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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, 1914 


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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
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Unirep States Nationa, Museum, 
Unver Direction oF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 
Washington, D. C., November 28, 1914. 
Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith a report upon the present 
condition of the United States National Museum and upon the work 
accomplished in its various departments during the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1914. 
Very respectfully, 
Ricwarp RaTHsun, 
Assistant Secretary, in charge of the National Museum. 
Dr. Cuartes D. Watcort, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 


CONTENTS. 


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REPORT ON THE PROGRESS AND CONDITION OF 
THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR 
THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1914. 


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-minded design of Smithson, 
to provide for the custody of the museum of the Nation. To this 
new establishment was therefore intrusted the care of the national 
collections, a course that time has fully justified. 

In the beginning the cost of maintaining the museum side of the 
Institution’s work was wholly paid from the Smithsonian income; 
then for a time the Government bore a share, and during the past 39 
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’ dis- 
cussion in Congress and the advice of the most distinguished scien- 
tific 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 in the United States, and 
the museums of England and of the continent of Europe were still 
to a large extent without a developed plan, although containing many 


rich collections. 
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8 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914, 


The Congress which passed the act of foundation enumerated as 
within the scope of the Museum “all objects of art and of foreign 
and curious research and all objects of natural history, plants, and 
geological and mineralogical specimens belonging to the United 
States,” thus stamping the Museum at the very outset as one of the 
widest range and at the same time as the Museum of the United 
States. It was also fully appreciated that additions would be neces- 
sary to the collections then in existence, and provision was made for 
their increase by the exchange of duplicate specimens, by donations, 
and by other means. 

If the wisdom of Congress in so fully providing for a museum in 
the Smithsonian law challenges attention, the interpretation put upon 
this law by the Board of Regents within less than six months from 
the passage of the act can not but command admiration. In the 
early part of September, 1846, the Regents took steps toward formu- 
lating a plan of operations. The report of the committee appointed 
for this purpose, submitted in December and January 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: 

“Tn obedience to the requirements of the charter, which leaves 
little discretion in regard to the extent of accommodations to be 
provided, your committee recommend that there be included in the 
building a museum of liberal size, = up to receive the collections 
destined for the Institution. * * 

“As important as the cabinets of natural history by the charter 
required to be included in the Museum, your committee regard its 
ethnological portion, including all collections that may supply items 
in the physical history of our species, and illustrate the manners, 
customs, religions, and progressive advance of the various nations of 
the world; as, for example, collections of skulls, skeletons, portraits, 
dresses, implements, weapons, idols, antiquities, of the various races 
of man. * * * In this connexion your committee recommend the 
passage of resolutions asking the cooperation of certain public fune- 
tionaries and of the public generally in furtherance of the above 
objects. 

“Your committee are further of opinion that in the Museum, if 
the funds of the Institution permit, might judiciously be included 
various series of models illustrating the progress of some of the most 
useful inventions; such, for example, as the steam engine from its 
earliest and rudest form to its present most improved state; but this 


1 Since the Institution was not chartered in a legal sense, but established by 
Congress, the use of the word ‘“ charter” in this connection was not correct. 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 9 


they propose only so far as it may not encroach on ground already 
covered by the numerous models in the Patent Office. 

“Specimens of staple materials, of their gradual manufacture, and 
of the finished product of manufactures and the arts may also, your 
committee think, be usefully introduced. This would supply oppor- 
tunity to examine samples of the best manufactured articles our 
country affords, aah to judge her gradual progress in arts and man- 
tifactures.))* ..* 

“The gallery of art, your committee think, should include both 
paintings and sculpture, as well as engravings and architectural 
designs; and it is desirable to have in connexion with it one or more 
studios in which young artists might copy without interruption, 
being admitted under such regulations as the board may prescribe. 
Your committee also think that, as the collection of paintings and 
sculpture will probably accumulate slowly, the room destined for a 
gallery of art might properly and usefully meanwhile be occupied 
during the sessions of Congress as an exhibition room for the works 
of artists generally; and the extent and general usefulness of such 
an exhibition might probably be increased if an arrangement could 
be effected with the Academy of Design, the Arts Union, the Artists’ 
Fund Society, and other associations of similar character, so as to 
concentrate at the metropolis for a certain portion of each winter the 
best results of talent in the fine arts.” 

The important points in the foregoing report are (1) that it was 
the opinion of the Regents that a museum was requisite under the law, 
Congress having left no discretion in the matter; (2) that ethnology 
and anthropology, though not specially named, were yet as important 
subjects as natural history; (38) that the asta, of the progress of 
useful inventions and the collection of the raw materials and prod- 
ucts of the manufactures and arts should also be provided for; (4) 
for the gallery of art the committee had models in existence, and 
they proposed, pending the gathering of art collections, which would 
of necessity be slow, to provide for loan exhibitions by cooperating 
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 


* Resolved, That it is the intention of the act of Congress establishing the 
Institution, and in accordance with the design of Mr. Smithson, as expressed 
in his will, that one of the principal modes of executing the act and the trust 
is the accumulation of collections of specimens and objects of natural history 
and of elegant art, and the gradual formation of a library of valuable works 
pertaining to all departments of human knowledge, to the end that a copious 
storehouse of materials of science, literature, and art may be provided which 
shall excite and diffuse the love of learning among men, and shall assist the 
original investigations and efforts of those who may devote themselves to the 
pursuit of any branch of knowledge. 


10 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


funds permitted, and, as is well known, the maintenance of the 
Museum and the library was long ago assumed by Congress, the Insti- 
tution taking upon itself only so much of the necessary responsibility 
for the administration of these and subsequent additions to its activi- 
ties as would weld them into a compact whole, which together form 
a unique and notable agency for the increase and diffusion of knowl- 
edge, for the direction of research, for cooperation with depart- 
ments of the Government and with universities and scientific socie- 
ties in America, and likewise afford a definite correspondent to all 
scientific institutions and men abroad who seek interchange of views 
or knowledge 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 assem- 
blage 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 sub- 
jects which the conditions of the past 64 years have made most fruit- 
ful—the natural history, geology, ethnology, and archeology of the 
United States, supplemented by many collections from other coun- 
tries. The opportunities for acquisition in these directions have 
been mainly brought about through the activities of the scientific and 
economic surveys of the Government, many of which are the direct 
outgrowths of earlier explorations, stimulated or directed by the 
Smithsonian Institution. The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 af- 
forded the first opportunity for establishing a department of the 
industrial arts on a creditable basis, and of this the fullest advantage 
was taken, though only a part of the collections then obtained could 
be accommodated in the space available. The department or gallery 
of the fine arts had made little progress, though not from lack of 
desire or appreciation, until within the past eight years, during 
which 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 sys- 
tematic arrangement of its vast and varied collections as well as a 
comprehensive public installation, and under these favorable con- 
ditions it may be considered to have entered upon an era of re- 
newed prosperity and usefulness. 

While it is the primary duty of a museum to preserve the objects 
confided to its care, as it is that of a library to preserve its books 
and manuscripts, yet the importance of public collections rests not 
upon the mere basis of custodianship, nor upon the number of speci- 
mens assembled and their money value, but upon the use to which 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 11 


they are put. Judged by this standard, the National Museum may 
claim to have reached a high state of efficiency. From an educa- 
tional point of view it is of great value to those persons who are so 
fortunate as to reside in Washington or who are able to visit the 
Nation’s capital. In its well-designed cases, in which every detail 
of structure, appointment, and color is considered, a selection of 
representative objects is placed on view to the public, all being care- 
fully 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 class-room 
games or studies. Under authority from Congress, the small col- 
leges 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, se- 
lected 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, classifica- 
tion, and labeling of collections in order that they may be accessible 
to the public and to students, has yet in these operations made im- 
portant discoveries in every department of the Museum’s activities, 
which have in turn been communicated to other scholars through its 
numerous publications. But the collections have not been held for 
the study of the staff nor for the scientific advancement of those 
belonging to the establishment. Most freely have they been put at 
the disposal of investigators connected with other institutions, and, 
in fact, without such help the record of scientific progress based 
upon the material in the Museum would have been greatly curtailed. 
When it is possible to so arrange, the investigator comes to Wash- 
ington; otherwise such collections as he needs are sent to him, 
whether he resides in this country or abroad. In this manner prac- 
tically every prominent specialist throughout the world interested 
in the subjects here well represented has had some use of the collec- 
tions, and thereby the National Museum has come to be recognized 
as a conspicuous factor in the advancement of knowledge wherever 
civilization has a foothold. 


AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE ARTS AND INDUSTRIES. 


From 1850 until 1881 the collections of the National Museum had 
only the Smithsonian building as their depository, and in this struc- 
ture they increased so greatly that all of the available space became 
filled far beyond its capacity. In the year last named the adjoining 
brick building was completed and made available for the overflow 
and for the many large donations received at the Philadelphia Ex- 
hibition of 1876. The growth of the collections continued rapidly, 
however, and in not many years this additional space was also more 
than occupied, becoming, in fact, so overcrowded that an orderly 
arrangement ceased to be possible, and the exhibits of natural history, 
of anthropology, of the arts and industries and of the fine arts were 
more or less intermingled, unsystematically and with little regard 
to relationship. The large granite building finished in 1911, or 30 
years later, brought the relief so much desired and permitted an 
organization which had long been looked forward to. This latest 
building was planned and erected with special reference to the needs 
of anthropology, biology and geology, composing what is known as 
the natural history branch of the Museum. The removal of the col- 
lections of these departments released about one-half of the exhibi- 
tion space in the two older buildings, affording opportunity for re- 
newing and increasing the art and industrial collections which at one 
time had been very prominent, for improving the methods for their 
administration and display, and for giving them a status of practical 
and educational usefulness. 

It is not to be understood, however, that the arts and industries 
have remained unrepresented, as several of the branches established 
in 1881 have been continuously maintained, though under very un- 
satisfactory conditions, and they will require revision and amplifica- 
tion as well as a strengthening of the expert staff. Among these are 
such important topics as mechanical technology, transportation, fire- 
arms, medicine, the graphic arts, ceramics, glass and metal work, and 
also American history, which was originally classified in this depart- 
ment. The new subjects, or rather those to be reestablished and in 
which considerable advancement has even now been made, comprise 
mainly the great industries concerned with the utilization of mineral, 
vegetable and animal products, the most significant of all to the wel- 
fare of the human race, as they supply our food, our clothing and 

12 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 13 


our homes. The object of these collections and of the work that will 
be put upon them is both cultural and practical, and, as in the more 
progressive of the countries of the Old World, they are in large part 
designed to furnish very material aid toward the promotion and bet- 
terment of art and industrial pursuits in the United States. 

For its public exhibitions the department has been allotted the 
entire floor and gallery space in the older Museum building and the 
three lower halls in the Smithsonian building. The latter will be 
used by the division of graphic arts, but owing to extensive repairs 
and alterations under way the installation of the materials of this 
division has necessarily been deferred and an account of them must 
be left for a future report. In this connection, therefore, attention 
can be directed only to the conditions in the Museum building and to 
the work there in progress. Before so doing, however, it is impor- 
tant to explain that ample as may seem the accommodations for ex- 
pansion afforded by these two buildings the time is near when, in the 
ordinary course of events, these facilities will be entirely exhausted. 
But the extraordinary must also be looked for, and as instances may 
be cited the tender, since the close of the year, of a collection of 
extreme historical importance, valued at many thousands of dollars, 
which alone would fill one of the large halls, and there is also another 
collection consisting mainly of works of art of at least the same 
extent and of even greater value, bequeathed to the Museum, for 
which there will be no suitable place in either building. ‘These con- 
ditions operate to the disadvantage of the Museum in two directions 
in respect to the arts and industries. Great gifts can not be solicited 
with the knowledge that no place exists for their accommodation, 
while, on the other hand, would-be benefactors are deterred from 
making presents for the same reason. The public has fully 
awakened to the possibilities of its Museum, and to the benefits which 
it might, and to a large extent already does, confer, and it is solely 
in the interest of the public welfare that the Museum seeks to increase 
its opportunities for doing good. 

A detailed account of the older Museum building was published 
in the annual report for 1908. Its principal features with special 
reference to the interior are briefly as follows: The main part of 
the building is square, measuring 300 feet long on each side, and con- 
sists of a single story, varying greatly in height in its different sec- 
tions. At each corner of the square is a relatively large pavilion and 
in the middle of each facade is a broad tower which project 124 feet 
from the main building line and increase the length of each frontage 
to 325 feet. Architecturally the building, which is of brick, consists 
of a central rotunda from which four naves extend in the direction 
of the four main points of the compass, in the form of a Greek 
cross. Following the outer walls and connecting the naves are eight 


14 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


ranges, which, in conjunction with the former, inclose four covered 
courts. After the rotunda the naves have the greatest height, the 
courts coming next and the ranges last, in this respect. The ranges 
are lighted by large windows in the outer walls, as are also the outer 
ends of the naves. The naves otherwise and the rotunda and courts 
entirely receive their light from an abundance of clerestory windows. 
The illumination is therefore excellent, except for some interference 
on the floors through the introduction of galleries subsequent to the 
original construction. 

This building stands southeast of the Smithsonian building, from 
which it is separated by an interspace of only about 50 feet, and its 
front or north face is about on the same line as the south face of 
the other. It covers a total ground area of 97,786 square feet, or 
about 21 acres. The towers and pavilions, which are three stories 
high and used for laboratories and offices, furnish 40,293 square feet 
of floor space; while the rotunda, naves, ranges, and courts, with 
such galleries as they contain, supply 103,195 square feet, or a little 
more than 24 acres, of space adapted to exhibition purposes. The 
towers were arranged so that each might furnish an entrance into 
the building, but only two have been so utilized—the north tower for 
the public and the east tower for official purposes. 

The several subdivisions of the interior of the main part of the 
building are marked by rows of large brick piers, having a structural 
purpose in that they help to support the roofs, separated by wide 
openings terminating above in arched heads. As constructed, there- 
fore, this interior was of the nature of a single room of exceptionally 
large dimensions. Exhibition cases placed between the piers have 
helped to fill in the interspaces, but with the object of securing better 
fire protection a large number of the openings have been built in 
with appropriate wall material, and this work is being further ad- 
vanced from time to time. 

The plan of the building is shown in the accompanying diagram, 
on which the subdivisions are designated in accordance with cus- 
tomary usage. The naves are called halls, but otherwise the archi- 
tectural names are retained. The four halls—north, south, east and 
west—are much the largest of the subdivisions, and each measures 
about 102 feet 4 inches long by 62 feet 5 inches wide. The diameter 
of the rotunda corresponds approximately with this width. The 
northern and southern ranges are somewhat longer than the eastern 
and western, owing to interior extensions from the pavilions on the 
east and west sides of the building. The former measure about 89 
feet 4 inches long and the latter about 63 feet 2 inches, the width of 
all averaging about 49 feet 9 inches. The courts average 63 feet 
square. 


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All of the subdivisions except the rotunda, the north hall, the 
east north, the north east, and the south east ranges are provided with 
galleries, the main entrance to which is from the rotunda. In the 
courts they occupy all four sides and are 10 feet 3 inches wide. 
Elsewhere they occur on three sides, except in the north west range, 
where only one side is so utilized. In the halls they range from 


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13 feet 6 inches to 14 feet wide, and in the ranges are 12 feet wide. 
The south east range at the gallery height is entirely built over to 
form a complete second story. Although all of the galleries were 
planned for exhibition purpose and will eventually be so employed, 
a few have been and still are used as laboratories and for the storage 
of collections. 

The floor plan, owing to the symmetry of design, makes every part 
of the exhibition space readily accessible to visitors, and communi- 


16 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914, 


cation from one part of the building to another is direct and unob- 
structed. All of the halls open broadly into the rotunda, and there 
is a continuous passage from range to range about the building. 
Only the courts are out of the beaten paths, and each has one or 
two entrances appropriately placed. 

With this brief description of the building, we may proceed to an 
account of its present and prospective uses. 


HISTORY. 


The division of history, organized in 1881, was primarily designed 
to illustrate the history of the United States from colonial times by 
exhibiting such relics or memorials of noteworthy personages and 
events as could be brought together, with groups of objects rep- 
resenting different periods. Recently an American period costume 
collection has been added, which introduces a very striking and in- 
teresting feature; and to the division are also assigned the coins and 
medals and the paraphernalia of the postal service, the most im- 
portant being the stamps, all of which relate to other countries as 
well as our own. While practically all of the memorials and cos- 
tumes are displayed, the duplicate coins and medals and full sets of 
duplicates from the stamp collection are arranged as a reserve series 
for the use of students. Also filed in drawers and constituting a 
most valuable reference series are several thousand photographs 
and engravings of individuals who have gained more or less promi- 
nence in their respective pursuits. 

Originally based mainly on loans, so large a part of the collection 
has become the property of the Museum that its permanency is fixed 
beyond question. Lenders, moreover, appreciating the protection 
assured their heirlooms, and actuated to some extent at least by pa- 
triotic motives, are not inclined to withdraw the objects belonging 
to them, and it is interesting to note the frequent changes during 
recent years from “loan” to “ gift” of important articles that have 
been deposited. : 

Starting with the north hall as its sole exhibition space, which it 
shared with other subjects, the collections have grown so steadily 
that the division at present not only utilizes that entire hall, but has 
also gained possession of the west north and north west ranges and the 
floor space in the northwest court, with an aggregate of about 17,000 
square feet of floor space. 


MEMORIAL COLLECTIONS. 


The general historical or memorial collections, constituting the 
most varied and popular section of the division and the most ex- 
tensive as regards the area covered, occupy the north hall and west 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. lef 


north range, which are directly within the main entrance. The fur- 
nishings of the north hall consist of a continuous wall case on each 
side, 65 feet long, 8 feet high and 4 feet deep, and of many floor cases, 
numbering 56 at the close of last year. The type mainly used on 
the floor is the Gray pattern of the Kensington case, the remainder 
consisting of other patterns of the same and of various other types. 
These cases are arranged in two rows on either side of a wide passage 
leading from the entrance to the rotunda, but with some departure 
from the rule in places. In the west north range the cases are of 
several types, disposed in four rows—one on the north or window 
side and three on the south side of the principal passage, which 
extends from the main entrance to the northwest pavilion. 

The collections contained in these two halls are especially rich in 
relics of American Army and Navy officers, including swords, 
uniforms, and other objects, which recall the names and services 
of their illustrious owners and illustrate the changes in fashion in 
these articles from the time of the Revolution to the present day. 
Next in importance of representation is probably the progress and 
attainments of science in this country, demonstrated by large num- 
bers of medals and documents bestowed in acknowledgment of 
achievements, and personal articles of various kinds. Supplementing 
these is a large amount of material relating to the civil, domestic, 
economic, and art affairs of the country, interesting as typical of 
different periods and in many cases associated with some figure 
notable in connection with these phases of our history. Also in- 
cluded in the collection is an important series of historical maps, 
paintings and engravings, and many announcements of awards of 
honor and merit, commissions and diplomas. 

In the arrangement of the exhibition it has not been possible to 
proceed on a thoroughly systematic basis. The limitations of space 
would alone prevent this, and the conditions accompanying loans 
generally require that each be displayed as a whole. Moreover, the 
collection is being added to so often and so extensively that each 
new acquisition would require an entire shifting of cases and the 
reinstallation of some of them, and even under the method followed 
this has to be done to a greater or less extent from time to time. 
With a sufficient amount of space and number of cases and the 
absence of any restrictions, a much better and more comprehensible 
installation could be made, and this desirable result, it is hoped, may 
some time be possible of attainment. The present basis of arrange- 
ment is mainly the individual collection, each series of objects re- 
lating to a particular person being, as far as possible, kept intact 
and the articles in each placed near together. With these condi- 
tions fulfilled, and in view of the limitations referred to, the order 

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is essentially chronological. The position of collections must, how- 
ever, In many cases be determined by their size and their timely 
interest to the public, and some of them consist of a great diversity 
of material, representing considerable periods of time. In this 
connection more than a general account of the collections, with some 
references to their more important features, is impossible. 

North hall—The two large cases on the sides of this hall, hereto- 
fore occupied by the collection of musical instruments which has re- 
cently been removed, will be used for historical furniture, though 
there are many pieces installed in connection with individual ex- 
hibits where they will remain. Among the extensive material to be 
drawn upon for these cases are chairs, tables, and various other ar- 
ticles, and among the historic names represented are Lafayette, 
Thomas Jefferson, Brig. Gen. Rufus Putnam, Alexander Hamilton, 
Chief Justice John Marshall, Col. Peter Gansevoort, and Col. John 
Cropper of the Continental Army. It is also proposed to decorate 
the upper part of the cases with a series of historical paintings and 
engravings. 

Suspended in the wall case on the right, awaiting accommodations 
by which a greater extent of its expanse may be displayed, is one of 
the most precious and valued of all the possessions of the Museum. 
This is “ The Star-Spangled Banner ” of Fort McHenry, the inspira- 
tion for Francis Scott Key’s immortal verses, which, retained by 
Maj. George Armistead, its defender, has, through the generosity of 
his grandson, Mr. Eben Appleton, become the property of the Nation. 
An account of the steps recently taken to secure the perpetual preser- 
vation of this flag is given in another part of this report. 

Taking up now the cases on the floor, one finds that the row on the 
extreme left is devoted mainly to the colonial period and the time of 
the American Revolution. Two cases are filled with colonial relics, 
including silver, glass, china, fabrics and articles of personal wear, 
many connected with prominent personages, deposited by the Na- 
tional Society of the Colonial Dames of America; and two others 
with similar objects of a somewhat later period, deposited by the Na- 
tional Society cf the Daughters of the American Revolution. In the 
same series additional miscellaneous memorials of the Revolution, 
including a flag, a number of presentation and service swords, silver- 
ware and other objects, are likewise contained in two cases, in one of ~ 
which is also installed a set of rare china purchased in 1790 by Dr. 
David Townsend, of Massachusetts, an original member of the Society 
of the Cincinnati, each piece bearing the insignia of the society, and 
the set being accompanied by Dr. Townsend’s diploma of member- 
ship, signed by Washington as president of the society. Next comes 
a printing press that was used by Benjamin Franklin in 1725-1726, 


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when a printer in London, followed by a collection of special note, 
consisting of a number of military and civil costumes, swords, por- 
traits and other relics of Brig. Gen. Peter Gansevoort, United States 
Army, relating to his career when, as a colonel in the Continental 
' Army, he figured prominently in the campaigns against the British 
in the Colony of New York. Included in this exhibit are also memo- 
rials of Gen. Gansevoort’s son, who fought in the War of 1812, and 
of his grandson, who attained the rank of brevet brigadier general 
of volunteers in the Union Army during the Civil War. 

Models of five vessels connected with the discovery and early 
history of America are next in sequence. They represent a viking 
ship, such as that in which the Norsemen are believed to have 
_ visited this continent about 1000; the Santa Maria, flagship of 
Columbus; the Susan Constant, which brought the first permanent 
English colony to America; the A/ayflower of the Pilgrims; and 
the United States frigate Constitution. The two remaining cases 
in this row are devoted, respectively, to the War of 1812 and the 
War with Mexico. In the first, among other articles, are a gold- 
mounted sword presented to Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown by the Leg- 
islature of New York, in recognition of his services during the bat- 
tles of Chippewa and Bridgewater on July 5 and 25, 1814; a similar 
sword presented to Maj. Gen. Eleazer W. Ripley for his services 
during 1812-1814; a number of swords and pistols found on the battle 
field of New Orleans; and a silver service of five pieces given to 
Capt. James Lawrence, United States Navy, by the city of Philadel- 
phia, in acknowledgment of his capture of the British brig Peacock. 
Most noteworthy in the second case are two gold-mounted swords, one 
set with jewels, presented to Maj. Gen. James Shields by the States 
of South Carolina and Illinois, respectively, in recognition of his 
services during the War with Mexico; swords of the same character 
presented to Brig. Gen. Gabriel R. Paul and Brig. Gen. George W. 
Morgan; a sword and silver pitcher presented to Maj. Gen. John B. 
Magruder; a gold medal awarded to Brig. Gen. Wilham H. Browne 
by the city of New York; two United States volunteer regiment flags 
of the period and a Mexican flag captured during the war, besides a 
number of miscellaneous articles, including swords, silver-mounted 
pistols, and uniforms worn at that time by United States officers. 

The adjoining row of cases, that facing the main thoroughfare on 
the left, contains relics of three classes. The first consists of ob- 
jects of the nineteenth century, including a number of valuable 
jewels and other articles given to the United States in 1841 by the 
Imam of Muscat, and personal relics of various individuals, includ- 
ing Alexander Macomb Mason Bey and Mr. S. F. B. Morse. The 
second comprises memorials of prominent military and naval officers 


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of the United States, consisting mainly of jeweled, presentation and 
service swords, dress and service uniforms, etc. Among the Army 
officers represented are Maj. Gen. Alexander Macomb and Maj. Gen. 
Winfield Scott Hancock; among the Navy officers, Stephen Decatur, 
M. C. Perry, James Biddle, David D. Porter, David G. Farragut, 
Charles Wilkes, and John W. Philip. The third class comprehends 
a large and rich series of awards of merit and honor, including deco- 
rations, many of which are of great value both artistically and in- 
trinsically. The important and varied collection bequeathed by 
Prof. Simon Newcomb, United States Navy, fills four cases; while 
the medals awarded to Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury, 
United States Navy, for his services to science and navigation, num- 
ber 21. Also installed in this class are a gold snuffbox set with 
diamonds and a number of gold medals awarded to Joseph Francis 
in recognition of his services to humanity for his invention of the 
life-saving car; and many medals, decorations, and other forms of 
award conferred on American men of note, among whom may be 
mentioned Commodore John Rogers, Brig. Gen. M. C. Meigs, Alex- 
ander Macomb Mason, Hon. 8. S. Cox, Prof. Alexander Dallas Bache, 
and Prof. Spencer F. Baird. <A single case is occupied by the ex- 
ceptionally large and artistic collection of gold and silver medals 
and other awards to Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, United States 
Navy, in recognition of his polar explorations. 

The first case from the entrance on the right of the main thorough- 
fare contains the few memorials of Lincoln possessed by the Museum, 
including the casts of his face and hands made by Leonard W. Volk, 
of Chicago, in 1860. In four adjoining cases is displayed the notable 
collection of relics of Gen. Ulysses 8. Grant, which came mainly to 
the Museum in 1886 as a gift to the Government from Mrs. Grant 
and Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt. Of extreme value intrinsically, artisti- 
cally, and for the wide range of countries represented, as it contains 
the many presents made to Gen. Grant during his world tour in 
1877-1879, as well as at home, in recognition of his distinction as 
soldier and statesman, it is one of the largest and most important 
individual features of the division. Conspicuous among the articles 
are a large number of presentation and service swords, pieces of 
china, bronze, gold and silver ware, gold and silver medals, and other 
objects of art interest; several pieces of Chinese and Japanese bronze 
and porcelain, a set of modern Japanese gold and silver coins, and 
ancient gold medals, presented by the Emperor of Japan; and hand- 
somely designed gold and silver caskets representing the freedom 
of several English cities. Associated with this collection is the series 
of beautiful and costly objects given to Mrs. Grant when abroad 
with her husband, and after her death donated in her name by her 


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children; while belonging with it are many documents in the form 
of Gen. Grant’s Army commissions, honorary diplomas, addresses, 
etc., which are installed in cases more appropriate for them in the 
west north range. In a case near his father’s are uniforms, swords, 
and other interesting articles of Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, con- 
nected with his campaigns in Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands, 
followed by memorials of the same type relating to Gen. Sherman 
and Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick. Other Civil War figures repre- 
sented in the western section of the hall and also partly in the range 
are Maj. Gens. C. C. Washburn, George A. Custer, W. S. Harney 
and Thomas Swords; Brig. Gens. William B. Hazen, William Henry 
Browne, James B. McPherson, George W. Morgan, Gabriel R. Paul, 
Strong Vincent and John W. De Peyster; Flag Officer Andrew H. 
Foote; Col. E. E. Ellsworth and John Brown. 

There are also many additional relics of the Civil War period, 

notable among which are a chair, secretary and table from the room 
in the McLean house at Appomattox, where the articles for the sur- 
render of the Army of Virginia in 1865 were agreed upon by Gens. 
Grant and Lee, and a tree trunk severed by bullets at the battle of 
Spottsylvania Court House, Va., on May 12, 1864. The memorials 
of the Confederate States Army fill only a single case, as, unfor- 
tunately, it has been impossible to obtain a better representation. 
' At the end of the hall, adjoining the rotunda, is a large and valu- 
able collection of memorials of Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, 
installed in two cases and comprising uniforms, presentation and 
jeweled swords, gold and jeweled medals, a silver service and other 
objects, mainly gifts in recognition of achievements during his long 
service in the Navy, actively terminating with the War with Spain. 
Close by are two other cases devoted to miscellaneous relics of the 
Spanish War, including a number of captured Spanish flags, swords 
andguns. A large case near the middle of the hall is especially note- 
worthy as representing the personal side of a single family, the ~ 
Bailey-Myers-Mason, for a period of about a century, its contents 
consisting of costumes, swords, silverware, porcelain, and many rich 
and jeweled objects of domestic interest. Adjoining are four ex- 
hibits illustrating the scientific work and inventive genius of Prof. 
Joseph Henry, Mr. S. F. B. Morse, Mr. Cyrus Field, and Dr. 8S. P. 
Langley. 

In the rotunda are a number of Spanish guns captured in 1898, 
numerous relics from the wreck of the battleship A/aine, and a 
bronze cannon and carriage brought to this country by Lafayette 
in 1777 and used by the allied French and Continental forces in the 
War of the American Revolution. 


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West north range-—On entering the range one comes immediately 
upon the memorials of Washington, which are installed in seven cases 
adjoining the passage on the left. Consisting chiefly of the collec- 
tion purchased by the Government in 1878 from the heirs of Mrs. 
Lawrence Lewis, subsequent additions from other sources have in- 
creased the number of objects to about 400. While composed largely 
of articles of domestic and artistic interest from Mount Vernon, the 
collection also includes important relics of Gen. Washington’s life 
in the field during the War of the American Revolution. Among 
the former are silver, china and glass ware, typical of the period 
they represent, chairs, tables and mirrors of antique design, a copy 
of Houdon’s bust of Washington, miniature portraits of Gen. and 
Mrs. Washington by Trumbull, and several personal objects which 
had belonged to them and to Nelly Custis. Among the latter are 
the tents and camp chest with mess utensils used by Washington, 
and also the Continental uniform he wore when he resigned his com- 
mission as commander in chief before Congress at Annapolis, Md., 
December 23, 1783. In one of the cases of the series is a collection 
of Lowestoft china and cut glass used at Mount Vernon about the 
close of the eighteenth century and bequeathed by Mrs. Washington 
to her granddaughter, Eliza Parke Custis. | 

Arranged in four cases near by is a large collection of domestic 
objects, such as costumes, textiles, china, glass and miscellaneous 
articles, representing the Copp family of .New England in the 
colonial and Revolutionary periods. Five cases at the inner end 
of the range contain medals, pieces of silver, a fine malachite case, 
handsomely bound volumes and pictures dealing with Russian his- 
tory, art and other subjects, presented by Emperor Alexander II 
of Russia and various Russian societies and individuals to Gustavus 
Vasa Fox on the occasion of his visit to Russia im 1866, when, in 
appreciation of its friendly attitude toward this Government dur- 
ing the Civil War, he was sent by Congress as a special envoy to 
personally congratulate the Emperor on his escape from assassina- 
tion early in the same year. The collection also includes a number 
of congratulatory letters and addresses of welcome received by Mr. 
Fox during this mission. Among the numerous other exhibits in 
the range are memorials of Dr. William T. G. Morton, who demon- 
strated the art of surgical anesthesia; of Joseph Wharton, who was 
among the first to establish the manufacture of nickel in the United 
States; and of Gen. José Antonio Paez, the Venezuelan patriot and 
minister to the United States in 1860-61. Three cases contain mis- 
cellaneous relics of the early part of the nineteenth century, includ- 
ing jewelry, textiles, china, ete.; and in a single case is displayed a 
collection of swords illustrating the types of this weapon used in 


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the United States Army from the time of the Revolution to the 
period of the Civil War, supplemented by a number of English, 
French, and Spanish swords, some of the last named dating back 
to the sixteenth century. 

In a series of cases adjoining the window side of the range are 
exhibited, among other articles, mainly documentary, the commis- 
sions of Gen. Grant, Gen. Sherman, Maj. Gen. Thomas Swords, and 
Brig. Gen. George W. Morgan; diplomas and other honors conferred 
on Dr. 8S. P. Langley, and medals and diplomas awarded Prof. 
George F. Barker, for their services to science; and a miscellaneous 
collection of historical documents, plans, and maps. Adjoining the 
opposite or south wall is a row of similar cases containing the David 
W. Cromwell collection of postage stamps, which is exceptionally 
large and valuable, and representative of foreign countries as well 
asourown. On the walls other than that occupied by the windows are 
hung paintings of historical personages, and engravings and other 
prints illustrating noted scenes and landmarks in United States 
history. 


PERIOD COSTUMES. 


There was opened to the public on February 1, 1914, a collection 
of feminine import, which is quite unique for this country in its 
largeness of scope and in part at least for its method of presenta- 
tion. With few exceptions this assemblage is illustrative of the fash- 
ions of the women of the United States from colonial times, including 
all manner of accessories and embellishments, and the articles of their 
particular sphere in the home life. 

The first suggestion was for such a presentation of changes in 
fashion as could be made by a display of costumes worn by the suc- 
cessive mistresses of the White House, each so draped as to bring out 
the full effect of the gown when upon the wearer. The task proved 
doubly difficult, first in securing the material desired and second in 
producing a lay figure or manikin sufficiently dignified and pleasing 
to be associated with such surroundings. A considerable delay, there- 
fore, ensued, but 15 gowns, representing as many presidential ad- 
ministrations, have now been obtained, and a series of experiments 
has resulted in the production of a manikin which leaves nothing 
more to be desired in that respect. During the progress of this work, 
moreover, the scope of the collection was enlarged to include other 
costumes and other articles, installed in a more conventional way, as 
described below. While there is practically no limit to the extent to 
which such an exhibition could be carried, the restrictions in the 
matter of space make necessary a careful discrimination in determin- 
ing which of the many offers of material should be accepted, the 


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intention being to round out the subject with as little duplication as 
possible. 

The collection is, of course, confined to the period of civilization in 
this country. Back of it is the ethnology of the American Indian, but 
between is a considerable number of years which are not represented, 
since the earliest costume it contains dates no further back than the 
middle of the eighteenth century. It is hoped that this gap will not 
remain without at least some illustrations. The costumes that have 
been assembled do not include those of the lowly, but belong entirely 
to at least the well to do, and mainly to the wealthy and distin- 
guished, the classes to which the term “ fashion” seems solely to ap- 
pertain. With these classes, therefore, have also originated the 
changes in fashion, which, with the growth of the collection, are dis- 
covered to be more distinctive, more progressively varying, and more 
instructive than had been anticipated. For the study of this, the his- 
torical, side of the subject of American costumes, the collection, small 
as it still is, furnishes excellent material, as it also does for the study 
of American history in general by its representation of so many per- 
sons of notable connection with the affairs of the country. 

For the inception of the collection, for the plan of its composition, 
for the assembling of its innumerable parts, and for its installation 
acknowledgments are due to Mrs. Julian James, of Washington, who 
has had the constant hearty cooperation of Mrs. R. R. Hoes and the 
help and advice of many other ladies of the Capital City. Upon Mrs. 
James and Mrs. Hoes, however, has almost wholly devolved the work 
of bringing together the costumes and other articles, which include 
many contributions from their own stores of heirlooms, and of pre- 
paring and arranging them for exhibition. The task has been espe- 
cially arduous, as the materials had to be sought in many places and 
were mainly acquired through their personal efforts. Their part, 
moreover, has been entirely a labor of love, and has been conducted 
with a zeal and devotion which could not but insure success. And 
so with inconsiderable expense to the Museum has been added a sec- 
tion of great importance, of extreme interest to the public, of high 
intrinsic value, attractive and pleasing, but at the same time classified 
and arranged in accordance with museum methods, and for a com- 
parison with which one finds nothing in this country and little in 
Europe. 

The space occupied by the period costume collection is the north 
west range, which is most easily reached from the main entrance by 
passing to the right through the smaller hall of history. There is 
also another opening from the west hall and communication with 
the northwest court. The range measures about 63 by 50 feet, and 
has a sloping ceiling which varies in height from 26 to 31 feet. 


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The direct lighting is wholly from the west, where the outer wall 
is pierced with five large windows, provided with heavy curtains to 
protect the delicately tinted fabrics against fading. The walls and 
ceiling are uniformly of an old ivory tint, and the only decoration 
on the former, hung high above the cases, is the celebrated painting 
by Henry Sandham, entitled “The March of Time,” representing a 
review of the Grand Army of the Republic in Boston Common, in 
which the faces are mostly portraits of prominent officers and women 
of the Civil War. 

The furnishings of the range are varied though not inharmonious. 
The White House costumes are in large rectangular cases, with ebon- 
ized frames and polished hardwood floors, which generally measure 
5 by 8 feet square and 8 feet high. Each contains a single figure, 
except one in which two have been installed. The 14 cases now pro- 
vided are in two rows, 83 feet apart, the intervening space serving 
as the main thoroughfare through the range from north to south. 
Filling each of the broad interspaces between the piers on the three 
inner walls, except at the three openings, is a standard alcove case, 
which in appearance and purpose is the equivalent of a wall case. 
In front of the piers, with one exception, are placed smaller cases, 
six of the single lay figure pattern and three of about the same 
height but somewhat wider. The entire space below the windows 
on the west wall is occupied by a single sloping table case with an 
upright back fitted with shelves. The remaining space, that between 
the above-mentioned case and the nearest row of White House figure 
cases, is used for a series of six American cases arranged crosswise. 
These consist each of two sections of the floor type of sloping top, 
placed back to back, with a small rectangular upright case between 
and above them. : 

Lay figures, as before explained, have been employed only for the 
White House costumes; and after several attempts to avoid the ap- 
pearance of the commercial manikin so often seen in store windows, 
recourse was had with entire success to the methods employed in 
producing the ethnological groups in the Museum. This meant a 
greater expenditure of time and labor than had been intended and 
a considerable delay in beginning the installation, but the results 
have more than justified this course, the presentation of this part 
of the collection being exceedingly dignified and wholly commend- 
able. The heads, shoulders, arms and hands—the only exposed 
parts—are in plaster, the remainder of the construction being of 
wood and metal. The work is sculptural, but the delicate ivory tint 
given the plaster removes all sense of coldness and produces a har- 
mony with the drapery that results in a remarkably pleasing effective- 
ness. A portraiture of any of the faces has not been attempted; 


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all are alike and are copied from a classic statue. The coiffure, 
usually with its ornaments, if any are shown, is molded, and is based 
upon a picture of the person represented or upon the style of the 
time to which the costume belongs. The differences which these pro- 
duce, together with changes in pose, all tend to obliterate the effect 
of uniformity in facial features, and give to each head the impres- 
sion of separate design. Neck ornaments are equally in plaster, and 
the arms are molded from living models, including the gloves, where 
they are worn. The draping has been well and tastefully done and 
the effects are unusually realistic, most markedly so in certain of 
the figures where the conditions were most favorable. The plaster 
work has been executed by Mr. H. W. Hendley, formerly of the 
Museum staff, under the direction of Mr. W. H. Holmes, while the 
dressing of the figures has been done by Mrs. Julian James and Mrs. 
Hoes, or under their supervision. In addition to the figures each 
case also contains one or two pieces of furniture, such as tables and 
chairs, and one or more other small articles having some relation to 
the administration represented. These give a more finished appear- 
ance to the cases and add to the historical interest of the collection. 

The 15 presidential administrations illustrated are as follows: 
George Washington, 1789-1797; John Adams, 1797-1801; James 
Madison, 1809-1817; James Monroe, 1817-1825; Andrew Jackson, 
1829-1837; Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841; William Henry Harrison, 
1841; John Tyler, 1841-1845; James K. Polk, 1845-1849; James 
Buchanan, 1857-1861; Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877; Rutherford B. 
Hayes, 1877-1881; Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893; William Me- 
Kinley, 1897-1901; William H. Taft, 1909-1913. 

The first of these administrations is represented by Mrs. Martha 
Washington, who is seated in one of her own chairs, by the side of a 
Mount Vernon table, on which is a Washington silver platter con- 
taining a tea cup and saucer given her by the French officers, a de- 
canter and glass, and a Lowestoft bowl. The gown which she wears 
is of silk rep, of the old-fashioned salmon pink color, and is made of 
many straight widths, pleated on a bodice slightly pointed front and 
back. The entire dress is hand painted in a brocade design, in 1m- 
itation of purple ribbons artistically entwined and caught in loops, 
producing a repetition of larger and smaller rounded spaces, the 
former containing small nosegays, the latter, insects and other small 
animal forms, all done in their natural colors. There is a lace cap 
on the head and an embroidered linen shawl about the shoulders. 
The hands, in silk mitts, hold a workbag, on which is embroidered 
“Mrs. M. Washington” in gold, surrounded by a wreath of flowers 
in bright colors. While recognizing the futility of comparisons, this 
figure would seem to be the most realistic of the group, and, though 


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presenting the earliest of the wives of Presidents, also the one most 
readily identified, probably because of our long acquaintance with 
the portraiture of this first lady of the Republic, which has been 
successfully reproduced. 

Mrs. John Adams, the wife of the second President, is shown in a 
dress of puritanical simplicity, made of plum-colored Chinese crépe 
embroidered with silk, and having a straight full skirt and long 
puffed sleeves. A lace shawl, a fan, a pearl necklace, and yellow 
kid slippers complete the costume. The wife of James Madison, 
best known as Mrs. Dolly Madison, is very effectively presented in 
the dress used by Mr. E. F. Andrews for the portrait well known to 
Washingtonians. ‘The costume belongs to the early Empire period. 
The short-waisted basque and the overskirt, which ends in a flowing 
train, are of light yellow satin brocaded with many bunches of silver 
wheat. The overskirt, edged with Valenciennes lace, is draped over 
a white satin underskirt embroidered in pink roses, blue morning- 
glories, and white cherry blossoms. The sleeves, of gauze, are short, 
and a large lace fichu is thrown over the shoulders. In the right 
hand is the traditional book, which in this instance consists of a copy 
of Paradise Lost, published in 1812. 

Search for a dress of Mrs. James Monroe having proved fruitless, 
a gown of the period imported from France in 1824 for the first 
bride of the White House, Maria Hester Monroe, the youngest 
daughter of the President, has been substituted. This dress, fash- 
ioned in Empire style, is of pale blue silk, is made with the Watteau 
pleated back, and the basque, which laces in front, has a decidedly 
long-waisted effect. The sleeves, which are short, are of blue tulle 
and blue and yellow ribbon knots. The skirt is in two wide flounces 
and, together with the waist, is embroidered and scalloped with 
straw in a conventionalized bearded-grain pattern. But 16 years 
of age when married to Samuel Laurence Gouverneur, the bride 
holds in one hand a lace handkerchief and silver vinaigrette. She is 
standing by the side of a chair and table, brought from France in 
1796 by James Monroe, on the latter of which is an old-fashioned 
mirror made from a fragment of larger glass, a relic of the burning 
of the White House in 1814, a superb ivory and silver fan, a silver 
pitcher and creamer, and a small cup decorated with an eagle 
surrounded by 13 stars, which is supposed to be the only piece of 
Monroe china now in existence. 

Lacking material for the administration of John Quincy Adams, 
the three which succeeded his are represented as follows: Andrew 
Jackson by Mrs. Jackson’s niece, Mrs. Andrew Jackson Donelson, 
who presided over the White House during his term of office, and 
whose costume consists of a bodice of old gold flowered brocade and 


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an overskirt of blonde lace over a yellow satin skirt. Martin Van 
Buren by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Angelica Van Buren, 
wife of Abraham Van Buren, in a striking, almost regal, rich dark- 
blue velvet train dress, and wearing also a lace fichu. In her right 
hand is a handkerchief embroidered with her maiden name, “S. A. 
Singleton,” and in her left hand she holds a fan bearing her mono- 
gram, “A. V. B.” William Henry Harrison, during his very short 
term, by Mrs. Jane Irwin Findlay, wife of Gen. James Findlay and 
aunt of Mrs. Harrison, in a simple low-necked dress of a dark mole- 
colored velvet, with the very long and large puff sleeves of the period 
of 1841. 

The first presidential bride, Mrs. Julia Gardiner Tyler, wife of 
John Tyler, is gowned in a dainty creation of cream-colored gauze, 
first worn at her presentation at the Court of Louis Philippe. The 
skirt is very full and in three flounces, each of which has three rows 
of silver tinsel and two of embroidery, the latter being of bright 
flowers presenting all the colors of the rainbow. At the waist line 
there is a belt of the same material. The sleeves are short and the 
neck is V-shape, leaving the throat exposed. Over the shoulders is a 
lace shawl. Mrs. James K. Polk is presented in a magnificent gown 
made by Worth for the Polk inaugural ball, a beautiful azure-tinted 
brocaded satin, into the fabric of which the Christmas flower, the 
Poinsettia, is woven in silver-grayish tints. It has a full straight 
skirt with front panel of plain satin of the same shade and tight 
pointed bodice, low neck, and full puffed quarter sleeves. The bodice 
and sleeves and the skirt are trimmed with blonde lace, and six 
large bows of ribbon also adorn the front of the latter. 

Another bride of the series is Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston, niece 
of President Buchanan and mistress of the White House during his 
administration. The figure is clad in the gown worn by Miss Lane 
at her wedding to Henry Elliot Johnston, a superb ivory moire 
antique silk, made with flowing skirt, the wedding veil being thrown 
gracefully over the shoulders. The skirt has the voluminous pro- 
portions of the period when hoops were worn, and the hem is tabbed. 
The bodice, which is laced in the back, has a straight low neck and 
very short sleeves. It is trimmed with lace and a folded band of 
white satin passes through loops entirely around the upper part. 
This figure has a particular interest to the Museum, as it was through 
the generous bequest of Mrs. Johnston that the National Gallery of 
Art secured the nucleus which has led to its active growth. 

It was said by a contemporary writer that during the period of 
the Grant administration the dresses seen were magnificent beyond 
precedent. The dress by which Mrs. Ulysses 8. Grant is represented 
would seem to confirm this opinion. It is a heavy rich silver brocade, 


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the material of which was made in China. The skirt is cut straight 
and slightly pleated. The waist, which is quite low in the neck, has 
very short sleeves and a postilion back. <A point lace cape covers the 
shoulders. The dress of Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes is the one in 
which she appears in the portrait by Daniel Huntington now in the 
White House, and was first worn at one of her public receptions. 
It is of garnet velvet. The bodice has silk panels, a postilion back, 
tight sleeves, and lace collar and cuffs. Passementerie and brocade 
panels hang on either hip, and the train is of silk trimmed with 
strips of velvet. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison is shown in a rich gown, 
a combination of yellow satin and magenta brocade, with a sweeping 
train. The bodice has a V-shape neck and elbow sleeves. The side 
front of the gown is a panel of yellow satin, embroidered with gold 
passementerie. A gold cord edges the bodice and falls down in 
front terminating in tassels. 

The dress of Mrs. William McKinley is of cream satin, with a 
long, full train. The high-necked waist is decorated with pearl pas- 
sementerie, and the sleeves are of the mousquetaire style. The front 
panel of the skirt is embroidered in pearls and brilliants, and bor- 
dered on each side by deep d’Alencon lace, the hem being slashed 
into lappets edged with tulle. The high laced boots are of the same 
material and are embroidered to match. This costume was worn by 
Mrs. McKinley at the inaugural ball of March 4, 1901. The most 
recent of the costumes is the inaugural gown of Mrs. William H. 
Taft, a splendid creation of chiffon, embroidered in white. floss, 
rhinestones, and silver crystal beads. It is low cut, with short 
sleeves, and has a very long, full train. 

For dresses other than those in the White House series, four of 
the alcove and three of the single lay figure cases are now being used. 
Earliest in date of the apparel here displayed is a quaint colonial 
gown which belonged to Mrs. Cornelius Wyncoop as early as 1760. 
Following is a dress worn by the wife of Capt. Miles King, of the 
Revolutionary Army and later mayor of Norfolk, at a ball given to 
Lafayette, at Norfolk, Va., and another beautiful silk brocade of 
the same period. Especially notable is a golden-yellow robe made 
about 1784 for Mrs. Eliza Lucas Pinckney, one of the most distin- 
guished of South Carolina women, the wife of Colonial Chief Justice 
Charles Pinckney and the mother of Gen. Thomas Pinckney. It 
was she who introduced indigo culture into the State, and the 
material of this dress was the product of her own plantation, as she 
raised the silkworms and the silk was spun by her maids. The 
weaving of the beautiful brocade was, however, done in England, 
and there was enough material for three dresses, two of which were 
presented to notable personages of the mother country. 


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' Next is the dress worn by Mrs. Richard Rush when presented at 
the Court of George III in 1817. It was her husband, then minister 
to Great Britain, who went to London in 1836 as special commis- 
sioner on behalf of the bequest of Smithson, which he brought back 
with him in gold sovereigns, and later he became a regent of the 
Smithsonian Institution. There is also another costume of the Rush 
family worn in 1817 and a mantilla of 1840. Among other gowns 
belonging to the last and the beginning of the present century are 
the wedding dress of the wife of Rear Admiral D. D. Porter, 1839; 
a dress of Miss Mary Catharine Bruyn, 1835-1840; the dress worn by 
Miss Helen Hovey at the ball given in Boston in 1860 to the Prince 
of Wales, with whom she danced; five beautiful gowns belonging 
to three generations of the Bailey-Myers-Mason family; a superb 
gown, a replica of one belonging to the Empress Josephine, worn by 
Mrs. Levi Z. Leiter at the Indian Durbar of 1903; two dresses of 
Mrs. Levi P. Morton and one of Mrs. John Hay; the dress worn by 
Mrs. Charles Warren Fairbanks, wife of the Vice President, at the 
inaugural ball on March 4, 1905; a coat and gown of cloth of gold 
which had belonged to Mrs. John R. McLean; two gowns of Mrs. 
George Dewey, one her wedding dress; a dress of Mrs. Henry Y. 
Satterlee, widow of Bishop Satterlee; and two costumes of the 
famous actress Charlotte Cushman, worn by her in her impersona- 
tion of Cardinal Wolsey and Catharine in Henry VIII. 

In four of the single lay figure cases is displayed the attire of as 
many distinguished American men. One contains the uniform worn 
by Gen. Washington when, at Annapolis, Md., on December 23, 1788, 
he surrendered his commission as commander in chief of the Con- 
tinental Army, and also one of his dress suits. In another is the 
stately coat worn by Gen. Thomas Pinckney, of South Carolina, 
when minister to the Court of St. James. In the third is the court 
dress of James Monroe worn during his second mission to France in 
1803, together with a large number of other Monroe relics, including 
badges and ribbons of the French Revolution, two waistcoats, shoe 
and belt buckles, a medal, a spur, rapier, umbrella, razors and strop, 
and several letters, one of which announces his marriage. In the 
last is the uniform coat worn by Gen. Andrew Jackson at the battle 
of New Orleans, January 8, 1815, and his pistols and case. 

Charming and dainty in their materials, their needlework, and their 
decoration are many baby dresses of the styles of 1800, 1817, 1825, 
1849, 1852, and 1859, displayed in a special case, among them being 
some rather elaborate christening robes and caps, as well as other 
articles of infant apparel. 

Filling three of the alcove cases is a valuable collection of Cash- 
mere and embroidered China silk or India shawls, including a num- 


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ber of exceedingly choice examples. While partly composed of 
loans, the majority of the specimens are the property of the Museum, 
the entire contents of one of the cases having, in fact, been received 
by the Government in 1841 as a gift from the Imam of Muscat, 
Arabia, together with many other beautiful and costly presents. A 
fine Cashmere shawl which belonged to Mrs. John E. McElroy, 
sister of President Arthur, is exhibited in the Hayes case. 

The remainder of the costume collection fills the six American 
cases and the sloping part of the long wall case below the windows 
with a very great variety of articles, in some respects no less inter- 
esting than those already reviewed. It comprises parts of costumes, 
accessories of apparel, and the myriad objects associated with the 
daily life of woman. These are mostly heirlooms, treasured for their 
associations, for their beauty and daintiness, or for their costly and 
exquisite craftsmanship. The arrangement, though mainly by fam- 
ily grouping, is artistic and tasteful, and the general effect is of ele- 
gance and refinement. Summarizing briefly, we find many lace and 
other articles pertaining to dress, including a beautiful piece of pifia 
work; handkerchiefs of lace and fine linen; gloves and mitts, with 
their embroidered containers; calashes and bonnets; hairpins and 
superb tortoise-shell combs; fans of exquisite make and embellish- 
ment; ornamented housewives and workbags, with sewing and knit- 
ting materials; pincushions, aprons, slippers, buckles, and toilet arti- 
cles; numerous small and dainty ornaments of the boudoir; calling 
card and snuff boxes, opera glasses, lorgnettes, umbrellas, parasols, 
etc. Most resplendent is the display of jewelry, from antique to mod- 
ern make, of endless variety, and including much of exceptional rich- 
ness in material and workmanship. In one of the American cases 
are dainty lots of exquisite needlework and other family relics, show- 
ing the great taste with which our ancestors provided articles for 
their personal use. In the long wall case is contained a collection of 
colonial costumes illustrating the type of clothing worn by men on 
ordinary and dress occasions from 1700 to 1800, formerly the prop- 
erty of the Smith family of the Colony of Maryland; relics of colo- 
nial and early nineteenth century times in Philadelphia; dresses and 
jewelry of an early period from Kingston, N. Y.; and laces and lace 
costumes, fans, China and India shawls, jewelry, etc., from several 
sources. 

Installed in the upright part of the western wall case and in three 
adjacent alcove cases is the historical collection of American china, 
assembled by the late Rear Admiral F. W. Dickins, United States 
Navy, and deposited by Mrs. Dickins, which was fully described in a 
previous report. It is especially notable for its relation to important 
periods and for the number of White House pieces which it contains. 


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Although not a part of the costume collection, it supplements it in a 
commendable way and adds to the attractiveness of the room. 


COINS, MEDALS AND POSTAL TOKENS. 


The northwest court is assigned to these subjects and also to the 
assemblage of musical instruments, the latter displayed in the wall 
cases, on the tops of which a large number of plaster busts of histori- 
cal personages have been arranged. From the entrance, which is on 
the west side, a broad passage leads eastward threugh the court, and 
is flanked in the middle by two large upright cases for the stamp col- 
lection. The remainder of the floor space, partly abutting on the 
passageway, is occupied by table cases of several patterns, in which 
the coins and medals are installed. 

Coins and medals.—The coins and medals, aggregating over 6,000 
specimens, exclusive of the many and varied examples of the latter 
in the memorial section and those in the reserve series, were installed 
during the year. They had previously been in storage, accessible only 
to students, and their preparation for this purpose involved consider- 
able labor, since it was necessary to reclassify the entire collection, 
clean each individual piece, and select the best of them for exhibi- 
tion. It was also required to fully describe the specimens in the card 
catalogue, which had not previously been practicable, and to prepare 
copy for the labels. Although the series is far from complete for any 
country, each nation is sufficiently well represented to indicate, in a 
general way at least, its numismatic history, and it is hoped that this 
public display will lead to the filling of many of the gaps. While no 
very rare pieces are to be found among the coins, the importance of 
this part of the collection resting upon its extent and comprehensive- 
ness, the collection of historical medals is one of the best available to 
the public in this country, being probably surpassed only by those of 
the United States Mint at Philadelphia and the American Numis- 
matic Society of New York. The exhibit is supplemented by 102 fine 
examples of small plaster bas-relief reproductions of ancient and 
modern works of art. 

The installation occupies 27 flat-top cases, of which 8 are devoted 
to the United States and its possessions, 11 to European countries, 
and 8 to Asia and Africa. The series of United States coins begins 
with a number of originals and copies, showing the type of currency 
used in America during the colonial period. Massachusetts, the first 
Colony to strike its own coins, is represented by the two silver pieces 
known, respectively, as the “ New England shilling” and the “ Pine- 
tree shilling,” both issued as early as 1652. Among other colonial 
tokens are the Maryland pennies of 1660 and several pieces of the 
Rosa Americana series made in England for colonial circulation dur- 


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ing the early part of the eighteenth century. Of the copper pieces 
of various designs issued by the individual States, and there passed 
as cents immediately after the Revolution, there are examples from 
Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Especially noteworthy 
is a copy of what is supposed to have been a pattern dollar struck 
in 1776, which bears on the obverse the inscription “ Continental cur- 
rency, 1776,” and on the reverse the names of the thirteen Colonies on 
intertwined rings encircling the words “American Congress,” “ We 
are one.” Many of the copper coins or tokens of this period have 
the head of Washington, with inscriptions relating to his career, and 
of this type the collection contains interesting examples. The colo- 
nial and Revolutionary series are followed by a nearly complete 
collection of copper and bronze pieces issued by the United States 
since the establishment of the mint in 1792, different kinds of the 
half-cent, cent, and 2-cent issues being shown. Among the nonofli- 
cial coins is displayed a fine series of the so-called “hard times 
tokens,” which circulated largely during the Presidencies of Andrew 
Jackson and Martin Van Buren, 1833-1841. In the matter of silver 
and gold coins the exhibition is somewhat disappointing, but it con- 
tains one very rare specimen—the famous “ Stella” or $4 gold pat- 
tern piece of 1879. Terminating the United States series is a set of 
the somewhat crudely designed Hawaiian currency of 1883, consist- 
ing of four pieces—dime, quarter, half dollar, and dollar—and an- 
other of the far more artistic silver, nickel and bronze coins issued 
for use in the Philippine Islands, comprising the half-centavo, cen- 
tavo,.5-centavo, 10-centavo, 20-centavo, half-peso and peso pieces. 
The classification of the United States medals is under 12 heads, 
namely, (1) struck prior to the Revolution; (2) struck during the 
Revolution or shortly thereafter; (8) commemorating events of the 
Revolution but struck subsequently; (4) commemorating events dur- 
ing the quasi war with France and the War with Tripoli; (5) com- 
memorating events during the War with Mexico, the Civil War and 
the Spanish-American War; (6) commemorating the various presi- 
dential administrations and for presentation to Indian chiefs in token 
of peace and friendship; (7) commemorating the services of indi- 
viduals; (8) awarded by the Government in recognition of services 
in saving life; (9) issued by, or awarded to, well-known societies and 
institutions; (10) commemorating notable events from 1800 to 1900; 
(11) commemorating centennial and other celebrations; and (12) 
commemorating expositions and fairs. In each of these classes the 
arrangement is chronological except those relating to personal 
services, where it is alphabetical by the names of the recipients. The 
collection consists largely of bronze copies of gold medals which have 


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been presented to individuals for special services, and, representing 
many phases of United States history, it offers an excellent field for 
study. 

The foreign coins and medals have been installed in geographical, 
alphabetical and chronological arrangement, the geographical being 
by continents in the following order, namely, Europe, Africa, Asia; 
and the alphabetical by countries in each of the continents, the 
colonies of each country, wherever situated, being associated with it. 

The European collection begins with Austria, followed by Belgium, 
of which there are a number of interesting pieces relating to the 
stirring events of the Revolution of 1830. After Denmark comes the 
British Empire with an especially large representation. The coins 
of the Empire, including its possessions, fill a case, and succeeding 
them is an important series of English historical medals ranging 
from the sixteenth century to the present day. Especially note- 
worthy are the portrait medals of the sixteenth century and a hand- 
some set of medals issued during the nineteenth century commemorat- 
ing notable events in the history of the city of London. The coinage of 
France is poorly illustrated, but this is more than atoned for by the 
splendid series of French historical medals, the bulk of which belong 
to the Henry Adams and George Brown Goode collections, which 
compose, in fact, the greater portion of the foreign medal representa- 
tion in the Museum, the former aggregating nearly 1,000 and the latter 
about 500 specimens. This series commences with comparatively re- 
cent issues commemorating the reigns of the French sovereigns from 
Pharamond, 420-428, to Napoleon ITI, 1851-1871, and is followed by 
miscellaneous medals relating to events from the reign of Louis XII, 
1498-1515, to that of Louis XITT, 1610-1643. There is a nearly com- 
plete set of the medals struck during the reigns of Louis XIV, 
1643-1715, and Louis XV, 1715-1774; and the thrilling period of the 
French Revolution from 1789 to 1799 is well represented by designs 
striking in character and import. The French medallic art of the 
early part of the nineteenth century is illustrated by a number of 
examples of fine medals struck during the reigns of Louis XVIII, 
Charles X, and Louis Philippe. Following these is a large number 
af portrait medals commemorating the careers of noted men of 
French history, statesmen, authors, and others. 

Of Germany there is also an excellent presentation, beginning 
with the coins of the various independent States and continuing 
with those of the Empire founded in 1871, the arrangement of the 
medals being the same. Especially noteworthy is the series of com- 
memorative coins issued by the sovereigns of Bavaria during the 
early part of the nineteenth century. The independent States 
and the Kingdom of Italy are similarly illustrated, and in connec- 


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tion with them is displayed a very large and fine set of papal medals, 
dating from 1192 to 1910. The coinage of the Netherlands, Norway, 
Poland, Portugal, Roumania and Russia follows, and of the coins 
and medals of Spain there is an exceptionally interesting series, in- 
cluding a large number of pieces struck for circulation in the Span- 
ish-American countries. The European collection ends with some 
excellent examples of early and recent coins and medals of Sweden 
and Switzerland. Its greatest desideratum is of ancient Greek and 
Roman coins. 

The Asiatic and African countries whose coinage is shown are 
China, Japan, Persia, Siam, Abyssinia, Algeria, Liberia, Morocco 
and Turkey. The Chinese representation is the largest, numbering 
over 2,000 pieces and covering the period from about 700 years B. C. 
to the present time. The bulk of this collection was a bequest from 
the late George B. Glover, and many modern copper pieces have 
been added by Mr. N. Gist Gee, of Soochow University, China. The 
Japanese series is also important; beginning with the sixteenth cen- 
tury, it is brought down to the latter part of the nineteenth century. 

Postal tokens—At the beginning of 1908 the subject of postage 
stamps was illustrated in the Museum by only a small miscellaneous 
collection of domestic and foreign issues numbering about 2,500 
pieces, and it is interesting to note that the principal contributor had 
been Mrs. Spencer IF’. Baird. In the year named, however, through 
the munificence of Mr. David Cromwell, of New York, the Museum 
received an exceptionally fine series of about 20,000 specimens repre- 
senting the United States and nearly all foreign countries. These 
stamps were almost without exception well preserved, uncanceled 
copies, which had been assembled by the collector with much care 
and at great pains, and were therefore especially suitable for public 
exhibition. Though lacking in many important particulars, this 
collection was installed as a unit in a series of cases designed for the 
display of manuscripts but well adapted to this purpose, which are 
located in the smaller hall of history, as already explained. 

In 1912 the Museum obtained by transfer the more essential parts 
of the large exhibition of the Post Office Department, comprising as 
its most valuable and important feature the stamps, stamped enve- 
lopes, and postal cards of all the nations of the world, to the number 
of nearly 200,000, and since then there has been a constant accretion 
from the same source. The original collection consisted primarily 
of a large cabinet with sliding frames, in which the main series of 
stamps had been installed, including those printed for the United 
States by private firms from 1847, the date of the first Government 
issue, until 1894, when the work was taken up by the Bureau of 
Engraving and Printing, and the subsequent issues from this bureau; 


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the foreign stamps received through the International Bureau of the 
Universal Postal Union at Berne, Switzerland, and a number of 
early United States stamps specially purchased. Nearly all of these 
series, however, were incomplete. The remainder of the collection 
was composed of sheets of stamps, envelopes, and postal cards 
mounted on swinging screens for various American expositions; 
many separate sheets of stamps and individual specimens; and 
several albums of stamps and of die proofs of United States stamps. 

The preliminary work of putting this collection in shape, consisting 
in the systematic arrangement of the material by countries and dates 
of issue, having been completed in the early part of last year, the 
problem of preparing an appropriate exhibition was then taken up. 
It was decided to limit the display in the beginning almost exclu- 
sively to stamps, and, drawing first upon the resources of the collec- 
tion from the Post Office Department, to leave spaces during the 
mounting for the desiderata which would be supphed as oppor- 
tunities offered. 

There have been many methods of exhibiting postage stamps, but 
it is believed that the scheme here adopted is an improvement over any 
other, especially in the matter of details. The principle is the same 
as that followed by the British Museum and is exemplified in the 
former cabinet of the Post Office Department, namely, a series of 
vertical sliding frames in which the specimens are mounted. The 
cabinet that has been built and in which the installation is in progress, 
though already made accessible to the public, may be briefly described 
as follows: There are two cases, each 16 feet 2 inches long, 6 feet 7 
inches high, and 2 feet 83 inches deep, constructed each in two sec- 
tions for convenience in moving. They are made of mahogany with 
simple trimmings on the outside, but of white pine in the interior ex- 
cept as otherwise stated, and are placed facing each other on either 
side of the main passageway in the northwest court. The lower part 
of the cases is arranged for storage and provided with doors. The 
upper part, measuring 3 feet 24 inches from a counter shelf to the top 
of the cornice, contains the sliding frames, of which there are 148 in 
each case, or 296 in all, a number that may of course be at any time 
increased by adding to the case length. 

The individual frames, made of cherry, measure 31} inches high 
by 293 inches deep on the outside, and 27% by 212 inches in the open- 
ing. The thickness of the frames is 1;% inches, and when fully 
drawn out they are exposed to a depth of 233 inches, with an exten- 
sion into the case of 64 inches, which provides the necessary leverage. 
Both sides are used and are glazed with English negative glass. The 
frames slide on cherry strips and the upper and lower rails of the 
former are grooved to within an inch of the front. In the lower 
groove are mortised four brass trunk rollers projecting one-eighth 


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inch to raise the frame above the strips, but the upper groove con- 
tains only one such roller, placed about 1 inch from the back of the 
frame to prevent friction as the frame is started. On the front edge 
of each frame is a bronze-finished bar drawer pull, a label holder, 
and a numbered disk. The frames are doubly secured in the case 
by a hinged cornice at the top and a wooden flap at the bottom, 
which are fastened by locks at the ends. They are released for in- 
spection by unlocking the flap, being stopped at the proper place by 
a square strip of wood attached at the top, and may be wholly re- 
moved by also throwing the cornice back on top of the case. Still 
other attachments give greater refinement to the mechanism of the 
case in several ways. 

Summarizing the principal merits of these cases, especially with 
reference to their use by the public, it may be said that the frames 
run so smoothly that they are instinctively pushed back into place, 
which is an important matter as operating against an unlimited ex- 
posure of the stamps and their consequent more rapid fading; while, 
furthermore, the frames are all in a single row and center at a height 
of about 4 feet 10 inches above the floor, which places each mounting 
easily within the range of vision of the ordinary standing visitor. 

The stamps are mounted on quadrillé paper, which is supple- 
mented in each face of the frames with a mat having four quad- 
rangular openings, the stamps being appropriately grouped for this 
arrangement, which greatly adds to the appearance of the installa- 
tion. Between the two mountings is a sheet of one-fourth inch com- 
pressed filler board. The labeling of the individual stamps has gone 
forward with their mounting and is done directly on the quadrillé 
sheets by means of a typewriter having gothic type. The results 
are very satisfactory in effect and much more durable than by at- 
taching the many thousands of separate printed labels that would 
otherwise have been required. There remain to be added the general 
printed labels, one on each frame face giving the name of the country 
represented, and one on the front edge of each frame indicating the 
scheme of arrangement. 

The installation of the collection, instead of according with the 
usual stereotyped alphabetical arrangement throughout, agrees prac- 
tically with that of the coins and medals, and therefore begins with 
the United States, followed by the foreign nations in alphabetical 
order, the stamps of the colonies being grouped together geographi- 
cally under each respective mother country. It is ultimately pro- 
posed to add an alphabetical and numbered list of all the countries 
and colonies represented, by means of which any particular set of 
stamps may be quickly located in the cases. 

The total capacity of the 296 frames in the present cabinet is about 
75,000 stamps. Approximately 20,000 had been mounted by the close 


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of the year, and labels had been prepared for about 30,000 more. As 
regards the material on hand the work had been somewhat more than 
half completed, and the alphabetical arrangement of the stamps by 
countries had progressed to the letter N. Spaces have been reserved 
for all of the primary varieties lacking, which it is expected to pro- 
cure from time to time. The collection is, therefore, by no means a 
complete unit, but to be considered as the nucleus of a greater and 
more perfect representation of the stamps of the world to be gradu- 
ally rounded out. As at present constituted it is most important on 
account of its size and wide representation, as well as for the period 
covered, commencing about the middle of the nineteenth century. It 
lacks especially the rare specimens of collectors and common varieties 
of certain periods, particularly of foreign issues. In general the 
mounting is of single stamps of each issue, but when necessary to 
serve a particular purpose they may be mounted in pairs, strips, 
blocks, or sheets. A selected series of the stamped envelopes of the 
United States follows the stamps of that country, but otherwise no 
provision has yet been made for the exhibition of postal cards and 
envelopes. In addition to the exhibition series which is expected to 
be the most complete, a reserve series will also be maintained for the 
use of special students of the subject. 

The collection of United States stamps from the Post Office De- 
partment is an especially valuable one, all of the regular Government 
issues during the nineteenth century being represented as to types ex- 
cept the 1, 5, and 12-cent stamps of August, 1861, the other desiderata 
consisting in the lack of a number of scarce shades and special print- 
ings. The issues of the present century for the United States, the 
Philippine Islands, and the Canal Zone lack only a few shades which 
are not rare and can readily be secured. The yvepresentation of 
foreign stamps, however, is far less complete, and includes not a 
single one of the many great rarities of the nineteenth century. 
Though numerous gaps occur in the series of the twentieth century, 
they can mostly be filled without trouble and through the medium 
of exchange. 

In the United States series, the installation of which has been 
completed, occur the following rare stamps, mainly unused copies 
and all in fine condition, namely, the 1-cent (type 1), 5-cent in dark 
brown and red brown and 24-cent of the issue of 1851; the 5-cent 
(type 1), in brick red and red brown, of the issue of 1857; the 3-cent 
rose, 3-cent carmine, 10 and 24-cent, and the 90-cent imperforate of 
the issue of August, 1861; the 3-cent scarlet, 5-cent buff, 5-cent olive 
buff, and 24-cent steel blue of the issue of 1862-1866; the 15 and 30- 
cent of the issue of 1869, with inverted medallions, the latter being 
one of the three great rarities in the issues of this Government; and 
a 12-cent, grilled, of the issue of 1870. The set of reprints of vari- 


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ous issues made by the Government in 1875 for the Centennial Ex- 
hibition of 1876 is complete, with the exception of the 1, 3, 6, and 12- 
cent of 1871 and the 2 and 5-cent of 1875. The collection also con- 
tains the 2, 7, 12, and 24-cent stamps, special printing of 1880; the 
2 and 4-cent, special printing of 1883; the complete issue of 1890, 
1 to 90 cents, in imperforate blocks of four; a complete sheet of the 
2-cent Columbian issue, 1893, imperforate, signed and attested by 
J. Macdonough, president of the American Bank Note Co., and A. D. 
Hazen, Third Assistant Postmaster General, as the first Columbian 
stamps printed; the 6 and 8-cent stamps of the issue of 1895 printed 
in error on revenue paper; the 1, 2, and 4-cent inverted medallions 
of the issue of 1901, the 2-cent being the greatest rarity in the United 
States series of this century; a complete set, 1 to 15 cents, of the 
issue of 1908 on bluish rag paper; a complete set of the postage due, 
special printing of 1880, except the 1-cent denomination; a complete 
set of the issue of 1893, special printing, imperforate blocks of four; 
a copy of the $5 stamp of the State Department; a set of newspaper 
stamps, 2 to 96 cents, special printing of 1875; a complete set, 1 to 
60 cents, in imperforate blocks of four, of the special printing of 
1893; and a complete set of the issue of 1894, bureau printing of 
the American Bank Note design, 1 cent to $6. 

The Museum has been fortunate in securing for the classification 
and installation of its stamp collection the services of the experi- 
enced philatelist, Mr. Joseph D. Leavy, to whom credit is due for 
its present excellent condition. 


MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY. 


In 1885 a section of steam transportation was established as a 
branch of the department of arts and industries. The title was soon 
changed to “transportation” and subsequently to “transportation 
and engineering,” the aim of the section being, it was stated, to pre- 
sent an object lesson illustrating the history of devices to promote 
travel and commerce and to convey intelligence. As early as 1888, 
appliances, such as the stationary engine, etc., for generating power 
for manufacturing and for producing heat and light had also been 
included, and other subjects were soon added, comprising naval archi- 
tecture, previously organized as a separate section, airships, bicycles, 
automobiles, electrical devices for all purposes, measuring devices, 
small firearms, and various other inventions. 

In 1895 the title became “technological collections,” and the cu- 
rator was also placed in charge of the collections belonging to certain 
other sections which had recently become disorganized through the 
lack of space and of means for their maintenance. Among these 
were textiles, foods, and animal products, with which, for obvious 


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reasons, nothing could be done at that time, and it is only recently 
that these subjects have been revived in accordance with the original 
plan, as explained elsewhere on these pages. On the reorganization 
of the Museum classification in 1897 this branch was made a division 
entitled “technology (mechanical phases),” which was altered to 
“technology ” in 1904 and to “ mechanical technology ” in 1912. 
While the collections in this division had become extensive and 
diversified previous to 1900 and included most of the bulky ob- 
jects now exhibited, their growth during the comparatively few 
years of this century has been unusually rapid, and the acqni- 
sitions comprise large series of exceptionally important objects. 
The restrictions as to space, however, prevent the seeking or accept- 
ance of nearly as much additional material as is required to elucidate 
the several subjects here combined in a wholly satisfactory manner. 
The primary purpose of the division is to illustrate the history of 
the beginnings and development of certain of the arts and indus- 
tries, hereafter referred to, by the display of extensive series of origi- 
nal specimens and models. Each series, where the material is avail- 
able, begins with the most primitive devices employed and ascends 
by successive steps to the most perfect modern appliances. As new 
advances are made and higher types of mechanism are devised and 
brought into use, additions accrue to the collections and take their 
places in the ever-expanding historical presentation. Aside from the 
extended exhibits illustrative of the several more important sub- 
jects, the collections contain numerous somewhat isolated examples 
of exceptional interest to the student of material progress. America 
may well be proud of the record here made of the achievements of 
her citizens. Within the period almost of a lifetime the industrial 
processes of the world have been revolutionized by the steam engine 
and the dynamo; the telegraph, telephone, and aeroplane; and the 
names associated with these epoch-making inventions are already, 
without the intervention of learned academies, inscribed with the 
immortals. At the present time the collections occupy four halls and 
portions of two others. They may be briefly described as follows: 
The east hall is richest in these exhibits. Here are assembled large 
series of the original machines, instruments, devices, and apparatus, 
with models of others in great numbers, relating to the use of steam 
and electricity as motive powers and their application in the arts 
and industries, besides many other groups of objects of first impor- 
tance in the various fields of technological activity. It is difficult to 
say which of these numerous series is of greatest interest, and the 
visitor turns from one to another fairly dazed by the diversity and 
intricacy of the mechanisms and by contemplation of the mys- 
terious and powerful agencies invoked and controlled by their use. 


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Exhibits illustrating steam railway transportation and other uses 
of steam power occupy the northeast section of this hall. In promi- 
nent positions on the floor are two full-sized locomotives of the 
earliest types—the “John Bull,” which is the oldest complete loco- 
motive in America, built in England in 1831 and run on the Camden 
& Amboy Railroad from 1831 to 1868, and the “ Stourbridge Lion,” 
built in England in 1838. In the adjoining wall case are various 
railway appliances and a large number of models of engines and 
coaches, extending back to the first inception of the employment of 
steam as a motor power, many of the engines and coaches being of 
quaint design and the latter showing a gradual departure from the 
stage coach which had served as a pattern. Here also are displayed 
restorations of Hero’s rotary steam engine of 150 B. C.; the Newton 
locomotive of 1680, which was propelled by a jet of steam projected 
backward against the air; Nordelle’s engine of 1784, designed to 
test the action of high-pressure steam in propelling vehicles; Tre- 
vithick’s locomotive of 1804; and many others connecting with the 
ereat traction engines of recent years. In the same section appear 
models of engines designed to utilize compressed air and gas, and 
others illustrating the carrying arts, showing man and beast as 
burden bearers, and the strange vehicles of all times and peoples. 

Most noteworthy in the northern part of the hall is the large and 
unique exhibition of telephone devices, including both originals 
and models, the former in many instances contributed by the in- 
ventors, the latter to a great extent received from the United States 
Patent Office. Six upright cases contain an extensive collection of 
original apparatus illustrating the development of the speaking 
telephone invented by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, and first put 
into operation in 1875, when its practicability was fully demon- 
strated. The earlier instruments were publicly shown at the Cen- 
tennial Exhibition, in Philadelphia, on June 25, 1876, when they 
were tested by Lord Kelvin, Emperor Dom Pedro, of Brazil, and 
other distinguished persons. It was on that occasion that Lord 
Kelvin, after listening to the insignificant-looking toy, exclaimed, 
“My God! it does speak.” Examples of the centennial telephones 
and several large series of later ones, including various types of 
magneto and battery telephones, with many pieces of apparatus 
used by Dr. Bell in his researches, are included in the installation, 
as are also a set of hand telephones, fitted with ivory cases, made in 
1878 for exhibition to Queen Victoria, and the first desk telephone 
set, constructed in 1877, consisting of two wooden hand telephones 
attached to a wooden base, which is fitted with suitable connecting 
screws and flexible cords. Other apparatus devised by Dr. Bell 
for various purposes are placed next to the telephone exhibits. They 


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consist of his photophone, induction balance apparatus, multiple 
telegraph apparatus, etc. 

Near by is the experimental telephone apparatus made and used 
by Mr. Emile Berliner, whose invention of the battery transmitter 
antedated that of Thomas A. Edison, and also various telephone de- 
vices demonstrating the work of Edison, Elisha Gray, and others. 
Of much historical interest is the make-and-break telephone, which 
transmitted sounds but not articulate speech, devised by Philip Reis, 
of Frankfort, Germany, in 1860. 

At the western end of the hall are the exhibits illustrating the re- 
cording and reproducing of sound. The phonautograph, devised by 
Leon Scott in 1857, occupies a special case at the entrance. It was 
made by Rudolph Koenig, of Paris, and obtained for the Smith- 
sonian Institution by Prof. Joseph Henry in 1866. In this instru- 
ment the record of speech is traced on a carbon-coated cylinder by a 
light stylus attached to a thin membrane, which is set in vibration by 
the sound of the voice. The cylinder is rotated by hand. The record 
made by this process can not be reproduced, but was employed for 
studying sound waves. This machine is the first in which the vibrat- 
ing diaphragm and recording stylus were used, and these devices 
form one of the principal features of the talking machines of later 
invention. 

Following the phonautograph is the Edison phonograph, the first 
talking machine operated. It was brought out in 1878, and in the 
same year was exhibited before President Hayes at the White House 
and before the National Academy of Sciences at the Smithsonian In- 
stitution. In this instrument the sound record is embossed on a sheet 
of tin foil, wrapped around a cylinder, by a metal stylus attached to 
a vibrating diaphragm. The spoken words are reproduced by revolv- 
ing the cylinder while the stylus travels over the impressions, and 
this can be repeated many times. Closely associated are later devel- 
opments of the phonograph, represented in a series of Edison instru- 
ments in which the records are made on wax cylinders by a steel 
stylus, and by inventions of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and Mr. 
Sumner Tainter, by which the record on the wax cylinder is carved 
out by a stylus terminating in a cutting point. 

Another group of important original apparatus illustrates the 
talking machine called the gramophone, devised by Mr. Emile Ber- 
liner, first introduced in 1887, and publicly demonstrated the follow- 
ing year before the Franklin Institute, in Philadelphia. In the 
gramophone the sound vibrations are recorded in a delicate film of 
wax or fatty substance spread on the surface of a flat zine disk, and 
by means of chromic acid the lines traced by the stylus are etched in 
the zinc to an even depth. From this record is then made a reverse 
electrotype matrix which serves for the production of a large num- 


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ber of copies of the record in the form of India-rubber plates. The 
Franklin Institute machine, a collection of Mr. Berliner’s early ex- 
perimental apparatus, and specimens showing the various steps in the 
manufacture of the records form part of the exhibit. The gramo- 
phone was the forerunner of the Victor talking machines, good exam- 
ples of which, as also many of the latest Edison machines, are like- 
wise displayed. 

The Moses G. Farmer series of electrical apparatus, consisting 
largely of models from the United States Patent Office, is of much 
interest to the student of this subject. The earliest specimen, 1850, 
is the model of an electrical plant with wind vanes designed to use 
wind power in charging electric batteries for the operation of 
incandescent electric lights. There are also scores of other devices 
devoted to various purposes, extending down to 1882. In another 
case in this section are several original telegraph machines, includ- 
ing a duplex telegraphic apparatus and an electromagnetic fire-alarm 
device of 1859. 

In a wall case at the northwest corner of the hall is an exhibit of 
electrical lighting apparatus, representing many inventions and 
showing the wide interest taken in this branch. Among the names 
associated with the collection are Charles F. Brush; Hiram S. 
Maxim; Elihu Thomson; Matthias Day; William Wallace; Barton 
B. Ward; Henry Wilde; Nathanial S. Keith; C. J. Van Depoele; 
Edward Weston; E. J. Houston; N. E. Reynier; Samuel Gardiner, 
jr.; Collier & Baker; A. P. Berlioz; Paul Jablochkoff; and L. R. 
Longworth. On the upper shelf of this case are numerous models 
of miscellaneous appliances, such as automatic grain weighers, steel- 
yard balances, dredging machines, steam governors, pumping engines, 
rotary machines, and automatic cut-off devices for steam engines. 

Displayed in the southwest section are printing machines from the 
time of the Franklin press to the marvelous Hoe power press of to- 
day; typewriting machines, beginning with Thurber’s very simple 
contrivance and extending over a period of 70 years to the present 
time; astronomical instruments, microscopes, surveying and engi- 
neering instruments and appliances, including theodolites, sextants, 
compasses, zenith sectors, quadrants and barometers, and very spe- 
cially a case devoted to a remarkable series of Japanese surveying 
and measuring instruments; calculating machines of several types, 
the Whitney and other cotton gins, turning lathes and wood-pulp 
machines, besides electrical apparatus in overflow from other sec- 
tions of the hall. 

In the southeast section of the hall are installed the main part of 
the important exhibits relating to the electric telegraph, including 
the dynamos and other appliances. The electromagnetic telegraph 
system, invented and put in operation by S. F. B. Morse, provided 


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the first successful method of transmitting messages by electricity 
for commercial purposes, and it is still universally employed through- 
out the world. The beginning and development of the system is well 
represented by many pieces of original apparatus, from the crudest 
to the most perfect forms. Among these are the first recording ma- 
chine, made by Mr. Morse with his own hands in 1837, and operated 
in the same year; and a facsimile of the recording apparatus used 
on the line built between Baltimore and Washington under the 
auspices of the United States Government, and opened for business 
on May 24, 1844. Arranged in historical order is a large series of 
telegraph transmitting keys, relays, sounders, recording instruments, 
specimens of line wire, insulators, batteries, and other material used 
in the construction and operation of telegraph lines. Especially 
noteworthy are a number of early pocket telegraph instruments for 
the use of operators in establishing temporary connection with lines 
in the Army and along public roads, and a small galvanometer made 
by Henley, in London, presented by Mr. Morse to Mr. Henry A. 
Reed, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and used by him for testing telegraph 
lines in 1855. There are also several original communications re- 
corded by the Morse instruments, one at a private exhibition given 
in New: York City in 1838, and another transmitted from Baltimore 
to Washington in 1844. 

Among the models received from the Patent Office in 1908 are 
representations of the telegraph devices of Ezra Cornell, 1845; Tal. 
P. Shaffner, 1866; Royal E. House, 1852; D. E. Hughes, 1856; and 
Charles Wheatstone, 1874. A similar series illustrates the develop- 
ment of telegraph repeaters through the inventions of Charles S. 
Bulkley, 1850; J. E. Smith, and Farmer and Woodman, 1857; J. J. 
Clark, 1860; G. B. Hicks, 1862; W. H. Hamilton, 1865; J. H. Bunnell 
and W. G. Brownson, 1868; Elisha Gray, 1871; L. T. Lindsey, 1873; 
Charles E. Scribner, 1876; Rogers and Crane, 1880; and the Milliken 
automatic repeater extensively used on telegraph lines in the United 
States from 1862 to 1895. In the collection deposited by Dr. Alex- 
ander Graham Bell is an important group of apparatus devised by 
him in connection with his work on the telegraph which preceded 
his invention of the telephone. It embraces many devices which 
have been utilized in telegraphy. An interesting specimen, of which 
no duplicate is known to exist, is the Bain telegraph recorder em- 
ployed on telegraph lines in New England from about 1850 to 1866, 
when it was superseded by the Morse system. By this machine the 
dots and dashes of the Bain alphabet were marked on a circular sheet 
of paper, moistened with a solution of potassium ferrocyanide, by the 
chemical action of the electric current. 

The south east range, of which only a part is now available, con- 
tains a few examples relating to the history of the automobile as well 


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as a number of other objects. Here are shown the original Haynes 
gasoline automobile of 1893, a Haynes six-cylinder automobile engine 
of the present time, the Balzer gasoline automobile of 1894, the first 
steam-steering apparatys used on a vessel, 1858, invented by Fred- 
erick E. Sickles, and the Horton automatic basket-making machine, 
1894. 

The north east range is wholly occupied by a great collection of 
originals and models illustrative of water transportation and naval 
architecture. A large wall case along the west side of the range is 
filled with models exemplifying the development of the water craft 
of the United States from the simplest raft to the full-rigged ship, 
among which the fishing vessels of New England are especially 
prominent, while a smaller case on the east side contains a general 
presentation of the water craft of the world. Centrally placed is a 
special group of models representing the early American steamboats 
of Fulton, Fitch, and Rumsey, the steamship Savannah, and other 
equally interesting examples of steam-propelled boats or the essential 
portions of them. Also in floor cases are arranged 10 models of ships 
of the United States Navy, lent by the Navy Department, and else- 
where installed is a splendid model of the cruiser Pittsburgh. Like- 
wise exhibited in this range is the original metal life-saving car in- 
vented by Joseph Francis in 1850. Among full-sized craft, suspended 
from the ceiling, are good examples of Alaskan skin boats—umiaks 
and kaiaks—birch-bark canoes, balsas, and dugouts from many parts 
of the world. Especially notable is an immense canoe of the Haida 
Indians of Queen Charlotte Island, the most imposing of the abor- 
iginal American boats, which is carved from a single giant cedar 
trunk and embellished with symbolic designs in color. It was pro- 
pelled by a crew of from 20 to 30 oarsmen. 

The northeast court is devoted exclusively to:the display of modern 
arms and armor, the exhibit of small arms being regarded as the 
most complete yet brought together in the United States. The col- 
lection of projectile weapons is introduced by a few examples of 
very primitive devices, the spear, the bow and arrow, the crossbow, 
and the blowgun. These are followed by the firearms, beginning 
with the earliest types—the matchlock, the flintlock, the percussion 
cap, and the various muzzle-loading forms, and continuing on 
through a wonderful series to the breech-loading, repeating, révolv- 
ing mechanisms of to-day. The exhibition is greatly enriched by a 
magnificent collection of small arms, American and foreign, de- 
posited by the United States Cartridge Co., which is very compre- 
hensive and rich in rare pieces. The representation of our national 
arms is most complete, and we are able to trace their development 
from the colonial or pioneer period, with its so-called Indian guns, 
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War, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War, to the present 
time. In this series the pistols and revolvers are also included, and 
scarcely less interesting are the hunting, sporting, target, and tele- 
scope weapons shown in separate cases. Among the hand weapons 
displayed are the knife, dagger, saber, sword, battle-ax, foils, and 
shields. The Gatling gun with a few other examples of larger ord- 
nance and illustrations of military equipment are likewise contained 
in the exhibition. 

In the west hall will be found a few of the exhibits belonging to 
this division, namely, the time-keeping collection, which consists of 
hourglasses, sundials, time candles and lamps, a large series of 
watches and watch movements, and clocks, including a water clock; 
the Ramsden dividing machine and slides, 1775, for equally dividing 
the circular scales of astronomical and surveying instruments; one 
of the original Howe pin-making machines, in use from 1835 to 1875; 
many models of various agricultural implements, and other minor 
applances. 

_ The subject of flying machines, which holds to-day a transcendent 
place in public and scientific interest, is of particular moment to the 
Museum, in view of the extended and profound studies on aerody- 
namics by the late secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. 
S. P. Langley, and of the fact that he produced the first heavier- 
than-air machines, both in models and of full size, with which actual 
flights have been successfully made. The collection in this branch, 
though small, is so diversified in character and in the size of objects, 
that it has been necessary to find accommodations for it in several 
different places. A full-sized Wright biplane is suspended from the 
ceiling of the west hall; while in the east hall are installed the 
Stringfellow machine exhibited at the Crystal Palace Exposition, 
London, in 1868; the Hargrave compressed-air machine of 1891; 
the Lilienthal glider of 1894; the three Langley experimental ma- 
chines, suspended in a row through the middle of the hall; the 
original engine of the full-sized Langley machine; three models of 
Chanute gliders of different types, 1896-1902, and the Zahm aerody- 
namic models. 

What is certainly to be regarded as the most important of this 
series is the Langley experimental aeroplane of model size, which 
was flown on the Potomac River at Quantico, Va., on May 6, 1896, 
and made other flights on succeeding days. It was operated by a 
single-cylinder, one-horsepower steam engine, using gasoline fuel. 
Launched on the earlier occasion with a steam pressure of 150 
pounds, it rose to between 70 and 100 feet and traveled more than 
half a mile at a speed of between 20 and 25 miles an hour, the pro- 
pellers making 150 revolutions per minute. The total weight of the 
model is 30 pounds, and the sustaining wing surface 68 square feet. 


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This was the first time in the history of the world that a power- 
driven, heavier-than-air machine was made to fly through the air, 
and thereby was conclusively proven the correctness of Dr. Langley’s 
theory, in the elaboration of which he spent many years. This re- 
markable demonstration was in fact one of the greatest, if not the 
greatest, epoch-making events of the last century, and is universally 
recognized as the foundation of the science and art of aerial naviga- 
tion, already, in the short space of 18 years, brought to such won- 
derful perfection.. The second of these machines, which made a flight 
on November 27, 1896, was built to the same scale as the first, but 
with some modifications, while the third is an exact reproduction, 
one-quarter size, of Langley’s full-sized aeroplane, and was flown on 
August 8, 1903. Owing to a defect in the launching apparatus, the 
two attempts to fly the large machine during Dr. Langley’s life 
proved futile, but in June last, without modification, successful flights 
were made at Hammondsport, N. Y. It is expected that this earliest 
man-carrying aeroplane will soon be installed in the Museum. 

The Wright biplane has the unique distinction of being the first 
power-driven aeroplane purchased and put into practical operation 
by any government in the world. On July 30, 1909, during the ex- 
perimental tests it made a flight across country from Fort Myer to 
Alexandria, Va., and return, carrying one passenger, at an average 
speed of over 42 miles an hour. It was kept in use by the Army 
service for about two years, and in 1911 was deposited in the Museum. 

Four cases pertaining to this division are placed in the north hall 
among the historical exhibits. They contain memorials of as many 
individuals who gained renown in the field of scientific and indus- 
trial advancement, consisting of apparatus, illustrations of the re- 
sults of their researches, honors conferred upon them, and other per- 
sonal relics, including several portraits. Those represented are 
Joseph Henry, pioneer in the utilization of electricity; Samuel F. B. 
Morse, best known by his inventions of electromagnetic apparatus 
and for his successful efforts in the introduction of telegraphy ; Cyrus 
W. Field, who planned and laid the first Atlantic telegraph cable, as 
well as later ones; and Samuel P. Langley, astrophysicist, inventor 
of the bolometer for measuring the heat rays of the sun—and the first 
to demonstrate the possibilities of aerial navigation with machines 
heavier than air. 


TEXTILES AND ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTS. 


In the classification of 1881 full provision was made for the sub- 
jects of textiles and of animal and vegetable products, including 
foodstuffs, and with little delay important materials for their illus- 
tration were assembled and arranged. These collections were, how- 
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overcrowding of the building, and while such action was unavoid- 
able, it produced an unfortunate gap in the Museum scheme, which 
every effort had been made to hold intact. Though constantly looked 
forward to, the opportunity to revive any of these branches did not 
occur until 1912, when the division of textiles was reestablished. 
For the purpose primarily of placing again on display such parts of 
the older collections of animal and vegetable products as were still 
in appropriate condition, these subjects were associated with the 
division of textiles, but with the means available it has been deemed 
wisest to concentrate most attention for the present on the textiles 
with which an exceptional amount of progress has been made. 

The collections of textiles are designed, aside from the primary 
purpose of education, to serve as distinct aids to the several branches 
of this great industry in demonstrating its importance in the life of 
the people and in recording the economic changes taking place from 
time to time. There is both a reserve and an exhibition series, the 
former being exclusively technical, compactly arranged and so cata- 
logued as to permit of ready reference. The exhibition series, se- 
lected, labeled, and arranged to furnish an impressive object lesson 
for the public, includes raw material, classified along industrial lines 
rather than biological; the technology of spinning and weaving, with 
specimens of the intermediate steps in the production of yarn and 
fabric; the ornamentation and utilization of woven structures; and 
an exposition of the history and development of the various technical 
operations as well as of the machines used. The exhibition space 
allotted to the division for all purposes comprises the south hall and 
southeast court with their galleries, the floor area of the east south 
range, and the gallery of the southwest court. 

Textiles —The south hall is devoted to an exposition of the origin, 
preparation, and utilization of the three principal fibers, namely, 
cotton, wool and silk. Starting with the cotton plant, sheep and 
silkworm, respectively, there are developed three parallel series of 
specimens, supplemented by photographs and models, illustrating 
the processes whereby these fibers are compounded into thread or 
yarn, and strands of this interwoven into fabrics of various kinds. 
Another series deals with the ornamentation of the woven fabric by 
means of dyeing, printing, and brocading. 

The cotton exhibit, beginning with a plant bearing fully opened 
bolls of cotton ready for picking, contains specimens of the bolls 
and seeds of the most important species and cultivated varieties of 
the world, a large series of commercially graded raw cotton taken 
from the world’s markets, and a set of the official United States 
standard cotton grades. In illustration of the processes involved in 
manufacture are represented the successive operations in making six- 
cord sewing thread, and the production of a standard cotton gingham, 


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every stage of which is shown from the opening of the bale to a 
finished garment. The accompanying large exhibition of plain, 
piece-dyed, yarn-dyed, and printed cotton fabrics includes not only 
standard goods like sheetings, drills, cambrics, percales, organdies, 
chambrays, ginghams, double-faced napped goods, cotton flannels, 
etc., but also dress goods novelties like crépes and ratines. 

The wool industry is inaugurated by a series of raw wools repre- 
senting the best classes raised in this country, and for comparison 
a few selected fleeces from other parts of the world. Other speci- 
mens show the injurious effects of poor pasturage and disease upon 
the quality of the material and the trouble and expense caused 
the manufacturer by improper methods of marking sheep and 
sorting and baling wool. The very different processes employed in 
the manufacture of woolen and worsted goods are brought out in 
three large series of specimens, one showing the successive steps in 
the production of a woolen overcoat fabric, another of worsted yarn 
by the French system, and a third by the Bradford or English sys- 
tem. The general collection which follows comprises suitings, broad- 
cloth, cheviots, serges, diagonals, dress goods, crépes, voiles, challies, 
cashmeres, Panama cloth, bunting, cloakings, etc., examples of 2 
yards or more of each being draped in an effective manner to bring 
out the particular qualities of each fabric. 

The silk section commences with a case devoted to the natural 
history of the cultivated mulberry silkworm, and includes besides 
eggs, worms, chrysalises, cocoons and moths, large models of a silk- 
worm and of the male and female moths. <A second. case contains a 
series of commercial raw silks from the principal markets, together 
with specimens showing the methods of wrapping, marking, tying, 
and conditioning them. In still other cases are illustrated thrown 
silk and the processes used in preparing silk threads for weaving, 
sewing, and embroidering, as well as the utilization of silk waste 
from the steam filatures and of the cocoons from which moths have 
emerged. The exhibit of silk fabrics, which is extensive, is arranged 
according to the methods of dyeing and finishing rather than to use, 
and comprises piece-dyed, skein-dyed, printed, and brocaded goods, 
besides silk velvets and plushes. At the southern end of the hall is 
a fine display of color work on silk, which includes skein dyeing, 
illustrated by two rows of skeins of thrown silk in 150 shades, piece 
dyeing, and both warp and surface printing of silk goods by copper 
rollers. In other cases the subjects of textile printing and orna- 
mentation of fabrics by figure weaving are also presented. 

A large and deep wall case along the eastern side of the hall is 
devoted to the historical aspect of the industry, and contains several 
machines and models of machines which mark important epochs in 


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the development of manufacturing in this country. Among these 
are one of the three spinning frames built by Samuel Slater at Paw- 
tucket, R. I., the oldest piece of cotton machinery in the United 
States; one of the first wool-carding machines constructed in this 
country; and the oldest example of the Grant silk reel, now in uni- 
versal use for reeling raw silk. Also included in this display are a 
number of hand-power machines for spinning, winding and weaving, 
dating from the Colonial period, and machines for similar purposes 
used by people of other nationalities. 

On the gallery of the south hall are exhibited the raw materials 
and manufactures of the less important vegetable fibers, and of hair, 
fur, and felt. The east side is assigned to flax, ramie, hemp, jute, 
and other exogenous or bast fibers, and the west side to the fibrous 
materials obtained from endogenous plants like the banana, century 
plant, pineapple, and cocoanut. Specimens deserving special notice 
are fine examples of bleached damask table linen, novelty yarns, a 
printed plush rug made from ramie fiber, wall hangings, figured 
upholstery fabrics of jute, and Maori robes of New Zealand flax. A 
series of cordage specimens made from flax, hemp, Jute, abaca, sisal, 
pita, and coir show the importance of these fibers in the indus- 
trial world; and brushes and brooms made from palmetto, cocoanut, 
piassaba, yucca, agave, zacaton, broom corn, etc., are also displayed. 
The exhibits of hair and fur comprise examples of horse, cow, yak 
and human hair and of the products derived from them, and the 
skins of fur-bearing animals like the rabbit, hare, beaver, nutria and 
kangaroo whichare valuable for their felting properties. The manu- 
facture of felt for industrial purposes, piano parts, shppers, etc., and 
the successive stages in the making of fur-felt hats is extensively 
represented. 

The collections in the east south range comprise, in addition to 
examples of the coarser weaving operations involved in basketry and 
the making of straw hats, exhibits of minor textile products, such as 
ribbons, ties, laces, veilings, braids and fringes; of fabrics of special 
construction, such as crépes, Terry cloths, corduroys, imitations of 
seal, pony skin, and furs, and fabrics showing Persian lamb and 
similar curled effects; of knit fabrics, hosiery, and intermediate proc- 
esses; and of small appliances used in the textile industry, such as 
shuttles, spindles, spools, bobbins, heddles, needles, ete., as well as 
an exposition of the modern methods of winding and delivering 
thread, yarn and cordage. The wall cases contain upholstery fabrics, 
curtains, and wall and floor coverings. 

Animal products.—The collection of animal products, exclusive of 
wool and silk, is very incomplete and has scarcely been added to 
within the past 20 years. It is installed in the gallery of the south- 
west court, where the arrangement is planned to emphasize the in- 


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dustries using these materials rather than to call attention to par- 
ticular groups of animals yielding important products. The adop- 
tion of this scheme has rendered advisable the installation in this 
connection of certain materials and specimens which are not of ani- 
mal origin, when such are used in or produced by the same industries, 
as, for example, vegetable ivory, celluloid, and like nitrocellulose 
products, along with the manufactures of ivory, horn and pearl, and 
the introduction in a parallel series of vegetable gelatines and similar 
products obtained from animals. 

Of materials for carving, turning or molding the most important 
displayed are ivory, bone, horn, tortoise shell, whalebone, vegetable 
ivory, mother-of-pearl, and various shells. The ivory collection in- 
cludes teeth from the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, cachelot, nar- 
whal, alligator and wild hog, and illustrates the manufacture from 
them of piano keys, brush backs, combs, billiard balls, jewelry, and 
handles for tools, knives and umbrellas, intermediate stages of work 
as well as the finished articles being shown. The utilization of the 
horns of the ox, stag, antelope, rhinoceros and sheep, and of the 
_bones of many animals is treated in a similar manner. Among other 
industries represented in this series are the usages to which whale- 
bone and tortoise shell are put, including such substitutes as feather- 
bone, celluloid, and vulcanized rubber; the making of buttons from 
vegetable ivory, consisting of the seeds of several species of palms; 
the use of both salt and fresh water shells, furnishing mother-of- 
pearl, for buttons, jewelry and other ornaments, handles and carved 
novelties; the pearl fisheries of Ceylon, including models of boats 
and apparatus, shells, and a small lot of pearls of various kinds; 
the uses of precious coral, fish scales, and cameo shells. The various 
kinds of commercial sponges are also shown. 

Still other exhibits are of feathers and featherwork, in which the 
ostrich plume is represented in every grade or form used; the leather 
industry, comprising the raw and tanned skins of many different 
animals, implements for dressing skins, and illustrations of the man- 
ner of making shoes, gloves, pocketbooks, hand bags, etc.; the use of 
bristles and hair in the manufacture of brushes; of animal mem- 
branes for sausage cases and for the heads and strings of musical 
instruments; of fishskins and sounds in the production of glue and 
isinglass; and of lac for sealing wax and shellac. 

Vegetable products.—In this section of the division the collections 
are much less extensive than those of animal products, and there has 
been available for display scarcely more than was saved from the 
original exhibition, though recent accessions will furnish more ma- 
terial when there has been time to work them up. A tentative classi- 
fication has been adopted, and means will soon be taken to sys- 
tematically collect along the lines marked out. One of the most 


52 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


important and urgent subjects is a full representation of the useful 
woods, finished to show their adaptability to different purposes. The 
manufacture of paper with the use of wood pulp is an industrial 
problem deserving detailed attention, and there are many others to be 
presented in the direction of the usages of wood in the arts and manu- 
factures, and the extracts from wood which are of great variety and 
utility. 

There is also the further subject of foodstuffs, of which the Mu- 
seum once possessed a large collection, that has greatly deteriorated 
through long storage. It is, nevertheless, exceedingly rich in ex- 
amples of the foods of the Indian peoples of this country and con- 
tains specimens which can not now be duplicated. 


ART TEXTILES. 


While textiles of high artistic craftsmanship have always had a 
place in the organization of the department of arts and industries, 
and an important loan collection of laces was formerly exhibited, cir- 
cumstances prevented, for a number of years, the continuance of 
activities in this line. The subject, in fact, lay dormant until 1908 
when unexpected assistance was tendered the Museum, and its ac- 
ceptance has resulted in the building up of a collection remarkable 
for its comprehensiveness and for its worth. The proposition came 
from Mrs. James W. Pinchot, who has been supported and aided by 
many ladies of this city, a committee being formed and a few ardent 
devotees of the movement giving much of their time to the promotion 
of its interests. Mrs. Pinchot herself entered into the matter with 
deepest concern, obtaining desirable materials from every possible 
source, giving and lending on a greater scale than any other, and 
during long periods she engaged daily in the installation and labeling 
of the specimens. 

The collection assembled through these means is composed pri- 
marily of laces which in number and variety are excelled in only 
two other museums in this country. Of other art fabrics, such as 
velvets, brocades, and embroideries, there is also an excellent presenta- 
tion, and even very different though associated subjects of art, in the 
shape of fans, enamels, jewelry, etc., have been admitted. With this 
combination the collection is naturally very beautiful throughout, 
and in large part it is also markedly brilliant from the display of 
rich coloring and design. It likewise reaches back through a period 
of several centuries, bringing down to us the culture and refinement 
of the past, as recorded by skilled designers and craftsmen, in many 
rare and treasured heirlooms. 

In reviving and fostering this museum branch, which offers so 
much of interest and pleasure to the casnal visitor, the main idea has 
been, by affording acquaintance with the various kinds of art fabrics, 


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and especially the laces, using the best examples possible to obtain, to 
stimulate and assist the handicraft workers of to-day. The object 
sought is cultural advancement and not the satisfying of curiosity, 
though one would not minimize or hinder the enjoyable effects which 
the rich materials convey. Laces are among woman’s chief con- 
.tributions to art, as lacework is an expression of art feeling quite as 
much as a demonstration of skill in workmanship, and the striking 
pieces are not only registers of achievements but serve equally well 
as an inspirational influence in art education. 

While containing many articles permanently acquired, the collec- 
tion consists principally of loans, mainly received from ladies of 
Washington. That these deposits are steadily increasing, and the 
withdrawals are few in comparison, would indicate not only that the 
collection is constantly being strengthened but also that it may be 
regarded as a permanent feature, especially in view of its many 
earnest friends. Nevertheless, the conditions could be much im- 
proved by the acquisition in perpetuity of at least the materials neces- 
sary for a full systematic demonstration of the processes and history 
of the industries concerned. These alone could not, however, be 
expected to set forth the great range and wealth of accomplishment 
in these several lines, and the Museum would still remain dependent 
upon the same sources of supply which have produced the present 
splendid exhibition. 

The collection of art textiles occupies the east north range, which 
is situated immediately to the left of the main entrance of the build- 
ing. Having a floor area of about 4,400 square feet and a height of 
about 30 feet, the lighting is entirely from the north by means of 7 
large windows. The furnishings comprise wall cases on two sides, 
a large screen at the inner end, and 42 floor cases. The last men- 
tioned are of several patterns, including the flat top, the low double 
and single slope, and the high double slope, with 3 small Ken- 
sington cases and 1 special case. The general arrangement of the 
floor cases is in three rows lengthwise of the range, with a main 
passage starting at the entrance. In addition, there is a single row 
against the wall under the windows and another against the screen. 
The laces are installed in 26 cases in the central and northern part 
of the range, and may be briefly reviewed as follows: 

The early and conservative period of lace has some excellent illus- 
trations, among which may be mentioned a large piece of Italian 
drawn work altar cloth with masterly design, a rare sixteenth cen- 
tury Italan Gothic altar scarf, an old Spanish drawn work, an 
Italian seventeenth century drawn and cutwork piece, and other 
examples combining embroidery, reticella, and filet. 

For the guidance of the student of the history of lace one case 
has been installed with an Italian reticella towel, eighteenth century ; 


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drawn work; guipure; punto in aria; Gothic; Greek; reticella 
needle-point, seventeenth century; flat needle-point, Venetian; needle- 
point punto in aria; needle-point, transition from geometric to 
scroll; early bobbin, Itahan; rare Schleswig needle-point; Venetian 
gros point; Venetian tape and needle-point, seventeenth century; 
point de France needlework; Flemish bobbin; needle-point with 
réseau or net; and other bobbin laces to the end of the series. In 
several cases in the middle of the range are represented the great 
periods and centers of the industry or of distribution from which 
familiar names have been derived. Here are Flemish and Italian 
bobbin laces of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, striking in 
their bold, simple, and forceful designs. Not less pleasing are the 
Venetian and Genoese point of the seventeenth and eighteenth cen- 
turies, which range from the extremely delicate patterns of the early 
types to the raised and rose gros point sculpturesque laces of a 
somewhat late period which Velasquez and Rembrandt loved to 
paint. 

A number of notable specimens of Venetian lace may be seen in 
the cases containing personal collections. Brussels for a long period 
has enjoyed a reputation for producing fine lace. In that city many 
varieties were worked into one shawl, and there in the early eight- 
eenth century lace was made and sold in England as point d’Angle- 
terre, the name causing some confusion as to its origin. Of the 
latter are displayed an interesting collar and a large piece of church 
lace with figures. Valenciennes and Binche of great fineness and 
beauty were produced as early as the seventeenth century and this 
group is well illustrated by exquisite specimens. A piece of Binche 
worked to represent snow crystals and hence called point de Neige 
deserves special attention. Several excellent pieces of Mechlin are 
found in the collection, and among the rarer examples is an old 
Mechlin border with unusual ground. Of Alencon and guipure de 
Cluny, Burano, and Argentan there are many specimens. These 
laces show a greater floridness of design than the earlier types and 
are characterized by the raised surface of the pattern and outhning 
by stitching. One magnificent piece of old point d’Argentan, 
believed to be the finest extant and certainly worthy of the highest 
praise for its noble designing, is attractively displayed. 

Bobbin lace required a “ pillow” sometimes mounted on a stand. 
By means of a perforated paper or parchment pattern, and pins and 
bobbins to which the threads were attached, this lace was made. 
Two of the pillows about 100 years old and a copy of a painting by 
Terburg (1608-1681) showing a bobbin lacemaker at work are ex- 
hibited in a small case at the west end of the range. 

The production of fine bobbin net with small thread furnished a 
most important stimulus to the making of lace. Often grounds of 


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plain net were purchased and a well-known variety of lace made by 
applying patterns to it. Appliqué lace is represented by a Belgian 
nineteenth century example of extremely fine fond cr ground, and an 
appliqué net lace once the property of Queen Charlotte. Later laces, 
as Brussels, Chantilly, and Honiton, appear in profusion. Of these 
Honiton is characterized by simple designing, while Brussels and 
Chantilly run the gamut of florid patterns. Especially interesting 
is a Honiton collar with rose, shamrock, and thistle design affected by 
royalty. Of Spanish blonde, one of the few laces made with silk 
thread, there are charming examples. 

Aside from the laces arranged to give an idea of the types and 
varieties of this beautiful handiwork are other individual collections 
placed together and containing rare and valuable specimens which 
delight the connoisseur. The collection as a whole relates principally 
to European work, but illustrations of Philippine embroidery and 
drawn work of excellent quality and of Paraguay Indian lace have 
been included. Among these are exquisitely fine pifia handkerchiefs 
with worked scenes, and examples of Philippine needlecraft which 
will repay study. 

A special exhibit of great interest consists of weavings, embroid- 
eries, samplers, tatting, knitting, and other handiwork of the Amer- 
ican gentlewoman of the nineteenth century, together with appliances 
and accessories, forming a series that is noteworthy on account of its 
historical treatment of the pursuit of artistic expression during a 
former period. The fascinating subject of white embroidery has not 
as yet been given prominence, but a number of pleasing pieces of the 
work are displayed in the wall and other cases on the south side of the 
range. 

The collection of art fabrics is one of peculiar attractiveness on 
account of the richness of its materials and colors, to which the spin- 
ner, dyer, weaver, and metal worker gave their best craftsmanship. 
Lace, more modest, employed only threads of white or rarely black 
to create its marvels, but lace was the final touch, the supreme finish 
to set off the rich colors of the costume. It is probable also that the 
edges of stuffs as they came from the loom required lace for their 
embellishment and in its origin lace appears to have been an out- 
growth of this need. It seems remarkable that these brocades, cloths 
of gold, velvets, satins, and embroideries should have survived the 
vicissitudes of several centuries and still remain strong and fresh. 
This is owing to the conscientious manner of their production, and 
these works will endure when the evanescent fabrics of the present 
period have crumbled to dust. Another reason for their preserva- 
tion is that most of the fabrics in the exhibit are in the form of 
ecclesiastical vestments, which were systematically cared for in the 
church wardrobes. Among the materials are French, Italian, and 


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Spanish copes, chasubles, stoles of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seven- 
teenth centuries in gold and silver brocades and embroideries, and 
several of these are of the highest excellence. There are also chris- 
tening robes, chalice covers, embroidered pictures, and other eccle- 
siastical objects in which textiles were employed. Art craftsmen of 
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries displayed great skill in de- 
signing and weaving velvets intended for costumes as well as for 
hangings and upholstery. Velvets reached their acme in Genoa 
and good specimens are very rare. Some of these of Italian, French, 
and Spanish weaving are represented and may be compared with a 
case of excellent Chinese velvets of the eighteenth century. 

Embroidery on woven fabric may have preceded decorative weav- 
ing. The interpretation of embroidery in weaving produces brocade 
in which the pattern, as in embroidery, is raised above the surface. 
Embroidery has persisted from ancient times, however, as a distinct 
class of work either as a decoration in combination with other 
methods or as an artistic production. It has given rise to a great 
number of stitches most of which are represented in the collection, 
and attention is called to several examples of laid stitch and cross 
stitch, and especially to a magnificent specimen of Italian em- 
broidery installed on the screen. A number of very quaint and 
interesting pieces of English stump work of the period of Charles V 
are also shown. The setting of embroideries with precious and semi- 
precious stones is frequently observed in antique fabrics, the work 
often resembling the incrustations of the jeweler. A fine Spanish 
specimen of this kind is exhibited besides three other examples of 
embroidery squares and a long panel set with coral. The noble art 
of tapestry weaving is illustrated by two excellent Italian works, 
which, together with Persian, Chinese, and Turkish rugs, decorate 
the walls above the cases. 

In connection with the art textiles have been included other classes 
of art objects such as fans, enamels, jewelry, and ivory carvings. 
Chief of these special exhibits is a collection of 32 European fans 
carefully selected by Mrs. Pinchot. They evidence not only the most 
perfect art and taste, but are also associated with sentiment and 
history. The enamels are from the famous Limoges artists; they are 
principally of ecclesiastical subjects and intended for shrines, ete. 
The colors are gris and polychrome, the former representing the 
older painting. These enamels may be compared with the ecclesias- 
tical embroideries and embroidered pictures in other cases. A fac- 
simile of the enamel cross of Queen Dagmar, who died in 1212, and 
a Danish cameo and enamel necklace, the cameos carved by the great 
sculptor Thorwaldsen, are especially noteworthy. 


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MINERAL TECHNOLOGY. 


This division, the objects of which were partly incorporated in 
the classification of 1881, has been actively organized for scarcely 
more than a year, and owing to the complicated character of most of 
the proposed exhibits rapid progress in their preparation is not 
to be expected. For an explanation of these objects we can not do 
better than draw upon material contained in a recent report of its 
curator. Governmental organizations having already been estab- 
lished for investigating the latent mineral resources, increasing effi- 
ciency in their development, and the standardization of the products 
therefrom, the division should be excluded from activity in any of 
these directions. Again, in seeking new products or added refine- 
ments wherewith to cater to the ever-widening demands of society, 
manufacturing interests in the field of mineral technology have be- 
come awakened to the value of scientific research, no longer merely 
relying on the casual findings of disinterested investigators. Every 
important type of operation based on mineral research affords from 
one laboratory to many devoted to researches problems involved in 
widening the range of products, giving additional refinements to 
those already in use, and studying their behavior under specific 
conditions. As a result, new mineral derivatives, new uses of those 
already established, and newly determined facts concerning their 
adaptability are constantly accruing. For the dissemination of this 
mass of most important information the public is almost wholly de- 
pendent upon the industrial advertising manager, and however 
accurate may be the contributions from such sources, they are bound 
to fail in their broader educational value through the fact that the 
information does not emanate from a disinterested source. In its 
most purely technical aspect, therefore, the real opportunity of the 
division to be of service lies, not in the direction of abstract re- 
search, but in the exactly opposite one of rendering assistance toward 
keeping the public in touch with important current developments 
in mineral technology. 

The foregoing presents some of the purely utilitarian aspects in 
the range of opportunity open to the division. An equally important 
and more fundamental opportunity is offered along the more conven- 
tional lines of cultural information. By far the greater proportion 
of the economic minerals, in one form or another, have grown to be 
of importance in daily household life; but extension of information 
concerning them has not kept pace with extension in their use. 
Everyone is interested in knowing of the source and preparation of 
the materials in daily use, and by placing such information within 
the range of popular comprehension the Museum would be rendering 
a valuable service. 


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The plans for the development of the division aim, therefore, 
toward an embodiment devoted to the interests of the public at large 
as opposed to the abstractly scientific or highly technical, and with its 
energies directed to the extension of cultural learning together with 
information concerning significant current utilitarian facts. In the 
attainment of these results it is proposed, to the extent that space is 
available, to prepare a model reproduction of each important type of 
mineral industry operating in the field, tracing conditions and pro- 
cesses from natural occurrence to finished products; around that 
model reproduction as a central theme to assemble in each instance 
such a systematic exhibit as will best serve to emphasize important 
features in both manufacturing processes and industrial capabilities; 
and finally, as each respective series is completed, to make it the basis 
of an educational bulletin for popular distribution. Development 
along such lines will attractethe interest and attention essential to the 
success of the educational effort; will appeal in affording a direct, 
comprehensive summary of interesting and significant facts in logical 
sequence; and its possibilities will be country wide instead of limited 
to Museum visitors. 

For the reasons set forth, the research phase of activity has been 
entirely subordinated to the interests of popular education, and, ac- 
cordingly, no effort has so far been made to develop a distinct study 
series. It should be recalled, however, that a very large and excep- 
tionally fine collection of the minerals and ores of the country, divided 
into exhibition and study series, is in the possession of the department 
of geology, in the new building. For the division of mineral tech- 
nology nothing is being accepted at present unless eligible for incor- 
poration in an industrial exhibition representative of conditions and 
operations in one or another field of mineral resources, the general 
character of which at least has previously been determined for each 
subject. 

As a preliminary to the development of the division it was neces- 
sary to determine upon a suitable apportionment of the available 
space among the mineral products to be represented, and this again 
required the planning in at least a tentative way of the size and char- 
acter of the exhibits relating to each subject. With this broad outline 
established, it was possible to take up the details and to enter into 
consideration with the producers and manufacturers as to the means 
for securing such models and other materials as were needed. All of 
this work has been entered into most heartily, but it is of such a 
painstaking character that, except for the few models obtained at the 
St. Louis Exposition, there would have been scarcely anything for 
public display by the close of the year. Through the cordial coopera- 
tion given the Museum, however, many exhibits were placed in course 
of preparation, and though some of these will require a considerable 


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time to complete, accessions of importance may soon be expected to 
reach the Museum with some regularity. 

It is gratifying to note that the public-spiritedness of mining and 
metallurgical interests has relieved the Museum largely of the first 
cost of the exhibits under way. This is especially significant since a 
reasonably complete representation of all the industries in mind will 
involve a very large expenditure, and outside contributions are 
essential to its fulfillment. Starting with the mineral resources 
economically most important, such as iron, clay, gold, silver, copper, 
etc., and ranging thence downward through the minor ones of bis- 
muth, cadmium, lithium, etc., at the other extreme, there are upward 
of 50 bases for operations in mineral technology. The minor ones 
may be provided for readily, but the important ones, as for example, 
iron, in all their complexity of phase, offer innumerable problems for 
solution; and with the resources at hand patience must be shown in 
contemplating the building up of what will ultimately be one of the 
most important and unique museum demonstrations in the world. 

The exhibition space assigned to the division comprises the west 
hall, the south west and west south ranges, and the southwest court, 
all of which are adjoining and intercommunicating. One only of 
these halls had been opened to the public by the close of the year. 
This was the southwest court which presents a résumé of the occur- 
rence and mining of coal, reasonably complete except as to detail. 
The chief units in the coal series have been briefly described in the 
body of this report, and include models of the Consolidation Coal 
Co.’s colliery at Fairmont, W. Va.; the Pittsburgh Coal Co.’s colliery 
at Willock, Pa.; the Western Coal & Mining Co’s colliery at Jenny 
Lind, Ark.; the Takashima coal field in Japan; a by-product coke 
plant according to the Koppers system; non-by-product ovens of bee- 
hive and rectangular types; and a bench of gas retorts. Isolated 
individual models in other halls, belonging to other series being 
assembled, are of the Fayal iron mine at Eveleth, Minn.; an old- 
style blast furnace; a pot glass furnace, and a tank glass furnace. 

Exhibits in an advanced state of construction comprise sundry 
detail models for addition to the coal series; detail modeling for the 
series illustrating glass manufacture; complete demonstrations of the 
natural graphite industry, the artificial graphite industry, and the 
abrasives industries, natural and artificial; the occurrence, mining, 
metallurgy, and industrial adaptability of zinc; the manufacture of 
lead pigments and alloys; the mining, technology, and uses of as- 
phalt; the occurrence, mining, and technology of gypsum; the mica 
industry, and the asbestos industry. Less advanced, but nevertheless 
definitely under consideration, were complete series representing the 
technology of lime, refractories, alkalies, and ornamental tile. 


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j MEDICINE. 


The division of medicine is one of the branches of the department 
of arts and industries which has been continuously maintained since 
its establishment in 1881, when it was designated “ section of materia 
medica.” Its foundation was based upon the large donations of 
drugs and drug materials received by the Government from exhibit- 
ors at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which soon were supple- 
mented by important contributions from many other sources. 
Through this means and by the additions of subsequent years the 
collection has grown to a considerable size and to a certain degree of 
completeness, but there is still much to do in the way of perfecting it, 
and the active support of the division is urgently called for, in view 
of its direct relations with the medical work of the Government and 
of its influence on the practice of medicine generally. With its de- 
velopment there has been a broadening of its scope and the assump- 
tion of additional features, which add greatly to its cultural value 
and makes the collection, as exemplified in its exhibition series, 
entirely unique for this country. 

The curatorship of the division until recently has been held by 
medical officers of the United States Navy, of whom seven have 
from time to time been detailed to this duty. The first was Surg., 
later Medical Director, James M. Flint, who not only had the 
responsibility of organizing and planning the work of the division, 
but served 25 out of the 33 years since 1881 as its honorary curator, 
continuing in this office even after his retirement from active service 
in the Navy. 

The search for desirable material was naturally most active dur- 
ing the earlier years, when the field was practically open, and was 
richly rewarded by numerous and some very extensive gifts from 
the leading drug houses of this country, representing quite com- 
pletely the drug commerce of the United States at that time, and 
also to some extent by donations from abroad. Through the medium 
of exchange, chiefly with foreign museums, valuable specimens were 
likewise obtained; the accessions in recent years have been numerous 
and varied, and in the preparation of exhibits for international 
expositions means have sometimes been available for securing spe- 
cial features. The collection now aggregates over 6,000 actual 
specimens, besides numerous pictures or illustrations. There is the 
customary division into exhibition and reserve series, and notwith- 
standing the nature of most of the material the former has been 
made attractive and comprehensible to the general visitor. 

Under the original classification, that of 1881, two primary divi- 
sions were recognized, namely, inorganic materia medica and or- 
ganic materia medica, the latter being subdivided into vegetable 
products, products of fermentation and distillation, and animal 


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products. In 1888, in view of the growth of the collection, the 
variety in points of interest and importance of the individual speci- 
mens, and the small amount of space available for exhibition, a 
modification of this classification was introduced. Retaining its 
general features, there was a subdivision into several series. The 
first comprised the more important drugs in general use among 
civilized people, known as “official” or “ pharmacopcal” drugs, 
illustrated by colored plates, photographs, drawings, etc. The next 
contained the indigenous drugs of the United States, not official, 
and the third drugs from Mexico, Chile, India, Japan, Korea, China, 
and other countries, arranged in separate geographical groups. 

The present classification was adopted in 1898, and resulted from 
the closer association of the division with the ideas embodied in 
the department of anthropology, in which the subject of medicine 
had been incorporated under the reorganization then made. The 
scope of the collection was greatly extended, so as to present as 
far as possible by object lessons the history and progress of medi- 
cine from the earliest times and among the various peoples of the 
world, which meant the introduction of objects and of illustrations 
of practices quite at variance with the views of modern civilization. 
The classification is as follows: - 

1. Magic medicine, including exorcism, invocations, incantations, 
amulets, talismans, fetishes, charms, signatures, etc. 

2. Psychic medicine, including laying on of hands, royal touch, 
music, metallotherapy, suggestion, hypnotism, Christian science, 
faith cure, etc. 

3. Surgical medicine, including baths, massage, electricity, acu- 
puncture, cautery, blood-letting, surgical operations and appliances. 

4, Pharmacological medicine, including American Indian medi- 
cines, Egyptian medicines, Greek and Roman medicines, Chinese 
medicines, Hindu medicines, medicinal medicines, and modern medi- 
cines. 

The exhibition series of medicine occupies the north gallery of the 
east wing, the area of which is, however, much too small even for 
the amount of material now displayed, and there is a considerable 
number of specimens and illustrations on hand which it is important 
should be added. The cases are rather closely arranged in alcove 
fashion, but notwithstanding their crowding the collection is well 
installed, and every object is accompanied by a fully descriptive 
label, besides which there are larger general labels for the cases and 
sections. Most of the specimens are in sealed glass jars as a neces- 
sary protection against deterioration, but some do not require this 
expedient, and what might otherwise be regarded as a monotonous 
exhibit is enlivened by special features and by illustrations which 
are mostly colored. Pictures are, in fact, freely distributed through 


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the cases, and in many instances they furnish the only means of 
representing a subject. 

The section dealing with the history of medicine has 8 exhibits, 
beginning with magic medicine, which is followed by psychic or 
mental remedies, and the medicines of the American Indians, the 
Egyptians, the Hebrews, the Greeks and Romans, and the other 
more eastern nations. Of modern medicines there is 1 case of animal 
products, 10 cases of vegetable products, and 1 case of organic 
chemical products. Among the special features are 2 screens of 
portraits of eminent American physicians, 2 pillar screens with 
pictures of medicinal plants, and exhibits illustrating the compo- 
sition of food, including milk and bread, the utilization of food, 
with an example of a day’s ration, and the composition of the 
human body. The instruments used in connection with the practice 
of medicine are also represented. 

The exhibition as at present constituted is of great cultural value, 
but its importance in this respect could be much enhanced by certain 
additions, including more botanical illustrations, both as colored 
pictures and as mountings of actual plants. This it is hoped can 
soon be done and the collection given more room. The reserve series, 
however, is the one which appeals most to the profession. It is 
supposed to contain a fairly complete representation of drug mate- 
rials, all of which, together with the specimens on exhibition, have 
been carefully identified and catalogued, but the division has never 
been supplied with an adequate laboratory through which these 
materials could be rendered as fully serviceable as is implied in the 
scheme of the division. The collection should also be kept up to 
date, all newly discovered substances pertaining to the subject being 
promptly added, and, furthermore, all specimens in at least the 
reserve series should be in a condition retaining their full natural 
properties. On such a basis the division would become in the truest 
sense, as was intended, a place of reference, where makers and testers 
of drugs could always find accurately determined samples of all the 
natural products of which medicines are made. Its importance has 
always been recognized by the Government, but, through the inade- 
quate support given the honorary curator, it has not been possible 
to fully or properly carry out the objects to which his time was so 
long and earnestly devoted. It is the purpose to place this division 
on a better working basis at the earliest opportunity. 


PHOTOGRAPHY. 


During a long period there has been gradually assembled a 
large amount of material designed to illustrate the history and 
development of photography. This work of collecting was begun 
by Mr. T. W. Smillie, chief photographer of the Institution and 


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Museum, and has ever since remained strictly in his charge as cus- 
todian of the section pertaining to this subject. So unostentatiously 
have his labors in seeking original pieces of apparatus from the 
earliest dates and examples of the results of the various processes 
been carried on, that only recently has the Museum itself come to 
fully realize the importance of his efforts. The collection brought 
together is without a parallel and so well is nearly every step shown 
that it furnishes an excellent basis for an historical account of this 
interesting art, on which the world now chiefly depends for illus- 
trative purposes. To the public at large, and even the casual visitor, 
it has likewise a great attraction at this period when the camera is 
so universally in vogue. The installation, begun about a year before, 
was sufficiently advanced to be opened to the public late in June, 
1913, but additions have since been made, and others are soon to be 
expected. 

The exhibition of photography occupies the gallery of the north- 
west court, which has a total length on its four sides combined of 
209 feet 10 inches, and a width of 10 feet 3 inches. The north, west, 
and south sides are provided with a continuous deep wall case, but 
on. the east side, where the large arched openings between the piers, 
overlooking the north hall, have not been closed, the cases are of 
several floor patterns, the American, the half-unit slope top, and the 
flat top. Elsewhere a number of floor cases of different kinds have 
been placed alongside the outer railing. The light, which comes 
from a skylight and clerestory windows, is entirely suitable. The 
labels, though prepared, had not been printed at the close of the 
year. They comprise individual labels for the objects, general labels 
for the sections, and very full descriptive labels for the cases. 

The gallery is entered from the rotunda at the southeast corner 
where the earliest objects are first encountered on the right. Thence 
the order of arrangement is along the east, north, west, and south 
sides to the point of starting. The collection begins with the camera 
obscura, and in the several separate cases on the east side is extended 
through quite a number of the early stages of photography. The 
camera obscura, known to Euclid in a primitive form 300 years B. C., 
was first used in photography by Thomas Wedgwood in 1802, 
though experiments made in the eighteenth century tended in this 
direction. Wedgwood produced silhouettes in white on a black 
ground by the use of paper sensitized with a solution of silver nitrate, 
and also obtained photographs of leaves, wings of insects, and other 
objects on paper and leather sensitized in the same manner, but, as 
no solvent had been discovered for the silver salts which remain 
unaltered by light, these photographs all faded. The exhibit com- 
prises a photograph of an engraving of the camera obscura as used 
in the sixteenth century, a model of a camera obscura as improved 
in 1875, and examples of the work of Wedgwood. 


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The first permanent heliographs by the so-called asphalt process, 
which seemed to present exceptional opportunities for illustrative 
purposes, are depicted by a single print made by Joseph Nicéphore 
Niépee in 1824. The subject of the daguerreotype is well and fully 
represented by various pieces of apparatus, including a camera used 
by S. F. B. Morse in 1839, and a large series of pictures. This proc- 
ess, invented by L. J. M. Daguerre and published in 1839, consists 
briefly in fuming with iodine one surface of a copper plate which 
has been silvered and highly polished, then exposing it in the camera, 
developing with vapor of mercury, and fixing in a solution of hypo- 
sulphite of soda. The exposure at first required about 15 minutes, 
but experiments made by others soon afterward reduced the time to 
less than a minute, and made the pictures more permanent and much 
more beautiful. The calotype or talbotype, the invention of Wil- 
liam Henry Fox Talbot, of England, published in 1840, marked one 
of the most important advances in photography, as it provided for 
a negative made of paper from which any number of prints could 
be taken. The Museum is fortunate in having examples of the ap- 
paratus, negatives, and prints, the latter made by Mr. Talbot him- 
self, and including views of his home, Lacock Abbey. The stereo- 
scope with stereoscopic views follows next, as its invention in 1838 
Was contemporaneous with that of photography, though originally 
designed for viewing drawings. In the last case of this series are 
examples of albumen positives on glass and prints from albumen 
negatives, invented by Niépce de Saint Victor in 1848; of ambro- 
types, introduced by Cutting and Rehn in 1850; and of vitrified 
enamel photographs, invented by Lafon de Camarsac in 1854; be- 
sides a series of tintypes by Peter Neff, the discoverer of that 
process. 

At this point is reached the beginning of the wall case, in which 
and in the few additional floor cases, the collection is continued in 
about the following order: In the first section is a series of plain 
silver prints, some of which were made at an early date from collo- 
dion glass negatives and called crystallotypes. They were used to 
illustrate the Photographic and Fine Art Journal in 1857 and other 
publications of that time. Some later prints have also been intro- 
duced. The next three sections are devoted to the wet-collodion 
negative and albumen silver print, representing processes that were 
employed for many years. The use of collodion as a vehicle to hold 
the silver haloids on plates originated with Frederick Scott Archer 
in 1850, while the silver printing process was introduced about 1852. 
In this connection is likewise displayed a series of composite photo- 
graphs. 

Carbon printing is illustrated in the adjoining section by prints 
of the various processes. This form of printing is the result of 


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experiments by many persons, dating back to the fourth decade of the 
last century, but its discovery can not be ascribed to any one of them. 
The process used to-day was invented and patented by J. W. Swan 
in 1866. A view at Essex, Mass., furnishes an example of the making 
of enlargements through the medium of whey from milk, first pub- 
lished in 1870. The methods of printing in platinum, including the 
bromogelatin emulsion negative, follow. Platinum printing was in- 
vented by William Willis in 1874, the picture produced being com- 
posed of platina black, which is almost indestructible, sepia or brown 
tones being obtained by adding salts of mercury, uranium, or other 
substances. The process has also been used in decorating linen and 
wood. In the next section is a series of pictures showing the uses 
of the various printing-out papers introduced about 1891. Pro- 
ducing results similar in character to the albumen silver print and 
being ready sensitized for use, they have to a considerable extent 
superseded the former. 

An assemblage of apparatus dating from the introduction of 
Frederick Scott Archer’s collodion wet-plate process, 1852, and in- 
cluding many of the most important modifications and improvements 
up to the present time, occupies two of the sections, in which the 
pieces are arranged approximately in the order of their invention. 
Two other sections display the earliest forms of the hand camera, 
together with the latest improvements, accompanying which are a 
number of enlargements mostly made from kodak negatives. A 
large series of kodak cameras and another of mechanical lens shut- 
ters, dating from 1879, are installed in separate cases. 

Important results in photography, mainly recent, are represented 
in several sections, as follows: Portraiture and interior views by 
means of the flash light; the work of some of the leading portrait 
photographers in the United States, showing wonderful advance- 
ment; a series of photographs by H. P. Robinson and others, col- 
lected in 1890, and valued for their pictorial merits without regard 
to process; a series of photographs selected by Mr. Alfred Stieglitz, 
of New York, the work of a number of men and women most emi- 
nent in the pictorial line of photography during the period from 1841 
to 1913; and a large carbon print from a direct flash-light negative by 
Mr. W. S. Lively, president of the Southern School of Photography. 
Under printing by development are displayed prints on bromide 
paper, first produced about 1881 and almost exclusively used for 
making enlargements by projection, and on chloride developing 
paper or gaslight paper, invented about 1898. 

The development of the motion picture is partly illustrated, the 
exhibit including the zodtrope, first used for showing drawings rep- 
resenting motion and afterwards with photographs; a model of the 


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Muybridge arrangement for photographing men and animals in mo- 
tion, with several prints; and a complete series of the motion-picture 
cameras and projectors invented by Mr. C. Francis Jenkins, of 
Washington. 

The use of photography in connection with scientific observation 
is represented by the following series of prints, those from institu- 
tions having been received as gifts: The apparatus and photo- 
graphic work of the Harvard College Observatory, in which the 
views of the stellar spectra and also the very early results are espe- 
cially notable; a large photograph of the moon and one of the solar 
spectrum by Rutherfurd in 1865, a part of the 36-foot solar spectrum 
by Rowland in 1888, and a series of recent views of the moon by 
Ritchey; a fine series of illustrations of work done by the Mount 
Wilson (Cal.) Solar Observatory of the Carnegie Institution of 
Washington between 1907 and 1911, including a direct photograph 
of the sun, a calcium spectroheliogram, two hydrogen spectrohelio- 
grams, pictures of various nebulx, prominences on the sun, star 
clusters, Halley’s comet, Saturn, and Mars, and views of the build- 
ings and of the various telescopes and other instruments of the ob- 
servatory ; some very remarkable photomicrographs of disease germs, 
of laboratory experiments in the growth of animal tissues after the 
death of the animal, of the transplanting of arteries, etc., from the 
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research; and a series of X-ray 
photographs, mostly of surgical cases, photomicrographs of disease 
germs causing malaria, cholera, tetanus, hay fever, etc., and of other 
parasites. 

Under color prints are displayed a few of the various processes 
resorted to in artificially producing colors, as well as the genuine 
color photographs, but the representation is very incomplete, and 
important additions are soon expected. Some of the noteworthy 
contents of the case are a photographic reproduction in color by 
Mr. Miley of an old family portrait; several prints by the Mac- 
Donough-Joly ruled screen process, 1894; one of the earliest three- 
color colotypes; several of R. W. Wood’s diffraction grating color 
photographs, 1899; one of Prof. Gabriel Lippman’s direct color 
photographs by the interference method, 1891; and a number of 
autochromes, 1907. A stereomotorgraph, with a series of direct color 
slides, is about to be installed. 


CERAMICS, METAL AND GLASS WARE, ETC, 


The gallery of the northeast court has for a long period been dedi- 
cated to the subject of pottery, and for 25 years it contained the re- 
markable Chinese collection of Mr. Alfred E. Hippisley, recently _ 
reclaimed by the owner. In the lack of space for the proper display 
of certain other classes of art this gallery has also been used for 


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the exhibition of bronzes, of lacquered and glass ware, of ivory cary- 
ings, etc., not belonging to the division of history. 

Three sides of the gallery are furnished with a single continuous 
wall case, the framework of which, as of all the other cases, is ebonized. 
The wall case is divided into sections, each painted a distinctive color 
to suit its contents, but done so harmoniously as to add to the gen- 
eral effectiveness of the installation, which is one of the most agree- 
able in either building. The other cases, all of which are placed near 
together, are mainly square-top floor cases mounted on legs, with 
a few of the slope-top pattern. A row of these extends along the 
west side of the gallery, overlooking the north hall, the remainder 
occupying the inner edge of the gallery against the railing. The ar- 
rangement in the wall case is geographical, and in the floor cases 
it is mainly the same. 

The wall case series begins at the right of the entrance to the 
gallery with excellent types of ancient aboriginal pottery from Cen- 
tral and South America, followed by rare specimens of ancient and 
modern Pueblo Indian and ancient Mexican ware. <A section is 
given to the ceramics of Spanish and Portuguese America and con- 
tains good examples of the terra cotta and glazes of the folk pottery 
characteristic of those countries. Most interesting products of the 
old potteries of Pennsylvania and West Virginia are shown in an- 
other section, together with modern wares to be noticed later. Espe- 
cially attractive is a rare series of lead glazes from the old pottery 
at Morgantown, W. Va.,and a small collection of the curious pottery of 
the Pennsylvania Dutch of the last century. Adjoining are American 
and European tablewares, noticeable among which are two Benning- 
ton, Vt., pitchers with blue background from Miss Katherine Noyes, 
a set of English luster from Mrs. A. S, Gillett, a set of rare Nymph- 
enburg from Miss Olive Risley Seward, majolica druggists’ pots, and 
copies of apostle pitchers. 

The European series commences with English ceramics—Minton 
& Co., H. Doulton & Co., T. C. Brown, Westhead, Moore & Co., 
Maw & Co., and other makes chiefly of the period of 1876. Next 
follows a fine and representative collection of Sevres, presented to 
the United States by the French Government and intended to illus- 
trate this particular industry in its entirety, from the clays to the 
finished productions. Three pieces in the same section were donated 
by the Sultan of Turkey, and a splendid blue vase was the gift of 
Messrs. L. Straus & Sons. In adjoining sections are French and 
Dutch ceramics, the latter consisting of blue and polychrome plaques 
of great variety lent by Mrs. Julian James. They are succeeded by 
rare Hispano-Moresque copper-luster ware, also lent by Mrs. James, 
and by Moorish pottery collected in north Africa by Mr. Talcott 
Williams, showing admirably the great fertility in design of the 


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potters of that region. A few pieces of the great finds of Cesnola in 
the island of Cyprus are exhibited in the next section, along with 
modern Turkish ware. 

The farther Asiatic collection starts with specimens of excellent 
Siamese metal work and inlaying with shell, presented by the King 
of Siam in 1876. Mortuary pottery from ancient Korean tombs occu- 
pies the adjoining section, and following is an exhibition of early 
Korean protoporcelains, porcelains, stoneware, etc., which are of 
absorbing interest to students of the beginning of the porcelain in- 
dustry in China and Japan. These materials were procured by the 
late Commander J. B. Bernadou, United States Navy, Dr. H. N. 
Allen, and Mr. Gustavus Goward. Specimens of Japanese bronzes, 
many of them from the Gen. Horace Capron collection, are installed 
in the two succeeding sections, and next them is the Capron collection 
of Japanese lacquer. The remaining sections of the wall case contain 
modern Japanese lacquer of exquisite taste and workmanship, belong- 
ing to the Harold I. Sewall collection; Chinese and Japanese por- 
celain collected by Miss Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore; Satsuma and 
other ware of that class, mainly from the Capron collection, to- 
gether with many specimens presented by the Japanese Government ; 
a small series of Japanese enamels and vases; and Japanese and 
Chinese art ceramics. Notable in the last section is a large Japanese 
plaque decorated with doves in flight, and the large blue and white 
vases of the Capron collection. 

The floor cases on the west side of the gallery, with a few excep- 
tions, are used for Chinese pottery and Japanese art metal work 
belonging to the Sewall and Scidmore collections. Those on the north 
side contain a wonderful Japanese wistaria vase of Sumida ware pre- 
sented by Julius Stahel, the remainder of the Scidmore collection of 
Japanese and Chinese pottery, Japanese small carvings in ivory and 
wood, illustrations of the Chinese enamel industry from Mr. C. G. 
Calkins, and small bottles of stone and porcelain. On the east side are 
two cases of select Japanese pottery lent by Hieromichi Shugio, pot- 
tery from Russian Poland, a case of Bohemian and modern iridescent 
glass after ancient shapes, and two cases devoted to a collection of 
ancient Cyprian, Phoenician, Greek, Egyptian and Roman pottery, 
glass and metal work collected by William H. Seward on his journey 
around the world and presented by his daughter, Olive Risley Seward. 
Two vases of Savona faience, lent by the late Mrs. A. H. Magruder, 
occupy one of the small cases in this series. 

On the south side of the gallery American art pottery is placed in 
juxtaposition with similar material in the wall case. This consists 
of examples of the work of the designer-artist Edward Lycett; of 
the Grand Feu Art Pottery, of Los Angeles, Cal.; the 8. A. Weller 


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Pottery Co., whose artist, Jacques Sicard, contributes a splendid 
luster tablet; the Pope-Gosser China Co.; the Roseville Pottery Co.; 
D. F. Haynes & Co.; the Warwick China Co.; the Goodwin Pottery 
Co.; the International China Co.; the Colonial Co.; the Willets 
Manufacturing Co.; the A. W. Roblin Co.; the Sevres China Co.; the 
Homer Laughlin China Co.; Sophie Newcomb College; the C. S. 
Thompson Pottery Co.; the Edwin Bennett Pottery Co.; the Norse 
Pottery Co.; the Van Briggle Pottery Co.; the Gates Pottery Co.; 
J. S. Taft & Co.; and the Wheatley Pottery Co. <A section of the 
southeast wall case contains specimens of the earlier Rookwood 
pottery, the Clifton art pottery, the Grueby Faience Co., the 
Brower Pottery, and Mayer Bros. The collection of contempo- 
raneous American pottery is interesting but scarcely representative. 
It shows, however, that American potters are producing specimens 
of great dignity and worth, which will increase in value and histori- 
cal importance as records of art. 

The south side of the gallery also holds a small exhibit of American 
glass, notably a complete exposition of the manufacture of cut glass 
from the Libbey Glass Co.; a quantity of cut, engraved, and other- 
wise decorated glass from the Dithridge Flint Glass Co.; fine art 
pieces from the Union Glass Co.; Pomona glass from the New Eng- 
land Glass Works; specimens from the Fostoria Glass Co.; and won- 
derful examples of Tiffany favrile glass. Two candle shades of 
English glass about one century old, the gift of Mrs. E. L. Mc- 
Adory, are shown in a case on the west side of the gallery. Above 
the wall case are displayed a glazed terra-cotta plaque attributed 
to Luca della Robbia, lanterns and vases of Japanese work, Cyprian 
vases, etc., and at the entrance to the gallery are a large Doulton 
vase and an Italian terra-cotta fountain. 

Exhibited elsewhere than in the gallery, but belonging to the 
division of ceramics, are a number of pieces mostly of large size and 
some of considerable value. Among them are the following: A pair 
of centennial memorial vases, presented by the Messrs. Haviland, of 
Limoges, France, in 1876; an allegorical mosaic, composed of 900 
tiles of Limoges faience, representing the genius of man dominating 
and utilizing fire and water, designed by Bracquemond and made by 
the Messrs. Haviland; a pulpit and font, and a pair of sculptured 
tablets, in relief, representing Christ in Gethsemane and the cruci- 
fixion, all in terra cotta, made by H. Doulton & Co., of Lambeth, 
England; a mosaic reredos by Minton, Hollins & Co., of Stoke-upon- 
Trent, England; and one of the famous peachblow vases and a 
celadon porcelain vase of the Yung Chéng period (1723-1735), 
gifts of the Chinese Government. 


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RELIGIOUS CEREMONIAL OBJECTS. 


Religious sentiment expresses itself in creed and cult, and it is 
the latter which most readily lends itself to museum exhibition. The 
collection in the National Museum attempts to illustrate and explain 
by means of objects the rites and practices of seven of the historic 
religions. It is mainly installed in the south gallery of the west 
hall, which is entirely occupied, though some of the most striking 
features, and especially the Buddhist collection of Mr. S. S. Howland, 
are displayed in the adjoining rotunda of the building. The furnish- 
ing of the gallery consists of a practically continuous wall case, 8 
feet 2 inches high, with projecting or wing cases, 7 feet high, at 
intervals corresponding with the wall piers, thus producing a bay 
or alcove arrangement, and as the wing cases, with one exception, are 
diaphragmed each of the bays has three distinctive fronts. The 
amount of space thus supplied is, unfortunately, altogether inade- 
quate for the collection, resulting in an overcrowded arrangement, 
and preventing the installation of much important material which 
remains in storage. 

The first two alcoves or compartments are occupied by the collec- 
tion of modern Jewish ceremonial objects which, consisting to a 
great extent of a loan from Hadji Ephraim Benguiat and his son 
Mordecai, is unrivaled in completeness and in artistic and historical 
value. It comprises furnishings and appointments of the synagogue 
and objects used in public worships, such as curtains of the Holy Ark, 
Torah scrolls in richly embroidered mantles with silver bells, breast- 
plates, and pointers, Megilloth in revolving cases of wood and silver 
of rare workmanship, manuscripts of prayer books, lamps and 
candlesticks of brass and silver, lavers and alms boxes, phylacteries 
and prayer shawls, etc. Of the numerous appurtenances to the 
Holy Ark, which constitutes the architectural as well as the ideal 
center of the synagogue, may be singled out a curtain of red velvet 
with a border of green velvet, measuring 9 feet 5 inches by 6 feet 3 
inches, embroidered in silver and gold with a large burning lamp 
(symbolizing the light that emanates from the Torah, or the Law of 
God, which is kept in the Holy Ark), surrounded by flowers and 
passages from the Scriptures; and another curtain of yellow silk, 
made in Italy in 1736 and measuring 6 feet 3 inches by 5 feet 2 
inches, which is exquisitely hand-embroidered in silver, gold, and 
silk, with flowers and the tablets of the Decalogue borne upon clouds 
(the symbol of the Divine presence). A top piece of the Holy Ark, 
of red velvet, made in England in 1749 and measuring 2 feet 8 inches 
by 8 feet 1 inch, is adorned in heavy silver appliqué work with the 
principal parts of the Tabernacle and Temple, viz, the golden front- 
let of the high priest, the table of shewbread, the laver, the Ark of 


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the Covenant with the two tables of the Decalogue, above which are 
two cherubim, the altar of incense, the candlestick, and the breast- 
plate of the high priest, the whole being surmounted by the three 
crowns of the Law, the Priesthood, and the Kingdom, and inclosed 
between wings which symbolize the presence of God. Next follow 
the articles used on feast days, such as cups, covers and spice boxes 
of the Sabbath; a complete set of embroidered tablecloths, silver, 
glass and china ware for the semiritual Passover meal; shofar, lulab, 
and ethrog, and numerous Hanukah lamps of silver, copper, and 
brass, some of them of artistic workmanship. One case is given to 
objects used on special occasions, such as a complete silver set of the 
utensils of circumcision, illuminated marriage contracts, wedding 
rings, slaughtering knife, etc.; and objects of the home, such as 
mezuzoth, mottoes, amulets, mizrahs. In still another case is a series 
of embroideries and tapestries depicting Bible narratives, such as 
the sacrifice of Isaac, Joseph in Egypt, the worshiping of the golden 
calf, the fight of David and Goliath, ete. 

The daughter religions of Judaism, namely, Christianity and 
Mohammedanism, come next in sequence. The latter, in two cases, 
is represented by a model of a mosque, manuscripts of the Koran 
upon their inlaid stands, mosque lamps of open brass work, flags and 
tablets, some of the equipment of pilgrims to Mecca, and the cos- 
tumes and utensils of several of the Dervish orders. 

The Christian collection is obviously confined to the illustration 
of the ceremonies and usages of the ritual branches of Christianity; 
that is, the Roman Catholic and Eastern Churches. The former oc- 
cupies an alcove of three cases. In the center is a wooden altar, 7 
feet 3 inches high, dating probably from the seventeenth century, 
and once belonging to a Roman Catholic church in Hildesheim, Ger- 
many, which is adorned with a painting representing the Holy 
Family. Upon and around this altar are ranged the appurtenances 
of the church services, as chalice and paten, cruets, candlesticks and 
hanging lamps, censers and incense boats, holy-water fountains and 
sprinklers, cibories, and ostensory; and then the vestments for the 
celebration of the mass and benediction, as albs, stoles, and chasubles 
of fine brocade with rich embroidery in silver, a Philippine dalmatic 
of purple velvet embroidered in gold, a cope and veil. In the side 
cases are exhibited an episcopal mitre, crozier, and pectoral; proces- 
sional crosses and banners, reliquaries, religious medals, statuettes 
and plaques representing the Virgin Mary and several saints; devo- 
tional objects, such as scapulars, rosaries, prayer books, votive offer- 
ings and amulets. Monastic life is shown by the habits of several 
orders, disciplinary girdles, scourges, etc., while in a special case is 
a lay figure draped with the costume of the great fraternity of the 
Misericordia in Italy. Another altar from Hildesheim, 15 feet in 


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height, which could not be inclosed in a case, is installed in the cen- 
ter of the western end of the gallery, facing the rotunda. It is con- 
structed in a combination of the Gothic, Renaissance and Rococo 
styles, and is adorned with two paintings, one above the other, the 
upper representing St. John the Evangelist holding the chalice of the 
Lord’s Supper, the lower the assumption of the Virgin Mary. 

The Eastern Church, in one case, is illustrated by the ecclesiastical 
vestments of a Greek Catholic monk and a Russian and Armenian 
priest; the staffs or croziers of a Greek Catholic bishop and an Ar- 
menian patriarch; an altar cover; a set of musical instruments used 
in the service of the Armenian Church, and a series of Russian icons. 
One of these icons, representing the Virgin with the Infant Jesus, 
is covered with a silver-gilt plate of chased work to represent the 
clothing, with apertures for face and hands, and studded with fresh- 
water pearls, emeralds, ruby spinels, and garnets, which date from 
the eleventh to the fourteenth century. The folding doors are 
adorned with miniatures depicting scenes from the lives of Christ 
and Mary, and were painted by the artist who designed and deco- 
rated the cathedral of Nizhni Novgorod, about 1645. 

Passing to Asia, the first case is devoted to Brahmanism, the re- 
ligion which sways the millions of India. The collection comprises 
a set of marble images of the so-called 77rimurti gods and their suites, 
of the incarnations (avatars) of Vishnu and some of the minor 
divinities. Deserving of special notice are two finely carved stone 
steles representing Vishnu and his retinue and marble statuettes of 
Parvati and the sacred cow, exquisitely painted and gilded. Temple 
utensils, such as lamps, bells, vases, and cruses, illustrate some of the 
Brahmanic customs, and caste marks give opportunity for explaining 
the caste system, which plays such an important part in the religious, 
political, and social life of India. The contemplative and ascetic ele- 
ment of Hinduism is portrayed by a series of terra-cotta models of 
Yogis and ascetics in various attitudes. In a special case is a com- 
plete set of brass utensils used in Hindu family worship, and the 
sacred writings of Brahmanism are represented by a facsimile of a 
bark manuscript of the Atharva Veda of the seventeenth century. 

Of Buddhism, the offspring of Brahmanism, there is an exceed- 
ingly rich collection, filling two alcoves and one special case. It 
contains many representations of Buddha, in bronze, stone, and 
shells, and carved and lacquered wood, some of which have much 
art value. The Sakya sage can be seen in the Burmese, Sinhalese, 
Japanese, and Tibetan conceptions of him—sitting in meditation, 
preaching, blessing, and even reclining. A magnificent seated statue 
of Buddha in bronze, 3 feet high, cast in Ise, Japan, A. D. 1648, 
with an engraved inscription, rests on a pedestal outside the cases. 
In addition are figures of temple guards (Nios), various divinities, 


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monks, and saints (arhats). The elaborate ritual of Buddhism is 
illustrated by a large number of musical instruments from China, 
wooden and ornamental lacquered drums from Japan, temple lan- 
terns, cruses, candlesticks, censers, rosaries, prayer wheels, ete. Of 
the several models of Buddhist temples may be mentioned that of 
the Wat Chang pagoda, the most magnificent edifice at Bangkok, 
Siam, a gift of the Marquis Visuddha, minister of Siam to England, 
which occupies a special case. The sacred literature of Buddhism 
is represented by the Siamese edition of the 7ripitaka, presented by 
the King of Siam. 

A collection illustrating some of the rites and ceremonies of the 
Parsees or Zoroastrians in India is exhibited in a special case. It 
comprises a nickel-plated brass set of the utensils for keeping up the 
perpetual sacred fire, offering trays, religious costumes, sprigs of the 
sacred haoma plant, and a fine wooden model of the Tower of Silence 
on which the Parsees lay out their dead. Shintoism, the primitive 
national religion of Japan, is represented by a collection of shrines 
and their contents, as the go-hei, mirrors, saki cups, two engraved 
swords in scabbards of cloisonné and lacquer, masks, and votive 
tablets. 

One Kensington case contains a Korean sorcerer’s outfit; another, 
a collection of amulets, ranging from some that were used by the 
ancient Egyptians to stich as have been found among the Negroes in 
this country; and, a third, a collection of oriental manuscripts (Ko- 
ran, a Samaritan Pentateuch, and parts of the Ethiopic Scriptures) 
belonging to the S. S. Howland collection. 

A series of photogravures and prints arranged on either side of the 
high altar in the center gallery supplements and completes the relig- 
ious exhibit on the gallery. 

In the rotunda two colossal wooden images of Vishnu and Buddha, 
both from Ceylon, attract the attention of the visitor. The rotunda 
also contains the splendid S. S. Howland collection of Buddhist re- 
ligious art; already mentioned. Assembled by Mr. Howland during 
his travels abroad, which extended from Iceland to Burma, most of 
the objects were obtained by him from their original possessors. 
Among its contents are a considerable number of Buddha images in 
teakwood, bronze, and alabaster, gilded and incrusted with colored 
stones; several lacquered shrines containing figures of Buddha and 
attendants; figures of Buddhist saints (arhats) and monks, orna- 
mental begging bowls; two superb bronze temple lamps of open fret- 
work, about 4 feet in height, from Tibet; a sacred book written on 
palm leaves; a howdah, or saddle, of the sacred white elephant; the 
cabinet of the King of Burma, of carved open woodwork, gilded and 
inlaid with pieces of glass; and some Chinese and Japanese lacquered 
and porcelain figures. 


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A considerable collection of casts of Greco-Roman sculptures, in- 
cluding statues and busts of the divinities, as also votive and sepul- 
chral steles and tablets and bas-reliefs depicting mythological scenes, 
is exhibited in the new building of the Museum in connection with the 
display by the division of archeology. 


MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 


One of the most popular and interesting of the subjects embodied 
in the classification of 1881 is that relating to instruments of music, 
of which a very good presentation, comprising examples from both 
aboriginal and civilized peoples, was soon effected. The collection 
now illustrates fairly well the range and development of these in- 
struments and ranks among the best and most comprehensive in this 
country. In fact, in many instances, especially as to scientific ar- 
rangement, it has been used as a prototype by other museums. After 
occupying for a long period the wall cases in the north hall, under 
unfavorable conditions, it was transferred near the close of last 
year to the northwest court, where the collection as a whole, as well 
as the individual pieces, may be studied more advantageously. The 
new installation is in the deep and practically continuous wall case 
which surrounds the court, broken only at the entrance and in the 
middle of the opposite side of the room, the latter for the insertion 
of one large piece of the series. Wiuth only table cases on the adjacent 
parts of the floor, the general view is unobstructed and the hghting 
excellent. The number of instruments displayed is about 1,200, but 
there are still others in storage. 

The classification, based upon the structure of the instruments, 
which determines the character of the sound-producing vibrations, 
is in four general divisions. The arrangement of the collection be- 
gins on the left of the entrance and is continued systematically with 
but a single exception. The first division comprises the vibrating 
sonorous instruments, such as bells, castanets, cymbals, gongs, musi- 
cal glasses, rattles, triangles, tuning forks, vibrating tohgues, and 
xylophones. In the second division are comprehended the vibrat- 
ing membranes, as in the drums and tambourines. Vibrating strings 
of gut, fiber, or wire compose the third division, which is subdivided 
into open and stopped strings. In the former—the harp, for exam- 
ple—the string can have but one tone in playing, while in the latter 
the tone may be changed by means of the fingerboard. There are 
also further subdivisions, according to the method of producing the 
vibrations. Strings may be rubbed with a bow, as with fiddles, or 
rubbed by a wheel, as with hurdy-gurdies, or picked or plucked, as 
with harps, lyres, psalteries, lutes, guitars, and banjos. Spinets and 
harpsichords are plucked by means of mechanism connected to a 
keyboard, dulcimers are plucked by striking with hammers, and 


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clavichords and pianos are played by means of a keyboard. The 
highest development of stringed instruments is shown in the stopped 
class, whose arrangement admits of shades of expression. The fourth 
and last division, covering vibrating columns or currents of air,. is 
subdivided, according to the method by which the air is set in vibra- 
tion, into flutes, whistles, etc.; horns, simple, with finger holes, keys 
or slides; and reeds which are single or double, and further distin- 
guished as beating reeds, free reeds, ribbon reeds, and inverted double 
reeds. 

This classification is simple and easily grasped by the visitor, and 
it will be seen that instruments which are preferred by both civilized 
and uncivilized peoples may be grouped together and the different 
materials and styles of art form an interesting picture. Upon no 
other possession of man has there been a greater effort to render 
grateful to the sight objects designed for another purpose. Es- 
pecially worthy of note is an old English pipe organ which was 
brought to the Virginia colony in 1700 for the Episcopal Church at 
Port Royal, and later placed in Christ Church, Alexandria, where 
it is thought to have been in use when Washington was an attendant. 
It was subsequently taken to Shepardstown and thence to St. Thomas 
Church at Hancock, Md., where it remained until 1906, when it 
was presented to the Museum by the vestry. 


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OPERATIONS OF THE YEAR. 
APPROPRIATIONS. 
The maintenance and operations of the National Museum for the 
year covered by this report, namely, from July 1, 19138, to June 30, 


1914, inclusive, were provided for by the following items of ap- 
propriation in the sundry civil act approved June 23, 1913: 


PTeSeChvabloneOt. COLleCtlON Ss ses a ae Se ee ee $300, OOO 
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BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT. 


The greatest extent of repair work was demanded by the Smith- 
sonian building, some parts of which, especially the roofs and win- 
dows at the western end, were badly damaged by the storm of July 30, 
1913. About 400 running feet of the old and worn-out copper gutters 
on the main section of the building were also replaced with the best 
quality of tin, which, if kept painted, should give no further trouble. 
In the interior of this building terrazzo pavement was substituted for 
the old splintered wooden floors in the west hall and connecting 
range, and the walls and ceilings in the same halls, which-had be- 
come much defaced, largely from the heavy downpour of rain in the 
great storm, were repainted. 

With regard to the older Museum building, the exterior work was 
almost wholly confined to the roofs, and consisted, besides miscel- 
laneous repairs, of the painting of all exposed metal surfaces, includ- 
ing the cornices, pinnacles, ornaments, etc. The principal repairs 
in the interior were in the direction of pointing up and repainting 
damaged and defaced walls and ceilings, and painting the woodwork 
of windows, mainly in the exhibition halls. In the new building the 
interior repairs were entirely of a miscellaneous and minor character. 
Exteriorly the woodwork of all windows in the ground and third 
stories was painted, and also some of the metal windows in other 


stories. The roofs and gutters likewise received some attention. 
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78 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


The power plant was closed down as usual during July and August, 
and the electric current required during that period was purchased 
from a local producing company at the low summer rate of 24 cents 
a kilowatt hour. This arrangement, which was an exceedingly 
economical one, gave opportunity for overhauling and cleaning the 
plant and putting it in good condition for the remainder of the year, 
but no actual repairs of great moment were called for. During this 
time the employees connected with the operation of the plant were 
also given the greater part of their annual leave. Owing to an in- 
crease of about 80 cents a ton in the cost of coal, there was a distinct 
increase during the year in the relative cost of heating and of gen- 
erating electric current, as also in the minor operations connected 
with the plant, but, on the other hand, much less current was required 
to be generated than during either of the two previous years. ‘The 
amount of coal, entirely bituminous, consumed in the boilers was 
2,936 tons, and steam was generated for heating purposes from Octo- 
ber 13 to May 5, inclusive. Further changes have been made and are 
still in progress in connection with the distribution of steam to the 
older main buildings and the outlying buildings, whereby greater 
economy and more satisfactory results are certain to be obtained. 
The ice plant continues to give satisfaction, and its capacity is fully 
equal to the needs of the Museum. The output of ice for the year was 
346.8 tons, at a total cost of $867.92, or a rate of $2.55 a ton. 

The watch clock system in the two older buildings, which had been 
in use for nearly a third of a century and had in many respects be- 
come unreliable, was replaced by one similar to that recently installed 
in the new building. The clock records cover a period of 24 hours 
with spacings at 5-minute intervals; there are 24 magneto generator 
stations and connections with 2 Mutual District Messenger Co.’s 
turn-in boxes, 1 in each building. All of the stations are required 
to be visited and a call sent in from each at regular intervals during 
the night rounds of the watchmen, which insures a positive record 
that all parts of the buildings have been inspected at the times fixed by 
the regulations. The fire alarm system used in the older Museum 
building was extended to the-Smithsonian building by establishing 
3 turn-in stations, 1 in the middle of the building and 1 at each 
end, and installing a fire alarm gong at the north entrance. The sys- 
tems in the two buildings are connected. The addition of automatic 
elevator door controls to the passenger elevators, referred to in the 
last report, was completed for both the north and south elevators. 

The principal articles of furniture obtained during the year con- 
sisted of 230 exhibition cases, 278 storage cases and pieces of labora- 
tory furniture, 124 pieces of office and miscellaneous furniture, 2,396 
unit specimen drawers of wood, 600 insect drawers, and 2,175 miscel- 
laneous specimen drawers. The greater part of this furniture was 


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constructed under contract, the remainder being built in the Museum 
shops, which were also called upon for much miscellaneous and repair 
work. A number of old cases and other articles which had outlived 
their usefulness were condemned and disposed of. An inventory of 
the furniture on hand at the close of the year records 3,561 exhibition 
cases, 6,848 storage cases and pieces of laboratory furniture, 3,361 
pieces of office and miscellaneous furniture, 40,056 unit specimen 
drawers of wood, 4,/12 unit specimen drawers of steel, 8,439 insect 
drawers, and 19,751 miscellaneous specimen drawers and boxes of 
various kinds. 

A decision having been reached as to a form of curtain suitable 
for the large windows in the exhibition halls in the new building, 
such as were most urgently required were installed during the year. 
The necessity for the use of curtains arises from the failure of the 
ground glass to sufliciently protect the colors of specimens, more espe- 
cially in the zoological and ethnological exhibits. Difficulty was 
-encountered because of the exceptionally large size of the windows 
and of the fact that each contains two large movable panes near the 
bottom which require to be kept open in warm weather. In accord- 
ance with the system adopted, the main curtains on the first floor, of 
unbleached muslin, reach from the window top to the upper level of 
the ventilating openings, and are followed by shorter curtains cover- 
ing the lower part of the windows. In the second floor, however, the 
curtains, also of the same material, extend continuously the entire 
length of the window. All are hung on nickel-plated brass rods and 
are in pairs, with a simple device for pulling them to the sides. 
Curtains of this character were installed on the south and west sides 
of both floors west of the south pavilion and in the court windows 
adjoining the collections of zoology and ethnology. In addition, and 
as a very necessary protection for the mammal and bird exhibits, thin 
black curtains were introduced between the muslin curtains and the 
glass surface of the windows on the first floor of the west wing and 
on both sides of the adjoining range. These black curtains, which 
practically cut out all of the light, are not intended to be used until 
after the time for closing, or from 4.30 o’clock in the afternoon until 
9 o’clock in the morning, during which period for a considerable part 
of the year the sun’s rays continue effective during several hours. 
It was also found necessary to provide cambric shades for the win- 
dows in the north west range of the older Museum building, contain- 
ing the period costume collection, in order to prevent the fading of 
the delicate tints in many of the fabrics there displayed. 


COLLECTIONS. 


The number of accessions received during the year was 1,493, 
comprising, besides certain loans, approximately 337,705 specimens, 


80 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


which were apportioned among the respective branches to which they 
pertained as follows: Anthropology, 14,879; zoology, 257,816; bot- 
any, 44,675; geology and mineralogy, 3,648; paleontology, 13,045; 
textiles and animal and vegetable products, 2,930; mineral tech- 
nology, 505; and the National Gallery of Art, 207. Numerically, 
the division of insects received much more than one-half the total 
acquisitions, namely, over 214,000 specimens. The loans aggregated 
2,280 objects, of which 112 consisted of paintings and other articles 
for the National Gallery of Art, practically all the remainder being 
intended for exhibition in the divisions of ethnology, archeology, 
and history. 

Material was also received for examination and report to the extent 
of 859 separate lots, each containing a greater or less number of 
specimens, of which 59 lots related to anthropological subjects, 249 
to biological, and 551 to geological. 


DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, 


Ethnology.—Of the 62 accessions in ethnology, the most notable 
was a collection gathered by Dr. W. L. Abbott in northern Dutch 
New Guinea, the Moluccas, and Ambon of the Ceram group, during 
a trip on a trading vessel and while making landings to discharge 
cargo. The results of this interesting journey, aggregating more 
than 500 objects which reached the Museum as a gift, indicate that 
Dr. Abbott’s time was most effectively employed. They comprise 
baskets, mats of exquisite workmanship, bags, belts, necklaces, hair, 
ear and breast ornaments, bark clothing, carved wooden dishes, 
stone mauls, adzes, bows, arrows, shields, carved and painted canoe 
prow ornaments, carved wood idols, spirit flutes, ete. A number of 
baskets were also received from the Abbott expedition to eastern 
Borneo, conducted by Mr. H. C. Raven. Probably the most thorough 
ethnological collection that has come to the Museum from Alaska 
was a series of over 6380 objects obtained on St. Lawrence Island, by 
Dr. Riley D. Moore, of the Museum staff. It consists of clothing of 
men, women, and children, a large number of hunting weapons, 
models of houses, traps, domestic utensils, tools of all classes, ivory 
carvings, drums, religious objects and paraphernalia, examples of 
medicines, etc. Many articles of Siouan ethnologica assembled by 
Miss Frances Densmore, of Red Wing, Minn., are of particular im- 
portance since their locality and tribal origin are properly recorded, 
making the specimens useful for identifying other material from the 
Plains Indians regarding which the present data are incomplete. 

Other noteworthy accessions relating to North America were a 
series of bromide enlargements of American Indians from negatives 
taken by Dr. Joseph K. Dixon during the Rodman Wanamaker 
expedition, and presented by Mr. Wanamaker; a large number of 


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Indian baskets, bequeathed by Mrs. Mary Manning Fletcher; 19 
Navaho blankets and 3 models of blanket frames assembled by the 
late Dr. Washington Matthews, United States Army, and used by 
him in the preparation of his work on Navaho weavers, published in 
the Third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 
besides a number of miscellaneous objects, received as a loan from 
Mrs. Matthews; many Mexican relics, consisting of ivory carvings, 
crucifixes of wood, ivory and metal, and photographs of historical 
subjects, lent by Maj. Harry S. Bryan, of Mexico City; and a col- 
lection of various kinds of objects pertaining to the Spokane, Col- 
ville, Okinagan, and Columbia Indians, lent by Mr. Clair Hunt, of 
Colville, Wash. The division is indebted to Capt. J. R. Harris, 
United States Army, for a gift of bows, arrows, swords, an alphabet 
tablet, snares, boxes, etc., from the Moros of Mindanao; and to the 
Museum fiir Volkerkunde, Leipzig, Germany, for a collection of 
material from southeastern Africa, analogous to articles illustrated 
in the important works of Prof. L. Frobenius, obtained in exchange. 

The exhibition series received many additions and improvements. 
The Hopi family group was completed and installed. The 
Tehuelche family group, the Zuni potter, the Navaho silversmith, the 
Navaho weaver, the Maya-Quiché and Apache subfamily groups, 
and several single figures were transferred to the new cases specially 
built for them, this work involving a considerable amount of repaint- 
ing of figures and readjustment of groundwork. The Igorot group 
and Kiowa children group were taken down preparatory to extensive 
changes necessary to place them in a more satisfactory condition. 
The synoptic series, illustrating the development of the several types 
of artifacts, which had been in storage for a number of years, was 
installed in 13 Cases, interspersed among the lay-figure group cases in 
the east and west halls. Progress was also made in other directions, 
improvements being carried out in installation, exhibits reassembled 
more effectively and in more accurate geographical relations, and 
many specimens repaired. Much time was also given to the prepa- 
ration of case and individual labels, many hand-written ones being 
used pending their printing. 

Plans were made for and work actively begun on an ethnological 
exhibition for the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco, 
figures for two large family groups having been completed, and ma- 
terials for four floor cases selected. The exhibit will cover a space 
of approximately 6,000 square feet. The curator also undertook for 
the Panama-California Exposition at San Diego the supervision of 
the preparation of models of 10 village groups, illustrating the abo- 
riginal architecture of North and South America. Five of these 
groups were finished. 

The curator, Dr. Walter Hough, continued the preparation of a 
catalogue of the Hopi-Pueblo Indian collection, of which the 


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National Museum has the largest in existence, and the manuscript is 
expected to be ready for the press within a year. His bulletin on the 
“ Culture of the Ancient Pueblos of the Upper Gila River Region, 
New Mexico and Arizona,” was completed and published. 

American archeology. Among the more important of the 49 ac- 
cessions received by this division were the following: Mr. Chester W. 
Washburne, collecting for the Smithsonian Institution, mainly in 
old Indian camp sites and caves in the valleys of the Rio Negro and 
Santa Cruz in Patagonia, South America, transmitted several hun- 
dred specimens, including a roughly shaped mortar and pestle, a 
disk-shaped rubbing stone, leaf-shaped blades, various chipped im- 
plements of usual types and fragments of pottery vessels. An inter- 
esting collection of flint implements, grooved axes, celts, leaf-shaped 
blades, projectile points, and other stone objects from Jackson 
County, Mo., was received as a gift from Mr. J. G. Braecklein, of 
Kansas City; and a series of antiquities from Porto Rico, both 
originals and casts, was obtained in exchange from Mr. George G. 
Heye, of New York. Mr. Neil M. Judd, of the Museum staff, during 
an investigation in Guatemala, secured a number of interesting 
objects, including ancient pottery vessels, examples of earthenware 
made in modern Guatemalan potteries and sold as antiquities, stone 
implements, a modern ceremonial mask attributed to the Maya 
Indians of Chiapas, a large woolen blanket woven by Quiché In- 
dians, and two small wooden carvings, one of a friar, the other of 
a cavalier, and both doubtless pertaining to the early Spanish occu- 
pation of the country. A choice collection purchased of Mr. D. I. 
Bushnell, jr., of Charlottesville, Va., comprises large chipped flint 
blades from Missouri and Illinois, showing the polish of long-con- 
tinued use in cultivating the soil; chipped celts and chisels with 
ground cutting edges, from the same States and Tennessee; hematite 
implements from Missouri, and other exceptionally fine specimens. 
From Mrs. William Elroy Curtis, of Washington, a large series of 
archeological objects was received as a loan. It includes clay spindle 
whorls from the Valley of Mexico, a carved stone metate and muller 
from Costa Rica, a string of beads made of rock crystal from Colom- 
bia, and earthenware bottles, jars, cooking pots, bowls, figurines and 
prayer sticks, wooden spindle whorls, a carved stone Mama, hairpins 
of copper and silver, and other objects from Peru. 

With the receipt of the additional cases required it was possible 
to carry well toward completion the further work of selecting, ar- 
ranging, and labeling the exhibition collections of the division, 
which, as a presentation of the archeology of northern America, 
stands unquestionably first in the world. Much attention was given to 
the reserve collections, and for the first time the large accumulation 


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of molds of antiquities made during the past 50 years has been 
properly assembled, classified, and labeled. Considerable time was 
also devoted to the selection and listing of exchange material, six 
important series of objects having been sent out or prepared for 
sending. The work of the division was much increased during the 
year by the necessity of engaging in the preparation of exposition 
exhibits. 

Research work was confined to the continuation by the head cura- 
tor of the preparation of text and illustrations for the handbook of 
American antiquities which is intended for publication by the 
Bureau of American Ethnology. Extended studies, however, were 
made by Mr. Kenneth M. Chapman, of Santa Fe, N. Mex., who is 
collecting data regarding the evolution of ornamental designs as 
applied to earthenware, and the examination of specimens by other 
students was carried on to a limited extent. 

Old World archeology—Although limited in number the acces- 
sions of the year contained a considerable amount of exceptionally 
valuable material. Most prominent among them, received us a gift 
from Mr. 8S. W. Woodward, of Washington, was a drawing in color 
of a mosaic map of Palestine and adjacent regions, the original of 
which formed the floor of an old church in Medeba, a town in the 
former territory of Moab, often mentioned in the Old Testament. 
The work dates from the fifth or sixth century A. D., and is not 
only the oldest map of Palestine known, but also the oldest detailed 
map of any country. Unfortunately, on the occasion of the rebuild- 
ing of the church in 1896, when the mosaic was discovered, it was 
much damaged, but the portion preserved includes most of the places 
connected with Bible history from Nablus in the north to the Nile 
in the south. Of perhaps equal interest was a collection of ancient 
coins and other objects made by the Rev. C. 8S. Sanders while living 
as a missionary in Beirut, Syria, and lent by his daughter, Mrs. 
John Paul Tyler, of Baltimore, Md. It comprises, among other 
items, 19 Greek coins of Alexander the Great and bis successors in 
Syria, 66 Greco-Roman coins—that is to say, coins issued by the 
Greek communities of Syria and Asia Minor under Reman sover- 
eignty—34 coins of the Byzantine Empire, 1 Phoenician coin, 8 
Armenian coins, 45 Mohammedan coins of the Turcoman dynasties 
of the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries in central and western 
Asia, and 1 medal of St. George; besides 3 Persian and 4 Syro- 
Phoenician seals, 2 Syro-Phoenician bronze animal figurines, and 1 
Egyptian scarab. <A series of Egyptian antiquities presented by the 
Egypt Exploration Fund, through Mr. 8. W. Woodward, a con- 
tributor to the Fund, includes an Egyptian limestone stele of Neb- 
sum-menu, measuring 143 by 84 inches, 3 well-preserved mummies 
of the ibis, a pithos, 2 other funerary vases, and the eggshell of 
an ibis. 


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Valuable relics of the Stone Age in Europe, consisting of 51 
originals and 17 casts of pre-paleolithic and 74 paleolithic imple- 
ments of Chellean stages of the paleolithic period, were received in 
exchange from Prof. A. Rutot, of the Royal Museum of Natural His- 
tory of Belgium. A collection of antiquities, also obtained in ex- 
change, from the Zoological Museum of the University of Copen- 
hagen, Denmark, through Mr. Herluf Winge, director, comprises 
65 stone implements, 47 shells, 2 pottery fragments, and 1 bone needle, 
from the kitchen middens of Denmark, and 59 animal bones from 
the kitchen middens of Iceland. Sixty-four paleolithic flints (Mous- 
terian type), 10 animals bones and 1 piece of breccia from the La 
Quina cave, France, were contributed by Dr. Henri Martin, of Paris, 
France; and a collection of early stone implements recently found in 
two caves of Jersey, England, were presented by Dr. R. R. Marett, 
of Exeter College, Oxford, England. 

The routine work was chiefly a continuation of the sorting and 
arrangement of the material of the Stone Age, including the prepa- 
ration of a slip inventory containing the necessary data for the card 
catalogue and labels. The addition of 16 table cases entailed the 
rearrangement of a part of the exhibition series and permitted a 
better and more adequate display of the collections. About 300 
ancient coins were determined and installed, and a considerable 
amount of material, especially of the Stone Age, which could not be 
exhibited, was placed in the bases of exhibition cases, where it is 
convenient for study and reference. 

Physical anthropology.—The accessions deserving of special notice, 
arranged somewhat in the order of their importance, were as follows: 
A collection of skeletons and skulls of Eskimo and Aleuts made for 
the Museum, under the direction of the curator, by Dr. Riley D. 
Moore; 21 crania of Buriats, the most important native tribe of cen- 
tral Siberia, and 5 Mongolian crania from the vicinity of Kiakhta, 
obtained for the Museum by Prof. A. V. BartaSov, of Troickosavsk, 
Siberia; 16 anatomical specimens and 12 casts of the brains of 
prominent persons, received in exchange from Prof. D, P. von Hanse- 
mann, of the Rudolf Virchow-Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany; 5 
skeletons and 2 skulls from Tennessee and Alabama, presented by 
Mr. Clarence B. Moore, of Philadelphia, Pa.; and 10 recent skulls, 
with 6 old skeletons and 2 skulls, from the district of Mélnik, Bohemia, 
collected for the Museum by Prof. J. Matiegka, of the Bohemian 
University, at Prague. Three valuable additions were made to the 
collection of casts of early man in Europe. They consisted of the 
skeletal remains of the Spy Man, obtained in exchange from the 
Université de Liége, Belgium, through Prof. Charles Fraipont, con- 
servator of its museum; a cast of the La Quina skull, also an ex- 
change, from Dr, Henri Martin, of Paris, France; and a cast of the 


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skull of La Chapelle-aux-Saints and of its brain cavity, purchased 
from Dr. F. Krantz, of Bonn, Germany. Three skulls of Pata- 
gonians were received as a gift from Mr. Chester W. Washburne, 
of Washington; and a neolithic skull from Belgium was presented 
by Prof. A. Rutot, director, Musée d’Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 
Brussels. 

Considerable progress was made in cleaning, repairing, cata- 
loguing, and arranging the large Peruvian and other collections 
assembled during the last four years. Every specimen received by 
the division in recent years has also been examined by the curator, 
identified as to sex, and its principal characteristics noted, so that 
the catalogue of the division is gradually becoming more than a mere 
enumeration. The selection of especially valuable specimens for 
exhibition has likewise received attention. 

The investigations by the curator, Dr. Ale’ Hrdlicka, relative to 
“thoroughbred” white Americans, namely, those of at least three 
generations in this country on each side, was continued, but, owing 
to scarcity and comparative inaccessibility of subjects, another two 
years may be required for their completion. They promise results 
of much interest. A special study undertaken was one bearing on 
the history of physical anthropology in America, and more particu- 
larly in the United States, designed in part for presentation at the 
forthcoming Congress of Americanists and in part for use in the 
preparation of the “ Handbook of Physical Anthropology,” which 
will be published by the Bureau of American Ethnology. The main 
research work of the year, however, was that involved in completing 
the memoir on the “ Oldest Authentic Skeletal Remains of Man” 
in existence, which is being printed in the annual report of the 
Smithsonian Institution. The curator also made three shorter 
reports, as follows: On two crania from Saline Creek, Mo., for 
Mr. D. I. Bushnell, jr.; on parts of crania and skeletons from Lake 
Worth, Fla., for Mr. O. Randolph; and on recent skeletal collections 
from Tennessee, for Mr. Clarence B. Moore. 

Among persons who visited the division for purposes of study or 
for instruction were Dr. Ernest A. Hooton, of the Peabody Museum 
of Harvard University; Dr. James 8. Foote, of Creighton Medical 
College, Omaha, Nebr.; Dr. M. Reicher, of the Anatomical Labora- 
tory of Johns Hopkins University; Prof. George F. Eaton, of Yale 
University; Dr. R. W. Shufeldt and Dr. C. A. Hawley, of Washing- 
ton; Dr. G. Werley, of El Paso, Tex.; Dr. W. W. Evans, of Hamil- 
ton, Va.; Mr. Ralph Linton, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. G. Hardy 
Clark and Dr. Margaret V. Clark, of Waterloo, Iowa; and Dr. 
George A. Wilson, of Cleveland, Ohio. 

Mechanical technology—The addition of 20 models of steamboat 
propellers, made from descriptions and drawings furnished by the 


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Museum, to the series already on hand greatly increased the impor- 
tance of the exhibit illustrating the development of the screw pro- 
peller from 1681 to 1890. A circular sundial adapted for the latitude 
of Peking, China, 40° north, was received as a gift from Mr. Claude 
L. Woolley, of Baltimore, Md. It is entirely inscribed in Chinese 
characters, including the motto ‘“ With ceremony he delivered to the 
people the reckoning of time,” taken from the Book of History, and 
referring to the work of Yao, who first introduced the republican 
form of government into China, about 2000 B. C. For these in- 
scriptions both Mr. Woolley and the Museum are indebted to Mr. 
Yung Kwai, counselor of the Chinese Legation at Washington. A 
gold medal presented to Joshua Follensbee, chief engineer, United 
States Navy, by the Chamber of Commerce and citizens of New 
York, in commemoration of the part taken by him in laying the 
first submarine telegraph cable between England and America, in 
1858, was lent by Mr. Frank Follensbee, of Clarendon, Va.; and a set 
of German coin scales made by Johann Daniel Ellinghaus, in 
Radevormwalde, Germany, which had been in the possession of 
the Lindinger family, of Buckeburg, Germany, for about 250 years, 
was purchased. 

The following firearms were presented: One Ross magazine sport- 
ing rifle, model of 1910, caliber .28, the magazine holding four car- 
tridges, by the Ross Rifle Co., of Quebec, Canada; one Savage maga- 
zine sporting rifle, caliber .22, the magazine holding six cartridges, 
by the Savage Arms Co., of Utica, N. Y.; one Remington repeating 
rifle, caliber .30, with tubular magazine holding six cartridges, and 
one Remington autoloading, five-shot, repeating rifle, caliber .35, by 
the Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co., of Ilion, N. Y.; 
one Winchester repeating rifle, model of 1894, caliber .30, with tubu- 
lar magazine holding eight cartridges, and one Winchester repeating 
rifle, model of 1895, caliber .405, with box magazine holding four 
cartridges, by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., of New Haven, 
Conn.; and a single-barrel pistol, caliber .50, percussion cap lock, 
double set-trigger, Damascus barrel, marked “ Dumas A Lyon,” and 
a double-action revolver, caliber .45, marked “G. Mercenier,” by 
Rutgers Ives Hurry, of New York. The War Department deposited 
a United States Army magazine rifle, caliber .30, model of 1903, with 
improvements to 1914; and five guns, a gun barrel, and a case con- 
taining gun barrels were received as a bequest from Miss Lucy H. 
Baird. 

The collections of the division have undergone much change in 
location and arrangement, with attendant improvement in conven- 
ience and effectiveness. They now occupy the north east range, the 
east hall, the nortly east court, and portions of the south east range 
and west hall. Eighteen upright floor cases received during the year 


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have been advantageously used for the reinstallation of important 
exhibits. 

The large collections illustrating the beginning and development 
of the Bell telephone; those representing the inventions of Mr. Emile 
Berliner in the subjects of telephones and talking machines; the 
original electrical apparatus invented by Mr. Elihu Thomson, and 
the experimental apparatus relating to various phases of electrical 
art devised by Mr. Moses G. Farmer, have been properly grouped, 
installed in new cases, and provided with suitable labels. The exhi- 
bition of historical United States Army rifles and muskets, covering 
the period from 1800 to the present time, was removed to the north- 
east court, where the other arms have also been systematically ar- 
ranged, and decided advance is being made in the presentation of this 
subject, which is rapidly growing in interest. The Langley aero- 
drome engine, the Scott phonautograph, the Elihu Thomson arc- 
light dynamo, the Haynes automobile engine, and the cream sepa- 
rators were installed in separate cases; while the original Haynes 
gasoline automobile, the Balzer gasoline automobile, the models of 
Octave Chanute’s gliders, and Dr. A. F. Zahm’s experimental aero- 
dynamic models were arranged in a single large wall case. In all 
classes of exhibits new labels are being provided, and this important 
work is being pressed as rapidly as the facilities for printing allow. 

Ceramics.—Owing to lack of space and of opportunity for organ- 
izing and appropriately displaying collections of objects in metal 
and glass, as well as in certain other classes of small art work, these 
subjects have continued to be mainly associated and exhibited with 
ceramics in the gallery of the northeast court in the older Museum 
building. It is hoped, however, that a more satisfactory arrange- 
ment can soon be brought about. 

The following were the principal additions of the year: Seven- 
teen objects, including 2 Moorish platters, 2 large Chinese vases, a 
Satsuma vase, a Japanese porcelain dish, a large bronze Japanese 
vase, and a Japanese mythological figure in bronze, received as a 
bequest from Miss Lucy H. Baird; 12 pieces of enamel and terra 
cotta, from the estate of the late Homer N. Lockwood, of Wash- 
ington; 4 pieces of pottery from the Grand Feu Pottery Co., of Los 
Angeles, Cal., presented by the potter, Mr. Cornelius Brauckman; 
and an Italian silver filigree bonbon basket of superior workman- 
ship, received as a gift from Miss Christine W. Biddle, of Philadel- 
phia, Pa. The following loans were from residents of Washington: 
Twenty-three pieces of English pink luster ware of the eighteenth 
century, from Mrs. Alfred S. Gillett; and 11 pieces of Bohemian glass 
and a decorated terra-cotta pitcher of Doulton ware, from Miss 
Jennie M. Griswold. 


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Graphic arts —The more important contributions were as follows, 
namely: Materials demonstrating the process of making three-color 
half-tone plates, from the Zeese-Wilkinson Co., of New York; an 
exhibit containing half-tone screens from 50 to 400 lines to the inch, 
and a circular screen for color work, from Mr. Max Levy, of Phila- 
delphia, Pa.; a Bruce type-casting machine and a hand mold repre- 
senting the early methods of type casting, from the American Type 
Founders Co., of Jersey City, N. J.; examples of rotary intaglio 
printing, the first made in this country, as well as later develop- 
ments of the American patents, from Mr. Charles W. Saalburg, of 
New York; a collection illustrating the process of and the materials 
used in the manufacture of printing ink, from Philp Ruxton, 
of St. Paul, Minn.; an autochrome plate with progressive proofs of 
the same made by the Colorplate Engraving Co., from Dr. Ulysses 
S. Kahn, of New York; and 91 engraved bookplates from the estate 
of C. W. Sherborn, the engraver, through his brother, Mr. Charles 
Davies Sherborn, of London, England. 

In view of the extensive changes in progress in the halls of the 
Smithsonian building assigned to this division, not only was the 
work of installation brought to a standstill, but it also became neces- 
sary to place the greater part of the exhibition collection tempo- 
rarily in storage. With the completion of the renovations and im- 
provements, however, the conditions surrounding the exhibits should 
be much improved. Notwithstanding the inconveniences thus oc- 
casioned, much work was done upon the collections, including the 
preparation, remounting, and labeling of display material. 

The section of photography also came into possession of valuable 
exhibition material. A collection of talbotypes, also called calotypes, 
made by the inventor, Henry Fox Talbot, was presented by Mr. 
C. H. Talbot, of Chippenham, England. A series of photographs of 
stellar spectra, apparatus, etc., was contributed by the Harvard 
College Observatory, through Prof. E. C. Pickering, director; and a 
fine lot of photomicrographs of disease germs, illustrating the use 
of photography in laboratory investigations at the Rockefeller In- 
stitute for Medical Research, was received as a gift from that insti- 
tute. The Alfred Stieglitz collection of pictorial photography was 
purchased at a nominal price from Mr. Stieglitz, of New York, to 
whom the Museum is greatly indebted. Mrs. Julian James, of Wash- 
ington, presented a large series of graphoscopic and stereoscopic 
views, and the Eastman Kodak Co., of Rochester, N. Y., con- 
tributed an excellent representation of the history of the hand 
camera. Through the kind offices of Mr. George W. Harris, of 
Washington, a portrait from each of nine of the leading portrait 
photographers of the country was secured to form a group illustra- 
tive of professional portraiture. 


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The installation of the photographic exhibition, which occupies 
the gallery of the northwest court in the older Museum building, was 
so nearly completed for the material on hand that it was opened to 
the public late in June, 1913. The leading features of this important 
display are described elsewhere. 

Medicine—No progress of any moment has recently been made in 
this important division, either in the matter of acquiring new ma- 
terial or of further classifying and arranging the collections, owing 
to lack of means. Dr. James M. Flint, United States Navy, retired, 
the originator of the collection and for a quarter of a century its hon- 
orary curator, left the material in excellent condition when he re- 
linquished his position two years ago. Since then every effort has 
been made to prevent deterioration, pending the time when the af- 
fairs of the division can again be actively taken up. The precau- 
tions which this entails have been under the direction of Dr. Walter 
Hough, who has personally given attention to many of the details. 
The collections were consulted last year, as they had been in the past, 
by members of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agri- 
culture, but with a proper organization of the division the import- 
ance of its possessions and opportunities will certainly receive wide- 
spread recognition. 

Musical instruments——Of the few accessions received by this sec- 
tion only one was especially noteworthy. This is a violano-virtuoso, 
an instrument which mechanically plays a violin with piano accom- 
paniment. It is a high product of modern inventive skill, which 
has succeeded in rendering violin music of great complexity in the 
style and purity of an artist, and came as a gift from the Mills Nov- 
elty Co., of Chicago, Il. 

The collection of musical instruments, through a slow but con- 
stant growth, has now reached a stage where it is to be regarded 
as of exceptional importance. For many years it occupied the wall 
cases at the sides of the main hall of history, where it was much 
crowded and so concealed that its extent and value could not be 
appreciated by the public. Many instruments, moreover, had of 
necessity to be retained in storage. Near the close of last year, 
however, the collection was reinstalled in the wall cases surrounding 
the northwest court, where the pieces may be well observed, though 
they require to be better labeled. Mr. E. H. Hawley, who has the 
custody of the musical instruments, has completed through the 
letter “T” the catalogue of terms used and has begun a review of 
the instruments of the open hammered string class. 

History.—The division of history was the recipient of many ac- 
cessions, some of which were of much value, and an exceptionally 
large percentage were permanent acquisitions. Of special interest 
is a wine cooler of heavy silver plate, containing two bottle holders, 


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which had been a gift from George Washington to Oliver Wol- 
cott, Secretary of the United States Treasury in 1795-1800. This 
piece of tableware, one of a number of the same style imported by 
Washington from France, is of an elliptical urn shape and is deco- 
rated on either side, at the top, with a lion’s head, from which de- 
pends a small silver handle, the entire design being typical of the 
eighteenth century. Lent by Miss Emily Tuckerman, of Washington, 
granddaughter of Oliver Wolcott, it has been added to the large 
collection of Washington relics already in the Museum. Four 
American chairs of the period of the Revolution, two of which were 
owned by Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler of the Continental Army, 
and two by Alexander Hamilton, besides two mahogany side tables 
and a half-round mahogany table belonging to Alexander Hamilton, 
and a small work table belonging to Mrs. Hamilton, were generously 
presented by Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, of Great Barrington, 
Mass., grandson of Alexander Hamilton. With the exception of the 
small table last mentioned, these articles of furniture were already 
in the possession of the Museum as a loan. <A collection of relics 
of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, United States Navy, consisting 
of a handsomely jeweled sword and scabbard, presented to him by 
the city of Boston in 1862 in recognition of his services in the de- 
tention of the British steamer 7rent; a gold medal, awarded him 
by the Royal Geographical Society of London in 1868 in recog- 
nition of his services to science; a service sword carried by him while 
on the United States exploring expedition, 1838-1842; a uniform 
hat and epaulets, worn by him during the same period, together 
with a number of minor relics of the same expedition, were received 
as a gift from Miss Jane Wilkes, of Washington, daughter of the 
admiral. The original manuscript application for a pension and 
related papers, filed by Aaron Burr in 1834 before Richard Riker, 
recorder of the city of New York, for services rendered as an officer 
of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution, were 
deposited by the Department of the Interior. Accompanying the 
application is a copy of a letter from Gen. Washington to Lieut. 
Col. Burr, dated October 26, 1778, giving the latter permission to 
retire from the service with pay until his health is reestablished. 
The facts in the application are attested to by the affidavits of David 
S. Bogart and Robert Hunter, of New York. The sword of Brig. 
Gen. Strong Vincent, United States Volunteers, carried by him from 
April, 1861, until July 2, 1863, when he was mortally wounded 
while in command of a brigade defending Little Round Top, at 
Gettysburg, was presented by Mrs. Elizabeth C. Vincent, of 
Chicago, Il. 

Through the bequest of Miss Lucy H. Baird, the division came into 
possession of a number of personal relics of her distinguished father, 


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Prof. Spencer F. Baird, the director of the affairs of the National 
Museum during the first 37 years of its existence. Among them were 
the instruments used by Prof. Baird in his research work, including 
microscopes, a spectroscope, various types of magnifying lenses, and 
other articles of the same general character; the decoration of the 
Order of St. Olaf conferred upon Prof. Baird by the King of Sweden 
and Norway in recognition of his services to science; and a table 
napkin used by Napoleon I during his banishment to Elba, a gift to 
Prof. Baird by an American friend of the then exile. By the will 
of the late Homer N. Lockwood, of Washington, the Museum received 
a unique and valuable collection of 152 walking canes, gathered from 
nearly all parts of the world and including much of particular inter- 
est both historically and as to workmanship. Mention may specially 
be made of a gold-mounted cane presented to Grover Cleveland by 
the Swiss Helvetia Society, of Elgin, Ill.; an ivory-headed cane given 
to William H. Seward on his visit to Alaska in 1869; and a silver- 
mounted cane belonging to Capt. (Rear Admiral) Charles D. Sigs- 
bee, United States Navy, while in command of the U. S. battleship 
Maine. The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America 
made a number of additions to its already large and interesting col- 
lection deposited in the Museum. 

The collection of postage stamps, stamped envelopes, and postal 
cards was increased by deposits from the Post Office Department to 
the extent of about 10,000 pieces, comprising all recent issues by the 
countries in the Universal Postal Union. The coin and medal col- 
lection also received many valuable additions; and the bequest of Miss 
Lucy H. Baird included about 400 photographs of scientific men, 
which were incorporated in the portrait collection. 

The offices of the division, formerly occupying two small rooms 
at one side of the north entrance, were moved to more commodious 
quarters in the west tower, where the work called for in the various 
sections can more satisfactorily be carried on. The collections are 
reported in good condition, though in some directions their safety is 
difficult to maintain owing to the quantity of material, especially of 
fabrics, subject to the attack of insect pests. 

An important task begun near the close of the year was the 
renovation and placing in what is intended to be a permanent state 
of preservation of “The Star-Spangled Banner” of Fort McHenry, 
lent to the Museum some seven years ago, and last year made an 
absolute gift by its owner, Col. Eben Appleton, of New York. When 
writing the story of this flag, Rear Admiral George Henry Preble, 
_who had it in his possession for a short time, caused it to be mounted 
on a piece of rather heavy canvas, to which it was only partly at- 
tached. This light and much frayed piece of bunting is now being 
fastened to a backing of Irish linen in the same manner as were the 


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old fiags at the Annapolis Academy a short time ago; that is to say, 
by means of a peculiar net stitch which covers the entire surface of 
the fabric and thus reduces to a minimum the strain on any one part 
of the flag. The silk thread that is being used for this purpose is 
dyed to match exactly the color it is worked over, and at a short 
distance the net covering is scarcely apparent. 

It is also interesting to note the public installation in the north- 
west court of the older building of the coin and medal collections, 
ageregating over 6,000 examples which had previously been in stor- 
age. The installation of the stamp collection, which has been rap- 
idly advanced, is also being made in the same court. 

The paper on the Washington relics preserved in the Museum, by 
the assistant curator of the division, Mr. T. 'T. Belote, was completed, 
but its publication is delayed by the necessity of incorporating refer- 
ences to material lately acquired. Mr. Stanley Arthurs, who has 
been commissioned by the General Assembly of Delaware to execute 
for the senate chamber in Wilmington a mural painting showing the 
Delaware troops leaving Dover during the War of the Revolution, 
made a special study of the uniforms and costumes of that period in 
order that his pictorial work might be based on authentic data. 

Period costumes.—Mrs. Julian James and Mrs. R. R. Hoes con- 
tinued, with their customary zeal, their self-appointed task of secur- 
ing materials for the period costume collection, and during most of 
the year they were closely occupied in arranging the interesting fab- 
rics and other articles which had been received. The results of their 
labors, successful and most brilliant in effect, have already been de- 
scribed, and there only remains to be accounted for in this connection 
the many and valuable contributions of the year. 

Of costumes of ladies of the White House, forming the central and 
most prominent feature of the exhibition and including some acces- 
sories, six were received. One was a gift, the others being loans. In 
the order of presidential administrations these contributions were as 
follows: A dress, kid slippers, a fan and pearl beads, worn by Mrs. 
John Adams, received from Miss Susan E. Osgood, of Salem, Mass. 
A Watteau dress, in two pieces, of pale blue silk embroidered with 
straw, worn by Mrs. Maria Hester Monroe Gouverneur, youngest 
daughter of President Monroe, received from Miss Maud C. Gouver- 
neur. An old gold satin bodice, with blonde lace overdress and 
flounce, worn by Mrs. Andrew Jackson Donelson, niece of Mrs. Jack- 
son, and mistress of the White House during President Jackson’s ad- 
ministration, together with a tortoise-shell comb and silver filigree 
cardease of Mrs. Jackson, and an invitation to the Jackson ball, 
Nashville, 1828, addressed to Mrs. Donelson, received from Miss 
Mary R. Wilcox, of Chevy Chase, Md., granddaughter of Mrs. 
Donelson. A blue velvet dress, lace fichu, lace and embroidered 


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handkerchief and fan which had belonged to Mrs. Sarah Angelica 
Van Buren, wife of President Van Buren’s son, received from 
Mrs. Helen Coles Singleton Green, of Columbia, S. C. A dress of 
mole-colored velvet worn by Mrs. Jane Irwin Findlay, wife of Gen. 
James Findlay, one of the mistresses of the White House during the 
administration of William Henry Harrison, received from Mrs. Wil- 
liam Torrence Handy, of Cynthiana, Ky. <A dress of blue brocaded 
satin made by Worth in 1844 and worn by Mrs. James K. Polk, 
presented by Mrs. George W. Fall, of Nashville, Tenn., the niece and 
adopted daughter of Mrs. Polk. 

As further relating to the White House, the Museum is indebted 
to Mrs. R. R. Hoes and Miss Maud C. Gouverneur, of Washington, 
both jointly and individually, for the loan of many memorials of 
President and Mrs. Monroe. Among the articles, which are too 
numerous to specify in full in this connection, are a mahogany side 
chair, red satin footstool, a standing dresser mirror, and a Chippen- 
dale table brought from France by Mr. and Mrs. Monroe in 1796; 
a superb silver chocolate pitcher and cream jug, and the only piece of 
Monroe china known to be now in existence; a number of badges, 
chiefly of the American and French revolutions; many pieces of 
jewelry, including articles pertaining to personal attire; a letter 
written by James Monroe on March 2, 1786, announcing his mar- 
riage; and a dressmaker’s bill made out to Martha Washington and 
several articles which had belonged to Mrs. Maria Hester Monroe 
Gouverneur, including her seal. 

Dresses other than those pertaining to the White House were 
received as loans, as follows: The wedding dress of Mrs. Porter, 
wife of Rear Admiral D. D. Porter, United States Navy, March, 
1839, from Mrs. Charles H. Campbell, of Washington; a black velvet 
gown and the robes worn by the celebrated American actress, Char- 
lotte S. Cushman, in her impersonation, respectively, of Catharine 
and Cardinal Wolsey in Henry VIII, from Mrs. Allerton S. Cush- 
man, of Washington; two dresses of Mrs. Charlotte R. Myers Jack- 
son, together with slippers, gloves, and lava jewelry, from Miss Fan- 
nie A. Jackson, of Yonkers, N. Y.; a purple satin dress of Mrs. Sat- 
terlee, wife of Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee, from Mrs. Satterlee, 
of Washington; the wedding dress and an evening gown of Mrs. 
Dewey, wife of Admiral George Dewey, United States Navy, from 
Mrs. Dewey. 

A loan of exceptional interest, mainly associated with colonial 
times in Philadelphia, received from Mrs. Thomas Hamilton Wilson 
and Miss Abercrombie, of Washington, contains a bodice and the 
material of the skirt of a white satin dress embroidered in rose buds, 
which was worn by Mrs. Patterson, wife of Gen. Robert Patterson, 
as hostess at a ball given in Philadelphia in honor of Gen. Lafayette, 


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lace fichus, and an apron and capes of tambale embroidery, besides 
other articles of wearing apparel, a sample of early quilting, fans, 
etc. A large collection from Mrs. Julian James is especially note- 
worthy as representing the history of an American family during 
the period of a century past by a great variety of objects of costly 
materials and fine workmanship. There are dresses, bonnets, laces, 
gloves, and the various other classes of objects necessary to complete 
the attire of the well-dressed woman, ornaments for the hair, jewelry 
of many kinds, accessories for the street, toilet articles, and other 
household belongings. The Misses Long also contributed a large 
number of specimens which are especially important as showing the 
exquisite needlework and great taste of our ancestors in providing 
articles for their personal use. Their loan contains oriental crépe 
material of a wedding dress imported about 1810, baby clothes, a 
cap, a handkerchief, fans, slippers, stockings, lace sleeves, fichus, 
household articles, a comb, sets of jewelry, a brooch, ete. 

Exceptionally notable was a gift from Mrs. John Van Schaick, jr., 
of Washington, of 10 pieces of jewelry and 1 of ivory, which are both 
intrinsically and artistically of much value. They were the property 
of Julia Adelaide Tyson, wife of Benjamin F. Romaine, of New 
York, and mother of Mrs. Van Schaick, and comprise bracelets, ear- 
rings, and a brooch of Roman gold set with cameos and pearls, a 
brooch with miniature on porcelain of Holbein’s Madonna, a pendant 
of niosaic, an enameled brooch, a Limoges pendant of Henry IV, a 
brooch set with a trilobite, and an ivory triptych of the fifteenth 
century. 

Among other loans of miscellaneous articles were 7 shawls of 
Cashmere, crépe and lace veils, fans, brooches and other jewelry, a 
Lowestoft tea caddy, badges, etc., from Mrs. E. L. McClelland, of 
Washington; a locket with a picture of “ Peace,” period of 1812, 
and a tortoise-shell back comb, from Mrs. Frank W. Clarke, of Wash- 
ington; 3 bonnets of 1850 and a fur muff, from Mrs. Allan McLane, 
of Washington; silver mugs, knives, forks, and spoons, period of 
1860, besides needlework and wearing apparel, from Miss Jennie M. 
Griswold; and 6 beautiful Spanish and French fans from Madame 
Carlos Maria de Pena, wife of the minister from Uruguay. Three 
fans, 2 cardcases, and a pair of jet bracelets contained in the bequest 
of Miss Lucy H. Baird were assigned to this collection. Besides the 
India shawls already referred to, 2 were received as a gift from 
Miss L. L. Lander, of Washington, and 1, of the period of 1820-1840, 
was presented by Commodore R. G. Davenport, United States Navy, 
retired, while 1 was lent by Mrs. John FE. McElroy, of Albany, N. Y. 

Work of the preparators.—In the general laboratory of the depart- 
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curator, the varied activities connected with the building, modeling, 
casting, painting, repairing, cleansing, and poisoning of exhibits 
were carried on as usual. Mr. H. W. Hendley, for several years in 
charge of this laboratory, resigned on July 19, 1913, and was suc- 
ceeded by Mr. W. H. Egberts. Mr. R. A. Allen and Mr. T. W. 
Sweeny were engaged in the division of ethnology, while in the sev- 
eral other divisions the preparatorial work was attended to by the 
curators, with such assistance as was needed. The volume of work 
was greatly increased during the year, and much extra help required, 
on account of the preparation of extensive exhibits for the Panama- 
California Exposition and the Panama-Pacific Exposition, as well as 
of the exchange arrangement with Prof. C. V. Hartman, of the 
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, at Stockholm, Sweden. Mr. U.S. J. 
Dunbar modeled a large number of figures for the family and indus- 
trial groups; Mr. Hendley, subsequent to his separation from the 
Museum, modeled and painted, under contract, plaster figures for 
the historic costume exhibit; and Mr. Frank Micka made cases and 
painted numerous figures for the expositions. 

Exhibition collections —Steady progress was made with the exhi- 
bition collections, except in the division of graphic arts, where the 
renovation of the halls interrupted all operations. The more im- 
portant and effective results were in connection with history, period 
costumes, photography, and musical instruments. Permanent as- 
signment of space has now been arranged for most subjects, the 
exhibition material, so far as it can be supplied by the existing col- 
lections, has been in great measure selected, the cases are largely 
provided, and installation and labeling has been interrupted only by 
the preparation of exposition and exchange exhibits. 

Explorations —No member of the staff of the department found 
time to engage in field work, except that the head curator spent two 
days in visiting a very interesting aboriginal site near Luray, Va., 
on behalf of the Bureau of American Ethnology. Several joint 
expeditions of the Museum and the Panama-California Exposition, 
however, were conducted under the direction of the curator of the 
division of physical anthropology, as follows: 

Prof. K. Stolyhwo, director of the Anthropological Institute of 
Warsaw, Russian Poland, examined certain caves which the curator 
had previously visited on the Yenisei River in Siberia, with the view 
of obtaining traces of neolithic and possibly older human remains. 
The exploration, which was greatly interrupted by adverse climatic 
conditions, extended over six weeks, and, while failing to furnish 
skeletal remains of much value, it resulted in the acquisition of im- 
portant data and numerous very interesting archeological specimens. 
An investigation among the uncivilized tribes of southeastern Siberia, 
in charge of Dr. Stanislaw Poniatowski, chief of the Ethnologieal 


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Laboratory of Warsaw, was begun in the spring of 1914 and still 
remains unfinished. Its main object is to secure photographs and 
casts of the Siberian natives who bear so close a physical resemblance 
to the American Indian. An important expedition for the study of 
the development of the Negro child among the Zulu, Bushmen, and 
other native tribes in south and east Africa by Dr. V. Schiick, one 
of the most promising of the younger generation of European an- 
thropologists, was nearing completion at the close of the year. Be- 
sides the making of photographs and casts of these primitive peo- 
ples for the San Diego exposition, the principal purpose of this re- 
search is to obtain data on the growth of the Negro child in its native 
land to serve as the foundation for contemplated studies on the 
Negro as acclimatized in this country. 


DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY. 


The number of accessions and of specimens received by this depart- 
ment was somewhat greater than in the previous year, the most 
notable acquisition having consisted of some 200,000 insects obtained 
by entomologists of the Department of Agriculture during economic 
investigations in Texas and neighboring States. Mr. H. C. Raven, 
whom the exceeding generosity of Dr. William L. Abbott permitted 
to remain in eastern Borneo, sent from there over 1,500 mammals 
and birds. The Bureau of Fisheries transmitted extensive collec- 
tions of fishes and marine invertebrates, a large number of reptiles 
and batrachians from various parts of North America, and the first 
series, with types, of the mammals obtained in Lower California dur- 
ing the cruise of the steamer Albatross in 1911. From the Biological 
Survey were received many mammals from Patagonia, and reptiles 
and batrachians, chiefly from Panama; and from Prof. A. M. Reese 
a considerable collection of marine invertebrates, besides a number 
of reptiles and batrachians, secured in the Philippine Islands. These 
were the principal accessions which had to be divided between two 
or more divisions, and they will again be referred to in their appro- 
priate places. 

Mammals.—Additional specimens of the rare Tupaia mulleri and 
Reithrosciurus, mentioned in the last report, were contained in the 
collection of Mr. Raven from Dutch East Borneo, and also a shrew 
of the genus Crocidura and a rare cat, Felis badia, both new to the 
Museum. The Lower California mammals obtained during the cruise 
of the Fisheries steamer Albatross in 1911, including Dr. C. H. 
Townsend’s types of 10 new species, have already been spoken of, as 
have also the Patagonian mammals transferred by the Biological 
Survey. Mr. Arthur de C. Sowerby transmitted 121 specimens from 
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as Apodemus praetor, and an important gap in the palearctic series 
was filled by the purchase of a specimen of the Chinese so-called 
“horse-tail” deer, laphurus davidianus, which will soon be mounted 
for exhibition. A notable gift from Dr. Enrico Festa consisted of a 
deer, Cervus corsicanus, and a wild boar, Sus meridionalis, from the 
island of Sardinia. The African collection was increased by a num- 
ber of specimens obtained by Dr. V. Schiick in northern Zululand, 
and by Mr. H. J. A. Turner in British East Africa, among the latter 
being types of several new forms. Mr. C. T. Summerson presented 
specimens from Alaska, including two skulls of Dall’s sheep, and 
Mr. F. D. Ward donated a complete specimen of the dugong pre- 
served in formalin. 

The tanning of large and medium-sized skins was nearly com- 
pleted and the taxidermist detailed to the division made up 325 
skins for the reserve series, consisting mainly of small carnivores 
and monkeys from the Borneo collection of Mr. Raven. Unusual 
progress was made in the preparation of osteological material, some 
920 large skulls, 93 more or less complete skeletons, and many hun- 
dreds of miscellaneous bones, chiefly leg bones, having been cleaned 
at the Museum, and 3,200 small skulls and 80 skeletons, by contract. 

The mammals from the Smithsonian African Expedition were re- 
arranged and most of those from South Africa were identified, the 
labeling of both being completed. Much work was done toward in- 
stalling the skulls and skeletons of large mammals in 100 quarter-unit 
cases specially provided for the purpcese in the west attic. With the 
exception of the cetaceans, the American deer, and the family Bovidea, 
the entire collection of large mammal skeletons is now supplied with 
proper case room. The whale skulls and skeletons are still tempo- 
rarily quartered in the north gallery and northeast basement of the 
old Museum building, while a few skulls too large to be accommo- 
dated there have been placed provisionally with the osteological 
exhibit in the new building. 

Research work in this division was largely restricted to the descrip- 
tion of new forms discovered incidentally during the identification of 
collections recently received or in the course of revising and redeter- 
mining old material, as indicated by the titles of the papers cited in 
the bibliography at the end of this report. In addition, the curator of 
the division, Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, jr., prepared a new edition of the 
Directions for Preparing Specimens of Mammals, and the assistant 
curator, Mr. N. Hollister, completed a monograph of the grasshopper 
mice, Onychomys. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, associate in zoology, con- 
tinued his studies of North American bears, the monograph on this 
subject, which has long engaged his attention, being now well ad- 
vanced toward completion. Dr. E. A. Mearns, United States Army, 


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retired, also associate in zoology, studied the raccoons of the Mexican 
boundary survey, of which he was the chief zoologist; and Mr. Ed- 
mund Heller continued his work on the mammals of the Smithsonian 
African Expedition, of which he was one of the naturalists. 

The members of the Biological Survey of the Department of Agri- 
culture had at all times full access to the collections, which were also 
consulted by Dr. J. A. Allen, Dr. W. K. Gregory, and Mr. A. C. 
Andrews, of the American Museum of Natural History; Mr. W. H. 
Osgood, of the Field Museum of Natural History; Dr. O. P. Hay, 
of the Carnegie Institution of Washington; Dr. J. C. Merriam, of 
the University of California; Dr. D. G. Elliot, of New York; Dr. 
R. W. Shufeldt, of Washington; and Mr. Childs Frick, of Bryn 
Mawr, Pa. Specimens were lent for study to Dr. G. M. Allen, of the 
Museum of Comparative Zoélogy; Dr. J. A. Allen; Mr. H. B. Bailey, 
of Newport News, Va.; Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, of the University of 
Colorado; Mr. Childs Frick; Prof. George S. Huntington, of the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York; Dr. J. C. Mer- 
riam; and Mr. Witmer Stone, of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 
Philadelphia. 

Birds —The birds received from Mr. Raven in east Borneo com- 
prised 701 skins, besides a few skeletons, eggs, and nests. A generous 
gift from Dr. Edgar A. Mearns, United States Army, retired, con- 
sisted of his private collection of 1,577 skins, 780 eggs, and 48 skele- 
tons. In addition to a large number of foreign species, chiefly from 
England and Denmark, this donation contains a selected series from 
Dr. Mearns’ early collecting, including many specimens from the 
Fort Verde region, Ariz., and examples of several exceedingly rare 
forms, as, for instance, two passenger pigeons, now extinct in the 
wild state, and. two Carolina parrakeets and one ivory-billed wood- 
pecker, both of which are nearing extinction. Another welcome ac- 
cession, presented by Mr. Otto Holstein, was composed of 25 bird 
skins from Ecuador, among them being two skins of the spine-tail 
humming bird, Leptasthenura andicola, and a species of Calospiza, 
new to the Museum. To facilitate the researches of Dr. Mearns on 
the east African birds from the two expeditions of which he was a 
member, 15 skins of birds from Africa, including a species of 
Myioceyx, a genus not hitherto represented in the collection, were 
purchased. 

The rearrangement of the reserve series of bird skins was con- 
tinued more actively than during the previous year owing to in- 
creased facilities, with the result of advancing the revision to the 
extent of 20 quarter-unit and 53 half-unit cases. This brings the 
new installation, commencing with the passeres, down nearly to the 
end of the birds of prey. Case and drawer labels were prepared for 
these 73 cases and temporary labels for the remainder of the series, 


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the contents of which were much shifted during the year. The work 
of dismounting the large number of birds withdrawn from exhibi- 
tion was continued by contract with very excellent results, and much 
labor was expended in properly relabeling about 700 birds. thus 
returned to the reserve series. The search for type specimens was 
also continued, and several were discovered, notably the type of 
Girard’s [cterus auduboni, which had long been considered lost. 

The osteological series was systematically arranged in the cases 
provided for the purpose, the loose bones were numbered, and the 
material was partly cleaned. The drawers were temporarily labeled 
to show the orders and families contained in each, and the skeletons 
received from the preparators the previous year were catalogued and 
numbered, but not distributed. About 200 birds’ eggs were placed in 
their cases, but most of the accessions of eggs were left for attention 
at a future time. 

Part 6 of the great work on the Birds of North and Middle Amer- 
ica, by Mr. Robert Ridgway, the curator of the division, was pub- 
lished on April 8, 1914. In spite of continued ill health, Mr. Ridg- 
way has also made material progress in the preparation of manu- 
script for the parts to follow. Several of the orders and higher 
groups to be included in part 7 have been elaborated, and the syn- 
onymy and references for various groups not only in this, but in 
subsequent parts as well, have been worked up. On account of the 
pressure of routine duties Dr. C. W. Richmond, the assistant curator, 
could give but little time to research work. He saw part 6 of Bul- 
letin 50 through the press, supplying and verifying references and 
helping to prepare the index. In these tasks he was assisted by the 
aid of the division, Mr. J. H. Riley, who was also of much help to 
Mr. Ridgway in compiling references and measuring specimens. 
Dr. E. A. Mearns continued his studies of east African birds, with 
particular reference to the ornithological results of the Smithsonian 
and Frick expeditions, and he was given special assistance during 
several months for measuring and cataloguing specimens. Thirty- 
six new forms were described by him in publications issued during 
the year. Mr. A. C. Bent, of Taunton, Mass., also made progress 
with his work on the life histories of North American birds. 

The facilities offered by the division were constantly utilized by 
the staff of the Biological Survey. Mr. Alex Wetmore exam- 
ined the skeletons of passerine birds and incidentally aided very 
materially in rearranging and putting this part of the collection in 
order. Mr. H. C. Oberholser completed a monograph on the goat- 
suckers of the genus Chordeiles and a review of the forms of Ento- 
mothera, a genus of kingfishers, basing his observations chiefly on 
Museum material. He also continued his investigations of East 
Indian birds, largely contributed by Dr. W. L. Abbott. In addi- 


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tion to the committee on classification and nomenclature of the 
American Ornithologists’ Union, which spent three days in the divi- 
sion, many members of the union availed themselves of the oppor- 
tunity to study various specimens during the annual meeting which 
was held at the Museum in April, 1914. 

Among ornithologists who conducted more or less extended re- 
searches in the laboratory were Mr. W. deW. Miller and Mr. J. T. 
Nichols, of the American Museum of Natural History; Mr. R. C. 
Murphy, of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; Mr. W. H. 
Osgood, of the Field Museum of Natural History; Mr. W. E. Clyde 
Todd, of the Carnegie Museum; Dr. Thomas Barbour, of the Museum 
of Comparative Zoélogy; Mr. H. K. Coale, of Highland Park, W1.; 
Dr. Jonathan Dwight, jr., and Mr. C. H. Rogers, of New York; Mr. 
J. H. Fleming, of Toronto, Canada; Mr. Harry Highbee and Mr. 
I. H. Kennard, of Boston, Mass.; Dr. L. C. Sanford, of New Haven, 
Conn.; Mr. George Shiras, 3d, and Lord Percy of the British Em- 
bassy, Washington; and Mr. Otto Widmann, of St. Louis, Mo. The 
collection of birds’ eggs was consulted by Mr. H. H. Bailey, of 
Newport News, Va.; Mr. R. M. Barnes, of Lacon, IL; Mr. George 
H. Lings, of Nyack, N. Y.; Mr. J. Parker Norris, jr., of Philadel- 
phia, Pa.; Mr. Roswell S. Wheeler, of Oakland, Cal.; and Mr. John 
Willams, of Iowa City, Iowa. Access to the collection of skeletons 
was granted to Mr. Loye Holmes Miller, of Los Angeles, Cal., and 
Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, of Washington. 

A large number of specimens were lent for study to institutions 
and individuals as follows: Mr. F. M. Chapman, of the American 
Museum of Natural History; Mr. W. E. Clyde Todd; Mr. R. C. 
Murphy; Dr. Thomas Barbour, and Mr. Outram Bangs, of the Mu- 
seum of Comparative Zodlogy; Mr. H. S. Swarth, of the Museum of 
History, Science, and Art, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mr. Joseph Grinnell, 
of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of Califor- 
nia; the Colorado Museum of Natural History, Denver, Colo.; Mr. 
H. K. Coale; Mr. Louis Agassiz Fuertes, of Ithaca, N. Y.; Mr. H. H. 
Kopman, of the Conservation Commission, New Orleans, La.; 
Dr. W. L. Sclater, of the British Museum of Natural History; 
Dr. Josef Gengler, of Erlangen, Germany; and Mr. Frank Bond. 
of Washington. 

Reptiles and batrachians.—Mention has already been made of ma- 
terial received from the Bureau of Fisheries, the Biological Survey, 
and Prof. A. M. Reese. To Dr. J. C. Thompson, United States Navy, 
the division is indebted for a large number of specimens collected by 
himself on the west coast of Mexico and in California, including all 
of those on which was based his intensive study of the variation of a 
species of gartersnake on the peninsula of Sausalito, published by 
the Museum during the year. Several rare species were obtained by 


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Mr. G.S. Miller, jr., in Mississippi and Alabama, and to augment the 
turtle collection, which has been at a standstill for many years, but 
which the head curator has now taken up for a critical examination 
of the North and Middle American forms, a number of southern 
species were purchased. The genus Brachylophus, the only one of 
the American family Iguanide known to occur in the Old World, 
has not hitherto been represented in the collection. During last year, 
however, two specimens were received as a gift from the Department 
of Agriculture of Fiji, and another was obtained in exchange from 
the Museum of Comparative Zodlogy, together with two specimens of 
the singular west African “ hairy ” frog, Astylosternus robustus. 

The substitution of glass-stoppered jars for the old style of salt- 
mouth bottles is still in progress, and the contents of several old tanks 
were also transferred to jars or made into dry preparations, notably 
the large turtles. The osteological material has been partly gone over 
and arranged in unit cases placed in the corridor adjacent to the 
laboratory. In furtherance of a study of the turtles of North and 
Middle America, begun by the head curator, it was found necessary 
to institute a separate series of cleaned turtle skulls, similar to the 
one in the division of mammals, and a number were prepared in that 
manner. This work will be pushed during the current year and 
promises results of great interest. The card cataloguing of the col- 
lection is progressing satisfactorily and the search for old types has 
been quite successful. 

Since 1857, when Louis Agassiz published his Contributions to the 
Natural History of the United States, no scientific revision of the 
North American turtles has appeared in this country. More than 25 
years ago the Museum arranged with Dr. G. Baur for the preparation 
of a volume on the Testudinata of North America, but the work was 
stopped by reason of his death, and the fragmentary state of the ma- 
terial left by him prevented its being finished by others. The urgent 
demand for such a publication has induced the head curator to under- 
take the task, the subject being treated somewhat on the plan of, and 
covering the same territory as, Ridgway’s Birds of North and Middle 
America. The work was started about a year ago, and during the 
hours that could be spared from administrative duties he has made 
such progress that the volume may be expected to be ready in a year 
ortwo. The collections of the division were consulted by Dr. Thomas 
Barbour, of the Museum of Comparative Zodlogy; and Miss Stella 
Clemence, of the American Museum of Natural History; and speci- 
mens were lent for study to Dr. Alexander G. Ruthven, director of 
the Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan; Dr. Shufeldt, 
of Washington; and Dr. Barbour. 

Fishes—The most important accessions came, as usual, from the 
Bureau of Fisheries. They represented the results of collecting work 


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and of expeditions to various localities, and included the types of 
many new species. The museum of Leland Stanford Junior Univer- 
sity contributed a large number of desirable specimens, obtained in 
Japan and California by Dr. David 8S. Jordan, Prof. J. O. Snyder, 
and others; and Mr. Robert Tweedlie, of Balboa, Canal Zone, pre- 
sented an especially fine collection, including the young of rare forms, 
from the Pacific side of the Isthmus of Panama. Many well pre- 
served and interesting fishes were collected for the Museum at the 
Philippine Islands and in the inner lagoon of Fanning Island by Dr. 
Fred Baker, of Point Loma, Cal.; and at the Philippine Islands, by 
Dr. Albert M. Reese, of the University of West Virginia. 

The general revision of the collections of this division, the need 
of which was alluded to in the last report, was begun during the 
year. As indicated in that connection, recent accessions had left the 
division with an accumulation of material the proper arrangement 
and disposition of which taxed to the utmost the energies of its small 
staff. The great danger to be apprehended in reducing the bulk of 
the collection, which could only be done by relieving it of all duph- 
cates and condemning such material as was not suitable for further 
preservation, was that valuable specimens, even types, might be 
discarded unless the greatest care was exercised and the work under- 
taken by some one having a broad and thorough knowledge of the 
group. No other course was open than to obtain for this revision 
the services of an acknowledged expert in ichthyology who could 
give his entire time and energy to the task, unhampered by any 
routine duties. It was fortunately found possible to secure for this 
important work the cooperation of Prof. J. O. Snyder, of Leland 
Stanford Junior University, who arrived in Washington in the first 
part of January, 1914, and has labored unceasingly to place the 
collection in order. The specific direction of his work has been to 
determine whether any species was more abundantly represented in 
the collection than necessary, to cull out such specimens as were too 
poorly preserved to be of further use, and to separate such types 
and other especially valuable specimens as might be recognized. 
Beginning with the larger class of containers, he had by the close 
of the year examined the contents of more than 400 large storage 
jars, of which a considerable number of poorly preserved specimens 
were condemned, though some were saved for their skeletons, and 
many specimens were set aside as duplicates. Fifty or more types 
were segregated, and rare or otherwise exceptionally valuable speci- 
mens were placed in separate bottles. The revision of material 
belonging to 15 unassorted collections, the most of which had not 
yet been studied, was also completed. It was often found necessary 
to identify collections or to determine whether published investiga- 
tions were based on particular specimens, which would make their 


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retention desirable. As soon as the large containers have been dis- 
posed of—and this has been nearly done—the examination of the 
smaller jars will be taken up. The work is expected to occupy sev- 
eral months of the current year, and is one of the most important 
of its kind that has been undertaken by the Museum. 

Incidental to the reexamination of specimens and the search for 
types a considerable amount of research into the old literature on 
the subject of the collections was carried on by Prof. Snyder and 
Mr. B. A. Bean, the assistant curator. Mr. 8. F. Hildebrand, of the 
Bureau of Fisheries, had the use of the Panama material in connec- 
tion with the preparation of his report on the fishes of the Isthmus, 
and other members of the same bureau, especially Dr. William C. 
Kendall and Mr. L. Radcliffe, consulted the collections. Specimens 
were lent for study to Dr. Carl H. Eigenmann, of the Indiana State 
University ; Dr. Louis Hussakof and Mr. J. T. Nichols, of the Ameri- 
can Museum of Natural History; Mr. C. W. Shepherd, of Kensing- 
ton, London; Dr. H. M. Smith, United States Commissioner of Fish- 
eries; Prof. C. H. Gilbert and Prof. J. O. Snyder, of Leland Stanford 
Junior University; and Dr. 8. E. Meek, of the Field Museum of Nat- 
ural History. 

Insects —The deposits of insects by the Bureau of Entomology 
were exceptionally extensive and notable. The largest and most im- 
portant was a collection made by the force of the bureau engaged in 
the investigation of southern field crops, and came chiefly from 
Texas. When received at the Museum it was contained in about 400 
Schmitt boxes for the dried or pinned material and 1,000 large vials 
for the alcoholic material, the total number of specimens being esti- 
mated at approximately 200,000, about equally divided between the 
dried and alcoholic preparations. This is probably the best State 
collection ever brought together, although its full Museum value can 
scarcely be passed upon until more of the material has been deter- 
mined and the results incorporated in the records. Other noteworthy 
accessions from the bureau consisted of some 5,500 specimens col- 
lected by its employees and others in various localities from the 
Bahama Islands and Florida to New Mexico, Arizona, California, 
and Alaska; and of the material used by Mr. P. H. Timberlake for 
his revision of the genus Aphycus. The latter comprised about 40 
specimens of European weevils bred from alfalfa and 79 named 
reared specimens of the genus, including the types of three new 
species. 

Of gifts from individuals may be noted 124 vials of parasitic 
Hymenoptera from Mr. J. P. Kryger; 240 chalcids from Prof. C. F. 
Baker; and several accessions from Mr. Frederick Knab, aggregating 
1,457 specimens, mostly of Diptera, from the District of Columbia. 


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The transfer of specimens to the permanent trays made little prog- 
ress, owing to a delay in the delivery of the trays ordered for the 
year’s use, but much is expected to be accomplished in this direction 
during the current year. Preliminary to the preparation of a faunal 
collection to be added to the exhibition series for the District of 
Columbia, special efforts have been made to assemble as much local 
material as possible suitable for the purpose, and it is expected that 
a good representation of several orders will soon be ready for 
installation. 

The associate curator of the division, Mr. J. C. Crawford, continued 
his studies of the Hymenoptera, and, in addition to several papers 
published, he completed a contribution on the bees of the genus 
Coeliovys in America north of Mexico. Of the material secured dur- 
ing the biological survey of the Panama Canal Zone a part was 
worked up during the year, and accounts of the Lepidoptera, by Dr. 
Harrison G. Dyar and Mr. August Busck, were issued. Mr. J. R. 
Malloch finished several papers on the Agromyzide and Simuliide, 
the titles of which and of other communications by custodians of the 
division will be found in the bibliography at the end of this report. 
Mr. William Schaus continued his work on the Lepidoptera assem- 
bled by himself and designated as the Schaus collection, and pub- 
lished one paper descriptive of several new genera and 136 new 
species of Noctuidee, all but three of which were secured by himself 
and Mr. J. Barnes in Guiana. For nearly five months Dr. E. Mar- 
tini, of Hamburg, Germany, made studies on the collection of mos- 
quitoes, and for two months Mr. S. B. Fracker, of the University of 
Illinois, was at work on lepidopterous larve. Other entomologists 
who made investigations at the Museum were Mr. William T. Davis, 
of New Brighton, N. Y.; Prof. A. L. Melander, of Pullman, Wash. ; 
Mr. C. P. Alexander and Mr. Harold Morrison, of Cornell Univer- 
sity; and Mr. L. H. Weld, of Evanston, Ill. Material was lent for 
study as follows: Neuroptera to Mr. L. Berland, of the Muséum 
d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; Orthoptera to Mr. Morgan 
Hebard, of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; Hy- 
menoptera to Dr. W. M. Wheeler, of Harvard University, Mr. P. H. 
Timberlake, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Mr. Harold Morrison and Mr. 
William Beutenmiiller, of New York; Coleoptera to Mr. A. B. Wol- 
cott, of the Field Museum of Natural History, Mr. R. D. Glasgow, 
of Urbana, Ill., and Mr. H. E. Burke, of Placerville, Cal.; Diptera 
to Mr. A. L. Melander, Prof. James S. Hine, of the Ohio State 
University, Dr. E. P. Felt, of Albany, N. Y., Prof. J. M. Aldrich, 
of Lafayette, Ind., Mr. R. R. Parker, of the Massachusetts Agri- 
cultural College, Mr. C. P. Alexander and Mr. Charles Schaeffer, 
of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; Hemiptera to 
Dr. E. Bergroth, of Turtola, Finland; and Arachnida to Prof. C. W. 
Peckham, of Milwaukee, Wis. 


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Mollusks.—The accession of greatest moment was the gift by Mr. 
Thomas H. Bryant, of Cincinnati, of the collection of the late Prof. 
F. W. Bryant, of Lakeside, Cal., consisting of five cases of miscel- 
Janeous shells of which a large number were desirable for the reserve 
series. A contribution of about 2,000 specimens was received as 
the results of a dredging expedition by Mr. John B. Henderson, to 
Chincoteague, Va., in which the assistant curator, Dr. Paul Bartsch, 
also took part. Several of the species obtained are apparently new. 
A miscellaneous lot of marine shells, mostly from the Gulf of Cal- 
ifornia, presented by Mrs. Julian James, consists of material ob- 
tained by her brother, the late Lieut. Commander T. B. M. Mason, 
United States Navy. <A collection of minute marine shells of con- 
siderable interest from the island of Mujeres, off the coast of Yuca- 
tan, was donated by Mr. Russell H. Millward; and a fine series of 
nearly 1,000 specimens of Bulimulus from 43 localities in Texas, was 
presented by the Hon. J. D. Mitchell, of Victoria, Tex., an old friend 
and correspondent of the Museum. Mr. Charles R. Orcutt added to 
the collections previously sent by him from various places in Mexico 
about 500 specimens of very acceptable mollusks; Mrs. T. S. Oldroyd 
furnished some excellent Californian marine specimens from the 
vicinity of San Pedro; and Mr. James Zetek presented interesting 
specimens from Panama. 

The reserve collection has been kept in good condition and is 
readily accessible for study and reference. The western American 
marine material has been partly gone over, recent acquisitions have 
been incorporated in their proper places and the nomenclature has 
been so far revised as to present the latest data for about one-fifth 
of the entire series from the Pacific coast. A very large amount of 
fine dredgings, bottom samples, etc., has been searched for minute 
shells, and the pickings have been submitted to rough sorting and 
labeled with the locality and other data preparatory to further study 
and identification. Part of this material came from Philippine 
dredgings by the Fisheries steamer Albatross and part from the Gulf 
of California. The series of mollusks for the faunal exhibit of the 
District of Columbia was completed, and the assistant curator also 
gave much time to the preparation and arrangement of marine in- 
vertebrates for the general exhibition. 

The special investigations of the curator, Dr. William H. Dall, 
were directed to the fauna of the northwest coast of America pre- 
liminary to a manual of this fauna which he is preparing, but on 
which progress has been slow, owing to the pressure of routine work. 
A small collection of shells made on both coasts of Canada was 
studied and a report made to the Dominion Geological and Natural 
History Survey, which has been printed in the Bulletin of the Vic- 
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curator, has given much attention to the Philippine land shells, for 
which a large number of illustrations have been prepared by photog- 
raphy. He has completed, with the illustrations, the report on the 
marine shells of South Africa, chiefly contributed by Lieut. Col. 
W. H. Turton, retired, of the British Army, except certain bibli- 
ographic additions which it is desirable to include. The collections 
have been extensively used by Mr. John B. Henderson, of Washing- 
ton, who is continuing his studies of east American and Antillean 
mollusks. Miss Juha Gardner, of Johns Hopkins University, and 
members of the Geological Survey have also utilized the collections 
in connection with their studies of fossil shells. 

Marine invertebrates—The principal accessions from the Bureau 
of Fisheries were as follows: One hundred and sixty-two lots of as- 
cidians, including the types of 8 new species, obtained on the Philip- 
pine expedition of the steamer Albatross, 1907-1910, and worked up 
by Dr. W. G. Van Name; large collections of plankton taken by the 
schooner Grampus on the New England coast during the summers of 
1912 and 1913, including schizopods identified by Dr. H. J. Hansen, 
salpee identified by Mr. W. F. Clapp, and Meduse, amphipods, etc., 
identified by Dr. H. B. Bigelow; 36 lots of Foraminifera (Xeno- 
phyophora) dredged in the eastern Pacific Ocean in 1904-1905 by 
the steamer A/batross under the direction of Alexander Agassiz and 
reported on by Prof. F. E. Schulze; a collection of leeches made dur- 
ing the investigation of the Great Lakes in 1899, and studied by Dr. 
J. Percy Moore; and many samples of plankton and specimens of 
invertebrates collected in Lake Maxinkuckee, Ind., during several 
years, under the supervision of Dr. B. W. Evermann. 

Mr. H. K. Harring, custodian of the rotatoria, contributed 103 
microscopic slides representing almost as many species of rotifers, 
from the District of Columbia and vicinity; and Dr. Albert M. Reese, 
of the University of West Virginia, obtained a large number of 
invertebrates for the Museum during his trip to the Philippine 
Islands. Forty species of invertebrates were received in exchange 
from the University of the Philippines at Manila, and 16 species of 
ascidians, identified by Dr. R. Hartmeyer, were secured in the same 
manner from the Royal Zoological Museum in Berlin, Germany. 
The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Fisheries 
Branch), Dublin, Treland, presented 16 species of deep-water echino- 
derms from off the Irish coast. 

The routine work connected with the care, sorting, labeling, and 
cataloguing of the extensive and varied material received was 
promptly attended to and much time was spent in the preparation 
and shipment of specimens for study elsewhere and for distribution 
to educational establishments. The alcoholic and dried collections 
of sponges and ophiurans, and the dried collections of asteroids, 


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echinoids, aleyonarians, and hydroids were overhauled, the nomen- 
clature revised, fresh labels put on the outside of jars and boxes, 
and a systematic arrangement made. At the same time the card 
catalogue of these groups was brought up to date. Miss Rathbun 
also cooperated with Dr. Bartsch in the preparation and arrange- 
ment of the marine faunal exhibits, in which good progress was 
made. 

The helminthological collection, which had been retained in the 
Smithsonian building, was moved in the spring to the new building, 
where the alcoholic specimens have been arranged in two cases in 
the stack room and the microscopic slides in the adjacent corridor. 
Better accommodations for the latter and laboratory facilities for 
this section are intended to be provided. The collection of onycho- 
phores was transferred to this division from the division of insects. 
It now contains representatives of four genera and seven species, 
including the type of a new subspecies. The four microscopic slide 
cases in the division have been almost entirely filled with Foramini- 
fera mainly of the mountings of North Pacific specimens by Dr. Jo- 
seph A. Cushman, who has been making rapid progress in this work. 
The other microscopic slides are now provisionally arranged in a 
large unit case, awaiting better accommodations for their storage. 

Miss Mary J. Rathbun, assistant curator, completed a report on 
the decapod and stomatopod crustaceans collected at the Monte 
Bello Islands, off the northwest coast of Australia, by Mr. P. D. 
Montague, of Cambridge, England, which is being published in the 
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. She also worked 
up the crabs of the families Goneplacide and Gecarcinide from 
the expedition of the Fisheries steamer Albatross to the Philippine 
Islands in 1907-1910, and in a preliminary paper, printed in the 
Proceedings of the Museum, the new species of the former family 
were described. All of the unidentified specimens of these families 
in the possession of the Museum were likewise named at the same 
time, and the family Inachide is now receiving attention. 

Mr. Austin H. Clark, assistant curator, prepared a number of 
papers of greater or less size, as follows: A monograph of the 
crinoids of the Antarctic regions, to be included in the reports of 
the German South-Polar Expedition; a monograph of the crinoids 
of China and Japan, based on the collections of Prof. Dr. Franz 
Doflein, of Freiburg, which will probably be published by the 
Bavarian Academy of Sciences; a report on the crinoids collected 
by the Australian marine surveying ship Endeavour off southwest- 
ern Australia, to be published by the Western Australian Museum 
at Perth; and a detailed account of the crinoids of the British 
Museum. Mr. Clark was also the author of several shorter papers 
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groups, and of others in which the facts obtained from a study of 
the recent crinoids are applied toward the solution of problems 
especially in paleontology and oceanography. He likewise devoted 
some time to the study of the onychophores and their geographical 
distribution. 

Dr. Harriet Richardson Searle, collaborator, reported on the isopod 
crustaceans obtained by the Fisheries steamer Albatross under the 
direction of Alexander Agassiz, during the Pacific Ocean cruises of 
1899-1900 and 1904-1905. Mr. Clarence R. Shoemaker, aid, prepared 
an annotated list of the amphipod crustaceans collected in south 
Georgia by Mr. R. C. Murphy, and has begun work on the amphipods 
of the east coast of the United States. Miss Lilian C. Cash, cata- 
loguer, gave some attention to the alcyonarians, preparing a series of 
175 microscopic mounts of spicules, and beginning the identification 
of the species in certain groups. Mr. H. K. Harring, of the Bureau 
of Standards, devoted his spare time to the study of rotifers, in- 
cluding the mounting of a large number of slides for the Museum, 
and completed a report on the material obtained in the Panama 
Canal Zone by Dr. C. Dwight Marsh. 

Much research work was done for the division during the year by 
distinguished naturalists, both at home and abroad, who are recog- 
nized as collaborators in the classification of the collections. Some 
of the more important results were as follows: Dr. H. J. Hansen, of 
Copenhagen, Denmark, completed his monograph of the Euphausi- 
acea; and Dr. Joseph A. Cushman, of the Boston Society of Natural 
History, the fourth part of his monograph of the North Pacific 
Foraminifera, including the Chilostomellid, Globigerinide and 
Nummulitide, the fifth part, embracing the Rotalide, being also 
nearly ready. Dr. H. A. Pilsbry, of the Academy of Natural 
Sciences of Philadelphia, has nearly finished his studies on the sessile 
Cirripedia; Dr. Charles B. Wilson, of the State Normal School, 
Westfield, Mass., submitted another of his monographs on the para- 
sitic copepods, dealing with the family Lernzopodide; and Prof. 
C. C. Nutting, of the State University of Iowa, completed the third 
part of his monograph on hydroids. Prof. A. E. Verrill, of Yale 
University, in his report on the starfishes of the Harriman Alaska 
Expedition, recently published by the Smithsonian Institution, de- 
scribed a small collection lent him by the Museum; Prof. Frank 
Smith, of the University of Illinois, continued his study of earth- 
worms, especially those from America and British East Africa; Dr. 
R. Koehler, of Lyon, France, has undertaken to report upon the large 
collection of Philippine ophiurans obtained chiefly by the steamer 
Albatross in 1907-1910; and Dr. N. A. Cobb, of the Department of 
Agriculture, has taken up the study of a small collection of non- 
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The following have continued work on collections in their custody 
as opportunity permitted: Dr. R. C. Osburn, of Barnard College, 
on the bryozoans of the northeast coast of North America; Dr. W. M. 
Tattersall, of the Manchester Museum, England, on the Mysidacea; 
Mr. R. Southern, of Dublin, Ireland, on the annelids of the family 
Cirratulide; Dr. J. W. Spengel, of Giessen, Germany, on Sipun- 
culus; Prot. Maynard M. Metcalf, of Oberlin College, on Salpa and 
Pyrosoma; and Dr. Walter Faxon, of the Museum of Comparative 
Zoology, on crayfishes. Specimens have been lent for study to Prof. 
H. Garman, of the State University of Kentucky; Miss Ada L. 
Weckel, of Oak Park, Ill.; Mr. Stanley Kemp, of the Indian 
Museum, Calcutta; and Mr. F. C. Craighead, of Washington. 

Plants—Among the accessions of the year were several of excep- 
tional value, the more noteworthy being as follows: Over 10,000 
specimens were received from the Bureau of Plant Industry and 
the Biological Survey, of the Department of Agriculture, compris- 
ing, besides 1,500 miscellaneous plants, more than 1,200 mounted 
grasses, collected by Prof. A. S. Hitchcock during an investigation 
of this group in Nevada, California, Utah, and Arizona, and also 
6,000 duplicate grasses, consisting of 30 sets of 200 specimens each 
of certain species which have been critically studied by Prof. Hitch- 
cock and Mrs. Agnes Chase in recent years, and of which it has been 
considered desirable to distribute authentic specimens. The New 
York Botanical Garden furnished 3,555 plants in exchange, of which 
562 were African specimens from the Otto Kuntze Herbarium, and 
the remainder entirely from the West Indies, supplementing very 
acceptably the large series acquired from the same source in recent 
years, and resulting from investigations by that institution. Some 
1,580 Chinese plants, representing a second installment of one of the 
largest sets of the exceedingly valuable collections made by Mr. E. H. 
Wilson, were purchased of Prof. C. S. Sargent. 

A notable collection of cryptogams, numbering about 10,000 speci- 
mens, largely obtained by the late Mr. John B. Leiberg while engaged 
in field work in the western United States, was received as a gift from 
Mrs. Leiberg, of Leaburg, Oreg. It contains many duplicates which | 
will be available for distribution as soon as the species have been fully 
identified. An important addition from a region not well represented 
in the herbarium consisted of 1,100 plants from Venezuela, of which 
300, chiefly from the high mountains of that country, were purchased 
of Mr. Alfredo Jahn, Caracas, while the remainder, presented by 
Mr. H. Pittier, were secured by him in the course of an investigation 
of the agricultural resources of Venezuela. From the Bureau of 
Science at Manila 1,746 specimens were obtained in exchange, nearly 
1,000 of these having come from Guam, and being duplicates of mate- 
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of that island by Mr. E. D. Merrill. Other collections worthy of 
mention were 2,000 specimens from the arid regions of Colorado, New 
Mexico, and Texas, contributed by the Carnegie Institution of Wash- 
ington; 740 specimens from the mountains of North Carolina, ob- 
tained by Mr. Paul C. Standley and Mr. H. C. Bollman; 1,075 plants 
of the Henry Eggert Herbarium, largely from the south-central 
United States, received in exchange from the Missouri Botanical Gar- 
den; and 940 specimens, chiefly from Idaho, from the University of 
Wyoming. 

Approximately 33,000 specimens were mounted for the general her- 
barium, which is much above the yearly average, and at the close 
of the year few remained to be prepared in this way. In other re- 
spects also the work of the division was well advanced and the collec- 
tions were reported in excellent condition. By the employment of 
two extra assistants, an accumulation of about 50,000 mounted speci- 
mens of phanerogams was appropriately distributed in the cases and 
nearly one-half of the phanerogamic collection was rearranged, a 
considerable proportion of the specimens being likewise put in new 
covers. This revision will go on until it has been completed for the 
entire group. 

As opportunity permitted, Mr. Standley continued the segrega- 
tion of types and duplicate types from the study series. This work, 
which may be said to have progressed steadily for more than a 
year, has led to the assembling of upward of 7,000 specimens. Each 
type, after being plainly indicated as such, is placed in an indi- 
vidual cover of heavy manila tag board, with a distinctive label on 
which is written not only the generic and specific name but also the 
serial number of the genus according to the classification of Dalla 
Torre and Harms. The type specimens thus far removed from the 
general herbarium sequence have been associated in eight standard 
cases, placed conveniently near the offices of the assistant curators, 
so as to be easily cared for and still be available for consultation by 
investigators. The probational appointment of Mr. Glen P. Van 
Eseltine as aid has made it possible to carry out a plan long held 
in abeyance to place the cryptogamic collections in better order. 
During the past five or six years a large amount of material has 
accumulated in nearly all groups of the lower cryptogams, and 
although a part of this is in shape for immediate incorporation in 
the reserve series the greater part remains to be attended to, and the 
proper pocketing, labeling, and distribution involves much time and 
labor. The herbarium has been thoroughly poisoned by carbon 
bisulphide twice during the year. Only a few insects have been 
observed, and in no instance has any special damage been caused 
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Mr. Frederick V. Coville, the curator of the division, continued 
his studies of the genus Vaccinium. Mr. William R. Maxon, associ- 
ate curator, made considerable progress with his “ Studies of tropical 
American ferns,” and, in addition to two shorter articles, published 
a fifth paper under the above title. Copy for No. 6 of this series 
is now ready for the press. Mr. Paul C. Standley, assistant curator, 
continued his researches on Panama plants, especially of the family 
Rubiaceae, and began the preparation of a manuscript treating of 
the families Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae of the North Amer- 
ican flora. He plans also to publish a series of papers embodying 
the miscellaneous results of his work under the title, “ Studies of 
tropical American phanerogams,” of which part 1 appeared during 
the year. “The flora of New Mexico,” prepared jointly with Mr. 
E. O. Wooton, of the Department of Agriculture, has been sub- 
mitted for publication in its revised form and will constitute volume 
19 of the Contributions from the National Herbarium. Mr. E. 8. 
Steele devoted to the study of the genus Laciniaria such time as 
was not required for his editorial duties. 

Dr. J. N. Rose, associate in botany, proceeded with his researches 
on the family Cactaceae under the auspices of the Carnegie Institu- 
tion of Washington, his furlough from the National Museum having 
been extended for that purpose. Dr. E. L. Greene, associate in bot- 
any, has been engaged on part 2 of “ Botanical Landmarks,” and, in 
addition, was the author of two short papers on various species of 
American plants. Capt. John Donnell Smith, associate in botany, 
continued his investigations of previous years on the flora of Central 
America and published several papers describing new species from 
that region. 

Among the botanists who worked in the herbarium for longer or 
shorter periods were Dr. C. H. Ostenfeld, of the Botanical Museum 
in Copenhagen, Denmark; Dr. N. L. Britton, director of the New 
York Botanical Garden, and Dr. P. A. Rydberg and Dr. J. K. Small, 
of the same institution; Prof. H. M. Hall and Mrs. Katherine Bran- 
degee, of the University of California; Prof. Aven Nelson, of the 
University of Wyoming; Prof. Ezra Brainerd, of Middlebury Col- 
lege; and Prof. William Trelease, of the University of Illinois. The 
herbarium was also, as usual, constantly made use of by the botanists 
of the Department of Agriculture. 

The number of specimens lent to institutions and individuals for 
study was above the average. Much of the material thus sent out 
was undetermined, and the Museum therefore became the chief, if 
not the only, beneficiary in many of the transactions. The principal 
shipments were as follows: A large number of plants of many groups 
to the New York Botanical Garden; numerous specimens from Cen- 
tral America to Capt. John Donnell Smith, of Baltimore, Md.; fungi 


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from New Mexico to Prof. J. C. Arthur, of Purdue University ; 
lichens of the genus Ramalina to Dr. R. H. Howe, of Concord, Mass. ; 
tropical American plants to the Royal Botanical Garden and Mu- 
seum, Berlin, Germany; specimens of Solanaceae to Dr. Georg Bitter, 
Bremen, Germany; a large series of Dryopteris for study by Mr. 
Carl Christensen in connection with his extended monograph of the 
tropical American species of the genus, to the Botanical Museum of 
the University, Copenhagen, Denmark; lichens, mainly from Aus- 
tralia and New Zealand, to Mr. G. K. Merrill, Rockland, Me.; speci- 
mens of Chamaesyce, for study by Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, to the Field 
Museum of Natural History; and specimens of Yanthiwm, for study 
by Dr. T. J. Widder, and of tropical American Gesneriacez, mainly 
from Panama, for study by Dr. KX. Fritzsch, to the Institute for 
Systematic Botany, Graz, Austria. 

Work of preparators—Having previously completed, so far as the 
material permitted, the principal new and prominent features for the 
exhibition series, especially of mammals and birds, the preparators 
were mainly occupied during last year in mounting smaller speci- 
mens and in renewing and improving the specimens from the older 
collections, which had to a large extent been installed in the new 
building without waiting for the renovation which their condition 
demanded. The collection still contains much material which should 
be replaced when better specimens can be obtained, and until this is 
done the exhibition as a whole must be regarded as below the proper 
standard. The work which this involves, although not as spec- 
tacular as the building of large groups, is as important from the 
museum standpoint and as necessary for the lessons designed to be 
illustrated. 

Mr. George B. Turner, chief taxidermist, and his assistant, Mr. 
William L. Brown, finished the mounting of the reticulated giraffe, 
which is an especially effective piece of taxidermy, and also of the 
giant eland and the greater koodoo, both from East Africa, as well 
as of a specimen of the fallow deer, a common European species not 
hitherto represented in the exhibition halls. A fine specimen of the 
rare Pére David deer, Llaphurus davidianus, from China, was also 
in course of preparation at the end of the year. 

Mr. N. R. Wood, the bird taxidermist, mounted for exhibition 74 
skins, mostly of African birds, including the 5 chicks of the ostrich 
group and 11 fresh skins. He also remounted 30 specimens and 
renovated or changed to other pedestals 22 specimens. Mr. George 
Marshall was mainly engaged in mounting small mammals, in which 
the exhibition series is exceedingly deficient except in the North 
American section. 

The work done in the osteological laboratory under Mr. J. W. 
Scollick consisted in cleaning 938 mammal skulls, besides skeletons 


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and separate bones of mammals, birds, and reptiles to the number of 
577. Mr. C. E. Mirguet renovated the okapi skeleton for exhibition 
and was employed in much other preparatorial work, including the 
making of a cast of a gorilla skull for the division of physical 
anthropology. Mr. William Palmer was mainly occupied with the 
arrangement of the faunal exhibit of the District of Columbia, the 
exhibition series of insects, and the synoptic series, though he was 
called upon for much special work in other directions. 

Exhibition collections—Two additional alcoves assigned to topical 
exhibits were opened to the public. They are devoted to the “ archi- 
tecture” of mammals and birds, and the eggs of birds. Most con- 
spicuous is a large central floor case in which is displayed the enor- 
mous nest of the wood rat with its inhabitants, while models and 
illustrations of the burrows of other mammals and of birds are shown 
in cases against the wall. The birds’ eggs are mainly arranged in 
three table-top cases. ; 

No mammal groups were constructed, but several specimens 
mounted separately were added to the series. Foremost among these 
was the reticulated giraffe, a fine example, which, being placed along- 
side the common form, gives excellent opportunity for observing the 
differences between the two. Other large species installed were the 
giant eland and the greater koodoo from Africa and the fallow deer 
from Europe. Many small mammals other than North American 
were also introduced in various faunas, which have hitherto been 
very deficient in this respect. The enlarged models of bats’ heads, 
referred to in the last report, were finally completed and placed on 
exhibition. 

The only large group added during the year represents a family of 
African ostriches near its nest. It occupies a case of the same size as 
that of the lion group, is placed near the outer end of the main hall 
between the African mammals and the bird series, and consists of a 
pair of adult birds in fine plumage with five chicks. Remnants of 
the eggs from which the chicks have just emerged and a couple of 
unhatched eggs are lying on the ground in and near the nest. This 
forms a very attractive exhibit, is much the finest bird group in the 
Museum, and is on a par with the best of the mammal groups. It 
was designed and built by Mr. James L. Clark, of New York, who 
also mounted the old birds, the young ones being prepared by Mr. 
Nelson R. Wood of the Museum staff. The material was from the 
Smithsonian African Expedition. Another bird group placed on 
exhibition in the African fauna represents the hoatzin. It was con- 
structed for and displayed at the St. Louis exposition of 1904, but re- 
mained in storage until recently when it was taken out, completely 
rebuilt, and greatly improved by Mr. William Palmer. The ex- 
hibit is highly interesting in showing the nestling hoatzins climbing 


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among the branches of the trees by means of the clawed digits of 
their wings. The transfer to new cases of the other bird groups men- 
tioned in previous reports was completed. Of individual birds a con- 
siderable number, mostly African, were prepared and installed. The 
case containing the tropical humming birds was entirely rearranged, 
and neat brass holders were introduced for supporting the specimens, 
thereby greatly improving the appearance of the series. 

There were several important additions of reptiles and _ fishes. 
One was an American crocodile, 13 feet long, from the older collee- 
tion, but entirely made over and placed in excellent condition by 
Mr. C. E. Mirguet.. The series of casts of fishes was somewhat in- 
creased, but the most novel and attractive exhibit introduced con- 
sisted of tropical fishes painted in their natural colors and displayed 
in alcohol in flat-faced jars. It occupies two cases and, while the 
method of preparation is still to some extent experimental, it is be- 
lieved to be fairly permanent. Two further sections of the exhibi- 
tion of marine invertebrates, one representing the littoral fauna from 
Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras, the other the characteristic forms of 
the Floridian fauna, beginning with Cape Hatteras, were opened to 
the public; and many specimens for other faunas, especially of 
crustaceans, were selected, colored, and mounted. 

The series of reptilian and batrachian skeletons was somewhat in- 
creased and the latter were entirely rearranged. The synoptic series 
was also partly revised, and the insect collection was transferred to 
new cases. Many additions were made to the faunal exhibition of the 
District of Columbia, including a complete series of all the land and 
fresh-water shells of the District, which are installed in a sloping-top 
table case so constructed that even the smallest specimens can be ex- 
amined under an ordinary hand magnifying glass through the glass 
cover of the case. 

The division of plants has for the first time been represented to the 
public by an exhibition of flower studies in water color, selected 
from a series of about 600 sketches by the late Miss Adelia Gates, 
recently presented by Miss Eleanor Lewis, her niece, and by others 
to whom they had been given by the artist during her life. The dis- 
play, which has been installed in the same hall as the marine in- 
vertebrates, embraces a wide range of domestic and foreign plants as 
well as cultivated varieties. 

Explorations—No biological expeditions were sent out by the 
Museum during the year, but several field parties not connected with 
it were supplied with outfits or assisted in other ways, and material 
of considerable interest has been received in return. The principal 
explorations by which the collections have been benefited were con- 
ducted by other scientific bureaus of the Government, though the 
Museum is also greatly indebted to several individuals who have 


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given generous support to field work, mainly, if not wholly, in its 
interest. 

Dr. W. L. Abbott, an associate of the Museum, continued his own 
explorations in the Himalayas, besides maintaining Mr. H. C. Raven 
in Dutch East Borneo, where, as elsewhere explained, he has been 
making large and valuable collections. Dr. Abbott recently sent 
Mr. Raven to the island of Celebes on a similar mission, and has 
placed at the disposition of the Institution sufficient funds to keep 
him in the field for another year. In July, 1913, Mr. John B. 
Henderson, a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, made a dredg- 
ing trip to the waters around Chincoteague Island, Va., taking with 
him as a guest Dr. Paul Bartsch, assistant curator of mollusks. 
They secured a large quantity of material, including several new 
mollusks. During May and a part of June, 1914, Mr. Henderson 
undertook a much more elaborate expedition to the region off the 
northwestern coast of Cuba, having chartered a fishing vessel and 
well equipped it for the purpose. By his kind invitation, Dr. 
Bartsch was again able to join in the work, his special mission being 
to collect and make special preparations of marine invertebrates 
needed for the West Indian fauna in the exhibition series. The 
party also included Mr. G. W. Gill, who was charged with reproduc- 
ing the natural colors of specimens for the exhibits. The explora- 
tion was entirely successful, and its results, liberally shared with 
the Museum, consisted of both invertebrates and fishes secured by 
extensive dredging, towing, and shore collecting. Many specimens 
of land animals were also collected during occasional visits on shore. 

With Dr. Alfred G. Mayer, director of the Marine Biological 
Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution, Dr. Bartsch again visited, 
during the latter part of April, the Bahama Cervion plantations on 
the Florida Keys, of which accounts were given in the last two re- 
ports. These transplantations of large numbers of two races of 
Bahama shells of the genus Cerion were undertaken to ascertain the 
effect of their transference to a new environment. During this 
year’s examination the adults of the first generation were found, and 
most interesting results are reported regarding the changes which 
these present as compared with the material introduced. <A trip 
made by Dr. J. N. Rose, as a research assistant of the Carnegie In- 
stitution of Washington, through portions of Colorado, New Mexico, 
and Texas, was productive of a large and valuable collection of 
Cactaceae and also of other groups of plants, a large proportion of 
which will be deposited in the Museum. Mr. G. S. Miller, jr., 
curator of mammals, spent part of his vacation, during February, 
1914, at Biloxi, Miss., where he secured many interesting specimens. 
Other members of the staff on short trips have also added material 
to the collection, a large number of plants and some crayfishes hav- 


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ing been obtained by Mr. Paul C. Standley and Mr. H. C. Bollman 
in North Carolina, and a collection of marine invertebrates from 
Plum Point, Md., having been contributed by Mr. William Palmer: 

Mr. Arthur de C. Sowerby continued his field work in Manchuria 
and northeastern China, sending two lots of mammals, only one of 
which was received within the year. In the course of anthropological 
investigations in northern Zululand, conducted under the direction 
of Dr. AleS Hrdlicka in the joint interest of the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution and the Panama-California Exposition, Dr. V. Schiick ob- 
tained the skeleton of a black rhinoceros and formalin preparations 
of several important carnivores, rodents, primates, and reptiles. 
Dr. Albert M. Reese, of the University of West Virginia, visited the 
Philippine Islands as a temporary collaborator of the Museum and 
secured for its collections many specimens of reptiles, batrachians, 
fishes, and marine invertebrates. Dr. Fred Baker, of Point Loma, 
Cal., also made a trip, which is still unfinished, to Oceania and the 
Orient, largely for the benefit of the Museum, and has already sent 
in a considerable amount of noteworthy material, especially fishes, 
from Fanning Island and the Philippines. Mr. H. Pittier, of the 
Department of Agriculture, while on furlough and conducting an 
investigation of the resources of Venezuela, made an extensive 
collection of the plants of that country, which he generously pre- 
sented to the Museum. 

Of Government explorations there were three which merit notice 
in this connection because of the immediate returns secured. One 
was the oceanographic cruise of the Fisheries schooner Grampus oft 
the New England coast during July and August, 1913, in cooperation 
with the Museum of Comparative Zodlogy, the work being in charge 
of Dr. Henry B. Bigelow of that institution. Large collections of 
plankton were made from which many specimens of several groups 
have been transferred to the Museum. Prof. A. S. Hitchcock and 
Mrs. Agnes Chase, both of the Department of Agriculture, conducted 
extensive investigations with special reference to grasses, the former 
in southern California, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada, the latter in 
Porto Rico. Besides grasses, of which a large number were obtained, 
many other plants were secured in both regions, and the entire re- 
sults have been deposited in the Museum. Prof. Hitchcock had with 
him as assistant his son, Mr. A. E. Hitchcock, who attended to the 
miscellaneous collecting. 


DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 


The total number of accessions pertaining to this department was 
199, with an aggregate of 16,693 specimens, which were assigned to 
the several divisions and sections, as follows: Systematic and ap- 
plied geology, 775; mineralogy and petrology, 2,873; invertebrate 


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paleontology, 11,041; vertebrate paleontology, 1,430; and_paleo- 
botany, 574. There were also received for examination and report 
546 lots of specimens, of which 217 were geological, 280 mineralogical, 
and 49 fossils, and it is interesting to note that in the material sent 
for this purpose there has been a great increase in the proportional 
amount supposed to contain radioactive minerals. While the Mu- 
seum has not the means for making detailed analyses of specimens, 
simple determinations are generally sufficient to decide their nature 
and general value and of all of the specimens received in this con- 
nection during last year only 27 were of any interest either to science 
or to the Museum. 

Systematic and applied geology—The Royal Ontario Museum of 
Mineralogy, of Toronto, Canada, transmitted as an exchange a series 
of rocks and ores illustrating the geology and petrology of the Sud- 
bury nickel region and the Cobalt mining district, including some 
exceptionally good exhibition examples of native silver in gangue 
and of nickel-cobalt minerals. The American Vanadium Co., of 
Pittsburgh, Pa., presented a suite of the recently described Peruvian 
minerals quisqueite, patronite, and other forms. A gift from the 
Mason Valley Mines Co., of Mason, Nev., through Mr. Victor C. 
Heikes, consisted of a large specimen of native copper, weighing 
some 200 pounds and forming an attractive addition to the recently 
installed exhibition of this metal. Two sections of the trunk of a 
fossil tree impregnated with carnotite, quite unusual in character 
and important for display, were obtained from Grand Junction, 
Colo., by purchase. Also worthy of mention are the following gifts: 
From Mr. Charles H. Hussey, Mr. M. S. Duffield, and Mr. F. L. 
Woods, of Ogden, Utah, a piece of a 6-inch quartz vein, weighing 
over 100 pounds and containing an abundant development of blade- 
like crystals of tungsten ore; and from the Maine Feldspar Co., of 
Brunswick, Me., large specimens of pegmatite well illustrating the 
phenomenon of graphic intergrowth of quartz and feldspar, and 
many hand specimens of feldspar of the grade used in the manu- 
facture of pottery. 

Among the additions to the building stone exhibit were a slab of 
dark Mohegan granite, measuring 32 by 32 by 3 inches thick, and 
two 5-inch cubes, from Peekskill, N. Y., presented by the Mohegan 
Granite Co.; and two large slabs, measuring 78 by 20 inches, of “ Mar 
Villa” marble from the quarries of the Beaver Dam Marble Co., at 
Cockeysville, Md. A number of slabs of marbles which had been 
submitted in connection with the competition for the Lincoln 
Memorial in Washington were contributed by the Amicalola Marble 
Co., of Ball Ground, Ga.; the Lee Marble Works, of Lee, Mass.; Wm. 
Bradley & Son, of Long Island City, N. Y.; the Colorado Yule 


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“Marble Co., of Marble, Colo.; and the Beaver Dam Marble Co., of 
Baltimore, Md. 

Important material for the meteorite collection, obtained by gift 
and purchase from Mrs. Coonley Ward, included a fine exhibition 
slab, weighing 12 pounds, of the Estacado, Tex., meteoric stone, and 
good exhibition examples of the Pultusk, Knyahinya, Gilgoin, Alfian- 
ello, Mocs, Canyon City, and Descubridora falls. Specimens of the 
Deep Springs, Hammond, Vigarano, Mount Browne, and Mount 
Dyrring meteorites were also acquired through exchange. 

The routine work of the year, aside from that connected with the 
exhibits, consisted, as usual, in the assorting, labeling, recording, and 
care of specimens. Much time was spent, however, in sorting out, 
labeling, and packing duplicate material for distribution to educa- 
tional institutions, and so thoroughly was this done that no further 
systematic sets can be put up at present. Requiring the careful iden- 
tification of every specimen used, the amount of labor involved in 
this work is much greater than is generally supposed. Two series 
were prepared, one comprising 100 sets of 85 specimens each of min- 
erals and ores, the other 17 sets of 74 specimens each of minerals, 
rocks, and ores. 

The head curator, Dr. George P. Merrill, continued the work begun 
in 1910, under a grant from the National Academy of Sciences, on 
the minor constituents of meteorites, and incidentally prepared a 
manuscript for an illustrated and descriptive catalogue of the 
Museum meteorite collection. The tests on the relative solubility of 
the various kinds of building stones, mentioned in last year’s report, 
are approaching completion. 

Mineralogy and petrology—The most important accession, re- 
ceived from Mr. Walter M. Chandler, of Washington, consisted of 
50 mineral specimens, including exceptionally good examples of 
wulfenite, crocoite, natrochalcite, and chalcanthite, obtained in ex- 
change, besides an excellent specimen of malachite from northern 
Rhodesia and a bowlder from Roberts Victor Diamond Mine, Orange 
River Colony, South Africa, which were presented. Mr. Clarence 8S. 
Bement, of Philadelphia, Pa., contributed six unusually fine speci- 
mens of benitoite, neptunite, maucherite, semseyite, and whewellite, 
and a rare form of fluorite. Fifteen minerals, mostly new and rare, 
and of special value for the reserve series, were received from Dr. 
IF. Krantz, of Bonn, Germany, in exchange, and a fine large crystal 
of topaz from Texas was purchased. 

Among the additional gifts were three fine specimens of cupro- 
clescloizite, the type material of a variety recently described by Dr. 
R. C. Wells, of the Geological Survey, received from Mr. Philip D. 
Wilson, of Bisbee, Ariz.; a large specimen of hodgkinsonite, the type 
of this lately defined species, received from Mr. H. H. Hodgkinson, 


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of Franklin Furnace, N. J.; examples of the rare earths torbernite, 
autunite, carnotite, davidite, tyuyamunite, and cyrtolite, from various 
localities, all of which are especially desirable in the present condi- 
tion of our knowledge regarding radioactivity, received from Mr. 
Frank L. Hess, of the Geological Survey; 11 specimens of native 
copper from Mexico, and 9 specimens of carnotite from Mauch 
Chunk, Pa., received from Lehigh University; one of the few, pos- 
sibly three, known specimens of the mineral sulphohalite, from Dr. 
Samuel P. Sadtler, of Philadelphia, Pa.; an unusually large speci- 
men of pollucite from Maine, from Mr. P. 8. Dudley, of Buckfield, 
Me.; a large mass of carnotite on davidite, from Mr. F. J. Spence, 
of Adelaide, Australia; two specimens of ferberite, with chrysocolla, 
and a new copper tungstate in pegmatite, from Mr. 8. H. Brock- 
unier, of Nevada City, Cal.; a large mass of crystallized vivianite, 
from Mr. Charles Brown and Mr. John Pearson, of Dent, Idaho; 
and a stalactite coated with calcite and malachite crystals, an attrac- 
tive exhibition specimen, from Mr. W. P. Jennings, of Salt Lake 
City, Utah. The type specimens of inyoite and meyerhofferite, and a 
large crystal of bloedite, all recently described by Dr. Schaller, were 
deposited by the Geological Survey; and 14 good exhibition speci- 
mens of pyrite and tetrahedrite were secured in exchange from the 
Deseret Museum at Salt Lake City, Utah. 

All of the important accessions in petrology were received from 
the Geological Survey. They consisted of the usual quadrangle 
series from the following districts, namely, Eastport, Me.; Colorado 
Springs, Colo.; Philipsburg and Butte, Mont.; Tacoma, Wash.; 
Deming, N. Mex.; Santa Cruz, Cal.; and Ellijay, N. C.; besides a 
collection illustrating Bulletin 492 of the Geological Survey, en- 
titled “The gabbros and associated rocks of Preston, Conn.,” and 
a series of rocks collected by Mr. Whitman Cross at the Hawaiian 
Islands in 1902, and yet to be described. 

Mr. Edgar T. Wherry, assistant curator of the division, who 
came to the Museum only at the beginning of the year, has had 
very little time for research work, having been mainly occupied with 
routine duties. He prepared one brief paper for publication and 
gave critical consideration to the nomenclature of minerals and the 
correct stating of mineral localities, with the view of standardizing 
the labeling of the collections. The assembling and preparation of 
an exhibition series of radioactive minerals also engaged his at- 
tention. 

Invertebrate paleontology.—The Smithsonian Institution deposited 
about 150 type specimens of Cambrian fossils figured by Secretary 
Walcott in volume 57, Nos. 9 and 18, of the Smithsonian Miscel- 
laneous Collections, and about 5,000 specimens of the unexcelled 
Middle Cambrian fossils from the Burgess shale of British Columbia, 


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collected by the Secretary, which, though containing no types, are 
most valuable as additions to the reserve and exhibition series. A 
second important lot of types, consisting of 150 specimens of Silu- 
rian Bryozoa and Ostracoda, was the result of a study, by the curator 
of the division, of the Yale University collections from the island of 
Anticosti, and were presented in the name of the Peabody Museum 
of Natural History. Still another series of types, represented by 
25 specimens of “'vogyra, described and figured by Mr. L. W. Stephen- 
son in Professional Paper No. 81, of the Geological Survey, was 
deposited by the Survey. Other accessions from the Survey included 
a collection of Carboniferous invertebrates from the Manzano group 
of New Mexico, described by Dr. George H. Girty in Survey Bul- 
letin 889; a single specimen, deserving mention from the fact that it 
is a figured echinoid from the Miocene of California; and some 30 
slabs of shale containing numerous well-preserved fossil insects ob- 
tained in the Green River formation of eastern Utah by Mr. E. G. 
Woodruff. 

About 38,000 specimens of Paleozoic fossils from various locali- 
ties in Canada were received as a gift from Dr. E. O. Ulrich, of 
Washington, by whom they were collected during field work in the 
summer of 1918. They are particularly valuable as they were se- 
lected with special reference to the needs of the Museum, and certain 
early Silurian faunas in Ontario are well represented. <A series of 
Tertiary mollusks and Ordovician graptolites from Australia con- 
stitute an important exchange from Mr. James Hay Young, of Mere- 
dith, Victoria. The graptolites have proved excepticnally interest- 
ing for comparison with American species, as their study has shown 
the identity of numerous species in these two widely separated areas. 

Owing to the greatly increased subdivision of the geologic time 
scale, resulting from recent active work in stratigraphic geology and 
paleontology, it has become necessary to register and locate the col- 
lections of invertebrate paleontology in greater detail than was 
previously customary. While this requirement entails much addi- 
tional labor, especially as regards the older collections, excellent prog- 
ress has been made with the Cambrian, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic ma- 
terial, and the work is well under way with the general Paleozoic col- 
lections. The preparation and installation of the Cambrian collec- 
tions has been rapidly advanced, as Secretary Walcott was able dur- 
ing last year to give more of his time than usual to its supervision. 
One of the results was that many of the faunal series previously 
filling a large number of drawers have, through the process of mak- 
ing them ready for study, been so reduced in bulk as to occupy a 
minimum amount of space. Of particular importance has been the 
accurate location in the Cambrian period of the numerous faunas 
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Secretary and Dr. E. O. Ulrich, the lower Paleozoic section of this 
area was worked out in detail, and the representation of its fossils 
in the National Museum is the best of the Upper Cambrian or St. 
Croixan period extant. Other Cambrian material prepared and 
studied during the year was the Millward collection from China, 
the trilobites of the southern Appalachians, several collections from 
Idaho and Missouri, and the abundant material from the Burgess 
shale and other formations of British Columbia, obtained by the 
Secretary during the summer of 1918. These collections are in all 
cases quite extensive, the last mentioned consisting of 4,000 pounds 
of small, carefully selected specimens. | 

Work on the reserve collections of Paleozoic fossils in general pro- 
ceeded as follows: About 100 standard drawers, containing approx!- 
mately one-half of the Cambrian brachiopod types, were labeled, 
completing this task. AJl type specimens received during the year 
were catalogued and appropriately marked. About 200 drawers of 
specimens were furnished with locality tags, and approximately 
2,000 additional drawers were overhauled preparatory to the same 
treatment. Thirty boxes were removed from storage and their con- 
tents examined and classified. All card catalogues were brought 
down to date. This amount of work was only made possible through 
the assistance of members of the Geclogical Survey, and especially of 
Dr. Ulrich. As a further aid, the services of a preparator were fur- 
nished for one year by the State geologists of Missouri and Wiscon- 
sin, in return for reports on the stratigraphy of those States, to be 
prepared by Dr. Ulrich, assisted by the curator. 

The curator spent some time in the preparation of illustrations 
from Museum specimens for the monograph on Paleozoic starfishes, 
by Prof. Charles Schuchert, and he also selected and had figured about 
250 specimens of Paleozoic Ostracoda, to be described in a contem- 
plated monograph of these fossil crustaceans. Mr. Frank Springer, 
associate in paleontology, continued work on the classification and 
arrangement of the fossil] echinoderms. He likewise identified the 
yarious collections of crinoids and blastoids obtained by him during 
the year and prepared several slabs of crinoids for exhibition. The 
Mesozoic fossils received were placed in museum shape by Dr. T. W. 
Stanton and Mr. T. E. Williard, and, with the exception of 25 
boxes representing the Hyatt collection, all the Mesozoic material 
remaining in storage was withdrawn. The reception of 20 new steel 
cases relieved the very troublesome congestion which had _ pre- 
vailed, but at the same time it necessitated the entire rearrangement 
of the Tertiary collections in charge of Dr. W. H. Dall. With the 
assistance of Dr. C. W. Cooke, of the Geological Survey, this gen- 
eral arrangement was completed and a large quantity of unimpor- 
tant and duplicate material was eliminated. An index card cata- 


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logue, by the aid of which any particular lot of Tertiary fossils can 
readily be found, is in course of preparation. Additional room space 
allotted to Dr. T. W. Vaughan also made requisite a complete rear- 
rangement of the Tertiary corals, which was carried forward as far 
as cases were available. 

The amount of research work accomplished was extensive. Secre- 
tary Charles D. Walcott completed and published his studies of the 
Dikelocephaline trilobites, and on the Cambrian and its problems 
in the Cordilleran region. He also continued work on the pre-Cam- 
brian Algonkian algal flora of North America, which has yielded 
unexpected results. Dr. William H. Dall finished a preliminary 
identification of the Tertiary fossils from the Panama Canal Zone, 
made good progress with his investigation of the Pacific coast Ter- 
tiary, and had about ready for submitting a monograph on the mol- 
luscan fauna of the Orthaulax pugnax zone of Florida. 

Mr. Frank Springer completed the descriptive matter for the 75 
quarto plates illustrating his monograph on the Crinoidea flewibilia, 
and brought the preparation of the text to such a point that he soon 
expects to send it to the press. The illustrations for his monograph 
on the crinoid genus Seyphocrinus, which had been delayed, were 
finished, and the work will shortly be ready for publication. With 
these important investigations disposed of, Mr. Springer expects to 
continue his studies on the Silurian crinoids of western Tennessee, 
the classic locality from which he has large collections. The illus- 
trations for a large part of this work have already been made. Prof. 
William B. Clark, of Johns Hopkins University, and Dr. M. W. 
Twitchell, assistant State geologist of New Jersey, have collaborated 
on a monograph based mainly upon Museum specimens of the Meso- 
zoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States, which will 
be published by the Geological Survey. 

Dr. E. O. Ulrich, associate in paleontology, spent considerable time 
in a study of the early Silurian collections of the Museum, the re- 
sults of which have been embodied in a bulletin entitled ‘“‘ The Medina 
and Clinton Formations of the Appalachian Valley,” which has been 
offered to the Geological Survey for publication. Dr. Ulrich and 
the curator also prepared the text for the Cincinnati Folio of the 
Survey, in which many Museum specimens will be illustrated. 

The principal contribution by the curator, Dr. R. S. Bassler, was 
in the form of a bulletin of 500 or more pages entitled “ Bibliography 
and Synonymy of American Ordovician and Silurian Fossils,” which 
contains, in addition to the matter indicated by the title, a register 
of the Museum’s rich type collection of these two periods. The 
curator also completed a report on the early Silurian Bryozoa and 
Ostracoda of the island of Anticosti, Canada, based upon specimens 
now the property of the National Museum, which will be published 


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by the Canadian Geological Survey. He likewise continued work in 
joint authorship with Dr. Ferdinand Canu, of Versailles, France, 
on a monograph of American Tertiary Bryozoa, which at the end 
of the year had grown to such proportions that it became necessary 
to subdivide it. The first volume, which will deal with the early 
Tertiary Bryozoa, will be published by the United States Geological 
Survey. 

Vertebrate paleontology.—Especially noteworthy among the ac- 
cessions to this section were some 600 separate bones of vertebrates 
from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana, 
collected by Mr. Charles W. Gilmore, assistant curator, while on de- 
tail with the Geological Survey, by which they were transferred to 
the Museum. Aside from filling important gaps in the reptilian 
series, this material furnished the type of a new species, Brachy- 
ceratops montanensis Gilmore, as well as an exceptional specimen for 
exhibition. Also of much importance are several hundred specimens 
obtained by Mr. James W. Gidley, assistant curator, in the course of 
further explorations of the cave deposit near Cumberland, Md., 
begun the previous year. They include many nearly complete skulls, 
jaws, and articulate feet and limbs, belonging in part to genera and 
species not previously reported from the locality. A mountable 
skeleton and several good skulls of a new genus of peccary are not- 
able; and bears, small carnivores, rodents, etc., are well represented. 

Collections made by Mr. William Palmer and Mr. Norman H. 
Boss, of the Museum staff, in Miocene deposits near Chesapeake 
Beach, Md., contain a nearly complete skeleton, with skull and jaws, 
and a second nearly perfect skull of fossil porpoises, both suitable for 
exhibition purposes, besides several more or less fragmental parts 
of porpoises and other cetaceans. A small beak secured by Mr. Boss 
is of particular interest on account of the perfect preservation of the 
jaws and teeth. A skull, lower jaw, and five cervical vertebrze of the 
fossil bison, Bison alleni, from Alaska, a fine exhibition specimen, 
was obtained by purchase from Dr. O. P. Hay; and the type speci- 
men of Crossotelos annulatus Case was received in exchange from 
Dr. E. C. Case, of the University of Michigan. Valuable material 
was also contained in 10 other small accessions. 

Some 66 boxes of the “ Marsh collection” were opened and their 
contents worked out. Much other material from the Geological Sur- 
vey, resulting from more recent field work, was also made ready for 
study. The most important progress on the reptile collection com- 
prised the mounting of the nearly complete skeleton of the new 
dinosaur, Vhescelosaurus neglectus, and of a partial skeleton of the 
duck-billed form, Z’rachodon, the practical completion of the work 
of cleaning up the Stegosaurus material; the preparation of partial 
skeletons of five individuals of the Ceratopsian dinosaur Brachy- 


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ceratops, of specimens of the trachodont reptile Hypacrosaurus, and 
of the turtle Hchmatemys; and the remounting of the hind limbs of 
Allosaurus fragilis. The principal mammalian material prepared 
was the fine porpoise skeleton from Chesapeake Beach, Md., and a 
considerable part of the collection from the Pleistocene cave deposit 
near Cumberland, Md. Complete or partial skeletons of Brachycera- 
tops montanensis, Stegosaurus, Trachodon, Sinopa, Huplatygonus, 
Epigaulus, and Canis dirus were ready for mounting at the close of 
the year. 

Mr. James W. Gidley, assistant curator in charge of fossil mam- 
mals, extended his study of fossil pycnodont fishes to include three 
additional forms, descriptions of which were published during the 
year. He also continued work on the Fort Union material and sub- 
mitted a paper defining an important species apparently represent- 
ing some of the living families of Australian marsupials. A second 
paper on two other groups of Fort Union mammals was practically 
completed. In addition to descriptions of several new species, it 
includes a general discussion in which a genus of the creodont family 
Arctocyonidee is advocated as representing the ancestral group which 
gave rise to the modern bears. Further investigation of this basal 
Eocene material emphasizes more and more its great importance. 
Already recognizable representatives of at least five modern groups 
of mammals, not heretofore believed to have existed at so early a 
stage, have been found, and the final result will doubtless be to very 
materially change the accepted theories regarding the derivation and 
phyletic relations of the later prehistoric and present-day groups of 
mammals. 

Mr. Charles W. Gilmore, assistant curator. in charge of fossil 
reptiles, completed an extended paper on the “Armored dinosaurs 
in the United States National Museum, with especial reference to the 
osteology of Stegosaurus,” which had been in preparation for three 
years. He also published a description of the new genus and species 
Brachyceratops montanensis, » small horned dinosaur from the 
Upper Cretaceous of Montana, and made good progress on a more 
detailed account of the osteology of the same and of other reptiles 
from Montana, which will be issued by the Geological Survey under 
whose auspices the material was collected. The osteology of Z'hes- 
celosaurus, a preliminary account of which was printed the previous 
year, was likewise the subject of study by Mr. Gilmore, and he had 
in preparation a chapter on the Dinosauria and other fossil reptiles 
for a geological guidebook to be published by the Survey. 

The services of Dr. C. R. Eastman were secured to revise the col- 
lection of fossil fishes, on which he was engaged during the last half 
of the year. Over 5,000 individual specimens, besides a large number 
of fragments, were examined; old identifications were verified or 


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corrected, and the new materials described. A report upon this in- 
vestigation remains to be submitted. Dr. O. P. Hay, who is en- 
gaged, under the Carnegie Institution of Washington, in the study 
of the vertebrate animal life of the North American Pleistocene 
period, was furnished, as heretofore, with accommodations for his 
work in the National Museum. Up to the present time his atten- 
tion has been mainly directed to the larger land mammals, and pri- 
marily to a correct determination of the species found and their rela- 
tion to the various divisions of the Pleistocene, as now recognized. 
In furtherance of this research he has studied the Museum collec- 
tions as well as those elsewhere available, and is preparing important 
papers, accompanied by maps, showing the geographical distribu- 
tion of all reported finds, some of which have already been published. 

Paleobotany—Three valuable type collections of fossil plants were 
received from the Geological Survey, as follows: About 150 speci- 
mens from Cape Lisburne, Alaska, obtained by Mr. Arthur J. Col- 
lier in 1904 and described by Dr. F. H. Knowlton; 168 specimens 
from the Tuscaloosa formation of Alabama, described by Mr. E. W. 
Berry; and a series of Cretaceous and Tertiary forms from South 
Carolina and Georgia, described by Mr. Berry. Another accession, 
comprising 45 specimens of fossil wood from the Leeward Islands, 
collected by the Geological Survey and the Carnegie Institution of 
Washington during joint field work, was acquired by transfer from 
the former and as a gift from the latter. 

The most important work of the year was the completion of a 
card index of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic plants, which required the 
detailed overhauling of over 2,500 drawers of specimens, by Mr. 
T. E. Williard, of the Geological Survey, under the direction of Dr. 
F. H. Knowlton. With the preparation of a similar catalogue of 
the Paleozoic plants during the previous year, under Mr. David 
White, it is now possible to locate any parts of the paleobotanical 
collections without delay. Moreover, no fossil plant material re- 
mains in storage. 

Dr. Arthur Hollick, of the New York Botanical Garden, spent 
over two months in a continuation of his studies on the Cretaceous 
and Tertiary floras of Alaska, while Dr. E. W. Berry, of Johns 
Hopkins University, was engaged in paleobotanic researches cover- 
ing the Upper Cretaceous and Eocene strata of the Atlantic Coast 
Plain. Both of these pieces of work, which are being based on the 
Museum collections, are so extensive that several years will be re- 
quired for their completion. 

Exhibition collections—F¥or the display of new accessions of im- 
portant mineral specimens, awaiting opportunity for their proper 
assignment, a Kensington case was provided near the east end of 
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filled at all times. In view of the exceptional interest in the subject 
at this time, a special collection of radio-active material was brought 
together, and is attracting much attention. It consists of all suit- 
able specimens that were in the possession of the Museum, besides a 
number of others obtained for the purpose, and is arranged in a 
double American case, in which has also been placed a series of min- 
erals illustrating physical properties as an introduction to the study 
of the systematic collection. 

In the hall of applied geology a new exhibit of native copper, 
together with a small amount of naturally associated gangue min- 
erals, was installed in one floor upright case. The pieces range from 
small hand specimens of arborescent growth to large thin sheets over 
2 feet in diameter, and many grotesque forms are shown as well as 
specimens whose chief interest lies in the light they throw on the 
genesis and geologic associations of native copper. The two older 
cases devoted to copper now contain exhibits essentially of the com- 
pounds of this mineral. The general display of iron ores, compris- 
ing a little over 300 specimens, both domestic and foreign, was rear- 
ranged in three new wall cases, while that of the Tenth Census iron 
ores was enlarged and rearranged by species under States. The 
collection relating to the geology and mining industry of Leadville, 
Colo., was reorganized with such a selection and arrangement of 
rock and ore samples as will amply and systematically illustrate the 
subject as described in Emmons’ report on the Leadville district. 
A series of ore specimens of silver, cobalt and nickel minerals in 
their natural gangue associations, from Cobalt, Ontario, was installed 
in a large case. Some of these are cut and polished and serve excel- 
lently to illustrate the paragenesis of the ores of this locality. In 
the same case the geology of the Sudbury district, Ontario, is also 
illustrated by a group of hand specimens of granitic and ore-bearing 
basic intrusives. Some large and notable examples of ornamental 
ctones were added to the economic series, and the exhibit of natural 
substances used for abrasive purposes was much improved. 

In systematic geology, the meteorite collection was rearranged to 
fill one wall and one American case, the section from the Marengo 
Cave was installed in a more fitting manner, and a collection of 
varied imitative forms and one showing Indian laterites were added. 

In invertebrate paleontology the new installations comprised illus- 
trations of the more important and characteristic fossil corals in an 
American case, a similar collection of fossil Medusew, and smaller 
exhibits of fossil holothurians and echinoids. The crustaceans of 
the family Eurypteridx were rearranged to occupy the greater part 
of an upright metal case, and the final preparatory work and general 
restoring of the fossil crinoids in three upright cases were completed 
and permanent printed labels added. In vertebrate paleontology, 


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the skeletons of the two reptiles 7hescelosaurus neglectus and Allo- 
saurus fragilis, elsewhere referred to, were installed, the porpoise 
skeleton from Chesapeake Beach, Md., was temporarily placed, and 
a long wall case was utilized for partial skeletons of early mammals. 
In paleobotany the exhibit of fossil wood was improved by placing 
it in two long wall cases; several greatly enlarged photographs rep- 
resenting fossil forests of Carboniferous and Mesozoic age, and a 
number of large illustrations of restorations of Paleozoic plants, 
were added. : 

Explorations —The only field work of importance was carried on 
in connection with the division of paleontology, although the head 
curator made some observations in the summer of 1913 while col- 
lecting feldspar for the educational series, and briefly studied a 
pyroxenite occurrence at South Freeport, Me. 

Two explorations were conducted by Secretary Walcott during the 
season of 1913, one in the Robson Peak District of British Colum- 
bia and Alberta, Canada, the other at the celebrated Middle Cam- 
brian localities near Field, British Columbia. In both regions the 
investigations of previous summers were continued and rich col- 
lections of fossils, including a number of new genera and species, 
were obtained. The material brought to Washington aggregated 
about two tons of carefully selected specimens. The curator of the 
division, Dr. Bassler, spent several weeks of the summer in con- 
tinuation of his studies of the Cambrian and Ordovician rocks of 
western Maryland, completing the geologic mapping of this area ard 
securing many fossils. During July, under detail to the Geological 
Survey, he mapped the Hamilton and Mason quadrangles of south- 
western Ohio. In June, 1914, he made a trip through some of the 
Southern States, studying in detail the stratigraphy of certain Ter- 
tiary formations and collecting fossil Bryozoa required for the com- 
pletion of his monograph on this group. 

Under the direction of Mr. Frank Springer, Mr. Frederick Braun 
engaged in extensive collecting work during the season of 1913 in 
Illinois and adjoining States, with special reference to securing cri- 
noids from the Chester division of the Mississippian. The results of 
this exploration have enabled Mr. Springer to definitely correlate 
certain upper Mississippian formations in various regions which have 
hitherto been in doubt, and several excellent slabs of crinoids and 
blastoids, invaluable for exhibition purposes, were obtained. 

During six weeks of July and August, 1913, Mr. Charles W. Gil- 
more was detailed to the Geological Survey to enable him to collect 
Upper Cretaceous vertebrate fossils in the Blackfeet Indian Reserva- 
tion in northwestern Montana. Though the material obtained was 
not extensive in amount, it included a very valuable series of dino- 
saurian remains, none of which had previously been represented in 


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the Museum. Mr. James W. Gidley examined the Pleistocene cave 
deposit at Cumberland, Md., on several occasions, and secured much 
interesting material, including a nearly complete skeleton of a large 
peccary-like animal, besides many good skulls of this and other 
species, some of which had not previously been discovered. He also 
visited a cave deposit at Renick, W. Va., on the Green Brier River, 
where specimens similar to those found at Cumberland, were col- 
lected. A few short trips were made by Mr. Norman H. Boss and Mr. 
William Palmer to the Miocene marl deposit in the vicinity of 
Chesapeake Beach, Md., where they obtained some 30 specimens of 
fossil cetaceans, including one fine porpoise skeleton and _ several 
more or less complete skulls of porpoises and whales. 

Dr. E. T. Wherry spent three weeks during June, 1914, under the 
auspices of the Geological Survey in areal mapping for the folio 
publication of the Reading and Allentown quadrangles in eastern 
Pennsylvania. 


THE ARTS AND INDUSTRIES. 


Textiles —aAs was to be expected, with the spread of information 
as to the organization and activities of this division, so recently 
reestablished, there was a considerable increase during last year, both 
in the number of accessions and in the general value of the material 
received, manufacturers and others entering cordially into the 
scheme of building up a collection that would be both comprehensive 
in its scope and practical in its purposes. Following are the more 
important of the accessions, all of which were of the nature of gifts 
except where otherwise stated: 

The Messrs. Cheney Bros., of South Manchester, Conn., added 
to their already important exhibition a large series of specimens 
illustrating steps in the processes followed in weaving, printing, 
and finishing silk goods; examples of silk scarfs made up from 
standard weaves of tie silks, and woven and knit cravats both fin- 
ished and as they come from the loom or knitting machines; printed 
silk flags made during the presidential campaign of James G. Blaine, 
being among the earliest prints made on silk by copper rollers; and 
specimens of various kinds of taffeta, satin, grosgrain, ottoman, and 
velvet ribbons. This firm also presented the oldest model of the 
Grant silk reel, a machine invented in 1882 by James Munroe Grant 
while employed in the Hartford mill of the Cheney Bros., by 
means of which the thread forming the skein is crossed at regular 
intervals, the cross in the skein preventing tangling during dyeing 
and subsequent handling. 

Samples of surface-printed broad silks, woven, printed, and fin- 
ished in the American plant of the Duplan Silk Co., in New York, 
from designs prepared in the Martine School of Decorative Art, 


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Paris, under the direction of M. Paul Poiret, were contributed by 
the company. These silks are the first of the kind to be made 
in America and sold abroad, and are not generally recognized as of 
domestic manufacture. One of the patterns is printed with wooden 
blocks by hand, and is among the first of hand-block printing on a 
heavy silk fabric produced in this country. 

Messrs. M. C. Migel & Co., of New York, presented specimens of 
“ad hoc” printing on pussy willow taffeta brocade, being examples 
of the first successful work of this nature done in the United States. 
The combination of the purity and transparent qualities of the block- 
printed colors with the bold relief effect of the brocade pattern and 
the softness of the pure dye taffeta fabric gives very rich and beau- 
tiful results. From Messrs. KE. & Z. Van Raalte, of New York, the 
Museum received a series of 24 styles of American-made face veilings, 
the first high-grade material of this character designed and made in 
this country; from the Forest Silk Co., of New York, 12 samples 
of brocaded novelty silks used for dress trimmings, of designs pre- 
pared for the fall season of 1914; and from Mitsui & Co., of New 
York, a commercial package or “book” of the best grade of raw 
Japanese silk, showing the method of packing and wrapping to 
exclude dust and moisture. 

A collection of fancy wash dress goods and shirtings from the 
Aberfoyle Manufacturing Co., of Chester, Pa., comprises pleasing 
and artistic combinations of plain, ratine and mercerized cotton 
yarns with spun silk and viscose silk in plain and fancy weaves. 
Most of the samples represent goods manufactured for the fall season 
of 1914 and exhibited in the Museum before being sold to the public. 

The Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture 
deposited in the Museum the extensive collection of wools and woolen 
products illustrating methods of grading and manufacture and sug- 
gested improvements in breeding and marketing raw wools, which 
had been prepared by the Division of Animal Husbandry for the con- 
ference of growers and manufacturers of wool held in Washington, 
June 24, 1914. The series includes examples of the deteriorating 
effects of disease and poor range on the quality of the wool and of the 
defects shown in finished fabrics traceable to improper methods of 
marking sheep and tying fleeces. It also contains specimens illus- 
trating the steps in the processes of worsted spinning by both the 
English and French systems and the preparation and mixing of raw 
materials for the manufacture of woolen fabrics. From the Pacific 
Mills, at Lawrence, Mass., through Messrs. Lawrence & Co., there 
was received a collection of 3-yard samples of piece-dyed worsted 
dress goods and linings, including serge, diagonal, panama cloth, 
luster cloth, crépe, voile, batiste, challie, prunella cloth, ratine, alba- 
tross, coat linings, ete. 


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The Universal Winding Co., of Boston, Mass., placed in the 
Museum as a loan their original gyroscope machine, which has served 
as the basis for many other patents. By the system of winding 
developed by this appliance the thread or yarn is laid on a support- 
ing cylindrical or conical center in regular helical coils which reverse 
with a sharp bend, each coil crossing over the preceding one, binding 
it in place at each crossing. The coils form a compact self-support- 
ing package and when unwound deliver the yarn without twisting or 
tension. The same company also contributed a series of specimens 
illustrating the various kinds of work done by their machines, includ- 
ing the winding of such materials as raw, spun, and artificial silk, 
fine and coarse, plain and mercerized cotton yarns, glazed twine, shoe 
thread, binder twine, jute and cotton cords, asbestos yarn, tape, sisal 
rope, japanned wire, etc. These materials are wound in packages 
of various sizes and shapes and on tubes, cones, quills, bobbins, 
cops, etc. 

For samples of white and colored fancy cotton and cotton and 
artificial silk dress goods, including matelassé, piques, ratines, and 
other seasonable wash goods, the division is indebted to Lesher, 
Whitman & Co., of New York; for 85 samples of plain and fancy 
cotton wash dress goods, stock or yarn dyed, and woven in plain, 
checked, plaid, and striped effects, to the Parkhill Manufacturing 
Co., of Fitchburg, Mass.; for specimens of old English hand-printed 
chintzes, fabrics, and designs which are being revived and are now 
in favor for interior decoration and upholstery, to Witcombe, Mc- 
Geachin & Co., of New York; for examples of crinkled seersucker, 
Jap crépe, Devonshire cloth, and zephyr madras woven from plain 
and erépe cotton yarns, and of satin-finished cotton table damask, to 
the Renfrew Manufacturing Co., of Adams, Mass.; for specimens of 
fancy printed velveteens, used for millinery trimmings and for 
vestees, including examples of pigment printing in gold and silver 
effects, to Messrs. Henry Kupfer & Co., of New York; for samples of 
cotton and silk dress goods and linings, including cotton fabrics 
finished to imitate those made of silk and of wool, to Messrs. A. G. 
Hyde & Sons, of New York; for samples of imported and domestic 
cotton dress goods woven from novelty and ratine yarns, which meet 
the demands of the season for rough-surfaced fabrics, to Wood- 
ward & Lothrop, of Washington. 

Messrs. William Liddell & Co., of New York, contributed speci- 
mens of fine grass-bleached Irish linen, unbleached damask table- 
cloth linen, fine linen damask tablecloths made in Belfast, and also 
a series of flax products from the seed to the finished fabric. 

_ The donations of ribbons included warp-printed and satin-brocaded 
ribbons, comprising some of the very finest material of this character 
produced in the United States, from Messrs. Smith & Kaufmann, of 


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New York; a collection of pure dye silk ribbons, made, finished, 
moiréed, etc., in Paterson, N. J., and woven on high-speed looms of 
American manufacture, consisting of examples of satin, taffeta, gros- 
grain, ottoman, and warp-printed ribbons, from the Taylor-Friedsam 
Co., of New York; and a representation of broad ratine ribbons with 
shghtly rippled silk stripes in bayadere style, made from cotton and 
artificial silk, which are extensively used for millinery trimmings and 
girdles, from Messrs. Pelgram & Meyer, of Paterson, N. J. 

A very instructive exhibit of specimens and photographs illustrat- 
ing the manufacture of fur felt ‘hats was presented by the John B. 
Stetson Co., of Philadelphia, Pa. It includes raw and carroted 
beaver, nutria, hare, and coney skins; samples of graded, blown, and 
sorted furs; specimens of all the kinds of leather and silk trimmings 
used, together with both soft and stiff hats in the several stages of 
manufacture, from the formed hat body to the finished hat; and also 
an assortment of soft and stiff hats characteristic of certain styles. 
The manufacture of linoleum, including the raw materials, examples 
showing the effect of successive printings, and patterns of different 
types of finished goods, is also represented in the same manner in a 
contribution from the Armstrong Cork Co., of Lancaster, Pa. A 
series of specimens illustrating successive stages in the knitting, cut- 
ting, and finishing of infants’ underwear, of which the materials are 
fine Australian worsted yarn with cotton, or a mixture of silk and 
fine Australian wool, was received from the Earnshaw Knitting Co., 
of Chicago, Ill. The garments are trimmed with a special twistless 
tape, woven from right-and-left twisted yarns, so that the child may 
be dressed without the use of pins or buttons. 

Acknowledgments are due to the Cassella Color Co., of New York, 
for a collection of coal distillation products and dyestuffs illustrat- 
ing the artificial color industry, prepared especially for the Museum. 
It includes the principal products obtained from coal, the middle 
products which serve as the source of the several important series 
of artificial coloring matters, and examples of typical, standard 
dyestuffs. Instead of being arranged on the lines usually adopted 
for elucidating the development of organic chemistry, the collection 
has been made comprehensive from the standpoint of the textile 
industry, the names used being such as are referred to in scientific 
and technical literature and are well known in the industry. 

A number of baskets and hand-woven textiles, made by the moun- 
taineer people of Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia, being 
examples of the fine handicraft work of these neglected Americans, 
were purchased from the Southern Industrial Educational Associa- 
tion; and a hand-woven coverlet made in 1827 by Miss Elizabeth 
Harmon in Highland County, Va., an excellent and carefully pre- 
served specimen of hand weaving, was also purchased. 


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The Bureau of Education at Manila, P. I., furnished in exchange 
a series of five grades of knotted abaca fiber and implements for 
spinning and reeling the same and cotton. Each grade is nested in a 
basket and weighted down with gravel to prevent tangling while 
being reeled. After careful grading, the fibers are tied end to end, 
using a small, hard knot, following which the resultant continuous 
fiber is treated like a spun yarn. There is a very large trade in 
knotted abaca for both home consumption and export; it is woven 
into fabrics and hat braids. A tiré filet bedspread and bolster made 
by expert needlewomen in Porto Rico, a beautiful example of the 
handicraft work of these people, prepared as a wedding gift for a 
prominent American girl, was purchased. 

Besides textiles and textile materials, this division was the recip- 
ient of several important additions of other animal and vegetable 
products. The Bureau of Fisheries furnished a series of specimens 
of the species of fresh-water pearl shells from the Mississippi Valley 
which are used for the manufacture of buttons. It contains ex- 
amples of the large shells, furnishing as many as 60 buttons each, 
which were common 20 years or more ago, as well as of the very 
young shells, from which only a single button can be cut, and which 
are now being utilized. The Hawkeye Pearl Button Co., of Musca- 
tine, Iowa, presented a collection showing the different steps in the 
manufacture of pearl buttons, accompanied by a series of finished 
and carded buttons, and a model of the type of boat and drag used 
in collecting the shells in the fresh-water streams. The manufacture 
of pearl and vegetable ivory buttons is illustrated in a contribution 
from Messrs. Rothschild Bros. & Co., of New York, which relates 
principally to the utilization of marine forms furnishing mother- 
of-pearl, and includes specimens of raw and polished shells be- 
ionging to the genera Margaritifera, Trochus, Turbo, Haliotis, 
and Unio, besides seeds of a species of ivory nut palm of the 
genus Phytelephas. The making of buttons from vegetable ivory, 
furnished by seeds of Phytelephas, is also brought out in a gift from 
the Rochester Button Co., of Rochester, N. Y., which represents each 
stage in the process and contains samples of the waste produced in 
the sawing and turning of the raw material. The importation of 
these seeds or nuts for button making is rapidly increasing, the 
amount brought into this country in 1913 having reached 29,000,000 
pounds. 

A Mexican bridle of the old-fashioned type, made of finely cut 
and plaited rawhide and of perfect workmanship, was the only speci- 
men of leather received. It was obtained, through exchange, from 
Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton, of Greenwich, Conn. A set of 18 Dutch 
standard sugar samples, a standard which, after being in use for 40 
years in grading raw sugars for revenue purposes, was abolished 


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by the tariff act of 1918, was deposited by the Division of Cus- 
toms of the Treasury Department. For samples of gums and resins 
collected in the market of Aden, British Arabia, by American Consul 
Walter H. Schulz, the Museum is indebted to the Bureau of Foreign 
and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce. These 
substances constitute an important item in the trade of Aden, the 
principal varieties being gum arabic, myrrh, gum benjamin or ben- 
zoin, and frankincense or olibanum; and the possession of such au- 
thentic commercial specimens will serve a useful purpose for the 
identification of unnamed material. A number of specimens of tan 
barks collected in the Philippine Islands, together with a record of 
their chemical analysis, which shows a high percentage of tannin, 
were transferred from the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. 

A collection of Panama woods, accompanied by botanical speci- 
mens from the same trees, obtained by purchase, supplements a 
larger one previously made by Mr. H. Pittier while a member of 
the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone. 
These samples, which have been determined by Mr. Pittier and 
their structure studied by the Bureau of Forestry, will form the 
basis of a reference collection for the identification of future wood 
samples from this region. Two beautifully mottled boards of the 
finest grade of cypress lumber, 30 inches wide, 16 feet long, and 
carefully kiln dried, were obtained by purchase from the Lyon 
Cypress Lumber Co., of Garyville, La. <A large section of the 
trunk of an empress tree, Paulownia tomentosa, growing in the 
Smithsonian grounds, which was destroyed by the severe storm of 
July 30, 1913, was received from the Office of Public Buildings and 
Grounds. It is a unique specimen of this beautiful wood, illustrat- 
ing the great size attained by this Japanese tree. 

As the time of the curator and preparators was practically all 
occupied in connection with the solicitation, cataloguing and in- 
stallation of new material and the improvement of the exhibition 
series, but little progress was made in the arrangement of the study 
series. All accessions were promptly catalogued, and most of the 
specimens placed on exhibition were at once supplied with type- 
written labels, to be replaced later with printed ones. The main 
series of the principal textile fabrics—cotton, wool, silk, and flax— 
have been installed in the south hall of the older building, and 
represent a more or less permanent arrangement. The animal prod- 
ucts have been temporarily placed in the southwest gallery, their 
final disposition being delayed in order to complete certain por- 
tions of the series. While the collections of vegetable products, 
including examples of the various kinds of woods, were added to 
considerably during the year, no attempt has been made to exhibit 
them, owing to their incompleteness. 


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Some progress was made in the compilation of the textile glos- 
sary, begun last year, new terms and definitions appearing in the 
trade papers and technical journals being carefully recorded, but 
until more time can be given to it it will be impossible to properly 
advance this important piece of work. 

Several visits were made by the curator to textile centers of the 
country for the purpose of studying certain industries at first hand 
and of soliciting material for the division. The history of several 
important textile machines, including the Slater cotton spinning- 
frame, the first wool card built in the United States, the Carpenter 
yarn reel, and processes formerly used in the manufacture of flags 
for Army purposes were investigated at Pawtucket, R. I, and Lowell 
and North Andover, Mass. The other important trips were as follows: 
To Paterson, New York City, and Philadelphia, with reference to 
the dyeing and finishing of silks and ribbons and the manufacture of 
laces, artificial silk, and fur hats. To Manchester, N. H., and several 
places in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, to study the manufacture 
of ginghams, piece-dyed cottons, worsted and woolen goods, and to 
investigate certain questions concerning the early history of the 
textile industry in this country. 'To Chicago, Tl., for the examina- 
tion of the exhibits and the methods of classifying, installing, and 
labeling specimens of textiles and of other industrial arts in the Field 
Museum, the Art Institute, and the museums of the Chicago Academy 
of Sciences and the Chicago Historical Society. The factories of the 
Earnshaw Knitting Co. and the Zeidman Haircloth Co. were also 
visited. To the silk-throwing mill of the Klots Throwing Co., at 
Fredericksburg, Va., where a careful study was made of the steps in 
the methods there employed. All of these trips resulted very ad- 
vantageously for the Museum, since they permitted the curator to 
investigate closely the many processes of textile manufacture over a 
wide field and to indicate definitely the materials best suited to rep- 
resent these processes in a museum exhibit. Received everywhere in 
a cordial spirit, he has been able to enlist the interest of many manu- 
facturers in the collections now in course of assembling. Practically 
all of the important accessions of the year were secured through these 
means, and other acquisitions, which require more time for their 
preparation, are soon to be expected. 

It should be possible, with the growth of its collections, for this 
division to render substantial aid to the interests of the arts and 
crafts outside of Washington, but at present it has not the necessary 
duplicate material for such cooperation. One set of specimens, how- 
ever, was supplied to the Children’s Museum of Boston to form the 
beginning of an industrial room in that institution. It consisted of 
cotton bolls, raw cotton, silk cocoons, raw silk, unwashed, washed, 
and combed wool. The curator lectured on textile processes before 


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the Deutsch-Amerikanischer Techniker Verein of Washington in the 
Museum building on January 18, 1914, a report of which was pub- 
lished in the Technologist for March, 1914. The Museum is greatly 
indebted to Mr. Charles E. Lotte, treasurer of the National Silk 
Dyeing Co. and a member of the board of managers of the Silk Asso- 
ciation of America, for his cooperation in securing the interest of 
manufacturers and importers in the textile exhibits, which has re- 
sulted in materially enriching the collections of silk fabrics. 

Mineral technology.—Although not actively organized until June, 
1913, a considerable amount of material relating to the objects of 
this division had previously been assembled, mainly through the 
generosity of exhibitors at the St. Louis exposition of 1904. The 
total number of accessions reported for the past year, including some 
of the St. Louis donations which had not previously been recorded, 
was 26. The more important of these were as follows: 

An industrial exhibit illustrating processes in the art of glass 
making, designed by Mr. George A. Macbeth, president of the Mac- 
beth-Evans Glass Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa., and received as a gift from 
the company. This accession includes models of the two standard 
types of furnace in current use, namely, the tank-furnace and the 
pot-furnace, of about one-sixteenth actual size, reproducing the 
originals in all particulars and so constructed as to reveal working 
details throughout. They furnish, therefore, an exceedingly valu- 
able demonstration for the technical as well as untechnical visitor. 
Mr. Macbeth has given freely of his personal attention to the plan- 
ning of these and other features of the series, and only minor gaps 
remain to be filled before its permanent installation. It will consti- 
tute a full display of the processes involved in glass manufacture, 
unique in its technical accuracy and in its completeness of repre- 
sentation as a glass exhibit the world over. 

A complete working model of a bituminous colliery, presented 
by the Consolidation Coal Co., of Fairmont, W. Va. This is an 
exact replica of the company’s mine at Fairmont, on a scale of one- 
twelfth natural size, and occupies a floor space of 30 by 40 feet in 
the southwest court of the older Museum building. The model 
shows, in addition to a portion of the mine workings, the haulage 
system, tipple, washery, coke plant and other surface improvements, 
and also the adjoining portion of the miners’ village. Not only 
does it exemplify in actual working details the various operations 
connected with the mine itself, but from its setting the visitor’s 
imagination may visualize accurately the social conditions typical 
of a coal-mining community. 

A reproduction, one forty-eighth natural size, of the First Pool 
No. 2 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Co., at Willock near Pittsburgh, 
Pa., contributed by the company. While this model copies faithfully 


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the surface conditions at the mine, its most significant feature is the 
clear comprehension it imparts of the system of coal mining in com- 
mon vogue in this country, known as the room and pillar system. In 
this respect it is an excellent companion piece to the one previously 
mentioned, whose dominating exhibition feature is its depiction of 
surface operations. The model covers a floor space of 8 by 12 feet. 

A relief panel illustrating processes involved in the manufacture 
of illuminating gas, tar, ammonia, and other coal products in what 
is known as the by-products coke industry, and designed to set forth 
these complicated processes in the most readily comprehensible man- 
ner. For a most admirable solution of this problem the Museum is 
indebted to Mr. C. G. Atwater, of the American Coal Products Co., 
of New York, and Mr. C. H. Ramsburg, of the H. Koppers Co., of 
Chicago, in accordance with whose plans the exhibit was constructed 
in the division workshop. . 

Seven pictorial enlargements, 34 by 6 feet in size, showing typical 
underground operations incidental to coal mining, the gift of the 
Jeffry Manufacturing Co., of Columbus, Ohio, are remarkable ex- 
amples of photographic art, in view of the extreme difficulty of the 
subject, and add greatly to the educational value of the coal series 
now being developed. 

A series of native gypsum and gypsum products, presented by the 
United States Gypsum Co., of Chicago, Il., which has given gen- 
erous cooperation in connection with the entire subject, forms part 
of an industrial exhibit designed to cover the occurrence, mining, 
treatment, and industrial adaptability of this mineral. 

A collection illustrating crude mica and its industrial products, 
constituting part of an exhibit in which the occurrence, technology, 
and uses of mica will be summarized, contributed by the Westing- 
house Electric Manufacturing Co., of East Pittsburgh. A most 
remarkable 45-pound specimen of pure mica in its natural condition 
was the gift of the Ridgeway Mica Co. 

The materials pertaining to mineral technology, which had been 
accumulating previous to the organization of the division, were 
found packed in more or less inaccurately or incompletely labeled 
boxes, stored in various places. During last year all of these boxes 
except such as contained only ornamental terra cotta were opened 
and suitable disposition made of their contents. The greater por- 
tion of the specimens proved to be wholly unsuitable for use along 
the accepted lines of development of the division, and were either 
returned to the donors or destroyed. Of the remainder, a part was 
listed and filed away, to be drawn upon as required, and the balance 
at once prepared for exhibition, which demanded extensive repairs 
and cleaning, and in some cases even rebuilding. The principal 
exhibits so attended to were the large working model of the Con- 
solidation Coal Co.’s colliery at Fairmont, W. Va.; the colliery 


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model representing the Pittsburgh Coal Co.’s operations at Willock, 
near Pittsburgh; a model of the Takashima coal field, Japan; a 
model of the Western Coal & Mining Co.’s colliery at. Jenny Lind, 
Ark.; a model of the Fayal iron mine at Eveleth, Minn.; and a blast 
furnace model. 

The value of the systematic series covering the coal and coal- 
products industries was further enhanced by the addition of four 
models designed and constructed within the division, representing, 
respectively, a Bennington coke pile, a non-by-product rectangular 
coke oven, a gas bench, and a complete by-products plant according 
to Koppers’ system. A rather unique supplement to the coal series 
proper, also devised and constructed by the division, represents the 
coal resources of the world, as apportioned by kind and amount 
among the various countries and individual States of the Union. 
The foregoing were all permanently installed during the year, with 
descriptive labels explaining the nature of conditions and opera- 
tions represented. All accessions of the year from outside sources 
were also placed on exhibition in either permanent or temporary 
form. 


DISTRIBUTION AND EXCHANGE OF SPECIMENS. 


There was distributed to schools and colleges for educational pur- 
poses an aggregate of 14,564 duplicate specimens, besides about 400 
pounds of rock and mineral fragments suitable for blowpipe in- 
struction, all properly identified and labeled. The majority of the 
material was put up in regular series, the sendings of which were 
as follows: Mollusks, 22 sets of 174 specimens eacu; fossil inverte- 
brates, 33 sets of 40 to 54 specimens each; minerals and ores, 26 sets 
of 84 to 86 specimens each; rocks, minerals, and ores, 7 sets of 74 
specimens each; and rocks, 2 sets of 70 specimens each. The special 
educational distributions comprised 58 lots with an aggregate of 
6,279 specimens, of which over 90 per cent consisted of marine in- 
vertebrates, fossils, and geological specimens, though nearly all the 
subjects of the scientific divisions were represented. 

In exchange transactions a total of 15,224 specimens were used, 
of which 11,967 were botanical, over 1,500 geological and paleon- 
tological, the remainder belonging to the several divisions of zoology 
and anthropology. 

As to the specimens sent out for study only approximate figures 
can be given, as in many cases they were in unassorted lots awaiting 
determination, this being especially so with the recent marine in- 
vertebrates and the fossil invertebrates. The figures as recorded 
are 10,256 for the department of biology and 5,425 for the depart- 
ment of geology, a total of 15,681 specimens, besides 107 lots of fos- 
sils, and 746 lots of marine invertebrates. These specimens were dis- 


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tributed among a large number of scientific experts, both at home 
and abroad, for investigation and determination mainly for the 
direct benefit of the Museum, but partly in the interest of other 
institutions. All were to be returned, and seme had been received 
before the close of the year. 

Exchange relations were carried on during the year with the fol- 
lowing establishments abroad: The British Museum of Natural His- 
tory, London, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Geological 
Museum, Cambridge, and Alexandra Park, Manchester, England; 
the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle and the Herbarium of Prince 
Roland Bonaparte, Paris, France; the Kgl. Zoologisches Museum and 
the Rudolf-Virchow Krankenhaus, Berlin, the Konig]. Botanisches 
Museum, Dahlem, Steglitz bei Berlin, the museum of the Geolog- 
isches Institut der Universitit, Breslau, the Naturhistorisches Mu- 
seum, Hamburg, the Museum fiir Vélkerkunde, Leipzig, and the 
Zoologische Sammlung und Zoologisches Institut, Munich, Germany ; 
the Botanisches Laboratorium, K. K. Universitat, Graz, and the 
K. K. Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum, Vienna, Austria; the Con- 
servatoire et Jardin Botaniques, Geneva, and the Musée d’Histoire 
Naturelle, Neuchatel, Switzerland; the Royal Botanical Garden, 
Palermo, Italy; the Musée Royal d’Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 
and the Geological Survey of Belgium, Brussels, and the Université 
de Litge, Litge, Belgium; the Universitets Botaniske Museum and 
Zoologiske Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark; the Naturhistoriska 
Riksmuseum, Botaniska Afdelning, Stockholm, Sweden; the Kaiser- 
licher Botanischer Garten, St. Petersburg, and the Komitet Imp. 
Geograficeskago Musei Oscesstva, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia; the Geo- 
logical Commission of Finland, Helsingfors, Finland; the Durban 
Museum, Durban, and the Rhodesia Museum, Bulawayo, Rhodesia, 
Union of South Africa; the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South 
Wales, Australia; the Indian Museum and the Geological Survey of 
India, Calcutta, and the Royal Botanic Garden, Sibpur, India; the 
Botanical Garden, Lawang, Java; The Museo Nacional, San José, 
Costa Rica; the National School of Agriculture, Lima, Peru; the 
University of Alberta, Edmonton South, Alberta, the Provincial 
Museum and the Royal Ontario Museum of Mineralogy, Toronto, 
Canada. 

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. 


The most important acquisition of the year consisted in the formal 
transfer to the Smithsonian Institution by Mr. Charles L. Freer, of 
Detroit, Mich., on February 24, 1914, of 198 objects as additions 
to his munificent gift to the Nation, comprising all of the material 
which he had assembled since the last previous transfer on November 
6, 1912. This contribution may be summarized as follows: 


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Of American works of art there were 20, namely, 1 oil painting 
and 3 pastels by Dwight W. Tryon, 2 oil paintings by Thomas W. 
Dewing, 1 oil painting by Abbott H. Thayer, 2 water colors by Wins- 
low Homer, 2 oil paintings by John S. Sargent, 1 oil painting by 
John H. Twachtman, and 4 oil paintings, 1 water color, and 1 etch- 
ing by James McNeill Whistler, besides the Coast Survey copper 
plate made famous by Whistler and 1 impression from the same. 
The oriental part of the collection aggregated 178 examples, and 
consisted of 19 paintings, of which 1 large screen, 1 panel, 4 kake- 
mono and 6 makimono were Chinese and 7 makimono were Japa- 
nese; 23 pieces of pottery, of which 14 were Chinese, 5 Japanese, 3 
Korean, and 1 Rakka; 58 bronzes, of which 56 were Chinese and 1 
each Japanese and Babylonian; 65 objects sculptured in various 
kinds of stone, all Chinese; 8 figures in cast iron and 1 in pewter, of 
Chinese origin; 1 piece of Chinese and 1 of Persian glass; 1 Chinese 
rug, and 1 piece of Chinese velvet. 

The original donation by Mr. Freer contained approximately 
2,326 objects. In the deed of gift of May 5, 1906, by which convey- 
ance was made to the Institution, it was provided that the collection 
should remain in the possession of the donor during his life and that 
he might make such appropriate additions to it as he should select. 
Additions have, in fact, been made continuously and on a lavish scale, 
and from time to time these have been formally transferred by sup- 
plemental deeds of gift, which now number 5 in all. They record 
in the aggregate a slightly larger number of objects than composed 
the first contribution and this remarkable collection has therefore 
been more than doubled during the intervening eight years. 

Following is a brief summary of the original gift: The American 
examples numbered 859, and comprised 95 oil paintings by James 
McNeill Whistler, Dwight W. Tryon, Thomas W. Dewing, and Ab- 
bott H. Thayer; 42 water colors by Whistler, Tryon, and Thayer; 
43 pastels by Whistler, Tryon, and Dewing; 1 silver point by Dew- 
ing; and 100 drawings and sketches, 8 wood engravings, 388 etchings 
and dry points, 164 lithographs, 22 original copper plates, and the 
decorations of The Peacock Room, by Whistler. Of oriental paint- 
ings there were 489, namely, 121 Japanese screens, 50 Japanese and 3 
Chinese panels, 251 Japanese and 36 Chinese kakemono, 9 Japanese 
and 2 Chinese makimono, 4 albums of Japanese paintings and 
sketches, and 13 Tibetan paintings. Oriental pottery was represented 
by 953 pieces, of which 681 were Japanese, 92 Chinese, 84 Korean, 
92 central Asian, 1 each Egyptian and Moorish, and 2 Grecian. The 
remainder of the collection consisted of 5 Chinese bronzes, 19 lac- 
quered objects, and 1 decorated Japanese box. 

The collection as constituted to-day contains approximately 983 
examples of American art and 3,718 examples of oriental art, or a 
total of 4,701 pieces. 


140 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914, 


SuMMARY OF THE CuaruES L. Freer CoLuecTion oF AMERICAN AND 
OrtentaL ART ON JUNE 30, 1914. 


AMERICAN ARTISTS. 


Thomas Wilmer Dewing. Twenty-six oil paintings, 9 pastels, and 
1 silver point. 

Childe Hassam. One oil painting. 

Winslow Homer. One oil painting and 3 water colors. 

J. Gari Melchers. One oil painting. 

John Singer Sargent. Two oil paintings. 

Joseph Lindon Smith. Two oil paintings. 

Abbott Handerson Thayer. Eleven oil paintings and 1 water color. 

Dwight William Tryon. Twenty-nine oil paintings, 2 water colors, 
and 16 pastels. 

John Henry Twachtman. Two oil paintings. 

James McNeill Whistler. Sixty-two oil paintings, 44 water colors, 
32 pastels, 110 drawings and sketches, 1 album of sketches, 418 etch- 
ings and dry points (626 impressions), 172 lithographs (1938 impres- 
sions), 8 wood engravings, 88 original copper plates (including the 
Thames set of 16, with an impression from each of the plates after 
they had been defaced, and the Coast Survey plate), and the entire 
decorations of The Peacock Room. 


ORIENTAL PAINTINGS. 


Screens. Japanese, 145; Chinese, 4. 

Panels. Japanese, 69; Chinese, 32. 

Kakemono. Japanese, 267; Chinese, 160. 

Makimono or scroll paintings. Japanese, 18; Chinese, 131. 

Albums containing from 4 to 78 paintings and sketches each. 
Japanese, 4; Chinese, 28. 

Tibetan paintings, 13. 


ORIENTAL POTTERY. 


Japanese, 754; Chinese, 251; Korean, 224. 

Central and western Asian, 295, of which 157 were from Rakka, 95 
from Persia, 15 from Babylonia, and the remainder from miscella- 
neous sources, including Saltonabad, Hembodji, Djohar, Damascus, 
and Arabia. 

Egyptian, 137; Moorish, 1; Greek, 3. 


ORIENTAL BRONZES, 


Chinese, 211; Japanese, 6; Egyptian, 7; Persian, 2; Grecian, 2; 
and 1 each from Korea, Babylonia, Syria, Cambodia, Anthia, Swank- 
holor Sukhotai, Chien-Rai (Western Laos), and an unknown locality. 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 141 
STONE OBJECTS, SCULPTURES, AND CUTTINGS. 


Chinese, 213 (including 81 jade objects); Japanese, 1; Egyp- 
tian, 20. 
LACQUERED OBJECTS, 


Japanese, 22; Chinese, 9. 
GLASS. 


A collection of ancient Egyptian glass, comprising bottles, vases, 
and miscellaneous shapes, numbering over 600 pieces. Also 1 piece 
each of Persian and Chinese glass. 


WOOD CARVINGS. 
Japanese, 12; Chinese, 2; Egyptian, 3. 
MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. 


Includes gold ornaments, medallions, etc., of Byzantine and Cy- 
priote origin, ivory statuettes from Cambodia, and various objects 
from China, Japan, Korea, Egypt, and Damascus. The total num- 
ber is 62. 

It is interesting to note in this connection that during the past year 
Mr. Freer, with the cooperation of a distinguished architect of New 
York, has devoted much time to the preparation of tentative plans 
for the building to house this collection, the cost of erecting which 
has been provided for by Mr. Freer. This building will occupy a 
position near the other buildings under the Institution, and will be 
constructed of marble in a style indicative of its object and con- 
tributing an architectural feature worthy to be classed among the 
best in Washington. It is the present purpose to have a single story 
above a high basement, the former to be used for exhibition purposes, 
the latter to furnish student rooms, an auditorium, and facilities for 
whatever other requirements the administration of this large, varied, 
and valuable donation may call for. 

Mr. William T. Evans, of New York, continued his benefactions to 
the Gallery, and by the gift of three oil paintings increased the col- 
lection which bears his name to 147 examples of the work of 105 con- 
temporary American artists. In these donations Miss Clara Taggart 
MacChesney is represented by “A Good Story,’ which obtained a 
bronze medal at the Pan-American Exposition, a silver medal at the 
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and the second Hallgarten prize of 
the National Academy of Design in 1901; Mr. Guy C. Wiggins, whose 
“ Columbus Circle, Winter,” was previously presented to the Gallery, 
by a painting of much merit, entitled “ Gloucester Harbor” ; and Mr. 
Addison T. Millar, recently deceased, by a canvas entitled “The 
Waterfall.” 


142 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


There were also 2 other donations aggregating 6 paintings, 5 in 
oil and 1 in pastel. One of these, by Du Bois Fenelon Hasbrouck, en- 
titled “Autumn Landscape,” was received as a gift from Mr. Frederic 
Fairchild Sherman, of New York, in memory of his wife, Eloise Lee 
Sherman. The remainder were presented by Mrs. Walter Shirlaw, 
and are as follows: “ Portrait sketch of Walter Shirlaw at the age of 
35,” by Frank Duveneck, and 4 paintings by Walter Shirlaw, namely, 
“Bell Foundry, Germany” (study for “Toning of the Bell”); 
“ Study Head—Madam Capri” (sketch made at one sitting) ; “ The 
Inn, Germany ” ; and “ Easter Morning,” a decorative panel in pastel. 

The loans to the Gallery were comprised in 12 accessions and con- 
sisted of 109 paintings and 3 pieces of sculpture. Of the paintings 81 
were received for 2 special exhibitions, the others being regularly in- 
stalled with the general collection. Mr. William L. Slater, to whom 
were returned in the autumn of 1913 the 25 paintings enumerated in 
the last report, at the beginning of June, 1914, again lent the follow- | 
ing 19 examples, namely : Rembrandt, “ The Rabbi” ; Ruysdael, “ The 
Dunes near Haarlem”; Corot, “ Nymphs and Fauns” ; Troyon, 
“Horses at Watering Trough”; Millet, “Seamstresses sewing on 
Shroud” and “The Drinking Place” ; Diaz, “ Forest of Fontaine- 
bleau” and “The Island of Cupids”; Rousseau, “Sunset in a 
Wood” ; Daubigny, “ Springtime” ; Mettling, “ Portrait of a Boy” ; 
Raffaelli, “ Winter Landscape” ; Dupré, “Three Oaks” and “The 
Landing” ; Madame Lebrun, “ Portrait of a Lady” ; Gaugengigl, 
“The Quartet” ; Delacroix, “ Return of Columbus to Court of Ferdi- 
nand”; Hobbema, “The Mill”; and Wyant, “ Landscape.” This 
most important series was installed in the same inclosure it had pre- 
viously occupied, the northwest room of the Gallery, opposite that 
containing the valuable collection of Mr. Ralph Cross Johnson. 

The other loans were as follows: From Mrs. Dora B. Amateis, of 
Falls Church, Va., portrait bust of the artist’s son, in marble, by 
Louis Amateis. From Col. John Biddle, United States Army, por- 
trait in oil of Maj. John Biddle, United States Army, by Thomas 
Sully. From Miss Susan D. Biddle, of Detroit, Mich., portrait of 
Eliza Bradish Biddle, wife of Maj. Biddle, by Thomas Sully. From 
Dr. Nathan Boyd, of Washington, copy of Titian’s portrait of his 
daughter, and portrait of Beatrice Cenci, by G. Mazzolini. From 
Mr. H. K. Bush-Brown, of Washington, plaster cast of the bronze 
bust of Lincoln, by Mr. Bush-Brown, at the National Cemetery, 
Gettysburg. From the United States Capitol, Washington, through 
’ Mr. Elliott Woods, superintendent, the bronze doors for the west en- 
trance to the Capitol, designed and sculptured by Louis Amateis. 
From Mr. Benson B. Moore, of Washington, three oil paintings: 
“Might is Right,” by Z. Noterman; an interior, by L. Fissette, and 
another interior attributed to Adrian von Ostade. From Mrs. Julian 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 143 


James, of Washington, an oil painting, “ View up the Hudson,” by 
Robert Weir. From Mr. William D. Wheeler, of Washington, a 
portrait in oil of the artist’s daughter, Mrs. John H. Wheeler, and 
her sons, by Thomas Sully. 

The Gallery was fortunate in being able to arrange for two im- 
portant loan exhibitions, which were successfully carried out and 
proved exceedingly attractive. They were held in the large central 
room of the Gallery inclosure in the new Museum building, which 
they fully occupied, and followed one another closely, only two days 
intervening. Each was inaugurated by a special evening view, to 
which invitation was by card, and printed catalogues were issued for 
both. The first, extending from March 21 to April 21, 1914, was 
given in the name of the National Association of Portrait Painters, 
an organization formed for the advancement of art in the United 
States, the holding of exhibitions, and the ultimate establishment of 
permanent galleries for the exposition of its own and allied branches 
of art. The second, which continued from April 23 to June 15, con- 
sisted of the works of a single person, the well-known marine painter, 
Mr. William F. Halsall, of Boston and Provincetown, Mass. 

The exhibition by the National Association of Portrait Painters 
comprised 25 portraits in oil by members of the Association, con- 
stituting the third annual exhibition of the Association in New York, 
and also shown at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, Pa. The 
artists and the paintings by which they were represented were as 
follows: 

John W. Alexander. Portrait of Alexander C. Humphreys, LL. D., 
president, Stevens Institute of Technology. 

Cecilia Beaux. Portrait of Mrs. William McL. Ritter. 

Frank W. Benson. Portrait. 

Adolphe Borie. Portrait of Mr. Eckley Brinton Coxe, jr. 

William M. Chase. Portrait of the Artist, and Portrait of Mrs. 
Hall. 

Brenetta Herrman Crawford. Portrait of Sarah Guernsey 
Bradley. 

Earl Stetson Crawford. Portrait (lent by Countess Santa Eu- 
lalia), and Signorina Marguerita. 

Howard Gardiner Cushing. Portrait of Miss Ruth St. Denis. 

Lydia Field Emmet. Portrait of a Lady. 

Charles Dana Gibson. Study. 

Victor D. Hecht. Portrait of Mr. Charles Knoedler. 

Robert Henri. “ Pat.” 

Henry Salem Hubbell. Portrait of George Harris, D. D., presi- 
dent emeritus, Amherst College. 

John C. Johansen. Portrait of Miss Virginia G., and Portrait of 
Mr. James Howard Kehler, 


144 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


De Witt M. Lockman. Portrait group, “At the Ball,” and Portrait 
of Mr. Sidney G. De Kay. 

George Luks. Portrait. 

Ellen Emmet Rand. Portrait of M. Gilibert. 

S. Montgomery Roosevelt. Portrait of Miss J. H., and Portrait 
of M. A. de la G. 

William T. Smedley. “The Shipbuilder.” 

Irving R. Wiles. “ Laughing Girl.” 

The exhibition of marine paintings by Mr. William F. Halsall, 
of Boston, consisted of 56 pieces, the most conspicuous and important 
being a large canvas, about 10 feet high by 20 feet long, entitled 
“Our Glory—Battleship Oregon,” which represents this famous 
man-of-war in pursuit of the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon dur- 
ing the naval engagement off Santiago de Cuba, in 1898, and for 
the purchase of which for the Government a bill is now pending 
before Congress. At the close of the exhibition, on June 15, three of 
the paintings were retained on more extended loan. One of these 
was the picture of the Oregon, the others being “'The Ocean Rover ” 
and “Like a Sheeted Ghost.” Following is a complete list of the 
paintings shown: 

Our Glory—Battleship Oregon. 

The Ocean Rover. 

Cloudy Day—Highland Light, Cape Cod. 

Coronado Beach. (Owned by Mr. H. E. Baker, of Niagara Falls, 
N.Y.) 

Surf—Easterly Weather. 

Square and Fore-and-Aft Rig. (Owned by Mr. Theodore Hast- 
ings, of Boston, Mass.) 

Clouds. (Owned by Miss Elizabeth Cheney, of Boston, Mass.) 

Point Loma. (Owned by Mr. H. E. Baker, of Niagara Falls, 
N. Y.) 

An Opalescent Sea. 

Provincetown Harbor. 

A Morning Breeze. (Owned by Mr. Theodore Hastings, of Bos- 
ton, Mass.) 

The Sentinel. 

Sand Dunes—Cape Cod. 

On the Georges. 

St. Johns—Wood Boat. 

Easterly Weather. 

A Winter Knockabout. 

Haul Out to Windward. 

A Lee Shore. 

In Pursuit. (Owned by Mrs. Louise Hughes, of Washington.) 

Too Rough to Fish. (Owned by Mr. H. H. Fay, of Boston, Mass.) 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 145 


The Mid-Watch. (Owned by Mr. Charles Francis Douse, of 
Boston, Mass.) 

In Pacific Seas. 

Tropical Seas. 

On the Penobscot. 

Pilot’s Flare. 

Wing and Wing. 

Summer Moonlight. (Owned by Mrs. B. P. Cheney, of Boston, 
Mass. ) 

When Sleep Falleth on Men. (Owned by Mr. Marston Harding, 
of Lexington, Mass.) 

A Dory Race—Provincetown. 

A Vineyard Fisherman. 

Mayflower—First Morning at-Sea. (Owned by Mr. Carl F. Kauf- 
man, of Boston, Mass.) 

The Coming Fog. (Owned by Mrs. Carl F. Kaufman, of Boston, 
Mass.) 
Mase) and John. (Owned by Mrs. Elizabeth 8S. Cheney, of Boston, 

ass. 

Like a Sheeted Ghost. (Owned by Mrs. Carl F. Kaufman, of 
Boston, Mass.) 

Reefing Topsails. (Owned by Mr. Henry A. Wyman, of Boston, 
Mass. ) 

Moonlight. (Owned by Mr. M. O. Adams, of Boston, Mass.) 

Coast of Maine. 

Hove To. (Owned by Mr. William Whitman, of Brookline, 
Mass. ) 

A Winter’s Calm. (Owned by Mr. H. H. Fay, of Boston, Mass.) 

Camden Hills. (Owned by Mr. Henry O. Cushman, of Boston, 
Mass: ) 

Surf. 

Rain and Wind. 

The Graves Light. 

South West Wind. 

A Pilgrim Ship. 

Surf and Sky. 

Becalmed. 

Down East. 

Stormy Morning. 

Sketch—Cuba. 

Sketch—Cuba. 

Coming Squall. 

Becalmed. 


71159°—nat mus 191410 


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Moonlight—Gloucester Harbor. 

Moonlight. 

Two paintings, both from the Evans collection, were, at the re- 
quest of the artists, lent for exhibition. One was the painting by 
William Sergeant Kendall, entitled “An Interlude,” which was shown 
at a special exhibition of works by Mr. Kendall in November, 1918, 
at Yale University, where this artist had recently been appointed 
director of the School of Fine Arts. The other was the canvas by 
Mr. John W. Beatty, entitled “ Plymouth Hills,” which was sent to 
the Anglo-American Exposition in London, May to October, 1914, 
to celebrate the Century of Peace and Progress of the English Speak- 
ing People. 

The advisory committee on the National Gallery of Art, which is 
wholly honorary in its relations to the Museum, its members serving 
without compensation, reported on a number of tenders of gifts, 
some of which were found to be acceptable and others not. A few 
of the paintings in the collection were copied by artist students, and 
photographs of quite a number were furnished to writers for repro- 
duction in papers and books on art. All paintings permanently ac- 
quired were photographed and glazed, and pedestals were provided 
for the statuary received. 

The entire loan collection of Dr. George Reuling, of Baltimore, 
consisting mainly of early American paintings, was returned to 
the owner, and a number of other loans were also reclaimed. 


ART TEXTILES. 


Of eight accessions received for this collection, four were gifts and 
four loans, all but one coming from residents of Washington. The 
gifts comprised a piece of rare point de France et Personages from 
Miss Emily Tuckerman, a piece of Mechlin lace of the nineteenth 
century from the late Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hobson, through Mrs. 
Richard G. Lay, a cape of Mechlin lace from Mrs. Arnold Hague, 
and two pieces of Spanish macramé lace called “ Gothic collars” 
from Mrs. Richard G. Lay. 

The loans were as follows: Eight pieces of lace, consisting of Rus- 
sian pillow lace, silk maltese bobbin lace, French blonde de Caen, 
Spanish blonde, Valenciennes, and an English thread lace collar, 
besides two hand-wrought undersleeves from the Misses Long; an 
antique Persian silk prayer rug, a carved ivory plaque, a silver 
plaque, and a carved ivory crosier from Mrs. Christian D. Hem- 


mick; and a square of Gobelin tapestry of the Savonnerie period 
from Mrs. A. M. Van Dyke, of Lawtey, Fla. 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 147 


Owing to the illness of Mrs. James W. Pinchot, under whom the 
direction of this collection continues, not much work was put upon 
it during last year, but it remains in excellent condition and is the 
subject of much attention from visitors. It is hoped that there will 
be an early increase in permanent accessions and that the material 
may soon be arranged on a more systematic basis. As it is, the col- 
lection is one of the most important displayed in any of the museums 
of this country. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 
VISITORS. 


The total attendance of visitors at the new building aggregated 
267,728 for week days and 61,653 for Sundays, the daily average for 
the former having, therefore, been 855, and for the latter 1,185. The 
total number who visited the older Museum building was 146,533, a 
daily average of 468, and the Smithsonian building, 102,645, a daily 
average of 328. There has been a steady increase in the attendance 
at the new building since it was first opened to the public, and a 
certain falling off at the other two buildings, owing to the dismant- 
ling of many of the exhibition halls by the withdrawal of the natural 
history exhibits. This condition is only temporary, however, and 
will soon be remedied by the rapid progress which is being made in 
the installation of the art industrial collections. 

The following tables show, respectively, the attendance of visitors 
during each month of the past year and for each year since 1881, 
when the older Museum building was first opened to the public: 


Number of visitors during the year ending June 30, 1914. 


Older New Smithso- Older New | Smithso- 

Year and month. | Museum | Museum nian Year and month. | Museum | Museum nian 
Building.| Building.| Building. Building.} Building.| Building. 

1913. 1914. 

We ee cr occ siw.ce 12,870 21, 103 9,345 || January............ 7,133 20,977 5, 609 
PAUPUS teeters sista a5 == 19, 371 29, 630 135238}| |) MODIUATY se sctere- 22,2 8, 563 22,040 5, 434 
September......... 16,459 27, 689 A700 | Marcher sc on ao ciacce 10, 430 25, 340 6,592 
Octobera-nss---n2s4 12, 454 30, 752 96287. ||) Apprilicc 2. esses ce 18, 256 38, 860 12, 692 
November.......... 8, 144 29, 537 65391) ||| Mayicas.2 .cesecne 11,57 34,315 7,799 
December. «vie. 5- 8, 145 21,524 G498 ni UNO es eccse cee 13, 138 27, 614 8,030 
Motaleeeessae: 146,533 | 329,381 102, 645 


148 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


Number of visitors to the Muscum and Smithsonian Buildings since 1881. 


Older New Smithso- Older New | Smithso- 
Year. Museum | Museum nian Year. Museum | Museum nian 

Building.| Building.| Building. Building.) Building.| Building. 

ISS one cosneseew as 150; 000 isos con 100,000 || 1898-99............. 192 470 |e ecceseans 116, 912 
URS ee aicietaerareise aie 167450) weceeee a 152, 744 |] 1899-1900........... 225,440) |e secceee 133, 147 
WRRSw oma sascae cues 202 IRB eee keaee 104, 823 |) 1900-1.........-.-.. 216) 556 4 ne seseeee 151, 563 
1884 (half year)..... 97,661 |aeean- 45,565 || 1901-2.............. 173) S990 |--aeneeeee 144, 107 
1884-85 (fiscal year) | 205,026 }......-.-.- 1055993) ||, 1902-3. ose s-c 25. 25 ce 315; 3074) 2e—sseceee 181,174 
WS85-86.. ce seceeece 7 220 ii\ eee ate aee 88,960 || 1908-4.............. 220.018: |'sceaeeeeee 143, 988 
AS86-S7k< 25 - so cccwe- 2165562) |e oocceces 98,552 || 1904-5...-....-.--.. 2355921 || Fan eects 149, 380 
1 ty: DAO 5665; | iccceece 2 102,868 || 1905-6... .25-2554 210, 886.) sccecenrs 149, 661 
1888-89......-....-- ies 843 alle eee cee 149; 618 |) 190627... .2<s25-5-55 | 210407, | Sasemeee 153, 591 
1889-90............- DIAL SOA | Ca sere vance 120,894 || 1907-8.........-.... 299659 ic cecceneee 237, 182 
1890-91............- 286,426 Ne eae ee = 111, 669 |} 1908-9.......-...... 245. 187) |'5..ceteeetaee 198, 054 
SOTO: oe ataiciectersic.s ZOO O20 ls sesise ms se 114,817 || 1909-10). 2.2222 ae 228, 804 50, 403 179, 163 
1} 2 es 319) 930) || ease cee 174,188 || 1910-11............. 207,010 151, 112 167, 085 
803 = 94 soa ae wcieecince NOG E748: | a oteiseterces 1085910)|| SOU oe ae eee 172,182 | 281,887 143, 134 
1894-05. 5 cone etn 2005 (440 oe eee: 105, 658 || 1912-13............. 173,858 | 319,806 142,420 
1895-96... nes seee- TSO. 505 cece hess 103,650 |) 1913-14............. 146,533 | 329,381 102, 645 
1896-97. .........-.- 2295606) |p ceee ree. 115, 709 —| ed 
1897-98. ..........-. UP e204 scan Saetoe 99,273 Total.........|7,447,574 |1, 182,589 | 4,492,092 

BEQUESTS. 


Although the Museum has received many and some exceedingly 
valuable additions to its collections by bequest, 1t is only recently 
that financial assistance has been rendered it in this way. On the 
death of Dr. Isaac Lea, publisher and eminent naturalist of Phila- 
delphia, in 1886, the Museum found itself in possession of his unriv- 
aled collection of fresh-water mollusks of the family Unionide. His 
daughter, Miss Frances Lea, retained a deep interest in this collec- 
tion, becoming, in fact, its patroness, and by the frequent gift of 
both specimens and of money for making purchases, she aided most 
materially in its enrichment. It remains to-day by far the most 
important and comprehensive collection of its kind in the world. 
Married in 1890, the daughter lived but four years longer, and on 
her demise she left to the Museum the fine series of gems and precious 
stones which her father had also assembled. Her trust in both col- 
lections was then assumed and faithfully continued by her husband, 
the Rev. Dr. Leander Trowbridge Chamberlain, who was made an 
honorary custodian in the Museum in 1897 and an honorary asso- 
ciate in 1905. The report of last year contains a brief account of 
Dr. Chamberlain’s relations to the Museum and the announcement of 
his death at Pasadena, Cal., on May 9, 1913. In his will, offered for 
probate in New York City on July 23, 1913, generous provision is 
made for perpetuating the assistance so long rendered in person, a 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 149 


benefaction of unusual importance to the Museum. At the close of 
the year the will was still in course of settlement, but its final execu- 
tion is not expected to be much longer delayed. Its terms with ref- 
erence to the Museum are as follows: 

“Seventh: I give and bequeath to the Smithsonian Institution in 
the City of Washington and District of Columbia, the sum of twenty- 
five thousand dollars ($25,000), in trust, the same to constitute a 
permanent fund which shall be known as the ‘ Frances Lea Chamber- 
lain Fund,’ the income of said fund to be used under the direction of 
the Secretary of the Board of Regents of said Institution, for pro- 
moting the increase, and the scientific value and usefulness, of the 
collection of gems and gem material, known as the ‘Isaac Lea Col- 
lection’ in the department of minerals in the United States National 
Museum, the said collection having been chiefly collected and given 
by me in honor of Dr. Isaac Lea and his only daughter, Frances Lea 
Chamberlain. 

“Kighth: I give and bequeath to the Smithsonian Institution in 
the City of Washington and District of Columbia, the further sum of 
ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the same to constitute a permanent 
fund which shall be known as the ‘ Frances Lea Chamberlain Fund,’ 
the income of said fund to be used, under the direction of the Secre- 
tary of the Board of Regents of said Institution, for promoting the 
scientific value and usefulness of the collection of mollusks, known 
as the ‘Isaac Lea Collection,’ in the department of mollusks in the 
said Smithsonian Institution.” ° 

Another testament, executed during the year, in which the Museum 
is made a beneficiary, is also of special interest in that it was made by 
Miss Lucy Hunter Baird, daughter of Prof. Spencer Fullerton Baird, 
the first assistant secretary in charge of the National Museum and 
the second secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The death of 
Miss Baird occurred in Philadelphia, where she had long resided, 
on June 19, 1918. The articles in her will relating to the Museum 
were as follows: 

“Fourth: * * * to the National Museum in the City of Wash- 
ington, D. C., all articles deposited by my father, Spencer F. Baird, 
my mother, Mary H. C. Baird, or myself, in its keeping or that of 
the Smithsonian Institution with the exception of the specific be- 
quests to the Smithsonian Institution contained in this Will. If 
there be any China of which I have made no other disposition, of any 
value to the Museum, I desire that it shall be placed therein. 

“To the Smithsonian Institution, the copies of my father’s own 
books containing his notes in his own handwriting, also the books by 
Audubon or any other works on natural history, annotated in my 
father’s writing, to be kept forever in a case together. 


150 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


“To the National Museum or to the Smithsonian Institution as my 
Executor shall deem best any pictures or books not otherwise dis- 
posed of, which they may desire.” 

By further terms of the will the Smithsonian Institution is made 
the residuary legatee in a certain trust estate, which, when released, 
is to constitute a trust fund known as “‘The Spencer Fullerton 
Baird Fund,’ the interest from which shall be devoted under the 
direction of the Smithsonian Institution to the expenses, in whole or 
in part, of scientific and biological research or for the purchase of 
specimens of natural objects or archeological specimens.” The Mu- 
seum may expect to benefit from expenditures from this fund. Under 
the article above quoted the Museum received early in the year from 
the executor of the estate of Miss Baird several hundred objects, com- 
prising books, engravings and paintings, pottery, glassware, bronzes, 
photographs, historical objects, and personal relics of Prof. Baird, 
the last including a gold and a silver medal which had been presented 
to him in recognition of his important work in fish culture. 


PUBLICATIONS. 


The number of volumes issued during the year was 14, and of sep- 
arate papers, 58. The former consisted of the annual reports of the 
Museum for 1912 and 1913; volumes 44, 45, and 46 of the Proceed- 
ings; and the following Bulletins, namely: No. 50, Part VI, “The 
Birds of North and Middle America,” by Robert Ridgway, containing 
descriptions of the woodpeckers, barbets, toucans, puff birds, jaca- 
mars, kingfishers, todies, motmots, goatsuckers, potocs, barn owls, 
and eared owls; No. 71, “A monograph of the Foraminifera of the 
North Pacific Ocean, Part IIT, Lagenidex,” and “Part IV, Chilo- 
stomellide, Globigerinide, Nummulitide,” by Joseph A. Cushman; 
No. 80, “A descriptive account of the building recently erected for 
the departments of natural history of the United States National 
Museum,” by Richard Rathbun; No. 83, “'Type species of the genera 
of Ichneumon flies,” by Henry L. Viereck; No. 84, “A contribution 
to the study of the Ophiurans of the United States National Mu- 
seum,” by René Koehler; No. 85, “A monograph of the jumping plant- 
lice or Psyllide of the New World,” by David L. Crawford; No. 86, 
“A monograph of the genus Chordeiles Swainson, type of a new fam- 
ily of goatsuckers,” by Harry C. Oberholser; and No. 87, “ Culture of 
the ancient Pueblos of the Upper Gila River region, New Mexico and 
Arizona” (Second Museum-Gates Expedition), by Walter Hough. 
Bulletin No. 67, entitled “ Directions for collecting and preserving 
insects,” by Nathan Banks, was reprinted in a limited edition to meet 
the continuous demand for this popular pamphlet of instructions. 

Of the 58 papers issued separately for prompt distribution to spe- 
cialists, 5 were from volume 45, 35 from volume 46, and 9 from 


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volume 47 of the Proceedings, the other 9 constituting parts of the 
Contributions from the National Herbarium. 

Approximately 77,800 copies of the above volumes and separates 
were distributed to the addresses on the regular mailing list, in addi- 
tion to which about 15,400 publications of last year and previous 
years were sent out in response to special applications. 

Besides the foregoing, many reports on Museum material were 
published by other bureaus of the Government and by private insti- 
tutions, all of which are cited in the bibliography. Those printed in 
the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections to insure prompt issue 
numbered 31, as follows: “ New races of antelopes from British East 
Africa,” “ New antelopes and carnivores from British East Africa,” 
“The white rhinoceros,” “ New races of ungulates and primates from 
equatorial Africa,” “ New races of carnivores and baboons from equa- 
torial Africa and Abyssinia,” “ Four new subspecies of large mam- 
mals from equatorial Africa,” and “New subspecies of mammals 
from equatorial Africa,” by Edmund Heller; “ Descriptions of three 
new African weaver-birds of the genera Estrilda and Granatina,” 
“ Descriptions of four new African thrushes of the genera Planesti- 
cus and Geocichla,” “ Descriptions of six new African birds,” “ De- 
scriptions of five new African weaver-birds of the genera Othy- 
phantes, Hypargos, Aidemosyne, and Lagonosticta,” “ Descriptions 
of ten new African birds of the genera Pogonocichla, Cossypha, 
Bradypterus, Sylvietta, Melaniparus and Zosterops,” and “ Descrip- 
tions of eight new African bulbuls,” by Edgar A. Mearns; “ New 
Lower Cambrian subfauna,” “Cambrian formations of the Robson 
Peak District, British Columbia and Alberta, Canada,” ‘“ Dikeloce- 
phalus and other genera of the Dikelocephaline,”’ and “The Cam- 
brian faunas of Eastern Asia,” by Charles D. Walcott; “The com- 
parative histology of the femur,” by J. S. Foote; “ Populus Macdou- 
galii: A new tree from the Southwest,” by J. N. Rose; “ Great stone 
monuments in history and geography,” by J. Walter Fewkes; “A new 
shrub of the genus Esenbeckia from Colombia,” by K. Krause; 
“ Fifty-one new Malayan mammals,” by Gerrit S. Miller, jr.; “ Notes 
on the recent crinoids in the British Museum,” and “ Notes on some 
specimens of a species of Onychophore (Oroperipatus corradoi) new 
to the fauna of Panama,” by Austin Hobart Clark; “A new genus 
of Mallophaga from African guinea fowl in the United States Na- 
tional Museum,” by John Howard Paine; “ New Sapindaceae from 
Panama and Costa Rica,” by L. Radlkofer; “Anthropological work 
in Peru in 1913, with notes on the pathology of the ancient Peru- 
vians,” by Ales Hrdlicka; “ Descriptions of five new mammals from 
Panama,” by E. A. Goldman; “On the relationship of the genus 
Aulacocarpus, with description of a new Panamanian species,” by 
H. Pittier; “A new ceratopsian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous 


152 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


of Montana, with note on Hypacrosaurus,” by Charles W. Gilmore; 
and “ Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in 
1912,” being a summary of expeditions participated in during the 
year by the Smithsonian Institution and its bureaus and resulting, 
for the most part, in the acquisition of material for the Museum. 

In addition to the publications, the editorial office has charge of all 
miscellaneous printing and binding, which includes a large variety of 
work. 


LIBRARY. 


The Museum library received 1,917 volumes, 1,723 pamphlets, and 
132 parts of volumes during last year, and now contains 43,609 vol- 
umes and 73,765 pamphlets and other unbound papers. The central 
library is in the new building, where are kept the general works of 
reference and the publications relating to anthropology, zoology, and 
geology. The former library quarters in the older building are 
utilized for the works relating to the arts and industries, history, and 
botany, besides which each Museum division and each principal ad- 
ministrative office is allowed to retain in its immediate possession the 
books especially and solely pertaining to the subject of its affairs. 
The last mentioned, which at present number 30, are called sectional 
libraries. The central library was quite thoroughly organized and 
arranged before the close of the previous year, and during last year 
good progress in the same direction was made with the collection in 
the older building. The card cataloguing has been kept well up to 
date and of the scientific depository set of cards received from the 
Library of Congress about one-half, or approximately 28,000, were 
alphabetically filed. 

For the use of the staff in the study of collections over 5,000 books 
were borrowed during the year from other Government libraries, 
mainly the Library of Congress. 

A very large number of publications, the accumulation of many 
years, the most of which had never been actually united with the 
library, were critically examined and the greater proportion, consist- 
ing of duplicates or of works not necessary to the Museum, were 
rejected and disposed of. 

New avenues of exchange insuring the acquisition of important 
publications not otherwise obtainable by the Museum were estab- 
lished. By bequest of Miss Lucy H. Baird, the library received 
about 750 volumes, many of them rare and costly, which had be- 
longed to Prof. Spencer F. Baird, with others more recently added 
to the collection by the testator. Among other contributors were 
Dr. William H. Dall, Dr. O. P. Hay, Dr. C. W. Richmond, Dr. Edgar 
A. Mearns, Mr. Alfred Klakring, and Dr. Harriet Richardson Searle. 


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The sectional library of the division of mollusks contains approxi- 
mately 7,500 titles presented by its curator, Dr. Dall, beginning with 
a large initial gift in 1892, which has been added to from year to 
year. Constituting its principal feature, this collection is supple- 
mented by many works from other sources, including the bequest 
of Dr. Isaac Lea, which renders it one of the most complete con- 
sultative libraries on the subject in the country. A revised cata- 
logue completed during the year furnishes a ready index to its 
contents. 

The library is, unfortunately, confronted with a condition which 
seriously menaces the preservation of a large proportion of its con- 
tents, and it is important that this should be early remedied. Per- 
haps two-thirds of the publications it receives are in paper covers, 
a large share of these being parts of volumes. With the very lim- 
ited funds available for the purpose, the amount of binding that 
can be done in any year is scarcely appreciable, and as long as the 
volumes remain unprotected, constant use causes their rapid de- 
terioration and ultimate destruction, and most of these unbound 
works are not replaceable. 


MEETINGS AND CONGRESSES. 


The auditorium and other rooms in the new building were fre- 
quently used during the year for meetings and public gatherings hav- 
ing objects akin to those of the Institution, and also by several 
bureaus of the Government for official purposes. 

The lecture courses of The Washington Society of the Fine Arts, 
three in number, were held in the auditorium, as during the previous 
year, between November 1 and April 15. They consisted of six lec- 
tures on architecture and the allied arts, given on Wednesday eve- 
nings; six lectures on modern masters in art, given on Tuesday 
evenings; and five lectures on the development of opera, given on 
Saturday evenings. The first two courses were illustrated with lan- 
tern slides, while piano and vocal illustrations were employed in 
connection with the last. For its regular meetings, which num- 
bered 18, the Anthropological Society of Washington occupied the 
large assembly hall, except on one occasion when the auditorium was 
utilized. These meetings, which were held at 4.30 o’clock in the 
afternoon, generally on the first and third Tuesday of’each month, 
continued from October 28 to June 4. The Spanish American Athe- 
neum was given the use of the auditorium on the evenings of Feb- 
ruary 3 and 25 for its meetings and lectures. For the thirty-second 
stated meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, which was in 
session during the mornings and afternoons from April 6 to 8, the 
auditorium and other accommodations were granted. 


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The National Academy of Sciences, in connection with its annual 
meeting from April 21 to 23, held only its public sessions at the 
Museum, which were devoted to the reading of papers during the 
morning and afternoon of the 22d, and the inauguration of the 
William Ellery Hale Lectures by Sir Ernest Rutherford, of the Uni- 
versity of Manchester, England, who spoke on the afternoons of the 
21st and 23d on “ The constitution of matter and the evolution of the 
elements.” 

On the evening of October 20, 1918, His Serene Highness the 
Prince of Monaco delivered an address under the auspices of the 
Washington Academy of Sciences and the Anthropological Society 
of Washington, his subject being “ Researches in oceanography and 
anthropology,” but he spoke mainly upon the former topic, in which 
his own remarkable explorations and studies are so well and widely 
known. The lecture was illustrated with lantern slides and motion 
pictures, all relating to the work in connection with his own vessels, 
and the latter were of a remarkable character, including vivid scenes 
at sea, the depiction of which in this manner had never before been 
attempted. 

On December 10 Dr. AleS Hrdlitka, of the Museum staff, spoke 
before the Medical Society of the District of Columbia on prehis- 
toric pathology on the American continent, with demonstrations of 
extensive recently acquired medical and surgical material from the 
collections of the Museum. An illustrated lecture on the fauna of 
the Pleistocene asphalt at Rancho La Brea, Cal., was delivered on 
January 8 by Prof. John C. Merriam, of the University of California, 
under the auspices of the Washington Academy of Sciences; and on 
February 4 Dr. Josef Schumpeter, the Austrian exchange professor 
for Columbia University, lectured under the auspices of the George 
Washington University on “The Balkan situation.” One of the 
semimonthly meetings of the Washington Society of Engineers, held 
in the auditorium on February 5, was devoted to addresses on the 
Navajo, Papago, Pueblo, and Menominee Indians by Dr. Samuel A. 
Eliot, Mr. Edward E. Ayer, and Mr. William H. Ketcham, members 
of the United States Board of Indian Commissioners, and by Dr. 
Joseph K. Dixon, leader of the Rodman Wanamaker expedition, 
motion pictures taken by this expedition being also shown. A lec- 
ture entitled “ The musical uplift” was given by Mr. John C. Freund, 
editor of Musical America, on February 6, under the District of 
Columbia Chapter of the Guild of American Organists, the Rubin- 
stein Club, and the Piano Teachers’ Association; and on March 24 
Mr. Henry C. Gauss spoke on “The Braddock trail,” before the 
Columbia Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 
“Richard Wagner’s Parsifal Dichtung” was the subject of an ad- 
dress before the Germanistic Society of Washington on April 2, by 


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Dr. Ernst Elster, professor at the University of Marburg, Germany, 
and exchange professor at Cornell University. The Washington 
Society of the Archaeological Institute of America met on April 3 
to listen to a lecture on “ Raphael,” illustrated with lantern slides, 
by Prof. O. S. Tonks, of Vassar College. On the morning of April 
17 a special program of American music was rendered under the 
auspices of the Friday Morning Music Club, and in the evening of 
the same day Sir William Willcocks, of Cairo, Egypt, lectured before 
the Home Club of the Department of the Interior, on “ Reclamation 
and drainage in Egypt.” The College Women’s Association of Wash- 
ington was given facilities for a meeting on April 21. 

There were only three congresses during the year which made any 
use of the Museum’s accommodations, and in connection with each of 
them but one meeting was held there. The Third International Con- 
gress of Refrigeration met in Chicago, but the formal opening session 
was held in the Museum auditorium on the morning of September 15, 
1913, when an address of welcome to the delegates was delivered by 
the Secretary of State, Hon. William Jennings Bryan. The fourth 
annual meeting of the American Association for Study and Preven- 
tion of Infant Mortality occurred in Washington from November 14 
to 17, and the address of its president, Dr. L. Emmett Holt, of New 
York, was given in the auditorium on the evening of the 14th, fol- 
lowed by an informal reception to Dr. Holt in the exhibition halls on 
the first floor. The Third International Congress on the Welfare of 
the Child, under the auspices of the National Congress of Mothers 
and Parent Teacher Associations, meeting in Washington from April 
922 to 27, occupied the auditorium on the evening of the 25th for one 
of its sessions. 

On the evening of April 18, 1914, a reception to the Daughters of 
the American Revolution was given by the Secretary of the Institu- 
tion. 

The Department of Agriculture held numerous meetings relating 
to its work, using sometimes the auditorium but more often the 
larger committee room, and occasionally also the foyer when there 
were specimens to exhibit. A hearing on the question of establish- 
ing Federal grades for commercial corn was given on October 29, 
1913, and another relative to the enforcement of the food and drugs 
act on November 5. The food, dairy, and drug officials of the Bureau 
of Chemistry met on November 14 and 15; the annual conference of 
State and district leaders in farm management demonstration and 
club work was held, under the Office of Farm Management, from 
December 15 to 18; and the Federal Horticultural Board conducted 
a hearing on December 18 on the subject of potato quarantine. The 
Bureau of Plant Industry held weekly afternoon lectures from De- 
cember 17 to March 11, except during the holiday season, dealing 


156 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


with various phases of agricultural research and demonstration work 
by the Department. An apparatus devised by Dr. Wiener, of Vienna, 
for the treatment of milk was demonstrated by him, under the 
auspices of the Bureau of Animal Industry, on February 20; and a 
conference between representatives of the naval stores industry and 
the Bureau of Chemistry was held on March 5 and 6. A conference 
between the department and the woolgrowers took place on June 2, 
3, and 4, and was accompanied by an excellent exhibition of wool 
specimens installed in the foyer. On the evening of June 26 the 
exhibition halls in the first story were opened to afford an opportunity 
for the officers and employees of the Department to unite in an 
informal reception to Dr. B. T. Galloway, Assistant Secretary of 
Agriculture, who had recently resigned from that position to take 
up university work. 

As associated with the objects of the Department of Agriculture 
may be mentioned here a meeting of the American Pomological 
Society in conjunction with the Eastern Fruit Growers Association, 
the Northern Nut Growers Association, and the Society for Horti- 
cultural Science, which was held during what was termed “ Fruit 
Week,” or from November 17 to 22, 1918. Use was made of the 
auditorium and committee rooms, and the entire foyer was occupied 
for exhibition purposes, the display of fruit being exceptionally fine 
and many prizes being awarded. This meeting, and especially the 
exhibition, attracted many visitors, who were admitted to the part of 
the building occupied both day and evening. 

At the Twelfth International Congress of Geology, held at To- 
ronto, Canada, August 7 to 10, 1913, the Institution and Museum were 
represented by Secretary Charles D. Walcott and Dr. George P. 
Merrill. 


SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS. 


The competitive designs for the Lincoln Memorial by Mr. Henry 
Bacon and Mr. John Russell Pope, the Red Cross collection, the 
relief map of the Gatun dam and locks, and model of the Pedro 
Miguel locks, mentioned in the last report, remained on exhibition 
in the foyer of the new building and communicating rooms through- 
out the year. 

The plans submitted in competition for the George Washington 
memorial building, received on May 2, 1914, were, after inspection by 
the jury of awards, installed on screens in one of the foyer rooms and 
opened to public view on May 9. There were also two loan exhibi- 
tions of paintings, which are fully described in connection with the 
National Gallery of Art. One, consisting of 25 portraits by members 
of the National Association of Portrait Painters, continued from 


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March 21 until April 21. The other, comprising 55 marine paintings 
by Mr. William F. Halsall, was held from April 23 until June 15. 


ORGANIZATION AND STAFF. 


It has been found advisable to change the designations of the two 
divisions of archeology, which has involved the shitting of responsi- 
bility for the custody of certain classes of material but no modifica- 
tion in the staff connected with them. The titles hitherto recognized 
have been “ Prehistoric archeology ” and “ Historic archeology.” In 
the division bearing the former name were included all antiquities, 
however modern, from America, while in the other were placed only 
so-called historic antiquities from other parts of the world. Under 
the present arrangement, which, though partly put in operation 
some time ago, was not officially recognized until last year, the divi- 
sions are termed “American archeology ” and “Old World arche- 
ology,” respectively, the classification assumed being, therefore, 
broadly geographical and without reference to the age of the antiqui- 
ties. This classification is, moreover, more philosophical than the 
other, as the prehistoric collections of the two worlds do not touch 
at any point, and the historic phase of Old World archeology con- 
nects without break with the prehistoric. Mr. William H. Holmes, 
head curator of the department of anthropology, will continue the 
supervision of the division of American archeology, while Dr. I. M. 
Casanowicz, assistant curator, will be in charge of the division of 
Old World archeology. Mr. Neil M. Judd, aid in the division of 
ethnology, was on leave without pay from January 1 to April 30, 
1914, to enable him to engage in field work for the Panama-Califor- 
nia Exposition. Mr. Joseph B. Leavy was appointed philatelist in 
the division of history on November 5, 1913. Mr. Thomas W. 
Sweeny, who had been a preparator in the division of ethnology for 
many years and had taken an important part in the installation of 
the exhibition collections in the new building, died on April 4, 1914. 

On his appointment as director of the museum of the California 
Academy of Sciences, Dr. Barton W. Evermann resigned the cura- 
torship of the division of fishes, dating from March 31, 1914. 
Mr. Alfred C. Weed, aid in the same division, was granted a year’s 
furlough from July 15, 1913, and on January 2, 1914, Dr. John O. 
Snyder, of Leland Stanford Junior. University, began upon the 
revision of the extensive collection of fishes, as explained elsewhere. 
Mr. H. K. Harring, of the Bureau of Standards, was designated 
honorary custodian of the Rotatoria in the division of marine inver- 
tebrates on May 1, 1914, and Dr. Nathan Banks resigned his custo- 
dianship of the Arachnida in the division of insects on October 22, 
1913. Mr. Copley Amory, jr., of Boston, Mass., was appointed hon- 
orary collaborator in zoology for two years, beginning June 1, 1914. 


158 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


Dr. J. N. Rose, associate curator of the division of plants, was 
granted an indefinite furlough beginning February 19, 1914, to 
enable him to continue his studies of the Cactaceae under the aus- 
pices of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and Mr. W. R. 
Maxon was appointed in his place. Mr. Glen P. Van Eseltine was 
made an aid in the division of plants from September 22, 1913. 

Dr. Edgar T. Wherry was appointed assistant curator of min- 
eralogy and petrology on October 25, 1913, in succession to Dr. J. E. 
Pogue, and Dr. James C. Martin, assistant curator of systematic 
and applied geology on November 12, in succession to Mr. Chester 
G. Gilbert. For his long and material assistance in the paleontologi- 
cal work of the Museum, Dr. E. O. Ulrich, of the Geological Survey, 
was designated honorary associate in paleontology on June 9, 1914, 
and Mr. Douglas B. Sterrett, also of the Survey, was made honorary 
custodian of gems and precious stones, dating from February 18. 
Mr. C. W. Mitman was appointed aid in the division of mineral 
technology on May 4, 1914. 

It is a painful duty to announce the death, near the close of the 
year, of one of the most important figures in the history of the 
Museum. Frederick William True was born at Middletown, Conn., 
July 8, 1858, and received his collegiate education at New York 
University, from which he was graduated in 1878 as bachelor of 
science. In 1881 and 1897 he was honored by his alma mater with 
the degrees of master of science and doctor of laws, respectively. 
Immediately after leaving college he entered the scientific service of 
the Government, in which he continued during the remainder of 
his life. 

His first appointment, in 1878, was as expert special agent in the 
fisheries branch of the Tenth Census, and in 1880 he served as custo- 
dian of the collections of the United States Fish Commission at the 
Berlin Fisheries Exhibition. The following year began his connec- 
tion with the United States National Museum, in which his duties 
have been both varied and exacting. From 1881 to 1883 he was 
librarian, and during the first two of these years also acting curator 
of the division of mammals, becoming full curator in 1883. With 
the reorganization of the Museum in 1897, he was made head curator 
of the department of biology, though retaining direct supervision of 
the collection of mammals until 1909, when a curator was designated 
to relieve him of this care. 

For nearly 30 years Dr. True was also charged with strictly ad- 
ministrative responsibilities, which greatly interfered with his scien- 
tific work. In theearly part of the eighties he was designated curator- 
in-charge to enable him to act for the Assistant Secretary during his 
absence, the title being changed in 1894 to executive curator, with 
added duties. Following Dr. Goode’s death in 1897 he served for 


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a short period, in the absence of Dr. Langley, as Acting Secretary 
of the Smithsonian Institution, and from then until 1901 the admin- 
istration of the Museum fell mainly on Dr. True’s shoulders. In 
another large field, that of international exposition work, Dr. True 
also served with distinction, having directed the preparation of the 
exhibits for, and represented the Institution and Museum at, Nash- 
ville in 1897, Omaha in 1898, Buffalo in 1901, Charleston in 1902, 
St. Louis in 1904, and Portland in 1905. On June 1, 1911, he was 
called from the Museum to become the Assistant Secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institution in charge of library and exchanges, which 
position he was occupying at the time of his death, on June 25, 1914. 
Dr. True was a member of the American Philosophical Society and 
the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, a corresponding 
member of the Zoological Society of London, and a fellow of the 
American Association for the Advancement of Science, besides hold- 
ing membership in various other societies. 

Only those who came closely in contact with Dr. True can properly 
measure the extent of his worth to the National Museum, which was 
always uppermost in his mind. Of a retiring disposition, and with 
no conception of the meaning of rest, he labored unceasingly, going 
about but little, neglecting sports, though intensely fond of music, 
and dividing his hours mainly between the Museum and his home 
study. He was above all a profound student, though apt and thor- 
ough in business matters. He did nothing perfunctorily, but went 
to the bottom of every problem, and everything he undertook was 
done more by his own hand than in any other case with which I 
am acquainted. Dr. True was never more happy than when in the 
library he organized and to which he continued to give attention, 
but he knew as much of the making of books as he did of their 
arrangement, and for many years he was the chief adviser in the 
selection and printing of the Museum publications. 

It had been Dr. True’s early desire to make a specialty of one of 
the lower groups of animals, but finding his eyes not equal to the 
constant use of the microscope, he turned to the other extreme, the 
group containing the largest of all living animal forms. Although 
the author of a number of miscellaneous papers on mammals, Dr. 
True’s scientific reputation is mainly based on his studies of the 
Cetacea, especially the whales, and also on the fact that through his 
persistent activity he brought. together in the Museum one of the 
largest and most important collections of whales in existence. Owing 
to the universally large size of the members of this group, museums 
generally are satisfied with a few examples, which furnish no basis 
for comparison with the object of determining individual or geo- 
graphic variations in these monsters of the sea. Through the efforts 
of Dr. True very much has been done to overcome this disadvantage 


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in Washington, and when he wrote his splendid monograph of the 
beaked whales, which are among the rarest objects in our collection, 
the National Museum was found to possess about one-fourth of all 
the material available, and of the rare genus Berardius it had 
nearly one-half. Besides visiting and personally inspecting the 
specimens in many other museums, he assembled an immense series 
of photographs of specimens and had at his command a vastly greater 
amount of material than any cetologist before him. Visits to the 
whale fishery in Newfoundland gave him exceptional opportunity 
for the investigation of specimens freshly caught, and the studies 
there made entered into the volume on the whalebone whales of the 
western North Atlantic compared with those of European waters, in 
which, contrary to previous deductions, the whalebone whales of 
both sides of the Atlantic were proved to be identical. In later years 
Dr. True began to give attention to the fossil whales of North 
America, regarding which he had already made some noteworthy 
discoveries. It is no exaggeration to say that Dr. True had become 
the greatest living authority on whales, and in that respect took rank 
beside Eschricht, Lilljjeborg, Van Beneden, and Flower. He died in 
the midst of his studies, surrounded by rich material offering golden 
opportunities for the future. 


THE MUSEUM STAFF. 
[June 30, 1914.] 


CuarLes D. Watcortt, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Keeper er 
officio. 

RIcHARD RATHBUN, Assistant Secretary, in charge of the United States National 
Museum. 

W. ve 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 American Archeology: William H. Holmes, Curator; E. P. Up- 
ham, Aid; J. D. McGuire, Collaborator. 
Division of Old World Archeology: I. M. Casanowicz, Assistant Curator. 
Division of Physical Anthropology: AleS Hrdlitka, 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. Smillie, 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 Hollister, Assist- 
ant 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: Barton A. Bean, Assistant Curator; John O. Snyder, 
Expert Ichthyologist. 
Division of Mollusks: William H. Dall, Curator; Paul Bartsch, Assistant 
Curator; 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 Knab, Custodian. 
Section of Coleoptera: E. A. Schwarz, Custodian. 
Section of Lepidoptera: Harrison G. Dyar, Custodian. 
Section of Orthoptera: A, N. Caudell, 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; H. K. Harring, Custodian of the Rotatoria ; 
Harriet Richardson Searle, Collaborator, 


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162 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


DEPARTMENT OF BrioLocy—Continued. 
Division of Marine Invertebrates—Continued. 

Section of Helminthological Collections: C. W. Stiles, Custodian; B. H. 
Ransom, Assistant Custodian; P. E. Garrison, United States Navy, 
Assistant Custodian. 

Division of Plants (National Herbarium): Frederick V. Coville, Curator ; 
W. R. Maxon, Associate Curator; P. C. Standley, Assistant Curator ; 
Glen P. Van Hseltine, Aid. 

Cactacez, Crassulacee, and Miscellaneous Mexican Collections: J. N. 
Rose, Custodian. 

Section of Grasses: Albert 8S. Hitchcock, Custodian. 

Section of Cryptogamic Collections: O. F. Cook, Assistant Curator. 

Section of Higher Alge: 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. N. Rose. 
Collaborator in Zoology: Copley Amory, jr. 
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY: 

George P. Merrill, Head Curator. 

Division of Physical and Chemical Geology (Systematic and Applied) : 
George P. Merrill, Curator; James C. Martin, Assistant Curator. 
Division of Mineralogy and Petrology: F. W. Clarke, Curator; Edgar T. 

Wherry, Assistant Curator; Douglas B. Sterrett, Custodian of Gems 
and Precious Stones. 
Division of Paleontology: R. S. Bassler, Curator. 

Section of Invertebrate Paleontology: 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 Cura- 
tor of Fossil Mammals; Charles W. Gilmore, Assistant Curator of 
Fossil Reptiles. 

Section of Paleobotany: David White, Associate Curator; A. C. Peale, 
Aid; F. H. Knowlton, Custodian of Mesozoic Plants. 

Associates in Paleontology: Frank Springer, E. O. Ulrich. 
DIVISION OF TEXTILES: 
Frederick L. Lewton, Curator. 
Division OF MINERAL TECHNOLOGY : 
Chester G. Gilbert, Curator; C. W. Mitman, Aid. 
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. 8S. Steele. 

Assistant Librarian, N. P. Scudder. 

Photographer, T. W. Smillie. 

Registrar, S. C. Brown. 

Property Clerk, W. A. Knowles. 

Engineer, C. R. Denmark. 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS DURING 
THE FISCAL YEAR 1913-1914. 


[Except when otherwise indicated, the specimens were presented, or were transferred by 
bureaus of the Government in accordance with law.] 


ABBOTT, Dr. WILLIAM L.: About 839 
mammals, 701 bird skins, 6 skele- 
tons, 2 nests and 2 eggs of birds, 3 
skeletons and a skin of reptiles, 9 
baskets and a specimen of native 
cloth, from Dutch Borneo, collected 
by Mr. H. C. Raven (56376; 56895) ; 
ethnological material and a few 
mammals, collected by Dr. Abbott in 


Halmahera Island, northwestern 
New Guinea, Ambon and eastern 
Celebes (in all 15 __ localities) 
(56968). 


ABERCROMBIE, Miss. (See under Mrs. 
Thomas Hamilton Wilson.) 


ABERFOYLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
Chester, Pa.: 25 2-yard lengths and 
116 4-yard samples of fancy dress 
goods and shirtings made from cot- 
ton, cotton and spun silk, and cotton 
and viscose silk (56670). 

ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS, Washington, 
D. C.: Full-length portrait, in oil, of 
Mr. Charles Francis Adams, by Rob- 
ert W. Vonnoh (55690: loan). 

ADAMS, Mrs. CHARLES FRANCIS, Wash- 
ington:) D: C.: Portrait, in: oil, of 
Mr. Charles Francis Adams, by Rob- 
ert W. Vonnoh (55689: loan). 

ADAMS, OrR J., Grand Junction, Colo. : 
2 fossil tree trunks impregnated 
with carnotite (57125: purchase). 

ADELAIDE SILK Mitxs, Allentown, Pa.: 
6 specimens of tie silks (57127). 

AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF: 

Bureau of Animal Industry: Col- 
lection of wools and woolen products 


a SE 


AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF—Contd. 
illustrating methods of grading and 
manufacture, with suggested im- 
provements jn breeding and market- 
ing raw wools (57078). 

Bureau of Biological Survey: 3 
living specimens of Opuntia col- 
lected by Mr. Stokley Ligon near 
Tularosa, N. Mex. (55647); 320 
plants, including 19 living Cacta- 
ceae, collected in Arizona by Mr. 
E. A. Goldman (55647 ; 55803 ; 55829 ; 
55835; 56389; 56731); plants prin- 
cipally from the southeastern part 
of the United States, collected by 
Mr. Ernest G. Holt (55697; 55710; 
55966; 56983); plants from the 
southeastern part of the United 
States, Maryland and Maine, col- 
lected by Mr. W. L. McAtee (55808 ; 
55966; 56708); 40 plants from Ala- 
bama, collected by Mr. A. H. Howell 
(55749; 57019); land shells from 
Alabama and Oregon, collected by 
Mr. Howell and Mr. L. J. Goldman 
(57070; 57093) ; 2 eggs of the west- 
ern nighthawk, Chordeiles virgini- 
anus henryi, from Arizona (55844) ; 
125 mammals from _ Patagonia 
(56067) ; 24 birds in alcohol, princi- 
pally from Panama and, Porto Rico 
(56169 ; 56178; 56952) ; 2 specimens 
of Helicina from Panama (56566) ; 
8 plants collected in Arizona by Mr. 
Vernon Bailey (56265); 2 snakes, 
Bascanion flaviventris, and a sala- 
mander, Ambystoma tigrinum, from 
Utah (56291); 14 bird eggs from 


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AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT oF—Contd. 


New Mexico and Alaska (56871); 
mounted ocelot, Felis pardalis al- 
bescens (56916). 

Bureau of Entomology: 84 Diptera 
from the vicinity of Washington, col- 
lected by Mr. C. T. Greene (55678) ; 
114 Coleoptera and 100 Hemiptera, 
determined by Mr. A. L. Montandon 
(55790; 55838; 56011); 66 insects 
collected by Mr. W. D. McLeod, How- 
kan, Alaska (56068) ; approximately 
500 miscellaneous insects and 1,153 
Diptera, from the vicinity of Wash- 
ington, D. C., collected by Mr. R. C. 
Shannon (56129) ; § living specimens 
of Cactaceae from Arizona, collected 
by Mr. C. H. Popenoe (56141) ; about 
3800 insects collected in Arizona by 
Mr. W. D. Pierce (56142); about 
1,500 insects, mostly Diptera, from 
Florida and the Bahama Islands, col- 
lected by Mr. F. Knab (56174) ; 
about 100,000 pinned specimens of 
insects and 1,000 tubes of insects in 
alcohol, accumulated by the force en- 
gaged in Investigations of Field 
Crops (56187); about 1,275 insects 
collected principally in California 
by Mr. J. R. Horton (56198) ; about 
40 specimens of Huropean weevils 
bred from alfalfa; also 79 named 
reared specimens of the genus Aphy- 
cus (including the types of 3 new 
species) from the material used by 
Mr. Timberlake for his revision of 
the genus (56506); 17 plants col- 
lected in Arizona by Mr. H. 8. Bar- 


ber (56571); sowbug, Porcellio 
levis, collected in China by Mr. 


Frank N. Meyer (56637); 365 Dip- 
tera collected by Mr. W. R. Walton 
in New Mexico in 1918 (56662); 9 
parasitic Hymenoptera (56690); 2 
specimens of Helix aspersa from San 
' Francisco, Cal., and 4 of Lymnea 
palustris from Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
(56758) ; type and 3 paratypes of 
Leucopis flavicornis (56863) ; isopod, 
Porcellionides pruinosus, from Porto 
Colombia, Colombia, taken from 
orchids in quarantine at New York 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF—Contd. 


(56922); 183 specimens of isopods, 
Porcellio spinicornis and P. levis, 
collected in Sacramento by Mr. E. O. 
Essig (57018). 

Forest Service: A piece of creo- 
soted wood attacked by Limnoria, 
Spheroma and Xylotrya, from St. 
Jobus River, Fla., received through 
Mr. Clyde H. Teesdale, Madison, 
Wis. (56750) ; 2 living specimens of 
Coryphantha from South Dakota; 
and 2 living specimens of Hchino- 
cereus from Utah, collected by Mr. 
W. W. Eggleston (56981) ; 23 photo- 
graphs of the turpentine and rosin 
industry (57096). 

Bureau of Plant Industry: T75 
plants collected in New Mexico, Ari- 
zona, Texas and California by Prof. 
KE. O. Wooton (55668 ; 56192; 56627) ; 
51 plants, chiefly from Texas, col- 
lected by Dr. David Griffiths (56627) ; 
141 plants collected by Mrs. Agnes 
Chase in Texas, Louisiana and Porto 
Rico (55711; 56646; 56828); 16 
plants collected in Turkestan and 
Siberia by Mr. F. N. Meyer (55711) ; 
2 specimens of Juncus from Alabama 
(55748) ; 11 plants from Alabama 
and Louisiana (55895) ; 4 samples of 
tan barks collected in the Philippine 
Islands (55918); 58 plants from 
California collected by Mr. R. L. 
Piemeisel (55943; 55972; 56102) ; 34 
specimens of Cyperaceae and Junca- 
ceae, from Louisiana, Surinam and 
the island of Santa Lucia (55972; 
560389 ; 56102) ; 1,500 plants collected 
in the western part of the United 
States by Mr. Albert E. Hitchcock; 
and a specimen of Jéacrozamia 
moorei from New Zealand (56268) ; 
9 specimens of Cyperaceae collected 
in Porto Rico by Brother Hioram 
and transmitted by Prof. A. S. Hitch- 
cock (56161); 90 specimens of wood 
from Panama, collected by Prof. H. 
Pittier during his connection with 
the Smithsonian Biological Survey 
of the Panama Canal Zone (56180) ; 
specimen of Deweya arguta collected 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF—Contd. 
near Aguanga, Cal., by Mr. Franklin 
Heald (56406); 6,000 specimens of 
grasses (56570); earthworms from 
near the Sherman statue, Washing- 
ton, D. C. (56657); 4 specimens of 
Scleria collected in Cuba by Brother 
Leon (56674) ; 3 living specimens of 
Opuntia collected by Prof. C. V. 
Piper at Croom, Hernando County, 
Fla. (56780); 28 earthworms from 
the grounds of the Department of 
Agriculture (56558; 56759); speci- 
men of Cereus from Brazil (56774) ; 
8 specimens of Juncus and Grossu- 
laria collected in Montana by Mr. 
Frederick VY. Coville (56867); 61 
plants from Guatemala (56882); 8 
specimens of Oenothera collected by 
Mr. H. H. Bartlett (56891) ; 8 plants 
collected in Chile by Mr. J. D. Hus- 
bands (57022) ; 1,224 mounted speci- 
mens of grasses (57056); 2 photo- 
graphs of flax, one in flower and the 
other of mature plants ready for the 
harvest (57097). 

Office of Public Roads: A set 
consisting of 388 samples of typical 
road-building rocks, accompanied by 
physical and petrographic analyses 
(55716). 


AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF, Suva, 
Fiji: 2 lizards, Brachylophus, from 


Fiji, received from Mr. Frank P. 
Tepson, government entomologist 
(56496). 


AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUC- 
TION FOR IRELAND, DEPARTMENT OF 
(FISHERIES BRANCH). (See under 
Treland. ) 


AGUIRRE, Dr. RAFAEL TEJADA, Guate- 
mala City, Guatemala: 158 plants 
from Guatemala (55764; 56189). 


ALABAMA CONSOLIDATED COAL AND IRON 
CoMPANY, Birmingham, Ala.: 72- 
hour foundry coke—one large speci- 
men showing full depth of charge— 
received at the close of the Louisi- 
ana Purchase Exposition, 1904 
(57122). 


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ALABAMA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF, 
University, Ala.: 18 specimens of 
plants from Alabama, collected by 
Mr. Roland M. Harper (55766: ex- 
change). 

ALBERENE STONE CoMPANY, New York 
City (through Mr. Chas. D. Har- 
vey): A specimen of ilmenite from 
Albemarle, Albemarle County, Va. 
(56519). 


ALDRIDGE, Miss Mary G., Auburndale, 
Mass. (through Mr. G. T. Aldridge, 
Washington, D.C.) : 3 pieces of quilt 
made by Catherine Van Winkle 
(great-grandmother of the donor), 
of Bergen, N. J., between 1775 and 
1780 (55825). 

ALEXANDER, M., Asheville, N. C.: An 
exhibition specimen of monazite 
from Madison County, N. C. (56028: 
purchase). 

ParRK, Manchester, 
land (through Mr. 
superintendent) : 112 living  speci- 
mens of Cactaceae, including 18 
specimens of Epiphyllum, 98 of 
Rhipsalis and 1 of Pterocactus 
kuntzet (55786; 56481; 56736; 
56893). Exchange. 

ALLEN, Epear, & Co., Sheffield, Eng- 
land: 28 specimens of iron alloys 
(56149). 

AMATEIS, Mrs. Dora B., West Falls 
Church, Va.: Portrait bust, in mar- 
ble, of the sculptor’s son, by Louis 
Amateis (56078: loan). 


Eng- 
Robert Lamb, 


AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY, Wash- 
ington, D. C. (through the Library 
of Congress): Specimens of west 
African woods and textile work of 
Liberian colonists, Liberian coins, 
shell money, a game, stamping ma- 
chine, flags and flag-cloth, rocks and 
ores (55986). 


AMERICAN CROSS-ARM COMPANY, Brook- 
lyn, N. Y.: Douglas fir telegraph 
eross-arm from the original line of 
the Western Union Telegraph Com- 
pany erected in 1869 between Cobre, 
Ney., and the Utah State line on the 
Southern Pacific Railroad (56299). 


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AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HIs- 
Tory, New York City: 2 teeth of 
Paleomastodon from the Fayum lo- 
eality, Egypt (56109) ; 351 grams of 
the Deep Springs meteorite and 298 
grams of the Hammond. meteorite 
(56124) ; 2 specimens of Apodemus 
peninsuleé and 2 specimens of Hvot- 
omys regulus, from Potaidon, Korea 
(56656) ; casts of 38 specimens of 
fossil mammals from the later Ter- 
tiary (Pliocene?) of Nebraska 
(56728). Exchange. 

AMERICAN NOVELTY PRINTING AND EM- 
BOSSING WoRKS, Hoboken, N. J.: 2 
samples of warp-printed ribbons, a 
sample of hand-block printed fabric 
and a sample of embossed velvet 
(56726). 

AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY, 
Jersey City, N. J.: A Bruce type- 
casting machine of the earliest type 
extant and a hand mold with the 
matrix and type east therein (56115). 

AMERICAN VANADIUM COMPANY, Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.: 5 samples of vanadium- 
bearing ores from Peru (56833). 


AMICALOLA MARBLE COMPANY, Ball 
Ground, Ga. (through Mr. C. E. 
Stedman, Washington, D. C.): A 


large slab of marble (56058). 

AMORY, COPLEY, sr., Walpole, N. H.: 
Skin of a trout, Salvelinus mar- 
stoni?, from a lake in Labrador 
(56062). 

ANDERSON, Mrs. ALEXANDRA KOCSIS, 
Washington, D. C.: An ancient vase, 
representing mother and two chil- 
dren, from the Cuzco region, Peru 
(57087 : loan). 

ANDERSON, J. A., Lambertville, N. J.: 
3 photographs of fresh-water bryo- 
zoans (56012); photograph of a 
chipmunk, Tamias striatus, and of 
Washington’s fishing tackle (562381). 

ANDERSON, WERNER, Balboa, Canal 
Zone: 12 scavenger flies belonging to 
the family Phoride (56485). 

ANpbres, H., Bonn, Germany: 12 speci- 
mens of Pyrola from Europe 
(55767). 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


| ANONYMous: An ancient brass, breech- 
loading cannon (55887). 


ARMSTRONG CoRK CoMPANY, Lancaster, 
Pa.: A series of specimens and 
photographs illustrating the manu- 
facture of linoleum (56498). 


ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNI- 
VERSITY, Jamaica Plain, Mass.: 34 
specimens of pines, chiefly from 
Mexico (563804) ; 187 plants from the 
eastern part of the United States 
(56487). Exchange. 


ARNOLD, B. W., Northeast Harbor, 
Me.: Specimen of shrubby red cedar, 
Juniperus horizontalis, from Maine 
(55691). 

ARNOLD, Epwarp, Montreal, Canada: 
15 eggs of the fulvous tree duck, 
Dendrocygna bicolor, and 4 eggs of 
the western solitary sandpiper, 
Helodromas solitarius cinnamomeus 
(55845 : exchange). 

ATWELL, Jos. W., Worton, Md.: Barred 
owl, Stria varia, from Maryland 
(56256). 

BaseBiwce, Mrs. F. E., San Diego, Cal.: 
A cannon sight from Morro Castle, 
obtained by a soldier of the U. S. 
Signal Corps (56544). 

BaiLtey, VERNON, U. S. Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D. C.: 
Teeth and jaw fragments of a fossil 
mammal (56166). 


Barrp, Miss Lucy Hunter (through 
Mr. Herbert A. Gill, executor, Wash- 
ington, D. C.) : Gold medal presented 
to Prof. Spencer F. Baird by the De- 
partment of Fishculture of the 
Lower Seine, France, November 30, 
1883; silver medal presented to Prof. 
Baird by the Acclimatization So- 
ciety, New South Wales, July, 1878; 
bronze medal, International Exhibi- 
tion, Philadelphia, 1876; guns and 
gun barrels; card of invitation to 
ceremonies and order of proceedings 
at the dedication of the Washington 
Monument, February 21, 1885 
(55865); historical objects, includ- 
ing the Decoration of the Order of 
St. Olaf conferred by the King of 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


Barrp, Miss Lucy HuntrEr—Continued. 
Sweden and Norway upon Prof. 
Baird in recognition of his services 
to science; ethnological and archeo- 
logical specimens, 26 water colors by 


Ernest Griset, fans, ceramics, 
bronzes, engravings, photographs 
and a metronome (57117). Bequest. 


Baker, A. B., Boston, Mass.: Skin of 
Trichoglossus ornatus (56420). 


Baker, Prof. CHARLES FULLER, College 
of Agriculture, University of the 
Philippines, Los Bafios, P. IL: 7 
plants, mainly fungi, from Luzon 
(55849) ; about 240 chalcids (56706). 


BAKeEr, CHARLES H., Orlando, Fla.: 10 
specimens of Zicoria from Florida 
(56979). 

Baker, D. T., Ancon, Canal Zone: 
Specimen of the fruit of a palm col- 
lected in Brazil (56776) ; fruit head 
of ivory nut palm, Phytelephas, from 
Panama (56825). 

Baker, Mrs. FrRaNK, Washington, 
D.C.: A cannon ball captured from 
a British vessel during the War of 
1812-14, and the front leaf of the 
“Elsworth American,” published in 
Ellsworth, Me., December 17, 1868, 
containing an account of the relic 
(56177). 

Baker, Dr. FrepD., Point Loma, Cal.: 
Skin of a lory, Vini kuhli, from Fan- 
ning Island (56399); invertebrates 
and fishes from the inner lagoon of 
Fanning Island (56489) ; fishes, rep- 
tiles, crustaceans, and a squid, from 
the Philippine Islands (57041: col- 
lected for the Museum). 

Baker, Dr. F. H., Richmond, Victoria, 
Australia: Mollusks and polyzoans 
(55732: exchange) ; 2 specimens (2 
species) of echinoderms, 9 specimens 
(4 species) of mollusks and 2 slides 
of odontophores of Chitons, from 
Australia (55768: exchange); 3 
wasps and 2 beetles (55890); 6 
beetles from Australia (56226: ex- 
change) ; 3 specimens representing 3 
species of bryozoans from Queens- 
cliffe, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria 
(56472: exchange); starfishes, mol- 


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Baker, Dr. F. H.—Continued. 
lusks and insects (56631 : exchange) ; 
insects from Victoria (56685). 


BAKER, HENRY D., American consul, 
Bombay, India (through The Amer- 
ican Numismatic Society, New York 


City): 2 antique copper coins 
(55782). 
BAKER, Oscar, Washington, D. C.? 


Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, from 
the District of Columbia (56193). 
Bart. JC. Rs U.S) Department. of 

Agriculture, Washington, D. C.: 125 
plants, chiefly willows, from the 
United States (56274); 14 plants 

from New York (56676). 


BALLAUF, D., Washington, D. C.: A 
collection of models of steamboat 
propellers made by Mr. Ballauf 
(56077: purchase). 


BANCROFT, CHARLES A., Durand, II. 
(through Prof. F. W. Clarke): 2 
specimens of native copper found in 
glacial drift (55947). 

BANE, Miss Supa L., Washington, 
D. C.: Bohemian ‘ peachblow ” vase 
and stand (568038: loan). 


BANKS, NATHAN, Bureau of Entomol- 
ogy, Washington, D. C.: 4 specimens 
of Andrena rehni (56173). 

BARBER, MANLY D., Knoxville, Tenn.: 
Sponge, Chalina clathrata, variety, 
from Borneo (56742). 

BARCLAY, J. W., Washington, D. C.: A 
pair of flintlock pistols (57121: 
loan), 

BARKER, Mrs. GEorGE F., Moylan, Pa.: 
The diploma of membership of Dr. 
George IF. Barker in the American 
Philosophical Society, dated April 
18, 1873 (55660). 

BaRNneEs, Dr. WILLIAM, Decatur, II1.: 
10 cotypes of Microlepidoptera 
(56705). 

Barr, Rey. Davip, Washington, D. C.: 
A Moro kris (56018). 


Barrows, ALBerT L., University of 
California, Berkeley, Cal.: 4 speci- 
mens of Hpiphragmophora stearn- 
siana (56336); 30 specimens of 2 


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Barrows, ALBERT L.—Continued. 
species of isopods with 2 rock bor- 
ings (56978). 

Bartasoy, Prof. A. V., Troickosavsk, 
Siberia: 21 Buriat skulls and 5 
Mongolian skulls, from the vicinity 
of Kiakhta, Siberia (57107: col- 
lected for the Museum). 

BaktTiert, H. H., U. S. Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D, C.: 14 
plants from the southeastern part 
of the United States (56709: ex- 
change). 

Barttett, W. P., Porterville, Cal. 
(through U. S. Geological Survey) : 
Specimen of pure white magnesite 
from ore pile of Tulare Mining Com- 
pany at Porterville (56412). 

Baxgron, ALEX., Columbia Furnace, Va. : 
Abnormal egg of a domestic fowl 
(56070). 

BartTscH, Henry, Washington, D. C.: 
8 crayfishes from Gap Run, Fauquier 
County, Va. (55794). 

Bauer, Mrs, L. A., Washington, D. C., 
and Mrs. Mary B. Dawson, Linden, 
Md.: 8 water-color studies of plants 
by Miss Adelia Gates (56111). 

Beacu, H. D., Buffalo, N. Y. (through 
Mr. George W. Harris, Washington, 
D. C.): Photographic portrait of a 
lady (56588). 

BreacH, WILFRED W., New York City: 
Specimen of luna moth (55948). 

Bearss, J. T., St. Cloud, Fla.: 2 living 
specimens of Opuntia from Florida 


(55649); 3 living specimens of 
Opuntia from Florida (56825: ex- 
change). 


BEAVER DAM MARBLE Co., Baltimore, 
Md.: 2 large slabs of Beaver Dam 
marble from Cockeysville, Md., re- 
ceived through Rullman & Wilson 
(56032); 2 slabs of Mar Villa mar- 
ble (56728). 


Becupbott, R. G., Seidersville, Pa.: 2 
specimens of Rhamnus and one speci- 
men of Amaranthus blitoides, from 
Pennsylvania (55812; 55949). 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


BELLEVUE, OHIO, Ciry SCHOOLS 
(through Mr. EH, F. Warner, super- 
intendent) : 21 specimens of calcite 
crystals and 4 specimens of inverte- 
brate fossils (56266: exchange). 

BEMENT, CLARENCE S., Philadelphia, 
Pa. (through Prof. F. W. Clarke) : 
6 specimens of minerals (56797). 

BENEDICT, Dr. J. E., U. S. National 
Museum: Turtle from Connecticut 
(55976). 

BENEDICT, JAMES E., jr., Silver Spring, 
Md.: Red-tailed hawk, Buteo bore- 
alis (56251). 

BENNER, W. G., Hanover, Va.: Verte- 
bra of a cetacean and tooth of a 
shark (56740). 

Bent, A. C., Taunton, Mass.: 6 bird 
skins from Guadalupe Island, Lower 
California (56884). 

BENTON, G. W., Brownwood, Tex.: 2 
specimens of celestite (56444). 

GERLIN (DAHLEM BEI STEGLITZ), GER- 
MANY, KONIGL. BOTANISCHER GARTEN 
UND BoOTANISCHES MUSEUM: Frag- 
ment of the type of Lycopodium 
nitens (567385) ; 6 specimens of Lyco- 
podium from tropical America 
(56875) ; 200 specimens of grasses, 
chiefly from Africa (56890). Ex- 
change. 

BERLIN, GERMANY, JXONIGL. ZOOLOG- 
ISCHES MUSEUM: 86 specimens, rep- 
resenting 16 species, of ascidians 
(56260: exchange) ; 24 parasitic Hy- 
menoptera, including 8 paratypes of 
species described by Mr. H. L. Vie- 
reck in the Proceedings of the U. S. 
National Museum, Vol. 46 (56555). 

BERNHEIMER, JACOB S., & Bro., New 
York City: 3 2-yard lengths of a 
printed cotton fabric, Tong King 
yrosgrain (56702). 

Berry, S. S., Redlands, Cal. : 162 speci- 
mens, representing 11 species, of 
land, fresh-water and marine shells, 
including a paratype of Mopalia 
thamnopora, from California, Mon- 
tana and Maine (56426); 6 speci- 
mens of Vitrea alliaria from Red- 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


Berry, 8S. S.—Continued. 
lands, a European species acciden- 
tally introduced into California 
(56452). 


REUTENMULLER, WILLIAM, New York 
City: 4 specimens of Rhamphomyia 
novecarolina, including 2 paratypes 
(56553). 


BippLE, Miss Curistine W., Philadel- 
phia, Pa.: Silver filigree bonbon 
basket, Florentine (57109). 


BIDDLE, Col. JoHN, U. S. Army, War 
Department, Washington, D. C. 
(through Miss Susan D. Biddle): 
Portrait in oil, by Thomas Sully, of 
Maj. John Biddle, U. S. Army 
(56998 : loan). 


BIDDLE, Miss SUSAN D., Detroit, Mich. : 
Portrait in oil, by Thomas Sully, of 
Eliza Bradish Biddle, wife of Maj. 
John Biddle, U. S. Army (56997: 
loan). 


Bices, Mrs. Norton, Thomasville, Ga. : 
Specimen of Lygodium from Geor- 
gia (56441). 


Birt LEAF, Tama, Iowa (through Dr. 
Truman Michelson): Sacred bundle 
of the Fox Indians (55860: pur- 
chase). 


BrirD, HENRY, Rye, N. Y.: 4 insects 
(a pair of Papdipema speciosissima 
and a paratype of P. lysimachie 
and P. purpurifascia) (56175). 


BLACKFORD, J. M., Delavan, Wis.: A 
net for catching passénger pigeons 
(56548). 


BLACKISTON, A. H., Cumberland, Md.: 
9 terra cotta vases and figurines 
from Oaxaca, Mexico (55817); col- 
lection of archeological specimens 
from Hacienda Coacoyolitos, Delta 
of the Rosario River, Sinaloa and 
Oaxaca (55857); 8 copper cere- 
monial objects from Oaxaca (55873). 
Loan. 


Buiiss, FABYAN 
Mass.: 5 
(56855). 


& CoMPANyY, Boston, 
2-yard cuts of Ripplette 


169 


Biow, H. L., Tuckerton, N. J.: Speci- 
men of mantis, Paratenodera sinen- 
sis (56010). 

BopKIN, G. E., Government economic 
biologist, Georgetown, British Gui- 
ana: About 200 specimens of para- 
sitic Hymenoptera (56261). (See 
under Georgetown, British Guiana.) 

BoLuMAN, H. C. (See under Paul C. 
Standley.) 

BONAPARTE, PRINCE ROLAND, HERBA- 
RIUM OF, Paris, France (through Mr. 
C. Belhatte) : 111 ferns and 4 photo- 
graphs of Gleichenia compacta 
(55898 : exchange) ; 203 plants from 
Mexico (55898; 55944); 100 ferns 
from tropical America (55944: ex- 
change); 2 specimens and 4 photo- 
graphs of Lycopodium (56745: ex- 


change). 
Boone, Miss Peart L., U. S. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, Washington, 


D. C.: Land shells representing 5 
species from Hyattsville, Md., and 
Northumberland County, Va. 
(56104) ; about 100 specimens of 
land and marine mollusks from the 
west side of Chesapeake Bay at 
Fleeton, Northumberland County 
(56288) ; crayfish from Rosslyn, Va. 
(56346) ; 2 snakes from Rock Creek 
Park, D.C. (56456) ; bat, Pipistrellus 
subflavus, from Hyattsville (56818). 

BootH, Miss M. A., Springfield, Mass. : 
11 photographs of parasites (55824) ; 
hawkeye camera (55842). 

Boston SocreTY OF NATURAL HISTORY, 
Boston, Mass.: 2 Diptera (55672). 
BoTANIC GARDENS. (See under Syd- 
ney, New South Wales, Australia.) 


Bovine, Dr. ADAM GIEDE, Bureau of 
Entomology, Washington, D. C.: 11 
vials of immature Coleoptera from 
the vicinity of the District of Colum- 
bia (56507). 

Bower, Prof. F. O., University of 
Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland: Speci- 
men of Matteuccia intermedia from 
India (56531). 


Boyp, B. F., Washington, 
Snake (56809). 


Dy -C:: 


170 


Boyp, Dr. NATHAN, Washington, D. C.: 
2 paintings in oil—Portrait of 
Beatrice Cenci, by G. Mazzolini, and 
a copy of Titian’s portrait of his 
daughter, unsigned (56279: loan). 

Boynton, Miss Atice M., Nassau, 
Bahamas: 18 specimens, represent- 
ing 12 species, of corals (568838). 

BRADLEY, CykRUS SHERWOOD, Southport, 
Conn.: 4 specimens of weathered 
igneous rocks (57120). 


BRADLEY, WILLIAM, & Son, Long Island 
City, N. Y.: 2 large slabs of marble 
from Carthage, Mo. (560380). 


BRAECKLEIN, J. G., Kansas City, Mo.: 
145 stone implements from Missouri 
(56410) ; 198 small arrowpoints, 24 
flint scrapers, 77 flint blades of 


various types and a_ bannerstone, 
mostly from Missouri (57059: ex- 
change). 


BRANDEGEE, T. S., University of Cali- 
fornia, Berkeley, Cal.: 88 ferns col- 
lected in Mexico by Dr. C. A. Purpus 
(55846; 56599; 56629); 480 plants 
collected in Mexico by Dr. Purpus 
(57135: purchase). 


BRASSEUR, CHARLES L., Orange, N. J.: 
Photographie processes by Mr. Bras- 
seur (56294: loan). 


BRAUCKMAN, CORNELIUS, Los Angeles, 
Cal.: 4 specimens of Grand Feu art 
pottery (55899). 


BRESLAU, GERMANY, MUSEUM, GEOLO- 
GISCHES INSTITUT DER UNIVERSITAT 
BrRESLAU: 260 specimens, represent- 
ing 68 species, of Upper Carbonifer- 
ous fossils from India (Salt Range) 
(57039 : exchange). 


BRIDWELL, JOHN CoLBuRN, Honolulu, 
Hawaii: Crustaceans from Honolulu 
(57068). 


BrRIMLEY, C. S., Raleigh, N. C.: 2 
specimens of Norops auratus and a 
specimen each of Mabuia agilis and 
Gonatodes fuscus (55991) ; 7 turtles 
from Georgia and North Carolina 
(56789); 7 turtles, Pseudemys 
scripta (56887). Purchase. 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


BRINKMAN, A. H., Dowling Lake, Al- 
berta, Canada: 20 specimens of 
Canadian hepatics (56182 : purchase). 


BRINTON, Mrs. Emma S., Washington, 
D. C.: 19 pieces of Norwegian bridal 
jewelry, a silver Armenian bracelet, 
and a pair of cuff buttons consist- 
ing of Roman coins mounted in 
Germany (56904: purchase). 


BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, QUEENSLAND 
Museum (through Prof. R. Hamlyn- 
Harris, director): 2 specimens of 
Symperipatus oviparus (55853); 2 
specimens of Peripatoides oviparus 
(569384). . 

Bristow, JOSEPH Q., Washington, 
D. C.: 4 framed engravings (55778: 
loan); a 2-color halftone relief 
(55779). 

BritisH MuseuM (NATURAL HISTORY). 
(See under London, England. ) 

Broapway, W. E., Scarborough, To- 
bago, West Indies: 120 miscellaneous 
plants from Tobago and Trinidad 
(55850; 55987; 56021; 56217 ; 56359; 
56829; 56894; 57021); 25 ferns 
mainly from Grenada (56217); 2 
cactus specimens and a photograph 
(56773) ; 200 miscellaneous plants 
from Tobago (55959; 55979; 56021: 
purchase). 

BrRocKuNIER, S. H., Nevada City, Cal. 
(through Mr. Frank L. Hess, U. S. 
Geological Survey): 2 specimens of 
ferberite with chrysocolla and cop- 
per tungstate in pegmatite (56695). 

BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCI- 
ENCES, CENTRAL MUSEUM oF, Brook- 
lyn, N. Y. (through Mr. Robert Cush- 
man Murphy): Marine mollusks rep- 
resenting 7 species from South Geor- 
gia, Antarctic Islands (56046); 238 
specimens, representing 9 species, of 
erustaceans from South Georgia 
(56411); lizard, Tarentola delalan- 
dii, from Cape Verde Islands 
(56448); 4 specimens of a copepod, 
Pandarus satyrus (56687). 

Brovarp, ARSENIO, Querétaro, Mexico: 
43 living plants, mostly Cactaceae, 
from Mexico (56511; 56870). 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


BRowWN, CHARLES, and JOHN PEARSON, 
Dent, Idaho (through Mr. W. B. 
Compton) : Incrustation of vivianite 
erystals from gold placer mines in 
Clearwater County, Idaho (56035). 


Brown, Epesar, U. S. Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D. C.: 
Specimen of red-eyed vireo, Vireo- 
sylvia olivacea, from Plummer’s Is- 
land, Va. (57012). 


Brown, Epwarp J., U. 8. National Mu- 
seum: Specimen of  ring-necked 
duck, Marila collaris, from the Po- 
tomac Flats, D. C. (56005) ; speci- 
mens of Polygyra from Rock Creek 
Park, D. C. (56106) ; 3 salamanders 
from Virginia (56233). 

Bryan, Maj. Harry S., Mexico, Mex- 
ico: Archeological and ethnological 
objects from Mexico (55831; 55900). 
Loan. 


BRYAN, WILLIAM A., Honolulu, Ha- 


waii: Shrimp, Crangon levis, and 
an isopod, Nerocila australasie 
(56322). 


BRYANT, THOMAS H., Cincinnati, Ohio: 
5 cases of shells from various locali- 
ties, being the collection of the late 
Prof. Frank W. Bryant of Lakeside, 
Cal. (55981). 


Buss, C., and Mr. Scumitt, Tirapata, 
Peru, via Mollendo: Fresh-water 
shells from Juli, Lake Titicaca, and 
from a lake on hacienda Sapaputjio, 
draining through Ramis River into 
Lake Titicaca, 14,000 feet elevation 
(56862). 


BURDEN, Mrs. C. E., Falls Church, Va.: 
About 10,000 specimens of Coleop- 
tera (55724: purchase). 


BurgNHAM, Dr. N. S., Miami, 
Crab, Libinia erinacea (56315). 


Ryan: 


BURNSIDE, BRADFORD, Hyattsville, Md.: 
Spider (55805). 


BusH-Brown, H. K., Washington, D. 
C.: Plaster cast, heroic size, of H. K. 
Bush-Brown’s bust of Lincoln, the 
bronze of which has been erected at 
tettysburg (56168: loan). 


al 


BUSHNELL, Mrs. BELLE, Charlottesville, 
Va.: A Chinese embroidered crépe 
shawl and a bronze statue of 
Buddha (56341). 


BUSHNELL, D. I., jr., Charlottesville, 
Va.: Quiver and bow case (Osage?) 
75 years old, from St. Genevieve, Mo. 
(55681) ; notched stone ax found 
one mile northeast of Stuarts Draft, 
one-half mile west of the South Fork 
of the Shenandoah River, Augusta 
County, Va. (56095) ; 25 archeolog- 
ical objects from Missouri, Illinois, 
Tennessee and Arizona (56345: pur- 
chase). 


BuTMAN, Cart H., Smithsonian Insti- 
tution: 9 specimens of rotary intag- 
lio, rotogravure, ete. (57098). 


CaLouTTa, INDIA, INDIAN MuSsEUM: 
Shrimp, Typhlocaris galilea, from 
Lake Tiberias, Palestine (55926) ; 2 
specimens of crab, Carcinoplax lon- 
gipes (56367). Exchange. 


CALCUTTA (SIBPUR, near), INDIA, ROYAL 
BoTaANIc GARDEN: 16 plants from In- 
dia (56632: exchange). 


CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, San 
Francisco, Cal.: Lizard, Sceloporus 
elongatus, from Utah (56510); 180 
plants from California (56601: ex- 
change); Tertiary fossils, mostly 
paratypes, representing 18 species 
from California (56865). 


CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF, MUSEUM 
OF VERTEBRATE ZooLoey, Berkeley, 
Cal.: Isopod crustaceans, Alloniscus 
mirabilis, from San Diego Bay 
(56024). 


CAMBRIDGE, MASS., MUSEUM OF ComM- 
PARATIVE ZooLrocy: 40 bird skins 
from China (563808) ; lizard, 
Brachylophus fasciatus, from Fiji, 
and 2 frogs, Astylosternus robustus, 
from Kamerun (57118). Exchange. 


CAMPBELL, Mrs. CHARLES H., Washing- 
ton, D. C.: Wedding dress of Mrs. 
Porter, wife of Admiral D. D. Porter, 
U. S. Navy (57060: loan). 


172 


CAMPBELL, E. F., Washington, D. C.: 
26 specimens, representing 9 species, 
of marine shells from Cape Lookout, 
N. C., and James River, Va. (56761). 


CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON : 
19 living specimens of Cactaceae, con- 
sisting of 12 specimens of Mamillaria 
and 7 specimens, of Coryphantha 
similis, collected by Prof. A. Ruth in 
Texas (55648 ; 56883) ; 2 living speci- 
mens of Cactaceae collected near 
Flagstaff, Ariz. by Dr. Forrest 
Shreve (55718) ; about 2,000 plants, 
including Cactaceae, from Colorado, 
New Mexico and Texas, collected by 
Dr. J. N. Rose and Mr. William R. 
Fitch (56092); 22 plant specimens 
from Colombia, South America, re- 
ceived from Mr. John G. Sinclair 
(56871); 5 specimens of Dudleya 
parishit from Lebee, Cal., collected 
by Dr. D. T. MacDougal (56989). 


CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON 
and U. S. GEoLoGICAL SURVEY, 
Washington, D. ©.: 16 cases of 
rocks, fossil wood, recent land mol- 
lusks and recent corals, from the 
Leeward and Virgin Islands, West 
Indies, collected by Dr. T. Wayland 
Vaughan (56807). 


CARNEGIE Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa.: 1 
living specimen of Cactaceae col- 
lected on the Isle of Pines by Mr. 
G, A. Link (56181). 


Carr, W. P., Deadwood, S. Dak.: 50 
plants from South Dakota (55809: 
purchase) ; 134 plants from South 
Dakota (56422). 


CARTER, JOSEPH C., U. S. Department 
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.: 
An etching, “ Cedars in Moonlight.” 
by James D. Smillie (56779). 


Carrer, N. E., Elkhorn, Wis.: 16 speci- 
mens made in imitation of pre- 
historic implements (55677; 55757; 
56464). 

Case, Dr. E. C., University of Michi- 
gan, Ann Arbor, Mich.: The type 


specimen of Crossotelos annulatus 
(56659: exchange). 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


‘asH, Miss Linian C., U. S. National 
Museum: Meduste and Amphipods 
from Plum Point, Md. (55674) ; frog 
from Maryland (55910). 

CASSELLA CoLoR CoMPANY, New York 
City: Collection of coal distillation 
products and dyestuffs illustrating 
the artificial color industry (57025). 

CAWSTON OSTRICH FARM, South Pasa- 
dena, Cal.: Egg of Nubian ostrich, 
Struthio camelus (55684). 

CENTRAL MUSEUM OF THE BROOKLYN 
INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 
(See under Brooklyn.) 

Cuacer, Mrs. E. P., Los Angeles, Cal.: 
Specimens of nepionic young of 
Petricola from North Santa Moniea, 

| Cal, (56158). 

CHAGNON, W., St. Johns, Quebec, Can- 
ada: S specimens of Lepidoptera 
(56693). 

CHALMERS, R. Bupp, Germantown, Pa.: 
27 specimens of sponge, Tetilla gra- 
vata (56688). 

CHAMBERLAIN, (C. 


E., Bethlehem, 


Pa.: Specimen of Limar maximus 
(56022). 
CHAMBERLAIN, E. B., New York City: 


2 mosses from Italy and a specimen 


from Ceylon (56234; 56379). 


CHAMBERS, B. L., U. S. National Mu- 
seum: Specimen of barred owl, 
Strix varia, from Rockville, Md. 
(56332). 

CHAMPLAIN, A. B., Harrisburg, Pa.: 
23 specimens of Hymenoptera 
(558389). 


CHANDLER, WALTER Mark, Washing- 


ton, D. C.: 50 mineral specimens 
(56744: exchange); specimen of 


malachite from northern Rhodesia, 
and a bowlder from Roberts Victor 
Diamond Mine, Orange River Colony, 
South Africa (56974). 

CHANDONNET, Rev. Z. L., Perham, 
Minn.: 9 specimens of Laciniaria 
from Minnesota (55950). 


CHARLESTON Museum, Charleston, S. C. 
(through Dr. D. S. Martin): 11 
specimens of minerals (56752). 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


CHENEY BrotrHers, South Manchester, 
Conn.: Grant silk reel and skeins 
of yarn showing methods of wind- 
ing; specimens showing the _ proc- 
esses used in weaving, printing and 
finishing silk goods; silk scarfs and 
ribbons (56298). 

CHESTER GRANITE AND 
Works, Chester, Mass.: 
cube of granite (55737). 

CuiLps, L. J., Rialto, Cal.: Specimen 
of Wilkeite from Crestmore, Cal. 
(56699). 

CHRISTOPHERSON, EDMUND D., Empire, 
Canal Zone: 39 specimens of Pan- 
ama woods collected by Mr. Chris- 
topherson (56179: purchase). 

CHUBBUCK, LEVI, Washington, D. C.: 
Sacred bison skull (55915). 

CLAPP, WILLIAM F., Museum of Com- 
parative Zodlogy, Cambridge, Mass. : 
Mollusks from Massachusetts, repre- 
senting 2 species (56810). 

CLARK, AUSTIN H., U. S. National Mu- 
seum: Skin of Marmosa and skin of 
Dasypus, from Tobago (55958); 40 
mammal skins and 63 bird skins, 
from various localities (56885) ; type 
specimen of Peripatus (Epiperipa- 
tus) trinidadensis broadwayi from 
Tobago (56935). 

CLARK, B. PRESTON, Boston, Mass.: 50 
specimens of Sphingidze from Real 
del Monte, Hidalgo, Mexico (56542) ; 
about 150 Lepidoptera and other in- 
sects from Mexico and 75 butterflies 
from Banff, Alberta, Canada 
(56630) ; small collection of Lepi- 
doptera (56987: gift and exchange). 


POLISHING 
A 5-inch 


CLARK, FRANK Scott, Detroit, Mich. 
(through Mr. George W. Harris, 
Washington, D. C.): Photographic 
portrait group ‘The Greek Temple 
Dance” (56589). 

CLARK, Dr. G. Harpy, Waterloo, Iowa: 
An anatomical specimen (56919). 


CraRK, JAMES L., New York City: 
Kudu skull and skull of a sable 
antelope (55745); roan antelope 
skull, Ozanna equina langheldi, from 
British East Africa (56681: ex- 


173 


CLARK, JAMES L.—Continued. 
change) ; skull of topi, Damaliscus, 
and 1 of waterbuck, Kobus, from 
British East Africa (56813); 18 
antelope skulls—9 Ozanna, 1 Amme- 
laphus, 2 Cobus vardoni, 2 Adenota 
cob, 1 Damaliscus and 3 Tragela- 
phus, all from British East Africa 
and North-West Rhodesia (57017: 
exchange); 6 African antelope 
skuls—2 Onotragus, 2 Taurotragus, 
1 Oryx and 1 Adenota (57053: ex- 
change). 

CLARK, Miss May 8., Bureau of Ameri- 
can Ethnology: A Navaho blanket 
(57061 : purchase). 


CLARKE, Prof. F. W., U. S. Geological 


Survey, Washington, D. C.: 287 
photographs of snow’ crystals 
(56087). 

CLARKE, Mrs. F. W., Washington, 


D. C.: A locket containing a picture 
of “ Peace,” period of 1812 (56525) ; 
a earved  tortoise-shell backcomb 
(56582). Loan. 


CLEMENTS, E. F., U. S. National Mu- 
seum: Specimen of black-poll war- 
bler, Dendroica striata (55978). 


CiovueH, L., East Concord, N. H.: Sam- 
ples of lithiophilite (56998). 


COCKERELL, Prof. T. D. A., University 
of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.: 185 mis- 
cellaneous insects (55759; 55870; 
56052) ; 29 insects of which 12 named 
specimens belonging to 10 species (3 
species represented by cotypes) are 
North American bees, and 10 named 
specimens belonging to 9 species (2 
species represented by cotypes) are 
Australian bees new to the Museum 
collections (55927); 9 insects, in- 
cluding the type of Cerceris angula- 
ris (56185) ; type of Veronicella mex- 
icana betheli; type of Philomycus 
costaricensis and one slide; cotypes 
of Oreohelia haydeni betheli, O. hay- 
demi var. alia, and O. hendersoni 
dakani; 2 slides of Agriolimasa guate- 
malensis montaguensis from Panama 
and Glenwood Springs, Colo. (56163) ; 
4 specimens of Oroperipatus corradoi 


174 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


COCKERELL, Prof. T. D. A.—Continued. | Comps, CLark W., Washington, D. C.: 


(56447); 11 plants from Colorado 
and New Mexico (56514; 56573) ; 20 
specimens of named bees, including 
6 cotypes and 4 species, mostly from 
New South Wales (56564) ; 4 speci- 
mens of Oroperipatus corradoi col- 
lected at Ancon, Canal Zone, by Mr. 
J. Zetek (56936) ; 9 unnamed insects 
and 5 types (3 of Hymenoptera, 1 of 
Diptera, and 1 of Homoptera) 
(56971). 

CopwIsE, Miss LoUIsE SALTER, Kings- 
ton, N. Y.: A needlebook, said to 
have been owned by Pocahontas, pre- 
sented to the donor by the Countess 
Maria Conavarro, one of the descend- 
ants of the Indian princess (56002) ; 
watch, apparently of English make 
(56048). 

Coaain, W. M. (through Dr. Thomas N. 
White, Franklin, Va.) : Florida cor- 
morant, Phalacrocoraxr auritus flori- 
danus, from Virginia (56902). 


CoLLINS, FranK S8., North Eastham, 
Mass.: 50 specimens of alge, Phy- 
cotheca Boreali-Americana, Fascicle 
XXXIX (56889: purchase). 


COLORADO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Fort 
Collins, Colo. (through Prof. C. P. 
Gillette) : Types of 12 species and a 
paratype of an additional species of 
Andrena (56270: exchange). 


CoLoRADO COLLEGE, MUSEUM OF, Colo- 
rado Springs, Colo. (through Mr. E. 
R. Warren, director): The type of 
Nemorhadus palmeri and both fem- 
ora and lower jaw of Marmota sp. 
(56741: loan). 


CoLtorADO MusruM or NATURAL His- 
tory, Denver, Colo.: 2 pairs of Gam- 
bel’s quail, Lophortyx gambeli, from 
Colorado (56992). 


CoLoRADO, UNIVERSITY oF, Boulder, 
Colo.: 115 specimens of monzonite 
(56337: exchange). 


CoLORADO- Y ULE MARBLE COMPANY, 
Marble, Colo.: A table made of 
Colorado-Yule marble and a large 
slab of this marble (559382; 56112). 


Silver holder for cockade, War of 
1812; china plate from flagship St. 
Lawrence, Battle of Lake Erie, War 
of 1812; and a purse of green and 
gold beads (57055: loan). 


COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF: 

Bureau of Fisheries: Collections 
of mollusks and plants, from the 
vicinity of Nushagak, Alaska, col- 
lected by Mr. G. Dallas Hanna and 
Mr. C. J. Roach (55670) ; about 100 
starfishes, comprising 18 species and 
varieties, from the expeditions to 
Samoa, the northwest Pacific and 
the Philippine Islands, received 
through Dr. Walter K. Fisher 
(55741); 5 vials of crustaceans from 
Letnik Lake, Afognak Island, 
Alaska (55795); 162 lots of named 
ascidians, including types of 8 new 
species, and 48 lots of miscellaneous 
invertebrates, from the Philippine 
expedition of the Albatross, 1907- 
1910 (56066); mammals, reptiles, 
fishes, insects, mollusks and other 
invertebrates and alg, from Lake 
Maxinkuckee and other points in 
the northern part of Indiana, col- 
lected by Dr. B. W. Evermann and 
Mr. H. Walton Clark (56206) ; fora- 
minifera collected by the Albatross 
and reported on by Prof. F. E. 
Schuize in Bulletin of the Museum 
of Comparative Zodlogy, Volume 51, 
No. 6 (56258); collection of fishes 


made by Prof. George Wagner in 
Minnesota during the summer of 


1911 (56278); type specimen of a 


distome. Parorchis avitus, from a 
herring gull, Woods Hole, Mass., 


described by Dr. Edwin Linton 
(56285) ; 56 fishes collected in Japan 
and California, and 59 batrachians 
and reptiles collected in California 
and Nevada, through Dr. J. O. Sny- 
der (56326); toads, a shell and a 
slug, from Alaska, collected prin- 
cipally by Mr. Ernest P. Walker 
(56340); reptiles and batrachians 
from North Carolina, collected by 
Mr. B. Schwartz (56349) ; plankton 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT oF—Contd. 
and invertebrates, reptiles, ‘turtle 
eggs, insects, mollusks and plants, 
from Indiana (563866; 56390); 49 
bird eggs from Alaska, collected by 
Mr, G. Dallas Hanna (56417) ; col- 
lections from the north Atlantic 
coast of the United States by the 
schooner Grampus during 1918, under 
the direction of Dr. H. B. Bigelow, 
including pteropods, cephalopods and 
other mollusks, Salpze, amphipods, 
hydrozoans, etc. The material in 
several of these groups had been 
studied and classified by Dr. Bige- 
low and Mr. W. BH. Clapp (56485; 
56490; 56569; 56751); 9 specimens 
of Peneus setiferus and 2 specimens 
of Chloridella empusa, from Louis- 
iana, collected. by the Conservation 
Commission (56473); fishes from 
California, Oregon and Nevada and 
from the Albatross expedition of 
1906, received through Dr. J. O. 
Snyder (56488); 7 specimens of 
Rangia flecuwosa from Vermilion 
Bay, La., collected by Mr. E. A. 
Mellhenny (56492); skin and skull 
of a deer, Odocoileus, from Wran- 
gell Narrows, Alaska, collected by 
Mr. Ernest P. Walker (55606) ; the 
first series of a collection of schizo- 
pods taken by the schooner Grampus 
during the summer of 1912 and 
identified by Dr. H. J. Hansen 
(56762) ; 8 specimens representing 
3 species of isopods (56880); fur- 
seal teeth, a shrew, a bird, reptiles 
and batrachians, fishes, inverte- 
brates including insects and mol- 
lusks, and plants (56911); mycto- 
phids (lantern fishes) from. the 
South Pacific (56923) ; 181 specimens 
of fresh-water mussels from various 
points in the United States (56961) ; 
specimens of the species of pearl 
shells from the Mississippi Valley 
which are used for the manufacture 
of buttons (57004); type specimens 
of fishes collected by the Albatross 
in the North Pacific in 1904 and 
described by Dr. C. H. Gilbert 
(57104); 30 mammals, including | 


175 


COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT oF—Contd. 
types of 10 species described by Dr. 
C. H. Townsend, collected by the 
Albatross in Lower California and 
received through the American 
Museum of Natural History (57112). 

Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 
Commerce: 5 samples of gum and 
resins collected in the market of 
Aden, British Arabia, by the Amer- 
ican consul, Walter H. Schulz 
(56352). 


CONGRESS, LIBRARY OF. (See under 
American Colonization Society.) 


CONSERVATION COMMISSION, Albany, 
N. Y. (through Dr. Tarleton H. 
Bean): Specimens of Hydra fusca 
from the Adirondack State fish 
hatchery (55982; 56209). 


CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY, Fair- 
mont, W. Va.: A model plant show- 
ing, on the scale of one inch to the 
foot, a West Virginia coal district— 
miner’s village, with mine trackage, 
coal tipple, washery and coke plant; 
the machinery is all in actual work- 
ing parts. Received at the close of 
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 
1904 (55791). 


ConzaTTI, Dr. C., Oaxaca de Juarez, 
Oaxaca, Mexico: 11 living speci- 
mens of Cactaceae #from Mexico 
(56188; 56360; 56869); 8 living 
specimens of Cactaceae from Mexico 
(56529 : exchange). 


COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, UNIVERSITE- 
TETS ZOOLOGISKE MUSEUM: A small 
collection of stone implements, shells 
and bone fragments found in Dan- 


ish and Icelandic  refuse-heaps 
(kitchen middens) (56760: ex- 
change). 


CopreR BoTtTOM MINING AND MILLING 
CoMPaNy, Careyhurst, Wyo.: 2 teeth 
and 2 vertebrie of Hlephas (56926). 


CoRDAY AND GROSS COMPANY, Cleve- 
land, Ohio: 22 examples of offset 
printing in color (18 duplicates), 
representing the work of the firm 
(55706). 


176 


Corr, EH. B., New York City (through 
Mr. George W. Harris, Washington, 
D. C.) : Photographie portrait group 
of children (56591). 


CosMos CLuB, Washington, D. C.: Ant- 
lers of Arizona wapiti, Cervus mer- 
riami (55889 : exchange). 


CRAMER, A. L., Colby, Wis.: Star- 
nosed mole, Condylura cristata, from 
Colby (56578) 

CRAMER, G., St. Louis, Mo.: 
graph of the donor (57181). 


Photo- 


CRAMPTON, Dr. C. C., Kankakee, IL: 
220 plants from Illinois (56403). 


CRANMER, Miss FRANCES, Bronxville, 
N. Y. (through Mr. Clarence C. 
Moore, Washington, D. C.): 2 oil 
paintings by Frances Cranmer—A 
Chippewa Indian chief and an aged 
Chippewa woman (56309: loan). 


CRIKELATIR, R., Los Angeles, Cal. : Trap- 
door spider and nest (55798). 


Cross, Dr., Cross, Okla.: 26 specimens 
of aragonite (55717). 


CurTIS, Mrs. WILLIAM ELRoy, Wash- 
ington, D. C.: 215 specimens, in- 
cluding material in ethnology, arch- 
eology and history, brought together 
by the late William Elroy Curtis 
(56080: loan). 


CUSHMAN, Mrs. ALLERTON S., Washing- 
ton, D, C.: 2 costumes of Charlotte 
S. Cushman used in the impersona- 
tion, respectively, of Catharine and 
Cardinal Wolsey in Henry VIII 
(56918 ; 57001). Loan. 


Custer, Mrs. ELizAsetu B., Bronxville, 
N. Y.: Photograph of Maj. Gen. 
George A. Custer and a description 
of the photograph written by Mrs. 
Custer (55864). 


DAECKE, E., Harrisburg, Pa.: 14 speci- 
mens of Diptera, representing 7 
species (55922). 


DAHLEM BEI STEGLITZ, KONIGL. Bo- 
TANISCHER GARTEN UND BOTANISCHES 
Museum. (See under Berlin. Ger- 
many.) 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


Dat, Dr. WILLIAM H., U. 8S. Geolog- 
ical Survey, Washington, D. C.: 2 
photographs of natives of India, and 
45 paintings on mica representing 
occupations of India (55676); nest 
of slate-colored Junco, Junco hyema- 
lis, from Mt. Monadnock, N. H. 
(55758); 2 photographs of Sarra- 
cenia (56236). 

DANDRIDGE, Miss SERENA K., Washing- 
ton, D. C.: Fishes collected at South 
Harpswell, Me., in 1918 (56429). 

DAVENPORT, Commodore R. G., U. S. 
Navy (retired), Washington, D. C.: 
A camel’s hair shawl of the period 
1820-1840 (566386). 

Davipson, Dr. A., Los Angeles, Cal.: 
Specimen of Navarretia from Cali- 


fornia (55960); 27 specimens of 

Chenopodiaceae and Allioniaceae, 

chiefly from California (56188). 
Davies, GHorceE W., Topaz, Cal. 


(through U. S. Geological Survey) : 
Specimen of greenockite from Topaz 
(56861). 

Davis, Dr. 8S. Austin, Brooklyn, N. Y.: 
Tsopod, Ceratothoa impressa, para- 
sitie on a flying-fish (56033). 

Dawson, Mrs. Mary B. (See under 
Mrs. L. A, Bauer.) 

Dream, CHARLES C., Bluffton, Ind.: 189 
plants from Florida, Indiana and 
Guatemala (56663: exchange). 

DEEKENS, Dr. W. F., Staunton, Va.: 
Tooth of an extinct species of horse 
(56065). 


De LavaL SEPARATOR COMPANY, New 
York City: 2 De Laval cream sepa- 
rators (56432: loan). 


DELAWARE COLLEGE AGRICULTURAL Hx- 
PERIMENT STATION, Newark, Del. 
(through Mr. J. J. Taubenhaus) : 
Type material of Sclerotium bata- 
ticola (56941). 

DENSMORE, Miss FRANCES, Red Wing, 
Minn.: Collection of Sioux Indian 
ethnological objects (56292: loan) ; 
a cooking outfit used by the Sioux 
Indians in boiling meat without a 
kettle (56395: purchase); 9 eth- 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


DrnsmorzE, Miss FrRANcES—Continued. 
nological specimens of the Chippewa 
Indians (56905: purchase). 

Derickson, Prof. S. HorrMan, Leba- 
non Valley College, Annville, Pa.: 2 
ferns from Jamaica (56831). 


DESERET Musrum, Salt Lake City, 
Utah: 14 mineral specimens from 
Bingham, Utah (56650: exchange). 

Drvor, F. W., & C. T. RayNows Co., 
New York City: A collection of 


artists’ materials, numbering 160 
articles (55841). 
Dewey, Mrs. GerorRGE, Washington, 


D. C.: Wedding gown of Mrs. Dewey 
and an evening gown belonging to 
her (56903: loan). 


DICKERSON, D. S., Carson City, Nev.: 
Skeleton of a rock wren, Salpinctes 
obsoletus, from Nevada (56756). 

DICKERSON, Epcar L., Nutley, N. J.: 3 
specimens of Lepidoptera (56692). 

Dissrow, Dr. W. S., Newark, N. J.: 
Zeolite from West Paterson, N. J. 
(56697 : exchange). 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PAPER MANUFAC- 
TURING CoMPANY, Washington, D.C. : 
Specimens illustrating 20 varieties 
of paper manufactured by the donor 
(55886). 

DoHERTY & WADSWORTH COMPANY, 
New York City: 2 2-yard lengths of 
printed mikado crépe (56856). 

DowLine, Dr. THomas, Washington, 
D. C.: Car-coupling link and a speci- 
men of T-rail (56195: loan). 

DRAKE, Cart J., Columbus, Ohio: Iso- 


pods from Cedar’ Point, Ohio 
(56042). 
DupLEY, PrErRIEN S., Buckfield, Me. 


(through Mr. Frank L. Hess, U. S. 


Geological Survey): Specimen of 
pollucite from Buckfield (55729). 
DUFFIELD, Morsre 8. (See under 


Charles H. Hussey.), 

DULUTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Du- 
luth, Minn.: Model of Fayal iron ore 
mine, Eveleth, Minn., received at the 
close of the Louisiana Purchase Ex- 
position, 1904 (57115). 


71159°—natT mus 191412 


ugh 


Dummer, A. R., Kipayo, Uganda, Brit- 
ish East Africa: 200 plants from 
Uganda (56707: purchase). 

DUPLAN SILK Company, New York 
City: 6 2-yard lengths of surface- 
printed broad silks, woven, printed 
and finished in America from de- 
signs executed in Paris, in the Mar- 
tine School of Decorative Art under 
the direction of Paul Poiret (56671). 

EAGLE AND PHENIX MILLS, Columbus, 
Ga.: 16 2-yard lengths of yarn-dyed 
cotton fabrics in finished and unfin- 
ished state (56615). 

EARNSHAW KNITTING COMEANY, INGC., 
Chicago, Ill.: A series of specimens 
illustrating successive stages in the 
knitting, cutting and finishing of in- 
fants’ underwear (57188). 

EARNSHAW, WALTER, Anacostia, D. C.: 
Fungus from the District of Colum- 
bia (56976). 

FiASTHAM, J. W., Central Experiment 
Farm, Ottawa, Canada: 24 speci- 
mens of Myxomycetes from Canada 
(56512 : exchange). 

EASTMAN, GrEoRGE, Rochester, N. Y.: 
Photograph of the donor (57182). 
EASTMAN Kopak CoMPANy, Rochester, 
N. Y.: Collection of photographic 
apparatus and prints (15 specimens) 

(57089). 

Ecpert, Dr. J. HoBart, Superintendent, 
Medical Department, United Fruit 
Company, Santa Marta, Colombia: 
90 miscellaneous insects, including 
mosquitoes and Psychodide (55679 ; 
5a Tia). 

EGGLESTON, W. W., U. S. Department 
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.: 
20 specimens of Crategus from In- 
diana (56518). 

Ecaypt ExPLorATIoN Funp, London, 
England (through Mr. 8. W. Wood- 
ward, Washington, D. C.): 8 speci- 
mens of antiquities from Abydos 
(55827). 

ELLIs, Miss CHARLOTTE C., Tijeras, N. 
Mex.: 423 plants from New Mexico 
(55751: purchase); 6 living speci- 
mens Cactaceae from Tijeras (57024). 


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Eimer, A. D. H., Manila, P. I.: 7938 
plants from the Philippine Islands 
(56666 : purchase). 


Eson, A. W., & COMPANY, Boston, 


Mass.: 2 specimens of newspaper 
illustration by the rotary photo- 


gravure process (56421). 
EMERICK, Nat., Chloride, N. 
Specimen of water-bug, 

macronyx (56204). 


ENGELHARDT, George P., Children’s 
Museum, The Brooklyn Institute of 
Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, N. Y.: 
12 specimens of Zodiarufago (56230). 


Mex.: 
Abedus 


Essic, H. O., State Horticultural Com- 
mission, Sacramento, Cal.: 29 type 
slides and 9 ecotype slides of 15 
species of aphids described by the 
donor (55808). 


Eustis, WILLIAM CorcorAN, Chairman, 
Inaugural Committee, Washington, 
D. C.: Bronze copy of the medal 
commemorating the inauguration of 
President Wilson and Vice President 
Marshall, March 4, 1913 (55675). 


Evans, WILLIAM T., New York City: 8 
paintings in oil, namely, “The 
Waterfall,’ by Addison T. Millar 
(56642); “ Gloucester Harbor,” by 
Guy C. Wiggins (56942); “A Good 
Story,” by Clara T. MacChesney 
(56975). 


Faus, R. Z., Edmonds, Wash.: Land 
and marine shells from Washington 
(55954). 

FarrFAx, The Misses GwWENDOLIND and 
LILLIAN, Washington, D. C.: A cra- 
die of the eighteenth century, used 
by William Faulkner, who served in 
the 4th and, 6th Pennsylvania regi- 
ments during the War of the Ameri- 
ean Revolution (56804). 

Fatt, Mrs. Grorcke W., Nashville, 
Tenn.: Blue brocaded satin dress, 
made by Worth in 1844, and worn by 
Mrs. James K. Polk at the White 
House (56907). 

FARNSWoRTH, Atva, North Rose, N. Y. 
(through Mr. A. ©. Weed): Shrew, 
Cryptotis parvus (55977). 


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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


| Faunrieroy, Miss Junier, Lynch Sta- 
tion, Va.: 43 plants from Virginia 
(56225 ; 56380). 
IEDERATED MAtAay StTates MUSEUMS. 
(See under Kuala Lumpur.) 


FELIPPONE, Dr. FLoRENTINO, Monte- 
video, Uruguay: Shells from Uru- 
guay (57071). 

Ferriss, JAMES H., Joliet, Ill.: 15 ferns 
mainly from the southwestern part 
of the United States (56556); skin 
of a rattlesnake from Arizona 
(57055). 

Vrsta, Dr. Enrico, Museo di Storia 
Naturale, Turin, Italy: 3 rabbits, 2 
mice and a dormouse, from Italy 
and the island of Rhodes (56610) ; 
specimen of Cervus corsicanus and 
one of Sus meridionalis, from Sar- 
dinia (56805). 

Firtp MusrtuM or NATURAL HIstToRY, 
Chicago, Ill.: Fragment and tracing 
of the type of Coelopleurum mariti- 
mum (56480); 11 ferns from Peru 
(56588). Exchange. 

FisHer, Miss ELizABETH GRACE, Stan- 
ford University, Cal.: 51 specimens 
of isopods, representing 6 species 
(56196 ; 56244). 

FISHER, GEORGE L., Houston, Tex.: 267 
plants principally from Texas and 
Missouri (55878; 56004; 56877). 

FircH, WILLIAM R., Smithsonian Insti- 


tution: 7 living specimens of Cac- 


taceae from near Steele, N. Dak. 
(56091). 
FLETCHER, Mrs. Mary MANNING 


(through Mr. Van H. Manning, ex- 
ecutor, Washington, D.C.) : 99 ethno- 
logical specimens, consisting mainly 
of basketry and beadwork,  be- 
queathed in memory of her husband, 
Louis ©. Fletcher (55955: bequest). 
Furnt, Dr. JAMES M., U. S. Navy (re- 
tired), Washington, D. C.: 4 speci- 
mens of nummulite limestone from 
the Pyramid of Cheops; 28 micro- 
scopic slides of mineral substances 
collected during a cruise of the 
U. S. 8. Nero (see Bull. U. S. N. M. 
No. 55); 184 microsecopie slides of 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


Fuint, Dr. James M.—Continued. 
animals and plants; 4 microscopic 
slides of diatoms and coccolinths; 
one microscope (Crouch, London), 
and accessories; one microtome; one 
turntable; 21 slide boxes, 90 micro- 
scopic slides of foraminifera, radio- 
laria, ete. (56117). 


FOLLENSBEE, FRANK, Clarendon, Va.: A 
gold medal presented to Joshua Fol- 
lensbee, naval engineer, by the Cham- 
ber of Commerce and Citizens of 
New York in commemoration of his 
services in laying the first transat- 
lantic telegraph cable in 1858 (56385 : 
loan). 

Fotsom, J. W., Urbana, Ill.: 15 speci- 
mens of Collembola, including 5 co- 
types of 3 species (56899). 


Ford, DANNA and STANLEY, Harlingen, 
Tex.: 3 species of Saturnian cocoons 
(56900). 


Forp, J. S., jr., Harlingen, Tex.: Moth, 
Rothschildia jorulla (56717). 


Forest Sirk Company, New York City: 
12 samples of brocaded novelty silks 
(56947). 

Forrester, Mrs. Ropert, Salt Lake City, 
Utah (through Dr. George H. Girty, 
U. 8S. Geological Survey): A speci- 
men of calcareous tufa from a spring 
terrace between Silverton and Du- 
rango, Colo. (56083). 


Fortune, G. M., Buffalo, Kans.: Larva 
of a moth of the family Cosside 
(56673). 

FRACHTENBERG, L. J., Bureau of Ameri- 
ean Ethnology: Headdress, 2 large 
and 2 small sets of guessing games 
of the Chatco Indians of Oregon 
(56275: purchase). 


FRANKFORT (ON-THE-MAIN), GERMANY, 
SENCKENBERGISCHE NATURHISTOR- 
ISCHES MusEuM: Cast of gorilla 
skull (55935). 


FREEMAN, Mrs. NATHANIEL, Washing- 
ton, D. C.: 16 stereoscopic photo- 
graphs, a daguerreotype and a me- 


lanotype (55848). \ 


dir 


FREIRE-Marreco, Miss B., Somerville 
College, Oxford, England: A sample 
of red ochre used as face paint by 
the Indians at McDowell, Ariz. 
(56520). 


FREMLIN, WALTER T., Bearstead, Kent, 
England, (through Mr. Walter H. 
Levy, London, England) : 2 skins of 
“hermaphrodite” pheasants from 
England (56607). 


FREY, Miss Frances H., Lebong Soclet, 
Benkulen, Sumatra: 14 insects, con- 
sisting of 9 Lepidoptera, 2 Coleop- 
tera, 1 Phasmid, 1 Heteroptera and 
1 Cicadidw (56157). 


Frey, H. L., U. S. Navy, Olongapo, 
P. I.: Specimen of young “ walking- 
leaf,” Phyllium sp., nymph (56766). 


FRIEDRICH, ALBERT, San Antonio, Tex.: 
2 specimens of Hemiptera, Later- 
naria phosphorea (56438). 


Frierson, L. S., Frierson, La.: 2 speci- 
mens of Nodularia bakeri from Lake 
Albert Nyanza, Africa (57010). 


FRITSCHE, OSKAR, Taucha bei Leipzig, 
Germany: Skin, skull and leg bones 
of a wolf, Canis lupus, from Tulcea, 
Dobrudscha (56400: purchased from 
the Harrison fund). 


FUHRMANN, Prof. Dr. OTro, Musée 
d’Histoire Naturelle, Neuchatel, 
Switzerland: 2 cotypes of Oroperipa- 
tus bimbergi (56061: exchange). 


FuxKal, T., Konosu, Saitama, Japan: 
18 bees, 86 sawflies and 27 para- 
sitic Hymenoptera (56121). 


FULTON, BENTLEY B., New York Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station, Geneva, 
N. Y.: 2 specimens of Cacus ecanthi 
(56561). 


GAMBLE, Dr. H. McS., Moorefield, W. 
Va.: 10 living specimens of Opuntia 
opuntia from West Virginia (55694). 


GARFIELD SMELTING COMPANY, Garfield, 
Utah (through Mr. Frank L. Hess, 
U. S. Geological Survey): Oolitic 
sand (56353). ° 


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Garo, J. H., Boston, Mass. (through 
Mr. George W. Harris, Washington, 
D. C.): Photographie portrait of a 
man (56585). 

GATES HANDLE COMPANY, 
Tex.: Pupa of beetle, 
julianus (57103). 


Beaumont, 
Stratejus 


Gates, Prof. WM. H., Louisiana State 
University and Agricultural College, 
Baton Rouge, La.: Isopods, Probo- 
pyrus bithynis parasitic on shrimps, 
Macrobrachium ohionis (56027). 

GAULEY MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY, 
Ansted, W. Va.: Specimen of cannel 
coal (56549). 


GauMER, Dr. GerorcE F., Tacubaya, 
D. F., Mexico: 2 skins of WNycti- 


dromus albicollis yucatanensis from 
Yucatan (55902). 

GEARE, Ittyp H., Hongkong, China: 
Specimen of a common Chinese and 
Japanese longicorn beetle, Melanaus- 
ter chinensis (55789). 

GEBIEN, H., Naturhistorisches Museum, 
Hamburg, Germany: 15 beetles, 12 
of which are cotypes, representing 


11 species (56972: exchange). 
Gree, Prof. N. Gist, Soochow Uni- 


versity, Soochow, China: A small 
collection of miscellaneous insects 
(55680) ; 287 modern Chinese coins— 
211 copper and 26 brass (55708). 

GENNELL, A. J., St. Ignace, Mich.: 
Fragment of limestone with natural 
markings resembling ornamental de- 
signs (55998). 

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DEPARTMENT OF 
MINEs, Ottawa, Canada: Fishes from 
Vancouver Island (56221). 

GEORGETOWN, BRITISH GUIANA, SCIENCE 
AND AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT 
(through Mr. G. E. Bodkin): Lepi- 
doptera representing 5 _— species 
(55730). 


GEORGETOWN GAS LIGHT COMPANY, 
Washington, D. C.: Sample of gas- 
house coke (57128). 

GrerpDAav, OrrTo, CompaANy, New York 
City: Photograph showing clusters 
of vegetable ivory fruits (56800). 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


GERVAIS, Brother, Ancon, Canal Zone: 
48 plants collected in the Canal Zone 
(55750). 

GHIDINI, A., Musée d’Histoire Natu- 
relle, Geneva, Switzerland: 12 skulls 
of chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra, 
from Switzerland (57054: purchased 
from the Harrison fund). 


GIBSON, ARTHUR, Ottawa, Canada: 
5 specimens of Microlepidoptera 
(55994) ; cotype of Heliodines nycta- 
ginella (56700). 

GILL, DE LANCEY, Bureau of American 
Ethnology: Vertebra of a porpoise 
showing use as a polisher, found by 
the donor in a shell-heap near Ches- 
apeake Beach, Md. (55866) ; 25 sil- 
ver albumen prints (56576). 

GILL, G. W., U. S. National Museum: 
Crab, Callinectes, with ascidians and 
barnacle attached (55788); 2 sala- 
manders from Virginia (55891); 8 
miscellaneous insect larvee (55924) ; 
marine shells from Rehoboth Beach, 
Del. (56099). 

GILLETT, Mrs. ALFRED S., Washington, 
D. C.: Commission of Samuel Jones 
as second lieutenant ‘‘ Kighth Com- 
pany, in a Regiment of Foot raised 
in the Colony of Connecticut,” 
March 24, 1760; fragments of a let- 
ter written by Lieut. Samuel Jones 
to his father and mother on August 
18, 1758, describing the battle of 
Ticonderoga; facsimile printed in 
1844 of Henry Newman’s Almanack 
published in 1691. (Presented in 
memory of Alfred 8S. Gillett) 
(56458) ; 23 pieces of pink luster- 
ware (56459: loan). 

GILLETT, GC. E., Philadelphia, Pa.: Liz- 
ard from Mexico (56082). 

GituettTr, Prof. C. P., Colorado Agri- 
eultural College, Fort Collins, Colo. : 
84 specimens of sawflies, including 
14 types and 3 paratypes (56428: 
exchange). (See under Colorado 
Agricultural College.) 

GitmorE, ©. W., U. S. National Mu- 
seum: 86 bats, Myotis, from Teton 
County, Mont. (55934). 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


GIRARD, ALFRED O., Milwaukee, Wis.: 
240 ethnological specimens, includ- 
ing American Indian and Philippine 
costumes, weapons, baskets and ori- 
ental fabrics (55881: loan). 

GOETZ SILK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
New York City: 6 specimens of peau 


de cygne and cotton-back satin 
(57094). 
GOLDENSKY, Eras, Philadelphia, Pa. 


(through Mr. George W. Harris, 
Washington, D. C.): Photographic 
portrait of a lady (56587). 

GOLDNER, RUSSELL, Culver, Ind.: 4 liv- 
ing specimens of Opuntia humifusa 
from near Lake Maxinkuckee, Ind. 
(56626). 

GoopDING, LESLIE N., Flagstaff, Ariz.: 
26 living specimens of Cactaceae 
from La Ciénaga, Sonora, Mexico 
(55696); 3 ferns from Arizona 
(55719). 

GouRDON, Mauricgr, Nantes, France: 2 
skulls of Sciurus vulgaris alpinus 
from France (56667). 

GOUVERNEUR, Miss Maup C., Washing- 
ton, D. C.: Pale blue silk dress em- 
broidered in straw, which belonged 
to Mrs. Maria Hester Monroe Gou- 
verneur, youngest daughter of Presi- 
dent James Monroe (56208); Mon- 
roe relics, consisting of a silver 
chocolate pitcher and a silver cream 
jug (57002). Loan. 


GowaANLock, J. N., Winnipeg, Mani- 


toba: An obsidian knife blade 
(56000). 
GRAY HERBARIUM, HARVARD UNIVER- 


sity, Cambridge, Mass.: 8 specimens 
of Empetraceae from British Amer- 
ica (56164); specimen of. Polypo- 
dium from Bolivia (56990). Ex- 
change. 

GREEN, E. C., Maranhio, Brazil: Ma- 
rine shells from near Guimaraes, 
Brazil (56044). 

GREEN, Mrs. HELEN COLES SINGLETON, 
Columbia, S. C.: Costume which be- 
longed to Mrs. Abraham Van Buren, 
consisting of a blue velvet skirt and 
waist, with lining and hoops, a lace 


181 


GREEN, Mrs. H. C. S.—Continued. 
fichu, lace and embroidered handkKer- 
chief, and a fan (56167: loan). 

GREENE, C. T., Bureau of Entomology, 
Washington, D. C.: 86 Diptera from 
Falls Church, Va. (55874). 

GREENE CONSOLIDATED COPPER COM- 
PANY, New York City: Copper ores 
from Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, re- 
ceived at the close of the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition, 1904 (56799). 

GRISWOLD, Miss JENNIE M., Washing- 
ton, D. C.: Needlework and wearing 
apparel, silverware, glassware, a 
velvet-and-brass-bound prayer book, 
and ethnological specimens, embrac- 
ing 69 pieces (56611; 56985). Loan. 

GRONBERGER, S. M., Smithsonian Insti- 
tution: An example of rapid rotary 
intaglio printing, “ Lower Manhat- 
tan,” from the etching by William 
Monk (57083). 

Grout, Dr. A. J., New Dorp, N. Y.: 25 
specimens of North American mosses 
(56126 : purchase). 


GRUELICK, K. WILLIAM, Lafayette, Ind. : 
Moth, Telea polyphemus (55744). 


HAAGE AND ScHMIDT, Erfurt, Germany : 
5 living specimens of Cactaceae, con- 
sisting of 1 specimen of Cereus per- 
viridis and 4 specimens of Opuntia 
(56939; 57023). Exchange. 

Hacure, Mrs. ARNOLD, Washington, 
D. C.: Cape of Mechlin lace (55657 
HatBacH, Epwin, Washington, D. C. 
(through Mr. E. J. Brown): Snake, 
Diadophis punctatus, from the Dis- 

trict of Columbia (55685). 

Hai, R. O., San Jose, Cal. (through 
Prof. F. W. Clarke): Samples of 
bindheimite from near Johannesburg, 
Cal. (56448). 

HALSALL, WILLIAM F., Provincetown, 
Mass.: 56 marine paintings in oil, 
including ‘‘Our Glory—Battleship 
Oregon” (56792: loan for special ex- 
hibition). 

HampBurcer, M. E., Washington, D. C.: 
Specimen each of synthetic ruby and 
sapphire (56598: exchange). 


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HAMILTON, Dr. ALLAN McLANg, Great 
Barrington, Mass.: 2 early American 
chairs which belonged to Maj. Gen. 
Philip Schuyler; 2 early American 
chairs, 2 side-tables and a half-round 
mahogany table which belonged to 
Alexander Hamilton; and a small 
work-table which belonged to Mrs. 
Alexander Hamilton (56125). 

HAMMEL, Prof. R. J., Maquoketa, Iowa: 
Practice violin and a pair of German 
cymbals (560038 : exchange). 

Hamner, L. F., St. Louis, Mo.: Photo- 
graph of the donor (571383). 


HAMMOND TYPEWRITER CoMPANY, 
Washington, D. C.: Hammond type- 
writer No. 147,859 (56782). 

Hanpury, Lady KATHERINE A., La 
Mortola, Ventimiglia, Italy: 45 liv- 
ing specimens of Opuntia and a 
packet of seeds of Murcraea (55785: 
exchange), 


Hancock, Dr. JosepH L., Chicago, 
il.: Type specimen of Anepleres 
rujipes, a hymenopterous — insect 
(56127). 

HaAnpby, Mrs. WILLIAM  TORRENCE, 
Cynthiana, Ky.: Velvet dress, cos- 


tume of Mrs. Jane Irwin Findlay, 
wife of Gen, James Findlay, one of 
the mistresses of the White House 
during the administration of Presi- 
dent William Henry Harrison, 1841 
(56913: loan), 

HANFORD, CHARLES J., Sarasota, Fla.: 
40 specimens representing 30 species 
of shells, and 2 fragments of fossil 
ribs (manatee?), from Sarasota 
(55769). 

HANSEMANN, Prof. DAviD PAUL VON, 
Berlin, Germany: A _ series of 16 
prepared anatomical specimens; also 
copies in plaster of 12 brain casts 
(55859: exchange). 

Harmon, Mrs. T. S., 
Handwoven coverlet 
chase). 

Harring, H. K., Bureau of Standards, 
Washington, D. C.: 6 microscopic 
slides of types of 6 new species of 
Rotifera, described by the donor 


Md.: 
pur- 


Marydel, 
(5TOO0G : 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


HARRING, H. K.—Continued. 

(55796) ; 97 microscopic slides of 
Rotifera from the District of Colum- 
bia (55967; 57029). 

HARRIS, GEORGE W., Washington, D. C.: 
Photographie portrait of a man 
(56583). (See under H. D. Beach, 
Frank Scott Clark, E. B. Core, J. H. 
Garo, Elias Goldensky, Dudley Hoyt, 
Henry Havelock Pierce, and J. C. 
Strauss. ) 

Capt. J. R., Medical Corps, 
U. S. Army, Fort Slocum, N. Y.: An 
incomplete wild cock snare and a 
Moro buyo box of brass inlaid with 
silver (55688); Moro book, Moro 
musical instrument, ‘ Jew’s-harp,” 
and a pair of Igorot statuettes 
(55961) ; 50 ethnological specimens, 
mostly Moro, including an outfit of 
Terarai bows and arrows, a kam- 
pilan, a kris with band-strings still 
attached; also a large bamboo mat 
and 2 palm leaf mats, Moro (56945). 

Harris, WILLIAM, Hope Gardens, Kings- 
ton, Jamaica: Poeecilid fishes repre- 
senting the genera Gambusia and 
Pacilia (56171); fishes known as 
“millions” or “minnows,” Girardi- 
nus peeciloides, introduced from Bar- 
bados (56592). 

HARRISON, GEORGE L., jr., Philadelphia, 
Pa. (See under Oskar Fritsche, A. 
Ghidini and Thomas V. Sherrin.) 

HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY, Cam- 
bridge, Mass. (through Prof. E. C. 
Pickering, director) : 88 photographs 
of stellar spectra, apparatus, ete. 
(55834). 


Hauscuitp, M.L., Gjentofte, Denmark: 
About 680 insects, mostly Coleoptera, 
from various parts of the world, all 
determined by European specialists 
(56118). 


HAWKEYE PEARL Butron Co., Musca- 
tine, Iowa: A collection showing the 
different stages in the manufacture 
of pearl buttons, the shells from 
which buttons are obtained, and a 
model of a boat and apparatus used 
in collecting the shells (56402). 


HARRIS, 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


Hixn Dr: ©, BB. Washington, DD: C.: 
Skull, lower jaw and 5 cervical ver- 
tebre of a large fossil bison from 
Alaska (55703: purchase). 


Hay, Prof. W. P., Business High School, 
Washington, D. C. (through Mr. Aus- 
tin H. Clark) : 3 specimens of Peri- 
patoides nove-zealandie from New 
Zealand (56987). 


HAYNES AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, Koko- 
mo, Ind.: A 6-cylinder automobile 
motor, so prepared as to show the 
internal mechanism and operation 
(56860). 


Haynes, Miss CaroLine C., Highlands, 
N. J.: 85 specimens of Hepaticae 
from North America (56306). 


HEINRICH, CarRL P., U. S. Department 
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.: 
25 Diptera from Chesapeake Beach, 
Md. (56120). 


Eire, Prof. A. A., Chico; Cal.: 37 
plants mainly from Nevada (55988; 
56162) ; 450 plants from California 
and Nevada (562738; 57111: pur- 
chase). 


HEMMICK, Mrs. CHRISTIAN D., Wash- 
ington, D. C.: Silver plaque (Louis 
XVI, France) ; carved ivory plaque 
(early 18th century, Italian) ; carved 
ivory crosier (Italian); and an an- 
tique silk rug (57036: loan). 

HmmMper, H. A., Buffalo, N. Y.: 6 


quoins and 2 castings of quoins, in- 
vented by the donor (55761). 


HENDERSON, JOHN B., Washington, 
D. C.: Specimen of stomatopod, Ly- 
siosquilla glabriuscula, from _ off 


Fowey Rocks, Fla. (56081); 2,000 
marine mollusks from Chincoteague, 
Va., with other invertebrates and a 
few fishes taken in the dredge 
(56362). 


Henry, Miss Carortinr, Washington, 
D. C.: A colored photograph of Prof. 
Joseph Henry and a collection of 
daguerreotypes and _ stereoscopic 
views, comprising 146 specimens 
(55668 ). 


183 


Herrsruck, R. A., Dayton, Ohio: Gar- 
tersnake, Thamnophis sirtalis, from 
Ohio (56888). 


HERREN, Cart, Newport, Oreg.: Speci- 
men of Hinnites giganteus (56788). 


Hess, Frank L., U. S. Geological Sur- 
vey, Washington, D. C.: Specimen of 
autunite from Penland, N. C. 
(55728) ; 6 specimens of torbernite 
with autunite and 1 of carnotite 
with davidite from Australia; also 
a specimen of tyuyamunite from Si- 
beria (56354) ; 2 specimens of the 
mineral kolm from  Stromsberg, 
Sweden (56515); specimens of tor- 
bernite from South Australia and 
one of cyrtolite and altered urani- 
nite from Sprucepine, N. C. (56798). 


Hess, L., AND Company, New York 
City : 4 1-yard lengths of linen dress 
goods, and 14 small samples of linen 
and cotton dress goods (56725). 


Hess, W. E., Mayaguez, P. R.: 54 
ferns from Porto Rico (56479; 
56552). 


HeyYE, Grorce G., The Heye Museum, 


New York City: Casts of Porto 
Rican stone collar, 2 zemes and a 


carved shell face-mask pendant; 7 
fragments of pottery “graters” 
from Ecuador (56539: exchange). 


Hi, W. B., Renick, W. Va.: 7 speci- 
mens of Platygonus, including por- 
tions of skulls, lower jaws and limb 
bones (55775). 


HInELEY, A. A., Dubois, Ill.: Land and 
fresh-water shells from Guatemala 
(56207); fossils (probably Oligo- 
cene) from the bank of a small 
stream entering Rio Dulce, Guate- 
mala; sample of overlying limestone 
covering fossiliferous strata (56593). 

HiorAM, Brother, San Juan, P. R.: 25 
ferns from Porto Rico and Mexico 
(55801 ; 56482). 

Hogson, Mrs. EvizABetH C. (through 
Mrs. Richard G. Lay, Washington, 
D. C.): Piece of Mechlin lace, 19th 
century (55654). 


184 


HopcxKinson, H. H., Franklin Furnace, 
N. J. (through Dr. W. T. Schaller, 
Washington, D. C.): A specimen of 
hodgkinsonite (part of the type 
material described by Prof. C. Pa- 
lache and Dr. Schaller (56247). 


Hors, Mrs. R. R., Washington, D. C.: 
Relics relating to President James 
Monroe and his descendants—Side 
chair, footstool and a Chippendale 
table, brought from France in 1796 
by Mr. and Mrs. James Monroe; 
standing dresser-mirror made of 
mahogany and one of the fragments 
left from the mirrors of the White 
House after its destruction by the 
British in 1814 (56297; 56546) ; pair 
of paste slipper buckles worn by 
James Monroe; and a vinaigrette, 
slipper, buckle and 2 pieces of dress 
silk, worn by Mrs. James Monroe 
(56342) ; seal, fan and a music book 
of 1818, which belonged to Mrs. 
Maria Hester Monroe Gouverneur, 
youngest daughter of James Monroe 
(56408); letter signed by James 
Monroe, March 2, 1786; letter trans- 
mitting French Revolutionary badge; 
also 5 French and American Revolu- 
tionary badges and decorations and 
a cockade, 2 razors (1 French and 1 
English), and a silver spur, all worn 
and used by James Monroe (56460) ; 
collection of laces, embroideries, 
jewelry, books, ete. (57090). Loan. 


HorrMAN, L. J., Burton, Nebr.: A con- 
cretion of ferruginous sand (56424). 

Hoaan, Mrs. Louise E., Rockaway 
Beach, N. Y.: Tiré filet bedspread 
prepared by the women of Porto 
Rico (55914: purchase). 


HorabirpD, W. H., Los Angeles, Cal.: 
Dipterous and neuropteroid larve 
and work from southern California 
(56453). 

Hoxtuster, N., U. 8S. National Mu- 
seum: 183 mammals, 5 birds and a 
snake, from Wisconsin (56036; 
56418); skin of tufted titmouse, 
Beolophus bicolor, from Maryland 
(56754). 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


HoLLoway, JAMES B,, Thermopolis, 
Wyo.: Portion of lower jaw of Syste- 
modon tapirinum (56822). 


Houtstetn, Orro, San Antonio, Tex.: 
25 bird skins from Ecuador (57028). 

HoME MISSION COMMITTEE OF GREEN- 
BRIER PRESBYTERY, Alderson, W. Va.: 
8 stone implements found near Jeru- 
salem (56814). 

Hoop, J. D., Bureau of Biological Sur- 
vey, Washington, D. C.: 4 pairs of 
Melanoplus (56748). 

Hopxins, Mrs. ARCHIBALD, Washing- 
ton, D. C.: A Grover and Baker sew- 
ing machine, patented February 11, 
1851, June 22, 1852, February 22, 
1853, and May 27, 1856 (56470). 

Hopxins, L. 8., Kent, Ohio: Specimen 
of Lycopodium from Ontario (56405). 

HoveH, JoHN §S., Pittsburgh, Pa.: 
Brass token of the political cam- 
paign of 1852, bearing the portrait 
of Gen. Winfield Scott (56783). 


Hoveu, Dr. Water, U. 8. National 
Museum: Piece of lace-bark, Lagetta — 


lintearia, collected in Jamaica 
(55941). 
Hovusrt, Homer D., Albany, N. Y.: 


Fern from Oregon (55802); fern, 
Woodsia, from New York (55847). 
HowarpbD, Expert, Doyle, Cal.: Speci- 
mens of fresh-water algae, Chara 

(57048). 

HoweE.wt’s MricrocosM, Washington, 
D. C.: A small piece of Copiapo pal- 
lasite (56698: exchange). 

Hoyt, Dupitry, New York City 
(through Mr. George W. Harris, 
Washington, D. C.): Photographic 
portrait of a lady (56586). 

Hrpui¢Ka, Dr. ALES, U. 8S. National 
Museum: A pemmican hammer (Te- 
ton Sioux Indian), collected by Mr. 
Frank Mitka (55760); skeleton of 
a mouse from MHuarochiri, Peru 
(55781); mole, Scalopus aquaticus 
(55908) ; gray squirrel, Sciurus caro- 
linensis (55951); flying squirrel, 
Sciuropterus, from Cleveland Park, 
D. C. (56087). 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


Hutt, Dr. Epwarp E., Philadelphia, 
Pa.: A spinning wheel and a yarn 
reel, supposed to have been in use 
on George Washington’s plantation 
(566138). 

Hunt, Crair, Colville, Wash.: 74 spec- 
imens, including basketry, bags and 
other ethnological material (56653: 
loan). 

Hurry, Rutcrers Ives, New York City: 
Single-barrel pistol, Dumas A Lyon; 
double-action revolver, G. Mercenier 
(56842). 

HURTER, JULIUS, sr., St. Louis, Mo.: 
Carapace of a turtle (56170) ; snake, 
Lycodon aulicus, from the Philippine 
Islands (56641) ; turtle from Mobile, 
Ala. (56848). 

Hussry, CHARLES H., Morsr S. Dutr- 
FIELD, and FRANCIS lL. Woops, Ogden, 
Utah: A large specimen of quartz con- 
taining tungsten minerals (56287). 

Hype, A. G., & Sons, New York City: 
4 2-yard lengths of all cotton and 
cotton and silk fabrics (56853). 

Hyver, Freperic BULKELEY, Washing- 
ton, D. C.: A bag of ancient Maori 
featherwork (56227); Hawaiian 
dance skirt made from palm fiber 
(56499) ; mounted loon, Gavia imber, 
from Maine (56962). 

Ima, Y., Kagoshima, Japan: Voleanic 
material from Sakurajima, Kago- 
shima (57088: purchase). 

INDA, J. RIQUELMA, Mexico, Mexico: 
18 insects (56623). 
InDIAN MuvSsEUM. (See 

eutta, India.) 

INGLIS, JoHN, Magnet, Ark, (through 
Mr. Frank L. Hess, U. S. Geological 
Survey) : Specimen of brookite from 
Magnet (55727). 

INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF: 

Original application for a pension, 
with related papers, filed by Col. 
Aaron Burr in 18384 (55700); skulls 
of 8 bison and skin of a black bear, 
skin and skull of brown bear, Ursus 
americanus, and robe and skeleton of 
a buffalo, Bison americanus, received 
through the superintendent of the | 


under Cal- 


185 


INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT oOF—Continued. 
Yellowstone National Park (55984; 
56007 ; 56481). 

U. 8. Geological Survey: 35 speci- 
mens and 25 petrographic slides of 
rocks from the Santa Cruz quad- 
rangle, Cal., illustrating Geologic 
Folio No. 168 (55704); 50 concre- 
tions collected from various locali- 
ties in the West by Mr. C. W. Wash- 
burne (55739) ; 294 rock specimens 
with 164 microscopic slides, illus- 
trating the geology of the Hastport 
quadrangle, Me., described by Mr. 
Edson 8S. Bastin and Mr. Henry S. 
Williams (55762); 8 specimens of 
rocks from the Black Hills, S. Dak., 
collected in connection with the re- 
port on the geology of the Northern 
Black Hills, by Mr. N. H. Darton 
(55797) ; 50 specimens of rocks col- 
lected by Mr. Darton to illustrate the 
geology of the Deming quadrangle, 
N. Mex, (55871) ; 110 rocks collected 
by Dr. George I. Finlay to illustrate 
the geology of the Colorado Springs 
folio (55828) ; rocks collected during 
the summer of 1913 by Messrs. Miser, 
Ferguson, Diller, Hunter and Lough- 
lin, for use in the preparation of ed- 
ucational sets (56054) ; collection of 
rocks illustrative of Bulletin 492, 
“The gabbros and associated rocks 
of Preston, Connecticut” (56159) ; 3 
small lots of vertebrate fossils col- 
lected by Mr. Dean E. Winchester in 
the Datil Mountain coal field of New 
Mexico (56213); 16 boxes of thin 
sections of rocks and ores from the 
Marysville and Butte districts, Mont. 
(56232) ; 111 specimens of rocks col- 
lected chiefly by Mr. W. C. Phalen in 
and near the Ellijay quadrangle of 
Georgia, North Carolina and Tennes- 
see (56239) ; specimen of pyrite from 
the Stella Mine, Stellaville, St. Law- 
rence County, N. Y., collected by Mr. 
Phalen (56423) ; 4 small lots of ver- 
tebrate fossils collected by Mr. E. 
Russell Lloyd in Morton County, 
N. Dak. (56248) ; 62 rock specimens 
illustrating the geology of the Ta- 
coma quadrangle, Wash., collected in 


186 


INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT oF—Continued. 
1896 by Dr. Bailey Willis and Dr. 
G. O. Smith and described in Geo- 
logic Folio No, 54 (56254) ; 80 speci- 
mens of basalt from Mt. Stuart 
quadrangle, Wash., collected by Mr. 
I. ©. Russell in 1899 and described 
in the 20th Annual Report of the 
Survey (56255); specimens of in- 
yoite, meyerhofferite and  bleedite 
from California (56286); 9 small 
lots of vertebrate fossils collected by 
Mr. C. F. Bowen in the Walcott 
quadrangle, Wyo. (56317) ; 91 speci- 
mens of rocks from the Hawaiian 
Islands, collected by Dr. Whitman 
Cross in 1902, to be described in a 
Professional Paper of the Survey; 
and 38 specimens of rocks from the 
Hawaiian Islands, collected by Mr. 
Waldemar Lindgren and described 
by him in Water Supply Paper No. 
77 (56818); 84 specimens of rocks 
from the Butte district, Mont., col- 
lected by Mr. G. W. Tower and Dr. 
S. F. Emmons (56319); humerus of 
a bison, collected by Mr. Jos. C. 
Gawler in the bed of the Rio Grande 
at HMlephant Butte, N. Mex. (56364) ; 
Permian vertebrate fossils obtained 
by Mr. Carroll H. Wegemann in the 
Red River oil field of Oklahoma 
(56872); 19 rock specimens illus- 
trating a report on “Coal on Dan 
River, North Carolina,” published in 
Bulletin 471, Part B (56881); 71 
specimens of country rock and ore 
collected by Mr. R. W. Stone in 1911 
and 1912 during the examination of 
the Northern Pacific Railway land 
grant lands in Montana (56887) ; 
specimens of country rock and rock 
phosphate from the Elliston phos- 


phate field, Mont., and specimens of 


country rock and mineral deposits 
from Flathead Indian Reservation, 
Mont., collected by Mr. Stone in 
1912 and 1913 for the purpose of 
land classification (56958 ; 56954) ; a 
figured specimen of Scutaster ander- 
soni from the Miocene of Mount 
Pinos quadrangle, Cal. (56418); a 
small collection of fossil fish remains 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT oF—Continued. 


from the Caney shale of Oklahoma, 
collected by Dr. George H. Girty 
(56445) ; carboniferous invertebrates 
from the Manzano group of New 
Mexico, described by Dr. Girty in 
Survey Bulletin No. 389 (56812); a 
eollection of fossil insects obtained 
by Mr. HE. G. Woodruff from the 
Green River formation on the east 
side of Evacuation Creek, near Ute 
Station, on the Uintah Railway, 
eastern Utah (56446); 6 small lots 
of Tertiary vertebrate fossils col- 
lected by Mr. Woodruff in north- 
eastern Utah (56474) ; 21 specimens 
of phosphate rock from the Phos- 
phate District, Perry County, Tenn., 
described by Dr. Charles Willard 
Hayes in the 17th Annual Report of 
the Survey, Part 2 (56449) ; 62 rock 
specimens from the Klamath Indian 
Reservation, Oreg., collected by Mr. 
H. G. Ferguson in October and No- 
vember, 1918 (56450) ; 45 specimens 
of rocks, chiefly rhyolites, from the 
Bullfrog district, Nev., described in 
Survey Bulletin No. 303 (56476) ; 7 
boxes of Cretaceous vertebrate fos- 
sils collected in 19138 by Mr. C. W. 
Gilmore in the Two Medicine forma- 
tion of the Blackfeet Indian Reser- 
vation, Mont. (56678); hand speci- 
mens and thin sections of rocks and 
minerals from the Philipsburg quad- 
rangle, Mont., described in Profes- 
sional Paper No. 78; 3 specimens of 
soil and tuff from east-central Wash- 
ington, described in Water Supply 
Paper No. 118 (56820) ; collection of 
rocks from a strip approximately ten 
miles wide along the northeastern 
boundary between Porthill, Idaho, 
and Lake Osoyoos, Wash., consist- 
ing of 357 specimens; also thin sec- 
tions of the same (56821) ; collection 
of fossil plants from Cape Lisburne, 
Alaska, obtained by Prof. Arthur J. 
Collier in 1904, and described by Dr. 
EF. H. Knowlton in Professional Pa- 
per No. 85, Part D (56850); frag- 
ments of a soapstone jar found by 
Mr. N. H. Darton at an altitude of 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT oF—Continued. 
10,100 feet, 3 miles southwest of the 
summit of Cloud Peak, Big Horn 
Mountains, Wyo. (56901); a barite 
concretion with radial structure, col- 
lected by Mr. C. A. Bonine 80 miles 
northeast of Ekalaka, Mont. (56981) ; 
2 boxes of specimens and drill cores 
from the Ordovician outlier at Hyde 
Manor, Sudbury, Vt., collected by 
Mr. T. Nelson Dale and described in 
two papers in the American Journal 
of Science (56982); a collection of 
Cretaceous plants mostly from the 
Tuscaloosa formation, comprising the 
types and figured specimens de- 
scribed by Mr. E. W. Berry (56955) ; 
collection of Cretaceous and Ter- 
tiary plants comprising the types 
and figured specimens described by 
Mr. Berry in Professional Paper No. 
84 (56994); 25 specimens of Hzo- 
gyra, constituting the types and 
figured specimens described by Dr. 
L. W. Stephenson in Professional 
Paper No. 81 (56995) ; specimens of 
glauberite and colemanite from Cali- 
fornia, and a nodule of pyrite from 
Texas (57051). (See under Carne- 
gie Institution of Washington.) 

Office of Indian Affairs: An Indian 
war bonnet (56282: loan). 

INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMPANY, 
Tacoma, Wash.: Skull of a common 
harbor porpoise, Phoceena (56494). 


PREGAN D.C. /R. (Port Arthur, Tex.: 
Spinal bone of a spade-fish (also 
known as Sheepshead porgy or white 
angel-fish), Chetodipterus  faber 
(55836). 


IRELAND, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION FOR, 
(FisHERIES BRANCH), Dublin, Ire- 
land: Specimens of deep-water echi- 


noderms representing 16 species 
(56956). 
JACKSON, Miss FAnnic A., Yonkers, 


N. Y. (through Mrs. Julian James) : 
2 beaded pouches or bags made by 
the Iroquois Indians, and a pair of 
baby’s beaded moccasins made by the 
Sioux Indians (57084); 2 dresses, 


187 


JACKSON, Miss Fannie A.—Continued. 
gloves, slippers and lava jewelry 
which belonged to the family of 
Thomas Reed Jackson, architect of 
the Academy of Music, New York 
City, and his wife Charlotte R. 
Myers Jackson (57128: loan). 

JACKSON, H. H. T., Bureau of Biologi- 


eal Survey, Washington, D. C.: 3 
lampreys from Riverdale, Md. 
(56927). 


JACKSON, Mrs. THomas R., Yonkers, 
N. Y. (through Mrs. Julian James) : 
A gold-and-ribbon insignia of mem- 
bership of the National Society of 
the Daughters of the American Rev- 
olution (561381: loan). 


Jacogs, C. H., Philadelphia, Pa.: 2 


specimens of cusk-eel, Ophidium 
marginatum (55742). 

JAHN, Dr. ALFREDO, Carficas, Venezu- 
ela: 3800 plants from Venezuela 
(55811: purchase). 

JAMES, I. E., Pittston, Pa. (through 


Mr. David White, Washington, D. 
C.) : 2 carboniferous plants (56722). 
JAMES, Mrs. JULIAN, Washington, D. 
©.: Marine shells and other inverte- 
brates collected by Lieut. Com- 
mander T. B. M. Mason, U. 8S. Navy, 
chiefly on the western coast of 
America (56026); fan of pandanus 
from Honolulu, Hawaii (563824) ; an 
old copy of Milton’s “Paradise Lost” 
(56409) ; a graphoscope, 103 stereo- 
scopic views and 2 daguerreotypes 
(56442 ; 57086) ; a pamphlet entitled 
“Roll of Honor of the Seventh Regi- 
ment, National Guard, S. N. Y.” 
(56780: loan) ; 6 pieces of Japanese 
cloisonné; collection of wearing ap- 
parel and accessories and articles 
pertaining to the occupations and 
amusements of ladies and gentlemen 
of the 19th century; oil painting 
“View up the Hudson,” by Robert 
Weir (57087: loan); 3 billiard. cues 
used by, and 8 bound volumes relat- 
ing to, members of the Bailey- 
Myers-Mason families (57129: loan). 
(See under Miss Fannie A. Jackson, 
Mrs. Thomas R. Jackson, Miss L. 


188 


JAMES, Mrs. JuULIAN—Continued. 
L. Lander and Mrs. John E. Mce- 
Elroy.) 


JEFFREY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
Columbus, Ohio: 7 photographie en- 
largements of views of Jeffrey ap- 
paratus at work in coal mines 
(56565). 


JENKINS, C. Francis, Washington, 
D. C.: Design of motion picture 
projector (56293). 


JENNINGS, ALLAN H., Bureau of En- 
tomology, Washington, D. C.: About 
100 specimens of fresh-water shells 
from Antigua and Barbados; speci- 
mens of young toads, Bufo mari- 

 nus?, from Barbados (56749). 


JENNINGS, W. P., Salt Lake City,-Utah 
(through Mr. Victor C, Heikes): A 
stalactite coated with calcite and 
malachite crystals (56784). 


JOBE, Ropert L., Elizabethton, Tenn. 
(through Mr. J. C. Ayer, Philadel- 
phia, Pa.): A specimen of actino- 
lite from Avery County, N. C. 
(55981). 


JOHNSON, Dr. H. L. E., Washington, 
D. C.: A fiber garment made by the 
Guapore Indians, Guapore River, 
northern Brazil, and 2 wasp nests 
from the same locality (56839). 


JOHNSTON, H. F., Carnegie Institution 
of Washington, Washington, D. C.: 
Specimen of Oryza from Java 
(56948); specimen of fruit of the 
“double cocoanut,” collected on the 
coast of Mauritius (56982). 


JONES, Marcus E., Salt Lake City, 
Utah: 15 specimens of living Cacta- 
ceae from Utah (55651; 56090); 12 
plants from Utah (55833: exchange). 


JoRDAN, Miss Susan D., Meredithville, 
Va.: Larva of Prionus  laticollis 
(56649). 


Jupp, Nez M., U. 8. National Museum : 
23 archeological and _ ethnological 
specimens from the interior of 
Guatemala, collected by Mr. Judd 
(57062: purchase). 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


KauHN, Dr. Utysses S., New York 
City: 8 progressive proofs of 4-color 
halftone reliefs made from an auto- 
chrome plate of a stained glass win- 
dow, together with the autochrome 
plate (57101). 

KAIN, JOHN Q., Matagorda, Tex.: In- 
vertebrates, 6 species of mollusks 
from Texas, and specimens of beans 
(56691). 

KAISERLICHER BOTANISCHER 
PETER DES GROSSEN. 
Petersburg, Russia.) 


GARTEN 
(See under St. 


K. K. NATURHISTORISCHES HorMUSEUM, 
(See under Vienna, Austria.) 


Karpetes, Dr. 8S. R., Washington, 
D.C.: An anatomical specimen 
(56501). 


KEASBEY AND MATTISON CoMPANY, Am- 
bler, Pa.: 105 samples of asbestos 
(56625). 

IXELEHER, Miss Epirn R., Washington, 
D. C.: 6 earthworms (570388). 

IXELEHER, T. A., Washington, D. C.: 
Entomological specimens exhibiting 
the life cycle of the silkworm moth, 
including eggs, larve and chrysalis 
in formalin; whole and pierced co- 
coons, and moths; also small school 
eabinet (56088). 

KENNAN, Mrs. Grorcr, Medina, N. Y.: 
Kaffir knob-kerry (56701: loan). 

KENNEDY, CLARENCE H., Sunnyside, 
Wash.: 48 Odonata (Argia emma, 
n. sp., types and cotypes of adults 
and nymphs; A. vivida, adults and 
nymphs) (56280). 

KertTesz, Dr. K., Hungarian National 
Museum, Budapest, Hungary: About 


mr ep 


10 specimens of Diptera (55675). 

Kyser, EH. M., Ancon, Canal Zone: 2 
lepidopterous larve, Pseudosphine 
tetrio and Megalopyge lanata 
(55698); beetle, Huchroma goliath, 
and a spider, Acrosoma obtusospina 
(55856). 

Keyser, ©. W., Washington, D. C.: 
17 ethnological specimens from the 
United States, Paraguay, west Af- 
rica and the Philippine Islands 
(56500 : exchange). 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


KIMBALL, Miss Laura F., National 
City, Cal.: 3 ferns from California 
(56878). 

Knap, FREDERICK, Bureau of Entomol- 
ogy, Washington, D. C.: Specimen 
of Castalia from Virginia (55879) ; 
1,457 insects, mostly Diptera, from 
Chesapeake Beach, Md., Virginia 
Beach, Va., and the vicinity of Wash- 
ington, D. C. (56119; 56563). 

Kors, Henry M., Philadelphia, Pa.: 
An old gun barrel with one side cut 
away to show the form of rifling 
(56928). 

KO6ONIGL. BOTANISCHER GARTEN UND 
BoTsaNIsScHES MuseuM. (See under 
Berlin (Dahlem bei Steglitz), Ger- 
many. ) 


KOGNIGL. ZOOLOGISCHES MUSEUM. 
under Berlin, Germany.) 


(See 


Korinsky, J., U. S. Department of Ag- 
riculture, Washington, D. C,: 3 in- 
sects (56436). 


Kozu, Dr. S. Geological Institute, Im- 
perial University, Sendai, Japan: A 
voleanic bomb (56269); sample of 
bronzite from Japan (56475). 


Krantz, Dr. F., Bonn, Germany: Plas- 
ter casts of the skull of La-Chapelle- 
aux-Saints, with brain cast; the 
lower jaw bone of Propliopithecus 
hekli; the lower jaw bone of Para- 
pithecus frassi; and the lower M, 
and M, of Maripithecus markgrafi 
(55754: purchase); 8 meteorites, 15 
minerals and 2 vertebrate fossils 
(56858: exchange). 


KRIEGER, Dr. R., Leipzig, Germany: 
Specimen of Xanthopimpla kriegeri 
(56154). 

Krycer, J. P., Gjentofte, Denmark 
(through Dr. Adam Giede Béving) : 
124 vials of parasitic Hymenoptera 
(56554). 

KUALA LUMPUR, FEDERATED MALAY 
STATES, FEDERATED MALAY STATES 
MusEUMS: 2 specimens of Zosterops 
from the Malay Peninsula (56810). 


KUEHLING, J. H., Mount Vernon, Va.: 
Snake from Virginia (57067). 


189 


Kuprer, Henry, & CoMPANY, New York 
City: 5 2-yard cuts of fancy printed 
velveteens (56854). 

LA FLESCHE, FRANCIS, Bureau of Amer- 
ican Ethnology: Nodule of iron ore 
suggesting an art form (56053); a 
bundle of counting-sticks, used in 
ceremonies by the Osage Indians, 
Oklahoma (56407). 

Lams, Dr. D. S., Army Medical Mu- 
seum, Washington, D. C.: 2 anatom- 
ical specimens (56655 ; 56844). 

LANDER, Miss L. L., Washington, D. C. 
(through Mrs. Julian James) : 2 In- 
dia shawls and a black malines lace 
veil, owned by Miss Lander’s mother 
(56079). 

LANGHORNE, MARSHALL, Washington, 
D. C.: Beetle, Megasoma_ elephas, 
from San José, Costa Rica (55993). 

LA SALLE COLLEGE, Ancon, Canal Zone 
(through Brother G. Ireneo) : Co- 
lenterates and echinoderms (56846). 

LATCH, EDWARD H., Washington, D. C.: 
Specimen of towhee bunting, Pipilo 
erythrophthalmus, from Washington 
(56009). 


LAWRENCE AND COMPANY. (See under 
Pacific Mills.) 
Lawson, J. B., Sevierville, Tenn.: 


Sample showing psilomelane coating 
quartz (56886). 

Lay, Mrs. RicHAarRD G., Washington, 
D. C.: 2 pieces of Spanish macramé 
lace (55658). 

Lea, ARTHUR M., Adelaide, South Aus- 
tralia: 18 beetles from Australia 
(56541). 

LEAvy, JOSEPH B., U. S. National Mu- 
seum: 16 uncanceled United States 
postage stamps (56415). 

LE BLonpD, Rosert E., Cincinnati, Ohio: 
3 Baxter oil prints (56343). 

LEE MARBLE WorKS, Lee, Mass.: 2 
slabs of dolomitic marble from Lee 
(56084). 

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (DEPARTMENT OF 
GEOLOGY), South Bethlehem, Pa.: 11 
Specimens of native copper from 
Mexico, and 9 specimens of ecarnotite 
from Mauch Chunk, Pa. (56357). 


190 


Lerpere, Mrs. Carric E., Leaburg, 
Oreg.: The cryptogamic herbarium 
of the late John B. Leiberg, mainly 
comprising mosses, hepatics and 
lichens from the western part of the 
United States (56396). 

LEIPZIG, GERMANY, MusSEUM FUR VOL- 
KERKUNDE: Ethnological objects 
from the lower Niger (55702: ex- 
change). 


LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, 
Stanford University, Cal.: Type 
specimen of Hnophrys  taurinus 
(56220); type specimen of Ranza- 
nia makua from Hawaii, and type 
and paratype of Salmo evermanni 
from California; 51 batrachians and 
reptiles from California and Nevada 
(56327); fishes collected in Japan 
by Dr. D. S. Jordan and Dr. J. O. 
Snyder, and fishes collected in Cali- 
fornia by the latter (56467); 64 
plants from California and 191 from 
the Galapagos Islands (56628: ex- 
change). 

LerMonp, N. W., Thomaston, Me.: Ma- 
rine shells, representing 4 species, 
from Boca Ciega Bay, Fla. (56394). 

LESHER, WHITMAN & Co., INc., New 
York City: 12 specimens of white 
and colored fancy cotton and cotton 
and artificial silk dress goods 
(57077). 

Levy, Max, Philadelphia, Pa.: 18 en- 
graved screens for halftone process; 
also a catalogue of ‘“ perfected en- 
graved gratings” manufactured by 
the donor (56471). 


Levy, WALTER H. (See under Walter 


T. Fremlin.) 


LEwIs, NEty, Biloxi, Miss.: 4 skins of 
muskrat, Ondatra rivalicia, from Bi- 
loxi (56527). 

Lewis, WALTER P., Phillipsburg, N. J.: 
An abrading stone (557138) ; hammer 
or rubbing-stone from an ancient vil- 
lage site at Phillipsburg (55819). 


LIDDELL, WILLIAM, AND Co., New York 
City: Glazed box showing series of 
flax products, 2 2-yard lengths of 
cream damask tablecloth linen, 2 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


LIDDELL, WILLIAM, AND Co.—Contd. 
bleached damask tablecloths, colored 
damask tablecloth and a 1l-yard 
length of plain grass-bleached linen 
(56946). 


LIEGE, BELGIUM, UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE: 
Casts of the skeletal remains of the 
Spy man (55868: exchange). 


Litty, Ei, anp Co., Indianapolis, 
Ind.: Specimen of Brosimum alicas- 
trum from Mexico (56263). 


LINDINGER, Miss ANTONIE, Philadél- 
phia, Pa.: Ancient German coin 
scales and weights (56796: pur- 
chase). 


LINDLEY, Miss D. M., Louisville, Ky.: 
Small piece of okouma. wood or 
Gaboon mahogany, Aucoumea klein- 
iana, belonging to the family Bur- 
seraceae (56302). 


Linton, Dr. Epwin, Washington and 
Jefferson College, Washington, Pa.: 
A limestone pebble, ‘‘ pseudo-antiq- 
uity ” (56202). 


LuoyD, E. E., PAPER CoMPANY, Chicago, 
Ill.: 40 examples of rubber offset 
printing on the donors’ “artist off- 
set paper” and “offset bristol” 
(55973). 


Luoyp, E. Russert, U. 8S. Geological 
Survey, Washington, D. C.: Speci- 
mens of fresh-water shells from 
Cannonball River, Morton County, 
N. Dak. (56156). 


Lockwoop, Homer N. (through Mr. 
Thomas W. Lockwood, jr., and the 
American Security and Trust Com- 
pany, Washington, D. C., executors) : 
152 walking canes, marble model of 
Taj Mahal, and a mahogany cabinet 
of curios consisting of unmounted 
gems, carvings, enamels, lacquers, 
pottery, bronzes, inlaid work, em- 
broidery, scarabs, etc. (56368: be- 
quest). 


LONDON, ENGLAND, BriTIsH MusrUM 
(NATURAL HisTory): 150 grasses 
from South America (55810: ex- 
change). 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


Lone, The Misses, Washington, D. C.: 
8 specimens of laces and embroider- 
ies (55872) ; 65 articles mainly worn 
and used in the “sixties” (56711). 
Loan. 


Lowe, H. N., Long Beach, Cal.: Crab, 
Galathea californiensis (56562); 8 
marine shells from Alaska and 30 
land shells from California and 
Lower California (56567) ; 4 speci- 
mens of crab, Randallia ornata 
(56713: exchange). 

Luptow, Dr. CLARA SOUTHMAYD, 
Washington, D. C.: Daguerreotype 
of Ann Mary Hunt Ludlow (the 
donor’s mother), taken about 1848, 
daguerreotype of Ada Schenck Hunt, 
taken about 1840, and a silver spoon 
of 1850—additions to “The Sut- 
phen-Schenck-Hunt Memorial Col- 
lection” (55659; 55816); insects 
from the Philippine Islands (56622). 

LUNELL, Dr. J., Leeds, N. Dak.: 8 
plants from North Dakota (55987). 

LyMAN, V. A., Necaxa, Puebla, Mex- 
ico: Specimen of tailed whip-scor- 
pion, Mastigoproctus giganteus, and 
a millipede (55862). 


Lynam, Rey. JosepuH P., S. J., Stann 
Creek, British Honduras: 12 bats 
and a beetle, 4 specimens of starfish, 
Oreaster reticulatus, a snake, Con- 
iophanes imperialis, head of a Tom- 
agof snake, Bothrops atrox, several 
screw worms and 15 ferns, collected 
in British Honduras (55772; 55925; 
56137; 56285). 


Lyon Cypress LUMBER CoMPANY, Gary- 
ville, La.: 2 specimens of best grade 
mottled cypress lumber (57065: pur- 
chase). 

Lyon, Dr. M. W., jr., Washington, 
D. C.: Nest and 3 eggs of Carolina 
wren, ‘Thryothorus  ludovicianus, 
from Great Falls, Va. (56965). 

McApory, Mrs. BE. L., San Francisco, 
Cal.: 2 cut glass candle globes 
(55746 : loan). 

McAtTrr, W. L., U. 8. Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D. C.: 62 
specimens of reared Hymenoptera 


HOT 


McAtrEr, W. L.—Continued. 
from Plummer’s Island, Md., and vi- 
cinity (56493). 

MAcBETH-EVANS GLASS CoMPANY, 
Charleroi, Pa.: Blown glass series 
comprising a tank furnace, pot fur- 
nace, glass worker’s tools, and crude, 
intermediate and finished products 
of the art (57045) ; glory-hole model 
and pot arch model (57114). 

McCatutrz, Prof. S. W., State geologist, 
Atlanta, Ga.: 14 specimens of Gon- 
iatites from the Subcarboniferous 
shales of Floyd County, Ga. (56147) ; 
Tertiary limestone containing about 
200 specimens of bryozoans (56215). 

McCLELLAND, Mrs. HE. L., Washington, 
D. C.: Collection of shawls, laces, 
jewelry, etc., embracing 39 speci- 
mens (56845: loan). 

McDermorr, F. ALex., University of 
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Beetle, 
Gibbium psyllodes (55995). 

McEtroy, Mrs. Joun E., Albany, N. Y. 
(through Mrs. Julian James) : Cam- 
el’s-hair shawl (57100: loan). 

McGrHeEr, LEE, Mason, Tex.: Large 
topaz crystal from Texas (56888: 
purchase). 

McItuenny, E. A., Avery Island, La. 
(through Bureau of Fisheries): 2 
specimens of Rangia flexuosa, dug 
from a canal in a marsh bordering 
on Vermilion Bay, La. (56875). 

MACKENSEN, Prof. BERNARD, San Anto- 
nio, Tex.: 8 living specimens of Cac- 
taceae from Texas (56140); living 
specimen of Opuntia davisii from 
Texas (56358: exchange); 4 photo- 
graphs of Cactaceae (56949). 

McLain, Miss AtLice C., Adamana, 
Ariz.: Charred fragments of ancient 
textiles from pueblo ruins near Ada- 
mana, and specimens of fossil wood 
and supposed fossil fruit (56439). 


McLane, Mrs. ALLAN, Washington, 
D. C.: 3 bonnets, period of 1850, and 
a fur muff (56999: loan). 

McLEAN, JoHN R., Washington, D. C.: 
Cloth-of-gold dress and a coat 
trimmed with jewels, worn by the 


192 


McLEAN, JoHN R.—Continued. 
late Mrs. John R. McLean (56791: 
loan). 


McLEgES, FRANK, AND BROTHERS, New 
York City: 51 examples of cerotype 
printing and 4 of ceroplate printing 
(56391). 

McMAnHON MuseuM. (See under Quet- 
ta, Baluchistan, India.) 

MacManus, GeErRALtD O’C., Corpus 
Christi, Tex.: Gold medal of Napo- 
leon I, commemorating the birth of 
the “King of Rome” in 1811 
(55918). 

McNEAL, J. G., Sebring, Fla.: Tailed 
whip-scorpion, Thelyphonus gigan- 
tews, and ‘* worm lizard,’ Rhineura 
floridana. from Florida (557938; 
56516). 

McNEILL, L. H., Mobile, Ala.: Fern 
from Alabama (55692). 

MAcouN, JoHN, Sidney, British Colum- 
bia: 203 specimens of cryptogams 
from Canada (57027: purchase). 

MAINE FELDSPAR COMPANY, Brunswick, 
Me.: 3 large specimens of pegmatite 
and about 100 hand specimens of 
feldspar, from the quarries at Tops- 
ham, Me. (55893). 

MANILA, BUREAU OF EDUCATION. 
under Philippine Islands, 
ment of the.) 


(See 
Govern- 


MANILA, BUREAU oF SCIENCE. (See un- 
der Philippine Islands, Government 
of the.) 

MANILA, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIP- 
PINES. (See under Philippine Is- 
lands, Government of the.) 

Makrett, R. R., Exeter College, Oxford, 
England: Flint implements and shop 
refuse of flint work, from two paleo- 
lithic caves in Jersey (56924). 

MARINE BIoLocGiIcaL LABORATORY, Woods 
Hole, Mass.: 12 specimens repre- 
senting 9 species of invertebrates 
(55722: purchase) ; crabs, Hyas and 
Lithodes, from off the shore at Glou- 
cester, Mass. (56272); shrimp, 
Glypturus acanthochirus, and some 
mollusks (56574) ; 27 specimens rep- 
resenting 13 species of crustaceans 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


Marine BroLogrcaAL LABoRATORY—Con. 
and actinians, chiefly from Jamaica, 
20 fishes from Jamaica and 2 from 
Gloucester, and 4 species of mol- 
lusks from Florida (56769: ex- 
change). 

Marks, J. N., Kingsland, Ark.: A 
drilled stone tablet or “ gorget” 
from Tennessee (55940), 

Marsu, G. E., Georgetown, Colo.: 
Plant, Aquilegia saximontana, from 
Colorado (55763). 

MARSHALL, ERNEST B., Laurel, Md.: 
Mole, Scalopus aquaticus, pileated 
woodpecker, Phlaotomus pileatus, 3 
specimens of towhee, Pipilo ery- 
throphthalmus, 2 specimens’ of 
Cooper's hawk, Accipiter cooperi, 
and common weasel, Mustela nove- 
boracensis, from Maryland (56014; 
56055 ; 56831; 56682; 56884; 57092) ; 
skull of an otter, Lutra canadensis, 
and of a muskrat, Ondatra zibethica 
macrodon, from North Carolina 
(56455). 3 

MARSHALL, Grorce, U. 8S. National Mu- 
seum: Skull of Hquus caballus 
(55917) ; fox squirrel, Sciurus niger 
neglectus, pine mouse, Pitymys pine- 
torum, American coot, Fulica ameri- 
cand, and white-breasted nuthatch, 
Sitta carolinensis, from Maryland 
(56186 ; 56825; 56329). 

MarsHatt, H. B., Halifax, N. C.: 


Swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus, from 
Halifax (56086). 
MarTIN, Dr. Henri, Paris, France: 


Collection of paleolithic relics from 
La Quina (Charente), France, re- 
ceived through Dr. Charles Peabody, 
Cambridge, Mass. (55671); cast of 
the La Quina skull (55712: ex- 
change). 

Marvin, W. E., Yuma, Ariz.: Speci- 
men of Asclepias from Arizona 
(56064). 


Mason, J. N., Lometa, Tex.: Specimen 
of celestite (56978). 


Mason Vattey Mines Company, Ma- 
son, Ney. (through Mr. Victor C. 
Heikes, Salt Lake City, Utah): A 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


Mason VALLEY MINES CoMPpANY—Con. 
specimen of copper ore from Mason 
Valley mine, Yerington District, 
Lyon County, Nev. (56785). 


MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL EXPERI- 
MENT SratTion, Amherst, Mass.: 
Specimen of a geometrid, Therina 
pellucidaria, and 2 specimens of the 
spruce bud worm, Tortrix fumife- 
rana (55818). 


Matures, K. B., Batavia, N. Y.: 22 
specimens of Cretaceous fossils 
(56619 : exchange). 


MATHIESON ALKALI WoRrKS, Saltville, 
Va. (through Dr. O. P. Hay, Wash- 
ington, D. C.): Specimens of Ele- 
phas, Mastodon and Bison (56915). 


MatisecKa, Prof. J., Prague, Bohemia 
(through Dr. AleS Hrdlicka): 10 
recent skulls from Mélnik, Bohemia ; 
and 6 skeletons, with 2 additional 
skulls (10th to 11th century, A. D.), 
from Rousovice, near MéInik (55888 : 
collected for the Museum). 


MatTtTrHews, Mrs. CAROLINE, Washing- 
ton, D. C.: 19 Navaho blankets and 
3 models of blanket frames, collected 
by the late Dr. Washington Mat- 
thews between the years 1880 and 
1884; 6 miscellaneous Indian speci- 
mens (57003: loan). 


Maxon, WILLIAM R., U. S. National 
Museum: 400 ferns from North 
America (55964). 

Mearns, Lieut. Col. Epcar A., U. S. 
Army (retired), U. S. National Mu- 
seum: Salamanders from Virginia 
and the District of Columbia 
(55968; 56074; 56172; 56212; 
56768) ; marine, land and fresh-wa- 
ter shells, skin of bob-white, Colinus 
virginianus, and skull of Anas rub- 
ripes, from Virginia (56100; 56155; 
56176) ; water-worn pebble (pseudo- 
antiquity), from the District of Co- 
lumbia (56300) ; 1577 skins, 48 skel- 
etons and 780 eggs of birds, shells, 
plants, insects, skin and skull of a 
mammal, and a few geological speci- 
mens, from New York, Minnesota, 
Arizona, Europe and Asia (56311). 


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193 


Mearns, Mrs. Enaar A., Washington, 
D. C.: Collection of plants and 150 
bird skins, from New York, Arizona 
and Minnesota (563814). 

MeticHar, Dr. L., Briinn, Austria: 
33 named Homoptera (56497: ex- 
change). 

MELL, C. D., Forest Service, Washing- 
ton, D. C.: 7 plants from British 
Guiana and Trinidad (56827). 

MERRIAM, Dr. C. Hart, Washington, 
D. C.: Specimens of Amnicola from 
an ant hill in an old lake bed in 
Skull Valley, Utah (56040). 

METCALF, WILLIAM, Mystic, Iowa: 3 
fossil shells, cast of a plant stem, 
and a specimen of Hdestus crenu- 
latus (56579). 


MICHELSON, Dr. TRUMAN, Bureau of 
American Ethnology: 8 ethnological 
specimens from the Fox Indians 
(55858 : purchase). 


MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF, MUSEUM OF 
Zootocy, Ann Arbor, Mich. (through 
Dr. Alexander G. Ruthven, direc- 
tor): Lizard, Basiliscus, from Santa 
Marta Mountains, Colombia, South 
America (56194); batrachian, para- 
type of a new species, from Colom- 
bia (56832). 


MIGKA, FRANK, U. S. National Mu- 
seum: Skeleton of an adolescent fe- 
male Sioux Indian, excavated at 
Fort Yates, N. Dak. (55956). 


MiceL, M. C., & Company, New York 
City: 8 sample cuts of printed pussy 
willow taffeta, first examples of “Ad 
Hoc” printing in the United States 
(57026). 


MILLER, GERRIT S., jr., U. S. National 
Museum: Skull of Microtus pennsyl- 
vanicus, specimen of shrew, Crypto- 
tis parva, and of Cooper’s hawk, 
Accipiter cooperi, and a_ crayfish, 
from Virginia (55854; 56122; 56185; 
56737); 2 turtles from Mississippi 
(56517). 


Mitier, Dr. Huco H., Bureau of Edu- 
eation, Manila, P. I.: Mandayan 
skirt cloth (56912: purchase). 


194 


Mitier, J. F. D., Macon, Ga.: Pocket- 
gopher, Geomys, from Mitchell 
County, Ga. (56203). 


Mints Novetty Company, Chicago, Ill. : 
Violano-Virtuoso (home style, model 
of 1914) and 6 music rolls (56968). 


MILLWARD, RUSSELL HASTINGS, Belize, 
British Honduras: About 5,300 speci- 
mens of small marine shells from 
Isla de Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yu- 
ecatan, Mexico (56216). 


MIssouRI BOTANICAL GARDEN, St. Louis, 
Mo.: 1 specimen and 5 photographs 
of Opuntia (56101); 1,075 plants 
from the herbarium of Henry Eg- 
gert (56271). Exchange. 


MITCHELL, Miss Erra BELLE, Chana, 
Ill.: 6 white shell arrowpoints found 
in Pine Rock Township, Ogle Coun- 
ty, Dl. (56076). 


MITCHELL, Hon. J. D., Victoria, Tex.: 
990 specimens of Bulimulus and 
Glandina, from 43 localities in Tex- 
as (56190); 20 earthworms from 
Guadalupe River bottom, Victoria 
County, Tex. (56806). 


MITCHELL, J. W., East Falls Church, 
Va.: Snake, Diadophis punctatus, 
from Fairfax County, Va. (55904). 


MITCHELL, Mason, American consul, 
Apia, Samoa: Dried specimen of pec- 
toral rail, Hypotenidia philippensis 
subspecies, and a bird egg, from 
Samoa (55820); 5 bird skins from 
Samoa and the Ellis Islands (56469). 

Mirsv BisH1 CoMPAny, Tokyo, Japan: 
Model of the Takashima coal field, 
received at the close of the Louisi- 


ana Purehase lHxposition, 1904 
(57124). 
Mitsur & Co., Limirep, New York 


City: Book (5 pounds) of the best 
grade of raw Japanese silk (56644). 


MirzMAIN, M. B., Washington, D. C.: 
25 insects (56770). 


Moat, MomMonot AND CoMPANY, New 
York City: 11 samples of Japanese 
printed cotton toweling and napery 
(57005). 


| Moorr, Dr. Ritey D., U. 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


MOHEGAN GRANITE, COMPANY, New 
York City: A slab of dark Mohegan 
granite; and 2 5-inch cubes, one each 
of light and dark Mohegan granite 
(56144). 


MONNET, PAUL, French consulate, San 
Francisco, Cal.: 62 plants from Cali- 
fornia and Nevada (56633:  ex- 
change) ; 6 living specimens of Cac- 
taceae from Arizona (57136). 


Montacupr, P. D., Gonville & Caius Col- 
lege, Cambridge, England (through 
Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner) : 28 crus- 
taceans from the Monte Bello Is- 
lands, Australia (56509: exchange). 

Moopy, Dr. Price, Bartlett, Ohio: 


Specimen of 2-headed snake, Coluber, 
from Ohio (55792). 


Moore, BENSON B., Washington, D. C.: 
8 paintings in oil—Interior, attrib- 
uted to Adrian yon Ostade, Interior, 


by L. Fissette, and “Might is 
Right,” by Z. Noterman (56795: 
loan). 


Moorg, CLARENCE B., Philadelphia, Pa. : 
2 masses of galena containing a de- 
posit of lead carbonate which was 
used by the aborigines for paint, ob- 
tained from a mound near Boyd’s 
Landing, Hardin County, Tenn. 
(56604); 5 skeletons and 2 skulls, 
from along the Tennessee River 
(56843). 


S. National 
Museum: 19 bird skins and 48 eggs, 
from St. Matthews Island, Bering 
Sea (55897) ; 681 ethnological speci- 
mens from Alaska (55962). Pur- 
chase. 

Morcan, Hon. Epwarp M., Postmaster, 
New York City (through Hon. 
Frank H. Hitchcock) : A silver eup— 
the first article sent by parcel post 
in the United States (55726). 


Mosier, CHARLES A., Little River, Fla.: 
70 Diptera, mainly from Florida, 
and 19 Hymenoptera (56505 ; 
56540) ; 17 Hymenoptera parasites 
from Buena Vista, Fla., bred from 
katydid eggs (56716). 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


MUNDER, NoRMAN T. A., AND Co., Bal- 
timore, Md.: 14 photomechanical re- 
lief prints (561382). 

MUNICH, GERMANY, ZOOLOGISCHE SAM- 
MLUNG UND ZOOLOGISCHES INSTITUT: 
22 recent Japanese crinoids (57049: 
exchange). 


Munror, Miss HELEN, Smithsonian 
Institution: An example of photome- 
chanical intaglio printing—night 
scene, after a drawing (56138). 

MurpHy, THomas, U. S. National 
Museum: Stone ball (pseudo-antiq- 
uity), found by the donor in a clay 
bank, Washington, D. C. (56301). 

Murray, CHARLES, Washington, D. C.: 
Tortoise (56048), 

Musro NACIONAL. 
José, Costa Rica.) 


(See under San 


MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 
(See under Cambridge, Mass.) 

MUSEUM, GEOLOGISCHES INSTITUT DER 
UNIVERSITAT BRESLAU. (See under 
Breslau, Germany.) 

Mus&£uM D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE. 
under Paris, France.) 


(See 


MUSEUM OF VERTEBRATE ZooLoGy, UNI- 
VERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. (See under 
California, University of.) 

MusEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE. (See 
under Leipzig, Germany.) 

MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF 
MicuicgaAn. (See under Michigan, 
University of.) 


Myers, P. R., U. S. National Museum: 
32 insects (55652). 

Napay & FLEISCHER, New York City: 
5 2-yard lengths of linens (56980). 
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Wash- 
ington, D. C. (through Dr. Whitman 
Cross, treasurer) : Bronze replica of 
the James Craig Watson medal, 
awarded to Sir David Gill for re- 
searches in astronomy, 1900; bronze 
replica of the Alexander Agassiz 
medal, awarded to scientific men in 
any part of the world for original 
contributions to the science of ocern- 
ography ; bronze replica of the Henry 
Draper medal, awarded to Henri 


195 


NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ScIENCES—Con. 
Deslandres for discoveries in astro- 
nomical physics (56201: deposit). 


NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PORTRAIT 
PAINTERS (through Mr. Harl Stetson 
Crawford, secretary, New York 
City) : 25 paintings in oil, embody- 
ing examples by John W. Alexander, 
Cecilia Beaux, Frank W. Benson, 
Adolphe Borie, William M. Chase, 
Brenetta Herrman Crawford, Earl 
Stetson Crawford, Howard Gardiner 
Cushing, Lydia Field Emmet, Charles 
Dana Gibson, Victor D. Hecht, Rob- 
ert Henri, Henry Salem Hubbell, 
John C. Johansen, DeWitt M. Lock- 
man, George Luks, Ellen Emmet 
Rand, S. Montgomery Roosevelt, 
William T. Smedley and Irving R. 
Wiles (56694: loan for special exhi- 
bition). 


NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, 
Dayton, Ohio: 6 examples of news- 
papers printed on the Merten’s rapid 
rotary intaglio press (55999); 5 
specimens of rapid rotary intaglio, 
consisting of 38 miniature copies of 
The National Cash Register Weekly 
and 2 copies of insert for The Arts 
and Crafts Magazine (56344). 


NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL 
DAMES OF AMERICA, Washington, 
D. C.: Wedding certificate of Jona- 
than Copeland and Mary Nicholas, 
November 38, 1756, and silver table- 
spoon, wedding gift to Lydia Allen, 
April 22, 1773, lent to the Society 
by Mrs. Silas Casey; and 2 silver 
spoons, lent to the Society by Miss 
Sophie Pearce Casey (56718) ; min- 
iature of Catherine, Duchess of Gor- 
don, lent to the Society by Miss Julie 
G. McAllister; piece of brocade from 
the wedding gown worn by Margaret 
Colton of Springfield, Mass., on her 
marriage to Joseph Frost of New- 
castle, N. H., October 20, 1744, lent 
to the Society by her great-great- 
granddaughter, Mrs. Clarence Win- 
throp Bowen (56729) ; 42 relics from 
the Colonial Dames of Massachusetts 
(56794) ; saucer, part of a set pre- 


196 


NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL 
DAMES oF AMERICA—Continued. 
sented by the State of Virginia to 
Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, plate 
which belonged to Chief Justice 
Marshall, and a pitcher which be- 
longed to James Craik, surgeon in 
Braddock’s Army, lent to the Society 
by Miss Rose M. MacDonald (56802) ; 
portrait (painted on ivory) of the 
Right Rev. Bishop White, first bishop 
of Pennsylvania, lent to the Society 
by Mrs. C. Albert Hill; silver strainer 
of 1768, lent to the Society by Mrs. 
Ernest H. Pringle; knife, fork, 2 sil- 
ver bottle corks, 2 silver bottle labels 
and a silver mug, lent to the Society 
by Mrs. Maurice Augustus Moore 
(56897) ; 4 historical documents is- 
sued in Massachusetts during the 
colonial period, and dated, respec- 
tively, 1738, 1744, 1764 and 1771, lent 
to the Society by Miss Elizabeth Per- 
kins (57081). Loan. 

NATURHISTORISKA RIKSMUSEUM, Bo- 
TANISKA AFDELNING. (See under 
Stockholm, Sweden.) 

NELSON, Prof. AVEN, Laramie, Wyo.: 2 
living specimens of Cactaceae from 
Wyoming (56872; 56980). 

NELSON, N. C., Imperial, Cal.: Moth, 
A:pantesis proxima (56114). 

NEVADA, UNIVERSITY oF, Reno, Nev. 
(through Prof. P. B. Kennedy): 3 
living specimens of Opuntia pul- 
chella and 18 specimens of Chenopo- 
diaceae, from Nevada (56184 ; 
56224). Exchange. 

New York BOTANICAL GARDEN, Bronx 
Park, New York City: 40 living 
specimens and 65 herbarium speci- 
mens of Cactaceae, chiefly from the 
West Indies; also 9 photographs of 
Cactaceae (55650; 556938; 55800; 
563807 ; 56440; 56665; 56734; 56824; 
56873) ; 1,180 plants from the Virgin 
Islands and Curacao (55880) ; 1,669 
miscellaneous plants chiefly from the 
West Indies (55693; 55945; 56363; 
56486; 56658; 56775; 56873); 562 
plants, chiefly from Africa, from the 
Otto Kuntze Herbarium (56050). 
Hxchange, 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


NicHoLas, Dr, Francis C., New York 
City: 14 specimens of ore from the 
Copete Mine, near Carbo, Sonora, 
Mexico, illustrating the development 
of iron ores from pyrite (56113). 


NIELSEN, Dr. T. C., Copenhagen, Den- 
mark (through Dr. Adam _ Giede 
Boving): Specimens of Agromyza 
carbonaria and their work (563830). 


NIGHTINGALE, Rey. RoBErT C., Beecham- 
well Rectory, Swaffham, England: A 
pierced brass kitchen spoon which 
was in use between the years 1760-— 
1800 (56521). 


NISBET, W. W., St. Louis, Mo.: 2 
bronze medals, sent from France to 
be sold as souvenirs at the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904 
(56906), 


Nor, WILLIAM, Langdon, D. CG: 
Specimen of young cardinal, Cardi- 
nalis cardinalis, with four legs 
(56864). 


Norris, J. PARKER, jr., Philadelphia, 
Pa.: Egg of Lagopus rupestris rein- 
hardi from Labrador (56817). 


OvpRoyD, Mrs. T. 8., Long Beach, Cal. : 
About 500 specimens of land and 
marine shells from California 
(56811). 


OLMSTED, Miss HELEN A., U. S. Na- 
tional Museum: Specimen of yellow- 
bellied woodpecker, Sphyrapicus 
varius (55985); 4 recent United 
States coins (56480). 

OrRcuTT, CHARLES R., National City, 
Cal.: Invertebrates and shells from 
various localities, chiefly on the 
western coast of Mexico (55989; 
56018). 


OrPEN, Mrs. ADELA E., Enniscorthy, 
Ireland: 51 flower studies in water 
color, painted by the late Miss Ade- 
lia Gates (56710). 


Oscoop, Miss Susan E., Salem, Mass. 
(through Miss L. L. Lander): 
Dress, kid slippers, fan and pearl 
beads, which were worn by Mrs. Abi- 
gail Adams, wife of President John 
Adams (1797-1801) (57082). 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


Over, C. M., Goodsprings, Nev. : A sam- 
ple of cuprodescloizite (55911). 


OVERMAN, C. I., U. S. Naval Hospital, 
Las Animas, Colo.: 2 butterflies 
(56491). 

OwEN, Maj. W. O., U. S. Army (re- 
tired), Washington, D. C.: 4 speci- 
mens of Unio complanatus from a 
small creek emptying into the Poto- 
mac River near Lock No. 7, a short 
distance from Cabin John (56078). 

Paciric GemM Company, Los Angeles, 
Cal.: 6 specimens of labradorite, 
“goldstone,’ 3 diamond cut and 3 
cabochon cut (56536: purchase) ; 
samples of labradorite, “ goldstone,” 
uneut (56605). 


Paciric Miris, Lawrence, Mass. 
(through Lawrence and Company, 
Boston, Mass.) : Samples of woolen 
goods (55777). 

PALERMO, ITALY, RoyYyAL BOTANICAL 
GARDEN: Living specimen of Borzi- 
cactus (57134: exchange). 

PALMER, WILLIAM, U. S. National Mu- 
seum: 9 specimens of fishes, includ- 
ing 2 each of Micropogon undulatus, 
Opsanus tau, Orthopristis chrysop- 
terus and Spheroides maculatus aud 
1 specimen of Menticirrhus sacatilis, 
all from Chesapeake Bay (55832; 
56454); red bat, Nycteris borealis, 
and 2 opossums, Didelphis virgini- 
ana (56334) ; 28 birds from Virginia, 
District of Columbia and the vicin- 
ity of Washington (56355; 56920; 
57009) ; portions of skulls, jaws and 
vertebree of cetaceans from the Mio- 
cene marls near Chesapeake Beach, 
Md. (56835). 

PARIS, FRANCE, Mus£UM D’HISTOIRE 
NATURELLE (through Prof. H. Le- 
comte, directeur de l’Herbier et Lab- 
oratoire Botanique): 1,110 plants 
and 387 copies of plant drawings 
(56675 : exchange). 


ParisH, S. B., San Bernardino, Cal.: 
1 herbarium specimen each of Sher- 
ardia arvensis and Atriplex salton- 
ensis and 3 living specimens of 
Stylophyllum, from California 
(55787; 55939; 56732); 31 living 


197 


ParisH, S. B.—Continued. 
specimens of succulent plants, con- 
sisting of 19 Cactaceae, 11 Crassu- 
laceae and 1 Agave, from California 
and Coronados Island, Mexico 
(561238 ; 56262; 56787). 


PARKER, R. N., Forest Research Insti- 
tute, Dehra Dun, United Provinces, 
India: Living specimen of Opuntia 
(56786). 


PARKHILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
Fitchburg, Mass.: 85 24-yard lengths 
of Toile du Nord gingham (56887). 


Parrott, P. J.. New York Agricultural 
Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y.: 
2 specimens of Occanthus pini and 
specimens of pitch pine showing egg 
punctures, in exchange; and 8 speci- 
mens of Oecanthus as a gift (56484). 


PASSENO, PANAY, jr., Washington, 
D. C.: Herring gull, Larus argen- 
tatus, in immature plumage, from 
the District of Columbia (56597). 


PATCHING, FRED, Revillagigedo Island, 
Alaska (through Bureau of Fish- 
eries): Specimen of salamander, 


Diemictylus torosus from Alaska 
(56618). 
Payn, Extas J., Olympia, Wash.: 


Specimen of Pecten caurinus with 
large barnacles (56223) ; 5 specimens 
of Panope generosa from Olympia; 
shells of Saxidomus and Ostrea 
(57042). 


PEABODY MUSEUM oF NATURAL HIs- 
TORY, YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, 
Conn.: A cast of the sacral cavity 
of Stegosaurus (56495: exchange) ; 
150 type specimens of Silurian bryo- 
zoans and ostracods from the island 
of Anticosti (56765). 


PEARSON, JOHN. 
Brown.) 


PeARy, Rear Admiral Roperr E., U. S. 
Navy (retired), Washington, D. C.: 
4 gold medals presented to Rear 
Admiral Peary during his recent 
European trip, in recognition of his 
Arctic explorations and his discovery 
of the North Pole (56370: loan). 


(See under Charles 


198 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


PetcRAM & Meyer, Paterson, N. J.: 4 | Pirrrer, Prof. H.—Continued. 


2-yard lengths of “ ratine bayadere ” 
ribbon (56929). 

PENA, Madame CARLOS MARIA DE, Uru- 
guayan Legation, Washington, D. C.: 
6 fans (56522: loan). 

PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF, DE- 
PARTMENT OF BoTANy, Philadelphia, 
Pa.: 104 specimens of Scrophularia- 
ceae collected in the southeastern 
part of the United States by Mr. 
i, W. Pennell (55753: exchange). 

PeRTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WESTERN 
AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM AND ART GAL- 
LERY: 16 specimens of recent cri- 
noids collected by the Australian fish- 
eries investigating steamer Hn- 
deavour (56958). 

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, GOVERNMENT OF 
THE, Manila, P, I.: 

Eeecutive Bureau: 12 postage 
stamps of the Philippine Islands, 
consisting of new color on old water- 
mark paper, 26 centavos; and on 
new watermark paper, 2, 6, 8, 10, 
12, 16, 20, 26, 30 centavos, and 1 
and 2 pesos—received through the 
Bureau of Insular Affairs, War De- 
partment (56715). 

Bureau of Education: Specimens 
of 5 grades of knotted abaca and 
implements for spinning and reeling 
cotton and abaca—received through 
the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War 
Department (57074: exchange). 

Bureau of Science: 481 plants, 
chiefly eryptogams, from the Philip- 
pine Islands (56049); 953 plants 
chiefly from Guam and Indo-China 
(56488). Exchange. 

University of the Philippines: Mis- 
cellaneous invertebrates, including 
mollusks (56397: exchange). 

PHiLuies, Ray, Broadwater, Va.: A 
fossil crab (56876: purchase). 

Pierce, Henry HaAveLock, Boston, 
Mass. (through Mr. George W. Har- 
ris, Washington, D. C.): Photo- 
graphic portrait of a man (56590). 

Pirrier, Prof. H., Bureau of Plant In- 
dustry, Washington, D. ©.: 875 
plants, including living specimens of 


Cactaceae; 4 bats, about 20 insects, 
1 crab and 2 snakes, all from Vene- 
zuela (55780; 55784; 55806; 55875; 
55963) ; 31 plants, including 12 from 
the Vargas Herbarium and 16 from 


the Ernst Herbarium, Caracas 
(55970); fruit head of ivory nut 
palm, Phytelephas, from Panama 


(56830: collected for the Museum) ; 
20 living specimens of Cactaceae, 
Hylocereus sp., and 2 bats, Micronyc- 
teris, from Panama (56892; 56960). 
PITTSBURGH CoAL ComPaNy, Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.: Coal mine model, re- 
ceived at the close of the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition, 1904 (56153). 


PLIMPTON, R. S., Salida, Colo.: 5 liv- 
ing specimens of Opuntia and Echi- 
nocereus from Chaffee County, Colo. 
(55695.). 

PoneMAH Mutts, Taftville, Conn. 
(through Clarence Whitman & Co., 
Ine., New York City): 5 specimens 
of cotton and silk and cotton créps 
dress goods (57137). 

Porter, T. J., & Sons, Philadelphia, 
Pa.: A series of small specimens of 
raw flax and linen yarns, and 13 
samples of fine English spun cotton 
yarn wound on small cones (56526). 

PorRTLAND Society OF NATURAL HIs- 
tory, Portland, Me.: 7 specimens of 
Solemya borealis from 20 feet of 
water in Portland Harbor (56451). 


Post Orrick DEPARTMENT: 28 sets of 
specimen stamps, ete., 10 of which 
are in triplicate and 6 in duplicate 
(approximately 8,529 specimens), 
received from the International Bu- 
reau of the Universal Postal Union, 
Berne, Switzerland (55665; 55733; 
55815: 55885; 55920; 56019; 56098; 
56241: 56303; 56463; 56502; 56533; 
56612: 56712; 56793; 56841; 56964) ; 
223 United States postage stamps, 
consisting of 5 postal savings official, 
12 parcel-post, 5 parcel-post due and 
1 Panama-Pacifie commemorative, 
completing the postal savings, par- 
eel-post, and Panama-Pacific series 
(56097); a complete specimen set 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


Post OrfricE DEPARTMENT—Continued. 
(27) of the new postage and postage 
due stamps issued by the Chinese 
Postal Administration to replace the 
former surcharged issues (56200) ; 
237 specimens, consisting of 3 copies 
each of various denominations of 
current United States postage 
stamps, postage due stamps, stamped 
envelopes and newspaper wrappers 
(56651 ; 57085). 


Prapo, ERNESTO NUNEZ DEL, La Paz, 
Bolivia (through Dr. Albert Hale, 
Washington, D. C.): Golden-headed 
train-bearer, Pharomachrus auriceps, 
a bird of the trogon family, from 
Bolivia (56595); a sample of medi- 
cine and a bird (57014). 


Prescorr & WAYWELL, Paterson, N. J.: 
6 mounted photographs showing 
preparation of warps for silk loom 
(56316). 


PROKES, JAMES, Bridgeport, Ohio: A 
specimen of concretionary marcasite 
(55892). 


Pucstry, Epwin, New Haven, Conn.: 


Fogerty breech-loading, magazine 
rifle (56859). 
QUEENSLAND MusrtuM. (See under 


Brisbane, Queensland.) 

QueHL, Dr. L., Halle (Saale), Ger- 
many: 10 living specimens of Cac- 
taceae (55667 ; 56647). Exchange. 


QUETTA, BALUCHISTAN, INDIA, McMa- 
HON Museum (through Hon. Henry 
D. Baker, American consul) : 5 speci- 
mens of minerals and ores from 
Baluchistan (560384). 


Reacan, A. B., Nett Lake, Minn.: 
Fresh-water shells, representing 3 
species, from Nett Lake (55770). 


Reese, Prof. ALBERT M., West Virginia 
University, Morgantown, W. Va.: 
Mammals, reptiles, fishes, insects, 
mollusks and other invertebrates, 
from the Philippine Islands (56023) ; 
60 small mammals in alcohol and a 
eollection of reptiles, from Luzon, 
P. I. (56508). Collected for the Mu- 
seum. 


199 


Rem, Mrs. Bruce, Port Arthur, Tex. 
(through Bureau of Biological Sur- 
vey, Washington, D. C.): 5 eggs and 
4 nests of the long-billed marsh 
wren, Yelmatodytes palustris ple- 
sius?, from Texas (55799). 

REMER, WILLIAM A., Deadwood, S. Dak. 
(through Mr. Frank L. Hess, U. S. 
Geological Survey): A specimen of 
autunite (56577). 

REMINGTON ARMS- UNION METALLIC 
CARTRIDGE CoMPANY, Ilion, N. Y.: 2 
sporting rifles (56721). 

RENFREW MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
Adams, Mass.: 10 2-yard lengths of 
damasks, madras, seersuckers, Dey- 
onshire cloth and Jap crépe (56866). 

REYNOLDS, J. CLAYTON, Utica, Ky.: 
Roughed-out blade of diabase found 
near Utica by the donor (56295). 

Rick, ARTHUR P., Mérida, Yucatan, 
Mexico: Ceremonial bell excavated 
at Chichen Itza, Yucatan (55664) ; 
6 photographs, ruin views of the 
cities of Chichen Itza and Uxmal, 
Yucatan; also an interesting shell 
limestone of Tertiary age from near 
Mérida (56781). 

RicHArps, A. G., Albany, Wyo.: Speci- 
mens of allanite and gangue from 
near Albany (55855; 56029). 

RicHARpDSs:. Dr “TL W., .U: 
Washington, D. C.: 2 
from Samoa (56056). 

RmwcEway Mica Company, Pittsburgh, 
Pa.: 6 specimens of mica (56624). 


S. Navy, 
bird skins 


Ripcway, CHARLES L., Boston, Mass.: 
Model of the Ridgway revolving bat- 
tery (56248). 

Ripeway, Rosert, U. 8. National Mu- 
seum: 27 birds and 3 eggs from 
Olney, Ill. (57007). 

Ripeway, Dr. T. E., Washington, D. C.: 
Photograph of a group of engraved 
portraits of early English historical 
personages (56487). 

Ritey, J. H., U. S. National Museum: 
Specimen of Lampsilis radiatus, 7 
squirrels, Sciurus hudsonicus loquax, 
a chipmunk, TJamias striatus stri- 
atus, and 6 birds, including an in- 


200 


Ritry, J. H.—Continued. 
digo bunting, Passerina cyanea, and 
a sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter ve- 
lox, all from Virginia (56105; 56277; 
56290; 56356; 56921) ; 25 bird skins 
(57008). 
Roserts, Dr. H. W., Ottumwa, Iowa: 
Beetle, the “ eyed elater ”’ (57016). 
RoBeRTSON, GEORGE, University of Red- 
lands, Redlands, Cal.: A slab con- 
taining specimens of a fossil brachio- 
pod, Rhynchonella whitneyi?, from 
the Lower Cretaceous, Corona, Cal. 
(55715). 

Ropertson, W. R. B., University of 
Kansas, Lawrence, Kans.: 2. speci- 


mens of Orthoptera representing the | 


species Jamaicana subguttata 


(56093). 


Ropinson, Col. Wirt, U. S. Army, West 
Point, N. Y.: Collection of named 
beetles, mainly from Denmark 
(56816). 


Robinson, Miss W. J., Poughkeepsie, 
N. Y.: Fern, Schizostege lydgatei, 
from Hawaii (55877). 

RocuESTER BuTToN CoMPANY, Roches- 
ter, N. Y¥.: 10 boxes of material 
illustrating the manufacture of but- 
tons from vegetable ivory (56747). 

ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL 
ResEaRcH, New York City: 62 pho- 
tomicrographs showing the use of 
photography in laboratory research 
work at the Rockefeller Institute 
(56211). 


RoepDER, GEORGE M., Swetman, Va.: 100 
specimens, representing 13 species, 
of land shells from Virginia and 
Maryland (56468). 


Rotc, Dr. Mario SANCHEZ, Havana, 
Cuba: 9 crustaceans from Cuba 
(55822) ; 4 specimens of isopods rep- 
resenting 3 species (56108). 

Rose, Dr. J. N., Carnegie Institution 
of Washington, Washington, D. C.: 
Snake from Texas (56107). 


ROSENBERG, W. FF. H., London, Eng- 
land: 15 bird skins from Africa 
(55731: purchase). 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


Ross RIFLE COMPANY, Quebec, Canada: 
Ross magazine sporting rifle, model 
M-10 (56643). 

RoTARY PHOTOGRAVURE COMPANY, INC., 
Passaic, N. J.: 77 examples of ro- 
tary intaglio printing (56686). 

ROTHSCHILD BroTHERS & COMPANY, 
New York City: Series of specimens 
illustrating the manufacture of pearl 
and vegetable ivory buttons (57044). 


ROUSSELET, CHARLES F., London, Eng- 
land: 26 microscopic slides of Roti- 
fera (9th and 10th installments) 
(56257 ; 56925). Purchase. 

ROWELL, JOSEPH C. N., Neppel, Wash.: 
2 fishes—lake chub, Columbia chub, 
or white chub, Rutilus bicolor 
(56654). 


ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, Sibpur. 
under Calcutta, India.) 


(See 


RoyaL BOTANICAL GARDEN, 
Palermo, Italy.) 


(See under 


RoyaL ONTARIO MUSEUM OF MINER- 


ALocy. (See under Toronto, Can- 
ada.) 
RuLLMAN & Wrtson. (See under 


Beaver Dam Marble Co.) 

Runyon, E, G., Washington, D. C.: 
8 leeches from Macomb County, 
Mich. (56006). 

RUSSELL, W. S8., Ventura, Cal. (through 
U. S. Geological Survey) : Specimen 
of massive erystalline colemanite 
from the mine of the Russell Borate 
Mining Company (56249). 

RutuH, Prof. ALBERT, Polytechnic, Tex. : 
91 plants from Texas (55975; 
56183). 


Rutor, Prof. A., Musée Royal d’His- 
toire Naturelle de Belgique, Brus- 
sels, Belgium: 51 originals and 17 
casts of ancient stone implements 
from various parts of Belgium; also 
an original neolithic skull from 
Boussu (Valley of the Haine), Bel- 
gium (55867); 74 stone implements 
from Belgium, consisting of 28 
Chellean, 17 Acheulian and 29 Mous- 
terian specimens (56614). Ex- 
change. 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


Ruxton, Purp, Inc., St. Paul, Minn.: 
56 specimens used in the manufac- 
ture of printing ink} and 12 photo- 
graphs (57095). 


’ SAADI, JoHN H., Allentown, Pa.: 7 
twin crystals of staurolite from 
Henry County, Va. (56857). 

SAALBURG, CHARLES W., New York 
City: 22 specimens of rotary and 
machine - printed photogravures 
(56884); 6 magazines containing 
examples of rapid rotary intaglio 
work: Country Life in America, 
November, 1906; Printing Art, June, 
1908; and The Century Magazine 
for December, 1906, June, Septem- 
ber, and December, 1907 (57080). 


SACHETT, JOSEPH, U. S. Naval Hos- 
pital, Brooklyn, N. Y.: 5 larve of 
Automeris sp, (56602). 


SapTLeR, Dr. SAMUEL P., Philadelphia, 
Pa. (through U. 8S. Geological Sur- 
vey): A erystal of sulphohalite 
(57050). 


St. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, KAISERLICHER 
BoTraANISCHER GARTEN PETER DES 
GROSSEN: 41 plants from Brazil 
(56572) ; 2 specimens of Lycopodium 
(56888). Exchange. 


San José, Costa Rica, Muszo Na- 
cIONAL (through Dr. Anastasio Al- 
faro): Rocks and Pliocene fossils 
from Costa Riea (56808); 8 living 
specimens of Rhipsalis (56868: ex- 
change). 


Santway, Dr. FRepERIcK L., Theresa, 
N. Y.: A minnow, Notropis atheri- 
noides (557388). 


SARGENT, ARTHUR H., Kansas City, 
Mo.: A modern terra cotta oriental 
pipe (56296). 


SARGENT, Prof. C. S., Jamaica Plain, 
Mass.: 1,580 plants collected in 
China by Mr. E. H. Wilson (56305: 
purchase). 


SATTERLEE, Mrs. JANE L., Washington, 
D. C.: Dress worn by Mrs. Satterlee, 
wife of Henry Y. Satterlee, first 
Bishop of Washington (57000: 
loan). 


201 


SavacE ARMS CoMPANY, Utica, N. Y.: 
Magazine sporting rifle (56714). 

ScHLEGEL, Miss MATHILDE, East Au- 
rora, N. Y.: Specimen of wood 
mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, from 
East Aurora (56089). 

SCHLUTER, WILHELM, Halle a. Saale, 
Germany: 18 mammal = specimens 
(55851); skin and skull of Genetta, 
Cricetomys and Cricetus (56242). 
Purchase. 

ScHmMip, Epwarp §8., Washington, D. 
C.: Blue and yellow macaw, Ara 
ararauna, in the flesh; also a skele- 
ton of the same _ species (55683; 
56957) ; parrot, Amazona auropalli- 
ata, and a species of Amazona 
(55884 ; 56289) ; Cuban parrot, Ama- 
zona leucocephala (55896); Tovi 
parakeet, Brotogeris jugularis, Rus- 
sian spermophile, and a white-armed 
cotton-head monkey, Seniocebus me- 
ticulosus (55905); Angora rabbit, 
Oryctolagus (56008) ; red-shouldered 
hawk, Buteo lineatus (56652) ; 
guinea pig, Cavia (57091). 

Scumitt, Mr. (See under C. Biies.) 

ScHROEDL, Gurpo, Baltimore, Md.: 
Carved and painted wooden image 


from Kawieng Island, Bismarck 
Archipelago, and a ceremonial 
carved adz from Hervey Island 


(56909) ; bows, arrows and spears 
from Melanesia (56988). Loan. 


Scutick, Dr. V., Prague, Bohemia: 3 
invertebrate fossils, 2 mammals and 
a snake, from northern Zululand, 
South Africa (563839; 57058); 8 
snakes, 21 entire mammals in for- 
malin, 4 heads of mammals in for- 
malin and 16 skulls of mammals, 
from the Ubombo district, northern 
Zululand (56351). Collected for the 


Museum. 
ScIENCE AND AGRICULTURE DEPART- 
MENT. (See under Georgetown, 


British Guiana.) 

SEAL, WILLIAM P., Delair, N. J.: 12 
eggs of pine snake (55669). 

Sramon Assay CoMPANy, El Paso, 
Tex.: 2 specimens of copper ore 
(56881 : purchase). 


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SEBASTIAN, RIcHARD, U. S. National 
Museum: Abnormal egg of a do- 
mestic fowl (55907); snake from 
Rock Creek, D. C. (57011). 


SENCKENBERGISCHE NATURHISTORISCHES 
Museum. (See under Frankfort 
(on-the-Main), Germany.) 


SETON, Ernest THOMPSON, Greenwich, 
Conn.: 20 small mammals from 
England and 4 from Connecticut 
(567388) ; a Mexican bridle of the 
old-fashioned type, made of finely 
cut and plaited rawhide (56757). 
Exchange. 


Bureau of Ento- 
mology, Washington, D. C.: Ap- 
proximately 1,668 insects, mostly 
Diptera, from Virginia, Maryland 
and the vicinity of Washington 
(56128) ; about 315 bred Diptera, the 
larve of which were chiefly col- 
lected around Washington; 12 vials 
containing fleas and flea larvze, pupze 
and eggs; 70 vials of dipterous 
larve; 35 vials of miscellaneous al- 
coholic material, chiefly from the 
vicinity of Washington (56524). 

SHantz, H. L., U. S. Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D. C.: 
Specimen of Battaria griffithsii from 
Utah (56160). 


SHannon, R. C., 


Suaw, S. ALBERT, Hampton, N. H.: 71 
specimens of Lepidoptera (56603). 
SHELDON, F. B., Byron, Mich.: Speci- 
men of tuckahoe, or Indian bread, 
Pachyma cocos, found three miles 

west of Ashland, Va. (56313). 


SHEPHERD, E. S., Carnegie Institution 
of Washington, Washington, D. C.: 
11 reptiles (56250). 


SHERBORN, CHARLES Davies, London, 
England: 90 engraved and _ etched 
bookplates by C. W. Sherborn, in- 
cluding one of Her Majesty Queen 
Mary of England, and a line cut 
bookplate of Harry Roberts Carson, 
signed A. H. N., 1911 (55656). 


SHERMAN, F'REDERIC FAIRCHILD, New 
York City: Oil painting by Du Bois 
F. Hasbrouck, entitled ‘Autumn 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


| SHERMAN, FREDERIC FArIRCHILD—Con. 


Landscape,” presented in memory of 
Eloise Lee Sherman (55686). 


SHERMAN, P. T., New York City: Dress 
sword, sash, belt, packing case and > 
other articles which belonged to 
Gen. William T. Sherman (56910: 
loan). 


SHERRIN, THOMAS V., Hampton, Eng- 

land: 12 rabbits, Lepus  timidus 
scoticus, from Scotland, and 12 rab- 
bits, LZ. ewropeus occidentalis, from 
England (56617: purchased from the 
Harrison fund). 


Suippy, N. D., Acton, Cal.: 2 speci- 
mens of colemanite from mines of 
the Sterling Borax Company, near 
Lang, Cal. (55946). 


SutrRLAw, Mrs. FLORENCE M., New York 
City: 3 paintings in oil, ‘‘ The Inn, 
Germany,” “Study Head—Madam 
Capri,” “ Bell Foundry, Germany,” 
and a pastel, “ Easter Morning,” by 
Walter Shirlaw; portrait sketch in 
oil of Walter Shirlaw, by Frank 
Duveneck (56116). 


SHOEMAKER, CLARENCE R., U. S. Na- 
tional Museum: About 100 amphi- 
pods andi isopods from Chesapeake 
Beach, Md. (570384). 


SHUFELDT, Dr. R. W., Washington, 


D. C.: Skin and photograph of 
white-armed cotton-head monkey 
Seniocebus meticulosus (56072 ; 


56229); skin and skeleton of a Rus- 
sian spermophile, Citellus  citellus 
(56457) ; nest and 3 eggs of cardinal, 
Cardinalis cardinalis, from Mary- 
land (56478) ; young hoatzins, Opis- 
thocomus cristatus, skeletal material 
in alcohol (56560). 


SuHuurr, B. E., Richardson, Alaska: A 
sample of gold ore from Alaska 
(55776). 


Sippur, INDIA, RoyAL BOTANIC GARDEN. 
(See under Calcutta.) 


Sinvestri, Dr. F., Portici, Italy: 22 
specimens of parasitic Hymenoptera 
representing the species Muscidi- 
furagz raptor (55942). 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


SKINNER, A. H., Demopolis, 
Larva of the imperial moth, Basi- 
lonia imperialis (55778). 


SKINNER, WILLIAM, & Sons, Holyoke, 
Mass.: 38 2-yard lengths of satin 
(56708). 


SLATER, Mrs. Etste McEiroy, El Paso, 
Tex.: 4 photographs of New Mexi- 
can plants (56378). 


SLATER, WILLIAM A., Washington, D. C.: 
19 paintings (56986: loan). 


Smart, J. A., U. S. National Museum: 
Skull of a woodchuck from Fairfax 
County, Va. (55990). 


Smity, Prof. FRANK, University of Illi- 
nois, Urbana, Ill.: 3 specimens in 
aleohol and 17 slides, representing 3 
species of earthworms (56146); 2 
land shells from Guatemala and 2 
fresh-water shells from Michigan 
(56568). 


SmitH, Rey. F. J., Progreso, Yucatan, 
Mexico: 15 specimens of fossil shells 
from Yucatan (56620). 


SmirH, Dr. HucH M., Bureau of Fish- 
eries, Washington, D. C.: A Savage 
military revolver (56145: loan) ; 
about 100 specimens of land and ma- 
rine shells from Florida (56425). 


SmitH, H. O., Juneau, Alaska (through 
Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, 
D. C.) : Specimen of Mytilus califor- 
nianus and Ariolimax columbianus, 
from McHenry Inlet, Etolin Island, 
Alaska (56347). 


SmitH, JAMES, & Son, Astwood Bank, 
near Redditch, England: Hand sew- 
ing-needles showing stages of manu- 
facture, sewing-machine needles, sail, 
surgeon’s, knitting and _ netting 
needles, bodkins, hairpins, and fancy 
eases for holding needles, received 
from the Centennial Exhibition, 
Philadelphia, 1876 (56434). 


SmiTH, Capt. JOHN DONNELL, Balti- 
more, Md.: Photograph of the type 
specimen of Rubus tiliaceus (56218) ; 
12 mounted plants from Ecuador and 
Trinidad (57110). 


Ala.: | 


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SmitH, Mintarp H., Candler. N. C.: 
Arrowpoints and spearheads with 
fragments of the same, and a pierced 
tablet, from the vicinity of Candler 
(55755). 


SMITH, Robert ATWATER, Washington, 
D. C.: Old grasshopper bicycle with 
small front wheel (55662). 

SMITH & KAUFMANN, New York City: 
7 2-yard lengths of warp-printed and 
satin-brocaded ribbons (56753). 


SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: 

Specimens of wire and telegraph 
appliances, deposited by Mr. J. C. 
Vail, Morristown, N. J. (55814) ; 
diploma as Foreign Associate of 
the Royal Academy of Sciences, 
Sweden, dated Stockholm, February 
12, 1902, awarded to Dr. S. P. Lang- 
ley, late Secretary of the Smith- 
sonian Institution (55929); 2 stone 
mortars found in the Department of 
Rocha, Uruguay, near Laguna Me- 
rim, and 9 small silver tubes, ‘‘ bom- 
billas,’ used in drinking maté, rep- 
resentative of rare types found in 
the River Plate region, South Amer- 
ica, collected and presented to the 
Smithsonian Institution by Dr. Man- 
uel B. Otero, Vice President of Uru- 
guay, through the Department of 
State (56094); skin and skull of a 
moose and skin of a deer, collected 
by Mr. Benjamin S. Walcott and 
Mr. Sidney S. Walcott in British 
Columbia (56148); 8 boxes of fossil 
mollusks and 8 boxes of petro- 


graphic specimens and rock chips, 


collected by Mr. Chester W. Wash- 
burne in southern Patagonia; also 
2 boxes of Indian relics from various 
parts of Patagonia, collected by Mr. 
Washburne (56374); a diploma 
awarded to the Institution by the 
Northwest Interstate Fair, Tacoma, 
Wash., 1894, for its exhibit of In- 
dian and other photographs (56461) ; 
about 150 type specimens of Cam- 
brian fossils, listed in Volume 57, 
Nos. 9 and 13, Smithsonian Miscel- 
laneous Collections, and about 5,000 
Middle Cambrian fossils for the re- 


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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—Contd. 
serve collection, from the Burgess 
shale of British Columbia (56877) ; 
a cardboard sheet or ‘“ Tableau en 
mémoire du Colonel Laussedat,”’ 
containing illustrations of the the- 
ory of ‘ Metrophotography,” pre- 
sented to the Institution by Mr. 
Emile Wenz, of Reims, France 
(56896) ; “* Good Luck” souvenir re- 
ceived by the Institution from Col. 
John W. Vrooman, Herkimer, N. Y. 
(56908) ; specimen of Peripatus geayi 
collected at La Chorrera, Panama, 
by Mr. A. Buseck (569388) ; personal 
relics of Prof. Spencer F. Baird, in- 
cluding instruments used in his in- 
vestigations, and a damask napkin 
used by Napoleon at breakfast on 
the morning he left the island of 
Elba, received by the Institution as 
a bequest from Miss Lucy Hunter 
Baird (57108). 

Bureau of American Etinology: 8 
fragments of pottery found in an 
excavation at Swaffham, England, 
and presented by Rev. Robert C. 
Nightingale (55785); a small col- 
lection of pottery fragments and 3 
small beads, found in a shell-bank 
near Port Arthur, Tex., and pre- 
sented to the Bureau by Mrs. Bruce 
Reid (55756) ; 150 Cherokee medical 
plants collected by Mr. James 
Mooney in North Carolina (55971) ; 
parts of 5 skeletons, 83 complete 
skulls and fragments of 2 infant 
skulls, from a burial cist in a cave 
about 20 miles south of Grant, N. 
Mex. (56184); 31 ethnological ob- 
jects of the Cherokee and Catawba 
Indians, collected by Mr. James 
Mooney (56312); 6 photographs of 
Aztee antiquities, purchased from 
Mr. W. W. Blake of Mexico City, 
Mexico (56609); an  arrowpoint 
found on the North Fork of the 
Roanoke River, about 38 miles from 
Blacksburg, Va., by Prof. Otto C. 
Burkhart and presented by him to 
the Bureau (56679) ; a stone phallus 
from Mesa Verde, Colo., presented 
to the Bureau by Mr. H. C. Lay, 
Telluride, Colo. (56719). 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—Contd. 


National Museum, collected by 
members of the staff: Bartsch, Paul: 
A crayfish and salamanders, from 
Virginia (55901); lizard from Gar- 
den Key, Tortugas (55921) ; shrew, 
Sorex personatus ; cotton-tail rabbit, 
Sylvilagus floridanus mallurus; 38 
specimens of white-footed mice, Per- 
omyscus leucopus noveboracensis ; 
and 10 specimens of gray squirrel, 
Sciurus carolinensis carolinensis 
(56401). Bassler, R. S.: About 500 
specimens of invertebrate fossils 
from the Martinsburg shale and as- 
sociated formations of West Virginia 
(56020). Boss, Norman H.: A col- 
lection of fossil cetacean material, 
including a nearly complete porpoise 
skeleton, a skull, several parts of 
skulls and jaws, and vertebre, from 
the Miocene marls near Chesapeake 
Beach, Md. (56886). Crawford, 
J. C.: 169 Hymenoptera from Be- 
thesda, Md. (55912; 55923). Gidley, 
J. W.: Fossil mammals from a cave 
deposit near Cumberland, Md. 
(55774; 57040). UHrdlitka, Ales: 
75 plants from Peru, including sev- 
eral living Cactacene (55666). Mer- 
rill, George P.: Varietal forms of 
peat from bog east of Pushaw Lake, 
Penobscot County, Me. (557386) ; ig- 
neous rocks from Freeport, Me., 
and an unknown mineral from San- 
ford, Me. (55861); specimens of 
Clupea harengus, Scomber scombris, 
and Rhombus triacanthus, from a 
weir at the southern end of the 
Tsland of Springs, Sheepscot Bay, 
Me. (55997); rocks and minerals 
from a quarry west of Belmont 
Park, near Leesburg, Va. (56069). 
Miller, Gerrit S., jr.: A small lot 
of mammals, reptiles and crabs, 
from Alabama and _ Mississippi 
(56550); 4 plants from Mississippi 
(56738). Moore, Riley D.: 240 
skulls and skeletons of the St. Law- 
rence Island Eskimo, collected by 
Dr. Moore under the joint auspices 
of the Panama-California Hxposi- 
tion and the National Museum 
(55869); Eskimo and Aleut skulls 


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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—Contd. 


and bones, with associated artifacts 
(55882) ; 4 crabs, Hyas coarctatus, 
from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska 
(55928). Myers, P. R.: 60 speci- 
mens of insects (55653). Palmer, 
William: Jellyfish and other inver- 
tebrates from Plum Point, Md. 
(55969). Stejneger, Leonhard : Mam- 
mals, mollusks and plants, from Eu- 
rope (56238). Wherry, Edgar T.: 
Rocks and minerals from a quarry 
west of Belmont Park, near Lees- 
burg, Va. (56069). 

National Museum, made in the 
Anthropological Laboratory: 1 cast 
each of 4 heads of Eskimos (55752) ; 
1 cast each of a hafted maul and a 
hafted spade, the originals of which 
were found associated with the 
“copperfied mummy” on an island 
off the coast of Chile, South America 
(55863) ; 71 casts of prehistoric stone 
implements and objects (56017); 2 
easts each of the Diego de Vargas 
(1692), Juan de Ofiate (1606), and 
other inscriptions on El Morro, or 
“Inscription Rock,” in the western 
part of New Mexico, made from 
paper squeeze matrix taken by Mr. 
F. W. Hodge at El Morro in 1911 
(56130) ; 2 casts of a 3-pointed stone 
baton from The Dalles, Oreg., made 
from original lent by Hon. N. J. 
Sinnott (56382). 

National Museum, made in the 
Laboratory of Mineral Technology: 
Coke oven model—non-by-product 
through type on scale 1:12 (57046) ; 
Bennington coke pile model on scale 
1:12 (57047); model of gas bench, 
scale 1:16, after a design made by 
the Gas Machinery Company, Cleve- 
land, Ohio (57048) ; by-product coke 
relief panel (57116). 

National Zoological Park: Beaver, 
Castor canddensis ; black bear, Ursus 
americanus ; hybrid bear, Ursus kid- 
deri-arctos; bushbuck, Tragelaphus 
gratus (55723); skins and skulls of 
2 pumas, Felis oregonensis hippo- 
lestes (55840); skull of a moose, 
Alces americanus, and parts of the 


SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—Contd. 


skin (55894); skin and body skele- 
ton of rhea, Rhea americana; also 
skins of long-tailed finch, Pephila 
acuticauda; red-breasted parakeet, 
Paleornis fasciatus; curassow, Craxr 
globicera; Mississippi kite, Ictinia 
Mississippiensis ; snowy heron, 
Egretta candidissima; warbling sil- 
verbill, Aidemosyne cantans ? 
(55908) ; 5 specimens of comb lizard, 
Ctenosaura; 2 specimens of comb 
lizard, Ctenosaura acanthura; 5 
specimens of banded rattlesnake, 
Crotalus horridus; 1 specimen each 
of ringed snake, Chionactis annula- 
tus; smooth-sealed coluber, Arizona 
elegans; tree boa, Hpicrates anguli- 
fer; alligator, Alligator mississip- 
piensis ; Patagonian cavy, Dolichotis 
patagonica; fallow deer, ‘Cervus 
dama; guanaco, Auchenia huanacos 
(55958) ; secretary bird, Gypogeranus 
secretarius; 2 specimens of double 
yellow-head parrot, Amazona ora- 
tric; Brazilian cardinal, Paroaria 
cucullata; Wagler’s oriole, Icterus 
wagleri; *‘ zebra dove’; 2 specimens 
of bleeding-heart pigeon, Phlogenas 
luzonica ; toucan, Ramphastos 
species; Derby flycatcher, Pitangus 
derbianus ; banded parakeet, Paleor- 
nis fasciata; 2 specimens of sul- 
phur-crested cockatoo, Cacatua gal- 
erita; white ibis, Guara alba; Euro- 
pean flamingo, Phenicopterus roseus ; 
2 specimens of ruddy duck, Hrisma- 
tura jamaicensis; green jay, Xan- 
thoura luwaruosa; red-headed duck, 
Marila americana; European crane, 
Grus cinerea; Carolina parakeet, 
Conuropsis carolinensis (56071); 
skin and 2 skulls of mule deer, 
Odocotileus hemionus; skin and 
skeleton of Australian dog, Canis 
dingo; skin and skeleton of raccoon, 
Procyon; skull of swamp deer, 
Cervus duvaucelii (56075); 3- 
banded Durukuli monkey, Aotus 
trivirgatus (56259); condor, Sar- 
coramphus gryphus;  red-breasted 
parakeet, Palwornis fasciatus; keel- 
billed toucan, Ramphastos brevicari- 


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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—Contd. 
natus (56333); Carolina parakeet, 
Conuropsis carolinensis ; Swainson’s 
hawk, Buteo swainsoni (56892) ; ot- 
ter, Lutra canadensis; lion, Felis leo 


sabakiensis; chamois, Rupicapra 
tragus; spiny ant-eater, Hchidna 
aculeata; ocelot, Felis pardalis 


(56393) ; erested screamer, Chauna 
torquata; sarus crane, Antigone col- 
laris; bearded vulture, Gypetus bar- 
batus (56951); fallow deer, Cervus 
dama; baboon, Papio; red-fronted 
gazelle, Gazella rufifrons; otter, 
Lutra canadensis; lion, Felis leo; 
gnu, Connochetes; ring-tail lemur, 
Lemur catta; axis deer, Avis avis; 
Panama squirrel, Sciurus adolphei 
dorsalis; African water buffalo, Syn- 
cerus caffer radclifi; American bison, 
Bison bison (56959) ; Mexican curas- 
sow, Crax globicera (56966) ; skele- 
ton of tiger, Felis tigris (57015) ; 
specimen each of Cuban boa and 
gopher tortoise and 2 specimens of 
gila monster (57083; 57118); alco- 
holic specimen of a young white 
pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchus 
(57052). 


SNELL, H. V., Globe, Ariz.: Samples of 
asbestiform serpentine from near 
Globe (56948). 


SNIFFEN, Gen. C. C., U. S. Army (re- 
tired), Washington, D. C.: Photo- 
graph of a garden corner taken on a 
winter night (56668). 


Snyper, Dr. J. O., Leland Stanford 
Junior University, Stanford Uni- 


versity, Cal.: 2 stone arrowpoints, 
supposed to be of Ainu origin, from 
Aomori, Hokkaido, Japan (55687) ; 
64 reptiles and 16 fishes, collected in 
California (56328). 


SoLDANSKI, Hans, Berlin, Germany: 
50 specimens of Coleoptera from 
Germany (56015); 73 specimens of 
Orthoptera (56414). 

SoutH Dakora, UNIVERSITY OF, UNI- 
VERSITY MusEeuM, Vermilion, 8S. Dak.: 
180 plants from South Dakota 
(565380). 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


SOUTHERN GYPSUM CoMPANY, North 
Holston, Va. (through Mr. George 
W. Stose, Washington, D. C.): A 
large Specimen of gypsum from Vir- 
ginia (57068). 


SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL EDUCATIONAL 
ASSOCIATION, Washington, D. C. 
(through Mrs. A. 8S. Stone) : Baskets 
and hand-woven textiles, made by 
Kentucky, North Carolina and Vir- 


ginia mountaineers (56970: pur- 
chase). 
SoutHwrEst Museum, Los Angeles, 


Cal.: 15 bird eggs from the western 
part of the United States, India and 
Australia (56025). 


SowerRBy, ARTHUR DEC., ‘Tientsin, 
China: 121 mammals—119 from 
Manchuria, 1 from China and 1 


from Mongolia (56477: collected for 
the Museum). 


Sowersy, G. B., Kew, near London, 
England: Specimen of Protothaca 
philippinarum from Japan (56284). 


SPANGLER, Mrs. T. F., Zanesville, Ohio 
(through Mr. W. V. Cox, Washington, 
D. C.): 29 photographs of ruins, 
ete., in the southwestern part of the 
United States (56917). 


SPEELMAN, F. S8., Pueblo, Colo.: Flint 


arrowhead found near Taos, N. 
Mex. (56898). : 
SPENCE, FRrRANcIS J., Adelaide, Aus- 


tralia (through Mr. Frank L. Hess, 
U. S. Geological Survey): A speci- 
men of carnotite on  davidite 
(56688). 


Sprincer, E. L., Smithsonian Institu- 
tion: 9 stereotype matrices (57099). 


SPRINGFIELD, MaAss., MUNICIPAL BUILD- 
ING COMMISSION (through Mr. 
yeorge Dwight Pratt, chairman): 2 
medals, 1 in bronze and 1 in silver, 
commemorating the dedication of 
the Springfield Municipal Group of 
civic buildings, 1913 (56416). 

SPRINKEL, J. W., Brightwood, 
Larva of hickory horned 
Citheronia regalis (55887). 


Viare 
devil, 


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LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


STANDARD UNDERGROUND CABLE ComM- 
PANY, Pittsburgh, Pa.: 13 specimens 
of copper wire and cable, received 
at the close of the Louisiana Pur- 
chase Exposition, 1904 (56148). 


STANDLEY, Paut C., U. S. National 
Museum: 15 plants from Maryland 
and Virginia (55965); 25 plants 
from Ulster County, N. Y. (56940). 


STANDLEY, PauL C., and H. C. Bott- 
MAN, Smithsonian Institution: 740 
plants from Buncombe and Mc- 
Dowell counties, N. C.; also a bat, 


38 snakes, amphibians, snails and 
shells, myriapods and _ crayfish 
(55876). 


STANTON, Dr. A. T., Institute for Medi- 
cal Research, Kuala Lumpur, Fed- 
erated Malay States: 40 mosquitoes 
from the Federated Malay States 
(56764). 


Stark RIBBON MANUFACTURING CoM- 
PANY, New York City: A sample of 
ribbon fabric showing one end with 
eut ribbons (56264). 


STARK, JAMES H., Boston, Mass.: 
Specimen of volcanic rock from Ber- 
muda (56778). 


STATE, DEPARTMENT OF: 
Alaska Boundary Survey: 20 
plants collected in Alaska by Mr. 

D. W. Eaton (56051). 


Statz, B. A., Albuquerque, N. Mex.: 
Samples of vanadium ore from 
Lucky Bill Mine, Bayard, N. Mex. 
(56548). 


STEARNS, Commander C. D., U. S. 
Navy, Governor, American Samoa, 
Tutuila, Samoa: Large specimen of 
an aleyonarian coral (56852); 55 
specimens of ferns from Samoa 
(56984). 


STEEL, THOMAS, Sydney, New South 
Wales: 19 specimens of land plana- 
rians and 9 specimens of onycho- 
phores (57119: exchange). 


STEELE, E. 8., U. S. National Museum: 
663 plants collected in Virginia and 
Maryland (56528). 


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STERN AND PoHLy, New York City: 2 
2-yard lengths of plisse epingle, 1 
2-yard length of silk faille, 1 2-vard 
length of taffeta, 1 1-yard length of 
moire antique (57064). 


STETSON, JOHN B., Company, Philadel- 
phia, Pa.: A series of specimens and 
photographs illustrating the manu- 
facture of fur felt hats (57066). 


STEVENS, Dr. WILLIAM L., Centerville, 
Va.: Specimen of oil beetle, Meloe 
sp. (56504). 


STEVENSON, J. McALLEsTER, jr., Sweet- 


water, Tex.: Samoan war club 
(55852: loan). 
STEWART SILK ComMPaANy, New York 


City: 6 2-yard lengths of crépe de 
chine, crépe faille and Chinese crépe 
(56748). 


STIBBENS, Dr. F. H., U. S. Navy, 
U. S. S. Annapolis (through Dr. J. 
C. Thompson, U. S. Navy) : An octo- 
pus and a cecilian, from Honduras 
(56466). 


STIEGLITZ, ALFRED, New York City: 
“The Stieglitz Collection’ of 26 
framed pictorial photographs (55701 : 
purchase). 


STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, NATURHISTORISKA 
RIKSMUSEUM, BOTANISKA AFDELNING 
(through Dr. Carl Lindman, direc- 
tor): 175 specimens of grasses col- 
lected in Brazil by Dr. P. Dusén 
(55699) ; 158 specimens of grasses 
collected in South America by Dr. 
E. L. Ekman (56600). Exchange. 


SToNE, FRANK W., Washington, D. C.: 
Case containing 59 mounted birds 
from various parts of the world 
(56861). 


STOSE, GEORGE W., U. S. Geological Sur- 
vey, Washington, D. C.: A tooth of 
Elephas primigenius from Crown 
Point, Ind. (56914). 


Strauss, J. C., St. Louis, Mo. (through 
Mr. George W. Harris, Washington, 
D. C.): Photographie portrait of a 
lady (56584). 


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StretcH, Capt. R. H., Seattle, Wash. : 
Augite crystals from St. Paul Island, 
Pribilof group, Bering Sea, received 
through the U. 8S. Geological Survey 
(56246) ; specimen of chalcedony col- 
ored by cinnabar, from Knoxville, 
Cal., received through Prof. F. W. 
Clarke, Washington, D. C. (56398). 


SturTEvANT, E. D., Hollywood, Cal.: 
Living specimen of Cereus maynardi 
and one specimen of Hchinopsis 
(56996: exchange). 


New York City: 2 
skulls of Dall’s sheep, Ovis dalli 
kenaiensis, and skull of a moose, 
Alces gigas, from Kenai Peninsula, 
Alaska (56228); skulls and head 
skins of 2 caribou, Rangifer, from 
Riddell River, Yukon (563850) ; skull 
of a wolf, Canis occidentalis, head 
of a moose, Alces americanus, and 
head of a caribou, Rangifer stonei, 
from Yukon ‘Territory (56523; 
56580). 


SUMMERESON, C. T., 


Surr, Gorpon, San Bernardino, Cal.: 
Specimen of lapis lazuli from San 
Bernardino County, Cal. (56038) ; 9 
specimens of minerals from Califor- 
nia (56594) ; 2 specimens of vesuvi- 
anite and 1 of brucite in limestone, 
from Crestmore, Cal. (56819; 56849) ; 
11 concretions from Lehy, Wash. 
(56660). 


SUSQUEHANNA SILK MILus, New York 
City: A 2-yard sample of dress goods 
“fancy matelasse”’ (56645). 

Sweet, Mrs. H. E., and Miss M. D. 
Sweet, Providence, R. I. (through 
Henry L. Scott & Co.): Spinning 
wheel, yarn reel and umbrella reel 
(55748). 


Swett, Louris W., Boston, 
geometrids (56237). 


Mass.: 2 


Swezey, Orro H., Honolulu, Hawaii: 
150 reared Hawaiian Microlepidop- 
tera (56727). 


SYDNEY, Nrw SoutH WALES, AUS- 
TRALIA, BOTANIC GARDENS: 200 plants 
from Australia and the Pacific Is- 
lands (55720; 56557: exchange). 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


Taso, C. H., Chippenham, England: 
Photographic journal entitled ‘“‘Pen- 
cil of Nature,” and 32 calotypes 
(56462). 


TAYLOR-FRIEDSAM CoMPANY, New York 
City: 12 2-yard lengths of satin, 
taffeta, grosgrain and warp-printed 
ribbons (56746). 

TAYLOR, W. S., Jensen, Utah: 12 speci- 
mens of Carboniferous invertebrate 
fossils from Utah (55930). 

TEELE, Mrs. ALIcE G., Stoughton, 
Mass.: Nest of the Carolina wren, 
Thryothorus ludovicianus, from Ala- 
bama (57018). 

Terry, Myron J., Johannesburg, Cal. : 


nat) 


Indian skull (55826). 

TerziANn, D., Washington, D. C.: Col- 
lection of Persian, Turkish and 
Arabic tiles and fragments of tiles, 
and a Persian ornament for a horse 
(55709 : purchase). 

TrEvIS, LANSING K., San Francisco, 
Cal.: Miniature basket (3 of an 
inch in diameter) from Arizona 
(55661). 


TEYSSIER, HENRY, Clermont-Ferrand, 
France: Sample of the diatomaceous 
deposit at Andreugolet, Haute-Loire, 
France (56047). 

THATCHER, AARON H., Rich Hill, Mo.: 
An anvil which was in possession of 
the Mormons at Nauvoo, Ill., many 
years previous to their journey to 
Salt Lake (56283). 

THIERFELDER, A. O., New Rochelle, N. 
Y.: Short-tailed shrew, Blarina 
brevicauda, from. New Rochelle 
(56096). 


THoMAS, C. AUBREY, Kennett Square, 
Pa.: Specimen of  Muhlenberg’s 
turtle (57075). 

THOMAS-DuRIS, G., Chateau de Legaud, 
par Eymoutiers, Haute-Vienne, 
France: 4 living specimens of Sedum 
from Michoacan, Mexico (56320). 


Tompson, Dr. J. C., U. S. Navy: 
Insects, reptiles and batrachians, 
from California (55807; 55952) ; in- 
sects and bones of Chondrotus te- 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


THompson, Dr. J. C.—Continued. 
nebrosus (56205); reptiles, insects 
and a bat, from Mexico (56465) ; 
reptiles and amphibians from the 
Pacific coast (56518). (See under 
Dr. F. H. Stibbens. ) 


THurow, F. W., Hockley, 
plants from Texas (56321). 


Pex ly 


TIDESTROM, IvAR, U. S. Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D. C.: 108 
plants chiefly from the eastern part 
of the United States (55936 ; 57069) ; 
76 plants from the southeastern part 
of the United States (56252); 
100 plants from various localities 
(56664; 56874); 50 plants chiefly 
from the western part of the United 
States (56777). 


TIFFANY, Louis C., GRANITE QUARRIES 
oF, Cohasset, Mass.: A 5-inch cube 
of granite (56661). 

TIMBERLAKE, P. H., Bureau of Ento- 
mology, Washington, D. C.: Spiders 
and beetle larve, from the White 
Mountain region, N. H. (56704). 

TISDEL, Mrs. WILLARD PARKER, Wash- 
ington, D. C.: 2 ancient Peruvian 
vases, parts of earthenware efligies 
from Guatemala and Colombia, 6 
oil paintings of South American In- 
dians, and 2 paintings on cedar from 
Carthagena, Colombia, South Amer- 
ica (56547). 


Topp, AURELIUS, Frontera, Mexico: 
Fossil echinoderm (55828). 
ToLMAN, R. P., U. S. National Mu- 


seum: Material for an exhibit of 
monotypes (57081) ; 20 specimens of 
rotary intaglio, 15 pages of half- 
tone relief and type printing and 9 
plates of men’s fashions (57106). 


TOMACELLI, D. C., Villa Alta, Mexico: 
4 specimens of Agave fibre (57072). 


Tonpuz, A., San José, Costa Rica: 140 
plants from Costa Rica (56772: pur- 
chase). 


ToRONTO, CANADA, ROYAL ONTARIO Mv- 
SEUM OF MINERALOGY: 31 specimens 
of rocks and ores from Canada 
(56581 : exchange). 


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TRASK, Mrs. BLANCHE, Avalon, Cal.: 
Snake and lizard from California 
(561386). 

TREASURY DEPARTMENT: 

Set of 18 Dutch standard sugar 
samples (Nos. 8 to 25, inclusive), re- 
ceived through the Division of Cus- 
toms. This standard has been in 
use for 40 years, until the passage 
of the tariff bill of 1913 (55980) ; 
a basket of Chinese ‘“‘ medicine tea,” 
a low grade of tea much over-fer- 
mented, and. 2 packages of ‘ kum- 
wo-cha,” a medicated tea exported 
from Hong Kong to Hawaii, received 
through the Supervising Tea Ex- 
aminer (56276). 

TRENIS, O. J.,. Washington, D. C.: Duck 
hawk, Falco peregrinus anatum, 
sparrow hawk, F. sparverius, and 
red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus, 


in immature plumage, all from 
Washington (56596; 56608); red- 


tailed hawk, Buteo borealis (56648). 
TUCKERMAN, Miss EMity, Washington, 
D. C.: Piece of point de France et 


Personages (55655); silver wine 
cooler with 2 bottle holders, pre- 


sented by George Washington to 
Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the 
Treasury, and lent to the National 
Museum by his great granddaughter 
(56724 : loan). 

TUMLEY, W. D., Fort Meade, Fla.: 
Galls of Cecidomyia viticola (56879). 

TURCKHEIM, Baron H. von, Coban, 
Guatemala: 8 specimens (1 living) 
of Epiphyllum from Chajiar, Guate- 
mala (55646). 


TURNER, G. B., U. S. National Mu- 
seum: Bat, Eptesicus fuscus fuscus, 
from Washington, D. C. (56967). 

TURNER, H. J. ALLEN, Nairobi, British 
East Africa : 30 mammals from Brit- 
ish East Africa (55707; 55983; 
56616). 


TWEEDLIE, ROBERT, Balboa, Canal Zone: 
Fishes, snakes, mollusks, ecrusta- 
eeans, and a sipunculid, from the 
Pacific side of the Panama Canal 
Zone (55821). 


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TyLerR, Mrs. JOHN Pav, Baltimore, 
Md.: Collection of ancient coins, 
seals and bronze figurines, gathered 
in Syria by the Rev. C. S. Sanders, 
and deposited by his daughter 
(56635: loan). 


Upprn, Dr. JOHAN AveustT, University 
of Texas, Austin, Tex.: 2 specimens 
of Carboniferous crinoids from 
Texas (56621). 

UtricH, Dr. E. O., U. S. Geological 
Survey, Washington, D. C.: About 
3,000 specimens of Paleozoic fossils 
from Canada (56016). 


United States Caprrot (through Mr. 
Eliott Woods, Superintendent, U. S. 
Capitol Building and Grounds): 
Bronze doors for the west entrance 
of the Capitol, executed by Louis 
Amateis, sculptor (56503: loan). 

UNITED STATES GypsuM CoMPANY, Chi- 
eago, Ill.: 20 specimens of gypsum 
products, received at the close of the 
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904 
(56152) ; 1 1,200-pound specimen of 
gypsum from Blue Rapids, Kans., 
and a series of 6 varieties of gyp- 
sum products (57126). 

UNIVERSAL WINDING CoMPANY, Boston, 
Mass.: A series of specimens show- 
ing the various classes of materials 
wound on tubes, cops, cones and bob- 
bins by the universal winding ma- 
chine (56991) ; the original model of 
the universal winding machine 
(57030: loan). 


UNIVERSITETETS ZOOLOGISKE MUSEUM. 
(See under Copenhagen, Denmark.) 


UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MUSEUM OF 
VERTEBRATE Zoontocy. (See under 
California, University of.) 

UNIVERSITY OF CoLoRADO. (See under 


Colorado, University of.) 


UNIVERSITE DE Liker. (See under 


Liége, Belgium.) 


UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, MUSEUM OF 
Zootocy. (See under Michigan, Uni- 


versity of.) 
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA. (See under 


Nevada, University of.) 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPART- 
MENT OF Botany. (See under Penn- 
sylvania, University of.) 

UNIVERSITY OF SoutH Dakota, UNI- 
VERSITY MUSEUM. (See under South 
Dakota, University of.) 

UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING. 
Wyoming, University of.) 


Ursan, Prof. I., Dahlem bei Steglitz 
(Berlin), Germany: 197 plants col- 
lected in Santo Domingo by Padre 
Fuertes (55848: purchase). 


VAN DuzrEE, M. C., Buffalo, N. Y.: 5 
specimens, representing 3 species, of 
Dolichopodids (55883) ; 6 specimens 
of Hoplocampa halcyon (56933). 


(See under 


VAN DYKE, Mrs. A. M., Lawtey, Fla.: 
Gobelin square mounted in table- 
top and glazed, French, 17th century 
(56165: loan). 


VAN RAALTE, E. & Z., New York City: 
386 samples of American-made veil- 
ings and 2-yard lengths of 24 pat- 
terns (55988). 


VAN SCHAICK, Mrs. JOHN, jr., Wash- 
ington, D. C.: Cameo set of 5 pieces 
(2 bracelets, 2 earrings and a pen- 
dant); 8 brooches (1 of porcelain, 1 
of enamel and 1 set with a trilo- 
bite); 2 pendants (1 of Limoges 
enamel set with jewels and 1 of 
Roman mosaic); 1 ivory triptych, 
15th century (57076). 


VENICE MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION, 
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFOR- 
NIA, Venice, Cal.: 7 vials of crusta- 
ceans from California (56085); 2 
erabs representing 2 species, 3 adults 
and 2 larvee of Coleoptera, a speci- 
men of Otodistomum veliporum? and 
a monogenetic trematode (56559) ; 4 
specimens of nemerteans, Cerebra- 
tulus marginatus and Lineus picti- 
frons (56790; 57082); 7 bottles of 
sponges (57102). 


VIENNA, AUSTRIA, K. K. NATURHIS- 
TORISCHES HoFMUSEUM: 100 speci- 
mens of eryptogams (Kryptogame 
Exsiceate, Century XXI) (56103: 
exchange). 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


VierRECK, H. L., Natural History 
Museum, Kansas University, Law- 
rence, Kans.: 8 specimens of land 


and fresh-water mollusks from 
Minnesota (56433). 
VINCENT, Mrs. ELIzABETH CARTER 


(through Mr. O. W. Norton, Chicago, 
Ill.): Sword of Brig. Gen. Strong 
Vincent, U. S. Volunteers, which he 
carried from April, 1861, until July 
2, 18638, when he was mortally 
wounded while in command of the 
brigade defending Little Round Top, 
Gettysburg (55740). 


VOLKART, Henry, St. Gallen, Switzer- 


land: 8 specimens and 3 photo- 
graphs of Tunisian and Algerian 


weaving with quadrangular boards; 
2 photographs of old heddles (55957). 


WAGNER, GILBERT C., Woodside, Long 
Island, N. Y.: 6 specimens of miner- 
als (57057). 


WacGcNER, Roy S., Fresno, Cal.: A 
small collection of insects (56767). 


WaasraFF, R. O., Sugar Grove, Ohio: 
14 mineral specimens from North 
Carolina (563388). 


Wap, Miss Marcarer F., Keysor, 
Colo.: Specimen of tiger beetle, Ci- 
cindela pulecher (55916). 


WALT, Harry, San Diego, Cal.: Winged 
male adult of Abedus macronyx 
(56815). 


WANAMAKER, RODMAN, Philadelphia, 
Pa.: 154 bromide enlargements of 
pictures representing various types 
of the North American Indian, his 
country and home life, taken by Dr. 
Joseph K. Dixon upon two historical 
expeditions sent out by Mr. Wana- 
maker to study the life and charac- 
ter of the Indian (56840). 


Wanpb, W. J., Sanger, Tex.: 
Strategus julianus (55992). 


Beetle, 


WaAR DEPARTMENT: 
United States magazine rifle, cali- 
ber .30, model of 1903 (57079). 
Office of Public Buildings and 
Grounds: Section of trunk of em- 
press tree, Paulownia tomentosa, 


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“War DeparTMent—Continued. 
from the Smithsonian 
(56281). 

WarbD, Mrs. CoonLey, Wyoming, N. Y.: 
An exhibition slab of the Estacado 
meteorite (55682); 7 specimens of 
meteorites—Gilgoin, Canyon City, 
Alfianello, Descubridora, Pultusk, 
Mocs and Knyahinya (55938: pur- 
chase). 

Warp, F. D., Johannesburg, South Af- 
riea: Dugong, Dugong dugon 
(56551). 

Warp, Mrs. 
Mich.: Egg of a 
(55747). 

WARD, ROWLAND, Ltp., London, Eng- 
land: Specimen of Pere David's 
deer, Hlaphurus davidianus (56373 : 
purchase). 

WARNER-GODFREY COMPANY, New York 
City: 5 2-yard cuts of novelties 
(56801). 

WASHBURNE, CHESTER W., Washington, 
D. C.: 2 skulls found in sand dunes 
on the east coast of Patagonia, north 
side of Peninsula Valdez, Chubut 
Territory, Argentina (55919); 12 
specimens of fossil fresh-water crus- 
taceans from the Payette formation 
near Vale, Oreg., and a stone ball 
from an Indian mound west of Junc- 
tion, Oreg. (56197): skull found in 
sand dune at San José, Peninsula 
Valdez (56240). 

WASHINGTON, CHARLES S., U. S. Na- 
tional Museum: Earthworms from 
Washington, D. C. (56060) ; parasitic 
worm, Ascaris suum (56245); 
leeches from turtle captured at Burr- 
ville, D. C. (56847). 

Watson, Mrs. Harry W., Pinos Altos, 
N. Mex.: 7 unmounted photographie 
prints—views of caves on the west 


grounds 


MarGcaret T., Rushton, 
domestic duck 


fork of the Gila River, N. Mex. 
(57078). 
WesB, JOHN S., Disputanta, Va.: 


Marsh hawk, Circus hudsonius, from 
Virginia (56222). 

WEED, A. C., North Rose, N. Y.: Fire- 
fly, Photinus ardens, and 3 glow- 
worms (55996). 


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WEIGEL, THEODOR OSWALD, Leipzig, 
Germany: 50 specimens of Salix 
(Fascicle VIII of Toeppfer’s Salice- 
tum EXxsiceatum) (56267: purchase). 

WEINGART, W., Georgenthal, Thiirin- 
gen, Germany: 11 living specimens 


of Cactaceae (55804; 56826). Ex- 
change. 
WeLD, Lewis H., Medina, N. Y.: 3 


galls and 62 paratypes of Neuwroterus 
washingtonensis from Friday Har- 
bor, Puget Sound, Wash. (55725). 

WELSBACH LIGHT COMPANY, Glouces- 
ter City, N. J.: 17 specimens of mate- 
rials used in the manufacture of 
Welsbach mantles, received at the 
close of the Louisiana Purchase Ex- 
position, 1904 (56150). 

WENZEL, C. A., Jaro, Leyte, P. I.: 3388 
plants from the Philippine Islands 
(56057 ; 56771). Purchase. 

WESENBERG-LUND, Dr. C., Hilleréd, 
Denmark (through Dr. Adam Giede 
Boéving) : 21 vials of specimens from 
the collections on which the donor 
based his recent paper on the biol- 
ogies of fresh-water insects (56427). 


West, Capt. H. S., Point Pleasant, W. 
Va. (through Dr. L. V. Guthrie, 
‘Huntington, W. Va.) : Upper cheek 
tooth of an extinct species of horse, 
Bquus niobrarensis, from West Vir- 
ginia (56031: loan). 

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM AND 
ArT GALLERY. (See under Perth, 
Western Australia.) 

WESTERN COAL AND MINING Co., St. 
Louis, Mo.: Coal mine model, re- 
ceived at the close of the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition, 1904 (56634). 

WESTINGHOUSE ELEcTRIC & MANUFAC- 
TURING COMPANY, East Pittsburgh, 
Pa.: 42 specimens of crude mica and 
its industrial products (56386). 

WESTMORELAND CoAL CoMPANY, Irwin, 
Pa.: Lump of coal from Criterion 
Mine, Rillton, Pa. (56720). 

WEST VIRGINIA & PITTSBURG SAND Co., 
Berkeley Springs, W. Va.: 8 samples 
of glass sand showing quarry and 
mnill products (56848). 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914, 


WeETMoRE, ALEX, Bureau of Biological 
Survey, Washington, D. C.: 4 bird 
skins from Virginia (56851). 


WETMORE, Maj. WILLIAM BorruM, 
Washington, D. C.: Plaster east of 


the hand of Abraham _ Lincoln 
(55705). 
WuHeEaT, Sitas C., Brooklyn, N. Y.: 


Paratypes of Acmea fergusoni and 
Urosalping cinereus var. aitkine, 
from Hempstead Bay, Long Island 
Sound, N. Y. (56059). 


WHEELER, WILLIAM D., Washington, 
D. C.: Portrait group, in oil, by 
Thomas Sully—‘ Portrait of the art- 
ist’s daughter, Mrs. John H. Wheeler, 
and her sons” (56689: loan). 


WHELPLEY, Dr. H. M., St. Louis, Mo.: 
Flint nodules and worked fragments 
of flint, from the vicinity of Cobden, 
Tl. (55830). 

Wuerry, Dr. Encar T., U. S. National 
Museum: 4 specimens of minerals 
from Avondale, Pa. (56253) ; 2 speci- 
mens of beraunite from Hellertown, 
Pa. (56696). 


Wuitre Hovusr, Washington, D. C. 
(through the Office of Public Build- 
ings and Grounds) : A mounted deer 
head and 2 mounted pheasants 
(56640). 


WHITMAN, CLARENCE, & Co., INC. 
under Ponemah Mills.) 

WICKERSHAM, Hon. JAMES, Delegate to 
Congress from Alaska: A Shoshone 
pipe (5581S). 

Witcox, Miss Mary R., Chevy Chase, 
Md.: Overdress and flounce of blonde 
lace, and bodice of old-gold satin 
brocaded in colors, worn by Mrs. 
Andrew Jackson Donelson, niece 
and adopted daughter of Mrs. An- 
drew Jackson; tortoise-shell back- 
comb carved with national emblems 
and medallions of Jackson, Jeffer- 
son and Washington, presented to 
Mrs. Andrew Jackson after the bat- 
tle of New Orleans (56545); silver 
filigree card-case used by Mrs. An- 
drew Jackson (56639); a printed 
invitation to a ball given in honor of 


(See 


LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 


Witcox, Miss Mary R.—Continued. 
the election of Gen. Andrew Jackson 
to the Presidency of the United 
States, dated December 10, 1828, and 
addressed to Mrs. Andrew J. Donel- 
son (56683). Loan. 

Witcox, Brig. Gen. TrmotHuy E., U. S. 
Army (retired), Washington, D. C.: 
3 specimens of Vitis from the Dis- 
trict of Columbia (55765). 

WILcox, WALTER D., Washington, D. C.: 
3 photographs—landscapes, Canadian 
Rockies, reproduced from auto- 
chromes by the donor (57130). 

WILD, WILLIAM, East Aurora, N. Y.: 
11 specimens of bred Coleoptera 
(56575). 


WILKES, Miss JANE, Washington, D. C.: 
Personal relics of Rear Admiral 
Charles Wilkes, U. S. Navy (56944). 

WILLCox, JOSEPH, Philadelphia, Pa.: 4 
specimens of Tertiary fossils from 
the Miocene of North Carolina and 
the Pliocene of Florida (56419). 

WILLIAMS, A. H., Gainesville, Tex.: 
Specimen of native sulphur (56323). 

WILLIAMS, R. W., Office of the Solic- 
itor, U. S. Department of Agricul- 
ture, Washington, D. C.: 98 bird 
skins from the United States (56950). 

WILLIAMS & WILKINS CoMPANY, Balti- 
more, Md.: 5 specimens showing 
method of Waverly Press in binding 
a magazine (56369), 


WILLIAMSON, Prof. E. B., Bluffton, 
Ind.: 46 dragonflies from North, 
Central and South America, repre- 
senting 10 species and including 3 
species new to the Museum collec- 
tion, four of the specimens being 
cotypes belonging to one species 
(56110) ; 18 dragonflies. represent- 
ing 4 species, from Arizona and 
Trinidad, including a male paratype 
of Metaleptobasis mauritia, n. sp., 
from Trinidad (56199); 57 North 
American dragonflies from Texas, 
Oklahoma and other localities, rep- 
resenting 20 species and including 
paratypes of 1 new to the Museum 
collection (56404). 


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WILMER, Col. L. WortTHINGTON, Lo- 
thian House, Ryde, Isle of Wight, 
England : 50 fossil shells, insects and 
a plant, from the Isle of Wight 
(56041). 

WILSON ALUMINUM CoMPANY, Hol- 
comb’s Rock, Va.: 9 specimens of 
iron alloys, received at the close of 
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 
1904 (56151). 

WILSON, PHILIP D., Bisbee, Ariz.: 3 
specimens of cuprodescloizite (new 
variety) ; type material (56063). 

Witson, Mrs. THoMAS HAMILTON, and 
Miss ABERCROMBIE, Washington, D. 
C.: Articles of early American wear- 
ing apparel and accessories of dress 
(56534 : loan). 

WIMsatTT, W. C., Washington, D. C.: 
Barn owl, Tyto pratincola, from 
Washington (56214). 

WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS COoM- 
PANY, New Haven, Conn.: 2 Win- 
chester sporting rifles (56763). 

WINELEY, Rey. H. W., Danvers, Mass. : 
About 50 specimens, representing 6 
species, of marine and land shells 
from Eastport, Me., and Province- 
town, Mass. (56191). 

WITCOMBE, McGrEACHIN & Co., New 
York City: 19 lengths of 2 yards 
each of old English hand-printed 
chintzes (56219). 

Woop, NELSon R., U. 8S. National Mu- 
seum: 6 specimens of Neoseps and 2 
frogs, from Florida (56537) ; young 
robin, Planesticus migratorius, and 
young blue jay, Cyanocitta cristata, 
from the District of Columbia 
(57020). 

Woop, Mrs. O. E., Kingston, N. Y.: 8 
pieces of brassware (56739: loan). 


Woopsury, Miss ELLten C. _ DEQ. 
(through Mr. Gist Blair, executor, 
Washington, D. C.): Silver and 


coral rattle which belonged to John 
Hancock, Governor of Massachu- 
setts; also papers establishing its 
authenticity (56535: bequest). 

Woops, Francis UL. (See 
Charles H. Hussey.) 


under 


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Woopwarb, S. W., Washington, D. C.: 
Drawing in color of a mosaic map 
of Palestine and adjacent regions 
(56365). (See under Egypt Explo- 
ration Fund.) 

Woopwarp & LOTHROP, INC., Washing- 
ton, D. C.: 12 samples of cotton ra- 
tine dress goods (56969). 

WooLLEY, CLAUDE L., Baltimore, Md.: 
A circular sundial with aluminum 
base and brass gnomon, calculated 
for the latitude of Peking, China, 
40° north, and inscribed with Chi- 
nese characters (56669). 

WOOTEN, Maj. W. P., U. S. Army, Hon- 
olulu, Hawaii: Diatomaceous mud 
from Pearl and Hilo harbors, Ha- 
waii (55721). 

WORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 
Worcester, Mass. (through Mrs. Ella 
L. Horr, custodian): Specimen of 
a young gecko, Spherodactylus, pos- 
sibly from Cuba (55734). 

WourzLow, E. C., Houma, La.: 6 liv- 
ing specimens of Opuntia and 5 
bulbs of Hymenocallis, from Louisi- 
ana (55783; 561389). 

WYOMING, UNIVERSITY OF, Laramie, 
Wyo.: 940 plants from the western 
part of the United States (56045: 
exchange). 

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL 
under Interior, 


PARK. (See 
Department of.) 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


YOTHERS, W. W., Orlando, Fla.: Liz- 
ard, Rhineura floridana, from Flor- 
ida (56672). 


YouNnG, JAMES Hay, 
toria, Australia: Specimens of 
Paryphanta, Vivipara and Natica, 
from Australia (56684); Tertiary 
mollusks and Ordovician graptolites, 
from Australia (56755). Exchange. 


Meredith, Vic- 


Younc, R. T., University of North Da- 
kota, University, N. Dak.: 13 in- 
sects (56680). 


ZEESE-WILKINSON Co., New York City: 
16 specimens of materials used in 
the making of 3-color relief printing 
plates (55974). 


ZETEK, JAMES, Ancon, Canal Zone: 
Bat, Artibeus, 2 vials of myriapods, 
20 specimens of land and fresh-water 
shells and 47 lots of marine shells, 
collected in the Canal Zone; also 3 
specimens of onyechophores, Peripa- 
tus ruber, from Chiriqui (56210; 
56977). 

ZIMMERMAN, MARK E., White Cloud, 
Kans.: Fragmentary skull and fe- 
mur, from a stone grave on a farm 
at the mouth of Mission Creek, 
Doniphan County, Kans. (56582). 


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ISCHES INSTITUT. 
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UND ZOOLOG- 
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LIST OF 


PUBLICATIONS OF. THE U. 5S. 


NATIONAL 


MUSEUM ISSUED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1913- 
1914, AND OF PAPERS PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE 
WHICH RELATE TO THE COLLECTIONS. 


PUBLICATIONS OF THE MUSEUM. 


ANNUAL REPORTS. 


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, 1912 | 
(Seal) | Washington | Government 
Printing Office | 1913 

8vo., pp. 1-165. 


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 | 
(Seal) | Washington | Government 
Printing Office | 1914 

8vo., pp. 1-201. 


PROCEEDINGS. 

Smithsonian Institution | United States (Seal) | Washington | Government 
National Museum | — | Proceedings Printing Office | 1913 
| of the | United States National 8vo., pp. i-xi, 1-669, 
Museum | — | Volume 44 | — | pls, 1-57, 387 figs., 
(Seal) | Washington | Government OC mneue 
Printing Office | 1913 Smithsonian Institution | United States 

8vo., pp. i-xii, 1-666, National Museum | — | Proceedings 
pls. 1-82, 90 figs., | of the | United States National 
1 map. Museum | — | Volume 46 | — | 

Smithsonian Institution | United States (Seal) | Washington | Government 
National Museum | — | Proceedings Printing Office | 1914 
| of the | United States National 8vo., pp. i-xili, 1-681, 
Museum | — | Volume 45 | — | pls. 1-57, 212 figs. 

BULLETINS. 

Smithsonian Institution. | United States | Smithsonian Institution | United States 
National Museum. | — | Bulletin | National Museum | Bulletin 71 | — | 
of the | United States National A monograph of the Foraminifera | 
Museum. | No, 50. | — | The Birds of the North Pacific Ocean | — | 


| of | North and Middle America. | 
By | Robert Ridgway, | Curator, 
Division of Birds. | — | Part VI. 
| — | (Seal) | Washington: | Gov- 
ernment Printing Office. | 1914. 


8vo., pp. i-xx, 1-882, 
pls. I-XXXVI. 


Part III. Lagenide | — | By | 

Joseph Augustine Cushman | Of the 

Boston Society of Natural History 

| (Seal) | Washington | Government 
Printing Office | 1913 

8vo., pp. i-ix, 

pls. 1-47. 
215 


1-125, 


216 


Smithsonian Institution | United States 
National Museum | Bulletin 71 | — | 
A monograph of the Foraminifera | 
of the North Pacific Ocean | — | Part 
IV. Chilostomellids, Globigerinids, 
Nummulitide | — | By | Joseph Au- 
gustine Cushman’‘| Of the Boston So- 
ciety of Natural History | (Seal) | 
Washington | Government Printing 
Office | 1914 

8vo., pp. i-vi, 1-46, 

pls. 1-19. 

Smithsonian Institution | United States 
National Museum | Bulletin 80 | — | 
A descriptive account of the build- 
ing | recently erected for the de- 
partments | of natural history of 
the United | States National, Mu- 
seum | By | Richard Rathbun | As- 
sistant Secretary of the Smithsonian 
Institution in Charge | of the United 
States National Museum | (Seal) | 
Washington | Government Printing 
Office | 1913 


8vo., pp. 1-131, pls. 
1-34. 


Smithsonian Institution | United States 
National Museum | Bulletin 83 | — | 
Type species of the genera of | ich- 
neumon flies | By | Henry L. Viereck 
| Of the Bureau of Entomology, 
United States | Department of Agri- 
culture | (Seal) | Washington | Goy- 


ernment Printing Office | 1914 
8vo., pp. i-v, 1-186. 


Smithsonian Institution | United States 
National Museum | Bulletin 84 | — | 
A contribution to the study of ophi- 
urans | of the United States Na- 
tional Museum | By | René Keebler | 
Professor of Zoology, University of 
Lyon, France | (Seal) | Washington 
| Government Printing Office | 1914 

4to., pp. i-vii, 1-173, 

pls, 1-18. 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


Smithsonian Institution | United States 


National Museum | Bulletin 85 | — | 
A monograph of the | jumping plant- 
lice or Psyllide | of the New World 
| By | David L. Crawford | Of the 
Laboratory of General Biology, Cor- 
nell University | Ithaca, New York 
| (Seal) | Washington | Govern- 

ment Printing Office | 1914 
8vo., pp. i-ix, 1-186, 

pls. 1-30. 


Smithsonian Institution | United States 


National Museum | Bulletin 86 | — | 
A monograph of the genus Chor- 
deiles | Swainson, type of a new 
family | of goatsuckers | By | Harry 
C. Oberholser | Of the Biological 
Survey, United States | Department 
of Agriculture | (Seal) | Washing- 
ton | Government Printing Office | 


1914 
8vo., pp. i-vii, 1-123, 
pls. 1-6. 


Smithsonian Institution | United States 


National Museum | Bulletin 87 | — | 
Culture of the ancient Pueblos of | 
the upper Gila River region, | New 


Mexico and Arizona | — | Second 
Museum-Gates Expedition | — | By | 


Walter Hough | Curator, Division of 

Ethnology, United States National 

Museum | (Seal) | Washington | 
Government Printing Office | 1914 

S8vo., pp. i-xiv, 1-139, 

pls. 1-29, figs. 1-348. 


No. 


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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 


217 


PAPERS PUBLISHED IN SEPARATE FORM. 


FROM VOLUME 45 OF THE PROCEEDINGS. 


Treeshrews: An account of 
the mammalian family 
Tupaiide. By Marcus 
Ward Lyon, jr. pp. 1- 
188, pls. 1-11, 15 figs. 


New species of Silurian fos- 
sils from the Edmunds 
and Pembroke formations 
of Washington County, 


Maine. By Henry Shaler 
Williams. pp. 319-352, 
pls. 29-31. 


The Mount Lyell copper dis- 
trict of Tasmania. By 
Chester G. Gilbert and 
Joseph E. Pogue. pp. 609— 
625, pls. 48-51, one map. 


No. 2006. Results of the Yale Peruvian 


No. 2007. Description 


Expedition of 1911. Lep- 
idoptera. By Harrison G. 
Dyar. pp. 627-649. 


of Mesoplodon 
mirum, a beaked whale 
recently discovered on the 
coast of North Carolina. 
By Frederick W. True. 
pp. 651-657, pls. 52-57, 
one fig. 


FROM VOLUME 46 OF THE PROCEEDINGS. 


New genera and species of | No. 20138 


Thysanoptera, with notes 
on distribution and food 
plants. By A. C. Morgan. 
pp. 1-55, figs. 1-79. 


Notes on an unusually fine 
slab of fossil crinoids. 
By R. S. Bassler. pp. 57- 
59, pls. 1, 2. 


New parasitic Hymenoptera 
of the genus Hiphosoma. 
By T. D. A. Cockerell. pp. 
61-64. 


Notes on a collection of fishes 
from the Island of Shi- 
koku in Japan, with a de- 
scription of a new species, 
Gnathypops iyonis. By 
David Starr Jordan and 
William Francis Thomp- 
son. pp. 65-72, figs. 1-5. 


No. 2012. A new nematode, Rictularia 


splendida, from the coyote, 
with notes on other coyote 
parasites. By Maurice C. 
Hall. pp. 738-84, figs. 1-6. 


No 


No. 


No. 


No. 


. 2014. 


2017. 


. 2018. 


5. New 


Notes on the bats of the 
genus Molossus. By Ger- 
rit S. Miller, jr. pp. 85-— 
92. 

Preliminary report on a re- 
cently discovered Pleisto- 
cene cave deposit near 
Cumberland, Maryland. 
By James Williams Gid- 
ley. pp. 93-102, figs. 1-8. 

moth-flies (Psycho- 

dide) bred from Brome- 
liacee and other plants. 

By Frederick Knab. pp. 

103-106. 


. New mollusks from the Ba- 


hama Islands. By Paul 
Bartsch. pp. 107-109, 
plate 3. 


Notes on the Odonata, or 
dragonflies, of Bumping 
Lake, Washington. By 
Clarence Hamilton Ken- 
nedy. pp. 111-126, 58 figs. 

A synopsis of the genera of 
Agromyzide, with descrip- 
tions of new genera and 
species. By J. R. Malloch. 
pp. 127-154, pls. 4-6. 


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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


A new sponge from the New 
Jersey Cretaceous. By 
Hervey W. Shimer and 
Sidney Powers. pp. 155- 
156, pl. 7%. 


The variation exhibited by 
mainland and island spec- 
imens of the Hibakari 
snake, Natrix vibakari 
(Boie). By J. C. Thomp- 
son, pp. 157-160. 


The extinct bisons of North 
America; with description 
of one new species, Bison 
regius. By Oliver P. Hay. 
pp. 161-200, pls. 8-19, figs. 
1-10. 


New starfishes from the 
Philippine Islands, Cele- 
bes, and the Moluccas. 
[Scientific results of the 
Philippine cruise of the 
Fisheries steamer ‘Alba- 
tross,” 1907-1910. — No. 
30.] By Walter K. Fisher. 
pp. 201-224. 


On a brackish water Pliocene 
fauna of the Southern 


Coastal Plain. By Wil- 
liam Healey Dall. pp. 
225-237, pls. 20-22. 

The genera of flies in the 
subfamily Botanobiinze 
with hind tibial spur. By 
J. R. Malloch. pp. 239- 
266, pls. 23, 24. 

Camels of the fossil genus 


Camelops. By Oliver P. 
Hay. pp. 267-277, pls. 25, 
26, one fig. 


Revision of the crinoid genus 
Himerometra. By Austin 
Hobart Clark. pp. 279-289. 


A review of the fishes of the 
genus Osmerus of the Cal- 
ifornia coast. By Mary 
Fisk. pp. 291-297, one fig. 


No. 


No. 


No. 


No. 


No. 


No. 


No. 


No. 


2028. A review of the Philippine 


2029, 


2030. 


2031. 


2032. 


2083. 


. 2034. 


2035. 


2037. 


land mammals in the 
United States National 
Museum. By N. Hollister. 
pp. 299-341, pls. 27-29. 


Descriptions of new Hymen- 
optera, No. 8 By J. C. 
Crawford. pp. 348-352, 
figs. 1-8. 


Descriptions of new species 
of crabs of the families 
Grapside and Ocypodide. 
By Mary J. Rathbun. pp. 
353-358, pls. 30-33. 


Descriptions of twenty-three 
new genera and thirty- 
one new species of Ich- 
neumon-flies. By Henry 
L. Viereck. pp. 359-386. 


A list of the Rotatoria of 
Washington and vicinity, 
with descriptions of a new 
genus and ten new species. 
By Harry K. Harring. 
pp. 3887-405, pls. 34-38. 


Gad-flies (Tabanide) of the 
genus Stibasoma. By 
Frederick Knab. pp. 407— 
412. 


Revision of the bats of the 
genus Glossophaga. By 
Gerrit S. Miller, jr. pp. 
413-429, 


New Hymenoptera from 
North America. By A. B. 
Gahan. pp. 481-443, pl. 
39. 


. Some new American Pycno- 


dont fishes. By James 
Williams Gidley. pp. 445- 
449, figs. 1-6. 


North American spring-tails 
of the subfamily Tomo- 
cerine. By Justus W. 
Folsom. pp. 451-472, pls. 
40, 41, figs. 1-10. 


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 219 


No. 2088. Notes on the fossil crinoid | No. 2041. A contribution toward a 


genus Homocrinus Hall. monograph of the homop- 
By Edwin Kirk. pp. 473- terous insects of the fam- 
483, pl. 42. ily Delphacidze of North 


and South America. By 


No. 2039. New species of noctuid moths David L. Crawford. pp. 


from tropical America. 557-640, pls. 44-49. 
By William Schaus. pp. : : eats x 
485-549. No. 2042. Archeological investigations 
in Ste. Genevieve County, 
No. 2040. Notes on a viviparous dis- Missouri. By David I. 
tome. By Edwin Linton. Bushnell, jr. pp. 641-668, 
pp. 551-555, pl. 43. pls. 50-57, figs. 1-8. 


FROM VOLUME 47 OF THE PROCEEDINGS. 


No. 2043. New genera and species of | No. 2048. Hymenoptera, superfamilies 


Microlepidoptera from Apoidea and Chalcidoidea, 
Panama. By August of the Yale-Dominican 
Busck. pp. 1-67. Expedition of 1913. By 

No. 2044. New species of crabs of the sg. ©. Crawford:- ‘pp: 
families Grapside and 131-134. 


Ocypodid. [Scientific re- 
sults of the Philippine | No. 2049. Two cottoid fishes from Mon- 


cruise of the Fisheries terey Bay, California. By 
steamer “Albatross,” 1907— Charles H. Gilbert. pp. 
1910.—No. 31.] By Mary 135-137, pl. 11. 


J. Rathbun. pp. 69-85. 
No. 2045. Names applied to the North | xo 9950, Report on the Lepidoptera of 


American bees of the gen- the Smithsonian Biolog- 

era Lithurgus, Anthidium, ical Survey of the Pan- 

and allies. By T. D. A. ama Canal Zone. By 

Cockerell. pp. 87-94. Harrison G. Dyar. pp. 
No. 2046. The noctuid moths of the 139-350. 


genera Palindia and Dyo- 
myx. By Harrison G. | No, 2051. The variations exhibited by 


Dyar. pp. 95-116. Thamnophis _ ordinoides 
No. 2047. New genera and species of (Baird and Girard), a 
American Brachyrhyn- gartersnake inhabiting the 
chous crabs. By Mary J. Sausalito Peninsula, Cali- 
Rathbun. pp. 117-129, fornia. By Joseph C. 
pls. 1-10, figs. 1-5. Thompson. pp. 351-360. 


FROM VOLUME 16 OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 


Part 10. Annona sericea and its allies. By William EH. Safford. pp. i-vii, 
263-275, pls. 85-99, figs. 42-44. 

Part 11. Nomenclature of the Sapote and the Sapodilla. By O. F. Cook. 
pp. i-vii, 277-285, pls. 100, 101, 1 fig. 

Part 12. A monograph of the Hauyeae and Gongylocarpeae, tribes of the Ona- 
graceae. By John Donnell Smith and J. N. Rose. pp. i-vii, 287-298, figs. 45-54. 

Part 13. Botrychium virginianum and its forms. Sphenoclea zeylanica and 
Caperonia palustris in the southern United States. By Ivar Tidestrom. pp. 
i-vii, 299-307, pls. 102, 1038. 


220 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


FROM VOLUME 17 OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM, 


Part 3. Mexican grasses in the United States National Herbarium. By A. S. 
Hitcheock. pp. i-xiv, 181-3889. 

Part 4. Studies of tropical American ferns—No. 5. 
pp. i-x, 391-425, pls. 11-23, figs. 8-10. 

Part 5. Studies of tropical American Pharerogams—No. 1. 
Standley. pp. i-x, 427-458, pls. 24-31. 


By William R. Maxon. 


By Paul C. 


FROM VOLUME 18 OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 


Part 1. Classification of the genus Annona with descriptions of new and im- 
perfectly known species. By W. E. Safford. pp. i-xii, 1-68, pls. 1-41, figs. 1-75. 

Part 2. New or noteworthy plants from Colombia and Central America—. 
By Henry Pittier. pp. i-x, 69-86, pls. 42-56, figs. 76-87. 


CLASSIFIED LIST OF PAPERS BASED WHOLLY OR IN PART ON THE 
NATIONAL COLLECTIONS.” 


MUSEUM ADMINISTRATION. 


RaTHBUN, RicHarD. Report on the | RaTHBUN, RICHARD. A descriptive ac- 


progress and condition of the United 
States National Museum for the year 
ending June 30, 1912. 
Svo., pp. 1-165, Aug. 7, 
1913. 

Report on the progress and ¢con- 
dition of the United States National 
Museum for the year ending June 
30, 1918. 

Svo., pp. 1-201, 2 
plans, May 2, 1914. 


count of the building recently erected 
for the departments of natural his- 
tory of the United States National 
Museum. 
Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
No. 80, pp. 1-131, 
pls. 1-34. 


ANTHROPOLOGY. 


BrocKeETT, Paut, A permanent ex- 


hibit of graphic arts in the United 
States National Museum. 


The Graphic Arts and 
Crafts Year Book, 
1913-14, 6, pp. 55- 
58, 4 pls. 


The article states that the ob- 
ject of the exhibit of graphic 
arts is to illustrate the evolu- 
tion of printing and engraving, 
and to show how the results 
have been obtained by means of 
tools, materials, and printings. 
The matter is presented under 
the following heads: Develop- 
ment of language and writing; 
writing implements and meth- 
ods; the art of printing; draw- 
ing; relief engraving; intaglio 
engraving; planography (lith 


Brockett, Paut—Continued. 


ography, zincography) ; substi- 
tute processes (processes partly 
chemical, partly mechanical, de- 
vised as substitutes for the older 
hand processes) ; color printing $ 
photo-mechanical processes; the 
art of bookbinding. 


BUSHNELL, Davin I., jr. Archeological 


investigations in Ste. Genevieve 


County, Missouri. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2042, Mar. 4, 
1914, pp. 641-668, 
pls. 50-57, figs. 1-8. 
Embodies interesting data re- 
lating to the aboriginal occu- 
pancy of southeastern Missouri ; 
and contributes considerably to 
our knowledge of the Illinois 
and other historic tribes and to 


1A few papers published prior to this fiscal year are included, having been inadver- 


tently omitted from previous reports. 


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. Ayr l 


BusHNELL, Davin I., jr.—Continued. 


the habits, customs and arts of 
the earlier inhabitants of the 
section who occupied the caves, 
buried their dead in stone cists, 
used flint hoes in cultivating 
crops, and manufactured salt by 
evaporation in great earthen- 
ware bowls. The culture forms 
an integral part of that of the 
great middle Mississippi Valley 
region in general. A brief re- 
port by Doctor Hrdlicka on the 
skeletal remains shows no unus- 
ual features save in one case 
where slight artificial flattening 
of the cranium was observed. 


DALL, WILLIAM HEALEY. An Eskimo 


artist. 


FEWKES, 


The Nation, 97, No. 

2510, New York, 

Aug: 7, 1913, p. 121. 

A brief account of an Eskimo 
carver who made some remark- 
able carvings now in the col- 
lection of the National Museum. 


J. WALTER. Great stone 


monuments in history and geogra- 


phy. 


Smithsonian Mise. 
Oolis:.,: 61,. No. 6, 
Sept. 16, 1913, pp. 

1-50, figs. 1-50. 
Brief account of the origin, 
character and probable signifi- 
cance of some of the _ better 
known monolithic monuments 
occurring throughout the world, 
with remarks on various dis- 
tinctive types. One of the large 
stone figures from Easter Is- 
land, on exhibition in the Na- 
tional Museum, is referred to 

and illustrated. 


Footr, J. 8S. The comparative histol- 
ogy of the femur. 


Smithsonian Misc. 
Colls., 61, No. §8, 
Aug. 22, 1913, pp. 

1-9, pls. 1-8. 
Comprises in brief the results 
of the original investigations of 
Prof. Foote on many animal 
and human femora. It shows 
that the minute structure of 
the bones differs remarkably ac- 
cording to order and species, as 
well as at different stages of 
development of the same indi- 
vidual. There are also prob- 
ably racial differences in the 
human family. The majority of 


Foorr, J. S.—Continued. 
the human material utilized by 
Prof. Foote was from the an- 
thropological collections of the 
National Museum. 


HoucH, WALTER. Culture of the an- 
cient pueblos of the upper Gila 
River region, New Mexico and Ari- 
zona. Second Museum-Gates Expe- 
dition. 

Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
No. 87, Mar. 21, 
1914, pp. i-xiv, 1- 
139, pls. 1-29, figs. 
1-348. 

A study of the material col- 
lected by the second Museum- 
Gates expedition on the upper 
Blue, San Francisco and Tula- 
rosa rivers, in the course of 
which a large series of articles 
from ceremonial and other caves 
was gathered. Excavations 
were also made in several pueb- 
los, and thus a rather wide 
view of the culture of this re- 
gion was obtained. Natural his- 
tory specimens were also _ se- 
cured and their discussion forms 
the first chapter of the book. 
Following this, the objects of 
stone, bone and shell, of pot- 
tery or wood, or textiles, are de- 
seribed, as well as_ various 
classes of religious objects. The 
concluding chapter describes a 
number of mummies from the 
ruins. 


HRDLICKA, ALES. A report on a col- 
lection of crania and bones from 
Sorrel Bayou, Iberville Parish, Lou- 
isiana. 

Journ. Acad. Nat. NSci., 
Phila., 16, 1913, pp. 

95-99, figs. 1, 2. 
Report on the measurements 
and examination of seventeen 
skulls and parts of one skeleton 
received in the spring of 1915, 
from Mr. Clarence B. Moore, 
and proceeding in the main 
from Sorrel Bayou, Iberville 
Parish, Louisiana. It is a con- 
tinuation of the reports on the 
skeletal material collected by 
Mr. Moore during his explora- 
tions and preparatory to a 
contemplated and more compre- 
hensive anthropological survey 
of the southern part of the 
United States. The report 
brings out a number of inter- 


222 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


HrpuicKa, ALEs—Continued. 


esting anthropological and path- | 


ological notes, as do also the 
preceding reports. 


— Anthropological work in Peru 
in 1913, with notes on the pathology 
of the ancient Peruvians. 


Smithsonian Misc. 
Colls., 61, No. 18, 
Feb. 12, 1914, pp. 
i-vi, 1-69, pls. 1-26, 
figs. 1-3. 

A report on the continuation 
of the writer's explorations 
along the coast and in the 
Sierras of Peru, with a sum- 
mary of the observations on 
pathological conditions noted on 
the ample and mostly pre- 
historic skeletal material. 
Among the more important re- 
sults of the work are (1) a 
definite tracing of the physical 
type of the pre-Columbian in- 
habitants of the coast and 
mountains over an_ extensive 
region, and (2) the defi- 
nite determination that the 
Chimu and the Nasca peoples 


- were physically integral parts 


of the predominantly brachy- 
cephalic coast population. Both 
the Nasea and the Chimu cul- 
tures continued to historic 
times. The pathology of pre- 
Columbian times shows ab- 
sence or great scarcity of some 
of the most important modern 
constitutional diseases, as well 
as some peculiar local morbid 
conditions. Numerous ruins 
heretofore unknown to science 
were found. During the ex- 
ploration no trace whatever was 
found of geologically ancient or 
even old prehistoric human 
remains. 


Restes, dans l’Asie orientale de 


la race qui a peuplé Amérique. 


Congrés Int. WAn- 
thropologie d’Arché- 
ologie préhistoriques. 
Compte Rendu de la 
XIV™e session, Ge- 
néve, 2, 1912, pp. 
409-414. (Printed in 
1914.) 

Embraces in succinet form 
the results of the writer’s obser- 
vations on physical types re- 
sembling the American Indian 
in Siberia and Mongolia. (See 


HrpiitKa, ALES—Continued. 


abstract of writer’s publication 
on same subject in report of 
National Museum for 1912- 
1913, sp: 1102.) 


——Débris en Asie orientale d’un 
peuple qui jadis peuplait l’Amérique. 


Travaux de la Sous- 
Section de Troitzkos- 
sawsk-Kiakhta, Sec- 
tion. du pays ’ Amour 
de la Société Im- 
périale Russe de Géo- 
graphie, 15, livr. 2, 
1912 (1913), pp. 70— 
75. 

Reprint in Russian of the 
paper previously cited. 


Early man in South America. 


Proc. 18th Int. Congress 
of Americanists, 1, 
London, 1914, pp. 
10-21. 

A synopsis of data relating to 
early man in South America, 
showing that there is actually 
no scientific basis for acceptance 
of the conclusion that remains 
of geologically ancient man or 
his precursors have been found 
on that continent. 


The derivation and_ probable 
place of origin of the North Ameri- 
ean Indian. 


Proc. 18th Int. Congress 
of Americanists, 1, 
London, 1914, pp. 
57-62. 

This paper, which was read 
before the 18th International 
Congress of Americanists held 
in London, 1912, gives in con- 
erete form historical notes and 
the present anthropological evi- 
dence regarding the derivation 
of the American Indian and his 
probable affiliation with the 
Eastern Asiatics of early pre- 
historic (probably early Neo- 
lithic) times. 


—— Report on two crania from 
Saline Creek, Mo., collected by D. I. 
Bushnell, jr. 


Brief description of two in- 
teresting skulls, printed on p. 
656 of the paper, entitled 
“Archeological investigations in 
Ste. Genevieve County, Mis- 
souri,”” by David I. Bushnell, jr., 
above cited. 


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, 


223 


MAMMALS. 


ALLEN, GLOVER M. A new bat from 


Tonkin. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 26, Dec. 20, 
1913, pp. 213, 214. 


—_ Notes on the birds and mammals 
of the Arctic coast of East Siberia. 


Mammals, 
Proc. New England Zool. 
Club, 5, Apr. 9, 1914, 
pp. 49-66, pl. 1. 
ALLEN, J. A. Revision of the Mela- 
nomys group of American Muride. 
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 
Hist., 32, Art. 36, 
Noy. 1%; -191/3; pp: 
533-555, pl. 68. 
Review of the genus Microsci- 
urus. 
Bull, Amer. Mus. Nat. 
Hist., 33, Art. 11, 
Feb. 26, 1914, pp. 
145-165. 


ANDREWS, Roy C. The California gray 


whale (Rhachianectes glaucus Cope). 
Memoirs Amer. Mus. 
Nat. Hist., (n. s.) 1, 
pt. 5, Monogr. of the 
Pacific Cetacea. 1, 
Mar, 1914, pp. 227- 
287, pls. 19-27, figs. 
1-22. 
A skeleton in the collection of 
the National Museum is figured 
in this paper. 


BAILEY, VERNON. Two new subspecies 
of North American beavers. 

Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 26, Oct. 23, 

1913, pp. 191-194. 
Describes Castor canadensis 
mexicanus and Castor canaden- 

sis michiganensis. 


GOLDMAN, HE. A. Descriptions of five 


new mammals from Panama. 
Smithsonian Misc. 
Colls., 63, No. 5, Mar. 
14, 1914, pp. 1-7. 
Chironectes pana- 
mensis, Lonchophylla concava, 
Lutra repanda, Felis pirrensis 
and Actus zonalis as new species. 


Describes 


— A new bat of the genus Mimon 
from Mexico. 
Proc, Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, May 11, 
1914, pp. 75, 76. 
Describes Mimon cozumele as 
new. 


GOLDMAN, HE. A. The status of Cebus 
imitator Thomas. 


Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, May 11, 
1914, p. 99. 


The status of certain American 
species of Myotis. 


Proce. \Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, May 11, 
1914, p. 102. 


HELLER, EpMUND. New races of ante- 
lopes from British East Africa. 
Smithsonian Mise. 
Colls., 61, No. 7, July 
31, 1913, pp. 1-13. 
Describes Nesotragus moscha- 
tus akeleyi, N. m. deserticola, 
Rhynchotragus kirki nyike, Ga- 
zella granti roosevelti, G. g. 
serengete, G. g. raineyi, Cepha- 


lophus monticola musculoides, 
Redunca redunca tohi, Adenota 
kob alure, 


New antelopes and carnivores 
from British East Africa. 


Smithsonian Mise. 
Colls., 61, No. 13, 
Sept. 16, 1913, pp. 
1-15. 

Describes Tragelaphus scrip- 
tus olivaceus, Ammelaphus im- 
berbis australis,  Strepsiceros 
strepsiceros bea, Kobus defassa 
raineyi, Kobus ellipsiprymnus 
kuru, Oreotragus oreotragus 
aureus, Proteles cristatus termes, 
Nandinia binotata arborea, 
Mungos dentifer, Mungos albi- 
caudus ferox, Bdeogale crassi- 
cauda omnivora, Ictonyx capen- 


sis albescens, Felis  ocreata 
nande, and F. 0, taite. 
The white rhinoceros. 
Smithsonian Misc. 


Colls., 61, No. 1, Oct. 
115 1993." pps t=", 
pls. 1-31. 
New races of ungulates and 
primates from Equatorial Africa. 


Smithsonian Misc. 
Colis., 61, No. 1%, 
Oct? 21, 19135 “pp: 
1-12. 


Describes Gorgon albojubatus 
mearnsi, Bubalis lelwel kenie, 
Sylwicapra grimmia deserti, Co- 
lobus abyssinicus roosevelti, C. a. 
percivali, C. a. terrestris, La- 
siopyga leucampaxy maue, L. 
albogularis maritima, L. a, 


224 


HELLER, E>pMuUND—Continued. 
kima, L. ascanius kaimose, L. 
pygerythra tumbili and L. p. 
arenaria. 
New races of carnivores and ba- 
boons from Equatorial Africa and 
Abyssinia. 


Smithsonian Misc. 
Colls., 61, No. 19, 
Nov. 8, 1913, pp. 
1-12. 


Describes Aonyx capensis he- 
lios, Felis leo roosevelti, F. 1. 
nyanze, F. pardus fortis, F. p. 
chui, Acinonyx jubatus velox, 
A. j. raineyi, Papio anubis lestes 
and P, a. vigilis. 


Four new subspecies of large 
mammals from Hquatorial Africa. 


Smithsonian Misc. 
Oolls., 61; No. 22; 
Jan. 26, 1914, pp. 

1-7. 
Describes Hippopotamus am- 
phibius kiboko, Phacocherus 
africanus bufo, Bquus quagga 


cunninghamei and Crocuta cro- 
cuta fisi. 


New subspecies of mammals 
from Equatorial Africa. 
Smithsonian Misc. 
Colls., 63, No. 7, 
June 24, 1914, pp. 
1-12. 


Describes Thos adustus bweha, 
T. a. notatus, T. aureus bea, T. 
mesomelas elgone, 7. m. momil- 
lani, Heliosciurus rufobrachiatus 
shindi, Tatera nigracauda perci- 
vali, Epimys kaiseri turneri, E. 
concha ismailiea, BF. kaiseri cen- 
tralis, Mus gratus  soricoides, 
@nomys hypoxranthus vatlicola, 
Arvicanthis abyssinicus  vires- 
cens, Lemniscomys dorsalis 
mearnsi, and Acomys ignitus 
montanus. 

Theodore 


(See also under 


Roosevelt. ) 


HouuisterR, N. Three new subspecies 
of grasshopper mice. 

Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 26, Dee. 20, 

1913, pp. 215, 216. 
Describes Onychomys torridus 
clarus, O. leucogaster capitula- 

tus and O. 1. breviauritus. 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


Houuister, N. <A review of the Phil- 
ippine land mammals in the United 
States National Museum. 


Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2028, Dec. 
81, 1913, pp. 299- 

341, pls. 27-29. 
Describes as new Pachyura 
occultidens, Taphonycteris  ca- 
pito, Miniopterus paululus, 
Cherephon luzonus, Nannosciu- 
rus surrutilus, Epimys coloratus, 
E. robiginosus, E. mayonicus, E. 
leucopheatus, E. vigoratus, EH. 
basilanus, E. ornatulus, BE. ben- 
guetensis, Limnomys mearnsi, L. 
picinus, Apomys nicrodon, Pithe- 
cus mindorus and Rusa nigellus. 


A new name for the marmot of 
the Canadian Rockies. 


Science, (n. s.), 39, No. 
998, Feb. 13, 1914, 
p. 251. 
Marmota oxytona is substi- 
tuted for the preoccupied name, 
Marmota sibila. 


-———— our hew neotropical rodents. 

Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, Mar. 20, 

1914, pp. 57-59. 
Deseribes Prechimys rubellus, 
Myocaster coypus  santacruze, 
Lagostomus maximus petilidens 
and Hydrocherus hydrocheris 

notialis. 


Four new mammals from trop- 
ical America. 


Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, May 11, 
1914, pp. 103-106. 
Describes Philander centralis, 
Nectomys squamipes pollens, 
Cebus margarete and Cebus ca- 
pucinus limitaneus. 


Howetit, ARTHUR H. Ten new mar- 
mots from North America. 


Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, Feb. 2, 
1914, pp. 138-18. 

Marmota = monar 
rufescens, M. m. preblorum, M. 
flaviventer parvula, M. f. no- 
sophora, M. f. luteola, M. f. war- 
reni, M. f. obscura, M. caligata 
cascadensis, M. c. nivaria, and 
M. c, sheldoni. 


Describes 


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 


Howett, ArtHuR H. Notes on the 
skunks of Indiana with a correction. 


Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, May 11, 
1914, p. 100. 


Revision of the American har- 


vest mice (genus Reithrodontomys). 
North Amer. Fauna, 
36, June 5, 1914, pp. 
1-97, pls. 1-7, figs. 
1-6. 

Describes as new Reithrodon- 
tomys megalotis nigrescens, R. 
amoles, R. fulvescens chiapen- 
sis, R. f. nelsoni, R. f. muste- 
linus, R. rufescens luteolus, R. 
alleni, and, as a new subgenus, 
Aporodon. 


JACKSON, HargTLEY H. T. New moles 


of the genus Scalopus. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

ington, 27, Feb. 2, 
1914, pp. 19-21. 

the following as 
new: Scalopus aquaticus how- 
elli, S. a. machrinoides, S. a. 
pulcher, S. a. caryi, and S. 
inflatus. 


Describes 


New moles of the genus Sca- 
panus. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, Mar. 20, 
1914, pp. 55, 56. 
Describes Scapanus latimanus 
sericatus and S. Ll. grinnelli. 


Treeshrews: 
mammalian 


Lyon, Marcus WARD, jr. 
an account of the 
family Tupaiide. 

Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
45, No. 1976, Nov. 
29, 1913, pp. 1-188, 
pls. 1-11, figs. 1-15, 
5 maps, 

Describes as new Tupaia 
longipes salatana, T. riabus, T. 
anambe, T. montana baluensis, 
T. gracilis edarata, Anathana, 
Anathana wroughtoni, A. pal- 
lida, Dendrogale melanura bdal- 
uensis, Tana, Tana tana besara, 
T t. utara, T. t. tuancus, T. 
linge, T. cervicalis mase and 
T. paitana. 


Mearns, Epear <A. Descriptions of 
three new racoons from the Mexican 
Boundary region. 

Proc, Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, Mar. 20, 
1914, pp. 63-67. 
Describes Procyon lotor fus- 
cipes, P. l. ochraceus and P. 1. 
californicus. 


71159°—wnat Mus 1914-15 


225 


Mearns, Epcar A. The earliest sys- 
tematic name for the tuoza or 
Georgia pocket gopher. 


Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, May .11, 
1914, p. 102. 


MILLER, GERRIT S., jr. Notes on the bats 


of the genus Molossus. 
Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2013, Aug. 
23, 1913, pp. 85-92. 
Describes as new Molossus 
fortis and M. debilis. 


Two new murine rodents from 


Baltistan. 
Soc. Wash- 
Oct:- 23; 


Proc. Biol, 

ington, 26, 

1913) pp. LOT; {L9s: 

Deseribes ,Alticola glacialis 
and Epimys rattus shigarus. 


Fifty-one new Malayan mam- 


mals. 
Mise. 
Nos. $215 
1913, pp. 


Smithsonian 
Colls., 61, 
Dec. 29, 

1-30. 
Describes Paradorurus  par- 
vus, P. hermaphroditus ravus, 
P. hs senea, Ps he. fuscus, PB. le. 
pallens, P. h. pugnar, P. h. 
sacer, P. h. pulcher, P. h. canus, 
P. h. simpler, Arctogalidia 
macra, A. bicolor, A. mima, A. 
depressa, Epimys pannellus, E. 
tingius, E. fulmineus, E. roa, 
E. mara, HE. tua, #. rattus tur- 
bidus, E. r. pauper, EH. r. vic- 
lana, E. vr. dentatus, HE. 1. 
insulanus, E. r. eaxsul, EH. 1 
fortunatus, E. borneanus, £, 
victor, E. pollens, BE. potens, 
E. valens, E. luta, EH. stentor, 
EH. vociferans insularum, EB. v. 
clare, E. lepidus, HE. gracilis, FE. 
solus, Sciurus astristriatus, NW. 
dulitensis dilutus, S. atricapit- 
lus atrox, S. humilus, Lariscus 
berdmorei aniotus, Ratufa mel- 
anopepla peninsule, R. pheo- 
pepla, R. celenopepla, Petau- 
rista mimicus, Presbytis corvus, 

P. australis, P. vigilans. 


Revision of the bats of the 
genus Glossophaga. 
Proc. U8: 
46, No. 
31, 1913, 
429. 
Describes as new Glossophaga 
soricina microtis and G. s, vd- 
lens. 


Nat. Mus., 
2034, Dec. 
pp. 413- 


MILLER, GERRIT S., jr. Elliot’s review 
of the Primates. 
Science, (n. s.), 39, No. 
992, Jan. 2, 1914, 
pp. 28-81. 


——— Two new muride rodents from 
enstern Asia. 
Proc. Biol, Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, May 11, 
1914, pp. 898-91. 
Deseribes Apodemus pretor 
and Epimys norvegicus socer. 
NELSON, E. W. A new bat from the 
eastern United States. 
Proc, Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 26, Aug. 8, 
1913, pp. 1838, 184. 
Deseription of a new subspecies 
of moose from Wyoming. 
Proc, Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, Apr. 25, 
1914, pp. 71-78. 
Deseribes Alces americanus 
shirasi. 
EDMUND 
African 


ROOSEVELT, ‘THEODORE, abd 
Hevuer. Life-histories of 
game animals. 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


ROOSEVELT, THEODORE, and EpMUND 
HeELLER—Continued. 
2 Yols.;, SV0.,. spp: 
i-xxvii, i-x, 1-798, 
50 illustrations, 40 
maps. 


A systematic and popular ac- 
count of the larger carnivores, 
the pigs, the hippopotamus, the 
giraffes, the antelopes, the hook- 
lipped and the square-mouthed 
rhinoceros, the zebras, and the 
elephant of British Past Africa 
and Uganda. Technical details 
are based chiefly on material in 
the National Museum. (Smith- 
sonian African Expedition and 
Rainey African Expedition.) 


'TRUE, FREDERICK W. Description of 
Mesoplodon mirum, a beaked whale 
recently discovered on the coast of 
North Carolina. 

Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

45, No. 2007, Novy. 

29, 1913, pp. 651- 

657, pls. 52-57, fig. 1. 

A detailed description of the 
species, originally described in 


Charles Scribner's Sons, | Smithsonian Mise. Colls., 60, 
New York, Apr., 1914, ! No. 25, March 14, 1913. 
BIRDS. 
BartscH, Pau. Birds observed on |} CHAPMAN, FRANK M. Diagnoses of 


the Florida Keys on April 25 to 
May 9, 1918. 


Carnegie Inst.of Wash- 


ington, Year Book 
No. 12, 1913, pp. 
172-175. 


Birds observed on the Keys 
between Miami and the Tor- 
tugas. 


——— Mourning warbler (Oporornis 


philadelphia) in Florida. 
Auk, 31, No. 
1914, p. 105. 
Records the mourning warbler 
for the first time in the State 
of Florida. 


1, Jan., 


BEEBE, C. WILLIAM. Preliminary pheas- 
ant studies. 
Zoologica, 1, No. 15, 
Apr., 1914, pp. 261- 
285. 


Notes on thirteen genera of 


pheasants, based on the au- 
thor'’s studies in various 
museums. 


apparently new Colombian birds, 2. 
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 


Hist., 33, Art. 12, 

Mar. 19, 1914, pp. 

167-192, pl. 18 (map 

of s. w. Colombia). 

The following species and 
subspecies are described as new, 
and their relationships with 
previously known forms are 
fully discussed: Ortalis colwm- 


biana cauce, Porphyriops me- 
lanops bogotensis, Fulica ameri- 
cana  columbiana, — Imobrychus 
exilis bogotensis, Stenopsis cay- 
ennensis monticola, Formica- 
yius analis connectens, Cras- 
pedoprion pacificus, C. equinoc- 
tialis flavus, Huscarthmus sep- 
tentrionalis, Mionectes — oliva- 
ceus pallidus, Camptostoma 
cauce, Pitangus  sulphuratus 
caucensis, Pheugopedius mysta- 
calis amaurogaster, Henicor- 
hina leucophrys brunneiceps, 
Planesticus cauce, Saltator 
atripennis caniceps, Myospiza 


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 997 


CHAPMAN, FranK M.—Continued. 
cherriei, Arremonops conirostris 
inexpectata, Atlapetes  fusco- 
olivasceus, A. pallidinuchus ob- 
scurior, Cereba mexicana cauce, 
Tangara guttata tolime, T. 
aurulenta occidentalis, T. florida 
auriceps, Chlorospingus flavigu- 
laris marginatus, Ostinops sin- 
cipitalis neglectus, Agelaius 
icterocephalus bogotensis. and 
Icterus honde. 


CLARK, AUSTIN HoBArRT. A new race 
of the mandarin duck from southern 
Japan. 

Proc. Biol. Soe. Wash- 
ington, 27, May 11, 
1914, p. 87. 
Aix galericulata brunnescens 
is diagnosed as new. 


CLARK, HUBERT LYMAN. Anatomical 
' notes on Todus, Oxyruncus and Spin- 
dalis. 

Auk, 30, No. 3, July, 
1918, pp. 402-406. 
Notes on the anatomy of 
three tropical American genera 
of birds, 


Gre, N. Gist. (See under Lacy I. 
Moffett. ) 


Howett, ArtHuUR H. Descriptions of 
two new birds from Alabama. 


Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 26, Oct. 238, 

1913, pp. 199-202. 
Corvus brachyrhynchos paulus 
and Pipilo erythrophthalmus can- 
aster are described as new, and 
the type locality of Corvus b. 
brachyrhynchos is fixed as the 

vicinity of Boston, Mass. 


MEARNS, Epcar <A. Descriptions of 
three new African weaver-birds of 
the genera HEstrilda and Granatina. 


Smithsonian Misc. 
Colls., 61, No. 9, 
July 31, 1913, pp. 
1-4. 

Estrilda rhodopyga polia, BD. r. 
hypochra, and Granatina ianth- 
inogastra roosevelti are new 
forms. 


Descriptions of four new Afri- 
can thrushes of the genera Plan- 
esticus and Geocichla. 

Smithsonian Misc. 
Oolls., 61, No. 10, 


Aug. 11, 1913, pp. 
1-5. 


Mearns, Epear A.—Continued. 


The new forms are Planesti- 
cus helleri, P. olivaceus polius 
Geocichla piaggie keniensis, and 
G. gurneyi raineyi. 


Descriptions of six new African 


Snrithsonian Misc. 
Cotls., Gl; No: 14, 
Aug. 30, 1913, pp. 
1-5. 

The following new forms are 
described : Cisticola robusta 
abaya, O. r. tana, ©. subrufica- 
pilla bodessa, C. s. fricki, C. 
natalensis nilotica, and Pyrome- 
lana flammiceps changamwensis, 


Descriptions of five new Afri- 
can weaver-birds of the genera Othy- 
phantes, Hypargos, Aidemosyne, and 
Lagonosticta. 


Smithsonian Misc. 
Colis., 61, No. 14, 
Sept. 20, 1913, pp. 
1-5. 

Othyphantes fricki, Hypargos 
niveoguttatus macrospilotus, 
Aidemosyne inornata, A. cantans 
meridionalis, and Lagonosticta 
rubricata fricki are designated 
as new. 


Descriptions of ten new Afri- 
can birds of the genera Pogonocichla, 
Cossypha, Bradypterus, Sylvietta, 
Melaniparus and Zosterops. 


Smithsonian Misc. 
Colis., 61, No. 20, 
Nov. 29, 19138, pp. 
1-8. 

Descriptions of the following 
hew subspecies are given: Pogo- 
nocichla cucullata helleri, Cos- 
sypha natalensis garguensis, O. 
n. intensa, Bradypterus batecu- 
lus fraterculus, Sylvietta whytit 
abayensis, S. leucophrys kenien- 
sis, S. brachyura tavetensis, 
Melaniparus afer fricki, Zoste- 
rops senegalensis fricki, and Z. 
virens garguensis. 


Descriptions of eight new Afri- 
can bulbuls. 


Smithsonian Misc. 
Colis., 61, No. 25, 
Feb. 16, 1914, pp. 
1-6. 

Phyllastrephus strepitans 
fricki, P. cerviniventris lénn- 
bergi, P. placidus  keniensis, 
Chlorocichla flaviventris meru- 


228 


Mersrns, Epcar A.—Continued. 
ensis, Andropadus fricki, A. f. 
kitungensis, Stelgidocichla lati- 
rostris pallida, and S. l. satu- 
rata are described as new. 
MOorFETT, LAcy I., and N. Gist GEE. | 
Check list of birds of the lower 
Yangtse valley from Hankow to the 
sea. [With an appendix by Chas. 
W. Richmond. ] 
Journ. N. China | 
Branch, Roy. Asiatic 
Soc., 44, 1915, pp. 
113-1438, 148a—i48f. 
A briefly annotated list of 
birds of the region indicated in 
the title. | 


OBERHOLSER, HARRY C. Four 
birds from Newfoundland. 
Proc. Biol. Soe. Wash- 
ington, 27, Mar. 20, 
1914, pp. 438-54. 

Four new subspecies are de- 
seribed, under the names Dryo- 
bates pubescens  microleucus, 
Bubo  virginianus  neochorus, 
Perisoreus canadensis sanfordi, 
and Pinicola enucleator eschato- 
sus, The type locality of Pini- 
cola e. leucura is fixed as the 
city of Quebec, Canada. 

A monograph of the genus 
Chordeiles Swainson, type of a new 
family of goatsuckers. 

Bull. U. S. Nat. MWus., 
No. 86, Apr. 6, 1914, 
pp. i-vii, 1-123, pls. 
1-6. 

A monographie treatment of 
nighthawks (genus Chordeiles), 
for which the family Chordeil- | 
ide is proposed. Chordeiles vir- | 
gintanus howelli, C. acutipennis 
micromeris, C. a. inferior, OC. ru- | 
pestris «wyosticius, and C. +r. | 
zaleucus are new subspecies. 
Setochalcis is a new genus for 
the whippoorwills of the Capri- 
mulgus vociferus group. 


new 


Pocecetes gramineus confinis in 
Louisiana. 


Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, May 11, 
1914, p. 101. 

Record of this subspecies from 


Louisiana. 

OGILVIE-GRANT, W. R. On a small col- 
lection of birds from Henderson 
Island, South Pacific. 

Ibis, ser. 10, 1, No. 3, 
July, 1913, pp. 343— | 
350, pl. 9. 


REPORT OF NATIONAL 


MUSEUM, 1914. 


OGILVIE-GRANT, W. R.—Continued. 

An account of 10 species col- 
lected on Henderson Island, with 
extended remarks on Ptilopus 
insularigs and its ally, P. coral- 
ensis. 


RicHMOND, CHAS. W. (See under 
Lacy I. Moffett and N. Gist Gee.) 


Ripeway, Rosert. The birds of North 
and Middle America: a descriptive 
catalogue of the higher groups, gen- 
era, species, and subspecies of birds 
known to occur in North America, 
from the Arctic lands to the Isth- 
mus of Panama, the West In- 
dies and other islands of the Carib- 
bean Sea, and the Galapagos Archi- 


pelago. Pt. 6. Family Picide—The 
Woodpeckers. Family Capitonidae— 
The Barbets. Family Ramphasti- 


dze—The Toucans. Family Buccon- 
ide—The Puff Birds. Family Gal- 
bulidee—The Jacamars. Family Al- 
cedinidse—The Kingfishers. Family 
Todidzee—The 'Todies. Family Mo- 
motidz—The Motmots. Family Cap- 


rimulgide—The Goatsuckers. Fam- 
ily Nyctibiide—The Potoos. Family 
Tytonide—The Barn Owls. Family 


Bubonidzee—The Eared Owls. 


Bull. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 
No. 50, pt. 6, Apr. 
8, 1914, pp. i-xx, 

1-882, pls. 1-36. 
The present volume contains 
the suborders Picariew, Aniso- 
dactyle, Nycticoracie and Stri- 
ges, embracing the 12 families 
above enumerated and 76 gen- 
era, with 869 species and sub- 
species, and additional extra- 
limital forms described in the 
keys. Hypnelus ruficollis colo- 
ratus, Otus asio hasbroucki, O. 
a. brewsteri, Pulsatrix perspicil- 
lata saturata, Micropallas whit- 
neyi sanfordi and M. w. idoneus 
are described as new. Psilopor- 
nis is a new genus of Galbu- 

lide. 


Ritey, J. H. Note on Anas cristata 


Gmelin. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, May 11, 
1914, p. 100. 
The generic name Lophonetta 
is proposed for this species. 


List 


SHUFELDT, R. W. 
the Phalacrocoracide. 


Proc. Zool. Soc. Lon- 
don, pt. 3, Sept., 
1918, pp. 3893-402, 
pl. 61. 


Notes on the patella in the 
cormorant family. 


SwarrH, Harry S. The status of 
Lloyd’s Bush-tit as a bird of Ari- 
zona. 


Auk, 30, No. 3, July, 
1913, pp. 399-401. 
From an examination of am- 
ple material, the writer con- 
eludes that Psaltriparus mela- 
notis Uoydi does not occur in 
Arizona, and that P, santarite 
is a synonym of P. plumbeus. 


——— A study of a collection of geese 
of the Branta canadensis group from 


the San Joaquin Valley, California. 
Univ. Cal. Pub. Zool., 
12, No. 1, Nov. 20, 
1918, pp. 1-24, pls. 

1, 2, figs. A—H. 
Three forms of the Branta 
canadensis group are found to 
oceur in California, B. c. cana- 
densis being the breeding sub- 
species. The author finds no 
definite records of B. c. occi- 

dentalis for the State. 


Topp, W. E. Ciypr. Preliminary diag- 
noses of apparently new birds from 
tropical America. 


OF PUBLICATIONS. 


229 


On the patella in | Topp, W. E, Ciyp—E—Continued. 


Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 26, Aug. 8, 
19138, pp. 169-174. 
The following forms are de- 
scribed as new: Catamenia oreo- 
phila, Tanagra rufiventris col- 
orata, Gymnostinops yuracares 
caurensis, Basileuterus awrica- 
pillus viridescens, Hemispingus 
basilicus, Pheugopedius genibar- 
bis bolivianus, Planesticus oli- 
vater sancte-marte, Todirostrum 
schistaceiceps griseolum, Rhyn- 
chocyclus flaviventris aurulen- 
tus, Elenia boliviana, Leptopogon 
amaurocephalus diversus, Myi- 
archus (7?) fortirostris, Orody- 
nastes striaticollis columbianus, 
Microtriccus brunneicapillus di- 
lutus, Thamnophilus  doliatus 
heteroleucus, Ramphocenus me- 
lanurus pallidus, Hypocnemis 
flavescens humilis, Myrmeciza 
zeledoni ajffinis, M. schistacea, 
Hylophylax consobrina,  Scla- 
teria nevia diaphora, Xenops 
genibarbis neglectus, Xenicopsis 
striolatus, Dendrocolaptes poly- 
zonus, Picolaptes bivittatus cer- 
thiolus, Phaethornis striigularis 
ignobilis, Agyrtria hollandi, Sau- 
cerottia tobact monticola, Metal- 
lura tyrianthina oreopola, Micro- 
stilbon (new genus), VW. inspera- 
tus, Blectron  platyrhynchus 
medianum, Pyrrhura viridicata, 
and Rallus longirostris leuco- 
pheus. 


REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS. 


RUTHVEN, ALEXANDER G. Description 
of a new species of Basiliscus from 
the region of the Sierra Nevada de 
Santa Marta, Colombia. 

Proc. Biel. Soc. Wash- 

ington, 27, Feb. 2, 

1914, pp. 9-12, pl. 1. 

Basitiscus barbourt is de- 

scribed as new, and a paratype 

of the species was presented to 
the Museum. 


Description of a new engystoma- 
tid frog of the genus Hypopachus. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, May 11, 
1914, pp. 77-79. 
Hypopachus pearsei is de- 
scribed as new, and a paratype 
was presented to the Museum. 
THoMPSON, JOSEPH C. The variation 
exhibited by mainland and island 
specimens of the Hibakari snake, Na- 
trix vibakari (Boie). 


THOMPSON, JOSEPH C.—Continued. 

Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

46, No. 2020, Sept. 

30, 1913, pp. 157-160. 

Shows that the specimens 

from the Japanese Islands have 

more numerous ventrals than 

those from the opposite main- 

land. One-half of the specimens 

examined are in the National 
Museum. 


—_———The variations exhibited by 
Thamnophis ordinoides (Baird and 
Girard), a gartersnake inhabiting 
the Sausalito Peninsula, California. 


Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
47, No. 2051, May 16, 

1914, pp. 351-360. 
A minute study of variation 
in 50 snakes from a limited hab- 
itat. Nearly the entire material 
was presented by the author to 

the National Museum. 


250 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


FISHES, 


Fisk, Mary. A review of the fishes of 
the genus Osmerus of the California 
coast. 


Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2027, Nov. 
25, 1913, pp. 291- 


297, 1 fig. 

GILBERT, CHARLES H. Two cottoid 
fishes from Monterey Bay, Califor- 
nia. 

Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 
47, No. 2049, May 
20, 1914, pp. 135- 
UST, Die 21: 

JORDAN, DaAvip STARR, and WILLIAM 
FRANCIS THOMPSON. Notes on a col- 
lection of fishes from the Island of 


JORDAN, DAviID STARR, and WILLIAM 
Francis THOMPSON—Continued. 
Shikoku in Japan, with a descrip- 
tion of a new species, Gnathypops 

iyonis. 
Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2011, Aug. 
23, 1913, pp. 65-72, 
figs. 1-5. 


SNYDER, JOHN OTTERBEIN. The fishes 
of the streams tributary to Monterey 
Bay, California. 

Bull. Bur. Fisheries, 
32, No. 776, July 24, 
1913, pp. 49-72, pls. 
19-24, figs. 1-3. 


MOLLUSKS. 


BARTSCH, PAUL. Observations on 
mollusks among the Bahama Islands 
and the Florida Keys. 

Smithsonian Misc. 
Colls., 60, No. 30, 
July 3, 1913, pp. 58- 

62, figs. 65-67. 
Calls attention to a _ collect- 
ing trip to the Bahama Islands 
and the Florida Keys, and the 
planting of Bahama _ Cerions 

upon the Florida Keys. 


New mollusks from the Baha- 


ma Islands. 
Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2016, Nov. 
29, 1913, pp. 107- 
109, pl. 3. 

A report on a collection made 
by Mr. G. W.*Pepper, of Provi- 
dence, Rhode Island, in the 
Bahama Islands, in which the 
following new species are de- 
seribed: Cerion (Strophiops) 
pepperi, Cepolis maynardi ele- 
vata, Leptinaria bahamensis, 
Varicella gracillima bahamensis, 

Report of results of the plant- 
. ing of Bahama Cerions on the Flor- 
ida Keys. 
Carnegie Inst. of 
Washington, Year 
Book, No. 12, 1913, 
pp. 169-172. 

A detailed account of the re- 
sults obtained in the breeding 
experiments of the Bahama 
Cerions planted on the Florida 
Keys a year ago. 


BarTscH, PAuLt. (See also under Wil- 
liam Healey Dall.) 


Dati, WILLIAM HEALEY. New species 
of the genus Mohnia from the North 
Pacific. 


Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Phila., Aug. 19, 

1913, pp. 501-504. 
The following new species are 
described: Mohnia robusta, M. 
corbis, M. vernalis, M. sipho- 
noides, M. exquisita, M. bucci- 
noides, M. japonica, M. kuri- 
lana, M. hondoensis, They are 
from Bering Sea and North Ja- 
pan, dredged by the U. 8. Fisher- 
ies Steamer Albatross, and the 
types are in the National Mu- 

seum., 


—— The Belgian Antarctic Expedi- 
tion. 
: Science (n. s.), 38, No. 
988, Dec. 5, 1918, pp. 
819, 820. 
A review of the results of the 
voyage in the lines of Petrogra- 
phy and Tunicata. 


——— A new genus of Trochide. 

Nautilus, 27, No. 8, 
Dec., 1913, pp. 8&6, 

87. 
The new genus and species 
Vetulonia jeffreysi and V. gala- 
pagana are described, with the 
latter as the generic type. The 
specimens are in the National 

Museum, 


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 


DatLt, WiLtrAM HEALEY. Note on 
Clementia obliqua Jukes-Brown. 


Nautilus, 27, No. 9, 
Jan., 1914, pp. 103, 
104. 

Proof is given that the above 
species had been named subdia- 
phana by Carpenter in 1864, 
and that it is a native of the 
northwest coast of America and 
not of Porto Rico, as supposed. 
It is referable to the genus 
Marci of the Veneride. 


Notes on some West American 
Pectens. 
Nautilus, 27, No. 11, 
Mar., 1914, pp. 121, 
122. 

The group as represented on 
the west coast of North Amer- 
ica is reviewed. Pecten exca- 
vatus of Valenciennes, not An- 
ton, is renamed P. cataractes. 


Notes on West American oys- 


ters. 

Nautilus, 28, No. 1, 
May, 1914, pp. 1-3. 
The group is reviewed. O. 
fisheri is proposed for O. jaco- 
bea Rochebrune, not Linneus. 
O. serra and O. tubulifera from 
the tropical fauna are described 
as new. The material on which 
the review is based is in the 

National Museum. 


The life of the mollusea. 
Science (n. s.), 39, No. 
1016, June 19, 1914, 
pp: 910; 911. 
A review of the volume so en- 
titled by B. B. Woodward. 


Notes on some northwest coast 


Acmeas. 
Nautilus, 28, No. 2, 
June, 1914, pp. 13-— 
15. 
Data derived from a revision 
of the species in the collection 
of the National Museum. New 


231 


Dat, WintiAM Hratey—Continued. 
species indicated are: Acmea 
olympica Dall, A. emydia Dall, 
A. parallela Dall, and A. semi- 
rubida Dall, Important changes 
in the coast line are suggested 
by the present distribution of 
the temperate and tropical spe- 
cies of the genus. 


and Pavut BartscH. New spe- 
cies of mollusks from the Atlantic 


and Pacific coasts of Canada. 
Victoria Mem. Mus. 
Bult. No. 1, Oct. 28, 
1913, pp. 1389-146, 
pl, 10: 

Descriptions of species dredged 
by the staff of the Dominion 
Geological and Natural History 
Survey. The types and cotypes 
are in the Victoria Memorial 
Museum and the U. 8. National 
Museum. Mangilia crebricostata 
Carpenter, known only from a 
unique and defective specimen, 
is redescribed from better mate- 


rial; and the following new 
forms are named: Turbonilla 
(Pyrgiscus) hecuba, Odostomia 


(Evalea) cassandra, O. (E.) cy- 
pria, O. (B.) hypatia, and 0. 
(B.) skidegatensis. All except 
the first mentioned are from the 
Queen Charlotte Islands, British 
Columbia. 


Pruspry, Henry A. (assisted by C. 


MoNTAGUE COOKE). Manual of 
Conchology structural and syste- 
matic, with illustrations of the 
species. Vol. 22. Achatinellide. 
Published by the Con- 
chological Depart- 
ment, Acad. Nat. 
Sei, Phila., 1912- 
14, Svo., pp. i-lviii, 
1-428, pls. 1-63. 


This volume is based in part 
on the collection of Achatinel- 
lide in the National Museum, 
which was lent to Dr. Pilsbry 
for study. 


PROTOTRACHEATA. 


CLaRK, AUSTIN HopBart. Piccole note 


su degli onychophora. 

Zool. Anzeiger, 42, No. 
6, July 18, 1913, pp. 

253-255. 
Records Peripatus (Epiperi- 
patus) simoni from Marajo, 
Brazil; P. (#.) trinidadensis 
from Tobago, B. W. I., with a 
suggestion that the specimen 


CLARK, AUSTIN Hopart—Continued. 
from that Island may prove 
distinct, in which case the 
author proposes the name P, 
(B.) broadwayi for this form; 
P. (P.)juanensis from Vieques, 
P. R., and Peripatoides nove- 
cealandie from New Zealand. 
The last three are in the 
National Museum, 


(ous 
232 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


CLARK, AUSTIN Hopart. Sopra una | CLarK, AUSTIN HosartT. Notes on 
piccola collezione di Onychophora da some specimens of a species of Ony- 
Australia. chophore (Oroperipatus corradoi) 

Zool. Anzeiger, 43, No. new to the fauna of Panama. 
v, Jan. 7, 1914, pp. Smithsonian Misc. 
316-319. Colls., 68, No. 2, 
Based upon a small collection Feb. 21, 1914, pp 
of onychophores sent to the 1.2 : : 
author by Prof. R. Hamlyn Oroperipatus corradoi, previ- 
Harris, Director of the Queens- ously known only from Ecuador, 
land Museum, Brisbane. Three is here recorded from Ancon 
species are represented: Pevri- Canal Zone : 
patoides gilesii, P. orientalis 
and P, oviparus. Duplicates of 
the last named are in the Na- 
tional Museum. 
INSECTS. 


BaRBeR, HERBERT S. The remarkable 
life-history of a new family (Micro- 
malthids#) of beetles. 

Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 26, Aug. 8, 
1913, pp. 185-190, 
pl. 4. 


A new species of Phengodes 

from California (Coleoptera). 
Can. Ent., 45, No. 10, 
Oct. 18, 1913, pp. 

348, 344. 

Describes a new species, Phen- 
godes bellus, of which the para- 
type is in the National Museum. 


Notes on a wood-boring syrphid. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 15, No. 4, 
Jan, 22, 1914, pp. 
151, 152. 

Temnostoma bombylans was 
reared and a comparison of the 
various larve shows great dif- 
ferences in the armature of the 
spiracles, from which it appears 
that about four species are mixed 

under the single specific name. 


— Notes on Rhipidandri. (Coleop- 
tera) 

Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 

ington, 15, No. 4, 

Jan. 22, 1914, pp. 


188-193. 

Describes a new species of the 
genus Hutomus from Panama 
and gives notes on the other spe- 
cies in the collection of the 
National Museum. 


On interspecific mating in Phen- 
godes and inbreeding in Eros. (Cole- 
optera). 

Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 16, No. 1, 
Mar. 23, 1914, pp. 
32-34. 


Busck, Aucust. New Microlepidoptera 
from British Guiana. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 1, No. 7, July 
21, 1918, pp. 88-92. 
Describes eight new species be- 
longing to several genera. 


——A new Acrclophus from British 
Guiana. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 1, No. 9, Sept. 
15, 1913, pe 1. 


—— Two Microlepidoptera injurious 


to chestnut. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 15, No. 3, 
Oct. 2, 1913, pp. 102- 


104, 1 fig. 
Seven Microlepidoptera 


from Mexico. 


new 


Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 1, No. 11, Nov. 
29, 1913, pp. 140- 
1438. 
Note on a barkmining lepidopte- 
ron of the genus Marmara Clemens. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 15, No. 4, 
Jan. 22, 1914, p. 150. 
Marmara fulgidella was reared 
from oak, the larve exhibiting 
the typical form for species of 
this genus. 


A new Gracilaria on Azalea. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 2, No.1, Jan. 
31, 1914, pp. 1, 2. 
Describes one new _ species 
which possibly may have been 
imported from Europe. 


——— The chestnut bastminer. 


Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 2, No. 1, Jan. 
31, 1914, pp. 3, 4, 1 
fig. 


LIST OF 


Buscxk, Avugust—Continued. 
Describes 
phaga and gives notes on the 

habits of the larva. 


Two Microlepidoptera on Thur- 
beria thespesioides. 

Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 16, No. 1, 
Mar. 238, 1914, pp. 

30, 31. 
Deseribes Bucculatrix thur- 
beriella, new species, from Ari- 

zona, 


Seven new species of Ethmia 


from tropical America. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
Struus, 2, No. 4, Apr. 
24, 1914, pp. 53-57. 


New genera and species of 
Microlepidoptera from Panama. 
Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 
47, No. 2048, Apr. 
30, 1914, pp. 1-67. 
Describes the new genera 


Fortinea, Atoponeura, Beltheca, 
Besciva, Galtica, Aroga, Pavo- 
lechia, Promenesta in the Gele- 
chiide; Hamadera, Costoma, 
Rhindoma, Ancipita in the Aico- 
phoride, and Harmaciona in 
the Tineidw, together with 123 
new species. 


CAUDELL, A. N. Some Bromeliadicolous 
Blattide from Mexico and Central 


America. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, No. 5, 
June 8, 1914, pp. T6— 
80. 


Describes three new species. 


€ 
ay 


The egg of Pseudosermyle trun- 


eata Caudell. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 


ington, 16, No. 2, 
June 12, 1914, p. 96, 
1 fig. 


CocKERELL, T. D. A. New parasitic | 
Hymenoptera of the genus Eipho- | 


soma, 

Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2010, Aug. 
23, 1913, pp. 61-64. 
Describes four new _ species 
and gives a table to the species 
occurring in North and Central 

America. 


Pseudomsaris bred in California. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 

ington, 15, No. 3, 

Oct. 25, 19135 ps 107: 

Describes one new subspecies. 


PUBLICATIONS. 


Ectedemia phleo- | 


233 
| CocKERELL, T. D. A. Bees visiting 
Thurberia. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 16, No. 1, 
Mar. 238, 1914, pp. 
S32: 

Deseribes Melissodes  thur- 
berie and Perdita punctifera, 
and records two other species 
from Arizona. 


Names applied to the North 
American bees of the genera Lithur- 


gus, Anthidium, and allies. 
Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 
47, No. 2045, May 7, 
1914, pp. 87-94. 


CRAWFORD, Davip L. A contribution 
toward a monograph of the homop- 
terous insects of the family Del- 
phacide of North and South Amer- 


ica. 
Proc. U. S&S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2041, Mar. 4, 


1914, pp. 557-640, 
pls. 44-49. 
Describes the new genera 


Lepticus, Eucanyra, Liburniella, 
Bakerella, together with 35 new 
species and 8 new varieties. 
The types of 15 new species 
and 4 new varieties and para- 
types of 2 new species are in 
the National Museum. 
——A monograph of the jumping 
plant-lice or Psyllide of the New 
World. 
Bull. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 
No. 85, June 3, 1914, 
pp. 1-186, pls. 1-30. 
Describes the new genera 
Aphalaroida, Heteropsylla, Leu- 
ronota, Hemitrioza, Uhleria, 
Tetragonocephala, Katacephala, 
Mitrapsylla and the new sub- 
| 


genus Anomocera, together with 
62 new species and 7 new vari- 
and proposes one new 
The types of 33 of the 
and of 6 of the 
Na- 


eties, 
name. 
new 
new 
tional Museum. 


CRAWFORD, J. C. Some bees from New 


species 
varieties are in the 


Brunswick, with description of a 
Can. Ent., 45, No. 8, 
Aug. 9; 1913; “pp: 


269-278. 
-—-—_—_— Another red species of the genus 


Oligosita. 
Can. Ent., 45, No. 9, 
Sept. 12, 1913, pp. 


new species of Heriades. 
311, 312. 


934 


Crawrorb, J. C. Descriptions of new 
Hymenoptera, No. 8. 

Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2029, Dec. 
28, 1913, pp. 343- 

352, figs. 1-8. 
Describes Perilampidea, Xe- 
nomymar and Neoymar (new 
genera) and ten new _ species, 
mostly from Trinidad, in the 
Chalcidoidea and three new spe- 

cies in the Serphidoidea. 


A revision of the braconid genus 
Urosigalphus. 

Insecutor Inscitie Men- 

struus, 2, No. 2, Feb. 

28, 1914, pp. 22-27. 

Gives a table of all the known 

species and describes eight new 

species, all from the United 
States, 


Two new parasitic Hymenop- 
tera from Arizona. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 16, No. 1, 
Mar, 23, 1914, p. 29. 


Three new Hymenoptera. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 2, No. 3, Mar. 
30, 1914, pp. 36-388. 
Describes three Chalcidoidea 
from the United States. 


Hymenoptera, superfamilies 
Apoidea and Chalcidoidea, of the 
Yale-Dominican Expedition of 1918. 

Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
47, No. 2048, Apr. 
30, 1914, pp. 131- 
134. 
Describes four new species of 
bees. 


The species of Perilampide of 


America north of Mexico. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 


ington, 16, No. 2, 
June 12, 1914, pp. 
69-76. 


Describes twelve new species, 
giving tables of the species in 
the region discussed. 


New parasitic Hymenoptera 
from British Guiana. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 


ington, 16, No. 2, 
June 12, 1914, pp. 
85-88. 


Describes six new species of 
Chalecidoidea and Serphidoidea. 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


CUSHMAN, R. A. A new species of the 
Braconid genus Phanerotoma Wes- 


mael. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 


ington, 16, No. 2, 
June 12, 1914, pp. 
78, 79. 


Dyar, Harrison G. The species of 
Calyptocome Warren. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 1, No. 7, July 
21,: 1913, pp. 79-87. 
Gives a key to the American 
species and describes thirteen 
new species. 


Results of the Yale Peruvian 


Expedition of 1911. Lepidoptera. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 


45, No. 2006, July 
22, 1913, pp. 627-— 
649. 


Describes forty new species, 
two new subspecies and the 
genus Altimenas (family Are- 
tiide). In all 242 species are 
listed. 


The separation of some species 
of Lineodes. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 1, No. 8, Aug. 
23, 1918, pp. 94-96, 
pl. 2. 

Gives a key to some of the 
American species and describes 

three new species. 


Descriptions of six new Pyrali- 

dz from British Guiana. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 1, No. 8, 


Aug. 23, 2913, ‘pp: 
98-100. 


A note on Diathrausta nerinalis 
Walker. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 


struus, 1, No. 8, 
Aug. 23, 1913;. pp: 
100-102. 


Describes four new forms of 
this species. 


Notice of volume II, No. 4, of 
Barnes and MecDunnough’s ‘ Con- 
tributions to the Natural History of 
the Lepidoptera of North America.” 


Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 1, No. 8, 
Aug. 23, 1913, pp. 
102-106. 


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 935 


Dyar, Harrison G.—Continued. 

Gives the synonymy of many 
of the species described as new 
in this article and describes 
one new species from Cuba. 


—— Note on the American silvery 
species of Argyria. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
Struus, 1, No. 9, 
Sept. 15, 1913, pp. 
111-114. 

Gives a key to the American 
species which have silvery white 
ground color and describes seven 
new species. 

— An additional note on Calypto- 
come. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 1, No. 9, 
Sept. 15; 1913, op. 
120, 


Notes on the species of Galasa 
Walker. 


Tnsecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 1, No. 10, 


Oct.- 30; 1913, pp. 
125-129. 


Gives a key to the American 
species and describes five as 
new. 


A new pyralid from Newfound- 


land. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 1, No. 11, 


Noy. 29, 1913, p. 
139. 
Describes Pyrausta beddeci, 


sp. nov. 
Two new Phycitine from Mon- 
tana. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 2, No. 1, 
Jan. 31, 1914, p. 2. 


Four new Lepidoptera from 
British Guiana. 

Insecutor Inscitie Men- 

Struus; 25. Now 4, 


Jan. 31, 1914, pp. 
4-6. 
Describes three hesperiids 


and one liparid. 
—A note on Phobolosia and Mela- 


nomma. 

Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 2, No 1, 
Jan. 31, 1914, pp. 

8-10. 
Gives a table of the North 
American species of the genus 
Phobolosia and describes one 

new species. 


| DyaR, HaARrRIsoNn 


G. The pericopid 
larvae in the National Museum. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
Struus, 2, No. 4, 
Apr. 24, 1914, pp. 
62-64. 

Gives descriptions of the lar- 
ve of various species, together 
with the references to the places 
of publication where larve of 
species in these genera have 
been described previously. 


The noctuid moths of the 


genera Palindia and Dyomyx. 

Proc U. 8. Nat. Mus., 
47, No. 2046, May 7, 

1914, pp. 95-116. 
Sixteen new species are de- 
scribed in the genus HLulepidotis 
(Palindia) and one new species 
in Dyomyx. Tables of the 
species of both gepera are given. 


Report on the Lepidoptera of 
the Smithsonian Biological Survey 
of the Panama Canal Zone. 


Proc. U. &. Nat. Mus., 
47, No. 2050, May 
20, 1914, pp. 139- 

350. 

This paper 
Macrolepidoptera 
the new 


treats of the 
and describes 
genera Otacustesis 
in the Nymphalide; Gau- 
deator, Palewozana,  Serincia, 
Abrochocis, Geridivis, Anane, 
Dixanene, Saozana, in the 
Lithosiide ; Ablita, Dymba, 
Areopterella, Charoblemma, Gel- 
enipsa, Via, Prodosia, Egchire- 
tas, Pogopus, Cola, Hopothia, 
Crambophilia, and Tineocephala 
in the Noctuide; Unduzia in 
the Megalopygide; Ca in the 
Dalceride ; Parambia, Homo- 
physodes, Escandia, Eobrena, 
Gephyrella, Restidia, Zamanna, 


Craftsia, Chenevadia, Toro- 
tambe, Deopteryx, Replicia, 
Ocoba, Passelgis, Conotambe, 


Dismidila, Chaleoélopsis, Ta- 
boga, Genopaschia, Pocopaschia, 
Stenopaschia, Glossopaschia, Di- 
fundella, Anypsipyla, Drescoma, 
Zamagiria, Cabima, Chorrera, 
Homalopalpia, Illatila, Anthop- 
teryx, Bema, Relmis, Moerbes, 
Harnocha, Eurythmasis, Harno- 
china, Hypermescinia, Calamo- 
phleps, Comotia, Strymaz, Micro- 
phycita, Microphestia, Micro- 
mescinia, Tinitinoa and Schenec- 
tadia in the Pyralide; together 


236 


Dyar, Harrison G.—Continued, 
with 474 new species, 6 new 
subspecies and 5 new varieties. 
Thirteen of the new species and 
one of the new varieties de- 


scribed are extralimital, com- 
ing from South America. 
and FReDERICK KNapBp. New 


mosquitoes from Peru. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 2, No. 4, Apr. 
24, 1914, pp. 58-62. 


Describes the new genus 
Phalangomyia and two new 
species. 


Fotsom, Justus W. North American 
spring-tails of the subfamily Tomo- 
cerine. 

Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

46, No. 2037, Dec. 

30, 1913, pp. 451-— 

° 472, pls. 40, 41, 
figs. 1-10. 

Describes two new species and 
one new variety, cotypes of 
which have been deposited in 
the National Museum. 

New 


GAHAN, A. B. Hymenoptera 


from North America. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2035, Dec. 


30, 1913, pp. 481- 


443, pl. 39. 
Includes descriptions of Eu- 


phoriana and Eumicrosoma, new 
genera of the families Bra- 
conide and Scelionid# respec- 
tively, and of 183 new species, 
mostly of the superfamily Chal- 
cidoidea. 


HEINRICH, CarL. Notes on some for- 
est Coleophora with descriptions of 
two new species. 

Proc. Ent. Soe. Wash- 
ington, 16, 2 


NO. 2; 
June 12, 1914, pp. 


66-69. 
Howarp, lL. O. Concerning some 
Aphelinine. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 16, No. 2, 


June 12, 1914, pp. 
79-85, 1 fig. 
Describes the new genus 
Dirphys and seven new species, 
and gives a table of the species 
of the genus Physcus. 


Hysuop, J. A. Description of a new 
species of Corymbites from the So- 
noran zone of Washington State. 


tEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914, 


} Hysop, J. A.—Continued. 


Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, Mar. 20, 
1914, pp. 69, 70. 
IKENNEDY, CLARENCE HAMILTON. Notes 
on the Odonata, or dragonflies, of 
Bumping Lake, Washington. 
Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 


46, No. 2017, Sept. 
30, 1913, pp. 111- 


126, 58 figs. 


New moth-flies 
Bromeli- 


IXNAB, FREDERICK. 
(Psychodide) bred from 


acee and other plants. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 


46, No. 2015, Aug. 
23, 1918, pp. 103~ 
106. 


Describes four new species of 
the genus Psychoda, bred from 
water found at the bases of 
the leaves of Bromeliaceew and 
in flower bracts of Calathea. 


A new  Heterostylum from 


Mexico. 


Tnsecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus;, 1, Nos #9; 
Sept. 15, 1918, pp. 
110; ae 


A new Cuban Chaoborus. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 1, No. 10; 
Oct. 30, 1913, pp. 
1 22, 


——— A new American Phlebotomus. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 1, No. 11, 
Nov. 29, 1913, pp. 
135-1387, 1 fig. 
Describes a new species, P. 
atroclavatus, from Trinidad. 


Gad-flies (Tabanide) of the 
genus Stibasoma. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 


46, No. 20338, Dec. 
23, 1913, pp. 407— 
412. 


Includes a key to the Amer- 
ican members of this genus and 
description of one new species. 

A note on some American Simu- 
liidee. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 


struus, 1, No. 12, 
Dee. 381, 19138, pp. 
154-156. 

The new name Simulium 


lutzi is proposed for S. eriquum 
Lutz, not of Roubaud. 


LIST OF 


KNAB, FREDERICK. A new Pantoph- 
thalmus. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 2, No. 2, Feb. 
28, 1914, pp. 27-29. 
Describes P. fastwosus, the 
larve of which bore in trunks of 
trees in Trinidad. 


On the genus Cryptochetum. 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 2, No. 3, Mar. 
380, 1914, pp. 33-36. 
Gives a table of certain spe- 
cies and describes C. curtipenne, 
from Ceylon. 


Simuliidee de Chile Septentri- 
onal. 


Anales de Zoologia Ap- 
licada, 1, No. 1, Apr., 


1914, pp. 17-22, 
ja) a 
Includes description of one 


new species. 


—— Simuliidee of Peru. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 27, May 11, 
1914, pp. 81-86. 


——— Ceratopogonine sucking the 
blood of caterpillars. 


Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 


ington, 16, No. 2, 
June 12, 1914, pp. 
63-66. 


Gives notes on the blood-suck- 
ing habits of these flies and de- 
seribes two new species. 

(See also under Harrison G. 
Dyar.) 
Maunitocu, J. R. A new species of 
Agromyzide (Diptera). 
Insecutor Inscitie Men- 


struus, 1, No. 9, 
Sept. 15, 1913, pp. 
£09, 110. 


Describes Milichia orientalis 
from the Island of Guam. 
A new species of Simulium from 


Texas. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 


ington, 15, No. 3, 
Oct. 2, 1913, pp. 133, 
134. 


——- Two new species of Borboridze 


from Texas. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 
mgton, 15, No. 3, 
Oct. 2, 1913, pp. 1385- 
137, 1 fig. 


PUBLICATIONS. 


237 


MatiocH, J. R. <A synopsis of the 
genera of Agromyzide, with descrip- 
tions of new genera and species. 


Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2018, Dec. 6, 
1913, pp. 127-154, 
pls. 4-6. 

Gives keys to the subfamilies, 
tribes, genera and to the Ameri- 
can species of some of the gen- 
era; describes Paraleucopis, Pa- 
ramilichia and Euchlorops, new 
genera; proposes Paramadiza, 
new name for Madiza of authors, 
not of Fallen; describes eleven 
new species. 


——— The genera of flies in the sub- 
family Botanobiinz with hind tibial 
spur. 

Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2024, Dec. 6, 
1913, pp. 239 — 266, 
pls. 238, 24. 

Gives keys to the four genera 
included and to the species of 
the genus Hippelates, ten of 
which are new; includes also de- 
scriptions of the new genera Pro- 
hippelates and Pseudohippelates. 


American black flies or Buffalo 


gnats. 
U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. 

Ent., Tech. Ser., No. 
26, Apr. 6, 1914, pp. 
i-82, pls. 1-6. 

Describes the new genus Para- 
simulium and thirteen new spe- 
cies, types of twelve of them 
being in the National Museum ; 
proposes lutzi n.n. for minutum 
Sureouf and Gonzales-Rincones, 
not of Lugger. 


—— Description of a new species of 
Agromyza from Porto Rico. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 16, No. 
June 12, 1914, pp. 
89, 90, 1 fig. 


9 
Cot } 


Martini, E. Some new American mosg- 


quitoes. 


Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 2, No. 5, June 
8, 1914, pp. 65-76, 
pli2:; 

Three new species are de- 
seribed, cotypes of which have 
been deposited in the National 
Museum. 


238 


MorGan, A.C. New genera and species 
of Thysanoptera, with notes on dis- 


tribution and food plants. 
Proc. U. S&S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2008, Aug, 23, 
1913, pp. 1-55, figs. 
1-79. 

Describes the new genera Rhi- 
piphorothrips, Microthrips, and 
Horistothrips, nineteen new spe- 
cies, and one new variety, mostly 
from North America, 


PAINE, JOHN HowarD. A new genus of 
Mallophaga from African guinea fowl 
in the United States National Mu- 
seum. 


Smithsonian Mise. 
Colls., 61, No. 238, 
Jan. 31, 1914, pp. 
1-4, 1 fig. 


Describes Somaphantus luisius, 
new genus and species, from 
specimens taken from Numida 
ptilorhyncha. 


RoHwer, 8S. A. A new braconid from 
South America. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 15, No. 3, Oct. 
2, 1913, p. 144. 


Notes on the feeding habits of 
two adult sawflies. 
Proc, Ent. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 15, No. 4, 
Jan. 22, 1914, pp. 
148, 149. 

A female of Tenthredella line- 
ata was seen eating an adult 
perlid, Alloperla signata; Ten- 
thredo arcuatus was seen feed- 
ing on stamens of an umbellif- 
erous plant. 


Two abnormally developed saw- 


flies. 
Proc. Ent. Soe. Wash- 


ington, 15, No. 4, 
Jan. 22, 1914, pp. 
149, 150. 


Records an abnormal female 
of Xenapates terminalis and a 
male of a species of the genus 
Tenthredella. 


Descriptions of new parasitic 
Hymenoptera. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 15, No. 4, 
Jan. 22, 1914, pp. 
180-188, 1 fig. 
Describes the new genera 
Stilbopoides and Helcostizidea 
from the United States, and 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


RouHWER, S. A.—Continued. 
five new species of Ichneumon- 
ide, and two new species of 
Braconide. 


Descriptions of two new genera 
of parasitic Hymenoptera. 

Psyche, 21, No. 2; 
April, 1914, pp. 7T9- 

S81,. Ties; As2: 
Describes the new genera 
Anonmopterus and Oentistidea 
and two new species of Bracon- 

didx. 


ScHAuSs, WILLIAM. New species of 
noctuid moths from tropical Amer- 
ica. 

Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 


46, No. 2039, Jan. 
29, 1914, pp. 485— 
549, 


Describes the new genera 
Chytonidia, Colodes,  Encru- 
phion, Anorena, Ateneria, NSin- 
osia, Neoptodes, Hromidia, and 
Polygnamptia, and 18 new 
species of the family Noctuide, 
all except three having been 
taken by the author and Mr. 
J. Barnes in British, Dutch, and 
French Guiana. 


SHANNON, R. C. Epimecis wiltii Cres- 
son and its host. 


Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 15, No. 4, 
Jan. 22, 1914 sip: 
162. 


The larva of this species is 
an external parasite of spiders. 


Feeding habits of Phlebotomus 
vexator Coq. 


Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 15, No. 4, 
Jan. 22, 1914, pp. 
165, 166. 

Observations tend to show that 
this species feeds normally 
upon reptiles rather than upon 
warm-blooded animals. 

VIERECK, Henry lL. Descriptions of 
twenty-three new genera and thirty- 
one new species of Ichneumon-flies. 

Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2031, Dec. 
31, 1918, pp. 359- 
386. 

Describes the new genera Lris- 
ternaular, Macroneuroides, Tra- 
chagathis and Zadiolcogaster of 
Braconide; and of  Ichneu- 
monide the following as new: 
Aglaojoppidea, Cryptanuridimor- 


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 239 


VIERECK, HENRY L.—Continued. 

pha, Cryptophion, Cryptopterigi- 
morpha, Digonocryptus, Epiopel- 
midea, Joppocryptus, Lampro- 
cryptidea, Monogonocryptus, 
Phenolabrorychus, Photocryp- 
tus, Polyenidea, Pclycyrtidea, 
Polycyrtimorpha, Thymarimor- 
pha, Zaglyptomorpha and Zam- 
astrus from South America, and 
Diaglyptidea and Photoptera 
from Java. The new species 
described are mostly from South 
America. 


Type species of the genera of 
Ichneumon flies. 
Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
No: (83; “Jan! 31; 
1914, pp. i-v, 1-186. 
The author proposes the fol- 
lowing : Chorebidea tor Chorebus 
of authors, not of Haliday; 
Deuteroxorides for Xorides of 
authors, not of Latreille; Di- 
closterocerus for Closterocerus 
Hartig, not of Westwood; Hel- 
conidea for Helcon of authors, 
not of Nees; Ischnopsidea for 
Ischus of authors, not of Gray- 
enhorst; Mesostenidea for Mes- 
ostenus of authors, not of 
Gravenhorst; Myriarthridea for 
Myriarthrus of authors, not of 
Foerster; Pimplidea for Pimpla 
of authors, not of Fabricius; 
Plectiscidea for Plectiscus of 
authors, not of Gravenhorst; 
Plestophthalmidea for Plesioph- 


CRUSTACEANS. 


RATHBUN, Mary J. Descriptions of 
new species of crabs of the families 
Grapside and Ocypodide. 

Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2030, Dec. 
31, 19138, pp. 353- 
358, pls. 30-33. 
The following species from 
the Indo-Pacific region are de- 
seribed : Hriocheir leptognathus, 
Ptychognathus johanne, Sesarma 
(Sesarma) tiomanense, and 
Tympanomerus deschampsi. 

New species of crabs of the fam- 

ilies Grapside and Ocypodide. [Sci- 

entific results of the Philippine 
cruise of the Fisheries steamer ‘“Al]- 

batross,” 1907-1910.—No. 31.] 

Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 
47, No. 2044, May 7, 

1914, pp. 69-85. 
One new species in each of 
the genera Varuna, Ptycho- 
gnathus, Macrophthalmus, Do- 
tilla and Tympanomerus, and 


VIERECK, HENRY L.—Continued. 


thalmus Ashmead, not of Foer- 
ster ; Porizonidea for Porizon of 
authors, not of Fallen; Zavipio 
for Vipio of authors, not of 
Latreille. 


WALron, W. R. A new tachinid para- 
site of Diabrotica vittata. 


Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 16, No. 1, 
Mar. 23, 1914, pp. 

11-14, pl. 1. 
Describes Neocelatoria ferow, 
a new genus and species from 
Maryland, and gives observa- 
tions on the method of oviposi- 

tion. 


——— Four hew species of Tachinide 
from North America. 


Proc. Ent. Sec. Wash- 
ington, 16, No. 2, 
June 12, 1914, pp. 
90-95, 1 fig. 
Describes the new genus Poly- 
chetoneura and four new spe- 
cies. 


WELD, Lewis H. <A new oak gall from 


Insecutor Inscitie Men- 
struus, 1, No. 10, 
Oct. 30, 1913, pp. 

132-1384, pl. 4. 
Describes the gall, its maker, 
and a new species of inquiline. 
Paratypes of the gall maker 
have been deposited in the Na- 

tional Museum. 


RATHBUN, Mary J.—Continued. 


eight new species and two new 
subspecies in the genus Se- 
sarma are described. 


New genera and _ species of 
American brachyrhynchous crabs. 


Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
47, No. 2047, May 
20, 1914, pp. 117- 
129, pls. 1-10, figs. 
1-5. 

Descriptions of three new gen- 
era of the family Goneplacide, 
five new species of the family 
Grapside and two new species 
of the family Ocypodid#. They 
are as follows: Trizocarcinus 


(subfamily Carcinoplacine), 
Cyrtoplax and Chasmophora 
(subfamily Prionoplacine), 


Planes marinus, Cyrtograpsus 
altimanus, Platychirograpsus ty- 
picus, Sesarma (Sesarma) ver- 
leyi, S. (8.) jarvisi, 8S. (Holome- 
topus) tampicense, Uca monili- 
fera and U, musica, 


240 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914, 


WORMS. 


CRAWLEY, Howarp. Initial stages of 
Sarcocystis infection. 
Science (n. s.), 37, No. 
952, Mar. 28, 1913, 
p. 498. 


———— Two new Sarcosporidia. 

Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci., 
Phila., Apr. 21, 1914, 

pp. 214-218, 1 fig. 
Describes Sarcocystis leporum 
from a rabbit, and S. setophage 
from a redstart (Setophaga ruti- 

cilla). 


———— The evolution of Sarcocystis 
muris in the intestinal cells of the 


mouse. (Preliminary note.) 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., 
Phila., June 24, 1914, 


pp. 432-436, pl. 15, | 


figs. 1-12. 

Describes the development of 
this parasite into two markedly 
dissimilar groups which are in- 
terpreted to be males and fe- 
males. The first positive evi- 
dence of sexuality in the Neo- 
sporidia is supplied by the facts 
recorded in this paper. 


Hartt, Maurice C. A new nematode, 
Rictularia splendida, from the coy- 
ote, with notes on other coyote para- 
sites. 

Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2012, Aug. 
23, 1913, pp. 73-84, 
figs. 1-6. 

Describes a new species of 
nematode from the small intes- 
tine of Canis nebracensis from 
Amo, Colorado. A new subfam- 
ily of the family Metastrongy- 
lide, is proposed, Rictulariine, 
having Rictularia Froélich, 1802, 
as the type genus. A key is 
given for distinguishing the 
three species of Rictwlaria para- 
sitic in carnivores. The species 
of parasites known to affect 
coyotes are listed, and Tenia 
pisiformis is recorded for the 
first time as a parasite of coy- 
otes. 


FIARRING, Harry K. A list of the Rota- 
toria of Washington and vicinity, 
with descriptions of a new genus and 
ten new species. 

Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2032, Dec. 
31, 1913, pp. 387- 
405, pls. 34-38. 


Harrinc, Harry K.—Continued. 

The list of Rotatoria of Wash- 
ington, D. C., and adjacent parts 
of Maryland and Virginia num- 
bers 246 species. The new genus 
described is Rousseletia (order 
Ploima) with the new species 
Rk. corniculata. The other new 
species are as follows: Encen- 
trum aper, EB. myriophylli, BP. 
riccle, Lecane stichewa, Mono- 
styla acus, M. crenata, M, syl- 
vatica, Trichotria brevidactyla, 
and Asplanchnopus hyalinus. 


Linton, Epwin. Notes on a viviparous 


distome. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2040, Feb. 
24, 1914, pp. 551- 
555, pl. 43, figs. 1-18. 
Description of Parorchis 
avitus, new species, from the 
cloaca of a herring gull (Larus 
argentatus), Woods Hole, Mass. 
Ransom, B. H. Menasles in cattle. 

U. S. Dept. Agric., 28th 
Ann, Rep. Bur. Ani- 
mal Industry, 1911 
(1913), pp. 101-117, 

pls. 12-18. 
Description of  Oysticercus 
bovis, and discussion of the 
parasite with particular refer- 
ence to its importance in meat 
inspection. It occurs in not less 
than 1 per cent of all cattle 
slaughtered in the United States, 
its prevalence being attributable 
to poor sanitary conditions in 
rural districts, and the common 
habit of eating raw or imper- 

fectly cooked beef. 


The name of the sheep measle 


tapeworm. 
Science (n. 8.), 38, No. 
972, Aug. 15, 1913, 
p. 230. 


Cysticercus ovis, the cause of 


tapeworm cysts in mutton. 

U. 8S. Dept. Agric., 
Journ, Agric Re- 
search, 1, No. 1, Oct. 
10, 1918, pp. 15-58, 

pls. 2-4, figs. 1-13. 
Reports results of experiments 
proving the parasite of sheep 
measles to be the intermediate 
stage of a dog tapeworm, and 
not the intermediate stage of 
Tenia solium of man as com- 
monly supposed. This parasite 
has recently been found to be 
very common among sheep in 


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 


Ransom, B. H.—Continued. 
the Western United States. A 
full description of the larval and 
adult stages is given, 


—_—— [Agamenematodum gaylordi. ] 
Bull, Bur. Fisheries, 32, 
No. 790, April 22, 

1914, pp. 500, 501. 
Description of a larval ne- 
matode found by Gaylord & 
Marsh in tubercles in the hyper- 
plastic thyroids of dogs which 
had been given pond mud and 
water, or water containing 
scrapings from troughs in which 
fish affected with carcinoma of 

the thyroid had been kept. 


241 


SmirH, F. Additional data on some of 


BHisen’s species of Lumbricide. 
Science (n. s.), 39, No. 
1001, Mar. 6, 1914, 

pp. 364, 365. 
Results of the preliminary 
study of specimens of three of 
BHisen’s species in the National 
Museum, which have not been 
reported since the original de- 
scriptions. They are Helodrilus 
tenuis, H. tumidus, and Tetra- 
gonura pupa. A fuller account 
will be published in a more ex- 
tended paper from the National 

Museum, 


ECHINODERMS. 


CLARK, AUSTIN Hopart. Descriptions 
of twenty new recent unstalked cri- 
noids belonging to the families Ante- 
donide and <Atelecrinidze from the 


Dutch East Indies. 
Notes from the Leyden 
Museum, 34, No. 2, 


Apr, 1, 1OL2ss opp: 
129-156. 
The new species described 


form part of the collection made 
by the Dutch steamship ‘ Si- 
boga”’ in the Dutch East Indies. 
The diagnosis of a new genus of 
Atelecrinide, Atopocrinus, is in- 


cluded. Duplicate specimens 
will be deposited in the National 
Museum. 


A revision of the erinoid family 
Mariametride. 

Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 26, June 30, 

19138, pp. 141-144. 
The numerous crinoid species 
heretofore referred to various 
genera placed in the Pontiome- 
tride and Mariametride are 
here distributed among _ six 
genera, all of which are as- 
signed to the Mariametride. Of 
these six genera two, Liparo- 
metra and Lamprometra, are 

new. 


— Description of a collection of 
unstalked crinoids made by Capt. 
Suenson in eastern Asia. 


Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 26, Aug. 8, 

1918, pp. 177-182. 
Seven species are listed and 
described. The faunal rela- 
tionships of the east Asiatic 


71159°—nart Mus 1914 16 


CLARK, AUSTIN HoBpart—Continued. 
coasts are discussed. A sys- 
tematic list of all the species 
occurring between southern 
Japan and Korea and Cochin 
China is given, and the faunal 
division to which each belongs 
is indicated. A set of dupli- 
eates will be placed in the Na- 
tional Museum. 


—— — Revision of the crinoid genus 
Himerometra. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2026, Nov. 
25, 1913, pp. 279- 
289. 
Includes a_ history of the 
genus, a list of all the refer- 


ences to the included species, 
correctly identified, a key to the 
species, a list of the six species 
with the synonymy, range and 
depth of each, and a discussion 
of the phylogenetical interrela- 
tionships within the group. 


— The systematic position of the 
crinoid family Plicatocrinide. 


Journ. Washington 
Acad. Sct., 3, No. 20, 
Dee. 4, 19138, pp. 
494-499, 

The family Plicatocrinide, in- 
cluding a number of recent 
genera, is shown to belong to 
the almost exclusively palweozoic 
order Inadunata. 


Notes on the recent crinoids in 
the British Museum. 


Smithsonion Misc. 
Cotls., ‘61, .No: 15; 
Dec; 31, 1913, pp. 
1-89. 


2 


4 


Ge 


2 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


CLARK, AUSTIN HoBart—Continued. 


In this paper are presented 
the notes taken by the author 
upon the specimens of recent 
crinoids in the British Museum 
which he examined in London. 
Many of the 1538 specimens 
listed are compared with others 
in the collection of the National 
Museum. 


—— On the deep sea and comparable 


faunas. 


FISHER, WALTER K. 


Internationale Revue 
der gesamten Hydro- 
biologie und Hydro- 


graphie, 6, heft 1, 
2/3, 1913, pp. 2-30, 
138-146. 


Includes a number of gen- 
eralizations bearing upon faunal 
relations, paleontology and 
paleogeography, deduced from 
a study of marine animals, par- 
ticularly the recent erinoids, 


New starfishes 


from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, 


K{@HLER, Renté—Continued. 


Ophiacantha, Ophiomitrella, 
Ophiomitra, Ophiotrema, Ophio- 
logimus, Ophiothricz, Ophiolep- 
toplax, Ophiobyrsella, Ophio- 
chondrus, Sigsbeia and Astro- 
chema. To make the record 
complete for the West Indian 
ophiurans in the National Mu- 
seum, a list is appended of those 
species identified many years 
ago by the Hon. Theodore Ly- 
man, with the localities for 
each. 


MortTENSEN, TH. Echinoidea (Part 2). 


The Danish Ingolf-Ez- 


pedition, 4, pt. 2, 
Copenhagen, 1907, 
pp. 1-200, pls. 1-19, 
figs. 1-27. 


For purposes of identification 
and comparison with Ingolf ma- 
terial, the writer had studied a 
number of types in this Mu- 
seum, and also sundry collec- 
tions made by the U. S. Fish- 
eries steamer ‘“Albatross,’’ which 


and the Moluccas. [Scientific results 
of the Philippine cruise of the Fish- 
eries steamer “Albatross,” 1907- 
1910.—No. 380.] 


are described in this report. 
VERRILL, ADDISON EMERY. Monograph 
of the shallow-water starfishes of 
the North Pacific coast from the 
46, No. 2022, Sept Arctic Ocean to California, with re- 
30, 1918, pp. 201- visions of various extralimital gen- 
224, era and species. 


Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 


Ka:HLER, RENE. 


The third paper on starfishes 
in the Philippine series. De- 
seribes three new genera, Hali- 
tyle (Oreasteridwe), Dissogenes 


(Linckiide), Tarachaster (Ga- 
neriidsz), a new subgenus, 
Xenorias, of Rhipidaster, and 


29 new species distributed in 
20 genera. 


A contribution to the 


study of the Ophiurans of the United 
States National Museum. 


Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
No. 84, Apr. 9, 1914, 
pp. i-vii, 1-178, pls. 
1-18, 

A report on a collection of 
ophiurans chiefly from the West 
Indies and the southeastern 
United States but including a 
few specimens from other lo- 
ealities. Twenty-four new spe- 
cies and a new genus, Ophiomi- 
sidium, are described, also sev- 
eral imperfectly known species. 
The new species belong to the 
genera Ophioderma, Ophio- 
glypha, Ophiomusium, Ophiomi- 
sidium, Amphiura, Amphiodia, 


Harriman Alaska Se- 
ries, 14. Snmith- 
sonian Inst. No. 
2140, Apr. 30, 1914. 
Pt. 1, pp. i-xii, 1- 
408, figs. 1-16, Pt. 
2, pls. 1-110. 

Based on collections from the 
Harriman Expedition, the Ca- 
nadian Geological Survey and 
various Museums and individu- 
als. A small collection from 
the United States National Mu- 
seum is included. Every phase 
of the fauna is dealt with, its 
richness and relation to other 
fauns, the habits of the star- 
fishes, their different stages, 
characteristics and variations. 
Three orders of Asterioidea are 
recognized, viz., Forcipulosa, 
Spinulosa and  Phanerozona. 
The family Asteriide is treated 
in great detail. Analytical ta- 
bles are given of the genera, 
species, etc.; all the forms are 
described and most of them are 
figured. Seventeen new genera 
and many new species, subspe- 
cles and varieties are made, 


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. vas 


BRYOZOANS. 
OsBuRN, RayMonpd C. The Bryozoa of | OspuRN, Raymond C.—Continued. 
the Tortugas Islands, Florida. tion, specimens are recorded of 
Carnegie Inst. of Wash- two species, Lichenopora  his- 
ington, Pub. No. 182, pida and AHoloporella, species 
1914, pp. 181-222, not named, which were obtained 
figs. 1-23. by Dr. Paul Bartsch at Biscayne 
Although this paper is con- Key and are in the National Mu- 
cerned mainly with material ob- seum collection. 


tained for the Carnegie Institu- 


CQ@LENTERATES. 
Hartt, CHartes W. The Anthozoa | Hareirt, CHARLES W.—Continued. 
of the Woods Hole region. duction, distribution and _ eco- 
Bull. Bur. Fisheries, 82, | nomic relations. The  syste- 
No. 788, Apr. 25, matic part includes descriptions 
1914, pp. 223-254, of all the divisions down to 
pls. 41-44, figs. 1-5. species, and keys to families. 


Twenty-two species are in- 
cluded in the fauna. Two of 
the plates are colored. 


Gives a general account of 
the characteristics of the An- 
tkozoa, their morphology, color- 
ation, phosphorescence, repro- 


PROTOZOANS. 

CUSHMAN, JosEPH AuGcusTINE. Amon- | CUSHMAN, JOSEPH AUGUSTINE. A 
ograph of the foraminifera of the monograph of the Foraminifera of 
North Pacific Ocean. Pt. 3. La- the North Pacific Ocean. Pt. 4. 
genide. Chilostomellidee, Globigerinids, Num- 

Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., mulitide. 

No. 71, Dec. 12, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

1918, pp. i-ix, 1- No. 71, Feb. 28, 

125, pls. 1-47. 1914, pp. i-vi, 1-46, 

This is the third part of a pls. 1-19. 

work on the Foraminifera of the This is the fourth part of a 
North Pacific Ocean, the first of work on the Foraminifera, the 
which appeared in 1910 and the third part of which is noticed 
second in 1911. The author de- above. The three families dis- 
scribes 5 subfamilies, 12 genera, cussed are represented in the 
162 species, and 46 varieties, North Pacific Ocean by 14 gen- 
subspecies, and forms. Nearly all era, 41 species and 1 variety. 
are figured. There are 13 new All but two of the species are 
species, 17 new varieties and 2 figured. 


new names for known species. 


BOTANY. 


Cook, O. F. Nomenclature of the Sa- | GREENE, EDWARD L.—Continued. 


pote and the Sapodilla. tabilis auctore FP. 
Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., Fedde, 13, Apr. 28, 


16, pt. 11, Dee: 18, 1914, pp. 320-324. 
1913, pp. 277 — 285, Descriptions of new species, 
pls. 100, 101. two in Aquilegia, one in Aconi- 
tum, five in Vancouveria, two 
GREENE, Epwarp L. Certain violet in Dodecatheon, one in Calliste- 
names, ris, and one in Agoseris. 


Amer. Midland Natu- | Hircucock, A. 8S. Mexican grasses in 


ralist, 8, No. 4, July, the United States National Herba- 
1913, pp. 79-85. 


rium. 
——— Novitates Boreali-Americanae. 7. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb , 
Repertorium specierum | 1%, pt. 37 July, 15; 


novarum regni vege- | 1913, pp. 181-389. 


244, 


KRrAusgE, K. A new shrub of the genus 
Esenbeckia from Colombia. 
Smithsonian Misc. 
Oolls., 61, No. 16, 
Sept. 29, 1913, p. 1. 
Maxon, Wittt1AM R,. Some recently de- 
seribed ferns from the Southwest. 
Amer. Fern Journ., 3, 
No. 4, Dec., 1913, pp. 
109-116. 


Studies of tropical American 
ferns—No. 5. 
Oontr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 
1%, pt. 4, Jan. 21, 
1914, pp. 3891-425, 
pls. 11-28, figs. 8-10. 
A family of ferns new to the 
United States. 
Amer. Fern Journ., 4, 
No. 1, Mar., 
pp. 15-17. 
Pirtier, Henry. On the relationship 
of the genus Aulacocarpus, with de- 
seription of a new Panamanian spe- 
cies. 


Smithsonian Mise. 
Colls., 68, No. 4, 
Mar. 18, 1914, pp. 


1-4, figs. a-o. 
New or noteworthy plants from 
Colombia and Central America—4. 
Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 
18, pt. 2, Apr. 16, 
1914, pp. 69-86, pls. 
42-56, figs. 76-87. 
RADLKOFER, L. New Sapindaceae from 
Panama and Costa Rica. 
Smithsonian Misc. 
Colls., 61, No. 24, 
Feb. 9, 1914, pp. 1-8. 
Ross, J. N. Botanical observations by 
Dr. J. N. Rose in Europe and in Kan- 
SAS, 


Smithsonian Misc. 
Colls., 60, No. 30, 
July 3, 19138, pp. 74- 
76, 1 fig. 


Populus Macdougalii: a new tree 
from the Southwest. 


Smithsonian Misc. 
Colls., 61, No. 12, 
Sept. 3, 1913, pp. 
bee? 0) (ae 
Mamillaria arida Rose, spec. 
nov. 
Monatsschr. fiir Kak- 
teenkunde, 238, No. 


12, Dec. 15, 1913, p. 
181, 


1914, | 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


SAFFORD, WILLIAM E. Annona sericea 


and its allies. 
Oontr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 
16, pt. 10, Dec. 13, 
1913, pp. 263-275, 
pls. 85-99, figs. 42— 
44. 


Classification of the genus An- 
nona, with descriptions of new and 
imperfectly known species. 

Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 
18, pt. 1; June st, 
1914, pp. 1-68, pls. 
1-41, figs. 1-75. 


SMitH, JOHN DOoONNELL. Undescribed 
plants from Guatemala and other 


Central American republics. 37. 
Botan. Gaz., 56, No. 1, 
July 16, 1913, pp. 
51-62. 

Descriptions of new species in 
Abutilon, Comocladia, Dalea, 
Dioclea, Phaseolus, Platymis- 
cium, Lonchocarpus, Derris, Dip- 
lotropis, Mimosa, Pithecolobium, 
Aralia, Manettia, Rondeletia, 
Tpomoea, Cacabus, Salvia, Gaia- 
dendron, and Huphorbdia. 


Undescribed plants from Guate- 
mala and other Central American 
republies. 38. 


Botan. Gaz., 57, No. 5, 
May 16, 1914, pp. 


415-427. 
Descriptions of new species in 
Brysimum, Xylosma, Sloanea, 


Ilex, Connarus, Drepanocarpus, 
Lonchocarpus, Leucaena, Pithe- 
colobium, Rubus, Gilibertia, 
Faramea, Jacquemontia, Cypho- 
mandra, Brachistus, Columnea, 
Aegiphila, and Scutellaria. 
There is also described a new 
genus, Guamatela, of the family 
Rosaceae, with a single mem- 
ber, G. tuerckheimii, sp. nov. 


—__—and J. N. Rosr. A monograph ° 
of the Hauyeae and Gongylocarpeae, 


tribes of the Onagraceae. 
Oontr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 
16, pt. 12, Aug. 23, 
1918, pp. 287-298, 
figs. 45-54. 


SrANDLEY. Paut C. A new Dode- 
eatheon from New Mexico. . 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, 26, Oct. 23, 
1913, pp. 195, 196, 


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 


STANDLEY, PAuL C. Studies of tropical 


American phanerogams—No. 1. 
: Contr. U. 8S. Nat. Herbd., 
iv, pt. 5, Jan. 30, 
1914, pp. 427-458, 
pls. 24-31, 

Includes revisions of the gen- 
era Sommera, Cobaea, and Wat- 
sonamra, and a description of a 
new genus, Nothophlebia, in the 
Rubiaceae. 


Two additions to the flora of 


Louisiana. 
Torreya, 14, No. 2, Feb., 
1914, pp. 21-24. 


245 


TIDESTROM, Ivar. Botrychium virgini- 
anum and its forms. 


Oontr. U. S. Nat. Herbd., 
16, pt. 13, Dec. 29, 
1913, pp. 299-3038, 
pl. 102. 


Sphenoclea zeylanica and Cape- 
ronia palustris in the southern 
United States. 


Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 
16, pt. 13, Dec. 29, 
1918, pp. 305-307, 
ple 103; 


GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 


GILBERT, CHESTER G., and JOSEPH HE. 
Poaur. The Mount Lyell Copper 
District of Tasmania. 


Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 
45, No. 2005, July 
22, 19138, pp. 609- 
625, pls. 48-51, 1 fig. 
After reviewing the history 
and geology of this important 
copper district, the paper gives 
the results of a detailed metal- 
lographie study of the ores. 
The deposition is indicated to 
have occurred during a distinct 
mineralizing epoch marked by 
solutions progressively changing 
in composition and depositing a 
series of sulphide minerals in 
sequential and transitional 
stages. The article closes with 
a brief description of analogous 
deposits and a selected biblio- 
graphy. 


PocurE, JOSEPH BE. (See under Chester 


G. Gilbert.) 


Wuerry, Enear T. Variations in the 
compositions of minerals. 


WHerey, Epear T.—Continued. 
Journ. Washington 
Acad. Sci., 4, No. 5, 
Mar. 4, 1914, pp. 
111-114. 

A new definition for a mineral 
species is proposed which takes 
Into account variations in com- 
position due to adsorption and 
solid solution, and a new term, 
meta-colloid, is suggested for 
colloid minerals which have be- 
come crystalline, the reasons for 
these recommendations being 
discussed at length. Based 
largely on a study of Museum 
material. 


Mineral nomenclature. 
Science (n. 8.), 39, No. 
1007, Apr. 17, 1914, 
pp. 575-577. 

Discussion of a paper by 
A. F. Rogers, recommending the 
use of mineral species names as 
group names when isomorphism 
is recognized, and the use of 
chemical prefixes to designate 
the end members of isomor- 
phous series. Based largely on 

a study of Museum material. 


PALEONTOLOGY. 


Basser, R. 8. Notes on an unusually 


fine slab of fossil crinoids. 
Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2009, Nov. 
29, 19138, pp. 57-59, 

pls: J, 2; 

Discusses the discovery, exca- 
vation, and preparation for ex- 
hibition of a slab of Lower 
Devonian limestone 4 feet wide 
by 7 feet long, crowded with un- 


BASSLeR, R. S.—Continued. 


usually well preserved examples 
of the genus Scyphocrinus, with 
which are associated the com- 
mon bulb-like bodies known as 
Camarocrinus. The slab, in con- 
nection with other specimens, is 
the basis of a monograph upon 
the genus Scyphocrinus now in 
preparation by Mr. Frank 
Springer. 


246 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


BaASSLER, R. S., T. P. Maynarp, D. W. | GipLEY, JAMES WILLIAMS. Prelimi- 


OHERN, CHARLES SCHUCHERT, C. K. 
Swartz, and EK. O. UbricH. Sys- 
tematic Paleontology of the Lower 
Devonian deposits of Maryland. 


Maryland Geol. Surv., 

Lower Devonian, 

1918, pp. 195-542, 

pls. 17-98, figs. 3-17. 

A systematic description of 

the Lower Devonian fauna of 

Maryland. Many old forms are 

redescribed and figured, and a 

number of new genera and spe- 

cies founded. The article is 

based largely on Museum mate- 
rial, 


Berry, Howard Wiser. The Upper 
Cretaceous and Eocene floras of 
South Carolina and Georgia. 

Prof. Paper, U. 8. Geol. 
Surv., 84, 1914, pp. 
1-200, pls. 1-29, figs. 
1-12. 

Presents the first systematic 
account of fossil plants from 
the Coastal Plain districts of 
Georgia and South Carolina, and 
although preliminary to a larger 
work, it describes a considerable 
fiora. Practically all of the 
specimens described are _ the 
property of the National Mu- 
seum, 


DALL, WILLIAM Heaney. On a brack- 
ish water Pliocene fauna of the 
Southern Coastal Plain. 


Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No, 2023, Dec. 6, 
1913, pp. 225-2387, 
pls. 20-22. 

Describes the invertebrate 
molluscan fossils of a newly dis- 
covered fauna, comprising the 
following new species and va- 
rieties: Rangia cuneata var. 80- 
lida, Heterodonax alexandra, 
Unio (Lampsilis?) sandrius, U. 
(Pleurobema?) alixus, U. (Unio) 
musius, Potamides matsoni, P. 
matsoni var. gracilior, Cerithiop- 
sis? burkevillensis, Pachycheilus 
anagrammatus, P, suavis, Turri- 
tella satilla, Isapis obsoleta, 
Syrnola thelma, Paludestrina 
aldrichi, P. curva, P. cingulata, 
P, turricula, P. milium, Pyrgu- 
lopsis? satilla, Neritina spar- 
silineata, and Planorbis ophis. 
The types are in the National 
Museum. 


nary report on a recently discovered 
Pleistocene cave deposit near Cum- 
berland, Maryland. 


Proc. U. S&S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2014, Aug. 
23, 1913, pp. 93-102, 
figs. 1-8. 

A brief history of the discov- 
ery, locality, and description of 
the cave deposit is followed by 
a geologic history with a short 
discussion of its relative age, 
and probable manner of en- 
tombment of the animal remains. 
Tt is concluded that this deposit 
is older than the Conard Fissure 
of Arkansas, being probably 
about the equivalent of the Port 
Kennedy, Pa., cave deposit. A 
preliminary list of the fauna 
represented is given, followed by 
a description of two new species 
of carnivores, supplemented by 
brief notes on the lower teeth 
of canids, with especial refer- 
ence to the distinctive charac- 
ters presented in the carnassials. 
A classification of the principal 
living groups, with two extinct 
species included, is here based 
on these characters, 


Some new American pycnodont 


Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2036, Dec. 
31, 1918, pp. 445-— 
449, figs. 1-6. 

Five new species of pycno- 
dont fishes are here described, 
those referable to Microdon, an 
Old World genus, constituting 
the first record of the presence 
of this form in deposits of this 
continent. 


tILMORE, CHARLES W. <A new Ceratop- 
sian dinosaur from the Upper Creta- 
eeous of Montana, with note on 
Hypacrosaurus. 


Smithsonian Misc. 
Oolis., 638, No. 83, 
Mar. 21, 1914, pp. 
1-10, pls. 1, 2, figs. 
1-3. 

A preliminary description of 
the new Ceratopsian dinosaur 
Brachyceratops montanensis, 
from the Two Medicine forma- 
tion of northwestern Montana. 
This form is of interest as being 
the most diminutive member of 
the Ceratopsia yet discovered. 
The finding of remains of the 


— Camels of the fossil 


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 947 


GILMORE, CHARLES W.—Continued. 


trachodont reptile Hypacro- 
saurus in the Judith River 
(Belly River) beds is an- 
nounced. 


Girty, GeorceE H. A report on Upper 


Paleozoic fossils collected in China 


in 1903-04. 

Carnegie Inst. of Wash- 
ington, Publ. No. 
54, Research in 
China, 3, 1918, pp. 
297-334, pls. 27-29. 
In this. paper a detailed de- 
scription of the Upper Paleozoic 
fossils collected by the Car- 
negie Institution expedition is 
given. The faunas are com- 
pared with previously described 
Carboniferous faunas from east- 
ern Asia, and correlations are 
made with Russian and Amer- 
ican sections. The conclusions 
are that Upper Carboniferous is 
undoubtedly represented and 
constitutes the major portion of 
the collection. Lower Carbon- 
iferous and Permian may be 
present, but the evidence is incon- 
clusive. One fauna is given a 
possible range from Upper 
Silurian to Lower Carboniferous, 
The fossils described are the 
property of the U. S. National 

Museum. 


Hay, Outiver P. The extinct bisons of 


North America; with description of 
ohe new species, Bison regius. 
Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No, 2021, Dec. 6, 
1913, pp. 161-200, 
pls. 8-19, figs. 1-10. 
Describes one new species and 
discusses the American extinct 
species of Bison, and also for 
comparison the European species 
B. priscus. The article contains 
several valuable tables of com- 
parative measurements and a 
synopsis of the characters of 
North American bisons. 


genus 


Camelops. 
Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus,, 
46, No. 2025, Dec. 
6, 19138, pp. 267- 
20%, DIS: 25, 26; 1 
fig. 

Reviews and discusses the 
characters of the American Ple- 
istocene camels variously re- 
ferred to the genus Camelops. 
Concludes that ©. kansanus, OC. 
hesternus, and O. huerfanensis 
are distinct species; that it is 


HUENE, FRIEDRICH V. 


Kirk, EDWIN. 


Hay, Oxtver P.—Continued. 


not at present possible to de- 
cide the status of Megalomeryr 
ntobrarensis Leidy ; and accepts 
the following species of Came- 
lops as valid: C. kansanus, C. 
californicus, C. hesternus, C. 
vitakerianus, O. niobrarensis, C. 
macrocephalus, and C. huerfan- 
ensis, 
Uber die Zwei- 
stiimmigkeit der Dinosaurier, mit 
Beitrigen zur Kenntnis_ einiger 
Schiidel. 
Neues Jahrb. filr Min., 
Geol., und Pat., 
Beilage - Band 3T, 
1914, pp. 577-589, 
pls. 7-12, 

Discusses the evidence as 
shown by the skulls for the 
separation of the order Dino- 
sauria into the two suborders 
Saurischia and  Ornithischia. 
The article is based in part on 
specimens belonging to the U. S. 
National Museum, some of which 
are figured. 


Notes on the fossil cri- 


noid genus Homocrinus Hall. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2038, Feb. 14, 
1914, pp. 473-483, 
pl. 42. 

A study of the type species of 
Homocrinus, H. parvus Hall, 
led to the discovery that the 
genus is structurally quite dif- 
ferent from what has been sup- 
posed. In the present paper 
‘Homocrinus is redefined, and a 
new genus, Lasiocrinus, erected 
for the reception of such forms 
as Homocrinus scoparius Hall, 
which has been chosen as the 
type of the new genus. A new 
family, Homocrinide, is pro- 
posed. The material upon 
which the studies were based is 
in the Springer collection, de- 
posited in the U. S. National 
Museum. 


Know.tton, F. H. The Jurassic flora 


of Cape Lisburne, Alaska. 
Prof. Paper, U. 8S. Geol. 
Surv., 85—D, Jan. 28, 
1914, pp. 39-64, pls. 
5-8. 

The Jurassic section of Cape 
Lisburne, to which the name 
Corwin formation has _ been 
given, reaches the thickness of 
over 15,000 feet. ‘So far as at 
present known, the fossil 
flora is uniformly distributed 


248 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


KNOWLTON, F. H.—Continued. 


MAYNARD, 


throughout, and embraces 17 
species, only one of which is 
described as new. This flora is 
compared with known Jurassic 
floras of various parts of the 
world, and the conclusion is 
reached that it is not only un- 
doubtedly Jurassic in age— 
which had previously been ques- 
tioned—but belongs either in the 
upper part of the Middle Juras- 
sic or Brown Jura, or the ex- 
treme lower part of the Upper 
Jurassic or White Jura—that 
is to say it is probably not 
older than the Bathonian, and 
certainly not younger than the 
Oxfordian. Several pages are 
devoted to a discussion of the 
geographic range of Jurassic 
floras in general, their means 
and avenues of dispersal, and 
the probable climatie conditions 
that prevailed in Alaska at the 
time this flora flourished there. 


YT. P. (See under R. §. 


Bassler.) 


OHERN, D 
ler. ) 


PETRUNKEVITCH, ALEXANDER. 


graph 


. W. (See under R. S. Bass- 


A mono- 
of the terrestrial Paleozoic 


Arachnida of North America. 


POWERS, 


Trans. Connecticut 
Acad. Arts and Sci., 
18, June, 1913, pp. 
1-137, pls. 1-13, figs. 
1-88. 

This monograph constitutes a 
revision of all known North 
American Paleozoic terrestrial 
arachnids. In addition, 24 
species and 13 genera are de- 
scribed for the first time, and 
2 new families and one new 
order are established. Valuable 
information as regards the mor- 
phology and phylogeny of the 
Arachnida is given. The paper 
is based in part on material in 
the collection of the U. S. Na- 
tional Museum, which contains 
many of the described types of 
these fossils, including 9 of the 
new species. 


Sipney. (See under Hervey 


W. Shimer.) 


SCHUCHERT, CHARLES. 


(See under R. 


S. Bassler.) 


POWERS. 
New Jersey Cretaceous. 


Hervey W., and SmnNey 
A new sponge from the 


Proc. U. &. Nat. Mus., 
46, No. 2019, Dec. 6, 
1913, pp. 155, 156, 


pl. 
Describes the new species of 
fossil sponge Ooeloptychium? 


Jerseyense from the Mount Lau- 
rel-Navesink beds of the Cre- 
taceous at Atlantic Highlands, 
New Jersey. 


SHUFELDT, R. W. Review of the fossil 
fauna of the Desert Region of Ore- 
gon, with a description of additional 
material collected there. 


Bull. Amer. Mus, Nat. 
Hist,, 32, Art... 16; 
July 9, 1913, pp. 

123-178, pls. 9-43. 
Reviews the fossil fauna of 
the Christmas Lake region of 
Oregon, with especial reference 
to the extinct birds, describing 
three new species. Discusses 
and figures a small collection of 
avian remains in the U. S. Na- 

tional Museum, 


Further studies of fossil birds 
with descriptions of new and extinct 


Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 
Hist., 32, Art. 16, 
Aug. 4, 19138, pp. 
285-306, pls. 51-59. 


Describes Diatryma ajar, 
Paleophasianus meleagrotdes, 
Aquila antiqua, A. ferox, A. 
lydekkert, Palwospiza hatcheri, 
and Proictinia gilmoret, all new 
species, two of which belong to 
the National Museum collection. 
Notes on many unidentified 
forms are inserted at various 
places throughout the article. 


———— Fossil feathers and some here- 
tofore undescribed fossil birds. 


Journ. Geol., 21, No. 7, 
Oct.—Nov., 1913, pp. 

628-652, figs. 1-12. 
Describes and figures all 
available fossil bird feathers. 
Two new forms, Hebe schu- 
chertit and Yalavis tenuipes are 
named. One specimen, belong- 
ing to the National Museum, is 

described and figured. 


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 9AYD 


SHUFELDT, R. W. Extinct ostrich birds 
of the United States. 


Aquila, 20, 1913, pp. 
411-422, pls. 1-5. 
Discusses the probable rela- 
tionships of many extinct so- 
ealled ostrich-like birds, with 
especial reference to the genera 
Diatryma and Gastornis. The 
new family Diatrymidae is pro- 
posed. U. S. National Museum 
specimens are described and 
figured. 


Watcorr, CHARLES D. Cambrian Geol- 
ogy and Paleontology. II. No. 11.— 
New Lower Cambrian subfauna. 

Smithsonian Misc. Oolls., 
bY, No. 11, July 21, 
1913, pp. 3809-326, 
pls. 50-54. 

Describes and figures 10 spe- 
eles from the Robson Peak dis- 
trict fauna, 9 of which are new, 
as follows: Mickwitzia muralen- 
sis, Lingulella chapa, L. hitka, 
Obolella nuda, Holmia? macer, 
Wanneria occidens, Callavia eu- 


STEPHENSON, LLoyp WILLIAM. Creta- 
ceous deposits of the eastern Gulf 
region and species of Exogyra from 
the eastern Gulf region and the Car- 


charis, OC. perfecta, and Olenel- 
lus truemani. 


Prof. Paper, U. S. Geol. 
Surv., 81, 1914, pp. 
1-77, pls. 1-21, figs. 
ees 


——— Cambrian Geology and Paleon- 
tology. II. No. 12.—Cambrian for- 
mations of the Robson Peek District, 


British Columbia and Alberta, Can- 
ada. 


Describes the Cretaceous for- 
mations in Georgia, Alabama, 
Mississippi, Tennessee and Ken- 
tucky, and gives full lists of 
the invertebrate faunas; also 
describes and figures the species 
of Exogyra, including a new spe- 
cies and two new varieties, from 
the Cretaceous of the same area 
and from the Carolinas. The 
specimens are the property of 
the U. S. National Museum. 


Swartz, ©. K. (See under R. 8S. Bass- 
ler.) 


UtricH, E. O. (See under R. 8. Bass- 
ler.) 


Watcott, CHARLES D. The Cambrian 
faunas of China. 
Carnegie Inst. of Wash- 
ington, Publ. No. 54, 
Research in China, 
—~ 8, 1913, pp. 1-276, 
pls. 1-24, figs. 1-9. 
An exhaustive review of the 
Cambrian collections made by 
Messrs. Willis and Blackwelder 
in 1903-4, and by Prof. Joseph 
P. Iddings in 1909. Four pre- 
liminary reports were revised in 
this memoir. Describes 63 gen- 
era, 5 subgenera, 245 species, 
and 11 varieties. Treats Cam- 
brian fauna exhaustively—his- 
torical review, synonymy, bibli- 
ography, localities, geological 
conditions, paleontology, strati- 
graphic and geographic distribu- 
tion. About 950 figures of 
fossils are given. 


Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 
57, No. 12, July 24, 
1913, pp. 327-3843, 
pls. 55-59, figs. 11; 
12, 

Results of study of the Rob- 
son Peak section in 1912, in- 
cluding geological section, no- 
menclature, stratigraphic  sec- 
tion showing Ordovician to pre- 
Cambrian, and comparison sug- 
gesting possible correlation with 
Mount Bosworth section. 


Cambrian Geology and Paleon- 
tology. II. No, 18.—Dikelocephalus 
and other genera of the Dikeloce- 
phaline., 


Smithsonian Mise, Colls., 
57, No. 18, April 4, 
1914, pp. 3845-412, 
pls. 60-70, figs. 13- 
20. 

Discusses previous classifica- 
tion of Dikelocephalus and re- 
classifies the species under five 
different genera, three of which, 
Saukia, Osceolia, and Calvin- 
ella, are new. Describes 13 new 
species as follows: Dikeloce- 
phalus? dalyi, D. teranus, D. 
vanhornei, Saukia coloradoensis, 
S. fallav, S. junia, 8. leucosia, 
S. pyrene, S. rustica, 8. stosei, 
8S. wardi, Calvinella ozarkensis, 
and C. tenuwisculpta. Fixes spell- 
ing of Dikelocephalus as origi- 
nally. Proposes provisional 
classification of pre-Ordovician 
formations in the Upper Missis- 


250 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


WaxLcort, CHARLES D.—Continued. 


sippi Valley, and describes Jor- 
dan, St. Lawrence, Franconia, 
and Eau Claire formations, with 
lists of fauna. 


Cambrian Geology and Paleon- 
tology. 


Ill. No. 1.—The Cambrian 


faunas of Eastern Asia. 


Smithsonian Mise. 
Colls., 64, No. 1, 
April 22, 1914, pp. 
1-75, pls. 1-8, figs. 
1-9. 

A reprint of the introduction, 
historical review, bibliography, 
ete., of ‘‘The Cambrian faunas 
of China,” published by per- 
mission of the Carnegie Institu- 
tion, with slight revision and 
additions. The three plates 
were reproduced from Publica- 
tion No. 54, volume 1, Car- 
negie Institution of Washing- 
ton. 


WELLER, STUART. <A report on Ordo- 
vician fossils collected in Hastern 
Asia in 1903-4. 


Carnegie Inst. of Wash- 
ington, Publ. No. 54, 
Research in China, 
3, 1913, pp. 279-294, 
pls. 25, 26. 

In this paper two widely sep- 
arated Ordovician faunas are 
described, one coming from the 
Province of Shan-tung, the other 
from eastern Ssi-ch’uan. The 
first of these faunas consists of 
poor material, the exact age of 
which it is impossible to de- 
termine. It is, however, re- 
ferred to the Middle Ordo- 
vician, or Mohawkian. The sec- 
ond fauna is correlated without 
much question with the Black 
river of America on the one 
hand, and the Vaginatus horizon 
of Russia on the other. A de- 
tailed description of fossils is 
given, with figures, and com- 
parisons are made with other 
known Ordovician faunas of 
eastern Asia. The material de- 
seribed is the property of the 
U. S. National Museum. 


Wuitre, Davip. Resins in Paleozoic 
plants and in coals of high rank. 


Prof. Paper, U. S. Geol. 
Surv., 85-E, Mar. 
25, 1914, pp. 65-96, 
pls. 9-14. 


WHITE, Davip—Continued. 


Resinous substances, in mi- 
croscopical particles and as 
lumps visible to the naked eye, 
appear to be present in all, or 
nearly all, coals of Mesozoic or 
Tertiary age that have not been 
subjected to such dynamic al- 
teration as to cause the trans- 
formation of the resins. This 
transformation occurs when the 
fixed carbon in the coals ap- 
proaches 70 per cent pure coal 
basis. The author describes 
and illustrates resins and resi- 
nous substances in Paleozoic 
coals of a rather low bitumi- 
nous rank, thus confirming the 
interpretations suggested by 
various paleobotanists that some 
of the secretory cells or canals 
noted in petrified fragments of 
certain Paleozoic plant types 
may have contained resins. 


WILLIAMS, HENRY SHALER. New spe- 
cies of Silurian fossils from the 
Edmunds and Pembroke formations 
of Washington County, Maine. 


Proc. U. S&S. Nat. Mus., 
45, No. 1985, July 
22, 1913, pp. 319-— 

352, pls. 29-31. 
This paper contains descrip- 
tions of the more characteristic 
fossils of the Silurian forma- 
tions mapped in the WBastport 
folio of the U. S. Geological 
Survey. Hight species are de- 
seribed from the Edmunds 
formation, and 12 from the 
Pembroke. All of these are 
illustrated and the types are in 
the collections of the U. S&S. 

National Museum. 


Recurrent Tropidoleptus zones 
of the Upper Devonian in New York, 


Prof. Paper, U. S. Geol. 
Surv., 79, 19138, pp. 
1-103, pls. 1-6, figs. 
1-18. 

As the result of a study of 
the Upper Devonian faunas of 
the Watkins Glen and Catatonk 
quadrangles, New York, Profes- 
sor Williams made an interest- 
ing discovery of the recurrence 
in beds of Portage and Chemung 
age of fossils characteristic of 
the Middle Devonian. This led 
to an intensive study of the 
faunas, the results of which 
are given in the present paper. 


BIGELOW, Henry B. 


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 251 


WILLIAMS, HENRY SHALER—Contd. 


Of special interest is a detailed 
discussion of the variations 
observed in the recurring spe- 
cies, and a discussion of the 
physical history of the region 
as shown by the succession of 


WILLIAMS, HENRY SHALER—Contd. 


faunas. Tne variations of the 
fossils are well illustrated by 
numerous figures. The original 
material upon which the studies 
were made is the property of 
the U. S. National Museum. 


CCEANOGRAPHY. 


Oceanographic 
eruises of the U. S. Fisheries 


Schooner “‘ Grampus ” 1912-1918. 
Science (n. 8s.), 38, No. 
982, Oct. 24, 1913, 
pp. 599-601. 

An account of two cruises of 
the Grampus for oceanographic 
research during the summers of 
1912 and 1913 and extending 
from Nova Scotia to Chesapeake 
Bay. Incidentally mentions the 
plankton collections, covering 
various groups of invertebrates. 
These collections are in the 
National Museum, 


Explorations in the Gulf of 
Maine, July and August, 1912, by 
the U. S. Fisheries Schooner ‘* Gram- 
pus.” Oceanography and notes on 
the Plankton. 

Bull. Mus. Comp. Zo6él., 

58, No. 2, Feb., 1914, 

pp. 31-147, pls. 1-9. 

The latter part of this report 

deals with the _ invertebrate 

plankton, the larger forms con- 

sisting chiefiy of crustaceans, 

chetognaths, medusxe, siphon- 

ophores, ctenophores, salpz and 

Tomopteris, and the microplank- 

ton composed largely of Cer- 

atium. The collections are in 
the National Museum. 


CLARK, AUSTIN HOBART. 


The circula- 
tion of the abyssal water of the 
oceans. 


Journ. Washington Acad. 
Sci., 4, No. 1, Jan. 4, 
1914, pp. 1-3. 

Gives a brief sketch of the 
circulation of the abyssal waters 
of the oceans as deduced from 
a study of the distribution of 
the bottom-living recent cri- 
nolds. 


The circulation of the abyssal 
waters of the oceans, as indicated by 
the geographical and bathymetrical 
distribution of the recent crinoids. 

Bull. de Vinstitut Ocea- 
nographique (Wonda- 
tion Albert ers 
Prince de Monaco), 
No: (285, Keb. «25; 
1914, pp. 1-27. 

The circulation of the abyssal 
waters of the oceans as indi- 
eated by the geographical and 
bathymetrical distribution of 
the recent crinoids, especially 
those belonging to the genus 
Florometra, is discussed in de- 
tail. This paper is an extension 
of the preceding. 


EXPLORATION AND FIELD WORK. 


Explorations and field-work of the 


Smithsonian Institution in 1912. 


Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 
60, No. 30, July 3, 
1918, pp. 1-76, figs. 
1-82, 

This paper contains notes on 
the following expeditions, the 
most of which resulted in the 
acquisition of material for ths 
Museum collections: A zodlog- 
ical and ethnological expedition 
to Dutch East Borneo, main- 
tained by Dr. W. L. Abbott; 
Mr. D. D. Streeter’s expedition 
to Borneo; Mr. George Mixter’s 
collecting trip to Lake Baikal ; 


Explorations and field-work of the 


Smithsonian Institution in 1912— 

Continued. 
Dr. W. L. Abbott's operations 
in Cashmere; zodlogical expedi- 
tion of Dr. Theodore Lyman to 
the Altai Mountains, Siberia and 
Mongolia; a search in eastern 
Asia for the race that peopled 
America; results of Mr. Paul J. 
Rainey’s East African hunting 
expedition; the Smithsonian ex- 
pedition to Algeria for the study 
of the heat of the sun; an- 
thropological researches on St. 
Lawrence Island, Alaska; hunt- 
ing and trapping on the Alaska- 


252 


Explorations and field-work of the 
Smithsonian Institution in 1912— 
Continued. 

Canadian boundary; geological 
explorations in the Canadian 
Rockies; field-work of the Bu- 
reau of American Ethnology in 
1912; observations on birds and 
their nests in Newfoundland and 
Labrador, by Mr. A. C. Bent; a 
newly-discovered cave deposit 
near Cumberland, Maryland; 
collecting fossil echinoderms in 
the Appalachian Valley and in | 


REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 


Explorations and field-work of the 
Smithsonian Institution in 1912— 


Continued. 

Missouri; field-studies along the 
Patuxent and Potomac Rivers, 
Chesapeake Bay, and the North 
Carolina coast; observations on 
mollusks among the Bahama 
Islands and the Florida Keys; 
completion of the Smithsonian 
biological survey of the Panama 
Canal Zone; botanical obserya- 
tions by Dr. J. N. Rose in 
Europe and in Kangas. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 
CLARK, AUSTIN HoBart. Nocturnal | CLarK, AUSTIN Hopart—Coutinued. 
animals. turnal as opposed to diurnal 
Journ. Washington Acad. animals, and the correspondence 
Set., 4, No. 6, Mar. between the former and the ani- 
19, 1914, pp. 1389- mals of the deep sea, are dis- 
142. cussed. 
The faunal and_ paleogeo- 
graphical significance of noc- 


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