of opossums at the root of a tree, under which their rude nest is shown. Two wall and two small table cases at the extreme end of this area contain the mammals of Central and South America, a very incomplete series. The palearctic fauna, which has been assigned the eastern part of the north aisle to a distance of about 74 feet from the pavihon wall, begins with a group of Spitzbergen polar bears, followed successively by a fine specimen of the Mongolian tiger; many representatives of the ungulates, such as the roebuck, the true elk or European moose, the European bison, the chamois of the Alps, the rare and remarkable Chinese antelope called the takin, and various wild sheep; and numerous examples of the smaller carnivores, insectivores, and rodents. Among the rodents is a series of various species of rats so mounted as to clearly present the differences between the several forms of these animals wliich have lately attracted so much attention as carriers of the germs of bubonic plague. The oriental series occupies a position and area in the south aisle corresponding with those of the palearctic fauna in the north aisle. It is adjoined by the Australasian series, limited to a single bay of 18^ feet, and this in turn is followed by the Ethiopian or African series, which is continued into and fills the entire outer end of the wing, EEPOET OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 25 with an aggregate of about 7,760 square feet of space. Most prominent in the oriental series are three groups of monkeys mounted in sections of tree tops of the forests of Borneo, the work of able taxidermists by whom they also were collected, which guarantees their truthfulness to nature. The largest group is of the orang-utan, one of the most manlike of the great apes. The others are of the long-armed gibbon, also usually referred to the anthropoid apes, and the proboscis monkey, remarkable for its protruding nose. Belong- ing hkewise to this faima are other oriental monkeys; several ungulates, such as the tapir, antelope, and deer; a selected series of Malayan squirrels; a number of carnivores, including a fine example of the Indian tiger; a model of the Ganges dolphin, a large dugong or sea cow, fruit bats, flying lemurs, the Indian pangolin, and charac- teristic oriental rodents, including the large Malayan flying squirrels. The region of Australasia is represented by numerous species of kangaroo, the wombats, the marsupial wolf, the two echidnas, the remarkable duckbill, and a specimen of the dingo or Australian dog. The African mammals installed in the south aisle comprise wild hogs, monkeys, including the anthropoid gorilla and chimpanzee, lemurs, hyenas, jackals, and various large cats, the singular aardvark or African anteater, and examples of the African pangolin or man is and of insectivores. The most striking part of the African exhibi- tion, however, is in the wide hall at the outer end of the wing, which contams 5 groups of large and characteristic forms, the latest pro- ductions of the taxidermist's art, illustrating to a marked degree how effectively the very presence of great animals in their natural habitat can be represented in permanent museum preparations. The first of these groups consists of a family of hons, a male, two females and two cubs, coming down to a water hole dug by zebras in a dry river bed. Large as is the case containing this exhibit, it is gi-eatly exceeded by the other four, each of which measures 17 feet by 12 feet and requires for the sides the largest size of plate glass manufactured. Next to the hon group comes that of the kongoni or Cooke's hartebeest, comprising six individuals mounted in different attitudes in the midst of characteristic surroundings, the earth and plants for this purpose having been brought from the haunts of the species in Africa. Third in the series is a superb presentation of the white rhinoceros, male, female and calf, with accessories also from Africa, which is followed by gi'oups of the water buffalo and Grevy's zebra, the latter including two oryx antelopes, which are often associated with the zebra in nature. The lion, buffalo, zebra and antelope groups were prepared by Mr. G. B. Turner, chief taxidermist of the Musemn; and those of the hartebeests and rhinoceri by Mr. James L. Clark, of New York. The specimens used were selected from the 26 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. collection made in 1909 and 1910 by the Smithsonian African Expedi- tion under the direction of Col. Theodore Roosevelt. In wall cases partly surrounding the above exhibits is shown a great variety of selected tyj^es of African antelopes, besides representatives of other groups, includmg a young African elephant and a fine speci- men of the nearly extinct BurcheU's zebra. The following are dis- played separately, namely, a group of horse-tail monkeys from Kilimanjaro, represented as playing among the foliage of a large tree; a very large giraffe, too tall to be inclosed in glass; and a well- preserved example of the recently discovered and very rare okapi, a near relative of the giraffe and an inhabitant of the impenetrable forests of the Belgian Congo. Birds. — The exhibition of birds begins in the north aisle of the west wing on the main floor, of which it occupies a length of about 92 feet, and is continued thence into and throughout the western section of the west range a distance of 131 feet 4 inches, covering a total floor area of 9,652 square feet. The whig contams the pale- arctic, the oriental, and the African faunas. In the first mentioned are such familiar European forms as the stork, lammergeier, bus- tard, nightingale, true robin, true oriole, capercailzie, black grouse, true partridge, and quail. A pair of Enghsh song thrushes with their nest fuU of yomig constitutes a dainty piece of group-making, and conspicuous in the series is a beautiful display of the various Asiatic pheasants. Among the oriental birds are the grotesque Indian " adj.utant," the wUd peacock, the wild jungle fowl, from which our domestic breeds are supposed to have been derived, various horn- bills, which are among the most characteristic of oriental birds, and two showy groups, one of the rhinoceros bird, the other of the argus pheasant. In the African series, which is as remarkable as the oriental, are seen the diminutive love birds, the whydah finches with their long, flowing tail feathers, the weaver birds, gorgeous rollers, many parrots, the plantain eaters, the emerald cuckoos, the sunbirds, a goatsucker with two remarkable appendages, wild Guinea fowl, the crowned crane, the saddle-biUed stork, and the sacred ibis. A bird rarely seen in museums, the large whale-headed stork, which inhabits solely the country of the Upper Nile, is repre- sented by two exceptionally fine specimens. Entering the west range, one comes first upon the Australasian series, which contains a great variety of splendidly colored birds. Especially notable is a fine display of birds of paradise and of parrots. Among other forms shown are the giant kingfisher, known as the "laughing-jackass," the brush turkey, which places its eggs in mounds of soil and decaying vegetation to be hatched without further attention from the parents, the wonderful "crowned" pigeons from New Guinea, the black swan, the cassowary, the emu, the kiwis of EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 27 New Zealand, and several species of penguins. The kea, or sheep- eating parrots of New Zealand, and the lyre birds of Australia are represented in two groups; and installed in a case by themselves are the smaller passerine birds of Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii. Next follows the neotropical or Central and South American fauna, with a large assemblage of parrots, including the gorgeous macaws, and of toucans, with their huge vari-colored bills. Other typical forms are the quetzal, the national bird of Guatemala, with its graceful, resplendent tail; the curassow and ocellated turkey, among game birds ; the humming birds, of which there is a rich assortment ; the black-necked swan and other water and shore birds, the curious hoactzin, the condor, the rhea or South American ostrich, the tinamou, and the penguin. The last of the avian faunas, the nearctic or North American, is allotted a much larger area than any of the others, aggregating 4,225 square feet, to permit of a fuller representation of the birds belong- ing to this country, and, therefore, of most dii'ect interest to our own people, and especially to students and amateurs, the plan being to show as many of the species as possible, and to illustrate marked differences when such occur in the appearance of the male, female, and yoimg of the same species. An enumeration of the species exhibited would be out of place here, but included among the rarer forms and more striking features are the great auk and Labrador duck, both of which are extinct; and the following mounted in groups, namely, the passenger pigeon, of which only a single living specimen, preserved in the Cincinnati Zoological Garden, is known; the Caro- lina parrakeet which is nearing extinction, two hawks fighting over a ruffed grouse, the American flamingoes and their nests, Mexican ja^anas among water lilies, the butcher birds and their ''larder," the prairie chicken and sage hen, and the ruffed or dusky grouse. Reptiles, hatrachians and fishes. — These groups occupy jointly a space in the large hall at the outer end of the west wing in the second story, measuring about 85 feet long by 46 feet 6 inches wide. The fishes are installed in large wall cases on two sides of the hall and in a few table cases, while the reptiles and batrachians are at present wholly provided for in table cases. The most interesting part of the exhibition of reptiles and batrachians is in the form of casts made from fresh specimens and painted in excellent imitation of the natural colors. The species so represented are mainly North Ameri- can, with a few exotic ones, such as are occasionally brought here alive and kept in captivity. Among tropical forms are the big pythons and boas, the common cobra and the king cobra, the latter two being considered the most deadly of all snakes. The exliibit of foreign species is being rounded out by means of alcoholic speci- mens, which are in course of preparation for the purpose. The 28 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. fishes are shown in the same way as the reptiles, the collection of casts representing a wide range of forais. Most of the casts are placed against wall surfaces in the backs of cases, but the flounders are displayed on a sandy bottom in table cases. A special feature consists of a series of enlarged models of deep-sea fishes of extraor- dinary appearance, such as the grotesque pelican fish with its enormous mouth, the viper fish with its protruding fangs, the angler with its light-emitting bulb, and the luminous fish, conspicuous in having numerous phosphorescent spots along the body. The only group so far introduced is one of the so-called walking fishes which are represented as skipping about by means of their pectoral fins on the mud flat of a mangrove swamp. Invertebrates. — The faunal display of marine and other inverte- brates has beeii assigned the south haU in the second story of the west wing, which measures 169 feet 7 inches long by 31 feet 6 inches wide. As the exhibit is being built up whoUy anew and will con- tain a large number of specimens prepared in a manner not previously attempted, the work upon the collection has, of necessity, advanced much more slowly than in any of the other sections. It is stUI in a very incomplete state, but by the introduction of certain temporary installations the hall has been made sufficiently presentable to warrant its being kept open to visitors. As regards marine invertebrates, the scheme contemplates the illustration of a number of distinct littoral faunal regions, and of the deep sea, by characteristic forms belonging to the various groups of animals which inhabit them, to be supplemented by group assemblages in which relationships and environment can be more definitely demonstrated. The Httoral faunas with which most progress has been made are three in number, namely, from the Arctic Ocean to Cape Cod, from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras, and the Floridian. Vertebrate osteology and comparative anatomy. — ^The collections illustrating these subjects occupy the entire length of the north side of the west wing in the second story, an area 216 feet long by 31 feet 2 inches wide. The osteological series is, in its purpose, most nearly akin to, and may, in fact, be regarded as a part of, the systematic collection in the adjoining range. It represents only selected exam- ples of supergeneric types with no attempt at showing specific differ- ences, and, notwithstanding the difficulty of exhibiting skeletons in a manner attractive to the pubhc, it is felt that the installation has been made especially effective and instructive. In the passageway between the wing and the range are the mounted skeletons of a horse and a man, labeled to bring out the homologies of the bones in these very dissimilar species. In the middle of the adjacent space is a series of skeletons of the primates, showing the differences and similarities in the bony structure of the various groups EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 29 from the most generalized types to the orang, chimpanzee, gorUla, and man. At the western end of the hall are skeletons of carnivores, pinnipeds and small whales, followed by those of other mammal groups, noteworthy among which are the Asiatic and African ele- phants, the giraffe and the American bison. Provision has been made for suspending the skeletons of whales of medium size from the ceiling, but for the skeletons of large species accommodations must be found elsewhere. After the mammals come the birds, reptiles, batracliians and fishes, completing the systematic series. Notable among these are the skeletons of snakes, beautiful in their curvature and repetition of uniform detail, and the cartilaginous skeletons of certain fishes, which require to be displayed in a preserving fluid. Next, in a single case, is illustrated the comparative skeletal anatomy of the vertebrate classes by means of the articulated and disarticu- lated skeletons of a fish, a tailed amphibian, a frog, a lizard, a turtle, a bird, a monotreme and a mammal. At the eastern end of the haU are several cases of anatomical representations in the form of prepar- ations from the animal body itself and of finely executed models. The collection ends with an illustration of the chemical constituents of animal bodies. Systematic series. — Beginning at its juncture with the west wing, this series extends through the western section of the west range and some 90 feet into the northern section. It does not, however, occupy the entire width of the range, as the space between the line of piers and the court walls is used for special topics. The total floor area devoted to the subject is about 8,460 square feet. This collection is designed to present a general review or synopsis of the animal kingdom, arranged in systematic sequence from the lower to the higher groups. The family is the lowest subdivision recognized, one species being used for each, except where great variety of form exists within the family, when some of the more divergent types are added. With the vertebrates, except some of the lowest forms, the representation is restricted to external form and characters, the internal parts being elucidated by the anatomical coUection above described. With the invertebrates, however, the complete structure, so far as it is brought out in any part of the exhibition, is illustrated in this series. A wide diversity of method for the representation of forms has been caUed for. Preparations of the animals themselves have been utilized to the fullest extent possible and compose the great bulk of the collection. For the minute forms and for such larger ones as are still among the desid- erata of the Museum, recourse has been had to models and drawings. For some of the largest vertebrates of which it is impracticable to display full-grown specimens, young individuals or pictures have been substituted. The whales have presented the greatest diffi- 30 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. culties and the few species so far included in the series are illustrated by means of casts and models. Domestic animals. — A full demonstration of all the races of ani- mals that have been produced by domestication would require a veiy much greater extent of floor space than could be spared for that subject, and such a display, moreover, is not mthin the purpose of the Museum exhibition. In an area of about 2,640 square feet adjoming the systematic series, however, an attempt is being made to illustrate some of the more remarkable results of man's inter- ference \v\i\i the natural evolution of animals, though even within the limitation fixed the series is still very incomplete. The collection includes a number of skeletons designed to show that the modifica- tions following domestication are not solety confined to external characters, and specimens of the wild stock where such is known have been or will be introduced. Among birds the domestic fowl is most prominently represented, many breeds, though not nearly all that are recognized by fanciers, being exhibited. Though prepared several years ago and requiring to be ampHfied, the collection as it is furnishes a good idea of the range of variation that has been produced, and includes many specimens that were awarded premiums at important shows. It is partly installed in a group arrangement with surroundings in imita- tion of a barnyard, and partly as individual specimens on shelves. The turkey and peafowl are also represented, as are many breeds of the common pigeon, the latter being centered about a dovecot. Of mammals comparatively few forms are at present shown, among these being the horse, dog, sheep, goat, two forms of Asiatic cattle, namely, the yak and the zebu or Indian ox, and three representatives of the camel family, the llama, the alpaca and the Arabian camel. Fauna of the District of Columbia. — The local faunal exhibit, the last of the regular biological series, still only in process of formation, is allotted 1,724 square feet of floor space at the eastern end of the northern section of the west range, where it adjoms the north wmg. It is planned to make this collection of particular mterest to the local students of biology and an important aid to the teaching of zoology in the District schools. Every species of animal living in the District of Columbia is intended to be represented by at least a single specimen, and also such former habitants, as the game birds, which have been driven from the region through the agency of man. The groups in which more or less progress has already been made are the mammals, birds, reptiles and batrachians, fishes and mollusks. Special exhibits. — For the special zoological features provision has been made in the space mten^'ening between the row of large rectan- gular piers and the court walls in the second story of the west range. Measuring about 17^ feet wide, this space is divided by the piers into REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 31 successive bays each about 18^ feet across, furnishing appropriate dimensions for these several exhibits. As little material had been prepared for them before the occupation of the building, they will remain in a formative stage for some time yet, though in several subjects the installations are sufficiently advanced to be opened to the public. These are as follows: The eggs and nests of birds, animal architecture, phases of evolution, mimicry, albinism, melanism, the cotton boll weevil, and the distribution of the Rocky Mountain grasshopper. Another special exhibition already fully installed consists of the beautiful collection of corals secured by the United States Exploring Expedition around the World from 1838 to 1842, under command of Lieut, (afterwards Rear Admiral) Charles Wilkes, U. S. Navy, comprising a large share of the type specimens described by James D. Dana in his classic work on the subject. GEOLOGY. The exhibition collections of the department of geology are classi- fied and arranged under four general heads, namely, systematic geology, mineralogy, applied geology and paleontology. Systematic geology. — Systematic or physical and chemical geology occupies the eastern section of the east range in the first story to a distance of 131 feet 4 inches from the adjoining wing, with a floor area of approximately 6,769 square feet. First in order come the rock or petrological exhibits, installed m 1 wall and 5 upright floor cases. They begin with a series of the more common elements found in either a free or combined state in the rocks forming any essential feature of the earth's crust; are followed by a series of the ordmary rock-forming minerals representing the combinations of these ele- ments, and these, in turn, by a series illustrating all the common rock types in the form of hand specimens about 3^ by 4h inches in lateral dimensions. Supplementing these mtroductory collections are several series showing the changes which rock masses have under- gone through chemical and dynamic agencies, such as crushing, faulting, and the various phases of metamoi-phism. They are con- tained in 7 upright floor cases of double-unit size, and are classified as follows: Rock weathering, glacial jihenomena, concretions, faults and other structural forms, calcareous and siliceous sinter, cave phenomena and other iUustrations of cold water deposition, vol- canoes and volcanic phenomena, deep-sea dredgings and minor geological phenomena. Constituting an especially interestuig featm-e of the hall are the meteorites, which, while properly classed as rocks, are kept apart as illustrating world-making materials. The collection fills 1 large and 2 smaU cases, and an especially large example is mounted on a separate base. It numbers 713 specimens, repres editing 321 falls, and ranks 32377°— NAT Mus 1913 3 32 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. third among museum collectioris in this comitry, being exceeded only by those in the Field Museum of Natural History and the American Museum of Natural History, while abroad it is surpassed only by the collections in the British Museum and the museum of natural history at Vienna. Also installed in this hall is the Shepard collection of meteorites, comprising 464 specimens, representing 237 falls, which has been on deposit m the Museum for some years. Writing upon the subject, Dr. George P. Merrill has remarked that the interest in this collection is partly geological and partly astronomi- cal. It is now generally understood that whatever theory one may accept regarding world formation, for the materials of which the world is formed one must look to outside sources — that is, to space. While astronomy and the spectroscope have shown a close similarity, if not identity, in Idnds of materials throughout the universe, the meteorites after all give the only really tangible clue to the stony nature of celestial bodies. Their study with particular reference to their efficiency as world-making material is, therefore, peculiarly instruc- tive, and it is greatly to be deplored that their rarity and the fasciaa- tion attached to them by reason of their source has caused them to be sought by those who are mere collectors, and has so forced their prices as almost to prohibit their use in scientific research. Mineralogy. — The collections of mineralogy and apphed geology occupy jointly the entire second story of the east wing. Mineralogy, however, is confined to the haU on the south side of the light weU, measuring 169 feet 7 inches long by 31 feet 6 inches Avide and furnish- ing 5,342 square feet of floor space. The installation comprehends three series of exhibits. The first is a systematic one, in which an attempt is made to show all the known mineral species, which are arranged according to the classification of E. S. Dana, in his "System of IVIineralogy," in 14 American cases along the north side of the haU. The second consists of specimens of the same nature, less systemati- cally arranged, but notable for their beauty and exceptional size, which latter prevents their incorporation in the systematic series. It is mainly displayed in 9 upright floor cases on the south side of the haU, and conspicuous among its features are illustrations of the occurrence in nature of siHca and carbonate of lime. A group of Brazilian amethysts, a large beryl from Ackworth, N. H., and a copper bowlder from Ontonagon, Mich., are mounted on bases, and contained in a small case is an exhibit of such nongaseous elements as occur uncombuied in natm'e. The third series in the mineral hall consists of the gems and precious stones composing what is known as the Isaac Lea Collection, which ranks second among the pubhc collections of its kind in this country. It had its beginning in an exhibit of precious stones made by the National Museum at the Cincinnati and New Orleans expositions in EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 33 1884-S5, was added to by the purchase of the Leidy collection of gems in 1894, and was later very materially increased through the acquisi- tion, by bequest, of the important collection of Dr. Isaac Lea, of Philadelphia. Since then its growth has been fairly rapid and sys- tematic, owLQg largely to the generous cooperation of the late Rev. Dr. L. T. Chamberlam, son-in-law of Dr. Lea and an honorary associate of the Museum. The collection is installed in a series of flat-top cases, of new and exceptionally pleasing pattern, which extends through the center of the hall. It bears the same relation to the systematic collection of minerals as does the collection of building and ornamental stones to that of systematic geology, and has naturally proved to be one of the most popular of all the exhibits. An effort has been made to represent all the more common gems and precious stones with special reference to those occurring in North America. The specimens are largely in cut and pohshed form, ready for use. In extending the exhibit it is planned, so far as possible, to show the unworked material side by side with the cut, in order that the pubHc may become acquainted with the appearance of the different varieties in their natural state. It is also intended to give special attention to the possible utilization for ornamental j^mposes of certain stones which are in themselves of Uttle commercial value, and this has already been done to good advantage in a series of cabochons cut from fossil wood. Among the more unique and striking specimens in the collection are a large, rich green, briUiant cut tourmaline weighing 57|- carats, from Paris, Me.; sapphires and rubies from the now abandoned Jenls corundum mine in North CaroKna; a 15-carat cut emerald from Portland, Conn.; and a series of cut hiddenites from Alexander County, N. C. As introductory to and grading into the province of economic geol- ogy, there is installed at the outer end of the hall a selected series of the rocks and minerals from the diamond mines of South Africa, the gift of Mr. Gardner F. Wilhams, and another of gold nuggets and crystals, each displayed in a single case. The large copper bowlder above referred to is also placed here. Applied geology. — The space devoted to economic or applied geology is the north hall and outer end of the east wing in the second story, amounting to 10,585 square feet. The classification is here also in three series, first, the metalHc ores, such as those of gold, silver, copper, etc.; second, the nonmetalHc minerals; and, third, the building and ornamental stones. The metallic and nonmetalHc exhibits are con- tained in 5 double and 10 single-unit upright floor cases and 15 American cases. They are planned to show, as far as possible, typical material with reference to both geological and geographical distribu- tion, and, as at present installed, they are believed to be second to none in the country in completeness and systematic arrangement. 34 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. The collection of building and ornamental stones owes its concep- tion to Dr. George W. Hawes, curator of geology in the Museum dur- ing the last year and a half of his life, who undertook, in connection with the work of the Tenth Census, a systematic study of the building stone resources of the United States, the results of which were pub- lished in one of the reports of that Census. Since then every effort has been made to keep the collection up to date, and it is believed now to fairly represent all of the kinds of building and ornamental stones obtainable in the country, and also the more important materials of the same nature which are imported from abroad. It comprises at present 2,548 specimens, mostly in the form of 4-inch cubes, which are installed in 18 floor upright cases specially designed for the pur- pose. In addition to these there are 13 rectangular bases or pedestals, with stone panels and tops, for the exhibition of certain materials of which it was desirable to have larger samples than could be incor- porated in the regidar systematic series. In connection mth the building up of this collection as complete records as possible have been kept of the tests made upon the varieties of stone represented by the samples, and of the weathering and other qualities of building stones in general, making the collection of extreme usefulness in respect to all industries with which it may have relations. Paleontology. — The paleontological collections have entire posses- sion of the main story in the east wing, in wliich paleobotany occupies the north aisle, 151 feet long by 31 feet 8 inches wide, with 4,782 square feet of floor space; the fossil invertebrates, the southern side of the wing to a distance of about 198 feet from the pavihon and a width of 31 feet 11 inches, with 6,320 square feet of floor space; and the fossil vertebrates, the large skyUghted area and most of the outer end of the wing, with 13,893 square feet of floor space. The exhibition in paleobotany comprises a stratigraphical series of specimens illustrating all the important plant-bearing horizons, and a number of special features. The Carboniferous material, derived from the Lacoe bequest, is especially notable for the number, large size and splendid preservation of the specimens. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic plants are less well represented, but this condition will be remedied with the progress of the work of the Geological Survey in the western coal fields. The interest of the pubUc in these natural wonders has led to the introduction of a case of petrified wood from the fossil forest of Arizona, the Yellowstone National Park and other locaUties, and many of the specimens have been poHshed to bring out their rich coloring. A number of large tree trunks and other exhibits have been arranged between the cases; the south wall has been partly utilized for enlarged drawings and specimens, and a large, very primitive Devonian tree, and an exceptionally large and fine example of a Car- boniferous Lepidodendron have been mounted against the west wall. KEPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 55 The exhibition iii invertebrate paleontology begins with a large mount showing a Cambrian sea beach, with numerous ripple marks and animal tracks crossing the sandstone. Large slabs illustrating the various types of near-shore sedimentation with their contained fossil remains, and colonies of Cretaceous, Devonian, and Mississippian crinoids, further represent the occurrence of ancient hfe; while the superposition of various rock formations is shown by means of a geological column of the strata found in New Hampshire. A case of specimens from the Middle Cambrian deposits near Field, British Columbia, serves to demonstrate both the significance of a fossil fauna and the perfection of preservation sometimes obtaining among fossil forms. Next are illustrated the general methods of fossilization and the usual conditions of preservation of fossils, followed by a number of cases devoted to the evolution of all the important groups of fossil invertebrates. The very rare medusae, the crinoids and the insects are especially well represented in this series, though in no group is the material scanty. For the student of geology a stratigraphic series of the common and characteristic fossils of the various geological horizons of North America, accom- panied by hand specimens of the characteristic rocks of each forma- tion, occupies an adapted form of American case which extends uninterruptedly along the north wall. Mounted directly above this exhibit is a continuous geological section across the American continent on a scale of 2 miles to the inch, and measuring 90 feet long. Lack of space has prevented the introduction of collections illustrating geographical distribution in any detail, the only exception in this regard being the I. H. Harris collection from the widely-known Cincinnati region, which is displayed in 2 cases. On account of their great variation in size, it has not been feasible to arrange the exhibits in vertebrate paleontology as systematically as in the two other sections of the division. In a general way, however, the western half of the large hall has been mainly allotted to the larger mammals, and the eastern part to the reptiles and birds. Occupying the center of the floor, immediately after entering from the rotunda, is the restored skeleton of an immense whale-like creature, popularly known as the zeuglodon (Basilosaurus) , which inhabited the seas of the southern coastal plain of the United States in early Tertiary times. While numerous fragments of the bones of this animal have been found, the specimen on exhibition is the most perfect one known. To the right and left, respectively, of the zeuglodon, are quite complete skeletons of the American mastodon {Mammut americanum) from the peat bogs of Michigan, and the giant deer (Alee gigantea), commonly termed the Irish elk, from the Pleistocene clays of Ireland. Series of smaller specimens are arranged in cases and framed mountings along the walls, among them 36 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. being illustrations of the evolution of the horse and many forms of fishes. In the center of the eastern part of the skyUghted hall is the large, unique, three-horned duiosaur {Triceratops prorsus), of which the skull alone measures 6 feet long. Mounted upright against the adjacent walls are two other exceptionally fine specimens of dinosaurs, besides an example of the duck-billed reptile, Trachodon annectens, over 26 feet long, and a skeleton of the carnivorous reptile, Ceratosaurus nasicomis, of almost equal size. Another exhibit of special interest consists of the skeleton of the large armoured dinosaur Stegosaurus stenops, accompanied by a full-sized model representing this reptile as it appeared in Hfe. In the eastern part of the wing are exliibited the extmct birds, of which the toothed Hesperornis from the chalk deposits of Kansas and the giant moa are especially noteworthy. OPERATIONS OF THE YEAR. APPROPRIATIONS. The appropriations for the maintenance and operations of the National Museum for the year covered by this report, namely, from July 1, 1912, to June 30, 1913, inclusive, contained in the sundry civil act approved August 24, 1912, were as follows: Preservation of collections $300, 000 Furniture and fixtures 50, 000 Heating and lighting 50, 000 Building repairs 10, 000 Purchase of books 2, 000 Postage 500 Printing and binding 34, 000 Total 446, 500 The sundry civil act approved June 23, 1913, makes the followdng provisions for the year ending June 30, 1914: Preservation of collections $300, 000 Furniture and fixtures 50, 000 Heating and lighting 50, 000 Building repaks 10, 000 Purchase of books 2, 000 Postage 500 Printing and binding 37, 500 Total 450, 000 BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT. The most important repau* work of the year consisted in further remedying certain defects in the roofs of the new building, to which attention was called in the last report. The remainder of the inse- cure copper cresting, amounting to about 736 running feet, was refastened in what is regarded as a thoroughly satisfactory manner, and some 1,524 lineal feet of the damaged copper gutters were replaced with the best quality of tin, which it is confidently expected will be lasting. The repairs to the older Museum building were mostly in the interior. The ceihngs in this structure consist mainly of wooden lathing attached to the under side of the roofs and filled in with plaster which has gradually disintegrated and from time to time has fallen in such quantities as to menace the collections. A covering of thin sheet steel has proved the best and most economical 37 38 EEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. remedy for this condition, and during last year the ceUings over all or parts of four halls were so treated. Some of the walls were also pointed up and painted, and the renovation of the toilet rooms, begun the previous year, was completed. In the Smithsonian build- ing the many large windows in the main or exhibition story, which have received but slight attention for many years, were found to be so dilapidated as to necessitate the entire renewal of 45 of the sashes and the extensive overhauling of the others. The roofs required some repairs, and the west basement of the building, formerly occu- pied by the alcoholic collections, was partly renovated, though its floors, which are badly rotted, have still to be replaced. The power plant was operated satisfactorily and with comparatively few repairs. As in the previous year, it was closed down during two months of the summer, July and August, for overhauling, the work being done by Museum employees and such electric current as was required being purchased from the local power company at greatly reduced rates. The consumption of coal amounted to 2,660 tons, and steam was generated for heating purposes from October 1, 1912, to May 17, 1913. Improvements made in the distributing pipes to the older buildings are expected to result in a much more economical service. It is also interesting to note that in the production of ice by the plant introduced for that purpose three years ago a saving has already been effected which exceeds the original cost of the plant. Among new mechanical features added were a central air compressor plant for more economically furnishing power for certain minor purposes, and three thermostats for automatically regulating the temperature in the auditorium. The installation of devices for automatically opening and closing the doors on the north passenger elevators was begun, though not completed, before the close of the year. Electric-lighting fixtures were added in places not heretofore permanently provided with them as foUows: A circular Frink mirror reflector, carrying 56 40-watt tungsten lamps, above the eye of the ceiling dome of the rotunda; a series of 24 suspended fixtures in the second gallery of the south paviUon; and a system of low con- cealed lamps in the upper gallery of the pavihon, with reflectors arranged to throw the light upward against the walls and ceihngs. Before the end of the year a contract had been concluded for fur- nishing 8 bronze electric-Ught standards to be placed at the corners of the pier balconies at the height of the first gallery for the general illummation of the rotunda; and the work of replacing the drinking- water faucets in the pubUc halls with sanitary bubbling fountains had been commenced. The furniture acquired during the year comprised 192 exhibition cases, 256 storage cases and pieces of laboratoiy furniture, 271 pieces REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 39 of office and miscellaneous furniture, 1,585 unit specimen drawers of wood, 500 insect drawers, and 1,061 miscellaneous specimen drawers. An inventory of all furniture at the close of the year shows that there were on hand at that time 3,414 exhibition cases, 6,616 storage cases and pieces of laboratory furniture, 3,270 pieces of office and miscellaneous furniture, 37,660 unit specimen drawers of wood, 4,712 unit specimen drawers of steel, 7,839 insect drawers, and 16,024 miscellaneous specimen drawers and boxes of various sizes. COLLECTIONS. The total number of accessions received during the year was 1,378, embracing as permanent acquisitions approximately 302,132 specimens and objects, apportioned among the several branches of the Museum as^foUows: Anthropology, 26,999; zoology, 113,509; botany, 140,015; geology, 5,569; paleontology, 14,716; textiles and vegetable products, 1,312; National Gallery of Art, 12 paintings. Of the specimens assigned to anthropology over 20,000 were postage stamps belonging in the division of history; and of zoological speci- mens over 97,000 were insects, mollusks, and other invertebrates. The loans received for exhibition comprised several hundred objects, principally historical and ethnological, but including 18 paintings and 2 pieces of sculpture for the National Gallery of Art. DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY. Ethnology. — The additions to the division of ethnology were com- prised in 64 accessions, more than one-haK of which were donations, and while none of these was extensive, several were especially valuable and the more important related to countries other than North America. A noteworthy collection made in the Philippine Islands by the late Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, U. S. Army, consist- ing of swords, spears, bows and arrows, and other articles, several of which are of types new to the Museum, was presented by Mrs. Grant; and an interesting series of FiUpino weapons and other objects, assembled by the late Maj. H. G. Lyon, U. S. Army, was contributed by -Mrs. Lyon. A number of articles illustrating the culture of the Central Sakai, a primitive tribe of the Batang Padang District of Perak, Federated Malay States, including bark cloth, bamboo arrows, personal ornaments, etc., were received as a gift from the Federated Malay States Museums at Kuala Lumpur. A Japanese lady's court dress, a Chinese lady's dress, and a Norwegian peasant's bridal dress, together with the manikins for their display and the ornaments appropriate to be worn with the costumes, were donated by Miss Clementina Furniss, of New York; and a collection of India shawls and scarfs in needlework and print, Chinese and Japanese arms and 40 EEPOKT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. armor, lacquers, fans, etc., was presented by Miss Isabel C. Freeman and Mrs. B. H. Buckingham, of Washington, A sacred fire-drill of wood, used in the Idzumo shrine of the great Idzumo Temple of Japan, was received from Baron Senge ol the Temple through Mr. N. Tsuda, directorial assistant of the Imperial Museum of Tokyo. A series of specimens from the Guayaki Indians of Paraguay was contributed by Mr. Frederick C. Mayntzhusen, of Yaguarazapa, Paraguay; and a number of interesting weapons from East Africa were received from Dr. W. L. Abbott, through Miss Gertrude Abbott, of Pliiladelphia. For four Aleutian baskets of a t}^e which is becoming rare the division was indebted to Mrs. L. C. Fletcher, of Washington. The most important collection purchased was one representing the industries, now rapidly disappearing, of the Chippewa Indians of IVIinnesota, which had been assembled by Mss Frances Densmore. It comprises examples of looms and textile materials for making belts and bags, of tools and materials for working in bark and rushes, with specimens of the finished work, and of tools and tanned skins used in leather work, besides rattles and other ceremonial para- phernalia, an old birch-bark record, and a series of articles illustrating the maple sugar industry. Among other purchases were costumes, basketry, pottery, agricultural implements, and games of the Mohave Indians of Arizona; two women's buckskin dresses, profusely orna- mented, together with a number of tools and other articles from the tribes of northern California; and numerous objects, including rare examples of sacred bundles, obtained through the help of members of the Bureau of American Ethnology. Especiall}^ valuable w^as a large series of objects, consisting of costumes, pouches, necklaces and other pereonal ornaments, clubs, flutes, and baskets, collected by Mr. John Ogilvie among the Indians in the interior of Dutch Guiana, South America, where white men have rarely penetrated, and showing no trace of extraneous influence. The more noteworthy loans for exhibition comprised basketry, beadwork, etc., principally of the North American Indians, from Mrs. L. C. Fletcher; old scrapes of beautiful weave, woven bags, and Mexican ecclesiastical objects, crosses, rehquaries, amulets, paintipgs, etc., from Maj. Harry S. Bryan, of Mexico City; ancient oriental weapons, including sabers, scimiters, swords, yataghans, daggers, pistols, and guns, from Mr. George Kennan ; and an interesting addi- tion to the collection of Mrs. Julian James, consisting of numerous oriental and other weapons and fabrics, fans, brocades, satins, bas- ketry, ornaments, photographs, musical instruments, and lacquer and tortoise-sheU work, which had in part been assembled by Theodorus Bailey Myers, of New York, and Lieut. Commander T. B. M. Mason, U. S. Navy, and Mrs. Mason. Mrs. JuUan James also presented a number of fuie India shawls. REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 41 Excellent progress was made toward completing the installation of the exhibition series. Cases were constructed for and await the final preparation of lay figures for three new family groups and the re- modeling of five old groups. Among special features added were a FiHpino family group and two costumed figures representing a Chinese and a Japanese lady. The Haida house front was removed from the older Museum building, and its totem post installed at the southern end of the middle hall, the slabs being temporarily placed in storage; and models of the pueblo of Oraibi, the Zuni Mission church and a Kiva at Jemez, N. Mex., were repaired. Constant attention was paid to the protection of specimens from insect pests, whose ravages have been practically held in check, and the entire collection of the division is reported in good condition. The curator of the division. Dr. Walter Hough, completed for pub- lication his report on the culture of the ancient Pueblos of the Upper Gila River in Arizona and New Mexico, based on the collection pro- cured by him on the Museum-Gates expedition of 1905. He also began an investigation preliminary to the preparation of a descriptive catalogue of the pueblo collections in the Museum, and continued his studies on heating and illumination and other subjects. Prehistoric archeology. — A large amount of material from the shell heaps of Maine, including all the orduiary implements and utensils of the shoreland tribes of New England, in stone, bone, and clay, collected in 1896 by Frank Hamilton Cushing for the Bureau of American Ethnology, was transferred to the Museum duiing last year. Two important collections were received on permanent deposit from the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The first, made by Mr. J. D. McGuire, comprises, among other relics, broken and spht bones of animals and birds, stone and bone implements, worked antlers, and fragments of pottery, from a cave at Cavetown, Md.; breccia con- tainmg bones and flint flakes, hammerstones, arrowheads, and frag- ments of pottery from Hartman's Cave, Stroudsburg, Pa, ; and ham- merstones, chipped blades, arrowpoints, fragments of pottery, and human bones from a mound near Downsville, Va. The other, ob- tained by Mr. Gerard Fowke, consists of material from an aboriguial quarry site in Carter County, Ky. Among the gifts received were a series of typical Carib stone axes and celts from Guadeloupe Island, West Indies, presented by Mr. Frederick T. F, Dumont, American consul at Madrid, Spain; a small earthenware vessel with incised decoration from a burial mound in Frankhn Pansh, La., two large and exceptionally handsome earthen- ware vessels from the Red River region of Arkansas, and a large pot- tery vessel of red ware with incised decoration from a burial site in Lafayette County, Ark,, donated by Mr. Clarence B. Moore, of Phila- delphia; several stone axes and a tufa ring from a compomid near 42 REPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Phoenix, Ariz., contributed by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, of the Bureau of American Ethnology; and an ancient pueblo black-and-white-ware vase of large size from near Holbrook, Ariz., presented by Dr. Walter Hough. A number of stone and wooden implements from an ancient copper mine on an island off the coast of Chile were obtained in ex- change; and a collection of Mexican antiquities, including several statuettes of stone, a palmate sculptured stone, and a large orna- mental vase of earthenware, was acquired by purchase. Many pre- historic objects, mainly from the Valley of Mexico, were lent by Maj. Harry S. Bryan. The work of the year was m continuation of the classification, arrangement and labeling of the collections of the division, which had been thoroughly overhauled following their transfer from the Smithso- nian building, the improvement of the tentative exhibits already in place, and the addition of new installations as material was made ready 'and cases were supplied. While much still remains to be done in the exliibition halls, the display collections were in very satisfactory condition at the close of the year. The head curator of the department, Mr. William H. Holmes, continued the preparation of the comprehensive handbook of Amer- ican archeology, which has claimed his attention for several years past. Although based primarily on the resources of this division, the collections of various other museums are also being utilized. Historic archeology. — ^The scope of this division has recently been enlarged to include the prehistoric as well as historic archeology of the Old World. The most noteworthy accession was a collection of Egyptian antiquities, ranging in date from predynastic times to the twenty-sixth dynasty and including, among other objects, a series of interesting potteries, a fine slate palette and other articles of stone, presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund through Mr. S. W. Woodward, of Washington, a contributor to the Fund. A large number of Greco-Roman and Egyptian antiquities, including a rare glass vase, probably of Roman origin, some well-preserved bronze vessels, Egyptian necklaces, and bronze and stone figiu-ines of divini- ties and their symbols, was received as a loan from Dr. Thomas Nelson Page. A rare and pecuharly carved vase of agalmatolite from Mongolia was contributed by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, of the Museum staff, and 19 worked stone flakes from Palestine were donated by Mr. Herbert E. Clark, of the Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem. Among other acquisitions were a collection of neolithic stone implements from Oboiu-g, Belgimn, and several stone implements from Deir el-Bahari, Egypt, received from Dr. W. Rehlen, of Niii-nberg, Germany; sev- eral casts of prehistoric stone implements from Croatia found asso- ciated with the skeleton of the "Krapina man," received from Dr. Gorjanovic-Ea^amberger, of the National Museum, Zagreb, Croatia, REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 43 Austria; and a nuinber of stone implements from South Africa, presented by Mr. Albert Talken, through Mr. W. A. Haygood, American consul at Cape Province, South Africa. Thirty-one speci- mens, including casts of stone implements, animal bones, etc., from the caverns of Taubach, Germany, were obtained in exchange from the Stadtisches Museum of Weimar, Germany. The study and installation of the collections of stone implements and associated reUcs of other classes chiefly engaged the attention of Dr. I. M. Casanowicz, assistant curator of the division. An inventory of this extensive and important section of the division was com- menced as a preUminary to the preparation of a card catalogue and of labels, and to a definite arrangement as soon as the necessary cases become available. In the Egyptian section of the exhibition series one special case, one Kensington case, and the Kosetta Stone were installed; and to the BibUcal section were added a screen holding a rehef map of Palestine, the Siloam and Temple inscriptions and 26 geographical and ethnograpliical photogravures of Palestine. A cast of the heroic Head of David by Michelangelo and a model of the Parthenon were also placed on exhibition. Physical anthropology. — During an investigation in Asia, Dr. Ale§ Hrdhcka, curator of the division, secured 205 MongoHan and 14 Buriat skidls, with other bones, constituting a collection the counter- part of which does not exist elsewhere, and which, owing to rapidly changing conditions, it would be very difficult to dupUcate. The more noteworthy gifts received were as follows: Seventeen skulls and a skeleton from mounds in Ai'kansas and Louisiana, from Mr. Clarence B. Moore; casts of the Mauer or Heidelberg jaw, from Prof. Dr. Otto Schoetensack, of Heidelberg University, Germany; a num- ber of casts of skeletal remains of the ancient man from Krapina, from Prof. Dr. Gorjanovic-Kramberger, of Zagreb, Croatia; a large number of photographs of Sudanese Negroes, from Dr. C. G. Sehgmann, of London, England; and the mummy of a Peruvian child showing in situ the band by which its head was being deformed, from Dr. Carlos Morales Macedo, of Lima, Peru. Eighteen Hindu and Polynesian skulls were received in exchange from the British Museum of Natural History; and casts of 10 skulls, with lower jaws, of Siberian natives from Prof. J. Talko-Hryncewicz, of KJrakow, GaUcia. Mention may also be made of an extensive collection obtained by the curator on an expedition to Peru, but which did not reach Washington in time to be overhauled and accessioned before the close of the year. The curator was absent from Washington during a considerable part of the year, conducting field investigations in several distant countries. Work upon the collections was carried on, however, as opportunity permitted, and the segregation of material was continued 44 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. having in view the presentation, in the form of exliibits, of the fol- lowing subjects: Human evolution and man's antiquity; the con- nection of present man anatomically, on a basis of certain important characters, with his early ancestors and even earHer forms; the nor- mal variation in all parts of the skeleton of present man; aboriginal surgery and diseases pecuUar to the American aborigines; and human and animal brains. The principal studies by Dr. Hrdhcka related to early man in the Old World and to the origin of the American race. A report on the former subject is in preparation, while a preliminary paper on the latter appeared duiing the year in the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Unfinished investigations mentioned in the last report were also continued. Mechanical technology. — A valuable loan collection of military weapons and other articles received from Mrs. Julian James, of Washington, includes several brass models of field and fortification cannon; a number of typical Navy cutlasses, swords, and fencmg foils; a double-barrel shotgun made by Joseph Lang, of London, and used by Lieut. Commander T. B. M. Mason, U. S. Navy; a pair of dueling pistols marked "F. Rynolds, N. Y."; an exceedingly rare Colt's single-action, .26 caHber revolver made at Paterson, N. J.; a set of copper powder measm-es made for the Ordnance Department of the United States Army; and a sextant made by E. & G. W. Blunt, of New York, and formerly belonging to Frederic B. N, Mason, U. S. Navy. By transfer from the War Department, the Museum obtained an interesting series of weapons and other objects, which had been exhibited in a museum of historical arms maintained for some years at the Soldiers' Home in Washington. Among the articles were a Harpers Ferry musket of 1810; Hall breech-loading rifles of 1837 and 1838; United States Springfield cavahy and artillery musket- oons, cahber .69, of 1851, 1852, 1853 and 1855; Colt's single-action .45 caUber Army revolvers; a noncommissioned officer's sword; cav- alry and artUlery drivers' saddles, and several cavalry sabers. Mr. J. W. Daniel, of Washington, deposited a pair of horse pistols, .54 caliber, made by W. L. Evans, Valley Forge, 1831; and an Army revolver, .36 caUber, made in imitation of the Colt revolvers, and marked "C. S. A.," the belt buckle belonging with it bearing the Virginia State seal. The Museum is again indebted to Mr. Claude L. WooUey, of Bal- timore, for examples of sundials, of which two were presented by him during last year. One is of bronze, horizontal, adapted to the latitude of Aberdeen, Scotland, 57° 10' north, and is marked "My time is in Thy Hand"; the other is of aluminum, horizontal, calcu- lated for the latitude of Constantinople, Turkey, 40° 55' north, has the hours designated by Arabic characters, and bears the inscription EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 45 in Arabic, ''Work while the King gives the light." A 5-cjhnder revolving aeroplane engine, of 30 horsepower and weighing 97 pounds, devised by Mr. Emile Berliner, was donated by the Gyro Motor Com- pany, of Washington. As a temporary loan, the Museum received from the Isthmian Canal Conmiission a working model of the Pedro Miguel locks, and a papier-mache rehef map of the Gatun dam, locks and spillway of the Panama Canal. They have been exhibited in the foyer in the ground story of the new building. The floor of the northeast court in the older Museum building, from which the collections of graphic arts had been removed, was assigned to this division and is being used for the exhibition of fire- arms and other articles. Its acquisition for this purpose has per- mitted the withdrawal of certain exhibits belonging to the division from the west side of the building which is required for other branches of the arts and industries. The classified arrangement and labeling of the exhibition collections made good progress. The original appa- ratus and models relating to electricity and many of the mechanical arts are being segregated in the east haU, and the smaller aeronautical models and the automobiles in the southeast range, but owing to the limited space a clearly distinctive separation between the different classes can not now be carried out. An important work consisted in the overhauling of the extensive storage of the division, which was not, however, completed, and the rejection of some material found to be of no further value to the Museum. Ceramics. — There were two principal additions to the section of ceramics. One of these, a loan from ^Irs. Juhan James, was a collec- tion of some size, made by the late Theodorus Badey Myers, a noted connoisseur of New York, and comprising large DeKt, polychrome and blue plates of great beauty and value, a number of fine examples of Hispano-Moresque ware, objects of blue Staffordshire ware, Liver- pool pitchers with patriotic scenes, Lowestoft, Wedgwood and modern porcelain, and some glass ware. Mi-s. James also deposited four panels of old blue Delft tiles with scenes. The other, for which the Museum is indebted to IMiss Helen E. Coohdge, of Washington, con- sisted of three Lowestoft plates of superb blue and two Chinese por- celain cups generously presented, and of a rare cup and saucer of Spode ware received as a loan. Reference may also be made here to the large collection of porcelain assembled by the late Rear Admiral F. W. Dickins, U. S. Navy, and deposited by Mrs. Dickins, which, because of its pictorial significance, has been installed with the historical col- lections and is described in connection with them. Graphic arts. — Most noteworthy among the donations of the year were an exhibit illustrating the Ben Day rapid shading mediums, comprising a Ben Day machine, prmtmg screens, mk roller and pad. 46 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. pressing tools, etc., and a set of zinc plates showing the method followed in making the colored supplement of a Smiday newspaper, contributed by Ben Day, Inc., of New York; and two sets of pro- gressive proofs of colored lithographic printing, received from the Fuchs and Lang Manufacturing Company, of New York. An inter- esting series of engravings, etchings, mezzotints, maps, charts, and photographs was lent by Mrs. Julian James. The section of photog- raphy received for its exhibition collection an important series of astronomical photographs made at the Mount Wilson (California) Solar Observatory under the direction of Dr. George E. Hale, and presented by the Carnegie Institution of Washington. As explained in the last report, the exhibition haUs on the main floor of the Smithsonian building have been assigned to the division of graphic arts, exclusive of the section of photography which is retained in the older Museum building. The installation of the collections, begun in 1912, was actively continued during last year, but, owing to the fact that extensive improvements are about to be made to the main and larger hall, the final classificatory arrangement of the materials has for the most part been deferred, though not to the extent of preventing a generally satisfactory presentation of the several subjects so far as they have been worked up. In the west hall, where the installation has been most perfected, the exhibits are practically all technical, comprising the tools, materials, and finished work elucidating the processes of reproduction along many lines, as in wood and other methods of hand engraving, etching and lithography; photo-mechanical hthography, intagUo, and rehef; coUography, electrotyping, shading mediums, etc. The collection illustrative of photography, which occupies the gallery of the north- west court in the older Museum building, has been so nearly com- pleted as to insure the opening of this important exhibition early in the current year, although many gaps still exist and some time wiU be required to finish the labeling. Musical instruments. — The Museum has a large and diversified collection of the musical instruments of both aboriginal and civiHzed peoples, which is at present exhibited under such unfavorable con- ditions that its true value can not be appreciated. A better installa- tion, however, is soon to be made, which it is hoped will lead to further contributions needed to fill m the many existing gaps. The collection has for a number of years been under the custodianship of Mr. E. H. Hawley, who has not only carefully attended to its preserva- tion, but has made extensive studies regarding the properties, dis- tribution, names, etc., of the musical instruments of the world, which has enabled him to so classify and label the Museum material as to give it a distinctive value. There were only two accessions during the year. One consisted of a piano made by Torp and Unger, EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 47 of New York, between 1838 and 1840, and presented by the Rev. Augustus Smith, through Mr. Robert A. Smith, of Washington. The other was a combined bass drum and cymbal pedal beater, the gift of Mr. George Wilham Reiser, of Baltimore. History. — While the exceptional record of 1912 failed to be equaled last year, the number and value of the accessions in the division of history, and especially of permanent ones, was weU above the average. It is most gratifying to announce the acquisition in perpetuity by the Nation of the flag that flew over Fort McHenry during its successful defense against the British fleet on September 13 and 14, 1814, and immortahzed as "The Star-Spangled Banner" by the inspired verses of Francis Scott Key. This rehc of the gallant fight, which led to the brevetting as Heutenant colonel of the commanding officer, Maj. George Armistead, U. S. Army, was preserved by him and descended to his grandson, Mr. Eben Appleton, of New York City, who con- sented in 1907 to its exhibition by the National Museum. During the past year this loan was made a gift to the Museum, for which patriotic action the pubUc owes to Mr. Appleton a lasting debt of gratitude. The flag derives an additional interest from the fact that it is one of the few in existence having 15 stars and 15 stripes. Being greatly frayed and torn, it requires the support of a canvas backing, but by careful attention its preservation should be insured for aU time. It has occupied a conspicuous place in the main hall of history since it was first received, but is deserving of a more appro- priate setting than it has at present, one in which the entire width of the bimting can be shown. Another important loan that was changed to a gift during the year consists of a bronze cannon with its wooden carriage, brought to America by Lafayette and used by the allied forces during the War of the American Revolution, at the close of which it was presented by Lafayette to Col. John Cropper of the Continental Army. The Museum has received it from Mrs. John Cropper, of Washington. Also dating from the same period is a dress sword and scabbard which was presented to Col. Return Jonathan Meigs of the Continental Army by act of Congress of July 25, 1777, in recognition of dis- tinguished service during an expedition in that year to Long Island; and likewise a pair of silver knee buckles worn by Maj. Gen. Richard Montgomery, of the Continental Army, at the time of the attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775, and presented shortly before his death to his friend Col. Meigs. Both of these relics were donated by Mr. Return Jonathan Meigs, of Washington, the fourth in line of this name. The Washburn family of New England is represented by an interesting collection of memorials, including an antique pew-chair owTied during the colonial period by Leah Fobes Washburn ; a tile from the ruins of Evesham Abbey, England, bearing the arms of the 32377»— NAT Mus 1913 4 48 REPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Washburn family; a service sword and scabbard and uniform coat used by Maj. Gen. C. C. Washburn, U. S. Volunteers, during the Civil War; a small silver goblet, part of a silver service presented to him by the members of his staff; two china vases belonging to him while governor of Wisconsin, 1872-74, and a number of other relics, all of which were received as a gift from Mrs. Albert W. Kelsey, of Philadelphia, daughter of Gen. Washburn. The extensive and valued collection of Grant memorials received many important additions. Eepresenting Gen. U. S. Grant are two carving sets, each of seven pieces, with silver and ivory handles, one accompanied by two dozen dinner knives similarly mounted, presented to the General, respectively, by the people of San Francisco in 1871 and the workmen of the Lamson and Goodnow Manufactur- ing Company, of Shelburne Falls, Mass., in 1869, which were recorded as a gift from Maj. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, U. S. Army, through Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant. From the latter were received, also as a gift, the follo\ving memorials of her husband: The uniform worn by him when a cadet at the W^est Point MiUtary Academy; a uniform coat worn during the period from 1873 to 1880, when aid on the staff of Gen. Philip Sheridan; his full-dress uniform w^orn in 1911 and 1912 while in command of the Eastern Division with headquarters on Governors Island, N. Y.; two United States and tliree headquarters flags flown by him in the Phihppine Islands from 1899 to 1902, in campaigns against FiUpino insurgents; a Colt's revolver and several native daggers and swords captured from the insurgents; a pair of French dueling swords with scabbards presented to Gen. Grant in 1899 by the Spanish Secretary of Justice of Porto Rico, Dr. Herminio Diaz, by whom they had been owned and used; and a number of other articles, including an ivory-handled driving whip and a fur overcoat. Mrs. Grant also presented a silver knife, fork and spoon which had been used by her husband when a child, and a* set of Russian enamel spoons given him in 1892 by Senator Leland Stanford. A white kid glove of the type worn by those who entertained Lafayette in Boston in 1825, and a United States Army chapeau given to Brevet Maj. Gen. Edward Davis Townsend, U. wS. Army, by Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott, U. S. Army, were received as a gift from Mrs. E. M. Chapman, of Washington. A piece of masonry from the ancient wall of Servius Tullius in Rome, Italy, presented to the United States Government by the National Association for the History of Italian Unity, Rome, to replace a memorial stone of the same description sent by the National Committee as a tribute to President Lincoln, after his assassination in 1865, but lost in transit, was transferred to and will be preserved in the Museum. A diploma of doctor of medicine, conferred by the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1768, upon Gustavus Richard Brown of the colony of REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 49 Maryland, a friend of Washington and one of the physicians who attended him in his last illness, was donated by Mrs. Mary J. Roach, of Washington, and other descendants of Dr. Brown. A card of admission to the Senate gallery at the Capitol during the impeach- ment trial of President Johnson in 1868 was contributed by Dr. Hugh M. Smith, of Washington. The last report recorded the acquisition by the Museum of a number of gold and silver medals which had belonged to Matthew Fontaine Maury, Commander, U. S. Navy, donated to the United States by several of his descendants, in connection with many manu- scripts and other articles deposited in the Library of Congress, as a memorial in his honor. It is desired to supplement the statement there made by a more specific reference to the fact that these valued tokens, the gifts of sovereigns and foreign governments, were pre- sented to this distinguished Naval officer in recognition of the services he rendered to the commerce and navigation of the world through his wind and current charts, his physical geography of the sea, and his extended researches connected therewith, which constituted a contribution of incalculable importance to the w^elfare of mankind. It is also necessary to correct the dates assigned to two of the medals, as the Humboldt medal was presented in 1855 instead of 1865, and the Austrian great gold medal of science, in 1858 instead of 1868. Two additions were made to this collection during last year. One was a bronze medal of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, held in London in 1851; the other a gold electrotype of the gold medal awarded by Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway, the original of which belongs to Miss Ann H. Maury, of Richmond. Both of these were received through Mrs. Mary Maury Werth, the rephca, in fact, having, by courtesy of Miss Maury, been made for and presented by her. The only pictures of historical interest permanently acquired during the year were the following, presented by Maj. Wilham Boerum Wetmore, of Washington: An oil portrait of George Peabody, by Lowes Dickinson, 1869; an oil painting by N. H. Trotter, 1897, entitled "Held up," showing an early railroad train stopped by a large herd of buffalo which are crossing the track immediately in front of the engine ; an engraving of the Charter Oak, and three water- color paintings executed in the early part of the nineteenth century, two being of the U. S. Frigate Constitution, and one of the U. S. Schooner SJiarlc. The Museum was also indebted to Maj. Wetmore for a varied collection of relics of the Civil War. The plaster model by Frank E. ElweU, from which was cast the bronze statue of Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis, U. S. Navy, for the Vicksburg National Military Park, was deposited by the War Department; and an oil 50 KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. portrait of Henry Clay, by Jean Baptiste Adolphe Gibert, was lent by Mr. Watterson Stealey, of Washington. An interesting collection of modern Cliinese copper and brass coins, to the number of 135, was received as a gift from Prof. N. Gist Gee, of Soochow University, Soochow, China. Having transferred to the custody of the National Museum its extensive collection illustrating the various phases of the postal service, in which most important and valuable is the remarkable series of postage stamps, as described in the last report, the Post Office Department has continued to transmit the new issues for all countries as they are assembled and distributed through the medium of the Postal Union. During last year there were 9 accessions, including 21,242 separate stamps, post cards and envelopes, and with this cooperation the Museum must soon attain a foremost position in the world as regards the subject of philately. Of the loans to this division the most extensive was the remarkable collection of nearly 500 pieces of American historical china brought together by the late Rear Admiral F. W. Dickins, U. S. Navy, and deposited by Mrs. Dickins. Containing many Liverpool pitchers and pieces of Staffordshire ware, it is especially noteworthy on account of the large number of fine specimens of Presidential china, including examples dating from the administration of Washington to that of Benjamin Harrison. The series of pieces decorated with views, por- traits, and inscriptions relating to important events and representing prominent personages in the history of the United States from the colonial period to the middle of the nineteenth century is particularly large and interesting. From Mrs. Henry Wells, of Washington, were received a dress sword and scabbard of the period of the American Revolution; a letter written by Thaddeus Kosciusko when colonel in the Continental Army, dated May 24, 1779, to Ashbel Wells, Assistant Deputy Quartermaster General of the American forces; eight other letters of the same period written or received by Ashbel Wells, and two additional documents. Four early American chairs, two once owned by Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler of the Continental Army and two by Alexander Hamilton, and two mahogany side tables which had belonged to the latter were obtained as a loan, the chairs from Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, of New York, grandson of Alexander Hamilton, the tables from Mrs. Hamilton. A number of additions to the loan collection of the Bradford family of New England, deposited the previous year, were made by the Misses Long, of Washington, including six silver conserve spoons, a cut-glass vase, five pieces of antique jewelry, a purse of silver and ivory, a vinaigrette, and three lace veils. Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, U. S. Navy (retired), added to his loan collection the following further testimonials awarded him in EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 51 recognition of his achievement in reaching the North Pole, namely a special gold medal of honor, set with a single large diamond, from the Peary Arctic Club; a gold medal from the Paris Academy of Sports; and a gold, silver and bronze trophy from the Canadian Camp of New York City. The memorial gold medal, mounted on a bronze tablet, issued by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in memory of the heroines and heroes of the steamship Titanic lost off the Banks of Newfoundland, April 15, 1912, was presented by the Commission. To the loan collection of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was added an antique German wooden casket, decorated with a painted design and inscriptions in German and Latin, and bearing the date 1660, which had originally been used by members of the Keim family as a receptacle for jewelry, laces, and toilet articles. The division of history requires a relatively greater proportion of exhibition space than most other branches of the Museum as its col- lections are more generally of a character to interest the pubUc. It has, however, many resources w^hich are not intended to be displayed but are kept conveniently accessible for reference and study, among these being an important series of portraits, already numbering sev- eral thousands. To permit of the introduction of certain new sub- jects and the enlargement of the exhibits in others, for which mate- rial is available, a third hall, the north-west range in the older Museum building, was assigned to the division during the year. An important work begun was the classification of the extensive collection of postage stamps, stamped envelopes, and postal cards, as a prehminary to the selection of a series for exhibition, and the system- atic arrangement and filing of the others. Good progress was also made toward arranging the collection of medals, heretofore in stor- age, which includes a fairly representative series of the historical medals of the United States, England, and France, besides a number of examples from other countries. Some attention was likewise paid to the collection of coins which, while comprising a large number of pieces, is unfortunately very deficient even as regards the coinage of the United States. Penod costumes. — The preparation of an exhibition of historical costumes, to which reference was made in the last report, was ac- tively continued during the year though no part of the collection was made ready for installation, owing mainly to delays in securing appropriate lay figures. Following numerous experiments, plaster was finally selected as best suited for representing such parts of the figures as will be exposed, and six manikins of this pattern were approaching completion at the close of the year. The collection is afiiliated with the division of history and is being restricted to cos- 52 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. tiimes that have been worn at state and other important functions, principally by the ladies of the White House. The subject, which is one that has received much attention abroad, was taken up for the Museum on the initiative of Mrs. Julian James, who is giving largely of her time to the plaiming and direction of the work, and to the gathering of the requisite materials. She is being ably assisted by Mrs. R. R. Hoes, and has received material aid from Mrs. Hunt Slater, Mrs. Chi^istian D. Hemmick, Miss Katharine Mimmack, Miss Clementina Furniss, Mrs. Henry White, Mrs. E. F. Andrews, Mrs. Dickinson Jewett, Miss Amaryllis Gillett, Mrs. C. Albert Hill, and Mrs. P. M. Rixey. Important permanent contributions to the collection were made by Miss Clementina Furniss, of New York, and Mrs. S. E. Cummings and Miss L. L. Lander, of Washington, Mrs. Cummings' donation consisting of 159 articles, including costumes, laces, jewelry, fans, purses, and other accessories worn by ladies and gentlemen prior to 1825. The loans, which were numerous and valuable, were received from Mr. Edward Rutledge Pinckney and Capt. Thomas Pinckney, of Charleston, S. C. ; Mrs. WilUam M. Ellis, of Shawsville, Va. ; Mrs. Mary B. Barber, of Canton, Ohio; the Misses Forsyth, of Kingston, N. y.; Mrs. George W. Fall, of Nashville, Tenn.; Miss May S. Ken- nedy, of Charlestown, W. Va.; Mrs. C. C. Cooley, of Baltimore, Md.; and Mrs. John Southgate Tucker, Mrs. J. Hough Cottman, Mrs. P. M. Rixey, and Mrs. Julian James, of Washington. WorTc of the preparators. — The principal work carried on was in continuation of the preparation of exhibits for the public halls, and especially the modeHng, casting, painting, and installation of lay figures for the ethnological and historical costume collections, in con- nection with which the services of Mr. H. W. Hendley were mainl}^ utilized. Numerous figures, modeled in clay and cast in plaster, were also made by Mr. U. S. J. Dunbar, sculptor, partly for the Museum, but chiefly for the Panama-CaMfornia Exposition, and Mr. Frank Micka, sculptor, was likewise employed to prepare anthropo- logical exhibits for the same exposition. ExTiihition collections. — With the opening up in April, 1913, of the large hall devoted to prehistoric archeology, the entire exhibition space allotted to the department of anthropology in the new building became accessible to the public. While the installations are gen- erally well classified and displayed, they are to a large extent still tentative, and subject to additions and improvement. Much also remains to be done to complete the labeling. Explorations. — Two trips were made during the year by the head curator of the department, Mr. William H. Holmes, for the purpose of exploring archeological localities and of obtaining data relating to collections wliich had been acquired by the Museum. The fu-st REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 53 was to Georgia and the Carolinas, the second to Illinois. In Georgia certain ancient village and stone-working sites were studied and interesting material was secured; while in South Carolina the collec- tions of the museum at Columbia were examined and a visit was made to a large Indian mound on the Congaree River, 12 miles below Columbia, where many relics of stone and earthenware were obtained from an ancient burial ground. In western North Carolina a number of the more important of the prehistoric mica mines were investi- gated. The old workings were found to be very numerous and exten- sive; some of the excavations, traces of which still remain, extended to a depth of a hundred feet, and the amount of mica extracted and carried away by the aborigines may be estimated at many hundreds of tons. By digging in the ancient pittings, ]\lr. Holmes secured speci- mens of the mica and of the stone implements employed by the natives in their mining work. In southern IlUnois an examination was made of an ancient flint quarry where the aborigines obtained the material for their agricultural implements, examples of which as well as of the tools used in the flint-chipping work, together with a quantity of the refuse of manufacture, were collected for the Museum. Under the joint auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and the Panama-Cahfornia Exposition authorities, at San Diego, Cal., Dr. A\e§ Hrdhcka, curator of the division of physical anthropology, conducted personally thi'ee important field investigations, relating respectively to geologically ancient man in the Old World, the origin of the American race, and the anthropology and prehistoric pathology of Peru. The first involved the visiting of practically every institu- tion in Europe where authenticated skeletal remains of ancient man are preserved. A large majority of these specimens were examined, and in several instances, especially on the island of Jersey and at Mauer, the locahties where they had been found were studied, result- ing in a fund of valuable information. A comprehensive account of the trip appeared in the annual report of the Smithsonian Institu- tion for 1912. The second expedition was to Siberia and Mongolia during the summer months of 1912, and was equally successful, many important observations, supported by numerous photographs and specimens, having been secured. The principal result, as set forth in a brief report pubhshed in Volume 60 of the Smithsonian Miscel- laneous Collections, under the title "Remains in eastern Asia of the race that peopled America," was to the effect that scattered over large parts of eastern Asia are remnants of native peoples, which, notwithstanding a considerable mixture with more recent ethnic elements, show many physical resemblances to the American Indian, indicating at least distant relationships. The Peruvian expedition, wliich continued from January until the end of April, 1913, amounted, 54 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. in fact, to an extension of the field work conducted by Dr. Hrdlicka in 1910. Its main objects were to trace the distribution of the prin- cipal native types in pre-Columbian times, and to determine, as far as was possible from skeletal remains, the prevalent diseases and in- juries and their effect, if any, on the constitution of the people. The work was carried along the coast for 600 miles, and two trips were made into the mountains. Approximately 200 ancient cemeteries and burial caves were explored, affording opportunity for examining over 4,800 crania and a great quantity of other human bones. Im- portant selections from these, including remarkable examples of tre- phining and rare pathological conditions, were forwarded to the Museum for further study. A somewhat detailed report of this expe- dition was submitted, and the preparation of a more extensive iUus- trated account was approaching conclusion at the end of the year. Under the same joint auspices. Dr. R. D. Moore, aid in the division of physical anthropology, spent the summer of 1912 on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, observing and collecting among the Eskimo. He was successful in obtaining numerous measurements, photographs, casts and skeletal remains, as well as other material, the majority of wliich it was necessary to leave on the island, to be brought do^vn the following season by one of the steamers of the Revenue Service. DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY. From only a few sources were the acquisitions received by this department during last year sufficiently diversified to relate to two or more divisions. Most noteworthy among the general collections were those contributed by Dr. W. L. Abbott, resulting from his own explorations in Kashmir, and those of Mr. H. C. Raven, conducted at Dr. Abbott's expense, in northeastern Borneo, embracing mammals, birds, reptiles, and batrachians. Several other expeditions, however, also furnished mixed collections, as described further on, the most important having been one to the Altai Mountains in Asia by Dr. Theodore Lyman. The divisions of fishes, mollusks, and marine invertebrates profited largely, as usual, by the scientific explorations of the Bureau of Fisheries, not only as to number and variety of speci- mens, but by the receipt of much material, including types, that had been studied and described by experts. Mammals. — The series of mammals sent from Kashmir by Dr. Abbott and from Borneo by Mr. Raven were both of much value, that from the latter region containing a specimen of the very rare and conspicuous squirrel, Reithrosciurus, and two specimens of the hith- erto ''lost" tree shrew, Tupaia mulleri. Of exceptional importance was the collection of mammals, numbering 346 specimens, made by Mr. N. HoDister, assistant curator of the division, on the expedition of EEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 55 Dr. Theodore Lynian to the Altai Mountains. It represents 33 spe- cies, of which 13 have been described as new by Mr. Hollister. Mr. Arthur deC. Sowerby transmitted 81 mammals from China and Mon- goha, including a new species; and the Bureau of Fisheries contrib- uted a specimen of a bottle-nosed whale taken at Beaufort, N. C, which proved to belong to a new species, described by Dr. Frederick W. True under the name 2Iesoplodon minim. A valuable addition to the collection of anthropoid apes consisted of the skulls and skeletons of 23 gorillas and 19 chimpanzees, obtained by exchange. The Museum was also fortunate in securing the mounted skin and skeleton of an exceptionally fine male specimen of the okapi from the Welle district of the Congo. This remarkable animal, which is related to the giraffe and was discovered only about 12 years ago, is represented in but few museums. The tanning of large and medium-sized mammal skins by contract progressed satisfactorily, and about 275 skins, mostly old specimens in danger of deterioration, were made up by the taxidermist detailed to the division. The labeHng and cataloguing of the Rainey African collection were completed, and the same work with reference to the Merriam collection of North American mammals was well advanced. Over 800 large skulls and skeletons, besides a number of miscellaneous bones, were cleaned by the Museum force, and about 2,400 small skulls, by contract. All of the small skulls and skeletons are well arranged, as are also the lai^e skuUs of carnivores and primates. Cases furnished during the year made possible a temporary arrange- ment of the skeletons of these two orders and of the pinnipeds and rodents, but accommodations are still lacking for the skulls and skeletons of the ungulates. The alcohoHc specimens are suitably provided for, and considerable progress has been made toward their systematic arrangement, that of the bats and insectivores, composing the most important part of the collection, being nearly completed. Research work in the division related mainly to Old World mam- mals, though the most extensive single Museum publication of the year was a list of the North American land mammals represented in the Museum, prepared by the curator, Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, jr. A much laiger and more important work by Mr. Miller was, however, issued by the British Museum of Natural History in London, being a catalogue of the mammals of western Europe, which signahzed the conclusion of a task on which the curator had been engaged for a number of years, several of which were spent in Europe. Dr. S. F. Harmer, the Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum, explains in a preface that the possibility of issuing the volume grew up mainly from the studies which Mr. Miller had been conducting independently on the subject, and adds: "As Mr. Miller is on the staff of the United States National Museum the special and cordial thanks of the Trus- 66 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. tees of the British Museum are due to the authorities of the former institution for tiie facilities gi'anted to him for carrying through the preparation of the Catalogue, a work which involved a furlough of two years and a half from his usual duties at Washington." It is furthermore interesting to learn from the introduction that while the British Museum has the largest collection of European land mammals extant, numbering about 5,000 specimens, the National Museum, ^vith about 4,000 specimens, follows next, and that without the hel]> of the latter collection a monogi-aphic study of these animals could not have been made. Mr. N. Hollister, assistant curator, was chiefly occupied in working up the collection of mammals from the Altai Mountains, but he also brought nearly to completion an annotated review of the mammals of the Philippine Islands. Dr. M. W. Lyon, jr., formerly of the divi- sion, finished a monograph of the tree shrews and began the prepa- ration of a review of the mammal fauna of the Borussan Islands. Besides members of the Biological Survey of the Department of Agriculture, the collections were consulted by Prof. O. P. Hay, of Washington; Dr. H. H. Donaldson, of the Wistar Institute, Phila- delphia, Pa,; Dr. J, S. Foote, of the Creighton Medical College, Omaha, Nebr.; and Mr. Childs Frick, of New York. Specimens were lent for study to Dr. Leisewitz, of Munich, Bavaria; Mr. K. Andersen, of the British Museum ; Mr. W. H. Osgood, of the Field Museum of Natural History; Dr. D. G. Elliot, of New York, and others. Birds. — Most prominent among the additions to this division was the magnificent series of over 5,000 bird skins from Abyssinia and British East Africa, collected by Dr. E. A. Mearns on the Childs Frick expedition, and deposited by Mr. Frick. Containing several generic types not previously in the Museum, this contribution splendidly supplements the earlier collections from East Africa, including those made by the Smithsonian expedition under Col. Theodore Roosevelt and by Dr. W. L. Abbott at Kilimanjaro, and places the Museum in possession of one of the best representations of the bird fauna of that part of the world. Mr. H. C. Raven transmitted 488 specimens from Borneo, and the Bureau of Fisheries 61 skins from Celebes and other islands of the Dutch East Indies, obtained during a recent cruise of the steamer Albatross. From this bureau were also received 108 skeletons, 137 eggs, and 2 nests from the Pribilof Islands, and Dr. L. C. Sanford, of New Haven, Conn., contributed 25 skins chiefly from Alaska, including the types of Loxia curvirostra i^ercna and Micropallas whitneyi sanfordi. Several skins and eggs of rare birds fi'om Samoa and Niuafu Island were presented by Mr. Mason Mtchell, American consul at Apia, among them being the skin and eggs of Megapodius pritcJiardi, which are new to the Museum ; and eggs of two other rare species, namely, the ocellated turkey, Agriocharis REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 57 ocelJata, and the Siberian spoon-billed sandpiper, Eurynorliynchus pygmseus, were likewise received as gifts, the former from Mr. C. H. Jones, of San Felipe, Campeche, Mexico, the latter fi*om Air. L. L. Lane, of Seattle, Wash. The rearrangement of the reserve series of skins was continued and completed for 21 1 quarter-unit cases. Some 300 mounted birds from the old exhibition collection were made over into skins, and the origi- nal labels of several hundred mounted specimens were removed from the stands to which they had been glued, and filed away in numerical order for reference. The important work of posting the old cata- logues showing the distribution of specimens during the earlier years of the Museum and the search for type specimens were also contin- ued, the latter with some success, a few types being discovered. The Frick African collection was catalogued. The skins received during the year were assigned to their appropriate places in the reserve series, with the exception of the Frick and Abbott collec- tions which are being kept intact pending their study. The eggs were also catalogued but not systematically arranged. Mr. Robert Ridgway, curator of the division, completed part 6 of his great work on the Birds of North and Middle America, covering the families Picidse (woodpeckers), Capitonidae (barbets), Rham- phastidse (toucans), Galbulidse (jacamars), Bucconidse (puffbirds), Alcedinidse (kingfishers), TodidaB (todies), Momotidge (motmots), Caprimulgidse (goatsuckers), Nyctibiidse (ibijaus), Aluconidse (barn owls), Strigidse (owls), and Cuculidae (cuckoos). The manuscript for the PsittacidsB (parrots), to be included in part 7, was also nearly fuiished. It is gratifying to make mention in this connection of the signal honor recently conferred on Mi\ Ridgway, who has been an active member of the scientific staff of the Museum since 1874, in the awarding to him of the Walker grand honorary prize, given by the Boston Society of Natural History once in five years, in acknowl- edgment of his investigations in ornithology, and particularly for his work on the Birds of North and Middle America. This prize was founded by the late William Johnson Walker, a benefactor of the Society, and is granted in recognition of important investigations in natural liistory, published and made known in the United States. Dr. C. W. Richmond, assistant curator, dm'ing such time as could be spared from routine work, studied the Frick collection of African birds with reference to their generic determination, and also inves- tigated and reported on a large number of generic names of birds for the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature. Mr. J. H. Riley, aid, assisted Mr. Ridgway in the preparation of the manuscript of the Birds of North and IVIiddle America, compiling references and measuring specimens. Dr. E. A. Mearns, U. S. Army (retired), associate in zoology, continued his studies of East African 58 EEPOKT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. birds, chiefly those collected by himself on the Smithsonian and Frick expeditions. Mr. A. C. Bent, of Taunton, Mass., spent some time at the Museum in examining various North American birds, more particularly the crossbills. Members of the staff of the Biological Survey of the Department of Agriculture made constant use of the collection, especially Mr. H. C. Oberholser, who also determined for the Museum several accessions that had recently been received. A large number of ornithologists not connected with the Government likewise visited the division, some of them spending several days in the examination of specimens and books in connection wath their investigations. Among these may be mentioned Dr. Thomas Barbour, of the Museum of Comparative Zoology; Mr. F. M. Chapman, of the American Museum of Natural History; Mr. C. B. Cory and Prof. S. E. Meek, of the Field Museum of Natural History; Mr. Witmer Stone, of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; Mr. W. E. Clyde Todd, of the Carnegie Museum; Iklr. Childs Frick, of New York; Mr. C. J. Maynard, of West Newton, Mass.; Dr. L. C. Sanford, of New Haven, Conn.; Mr. H. H. Bailey, of Newport News, Va. ; Mr. Lacy I. Moffett, of Kiang- yin, China; and Mi-. Charles T. Ramsden, of Guantanamo, Cuba. The collection of birds' eggs was consulted by Mi'. Edward Arnold, of Battle Creek, Mch.; Mr. E. J. Court, of Washington; Mr. A. M. Ingersoll, of San Diego, Cal.; and Mr. Geo. H. Stuart, of Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, of Washington, examined a number of skel- etons. Specimens were lent for study to several museums and other institutions, as follows: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- delphia, the American Museum of Natural History, the Boston Soci- ety of Natural History, the California Academy of Sciences, the Car- negie Museum, the Field Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California, and the British Museum of Natural History. Reptiles and latracTiians. — Besides the reptiles contained in the col- lection received from Mr. Haven, a considerable number of specimens from Borneo were presented by Mr. D. D. Streeter, who, as a tempo- rary collaborator of the Museum, visited that island dm-ing the year. Mr. Arthur deC. Sowerby transmitted material from China; Dr. J. C. Thompson, U. S. Navy, from California; and Dr. J. N. Rose, from the West Indies. Several specimens of the recently described Neoseps reynoldsi from Florida were obtained by ^Mr. N. R. Wood, of the Mu- seum staff; and the type specimens of two new salamanders, de- scribed by "Mr. C. S. Brimley, of Raleigh, N. C, as Plethodon metcalji and Spelerpes ruber schencki, were received from the latter as a gift. The collections of the division received the care and attention nec- essary to their preservation, and considerable progress was made in the transfer of specimens to glass-stoppered jars which are better EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 59 adapted to their keeping than the older pattern. The head curator of the department, Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, who also retains charge of this division, continued, as time permitted, his researches on Phil- ippine herpetology, and completed his report on the reptiles and batrachians collected by the Yale Peruvian expedition of 1911. The division was visited for the examination of material by Dr. Thomas Barbour and Dr. J. S. Foote; and specimens were lent for study to Dr. Alex. G. Ruthven, head curator of the Museum of the University of Michigan; Dr. J. C. Thompson, U. S. Navy, attached to the steamer Albatross; Dr. Charles A. Kofoid, of the University of CaU- fornia; and Dr. Barbour. Fishes. — While the number of specimens received by this division was much below the average, the nimiber of types acquired was exceptionally large, not less than 110, besides numerous paratypes, having been contained in a single collection from the Biu-eau of Fish- eries, which also deposited the type and paratype of Eadropterus seUaris, and the type and 11 other specimens of Pseudofleuronedes dignahilis. Leland Stanford Junior University presented the type specimen of Atherinops oregonia and paratypes of six new species of Japanese fishes; while Dr. David Starr Jordan donated the type of Gnathypops ionis from Japan, and was instrumental in obtaining the type of Anguilla manabei, also from Japan, as a gift to the Museum from Prof. Yoshiro Manabe. The type of Pontinus microlepis and three specimens of the rare Pledrypops retrospinis, new to the collec- tion, were contributed by Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, of the Conservation Commission of New York. A number of desirable specimens from Cape Lookout, N. C, were received from Mr. Russell J. Coles, of Danville, Va., and others were acquired through exchange from the Field Museum of Natural History, and the Australian Museum at Sydney. The very extensive collections of the division are reported to be in good condition, but their increase in recent years has more than taxed the energies of the few persons attached to the division, and a general revision is now called for and should soon be undertaken. Such a work would be expected to result in a considerable reduction in the bulk of material, and to release a large number of specimens to be used for exchanges, and for distribution to schools and colleges. Though mainly occupied with routine work, the assistant curator of the division, Mr. Barton A. Bean, continued his investigation of the fishes of the District of Columbia and of Florida, and the aid, Mr. A. C. Weed, his study of the pike family (Esocidse) . Dr. Hugh M. Smith, U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries, and Mr. Lewis Radcliffe, of the Bureau of Fisheries, made constant use of the collections in connection with their researches on the fishes of the Philippine Islands, as did also Mr. S. F. Hildebrand, of the same bureau, and Dr. S. E. Meek, of the Field 60 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Museum of Natural History, in conjunction with their investigation of the fishes of Panama. Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, of the University of Colorado, was present during a short time, makuig a study of the scales of fishes, and specimens were lent to the American Museum of Natural History and Leland Stanford Junior University. hiseds. — Most noteworthy among the accessions to this division was a collection of about 15,000 forest insects, accompanied by examples of their work and by copious notes, which was deposited by the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station in order that it might be accessible for the study of certain economic problems by the Government. Some 3,600 insects, mostly from Great Britain and North America, were presented by Mr. J. R. Malloch, of Washington, and over 2,500 specimens were transferred by the U. S. Bureau of Entomology. Eighty named bees, new to the collection and includ- ing paratypes of 12 species, were donated by the Department of Entomology of the University of Nebraska ; and 218 bees of the family Mehponidse, also named and including 90 cotypes, were purchased from Dr. H. Friese, of Schwerin, Germany. As a nucleus for the series of insects in the f aunal exhibit of the District of Columbia a collection of local beetles, numbering about 10,000 specimens, remarkable for its completeness and excellence of preparation, was acquired by purchase from Mrs. C. E. Burden, of Falls Church, Va. While the collections of the division have been kept in good con- dition as regards preservation, it has not been possible to make the progress desired in transferring the specimens from the old style of drawers to those of the lately adopted standard pattern, specially designed for their better protection from pests and dust, owing to the lack of means for emplo3^ng a sufficient number of skilled prepara- tors to properly expedite the work. The transferring during the year was mainly restricted to the orders Odonata, Coleoptera, and Hymen- optera. The curator of the division, Dr. L. O. Howard, collaborating with two of his assistants. Dr. Harrison G. Dyar and Mr. Frederick Knab, completed for the Carnegie Institution of Washington the monumental work on the mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies, on which they have been engaged for some time. The asso- ciate curator, Mr. J. C. Crawford, continued his studies of the Hjonen- optera, and described a large number of new genera and species. Mr. J. R. Malloch finished the preparation of an account of the dip- terous family Phoridse, and Mr. A. A. Girault, a monograph of the Signiphorinse, a subfamily of Hymenoptera. Many smaller detached studies by the custodians of the various branches of the collections are indicated by their titles in the bibliography at the end of this report. Among the students who visited the division for the purpose of examining material in furtherance of their researches were Mr. M. D. REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 61 Leonard, of Cornell University; Dr. Frank E. Lutz, of the American Museum of Natural History; Dr. W. T. M. Forbes, of Worcester, Mass. ; Mr. J. R. de la Torre Bueno, of White Plains, N. Y. ; Mr. G. P. Engelhardt, of the Children's Museum, Brooklyn; and Mr. H. G. Barber, of Roselle Park, N. J. Specimens were lent to specialists as follows: Hemiptera and Coleoptera to Mr. Fred Muir, of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Experiment Station, Honolulu, H. I. ; Coleoptera to Mr. George C. Champion, of London, England, and Mr. Robert D, Glasgow, of Urbana, 111.; Hemiptera to Mr. J. R. de la Torre Bueno; Hymenoptera to Mr, P. H. Timberlake, of the Bureau of Entomology, and Mr. H. L. Viereck, of Philadelphia ; Diptera to Dr. O. Krober, of the Naturhistorisches Museum, Hamburg, Germany, Mr. C. W. Johnson, of the Boston Society of Natural History, Dr. E, P. Felt, of Albany, N. Y., Mr. H. E. Smith, of Wellington, Kans., and Prof. J. M. Aldrich, of the University of Idaho ; Odonata to Dr. PhiHp P. Calvert, of the University of Pennsylvania, and Euplexoptera to Dr. Malcolm Burr, of Dover, England. MoUusTcs.— The cotA^es of 12 species of Australian mollusks de- scribed by him were presented by Dr. J. C. Verco, of Adelaide, South AustraUa, and the type specimens of several new species of marine shells as weU as other specimens were received as a gift from the late C. W. Gripp, of San Diego, Cal., and from his estate after his death. Other noteworthy contributions consisted of recent and fossil sheUs from Venezuela, received from Dr. Ralph Arnold, of Los Angeles, Cal.; land shells from the Bahama Islands and the Dutch East Indies, and marine sheUs from Panama, received from Mr. John. B. Henderson, of Washington; land, fresh-water and marine shells from Mexico and Texas, received from Mr. Charles R. Orcutt, of San Diego, Cal.; and land and fresh-water shells from Lake Winnipeg and vicinity, received from Mrs. W. W. Hippsley, of Manitoba. Many fine examples of Cypraea from Honolulu were obtained from Mr. I. B. Hardy, of Santa Barbara, Cal., in exchange. The reserve collections are reported as accessible and in good order. A beginning has been made toward revising the arrange- ment of the west American coast famia, and for several of the la,rger genera this work has been finished. The extensive additions made to the marine collection from South Africa by Lieut. Col. W. H. Turton have been mainly worked up and will result in an exception- ally fine representation from that region. Over 11,500 lots of speci- mens were registered. For the exhibition collections the synoptical and Acadian faunal series were completed and have been installed, that for the District of Columbia has been made ready, and the series illustrating the Vnginian and Floridian regions are well under way. 62 REPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. The curator of the division, Dr. William H. Dall, commenced work on a revision of the marine moUusks of the North Pacific coast, beginning with the Nuculacea and Biiccinidse, while the assistant curator, Dr. Paul Bartsch, continued liis studies of the mollusks of South Africa and the Philippine Islands, in which good progress was made. Mr. John B. Henderson spent much time at the division pursuing his mvestigations of the AntUlean moUusk fauna, and the collections were consulted by the Hon. T. H. Aldrich, of Bhmingham, Ala.; Miss Julia Gardner, of Johns Hopkins University; and Mr. L. S. Frierson, of Frierson, La. Marine invertebrates. — The principal accessions received by this division came, as usual, from the Bureau of Fisheries, and consisted chiefly of material that had been worked up and reported upon by spe- ciahsts. Of schizopod crustaceans collected on the Albatross cruises of 1899-1900 and 1904-1905 in the Pacific Ocean under the direction of Alexander Agassiz, and described by Dr. H. J. Hansen m the Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoologj^, there were about 2,500 specimens, representing 63 species, of which 8 were new to science and 2 had been made the types of new genera. Of echinoids or sea urchins from several Pacific explorations of the Albatross, described by Dr. Hubert Lyman Clark in the same Memoks, there were some 1,300 specimens, representing 52 species of which 14 were new. Of echinoderms other than crinoids obtained during a cruise of the steamer Albatross to the west coast of Mexico in 1911 under the direction of Dr. C. H. Townsend, and also described by Dr. H. L. Clark in a report not yet published, there were 986 specimens, repre- senting 104 species, of which 7 were new. Of simple ascidians from the collections made by the Fish Commission on the Atlantic coast of the United States between 1871 and 1887, described by Dr. W. G. Van Name in the Proceedmgs of the Boston Society of Natural History, there were about 250 specimens, representing 34 species, of which 8 were new. About 900 samples of plankton and 348 micro- scopic slides of foraminifera were also received from tho Bureau of Fisheries. Mr. Harry K. Harring, of Washington, presented 139 species of rotifera, of which 5 were new, mounted on microscopic slides, this important contribution more than doubling the repre- sentation of this order of minute worms in the Museum collection. From the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle at Paris, France, 9 species of shrimps of the family Atyidse new to the Museum and mcluding cotypes of 3 new species described by Prof. E. L. Bouvier, were obtained by exchange. The work of improving the condition of the reserve collections of the division and making them more accessible for reference was satis- factorily continued, the alcoholic specimens of echinoids, asteroids, holothurians, alcyonarians and actinians being overhauled, the nomen- REPOBT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 63 clatiire revised, fresh labels attached to the ftiitside of the jars and a systematic arrangement effected. At the same time the card cata- logue of these groups was brought down to date. The cataloguing of current accessions was promptly attended to, and that of several large collections which had fallen in arrears was made up. A number of sets of duphcate specimens was prepared for distribution to schools and colleges, and much time was spent in selecting material for the exhibition series. Ikliss Mary J. Rathbun, assistant curator, finished the preparation of a report on the stalk-eyed crustaceans of the Dutch West Indies, based on a collection made by Dr. J. Boeke in 1905, which is to be published by the Dutch Government in a series dealing with the resources of those islands. She also identified most of the Japanese crabs sent for that purpose by the University of Tokyo, and con- cluded the working up of the large collection of PhiUppine crabs of the famiUes Ocypodidae and Grapsidse, in the same connection study- ing and determining all of the specimens belonging to the same fami- Hes contained in the general ^Museum collection. A report on the Philippine specimens is nearly ready for pubUcation. !Mr. Austin H. Clark, assistant curator, conducted investigations upon a number of collections of recent crinoids, mostly received from abroad, some of which were finished, while others are still in progress, and he also completed revisions of a number of families and genera of crinoids. In cooperation with Mr. Frank Springer, he prepared a treatise on crinoids for a new edition of Zittel's Paleontology, and a part of the section on the Holothuroidea for the same pubhcation was furnished by him. Dr. Harriet Richardson, collaborator, continued her studies on isopods and identified a number of specimens from various sources, including small collections obtained by the Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross on the west coast of Mexico in 1911, and by the French Antarctic Expedition, the latter collection belonging to the Museum of Natural History in Paris. The resources of this division are so great and so diversified that it would be quite impossible to depend upon its small staff for all of the research work necessary for the entire classification of the col- lections placed in its custody. For this reason it has long been the pohcy to seek the help of zoologists specializing in the various groups of marine and other aquatic invertebrates wherever they may be located, and it has also been the good fortune of the Museum to receive such assistance freely and almost wholly without other obhgation than a right to share in the division of the duplicate specimens yielded by each collection as it is studied. A fuU state- ment of this cooperative work would involve the names of most of the prominent experts of the world in the subjects covered by the 32377°— NAT uva 1913 5 64 KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. division. During last year these volunteer collaborators represented 11 different States of this country, besides Great Britain, France, Germany, and Denmark. Reports for publication were received from several of these, as follows: Dr. R. Koehler, of Lyon, France, on a large collection of ophiurans chiefly from the West Indies; Dr. H, B. Bigelow, of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, on the Medusae and Siphonophorae collected by the steamer Albatross in the northwestern Pacific Ocean in 1906; Dr. Walter Faxon, of the same Museiun, on the crayfishes received by the Museum during the past 15 years or since his last report upon the subject; Dr. WilUam E. Ritter, of the Scripps Institution for Biological Research, at La JoUa, Cal., on the sunple ascidians from the northeastern Pacific Ocean; Dr. Joseph A. Cushman, of the Boston Society of Natural History, the third part, covering the family Lagenidae, of his mono- graph of the foraminifera of the north Pacific Ocean; Dr. C. Dwight Marsh, of the Department of Agriculture, on the fresh-water copepods of Panama, based on material mainly collected by himself; and Dr. A. S. Pearse, of the University of Wisconsin, on a collection of amphipods from the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. The foUowmg important investigations, previously begun, were in progress, namely, on the starfishes of the north Pacific Ocean, by Dr. Walter K. Fisher, of Leland Stanford Junior University; on parasitic copepods, by Dr. Charles B. Wilson, of the State Normal School at Westfield, Mass.; on the sessile Cirripedia, by Dr. H. A. Pilsbry, of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; on the family Crangonidae of shrimps, by Dr. H. Coutiere, of the Ecole Superieure de Pharmacie, Paris, France; on the order Euphausiacea of crustaceans, by Dr. H. J. Hansen, of the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, Demnark; on the order Mysidacea of crustaceans, by Dr. W. M. Tattersall, of the Manchester Museum, Manchester, Eng- land; on the bryozoans of the Atlantic coast of North America, by Dr. R. C. Osburn, of Barnard College, New York City; and on the rotifers of the District of Columbia, by IVIr. Harry K. Harring, of the Bureau of Standards. Other extended researches were taken up during the year by Prof. Frank Smith, of the University of Illinois, on the oligochete annelids; by Mr. R. Southern, of Dublin, Ireland, on the family Cirratulidae of annelids; by Dr. J. W. Spengel, of Giessen, Germany, on the genus Sipunculus of worms; and by Prof. Maynard M. Metcalf, of Oberlin College, on the collection of Salpa and P3rrosoma. Dr. H. B. Bigelow began the examination of the many samples of plankton collected in the Gulf of Maine during the summer of 1912 by the Bureau of Fisheries schooner Grampus. Acknowledgments are also due to the following persons for the identification of specimens sent to them from time to time belonging in the groups named respectively after each, namely. Dr. H. V. REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 65 Wilson, of the University of Nortli Carolina, marine sponges; Dr. N. Annandale, of the Indian Museum at Calcutta, fresh- water sponges; Dr. AUce Robertson, of Wellesley College, Pacific coast bryozoans; Prof. C. C. Nutting, of the University of Iowa, hydroids and alcyona- rians; Prof. H. B. Torrey, of Reed College, Portland, Oreg., actin- ians; Dr. H. L. Clark, of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, echinoderms; Prof. J. Percy Moore, of the University of Pennsyl- vania, annelids and leeches; Dr. E. L. Michael, of San Diego, Cal., chsetognath annelids; Dr. W. R. Coe, of Yale University, nemer- teans; Mss A. L. Weckel, of Oak Park, 111., fresh-water amphipods; and Dr. A. G. Huntsman, of the University of Toronto, compound ascidians. The loans made to assist in investigations other than for the Museum comprised specimens of bryozoans, sent to Mr. H. T. White, of Sudbury, Canada; Philippine sea urchins of the family Cidaridge, sent to Dr. Th. Mortensen, of the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark; shrimps of the family Atyidse, sent to Prof. E. L. Bouvier, of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; crayfishes, sent to Prof. H. Garman, of the State University of Ken- tucky; and specimens of the family Pontoniidse of crustaceans, sent to Dr. L. A. Borradaile, of Selwyn College, Cambridge, England. Plants. — The total number of specimens acquired by the division of plants was approximately 140,000, of which about 80,000 were comprised in the collection of grasses, forming part of the National Herbarium, which had long been cared for and received its main growth in the Department of Agriculture, and which during the year was transferred to the custody of the Museum. Other grasses to the number of about 12,800 were obtained by purchase. They com- posed the private collection of Prof. A. S. Hitchcock, containing, besides specimens gathered by Prof. Hitchcock and Mrs. Agnes Chase, a large amount of material formerly belonging to Prof. F. L. Scribner, and the types of over 200 species first described by him. Through these additions the grass collection now brought together in the division of plants becomes the largest and most comprehensive one in this country. Another noteworthy accession was the herbarium of Prof. E. O Wooton, consisting of about 10,000 specimens mostly from New Mexico, to which a particular value attaches because of the fact that much of the material, obtained in many and often remote parts of the State, was not gathered in dupUcate, on which account the col- lection furnishes the only means of substantiating the records of a large number of species. A set of 621 specimens, of which about one-third are cotypes, from the Schomburgk collection of British Guiana plants, received in exchange from the British Museum of Natural History, forms an especially desirable acquisition, in view of the active botanical investigations recently conducted in Panama, 66 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913 as the National Herbarium is very deficient in material from South America. Among other important additions were about 7,000 plants from the West Indies, collected by Dr. J. N, Rose and assistants; and nearly 3,000 specimens, chiefly from the same region, obtained in exchange from the New York Botanical Garden. An exceptionally notable contribution was the well-known col- lection of diatoms assembled by the late Prof. C. Henry Kain, of Philadelphia, Pa., said to be the largest and most diversified in this countiy and one of the finest in the world, which was received as a gift from Mrs. Kain. Reference should also be made to the generous gift by Miss Eleanor Lewis, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, of over 500 flower studies in water color, composing all that had been kept together of the large and well-known series painted by her aunt, the late Miss Adelia Gates during extensive travels in this country, Europe, Palestine, and the northern part of Africa. Additions to the collection have been promised by several friends of IVIiss Gates, among whom a considera- ble number of the paintings were distributed. The number of mounted plants added to the herbarium was approxi- mately 111,500, of which the greater part, consisting of the grasses in the two large collections, were received in that condition. The number of specimens momited in regular course was about 18,000, including some material in arrears, leaving at the end of the year less than 5,000 specimens to be so prepared. Owing to the unusual extent of the accessions and to a considerable accumulation of mate- rial, the work of distributing specimens to their appropriate places in the herbarium involved more than the customary amount of labor. The segregating of types and of collections representing type material was continued with good progress, and a large number of duplicates were separated and prepared for distribution. Mr. Frederick V. Coville, curator of the division, continued his studies on the Vacciniaceae. Mr. W. R. Maxon, assistant curator, prepared two papers on tropical American ferns, identified the Panama specimens of several genera of the same group, and gave some time to the preparation of copy for the fern portion of the North American Flora. Mr. P. C. Standley, assistant curator, determined the species of certain famihes of plants in coUections from Panama and, mainly in this connection, monographed several small genera of tropical American forms. In collaboration with Prof. E. O. Wooton, he also prepared a paper describing over 200 new species from New Mexico, consisting of excerpts from the manuscript of the flora of New Mexico mentioned in the last report. This manuscript was also under revi- sion by Mr. Standley to adapt it for pubhcation in the Contributions from the National Herbarium. Mr. E. S. Steele, in addition to his editorial work, pursued his study of the genus Laciniaria. EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 67 Dr. J. N. Rose, formerly associate curator of the division, but now on furlough and servmg as a research associate of the Carnegie Insti- tution of Washington, continued, at the Museum, his mvestigation of the family Cactaceae, and in conjunction with Mr. Standley pub- lished a revision of the North American species of Meibomia, section Xephromeria. Dr. E. L. Greene, associate m botany, reported prog- ress in the preparation of part 2 of ''Botanical Landmarks," and pubUshed numerous short papers descriptive of new species mostly from the western United States. Capt. John Donnell Smith, also associate in botany, contmued his studies of previous years on the flora of Central America, and brought together partial results in two papers pubUshed during the year. Among persons not connected with the Government who made use of the resources of the division may be mentioned Dr. N. L, Britton, director of the New York Botanical Garden, who is engaged jointly with Dr. Rose in the investigation of the Cactaceae; Dr. D.T. MacDougal, in charge of the department of botanical research of the Carnegie Institution of Washington; Prof. WiUiam Trelease, of the University of Illinois, who was studyuig Phoradendron and the oaks of Mexico and Central America; and Dr. P. A. Rydberg, of the New York Botanical Garden, who had in preparation a flora of the Rocky Mountain region and an article on the family Rosaceae for the North American Flora. The number of plants lent to other institutions and to speciaUsts was larger than in any year except the previous one, the principal sendings having been as foUows: To the Royal Botanical Garden and Museum, Berlin, Germany, specimens of Acanthaceae, Araceae, Euphor- biaceae and Orchidaceae, mainly from Panama, for determination for the benefit of the National Museum; and specimens of Zamia and Saxifragaceae for use in the preparation of matter for the "Pflanzen- reich." To Prof. L. Radlkofer, of the Royal Botanical Museum, Munich, Germany, specimens of Sapindaceae chiefly from Panama, and to Dr. Georg Bitter, of Bremen, Germany, specimens of Solanum, for naming in the interest of the National Museum. To the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, specimens of the genus Marah. To the University of Pennsylvania, specimens of Gerardia, Dasystoma and related genera, for the use of ^Ir. F. W. PenneU, who is preparing an elaborate revision of this group. To the Gray Herbarium of Har- vard University, specimens of several groups for study by Dr. B. L. Robinson, Prof. M. L. Fernald, Mr. Sidney F. Blake, and Mr. F. T. Hubbard. To the New York Botanical Garden, specimens of Vac- cmiaceae and Rosaceae for use in preparing articles for the North American Flora, and specimens of Rocky Mountam plants for study by Dr. P. A. Rydberg. To Prof. C. O. Rosendahl, of the University 68 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. of Minnesota, specimens of the genus Mitella, and to Mr. Marcus E. Jones, of Salt Lake City, Utah, specimens of Astragalus. Explorations. — The expedition of Mr. Childs Frick, of New York, to eastern Africa, of wliich Dr. E. A. Mearns, U. S. Army (retired), an associate of the Museum, was a member, and which left London in January, 1912, as described in the last report, terminated in Sep- tember following. Starting from French Somahland, the party pro- ceeded through Abyssinia to British East Africa by way of Lake Stefanie and Lake Rudolf, finally reaching Mombasa. Forming part of the extensive collections of natural history obtained was a fine series of about 5,000 birds, the subject of Dr. Mearns' particular atten- tion, which Mr. Frick has generously placed in the Museum. The hunting trip made by Dr. Theodore Lyman, of Harvard Uni- versity, to the region of the Altai Mountains in Asia, on wliich he was accompanied by Mr. N. HoUister of the Museum staff, met with very gratifying results. The party was absent from May until September, 1912. Its course was over the Trans-Siberian Raihoad to the Obi River, and up the latter by boat and later by tarantas and pack train to the frontier range between Siberia and Mongoha. Collecting was mainly done on the Siberia side and the mammals and birds obtained, about 650 in number, have, through the courtesy of Dr. Lyman, been divided between the Museum of Comparative Zoology and the National Museum. Reference was made in the last report to the fund generously pro- vided by Dr. W. L. Abbott for the purpose of sending a naturahst to Borneo to continue the important natural history exploration of that island which he had personally carried on for a number of years, greatly to the advancement of the collections of the Museum. At the close of the year, Mr. H. C. Raven, who was dispatched on this mission, had been absent about 16 months. While no formal report has been received from him, it is known that he has followed along the hues planned by Dr. Abbott, which were to explore in as much detail as possible the coast rivers and islands of the northern half of the south and east division of Dutch Borneo, which Dr. Abbott had not been able to visit, pajang particular attention to the mammals besides collecting any ethnological objects that might be of interest. The material which Mr. Raven has already transmitted testifies that liis work is proceeding successfully. Dr. Abbott, who returned to Kashmir early in the spring of 1912, interested himself in trapping and studying the habits of the smaller mammals of that countrj^, of which he presented the Museum with a large number of specimens, mostly from Baltistan, accompanied by much interesting information. Mr. Arthur deC. Sowerby continued his collecting work in China and forwarded during the year a number of mammals and reptiles. EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 69 In 1904 Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, jr., and Dr. Leonhard Stejneger con- ducted field work in the western Alps of Europe, with the object of comparing the vertical distribution of life in that region with the life zones of North America. Certain of the problems connected with tliis study were left undecided cliiefly on account of present-day con- ditions beUeved to be of local significance only. During the spring of 1913, under a grant from the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. Stej- neger renewed these observations in the eastern Alps, where the con- ditions were supposed to be more favorable. A month, beginning April 20, was given to this work, the time being mainly devoted to an investigation of the territory between the valley of the River Etsch or Adige, as far north and west as Schlanders in Austrian Tirol, and the valley of the River Brenta in Italy, especially the Val Sugana and the plateau of the Sette Comuni, the Etsch valley in Tirol below Trient, including Lake Garda, and between Bozen and Schlanders. Dr. Stejneger was able to trace in some detail the hmits of the lower and upper Austral hfe zones, and corroborated the previous observa- tions in Switzerland relative to the distribution of the coniferous trees. Inclement and rainy weather interfered with the work to some extent and frustrated frequent attempts to make extensive collections for the Museum. The three young naturalists who started into the field the previous year as temporary collaborators of the Museum all met with gratifying results in their collecting work. ^'Ir. D. D. Streeter, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who was absent from the middle of April until into December, 1912, passed from Sarawak into Dutch Borneo by ascendmg the Rejang River and crossing the mountains on the dividing line to the Kajan River. He then ascended to the head of this river and crossed another range to the headwaters of the Mahakam River, which he descended to the Strait of ^Macassar. He secured a small but interesting collection of mammals, reptiles, and batrachians, including two rhinoceros skuUs. Mr. George Mixter, of Boston, Mass., spent the summer of 1912 in the vicinity of Lake Baikal, Siberia, the main object of his trip being to obtain specimens of the native bear and of the seal peculiar to Lake Baikal. Besides good examples of both of these he also collected some small mammals, and specimens of sponges and crustaceans from the lake. Mr. Copley Amory, jr., of Cambridge, Mass., joined the Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey party, imder !^'Ir. Thomas Riggs, jr., which was engaged in surveying on the Alaska-Canadian boundary during the summer of 1912. Reaching New Rampart House on July 11, with a trapper and three dogs, he packed over the mountains for 60 miles to the base of supplies on the Old Crow. After a trip north to Joe Creek, a tributary of the Firth, lasting two weeks, he proceeded with ^Ir. Riggs some 40 miles to the southwest of Old Crow in the caribou country. 70 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Finally, in a canvas boat, built for the purpose, he made his way down to the mouth of the river, a distance of about 300 miles. Mr. Amory obtamed about 60 mammal skins, including a series of caribou, be- sides many bones of fossil mammals of much interest, which are referred to elsewhere. Mr. A. C. Bent, of Taunton, Mass., spent the months of June, July and August, 1912, in Newfoundland and Labrador for the purpose of gathering further material and information for the work on the life histories of North American birds which he has volimteered to contmue. He visited a wide range of territory, in which he had excellent opportmiities for making observations, especially on the breedmg places and habits of the birds of the region. The trip proved very successful, important data and a number of interesting photo- graphs bemg secured. Some specimens of birds were also collected. Dr. Paul Bartsch, assistant curator of mollusks, was enabled to make a second trip to the Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas, through the courtesy of Dr. Alfred G. Mayer, director of the Marine Biological Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and as a guest of that institution on board the steamer Anton Dohrn. He was absent about three weeks, from April 20, 1913, during which he visited the several places where living specimens of the two races of the genus Cerion of land shells from the Bahama Islands were planted the j^revious year with the object of determining the effect of change of environment. Notes were made on the condition of the specimens, and collections of various groups of marme inver- tebrates were obtained for the Museum. Dr. T. Wayland Vaughan, of the Geological Survey and custodian of madreporarian corals in the Museum, also spent a short time at the Carnegie laboratory on the Dry Tortugas, studying the growth of stony corals and incidentally collecting specimens of coral for the Museum. Mr. Jolin B. Hender- son, a regent of the Smithsonian Institution, conducted further explo- rations among the Florida Keys with his yacht Eolis during the spring of 1913, and from the collections made he generously contributed an excellent series of marine invertebrates accompanied by color notes on some of the more striking forms. Dr. J. W. Fewkes, of the Bureau of American Etlinology, during archeological explorations in the West Indies, obtained for the Museum a small collection of sponges at Grand Cayman Island, a dependency under Jamaica. Through the courtesy of Dr. J. N. Kose and Dr. N. L. Britton, Mr. Paul G. Russell, of the division of plants, was permitted to accompany a joint expedition of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and the New York Botanical Garden to the West Indies for the purpose of obtaming plants for the National Museum. The special object of the trip was the investigation of the cactus flora, but about 7,000 specimens of other groups were also secured, chiefly in the Lesser REPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 71 Antilles and Santo Domingo, besides a number of reptiles and batra- chians. Mr. P. C. Standley, assistant curator of plants, collected while on leave in Missouri about 1,000 specimens of plants, which he presented to the Museum. Collecting work in the vicinity of Washington, mainly for fishes, though some invertebrates were also obtained, was carried on from time to time by members of the staff, without expense to the Museum. It was mainly confuied to the Potomac River and its tributaries from Plummer's Island to Mattawoman Creek, to branches of the Patuxent River, and to Chesapeake Bay several miles south of Chesapeake Beach. Those who participated in these trips were Mr. Barton A. Bean, Mr. William Palmer, Mr. A. C. Weed, and Mr. Ernest B. Marshall. Exhibition collections. — The preparators of the department were chiefly occupied during the year in mounting specimens for and arranging the exhibition collections. The American mammals, the marine invertebrates, and certain osteological material, which had remained in the older buildings, were, with the exception of several whale skeletons, transferred to and mainly reinstalled in the new building. The most difficult part of this task consisted in dis- mantling and reconstructing the two large groups of American bison and moose. The moose group, which had been too greatly crowded, was much improved by the removal of two specimens, but the bison group was not changed. The other groups, namely, those of the Rocky Mountain sheep and goats, the reindeer, antelope, and musk ox, though not requirmg to be rebuilt, needed extensive repairs, which was also true of many of the specimens moimted separately, and notably the large Pacific walrus, the sea elephant, the California sea lions, the manatee, and the dugong. The work connected with the mammals was mostly done by Mr. George Marshall and Mr. C. E. Mirguet, and that with the osteological specimens by Mr. J. W. Scolhck. The African, oriental, and palearctic mammals were overhauled and placed in the new cases provided for them. Owing to delay m securing the accessories desired for the zebra-oryx group, a temporary installation was effected which made it possible to exliibit this beau- tiful example of the taxidermist's art at the formal openmg of the mammal hall on April 22, 1913. For the same occasion the African buffalo group was also temporarily arranged, and the fourth large case, destined for the rhinoceros group, was filled with mdividual specimens collected by the Smithsonian African Expedition. Sub- sequently the buffalo group, a very effective piece of work by Mr. George B. Tm^ner, chief taxidei-mist of the Museum, was perma- nently installed, and near the end of the year, Mr. J. L. Clark, of New York, completed the white rhuaoceros group, on which he had been 72 REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. engaged for nearly two years. The latter is believed to represent the highest development of taxidermy either in this country or abroad, not only in the artistic grouping, the well-balanced design, and the truthful modeling of the animals themselves, but also in the masterly treatment of the accessories. Moreover, by resorting to a new tech- nique in mountmg the dry skin on the manikin, it is believed that a degree of permanency has been secured which was impossible by the older methods. A beginning was naade in transferring the bird groups into new all-glass top or mahogany frame cases, and the opportunity thus afforded was utilized for repairing and otherwise improving the exhibits. By a change in the arrangement of the general cases in which the birds are displayed it has been possible to locate these groups to better advantage and to increase the effectiveness of the hall. Forty-eight birds were mounted and a number remodeled for the exhibition series by Mr. N. R. Wood. The outer end of the west wing on the second floor was opened to the public early in March, this having been rendered feasible by the rapid progress made in repairing and remounting the several hmi- dred plaster casts of American fishes which now occupy the wall cases and some of the floor cases in that space. The old standards and bases formerly used for them were entirely discarded, and the casts fastened directly on the backs of the cases, except those of the flat- fishes, which are placed horizontally on sandy bottoms in table cases. Though the amount of work involved in restormg this material, mainly performed by Mr. William Palmer, was very great, it is fidly justified by the results, and in its present condition the collection is as attractive as it is interesting and instructive. Under the direction of Dr. Paul Bartsch, considerable advancement was made with the installation of marine invertebrates in the south hall of the second floor, a large number of specimens having been prepared and colored, and the arrangement of the fauna north of Cape Cod tentatively completed. The greater part of the systematic series of animals and the faunal series of the District of Columbia were transferred to new cases. In the osteological hall three new cases were added, namely, a large wall case containing a comparative exhibit of the limbs of verte- brates; a table case containing articulated and disarticulated skele- tons of the various classes of vertebrates; and another of the same kind in which the chemical constituents of the animal body are illus- trated. A new and striking feature introduced among the exhibits consists of 19 greatly enlarged models of the heads of as many difl'erent kinds of bats, done in wax by Mr. E. E. Hannan and afterwards cast in plaster, which serve to bring out clearly the peculiar physiognomy of these small mammals. EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 73 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, The department of geology received 168 accessions aggregating 20,285 specimens, distributed among the several divisions and sections, as follows: Systematic and applied geology, 586; mineralogy and petrology, 4,983; invertebrate paleontology, 12,268; vertebrate paleontology, 647; and paleobotany, 1,801. Excellent progress was made in all branches of the work, including the classification and arrangement of the reserve collections, the improvement of the exliibition series, and the perfecting of the records of specimens, to such an extent, in fact, as to place the department in much better condition than at any previous time in its history. All of the col- lections, with the exception of certain unworked material, have been made readily accessible, and by means of systematic card catalogues, which have been mostly brought down to date, the exact location of any particular specimens may be quickly ascertained. Systematic and applied geology. — Among the more important accessions to this division were a beautiful specimen of arborescent copper free from gangue, and another showing the same occurrence on a smaller scale in the original sandstone. They came from mines near La Paz, Bolivia, and were received from the U. S. Geological Survey. Exceptionally fine examples of zinc ores showing auri- chalcite and smithsonite from the Tintic mining district, Utah, were presented by the Yankee ConsoUdated Mining Company, of Salt Lake City, through Mr. Victor C. Heikes. A series of radio-active materials and products, assembled by Dr. George F. Kunz, of New York City, and transmitted by him as a gift, includes specimens from Sir William Crookes, of London, England, and Dr. Alexander Phillips, of !^inceton University. A number of interesting laterite specimens from various locaHties in India were obtained in exchange from the Geological Survey of India. The additions to the meteorite collection were as follows: Three nearly complete individuals of the Holbrook meteoric stone which fell July 19, 1912, near Aztec, Ariz., donated by Ml". F. C. Chekal, of Holbrook, Ariz. ; an excellent example of a nearly complete individual of the Holbrook meteorite, weighing 1,120 grams, the gift of Mr. Clarence S. Bement, of Philadelphia, Pa., through Prof. F. W. Clarke; an example, weighing 625 grams, of the interesting brecciated meteoric stone which fell at St. Michel, Finland, July 12, 1910, acquired through exchange with the Foote Mineral Company, of Philadelphia, Pa.; and 18 fragments filling important gaps in the exhibition series, purchased from IVIrs. Coonley Ward. The installation and labeling of the exhibition collections received a proportionately large amount of attention. A work well advanced and soon to be completed was the provision of group labels for the cases in the section of applied geology, intended to broadly desig- 74 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. nate their contents, and so placed as to be conspicuous without marring the general effect. In course of preparation was another series of larger, supplementary labels, containing such descriptive scientific and industrial information as will lead to a fuller compre- hension of the exhibits than can be obtained from the specimens themselves. These labels, w^hich will be accompanied by maps show- ing the important producing centers for each of the industries repre- sented, will be framed against the walls, each in close juxtaposition with the group to which it relates. In connection with the work of labeling, the exhibition cases were thoroughly refurbished, the speci- mens remounted and many of them reidentified and numbered. Minor changes and additions were also made, including the installa- tion of a series of 14 wall panels, each 48 by 96 inches, intended primarily for displaying large slabs of building and ornamental stones. Two new waU cases were provided for exhibits of onyx marble and mineral waters, and four additional pedestals or bases were added in the hall of systematic geology. The Shepard collection of meteorites was overhauled, many of the small specimens were withdrawn from exhibition and the remainder arranged in a smaU Kensington case, thereby giving the collection greater individuality. Eeading tables with reference books were placed in the various haUs. The reserve series was entirely rearranged in drawers, by kind and locality, and indexed by cards. This index, now consisting of about 20,000 cards, furnishes a classified record of all the material, with cross references, and an alphabetical list of the economically significant minerals so far as it has been possible to identify them without exhaustive cheniical study. The head curator of the department, Dr. George P. MerriU, under a grant from the National Academy of Sciences, continued his researches on the minor constituents of meteorites, of which a preHminary report was published. Further work in this direction is contem- plated. Dr. Merrill also investigated and pubHshed on the Cullison, Perryville and Holbrook meteorites, and had in progress a series of simple tests designed to show the relative solubiUty of certain types of building materials in water acidulated with carbonic acid. Mr. Chester G. Gilbert and Dr. J. E. Pogue, assistant curators, respec- tively, of the divisions of geology and of mineralogy and petrology, made a detailed study of the copper ores of the Mount LyeU region, Tasmania, and undertook prelirninary work looking toward an inves- tigation of the origin of the chromite ores and of the nature of the copper in the so-called cupriferous pyrrhotite type of ores. Mineralogy and petrology. — The most noteworthy acquisition of minerals consisted of 51 specimens received from the Geological Sur- vey, including excellent specimens of ferberite, woKramite, scheelite, roscoehte, rutile, cassiterite, etc. PoHshed and unpoHshed speci- REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 75 mens of cliiysoprase and rutile in quartz, pink tourmaline with crystals of lepidolite, a specimen of manganese from Panama, and six speci- mens of polished agate constituted a valuable gift from Mr. A. E. Heighway, of New York City, to whom the Museum was also indebted for the loan of 3 tourmaUne crystals and 4 cut pieces of gem chryso- prase, the latter being exceptionally fine examples. Eleven speci- mens of gems, including a beautiful suite of poUshed black opals from New South Wales and jade from China, were obtained by purchase. All of the important accessions in petrology were transmitted by the Geological Survey and comprised the following, namely: One hun- dred and seventy-one specimens illustrating the geology and ore deposits of the Park City district, Utah, described in Professional Paper No. 77 of the Survey, by Mr. J. M. Boutwell; 125 specimens of rocks from the Northeastern and RepubUc mining districts of Washington, described in a bulletin of the Survey now in press, by Prof. Waldemar Lindgren and Mr. Howland Bancroft; and 451 rock and ore specimens from the mining districts of New Mexico, described in Professional Paper No. 68 of the Survey, by Prof. Lindgren, Mr. Louis C. Graton and Mr. Charles H. Gordon. The reorganization of the collections in this division, following the same Hnes as in systematic and appUed geology, was carried well toward completion. A number of very desirable additions were made to the exhibition series of minerals, and an extensive display of petrological material was installed. The work of rearranging and labeHng the reserve series, including the cleaning of specimens, was sufficiently advanced to make these collections convenient of access, the specimens most needed for reference being provided for in and adjacent to the laboratories in the third story and the remainder, constituting the greater bulk of the material, being stored in cases in the attic. The segregation of the dupHcate specimens was also in large part accomphshed. The work of the year related very largely to the petrological collections, the minerals having previously received most attention. The former are of very considerable extent and in- clude many type sets from the Geological Survey. The labehng of the exhibition series as now constituted was completed, and card catalogues covering the same, as also the reserve series, thes type specimens and the dupHcates, have been prepared. The comprehensive monograph on the turquois, mentioned in the last report, was completed by Dr. Pogue, who also made a crystal- lographic study of cerussite. Invertebrate 'paleontology. — ^Most prominent among the additions to the section of invertebrate paleontology were three transfers from the Geological Survey. The first of these comprised the type, figured and other important specimens, to the number of 1,952, described by Prof. Henry S. Williams in two monographs now in press by the 76 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Survey, one of whicli deals with the IVIiddle Devonian rocks, particu- larly of New York State, and the other and larger one with the early Devonian rocks of Maine, from wliich the Museum has hitherto had practically no material. The second consisted of 300 specimens from the Silurian rocks of the Eastport (IVIaine) quadrangle, including many types, wliich have been the subject of a paper by Prof. Williams pubUshed by the Museum, and of a larger work to be issued by the Survey, and which are of particular interest as the area had not previously been represented in the Museum, and also because of the relationship of the Maine Silurian faunas to those of Europe. The thhd accession, containing approximately 4,000 Ordovician fossils fi'om the Central Basin of Tennessee, collected several years ago by Mr. E. O. Uh'ich and Dr. R. S. Bassler, although including no type material is of much stratigraphic value. Some 800 specimens of Paleozoic fossils from the Detroit River and other series of Canada, obtained by purchase from Rev. Thomas Nattress, of Amherstburg, Ontario, are especially important in that they illustrate the life of the uppermost Silurian and lowermost Devonian formations of the Detroit River region, from which the Museum has hitherto received no collections. The material derives additional significance from the fact that it can not be duplicated. About 1,000 specimens of lowest Silurian fossils were collected for the Museum in southwestern Ohio by Dr. Bassler, and about 500 specimens of Devonian and Lower Carboniferous moUusks from the ISIississippi Valley were contributed by ^Ir. Frank Springer. Two collections of Tertiary fossils from various locaUties in the Canal Zone, collected for the Museum by JVIr. D. F. MacDonald, the geolo- gist of the Isthmian Canal Commission, were received during the year, one through that Commission, the other through the Costa Rica-Panama Boundary Ai'bitration Commission. Two fine slabs of fossil crinoids, presented by !Mr. Thomas E. WiUiams, of Arvonia, Va., through Prof. T. Nelson Dale, are of such exceptional character that they were placed on exhibition. An important series of 56 Mesozoic sponges, desired for display purposes, was obtained in ex- change from the Peabody Museum of Yale University. Much attention was paid to the improvement of the exhibition collections of invertebrate paleontology, which included the fol- lowing new installations, namely, a geological column illustrating the arrangement of the rock formations of New Hampshire; a selec- tion from the remarkably preserved fauna of the Middle Cambrian formations of British Columbia, collected and described by Secretary Walcott; a biological series of fossil sponges and graptolites; and a large slab of the crinoid Scyphocrinus. A card catalogue of the specimens on exhibition and the manuscript for about 1,200 labels were prepared. The acquisitions of the year were catalogued and REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 77 arranged; the card catalogue of all Paleozoic fossils was brought down to date; the large number of thin sections, many of which remained on the rough glass sUdes on which they were made, were transferred to fresh slides and properly covered and labeled; and the collection of Cambrian brachiopods described by Secretary Walcott in Mono- graph 51 of the Geological Survey was arranged and partially labeled. Some 50 boxes of material which had been in storage were opened and their contents appropriately assigned. ^Ir. Frank Springer gave generously of liis time to the classification and arrangement of the large collection of fossil echinoderms, of wliich about one-third, fiUing over 300 standard drawers, had been revised by the end of the year. The Tertiary collections, under Dr. WiUiam H. Dall, were also in course of revision looking to the improvement of their installation. Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, continued his studies of the Lower and Mddle Cambrian faunas of the Canadian Rockies, paying particular attention to the finely preserved material from the Burgess shale at Field, British Columbia. He finished and pubhshed his researches on the Upper Cambrian fauna of New York, and had well advanced a monograph on the trilobite genus DicellocepJialus. Dr. R. S. Bassler, curator of the division of paleontology, conducted researches in preparation of a monograph on the bryozoa of the American Tertiary, which is expected to occupy him for at least another year. He completed an article based on a new exhibit of fossil crinoids and prepared the faunal and illustra- tion sheets for the Cincinnati Foho of the Geological Survey. Mr. Frank Springer, associate in paleontology, carried well toward com- pletion his monograph on the Crinoidea Jlexihilia, the numerous quarto plates for which were finished, and had nearly ready for pub- lication a monograph on the crinoid genus Scyphocrinus. He also had in preparation an article on the pecuHar group of Cremacrinidse. Dr. William H. Dall, associate curator in charge of the Cenozoic col- lection, completed a study of the Ohgocene deposits of Tampa, Fla., and had nearly finished a description of the new brackish water fauna of the Satilla River of Georgia, and of Alexander, Tex. He was also engaged in working up the Tertiary fauna of western America and devoted considerable attention to that of the Panama Canal Zone in collaboration with the geologist of the Isthmian Canal Com- mission. Vertebrate 'paleontology. — Through the addition of over 400 speci- mens, representing many new genera and species, to the already important collection of rare early Tertiary (Fort Union) mammals from Sweet Grass County, Mont., this section is now in possession of a sufficient variety of material to make possible an intelligent study of the fauna of that geological horizon. In Pleistocene cave deposits near Cumberland, Md., ^Mr. J. W. Gidley collected over 100 78 BEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. specimens, representing 22 recognizable genera and a slightly greater number of species, several of which are new to science. Mr. Copley Amory, jr., of Columbia University, while serving as a collaborator of the Museum, obtained some 30 fragmentary fossil mammal bones from the Old Crow River, Yukon Territory, about 100 miles north of the Ai'ctic Circle, one of which is a phalanx or toe bone of a species of large camel, the first evidence of the former occurrence of this animal north of the United States. A nearly complete skull of a fossil horse, which had been described by Dr. O. P. Hay, and a tooth of a mastodon were received as a loan from Mr. C. P. Snyder, of Tofty, Alaska. A miscellaneous collection of fossil mammahan remains from the Miocene deposits of the shores of Chesapeake Bay in the vicinity of Chesapeake Beach, Md., was presented by Mr. Wilham Palmer and Mr. A. C. Weed, of the Museum staff. By the employment of temporary help an exceptional amount of preparatory work was accomplished, probably more than in any pre- vious year. Attention was mainly directed to certain miscellaneous material belonging to the Marsh collection, consisting of fragmentary vertebrate remains still embedded in the matrix as received from the field a number of years ago. This material fills several hundred boxes and trays, of wliich the contents of 46 boxes and 150 trays were cleaned up and the bones assembled for each individual specimen represented. Several new and unexpected finds resulted, including many complete ribs of Teleoceras, a number of skulls and jaws of the large creodont MerycocTicerus and of rare carnivores from the John Day and Miocene beds of Nebraska, and a new genus and species of dinosaur from the Lance formation of Wyoming which has been described by Mr. Gilmore under the name Thescelosaurus neglectus. The last mentioned is represented by a nearly complete skeleton, which seems to have been entirely overlooked by Prof. O. C. Marsh, under whose direction the material was collected. Much was also done toward cleaning the specimens from the cave in Cumberland, Md., received during the year. Other work turned out by the preparators com- prised a free mount of the small two-horned rhinoceros, Diceratherium, a reUef mount of the dinosaur Stegosaurus stenops, mounts of a large hind limb of Brontosaurus and of a considerable number of small batrachians and reptiles, and remounts of a skeleton of Hesperomis regalis and of a cast of Pareiasaurus haini. The type specimen of Hoplitosaurus marshi was cleaned, good progress was made on a free mount of a skeleton of Stegosaurus, of which genus some 100 separate bones of other individuals were prepared for the reserve series, and work on a nearly complete tail of a large bipedal dinosaur, Trachodon, was well under way. Mr. Charles W. Gilmore, assistant curator of fossil reptiles, de- scribed the new dinosaur from the Lance formation of Wyoming BEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 79 above referred to, and continued work on his monograph of the armored dinosaurs represented in the Museum collection, with special reference to the osteology of Stegosaurus, which he expects to finish during the current year. Mr. James W. Gidley, assistant curator of fossil mammals, completed a preliminary investigation of the recently discovered cave deposits at Cumberland, Md., and continued his study of the Fort Union mammals. Paleobotany. — The principal addition to the section of paleobotany, received from the Geological Survey, consisted of 271 types and figured specimens and about 1,500 other specimens of Cretaceous and Tertiary plants from the Raton-Mesa region of Colorado and New Mexico, which had served as the basis of a monograph by Dr. F. H. EJiowlton, now in press by the Survey. The introduction of two new wall cases in the exhibition hall per- mitted a partial readjustment of the collections there. The reserve series of the section was rearranged and labeled, largely through the services of Mr. T, E. WilUard, of the Geological Survey, under the supervision of Dr. Knowlton. The arrangement is stratigraphical and by locaHty, and is covered by a card catalogue. Dr. Knowlton, who is custodian of mesozoic plants, continued his studies on the Museum collection of fossil plants from Florissant, Colo. Examination of specimens. — The department of geology, more than either of the others, is called upon to examine and report on specimens sent to the Museum for determination from all parts of the country. During last year 540 separate lots were received, of which 494 lots consisted of rocks, ores, and minerals, forwarded mainly in the belief that they would be found to indicate mineral deposits of value. While the Museum is not equipped for conducting elaborate analyses, simple determinative methods are sufficiently conclusive in most cases, and such information as could readily be given was furnished to the applicants. Explorations. — The only geological field work carried on directly by the Museum consisted of the examination of a small cave in Devonian limestone exposed in a railroad cut near Cumberland, Md., which was found to contain a large number and great variety of fossil verte- brate remains of Pleistocene age. The locaUty was visited by Mr. J. W. Gidley in October, 1912, and again in May and June, 1913, without, however, completing the investigation. In the material brought to the Museum over 30 distinct species of mammals have already been distinguished, the most of which represent forms now extinct or living in remote regions. Among them are the jaws of a new species of dog and the nearly complete skull of an extinct ante- lope closely related to the eland of Africa. While the specimens are all fragmentary, some of them are sufficiently well preserved to be used for exhibition purposes. 32377°— NAT Mus 1913 6 80 REPOKT OF NATION-AL MUSEUM, 1913. Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Institution, continued his geological investigations in the Canadian Rockies, and in the Mount Robson region of Alberta discovered a new and interesting Cambrian fauna. His season's work resulted in a very large and rich collection of Cambiian fossils. Dr. R. S. Bassler, on detail for several weeks with the United States and Maryland geological surveys, obtained important series of fossils for the Museum in Ohio and Maryland, and !Mr. Copley Amory, jr., serving as a collaborator of the Museum and at his own expense, secured interesting vertebrate remains in Alaska, as before described. Under the direction and at the expense of ^ir. Frank Springer, associate in paleontology, !Mr. Frederick Braun made prolonged trips through the Appalachian VaUey from Virginia to Tennessee in search of crinoids and cystids in the Ordo%dcian limestone. Later, in the region of Cape Girardeau, Mo., Mr. Braun secured from Lower De- vonian rocks some remarkable examples of the bulbous rooted cri- noid, Scyphocrinus, which show that the so-called Camarocrinus is only the root of this form. Four large slabs containing specimens illustrating this discovery were sent to the Museum. THE ARTS AND INDUSTRIES. Somewhat over a year ago, as explained in the last report, active steps were taken toward rehabihtating those branches of the depart- ment of the arts and industries which, established in 1880, have for a considerable period been in a disorganized condition owing to the necessity of turning over to other subjects the space they had been occupying, and thereby forcmg their collections into storage. By the transfer of the natural history departments to the new building ac- commodations have been secured for rene%ving the work in these neg- lected branches, which will be pressed as rapidly as the means permit. The present plans call for the development and illustration of the several subjects on a broader and more practical basis than had orig- inally been contemplated, so that, aside from the primary purpose of education, the collections will serve as distinct aids to the great industries of the United States in demonstrating their importance in the life of our people and in recording the economic changes tak- ing place in each of them. The progress made up to the close of last year, as evidenced in the exliibition halls, was sufficiently great to very materially attract public notice. In extending its influence over the industrial interests of the country wdth a view to their promotion and their regulation, the Federal Government has established a number of bureaus for con- ducting investigations and experiments, and even for rendering direct assistance which is being done in many ways. With this important I BEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM^ 1913. 81 work the Museum does not come in competition. Its object in this connection as witli the natural history branches, and as defined by law, is to supplement the activities of the bureaus and to cooperate in furthering theii* purposes. The Museum is the depository for the material things collected by these bureaus or desirable to assemble hi their behalf and in behalf directly of the industries themselves, illustrating the extent and variety of raw materials used by the lat- ter, their methods, their products and their history. As to the utHity of the Museum's part in this great field, almost daily instances can be cited, despite the present very incompleteness of the collections, and with the rounding out of its organization and the building up of its collections, the department cannot fail to do for this country what corresponding mstitutions have accompUshed for the indus- tries of England, France and Germany. Without disturbing at present the relations of the several art- industrial branches which have continued to be administered under the Museum organization into three departments, established in 1897, and also without fully maturing plans for a thoroughly comprehensive department of the arts and industries, attention has for the moment been mainly directed to two subjects which are of paramount impor- tance and which, next to those industries concerned with the produc- tion of food, occupy the foremost place among the industries of this country, namely, textiles and mineral technology. In connection with the former subject, however, certain other products of animal and vegetable origin are likewise receiving consideration. Owing to the diversity of conditions underlying the illustration of the different industries, a uniform policy applicable to all branches is quite impossible. With the textiles and certain other subjects in which this method can be carried out, it is proposed, as in natm-al history, to divide the collections into two main groups, an exhibition series and a study or reference series. As planned for the division of textiles, the exhibition series, aside from a historical display, set- ting forth important stages in its development, will be mainly illus- trative of the latest processes and products of the industry, the mate- rials being selected and arranged and labeled to fm-nish an impressive object lesson for the pubhc. The reference series, maintained for the benefit of manufacturers and technical students, will, on the other hand, consist of a large, comprehensive and constantly increasing col- lection of authentic and standardized raw and manufactured mate- rials, which, not requiring to be displayed, may be provided for in a compact arrangement, though demanding an elaborate classification, provisions for easy reference, and a system of labeling and cataloguing that wiU tend to its full and ready utilization. In mineral technology the conditions are not dissimilar, though its field has for some time 82 REPOBT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. been partly covered by the collections of applied geology and min- eralogy organized as branches of the department of geology. The most important work to be immediately undertaken relates to the processes of mining and manufactiu-e. The division of mineral technology, which had been nominally recognized since 1904, with Dr. Charles D. Walcott as honorary ciu-ator, was last year given a definite status with a paid curatorship. Mr. Chester G. Gilbert, previously assistant curator of systematic and applied geology, was appointed to this position but as the change did not take place until in June, there is essentially no progress to report in this connection. The extensive collections received from exhibit- ors at the St. Louis Exposition of 1904, consistmg of various models and of many examples of crude and finished mining products, will first be gone over, and as much of the material as is of permanent value will be put in shape as rapidly as possible. Attention will also at once be given to the formulation of plans covering at least the more important features to be illustrated in the pubHc halls, in order that steps may be taken without delay to acquire the necessary additional exhibits. The work of preparing and installing the models, some of which are large and complicated, involves considerable thought and labor, and must, therefore, proceed somewhat slowly, but the several rooms will be successively opened to the public as they are placed in presentable condition. The exhibition as a whole promises to be especially notable and quite in advance of anything of the kind here- tofore attempted. The reestablishment of the division of textiles was effected some- what over a year earher, or on March 1, 1912, with the appointment as curator of Mr. Frederick L. Lewton, who was also given charge of such other economic plant and animal products as are not other- wise specifically provided for. The last four months of the fiscal year 1912 were mainly occupied in unpacking and overhauling the collections formerly exliibited, but long in storage, a work which continued into the early part of last year. Much of the material was found to have seriously deteriorated, though the greater part remained in condition to be utihzed, and, having been mostly assembled over 25 years ago, it is especially valuable for its bearing on the history and development of the subjects represented. Notwithstanding the late period of the year when this work was started, a very considerable exhibition of a provisional nature, based entirely on these collections, had also been installed by the end of June, 1912. In 37 cases on the gallery of the south hall in the older building were arranged a series of the raw materials and of the successive stages of manufacture of all the important textile and cordage fibers, comprising silk, cotton and other seed hairs, flax, hemp, jute and other bast fibers, palm, grass, leaf and other structural fibers, wools and hairs, felt, knit goods, EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM^ 1913. 83 carpets, cordage, and machine-made laces. Many samples of hand- some Japanese figured silks were also shown. Placed tentatively in the west south range were exhibits of raw silks, raffia, and pine needle fiber, manufactured ramie, ingrain carpets, and paper fabrics. Of animal products, 15 cases were filled with specimens illustrating the utiUzation and manufacture of ivory, bone, horn, tortoise-shell, whalebone, feathers, hair, bristles, gut, sponges, shells, and leather. Of the collection of foods no definite disposition had been made except to fumigate and further safeguard for reference the very valuable series of food materials of the American Indians, which were collected during important ethnological investigations and which it would now be impossible to replace. During last year marked progress was made in the acquisition of textile material, in the extension of the exhibition collections, and in the general work of the division. All of the producers who were approached, recognizing the importance of the scheme proposed in its bearing on this varied and extensive industry which comes into such intimate and personal relation with the people, gave it their unquaH- fied approval, with such cordial assurance of support as to insure the reahzation of the Museum's plans in this direction. The exhibitions of the division will center in the south hall of the older building, where the installations of the year were mainly placed. Thence they will extend into the east-south range and the southeast court, and occupy such of the adjacent galleries as they may require. The total number of accessions during the year in the line of textiles was 33, of which the more important, all generously pre- sented except as otherwise noted, were as follows: A collection of silk fabrics, etc., from Messrs. Cheney Brothers, of South Manchester, Conn., consists of piece-dyed, yarn-dyed, printed, jacquard, and pile goods, samples of raw and thrown silk, and specimens illustrating processes in the manufacture of spun silk yarn. The series showing the utilization of silk wastes in the manufacture of spun silk yarns is of special interest as this branch of the industry is but little known by the general public. The samples of dress silks comprise the finest quahties of satins, foulards, taffetas, ottomans, bengalines, chiffons, voiles, crapes, etc., while the drapery silks include broch^s, armures, satin damasks, fine reproductions of antique brocades, reproductions of Venetian velvets, etc. The National Silk Dyeing Company, of Paterson, N. J., contributed a collection of silk fabrics and yarns which has been arranged to show the application of color to silk and illustrate skein and piece dyeing and surface and warp printing of silks. It includes skeins of thrown silk arranged in a carefully graduated series of 150 shades. The Bureau of Entomology of the Department of Agriculture deposited a series of silk cocoons and raw silk, and a few models of appliances used in rearing silk- 84 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. worms, besides a papier-macli6 model of a silkworm 24 inches long, which may be taken apart for studying the internal anatomy. Sam- ples of the principal varieties of commercial raw silk were received from Messrs. A. P. Villa & Brothers, of New York City. For a large number of 3-yard samples of plain and fancy cotton goods, comprising percales, shirtmgs, organdies, challies, crepes and flannels, in dress goods; and silkalines, cretonnes, driUings, scrims, and etamines, in drapery and upholstery materials, the Museum is indebted to the Pacific Mills, of Lawrence, Mass., through Messrs. Lawi'ence & Co., of Boston; and from the same source were also secured 89 large foho albums contaming samples of American and foreign cotton, silk and woolen goods, covering the period between 1878 and 1910, which will form the basis for an extensive reference collection arranged by periods. Specimens of velveteen and corduroy, illustratmg the processes of manufacture, with which most persons are unfamiliar, were presented by the Merrimack Manufactm^ing Co., of Lowell, Mass., likewise through Messrs. Lawrence & Co. A set of official grades of white American cotton now used in all cotton exchanges for gradmg American upland cotton, and a large collection of carefully identified raw plant fibers, which will be of great value in the preparation of microscopic mounts of authentic material, were received by transfer from the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture. Samples of rough and harsh Peruvian and Chinese cotton imported into the United States for mixing with the wool in the production of flannels, underwear and hosiery, were contributed by the Wonalancet Co., of Nashua, N. H., and specimens of cotton dress Imings, by Messrs. A. G. Hyde & Sons, of New York. The American Woolen Co., of Boston, Mass., presented a fine series of specimens and a set of 71 photographs iUustrating the processes in the manufacture of worsted yarn according to both the French and English systems, and also samples of woolen and worsted fabrics, the latter having been prepared in the National and Providence Worsted Mills, at Providence, R. I., imder the direction of Mr. G. B. Bartlett, assistant treasurer. From Mr. Augustus E. Ingram, American consul at Bradford, England, was received a series of specimens and photographs mounted on ten large cards, illustratmg the manufacturing processes for fine wools, colored yarn-spinning, blending of colored tops and the finishing processes for worsted goods, an instructive exhibit prepared by Prof. A. M. Barker of the Brad- ford Technical College with the consent of the Education Committee of the city of Bradford. Examples of curtain fringes and upholstery trimmings, contributed by the William H. Horstmann Company, of Philadelphia, Pa., elucidate the great transformation in the types of household uphol- stery trimmings which has taken place during the last decade, in I REPORT OF ITATION-AL MUSEUM, 1918. 85 whicli the heavy silk tassels and fringes have given place to sanitary decorations in the form of light cotton trimmings. The same com- pany also presented 5 pairs of heavy silk curtain loops, imported by the founder of the firm about 40 years ago, being authentic specimens representing different periods of design, from the Gothic to the Napoleonic period. A series of specimens showing the manufacture of linen thread, in- cluding rough and dressed samples of Dutch, Flemish, Irish and Courtri flax, and yarns and thread in hanks and on spools, was donated by the Linen Thread Co., of New York City; and another series covering the manufacture of ramie thread and yarn, from the crude fiber to the finished material, and including weaving, knitting and novelty threads, was received from the Superior Thi^ead & Yarn Co., of New York City. A very instructive exhibit, including both specimens and photo- graphs, demonstrating the manufacture of Wilton and Brussels rugs and carpets, from Mr. M. J. Wliittall, of Worcester, Mass., has attracted much attention. It contains a partly fhiished piece of Brussels and Wilton carpet, showing in place the wires by means of which the looped or velvet surfaces are obtained. Samples of millinery braids, includmg many beautiful patterns and illustrating the variety of materials from which they are now made, were contributed by Messrs. Isler & Guye, of New York, who also furnished a collection of the principal varieties of woven or body hats now imported into this country. A collection of Philippine mats, baskets, hats, fabrics and other useful articles, together with the raw, fibrous materials from which they are made, and accompanied by photographs and herbarium specimens of the plants used, was obtained by purchase from the Bureau of Education, at Manila, P. I. It contains fine examples of the famous Romblon and Tanay mats and Buntal or Lucban hats. The chief value of the collection consists in the correct botanical identification of the materials employed in making the various ob- jects, and these authentic specimens will be of much value m the determination of future acquisitions. A 600-hook, single lift, Jacquard machine, made by Crompton & Knowles, was presented by the Sauquoit Silk Manufacturing Company, of Philadelphia, Pa., and wUl be used to demonstrate the principles and operation of this important textile device. A self- threading shuttle of the latest model and complying with the recent Massachusetts sanitary shuttle law was the gift of the Draper Com- pany, of Hopedale, Mass., which also sent an old loom reed, such as was in use 60 or 70 years ago. In this the dents are made of cane or split bamboo instead of whe as at present. Specimens of pitch- band reeds for use in cotton, silk, and wool looms, and of all-metal 86 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. reeds for fine silk and ribbon looms, were received from the Knowles Loom Reed Works, of New Bedford, Mass.; and an unusual liand spinning wheel, brought from Belgium by her grandfather about 200 years ago, was deposited by Mrs. Chas. W. McFee, of Washing- ton. The Arabol Manufacturing Company, of New York, contrib- uted a comprehensive exhibit of cloth and yarn-finishmg materials, comprising gums, glues, starches, soaps, oils, sizes, and other stiffen- ing or softening compounds. Besides the foregoing there were several important additions to the collection of vegetable products other than textiles. The most noteworthy related to the invention and application of vulcanized rubber by the late Charles Goodyear, and was deposited by his grandson, Mr. Nelson Goodyear, of New York. The collection includes life-size portraits of Charles Goodyear, Charles Good- year, jr., and Daniel Webster, done in oils on panels of hard rubber by G. P. A. Healy in 1855; a book of manuscript notes and sketches pertaining to the application of vulcanized rubber, by Charles Good- year; 12 medals of gold, silver, and bronze, awarded the inventor; a chatelaine watch and chaia, mounted in hard rubber and inlaid with jewels; and other pieces of jewelry. The chatelaine, a gift of Charles Goodyear to his wife, is a replica of one presented by him to Empress Eugenie of France. Specimens of gutta percha, rubber and rubber-tree products, and of cocoanuts and cocoanut products were contributed by the Forestry Department of the Federated Malay States, through Mr. Leonard Wray, Commissioner to the Third International Rubber and Allied Trades Exposition at New York; and a trunk of the Para rubber tree (Hevea hrasiliensis), illustrating the herringbone method of tapping, was presented by the Ceylon Commissioners to the same exposition, on behalf of the Royal Botanic Gardens, at Peradeniya, Ceylon. A collection of small samples of commercial grades of crude rubber was received from the New York Commercial Company. The Treasury Department, through the Supervising Tea Exam- iner, furnished samples of the official tea standards which are used in testing the quality of every pound of tea imported into the United States, There are twelve standards for the current year, repre- senting all the main types of tea received from abroad. The Corn Products Refining Company, of New York, contributed a series of specimens illustrating the starches, sugars, oil, and other products obtained from corn. The curator of the division, !Mr. Frederick L. Lewton, made several visits to the textile centers of the country for the purpose of gettmg in touch with the textile manufacturers and of studying the textUe industries at first hand, as well as of soliciting material for the Museum, and most of the accessions of the year resulted EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 87 from these trips. A study of the foreign and indigenous cottons, begun by him before his appomtment to the Museum, resulted in the publication during the year of three papers, dealing, respectively, with the cottons of the Hopi Indians in Arizona and the Indians of Rubelzul in eastern Guatemala, and with a new genus of Hawaiian trees which had formerly been considered as congeneric with the cottons. A systematic investigation of the cottons of Africa and the Indian Ocean region has been commenced with the object of determining the number of species and varieties occurring in those areas and the proper identification of the types of staples coming on the market. An annotated glossary of textile fabrics, which it is hoped can be illustrated by actual specimens, has also been started, and descriptions of new fabrics appearing on the market and men- tioned in the trade papers are being recorded. DISTRIBUTION AND EXCHANGE OF SPECIMENS. The distribution of dupHcate material to schools and colleges for teaching purposes comprised 48 regular sets, of which 2 were of rocks, 26 of ores and minerals and 20 of fossil invertebrates, and the same number of sets specially prepared, consisting mainly of marine invertebrates, msects, fishes, rocks, ores, minerals, and fossils, besides about 1,500 pounds of material suitable for blowpipe and assay analysis. The total number of specimens used for this pur- pose was about 7,300. Over 21,000 duplicates were also disposed of in exchange transactions, about 84 per cent of this number being plants. Two hundred and six lots of specimens were sent to special- ists, both at home and abroad, for study and classification, mainly on behalf of the Museum, but also to some extent in the interest of research work for other institutions. They comprised 6,437 ani- mals, 4,542 plants, and 2,048 rocks, minerals and fossils, a total of 13,027 specimens, besides 742 packages of unassorted marine inverte- brates. The establishments abroad with which exchange relations were had during the year were as follows: The British Museum of Natural History, London, the Koyal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the University Botanic Garden, Cambridge, and Alexandra Park, Manchester, England; the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, and the Herbarium of Prince Roland Bonaparte, Paris, France; the Konigl. Botanischer Garten und Konigl. Botanisches Museum, Dahlem, Steglitz bei Ber- lin, the Botanischer Garten, Bremen, and the Museum ftir Volk- erkunde, Leipzig, Germany; the CoUege of Mines, Leoben, Styria, and the K. K. Naturliistorisches Hofmuseum, Vienna, Austria; the Hungarian National Museum, Botanical Section, Budapest, Hmigary; the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Fribourg, Switzerland; the Rijfe- 88 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Herbarium, Leiden, Holland; the Jardin Botanique de I'Etat, Brus- sels, Belgium; the Universitets Botaniske Museum and Zoologiske Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark; the Riksmuseets, Botaniska Afdel- ning, Stockliolm, and the Kungl. Universitets Botaniska Museum, Upsala, Sweden; the Kaiserl. Botanischer Garten, and Musee d'An- thropologie et d'Ethnographie de Pierre le Grand, St. Petersburg, Russia; the Durban Museum, Durban, Union of South Africa; the Australian Museum and Australian National Herbarium, Sydney, New South Wales; the Western Austrahan Museum and Art Gallery, Perth, West Australia; the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta, and Royal Botanic Garden, Sibpur, India; the Agricultural College, Tokyo, Japan; the Museo Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica; the Depart- ment van den Landbouw, Paramaribo, Surinam; the Musemn Goeldi, Pard, Brazil; the Colegio de San Ignacio, Medellin, Colombia; and the Canadian National Herbarium, Ottawa, Canada. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. The permanent acquisitions during the year consisted of 1 1 paint- ings, of wliich 9 are in oil and 2 in pastel. Seven of these were additions by Mr. William T. Evans, of New York, to the collection of the works of contemporary American painters, of wliich the initial gift, comprising 36 examples, was made in the early part of 1907. With consistent faith in the future of the Gallery and encouraged by the pubhc appreciation of the part he was taldng in furtherance of this belated effort to realize one of the most important conditions imposed by the Smithsonian Act of 1846, Mr. Evans has generously continued year by year to materially augment liis most desirable donation until at the close of last year it numbered 144 pam tings, in which 103 artists of this country, some deceased, but the great majority still Hving, were represented. For the period covered it is the most comprehensive and the most important collection of Ameri- can works that has been assembled in any of our museums. The contributions of ^Mr. Evans during last year were as foUows: Frank De Haven. Castle Creek Canyon, South Dakota. Edwin WiUard Deming. The Mourning Brave. Robert David Gauley. The Fur Muff. Charles Paul Gruppe. The Meadow Brook. Walter Shirlaw. Water Lilies. Otto Walter Beck. Christ before Pilate, and Suffer the Little Chil- dren to Come unto Me, both in pastel. The other 4 paintings were comprised in 2 donations and 2 be- quests, the former consisting of TwiUght after Rain, by Norwood Hodge MacGUvary, presented by Mr. Frederic Fairchild Sherman, of New York, in memory of his wife, Eloise Lee Sherman; and The Wreck, by Harrington Fitzgerald, of Philadelphia, contributed by the EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 89 artist. The first of the bequests, from the late Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hobson, of Washington, was a painting executed by Hamdy Bey in Constantinople in 1884 expressly for Mrs. Hobson, and entitled Tomb of "Mahomet the Gentleman" at Broussa; the other was a por- trait of Col. Albert G. Brackett, U. S. Army, by G. P. A. Healy, de- vised to the Gallery by Mrs. Brackett, also formerly a resident of Washington. The Lewis collection of Washington relics, purchased by the Gov- ernment in 1878, contained an oil paintmg of General Washington by an undetermined artist, which was retained at the Department of the Interior when the Lewis collection was transferred to the National Museum in 1883. This portrait, more recently turned over to the Smithsonian Institution, was placed in the Gallery during last year, as was also a marble allegorical statue entitled II Penseroso, the work of Joseph Mozier (1812-1870), which had previously been exhibited in the older budding. Air. Charles L. Freer announces important additions from the Far East to the rich collection of American and oriental art of which the people of the Nation were made the beneficiaries several years ago. Under the terms of the gift, this great and generous donation still remains in the custody of Mr. Freer, in Detroit, for further study and perfection, and to enable him to work out appropriate methods for installing its varied treasures as a basis for planning the building in which it will finally be housed in Washington. The loans received by the Gallery, consisting mainly of oil paintings, were as follows: From Mrs. Abercrombie-MUler : Alpine Landscape, by HiUner, and Sheep, by Eugene Verboeckhoven. From Dr. Thomas M. Chatard: Portrait of Henrietta Maria, by Janssens, Portrait of Mrs. Kous, by Sir Peter Lely, and Portrait of Mrs. Nicholas Bosley of Hayfields, Md., by Thomas Sully. From Eev. F. Ward Denys: Madonna and Child, by Perugino, and Saint Michael, by Guido Reni. From Hon. George Peabody Wetmore: Military Review, a water color, by Edouard Detaille, and Versailles, by Constant Wauters. From Mrs. Frances E. Musgrave: Death Preferred, by J. Van Lerius. From Mr. Benson B. Moore: Portrait of Rembrandt, attributed to himself. From I^Ir. J. Carroll Beckwith: The Emperor, by Mr. Beck- with. From Mr. and Airs. Charles Francis Adams: Two portraits of Mr. Adams, by Robert Vonnoh, one full length, the other a bust. From Mr, Walter R. Tuckerman: Portrait of Joseph Tuckerman, D. D., by Gilbert Stuart. From Mrs. Henry Wells: A copy of MuriUo's painting The Beggars. From Mrs. Mary Peoli Maginn: Cupid Caged and Love Conquers, by John J. Peoli. From Mrs. Florence A. Ebbs: Two pieces of marble sculpture, namely, Cordelia, attributed to Harriet Hosmer, and Esmeralda, by RomaneUi. 90 REPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. The screen inclosure in the north wing of the new building, con- structed for the paintings of the Gallery and furnishing about 950 run- ning feet of interior wall surface, has been fully occupied at all times, and to some extent the outer surfaces at the ends of the inclosure have also been utiUzed. All permanent acquisitions have, as usual, been photograplied and glazed as received, only 4 of the paintings in the collection, which are of too large a size to permit of this means of protection, being without glass at this time. The vacancy in the Smithsonian Advisory Committee on the Na- tional Gallery of Art, caused by the death of Francis Davis Millet, its chairman, one of the victims of the Titanic disaster in the spring of 1912, was fiUed by the appointment of Mr. C. Y. Turner, director of the Maryland Institute Schools of Art and Design in Baltimore. There have been no other changes in the personnel of this committee since its organization in 1908, and its membership is as follows: Mi*. C. Y. Turner, Chairman, Mr. Frederick Crownmshield, Mr. Edwin H. Blashfield, IVIi-. Herbert Adams, and Mr. William H. Holmes, Secre- tary. The Gallery was represented at the annual convention of the American Federation of Arts, held in Washmgton on May 15 and 16, 1913, by its curator, Mi\ Holmes. Below is given a list of the paintings and sculpture which were on exhibition in connection with the Gallery at the close of last year, Jmie 30, 1913. It includes both the permanent possessions of the Gallery and the loans, but none of the many works of art assigned to various other branches of the Museum, such as graphic arts, history, archeology, ethnology, textiles and ceramics. BEQUEST OF HARRIET LANE JOHNSTON.^ Sir William Beechey (1753-1839). Portrait of Miss Murray. J. Henry Brown (1818—). Miniature of President Buchanan. Miniature of Harriet I^ane Johnston. (Lent by Miss May S. Kennedy.) John Constable (1776-1837). The Valley Farm. Henry Dexter (1806-1876). Marble bust of President Buchanan. Jacob Eicholtz (1776-1842). Portrait of President Buchanan, at about 40 years of age. Su- John Watson Gordon (1798-1864). Portrait of the Prince of Wales (King Edward VII) in 1862. JohnHoppner (1758-1810). Portrait of Mrs. Abin2;ton. ^C5' 1 Received Jn 1906. REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 91 Cornelis Janssens (Van Keulen) (1590-1664). Portrait of Madam Tulp. Sir Thomas La^vrence (1769-1830). Portrait of Lady Essex as Juliet. Bernardino Luini (1460-1535). Madonna and Child. Frank B. Mayer (1827-1899). Lidependence. Harper Pennington. Portrait of James Buchanan Johnston at the age of 14 years. Francis Pourbus the younger (1569-1622). Portrait of Josepha Boegart. Sir Joshua Keynolds (1723-1792). Portrait of !Mrs. Hammond. WilUam Henry Rinehart (1825-1874). Marble bust of Henry Elliot Johnston. Marble bust of Harriet Lane Johnston. (Lent by Miss May S. Kennedy.) Marble Cupid. Henry E. Johnston, jr., at the age of 2 years, as Cupid stringing his bow. George Romney (1734-1802). Portrait of Miss Kii'kpatrick. Thomas Prichard Rossiter (1817-1871). The Prince of Wales (King Edward VII) and President Buchanan, with the Prince's suite, members of the Presi- dent's Cabinet and other guests, at the tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon, 1860. Ed\vinLord Weeks (1849-1903). A Street Scene in the East. Artist unknown. (After Correggio.) Madonna and Child. Comprised in the Harriet Lane Johnston bequest are also several interesting miscellaneous articles which are exhibited in connection with the paintings and sculptures. PAINTINGS BY CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARTISTS PRESENTED BY MR. WILLIAM T. EVANS, 1907 TO 1913. John White Alexander. A Toiler. Hugo Ballin. The Sibylla Europa — Prophesied the Massacre of the Innocents. The Lesson, John Wesley Beatty. Plymouth Hills. 92 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Otto Walter Beck. Christ before Pilate. (Pastel.) Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me. (Pastel.). James Carroll Beckwith. The Blacksmith. Frank Alfred Bicknell. October Morning. Ralph Albert Blakelock. At Nature's Mirror. The Canoe Builders. Moonrise. Sunset, Navarro Ridge, California Coast. Robert Frederick Blum (1857-1903). Canal in Venice, San Trovaso Quarter. George H. Bogert. Sea and Rain. George Elmer Browne. The Wain Team. George de Forest Brush. The Moose Chase. William Gedney Bunce. Sunset, San Giorgio, Venice. Emil Carlsen. The South Strand. Mary Cassatt. Caresse Enfantine. William Merritt Chase. Shinnecock Hills. Frederick Stuart Cliurch. The Black Orchid. Circe. William Baxter Palmer Closson. Nymph and Water Babies at Play. WilUam Anderson Coffin. September. J. Foxcroft Cole (1837-1892). Late Afternoon near Providence. Charlotte Buell Coman. Early Summer. Eanger Irving Couse. Elk-Foot (Pueblo Tribe). Kenyon Cox. Plenty. Louise Cox. May Flowers. REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1918. 93 Bruce Crane. Autumn. Charles Courtney Curran. The Perfume of Roses. Leon Dabo. Evening on the Hudson. Elliott Daingerfield. The Child of Mary. Charles Harold Davis. Summer. Henry Golden Dearth. An Old Church at Montreuil. Frank De Haven. Castle Creek Canyon, South Dakota. Edwin Willard Deming. The Mourning Brave. William Rowell Derrick. The Plaza. Louis Paul Dessar. Return to the Fold. The Watering Place. Charles Melville Dewey. The Harvest Moon. The Close of Day. Thomas Wilmer Dewing. Summer. Paul Dougherty. Sun and Storm. Charles Warren Eaton. Gathering Mists. Wyatt Eaton (1849-1896). Ariadne. Benjamin R. Fitz (1855-1891). A Pool in the Forest. James William Fosdick. Adoration of Saint Joan of Arc. (Fire etching on wood.) Ben Foster. Birch-aad HiUs. George Fuller (1822-1884). Ideal Head. Portrait of Henry B. Fuller, 1873. Henry Brown Fuller. Illusions. Robert David Gauley. The Fur Muff. 94 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913 Edward Gay. The HiUside. Lillian Matilde Genth. Adagio. Depths of the Woods, R. Swain Gifford (1840-1905). Near the Ocean. Sanford R. GiflFord (1823-1880). The ViUa Malta. Albert Lorey Groll. Laguna — New Mexico. Charles Paul Gruppe. The Meadow Brook. Childe Hassam. Spring, Navesink Highlands. . The Georgian Cliair. Arthur Turnbull Hill. After a Storm, Amagansett. Winslow Homer (1836-1910). High C^iff, Coast of Maine. The Visit of the Mistress. William Henry Howe. My Day at Home. Alfred Cornehus Howland (1838-1909). Friendly Neighbors. William Morris Hunt (1824-1879). The Spouting Whale. George Inness (1825-1894). Niagara. Sundown. Georgia Pines. September Afternoon. Alphonse Jongers. Portrait of William T. Evans. William Sergeant Kendall. An Interlude. John La Farge (1835-1910). Visit of Nicodemus to Christ. William Langson Lathrop. The Three Trees. Ernest Lawson. An Abandoned Farm. Louis Loeb (1866-1909). The Siren. REPORT OF NATIONAI. MUSEUM, 1913. 95 Will Hicok Low. Christmas I^Iorn. Albert Pike Lucas. October Breezes. William Edgar Marshall (1836-1906). Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Portrait of the Artist, age 23. Homer D. Martin (1836-1897). Lower Ausable Pond. Evening on the Seine. The Iron Inline, Port Henry, New York. Willard Leroy Metcalf . A Family of Birches. Kobert C. Minor (1840-1904). A Hillside Pasture. Great Silas at Night. James Henry Moser. Evening Glow, Mount Mclntyre. Henry Siddons Mowbray. Idle Hours. John Francis Murphy. The Path to the Village. Indian Summer. Charles Frederick Naegele. Mother Love. George Glenn NeweU. Mists of the Morning- Leonard Ochtman. Morning Haze. Henry Ward Ranger, Entrance to the Harbor. Connecticut Woods. The Cornfield. Bradbury's Mill Pond No. 2. Groton Long Point Dunes. Robert Reid. The White Parasol. The Mirror. Frederic Remington (1861-1909). Fired On. Theodore Robinson (1852-1896). La Vachere. Old Church at Giverny. WiUiam S. Robinson. Monhegan Headlands. 32377°— NAT Mus 1913 7 96 KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Albert Pinkham Ryder. Moonlight. William Sartain. Algerian Water Carrier. Walter Shirlaw (1838-1909). Among the Old Poets. Roses. Water Lilies. Roswell Morse Shurtleff. The Mysterious Woods. William Thomas Smedley. One Day in June. Abbott Handerson Thayer. Dublin Pond, New Hampshire. D wight Wilham Tryon. November. John Henry Twachtman (1853-1902). Round Hill Road. The End of Winter. The Torrent. Fishing Boats at Gloucester. Alexander Theobald Van Laer. Early Spring. Ehhu Vedder. The Cup of Death. Douglas Volk. The Boy with the Arrow. Henry OUver Walker. Eros et Musa. Musa Regina. Horatio Walker. Sheepyard — Moonlight. Edgar Melville Ward. The Blockmaker. Frederick Judd Waugh. After a Northeaster. Southwesterly Gale, St. Ives. The Knight of the Holy Grail. Julian Alden Weir. A Gentlewoman. Upland Pasture. Worthington Wliittredge (1820-1910). Noon in the Orchard. REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 97 Carleton Wiggins. Evening after a Shower. The Pasture Lot. Guy C. "Wiggins. Columbus Circle — Winter. Irving Ramsay Wiles. The Brown Kimono. Russian Tea. Frederick Baliard Williams. A Glade by the Sea. Conway HiUs. Alexander H. Wyant (1836-1892). Autumn at ArkviUe. The Flume, Opalescent River, Adirondacks. Housatonic Valley. Spring. Cullen Yates. Rock-Bound Coast, Cape Ann. The Evans collection also includes an excellent series of proofs of American wood engravings, 115 in number, representing the work of Victor Bernstrom, William B. P. Closson, Timothy Cole, John P. Davis, Frank French, T. Johnson, F. S. King, Elbridge Kjngsley, G, KrueU, R. A. Muller, C. A. Powell, S. G. Putnam, John Tinkey, F. 11. Weilhig- ton, Henry WoK, and Fred Yuengling. OTHER PERMANENT ACQUISITIONS. Nicolas Berghem (1620-1683). Cattle Piece, Peasants, etc. Received with the effects of James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institution. Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900). Aurora Borealis. Gift of Miss Eleanor Blodgett, of New York. R. E. W. Earl. Portrait of Andrew Jackson in the Uniform of a Major General, U. S. Army. Presented to the National Institute in 1844 by MaJ. WOliam H. Chase, U. S. Engineers. Received from the Institute in 1862. John Elliott. Diana of the Tides. A mural decoration. Gift of Mr. and Airs. Larz Anderson. 98 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Autoine Etex (1808-1888). Scene from the "Gentleman of France." Gift of ;Mr. Nathan Appleton, of New York. Harrington Fitzgerald. The Wreck. Gift of the artist. Horatio Greenough (1805-1852). Statue of Washington. Marble. Transferred to the custody of the Smithsonian Institution by joint resolution of Congress approved May 22, 1908. Hamdy Bey. Tomb of "Mahomet the Gentleman" at Broussa. Bequest of Mrs. EUzabeth C. Hobson, of W^asliington, for whom it was painted in 1884. George Peter Alexander Healy (1808-1894). Portrait of F. P. G. Guizot. Painted in 1841 on the commission of American citizens residmg in Paris, and by them forwarded to President Tyler to be hung m one of the public buildings in Washington. Eeceived from the National Institute in 1862. Portrait of William C. Preston. Portrait of President John Tyler. These two portraits were pahited for the National Insti- tute, from which they were received in 1862. Portrait of Col. Albert G. Brackett, U. S. Army. Bequest of JMrs. Albert G. Brackett, of Washington. Eastman Johnson (1824-1906). Portrait of Ltrs. Cross, of MKord, Pa. Gift of Mrs. James W. Pinchot, of Washington. Norwood Hodge MacGilvary. Twihght after Kain. Presented by Mi\ Frederic Fairchild Sherman, of New York, in memory of his wife, Eloise Lee Sherman. Michelangelo (1475-1564). Head of David. Plaster cast from the original. Gift of Louis Amateis, of Washington. Adrien Moreau. Crossing the Ferry. Gift of IMi's. James Lowndes, of Washington, in memory of her father, Lucius Tuckerman. Joseph Mozier (1812-1870). II Penseroso. Marble. Transferred from the Capitol at Washington. REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 99 Arvid F. Nyholm. Portrait of John Ericsson. Gift of the Swedish American Republican League of Illinois. Lucien Whiting PoweU. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River. Gift of Hon. J. B. Henderson, of Washington. Thomas Buchanan Read (1822-1872). Portrait of himself. Gift of Miss Maria Fassett Robinson, of Washington. Henry Reuterdahl. The Combat between the Monitor and the Merrimac. Gift of the Swedish American Republican League of Illinois. Jose de Ribera (Spagnoletto) (1588-1652). Job and His Comforters. Presented by Dr. Robert W. Gibbes, of Columbia, S. C, in 1841, to the National Institute, from which it was re- ceived in 1862. Max Weyl. Indian Summer Day. Gift of thirty Washington friends of the artist, to com- memorate his seventieth birthday, December 1, 1907. Artists unknown. Portrait of Washington. Bust portrait belonging with the Lewis collection of Washington reUcs, purchased by the Government in 1878. Portrait of Andrew Jackson. Deposited by the Navy Department. LOANS. From Mr. Ralph Cross Johnson, of Washington. David Cox, Outskirts of a Wood. Govaert Flinck. Madonna and Child. Francesco Guardi. A View in Rome. William Hogarth. Portrait of ^Mrs. Price. Sir Thomas Lawrence. Portrait of Mrs. Towry. Nicolaes Maes. A Man's Portrait. Sir Henry Raebum. Portrait of Archibald Skirving. Sir Joshua Reynolds. Portrait of the Duchess of Ancaster. George Romney. Portrait of Sir Sampson Wright. Wilham Clarkson Stanfield. Marine. Richard Wilson. Italian Landscape. 100 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913 From Mr. W. A. Slater, of Washington. Jean Bap tiste Camille Corot. A Gray Day; Nymphs and Fauns. Charles Francois Daubigny. Springtune. Eugene Delacroix. Return of Columbus to Court of Ferdinand. Narcisse Diaz. Forest of Fontainebleau ; Group of Dogs; Island of the Cupids. Jules Dupre. The Landing; Three Oaks. Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl. The Quartet. Hubert Herkomer. Portrait of John F. Slater. Meindert Ilobbema. The Mill. Madam Yigee Lebrun. Portrait of a Lady. Louis Victor Felix Mettling, Portrait of a Boy. Jean Francois Millet. The Drinkmg Place; Seamstresses Sew- ing on Shroud. Monticelh. Female Figure. A. Pasini. At the Barracks, Constantinople. RaffaeUi. Winter Landscape. Rembrandt van Rijn. The Rabbi. Theodore Rousseau. Sunset in a Wood. Jacob Ruysdael. The Dunes near Haarlem. Sienna School. Madonna and Child. Constant Troyon. Horses at Watering Trough. Alexander H. Wyant. Landscape. From Mrs. James Lowndes, of Washington. Pierre Marie Beyle. Fishmg for Eels. Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe. Still Life. Mario da Fiori. Boys and Flowers. Jehan Georges Vibert. Preparing for the Masquerade. From Dr. Thomas M. Chatard, of Washmgton. Janssens. Portrait of Henrietta Maria. Sir Peter Lely. Portrait of Mrs. Rous. Thomas Sully. Portrait of Mrs. Nicholas Bosley, of Hayfields, Maryland. From Mrs. Abercrombie-Miller, of Washington. Eugene Verboeckhoven. Sheep. Hillner. Alpine Landscape. From Rev. F. Ward Denys, of Washington. Perugino. Madonna and Child. Guido Reni. St. Michael. From Hon. George Peabody Wetmore, of Newport and Washington. Constant Wauters. Versailles. Edouard Detaille. Mihtary Review ''water color). REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 101 From Miss Silvie de Grasse Fowler, of Washington. Nicolas de Largilliere. Portrait of Franpois Paul de Grasse de Rouville, Amiral Comte de Grasse. G. P. A. Healy. Portrait of Theodosius O. Fowler. Benjamin West. Portrait of St. Bernard Dog, Hero. From Mrs. John Cropper, of Wasliington. Michele Gordigiani. Portrait of Mr. John Cropper; Portrait of Mrs. John Cropper. From Mrs. Florence A. Ebbs, of Washington. Romanelli. Esmeralda (marble), Harriet Hosmer (attributed to). Cordelia (marble). From the Duchess de Arcos. Eighteen paintings by foreign artists, only a part of which have been identified, and one marble, Bacchante, by Bien Aim6. From Mr, Julius A. Truesdell, of Washington. Gaylord Sangston Truesdell. After the Rain; The Shepherd's Lunch; Changing Pastures; The Wayside Shrine; Moonlight at the Sheep Fold; Cows by the Sea; The Path through the Gorse; Spring Landscape. From Mrs. Mary PeoU Maginn, of New York. John J. Peoli. Love Conquers ; Cupid Caged. From Dr. George ReuUng, of Baltimore, Md. G. P. A. Healy. Henry Clay on his Estate, Ashland. John Wesley Jarvis. Portrait of WilUam Clark, the Explorer. Jolm Neagle. Henry Clay making his Great Speech. Gilbert Stuart Newton. Portrait of Miss Rieman. Charles Willson Peale. General Washington at Princeton; Portrait of General Andrew Jackson. Rembrandt Peale. Portrait of Henry Clay; Portrait of a Lady. Sir Henry Raeburn. EngHsh Country Squire. P. F. Rothermel. Launching of the Brigantine. Gilbert Stuart, Portrait of Mrs. Lloyd. John Trumbull. George Washington at Trenton; Portrait of General Washington; Battle of Bunker Hill. From Mr. Theodore Sutro, of New York. Edward Moran. Thirteen historical marine paintings, as fol- lows: The Ocean — The Highway of all Nations; Landing of Leif Erikson in the New World, in 1001; The Santa Maria, Nina, and Pinta, Evening of October 11, 1492; The Debar- kation of Columbus, Morning of October 12, 1492; Midnight Mass on the Mississippi over the Body of Ferdinand de Soto, 1542; Henry Hudson entering New York Bay, September 11, 1609; Embarkation of the Pilgrims from Southampton, August 5, 1620; First Recognition of the American Flag by 102 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. From Mr. Theodore Sutro, of New York — Continued. a Foreign Government — In the Harbor of Quiberon, France, February 13, 1778; Burning of the Frigate Philadelphia^In the Harbor of TripoU, February 16, 1804; The Brig Arm- strong Engaging the British Fleet — In the Harbor of Fayal, September 26, 1814; Iron versus Wood — Sinking of the Cum- berland by the Merrimac in Hampton Roads, March 8, 1862; The Wliite Squadron's Farewell Salute to the Body of Captain John Ericsson, New York Bay, August 25, 1890; Return of the Conquerors — Typifying our Victory in the late Spanish- American War, September 29, 1899. Loans of single pieces. J. Carroll Beckwith. The Emperor. From the artist. Constantino Brumidi. The Five Senses. From Miss Olivia and Miss Ida Walter, of Washington. W. H. Fisk. Portrait of George Catlin. From Mrs. Louise Catlin Kinney. Jean Baptiste Adolphe Gib6rt. Portrait of Henry Clay. From Mr. Watterson Stealey, of Washington. Edward Kemeys. Selection of his works of animal sculpture in bronze and plaster. From Mrs. Kemeys. Henry Hudson Kitson. Bust of Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (plaster). From the artist. J. Van Lerius. Death Preferred. From Mrs. Frances E. Musgrave, of Washington. Thomas Moran. In the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. From Mrs. J. W. PoweU, of Washington. From Hiawatha. From the estate of E. E. Howell. MurUlo (copied from). The Beggars. From Mrs. Henry Wells, of Washington. Rembrandt (attributed to). Portrait of Rembrandt. From ]\Ir. Benson B. Moore, of Mt. Rainier, Md. Francesco di Rosa (called Pacicco). Judith with the Head of Holofernes. From Mrs. Elizabeth Walbridge, of Washington. Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Standing Lincoln, reduced copy of the statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago, 111. (bronze). From Mrs. John Hay, of Washington. Replica of the bust part of the same statue, full size (bronze). From Mrs. Saint-Gaudens. Gilbert Stuart. Portrait of Joseph Tuckerman, D. D. From Mr. Walter Tuckerman, of Washmgton. Launt Thompson. Statue of Napoleon, life size (bronze). From Mrs. James W. Pinchot, of Washington. EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 103 Otho van Veen (attributed to). The Nativity. From Dr. Anton Gloetzner, of Washington. Robert Vonnoh. Portrait of Charles Francis Adams (full length). From Mr. Adams. Portrait of Charles Francis Adams (bust). From Mrs. Adams. Benjamin West. The Kaising of Jairus' Daughter. From Mr. T. B. Walker, of Minneapolis, Minn. Eduardo Zama^ois. Refectory. From Miss Emily Tuckerman, of Washington. ART TEXTILES. Although the material which has been assembled in illustration of lace making and other textile handicraft still consists mainly of loans, through the continued interest of the ladies who have cooperated in making the exhibition successful, the coDection has been allowed to remain practically mtact, with interesting additions from year to year. As the miportance of the collection becomes more fully recognized it is hoped that its permanence may be insured through the medium of gifts on a larger scale than heretofore. The lace exhibit now embraces a fau'ly connected series in respect both to the develop- ment of the industry and the varieties of laces, and also contains some important examples which from their quality and rarity form striking museum pieces. In fact, though smaller and less conspicuous in the matter of display material, the collection ranks high among the museum collections of the country. The work of the year, under the direction as heretofore of Mrs. James W. Pinchot, has related mainly to the improvement of the systematic installation and to the more complete labeling of both cases and specimens. The hall occupied by the collection continues to be one of the most attractive in the Museum. The lace accessions of the year included a valuable piece of point d'Angleterre, presented by Mrs. William Phelps Eno, and the follow- ing loans, namely: From Mrs. John Jay "White, 13 pieces of point d'Alenpon, composmg a wide flomice and 2 waists; from ^Irs. James Maginn, of New York, 2 French caps, a Flemish collar, a pair of silk lace mitts, a handkerchief and centerpiece of Venezuelan lace, and a black Chantilly lace parasol; and from the Misses Long, an unidenti- fied lace of the eighteenth century. An interesting oil painting, after the Dutch artist Terburg, illustratmg the handicraft of the seven- teenth century and entitled "The Lace Maker," presented by Miss Julia H. Chadwick, has been installed m connection with this col- lection. Of embroideries and fabrics other than laces the following were received as loans: From Miss Mary H. Williams, a Spanish red velvet 104 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. cope of the sixteenth century, 3 pieces of brocade of the seventeenth century, a piece of red silk and 2 pieces of red velvet; from Miss Emily Tuckerman, 2 pieces of Louis XIV and 1 of Louis XVI embroidery; from the Kev. F. Ward Denys, a large Persian rug said to have been worked after a design by Raphael; and from Mrs. James Maginn, a small bag ornamented with beads and 4 embroidered handkerchiefs from Cuba, besides several samples for crocheting fringe. Mrs. Maginn also deposited 18 Spanish fans of the eighteenth century and 1 of the period of Louis XVI; and Mrs. James Tait Beck, of Camden, Ala., 2 late '' Empire" fans. Among miscellaneous articles placed on exhibition in connection with the textiles were a papillon ring and a figurine of an Egyptian god mounted in antique gold as a necklace, from Mrs. John Jay White; a bracelet of blue enamel and niello work on a woven gold band, from Miss Jennie M, Griswold; a gold bracelet which belonged to Mrs. Isaac Chauncy Long, from the Misses Long; and a mirror, called a "trumeau," the upper part of which frames an oil painting, from Miss Emily Tuckerman. Also placed with the textiles is a series of 57 photographs of designs of suits of armor made by Hans Holbem for the great tournament of Henry VIII, which were received as a gift from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. MISCELLANEOUS. VISITORS. The exhibition halls of the Museum are open to the public on every week day throughout the year, including holidays, and those in the new building on Sundays also. The hours are from 9 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. on week days, and from 1.30 to 4.30 p. m. on Sundays. The total number of visitors admitted to the new building during last year was 319,806, an increase over the previous year of 37,919. Of this number, 261,636 represented the week-day attendance, and 58,170 the Sunday attendance, making the daily average for the former 836, and for the latter 1,118. At the older Museum building the total attendance was 173,858, and the daily average 555, the corresponding figures for the Smithsonian building having been 142,420 and 455, respectively. The Sunday average for the new building varied considerably at different periods, having been largest during the spring, and amounting to 3,343 for the month of May. The maximum Sunday attendance was 5,134, on May 4. The week-day attendance at all of the buildings was very much greater in March than in any other month, as is always the case in years of presidential inauguration, the Museum being one of the principal attractions for the large crowds which gather in Wash- ington for that occasion. During inaugural week alone, or from EEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 105 March 3 to 8, inclusive, the number of visitors to the new building aggregated 31,951, a daily average of 5,325, the largest attendance on any single day having been 13,236 on March 5. The figures for each of the other buildings were about one-half as much. The following tables show, respectively, the number of visitors during each month of the past year, and for each year begimiing with 1881, when the older Museum building was first opened to the pubhc: Number of visitors during the year ending June 30, 1913. Year and month. 1912 July August September. October November . December.. Older Museum Building. New Museum Building 14,170 22, 270 18,117 12,831 7,817 7,153 17,369 23,900 23,838 19,658 18,614 17,364 Smithso- nian Building. 12, 089 19, 894 16,908 11,115 6,574 6,168 Year and month. Older Museum Building 1913 January February. . March AprU May June Total, 7,633 7, 757 31,079 14, 542 13, 872 16,617 173,858 New Museum Building. 20, 656 17,668 58, 398 32,238 41,011 29, 092 319, 806 Smithso- nian Building. 6,446 6,389 26, 326 11,437 9,591 9,483 142,420 Number of visitors to the Museum and Smithsonian Buildings since 1881 . Year. Older Museum Building. New Museum Building. Smithso- nian Building. Year. Older Museum Building. New Museum Building. Smithso- nian Building. 1881 150,000 167,455 202,188 97, 661 205,026 174,225 216,562 249,665 374, 843 274,324 286, 426 269,825 319,930 195,748 201,744 180,505 229,606 177,254 100,000 152, 744 104,823 45, 565 105,993 88,960 98, 552 102,863 149,618 120, 894 111,669 114,817 174,188 103,910 105,658 103,650 115,709 99,273 1898-99 192, 471 225, 440 216, 556 173,888 315,307 220, 778 235, 921 210, 886 210, 107 299, 659 245, 187 228, 804 207, 010 172,182 173,858 116,912 133,147 151 563 1882 1899-1900 1883 1900-1. 1884 (half year) 1901-2 144 107 1884-85 (fiscal year) 1902-3 181, 174 1885-86 1903-4 143, 988 149, 380 1886-87 1904-5 1887-88 1905-6 149,661 153,591 237, 182 198,054 179, 163 167 085 1888-89 1906-7 1889-90 1907-8 1890-91 1908-9 1891-92 1909-10 50,403 151,112 281,887 319,806 1892-93 1910-11 1893-94 1911-12 . 143,134 142,420 1894-95 1912-13 ISsQfwQfi Total 1896-97 7,301,041 803,208 4,389,447 1897-98 PUBLICATIONS, The publications issued during the year consisted of 4 volumes and 105 papers printed separately. The former were volumes 42 and 43 of the Proceedings, and Bulletins 79 and 81, entitled, re- 106 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. spectively, "List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911," by Gerrit S. Miller, jr., and "A SjTiopsis of the Rotatoria," by Hany K. Harrmg. Of the separate papers 96 belonged to the series of Proceedings, composing all of volumes 43 and 44 and parts of volumes 42 and 45, and 9 belonged to volumes 16 and 17 of the Contributions from the National Herbarium. They are listed in the bibUography at the end of this report. The regular distribution of the above pubhcations aggi'egated about 57,300 copies, while of these and former publications some 14,300 copies were supphed in compliance with special requests. Many reports on material belonging to the National Museum or to be added to its collections are prmted elsewhere than in the Museum series. They consist in part of papers, often monographic, issued by the scientific bureaus of the Government and other scientific estab- lishments, and in part of generally brief accounts of discoveries which it is important should be published more promptly than is possible through Government channels. Several of the scientific societies offer opportunities for such urgent pubhcation, as does also the Smithsonian Institution. Mainly, but not entirely, 'belonging to this class are the following papers printed in the Smithsonian Mis- cellaneous Collections during 1913: "New mammals from eastern Panama" and "Descriptions of new mammals from Panama and Mexico," by E. A. Goldman; "New rodents from British East Africa," "New genera and races of African ungulates" and "New races of insectivores, bats and lemurs from British East Africa," by Edmund Heller; "New mammals from the highlands of Siberia," "Description of a new gazelle from northwestern Mongolia," and "Two new mammals from the Siberian Altai," by N. Hollister; "A new vole from eastern Mongoha," by Gerrit S. Miller, jr.; "Diagnosis of a new beaked whale of the genus Mesoplodon from the coast of North Carolina," by Frederick W. True; "A new subspecies of cross- bill from Newfoundland," by A. C. Bent; "Description of a new African grass- war bier of the genus Cisticola," by Edgar A. Mearns; "Descriptions of new genera, species and subspecies of birds from Panama, Colombia and Ecuador" and "Two new subspecies of bhds from the slopes of Mount Pirri, eastern Panama," by E. W. Nelson; "Descriptions of one hundred and four new species and subspecies of birds from the Barussan Islands and Sumatra," by Harry C. Oberholser; "New diptera from Panama" and "Three new species of Pipunculidae (Diptera) from Panama," by J. R. Mal- loch; "New species of landshells from the Panama Canal Zone," by William H. Dall; "Report on freshwater Copepoda from Panama, with descriptions of new species," by C. Dwight Marsh; "Notes on American species of Peripatus, with a list of known forms" and "The crinoids of the Natural History Museum at Hamburg," by REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 107 Austin H. Clark; "Rubebul cotton: A new species of Gossypimn from Guatemala," "Kokia: A new genus of Hawaiian trees" and "The cotton of the Hopi Indians: A new species of Gossypiiun," by Frederick L. Lewton; "Saffordia, a new genus of ferns from Peru," by William R. Maxon; "A recent meteorite fall near Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona," by George P. Merrill; "New York Pots- dam— Hoyt-Fauna" and "Group terms for the Lower and Upper Cambrian series of formations," by Charles D. Walcott; "Notice of the occurrence of a Pleistocene camel north of the Arctic Circle" and "An extinct American eland," by James WilUams Gidley; "A new dinosaur from the Lance formation of Wyoming," by Charles W. Gilmore; "The recognition of Pleistocene faunas" and "Descrip- tion of the skull of an extinct horse, found m central Alaska," by Ohver P. Hay; and "A fossil toothed cetacean from California, rep- resenting a new genus and species," by Frederick W. True. In accordance with a provision of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Act approved August 23, 1912, the work of wrapping, label- ing, and despatching aU Museum publications, previously performed by the Museum, was, on October 1, transferred to the direction of the PubHc Printer, and has since been conducted by the Superintendent of Documents, This change, however, has not affected the responsi- bility and discretion of the Museum in regard to the mailing Hsts, which, together with aU special orders, are transmitted to the Super- intendent of Documents through its office of correspondence. In addition to the pubhcations, the editorial ofiice also has charge of all miscellaneous printing and binding, the former including a consider- able variety of work, in connection with which the labels for the collections figure most conspicuously. LIBRARY. The Museum library is wholly technical in character and restricted to the class of works needed for the study and classification of the collections, but owing to the great diversity of the latter it is required to cover a wide range of subjects in the sciences and the arts and industries. Originating in the gift by Prof. Spencer F. Baird, the second Secretary of the Institution, of his scientific Hbrary, it has attained considerable size and importance though never approached the standard of completeness that would make it even fairly effective; and, despite the opportunity of drawing upon several other large Government libraries and that of the Smithsonian Institution, the work of the Museum has often been seriously inconvenienced and delayed by the lack of books which are not to be found in Washington. The annual purchase fund has been inadequate to satisfy more than a very limited part of the demands. The principal resom^ce in this 108 REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. regard has consisted of the Museum's own publications, constituting an important asset for exchange, through which have been secured the publications of most of the scientific institutions of the world, and also those of many individuals. The hbrary has likewise been fortu- nate in receiving a large number of donations, and while some of these have come from friends not connected with the Museum, the most constant contributors have been members of its staff. Notwithstand- ing these several sources of acquisition, however, there are many very necessary books published privately from year to year which, under present conditions, must continue to be classed as important desid- erata. Maintained solely for promoting the work of the Museum, the Hbrary is administered with special reference to the convenience of the staff, and besides the central rooms in which are kept all general works and those treating of two or more subjects, each division and each principal office is allowed to have in its immediate possession such of the pubhcations relating wholly to its province as may be desired. These several branch collections, of which there are 33 at present, are known as sectional libraries. They are imder the super- vision of the main library, from which the books assigned to them are withdrawn as by any borrower and with the same responsibilities. With the moving of the collections of anthropology, zoology, and geology, it was important that the books relating to the same subjects be also transferred to the new building. This has now been done, leaving the pubhcations on the arts and industries and history in the older building, and likewise the botanical library, which is there most conveniently located for the division of plants. In view, moreover, of the more ample accommodations afforded by the new building and the fact that the larger proportion of the pubhcations were included in the transfer, it has seemed best that the library there estabhshed should be the central one for the receipt, recording, cataloguing and distribution of all books and for all other preparatory work, and this plan has been carried out. The equipment of the library space in the new building having been completed early in the autumn of 1912, the moving was begun about the middle of October, and, including the placing of the books on the shelves, was finished in the course of a month. Wliile much still re- mained to be done in the matter of verifying and perfecting the arrangement, at no time was there any serious interruption in the use of the hbrary or in the continuity of its relations to the sectional branches. The rearrangement and cataloguing of the pubhcations left in the older building were also taken up and well advanced by the close of the year. The library received 1,690 books, 2,213 pamphlets and 159 parts of volumes during last year, and contains at present 43,692 volumes and BEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 109 72,042 unbound papers. There were borrowed from other Govern- ment Hbraries for the use of the staff a total of 4,154 titles, which came mainly from the Library of Congress, and to a lesser extent from the Department of Agriculture, the Army Medical Museum, and the Geological Survey. The records of the library, all of which are kept in card form, com- prise an accession catalogue, an authors' catalogue, a periodical cata- logue, and a lending record. Seven hundred and eighty-two books, 892 complete volumes of periodicals, and 2,229 pamphlets were cata- logued during the year, and the Zurich catalogue was brought up to date in the matter of classification and arrangement of the cards. The number of volumes bound for the library was 881. The new quarters and their equipment may be briefly described as follows : The space assigned to the Ubrary in the new building, located in the ground story of the northern section of the east range, consists of what was originally a single room, with northern exposure, 107 feet 7 inches long by 21 feet 1 inch wide, and a smaller room, facing on the east court, measuring 39 feet by 21 feet 4 inches. The former has been divided into three compartments for the book stacks, catalogue cases, and reading accommodations, while the latter is used for office pur- poses and preparatory work. All of the space is well lighted and ventilated, the equipment is modern and fireproof, and the facilities excellent in all respects. The three northern compartments are separated by fireproof walls of macite, with large communicating openings. Beginning at the east, and with a uniform dimension of 21 feet 1 inch between the outer and the corridor wall, is the stack room, 52 feet 3 inches long, followed by a small reading room, 18 feet 1 inch long, and a general reading room, also containing the catalogue files, 36 feet 4 inches long. All of this area is utilized to the full height of the story, tliis being accom- plished by the introduction of a mezzanine floor in the stack room and of galleries in the reading rooms, which are at a uniform height of 7 feet 11 inches above the ground floor. The furnishings throughout, in- cluding slotted shelf uprights with adjustable shelves, card cases, mezzanine floor and galleries, stairs and lift, are of the Art Metal Construction Co.'s standard construction, and the entire work is sup- ported on the ground floor, being braced laterally by comparatively few connections with the walls. The material of the stacks, cases and drawers is mild cold rolled steel. In the stack room the general arrangement of the cases is the same both below and above the mezzanine floor. Single-faced stacks occupy practically all the wall surfaces, while the body of the room is traversed north and south by double-faced stacks, with interspaces of about 3 feet. Five of these stacks are of full height, wliich is 7 feet 110 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913 4 inches on the ground floor and 7 feet 6 inches on the mezzanine floor, wliile 4 alternating ones have been carried only to a height of 3 feet 6 inches, in order that their tops may serve the purpose of tables in arranging and consulting books. On the ground floor the main passageway, 4 feet 8 inches wide, is on the window side of the room, the main stacks extending thence to join those along the south wall, but the lower staclcs are much shorter. Above the mezzanine the general passageway, reduced to 2 feet 9 inches in width, is on the other or south side of the room, the main stacks extending against the piers between the windows and the rails in front of them. The stacks have a 3-inch base and 4-inch cornice. The uprights, spaced for shelves 2 feet 11 inches long, are slotted at 1-inch intervals. Besides the fixed sheK at the base, the full height stacks are estimated to carry 6 adjustable shelves, and the lower ones proportionally fewer. On this basis, the shelf capacity of the room amounts to about 3,500 lineal feet. The shelves are 12 inches wide, of No. 16 gauge steel, stiffened at front and back by smoothly turned f-inch rolls shaped to receive book supports. The exposed ends of all stacks have label holders, 7f by 4 inches, finished in statuary bronze. The surfaces are japanned and of a dark green color. The entire construction is of the best material adapted to the purpose and the workmanship has been thorough. In one of the alcoves is a flight of stairs and nearby it is a lift for carrying books to the upper story. The latter is operated by hand, is self-retammg and has a lifting capacity of 75 to 100 pomids. Meas- uring 17^ inches square inside and 26 inches high, it is constructed of brass wire mesh on the sides and back, with wood floor and wood frame top. The shaft is enclosed with iron wire mesh. The mezza- nme floor consists of steel framing covered with wired hammered glass, having the smooth side up and sand blasted to give good footing and reduce the transparency. The glass rests on angle iron which projects above it at the sides to the extent of f inch to form a curb, between which and all stacks there is an opening 2 inches wide for the circulation of air. All other and larger openings, as at the windows and the galleries in the other rooms, are protected by pipe railing. The smaller reading room, which adjoms the stack room and is designed for special study purposes, is mostly Imed, both above and below the gallery, with single wall stacks of the pattern before de- scribed. The gallery, of the same construction as the mezzanine floor, is 2 feet wide beyond the cases and is reached by iron stairs. In one corner on the lower floor is a steel manuscript case, 6 feet wide, 3 feet deep and 7 feet 6 mches high, divided vertically into two compartments, each with solid steel double doors secured by means of rod locks. The other furniture of this room includes a large table. REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1013. Ill The main reading and consulting room has also a gallery contmuous with that in the smaller room and of the same width and floor con- struction, which extends along the three walls other than that occu- pied by the windows. The space above it is filled with wall book- stacks of the standard pattern and size. Below the gallery the stacks are the same on the east side, but on the south and west sides they are deepened to 16f inches and modified to accommodate the cata- logue cases. Beginning at the top of a shelf space, 1 foot 9^ inches above the floor, are the series of compartments for the cards, followed above by another open shelf space, 2 feet 4^ inches high to the under side of the gallery. The catalogue cases are, with one exception, of a size to receive 7 drawers in height and 5 in width adapted to the standard 5 by 3-inch cards. There are 8 of these cases on the south wall and 6 on the west wall, with an additional case of the same height but only 4 drawers wide. Their aggregate capacity is 518 drawers, all of which can be conveniently reached from the floor. The drawers operate on cushioned slides, and securing rods are used. They hold about 1,000 cards each. Extendmg along the bottom line of these cases is a continuous projecting metal shelf or rest 9 inches wide. Each of the two windows in the room will have, attached to the frame and sill, two oak shelves, divided into low compartments, for laying out the periodicals as received pending their assignment. The room also contains two large reading tables, measuring 6 by 8 feet. The entire library space above described is provided with a very complete and convenient arrangement of electric lighting. The office or preparatory room, which is separated from the library proper only by a corridor, contains no gallery, but is fitted up with standard cases, 7 feet 6 inches high, which occupy most of the wall space and form two stacks extending partway across the room, dividing it into three sections or alcoves. The other furnishings consist of plain office furniture and such accessories as are needed for the preparation, cataloguing, etc., of the books before they are placed on the library shelves. The aggregate length of the shelving in all four rooms is approximately 5,663 feet. The library space in the older Museum building is being used with- out material change, though one of the rooms, containing 610 square feet, has been assigned to the sectional library of admmistration. It consists of the groimd floor and two galleries of a large room adjoining the northwest pavUion, and an enclosed gallery extendmg along two sides of the west north range, with a total floor area of 2,814 square feet. The furnishings, which are partly of wood and partly of metal, are of old and simple patterns, but the quarters as a whole are suitable and convenient for their present purpose. 32377°— NAT Mus 1913 8 112 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. MEETINGS AND CONGRESSES. The accommodations afforded by the new building were extensively utihzed during the year for meetings, congresses and other important functions. The Anthropological Society of Washington held its regu- lar meetings, of which there were 14 during the season, in the larger committee room, while the auditorium was used by the Washington Societ37^ of the Fine Arts for two courses of 6 lectures each and one course of 5 lectm'es, the latter devoted to the great masters of music ; by the Spanish- American Atheneum, which is organized to encourage the study of the hterature and history of Spain and Spanish America, for 5 meetings ; and by the Naval War College Extension for a series of weekly lectures for the benefit of ojfficers of the Navy and Army, which extended from the middle of January to the middle of April. Of three notable congresses which assembled in this country during September, 1912, two held brief sessions in Washington, while the third met only here. The former were the Eighth International Congress of AppHed Chemistry and the Sixth International Congress for Testing Materials, to the members of each of which a reception was given, by invitation of the Eegents and Secretary of the Insti- tution, in the exhibition haUs of the new building on the evenings of September 4 and 9, respectively. The Fifteenth International Con- gress on Hygiene and Demography met from September 23 to 27, inclusive, and of its 9 sections 4 were accommodated in the Museum building, namely: Dietetic hygiene and hygienic physiology; Hygiene of occupations; Mihtary, naval and tropical (colonial) hygiene; and Demography. Two joint sessions and 3 of the 4 plenary sessions were also held in the same building, the latter in the auditorium on the evenings of September 23, 24 and 25, at which the speakers were, successively. Sir Thomas Ohver, of Newcastle, England; Dr. Jacques Bertillon, of Paris, France; and Ministeriahat Dr. Zahn, of Munich, Bavaria. On the evening of the 26th a reception to the delegates and members was given in the exhibition halls, in the name of the citizens of the District of Columbia, by the District committee for the congress. Other important meetings were as follows: By the American Phil- ological Association, the Archaeological Institute of America and the Society of Bibhcal Literature and Exegesis, in joint session from De- cember 27 to 30, 1912; by the American Farm-Management Associ- ation, on January 21 and 22, 1913; by the National Academy of Sciences, which held its annual meeting on April 15, followed by a celebration of its semi-centennial anniversary, continuing 3 days from April 22, with a reception in the exhibition halls on the first evening; by the General Federation of Women's Clubs, on April 21 and 22; by the International Kindergarten Union, which held its twentieth annual convention, accompanied by an exhibition of kinder- BEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 113 garten work by the local schools, from April 29 to May 2 ; and by the American Surgical Association which, as one of the constituent soci- eties of the Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons holding its ninth triennial session in Washington, had its meetings in the Museum building from May 6 to 8. The Department of Agriculture had the use of the auditorium for two conferences, one for the field men of the Office of Farm Management, from January 6 to 21; the other for the employees of the Bureau of Animal Industry in charge of the federal meat inspection service throughout the country, from June 2 to 4. A reception in honor of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held, by invitation of the Regents and Secretary, on the evening of April 12; and another, in honor of Mr. James Wilson, who had just retired as Secretary of Agriculture, was given by the employees of the Department of Agriculture on the evening of March 6. Reference may also be made here to the ceremonies attending the unveihng of the tablet in honor of Samuel Pierpont Langley, late Secretary of the Institution, installed in the vestibule of the Smith- sonian building, which took place on May 6 or "Langley Day." The exercises were held in the adjoining main hall, in which had been assembled the three successful experimental models of the Langley aerodrome and the engine built for the large machine. The Museum, in conjunction with the Institution, participated in two important congresses abroad. One was the Fourteenth Inter- national Congress of Prehistoric Anthropology and Archeology, held at Geneva, Switzerland, from September 9 to 15, 1912, at which Dr. Ales Hrdhcka, a curator of the Museum, was a delegate. The other was the Ninth International Zoological Congress, which met at Monaco from March 25 to 30, 1913, and at which the Museum rep- resentatives were Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, head curator of biology. Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles, of the Bureau of the PubHc Health, and Dr. Herbert H. Field, director of the Concilium Bibliographicum, at Zurich, Switzerland. SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS. The models and pictures illustrating the competitive designs for the Lincohi Memorial in Washington, by Mr. Henry Bacon and Mr. John Russell Pope, referred to in the last report, remained on exhi- bition throughout the year; and dm^ing most of the year the Museum was allowed to display two of the interesting models belonging to the Isthmian Canal Commission, one being a rehef map of the Gatun dam and locks, the other a working model of the Pedro Miguel lock. 114 EEPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. A coUection of 100 Japanese paintings of the Ukiyo-ye school, belonging to Mr. Yojiro Kuwabara, which had been shown at the Japan-British Exhibition in London in 1910 and subsequently in other Eui-opean cities, were placed on view from September 21 to November 4, 1912, and attracted much attention. A number of articles belonging to the Red Cross Society, mainly illustrative of the methods and work of foreign branches, and intended to form part of an exhibition by the Society when it shall have obtained a suitable home in Washington, were turned over temporarily to the custody of the Museum, and opened up to the public on December 14. The models of the Panama Canal were installed in the foyer on the ground floor of the new building, and the other exhibits in three of the rooms which open into it. ORGANIZATION AND STAFF. The active organization of the division of mineral technology was taken up on June 6, 1913, by the appointment as curator on that date of Mr. Chester G. Gilbert, who had for some time previously been the assistant curator of systematic and applied geology. Fol- lowing the transfer of the collection of grasses from the Department of Agriculture, Prof. Albert S. Hitchcock, systematic agrostologist in that Department, was made honorary custodian of grasses in the Museum on October 10, 1912, and was provided with laboratory accommodations in the division of plants in order to faciUtate his work and his supervision of the entire grass collection. A section of diatoms in the division of plants was fii'st definitely recognized dur- ing the year and was placed in charge of Dr. Albert Mann, of the Bm'eau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, who was des- ignated honorary custodian on January 8, 1913. The Museum col- lection of these microscopic forms, to which Dr. Mann has given much attention, has recently, through his active interest, been raised to a standard of completeness not elsewhere excelled in this coxmtry. Two members of the staff, Mr. L. D. Burling, assistant curator of paleontology, and Dr. J. E. Pogue, assistant curator of mineralogy and petrology, resigned during the year, the former on March 4 to enter the service of the Geological Sm"vey of Canada, the latter on May 17, 1913, to join the U. S. Geological Sm-vey. Mr. R. P. Tolman was appointed aid in the division of grapliic arts on May 21, 1913, after a temporary service beginning on August 23, 1912, to fill the position left vacant by the resignation of Mr. E. W. Huckel on July 31, 1912. Two naturalists, not connected with the Government service, were designated as honorary collaborators for one jenr each, namely, Mr. Samuel Mixter, of Boston, Mass., from April 1, and Prof. Albert M. Reese, of the University of West Virginia, from May 1, 1913. EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 115 Both were to engage in field work, contributing their collections to the Museum, the former intending to visit Alaska and if possible the neighboring coast of Siberia, the latter the Phihppine Islands. The Museum lost three members of its staff by death, Dr. Lester F. Ward, honorary associate in paleobotany^, Dr. L. T. Chamberlain, honorary associate in mineralogy, and Mr. Joseph Palmer, modeler. Dr. Lester Frank Ward was born in Johet, 111., June 18, 1841, and died in Washington, D. C, April 18, 1913. His coUegiate education was received at Columbian, now George Washington, University. In 1881 he became an assistant geologist, and in 1888 a geologist, on the United States Geological Survey. In 1905 he left Washington to join the faculty of Brown University, Providence, R. I., of which he con- tmued a member until the time of his decease. His connection with the Museum dated from 1882, in which year he was appointed honor- ary curator in charge of the collection of fossil plants, his designation being changed in 1893 to associate curator. His removal from Wash- ington and the discontinuance of active relations with the Museum led in 1905 to his receiving the honorary title of associate, in recognition of his long and important services in building up his department. Taking up the study of fossil plants at a time when paleobotany as a distinct science was hardly recognized, and when almost the only workers of national reputation in the subject were Newberry and Lesquereux, he rapidly attained distinction as a careful investigator, deep thinker, and patient, conscientious worker, and after the death of these pioneers he became the acknowledged leader in paleobotany m America. Besides his official reports to the Geological Survey and several papers issued by the Museum, Dr. Ward was the author of many notable contributions in that branch of scientific research, in which the philosophical trend of his mentality is full}^ indicated, as well as in his better-known works on ethics and sociology. The item of work, however, which will cause him to be best remembered by those who were privileged to be associated with him at the Museum is the index and bibUography of fossil plants, which he conceived and to which he contributed so much time and conscientious labor. This and the hbrary which he accumulated in connection vnih it form together the one great repository of paleobotanical information in America. Dr. Leander Trowbridge Chamberlain, born at West Brookfield, Mass., September 26, 1837, and deceased May 9, 1913, received his collegiate education at Yale University, from which he was graduated in 1863. After four years in the naval service of the United States, Mr. Chamberlain entered the theological seminary at Andover, and, finishing the course in 1869, he was ordained in the Congregational ministry the same year. Besides serving continuously as a pastor until 1890, Dr. Chamberlain was actively connected with church. 116 REPOET OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. philanthropic, and social work in many capacities. He was also a founder of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, and a patron of, and the curator of Eocene mollusca in, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Dr. Chamberlain's relations with the National Museum arose through his marriage in 1890 with Miss Frances Lea, daughter of Dr. Isaac Lea, the eminent naturahst of Philadelphia, and one of the Museum's most generous benefactors through two distinct contribu- tions following his death on December 8, 1886. One of these was the large and unrivalled collection of Unionidse, or fresh-water mus- sels, which had not only been assembled by Dr. Lea at great expendi- ture of time and mone}^, but had also been the subject of profound research by him, resulting in elaborate and standard publications. The other was a collection of gems and precious stones, sufficiently rich and varied to serve as a worthy foundation for an appropriate representation of this popular branch of mineralogy. During the short period of her married life, only 4 years, Mrs. Chamberlain, who had always taken a keen interest in the labors of her father, remained the patron of these collections, assisting in their increase and in the increase of the Hbrary relating to them. After her death, these duties were assumed by Dr. Chamberlain as of the nature of a sacred trust, which he faithfully and generously carried out during the many years that followed. His aid was not promiscuous, but was specifically directed toward the supplying of deficiencies and the strengthening of the collections where it was most needed, and it is especially inter- estmg to note that through his contributions the Isaac Lea collection of Unionidse has been kept much the foremost of this extensive group in the world. In 1897 Dr. Chamberlain became honorary custodian of the collec- tion of gems and precious stones in the Museum, and in 1905 he was designated honorary associate in mineralogy. Though long resident in New York City, his death occurred in Pasadena, Cal., and it was not until after the close of the fiscal year that information was re- ceived of the bequest in his wiU of a considerable sum of money, the interest of which is to be used for the increase and improvement of the two Isaac Lea collections. Mr. Joseph Palmer, who was born in Barrow, Suffolk, England, in 1836, died in Washington on April 19, 1913. While a young man he worked for some years at the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, where he assisted Prof. B. Waterhouse Hawkins in connection with his celebrated restorations of extinct animals. In 1868 he came to this country with Prof. Hawkins, who had been commissioned to make similar reproductions for Central Park, New York, but this work being soon abandoned, Mr. Palmer found employment at the Park as taxidermist and general assistant at the Museum, and for EEPOET OF ISTATIOlSrAL MUSEUM, 1913. 117 a time was in charge of the zoological garden. In 1873 began his connection wdth the National Museum, in which for a considerable period he was the only skilled preparator on the staff. His versa- tility and thorough knowledge of methods made him equally pro- ficient in modeUng, casting, taxidermy, and osteology, and the col- oring of reproductions, and he was especially skillful in the building of animal and Indian lay-figure groups. In consequence, his serv- ices were largely availed of in the preparation and installation of exhibits for the international expositions in which the Museum participated, beginning with the Centennial Exlaibition of 1876. Dining his later years his work was with the department of anthro- pology. THE MUSEUM STAFF. [June 30, 1913.] Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Keeper ex officio. Richard Rathbun, Assistant Secretary, in charge of the United States National Museum. W. DE C. Ravenel, Administrative Assistant. SCIENTIFIC STAFF. Department of Anthropology: William H. Holmes, Head Curator. Division of Ethnology: Walter Hough, Curator; Neil M. Judd, Aid; J. W. Fewkes, Collaborator; Arthur P. Rice, Collaborator. Division of Frehistoric Archeology: W^illiam H. Holmes, Curator; E. P. Upham, Aid; J. D. McGuire, Collaborator. Division of Historic Archeology: I. M. Casanowicz, Assistant Curator. Division of Physical Anthropology: Ales Hrdlifka, Curator; R. D. Moore, Aid. Division of Mechanical Technology: George C. Maynard, Curator. Division of Graphic Arts: Paul Brockett, Custodian; Ruel P. Tolman, Aid. Section of Photography: T. W. SmUlie, Custodian. Division of History: A. Howard Clark, Curator; T. T. Belote, Assistant Curator. Associates in Historic Archeology: Paul Haupt, Cyrus Adler. Department of Biology: Leonhard Stejneger, Head Curator; James E. Benedict, Chief of Exhibits. Division of Mammals: Gerrit S. Miller, jr., Curator; Ned HoUister, Assistant Curator. Division of Birds: Robert Ridgway, Curator; Charles W. Richmond, Assistant Curator; J. H. Riley, Aid. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians: Leonhard Stejneger, Curator; R. G. Paine, Aid. Division of Fishes: B. W. Evermann, Curator; Barton A. Bean, Assistant Cura- tor; Alfred C. Weed, Aid. Division of Mollusls: William H. Dall, Curator; Paul Bartsch, Assistant Cura- tor; William B. Marshall, Aid; Mary Breen, Collaborator. Division of Insects: L. O. Howard, Curator; J. C. Crawford, Associate Curator; Paul R. Myers, Aid. Section of Hymenoptera: J. C. Crawford, in charge. Section of Myriapoda: O. F. Cook, Custodian. Section of Diptera: Frederick Kjiab, Custodian. Section of Coleoptera: E. A. Schwarz, Custodian. Section of Lepidoptera: Harrison G. Dyar, Custodian. Section of Orthoptera: A. N. Caudell, Custodian. Section of Arachnida: Nathan Banks, Custodian. Section of Hemiptera: Otto Heidemann, Custodian. Section of Forest Tree Beetles: A. D. Hopkins, Custodian. Division of Marine Invertebrates: Richard Rathbun, Curator; Mary J. Rathbun, Assistant Curator; Austin H. Clark, Assistant Curator; C. R. Shoemaker, Aid; Harriet Richardson, Collaborator. 119 120 EEPOET OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Department of Biology — Continued. Division of Marine Invertebrates — Continued. Section of Helminthological Collections: C. W. Stiles, Custodian; B. H. Ran- som, Assistant Custodian; P. E. Garrison, United States Navy, Assistant Custodian. Division of Plants {National Herharium): Frederick V. Co\-ille, Curator; W. R. Maxon, Assistant Curator; P. C. Standley, Assistant Curator. Cactaceaj, Crassulacete, and Miscellaneous Mexican Collections: J. N. Rose, Custodian. Section of Grasses: Albert S. Hitchcock, Custodian. Section of Cryptogamic Collections: O. F. Cook, Assistant Curator. Section of Higher Algse: W. T. Swingle, Custodian. Section of Lower Fungi: D. G. Fairchild, Custodian. Section of Diatoms: Albert Mann, Custodian. Associates in Zoology: Theodore N. Gill, C. Hart Merriam, W. L. Abbott, Edgar A. Mearns, United States Army (retired). Associates in Botany: Edward L. Greene, John Donnell Smith, J. X. Rose. Collaborators in Zoology: D. D. Streeter, Albert M. Reese, Samuel Mixter. Department op Geology: George P. Merrill, Head Curator. Division of Physical and Chemical Geology (Systematic and Applied): George P. Merrill, Curator. Division of Mineralogy and Petrology: F. W. Clarke, Curator. Division of Paleontology: R. S. Bassler, Curator. Section of Invertebrate Paleontologj^ : T. W. Stanton, Custodian of Mesozoic Collection; William H. Dall, Associate Curator of Cenozoic Collection; T. Wayland Vaughan, Custodian of Madreporarian Corals. Section of Vertebrate Paleontology: James W. Gidley, Assistant Curator of Fossil Mammals; Charles W. Gilmore, Assistant Curator of Fossil Reptiles. Section of Paleobotany: Da\'id White, Associate Curator; A. C. Peale, Aid; F. H. Knowlton, Custodian of Mesozoic Plants. Associate in Paleontologj^: Frank Springer. Division of Textiles: Frederick L. Lewton, Curator. Division of Mineral Technology: Chester G. Gilbert, Curator. National Gallery of Art: William H. Holmes, Curator. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. Chief of Correspondence and Documents, R. I. Geare. Disbursing Agent, W. I. Adams. Superintendent of Construction and Labor, J. S. Goldsmith. Editor, Marcus Benjamin. Editorial Clerk, E. S. Steele. Assistant Librarian, N. P. Scudder Photographer, T. W. Smillie. Registrar, S. C. Brown. Property Clerk, W. A. Ivnowles. Engineer, C. R. Denmark. LIST OF ACCESSIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1912-1913. [Except when otherwise indicated, the specimens were presented, or were transferred by bureaus of the Government in accordance with law.) Abbot, C. G., Smithsonian Institution: 11 plants from Algeria (54617). Abbott, Miss Gertrude, Balholm, Sogn, Korway: Skull of an elk, and skull of a Norwegian deer (55534). Abbott, Dr. William L.: Masai orna- ments and spears. East African swords with their sheaths, African shields, models of palanquins from Madagascar, firearms, fragments of a human skull, fragments of the headskins and hoofs of mammals and a few skulls, received through Miss Gertrude Abbott (55001; 55071); 289 mammals, 16 shells and 4 birds, from India (55180); approxi- mately 475 mammals, 488 birds, 25 rep- tiles, 10 insects, 2 marine invertebrates, and a shell, collected by H. C. Raven in Dutch Borneo (55611). Abercrombie, David T., New York City: Salted skins of two trout from Lac Cassette, Rimouski County, Quebec, Canada (54683). Abercrombie-Miller, Mrs., Washington, D. C: 2 oil paintings, "Sheep," by Eugene Verboeckhoven, 1853, and "Alpine Landscape," by Hillner (55186: loan). Academy of Natural Sciences, Phila- delphia, Pa. (through Philip P. Cal- vert): 91 neotropical dragonflies (54316: exchange). Adams, C. C, University of Illinois, Champaign, HI. (through Philip P. Calvert): 12 neotropical dragonflies (54325: exchange). Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono, Me. (See under Maine.) Agricultural Experiment Station, Morgantown, W. Va. (See under West Virginia.) Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. (See under Florida.) Agriculture, Department of: Specimen of Pecocephalus kewensis from the Agricultural grounds (55155). Bureau of Biological SurveTj: 8 plants, including 3 specimens of Hymenocallis coronaria, collected by A. H. Howell in Alabama (54270; 55547); minute land shells from the ruins of Old Panama City, land shells representing 3 species from Empire, Canal Zone, 112 plants (including 11 living orchids and a living specimen of Cereus) and 9 speci- mens of fresh-water crabs, from Panama, all collected by E. A. Gold- man (54293; 54301; 54339; 54351; 54424; 54480); 20 living specimens of Cactacese and 6 fishes, collected by Mr. Goldman in Arizona (55457; 5547l'; 55577; 55626); 76 plants, including living specimens of Opuntia, collected in Mississippi by E. G. Holt (54517; 54704; 54739); 5 eggs of noddy, Anous stolidus, from Porto Rico (54530); 10 plants collected in North Dakota by Vernon Bailey (54581); 9 living specimens of Cactacese collected in Porto Rico by Alex Wet- more (54302; 54463); living specimen of Mamillaria, collected in Colorado by C. Birdseye (54302); 5 living specimens of Opuntia from Louisiana and Vir- ginia, collected by W. L. McAtee (54634; 55511); 12 living specimens of crayfishes, received through W. H. Baker, Muldon, Miss. (54364) ; reptiles 121 122 REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Agriculture, Department op — Contd. and balrachiana from Plummer's Island, Md. (55012); types and cotjT)e3 of Salmo nelsoni and Fundulus meeki, collected in Lower California by E. W. Nelson in 1905 (55050) ; 21 specimens of Orthoptera (55121); 150 plants from the southern part of the United States (55268) ; 4 plants from Arizona (55376) ; 350 specimens of determined Coleop- tera (55483); 3 crabs from Wallops Island, Va. (55512). Bureau of Entomology: 297 speci- mens of Coleoptera and Hemiptera, de- termined by A. L. Montandon (54284; 54335; 54555; 54589; 54994; 55314); 17 specimens of fleas, determined by Hon. N. Charles Rothschild (54358: ex- change); specimens illustrating silk- worm raising and the raw silk industry (54306) ; specimen of Sceliphron spirifex and nest, received from Prof. Robert Newstead, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, England (54672); 6 specimens of mollusks, representing 2 species, collected by A. C. Morgan at Clarksville, Tenn. (54760); 2,319 in- sects collected in India by R. L. Wog- lum (55136); 7 beetles (55403). Entomological Laboratory, Hagers- town, Md.: A nemertean and a speci- men of clam, Venus mercenaria, from Chesapeake Bay (54412). Forest Service: Desiccated body of an infant, found in a cliff dwelling in the Gila National Forest, N. Mex., by a timber reconnaissance party (54495). Bureau of Plant Industry: 12 plants from Chile, and 3 living specimens of Opuntia collected in Utah by H. L. Shantz (54289); 11 ferns collected in Arizona and California by E. 0. Wooton (54292); 31 plants, including 4 living specimens of Mamillaria, col- lected by E. O. Wooton in Arizona and New Mexico (54635; 54908); 11 plants collected in California, mainly by Clarence Peterson (54375) ; specimen of living cactus collected by T. H. Kear- ney in Utah (54407); 19 specimens of Malvaceae transmitted by F. L. Lewton and 23 plants collected in the western part of the United States by Ivar Tide- Btrom (54439); 2 specimens of living Agriculture, Department of — Contd. cactus, including one of Mamillaria vivipara, collected by S. C. Mason in Mandan, N. Dak. (54456; 54703); a package of seeds of Echinocactus col- lected by S. C. Mason at Palm Springs, Cal. (55461); type of Medicago arabica inermis (54539); 80,000 mounted speci- mens of grasses (54541); 3 plants from Louisiana (54569); 9 packages of cactus seeds obtained by J. D. Husbands in Chile (54632); 12 plants collected in Ceylon by C. V. Piper (54675); 1,150 plants from the District of Columbia and vicinity, collected by F. H. Hill- man; also 5 ferns from Ceylon (54684); living specimen of Mamillaria fascicu- lata from Arizona, collected by E. W. Hudson (54694); 12 living specimens of Opuntia from Arizona, collected by W. T. Swingle (54701); a set of the U. S. official cotton grades and a specimen of the vacuum tubes used in preserving the standards (54822) ; 127 fiber speci- mens (54856); 3 specimens of Yucca from Arizona (54858) ; 5 plants collected by C. D. Marsh in Arizona and Colo- rado (54979); type specimen of Inodes ezsul collected by O. F. Cook in Texas (55043) ; specimen of Sagittaria collected by Frederick V. Coville in Oregon (55204) ; 100 plants collected in Mexico by G. N. Collins (55253); 229 plants, including 142 specimens of grasses, col- lected in the West Indies by A. S. Hitchcock (55267; 55493); 2 specimens of Agave from Ecuador, received by the Bureau through L. H. Dewey (55347); 270 plants chiefly from Montana, col- lected by W. W. Eggleston (55352); 2,000 specimens of grasses chiefly from the West Indies (55365); 110 plants col- lected in the western part of Texas by C. R. Ball (55373); specimen of Pia- ropus from Panama (55439); 6 speci- mens of fungi (55464). Agriculture and Technical Instruc- tion FOR Ireland, Department of (Fisheries Branch). (See under Dub- lin, Ireland.) Aguirre, Dr. Rafael Tejada, Guate- mala City, Guatemala: 25 plants from Guatemala (54967). LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 123 Alexandra Park, Manchester, Eng- land (through Robert Lamb, superin- tendent): 19 living specimens of Cac- tacese (54732; 54899; 55033). Ex- change. Allard, H. a., U. S. Department of Ag- riculture, Washington, D. C: 4 tree- frogs (55110). Allen, Boshan, Washington, D. C: Specimen of Neuroptera (55619). Allnut, Ceicle, Rockville, Md.: Young red fox (55269). Alsteens, Frank, Wabeno, Wis.: Fun- gus from Wisconsin (55077). Alston, G. W., Inez, N. C. (through D. B. Sterrett, U. S. Geological Survey): An amethyst crystal from Warren County, N. C. (54960). American Granite Company, Milwau- kee, Wis.: A five-inch cube of granite (55088). American Museum of Natural His- tory, New York City: A neotropical dragonfly, received through Philip P. Calvert (54327: exchange); 2 isopods from Patagonia (54646); implements, basketry, etc., from an island off the coast of Chile, corresponding to a simi- lar class of relics found with the "cop- perfied mummy " of a man in a copper mine in the same locality (54658: ex- change); 6 Bolivian skulls (54932: ex- change). American Woolen Company, Boston, Mass. (The National and Provi- dence Worsted Mills, Providence, R. I.): A large collection of woolen and worsted fabrics and specimens illus- trating the processes of yarn manufac- ture; also 71 photographs illustrating wool-to-cloth processes (54882). Amory, Copley, jr., Cambridge, Mass.: Approximately 60 mammal skins and skulls and 30 fossil mammal bones, from Yukon and Alaska (54894: col- lected for the Museum). Andrews, D. M., Boulder, Colo.: Speci- men of Asplenium andrewsii from Colo- rado (54863). Andrews, R. P., Paper Company, Washington, D. C: 3 copies of water- marked letterheads of the R. P. An- drews Paper Company (55187). Appel, W. D., Bureau of Biological Sur- vey, Washington, D. C: Invertebrates and fishes from Bethany Beach, Del. (54320). Appleton, Eben, New York City: "The Star-Spangled Banner," garrison flag of Fort McHenry, Baltimore, during the bombardment of the fort by the British, September 13, 14, 1814, when it was successfully defended by Lieut. Col. George Armistead and the brave men under him (54876). Arabol Manufacturing Company, New York City: 51 samples of materials used in the manufacture and finishing of textiles (54926). Arizona, University of, Tucson, Ariz.: 400 plants from Arizona, received through Prof. J. J. Thornber (54353). Armbruster, Raymond, Cumberland, Md. : 2 specimens of Tertiary mammals from cave deposit near Cumberland (54610). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard Univer- sity, Jamaica Plain, Mass.: Specimen of Thrinax from Florida (54294: ex- change). Arnold, Dr. Ralph, Los Angeles, Cal. : Collection of Pleistocene, Oligocene and Eocene Tertiary fossils from various localities in Venezuela, collected by the donor and his assistants (55597). Arthur, Prof. J. C, Lafayette, Ind.: 3 living specimens of Opuntia humifusa from near Lafayette (54708). Australian Museum. (See under Syd- ney, New South Wales, Australia.) Babcock, J. P., Pro\dncial Fisheries Department, Victoria, British Colum- bia: 2 bottles of specimens of Thysan- oessa spinifera from the stomachs of salmon (54724). Bahr, Elmer H., Baguio Mountain Province, P. I.: Specimen of Lepi- doptera, Milionia coronifera (54735). 124 EEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Bailey, H. B., Newport News, Va. : 8 mammal skulls (54659; 54711; 55170). Bailey, H. H., Newport News, Va. : "10 bii'd skins from Virginia (54604); 13 mammal skulls from Giles County, Va. (55560); newt from Virginia (55596) ; 8 skulls of mammals and 4 land shells, from Mountain Lake, Va. (55610). Baker, Prof. Charles Fuller, College of Agiiculture, University of the Phil- ippines, Los Banos, P. I.: 2 specimens of Selaginella, 12 specimens (represent- ing 2 species) of shrimps, 133 speci- mens of Lepidoptera, 19 parasitic Hymenoptera, and about 60 specimens of Coleoptera, all collected in the Philippine Islands (54859; 54945; 54948; 55124; 55206; 55280). Baker, Dr. Fred., Point Loma, Cal. : 10 specimens, representing 4 species, of Ampullaria from Brazil (54625; 55057). Baker, Prof. H. B., Zoological Labora- tory, University of Mchigan, Ann Ar- bor, Mich. : 32 species of land and fresh- water shells fi-om Cheboygan County, Mich. (54303). Baker, Henry D., American consul, Nassau, Bahamas (through Department of State): A large, ring-shaped speci- men of sheepswool sponge; also 4 liz- ards from Andros Island (55169). Baker, Miss M. E., Springfield, Vt. : Specimen of Pinus sylvestris (55441). Baldus, J. G., Brookland, D. C: Nest and 2 young of blue jay, Cyanodtta cristata, from the Disti-ict of Columbia (54279). Barber, H. S., Bureau of Entomology-, Washington, D. C: Specimen of Hy- pocrella from Marjdand (54520). Barber, Mrs. Mary B., Canton, Ohio: Cream satin gown and boots worn by Mrs. William McKinley at the Inaugu- ral Ball, March 4, 1897, and a lace handkerchief and a gauze-and-pearl fan which belonged to her (54791: loan). Barbour, Dr. Thomas, Museum of Com- parative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass.: 3 amphipods, Melita nitida, from a cave in Cuba (54853). Barrott, A. F., Owego, N. Y. : 2 human skulls from graves in Mississippi Coun ty , Ark. (55191: exchange). Barrow, Dr. B., Barrows Store, Va.: Batrachian, Amphiuma means, from Brunswick County, Va. (54558). Bartlett, H. H., U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. : 8 speci- mens of Rhus from Michigan (55431); 11 specimens of Laciniaria from Ala- bama (55546); 60 specimens of Quercus from the southeastern part of the United States (55623). Exchange. Bartsch, Dr. Paul, U. S. National Mu- seum: Specimen of yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus (54573); 9 Lepidop- tera and 2 Diptera, from Paris, Va. (54713). • Bassler, Dr. R. S., U. S. National Mu- seum: 26 casts of type specimens, rep- resenting 13 species, from the Lower Ordovician of New Jersey (made from specimens borrowed from the New Jer- sey Geological Survey) (54660). Bausch and Lomb Optical Company, Rochester, N. Y.: 4 photographic lenses and a compound shutter (54605). Bean, Barton A., U. S. National Museum: 2 yoimg sturgeon, Adpenser sturio oxyrhynchus, from North Carolina (54639). Bean, Dr. Tarleton H., Conservation Commission, Albany, N. Y. : Type speci- men of Pontinus microlepis collected in Bermuda by L. L. Mowbray (54399); 3 specimens of Plectrypops retrospinis from Bermuda (54514); 3 species of fresh-water shells from the stomach of whitefish, Coregonus labradoricus, from Canandaigua Lake, N. Y. (54742). Bearss, J. T., St. Cloud, Fla.: 9 living specimens of Opuntia from Florida (55456: exchange). Beck, Mrs. James Tait, Camden, Ala. (through Mrs. A. T. Moore, U. S. Na- tional Museum): 2 French fans, late Empire, with richly carved pearl sticks (54774: loan). Beckwith, J. Carroll, New York City: An oil painting entitled "The Em- peror, " by J. Carroll Beckwith (55392: loan). LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 125 Bee HrvE Onyx Maeble Company, Grantsville, Utah: A cube of onyx mar- ble (54556). Bement, Clarence S., Philadelphia, Pa. (through F. W. Clarke) : A nearly com- plete indi\'idual of the Holbrook, Ariz., meteoric stone, -weighing 1,120 grams (55301). Benedict, Dr. J. E., U. S. National Mu- Beum: Specimen of Cooper's hawk, Ac- dpiter cooperi, from Woodside, Md. (55366). Benedict, J. E., jr., Woodside, Md.: Salamanders and worms from Maryland (55111). Bennett, E. E., and T. J. Saum, Seattle, Wash, (through J. M, Jessup): Beetles from northeast Alaska, on the Interna- tional Boundary between Rampart House and the Arctic Ocean (54993). Bennett, P. P., Toledo, Ohio: Samples of epsomite from Douglas County, Oreg. (54897). Bent, A. C, Taimton, Mass.: 2 sets of bird eggs from Alaska, namely, northern phalarope, Lobipes lobatus, and fork- tailed petrel, Oceanodroma furcata (54712). Berlin (Dahlem bei Steglitz), Ger- many, KoNiGL. Botanischer Garten UND BoTANiscHES MusEUM: Photo- graph and fragment of the type of Da- vallia flexuosa from Martinique (54538) ; 2 specimens of Lycopodium from Costa Rica (54921); 281 specimens of ferns (54969); fragment of the type of Lyco- podium callitrichaefolium (55086); speci- men of Cereus wittii from Manaos, Brazil (55422). Exchange. ^ Bethel, E., Denver, Colo.: 4 adults and 3 larvae of honey ants (54868). Bezzi, Prof. Dr. M., Turin, Italy: 49 specimens, representing 26 species, of Trypetidee (54989: exchange). Bickhardt, Heinrich, Cassel, Germany: 2 histerid beetles, Notodomaformosanum and Stemoccelis arachnoides (55489: ex- change). Biglow, Capt. A. B., Eckley, Oreg.: 10 specimens of the nine-spined stickle- back, Pungitius pungitius, from a lake on the coastal plain of the Arctic Ocean (54904). Blankingship, Dr. 0. F., Richmond, Va.: Annelid, Rhynchobolus dibranchiatus (55484). Blythe, W. B., Meeker, Colo, (through T. W. Stanton,!!. S. Geological Survey) : 8 concretions from Colorado (55100). BoLLMAN, H. C, Smithsonian Institution: 2 specimens of Phoradendron from Maryland (54922). Bonaparte, Prince Roland, Herba- rium OF, Paris, France (through C. Belhatte): Part of the tj'pe of Lycopo- dium barbatum from Costa Rica (54823: exchange) ; 128 ferns from various locali- ties (55235: exchange); 200 plants from Mexico (55235). BosTicK, Earl, Goulds, Fla.: Spider, Acrosoma gastracantha (54433). Botanic Gardens. (See under Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.) BoTANisKA Museum, Upsala Universi- tets. (See under Upsala, Sweden.) Brackett, Mrs. Rose F. (through the American Security and Trust Company, executor, Washington, D. C): Portrait, in oil, of Col. Albert G. Brackett, U. S. Army, by G. P. A. Healy (54940: bequest). Braendle, Fred J., Washington, D. C: A catholic rosary made from the seeds of the Kentucky coffee bean, Chionan- ihus virginica (54753). Brandegee, T. S., University of Cali- fornia, Berkeley, Cal.: 33 plants, in- cluding some ferns, from Mexico (54567; 54806; 55078); 327 plants col- lected in Mexico by C. A. Purpus (55310: purchase). Brannee, Dr. J, C, Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford University, Cal. : 4 species of marine shells collected by Olaf Jenkins on the Stanford Expedi- tion of 1911, at Ceara Mirim, State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (54762). 12C REPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Bremer, W. M., Carnesville, Ga.: Ban- nerstone of pagodite flaked with mica and specks of iron rust (54777: pur- chase). Brenner, Dr. F. T., Quincy, 111.: Specimen of slug, Limaxjlavus (54985). Brimley, C. S., Raleigh, N. C: Larva of a salamander, Gyrinophilus porphyri- ticus (54355) ; 5 salamanders, Ambystoma opacum, and 1 lot of eggs, from North Carolina (54721: purchase); salaman- ders, 2 of Spelerpes ruber schencki (one a type), 1 of S. ruber, 2 of Plethodon metcalfi (one a type), and 1 of P. glutinosus (54824); 4 specimens of Lepidoptera (55408). Bristow, Joseph Q., Washington, D. C: 100 specimens of Ordovician fossils from Kentucky (54961); engraving entitled "The Monarch of the Glen," after Sir Edwin Landseer, R. A., engraved by Richard Dudensing (55188); 110 speci- mens of recent shells, 5 rock specimens (veins and jointing), 2 Cuban mango seeds, and 2 bullets from Civil "War battlefield (55195). British Museum (Natural History). (See under London, England.) Britton, Dr. W. E., Agricultural Ex- periment Station, New Haven, Conn.: 7 adult sawflies and a number of sawfly larvae (54468). Brown, C. G., Miss Julia G. Brown and Miss Katherine Brown. (See under Mrs. Mary J. Roach.) Brown, E. J., U. S. National Museum: 5 specimens of salamander, Diemictylus viridescens, from Sullivan County, N. Y. (54508); skin of blackburnian war- bler, Dendroica fusca, from Virginia (54532); skin of Tennessee warbler, Vermivora peregrina, from Florida (55020). Brown, Philip G., Portland, Me.: Speci- men and photograph of Ulmus cam- pestris (54430). Bryan, Maj. Harry S., Mexico, Mexico: 11 Mexican antiquities and 12 specimens of Mexican weaving and beadwork (54645: loan); a small painting of a Bryan, Maj. Harry S. — Continued, saint, on canvas backed with wood and inlaid with pearl shells (54746); Mexi- can ornaments and implements of pot- tery and stone; also blankets and other articles of weaving, etc. (54984: loan); a collection of 83 articles including Mexican crosses, a reliquary, amulets, figures, etc., and a stone carving of a Mexican deity (55388: loan); 2 silver extreme unction boxes each in the form of a cross, with chain, buckskin beaded coat, pottery stamp, 2 jadeite carvings, black stone carving, shell carving, and a silk hand-knit purse (55522: loan). Buckingham, Mrs. B. H. (See under Miss Isabel C. Freeman.) Budapest, Hungary, Hungarian Na- tional Museum, Botanical Section: 100 plants from Hungary (Flora Hun- garica Exsiccata, Cent. I.) (55256: ex- change). Bunn, J. W., Midville, Ga.: Specimen of Manfreda tigrina from Georgia (55557). Burden, Miss Ka.therine, "Washington, D. C: 100 specimens of Vallonia from the District of Columbia (54624). BuRDETTE, Samuel O., Mount Airy, Md.: 3 tree frogs from Maryland (54395); mammals from Maryland, including 7 skins with skulls (54665). Bureau of Education. (See under Manila, P. I.) Bureau of Science. (See under Ma- nila, P. I.) Burnham, "W. H., York, Pa.: Albino bob- white, Colinus virginianus (54470). Bush, B. F., Courtney, Mo.: 359 plants, chiefly from Missouri (55573: purchase). Bushnell, D. I., jr., Charlottesville, "Va.: Hematite hammer from the vicinity of • St. Louis, Mo. (54392); photographs of 3 ancient carved Mexican atlatls, 2 of which are in the Anthropological Mu- seum, Florence, Italy, and the other in the Kircheriano Museum, Pvome, Italy (55031); woven bag of the "';\'innebago Indians of Nebraska (55391); arche- ological objects including stone and bone implements, shell beads, pottery LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 127 BusHNELL, D. I., jr. — Continued. vessels, fragments of large pottery dishes and two human skulls, from St. Genevieve, Mo. (55593: collected for tlie Museum). Button, Fred L., Oakland, Csd. -.Cypraea, representing 3 species, from the Eocene Tertiary of Victoria, Australia, col- lected by W. T. Bednall (54847). Caiixet, Dr. J. H., Vesoul, Haute Saone, France: A fossil crab from the Mesozoic rocks of France (54547). CALCtTTTA, India, Geological Survey OP India: 14 specimens of later ite (55555: exchange). Calcutta, India, Indian Museum: 4 specimens of Tenthredinidse (54736). California, University of, Berkeley, Cal. : 2166 plants chiefly from California and Montana (54272); 12 ferns from Mexico (54676). Exchange. Calvert, Dr. Philip P., Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. : 54 neotropical dragonflies (54322: ex- change); 78 dragonflies from various localities, including Borneo (54330). Cambridge, England, University Botanic Garden: 3 living specimens of Opuntia xanthostemma, 4 of 0. mona- canfAa,[and 4 of 0. cantabrigiensis (54696 : exchange). Cambridge, Mass., Museum op Com- parative Zoology: 36 neotropical dra- gonflies, received through Dr. Philip P. Calvert (54328: exchange); specimen of Palssmonetes eigenmanni (54373); 7 mammals from China (54590: exchange); 44 bird skins from the Altai Mountains, Siberia., collected on the expedition of Prof. Theodore Lyman (55085: ex- change). Capron, Mrs. Allyn, sr., Fort Myer, Va. : Medal and button of the Aztec Club, U. S. Army, 1847, bronze medal com- memorative of the 50th anniversai-y of the Aztec Club, October 13, 1897, and medal and button of the Order of Indian Wars of the United States, wliich belonged to Capt. Allyn Capron, First U. S. Artillery (55189: loan). 32377°— NAT Mus 1913 9 Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, Pittsbiirgh, Pa.: Titanic memorial, consisting of the gold medal awarded by the Commission and of a bronze tablet supporting it, bearing the resolution adopted by the Commission, with refer- ence to the acts of heroism performed in connection with the sinking of the S. S. Titanic (54893). Carnegie Institution of Washington: 52 living specimens of Cactacese from Walter Mundt (54410) ; 37 living speci- mens of Cactacese from California (54411, 65509, 55548, 55576), 3 living specimens of Sedum from Santa Cata- lina Mountains, Ariz. (54731), and 3 living specimens of Cactaceae from Ari- zona (55278), all collected by Dr. D. T. MacDougal; 20 living specimens of Opuntia, collected by Dr. MacDougal and Dr. W. A. Cannon in California (55473, 55509); 450 archeological ob- jects, mainly from a cave in Washing- ton County, Md., collected by J. D. McGuire prior to 1905 (54446); 199 archeological specimens, mainly from an aboriginal quarry site in Carter County, Ky., collected by Gerard Fowke prior to 1905 (54447); 32 speci- mens of madreporarian corals from Florida Keys, transmitted by the Marine Biological Laboratory at Dry Tortugas, through Dr. T. Wayland Vaughan (54481); 465 plants, including living specimens of Cactacese, from Kansas and Colorado (54633, 54702), and 17 living specimens of Cactacese from Europe (54705), all obtained by Dr. J. N. Rose; 9 living specimens of Opuntia, collected by A. Ruth in the northeast- ern part of Texas (54700) ; 3 living speci- mens of Cactacese, received from the New York Botanical Garden (54733); 12 living specimens of Cactacese, collected by Mrs. Irene Vera near San Luis Potosi, Mexico (55039); 35 photographs illustrating results achieved in lines of investigation carried on under the direction of Prof. George E. Hale, Moimt Wilson Solar Observatory, Pasa- dena, Cal., and transmitted by that observatory (55092); 25 living speci- mens of Cactacese, collected by Padre 128 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913, Carnegie Institution of Washing- ton— Continued. M. Fuertes near Barahona, Santo Domingo (55272); 10 living specimens of Cactacese, collected in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Ariz., by Dr. Forrest Shrevo (55620). Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa. (through Philip P. Calvert): 38 neo- tropical dragonflies (54324: exchange). Carpenter, William D., Salisburypoint, Amesbury, Mass.: 10 bird skins from Sayre, Pa. (54368) ; bat, Myotis Ivxnfugus (54542). Carter, N. E., Elkhorn, W4s.: 3 fake specimens, representing a hematite plummet from St. Charles County, Mo., a hematite ceremonial from Indiana or Missouri, and a copper fishhook from Wisconsin (55531). Carter, Ralph E., Naskeag, Me.: One skull each of red fox, weasel, porcu- pine, and rabbit (54367: purchase). Case, Mrs. F. E., Canton, Ohio: Speci- men of Monotropsis from North Caro- lina (54376); 66 plants from Ohio (54619; 54740). Catlin, Mrs. Robert, New York City (through Brig. Gen. William H. For- wood, U. S. Army, retired): Skull of a "Flathead" Indian (55523). Celestine, Brother, Ancon, Canal Zone: 105 plants from Panama (55017; 55252). Century Company, New York City: 36 copies of the decorations by Frank Vin- cent Du Mond for "The Grapes of Eshcol," published in the "Century," November, 1912. Rubber offset work (55606). Chadwick, Miss Julia Halsted, Wash- ington, D. C: An oil painting entitled "The Lace Maker," after Terburg (55528). Chapfey, Elswood, Lerdo, Durango, Mexico: 12 living specimens of Cacta- cese from Mexico (54269). Chaillaux, J. Bruce, Orleans, Ind.: 2 salamanders from Indiana (55492). Chambers, B. L., U. S. National Mu- seum: Winter wren, Nannus hiemalis (55249). Champlain, a. B., Harrisburg, Pa.: 60 specimens of Hymenoptera and 3 spec- imens of Coleoptera (54990). Chandonnet, Rev. Z. L., Perham, Minn.: 13 plants from various locali- ties (54438); 33 plants from Minnesota (54448; 54653). Chanute, Leon F., Shreveport, La.: Specimen of walking-stick, Diaphera- merafemorata (55024). Chapman, Mrs. E. M., Washington, D. C: Chapeau given by Lieut. Gen. Wiofield Scott, U. S. Army, to Brevet Maj. Gen. Edward Davis Townsend, U. S. Army (54369); a white kid glove of the style worn by those who entertained Gen. Lafayette in Boston during his visit to the United States in 1824-25 (54393). Chapman, Robert H., Washington, D. C: Specimens of chalcedony from Brighton, England, and agate pebbles from Devon River, Scotland (54866). Chase, Mrs. Agnes, Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C: 11 plants from the eastern part of the United States (54534). Chase, Benjamin F., American consul, Leeds, England: An Irish ^ penny of the time of James I (1603-1625); Irish ^ penny of the time of Charles I (1625- 1648), found under the castle ruins at Knai'esborough, Yorkshire, England (55507). Chatard, Dr. Thomas M., Washington, D. C: Portrait of Henrietta Maria, by Janssens; portrait of Mrs. Rous, by Sir Peter Lely; and portrait of Mrs. Nicholas Bosley, of Hayfields, Md., by Thomas Sully (55415: loan). Cheeseman, W. C, Slippery Rock, Pa.: 2 plants from Pennsylvania (54540). Chekal, F. C, Holbrook, Ariz.: 4 me- teoric stones from a fall of July 19, 1912, near Aztec, 6 miles east of Hol- brook (54451). LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 129 Chen ET Brothers, New York City: Silk fabrics, raw silk, and specimens illus- trating processes in the manufacture of spun eilk yam (55080). Chetwood, Robert E., New York City: Pair of telegraph-pole climbers used prior to 1848 (55236). Chuck, Thomas, Toledo, Iowa: Sacred bundle of the Fox Indians, collected by Dr. Truman Michelson (55002: pur- chase). Chung, Dr. W. F., Chinese Legation, Washington, D. C: Bat, Ept^sicus (55093). Clague, W. H., Kalispell, Mont.: Moth, Lychnosea helviolaria (54420). Clapf, George H., Pittsburgh, Pa.: 28 specimens of Polygym andrewsi from Roan Mountain, N. C. (55158). Clapp, W. F., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. : About 100 specimens, representing 10 species, of marine shells from Sanibel Island, Fla. (54621). Clark, Austin H., U. S. National Museum: 99 bird skins from various localities (54561); specimen of Melitxa superba from Newtonville, Mass. (54991) ; specimen of Peripatus (Epiperipatus) trinidadensis and one of P. (Peripatus) juanensis (55317). Clark, Herbert A., U. S. National Museum : Ruby- tliroa ted hummingbird, Archilochus colubris (54500). Clark, Herbert E., Jaffa Gate, Jeru- salem: 19 sections of two flint sickles found in the debris of Ancient Gezer, Palestine (55598). Clark, Miss May, Washington, D. C. : Woven belt of a Pueblo woman (55142: purchase). Clarke, Dr. F. W., V. S. Geological Sur- vey, Washington, D. C: Specimen of corundum showiilg parting (54578). Clarke, J. Paul, West Palm Beach, Fla.: 2 specimens of "horsehair worms," Gordius (54749). Cleland, Prof. H. F., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. : Specimen of cal- cite coated with quartz (54668: ex- change). Clements, Charles, Boston, Mass.: A five-inch cube of Killarney green granite (54546). Cochrane, C. R., Lakeview, Idaho: Moth, Samia rubra (55544). CocKERELL, Prof. T. D. A., University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.: 9 specimens of Hymenoptera and 1 of Lepidoptera, including cotypes of 4 species of Hy- menoptera (54387); 38 plants from New Mexico (54405; 54890); 5 living speci- mens of Opuntia from New Mexico, and 2 photographs (54533); 7 living speci- mens of Opuntia from near Boulder (54706); 50 insects fi-om the United States and Central America (54719); 9 living specimens of Opuntia (54900); 5 fossil insects, including 3 type speci- mens (55074); 31 insects (55274); 3 type slides of parts of Peripatus biolleyi betheli (55316); about 145 insects on 20 slides, 11 of the latter being type specimens (55370) ; type specimen of Pseudoviasaris vespoides robertsoni (55123) ; microscopic slide with jaw and radula, type of Philomycus secretus from North Carolina (55329). CocKERELL, Mrs. T. D. A., Boulder, Colo.: Type specimen of fossil bee (54397). Cole, H. E., Baraboo, Wis. (thi-ough Charles D. Walcott): A specimen of the fossil worm burrow, Arenicolites woodi (54669). CoLEGio DE Sax Ignacio, Medellin, Colombia: 200 plants from Colombia (55076: exchange). Coles, Russell J., Danville, Va.: Fishes from Cape Lookout, N. C. (54435). College of Mines. (See under Leoben, Styria, Austria.) Collins, Frank S., Maiden, Mass.: 50 specimens of algge from North America, Phycotheca BoreaU- Americana, Fasci- cle 38 (55061: purchase). 130 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Colorado, University of, Boulder, Colo. : 3 plants collected in New Mexico byW.W. Bobbins (55374). CoMEAU, N. A., Godbout, Quebec, Can- ada: Specimen of holotliurian, Cucu- maria frondosa, from Godbout (54758). Commerce, Department or: Bureau of Fisheries: 2 specimens of Medusae from tbe coast of Maine (54362) , a keg of jellyfisbea from the mouth of Casco Bay (54766), a box of jellyfishes and pteropods from the Gulf of Maine (55072), 28 vials and bottles of inverte- brates (55618), and 2 boxes of plankton specimens comprising mollusks and other invertebrates from the Gulf of Maine (55165), collected by the Grampus during the summer of 1912 and received through Dr. H. B. Bige- low. Head and tail of bottle-nosed whale, type of Mesoplodon mirwn, new species, from Bird Island Shoal, Beau- fort Harbor, N. C. (54403); large collec- tions of tj^es and paratypes of fishes, collected in 1906 in Japan and the northern Pacific by the Albatross, a few types of fluvial fishes from California, and a specimen of stomatopod from Japan (54484); 108 skeletons of birds and 3 skeletons of the house mouse, from St. Paul Island, Pribilof Group, Alaska (54504); 14 boxes of miscellane- ous specimens of mollusks and 154 packages of marine invertebrates, col- lected on the Albatross cruise to Mexico in 1911 (54576; 54588); a full-length pastel portrait of Prof. Spencer F. Baird, by D. E. Collins (54609); part of the type specimen of Frimnodendron superbum, collected during the cruise of the Albatross in the northwest Pacific in 1906 and described by Prof. C. C. Nutting (54627); 4 boxes of echinoids, asteroids, etc., from the Pacific Ocean, and a figured specimen of Heterocentro- tus vwmmillatus from Honolulu, col- lected by the Albatross and described by Dr. Hubert Lyman Clark (54656); 2 crustaceans taken from Phallusia at Station 2945, southern California, cruise of the Albatross in 1904 (54674); 2 frogs from Alaska, collected by Lee R. Dice, deputy warden, Alaska Fisheries Serv- ice (54745); 167 lots of ascidians col- Commerce, Department of — Contd. lee ted by the U. S. Fish Commission from 1871-1887, inclusive, named by Dr. W. G. Van Name, and formerly in the custody of Prof. A. E. Verrill (54773); mammals, fishes, invertebrates, and plants, from St. Paul Island, Alaska, collected in 1910-1912 by M. C. Marsh and W. L. Hahn (54778); 348 mounted slides of Foraminifera from the Philippine cruise of the Alba- tross, 1907-1910, received tlirough Dr. Joseph A. Cushman (54783); 700 vials of Scluzopoda collected by the Alba- tross in 1899-1900 and 1904-1905 and described by Dr. H. J. Hansen in Me- moirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Vol. 35, No. 4, July, 1912 (54843); 6 parasitic isopoda collected in Japan by Dr. Jordan and Dr. Snyder (54892); the type and 11 additional specimens of a flounder, Pseudopleuro- nectes dignabilis, collected by steam trawlers on Georges Bank, through the courtesy of John R. Neal (54959); skin of a large California sea bass, Atracto- scion nobilis, collected near Quadra Inlet, opposite Mary Island, Alaska (55016); 6 types of jellyfishes collected by the Albatross in the northwest Pacific in 1906 (55072); mammals and birds from Celebes, Borneo, etc., col- lected by Roy C. Andrews on the Alba- tross expedition of 1909-1910 and re- ceived through the American Museum of Natural History (55162); type and paratype of Hadropterus sellaris from Swan Creek, Md. (55166); a series of 137 bird eggs and 2 nests from the Pribilof Islands, collected by James Judge and M. C. Marsh in 1911 and 1912 (55190); 986 specimens of echinoderms (includ- ing 5 type specimens) collected by the Albatross on the west coast of Mexico in 1911 and described by Dr. H. L. Clark (55292; 55337); 2 parkas ob- tained by deputy fur warden G. Dallas Hanna from Indians near Bethel, Alaska (55389). (See under Smith- sonian Institution, Smithsonian Bio- logical Survey of the Panama Canal Zone.) Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- m.erce: Samples of foreign fibers, yama, LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 131 Commerce, Department of — Contd. textiles, etc., and a sample of Mexican ocotillo wax, collected by American consuls and special agents of the De- partment of Commerce (55643). Coast and Geodetic Survey: About 45 skins and skulls of mammals and a few birds and plants, collected by the Alaska Boundary Commission in north- em Yukon and Alaska and received through Thomas Riggs, jr. (54907). Commercial Museum, Philadelphia, Pa.: Wood samples and specimens of raw silk (54594). Congress, Library of. (See under Keturn Jonathan Meigs, No. 4.) Conservation Commission, Albany, N. Y. (through Tarleton H. Bean): 21 specimens of Unio complanatus from New York (54614); collection of white- fishes, ciscoes, etc.; also a leech, Hse- mopsis viarmoratus, found parasitic on one of the fishes (55154); fishes, snails, crustaceans, and amphibian eggs (55581). CoNZATTi, Dr. C, Oaxaca, Mexico: 9 liv- ing specimens of Cactaceae from south- em Mexico (54461); fruit of plant from Cerro de Tlacolulu, Mexico (54594); living specimen of Mamillaria karwin- nkiana from Mexico (54628); 20 living specimens of Cactacese from the south- era part of Mexico (54709; 65550: ex- change); 11 living specimens of Cac- tacese (54734; 55040: exchange); 14 specimens of Cactacese from Mexico (55429: exchange); 13 specimens (2 living) of Cactacese from Mexico (55476). Cook, 0. F., U. S. Department of Agri- culture, Washington, D. C: Specimen of Tomocyclus gealii from Guatemala (54357); 177 plants from Costa Rica (54957). GooLEY, Mrs. C. C, Baltimore, Md.: Waistcoat worn by C. C. Cooley at a reception given in Dayton, Ohio, to William Henry Harrison, 1840 (54727). CooLiDGE, Miss Helen E., Washington, D. C.: 3 Lowestoft plates and 2 East India cups (Chinese) (55116); cup and saucer of Spode ware (England) (55117: loan). Copenhagen, Denmark, Universite- TETs BoTANisKE MusEUM: Specimen of Lycopodium from Brazil (55062: ex- change). Copenhagen, Denmark, Universite- TETs Zoologiske Museum: Specimen of Raja hyperborea (54418). Copp, Francis W., Meredith, N. H.: Crayfish from Lake Winnipisaukee (55453). Corn Products Refining Company, New York City: 34 specimens of corn products (54818). Correvon, H., Geneva, Switzerland: Living specimen of Opuntia xantho- stemma and one of 0. rhodantha, with seeds (55458: exchange). Costa Rica-Panama Boundary Arbi- tration Commission, San Jos^, Costa Rica: Fossils from the Tertiary of the Canal Zone, collected by D. F. Mac- Donald (54599: collected for the Mu- seum). Cottman, Mi-s. J. Hough. (See under Mrs. John Southgate Tucker.) CowDRY, N. H., Waterford, Ontario: 30 specimens of Canadian Silurian and Devonian fossils (54810). CowLEs, Henry T., Rio Grande, P. R.: 21 ferns from Porto Rico (55480). Croft, Samuel M., Library of Congress, Washington, D. C: A collection of South American butterflies (54870). Crookes, Sir William, London, England (through George F. Kunz): A spinthar- iscope (55411). Cropper, Mrs. John, Orleans, France: A bronze cannon used during the War of the American Revolution, together with the carriage for the cannon (54996). Crosby, C. R., Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.: Male and female para- type of Eurytoma rhois (54869). Culbertson, Glenn, Hanover College, Hanover, Ind.: Fossil from Jefferson County, Ind. (54361). CuLiN, Stewart. (See under Baron Senge.) 132 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. CuMMiNGS, Mrs. S. E., Washington, D. C: A collection of laces, brocades, card- cases, costumes, jewelry, fans, etc. (55589). OusHMAN, Mrs. Allerton S., Washing- ton, D. C. : Remains of a clasp worn by Mrs. Sarah Scott Siddons while playing in "Macbeth," presented to Miss Char- lotte Cufihman by Mrs. Fanny Kemble (55335: loan). Cutler, H. S., Kanab, Utah: Specimen of velvet ant, Dasymutilla gloriosa (55022). Cutler, W. E., Brooks, Alberta, Canada: Distal half of femur, in 3 pieces, and portion of tibia of a fossil reptile (54715). Dahlem bei Steglitz, Konigl. Botan- iscHER Garten und Botanisches Museum. (See under Berlin, Ger- many.) Dall, Dr. WiLLLiM H., U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C: 31 photo- graphs of natives of southern India, collected by the Rev. C. H. A. Dall (54764); framed photographs, oil paint- ings and water colors (55214); photo- graphs representing 26 ethnological subjects and 97 Eiuropean views (55336). Daniel, J. W., Washiugton, D. C. : A pair of pistols and a "C. S. A." single-action revolver with holster and belt (55095: loan). Davidson, Dr. A., Los Angeles, Cal.: Specimen of Brassica from California (54380). Davidson, Capt. A. H., U. S. Army, Anapra, N. Mex.: Skin of white-faced glossy ibis, Plegadis guarauna, in immature plumage (54585). Davis, Archibald, Bayard, N. Mex.: 3 pieces of opal in rhyolite (55224). Day, Ben, Inc., New York City: Ben Day machine for rapid shading, etched plates produced with the aid of the machine, and specimens of Ben Day rapid shading medium work from the plates, showing progressive stages of production of color design (55416). Deam, C. C, State Board of Forestry, Indianapolis, Ind.: 4 plants from In- diana (55210: exchange). De Haven Manufacturing Company, Brooklyn, N. Y.: 6 lots of sample ring travelers for spinning frame (54453). Dennison, W. E., San Francisco, Cal.: Specimen of roscoeUt© from Union- town, Cal. (54493). Densmore, Miss Frances, Red Wing, Minn.: Collection of Chippewa Indian ethnological objects (55524: purchase). Denys, Rev. F. Ward, Washington, D. C: 2 oil paintings, "Madonna and Child" by Perugino and "Saint Mi- chael" by Guido Reni; also a Persian rug said to be after a design by Raphael (54980: loan). Departement van den Landbouw. (See under Paramaribo, Surinam.) De Selm, Arthur W., Kankakee, 111.: Specimen of Sphaeralcea from Illinois (54607). Devor, E. H., Mercersburg, Pa.: Ring sundial bearing the name of the maker and the date 1640 (55066: purchase). DicKiNS, Mrs. F. W., Washington, D. C: Collection of plates, pitchers, etc., with historical scenes (55150: loan); Pomo Indian basket (55259). Dinsmore, John E., The American Col- ony, Jerusalem, Palestine: 70 "Bible plants" from Palestine (54381: pur- chase). DisBROW, Dr. William S., Newark, N. J.: 13 specimens of zeolites and one of leu- cophcenicite, from New Jersey; and 25 concretions from Windsor, Conn.(54492: exchange); photograph of a group of uncut diamonds (54811). DoDD, Alan P., Nelson, Cairns, North Queensland, Australia: 10 Coleoptera from Australia (55279). Dolbear, C. E., Berkeley, Cal.: 4 crys- tals of halite, 1 of thenardite, and 2 of hanksite, from Searles Lake potash de- posit, San Bernardino County, Cal. (55069). LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 133 Dominion Marble Company, Limited, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: A six-inch cube of marble (54286). Doty, Charles E., Hamilton, Ohio: About 300 negatives of Cuban and Fili- pino subjects (54342). Douglass, WiLLDdM B., General Land Office, Washington, D. C: Collection of cliff-dwelling material from the Navaho National Park, Ariz. (55395: loan). Draper Company, Hopedale, Mass.: Old loom reed; and self -threading shuttle, model 933 (55105). Dublin, Ireland, Department of Agri- culture AND Technical Instruction FOR Ireland (Fisheries Branch): 2 type specimens of crinoids, Atelecrinus helgse and Trichometra hibernica (54334). Dumont, Fred'k.T. F., American consul, Madrid, Spain (through Department of State): 13 Carib hatchets and axes from Guadeloupe, F. W. I., collected by the donor (54563). Duncan, Miss F., Glen Carlyn, Va.: Specimen of myrtle warbler, Dendroica coronata, from Virginia (55350). Dunn, E. R., Alexandria, Va.: Water- snake from Virginia (55328). Durban, Natal, Durban Museum: 2 skeletons (with skulls) and 3 skulls of dolphins (55540: exchange). DuvALL, Charles F., Aguila, Ariz.: Moth, Hemileucajuno (54748). Ebbs, Mrs. Florence A., Washington, D. C: 2 pieces of sculpture in marble, Cordelia, attributed to Harriet Ilosmer, and Esmeralda, by Romanelli (54643: loan). Egbert, Dr. J. Hobart, Superintendent, Medical Department, United Fruit Company, Santa Marta, Colombia: 43 mosquitoes from Colombia (55242); 339 Diptera and other insects from Colom- bia (55640). Eggleston, W. W., U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C: 3 speci- mens of Crataegus from South Dakota (54595); 45 specimens of Crataegus col- lected by C. C. Deam in Indiana (55255). Egypt Exploration Fund, London, Eng- land (through S. W. Woodward, Wash- ington, D. C): 70 objects of antiquity from Abydos, El Mahasna, Taieba and Deir el Bahari (54593). Ellis, Miss Charlotte C, Placitas, N. Mex.; Specimen of cactus from New Mexico, received through Prof. E. O. Wooton (54457). Ellis, Mrs. William M., Shawsville, Va. (through Mrs. Julian James and Mrs. R. R. Hoes, Washington, D. C): Dress worn by the wife of President John Tyler when presented at the Court of Louis Philippe, about 1843 (54460: loan). Elmer, A. D. E., Manila, P. L: 1991 plants from the Philippine Islands (54738: purchase). Ely, Dr. C. R., Gallaudet College, Kendall Green, Washington, D. C: 12 parasitic Hymenoptera bred from Liihocolletes propinquella (54390). Emmons, Dr. A. B., Marion, Mass.: Ana- tomical specimen (54346). Engelhardt, George P., Brooklyn, N, Y.: 8 specimens of Sesiidse (55120). Eno, Mrs. William Phelps, Washington, D. C. (through Mrs. James W. Pinchot, Washington, D. C): A piece of point d'Angleterre lace (55521). Entwisle, W^ B., Alexandria, Va.: 25 roughly shaped quart zite arrowpoints and 19 broken blades and arrowpoints, found near Alexandria (55217). Eshnaur, Mrs. W. H., Terminal, Cal.: Specimens of Forreria belcheri and Chione Jluctifraga, from shallow water, San Pedi-o Bay, Cal. (54601). Esposiper, Varni Company, New York City: llspecimen&of gems (54886: pur- chase). Evans, John D., Trenton, Ontario, Can- ada: 26 specimens of Lepidoptera (55304). Evans, William T., New York City: 5 paintings in oil, "The Meadow Brook," by Charles Paul Gruppe (54300); "The Mourning Brave," by Edwin Willard Deming (54527); "The Fur Muff," by Robert David Gauley (55113); "Water 134 HEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Evans, Wiluam T. — Continued. Lilies," by Walter Shirlaw (55218); " Castle Creek Canyon, South Dakota, ' ' by Frank De Haven (55525) ; 2 pastels, "Suffer the Little Children to come unto Me" and "Christ before Pilate," by Otto Walter Beck (54939). Fahs, R. Z., Edmonds, Wash.: 14 speci- mens of moUusks from various localities (55498). Fairchild, David G., U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C: Specimen of Hymenoptera and one of Lepidoptera, from Chevy Chase, Md. (54730). Fall, Mrs. George W., Nashville, Tenu. (through Mrs. R. R. Hoes, Washington, D. C): Blue brocade satin dress worn by Mi-s. James K. Polk at the "VSTiite House (55171: loan). Farmer, Robert, Washington, D. C: Small coiled jar found by the donor five miles east of Zuni, N. Mex. (55505). Fauver, W. F., Goldroad, Ariz.: Speci- men of Stagmomantis (54512). Faxon, Dr. Walter, Museum of Com- parative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass.: 31 photographs of t}-pe specimens of crustaceans (54565). Federated Malay States, Forestry Department. (See under Kuala Liunpur.) Federated !^L^LAY States AIuseums. (See under Kuala Liunpur.) Feleppone, Dr. Florentino, Monte- A-ideo, Uruguay: 6 insects, 2 shrimpg, 2 algee, 25 reptiles and an egg-case of a shark (55239). Felt &. Tarrant ALvnufacturing Com- pany, Chicago, 111.: A comptometer (54382). Fewkes, Dr. J. Walter, Biu-eau of American Ethnolog>% Washington, D. C: 7 stone axes (interrupted groove), and a stone ring (tufa), from a com- pound near Phoenix, Salt River Valley, Ariz. (54400); 4 turtle shells and parts of a fish, from Isle of Pines, Cuba, West Indies (54413: collected for the Mu- seum) ; 11 sponges from Grand Cayman Island, jurisdiction of Jamaica, British West Indies (54479). Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 111.: 37 fishes, representing 10 species, from Costa Rica (54485); 15 ferns from Peru (54848); 2110 plants, chiefly from the northern part of the L'nited States (54901); 2 pieces of mete- oric stone, a 106-gram mass of Juvinas, and a 10-gram piece of Petersburg (54974). Exchange. (See under Smith- sonian Institution, Smithsonian Biolog- ical Survey of the Panama Canal Zone.) Finley, J. P., Washington, D. C: Man- tras from a prayer-wheel, Tibetan (54797). Fisher, George L., Houston, Tex.: 192 plants chiefly from Texas (54379; 54618; 54885; 55375). Fitzgerald, Harrington, Philadelphia, Pa.: Oil painting, "The Wreck," by Harrington Fitzgerald (55518). Fletcher, !Mrs. L. C, Washington, D. C: 4 Aleut baskets (55262); a collection of 99 specimens of basketrj^, bead work, etc. (55397: loan). Florida, University of, Agricultural Experiment Station, GainesAdlle : 10 paratj-pes of Cryptothrips Jloridensis (55339). Foley, E. H., Rutland, Vt.: Block of fuclisite marble (54511). Foote, Mrs. Kate N., Washington, D. C: Commissions, copies of resolutions, cer- tificates of membership and other docu- ments which belonged to Rear Admiral A. H. Foote, L^. S. Navy, and to his son, Capt. Augustus R. S. Foote, U. S. Army (54781: loan). Foote Mineral Company, Philadelphia, Pa.: Piece of the St. Michel meteoric stone weighing 625 grams (55343); 2 specimens of minerals (54737). Ex- change. Forbes, F. F., Brookline, Mass.: 28 specimens of Salix from Massachusetts (55266). Forsyth, The Misses, Kingston, N. Y. (through Iklrs. R. R. Hoes, Washington, D. C): Dress of golden-brown striped silk and an apron of embroidered white mull which were worn about 1760 by Mrs. Cornelius Wjmkoop of New York; LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 135 Forsyth, The Misses — Continued, calash, of IVIrs. Severyn Bniyn of Kings- ton, N. Y., made of black China silk and worn about 1800 ; dress of pale green Cliina crepe, collar of broad, round piece of white mull with richly em- broidered border edged with lace, and a hat of coffee-colored eilk, worn by Miss Mary Catharine Bruyn, of Kings- ton, within the years 1835-1840 (55149: loan). FoRWOOD, Brig. Gen. William H., U. S. Army (retired), Washington, D. C: 5 seeds, chiefly of palms (55539). Foster, A. S., Gate, Wash.: 48 plants from Washington (54274). Foster, E. J., Mosheim, Tex.: The up- per mouth-plate of a fossil pycnodont fish from Hamilton County, Tex. (54757: purchase). Fox, Dr. Carroll, Bureau of Health, Manila, P. I.: 19 specimens of rats and mice, from the Philippine Islands (54919). Franzen, J. W., Minneapolis, Minn.: 4 specimens of Lepidoptera, Eurymus eurytheme (55053). Freeman, Miss Isabel C, and Mrs. B. H. Buckingham, Washington, D. C: Col- lection of shawls and scarfs, Chinese and Japanese embroideries, Japanese arms and armor, lacquers, fans, etc. (55382). Freeman, Nathaniel, Washington, D. C: Booklets, cards, a letterhead, a newspaper and a bank-note, 21 speci- mens (55603). French Creek Granite Company, St. Peters, Pa. : A five-inch cube of granite (54545). Frick, Childs, New York City: About 20 specimens of fresh-water crabs and 5,292 bird skins, collected on the Childs Frick expedition to Abyssinia and Brit- ish East Africa (54977; 55019). Friedman, John L., C. Victoria, Ta- maulipas, Mexico: Grass, Andropogon annulatus, from Mexico (54440). Frierson, L. S., Frierson, La.: 6 speci- mens, representing 2 species, of Ne- phronaias from Guatemala, Atlantic drainage (55178). Friese, Dr. H., Schwerin, Mechlenburg, Germany: 218 specimens of bees of the family Meliponidse (90 of which are cotypes) compiising 106 forms (55319: purchase). Fritschle, Dr. W. E., Olney, 111.: Speci- men of king rail, Rallus elegans, from Olney (54851). Fuchs and Lang Manufacturing Com- pany, New York City: 3 books, "Ma- chinery," "Lithographers Supplies," and "The Invention of Lithography," published by the donors, 43 half-tone reliefs of lithographic machinery, pic- ture of the bronze bust of ' ' Aloys Sene- felder, Inventor of Lithography, 1771- 1834" (printed in 1910), and 9 bottles of litho varnishes (55192); a set of pro- gressive lithographic proofs of the front and back covers of "The National Lithographer," lithographic cover for "The National Lithographer," and a copy of the magazine "The National Lithogi-apher" (55384). Fuentes, Prof. F., Museo Nacional, San- tiago, Chile: 13 specimens of grasses from Chile (55108). Fulton, Richard, Laurel, Md.: Skin of Marmota from Simpson ville, Md. (55426). Fung, Dr. H. K., U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C: 4 specimens of Blarina and 2 of Pero- mysms, from New Hampshire (54664). FuRNiss, Miss Clementina, New York City (thi-ough Mrs. Julian James) : Japa- nese lady's court dress, together with manikin for mounting (55006); a dress made to represent one belonging to the wife of Henry III of France, a Nor- wegian peasant's bridal dress, a Chinese lady's embroidered dress (jacket and skirt), a Japanese wig for court costume, a small Japanese lacquered comb, and 3 manikins (55184). 136 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Gaillard, Mrs. Katherine, Washington, D. C: Living specimen of cactus col- lected in the Canal Zone (55424). Gardner, J. H., Hopewell, Pa. (through David \\Tiite): A fossil plant stem, Calamites cf. rameri, from near Hope- well (54767). Gare, S. H., Ridgely, Tenn.: Mole cricket, Gryllotalpa borealis (55023). Garman, Prof. H., State University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. : 2 cray- fishes, Cambarus subUrranetis n. sp. (55595). Garrett, A. O., Salt Lake City, Utah: 2 living specimens of Cactacete, Opmi- tia fragilis and 0. polyacaniha, from near Grants\dlle, Utah (54630). Gaynor, Rev. William C, St. Joseph's Abbey, St. Benedict, La.: Arrow- points and other artifacts taken from the Indian middens of St. Tammany Parish, La. (55399). Gee, Prof. N. Gist, Soochow University, Soochow, China: 58 copper and 5 brass modern Chinese coins, including coins from the various mints of the Empire, and a coin of the new Republic (54309) ; 29 canceled Chinese postage stamps (54947); 18 uncanceled postage stamps issued by the Republic of China (55067); 62 copper and 10 brass modern Chinese coins (55567). Georgia, Geological Department of the State of, Atlanta, Ga.: 25 De- vonian fossils from the Armuchee chert of Georgia (54671). Gerrard, Edward, and Sons, Camden Town, London, England: Skull of Ovis musimon (54873: exchange). GiFPARD, W. M., Honolulu, Hawaii: 82 wasps (54677). GiFFORD, A. S., Copper Hill, Ariz.: 3 specimens of hemipterous insects be- longing to the genus Conorhinus (54499). Gilbert, Dr. C. H., Stanford University, Cal.: Crustaceans from the stomachs of salmon captured between Tacoma and Seattle (55283). Gill, G. W., U. S. National Museum: Box tortoise, Terrapene Carolina, from the District of Columbia (54477); sponges from Pocomoke Sound, Chesapeake Bay, Md. (55109); isopods from Potomac River, Va., one mile above Washington, D. C. (55232); amphipods and isopods from the vicinity of Washington (55251); 6 chipped blades found by the donor just above Chain Bridge, on the Virginia side of the Potomac River (55588). Gill, Dr. Theodore N., Smithsonian Institution: 14 photographs of scien- tists (54347). Gillett, Edward, Southwick, Mass.: 5 living specimens of Opuntia from Penn- sylvania (55460: exchange). Gilman, M. French, Sacaton, Ariz.: 2 living specimens of Opuntia spinosior, from near Sacaton (55446). Girault, a. a.. Nelson Cairns. North Queensland, Australia: 4 cotj-pes of Padagrion benejicium (54867). Gist, F. E., San Francisco, Cal.: Col- lection of 70 archeological and ethno- logical specimens from California (55608: purchase). Glasgow, J. P., Gainesville, Tex.: Splenial plate of a pycnodont fish irom Texas (54846: exchange). Goding, Frederic W., American consul, Montevideo, Uruguay (tlirough De- partment of State): About 40 speci- mens of Diptera (54754). Godman, F. D., London, England (through Philip P. Calvert): 226 neo- tropical dragonfiies (54329: exchange). GooDDiNG, Leslie N., Bisbee, Ariz.: 421 plants chiefly from Arizona (55440: exchange). Goodrich, Rear Admiral C. F., U. S. Navy, Wasliington, D. C: Terra cotta tile taken from an old temple in Burma , India (54813). Goodyear, Nelson, New York City: Collection of paintings, books, medals, jewelry, and other articles of hard rub- ber, relating to the invention and appli- cation of vulcanized rubber by Charles Goodyear (54840: loan). LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 137 Gorges, Julius, Diisseldorf, Prussia: 10 specimens of silicified sponges from the Senonian of Halberstadt (54584: ex- change). Gorjanovic-Kramberger, Prof. Dr. , Narodni Muzej, Zagreb, Croatia, Aus- tria : Plaster casts (22 pieces) of ancient human remains, ''The Krapina Man," together witli casts of six of the stone implements found associated with the skeleton (54826). GorrscHALL, A. H., Harrisburg, Pa.: Retouched and fake arrowheads, ob- tained by the donor from a dealer in New Mexico prior to 1913 (55400). Grant, Mrs. Frederick Dent, Washing- ton, D. C: Memorials of Maj. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, U. S. Army, and of his father. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, U. S. Army (54682); ethnological, his- torical, and biological objects collected by Maj. Gen. Grant in various parts of the world (54799); souvenir and presen- tation silverware, Russian enamel spoons, and three framed photographs of Maj. Gen. Grant (55332). Grant, Maj. Gen. Frederick Dent, U. S. Army (through Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant) : Carving set of silver and ivory (7 pieces), presented to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant by the people of San Francisco in 1871; and a carving set of silver and ivory (7 pieces), and two dozen dinner knives, of silver and ivory, presented to Gen. Grant in 1869 (55333). Gray, C. K., El Paso, Tex.: Specimen of walking-stick, Rhahdoceratites covil- lese (54526) ; 3 male and 3 female Phas- mids and 1 female specimen of Stag- moTnantis calif ornica (54663). Gray, Mrs. John R. (See under Mrs. Mary J. Roach.) Green, A. E., M. L. A., Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia: Speci- mens of Western Australian woods (54955: exchange). Greene, Charles T., East Falls Church, Va.: 10 specimens of Diptem (54755). Greene, W. Maxwell, American consul, Hamilton, Bermudas (through Depart- ment of State): 44 samples of earth from a well boring in Southampton, Bermudas (54865). Griffith, J. M., Orizaba, Mexico: Larva of a moth of the genus Automeris (54553). Gripp, C. W., San Diego, Cal.: 4 marine shells, types of new species, from Cali- fornia (54354). Gripp, Mrs. C. W., San Diego, Cal.: 24 specimens of marine shells, represent- ing 6 species, from San Diego (55179). Griswold, Miss Jennie M., Washington, D. C: Gold bracelet, blue enamel and niello on woven gold band, with iii- scription on the clasp (54509: loan). Gronberger, S. M., Smithsonian Insti- tution: Copies of "Jul Kvallen," 1912, and ''Midvinter," 1912, containing color prints (54941). GuDGER, Dr. E. W., Greensboro, N. C: Crabs, fishes, and a shrimp, from the Tortugas (54419). Guild, F. N., Green Mountain Falls, Colo.: 2 pieces of volcanic tuff (54384). Gyro Motor Company, Washington, D. C: Aeroplane engine devised by Emile Berliner and used in his aero- nautical experiments in the winter of 1907-08 (55168). Haage, F. a., jr., Erfurt, Germany: 2 Living specimens of Cactacese (55035: exchange). Haage and Schmidt, Erfurt, Germany: 3 living specimens of Cactaceje (54409); living specimens of Echeveria and Sedum (54699) ; 4 li\dng specimens of Cactaceae (55041: exchange). Haberer, Prof. A., Bad Griesbach, Ger- many: Skull of a Negro from South Kamenin, Africa, showing nasal anom- aly (lower jaw missing) (55025). Haberer, Dr. J. V., Utica, N. Y.: 156 plants from New York (55351). Hagerman, H. J., Roswell, N. Mex.: 4 fossil mammal teeth (55571). 138 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Halbach, Edwin, Washington, D. C: Specimen of pine-mouse, Pitymys pine- porum scalopsoides (55642). Hale, Walter, St. Cloud, Fla.: Skull of Sdurus niger (54837). Halliday, Walter L., New Britain, Conn.: 2 coupling links and pins (55390). Hamilton, Dr. Allan McLane, New York City: 4 early American chairs, 2 of which belonged to Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler and 2 to Alexander Hamilton (54690: loan). Hamilton, Mrs. May C, New York City (through Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton) : 2 side tables which belonged to Alex- ander Hamilton (55607: loan). Hanbury, Lady Katherine A., La Mortola, Ventimiglia, Italy: 43 living specimena of Cactacese (54406; 55032; 55497); specimen of Opunlia cholla grown from a part of Weber's type (55291); 2 specimens of Opuntia cholla (55467). Exchange. Hannibal, Harold, Stanford University, Cal.: 32 specimens of marine shells, representing 13 species, from Puget Sound and California (55245) ; 25 speci- mens of marine sheila, representing 6 species, from Alaska, Wasliington and California (55303) ; Tertiary fossils, rep- resenting 9 species, from the Upper Pliocene "Elk River beds," at the mouth of Elk River at Port Orford, Oreg. (55449). Hardy, I. B., Santa Barbara, Cal.: 51 specimens of Cyj/nva from Honolulu (54637: exchange). Harmer, F. W., Cringleford near Nor- wich, England: Fossils, representing 3 species, from the Norwich Crag (Plio- cene) of Great Britain (54963). Harring, H. K., Biu-eau of Standards, Washington, D. C: 142 microscopic slides (139 species) of Rotifera, includ- ing 5 new species (54586). Harrington, J. P., School of American Archaeology, Santa F6, N. Mex.: Eth- nological material of the Mohave In- dians of Arizona, collected by Mr. Harrington (55570: purchase). Harris, Capt. J. R., U. S. Army, Fort Slocum, N. Y.: Malay manuscript obtained from the Moros, P. I. (55324). Harris, William, Hope Gardens, Kings- ton, Jamaica: Specimens of Coleoptera (55127). Harrison, Miss Carrie, U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C: 6 pottery ornaments (heads of ves- sels) from Mexico ; and 2 pottery covers (of canopic jar), Egyptian (54723). Harrison, George L., jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (See under Wilhelm Schliiter.) Harshberger, Dr. John W., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.: Plants from Florida (55079). Hartman, H. H., Alientown, Pa.: 23 specimens of land and fresh-water shells from Saucon Creek and Lehigh River, Pa.; 4 fossil plants and a speci- men of insect borings; also 12 arrow- points from Tennessee, Oregon and Pennsylvania (55198). Hasbrouck, E. M. (See under William Palmer and A. C. Weed.) Hasse, Dr. H. E., Sawtelle, Cal.: 155 lichens from California (54759); 2 speci- mens of Dudleya from near Santa Monica (55621). Hawaiian Rubber Growers Associa- tion, Nahiku, Maui, Hawaii (through Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd., New York City) : Specimens of rubber and rubber- tree seeds (54821). Hay, Dr. O. P., Washington, D. C: Skull, lower jaw, and 5 cervical verte- brae of a large fossil bison irom Alaska (55027: loan). Hay, W. p., Washington, D. C: 3 speci- mens of Peripatidse (55318). Haycock, Arthur, Whitby, Bailey Bay, Bermudas: Shells from the Bermudas (54287). Heath, Harold, Stanford University, Cal.: 2 skulls from "Ponce Mound," approximately 4 miles southeast of Palo Alto, Cal. (55261). UST OF ACCESSIONS. 139 Hedley, Charles, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales: 19 speci- mens, representing 3 species, of marine shells from Australia (55454). Heighway, a. E., New York City: 2 specimens of rutile in quartz, 2 of chrysoprase, 1 of pink tourmaline and 1 of manganese (55054) ; 6 specimens of polished agate (55450); 3 tourmaline crystals and 4 pieces of gem chryso- prase, cut (55451 :loan). Heller, Prof. A. A., University of Ne- vada, Reno, Nev.: Specimen of Abro- nia from Nevada (54652); 350 plants from Nevada (54786: purchase). Henderson, John B., Washington, D. C: 36 specimens, representing 4 spe- cies, of land shells from the Bahama Islands (54613); type of Prosopeas ar- gentea, a land shell from Engano Island, off the southern coast of Sumatra (55220); tank of invertebrates from the Florida Keys (55466); 9 species of Panama marine shells (55559). Herre, Prof. Albert W. C. T., Oakland, Cal. : 82 lichens from California (54277). Hess, Frank L., U. S. Geological Sur- vey, Washington, D. C: Cassiterite (wood tin) from Dawson, Yukon Ter- ritory, Canada; and struverite (tanta- lorutile) from Perak, Federated Malay ■ States (55048). Heye, George G., New York City: Skin and one fetus of utia, Capromys ingra- hami, from the Bahama Islands (54559); 45 pottery vessels from Ecuador (54776: exchange). High Speed Ring Company, Boston, Mass.: 2 high-speed rings, equipped with centering plates and travelers (54501). Hildebrand, S. F. (See imder Smith- sonian Institution, Smithsonian Bio- logical Survey of the Panama Canal Zone.) Hill, Mrs. C. Albert. (See under Ed- ward Rutledge Pinckney and Capt. Thomas Pinckney.) Hill, Thomas S., Moodys, Okla.: 45 fos- sils from Oklahoma (55345) ; about 500 specimens of Carboniferous and Creta- ceous fossils and 145 specimens, repre- senting 9 species, of Unionidse, from Oklahoma (55552). HiLLis, E. T., Barstow, Cal.: A cube of marble from quarries near Barstow (54793). HiORAM, Brother, Colegio de San Pablo San Juan, P. R.: 61 ferns mainly from Porto Rico (55063; 55167; 55479); 6 specimens of Cyperus from Porto Rico (55510). Hippsley, Mrs. W. W., Valley River, Dauphin District, Manitoba: Land and fresh-water shells, about 50 specimens, from Lake Winnipeg and \'iciaity (55368). Hitchcock, Prof. A. S., U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C: 12,800 specimens of grasses (including the Scribner herbarium of 8,000 speci- mens) (55463 : purchase) . Hitchcock, Romyn, Ithaca, N. Y.: One of the original records, on tape, of the American Rapid Telegraph Company; also a roll of 13 sheets representing "Haniwa" from burial mounds and dolmens in Japan, by a Japanese artist (55059). Hixon, Hiram W., Aire Libre, Puebla, Mexico: 2 plants from Mexico (54471; 54608); skin of a raccoon-fox, or caco- mistle, Bassariscus astutus, from Mexico (54874). Hobson, Mrs. Elizabeth C. (through Mrs. Richard G. Lay, Washington, D. C): Picture representing the tomb of "Mahomet the Gentleman" at Broussa (Turkey-in-Asia), wliich was painted for Mrs. Hobson by Hamdy Bey in Constantinople in 1884 (54616: be- quest). Hochderffer, George, Flagstaff, Ariz.: 13 U^dng specimens of Cactacese from Arizona (55448). Hodge, Paul F., Garrett Park, Md.: Specimen of broad- winged hawk, Buteo platypterus, from Maryland (54986). 140 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Hoes, Mrs. R. R. (See under Mrs. William M. Ellis, Mrs. George W. Fall, the Misses Forsyth, and Mrs. John Southgate Tucker.) Holder, Charles F., Pasadena, Cal.: The frontal bone, with portions of the parietal bones, of an Indian skull, from a cave on Santa Catalina Island, Cal. (54950: loan). HoLLiSTER, N., U. S. National Museum: 2 skins of bob white, Colinus virgin- ianus, from Virginia (54775). HoLLisTER, Mrs. N., Washington, D. C: 129 plants from Arkansas (55536). Holm, Dr. Theodor, Brookland, D. C: Seedlings and rhizomes (alcoholic ma- terial) of 9 species of plants from the District of Columbia and vicinity (54570). Holmes, William H., U. S. National Museum: Ethnological specimens from Mexico (54835); collograph in color and a photograph of the painting " Mid- summer," by Mr. Holmes, in the Cor- coran Gallery of Art. Published by the Detroit Publishing Company (54938). Holtzman, C. T., Luray, Va.: Specimen of Orobanche from Virginia (54521). Hood, J. D., Bureau of Biological Survey, Washington, D. C: 23 specimens of Hymenoptera from Plummer's Island, Md. (55641). Hope Gardens, Department of Agri- culture. (See under Kingston, Ja- maica.) Hopkins, Alfred H., Washington, D. C: A breech-loading gun of English manu- facture (54966). Hoppe, Paul, Fairbanks, Alaska: 3 pho- tographs of interlocked moose antlers (54442). HoRR, Mrs. Ella L., Worcester, Mass.: Branchiopods, Eubranchipus vernalis (55257). Horstmann Company, William H., Philadelphia, Pa.: 37 specimens of upholstery trimmings (55554). Hough, Dr. Walter, U. S. National Museum: An ancient Pueblo vase of large size which was discovered on Leroux Wash, northwest of Holbrook, Ariz., by Frank A. Zuck (54803); stone implements and objects, pottery frag- ments, etc., from West Virginia, Ohio, and the District of Columbia (54833). House,H. D., Oneida, N.Y.: 140plants chiefly from the northwestern part of the United States (55297). House, Mrs. H. H., Washington, D. C: Hair wreath (55201). Howell, A. B., Covina, Cal.: 49 bird skins from California (54349 : exchange). Hrdli5ka, Dr. Ale§, U. S. National Museum: Vase from Ruin Charachaco ("Black Town"), southern Mongolia, about 1,200 miles southwest of Urga (54825) ; 18 mammals from Peru (55431); 3 eggs, representing 2 species of tina- mous, from Peru (55432) ; 9 photographs of Jamaican Negroes (55532: purchase). • Hull, Lathrop W., Oshkosh, Wis.: A telescope rifle (55047: loan). Hungarlan National Museum, Botan- ical Section. (See under Budapest, Hungary.) HuRTER, Julius, sr., St. Louis, Mo.: 2 specimens of horned toad, Phrynosoma hernanded (54831); salamander from MarbleCave, Mo. (55562). Hussey, Mrs. Joseph C, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.: Silver watch, carried during the Civil War by Lieut. Joseph C. Hussey, Tenth Wisconsin Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, and struck by a mini6 ball while in his pocket at the battle of Perryville, Ky., Octobers, 1862 (54502). Hutchinson, Dr. W. F., Portsmouth, Va.: Skin and skull of a swamp rabbit (55143). HuTTON, Dr. S. G., Darien, Ga.: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis (55130). Hyde, A. G., & Sons, New York City: 14 1-yard samples of cotton fabrics (54927). Hyde, Frederic Bulkeley, Washing- ton, D. C: Banner of Dog Soldier, Osage Indians, Oklahoma (55387). LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 141 Hyslop, J. a., Hagerstown, Md.: Bar- nacle, Conchoderma auritum, from the head of a humpback whale at Ocosta, Wash. (54772). India, Geological Survey of. (See under Calcutta, India.) Indian Museum. (See under Calcutta, India.) Ingersoll, Miss Emma, Olney, 111.: Specimen of Calliostoma tricolor from Monterey, Cal. (54920). Inglis, John, Magnet, Ark. : Specimen of rutile with feldspar and one of brookite with quartz, from Magnet (54491). Ingram, Augustus E., American consul, Bradford, England (through Depart- ment of State): A series of specimens illustrating the manufacture and finish- ing of woolen fabrics as produced in Bradford; mounted on ten cards and prepared by Prof. Aldred F. Barker, Bradford Technical College (55613). Interior, Department of: Skin and skeleton of a male bison, received through the superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park (55215). Bureau of Mines (through David WTiite): A specimen of anthracite coal showing blister-like cleavage (54506). U. S. Geological Survey: 51 speci- mens of minerals (54391); 20 fossil bones, representing titanotheres and creodonts of the White River Group, N. Dak., collected by C. J. Hares; and a small lot of fragmentary verte- brate remains also collected by him from the White River Group, in the Medicine Pole Hills, 12 miles south- west of Bowman, N. Dak. (54425; 55014); 40 drawers of Ordovician fos- sils collected by E. O. Ulrich and R. S. Bassler in the Central Basin of Tennessee (54498) ; specimen of native copper and one of sandstone contain- ing native copper, from near La Paz, Bolivia (54650); fossil jaw of Titano- theriunx prouti? collected by N. H. Darton from the White River forma- tion at Deer's Ears Butte, north of Newell, S. Dak. (54716); fossil turtle collected in the Colorado shale on Interior, Department of — Continued. Shoshone River, near Cody, Wyo., by D. F. Hewett (54717); 300 specimens of Silurian invertebrates from the Eastport, Me., quadrangle, including the types of new species described from the Edmunds and Pembroke formations (54718); a small collection of fragmentary fossil reptiles and 2 small lots of fossil fish remains, ob- tained by W. T. Lee in Colorado (54829); 2 small lots of Cretaceous rep- tile and fish remains collected from the Judith Project, Mont., by C. F. Boweu (54905); 53 specimens of igneous rocks from the Apishai)a quadrangle, Colo., collected principally in 1894 by G. K. Gilbert and assistant, and described by G. W. Stose (54981); fossil tooth of Hyracodon or small species of Csenops, collected from the White River group about 5 miles northwest of Pretty Rock, N. Dak., by E. Russell Lloyd (55005) ; a small lot of fragmen- tary vertebrate remains collected from the Wasatch horizon, N. Mex., by T. W. Stanton and W. T. Lee (55015); 1,952 specimens of invertebrate fossils, consisting of the type, figured, and other important specimens described by Henry Shaler Williams in two papers to be published by the Survey (55028); 8 small lots of fragmentary Cretaceous reptilian remains, collected by Eugene Stebinger and T. W. Stan- ton in Montana, in and near the Black- feet Indian Reservation (55029); 15 small lots of vertebrate fossils col- lected by A. L. Beekly and T. W. Stanton in the Walcott quadrangle, southern Wyoming (55098); 35 speci- mens of Anodonta beringiana from a pond in Porcupine Valley, Yukon Ter- ritory, five miles northeast of Fort Yukon (55101) ; 5 specimens of typical phosphate rock from western phos- phate fields (55153); a reference collec- tion containing 171 specimens, illus- trating Professional Paper No. 77, on the geology and ore deposits of the Park City district, Utah, by J. M. Boutwell; and an additional collection of about 600 duplicates of the same (55172); 65 specimens of rocks from 142 REPOET OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Inteuior, Department of — Continued, the Georgetown quadrangle, Colo., illustrating Professional Paper No. 63 (55233); the gold medal of the Insti- tute of France which was awarded to the Siu^ey in 1891 (55246: deposit); 59 specimens of rocks, illustrating the geology of Mount Greylock, Mass., and two boxes of slates from various locali- ties, collected in connection with the preparation of Bulletin 275 of the Sur- vey (55264); a small collection of fragmentary fossil bones belonging to the Permian reptile Dimetrodon, from Tillman County, Okla., obtained by M. J. Munn (55265); 21 boxes of geo- logical material, and stone objects and potsherds of aboriginal manufacture from various localities (55288) ; 5 hand- specimens and chips of basalt, col- lected at The Dalles, Oreg., by J. T. Pardee (55293); 22 boxes of rocks, clays, and ores (55362); 271 types and illustrated specimens and about 1,500 duplicates of fossil plants, from the Raton Mesa region of Colorado and New Mexico (55363); the Elliott Cresson gold medal which was awarded by the Franklin Institute of Pennsyl- vania to the Survey in 1900 (55385: deposit); marble slab secured by T. Nelson Dale from the Vermont Marble Company's quarry at West Rutland, Vt., and 192 specimens of marbles from the eastern part of Vermont, col- lected by Mr. Dale (55553); 125 spec- imens of rocks from the Northeastern and Republic Mining Districts of Washington, illustrating a bulletin of the Survey (55563); 451 specimens of rocks and ores from the mining dis- tricts of New Mexico, illustrating Pro- fessional Paper No. 68 (55564); 255 specimens of rocks, minerals, and ores, collected by C. W. Hayes, F. B. Weeks, E. C. Eckel, and T. Nelson Dale (55572); 12 specimens of rocks and ores from various localities, collected by Waldemar Lindgren and George H. Girty (55580). . IsELY, F. B., Tonkawa, Okla.: 28 speci- mens, representing 18 species, of Nai- ades from Oklahoma (54591). IsLER 3)tian antiquities (55566: loan). Painter, J. W., Washington, D. C: Car- bon print and 6 old silver albumen prints, all undated (55097). Palermo, Antony, Washington, D. C: Rudely carved coiled serpent in diorite from Mexico (54402). Palmer, Lieut. Commander Leigh C, XJ. S. Navy, Navy Department, Wash- ington, D. C: English verge watch in a double silver case (55199: loan). Palmer, William, U. S. National Mu- seum: Fishes, fossils, crabs, an annelid, and insects, from Calvert County, Md. (54455). Palmer, William, and A. C. Weed: Fishes, invertebrates, fossils, and in- sects, collected in Calvert County, Md., by Mr. Palmer, Mr. Weed, William WalUs, and E. M. Hasbrouck (54315). Panama-California Exposition of San Diego, San Diego, Cal. (through Ales Hrdlicka): 34 skulls and 8 skulls with skeletons, of the gorilla and chimpanzee (55584: exchange). Panama Canal Zone, Biological Sur- vey of: The material collected tlxrough the cooperation of the Smithsonian Insti- tution, the Department of Agriculture, Panama Canal Zone — Continued, the Bureau of Fisheries, and the Field Museum of Natural History is acces- sioned and referred to in detail under the following headings: Agriculture, Department of. Bureau of Biological Survey (54293; 54301; 54339; 54351; 54424; 54480). Smithsonian Institution, Biological Surv^ey of the Panama Canal Zone (54622). Para, Brazil, Museu Goeldi: 2 plants from Brazil (54944 : exchange) . Paramaribo, Surinam, Departement VAN DEN Landbouw (through J. Kuy- per): 35 plants, mainly ferns, fi'om Surinam (55106: exchange). Paris, France, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle (through E. L. Bouvier): 3 specimens of isopod, Leptanthura truncata (54971); 23 specimens, repre- senting 9 species, of Atyidse (55084: exchange). Parish, S. B., San Bernardino, Cal.: 3 specimens of Populus macdougalii col- lected in Salton Basin, Cal. (55273); 2 specimens of Selaginella from Arizona (55307); living specimen of Opuntia from Mill Creek Canyon, Cal. (55496). Parkinson, G. A., Marble Falls, Tex.: Specimen of gadolinite in gi-anite (54649). Parks, Prof. W. A., University of To- ronto, Toronto, Canada: 12 specimens of fossil corals from the Niagara forma- tion of Canada (54789). Parrott, Prof. P. J., New York Agricul- tural Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y.: Specimen of Yponomeuta mali- nellus bred from apple and one of Y. padellus bred from cherry (54949). Partridge, B. W., jr., Huntington, W. Va.: Beetle, Lucanus elaphus (54312). Patchell, James, Knik, Alaska: Skin and skeleton of a coney, Ochotona (54503) ; incomplete skeleton of a coney (55438). Payne, Miss S. K., Elmira, N. Y.: Model of a papoose made by a child of the Apache tribe of Indians at Okla- homa (55435). 152 REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Peabody Museum op Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.: 56 specimens of Mesozoic sponges, rep- resenting 47 species (54341: exchange); 2 specimens of isopod, Idothea pelagica and Cubans pisum (54839). Pearse, Dr. A. S., University of Wiscon- sin, Madison, Wis.: 6 crabs from Na- hant, Mass. (54765). Peary, Kear Admiral Robert E., U. S. Navy (retired), Wasliington, D. C: Special gold medal inscribed "The Peary Arctic Club to R. E. Peary, April 6, 1912"; gold medal inscribed "L'Academie des Sports k L'Amiral Robert E. Peary, 1911"; and a trophy (gold, silver and bronze design on oak tablet) inscribed "Presented to Com- mander Robert E. Peary, C. E., U. S. N., Discoverer of the North Pole, April 6, 1909, by the Canadian Camp of New York City, March 5, 1910" (55161: loan). Pennings, G. J., Bahrein, Persian Gulf: About a dozen cases of a bag-worm be- longing to the family Psycliidse (54291). Pennington, P. M., Pattersons Creek, W. Va.: 11 arrowpoints found on Big Capon River, near Yellowspring, Hampshire County, W. Va. (54761). Peradeniya, Ceylon, Royal Botanic Gardens: Trunk of a Para rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis (54816). Perks, Mrs. Frank, Harrison, Cal.: Ab- normal "double" egg of a domestic fowl (55223). Phillips, Dr. Alexander H., Princeton University, Princeton, N. J. (through George F. Kunz): A series of carnotite separations (55412). Pickett, Theodore J., Washington, D. C: 9 Mexican antiquities (54670: purchase). PiLSBRY, Dr. H. A., Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa.: 2 speci- mens of Holospira from Texas (54638). PiNCHOT, Mrs. James W. (See under Mrs. William Phelps Eno.) Pinckney, Edward Rutledge, Charles- ton, S. C. (through Mrs. Julian James, Washington, D. C, and Mrs. C. Albert Hill, Charleston, S. C): A skirt and Watteau overskirt of yellow American- raised silk (54297 : loan). Pinckney, Capt. Thomas, Charleston, S. C. (through Mrs. Julian James and Mrs. C. Albert Hill): Christening robe and mantle of Maj. Gen. Thomas Pinck- ney, U. S. Army, born in Charleston, S. C, in 1750; and an embroidered coat and waistcoat worn by him as ambassador to the Court of St. James in 1794, during President Washington's second administration (54298: loan). Pinto, Dr. Carlos de Cerqueira, Pard, Brazil: 3 small specimens of rubber coagulated by the donor's smokeless process (54819). Piper, Prof. C. V., U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C: Plant from Washington (54317); 15 plants from Oregon and a fragment of the type of Sagittaria latifolia (54417); 14 plants from Washington, collected by E. Bar- tholomew (55211); specimen of Selag- inella from Virginia (55377). Pirtle, Dr. G. W., Carlisle, Ind.: Speci- men of Corydalis cornuta (54432). Pittier, Prof. H., U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C: 69 plants from Panama and Costa Rica (54626); 16 plants from Panama, col- lected by Brother Celestine (54860); 25 living specimens of plants, mostly Cactacese, from Venezuela (55276; 55469; 55535: collected for the Mu- seum); 4 living specimens of Pereshia from Venezuela (55639). Pittsburgh, University of, Pittsburgh, Pa.: 5 models of Paleozoic fishes and crustaceans (55344: exchange). Pollard, James H., Denton, Md.r Ab- normal egg of a domestic fowl (54531). Pollock, Mrs. John S., Washington, D. C: Skin and skull of a ground squirrel (55475). LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 153 PooRE, Mrs. TowNSEND (through G. B. Poore, Scranton, Pa.): Walking-beam of the locomotive "Stourbridge Lion" (55587). Pope, M. W., Baltimore, Md.: 45 plants from Arctic Alaska (54805); beetles from the International Boundary be- tween Rampart House and the Arctic Ocean, received through J. M. Jessup (54992). Porter, Prof. Carlos E., Santiago, Chile: 15 specimens of Diptera, 2 of Coleoptera and a specimen of fungus (54903) ; in- vertebrates from Chile (55263). Post Office Department: A copy each of the parcel post maps of the United States and Hawaii, used in connection with the establishment of this service on January 1, 1913. These maps were among the first to be printed, and bear the autograph of the Postmaster Gen- eral (54751) ; 44 sets of specimen stamps, etc., 43 of which are in duplicate (approximately 11,300 specimens), re- ceived from the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union, Berne, Switzerland (55009 ; 55145 ; 55147 ; 55182 ; 55284; 55394; 55568); 1 each of the 7 new Canadian postage stamps, and 50 Newfoundland stamps of various de- nominations (55147) ; 2 sets of 12 speci- men stamps each, of various denomi- nations, issue of 1912, commemorative of the revolution, and foundation of the Republic, received from the Director of Posts, Peking, China (55284); 88 U. S. postage stamps of various issues; and 125 U. S. stamped envelopes, in current use in 1888 (55394); 2 sets of specimen stamps, etc. (288 items), received from the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs, Argentine Re- public ; and a set of 32 Honduras stamps (55018) ; 9 albums of die proofs and post- age stamps (55118) ; bound copy of the Parcel Post Regulations, with the auto- graph signature of Postmaster General Hitchcock (55159). Powell, Prof. S. L., Salem, Va.: 50 specimens of early Silurian fossils from Virginia (55000); 100 specimens of Upper Ordovician fossils from central western Virginia (55295). Prescott,* John S., U. S. National Museum: Incandescent electric lamp with key socket (54348). QuEHL, Dr. L., Halle (Saale), Germany: 2 living specimens of Mamillaria hun- zeana (54707); specimen of M. dume- torum (55423); 2 living specimens of Mamillaria (55468; 55549). Exchange. QuiNN, Dr. I. Santiago Cardwell, Pard, Brazil: Specimens of rubber and Ceara rubber tree flowers and fruits (54820). Racovitza, Dr. E. G., Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-sur-mer, France: 9 specimens, representing 5 species, of cave isopods (54566: exchange). Ramos, Ramon, y Cassellos, Arecibo, P. R. (through Robert Craig Greene, Washington, D. C): A Spanish bond, Island of Porto Rico, 1876 (54641). Ramsden, Charles T., Guantanamo, Cuba: 13 bats from Cuba (54915; 55590); 2 specimens of PoKoptila lembeyei from Cuba (55087). Rathbun, Miss Mary J., U. S. National Museum: 2 specimens of orchid, Hexa- lectris, and a snake, from Virginia (54449; 54515; 54518). Ravenel, T. W., Green Pond, S. C: Skull of a deer (54914). Ravenel, W. de C, U. S. National Museum: 1 deer skin, 2 fox skins, and skull of a fox (54842). Rea, Archibald, Tajique, N. Mex.: A small collection of mammal bones from a cave in the Manzano mountains (55409). Rehlen, Dr. W., Niimberg, Germany: Collection of European archeological specimens (55321: exchange). Reinke, Rev. Theodore, York, Pa.: Skin of kinkajou, Potos Jlavus (54688). Reiser, George William, Baltimore, Md.: A musical instrument, combined bass drum and cymbal pedal beater (54756). Remington Typewriter Company, New York City: Typewriter, model No. 1, Remington machine (54877). 154 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913, Rice, Arthur P., Progreso, Yucatan (through Edwin Thompson, Waverley, Mass.): A Maya rattle (55396). Rice, B. W., Caldwell, Idaho: Vertebra and jaw fragments, with teeth, of a fos- sil fish, Myhcyprinus rohustus (54995). Rice, C. S., Lawrenceburg, Ky.: 2 luna moths, Actios luna (55309). Richards, A., University of Texas, Aus- tin, Tex.: 14 specimens of Planorhis lentus from Austin (55437). RiCKER, p. L., U. S. Department of Agri- culture, Washington, D. C: 3 fungi from the Philippine Islands (54815). RiCKETTS, H., Princeton, N. J.: Speci- men of Macrosiphonia brachysiphon from Mexico (54830). RiDGWAY, Robert, U. S. National Mu- seum: 4 snakes representing 2 specimens of Eutsenia sirtalis and a specimen each of Lampropeltis sayi and L. calli- gaster; 3 young toads, Bufo ainericanus; and a bat, Nycteris cinerea, all from Illinois (54552); mammal skin, bird skins, reptiles, insects, crayfish with young, and a plant in alcohol, from Olney, 111. (54852); specimen of red- headed woodpecker, Melanerpes ery- throcephalus (55380). RiGGiN, Miss Augusta A., Sharptown, Md.: 2 specimens of sand-dollar, Mellita pentapora, from Wallops Island, Va. (55138). RiKSMUSEETS, BOTANISKA AfDELNING. (See under Stockholm, Sweden.) Riley, J. H., U. S. National Museum: 4 specimens, skins and skulls, of Sdurus (54850) ; 5 bird skins, chiefly from trop- ical America (55358); 4 skins of crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos, from Virginia (55379); 11 bird skins from Virginia and South Carolina (55579). RiTTER, Dr. William E., University of California, Berkeley, CaL: 10 speci- mens of Ascidian, Halocynihia johnsoni, from San Diego Bay (55219). RixEY, Mrs. Presley M., Washington, D. C. (through Mrs. Julian James): Chinese fan, in box, brought from China RixEY, Mrs. Presley M. — Continued, by Mrs. Rixey's father. Admiral Eng- lish; pair of slippers knit by Mrs. Wil- liam McKinley and presented by her to Mrs. Rixey (54310: loan). Roach, Mrs. Mary J., Washington, D. C, C. G. Brown, Texarkana, Tex., Mrs. A. R. Smith, Glenside, Pa., Mrs. John R. Gray, Kinsale, Va., Miss Kather- ine Brown, Chemawa, Oreg., Miss JuLU. G. Brown, Washington, D. C: Diploma of Doctor of Medicine, con- ferred upon Gustavus Richard Brown of Maryland in 1768, by the University of Edinburgh, Scotland (54299). Robertson, A. D., University of To- ronto, Toronto, Canada: 100 specimens i of fresh-water shells, representing 20 j species, from various localities in Geor- j gian Bay, Lake Huron (55285). Robertson, W. R. B., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans.r 11 speci- mens of Orthoptera from Jamaica (55406). RoDGERS, James L., American consul general, Habana, Cuba (through De- partment of State) : Specimen of weath- ered limestone containing a nodule of black flint or chert (54398). RoDGERS, Hon. W. C, Nashville, Ark.: A flint blade and 2 sinkers, from the vicinity of Nashville (54281). Rose, Miss Jessie P., Crystal, Greg.: 10 living specimens of Gormania from Ore- gon (54631). Rose, Dr. J. N., U. S. National Museum: Lizard, Holhroohia wiaculata, from Kan- sas (54623). RosENDAHL, Prof. C. O., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.: 6 plants from Minnesota (55013) ; 21 pho- tographs of flowers of Mitella (55443). RosENSTocK, Dr. E., Gotha, Germany: 272 ferns, including 2 from Costa Rica (54814; 55421). Exchange. RossiTER, Dr. T. J., Washington, D. C: An anatomical specimen (55327). RossoN, Mrs. Elizabeth W., Alexandria, Va.: Specimen of Chinese virgin tea (55614). LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 155 RosswORM.V., Cumberland, Md. (through F. X. Millman): Nest of a Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula, from Maryland (55216); pelt of a "double-faced calf" (55306). RoTHERT, Dr. W., Cracow, Austria: 24 plants from Europe (54519: exchange). RoussELET, Charles F., London, Eng- land: 29 microscopic slides of Rotifera (7th and 8th instalments) (54800; 55591). Purchase. Royal Botanic Gardens. (See under Kew, London, England.) Royal Botanic Gardens. (See under Peradeniya, Ceylon.) Ruth, Albert, Polytechnic, Tex.: 450 plants from the District of Columbia and vicinity (54377); 5 plants from Texas, including a li\dng specimen of mamillaria (55494; 55622). Sacker, Herbert, Toledo, Ohio: 50 stone implements from the vicinity of Toledo (54931). St. Petersburg, Russla., Kaiserlicher Botanischer Garten: 269 plants, in- cluding 60 specimens of Sapotacese and 98 specimens of Cassia, collected in Brazil by Riedel (55203; 55271; 55378). Exchange. Samson, Mrs. Clarissa W. (through Miss Edith Samson, West Medford, Mass.): A colonial winno wing-fan (.54513). Sanders, Prof. J. G., University of Wis- consin, Madison, Wis.: 2 specimens of Coleoptera, Dendroides canadensis, and 2 specimens of Diptera, Xylophaga sp.? (54388). Sanford, Dr. L. C, New Haven, Conn.: T>^e of a new subspecies of red cross- bill, Loxia curvirostra percna (54788) ; 23 bird skins, chiefly from Alaska (54975) ; type specimen of Micropallas whitneyi sanfordi, from Lower California (55481). San Jose, Costa Rica, Museo Nacional: 21 living specimens of Cactaceae, in- cluding 2 specimens of Cereus aragoni (55037; 55478). Exchange. Saum, T. J. (See under E. E. Bennett.) Saunders, Paul, Washington, D. C: Water-snake from the District of Co- lumbia (55299). Sauquoit Silk Manufacturing Com- pany, Philadelphia, Pa.: A Jacquard machine (600 hook, single lift, Cromp- ton Knowles) (55300). Schaffner, Charles E., Washington, D. C: Parrot, Amazona panamensis (55176). ScHLxJTER, WrLHELM, Halle a. Saale, Germany: 2 skins and skulls of Rupi- capra rupicapra from Switzerland (54321: purchased from the Harrison fund). ScHMiD, Edward S., Washington, D. C: Specimen of guinea fowl, Numida mitrataf (54787); hybrid between a European goldfinch and a canary (55104); parrot, Amazona panamensis (55175); parrot, Amazona virenticeps (55196); skin and skull of a Japanese dog (55354); copperhead snake from Great Falls (55645). ScHMiD, Miss Florence, Washington, D . C . : Skin and skull of a domestic dog "WalUe" (55152). Schoenrich, Otto, Washington, D. C: Mounted specimen of quetzal, Pharo- machrus modnno, from Nicaragua (55634). Schoetensack, Prof. Dr. Otto, Univer- sitat Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany: 2 plaster casts (one colored and one white) of the Eojno heidelbergensis jaw (54780). Seligmann, Dr. C. G., London, England: 47 photographs of the Nubas of southern Kordofan, and 8 of skuUa of natives of New Guinea (54881). Senge, Baron, Idzumo Temple, Idzumo, Japan (through Stewart Culin, Brook- lyn Institute Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y., and N. Tsuda, directorial assistant of the Imperial Museum at Tokyo): Sacred fire-drill and hearth from the Idzumo shrine, Temple of Idzumo (55052). 156 EEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Shannon, Raymond C, U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture, Wasliington, D.C.: Brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus (55250); about 25 dipterous larvae collected around Wasliington (55311); belted kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon, from Wash- ington (55349). Shaw, E. W., U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C: About 30 speci- mens, representing 7 species, of Loess fossils from Weston, Mo. (55515). Sheldon, F. B., Ashland, Va. (through Frank L. Hess): 7 pieces of zircon sandstone (54296). Sheldon, Joe, La Porte, Tex.: Rhinoc- eros beetle, Stratejus julianus (54488). Shelford, V. E., University of Chicago, Chicago, 111.: Isopod, Porcellio rathkei, from Riverside, 111. (54827). Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, New York City: Oil painting, "Twilight after Rain," by Norwood Hodge MacGilvary, presented in memory of Eloise Lee Sherman (55200). Shimek, Prof. B., Iowa City, Iowa: 7 specimens (cotypes) of Succinea witteri from Iowa City (55157). Shimer, Prof. Hervey W., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass. : Type specimen of a fossil sponge, Coeloptychium ? jerseyensc (55433). Shirey, B. Earl, Clearfield, Pa.: Moth, Telea polyphemv^ (54374). Shoemaker, Clarence R., U. S. Na- tional Museum: Invertebrates from Chesapeake Bay (54524). Shufeldt, Dr. R. W., Washington, D. C: Spider, Pachylomerus audouini (54389); 5 lizards from CaUfornia, a snake from New Jersey, and one from an unknown locaUty (54423). SiLBERLiNG, A. C, Progress, Mont.: A collection of Fort Union (early Ter- tiary) mammals, containing about 400 specimens (54906: purchase). iMON, Joseph, New York City: 5 coins (55533). Simpson, Charles T., little River, Fla.: Specimen of Pleurodonte auricoma, a descendant of specimens introduced from Cuba by the donor and now accli- mated near Little River (54763); claw of a land-crab, Cardisoma guanhumi, from Little River (55341). Simpson, W. W., Taochow, Old City, Kansu, Cliina: 3 skins and skulls of deer and a leopard skin (54916: pur- chase). Sjostedt, Prof. Yngve, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden: Specimen each of Oedemagena tarandi and Cephenomyia trompe (55631). Smart, James A., U. S. National Museum: Specimen of common mole, Scalopus (54560); flying-squirrel, Sciuropterits (54666); 3 raccoon skulls, 4 opossum skulls, 2 skunk skulls, mink skall, squirrel skull, rabbit skull, and a deer skull, all from the southern part of Virginia (54854). Smith, Mrs. A. R. (See under Mrs. Mary J. Roach.) Smith, Rev. Augustus (through Robert A. Smith, W'ashington, D. C): A piano manufactured by Torp and Unger, of New York City, sometime previous to 1840 (55527). Smith, Prof. Frank, University of Illi- nois, Urbana, 111.: 23 specimens, rep- resenting 12 species, of earthworms (54917: exchange). Smith, Dr. Hugh M., Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, D. C: 44 specimens of Helix nemoralis from Denmark (54648); 12 photographs of algae and 50 algae from Japan (54943); admission card to the Senate gallery, used at the time of the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, in 1868 (55011). Smith, Maxwell, Hartsdale, N. Y.: 35 specimens, representing 7 species, of recent shells from various localities (55500). Smith, Millard H., Candler, N. C: Quartz arrowheads and fragments (55237). LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 157 Smithsonian Institution : Movement of a pneumatic clock made by A. Hahl and Company, which was in use in the Smithsonian building about 20 years ago (54343); mammals and birds collected in Canada by Sid- ney Walcott and H. 11. Blagden (54888); 5 china plates (known as "George Washington plates") pre- sented to the Institution by Mrs. J. B. Foraker (55044); 502 flower studies in water color, painted by Miss Adelia Gates; a photograph of Miss Gates; and a book entitled "The Chronicles of the Sid, or the Life and Travels of Adelia Gates," by Adela E. Orpen, presented to the Institution by Miss Eleanor Lewis (55181); 81 plants from Central America, received from Capt. John Donnell Smith (55227; 55308); a block of Newland limestone from the Algonkian terrane near White Sulphur Springs, Belt Mountains. Mont. (55616). Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone: 29 specimens of mollusks, chiefly cephalopods in alco- hol, from the Isthmus of Panama (both oceans), collected by S. E. Meek, of the Field Museum of Natural History, and S. F. Hildebrand, of the Bureau of Fish- eries (54622). Bureau of American Ethnology: 6 pho- tographs taken by A. J. Horswill, San Jose, Mindoro, P. 1., among the natives of Mindoro Island ; presented by Munn and Company, New York City (54311); a sacred pack of the Fox Indians of Iowa (54465) ; 5 pieces of cotton painted with Assyrian subjects (54691); sacred looms and burden straps of the Osage Indians, collected by Francis La Flesche (54798); 3 fragments of Indian pottery found at Red Willow, Nebr., by Mrs. Ada Buck Martin (54933); 2 eth- nological objects from the natives of British Guiana, presented to the Bureau by Dr. Walter Roth, Pomeroon River, British Guiana (55234) ; stone and bone implements, pottery fragments and hu- man bones, from ancient shell heaps and camp sites near Brooklin, Me., collected by Frank Hamilton Cushing in 1896 (55260) ; a set of five plum-seed gaming Smithsonian Institution — Continued, dice of the Omaha Indians, and a bottle of seeds used by the Omahas as a per- fume, presented to the Bureau by Francis La Flesche (55323); a pair of Osage ceremonial moccasins and an Osage ceremonial "pipe," presented to the Bureau by Mr. La Flesche (55420) ; human skull and part of another, found in a shell-bank near Port Arthur, Tex., and presented to the Bureau by Mrs. Bruce Reid of that place (55586). National Museum, collected by mem- bers of the staff: Bartsch, Paul: Speci- men of alga from the Gulf of California (54596) ; 6 li\'ing specimens of Cactaceae from Florida (55472) ; invertebrates from the Florida Keys (55487). Bassler, R. S.: About 1,000 specimens of Lowest Silurian fossils from southwestern Ohio (54340); about 500 Lower Ordovician fossils from Maryland (54548); weath- ered limestone products from Maryland (54551); 100 Ordovician fossils from western Maryland (55342). Bean, B. A.: Fishes and crustaceans from the Susquehanna River (54469); 2 speci- mens of Gerres (54973). Gidley, J. W.: About 100 specimens, representing 24 species, of fossil mammals from a cave deposit near Cumberland, Md. (54768). Gilmore, C. W.: Carapace of a turtle from Livingstone County, Mich. (55629). Holmes, William H.: Relics from a vil- lage site on the bank of Buckhead Creek, Burke County, Ga., 12 miles west of Waynesboro, and from a mound 12 miles below Columbia, S. C, on the left bank of the Congaree River (55401). Hrdlicka, Ales: 205 skulls of Mongo- lians; 14 skulls and a skeleton with skull, of Buriats (54928). Maxon, Wil- liam R.: 100 plants from Maryland (54549). Merrill, George P.: 4 speci- mens of so-called "golden granite" from Peekskill, N. Y. (54472); 2 speci- mens of olivine diabase from Lewiston, Me., and 4 of pegmatitic rock in gneiss and carrying graphite from Yarmouth, Me. (54474); a snake and a fish from Sheepscot Bay, Me. (54496); 2 speci- mens of igneous rock from Boothbay, Me. (54497). Miller, Gerrit S., jr.: 158 REPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Smithsonian Institution — Continued, Specimen of star-nosed mole (55405). Palmer, William: Fishes and crusta- ceans, from Plum Point and Plum Point Creek, Md. (54543); specimen of Genes (54972). Ridgway, B.: Frog, Eanaare- olata, from Illinois (54314) . Rose, J. N . : 200 plants obtained in Europe (54436) ; 6 living specimens of Opuntia opuntia from near Great Falls, Va. (54698); 7,000 plants, 3 fishes, 14 reptiles and batrachians, 6 vials of entomostraca, a crab, and 3 packages of shells, from the West Indies (55447). Russell, P. G.: About 500 insects from the West Indies (55312). Smart, James A.: Specimen of Eptesicus fuscus (55404) . Weed , A . C . : Young box tortoise from Maryland (55485). Wood, Nelson R.: Toad and 28 lizards, from Florida (55112; 55248). National Museum, made in the An- thropological Laboratory: 3 casts of a double mortar found in Montgomery County, Mo., and now owned by Mr. C. E. Johnson, of Montgomery City, Mo. The original is made of stalactite, the face being ornamented with intersect- ing incised lines (54494); 1 cast each of 3 ear disks, a chipped axe, and an inscribed round stone, belonging to Mrs. William H. Johnson, Springfield, Mo. (54577). National Zoological Park: Coney, Procavia capensis; lynx, Lynx rufus; peccary, Dicotyles tajacu; beaver, Castor canadensis; baboon, Papio ajno- cephalus (54304); barn owl, Aluco pratincola (54356); 2 young polar bears, Thalarctos maritimus; American marten, Mustela americana; bontebok, Damalis- cus pygargus; Bennett's wallaby, Macropus ruficollis bennetti; rough fox, Canis cancrivorus; American bison. Bison americanus; fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus (54987); roseate spoonbill, Ajaja ajaja; 2 specimens of European flamingo, Phcenicopterus roseus; 2 speci- mens of bleeding-heart pigeon, Phlo- gcenas luzonica; cut-throat finch, Ama- dina fasdata; Victoria crowned pigeon, Goura victoria; Vera Cruz troupial. Icterus gularis; 2 skins of black-headed finch, Munia atricapilla; Lady Gould's finch, Pcephila gouldiss; 2 specimens of Smithsonian Institution — Continued, snow pigeon, Columha leuconola; banded parrakeet, Palseomis fasciatus; African ground dove, CEna capensis; Chapman's curassow, Crax chapmani (55090); 2 specimens of Rosella parra- keet, Platycercus eximius; demoiselle crane, Anthropoides virgo; love bird, Agapornis cana; 2 specimens of roseate tern, Sterna dougalli; 2 specimens of bleeding-heart pigeon, Phloganas luz- onica; grass parrakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus; paradise whydah finch. Vidua paradisea; Amazon parrot, Ama- zona ochroptera; Australian thick-knee, Burhinus grallarius; kea parrot, Nestor notabilis; ruff. Machetes pugnax; earns crane, Grus antigone; red and blue macaw, Ara chloroptera (55091); skin and skull of Patagonian cavy, Dolich- otis patagonica (55156) ; silver pheasant, Gennasus nycthemerus (55185); prairie dog, Cynomys ludovidanus (55630); partridge, Perdix perdix (55635); 6 young bears, namely, 3 specimens of Ursus kidderi-arctos, 1 of U. horrihilis, and 2 of TJ. gyas-kidderi; grizzly bear, Ursus horrihilis; young buffalo, Bison americanus; lion, Felis leo; monkey, Cercopithecus mona; monkey, Papio inaimon; 2 minks, Mustela vison; prairie dog, Cynomys ludovidanus; skull of reindeer, Rangifer tarandus; and skull of a moose, Alces americanus (55636); green parrakeet, Conurus holochlorus; 2 specimens of demoiselle crane, Anthropoides virgo; European flamingo, Phcenicopterus roseus; 2 speci- mens of crested screamer, Chauna cris- tata; scaup duck, Marila marila; 3 specimens of European swan, Cygnus gibbus; bateleur eagle, Teraihopiu^ ecaudatus (55637). Snyder, C. P., Tofty, Alaska: Skull of an extinct horse and tooth of a masto- don, from Alaska (55021: loan). SowERBY, Arthur de C, Tientsin, China: 24 mammals, 16 reptiles, and a bird, from northern Shan-si, China (54678); skins and skulls of 12 mam- mals from Mongolia (55070); 45 mam- mals and 9 birds, from China (55558). Collected for the Museum. LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 159 Spate, Benjamin F., Washington, D. C: Specimen showing concretionary struc- ture in iron ore (55103). Spencee, Edward B. T., Grinnell Col- lege, Grinnell, Iowa: 26 samples of building and decorative stones col- lected in Rome (54562). Sprague PuBLismNG Company, Detroit, Mich.: Original painting for cover of "The American Boy," July, 1912, and a two-color proof of the same, in red and green; also 2 sheets showing eight pages of the magazine printed in red and in green, respectively (55604). Springer, Hon. Frank, East Las Vegas, N. Mex. : About 500 specimens of Devo- nian and Lower Carboniferous mollusks from the Mississippi Valley (54583). Stadtisches Museum. (See under Wei- mar, Germany.) Standley, Paul C, TJ. S. National Mu- seum: 89 plants from Maryland (54332) ; 1,050 plants from Greene County, Mo. (54522); pebble of granite with groove made by a primitive saw, collected by the donor near Pecos, N. Mex. (55096); 26 plants collected near Hampton, Va., by Mr. Standley and H. C. Bollman (55348). State, Department of: (See under Henry D. Baker, Fred'k. T. F. Dumont, Frederic W. Goding, W. Maxwell Greene, Augustus E. Ingram, Mason Mitchell, James L. Rodgers, and Albert Talken.) Alaska Boundary Survey: 100 plants collected in Alaska by Darid W. Eaton, Surveyor, Alaskan Boundary (54807). Stauffer, Prof. Clinton R., Adelbert College, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio: 9 specimens of Devo- nian sponges from Ontario (54661). Stealey, WVtterson, Washington, D. C: Oil portrait of Henry Clay, by Jean Baptiste Adolphe Gibert (55281: loan). Stearns, Elmer, El Paso, Tex.: 120 plants from Texas, Mexico, and New Mexico (54275; 54319; 54352; 54414; 54597). Steele, E. S., U. S. National Museum: 63 plants from Ofeio (54331); 529 plants from the eastern part of the United States (54654). Steger, a. M., Shores, Va.: 5 living specimens of Opuntia from Virginia (55305). Steiner, Jacob, Brooklyn, N. Y.: One Sharps rifle with Maynard tape primer (54444). Stephens, Frank, San Diego, Cal.: Liz- ard, Xantusia picta, from California (55129). Stephenson, L. W., U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C: About 200 specimens of Loess fossils from Arkan- sas (54983). Stevens, O. A., Agricultural College, N. Dak. : 60 bees, including a paratype of Nomada hilohata and a paratype of N. vicina stevensi (55122; 55205). Stockholm, Sweden, Riksmuseets, Botaniska Afdelning: 280 specimens of grasses from South America (54510: exchange). Streeter, D. D., Brooklyn, N. Y.: 4 mammals, 23 reptiles, and 4 fishes from Borneo (55230); 35 reptiles and batra- chians, from Algeria and Sahara (55455). Striegel, La Roy M., Humboldt, Ariz.: Spider (54476). Summers, Ewing, Washington, D. C: 9 specimens of Acanthospermum from the District of Columbia (54743). Superior Thread and Yarn Co., New York City: Specimens illustrating the manixfacture of ramie thread and yam (.54887). Sweeny, Thomas W., U. S. National Museum: Framed color-print of the Parthenon (54680). Swenk, M. H., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr.: 20 sawfly larvae (54475). Swiggett, H. L., Washington, D. C: Living specimen of Echeveria, originally from Scotland (54636). 3237: -NAT MUS 1913- -11 160 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Sydney, New South Wales, Austra- lia, Australian Museum: Specimen of Hoplichthys haswelli (55594: ex- change) . Sydney, New South Wales, Austra- lla, Botanic Gardens: 100 plants from Australia (55225: exchange). Symons, a. H., Supai, Ariz.: 4 living specimens of Cactacese (55034). Tabler, Miss Elizabeth D., TJ. S. Na- tional Museum: Daguerreotype of a man (54681). Talken, Albert, Windsorton, Cape Province, Union of South Africa (through Department of State) : 8 stone implements found by the donor 24 feet beneath the surface near Windsorton, on the Vaal River (54988). Talko-Hryncewicz, Prof. J., Uniwersy- tet Jagiellonski, Krakow, Krakow, Galicia, Austria: 4 photographs of Siberian natives (54880) ; casts of skulls and lower jaws of Asiatic peoples, sam- ples of hair of Poles and Lithuanians, and model of apparatus for aiding an infant to walk (55526: exchange). Tarbox, Mrs. Mary P., Westport, Me.: Larva of Philampelus achemon (54487). Tays, E. a. H., San Bias, Sinaloa, Mex- ico: 11 plants from Mexico (54378; 54580). Teller, Edgar E., Milwaukee, Wis.: 200 Silurian fossils from Delafield, Wis. (55287). Terry, J. E., Williamsburg, Ky.: 4 Mal- tese kittens in alcohol (55627). Thackery, Frank A., Sacaton, Ariz.: 25 specimens of desert plants (54792). Thatcher, Aaron H., Washington, D. C: An anvil which was in the posses- sion of the Mormons at Nauvoo, 111., many years previous to their journey to Salt Lake (54779: loan)'. Thompson, Dr. J. C, U. S. Navy, Sausa- lito, Cal. : About 617 insects, including 117 from Marin County, Cal. (55270; 55490); reptiles and batrachians from California (55414). Thompson, J. G., Petersburg, Va.: A piece of petrified wood from Chester- field County, Va. (54486). Thornburgh, Vern, Lincoln, Nebr.: Triangular pierced tablet of banded slate (55060: exchange). Thruston, R. C. Ballard, Louisville, Ky. : 2 specimens of grass warbler, Cis- ticola cisticola, from Italy (54282); red- tailed hawk, Buteo horealis (54657). Thurow, F. W., Harvester, Tex.: 11 plants from Texas (54861). TiDESTROM, Ivar, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C: 47 plants from Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey (54655). Tilden, Miss Josephine E., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.: 125 plants from the south Pacific islands and 92 plants from Canada (54427: purchase). Tilkie, Charles M., Swastika, Canada: Specimen of silver ore from the Cobalt district, Canada (55628: exchange). TiLLOTSoN, Miss Lottie L., Halifax, Nova Scotia: 2 specimens of Filipen- dula from Nova Scotia (54415). ToDD, AuRELius, Ocosiugo, Chiapas, Mexico: 10 fossils and about 100 speci- mens (representing 7 species) of fresh- water shells from Mexico (54687); 2 small lots of Oligocene fossils and about 50 specimens of recent shells, Pachy- chilus planensis, from Mexico (55298). ToNDUZ, A., San Jose, Costa Rica: 2 living specimens of Pereskia from Costa Rica (54271: exchange); a living speci- men of cactus from Costa Rica (55425). Torre, Dr. Carlos de la, Havana, Cuba: 117 specimens, representing 14 species (cotypes), of Urocoptis from Cuba (55094). Tower, D. G., Agricultural Experiment Station, Mayaguez, P. R. : 10 paratypes of Prospaltclla perniciosi (54982). TowLES, W. H., Washington, D. C: 6 flash-light photographs C54401). LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 161 TowNSEND, C. H. T., Lima, Peru: 6 specimens of Cactacese and 2 snakes from Peru (55290; 55470; 55633); 3 pieces of fossil bones, 9 fossil shells, and 8 pieces of fossil wood, collected by Abelardo Alvarez Calderon in tbe vicinity of Nazca Valley, Peru (55541). Treasury Department: A series of Confederate paper currency, comprising 140 specimens (54443); 2 sets of tea standards— for 1912-1913 and 1913-1914 — ^received tlarough. the Super- vising Tea Examiner (55578) ; 5 small lots of tin ore from North Carolina, col- lected by the late Dr. George B. Hanna, received through the Director of the Mint (55617). TstJDA, N. (See under Baron Senge.) Tucker, Mrs. John Southgate, and Mrs. J. Hough Cottman, Washington, D. C. (through Mrs. Julian James and Mrs. E. R. Hoes): Dress and slippers of Martha King, worn at a ball when she danced with General Lafayette. Mrs. King was the wife of Capt. Miles King of the Continental Army, alderman and afterwards mayor of Norfolk, Va. (54790: loan). TucKERMAN, Miss EMttY, Washington, D. C: 8 pieces of tapestry (54345; 55529); a mirror called a "trumeau," the upper part of which is a painting (54875) ; 2 pieces of Louis XIV embroid- ery and 1 piece of Louis XVI embroid- ery (55322). Loan. TucKERMAN, Walter R., Washington, D. C: Portrait, in oil, of Joseph Tuck- erman, D. D., by Gilbert Stuart (55046: loan). TxJRCKHEiM, Baron H. von, Coban, Gua- temala: 2 living specimens of Cacta- ceae from Guatemala (55277). Turner, H. J. Allen, Nairobi, British East Africa: Skin and skull of an otter (54841); skin and skull of an otter, Aonyx, and skull of a badger, Melli- vora (54918). Twining, S. B., and Company, Stockton, N. J.: A five-inch cube of sandstone (55003). Ulrich, Max, San Francisco, Cal.: United States silver half-dollar used as an identification tag during the Civil War (54693). Underwood, W. F., Capitol Heights, Md.: Ants' nest in a chestnut log (54801). United Mineral Company, South Dan- bury, N. H.: Specimen of garnet in gneiss (54313). Universitetets Botaniske Museum. (See under Copenhagen, Denmark.) Universitetets Zoologiske Museum. (See under Copenhagen, Denmark.) University Botanic Garden. (See un- der Cambridge, England.) Upsala, Sweden, Botaniska Museum, UpsalaUniversitets: 500 plants from Sweden (55133: exchange). Urban, Dr. I., Dahlembei Steglitz (Ber- lin), Germany: 310 plants collectisd in Santo Domingo by Padre Fuertea (54911: piurchase). Van Duzee, M. C, Buffalo, N. Y.: 2 specimens of Agonosoma variegatum (55462). Van Hyning, T. , Fort Madison, Iowa: A collection of shells, mostly American, numbering approximately 48,180 speci- mens and representing about 70 species (55482). Van Roon, G., Rotterdam, Netherlands: About 150 specimens of Curculionidse from the Indo-Malayan regions (55313: exchange). Velder, George, Carversville, Pa.: 3 specimens of Triassic plants from Car- versville (54370). Venice Marine Biological Station, University op Southern California, Venice, Cal.: 10 crabs (54722); 10 speci- mens, representing 3 species, of annel- ids (55338). Vera, Mrs. Irene, San Luis Potosi, IMexico: 7 living specimens of Cac- tacese, from central Mexico (54464); 2 living specimens of Opuntia and 2 of Cereus, from near San Luia Potosi (54695). 162 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Verco, Dr. J. C, Adelaide, South Aus- tralia: 12 species of shells from Aus- tralia, cotypes of species described by the donor (55082). Verner, S. p., Isthmian Canal Commis- sion, Bas Obispo, Canal Zone: 9 living specimens of Cactacese (54598; 55038). Victoria and Albert Museum. (See under London, England.) Vienna, Austria, K. K. Naturhis- torisches Hofmuseum: 100 plants, comprising Century 20 of "Krypto- gamae Exsiccatae" (54958: exchange). ViETT, George F., Norfolk, Va. : A sale catalogue of liistorical relics and a col- lection of early photographs (54836). Villa, A. P., and Bros., New York City: 22 samples of raw silk (54849). Vuillet, a., Paris, France: About 40 specimens of reared parasitic Hymenop- tera from Haut Senegal-Niger (54662). Walker, Bryant, Detroit, Mich.: 4 specimens, representing 2 species, of fresh-water mollusks, Anq/lus, from South Africa (54307); specimen of Diplodon fonckii from the Chalchal River, Imperial, Chile (54612); 2 speci- mens of Diplodon hartivrighti from the Amazon River, Brazil (from the Wright collection) (54998). Walker, Mrs. Sophie Liebenau, Alex- andria, Va.: Collection of relics of the von Liebenau family of Wiirttemburg, Germany, and its descendants in America (55051). Wallace, Mrs. R. M., Forest Hill, Md.: Specimen of walking-stick, Diaphero- mera veliei (54428). Wallis, William. (See under William Palmer and A. C. Weed.) Walton, W. R., U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C: Type and allotype of Microdon craigheadii (55125). War Department: Plaster model of the statue of Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis, U. S. Navy, by Frank E. Elwell, from which was cast the bronze statue for the Vicksburg Na- tional Military Park (55010). War Department — Continued. Army Medical Museum: An artisti- cally tattooed head of a New Zealander (54930: exchange). Office of the Chief of Ordnance: A cop- per powder flask with carrying-strap and 2 British Tower rifles, 1862, received from the Watertown Arsenal, Boston, Mass. (54445); military firearms, swords, etc., 43 objects, formerly in the museum of the U. S. Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C. (54537). Ward, Mrs. Coonley, Wyoming, N. Y.: 18 specimens of meteorites (55600: pur- chase). Ward, Rowland, Ltd., London,. Eng- land: Skin, skull and skeleton of a mounted male okapi (55585: pur- chase). Ward's Natural Science Establish- ment, Rochester, N. Y.: Cast of skull of Glyptodon (55542: purchase). Warner, S. P., American consul, Har- bin, Manchuria: 6 bird skins from Bahia, Brazil (55045). Warren, Ernest M., St. Maries, Idaho: A worm of the family Gordiidae (55486). Washington, Charles S., U. S. National Museum: Parasitic worm, Ascarissuum, from the intestines of a hog (55465). Waters, Dr. C. E., Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C: Specimen of Sar- racenia from Maryland (54523). Wayne, Arthur T., Mt. Pleasant, S. C: Copperhead snake, Aghistrodon con- tortrix (54350); specimen of king rail, Rallus elegans, and skin of a black- bellied plover, Squatarola squatarola, from South Carolina (55355; 55516). Exchange. Weed, A. C, U. S. National Museum: Snake, Storeria dekayi, from North Rose, N. Y. (54592); fishes from the vicinity of the District of Columbia (55372). (See under William Palmer.) Weed, A. C, and W. L. McAtee: Fishes from the Potomac River in the vicinity of Plummers Island (54507). Weed, A. C, and Ernest B. Marshall: Fishes, insects and a crayfish, from Indian Creek, Md. (54363). LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 163 Weigel, Theodor Oswald, Leipzig, Germany: 300 epecimens of Salix from Europe (Toepffer, Salicetum Exsic- catum, Fasc. 1-7) (54970: purchase). Weimar, Germany, Stadtisches Mu- seum: Archeological material from the caverns of Taubach, Germany (55436: exchange). Weingart, W., Georgenthal, Thiiringen, Germany: Living specimen of cactus from Mexico (55459). Wells, Mrs. Henry, Washington, D. C: An oil painting, a copy of Mm'illo's "The Beggars" (55514); Revolutionary sword, letters, etc.; also a collection of old prints, and an atlas of 1806 (55520). Loan. Werth, Mrs. Mary Maury, Richmond, Va. : Gold electrotype of the gold medal awarded by Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway, to Matthew Fontaine Maury, in recognition of his services to the science of navigation, obtained through the courtesy of Miss Ann H. Maury of Richmond (55519). (See under Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury, U. S. Navy, Descendants of.) West Virginla. Agricultural Experi- ment Station, Morgantown, W. Va.: A collection of about 15,000 forest insects and their work, together with a large quantity of notes, special records, manuscripts, etc. (54640: deposit). Wetmore, Hon. George Peabody, Washington, D. C: Oil painting, "Ver- sailles," by Constant Wauters, and a water color, "Military Review," by Edouard Detaille (55504: loan). Wetmore, Maj. William Boerum, Wash- ington, D. C: Historical material, in- cluding 2 paintings in oil, a "Portrait of George Peabody," by Lowes Dick- inson, and "Held up," by N. H. Trotter; also ethnological, biological and paleontological material (55163); an engraving and 3 water colors (55383). Wheeler, Mrs. C. F., Lanham, Md.: 125 plants from various localities (55202). Wherry, Prof. Edgar T., Lehigh Univer- sity, South Bethlehem, Pa. : Specimen of rutile in quartz (55146). White, David, U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C: A carboniferous fossil plant from Perry Park, Colo. (54426). White, H. T., Sudbury, Ontario, Canada: 12 bottles of fresh-water bryozoans from Canada (54910). White, Dr. I. C., State Geologist, Mor- gantown, W. Va.: A calcareous con- cretion thrown out from a Mexican oil well (54924). W^HiTE, Mrs. John Jay, Washington, D. C: Papillon ring and an Egyptian god mounted as a necklace (54750); a wide flounce of point d'Alen^on lace, in 3 pieces, also 3 large and 7 small waist pieces of the same lace (54752: loan.) Whittall, M. J., Worcester, Mass.: Pho- tographs and specimens illustrating the manufacture of Wilton and Brussels rugs and carpets (54997). Whittier, M. S., Deputy Collector of Customs, Ketchikan, Alaska: Speci- men of basket-fish, Gorgonocephalus caryi, from Prince William Sound, Alaska (55055). WiEDMER, John, St. Louis, Mo.: Skull of a musk-ox and tooth of a mastodon, a spearhead, arrowpoint, and a drill, found in a peat or muck field at Man- ito. 111. (55407). Wilcox, Miss F. E., Washington, D. C: Indian pottery from Arizona, consist- ing of 1 specimen from the Mohave and 6 specimens from the Pima Indiana (54726); an ancient Indian (Pima- Papago?) shell bracelet found in a mound south of Tucson, Ariz. (55419). Wilcox, Brig. Gen. Timothy E., TJ. S. Army (retired), Washington, D. C. : A pair of horns of the mountain goat (54855); specimen of Aralia from the District of Columbia (55296) ; specimen of Potamogeton from Maryland (55442). Wilcox, Mrs. Timothy E., Wasliington, D. C: A Zuni water jar (54603). Williams, Francis X., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans.: 2 specimens of Rehnia victorix (55228); 18 specimens of Diptera (55369). Exchange. 164 REPORT OF XATIOKAL MUSEUM, 1913. Williams, Miss Maey H., Washington, D. C: Red -velvet cope, Spanish, 16th century; 3 pieces of brocade, 17th cen- tury; piece of red silk; and 2 pieces of red velvet (55325: loan). Williams, R. S., New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York City: Specimen of Encelia pilocarpa from Peru (55574). Williams, Thomas E., Arvonia, Va. (through T. Nelson Dale, XJ. S. Geolog- ical Survey, Washington, D. C): 2 slabs containing fossil crinoids (54336). Williamson, E. B., Bluffton, Ind. (through Philip P. Calvert): 39 neo- tropical dragonilies (54323: exchange); 38 specimens, representing 16 species, of dragonfliea from Guatemala, and 7 specimens, representing 4 species, of dragonflies from the United States (54489). Willis, Bailey, Washington, D. C: 125 specimens of Sphxrium, Planorbis, and Lymnea, from Laguna N-huan Maquin chao, Rio Negro, Argentina (54285). WiLMER, Col. L. WORTHINGTON, LotlliaU Ilouse, Ryde, England: 125 specimens of fossil shells from the Isle of Wight, 26 specimens of recent shells from the Isle of Wight and Jamaica, and 6 plants (54913). WiNKLEY, Rev. Henry W., Danvers, Mass.: 6 specimens of Odostomia (Eva- lea) bartschi from Woods Hole, Mass. (54365); sample of sittings containing crustaceans, from Quohog Bay, Me. (54478). WiNTHROP, Hon. Beekman, Washington, D. C: Filipino rain coat (55160). WoNALANCET COMPANY, Nashua, N. H. : 9 samples of Peruvian and China raw and carded cotton (55402). Wood, N. R., U. S. National Museum: Crayfishes and spiders, from Florida (55197). Woodward, S. W. (See under Egypt Exploration Fund.) WooLLEY, Claude L., Baltimore, Md.: A horizontal bronze sundial adapted to the latitude of Aberdeen, Scotland (54544); a horizontal aluminum sundial for the latitude of Constantinople, Turkey (54965). WooTON, Prof. E. 0., U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C: 10,000 plants chiefly from New Mexico (55346: purchase). Wright, W. S., San Diego, Cal.: About 198 Lepidoptera (55209). WtTRZLOw, E. C, Houma, La.: Li^ing specimen of Hymenocallis collected near Houma (55410); 4 living speci- mens of Opuntia from Louisiana (55543). Wyoming, University of, Laramie, Wyo.: 721 plants from Idaho (54968: exchange). Yankee Consolidated Mining Com- pany, Salt Lake City, Utah (through Victor C. Heikes, U. S. Geological Sur- vey): 4 specimens of zinc ore from the Tintic Mining District, Utah (55302); an exhibition specimen of calamine from the Yankee Consolidated Mine, Eureka, Utah (54434). (See under B. N. Lehman.) Yellowstone National Park, Yellow- stone Park, W^yo. (See under Interior, Department of.) YoTHERS, M. A., Agricultural Experi- ment Station, Pullman, Wash.: 10 specimens of Panscopus sequalis (54467). Young, James Hay, Meredith, Victoria, Australia: 14 specimens, representing 9 species, of Ordovician graptolites from Australia; also Australian land and fresh-water shells, representing 32 species (55141); Tertiary fossils, repre- senting 35 species, from Australia (55615). Exchange. Zacharie, Dr. Charles C, White Plains, N. Y.: A long black bow of the Indians of Brazil near the Amazon River (55334) . ZuMBRUN, Fred., Fort Klamath, Oreg.: Braincase of a deer (55221). LIST OF PUBLICATIOXS OF THE U. S. NATION.IL AfUSEOI ISSUED DURING THE FISaiL YEAR 1912-1913, .iND OF PAPERS PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE WHICH RELATE TO THE COLLECTIOXS. PUBLICATIONS OF THE MUSEUM. PEOCEEDINGS. Smithsonian Institution | United States National Museum ] — | Proceedings | of the 1 United States National Museum I — I Volume 42 I — I (Seal) | Wash- ington I Government Printing Office | 1912 Sro., pp. i-xir, 1-675, pis. 1-76, 100 figs., 1 map. Smithsonian Institution | United States National Museum | — j Proceedings 1 of the I United States National Museum I — I Volume 43 I — I (Seal) | Wash- ington I Government Printing Office J 1913 Svo., pp. i-xi, 1-669, pis 1-46, 4S figs. BULLETINS. Smithsonian Institution | United States National Museum | Bulletin 79 | — | List of North American Land Mam- ] mals in the United States | National Museum, 1911 1 — 1 By | Gerrit S. Miller, jr. ] Cmutor, Di\-ision of Mammals, L^nited States | National Museum | (Seal) | Washington | Gov- ernment Printing Office | 1912 8vo., pp. i-xiv, 1-455. Smithsonian Institution | United States National Museum | Bulletin 81 | — I Sj-nopsis of the Rotatoria | By | Harry K. Harring | Of the United States Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. I (Seal) | Washington | Govern- ment Printing Office | 1913 8\-o., pp. 1-226. PAPERS PUBLISHED IN SEPARATE FORM. FROM VOLUME 42 OF THE PROCEEDINGS. No. 1907. New cyclogasterid fishes from Japan. By C. H. Gilbert and C. V. Burke, pp. 351- 380, pis. 41^8, figs. 1-18. No. 1908. Some new Mollusca from the Silurian formations of Washington County, Maine. By Henry Shaler Williams, pp. 381-398, pis. 49, 50. No. 1909. Japanese shore fishes collected by the L'nited States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Alba- tross" Expedition of 1906. By John Otterbein Snyder. pp. 399-450, pis. 51-61. 2 figs. No. 1910. Notes on African Orthoptera of the families Mantida^ and Phasmidie in the L'nited States National Museum, ■with descriptions of new species. By James A. G. Rehn. pp. 451-475, figs. 1-17. No. 1911. Description of a new terrestrial isopod belonging to the genus Cubaris from Panama. By Harriet Richardson. pp. 477^79, figs. 1, 2. No. 1912. A new discodrilid worm from Colorado. By Max M. Ellis, pp. 481-186, figs. 1-5. 165 166 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. No. 1913. The fishes of Okinawa, one of the E-iu Kiu Islands. By John Otterbein Snyder, pp. 487-519, pis. 62-70. No. 1914. Descriptions of two new para- sitic isopods belonging to the genera Palsegyge and Pro- bopyrus from Panama. By Harriet Richardson, pp. 521-524, figs. 1-8. No. 1915. Descriptions of two new species of fishes from Honolulu, Hawaii, By David Starr Jordan and Charles William Metz. pp. 525-527, pi. 71. No. 1916. A revision of the subspecies of the green heron (Butorides virescens [Linnaeus]). By Harry C, Oberholser. pp. 529-577. No. 1917. Description of a new family of pediculate fishes from Cele- bes. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Alba- tross," 1907-1910.— No, 20.] By Hugh M. Smith and Lewis Radcliffe, pp. 579- 581, pi. 72. No. 1918. Description of a new species of isopod belonging to the genus Apseudes from Ecua- dor. By Harriet Richard- son, pp. 583-585, 1 fig,' No. 1919. Notes on a collection of fishes from Java, made by Owen Bryant and William Palmer in 1909, with description of a new species. By Barton A. Bean ^nd Alfred C. Weed, pp. 587-611, pis. 73-75, figs. 1-3. No. 1920. Contributions to our knowledge of bees and ichneumon-flies, including the descriptions of twenty-one new genera and fifty-seven new species of ichneumon-flies. By H. L. Viereck. pp. 613-648, figs. 1,2. No. 1921. Model of a Brahmin temple. By Immanuel M. Casano- wicz. pp. 649-653, pi. 76. No. 1922. Note on the generic name Sa- fole, replacing Boulengerina, for a genus of Kuhliid fishes. By David Starr Jordan, p. 655. FROM VOLUME 43 OP THE PROCEEDINGS. No. 1923. Descriptions of the Alcyonaria collected by the U. S. Fish- eries steamer "Albatross," mainly in Japanese waters, during 1906. By Charles C. Nutting. pp. 1-104, pis. 1-21. No. 1924. Descriptions of a new family, two new genera, and twenty- nine new species of Anacan- thine fishes from the Philip- pine Islands and contiguous waters. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Alba- tross," 1907-1910.— No, 21.] By Lewis Radcliffe, pp, 105-140, pis, 22-31, figs. 1-11. No. 1925. Studies in the woodwasp super- family Oryssoidea, with de- scriptions of new species. By S. A. Rohwer. pp. 141- 158, pis, 32, 33, figs, 1-6, No. 1926. Descriptions of two new iso- pods, an Apseudes and a Munnopsis, both from the Galapagos Islands. By Har- riet Richardson. pp. 159- 162, figs. 1-4. No. 1927. Descriptions of new Hymenop- tera, No. 5. By J. C. Craw- ford, pp. 163-188, figs. 1, 2. No. 1928. Dragon flies of the Cumberland Valley in Kentucky and Tennessee. By Charles Branch Wilson, pp, 189- 200. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 167 No. 1929. Descriptions of a new genus of isopod crustaceans, and of two new species from South America. By Harriet Rich- ardson. pp.201-204,figs.l,2. No. 1930. Notes on sawflies, with descrip- tions of new species. By S. A. Rohwer. pp. 205-251, figs. 1-6. No. 1931. Preliminary account of one new genus and three new species of Medusae from the Philippines. [Scientific re- sults of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Al- batross, "1907-1910.— No. 22.] By Henry B. Bigelow. pp. 253-260. No. 1932. Names applied to the eucerine bees of North America. By T. D. A. Cockerell. pp. 261-273. No. 1933. Bryozoa from Labrador, New- foundland, and Nova Scotia, collected by Dr. Owen Bry- ant. By Raymond C. Os- burn. pp. 275-289, pi. 34. No. 1934. New American dipterous in- sects of the family Pipun- culidse. By J. R. Malloch. pp. 291-299, 1 fig. No. 1935. Descriptions of new genera and species of muscoid flies from the Andean and Pacific Coast regions of South Amer- ica. By Charies H. T. Townsend. pp. 301-367. No. 1936. Notes on certain amphipods from the Gulf of Mexico, with descriptions of new genera and new species. By Arthur S. Pearse. pp. 369-379, figs. 1-8. No, 1937. The crinoids of the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin. By Austin Hobart Clark, pp. 381-410. No. 1938. The insects of the dipterous family Phoridse in the United States National Mu- seum. By J. R. Malloch. pp. 411-529, pis. 35-41. No. 1939. A revision of the forms of the great blue heron (Ardea herodias Linnaeus). By Harry C. Oberholser. pp. 531-559. No. 1940. Notes on the occurrence of the crustacean Alonopsis in America, with description of a new species. By Alfred A. Doolittle. pp. 561-565, pis. 42, 43. No. 1941. A new genus and six new spe- cies of fishes of the family Cyclogasteridse . By Charles Victor Burke, pp. 567-574. No. 1942. Descriptions of one new family, eight new genera, and thirty- three new species of ichneu- mon-flies. By H. L. Vier- eck. pp. 575-593. No. 1943. A newly found meteoric iron from Perryville, Perry County, Missouri. By George P. Merrill, pp. 595- 597, pis. 44, 45. No. 1944. Four new genera and fifty- eight new species of star- fishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. [Scientific re- sults of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907-1910.— No. 23.] By Walter K. Fisher, pp. 599-648. No. 1945. One new genus and eight new species of dipterous insects in the United States Na- tional Museum collection. By J. R. Malloch. pp. 649- 658, pi. 46. 168 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. FROM VOLUME 44 OF THE PROCEEDINGS. No. 1946. Medusae and Siphonophorse col- lected by the U. S. Fish- eries steamer "Albatross" in the northwestern Pacific, 1906. By Henry B. Bige- low. pp. 1-119, pis. 1-6, figs. 1, 2. No. 1947. Descriptions of new species of saturnian moths in the col- lection of the United States National Museum. By Harrison G. Dyar. pp. 121- 134. No. 1948. Descriptions of seven new genera and thirty-one new species of fishes of the fami- lies Brotulidee and Carapidse from the Philippine Islands and the Dutch East Indies. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Alba- tross, " 1907-1910.— No.24.] By Lewis Radcliffe. pp. 135-176, pis. 7-17. No. 1949. Results of the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1911. Orthop- tera (Acridiidse — short - homed locusts). By Law- rence Bruner. pp. 177-187. 'No. 1950. Crustacean parasites of West Indian fishes and land crabs, with descriptions of new genera and species. By Charles Branch Wilson, pp. 189-277, pis. 18-53. No. 1951. Descriptions of new Lepidop- tera, chiefly from Mexico. By Harrison G. Dyar. pp. 279-324. No. 1952. A newly found meteorite from near Cullison, Pratt County, Kansas. By George P. Mer- rill, pp. 325-330, pis. 54, 55. No. 1953. A revision of the South Amer- ican dipterous insects of the family Ptychopteridae. By Charles P. Alexander, pp. 331-335, figs. 1-3. No. 1954. Terrestrial isopods collected in Costa Rica by Mr. Picado, with the description of a new genus and species. By Har- riet Richardson, pp. 337- 340, figs. 1-5. No. 1955. Some fossil insects from Floris- sant, Colorado. By T. D. A, Cockerell. pp. 341-346, pi. 56, figs. 1-3. No. 1956. Results of the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1911. Orthop- tera (exclusive of Acridiidae). By A. N. Caudell. pp. 347- 357. No. 1957. Description of Anguilla mana- bei, a new eel from Japan. By David Starr Jordan, pp. 359, 360, pi. 57. No. 1958. Descriptions of new species of American flies of the family Borboridse. By J. R. Mal- loch. pp. 361-372. No. 1959. The sipuncaUds of the eastern coast of North America. By John Hiram Gerould. pp. 373-437, pis. 58-62, figs. 1-16. No. 1960. Results of the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1911. Hy- menoptera, superfamiUes Vespoidea and Sphecoidea. By S. A. Rohwer. pp. 439- 454, fig. 1. No. 1961. Notes on Ranzania makua Jenkins and other species of fishes of rare occurrence on the CaKfornia coast. By John Otterbein Snyder, pp. 45.S-460, pi. 63. No. 1962. Two new species of Diptera in the United States National Museum collection. By J. R. Malloch. pp. 461-463. No. 1963. Descriptions of two new fishes of the genua Triglops from the Atlantic coast of North America. By Charles H. Gilbert, pp. 465-468, pi. 64. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 169 No. 1964. Results of the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1911. Hy- menoptera — Ichneumo n o i - dea. By H. L. Viereck. pp. 469, 470. No. 1965. A synopsis of tlie American minks. By N. HolUster. pp. 471-480. No. 1966. A synopsis of part of the neo- tropical crane-flies of the subfamily Limnobinge. By Charles P. Alexander, pp. 481-549, pis. 65-68. No. 1967. Description of a new species of actinian of the genus Ed- wardsiella from southern California. By J. Playfair McMurrich. pp. 551-553, fig. 1. No. 1968. Descriptions of ten new genera and twenty-three new spe- cies of ichneumon-flies. By H. L. Viereck. pp. 555-568. No. 1969. Notes on some fossil horses, with descriptions of four new species. By Oliver P. Hay. pp. 569-594, pis. 69-73, figs. 1-28. No. 1970. Notes on nearctic orthopterous insects. I. Nonsaltat o r i a 1 forms. By A. N. Caudell. pp. 59.5-614, figs. 1-27. No. 1971. Descriptions of new species of crabs of the family OcxTJodi- dse. By Mary J. Rathbun. pp. 615-620, pis. 74-76. No. 1972. Notes on some American Dip- tera of the genus Fannia, with descriptions of new species. By J. R. Malloch. pp. 621-^31, pi. 77. No. 1973. New Textulariidse and other arenaceousForaminif era from the Philippine Islands and contiguous waters. [Scien- tific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907-1910.— No. 25.] By Joseph A. Cush- man. pp. 633-638, pie. 78- 80. No. 1974. Descriptions of six new genera and twelve new species of ichneumon-flies. By H. L. Viereck. pp. 639-648. No. 1975. A recently mounted zeuglo- don skeleton in the United States National Museum. By James W. Gidley. pp. 649-654, pis. 81, 82, flgs. 1-3. FROM VOLUME 45 OF THE PROCEEDINGS. No. 1977. A systematic monograph of the chalcidoid Hymenoptera of the subfamily Signiphorinse. By A. Arsene Girault. pp. 189-233. No. 1978. The giant species of the moUus- can genus Lima obtained in Philippine and adjacent waters. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer " Alba- tross," 1907-1910.— No. 26.] By Paul Bartsch. pp. 235- 240, pis. 12-20. No. 1979. Descriptions of new Hymenop- tera, No. 6. By J. C. Crawford, pp. 241-260. No. 1980. A fossil flower from the Eocene. By Edward W. Berry, pp. 261-263, pi. 21, 1 fig. No. 1981. A synopsis and descriptions of the nearctic species of saw- flies of the genua Xyela, with descriptions of other new species of sawflies. By S. A. Rohwer. pp. 265-281, Ifig. No. 1982. Fossil Coleoptera from Floris- sant in the United States National Museum. By H. F. Wickham. pp. 283-303, pis. 22-26. 170 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. No. 1983. The Philippine mollusks of the genus Dimya. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907- 1910.— No. 27.] By Paul Bartsch. pp. 305-307, pis. 27, 28. No. 1984. Descriptions of new Hymenop- tera, No. 7. By J. C. Crawford, pp. 309-317, 1 fig. No. 1986. New parasitic Hymenoptera belonging to the tribe Xori- dini. By S. A. Rohwer. pp. 353-361. No. 1987. Three interesting butterflies from eastern Massachusetts. By Aiistin Hobart Clark, pp. 363, 364, pi. 32. No. 1988. Miscellaneous contributions to the knowledge of the weevils of the families Attelabidae and Brachyrhinidae. By W. Dwight Pierce, pp. 365- 426. No. 1989. The simple ascidians from the northeastern Pacific in the collection of the United States National Museum. By William E. Bitter, pp. 427-505, pis. 33-36. No. 1990. Mammals collected by the Smithsonian-Harvard Expe- dition to the Altai Moun- tains, 1912. By N. Hollis- ter. pp. 507-532, pis. 37-42. No. 1991. Descriptions of thirteen new species of parasitic Hymen- optera and a table to certain species of the genus Ecphy- lus. By S. A. Rohwer. pp. 533-540. No. 1992. Results of the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1911. — Batra- chians and reptiles. By Leonhard Stejneger. pp. 541-547. No. 1993. New land shells from the Phil- ippine Islands. By Paul Bartsch. pp. 549-553, pi. 43. No. 1994. Description of a new fossil fern of the genus Gleichenia from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyo- ming. By Frank H. Knowl- ton. pp. 555-558, pi. 44. No. 1995. The isopod genus Ichthyoxenua Herklots, with description of a new species from Japan. By Harriet Richardson, pp. 559-562, figs. 1-6. No. 1996. Some new Hawaiian cephalo- pods. By S. Stillman Berry, pp. 563-566. No. 1997. The Hemiscylliid sharks of the Philippine Archipelago, with description of a new genua from the Chiaa Sea. [Scien- tific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907- 1910.— No. 28.] By Hugh M. Smith, pp. 567-569, pi. 45, figs. 1, 2. No. 1998. Notes on a small collection of amphipods from the Pribilof Islands, with descriptions of new species. By A. S. Pearse. pp. 571-573, figs. 1.2. No. 1999. Description of the Yachats "Smelt," a new species of Atherinoid fish from Oregon. By David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder, pp. 575, 576, pi. 46. No. 2000. Two fossil insects from Floris- sant, Colorado, with a discus- sion of the venation of the Aeshnine dragon-flies. By T. D. A. Cockerell. pp. 577-583, figs. 1-3. No. 2001. Results of the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1911. Orthop- tera (Addenda to the Acri- diidae — short - horned lo- custs). By Lawrence Bru- ner. pp. 585, 586. No. 2002. Diagnoses of new shells from the Pacific Ocean. By Wil- liam Healey Dall. pp. 587- 597. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 171 No. 2003. Description of a new carcliari- oid shark from the Sulu Arch- ipelago. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer ' ' Alba- tross," 1907-1910.— No. 29.] By Hugh M. Smith. pp. 599-601, pi. 47, figs. 1-3. No. 2004. Three new species of An thomy- idse (Diptera) in the United States National Museum col- lection. By J. R. Malloch. pp. 603-607. FROM VOLUME 16 OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HER- BARIUM, Part 3. The North American species of Nymphsea. By Gerrit S. Miller, jr., and Paul C. Standley. pp. i-ix, 63-108, pis. 35-47, figs. 2-40. Part 4. Descriptions of new plants preliminary to a report upon the flora of New Mexico. By E. 0. Wooton and Paul C. Standley. pp. i-xi, 109-196, pis. 48-50. Part 5. Miscellaneous papers: Supplementary notes on American species of Festuca. By Charles V. Piper, pp. 197-199. Delphinium simplex and its immediate allies. By Charles V. Piper, pp. 201-203. The identity of Heuchera cylindrica. By Charles V. Piper, pp.205, 206. New or noteworthy species of Pacific Coast plants. By Charles V. Piper, pp. 207-210. The American species of Meibomia of the section Nephromeria. By J. N. Rose and Paul C. Standley. pp. 211-216, pi. 51. Rai- mondia, a new genus of Annonaceae from Colombia. By W. E. Safford. pp. 217-219, pis. 52, 53. Four new species of goldenrod from the eastern United States. By E. S. Steele, pp. 221-224. Part 6. Three new genera of stilt palms (Iriarteacese) from Colombia, with a synop- tical review of the family. By O. F. Cook and C. B. Doyle, pp. i-vii, 225-238, pis. 54-65, fig. 41. Part 7. Studies in Cactacese — 1. By N. L. Britton and J. N. Rose. pp. i-v, 239-242, pis. 66-73. Part 8. Relationships of the false date palm of the Florida Keys, with a synoptical key to the families of American palms. ByO.F. Cook. pp. i-vii, 243-254, pis. 74-77. Part 9. The genus EpiphyUum and its allies. By N. L. Britton and J. N. Rose, pp. i-vii, 255-262, pis. 78-84. FROM VOLUME 17 OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HER- BARIUM. Part 1. The lichen flora of southern California. By Hermann Edward Hasse. pp. i-xii, 1-132. Part 2. Studies of tropical American ferns — No. 4. By William R. Maxon. pp. i-x, 133-179, pis. 1-10, figs. 1-7. CLASSIFIED LIST OF PAPERS BASED WHOLLY OR IN PART ON THE NATIONAL COLLECTIONS. ANTHROPOLOGY. Casanowicz, Immanuel M. Model of a Brahmin temple. Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1921, Aug. 30, 1912, pp. 649-653, pi. 76. A description of the model and brief discussion of the three leading styles of Hindu temple architecture. Holmes, W. H. Stone implements of the Argentine littoral. Bull. 52, Bur. Amer. Eth., 1912, pp. 125-151, pis. 13- 15, and figs. 3-42 (Part of "Early Man in South America" by Ales Hrd- lidka). 172 EEPORT OF Is^ATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Holmes, W. H. — Continued. The relics of stone and clay col- lected by Dr. AleS HrdliCka and Dr. Bailey Willis, and numbering about 1,500 specimens, are classified and described, and their technic, ethnic, and chronologic place is carefully con- sidered with the result that none of the forms are found to present char- acteristics which should distinguish them from corresponding relics of the historic aborigines of Argentina, and that none should, without further evidence than that so far available, be attributed to geological antiquity. HrdliCka, Ales. Artificial deforma- tions of the human skull. With espe- cial reference to America. Adas del XVII Congress Internacwnal de Ameri- canistas. Sesion de Bue- nos Aires, 1912, pp. 147, 148. Abstract of a communication de- livered at the above-named session. Classifies in brief all artificial deforma- tions of the skull; points to their causes and effects, and touches upon the distribution on the American con- tinent of intentional deformation. Report on skeletal remains from a mound on Haley Place, near Red River, Miller County, Arkansas. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 14, pp. 639-640, 1 fig. Describes a number of interesting crania and other parts of the skeleton recently donated to the National Museum by Mr. Clarence B. Moore. The skulls show artificial deformation of the flathead variety. They may, in part at least, represent a geographi- cal extension of the Natchez people. Early man in South America. Bull. 62, Bur. Amer.Eth., Aug. 30, 1912, pp. i-xv, 1-405, pis. 1-68, figs. 1-51. This monograph, written in collab- oration with W. H. Holmes, Bailey Willis, Fred. Eugene Wright and Clarence Nl Fenner, and representing the results of two and a half years' work, gives the facts, as far as they could be ascertained, anthropological, archeological, geological, and other- wise, in regard to aU the finds relating to early man in South America. It is shown that the voluminous testi- mony relied upon to establish the presence of geologically ancient man Hrdlicka, Ale§ — Continued. on the southern continent does not withstand searching criticism. The excavations, with one or two excep- tions, were made by untutored men, who took no care to ascertain the ex- act conditions, and in numerous in- stances the specimens collected re- mained for years unnoticed. The burnt clays which were attributed to human activities are shown to have no necessary connection with man. Stone implements regarded as exceed- ingly primitive and ancient present no real claims to antiquity. As to the human skeletal remains, it appears that partial mineralization of bones has been given undue weight; and that defective or artificially deformed crania have been mistaken for nor- mal and ancestral forms. On the whole, the conclusion is inevitable that thus far no specimen has been found which could well be accepted as representing any geologically an- cient form of man in South America, or any other race than the Indian. The monograph ends with a complete bibliography of the subject. Early man in America. Amer. Journ. Sci., 34, Dec. 1912, pp. 543-554. Relates to the history of man in both Americas. It is shown that, so far as skeletal parts are concerned, no specimen has been found thus far which could be accepted as satis- factorily demonstrating the presence of man dating back of the present epoch, or representing any other type than the Indian. Remains in eastern Asia of the race that peopled America. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 16, Dec. 31, 1912, pp. 1-5, pis. 1-3. This paper gives in brief form the main results of the writer's observa- tions on his recent trip to Siberia and Mongolia. The most important part of these observations relates to the finding, over extensive areas in east- em Asia, of remnants of a type of people who, in practically every respect, are identical physically with the American Indian. Besides the physical, there were also noticed many mental and ethnologic resem- blances between the people met with in this part of Asia and the American aborigines. The paper points, finally, to the great field for exploration offered by eastern Asia. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 173 Hrdlicka, Ales. Early man and his "Precursors" in South America. Anatomischen Anzeiger, 43, No. 1, 1913, pp. 1-14. Relates to researches concerning early man in South America. It shows the exceedingly weak basis on which rests the evidence of the pres- ence of geologically ancient human or prehuman forms on that continent. • An ancient sepulchre at San Juan Teotihuacan, with anthropological notes on the Teotihuacan people. Reseiia de la Segunda Sesitn del XVII Congreso Inter- nacionalde AmericaniMas, Mexico, 1912, pp. 3-7, 1 fig. (Reprint). Hrdlicka, AleS — Continued. A report on the excavation of a very interesting grave in the vicinity of the "Pyramid of the Sun" at San Juan Teotihuacan. Two skeletons belong- ing undoubtedly to the Teotihuacan people were .discovered, with a num- ber of archeological objects, in a cir- cular fossa under a double cement floor. The interest in the burial hes in (1) the peculiar construction of the grave, (2) the fact that an adult man and an adult woman were buried to- gether, suggesting sacrifice of the woman, (3) the fact that the crania show artificial head deformation of the fiat-head type, and (4) the fact that the ancient occupants of Teo- tihuacan, or at least an important part of them, were of the brachy- cephalic type. MAMMALS. Anthony, H. E. Mammals of northern Malheur County, Oregon. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 32, Art. I, Mar. 7, 1913, pp. 1-27, pis. 1, 2. Comparisons were made with ma- terial in the National Museum. Bailey, Vernon. Ten new mammals from New Mexico. Ptoc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, May 21, 1913, pp. 129-134. Describes Eutamias atristriatus, Eufamias cinereicolUs cinereus, Callo- spermophilus lateralis arizonensis, Citellus mriegatus juglans, Citellus tridecemlineatus JiolUsteri, 7apus luteus australis, Sigmodon minimus goldmani, Evotomys limitis, Ochotona nigrescens and Sorex obscurus neomexi- canus, all new species and subspecies, in the collection of the Biological Sur\-ey, National Museum. Elliott, Daniel Giratjd. A review of the primates. Monogr. I, Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol.1. LemuroideaandAn- thropoidea. pp. i-cxxvi, 1-317, i-xxxviii, pis. 1-32. Vol. 2. Anthropoidea (Con- tinued), pp. i-xvlii, 1-382, i-xxvi, pis. 1-39. Vol.3. Anthropoidea (Con- cluded), pp. i-xiv, 1-262, i-clxvii, pis. 1-39. In the preparation of this work, the author studied material in the Na- tional Museum. Goldman, E. A. New mammals from eastern Panama. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 2, Sept. 20, 1912, pp. 1-18. Describes Peramys melanops. Mar- tnosa invicfa, Microsciurus isthmiv^ vivatus, Peromyscus pirrcnsis, Nea- comys pictus, Rheomys raptor. Macro- geomys dariensis, Eeteromys crassiros- tris, Eydrocharus isthmius, Isothrix darlingi, Sylvilagus gabbi messorius, Icticyon parmmensis, Bassariscyon gabbi orinomus and Cryptotis merus, new species and subspecies. A new peccary from Costa Rica. Ptoc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 25, Dec. 24, 1912, pp. 189, 190. Describes Tayassu albirostris spira- dens, in the collection of the National Museum. Descriptions of new mammals from Panama and Mexico. Smithsonian Misc. Calls., 60, No. 22, Feb. 28, 1913, pp. 1-20. Describes Bradypus ignavus. Ma- mma tema reperticia, Sciurus varia- bilis choco, Oryzomys pirrensis, Nec- tomys alfari efficax, Rhipidomys acan- dens, Heteromys australis conscius, Agouti paca nelsoni, Dasyprocta punc- tata dariensis, Dasyprocta punctata yucatanica, Dasyprocta punctata chia- pensis, Potos f.avus isthmicus, Eupro- cyon cancrivorus panamensis, A louatta palliata inconsonans, all new species and subspecies. 174 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Goldman, E . A . A new generic name for the Asiatic tapir. Ptoc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, Mar. 22, 1913, pp. 65, 66. Proposes the name Acrocodia. Heller, Edmund. New rodents from British East Africa. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 59, No. 16, July 5, 1912, pp. 1-20. Describes Protoxerus stangeri bca, OraphiuTus murinus johnstoni, Gra- phiuTUS murinus isolatv^, Lophiomys thomasi, Otomys orestes dollmani, Bendromus mesomelas percevali, Den- dromv^ whytei capitis, Lophuromys aquilus margarettse, Epimys allcni kaimosse, Epimys coucha neumani, Epimys coucha durumx, Epimys taitse, Zelotomys hildegardse vinaceus, Tham- nomys dolichurus littoralis, Lemnis- comys pulchellus spermophilus , Pelo- mys fallax iridescens, Pelomys fallat concolar, Saccostomus isiolz, Cricc- tomys gambianus raineyi, Cricetomys gambianus enguvi, Cricetomys gam- bianus osgoodi, Thryonomys grego- rianus pusillus, Lepus raineyi and Lepus kakumegx. New genera and races of African ungulates. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 8, Nov. 2, 1912, pp. 1-16. Describes Dolicohippus, Sigmoceros, Bubalis cokei kongoni, Bubalis nakurx, Bubalis Iclwel roosevelti, Beatragus, Sylvicapra grimmi roosevelti, Sylvi- capra grimmi altivallis, Ourebia mon- tana xquatoria, Oreodorcas, Ammela- phus and Nyala. New races of insectivores, bats, and lemurs from British East Africa. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 12, Nov. 4, 1912, pp. 1-13. Describes Oalago moholicocos, Mini- opterus natalensis arenarius, Pipis- trellus aero, Pipstrellus helios, Pachy- uralixa xquatoria, Pachyura infinites- ima, Crocidura suahelx, Crocidura turba lakiundx, Crocidura raineyi, Crocidura lutreola, Crocidura hilde- gardex altx, C. h. procera, Elephan- tulus rufescens mariakanx and Petro- dromus sultani sangi. HoLLisTER, N. New mammals from the highlands of Siberia. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 14, Nov. 29, 1912, pp. 1-6. Describes the following new mam- mals collected by the Smithsonian- goats. HoLLisTER, N. — Continued. Harvard expedition to the Altai Mountains: Myopus morulus, Sicista napxa, Allactaga grisescens, Phodopus crepidatus, Ochotona nitida, Mustela lymani and Myotis petal. Five new mammals from Asia. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 25, Dec. 24, 1912, pp. 181- 184. Describes Lepus aurigineus, L. qutrcerus, L. swinhoei sowerbyx, L. brachyurus angustidens and Eutamias asiaticus altaicus. The names of the Rocky Mountain Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 25, Dec. 24, 1912, pp. 185, 186. Shows the proper specific name for the common Rocky Mountain goat to be aTOertcanws, dating from Blainville, 1816, and proposes the subspeciflc name columbix to replace columbianus Allen, preoccupied. On a specimen of Ovis califomiana Douglas in the National Museum. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 25, Dec. 24, 1912, p. 187. Remarks on the skin and skull of a specimen of this rare wild sheep, ■which was supposed to be unrepre- sented in museums. Two new polecats related to Mus- tela larvata. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, Jan. 18, 1913, pp. 1-4. Describes Mustela lineiventer and M. tiarata from central Asia. Description of a new gazelle from northwestern Mongolia. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 19, Feb. 8, 1913, pp. 1, 2. Describes Procapra altaica; the type specimen was collected by Dr. Theo- dore Lyman in 1912. Mammals of the Alpine Club expe- dition to the Mount Robson region. Canadian Alpine Journal, Special Nimiber, 1912, (Feb. 17, 1913), pp. 1-44, pis. 1-13, map. An annotated list of the species of mammals inhabiting the Canadian Rockies, Alberta and British Colum- bia, in the vicinity of Mount Robson; with critical notes on the specimens collected by the 1911 expedition of the Alpine Club of Canada. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 175 HoLLisTER, N. Two new mammals from the Siberian Altai. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 24, Mar. 13, 1913, pp. 1-3. Describes Apodemus nigritalus and Sorex Toboratus. The type species of Cuniculus Brisson. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, Mar. 22, 1913, p. 79. Fixes the type species of Cuniculus Brisson, 1762. A synopsis of the American minks. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1965, Apr. 18, 1913, pp. 471-4S0. Revision of the forms of the Ameri- can mink, with description, as a new subspecies, of Mustela vison letifera from the upper Mississippi valley. Two new Philippine fruit bats. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, May 3, 1913, pp. 111,112. Describes Pteropus lialutus and Pteropus mearnsi, two species col- lected in the Philippine Islands by Dr. E. A. Meams. Mammals collected by the Smith- 8onian-Har\-ard Expedition to the Altai Mountains, 1912. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 1990, June 21, 1913, pp. 507-532, pis. 37-42. Contains an account of the speci- mens collected by the expedition under the direction of Dr. Theodore Lyman during the sunjmer of 1912. Two new bats of the genus Ta- phozous. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, June 30, 1913, pp. 157, 158. Describes Taphozous soli/er and Taphozous cavaticus, new species. Howell, Arthur H. Description of a new weasel from Alabama. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wctshinn- ton, 26, May 21, 1913, pp. 139, 140. Describes Mustela peninsulx oli- vaceo, a new suospecics, in the Bio- logical Survey collection. National Museum. Jackson, Hartley H. T. Two new weasels from the United States. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, May 21, 1913, pp. 123, 124. Describes Mustela primulina and Mustela campestris, new species in the Biological Survey collection, National Museum. Merriam, C. Hart. Six new ground squirrels of the Citellus mollis group from Idaho, Oregon and Nevada. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, May 21, 1913, pp. 135-138. Describes Citellus idahoensis, C. kurodon, C. canus vigilis, C. mollis attemesix, C. m. pessimus and C. m. washoensis; all in the Biological Survey collection. National Museum. Miller, Gerrit S., jr. A new chamois from the Apennines. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 25, July 31, 1912, pp. 131-134. Describes Rupicapra faesula, a new species. The new catalogue of Chiroptera in tJie British Museum. Science (n. s.), No. 929, Oct. IS, 1912, pp. 525-527. A review of the "Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum," second edition, by Knud Andersen. Vol. 1, Megachi- roptera. Catalogue of the mammals of west- ern Europe (Europe exclusive of Rus- sia) in the collection of the British Museum. Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, London, Nov. 23, 1912, pp. i-xv and 1-1019, 213 figs. Based largely on the European material (about 4,000 specimens) in the National Museum. List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 79, Dec. 31, 1912, pp. 1-^55. 32377°— NAT MUS 1913- -12 176 REPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Miller, Gerrit S., jr. Five new mam- mals from tropical America. Ptoc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, Feb. 8, 1913, pp. 31-34. Describes Marmosa purui, Cdoss- ophaga rostrata, Brachyphylla minor, Ardops annectcns, Promops pamana, all new species. A new Pteropine bat from Luzon. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, Mar. 22, 1913, pp. 73, 74. Describes Eonycteris robusta, a new species. — • Some overlooked names of Sici- lian mammals. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, Mar. 22, 1913, pp. 80, 81. Gives Apodemus flavicollis rusiges as new name for Apodemus sylvaticus dichrurus. A new vole from eastern Mon- golia. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 28, Mar. 31, 1913, pp. 1, 2, pi. 1. Describes Microtus warringioni, a new species. Miller, Gerrit S. , jr. A new shrew from Baltistau. Ptoc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, May 3, 1913, pp. 113, 114. Describes Crocidura pergrisea, a new species. A new cacomistle from Nevada. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ion, 26, June 30, 1913, p. 159. Describes Bassariscus astutus neva- densis, a new subspecies. Osgood, Wilfred H. New Peruvian mammals. Fitld Mus. Nat. Hist., Pub. Zool., 10, No. 9, May 31, 1913, pp. 93-100. In the preparation of this paper use was made of material in the Na- tional Museum. True, Frederick W. Diagnosis of a new beaked whale of the genus Meso- plodon from the coast of North Carolina. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 25, Mar. 14, 1913, pp. 1, 2. Describes Mcsoplodon mirum, a new species. BIRDS. American Ornithologists' Union Com- mittee ON Nomenclature. Sixteenth supplement to the American Ornithol- ogists' Union Check-list of North Amer- ican Birds. Auk, 29, No. 3, July, 1912, pp. 380-3&7. A list of the rulings of the Commit- tee, comprising 17 additions to the Check-list, and 24 proposed changes in nomenclature not accepted, made since the publication of the last sup- plement. Bangs, Outram. Some birds from the highlands of Siberia. Bull. Mus. Comp.Zodl.,bi, No. 16, Jan., 1913, pp. 463-474, figs. 1-3. Notes on 52 species collected in the Altai Mountains by the Smithsonian- Harvard expedition. Falco sesalon lymani,Pinicolaenucleator pacata and Perisoreus infaustus opicus are de- scribed as new. (See also under John E. Thayer.) Beebe, C. William. New blood pheas- ants. Zoologica, 1, No. 10, Aug. 17, 1912, pp. 189-193. Ithaginis kuseri, and /. cruentus affinis are considered new. Bent, A. C. A new subspecies of cross- bill from Newfoundland. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 15, Dec. 12, 1912, pp. 1-3. Loiia curvirostra percna is de- scribed as new. Brown, Edward J. Rare Virginia birds. ^Mfc, 29, No. 3, July, 1912, p. 399. Record of four species, including Puffinus gruieus, from the coast of Virginia. Chapman, Frank M. Diagnoses of ap- parently new Colombian birds. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Zl, Art. 16, July 23, 1912, pp. 139-166, pi. xii (map). The following species and sub- species are described: Crypturut LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 177 Chapman, Frank M. — Continued. sou.n caucx, Cliamzpdes sanctx-mar- thx, Leptotila verreauxi occidentalis, Pionopsitta fucrtesi, Capita maculi- coTonatus Tubrilatemlis, Veniliornis nigriceps equifasciatus, Rlunnpliocx- nus TUfiventris griseodorsalis, Drymo- pMla caudata striaticeps, Formicarius Tufipectus carrikeri, Grallaria viillerl, G. alleni, Upucerthia excelsior Colum- biana, Synallaxis gularis rufipectus, S. g. cinereiventris, Picolaptcs lacry- miger sanctx-marthx, Xenicopsis sub- alaris columbianus, Knipnlegus colum- bianus, Muscisaiicola alpina Colum- biana, Myiodynasies chrysocephalus intermedins, Tyranniscus chrysops minimus, T. nigricapillus flavimen- tum, Platypsaris homochrous cane- scens, Attila fuscicauda, Rupicola peruviana aurea, Phxoprogne iapera immaculata, Troglodytes solstitialis pallidipectus, ThryopMlus nigricap- illus connectens, Cinnicerthia oliva- scens ivfasciata, Planesiicus fusco- brunneus, Vireosylva cliivicaucse,Basil- euterus richardsoni, Spinusnigricauda, Ammodramus savannarum caucse, Myiospiza manimbe columbiana, At- lapetes flaviceps, Cyanocompsa cyanea caucx, Diglossa cryptorMs, D. glorio- sissima, Sporathraupis cyanocephala margaritx, and Chlorospingus albitem- pora nigriceps. Clark, Hubert Lyman. Anatomical notes on some genera of passerine birds. Auk, 30, No. 2, April, 1913, pp. 262-267. Notes on certain anatomical feat- ures of the genera Saltator, Chloropho- nia and Euphonia. Cooke, Wells W. Distribution and migration of North American herons and their allies. U. S. Dept. Agric, Biolog- ical Survey, Bull. No. 45, May 24, 1913, pp. 1-70, figs. 1-21. This bulletin gives a statement of the distribution and migration of the North American herons, ibises, spoon- bills, and storks, and is illustrated by maps showing the manner of oc- currence of each species in various parts of its range. Cory, Charles B. Descriptions of t"wenty-eight new species and sub- species of neotropical birds. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Pub. 167, Ornith. Ser., I, No. 7, May 31, 1913, pp. 283-292. The following birds, chiefly from Peru and Venezuela, are diagnosed Cory, Charles B. — Continued. as new: Nothoccrcus julius venezuelen- sis, Eupsychortyx cristatus continent is, Urochroma costaricensis, Piaya cayana venczuelensis, Momotus osgoodi, Scy- talopus magellanicus grandis, Thre- netes frazeri venczuelensis, Anthraco- thorax prevosti viridicordatus, Glaucis hirsutafusca, Thaumastura cora man- tana, Laticauda rubriginosa, Galbula ruficauda brcvirostris, Chelidoptera tcncbrosa pallida, Picumnus venczue- lensis, Phxthornis anthrophilus fuscii capillus, Camptostoma pusillum te- nuirostris, Empidochanes zuUensis, Inezia caudata intermedia, Attila rufipectus confinis, Thamnophilus doliatus dearborni, Dendrocincla tyran- nina hellmayri, Furnarius agnatus venczuelensis, Margarornis perlata peruviana, Microrhopias griseafumosa, Carcba luteola obscura, Diglossa sit- toides intermedia, Synallaxis cande- venczuelensis, and Atlapetes castanei- frons iamx. EvERMANN, Barton Warren. Eigh- teen species of birds new to the Pribilof Islands, including four new to North America. Auk, 30, No. 1, Jan., 1913, pp. 15-18. Marila fuligula, M. ferina, Crypto glaux funerea funerea, and Cocco- thraustes japonicus are recorded for the first time from North America, and fourteen other species are enumerated as new to the Pribilof Islands. Grinnell, Joseph. Leucosticte tephro- cotis dawsoni — a new race of rosy finch from the Sierra Nevada. Condor, 15, No. 2, Mar. 25, 1913, pp. 76-79. Mearns, Edgar A. Description of a new African grass-warbler of the genus Cisticola. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 20, Feb. 14, 1913, pp. 1, 2. Cisticola prinioides wambuguensis is described as new. Miller, W. DeW. A revision of the classification of the kingfishers. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 31, Art. 22, Sept. 12, 1912, pp. 239-311, pis. 25, 26. Three subfamilies are recognized, Cerylinae (with 3 genera), Alcedininae (with 7 genera) and DaceloninsB (with 12 or more genera), with the genus Ramphalcyon possibly constituting a fourth group. Diagnoses of the sub- 178 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Miller, W. DeW. — Continued. families are given, with much ana- tomical and other data. The genera and species of the subfamily Cerylinee are discussed in detail. Nelson, E. W. Descriptions of new genera, species and subspecies of birds from Panama, Colombia and Ecuador. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 3, Sept. 27, 1912, pp. 1-25. The following birds, based chiefly upon collections made during the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone, are described as new: Geotryon goldmani, Chloroner- pes chrysochlorus aurosus, Aulaco- rhamphus cxrulcigularis cognatus, Momotus conexus reconditus, Electron platyrhynchus suboles, Gathalsia bella, Eriocnemis floccus, Phxthornis adol- plieifraterculus, Thamnistes anabaiinus coronatus, Dysithamnus mentalis suf- fusus, Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus exiguus, Orallaricula flavirostris brevis, MargaTornis bellulus, Mitrephanes eminulus, Prsedo audax, Caryothraus- tea canadensis simulans, Tanagra xantUogastra quitemis, Tangarafucosus, Hylospingus inornatus, Chrysothlypis chrysomelas ocularis, Hemithraupis ornatus, Vireolanius eximius mutabilis, Basileuterus melanogenys ignotus, B. m. eximius, Troglodytes festinus, Myadestes coloratus, and Catharus fmcater mirabilis. Gctthalsia, Priedo and Hylospingus are new genera from the Mount Pirri region. Two new subspecies of birds from the slopes of Mount Pirri, eastern Panama. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 21, Feb. 26, 1913, pp. 1, 2. Capito maculicoronatus pirriensis and Pseudotriccus pelzelni berlepschi are described as new. A new subspecies of Nun bird from Panama. Proc.Biol.Soc. Washington, 26, Mar. 22, 1913, p. 67. Monasa pallesccns minor is based on specimens collected by the Smith- sonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone. Oberholser, Harry C. A revision of the subspecies of the green heron (Butorides virescens [Linnaeus]). Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1916, Aug. 29, 1912, pp. 529-577. Based on a study of 568 specimens. Of the eighteen forms recognized, ihe Oberholser, Harry C. — Continued. following are here described for the first time: Butorides virescens eremono- mus, B. V. mesatus, B. v. hypernotius, B. V. margaritophilus, B. v. cubanus, B. V. christophorensis, B. v. domini- canus,B. v.lucianus, B. v. barbadensis, B. V. grenadensis, B. v. tobagensis, and B. V. curacensis. Descriptions of one hundred and four new species and subspecies of birds from the Barussan Islands and Sumatra. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 7, Oct. 25, 1912, pp. 1-22. The following species and subspe- cies, based on collections made by Dr. W. L. Abbott, are described as new: Butorides javanicus adophilus, B.j. icastoplerus, Amaurornis phceni- cura cleptea, Macropygia emiliana elassa, M. e. hypopercna, Muscadi- vores xneus mistus, Dendrophassa ver- nans mesochloa, D. v. polioptila, D. v. miza, D.fulvicollis melopogenys, Tre- Ton curvirostra hypotfuipsina, T. c. smiaa, T. c. pega, T. c. haliploa, Co- nurus fasciatus perioncus, C. f. calus, Psittinus cyanurus pontius, Loriculus galgulus lamprochlorus, L. g. dolichop- terus, Surniculus lugubris barussarum, Cacomantis merulinus subpallidus, Meiglyptes tukki calceuticus, M. gram- mUhorax microterus, Micropternus phaioceps celxnephis, Chotorea mysta- cophanes ampala, Mezobttcco duvaw- celii gigantorhinus, Cranorrhinus cor- rugatus megistus, Alcedo meninting callima, Alcedo meninting subviridis, Ceyx enopopygius, Caprimulgus miri- ficus, Hemiprocne longipennis ocyp- tera, H. I. thoa, Eurylaimus ochroma- lus mecistus. Pitta moluccensis lepta, AnuTopsis malaccensis nesitis, A. m. exsanguis, Alcippe cinerea hypocneca, Stachyris maculata hypopyrrha, Cya- noderma erythropterum pellum, Mixor- nis pileata zaptera, M. p. zarhabdota, ^gilhina tiphia horizoptera, A. viridis- sima nesiotica, Microtarsus melano- cephalos chrysophorus, M. m. hyperern- ntis, Pycnonotus erythropthalmos cya- nochrus, P. e. isus, P. e. pammicrus, P. olivaceus chloeodis, P. plumosus porphyreus, Muscitrea grisola nesiotis, Gerygone modiglianii muscicapa, Rhi- nomyias umbratilis eclipis, Cidicicapa ceylonensis percnocara, C. c. amphiala, C. c. pellonota, Copsychus saularis zacnecus, Eittacincla melanura hypo- liza, K. m. opisthochra, K. malabarica opisthopela, K. m. opisthisa, Orthoto- mus cineraceus bxus, O. c. ochrom- matus, Burnesia dysancrita, B. d. halistona, Artamides sumatrensis hali- LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 179 Oberholser, Harry C. — Continued. stephis, Pericrocotus igneus trophis, P. andamanensis minythomelas , Lalage nigra empheris, Dicrurus leucogenis diporus, D. cineraceus celxnus, Dis- semuTus paradiseus olizurus, D. p. adelphus, D. p. packktus, D. p. elas- sopterus, Oriolus maculatus richmondi, Gracula javanensis miotera, G.j. opheU locblora, Lamprocoraz chalybeus pachi- storhinus, L. c. rhadinorhamphus, Chalcostetha calcostetha pagicola, Mtho- pyga siparaja tinoptila, A. s. me'ane- tra, A. s. photina, Cinnym ornata polydysta, C. brasiliana anopa, C. b. mecynorhyncha, C. b. hypolampis, Arachnothera longirostra melajichima, A. I. exochra, A. I. hypochra, A. I. zarhina, A. chrysogenys copha, A. c. isopega, A. c. pleozantha, Anthreptes vialaceTisis nesxus, A. m. pelloptilus, A. m. pollostus, Chalcoparia singalen- sis pancrpsia, Dicxum trigonostigma antioproctum, D. t. lyprum, D. t. melanthe, and Anaimos maculatus opUtatus. A revision of the forms of the great blue heron (Ardea herodias Linnaeus). Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mm., 43, No. 1939, Dec. 12, 1912, pp. 531-559. Based on a study of 221 specimens. Ten subspecies are recognized, of wliich the following are here first de- scribed: Ardea herodias adoxa, A. h. hyperonca, and A. h. oUgista. Palmer, T. S. The harlequin duck in Wyoming. Auk, 30, No. 1, Jan., 1913, pp. 106, 107. Cites several records of this species in Wyoming and other parts of the Rocky Mountains. Phtllipb, John C. A reconsideration of the American black ducka with special reference to certain variations. Auk, 29, No. 3, July, 1912, pp. 295-306, pi. 15. A discussion of individual and sex- ual variation in ^1 was tristis and allies. The author believes Anas fulvigula maculosa to be a synonym of A . ful- vigula, and A. aberti is shown to be equivalent to A. wyvilliana. RamSden, Chas. T. Maynard's cuckoo (Coccyzus minor maynardi Ridgway) in Cuba. Auk, 29, No. 3, July, 1912, pp. 393, 394. Notes on the occurrence of this form in Cuba. Riley, J. H. A new name for Tanagra sclateri Berlepsch. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 25, Dec. 24, 1912, p. 185. Thraupis episcopus nesophilus is proposed, owing to the prior estab- lishment of Tanagra sclateri Sunde- vall. Birds collected or observed on the expedition of the Alpine Club of Can- ada to Jasper Park, Yellowhead Pass, and Mount Robson region. Canadian Alpine Journal, Special Number, 1912 (Feb., 1913), pp. 47-75, pis. 1, 2. An account of the 78 species and subspecies of birds collected or noted during the expedition of 1911. A new hummingbird of the genus Chlorostilbon from Brazil. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, Mar. 22, 1913, pp. 63,64. Chlorostilbon puruensis is described as new. The king rail of Cuba. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, Mar. 22, 1913, pp. 83-85. The Cuban king rail is diflerentiated as Rallus elegans ramsdeni. The Bahama barn owl. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, June 30, 1913, pp. 153, 154. Tyto perlatus lucayanus is described as new. Shelley, G. E. The Birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region. By G. E. Shelley, F. Z. S., F. R. G. S., &c., (late Grenadier Guards), author of "A hand- book to the birds of Egypt," "A mono- graph of the sun-birds," etc. Vol. V. Pt. II, completed and edited by W. L. Sclater, M. A., F. Z. S. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 43 Piccadilly, W., and 140 Strand, W. C, 1912. Royal 8vo., pp. i-viii, 165- 502, pis. L-LVII. Embraces the section "Lanii," with five families, and over 209 species and subspecies. Vanga griseipectus is described as a new species. 180 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Shufeldt, R. W. American ducks and how to distinguish them. Outer's Book, 24, 1912; No. 1, July, pt. 5, pp. 26-31, figs. 16-21; No. 2, Aug., pt. 6, pp. 133-139, figs. 22- 26; No. 3, Sept., pt. 7, pp. 23&-245, figs. 27-32; No. 4, Oct., pt. 8, pp. 356-362, figs. 33-38; No. 5, Nov., pt. 9, pp. 470-474, figs. 39-43; No. 6, Dec, pt. 10, pp. 581-585, figs. 44-47. Study of the eggs of the Melea- gridse. Condor, 14, No. 6, Nov. 30. 1912, pp. 209-213, fig. 82. Description of the eggs of Melea- gris gallopavo silvestris, with notes on other forms of the genus. On the comparative osteology of Cereopsis novse-hollandise Emu, 12, pt. 4, Apr. 1, 1913, pp. 209-237, pis. 28-34. A description of the skeleton of the Cereopsis goose, with comparison of numerous other Anserine t3T)es. Stone, Wither. A new Synallaxia. PTOC.Acad. Nat. Sci. Pfiila., Sept. 6, 1912, p. 365. The Ecuadorean form of Synallaxis gularis is separated asS.g. pkhinchx. Swales, B. H. Northern phalarope (Lobipes lobatus) in Michigan. Auk, 30, No. 1, Jan., 1913, pp. Ill, 112. Cites records of this species in Michi- gan. Thayer, Johx E., and Outram Bangs. Some Chinese vertebrates. Aves. Memoirs Mus. Comp.Zool., 40, No. 4, Aug., 1912, pp. 137-200, pis. 3-6. A report on the birds of the Thayer expedition to China. Over 350 spe- cies and subspecies are enumerated, of which the following are described as new: Ithagenes wilsoni, Collocalia inopina pellos, Heteroxenicus cruralis formaster, Tesia grallator, Suthora unicolor canaster, S. zappeyi, Pnoe- pyga mutica, Oreocincla dauma socia, Regvloides maculipennis debilis, Pri- nia inornata exter, Sylviparus modes- tus occulatus, and Boanerges interni- grans. Boanerges is a new genus of Corvidse, related to Perisoreus. Todd, W. E. Clyde. A revision of the genus Chaemepelia. Annals Carnegie Mus., 8, Nos. 3-4, May S, 1913, pp. 507-603. A carefully prepared paper, based on a study of nearly 2,000 specimens, representing all the known forms. The generic synonymy and that relating to the various forms is unu- sually complete and accurate. The following subspecies are considered new: Chxmepelia passerina parvula, C. p. nana, C. p. quiiensis, C. minuta elxodes and C. rufipennis nesophila. Eupelia is a new genus. B.EPTILES AND BATEACHIANS. Brimley, C. S. Notes on the salaman- ders of the North Carolina mountains with descriptions of two new forms. Ptoc. Biol. Soc. WasMng- ton, 25, Dec. 4, 1912, pp. 135-140, pis. 6, 7. Plethodon metcalfi and Spelerpes ruber schcncki are described as new species. The type, together with a number of specimens of other species, have been deposited in the National Museum. Hollister, N. List of reptiles and ba- trachians of the Alpine Club expedition to the Mount Robson Region. Canadian Alpine Journal^ Special Number, 1912 (Feb. 17, 1913), pp. 45,46- Stejneger, Leonhard. from Porto Rico. A new lizard Ptoc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, Mar. 22, 1913, pp. 69-72. Ameiva wetmorei is described as a new species; the type is in the Na- tional Museum. Results of the Yale Peruvian Expe- dition of 1911. — Batrachians and rep- tiles. Proa. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 1992, June 4, 1913, pp. 541-547. Bufo inca, EleutJierodactylus bing- hami, E.feetci,Stenocercus ervingi, and Oreosaurus lacertus are described as new species. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 181 FISHES. Bean, Barton A., and Alfred C. Weed. Notes on a collection of fishes from Java, made by Owen Bryant and Wil- liam Palmer in 1909, with description of a new species. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1919, Aug. 30, 1912, pp. 5S7-611, pis. 73-75, figs. 1-3. Annotated list of 979 specimens rep- resenting 106 genera and 182 species, one of which, Agonostomus bryanti, is described as new. Bean, Tarleton H. Description of new fishes of Bermuda. Ptoc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 25, July 31, 1912, pp. 121-126. The following species are described as new: Sardinella pinnula, Stolepho- TUS viridis, Eucrotus ventralia, Paras- phyrxnops atrimanus, Anthias louisi, Pseudoscarus plumbeus, Pontinus microlepis, and Emblemaria markii. Burke, Charles Victor. A new genua and six new species of fishes of the family Cyclogasteridse. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1941, Dec. 12, 1912, pp. 567-574. The results of an examination by the author of the Cyclogasteridse in the collection of the National Muse- um, and that of the Museum of Com- parative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., are here recorded. The new genus Polypera based on Polypera greeni, and the following species are described as new: Cyclogaster bristolense, Cyclo- gaster megacephalus, Careproctus gil- berti, Paraliparis deani, P. garmani, and RhinoUparis attenuatus. (See also under Charles H. Gil- bert.) Gilbert, Charles H. Descriptions of two new fishes of the genus Triglops from the Atlantic coast of North Amer- ica. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1963, Apr. 30, 1913, pp. 465-468, pi. 64. The author describes two new sub- species of the genus Triglops found in the North Atlantic, naming the form from the coast of New England Trig- lops ommatistius, and that from off Newfoundland Triglops ommatistius terrznovx. They had been recorded as belonging to the old species Trig- lops pingeli. Gilbert, Charles H., and C. V. Burke. New cyclogasterid fishes from Japan. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1907, July 3, 1912, pp. 351-380, pis. 41-48, figs. 1-18. Records from Japanese waters 31 species of Cyclogasterids, 23 of which are here described as new. Gudger, E. W. Natural history notes on some Beaufort, N. C, fishes. — 1912. Ptoc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, May 3, 1913, pp. 97-109. Notes based on observations of sharks, rays and other fishes. Jordan, David Starr. Note on the generic name Safole, replacing Boulen- gerina, for a genus of Kuhliid fishes. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1922, August 29, 1912, p. 655. Description of Anguilla manabei, a new eel from Japan. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1957, Apr. 3, 1913, pp. 359, 360, pi. 57. and Charles William Metz. De- scriptions of two new species of fishes from Honolulu, Hawaii. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1915, August 30, 1912, pp. 525-527, pi. 71. Holacanthus potteri and Chromis verater are described as new species. and John Otterbein Snyder. Description of the Yachats "Smelt," a new si^ecies of Atherinoid fish from Oregon. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 1999, June 21, 1913, pp. 575, 576, pi. 46. Describes Atherinops oregonia. Kendall, William C. Notes on a new species of flatfish from off the coast of New England. Bull. Bur. Fish., 30, No. 764, Aug. 13, 1912, pp. 389-394, pi. LVII. Pseudopleuronectcs dignabilis is de- scribed as new. Metz, Charles William. (See under David Starr Jordan.) Radcliffe, Lewis. Descriptions of anew family, two new genera, and twenty- nine new species of Anacanthine fishes 182 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Radcliffe, Lewis — Continued, from the Philippine Islands and con- tiguous waters. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907-1910.— No. 21.] Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1924, Sept. 27, 1912, pp. 105-140, pis. 22-31, figs. 1-11. The new family is Macrouroididae, Smith and Radclifle; and the new genera are Macrouroides, Smith and Radcliffe, and Paratdeopus, Smith and Radclifle. Descriptions of seven new genera and thirty-one new species of fishes of the families Brotulidse and Carapidse from the Philippine Islands and the Dutch East Indies. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907-1910.— No. 24.] Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1948, Apr. 3, 1913, pp. 135-176, pis. 7-17. (See also under Hugh M. Smith.) and William W.Welsh. Descrip- tion of a new darter from Maryland. Bull. Bur. Fisn., 32, No. 773, May 24, 1913, pp. 31, 32, pi. XVIII. Hadropterus sdlaris is described from specimens seined in Swan Creek, near Havre de Grace, Md. Smith, Hugh M. The Hemiscylliid sharks of the Philippine Archipelago, with description of a new genus from the China Sea. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907-1910.— No. 28.] Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 1997, June 21, 1913, pp. 567-509, pi. 45, figs. 1,2. Cirrhoscyllium is described as a new genus, with Cirrhoscyllium cxpolitum Smith and Radclifle, as the type species. Description of a new carcharioid shark from the Sulu Archipelago. [Sci- entific results of the Philippine cruise Smith, Hugh M. — Continued, of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross, "- 1907-1910.— No. 29.] Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 2003, June 21, 1913, pp. 599-601, pi. 47, figs. 1-3. Describes Eridacnis radcliffei. and Lewis Radcliffe. Descrip- tion of a new family of pediculate fishes from Celebes. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steam- er "Albatross, " 1907-1910.— No. 20.] ■ Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1917, Aug. 30, 1912, pp. 579-581, pi. 72. Describes a remarkable new form, made the basis of a new family, Thau- matiehthyidae, of which the type genus is Thaumatichthys Smith and Radcliffe, and the type of the genus Thaumaikhthys pagidostomus. Snyder, John Otterbein. Japanese shore fishes collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Al- batross" Expedition of 1906. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1909, Aug. 30, 1912, pp. 399-450, pis. 51-61, figs. 1,2. The fishes of Okinawa, one of the Riu Kill Islands. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1913, Aug. 30, 1912, pp. 487-519, pis. 62-70. A list of 293 species with an account of the fishes of Okinawa, based on a collection made by the Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" during the 190G cruise in the North Pacific Ocean, along the shores of Japan. A new species of trout from Lake Tahoe. Bull. Bur. Fish., 32, No. 768, Dec. 31, 1912, pp. 25-28. Salmo rcgalis is described as new. Notes on Ranzania makua Jen- kins and other species of fishes of rare occurrence on the California coast. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1901, Apr. 12, 1913, pp. 455-460, pi. 63. (See also under David Starr Jor- dan.) Weed, Alfred C. (See under Barton A. Bean.) Welsh, William W. (See under Lewis Radcliffe.) LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 183 ASCIDIANS. RiTTER, William E. The simple ascid- ians from the northeastern Pacific in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proc. U. S. Nat. ifus., 45, No. 1989, June 25, 1913, pp. 427-505, pis. 33-36. Treats of 41 species and subspecies belonging to 6 families and 18 genera; one genus (.Hartmeyeria), 12 species and one subspecies are described as new. Gives tables showing hori- zontal and vertical distribution, dis- cusses Hartmeyer's nomenclature, and closes with a bibliography. Van Name, Willard G. Simple ascid- ians of the coast of New England and neighboring British provinces. Proc. Bostm Soc. Nat. Hist., 34, No. 13, Aug., 1912, pp. 439-619, plS. 43-73, figs. 1-43. Based largely on collections made by the U. S. Fish Commission from 1871 to 1887, inclusive. The descrip- tions of species are preceded by a review of the literature and a chapter on distribution and followed by a bibliography. Forty species are de- scribed of which 8 are new. MOLLTJSKS. Bartsch, Paul. The bearing of ocean currents on the problem of the unity or plurality and the probable place of origin of the American aborigines. Amer. Anthropologist, 14, No. 1, Jan.-Mar., 1912, pp. 49, 50. Planting Bahama cerions upon the Florida Keys. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Year Book No. 11, 1912, pp. 129-131. An account of a collecting trip to the Bahamas and the planting of Bahama cerions on the Florida Keys with the hope that these experiments may throw light on the factors in- volved in the great differentiation into races which has taken place in this group. — The giant species of the mollus can genus Lima obtained in Philippine and adjacent waters. [Scientific re- sults of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907- 1910.— No. 26.] Proc. U. S. Nat. Mxis., 45, No. 1978, June 13, 1913, pp. 235-240, pis. 12-20. The known giant Limas are dis- cussed, and a new subgenus CalloUma and the following new species ob- tained during the cruise are described: Lima {Acesta) verdensis, L. {A.) celebensis, L. {A.) butonensis, Lima {CalloUma) smithi, L. (_C.) rathbuni, L. (C.) philippirunsis, L. (C.) borneensis. The Philippine moUusks of the Bartsch, Paul — Continued, steamer "Albatross," 1907-1910.— No. 27.] Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., 45, No. 1983, June 13, 1913, pp. 305-307, pis. 27, 28. The known recent Dimyas are dis- cussed and the following species ob- tained during the cruise are described as new: Dimya filipina and D. lima. New land shells from the Philip- genus Dimya. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries pine Islands. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 1993, June 21, 1913, pp. 549-553, pi. 43. 066a worcesteri and Cochlostyla clan- ivanensis from Olanivan Island and Cochlostyla calusaensis from Calusa Island are described as new. They were collected by the Hon. Dean C. Worcester, Secretary of the Interior of the Philippine Islands. Berry, S. Stillman. Some new Ha- waiian cephalopods. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 1996, June 4, 1913, pp. 563-566. Establishes a new genus Lsetmo- teuthis, with L. lugubris as the type, which is described together with the following new species: Scxurgus pa- tagiatus, Euprymna scolopes, Teleo- teuthis compacta, Abralia trigonura, and Pterygioteuthis microlampas. D all, William Healey. New species of land shells from the Panama Canal Zone. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., ^, No. 18, July 27, 1912, pp. 1-3, pis. 1, 2. 184 REPORT O^ NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Dall, William Healey. Mollusk fauna of northwest America. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 15, 2nd ser., Cen- tennial volume; Sept. 7, 1912, pp. 243-248. Discusses the history of the explo- ration of this fauna, in which the Smithsonian Institution through Dr. Philip Pearsall Carpenter was an im- portant factor; and explains its char- acteristics. Note on the generic name Pectun- culus. Proc. Malacol. Soc. London, 10, pt. 3, Oct., 1912, pp. 255, 256. Shows that the name was first ap- plied in binomial nomenclature to Cardium edule Linnaeus, and can not therefore be used for the other groups to which it has subsequently been ap- plied. Feeding habits of Ariolimax. Nautilus, 26, No. 9, Jan., 1913, p. 108. Describes the feeding habits as ob- served by Dr. C. Hart Merriam in California. Note on Cyprina islandica. Ptoc. Malacol. Soc. London, 10, pt. 4, Mar., 1913, p. 286. Discusses the nomenclature of this species. Charles W. Gripp. Nautilus, 26, No. 11, Mar., 1913, p. 132. Obituary notice of a valuable con- tributor to the National Museum col- lection. Dall, William Healey. Shells collected at Manzanillo, West Mexico, October, 1910. Nautilus, 26, No. 12, Apr., 1913, p. 143. A catalogue of species collected at Manzanillo by C. R. Orcutt and sent by him to the National Museum. Diagnoses of new shells from the Pacific Ocean. Ptoc. U S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 2002, June 11, 1913, pp. 587-597. Diagnoses of new genera and species represented in the collection of the National Museum, namely: New genus, Ilalicardissa based on Verticor- dia perplicata Dall, Galapagos Is- lands; Cosmioconcha, subgenus of ^ m- phissa, type Buccinum modestum Powys, Gulf of California; and the following new species: Tritonofusus joTdani, Puget Sound; Boreotrophon gorgon, Hondo, Japan; Amphissa (Cosmioconcha) palmeri, A. (C) per- gracilis, A. (C.) pervula, Liotialurida, all from the Gulf of California; Bolma bartschii, Moluccas; Margarites sim- blus, California; CalUostoma nephe- loide, Panama; Pecten {Pseudamu- sium) arces, California; Cuspidaria subglacialis, California; Psephidiacy- mata, Lower California; Lyonsia {Allogramma) amabilis, California; L. (A .) oahuensis, Hawaiian Islands; Lyonsia pugetensis, Puget Sound; Lyonsiella magnifica, Mazatlan; Po- romya (Dermatomya) tenuiconcha, Monterey Bay, California; Erycina colpoica, Gulf of California; Rochefor- tia compressa, Aligena nucea, and Vesicomya (Archivesica) suavis, from the Gulf of California. PROTOTRACHEATA. Clark, Austin Hobart. A revision of the American species of Peripatus. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, Jan. 18, 1913, pp. 15-19. Clark, Austin Hobart. Notes on American species of Peripatus, with a list of known forms. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 17, Jan. 25, 1913, pp. 1-5. INSECTS. Alexander, Charles P. A revision of the South American dipterous insects of the family Ptychopteridae. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1953, Feb. 20, 1913, pp. 331-335, figs. 1-3. Describes 1 new species, of which the type is in the National Museum. Alexander, Charles P. A synopsis of part of the neotropical crane-flies of the subfamily Limnobinse. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1966, Apr. 30, 1913, pp. 481-549, pis. 65-68. Of the new forms described, the types of 20 new species and 1 new LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 185 Alexander, Charles P.— Continued. subspecies, and paratjT)es of 1 new species and 1 new subspecies are in the National Museum. Barber, H. S. Note on the Avocado weevil (Heilipus lauri Boh.). Ptoc. Ent. Soc. Washington, 14, No. 3, Sept. 30, 1912, pp. 181-183, pi. IX. The specimens studied are in the collections of the National Museum. Eggs of Cicada lyricen De Geer. Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, 14, No. 4, Jan. 10, 1913, pp. 210, 211, 1 fig. A description of the eggs and ac- count of the injury made in deposit- ing them. Observations on the life-history of Micromalthus debilis LeConte. Proc. Ent. Soc. WasbiTigton, 15, No. 1, Apr. 9, 1913, pp. 31-38, pis. II, III. Luminous '^oUembola. Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, 15,No. l,Apr.9, 1913,pp. 46-50. Notes on the luminositj- of species, the material on which they were based being deposited in the Na- tional Museum. Bruner, Lawrence. Results of the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1911. Orthoptera (Acridiidse — short-horned locusts). Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 44, No. 1949, Feb. 11, 19K, pp. 177-187. Describes 2 new genera, 6 new spe- cies, and 1 new variety, all of the type specimens oT which are in the National Museum. Results of the Yale Peruvian Ex- BuscK, AuGcsT. Notes on the genus Mieza "Walker, with descriptions of three new species from Costa Rica. Insecutor Inscitix Men- struus, 1, No. 6, June 30, 1913, pp. 70-73. Describes 3 new species, of which the types are in the National Museum. Caudell, a. N. Notes on the mantid genus Gonastista Sauss. Psyche, 19, No. 5, Oct., 1912, pp. 160-162. Describes 1 new species, the type of which is in the National Museum. A new genus and species of Gryl- pedition of 1911. Orthoptera (Adden- da to the Acridiidse — short-horned lo- custs). Proc. U. S. Nat. i/us., 45, No. 2001, June 11, 1913, pp. 585, 586. Describes 1 new species, the type of which is in the National Museum. BuscK, August. New California Micro- lepidoptera. Journ. Ent. and Zool., 5, No. 2, June, 1913, pp. 96-102. Describes 8 new species, the types of which are in the National Museum. lidse from Texas. Proc. Ent. Soc. Washing- ton, 14, No. 4, Jan. 10, 1913, pp. 187, 188. Description of two new species of Orthoptera from Peru. Can. Ent., 45, No. 1, Jan. 22, 1913, pp. 19-21. — — Results of the Yale Peruvian Ex- pedition of 1911. Orthoptera (exclu- sive of Acridiidse). Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1956, Feb. 20, 1913, pp. 347-357. Describes 9 new species, of which the type specimens are in the National Museum. Notes on nearctic orthopteroua insects. I. Nonsaltatorial forms. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1970, Apr. 18, 1913, pp. 595-614, figs. 1-27. ■ Describes 1 new species, the type of which is in the National Museum, and records tables for species of various genera. A new Pseudo-phylliid from Ja- maica. Insecutor Inscitise Menstrua us, 1, No. 5, May, 1913, pp. 57, 58. and Morgan Hebard. Fixation of the single type (lectotypic) speci- mens of species of American Orthop- tera. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., May, 1912, pp. 157-186. 186 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Clark, Austin Hobart. Three inter- esting butterflies from eastern Massa- chusetts. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mm., 45, No. 1987, JuBe 13, 1913, pp. 363, 364, pi. 32. Notes on specimens in the collection of the National Museum. CocKERELL, T. D. A. Names applied to the eucerine bees of North America. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1932, Oct. 19, 1912, pp. 261-273. List of the species and tjrpes in the collections of the National Museum. Crawford, J. C. Descriptions of new Hymenoptera, No. 5. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1927, Sept. 7, 1912, pp. 163-188, figs. 1,2. Records 2 new genera, 3 new spe- cies, and 1 new name for a preoccupied specific name. The types are in the National Museum. Notes on some Canadian bees. Can. Ent., 44, No. 12, Dec. 31, 1912, pp. 359, 360. Describes 2 new species, the types of which are in the National Museum. On the status of some species of the genus Panurginus. Can. Ent., 44, No. 12, Dec. 31, 1912, pp. 367, 368. A comparative description of the types of three species in the National Museum. Notes on some species of the genus Prosopis. Can. Ent, 45,^10. 5, May 17, 1913, pp. 154-156, figs 3-8. Description of 1 new species, of which the type is in the National Museum, and notes on the synonymy of 2 othOT species. Descriptions of new Hymenop- tera, No. 6. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 1979, May 22, 1913, pp. 241-260. Seven new genera and 26 new species are described, the types being in the National Museum. Descriptions of new Hymenop- tera, No. 7. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 15, No. 1984, May 22, 1913, pp. 309-317, 1 fig. Describes 1 new genus and 14 new species, the types of which are in the National Museum. Dyar, Harrison G. Three new Noc- tuidse. Ptoc, Ent. Soc. Washington, 14, No. 3, Sept. 30, 1912 pp. 167, 168. Descriptions of 2 new genera and 3 new species, the types of which are in the National Museum. More about the sloth moth. Ptoc. Ent. Soc. WashiTU/tmi, 14, No, 3, Sept. 30, 1912, pp. 169-174. Recognition of Palindia merricki Holland. Ptoc. Ent. Soc. Washiji^on, 14, No. 4, Jan. 10, 1913, p. 194. A new Ulophora from Florida. Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, 14, No. 4, Jan. 10, 1913, p. 218. Description of 1 new species, the type of which is in the National Museum. Notes on cotton moths. Insecutor Inscitix Men- stTuus, 1, No. 1, Jan. 27, 1913, pp. 1-12. Describes 8 new species, the types of which are in the National Museum. Descriptions of new Lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1951, Feb. 11, 1913, pp. 279-324. Describes 6 new genera, 117 new species, and 1 new subspecies, the types of which are in the National Museum. Descriptions of new species of satumian moths in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proc. v. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1947, Feb. 20, 1913, pp. 121-134. Contains tables for the species of the genus Hylesia and describes 30 new species, the types of which are in the National Museum. The species of Sphida Grote. InsecutOT Inscitix Men- struus, 1, No. 2, Feb. 20, 1913, pp. 18, 19. Describes 3 new species, the types of which are in the National Museum. The larvae of Xanthopastis timaia Cramer. Insecutor Inscitix Men- stTUUs, 1, No. 2, Feb. 20, 1913, pp. 20-22. * Contains description of 1 new spe- cies, the type of which is in the Na- tional Museum. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 187 Dyar, Harrisoij G. A note on the Macrothecinie. Insecutor InscUix Men- struus, 1, No. 2, Feb. 20, 1913, pp. 22, 23. Describes 3 new species, the types of whicli are in the National Museum. The species of Afrida Moschler. Insecutor InscUix Mevr stTUUs, 1, No. 3, March 29, 1913, pp. 26-33. Descriptions of 12 new species, the types of which are in the National Museum. Five new North American Pyrali- dae. Insecutor Inscitix Men- struus, 1, No. 3, March 29, 1913, pp. 34, 35. The American species of Dysodia. Insecutor Inscitix Men- struus, 1, No. 4, Apr. 30, 1913, pp. 37-45. Descriptions of 12 new species, the types of which are in the National Museum. The larva of Trichostibas parvula. Insecutor Inscitix Men- struus, 1, No. 4, Apr. 30, 1913, pp. 48, 49. Another larva of Xanthopastia timais. Insecutor Inscitix Men- struus, 1, No. 4, Apr. 30, 1913, pp. 49, 50. The larva of Delias henningia Eschscholtz. Insecutor Inscitix Men- struus, 1, No. 5, May 31, 1913, p. 58. A Galleriine feeding in cacao pods. Insecutor Inscitix Men- struus, 1, No. 5, May 31, 1913, p. 59. One genus and 1 new species are de- scribed. The types are in the Na- tional Museum. Note on the systematic position of Pseudacontia rhizoleuca Brabant. Insecutor Inscitix Men- strum, 1, No. 5, May 31, 1913, pp. 59, 60. One new genus is described, the , type of which is in the Nationa fMu- ; seum. A note on Talara ruficollis Schaus. Insecutor Inscitix Men- struus, 1, No. 6, June 30, 1913, p. 75. Two new genera and 1 new species are described. The types are in the National Museun.. Dyar, Harrison G. (See also under L. O. Howard.) and F. Knab. Three new neo- tropical mosquitoes. Insecutor Inscitix Menr struus, 1, No. 6, June 30, 1913, pp. 76-78. Forbes, Wm. T. M. Trichoclea ruisa new species: a structurally aberrant noctuid. Insecutor Inscitix Men- struum, 1, No. 6, June 30, 1913, pp. 74, 75. The type of the new species de- scribed is in the National Museum. Gahan, a. B. New Ichneumonoidea parasitic on leaf-mining Diptera. Can. Ent., 45, No. 5, May 17, 1913, pp. 145-154. Seven new species are described. The types are in the National Museum. A new genus and one new species of Chalcidoidea. Can. Ent., 45, No. 6, June 7, 1913, pp. 178-182. GiRAULT, A. Arsene. A systematic monograph of the chalcidoid Hymenop- tera of the subfamily Signiphorinse. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 1977, May 22, 1913, pp. 189-233. The types of 11 of the new species described are in the National Museum. Hebard, Morgan. (See under A. N. Caudell.) Heidemann, Otto. Description of two new species o\ North American Tin- gitidae Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, 15, No. 1, April 9, 1913, pp. 1-4, figs. 1, 2. The sugar-cane Tingid from Mex- ico. Journ. of Economic Ent., 6, No. 2, April, 1913, pp. 249-251, 1 fig. Howard, L. O., H. G. Dyar and F. Knab. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies. Carnegie Inst, of Washing- ton, Pub. No. 159, Jan. 21, 1913. Vol. I, pp. 1-520, pis. I-XIV; Vol. n, pis. I-CL. A general consideration of mos- quitoes, their habits, and their relar tions to the human species. 188 REPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Knab, Frederick. Drosphila repleta WoUaston. Psyche, 19, No. 3, June, 1912, pp. 10&-108. Contains notes on specimens in the collection of the National Museum. Diptera at home on spiders' webs. Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 20, No. 3, Sept., 1912, pp. 143-146. Contains remarks on species, based partly on material in the National Museum. Some neotropical SyrpMdse. Insecutor Imciiix Men- strum, 1, No. 2, Feb. 20, 1913, pp. 13-lo. One new genus and 2 species are described. The types are in the National Museum. Names and synonymy in Anoph- Insecutor Inscitix Men- struus, 1, No. 2, Feb. 20, 1913, pp. 15-17. A new bromelicolous Megarhinus. Insecutor Inscitix Men- struus, 1, No. 3, March 29, 1913, pp. 35, 36. Contains description of 1 new species, of which the type is in the National Museum. Changes in the mosquito fauna of eles. Panama. Proc. Ent. Soc. Washing- ton, 15, No. 1, Apr. 9, 1913, pp. 40-42. The material on which these notes are based is in the National Museum. A new bot-fly from reindeer. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, June 30, 1913, pp. 155, 156. (See also under Harrison G. Dyar, L. O. Howard and J. R. Malloch.) and R. A. Cooley. Symphoro- myia as a blood-sucker. Proc. Ent. Soc. Washing- ion, 14, No. 3, Sept. 30, 1912, pp. 161, 162. and J. R. Malloch. New Aus- tralian Diptera from ants' nests. Trans. Royal Soc. of South Australia, 36, 1912, pp. 233-237. Contains descriptions of 3 new spe- cies of which the types are in the Na- tional Museum. Knab, Frederrick and J. R. Malloch. A Borborid from an epiphytic Brome- liad (Diptera; family Borboridse.) Ent. News, 23, No. 9, Nov., 1912, pp. 413-415, 1 fig. Description of 1 new species, of which the type is in the National Museum. Malloch, J. R. New Diptera from Panama. Smithsonian Misc. CoUs., 59, No. 17, July 18, 1912, pp. 1-8. Five new species are described and new specific names are proposed for two preoccupied names. The types of the new species are in the National Museum. — Three new species of Pipunculidse (Diptera) from Panama. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 1, Sept. 6, 1912, pp. ■ 1^, 3 figs. New American dipterous insects of the family Pipunculidse. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1934, Oct. 19, 1912, pp. 291-299, 1 fig. Describes 9 new species, the types of which are in the National Museum. Certain generic names inPhoridse. (Dipt.). Ent. News, 23, No. 8, Oct., 1912, pp. 3.56-358. Contains remarks on the generic names with reference to the work on this family issued by the National Museum. The insects of the dipterous family Phoridae in the United States National Museum. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1938, Dec. 14, 1912, pp. 411-529, pis. 35-41. Two new genera, 88 new species and 2 new varisties are described, and 2 new names are proposed for preoccu- pied generic names. The types are in the National Museum. One new genus and eight new spe- cies of dipterous insects in the United States National Museum collection. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1945, Dec. 31, 1912, pp. 649-658, pi. 46. Descriptions of new species of American flies of the family Borboridse. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1958, Feb. 20, 1913, pp. J01-;i/2. Ten new species are described. The types are in the National Museum. LIST OF PUBLICATIOlSrS. 189 Malloch, J. R. Two new species of Dip- tera in the United States National Mu- Beum collection. Proc. U. S. Kat. Mus., 44, No. 1962, Feb. 20, 1913, pp. 461-463. A new genus and two new species of Chloropidse (Diptera). Insecutor Inscitix Men- struus, 1, No. 4, Apr. 30, 1913, pp. 46-48. Notes on some American Diptera of the genus Fannia, with descriptions of new species. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1972, Apr. 30, 1913, pp. 621-631, pi. 77. Five new species are described. The types are in the National Museum. Four new species of North Ameri- can Chloropidse. InsecutOT Inscitix Men- struus, 1, No. 5, May 31, 1913, pp. 60-64. Three new species of Anthomyidse (Diptera) in the United States National Museum collection. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 2004, June 11, 1913, pp. 603-607. The genus Parodinia Coquillett (Geomyzidae, Dipt.). Ent. News, 24, No. 6, June, 1913, pp. 274-276. One new species is described. The type is in the National Museum. A new genus and three new spe- cies of Phoridae from North America, with notes on two recently erected gen- era (Crepidopachys and Pronomiophora Enderlein) . Psyche, 20, No. 1, 1913, pp. 23-26, 1 fig. (See also under F. Knab.) and F. Knab. Limosina mira- bilis Collin, a species of Borboridse new to the United States. Psyche, 19, No. 6, Jan., 1013, p. 199, 1 fig. Pierce, W. Dwight. Miscellaneous con- tributions to the knowledge of the wee- vils of the families Attelabidae and Brachyrhinidse . Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., io. No. 1988, May 23, 1913, pp. 365-426. Four new genera, 2 new subgenera, 24 new species and 9 new varieties are described. The types are in the Na- tional Museum. Rehn, James A. G. Notes on African Orthoptera of the families Mantidae and Phasmidae in the United States National Museum, with descriptions of new species. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1910, Aug. 29, 1912, pp. 451-475, figs. 1-17. Ten new species are described and 1 new specific name is proposed for a misidentifled species. RoHWER, S. A. The sawflies (Chalasto- gastra) of Boulder County, Colorado. Univ. of Colorado Stxtdies, 9, No. 2-3, May, 1912, pp. 91-104. A new species of Eucerceris. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 31, Art. 24, Sept. 13, 1912, pp. 323-326. (In an article by John A. Gross- beck.) Some Canadian sawflies collected by Frederick Knab. Can. Em., 44, No. 9, Sept. 18, 1912, p. 276. The specimens on which this paper is based are in the National Museum. Studies in the woodwasp super- family Oryssoidea, with descriptions of new species. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1925, Sept. 27, 1912, pp. 141-158, pis. 32, 33, figs. 1-6. In this review, 5 new species, of which the types are in the National Museum, are described, and a table of the species of the genus Oryssus is given. Notes on sawflies, with descrip- tions of new species. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1930, Sept. 30, 1912, pp. 205-251, figs. 1-6. Eight new genera, 2 new subgenera, 60 new species, 1 subspecies and 1 new variety are described, and a new name is given for a preoccupied specific name. The types are in the National Museum. Chalcidids injurious to forest-tree seeds. U. S. Dept. Agr.,Bur. Ent., Tech. Ser. No. 20, pt. VI, Feb. 10, 1913, pp. 157-163. The material on which this paper is based is in the National Museum. 190 BEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. RoHWER, S. A. Results of the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1911. Hy- menoptera, superiamilies Vespoidea and Sphecoidea. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1960, Feb. 20, 1913, pp. 439-454, 1 fig. Fourteen new species are described. The types are in the National Mu- seum. A synopsis, and descriptions of tlie nearctic species of sawflies of the genus Xyela, with descriptions of other new species of sawflies. Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 1981, May 22, 1913, pp. 265-281,1 fig. Ohc new genus and 21 new species are described. The types are in the National Museum. ■ New parasitic Hymenoptera be- longing to the tribe Xoridini. Ptoc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 1986, May 22, 1913, pp. 353-361. Eleven new species are described. The types are in the National Mu- seum. • Descriptions of thirteen new spe- cies of parasitic Hymenoptera and a table to certain species of the genus Ecphylus. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 1991, June 4, 1913, pp. 533-540. TowNSEND, Charles H. T. Descrip- tions of new genera and species of mus- coid flies from the Andean and Pacific Coast regions of South America. Ptoc. U. S, Nat. Mus., 43, , No. 1935, Nov. 22, 1912, pp. 301-367. Thirty-seven genera and 72 new species are described. The types are in the National Museum. ViERECK, H. L. Contributions to our knowledge of bees and ichneumon-flies, including the descriptions of twenty- one new genera and fifty-seven new species of ichneumon-flies. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1920, Aug. 29, 1912, pp. 613-648, figs. 1, 2. Descriptions of one new family, eight new genera, and thirty-three new species of ichneumon-flies. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1942, Dee. 31, 1912, pp. 575-593. Results of the Yale Peruvian Ex- pedition of 1911. Hymenoptera — Ich- neumonoidea. Ptoc. U, S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1964, Feb. 20, 1913, pp. 469, 470. Three new species are described. The types are in the National Mu- seum. Descriptions of ten new genera and twenty-three new species of ich- neumon-flies. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1968, Apr. 18, 1913, pp. 555-568, Descriptions of six new genera and twelve new species of ichneumon-flies. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1974, Apr. 18, 1913, pp. 639-648. Wilson, Charles Branch. Dragon flies of the Cumberland Valley in Kentucky and Tennessee. Proc U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1928, Sept. 7, 1912, pp. 189-200. List of species obtained during a trip in 1911, with notes on their ob- served range and habits. CRUSTACEANS. DooLiTTLE, Alfred A. Notes on the oc- currence of the crustacean Alonopsis in America, with description of a new spe- cies. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1940, Dec. 31, 1912, pp. 561-665, pls.42, 43. Notes the occurrence of 2 species of the entomostracan genus Alonopsis in the stomachs of bass and trout in Se- bago Lake,Maine, and Sunapee Lake, New Hampshire. One of the species, A. aureola, is described as new. Faxon, Walter. (See under Mary J. Rathbun.) Hansen, H. J. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," from August, 1899, to March, 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U. S. N., commanding. XVI. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pa- LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 191 Hansen, H. J. — Continued, cific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz,by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L. M. Garrett, U. S. N., commanding. XXVII. The Schizopoda. Memoirs Mus. Comp.ZooL, 35, No. 4, July, 1912, pp. 173-296, pis. 1-12. Deals with 63 species of Mysidacea and Euphausiacea. Of the Mysida- cea, 2 new genera, Cryptomysis and Dozomysis, are described, and 8 new species, C. lamellicauda, D. pelagica, Boreomysis media, B. fragilis, Hemi- siriella abbreviata, Anchialina obtusi- frons, Gastrosaccus pacificus and Ev^ chxtomem plebeja. The little known Chalaraspis alata, the type of which was lost, is redescribed. Of the Eu- phausiacea, 6 species were found for the first time, but preliminary de- scriptions appeared in the Bulletia de rinstitut Oc&nographique, No. 210, May 20, 1911. Marsh, C. Dwight. Report on fresh- wa- ter Copepoda from Panama, with de- scriptions of new species. Smithsonian Misc. CoUs.,61, No. 3, June 20, 1913, pp. 1-30, pis. 1-5. Gives a general survey of the plank- ton collections of the Smithsonian bio- logical survey of the Panama Canal Zone. Notes the occurrence of dia- toms, filamentous algae, desmids, pro- tozoans, rotifers, cladocerans and os- tracods in addition to the copepods. Fifteen species of ;he latter are de- scribed, of which 7 are new. Gives general observations on the distribu- tion of the Panamian copepods and closes with a bibliography of the pa- pers quoted in the report. Pearse, Arthur S. Notes on certain amphipods from the Gulf of Mexico, with descriptions of new genera and new species. Proc. U. S. Kat. Mus., 43, No. 1936, Nov. 20, 1912, pp. 369-379, figs. 1-8. Twenty-eight species are enumer- ated of which 3 are new: Lembopsis spinicarpus, type of a new genus of the family Aoridse, Chevalia mexicana, and Unciolalaminosa. Notes on a email collection of am- Pearse, Arthur S. — Continued. Five species of amphipods were col- lected on St. Paul Island by Mr. M. C. Marsh and Mr. W. L. Hahn of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. Two of the species, Gammarus pribilofensis and Chironesimus muUiarticulatus, are de- scribed as new. Rathbux, Mary J. Some Cuban Crusta- cea. With notes on the Astacidse, by Walter Faxon, and a list of Isopoda, by Harriet Richardson. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 54, No. 15, Oct., 1912, pp. 451-460. pis. 1-5. Description of a collection obtained by Dr. Thomas Barbour, and of some additional specimens from Dr. Carlos de la Torre. Two new species of shrimps are included, Palxmondes calcis and Barbouria poeyi, the latter the type of a new genus; also a new subspecies of crayfish, Cambarus cubensis rivalis Faxon. Descriptions of new species of crabs phipods from the Pribilof Islands, with descriptions of new species. Proc. U. S. Nai. Mus., 45, No. 1998, June 4, 1913, pp. 571-573, figs. 1, 2. 32377°— NAT MUS 1913 13 of the family Ocypodidse. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1971, Apr. 30, 1913, pp. 615-620, pis. 74-76. All are Indo-Pacific species; 3 are fiddler-crabs, Uca zamboangana and U. mearnsi, both from the Philip- pines, and U. novxguinex; while the fourth is a Macrophthalmus, M. crini- tus, from the Moluccas. Richardson, Harriet. Description of a new terrestrial isopod belonging to the genus Cubaris from Panama. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1911, Aug. 29, 1912, pp. 477-479, figs. 1, 2. Cubaris longispinus, based on speci- mens collected at Porto Bello, Pana- ma, by Mr. E. A. Schwarz. Descriptions of two new parasitic isopods belonging to the genera Palse- gyge and Probopyrus from Panama. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1914, Aug. 29, 1912, pp. 521-524, figs. 1-8. Based on material collected by Dr. S. E. Meek and Mr. S. F. Hildebrand during a biological su rvey of the Isth- mus of Panama under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution. The species were parasitic on various spe- cies of shrimps of the genus Macro- brachium. Description of a new species of isopod belonging to the genus Apseudes from Ecuador. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1918, Aug. 29, 1912, pp. 583-585, 1 fig. 192 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Richardson, Harriet — Continued. Apseudes meridionalis , collected by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross," off Cape San Lorenzo, Ecuador, in 401 fathoms. The de- scription is followed by a list of the species oi Apseudes with references to the publications where they are de- scribed. Descriptions of two new isopods, an Apseudes and a Munnopsis, both from the Galapagos Islands. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1926, Sept. 7, 1912, pp. 159-162, figs. 1-4. Apseudes galapagensis and Mun- nopsis longiremis are described from a depth of 812 fathoms, off Chatham Island, at station 2807 of the U. S. Fisheries steamer "Albatross." Descriptions of a new genus of isopod crustaceans, and of two new species from South America. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1929, Sept. 27, 1912, pp. 201-204, figs. 1,2. Describes a new genus, Ezcirolana, of which the type is Ezcirolana (= Cirolana) orientalis (Dana), and 2 new species, E. chilensis and E. bra- ziliensis. Note on an isopod name. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 25, Dec. 24, 1912, p. 188. Changes the name of Livoneca Ion- gistylis Richardson, 1912, not Dana, 1853, to L. tenuistylis. Terrestrial isopods collected in Costa Rica by Mr. Picado, with the de- scription of a new genus and species. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1954, Feb. 20, 1913, pp. 337-340, figs. 1-5. A new genus and species, Pentonis- cus and P. pruinosus, are described, and 2 other species noted. Richardson, Harriet. The isopod genus Ichthyoxenus Herklots, with de- scription of a new species from Japan. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 1995, June 4, 1913, pp. 559-562, figs. 1-6. Reviews the history of the genus Ichthyoxenus, describes a new species, /. japonensis, and records the occur- rence of /. jellinghausii at Buitenzorg. (See also under Mary J. Rathbun.) Wilson, Charles Branch. Parasitic copepods from Nanaimo, British Colum- bia, including eight species new to science. Contr. to Canadian Biology, 1906-1910, Ottawa (1912), pp. 85-101, pis. 3-9. An account of specimens collected at the Pacific coast Biological Station of the Department of Marine and Fisheries of Canada. A set of speci- mens including the types of the new species have been given to the U. S. National Museum. The new species are Argulus horealis, Lepeophtheirus pravipes, L. nanaimoensis, Chondra- canthus palpifer, C. pinguis, Clavella parva, C. rohusla, and Brachiella den- lata. The little known species, Ar- gulus pugetten-sis Dana, is also fully described, Crustacean parasitesofWestlndian fishes and land crabs, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1950, Apr. 3, 1913, pp. 189-277, pis. 18-53. Gives a general account of the para- sites found on fishes, crustaceans, and ascidians, obtained during three months' stay at the biological labora- tory of Johns Hopkins University at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Descrip- tions and drawings of the parasitic copepods and ostracods were made from living specimens. Fifty-two species of copepods, of which 31 are new to science, and 1 species of ostra- eod are described. WORMS. Ellis, Max M. A new discodrilid worm from Colorado. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1912, Aug. 29, 1912, pp. 481-486, figs 1-5. Describes a new genus and species of discodriUd, Camharincola macrodonia, Uving on a crayfish, Cambarus dio- genes; also gives a key to the Dis- codrilidpc of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Gerould, John Hiram. The sipuncu- lids of the eastern coast of North America. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mm., 44, No. 1959, Apr. 12, 1913, pp. 373-437, pis. 58-62, figs. 1-16. Based on material collected chiefly by the U. S. Fish Commission, now the Bureau of Fisheries, during 40 years. Discusses 7 genera, 23 species LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 193 Gerould, John Hiram — Continued. axid 10 varieties, of which 5 species and 8 varieties are described as new. Harking, Harry K. Sjmopsis of the Rotatoria. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.,8\, June 28, 1913, pp. 1-226. Harking, Harry K. — Continued, An alphabetic and synonymic list of all the genera and species of the Rotatoria, prefaced by a table show- ing the classification into orders, families and genera, and followed by a full bibliography in which is indicated the library where each work was consulted. ECHINODERMS. Clark, Austin Hobart. Preliminary descriptions of eleven new crinoids be- longing to the families Himerometridse, Mariametridse and Colobometridae, dis- covered by the "Siboga" in the Dutch East Indies. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th series, 10, No. 55, July, 1912, pp. 31-41. The new species described form part of the "Siboga" collection. A set of duplicates will be deposited in the National Museum. The homologies of the so-called anal, and other plates in the pentacri- noid larvae of the free crinoids. Journ. Washington Acad. Set., 2, No. 13, July 19, 1912, pp. 309-314. The crinoids of the Natural History Museum at Hamburg. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 10, Nov. 7, 1912, pp. 1-33. The collection of the Hamburg Museum was examined partly in Hamburg and partly in Washington. Photographs were made of all the types and other specimens of more than usual interest for the files of the National Museum. The crinoids of the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1937, Nov. 20, 1912, pp. 381-410. This is a detailed account of the crinoids contained in the Berlin Museum, including a redescription of the types of Miiller, Carpenter and Hartlaub. A set of duplicates is in the National Museum. The crinoids of the Indian Ocean. Echinodertna of the Indian Museum, pt. 7, Crinoidea, 1912, pp. i-iii, 1-325, 61 text figures. This is a comprehensive monograph of the crinoids of the Indo-Pacific Clark, Austin Hobart — Continued. region, including a historical intro- duction, keys to all the genera and higher groups, and a bibliography. A set of duplicates from the collections upon which it is based is in the Na- tional Museum. On a collection of recent crinoids from the waters about Ireland. Dept. Agr. and Tech. Tnstr. for Ireland, Fisheries Branch, Sci. Investiga- tions, 1912, No. 4, pp. 1-5. This is a description of a collection of crinoids made by the Irish Fishery Cruiser "Helga" off the west coast of Ireland. A set of duplicates, includ- ing the types of the new species, will be deposited in the National Museum. Fisher, Walter K. Four new genera and fiity-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross,'' 1907-1910.— No. 23.] Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1944, Feb. 5, 1913, pp. S99-648. Contains preliminary descriptions of 4 new genera and 58 new species belonging to 4 families, the Porcel- lanasteridse, Goniopectinidae, Astro- pectinidae and Goniasteridse. The new genera are Ctenopleura, Astrom- esites, Perissogonaster, and Astro- tkauma. KoEHLER, R. Ophiures. Zool. Jahrbilcher, Suppl., 11, (=Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungs- reise nach Westlndien von Prof. W. Kiikenthal und Dr. R. Hartmeyer im Jahr 1907.) Heft 3, 1913, pp. 351-380, pis. 20,21. In describing a new species of Amphiura collected by Kiikenthal and Hartmeyer, the author refers to. 194 REPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. KoEHLER, R. — Continued. and for comparison briefly describes, a new species, A . fibulata, from the collection of the U. S. Fisheries steamer " Albatross." This species is to be described in full later. MiTsuKURi, K. Studies on actinopodoua Holothurioidea. Journ. College of Science, Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 29, Art. 2, July 10, 1912, pp. 1-284, pis. 1-8. While this is mainly a study of Japanese forms collected by Japanese, MiTSUKURi, K. — Continued. there are included those actinopodous holothurians obtained by the U. S. Fisheries steamer "Albatross" on its cruise to the South Pacific in 1899- 1900 imder the direction of Dr. Alex- ander Agassiz. There are eight spe- cies in this collection. There is also included a new species, Ankyroderma diomedis, founded on a single indi- vidual taken by the "Albatross" in 1906 in Japanese waters. These specimens will come to the National Museum. BRYOZOANS. Obburn, Raymond C. Bryozoa from Labrador, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia, collected by Dr. Owen Bryant. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1933, Nov. 20, 1912, pp. 275-289, pi. 34. An account of the bryozoans dredged by Dr. Owen Bryant during OsBTjRN, Raymond C. — Continued. a cruise made between latitude 58° on the coast of Labrador to latitude 43° Qff Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, in depths of 5 to 110 fathoms. Fifty-two spe- cies belonging to 25 genera are enu merated. CCELENTERATES. BiGELOW, Henry B. Preliminary ac- count of one new genus and three new species of Medusae from the Philip- pines. [Scientific results of the Phil- ippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907-1910.— No. 22.] Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1931, Nov. 20, 1912, pp. 253-260. The new genus described is NaiMT- chus. The new species are N. halitis, Protiara tropica, and Zygocanna va- gans. Medusae and Siphonophorge col- lected by the U. S. Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in the northwestern Pa- cific, 1906. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1946, Mar. 26, 1913, pp.l-119,pls. 1-6, figs. 1,2. Describes 58 species of Medusae and 22 of Siphonophorse, of which 5 species and 1 variety of Medusae are new. Among the rare forms is Clausophyes galatea, which is described in detail; while the range of Diphyes truncata is greatly extended. Fraser, C. McLean. Some hydroids of Beaufort, North Carolina. Bull. Bur. Fisheries, 30, 1910, No. 762, July 23, 1912, pp. 339-387, figs. 1-.52. Fraser, C. McLean — Continued. Treats of 51 species, giving keys to the families, genera and species, and describing and figuring each species. A new family (Hebellidae), a new genus (Scandia) and a new species {Hydractinia carolinx) are described. The first set of the material will come to the National Museum. McMuRRicH, J. Playfair. Description of a new species of actinian of the genua Edwardeiella from southern California. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1967, Apr. 18, 1913, pp. 551-553, 1 fig. Describes the new species, Ed- wardsiella californica, collected at Anaheim Bay, and given to tho National Museum by the University of Southern California. Nutting, Charles C. Descriptions of the Alcyonaria collected by the U. S. Fisheries steamer "Albatross," mainly in Japanese waters, during 1906. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1923, Nov. 23, 1912, pp. 1-104, pis. 1-21. The collection contains representa- tives of 19 families, 54 genera, and 102 species, of which 2 genera, Uellcop- tilum and Primnodendron, and 40 species are described as new. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 195 PROTOZOANS. CusHMAK, Joseph A. New Textulaxii- dae and other arenaceou3 Foraminifera from the Philippine Islands and con- tiguous waters. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907-1910.— No. 25.1 CusHMAN, Joseph A. — Continued. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1973, Apr. 30, 1913, pp. 633-638, pis. 78-80. Describes 13 species of Foramiaifera of the family Textulariidae with three exceptions belonging to the Astrorhiz- idse and Lituolidae. BOTANY. Britton, N. L., and J.N.Rose. Studies in Cactacese — 1. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 16, pt. 7, Apr. 10, 1913, pp. 239-242, pis. 66-73. The genus Epiphyllum and its allies. CorUr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 16, pt. 9, June 6, 1913, pp. 255-262, pis. 78-84. Cook, O. F. Ivory palms in Panama. Journ. WashiTigton Acad. Scj., 3, No. 5, Mar. 4, 1913, pp. 138-143. Includes descriptions of 5 new species of Phytelephas from Panama. A new generic name for the sapote. Journ. Washijigton Acad. Sci., 3, No. 6, Mar. 19, 1913, pp. 158-160. The new generic name Acradelpha, with Acradelpha mammosa (L.) Cook as its type, is proposed for the tropical American fruit described by Lin- naeus as Achras mammosa. Relationships of the false date palm of the Florida Keys, with a synoptical key to the families of Ameri- can palms. CoiUr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 16, pt. 8, May 14, 1913, pp. 243-254, pis. 74-77. The author discusses the afiinities of Pseudophoenix sargentii and estab- lishes the new families Pseudophoeni- caceae, Geonomaceae, Malortieaceae, Chamaedoraceae, Iriarteaceae, Syna- chanthaceae, and Acristacese. and C. B. Doyle. Three new genera of stilt palms (Iriarteacese) from Colombia, with a synoptical re- view of the family. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 16, pt. 6, Feb. 21, 1913, pp. 225-238, pis. 54-65, Ifig. Includes descriptions of the new genera Acrostigma, Caiostigma, and Wettinella, and of the new species A . equale, C. radialum, and W. quinor Tia. Doyle, C. B. (See under O. F. Cook.) Greene, Edward L. Certain asclepiads. Leaflets, 2, Oct. 22, 1912, pp. 229-233. Some new lupines. Leaflets, 2, Oct. 22, 1912, pp. 233-236. — I. New species of Cicuta. Leaflets, 2, Oct. 22, 1912, pp. 236-241. Earlier history of our dogbanes, Leaflets, 2, Oct. 22, 1912, pp. 241-248. Some Californian maples. Leaflets, 2, Oct. 22, 1912, pp. 248-254. Certain western roses. Leaflets, 2, Oct. 22, 1912, pp. 254-260. [Certain western roses; continued.] Leaflets, 2, Nov. 6, 1912, pp. 261-266. Three new Rhamni. Leaflets, 2, Nov. 6, 1912, pp. 266-267. ■ A handful of vetches. Leaflets, 2, Nov. 6, 1912, pp. 267-270. Description of 5 new species of Vicia from the western United States. - Miscellaneous specific types, — VI. Leaflets, 2, Nov. 6, 1912, pp. 270-272. Includes descriptions of new species of Talinum, Claytonia, Tridophyllum, and Sisyrinchium. - Western meadow rues, — I. Amer. Midland Naturalist, 2, Nos. 11, 12, Oct., 1912, pp. 290-296. Includes descriptions of 7 new spe- cies of Thalictrum. 196 REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Hasse, Hermann Edward. The lichen flora of southern California. ContT. U. S. Nat. Herb., 17, pt. 1, June 9, 1913, pp. 1-132. Includes descriptions of several new species of lichens from California. HrrcHcocK, A. S. Graminese. In Urban, "Symbolx antil- lanae," 7, fasc. 2, 1912, pp. 166-168. Includes descriptions of the follow- ing new species from the West Indies: Paspalum breve Chase, Chloris lep- tantha Hitchc, Chloris Suringari Hitchc, and Eragrostis Urbaniana Hitchc. A new species of Andropogon. Botan. Gaz.,54, No. 5, Nov., 1912, p. 421. Describes Andropogon Urbanianus Hitchc, new species, Santo Domingo. Lewton, Frederick L. Rubelzul cot- ton: A new species of Gos.sypium from Guatemala. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 4, Oct. 21, 1912, pp. 1, 2, pis. 1, 2. Kokia: A new genus of Hawaiian trees. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 5, Oct. 22, 1912, pp. 1-4, pis. 1-5. The cotton of the Hopi Indians: A new species of Gossypium. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 6, Oct. 23, 1912, pp. 1-10, pis. 1-5. Maxon, William R. The tree ferns of North America. Rep. Smithsonian Inst., 1911, No. 2120, Dec. 11, 1912, pp. 463-491, pis. 1-15. A new genus of davallioid ferns. Journ. Washington Acad. Sd.,3, No.5, Mar. 4,1913, pp. 143, 144. Describes the new genus Spheno- meris, allied to Odontosoria. Pteridophyta [of the southeastern United States.] In Small, " Flora Southeast. United States," ed. 2, Apr. 23, 1913, pp. 1-31. Maxon, William R. Saffordia, a new genus of ferns from Peru. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 61, No. 4, May 20, 1913, pp. 1-5, pis. 1, 2, 1 fig. Describes Saffordia induta, a new genus and species intermediate be- tween Doryopteris and Trachypteris. Pteridophyta [except Equiseta- cese and Isoetaceaj] of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. In Britton & Brown, "Illus- trated Flora of the North- ern United States, Canada and the British Posses- sions," ed. 2, June 7, 1913, pp. 1-54. Studies of tropical American ferns — No. 4. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 17, pt. 2, June 20, 1913, pp. 133-179, pis. 1-10, figs. 1-7. Miller, G. S., jr., and Paul C. Stand- ley. The North American species of Nymphaea. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 10, pt. 3, July 6, 1912, pp. 63- 108, pis. 35-47, figs. 2-10. Describes Nymphaea bombycina, N. chartacea, N. ludoviciana, N. micro- carpa, N. ovata, N. ozarkana, N. puherula, N. ulvacea, new species, and JV. advena erythrxa, new subspecies. Piper, Charles V. Supplementary notes on American species of Festuca. CmlT. U. S. Nat. Herb., 16, pt. 5, Feb. 11, 1913, pp. 197-199. Delphinium simplex and its im- mediate allies. Contr. U. 8. Nat. Herb., 16, pt. 5, Feb. 11, 1913, pp. 201-203. The identity of Heuchera cylin- drica. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 16, pt. 5, Feb. 11, 1913, pp. 205, 206. New or noteworthy species of Pacific coast plants. Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb., 16, pt. 5, pp. 207-210. Rose, J, N. (See under N. L. Britton.) LIST OP PUBLICATIONS. 197 Rose, J. N., and Paul C. Standley. The American species of Meibomia of the section Nephromeria. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 16, pt. 5, Feb. 11, 1913, pp. 211-216, pi. 51. Safpord, W. E. Papualthia Mariannse, a new species of Annonaceae from the island of Guam. Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 2, No. 19, Nov. 19, 1912, pp. 459-463, figs. 1, 2. Pseudannona, a new genus of Annonacese from the Mascarene Islands ; together with notes on Artabotrys unci- natus and its synonymy. Journ. Washington Acad. Sd.,3,No.l, Jan. 4,1913, pp. 16-19. Raimondia, a new genus of An- nonaceae from Colombia. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 16, pt. 5, Feb. 11, 1913, pp. 217-219, pis. 52, 53. Chelonocarpus, a new section of the genus Annona, with descriptions of Annona scleroderma and Annona testudinea. Journ. Washington Acad. Set., 3, No. 4, Feb. 19, 1913, pp. 103-109, figs. 1-3. Includes descriptions of two new species, Annona scleroderma and A. testudinea, from Mexico and Central America, for which the new section Chelonocarpus is proposed. Smith, Johx Donnell. Undescribed plants from Guatemala and other Cen- tral American republics, — XXXV. Botan. Oaz., 54, No. 3, Sept. 21, 1912, pp. 235-244. Undescribed plants from Guate- mala and other Central American re- publics, — XXXVI. Botan. Gaz., 55, No. 6, June 16, 1913, pp. 431-438. Standley, Paul C. Some useful native plants of New Mexico. Rep. Smithsonian Inst., 1911, No. 2119, Nov. 20, 1912, pp. 447-462, pis. 1-13. Plants of the Alpine Club expe- dition to the Mount Pvobson region. Canadian Alpine Journal, Special Number, 1912 (Feb., 1913), pp. 76-97, pis. 1-5. Includes descriptions of several new species of phanerogams. Five new plants from New Mexico. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ion, 26, May 21, 1913, pp. 115-119. (See also under Gerrit S. Miller, jr . , J. N. Rose and E. O. Wooton.) Steele, E. S. Four new species of goldenrod from the eastern United States. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 16, pt. 5, Feb. 11, 1913, pp. 221-224. The writer describes 4 new species of SoUdago from Wisconsin, Minne- sota, Michigan, and Indiana. Swingle, W. T. Chsetospermum, a new genus of hard-shelled citrous fruits. Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 3, No. 4, Feb. 19, 1913, pp. 99-102, 1 fig. Tide STROM, Ivar. A new Salicornia. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, 26, Jan. 18, 1913, pp. 13, 14. Describes S. ulahensis, the type of which is in the National Museum. Wooton, E. O., and Paul C. Standley. Descriptions of new plants preliminary to a report upon the flora of New Mexico. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 16, pt. 4, Feb. 12, 1913, pp. 109-196, pis. 48-50. GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. GoLDSCHMiDT, V. (See under Joseph E Pogue.) Merrill, George P. A recent meteorite fall near Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 9, Nov. 21, 1912, pp. 1-4. Gives an account of the fall and description of the composition and Merrill, George P. — Continued. structure of the stone, including a chemical analysis by Dr. J. E. Whit- field. A newly found meteoric iron from Perry ville, Perry County, Missouri. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 43, No. 1943, Dec. 31, 1912, pp. 595-597, pis. 44, 45. Gives a description of the iron as found, with figures of the complete 198 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Merrill, Georoe P. — Continued. individual, and an etched surface, enlarged. Its resemblance to the Ballinoo, West Australia, iron is noted, and the results of a chemical analysis by Dr. J. E. Whitfield are given in comparison with an average of two analyses of the Ballinoo iron. The occurrence of ruthenium in a meteoric iron is here noted for the first time. A newly found meteorite from near Cullison, Pratt County, Kansas. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1952, Apr. 12, 1913, pp. 325-330, pis. 54, 55. Notes the reported fall of this meteoric stone on December 22, 1902, and its find in 1911. A description and figures of the entire mass as found, and of a polished slice, are given. Chemical and mechanical analyses of the stone, by Dr. J. E. Whitfield, are followed by a discus- sion of the results V.y the author. On the minor constituents of meteontes. Amer. Journ. Sci., 4th ser., 35, May, 1913, pp. 509- 525. The author takes up the discussion of the nongaseous elements, the re- ported occurrence of which has seemed open to question. A review of the reported occurrence in meteor- ites of arsenic, antimony, copper, gold, lead, lithia, platinum, palla- dium, iridium, tin, titanium, vana- dium, and zinc is followed by a rec- ord of results of careful determina- tions on 11 meteorites by Dr. J. E. Whitfield, and a discussion of these results by the author. This work was done under a grant from the National Academy of Sciences. Merrill, George P. Notes on concre- tions from Mexican oil wells. Bull. Oeol. Soc. Amer., 24, June 10, 1913, pp. 263, 264, pis. 5, 6. Describes the structure and compo- sition, and discusses the origin of some calcareous concretions submitted by Dr. I. C. White and is published as part of his paper entitled ' ' Petroleum fields of northeastern Mexico between the Tamesi and Tuxpam Rivers." PoGUE, Joseph E. The aboriginal use of turquois in North America. Amer. Anthropologist, n. s., 14, No. 3, July-Sept., 1912, pp. 437-466, pis. 2&-32. Gives a detailed review of the appli- cation of turquois among the North American aboriginal tribes of both past and present times. On a cerussite twin from the Mam- moth Mine, Pinal County, Arizona. Amer. Journ. Sci., 4th ser., 35, Jan., 1913, pp. 90-92, 2 figs. Describes and figures a cerussite crystal twinned after the rare r-law. and V. Goldschmidt. On quartz from Alexander County, North Carolina. Amer. Journ. Sci., 4th ser., 34, Nov., 1912, pp. 414- 420, figs. 1-4. A crystaUographic description of two quartz crystals with rare and new faces. One of the specimens, show- ing three new faces, is the property of the U. S. National Museum. Zwei quarze von Alexan- der County. Zeitschr.fiir KrystaUographie und Mineralogie, 51, Heft 3, 1912, pp. 26&-273, figs. 1-4. A reprint in German of the matter in the preceding paper. PALEONTOLOGY. Berry, Edward W. A fossil flower from the Eocene. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 1980, June 13, 1913, pp. 261-263, pi. 21, 1 fig. Describes and figures a new genus and species of foEsU flower, Combre- tanthites eocenica. Clarke, John M., and Rudolf Ruede- MANN. The Eurypterida of New York. N. Y. State Mus., Memoir 14, 1912, 1, pp. 1-439, frontispiece, 121 figs; 2, pp. 441-628, 88 pis. A monograph on the Eurypterida of New York. A number of speci- Clarke, John M., and Rudolf Ruede- MANN — Continued. mens belonging to the National Mu- seum are used as the basis of descrip- tions and figures. CocKERELL, T. D. A. Some fossil insects from Florissant, Colorado. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1955, Apr. 30, 1913, pp. 341-346, pi. 56, 3 figs. Describes 5 species, 3 of which are new, and founds the new genus Eobru- neria. Four of the specimens de- scribed are in the National Museum. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 199 CocKERELL, T. D. A. Two fossil insecta from Florissant, Colorado, with a dis- cussion of the venation of the Aeshnine dragon -flies. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 2000, June 21, 1913, pp. 577-583, 3 figs. Gives a description and figure of a new species belonging to the family Aeshnidaj, followed by a key to the principal genera of Aeshninse, based on the venation. GiDLEY, James Williams. Notice of the occurrence of a Pleistocene camel north of the Arctic Circle. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 26, Mar. 21, 1913, pp. 1, 2. A brief account of the discovery of a single phalanx of a camel foimd asso- ciated with remains of an undoubted Pleistocene fauna, from a locality on Old Crow River, Yukon Territory, well within the Arctic Circle. The discovery extends the known distri- bution of this important group of quadrupeds and furnishes further evidence of milder climatic conditions in Alaska during at least a part of the Pleistocene, and favors the theory of an Asiatic-Alaskan land connection during that period. An extinct American eland. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 27, Mar. 22, 1913, pp. 1-3, pi. 1. A new species of Pleistocene ante- lope, apparently closely related to the living eland of Africa, is described. Its probable migration in Pleistocene times, its relationship with the ante- lope, and former known distribution are also briefly discussed. It is sug- gested that the species here described, represented by a specimen from a Cumberland, Maryland, cave deposit, found its way from some locality in Asia across a then existing land con- nection between Asia and Alaska, thence migrating directly to the east- ern coast region by a route north of the Great Lakes. A recently mounted zeuglodoB skeleton in the United States National Museum . Ptsc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1975, Apr. 30,' 1913, pp. 649-654, pis. 81, 82, figs. 1-3. A brief history of the finding and preparation of the specimen is given, with figures and description of the mounted skeleton. Its probable re- GiDLEY, James Williams — Continued. lationships to other groups of mam- mals is briefly discussed. The propo- sition advanced by Abel, who held that the pelvic bones had been wrongly interpreted by Lucas, con- tending that they represented the coracoids of a large bird {Alaba- mornis gigantea), is discussed and refuted as being untenable. GiLMORE, Charles W. A new dinosaur from the Lance formation of Wyoming. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 61, No. 5, May 24, 1913, pp. 1-5, 5 figs. A preliminary description of ThescelosauTUS neglectus, a new genus and species of the Ornithopoda. Hay, Oliver P. Notes on some fossil horses, with descriptions of four new species. Ptoc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, No. 1969, Apr. 30, 1913, pp. 569-594, pis. 69-73, 28 figs. The status of the two species Equua fraternus Lsidy and E. complicatus Leidy is here discussed at length. It is pointed out that the type selected by Cope for the former remains the type according to the established rules of nomenclature, the one later selected by Gidley having no stand- ing. Thus E. fraternus becomes a rather indeterminate species, not readily distinguished from E. com- plicatus, while a new name and new type are selected to represent the smaller species described by Leidy and later discussed by Gidley. Three new species of horses are de- scribed. Description of the skull of an ex- tinct horse, found in central Alaska. Smithsonian Misc. CoUs., 61, No. 2, June 4, 1913, pp. 1-18, pis. 1,2, figs. 1-8. Describes a new subspecies of horse (Equus niobraremis alaskx) founded on a nearly complete skull from near Tofty, Alaska. The author notes that the Alaskan skull differs but slightly from Equus niobrarcnsis Hay, with which he compares it, but con- cludes that it should be signalized as a distinct form. Comparison is also made with E. przevalskyi and other living species. Discusses at length other discoveries of horse remains in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, and gives a map showing the known lo- calities where the remains of fossil horses have been found in this region. The paper contaips tables of com- 200 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. Hat, Ouver P. — Continued. parative measurements, including one giving the indices showing the extension forward of the protocone in Equus. The specimen has been lent to the National Museum for exhibi- tion. Knowlton, F. H. Results of a paleo- botanical study of the coalbearing rocks of the Raton Mesa region of Colorado and New Mexico. Amer. Journ. Sci., 4th ser., 35, May, 1913, pp. 526-530. A study of the fossil plants shows that the coalbearing section of the Raton Mesa region, formerly consid- ered as Tertiary and later as Creta- ceous (Laramie), must now be re- garded as in part Cretaceous (Ver- mejo) and in part Tertiary (Raton). Description of a new fossil fern of the genus Gleichenia from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 1994, June 21, 1913, pp. 555-558, pi. 44. Discusses the occurrence of Gleich- eniaceae in the Paleozoic and Meso- zoic, and describes and figures the new species Gleichenia pulchella from the Cretaceous of Wyoming. RuEDEMANN, RuDOLP. (See under John M. Clarke.) Shxjfeldt, R. W. Contributions to avian paleontology. Auk, 30, No. 1, Jan.,1913, pp. 29-39, pi. 3. A study of the types of three species of fossil turkeys convinces the author that Meleagris aUus= M. superbus; M. arUiqua is probably not a true Meleagris and M. celer is not a mem- ber of this family. Some notes are added on the fossil birds of Oregon. Tkue, Frederick W. A fossil toothed cetacean from California, representing a new genus and species. Smitlisonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 11, Nov. 1, 1912, pp. 1-7, pis. 1, 2. Describes Hesperocetus californicus from a mandible in the museum of the University of California. Walcott, Charles D. Notes on fossils from limestone of Steeprock Lake, On- tario. Oeol.SuTV. Canada, yLemoii 28, 1912, pp. 16-23, pis. 1,2. Discusses the nature of organic re- mains, studied through the courtesy Walcott, Charles D. — Continued. of Dr. A. C. Lawson. Places these tentatively in the Lower Huronian, and under the new genus Atikokania describes and figures two new species, A. lawsoni and A. irregularis. Cambrian Geology and Paleon- tology. II. No. 9.— New York Pots- dam-Hoyt fauna. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 57, No. 9, Sept. 14, 1912, pp. 251-304, pis. 37-49. Describes the varied fauna from the Upper Cambrian Potsdam sand- stone and Hoyt limestone of New York State; proposes and defines the name "St. Croixan" in place of "Saratogan"; describes and figures representatives of IS genera, includ- ing the new genus Matherella, and 4 new species as follows: Hyolithellus papillatus, Ptychoparia matheri, Pa- godia seelyi, and Dicellocephalus tri- bulus. Cambrian Geology and Paleon- tology. II. No. 10. — Group terms for the Lower and Upper Cambrian series of formations. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 57, No. 10, Sept. 16, 1912, pp. 305-307. Proposes term " Waucoban " to re- place "Georgian" as group name for formations in Lower Cambrian, and "St. Croixan" to replace "Sarato- gan" as applied to group formations in Upper Cambrian, as in previous paper. Cambrian Brachiopoda. Monogr. U. S. Geol. Sutv., 51, 1912, pt. 1, pp. 1-872, figs. 1-76; pt.2,pp. 1-363, pis. 1-104. Gives results of an exhaustive study of the subject, based on personal in- vestigation, with correlation of all important publications on the sub- ject. Main purpose: To make the work of value to the student of Cam- brian faunas and to the stratigraphic geologist. Describes 44 genera, 15 subgenera, 447 species, and 59 varie- ties of Cambrian Brachiopoda, and 3 genera, 1 subgenus, 42 species, and 1 variety of Ordovician Brachiopoda. Treats Brachiopoda historically, geo- logically, and zoologically. Includes bibliography, table of synonymic ref- erences, general geographic and strati- graphic distribution, evolution, clas- sification, and descriptions and illus- trations of genera and species in part 1. In part 2, nearly 400 pages of plate descriptions La addition to the 104 plates further illustrating the Brach- iopoda. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 201 Walcott, Charles D. The Monarch of the Canadian Rockies. The Robson Peak District of British Columbia and Alberta. Nat. Geog. Mag., 24, No. 5, May, 1913, pp. 62&-639, 11 text illustrations and a large panoramic frontis- piece. Describes and illustrates the Rob- son Peak District of British Columbia and Alberta, with a review of pre vious explorations, and an account and illustration of explorations and discoveries by the expedition of 1912, led by the author. WiCKHAM, H. F. Fossil Coleoptera from Florissant in the United States Na- tional Museum. WiCKHAM, H. F. — Continued, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, No. 1982, June 13, 1913, pp. 283-303, pis. 22-26. Describes and figures the more im- portant of the fossil Coleoptera from Florissant in the collection of the U. S. National Museum. Twenty new species are described, and the follow- ing new genera founded: Aleocharop- sis, Miolithocharis, and Miostenosis. Williams, Henry Shaler. Some new MoUusca from the Silurian formations of Washington County, Maine. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 42, No. 1908, July 3, 1912, pp. 381-398, pis. 49, 50. Describes and figures 17 new spe- cies and varieties and founds the 2 [pew genera, Eurymyeila and Cliop- heria. MISCELLANEOUS. Clark, Austin Hobart. A study of the salinity of the surface water in the North Pacific Ocean and in the adja- cent enclosed seas. Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 60, No. 13, Dec. 4, 1912, pp. 1-33. Sumner, Francis B., Raymond C. Os- BURN, and Leon J. Cole. A bio- logical survey of the waters of Woods Hole and vicinity. Part I. Section I. Physical and Zoological. Part II. Sec- tion III. A Catalogue of the Marine Fauna. Bull. Bur. Fisheries, 31, 1911 (June 3, 1913), pt. 1, pp. 3-442, charts 1-227; pt. 2, pp. 545-794. Section I describes the results ob- tained by a systematic biological sur- vey, from 1903 to 1909, of the waters of the region about Woods Hole, that is, from Newport eastward to Chat- SuMNER,^ Francis B., Raymond C. Os- BURN, and Leon J. Cole — Continued, ham and Sankaty Head, and includ- ing Buzzards Bay, Vineyard Sound, and Nantucket Sound, the ocean shores of Marthas Vineyard and Nan- tucket, and southward to the 20- fathom line. The results are in- cluded under geographical and physical conditions, synopsis of zoological data, the fauna considered by systematic groups, and theo- retical considerations; followed by a bibliography, a list of dredging sta- tions, and 227 charts showing distri- bution of species separately, range of temperatures, densities, and geo- graphic and hydrographic features. Section III is a census of the animals (invertebrate and vertebrate) found in the vicinity of Woods Hole, and based on the collecting done by the United States Fish Commission (now the Bureau of Fisheries) and on all published records known to the authors. o New York Botanical Garden Libra 3 5185 00259 0188