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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 
OF THE SMITHSONIAN 
INSTITUTION 


AND 
_ FINANCIAL REPORT OF | 
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF 
THE BOARD OF REGENTS 


1950 


SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON, D.C, 


REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 
OF THE SMITHSONIAN 
INSTITUTION 


AND 
FINANCIAL REPORT OF 
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF 


THE BOARD OF REGENTS 
FOR THE 
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 


1950 


(Publication 4020) 


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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
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Seventeenth annual James Arthur lecture on the sun___________________ 6 
Summary of the year’s activities of the branches of the Institution_______ 6 
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Appendix 1. Report on the United States National Museum____________ 13 
2; xeport/on' the National Gallery of Art.22) 5.) 90) 3 27 23 

3. Report on the National Collection of Fine Arts____________ 36 
Amivenoru on the) Hreer Gallenyioi Anta em ae cu oa alah el 42 

5. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology_____________ 48 

6. Report on the International Exchange Service_____________ 73 

¢. Report on the National Zoological Park___________________ 82 

8. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory_______________- 116 

9. Report onithe National Air Museum____________________- 122 

10. Report on the Canal Zone Biological Area________________- 133 

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Report of the executive committee of the Board of Regents________.-_- 156 


THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 


June 30, 1950 


Presiding Officer ex officio.—Harry S. Truman, President of the United States. 


Chancellor.—F RED M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States. 
Members of the Institution: 
Harry S. Truman, President of the United States. 
ALBEN W. Bark.ey, Vice President of the United States. 
Frep M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States. 
Dean C. AcueEson, Secretary of State. 
JoHN W. SnypDER, Secretary of the Treasury. 
Louis JoHNSON, Secretary of Defense. 
J. Howarp McGrats, Attorney General. 
Jesse M. Donatpson, Postmaster General. 
Oscar CHAPMAN, Secretary of the Interior. 
CuaRtLes F. Brannon, Secretary of Agriculture. 
CHARLES SAWYER, Secretary of Commerce. 
Mavrice Tosin, Secretary of Labor. 
Regents of the Institution: 
Frep M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States, Chancellor. 
ALBEN W. BarkueEy, Vice President of the United States. 
Water F. Grorce, Member of the Senate. 
Cuinton P. ANpERSON, Member of the Senate. 
LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Member of the Senate. 
CLARENCE Cannon, Member of the House of Representatives. 
JoHn M. Vorys, Member of the House of Representatives. 
E. E. Cox, Member of the House of Representatives. 
Harvey N. Davis, citizen of New Jersey. 
ArtuurR H. Compton, citizen of Missouri. 
VANNEVAR Bush, citizen of Washington, D. C. 
Rosert V. FLEMING, citizen of Washington, D. C. 
JEROME C. HuNSAKER, citizen of Massachusetts. 
Executive Committee—RosBrert V. FLEMING, chairman, VANNEVAR 
CLARENCE CANNON. 
Secretary.— ALEXANDER WETMORE. 
Assistant Secretary.—Joun E. Grar. 
Assistant Secretary.—J. L. Keppy. 
Administrative assistant to the Secretary.—LouisE M. Prarson. 
Treasurer.—J. D. Howarp. 
Chief, editorial division.—Paut H. OEnseEr. 
Inbrartian.—Leita F. Ciark. 
Administrative accountant.—TuHomas F. CuarK. 
Superintendent of buildings and labor.—L. lL. Ouiver. 
Assistant Superintendent of buildings and labor.—CuaRLEs C. SINCLAIR. 
Personnel officer.—B. T. CARWITHEN. 
Chief, division of publications.—L. E. COMMERFORD. 
Property, supply, and purchasing officer.—ANTHONY W. WILDING. 
Photographer.—F. B. KEsTNER. 


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VI ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 


Director.—A. REMINGTON KELLOGG. 

Chief, office of correspondence and records—Hrtena M. WEiss. 
Editor—PavuuL H. OxnHseER, acting. 

Associate librarian.—E.iIsaBETH H. GaziN. 


SCIENTIFIC STAFF 


DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY: 
Frank M. Setzler, head curator; A. J. Andrews, chief preparator; W. W. 
Taylor, Jr., collaborator in anthropology. 

Division of Archeology: Waldo R. Wedel, curator; M. C. Blaker, museum aide; 
J. Townsend Russell, Jr., honorary assistant curator of Old World arche- 
ology. 

Division of Ethnology: H. W. Krieger, curator; J. C. Ewers, associate curator; 
C. M. Watkins, associate curator; R. A. Elder, Jr., assistant curator. 

Division of Physical Anthropology: T. Dale Stewart, curator; M. T. Newman, 
associate curator. 

Associate in Anthropology: Neil M. Judd. 

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY: 
Waldo L. Schmitt, head curator; W. L. Brown, chief taxidermist; Aime 
M. Awl, scientific illustrator. 

Associates in Zoology: T. S. Palmer, W. B. Marshall, A. G. Béving, C. R. 
Shoemaker, W. K. Fisher. 

Collaborator in Zoology: R. 8S. Clark. 

Collaborator in Biology: D. C. Graham. 

Division of Mammals: D. H. Johnson, associate curator; H. W. Setzer, asso- 
ciate curator; N. M. Miller, museum aide; A. Brazier Howell, collaborator; 
Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., associate. 

Division of Birds: Herbert Friedmann, curator; H. G. Deignan, associate 
curator; Alexander Wetmore, custodian of alcoholic and skeleton collec- 
tions; Arthur C. Bent, collaborator. 

Division of Reptiles and Amphibians: Doris M. Cochran, associate curator. 

Division of Fishes: Leonard P. Schultz, curator; E. A. Lachner, associate 
curator; W. T. Leapley, museum aide. 

Division of Insects: Edward A. Chapin, curator; R. E. Blackwelder, asso- 
ciate curator; W. D. Field, associate curator; O. L. Cartwright, associate 
curator; Grace E. Glance, associate curator; W. L. Jellison, collaborator. 

Section of Hymenoptera: 8. A. Rohwer, custodian; W. M. Mann, assist- 
ant custodian; Robert A. Cushman, assistant custodian. 

Section of Diptera: Charles T. Greene, assistant custodian. 

Section of Coleoptera: L. L. Buchanan, specialist for Casey collection. 

Division of Marine Invertebrates: F. A. Chace, Jr., curator; P. L. Illg, asso- 
ciate curator; Frederick M. Bayer, assistant curator; L. W. Peterson, 
J. T. Willett, museum aides; Mrs. Harriet Richardson Searle, collaborator; 
Max M. Ellis, collaborator; J. Percy Moore, collaborator; Mrs. M. 8. 
Wilson, collaborator in copepod Crustacea. 

Division of Mollusks: Harald A. Rehder, curator; Joseph P. E. Morrison, 
associate curator: R. Tucker Abbott, associate curator; W. J. Byas, 
museum aide; Paul Bartsch, associate. 

Section of Helminthological Collections: Benjamin Schwartz, collabo- 
rator. 

Division of Echinoderms: Austin H. Clark, curator. 


SECRETARY'S REPORT VII 


DEPARTMENT OF Botany (NaTIONAL HERBARIUM): 
E. P. Killip, head curator. 

Division of Phanerogams: A. C. Smith, curator; E. C. Leonard, associate 
curator; E. H. Walker, associate curator; Lyman B. Smith, associate 
curator; Velva E. Rudd, assistant curator. 

Division of Ferns: C. V. Morton, curator. 

Division of Grasses: Jason R. Swallen, curator; Agnes Chase, research asso- 
ciate; F. A. McClure, research associate. 

Division of Cryptogams: E. P. Killip, acting curator; Paul S. Conger, asso- 
ciate curator; G. A. Llano, associate curator; John A. Stevenson, custodian 
of C. G. Lloyd mycological collections; W. T. Swingle, custodian of Higher 
Algae; David Fairchild, custodian of Lower Fungi. 

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY: 
W. F. Foshag, head curator; J. H. Benn, museum aide; Jessie G. Beach, 
aid. 

Division of Mineralogy and Petrology: W. F. Foshag, acting curator; E. P. 
Henderson, associate curator; G. 8. Switzer, associate curator; F. E. 
Holden, museum technician; Frank L. Hess, custodian of rare metals and 
rare earths. 

Division of Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany: Gustav A. Cooper, 
curator; A. R. Loeblich, Jr., associate curator; David Nicol, associate 
curator; W. T. Allen, museum aide; J. Brookes Knight, research associ- 
ate in paleontology. 

Section of Invertebrate Paleontology: T. W. Stanton, custodian of 
Mesozoic collection; J. B. Reeside, Jr., custodian of Mesozoic collection. 

Division of Vertebrate Paleontology: C. L. Gazin, curator; D. H. Dunkle, asso- 
ciate curator; F. L. Pearce, exhibits preparator; W. D. Crockett, scientific 
illustrator; A. C. Murray, exhibits preparator. 

Associates in Mineralogy: W. T. Schaller, 8S. H. Perry, J. P. Marble. 

Associates in Paleontology: T. W. Vaughan, R. 8. Bassler. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIES: 
Frank A. Taylor, head curator. 

Division of Engineering: Frank A. Taylor, acting curator. 

Section of Civil and Mechanical Engineering: Frank A. Taylor, in charge. 

Section of Marine Transportation: Frank A. Taylor, in charge. 

Section of Electricity: K. M. Perry, associate curator. 

Section of Physical Sciences and Measurement: Frank A. Taylor, in 
charge. 

Section of Land Transportation: 8. H. Oliver, associate curator. 

Division of Crafts and Industries: W. N. Watkins, curator; F. C. Reed, 
associate curator; EK. A. Avery, museum aide; F. L. Lewton, research 
associate. 

Section of Textiles: Grace L. Rogers, assistant curator. 
Section of Wood Technology: William N. Watkins, in charge. 
Section of Manufactures: F. C. Reed, in charge. 
Section of Agricultural Industries: F. C. Reed, in charge. 
Division of Medicine and Public Health: G. S. Thomas, associate curator. 
Division of Graphic Arts: Jacob Kainen, curator; E. J. Fite, museum aide. 
Section of Photography: A. J. Wedderburn, Jr., associate curator. 


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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY: . 
Charles Carey, acting head curator. 
Divisions of Military History and Naval History: M. L. Peterson, associate 
curator; J. R. Sirlouis, assistant curator. 
Division of Civil History: M. W. Brown, assistant curator. 
Division of Numismatics: 8. M. Mosher, associate curator. 
Division of Philately: C. L. Manning, assistant curator. 


NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 


Trustees: 
Frep M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States, Chairman. 
Dean C. AcueEson, Secretary of State. 
JoHN W. SnyDER, Secretary of the Treasury. 
ALEXANDER WETMORE, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
SAMUEL H. Kress. 
FERDINAND LamMoT BELIN. 
DUNCAN PHILLIPS. 
CHESTER DALE. 
Paut MELLON. 
President—SaMuEL H. Kress. 
Vice President.—FERDINAND LAMMOT BELIN. 
Secretary-Treasurer.—H UNTINGTON CAIRNS. 
Director —Davip E. FINuey. 
Administrator.—Harry A. McBripe. 
General Counsel—HUNTINGTON CAIRNS. 
Chief Curator—JoHN WALKER. 
Assistant Director.—MAacGILL JAMES. 


NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 


Director—Tuomas M. Braes. 
Curator of ceramics.—P. V. GARDNER. 
Exhibits preparator.—G. J. MArTINn. 
Assistant librarian.—ANNaA M. LINK. 


FREER GALLERY OF ART 


Director.—A. G. WENLEY. 

Assistant Director.—Joun A. Pope. 

Associate in Near Eastern art—RicHarp HTTINGHAUSEN. 
Research associate.—GracE DUNHAM GUEST. 


BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 


Director—MatruEw W. StTIrina. 

Associate Director.—F Rank H. H. Roperts, Jr. 

Senior ethnologists—H. B. Couurns, Jr., Jonn P. Harrineron, W. N. Fenton. 
Senior anthropologist —G. R. WiLLEy. 

Collaborators.—FRaNcES Densmore, JoHn R. Swanton, A. J. WARING, Jr. 
Editor—M. HELEN PALMER. 

Assistant librarian.— Miriam B. Ketcuum. 

Scientific illustrator —E. G. SCHUMACHER. 

Archives assistant Mar W. TucKER. 


SECRETARY’S REPORT Ix 


InstiTuTE oF SociaL ANTHROPOLOGY.—G. M. Foster, Jr., Director;! GorDON 
R. WILEY, Acting Director. 
River Bastin Surveys.—F rank H. H. Roserts, Jr., Director. 


INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 
Chief —D. G. WILLIAMS. 


NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 


Director.—Wiwuitiam M. Mann. 
Assistant Director.—ERNEST P. WALKER. 
Head Keeper.—F rank O. Lowe. 


ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 


Director —Loyau B. ALDRICH. 
Assistant librarian.—Marsorife R. KUNZE. 
Division oF ASTROPHYSICAL RESEARCH: 
Chief—Witiiam H. Hoover. 
Instrument makers —ANDREW Kramer, D. G. Tapert, J. H. HARRISON. 
Research associate-—CHARLES G. ABBOT. 
DIVISION OF RADIATION AND ORGANISMS: 
Chief —R. B. WiTHRow. 
Plant physiologist LEONARD PRICE. 
Biological aid (botany).—V. B. Eustap. 


NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM 

Advisory Board: 

ALEXANDER WETMORE, Chairman. 

Lr. Gren. K. B. Wore, U. S. Air Force. 

Rear Apo. A. M. Prive, U. S. Navy. 

GROVER LOENING. 

WiuiaM B. Strout. 
Assistant to the Secretary for the National Air Musewm.—Caru W. Mirman. 
Curator.—P. E. GARBER. 
Associate curators.—S. L. Brrrs, R. C. Stropety, W. M. MAus. 
Exhibits preparator.—S. L. Potter. 


CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA 
Resident Manager.—JAMES ZETEK. 


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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 


ALEXANDER WETMORE 
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1950 


To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: 

GenTLEMEN: I have the honor to submit herewith my report 
showing the activities and condition of the Smithsonian Institution 
and its branches during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1950. 


GENERAL STATEMENT 


The activities of the Smithsonian Institution, now as when it was 
established more than a century ago, are geared to the broad purposes 
stated by the founder, James Smithson. He wanted, he said in his 
famous will, ‘‘to found at Washington an institution for the increase 
and diffusion of knowledge among men.’”’ These words have had a 
far-reaching effect on American science, for they not only enabled the 
Institution to operate without excessive restrictions and with freedom 
of initiative and outlook, but also they became the pattern for other 
foundations established during the course of the nineteenth century. 

In this day of increasing pressures on all sides and definite trends 
in certain countries toward the regimentation of science, the necessity 
for this freedom of inquiry under which the Smithsonian has existed 
cannot be too strongly emphasized. 

The Institution has never sought to expand its programs inordi- 
nately, or to add functions unjustified by normal demands or neces- 
sities. It has been conservative, yet pioneering, and it would not be 
difficult to cite instances where small and perhaps unpopular projects, 
modestly aided by Smithsonian encouragement or financial grants, 
developed into enterprises of considerable scope and importance. 
When the Institution began its operations in 1846, it carried on its 
research programs largely by subsidizing the work of scientists not 
on its own staff and by publishing the results of their work. As these 
pioneer researches expanded and became somewhat stabilized, 
bureaus gradually grew up around the Institution, each with its own 
staff specializing in the work of that particular field. ‘The value of 
the various activities gradually became known to the Nation, and 
eventually one by one they were recognized as public necessities by 

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the Congress. Most of them are now supported largely by Govern- 
ment funds although remaining under Smithsonian direction. At 
present, nearly all the research and exploration of the Institution is 
done through these bureaus, notably the United States National 
Museum, the Bureau of American Ethnology, and the Astrophysical 
Observatory. 

Unfortunately, the governmental support of the branches of the 
Institution, now ten in number, has not kept pace with even the 
normal exigencies of modern times. The greatest deficiency at the 
present time is in the physical plant and facilities. As I have pointed 
out in previous reports, the problem of housing the constantly increas- 
ing collections of the National Museum is so critical that important 
material must be refused because there is no space to store it, to say 
nothing of exhibiting it. The Natural History Building at Constitu- 
tion Avenue and Tenth Street and the 80-year-old Arts and Industries 
Building to the south are so crowded that the task of accommodating 
new accessions becomes a juggling game. Alleviation of these condi- 
tions awaits the time when Congress appropriates funds for the new 
buildings we have under consideration. 

Throughout the period of the two world wars and the intervening 
“depression,” many of our museum exhibits, though adequate enough 
in their day, became badly out of date and in need of drastic renova- 
tion. During the past 2 or 3 years it has been possible to begin the 
job of modernizing these exhibits, and the work will go forward as 
rapidly as funds for the purpose become available. This is a large 
and time-consuming undertaking, but one that is vital to the Institu- 
tion’s educational program. During the past year more than 2,600,000 
persons visited the Smithsonian group of buildings. It is our obliga- 
tion, so far as our funds and facilities permit, to extend to this large 
cross section of the public (many of whom are students) all possible 
courtesies and assistance and to make their visits stimulating and 
rewarding. 

For the most part the year saw few major changes in the Institu- 
tion’s staff. In many departments shortages of personnel continue 
to exist, a situation that can be remedied only as rapidly as new posi- 
tions are provided for by budgetary and congressional authorization. 
On May 31, 1950, Webster Prentiss True retired as chief of the edi- 
torial division after nearly 36 years with the Institution and was 
succeeded in that position on June 1 by Paul H. Oehser, assistant 
chief of the division and editor of the National Museum. Dr. Leland 
QO. Howard, veteran entomologist and honorary curator of insects of 
the National Museum, died on May 1, 1950; Dr. Henri Pittier, associ- 
ate in botany, on January 27, 1950. 


SECRETARY’S REPORT 3 


THE ESTABLISHMENT 


The Smithsonian Institution was created by act of Congress in 
1846, according to the terms of the will of James Smithson, of England, 
who in 1826 bequeathed his property to the United States of America 
“to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge 
among men.” In receiving the property and accepting the trust, 
Congress determined that the Federal Government was without 
authority to administer the trust directly, and, therefore, constituted 
an “establishment” whose statutory members are “the President, 
the Vice President, the Chief Justice, and the heads of the executive 
departments.” 

THE BOARD OF REGENTS 


No changes occurred in the personnel of the Board of Regents 
during the year. There still exists one vacancy in the class of citizen 
regents. 

The roll of regents at the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 1950, was 
as follows: Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, Chancellor; Vice President 
Alben W. Barkley; members from the Senate: Walter F. George, 
Clinton P. Anderson, Leverett Saltonstall; members from the House 
of Representatives: Clarence Cannon, John M. Vorys, E. E. Cox; 
citizen members: Harvey N. Davis, Arthur H. Compton, Vannevar 
Bush, Robert V. Fleming, and Jerome C. Hunsaker. 

Proceedings.—The annual meeting of the Board of Regents was 
held on January 13, 1950. Present: Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, 
Chancellor; Representative Clarence Cannon, Representative John 
M. Vorys; Senator Clinton P. Anderson; Dr. Robert V. Fleming, 
Dr. Vannevar Bush, Dr. Jerome C. Hunsaker, Secretary Alexander 
Wetmore, and Assistant Secretary John E. Graf. 

The Secretary presented his annual report covering the activities 
of the Institution and its bureaus, including the financial report of 
the Executive Committee, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1949, 
which was accepted by the Board. The usual resolution authorized 
the expenditure by the Secretary of the income of the Institution for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951. 

The Secretary reported that in connection with surveys for con- 
struction of Government dams throughout the country there has 
been much interest in the salvage of scientific materials that would 
be covered by impounded waters. In connection with this, Congress- 
man Curtis of Nebraska introduced in the House a bill, H. R. 2290, 
to provide for cooperation by the Smithsonian Institution with State, 
educational, and scientific organizations for fossil studies in areas to 
be flooded by the construction of Government dams. This bill, 


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including an authorization for an appropriation of $65,000, passed 
the House and the Senate and was approved by the President on 
August 15, 1949. 

The Board was advised that Congress had recently requested the 
Bureau of the Budget to contact all Federal agencies that were carry- 
ing on activities with the aid of Federal appropriations without having 
clear-cut basic authority therefor to advise them to submit drafts of 
bills proposing the requisite authorizations. In accordance with this, 
a draft of legislation was prepared to cover the activities of the Bureau 
of American Ethnology, the Astrophysical Observatory, and certain 
miscellaneous housekeeping functions that had been carried on for 
many years but had not been clearly authorized by basic legislation. 
The Bureau of American Ethnology was established in 1879 “‘for 
the purpose of continuing ethnological researches among the North 
American Indians under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution,” 
with annual appropriation for this purpose, but without formal 
authorization other than that of the appropriation acts. The Astro- 
physical Observatory was founded, in similar manner, in 1890, for 
the measurement and analysis of solar radiation, and since 1891 has 
received annual appropriations. Further, Congress has appropriated 
funds since 1886 for the maintenance of Smithsonian buildings and 
grounds, and since 1896 for the preparation of manuscripts, drawings, 
and illustrations for publication. The Honorable Clarence Cannon, 
regent, introduced H. R. 3417 on March 10, 1949, containing the 
authorizations needed. This duly passed the House of Representa- 
tives, and in the Senate the matter received the attention of Senator 
Clinton P. Anderson, regent, and the friendly consideration of 
Senator Carl Hayden, chairman of the Committee on Rules and 
Administration, to the end that the act passed the Senate and on 
August 22, 1949, was signed by the President. This places these 
activities, some of which have been in operation for over 70 years, 
on firm legal basis. 

Developments concerning the Gellatly art collection since the 
previous meeting of the Board were reported as follows by the Secre- 
tary: At the annual meeting last year, it was reported that the action 
of Mrs. Charlayne Whiteley Gellatly against the Secretary, in an 
attempt to recover the Gellatly collection from the Secretary in his 
status as a private individual though acting as custodian under the 
Smithsonian Institution, had been carried to the United States Court 
of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, following decision in 
favor of the Secretary in the District Court of the United States for 
the District of Columbia. Under date of September 28, 1949, the 
United States Court of Appeals issued an order stating that the court, 
having duly considered a petition for a rehearing, had denied the 


SECRETARY'S REPORT 5 


rehearing. ‘The Institution was represented in this action by the 
Department of Justice through Marvin C. Taylor, special attorney. 

On the evening of January 12, 1950, an informal dinner meeting of 
the Board was held in the Main Hall of the Smithsonian Institution, 
with the Chancellor, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, presiding. This 
occasion gave opportunity for members of the Smithsonian staff to 
make a fuller presentation of the scientific work of the Institution 
than was practicable at the regular meeting the next day. 


FINANCES 


A statement on finances, dealing particularly with Smithsonian 
private funds, will be found in the report of the Executive Committee 
of the Board of Regents, page 156. 


APPROPRIATIONS 


Funds appropriated to the Institution for the fiscal year ended 
June 30, 1950, totaled $2,346,000, allotted as follows: 


RV Aeea rn ea eV I Gan IR RIP Pa ee $52, 574 
United States National Museum____---------------_- 715, 484 
Bureau of American Hthnology_____----------------- 61, 897 
Astropaysicals Observatory. so 44s aus eee 109, 666 
National Collection of Fine Arts______-_-_----------- 38, 857 
INawonal Ave IMMIReUTN oS ee ee eee eee 200, 864 
Canal Zone Biological Area____--_----- Joa eataacesesse 5, 000 
International Exchange Service_____--__-_---_-_----- 69, 180 
Maintenance and operation of buildings----_____-_--- 786, 714 
Gemeralese re val Ces a ey M pj dN So i ak OA ee 304, 655 
TU SEUMA TE CSA IA 0,2 oy ae out ene Usa ies ig ak eel a 1, 109 

SOE atl an a dah a lA A 2, 346, 000 


In addition $1,114,700 was appropriated to the National Gallery 
of Art, a bureau of the Institution but administered by a separate 
board of trustees; and $544,700 was provided in the District of 
Columbia appropriation act for the operation of the National Zoo- 
logical Park. 

Besides these direct appropriations, the Institution received funds 
by transfer from other Federal agencies, as follows: 

From the State Department, from the appropriation Cooperation 
with the American Republics, 1950, a total of $82,510 for the opera- 
tion of the Institute of Social Anthropology, including the issuance 
of publications resulting from its work. 

From the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 
$215,886 for archeological projects in connection with River Basin 
Surveys. 


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VISITORS 


Visitors to the Smithsonian buildings during the year totaled 
2,600,758, only slightly less than last year’s all-time record of attend- 
ance. March 1950 was the month of largest attendance, with 371,811 
visitors; August 1949 was the next largest, with 349,318. A summary 
of attendance records for the five buildings is given in table 1: 


Tare 1.—Visitors to the Smithsonian buildings during the year ended June 30, 1950 


Smith- Arts and Natural Wancratt Freer 
Year and month sonian Industries | History Buildine Gallery Total 
Building Building Building te) of Art 
1949 , 
Deny See aE ad Ne 65, 007 149, 084 75, 627 22, 763 7, 954 | ° 320, 435 
PATRI GTS Re a ee 72, 446 158, 653 86, 490 23, 179 8, 550 349, 318 
September 43, 497 97, 510 56, 072 13, 540 7, 932 218, 551 
October ee 31, 946 73, 702 55, 248 11, 979 4, 835 177, 710 
INO Gal pro ee 24, 818 51, 729 38, 7382 9, 933 3, 261 128, 473 
Decembers ee ee 16, 512 32, 125 27, 628 6, 559 1, 951 84, 775 
1960 
Januanyee eases eos eee 19, 929 40, 461 35, 166 8, 125 2, 772 106, 453 
TG Oy DEN eA yee eee ee ee 19, 800 39, 770 34, 968 8, 214 2, 687 105, 439 
Migr eh asin e pie en Ee ae 22, 660 48, 608 41,311 8, 698 2, 976 124, 253 
BAND Lue en Nn eS 66, 915 172, 514 105, 430 19, 308 7, 644 371, 811 
Mig y See ee Nemes ee 54, 660 143, 966 91,717 17, 603 5, 653 313, 599 
DUT C Ss SC eee oe ae 57, 729 141, 897 76, 559 17,170 6, 586 299, 941 
Totalees Sete see: 495,919 | 1,150,019 724, 948 167, 071 62, 801 2, 600, 758 


SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL JAMES ARTHUR LECTURE ON THE SUN 


In 1931 the Institution received a bequest from James Arthur, of 
New York, a part of the income from which was to be used for an 
annual lecture on some aspect of the study of the sun. 

The seventeenth Arthur lecture was delivered in the auditorium of 
the Natural History Building on April 6, 1950, by Dr. Bertil Lindblad, 
Director of the Stockholm Observatory, Stockholm, Sweden. The 
subject of Dr. Lindblad’s address was ‘‘The Luminous Surface and 
Atmosphere of the Sun.” His lecture will be published in full in the 
General Appendix of the Annual Report of the Board of Regents of 
the Smithsonian Institution for 1950. 


SUMMARY OF THE YEAR’S ACTIVITIES OF THE BRANCHES OF THE 
INSTITUTION 


National Museum.—The national collections were increased during 
the year by approximately 793,300 specimens, a large increase over 
the previous year, bringing the total number of catalog entries in all 
six departments to 32,375,597. Noteworthy accessions for the year 
included: In anthropology, nearly a thousand pottery, stone, and 
other objects from the Neolithic period of northern Honshu, Japan, 
and a further lot of ethnological specimens obtained in northern 
Australia by the 1948 expedition to Arnhem Land sponsored by the 


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Commonwealth of Australia, the National Geographic Society, and 
the Smithsonian Institution; in zoology, about 10,000 skins and over 
400 skeletons of North American birds from one donor, 4,500 fishes 
from the Gulf of Mexico, a collection of 15,000 British Microlepidop- 
tera, a bequest of 10,500 beetles, and sizable lots of marine inverte- 
brates from Arctic America; in botany, large collections of plants 
from Peri, New Zealand, Colombia, and Africa; in geology, 24 kinds 
of minerals hitherto unrepresented in the national collections, several 
new meteorites, many thousand invertebrate fossils (including the 
large and important Cushman and Vaughan collections of Forami- 
nifera and the Renfro fossil-invertebrate collection of 250,000 speci- 
mens), and skeletal remains of the giant ground sloth Megatherium 
from western Panamé; in engineering and industries, exhibition mate- 
rial illustrating the operation of a textile-finishing mill and 51 ex- 
amples of the work of the pioneering photographer Victor Prevost; 
and in history, a silver-filigree basket reputed to have belonged to 
Napoleon, two outstanding models of historic ships, and several 
interesting philatelic and numismatic acquisitions. 

Field work by members of the Museum staff or by collaborators was 
conducted in Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, Alaska and the Arctic, 
Africa, the West Indies, and many sections of the United States. 
The Museum issued 29 publications. 

National Gallery of Art.—Visitors to the Gallery during the year 
reached a total of 2,187,293, a daily average attendance of 6,025 
persons. This represented a daily increase of 1,800 over the previous 
year’s record. Accessions as gifts, loans, or deposits numbered 2,354. 
Ten special exhibitions were held at the Gallery, including a 2-month 
showing of the celebrated ‘Art Treasures from the Vienna Collections,” 
lent by the Austrian Government, and ‘‘Makers of History in Wash- 
ington, 1800-1950,” an exhibit that opened on June 29, 1950, cele- 
brating the sesquicentennial of the establishment of the Federal 
Government in Washington. Special exhibitions of prints from the 
Rosenwald collection were circulated to seven galleries and museums 
in this country and Canada, and exhibitions from the ‘Index of 
American Design” were shown at 34 institutions in 17 States, the 
District of Columbia, and London, England. Over 20,000 photo- 
graphs were acquired from Kuropean museums and are being cataloged 
and filed. The staff continued to answer hundreds of inquiries and 
to give opinion on works of art brought to the Gallery and advice on 
research problems in art. The volume ‘Masterpieces of Sculpture 
from the National Gallery of Art,’’ by Charles Seymour, Jr., was 
placed on sale during the year, and a second volume of ‘Masterpieces 
of Painting,’ by Huntington Cairns and John Walker, was in process. 
More than 28,000 persons attended the special tours of the Gallery, 

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26,000 the “Picture of the Week” talks, and 17,000 the 13 Sunday- 
afternoon lectures in the auditorium. Forty-five Sunday-evening 
concerts were given in the East Garden Court. The work of con- 
struction of new galleries and offices for expanding activities con- 
tinued, and 12 new galleries were opened, 8 just prior to and 4 just 
after the end of the fiscal year. 

National Collection of Fine Arts —The Smithsonian Art Commission 
met on December 6, 1949, and accepted two paintings for the National 
Collection. One miniature was acquired through the Catherine 
Walden Myer fund. Thirteen special art exhibitions were held 
during the year, especially noteworthy being a 44-month showing of 
paintings by Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921) in commemo- 
ration of the centennial of this artist’s birth and featuring his studies 
on camouflage and on protective coloration in the Animal Kingdom; 
and an exhibit of paintings of ancient Egyptian monuments by Joseph 
Lindon Smith. Members of the staff lectured on art topics to several 
organizations and as usual furnished information to several hundred 
visitors and identified many art works submitted. 

Freer Gallery of Art.—Accessions to the Freer collections included 
Egyptian brasswork and crystal; Chimese bronzes, jade, lacquer, and 
pottery; Persian painting, pottery, and wood carving; Indian painting 
and sculpture; Japanese sculpture; and Armenian manuscript. The 
work of the professional staff was devoted to the study of new acces- 
sions and objects submitted for purchase and to general research on 
Oriental and Near East materials. Reports were made on 2,236 
objects. The renovation of Whistler’s Peacock Room, mentioned in 
last year’s report, was well along toward completion by the end of 
the year. Visitors to the Gallery totaled 62,801, and 1,626 came to 
the Gallery offices for special purposes. During the year the Gallery 
entered into an agreement with the University of Michigan in further- 
ance of the principles concerning Oriental art contemplated by the 
will of the late Charles L. Freer. 

Bureau of American Hthnology.—The Director of the Bureau, Dr. 
M. W. Stirling, continued his studies of archeological collections he 
had made in Panama. As for the past 4 years, the Associate Director, 
Dr. F. H. H. Roberts, Jr., directed the operations of the River Basin 
Surveys, in cooperation with the National Park Service, the Bureau 
of Reclamation, and the Army Corps of Engineers, and made several 
field inspection trips. Since the beginning of the program in July 
1946, 2,260 archeological sites have been located and recorded, and 
484 of these have been recommended for testing or excavation. This 
year’s survey work covered 26 reservoirs located in 8 States and in 
5 river basins. At the end of the year excavations were completed 
or under way in 13 reservoir areas in 9 States. Dr. John P. Harring- 


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ton continued his study of the grammar of the Abnaki language at 
Old Town, Maine, and also spent 2 months in Yucatén studying the 
Maya language. In cooperation with the Canadian Government, 
Dr. Henry B. Collins, Jr., conducted archeological investigations on 
Cornwallis Island in the Canadian Arctic, which yielded a large 
collection of artifacts that throw considerable light on the prehistoric 
inhabitants of the region. Dr. W. N. Fenton made further studies 
of the Iroquois, especially at the Tonawanda and Allegany Seneca 
reservations in western New York, and surveyed considerable perti- 
nent archival material in various libraries. 

The Institute of Social Anthropology, an autonomous unit of the 
Bureau financed by State Department funds, conducted its anthro- 
pological teaching and research programs in the following Latin 
American countries: Brazil, Colombia, México, and Pert. Dr. 
George M. Foster, Director of the Institute, conducted private inves- 
tigations in Spain during most of the year. Dr. Gordon R. Willey, 
senior anthrolopologist of the Bureau, served as acting director during 
his absence. 

The Bureau issued its annual report, volume 5 of the ‘‘ Handbook 
of South American Indians,”’ and one publication of the Institute of 
Social Anthropclogy. Ten publications were in press at the close of 
the year. 

International Hxchange Service—The Smithsonian International 
Exchange Service is the official United States agency for the inter- 
change of governmental, literary, and scientific publications between 
this country and the other nations of the world. During the past 
year the Exchange Service handled 1,009,675 packages of such publi- 
cations, weighing 832,087 pounds, a considerable increase over the 
previous year. Consignments are now made to all countries except 
Rumania and China. The number of sets of United States official 
publications sent abroad in exchange for similar publications of other 
countries is now 99 (59 full and 40 partial sets). EKighty-three copies 
of the Federal Register and 87 copies of the Congressional Record are 
also sent abroad through the Exchange Service. 

National Zoological Park.—The zoo collection was enhanced during 
the year by the addition of a number of animals never before exhibited 
here. At the end of the fiscal year there were 2,821 specimens in the 
collection, a decrease of 126 from the previous year. Among the more 
spectacular accessions were a pair of baby elephants presented by the 
Government of India, through Prime Minister Nehru and the Indian 
Embassy in Washington; 3 grizzly bears removed from the Yellow- 
stone National Park and presented by the National Park Service; 
2 rare pencil-tailed tree mice from Malaya; and an American black- 
bear cub, ‘‘Smoky,” rescued by the Forest Service from a forest fire 


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in New Mexico. In all, 123 creatures were born or hatched at the 
Zoo—60 mammals, 17 birds, and 46 reptiles. Both pairs of the Zoo’s 
hybrid bears (female Alaska brown X male polar) produced cubs. 
The number of visitors to the Zoo reached the all-time record of 
3,437,669, which was 91,619 more than last year. Groups from 
schools numbered 1,973, aggregating 102,553 individuals, and came 
from 31 States, some as far away as Maine, Florida, Washington, 
California, and New Mexico. 

Astrophysical Observatory.—Late in the year the Director, L. B. 
Aldrich, made an inspection trip to the two solar-radiation field sta- 
tions now operated by the Astrophysical Observatory, one at Table 
Mountain, Calif., and the other at Montezuma, Chile, and was able 
to make valuable intercomparisons of methods and results of the 
research. A significant increase of one-fourth of 1 percent in the 
radiation emitted by the sun in the two decades from 1925 to 1944 
has been calculated from the solar-constant determinations at the 
Chilean station. The Observatory’s work at the temporary observing 
station at Miami, Fla., for the office of the Quartermaster General, in 
connection with studies of fabric resistance to solar radiation, were 
terminated there, and the special equipment was moved to the Table 
Mountain, Calif., station. Three silver-disk pyrheliometers were con- 
structed under the supervision of W. H. Hoover and furnished at cost 
to institutions in New Zealand, Venezuela, and Rumania, and two 
modified Angstrom pyrheliometers and one special water-vapor 
spectroscope were furnished to a meteorological mstitute in Belgium. 
The Division of Radiation and Organisms concluded its reorganization 
and reconstruction of the facilities of its laboratories, which are now 
equipped with four constant-temperature rooms and with new types 
of modern instruments and are in first-class condition for photo- 
chemical research on plants. Several new lines of research are being 
inaugurated. The sixth edition of the Smithsonian Meteorological 
Tables, compiled by Robert J. List, of the United States Weather 
Bureau, was in press at the close of the year; and the manuscript of 
the ninth edition of the Physical Tables was nearly completed under 
the direction of Dr. William E. Forsythe, physicist, of Cleveland, 
Ohio. 

National Air Museum.—The report to Congress on the National 
Air Museum, required by law, was submitted on March 17, 1950, 
making recommendations for the acquisition of suitable lands and 
buildings for the museum. The Advisory Board met on May 24 and 
gave considerable attention to this report and to the problems involved 
in advancing the Air Museum’s site-procurement and building pro- 
grams. Several outstanding accessions to the collections were re- 
ceived, including the B-29 superfort Enola Gay, the first aircraft to 


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drop an atomic bomb in warfare; the Stinson SR-10F airplane used 
by All American Aviation in airmail pick-up service; the City of 
Washington, the Piper Super Cruiser flown around the world in 1947 
by Clifford Evans, Jr.; a collection of memorabilia relating to Amelia 
Earhart; the original Whittle W-1—X turbojet engine; a bust of 
Wilbur Wright by Oskar J. W. Hansen; and a large collection of 
aeronautical memorabilia assembled by Mrs. (‘Mother’) C. A. 
Tusch, of Berkeley, Calif. The 34 new accessions totaled 465 objects 
from 31 different sources. Much of the material is being kept at the 
Museum’s storage facility maintained at Park Ridge, Ill., until such 
time as the projected National Air Museum building is provided. 

Canal Zone Biological Area.—Twenty-one scientists, representing a 
variety of organizations and localities, visited Barro Colorado Island 
during the year and worked at the laboratory on an equal variety of 
research projects, and the contributions have added materially to our 
knowledge of tropical life. High cost of transportation deters many 
from visiting the island. Since the laboratory was started in 1923, 
about 660 separate papers have appeared in print dealing with re- 
searches made on the area. A recent checklist shows 173 species of 
vertebrate animals (exclusive of birds) now inhabiting the island. 
Improvements in facilities completed during the year included the 
construction of an 11,720-gallon concrete water tank, which has im- 
proved the water-supply situation at the station as well as fire pro- 
tection. Some new building construction is under way. One of the 
most urgent needs is a dependable electric-power supply. The 
resident manager continued his long-term termite-resistance tests and 
studies of host relationships of the fruit-fly population. 


PUBLICATIONS 


In carrying out the second of the two main functions of the Smith- 
sonian Institution, the diffusion of knowledge, as prescribed by its 
founder, James Smithson, the Institution issues eight regular series 
of publications and six others that appear less frequently. All these 
series, embodying the results of researches of the Smithsonian staff 
and collaborators, are distributed free to more than a thousand 
libraries, both here and abroad, as well as to a large list of educational 
and scientific organizations. The findings of Smithsonian scientists, 
chiefly in the fields of anthroplogy, biology, geology, and astrophysics, 
are therefore made readily available to all through this wide free 
distribution. 

In all, 72 publications appeared under the Smithsonian imprint 
during the year. Outstanding among these were T. E. Snyder’s 
“Catalog of the Termites of the World,” Gordon R. Willey’s “ Arche- 
ology of the Florida Gulf Coast,” the eighteenth part of A. C. Bent’s 


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‘Life Histories of North American Birds,” volume 5 of the ‘“‘Handbook 
of South American Indians,’’ Allan R. Holmberg’s ‘‘ Nomads of the 
Long Bow: The Siriono of Eastern Bolivia,” S. H. Oliver’s “Catalog 
of the Automobile and Motorcycle Collection of the Division of 
Engineering, United States National Museum,” and Grace Dunham 
Guest’s ‘‘Shiraz Painting in the Sixteenth Century.” 

The total number of copies of publications in all series distributed 
during the year was 150,612. A complete list of the year’s publica- 
tions will be found in the report of the chief of the editorial division, 
appendix 12. 

LIBRARY 

The Smithsonian library received 53,035 publications during the 
year, 7,392 of these being gifts from many different donors. Out- 
standing among the gifts was the fine collection of about 4,000 books 
and pamphlets on Foraminifera assembled by the late Joseph A. 
Cushman and bequeathed by him to the Institution. Neil M. Judd 
donated his personal collection of about 500 books and papers on 
archeological subjects. 

Currently entered were 16,961 periodicals, most of them received 
in exchange for Smithsonian publications from research institutions 
and educational organizations throughout the world. The library 
arranged 344 new exchanges during the year, cataloged 6,822 volumes 
and pamphlets, added 30,006 cards to catalogs and shelflists, sent 
18,719 publications to the Library of Congress, prepared 1,511 volumes 
for binding, and repaired 1,023 volumes in the Museum. 

At the close of the year, the library’s holdings totaled 927,037 
volumes, more than half of which are housed in the Library of Congress 
as the Smithsonian Deposit. 

Respectfully submitted. 

ALEXANDER Wermore, Secretary. 


APPENDIX 1 
REPORT ON THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 


Str: I have the honor to submit the following report on the condition 
and operations of the United States National Museum for the fiscal 
year ended June 30, 1950: 

COLLECTIONS 


Slightly more than 793,300 specimens (approximately 400,000 more 
than last year) were incorporated into the national collections during 
the year and were distributed among the six departments as follows: 
Anthropology, 4,982; zoology, 186,855; botany, 61,983; geology, 
530,758; engineering and industries, 2,047; and history, 6,701. Most 
of the accessions were acquired as gifts from individuals or as transfers 
from Government departments and agencies. The complete report on 
the Museum, published as a separate document, includes a detailed 
list of the year’s acquisitions, of which the more important are sum- 
marized below. Catalog entries in all departments now total 
32,375,597. 

Anthropology.—President Harry S. Truman deposited on loan the 
sacred Scrolls of the Law, hand-lettered in Hebrew on parchment, and 
a copper Ark finely decorated with biblical inscriptions in silver by 
skilled craftsmen of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts of Jerusalem. 
These were presented by Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel, to 
the President of the United States. Two camel saddles, bridles, and 
elaborately woven and decorated saddlebags presented by His 
Majesty, King Ibn Sa’ud of Saudi Arabia, as tokens of friendship to 
Maj. Gen. C. V. Haynes and Rear Adm. John P. Whitney, were 
donated to the Museum by the recipients. 

Woven fabrics and costumes acquired by the late Gen. John J. 
Pershing from the Moro, Mandaya, and Bagobo during his tours of 
duty in the Philippine Islands between 1899 and 1913, and from 
Peruvian and Bolivian Indians during his visit to South America in 
1924-25, were presented by his son, Francis Warren Pershing. Other 
noteworthy additions were 464 ethnological specimens obtained in 
northern Australia by Frank M. Setzler, deputy leader of the Common- 
wealth of Australia-National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institu- 
tion Expedition to Arnhem Land; an outfit utilized by the Piaroa 
Indians of the Rio Paria area for snufling yopo (Piptadenia peregrina), 

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presented by Sefior José M. Cruxent, Director of the Museo de Ciencias 
Naturales, Caracas, Venezuela; materials representing the work of 
Cree Indians living near Hudson Bay and on the plains of Saskatche- 
wan, donated by Copley Amory; 4 carved and painted wooden 
ancestral figurines from Neulu Atoll and the island of Woleai in the 
western Carolines, the gift of N. J. Cummings; and the bequest of 
Miss Mary W. Macrell of 235 examples of Onental and European 
furniture, textiles, ceramics, and metalwork. 

aloo to Ae onhaclloeteal collections comprised, among others, a 
collection of 991 pottery, stone, and other objects from the Neolithic 
peviod of northern Honshu, Japan, presented by Maj. Howard A. 
MacCord, United States Army; 16 gold fishhooks fashioned by the 
Indians of Columbia, from F. M. Estes; a series of sherds from shell 
heaps of Panamé, believed to represent the earliest ceramic horizon 
recognized at present in that region, and excavated by Drs. M. W. 
Stirlmg and Gordon R. Willey during the Smithsonian Institution- 
National Geographic Society Expedition of 1948; and a Basketmaker 
III pitcher from La Plata County, Colo., donated by E. H. Morris. 

Forty-eight more or less complete skeletons from a protohistoric 
Indian site near Lewes, Del., were presented to the division of physical 
anthropology by the Sussex Archeological Association. 

Zoology.—Zoological specimens from North America, South America, 
Europe, and Asia, as well as from oceanic areas, were incorporated into 
the national collections. About 300 monkeys and other arboreal 
mammals collected by Dr. H. C. Clark and associates in Panama in 
the course of yellow-fever investigations carried on by the Gorgas 
Memorial Laboratory were donated to the division of mammals. 
Other accessions of importance were 98 mammals from Kuala Lumpur, 
Selangor, obtained during scrub-typhus investigations by the United 
States Army Medical Research Unit; 197 mammals from the Brooks 
Range, northern Alaska, collected by Dr. Robert Rausch, United 
States Public Health Service; 32 Bolivian mammals received from the 
Pan American Sanitary Bureau; 295 Costa Rican mammals collected 
in 1949 by Dr. Henry W. Setzer; 100 mammals from Prince Patrick 
Island, collected by Charles O. Handley, Jr.; and 36 Japanese mam- 
mals, including a series of porpoise skulls from Ford Wilke. 

The generous gift of approximately 10,000 skins and 424 skeletons of 
North American birds by J. A. Weber, of Miami, Fla., represents the 
largest single accession received by the division of birds in recent years. 
Income from the W. L. Abbott bequest financed field work in Panama 
and Colombia. In Panam& Dr. A. Wetmore and W. M. Perrygo 
obtained 956 bird skins, 11 skeletons, 3 sets of eggs, and 1 nest; and in 
Colombia, M. A. @amiker Jr. Neblineted 2,546 bird skins and 3 sets of 
eggs. The K. J. Brown Beamer sorrento funds for the purchase of 


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74 skins of Hungarian birds, and with other private funds 344 bird 
skins from British Columbia were purchased. From Herbert L. 
Stoddard, the division of birds received 158 skins of birds taken in 
Georgia. 

By exchange, the division of reptiles and amphibians received from 
the Museum of Comparative Zoology 94 amphibians from the state 
of Sado Paulo, Brazil. As a gift from Cornell University, the division 
acquired 141 specimens from Venezuela. Other accessions worthy 
of note were the gift of 148 reptiles, including a series of water snakes 
from Ohio, by John T. Wood, and 24 blind cave salamanders (Typhlo- 
triton spelaeus) from Smellin’s Cave near Ozark, Mo., presented by 
Dr. C. G. Goodchild. 

The Fish and Wildlife Service transferred approximately 4,500 
fishes taken in the course of shrimp investigations in the Gulf of 
Mexico by the crew of the Pelican. Other gifts received during the 
year included a specimen of a rare ribbonfish (Lophotus lacepeder) 
taken at Clearwater, Fla., donated by Dr. Coleman J. Goin; 517 
Mexican fishes given by Gen. T. D. White, United States Air Forces, 
accompanied by color sketches made by Mrs. White; and 80 fishes 
from Spencer Tinker, of the Waikiki Aquarium, Hawaii. Types and 
paratypes of a number of fishes were acquired by exchange or donation 
from several institutions. 

Several outstanding gifts came to the division of insects. Among 
these were a collection of 5,000 British tortricid moths presented by 
the British Museum (Natural History); about 15,000 British Micro- 
lepidoptera, a gift from Norman D. Riley, head keeper of insects, 
British Museum (Natural History); and an extensive collection of 
2-winged flies donated by John R. Malloch. About 10,500 beetles, 
mostly representing the families Carabidae and Pselaphidae, were 
received as a bequest from Alan 5. Nicolay. 

As a transfer from the Office of Naval Research the Museum ac- 
quired a collection of 2,571 marine invertebrates made by Prof. and 
Mrs. G. E. MacGinitie at the Arctic Research Laboratory, Point 
Barrow, Alaska. Nearly 4,000 miscellaneous invertebrates, obtained 
off the coast of Labrador by David C. Nutt during the cruise of the 
schooner Blue Dolphin under the auspices of the Arctic Institute of 
North America, were presented to the division of marine invertebrates. 
Among other noteworthy gifts of collections, including types, were: 
541 shrimps and other marine invertebrates obtained during the 
“Crossroads” Expedition to the Marshall Islands, from Dr. Martin 
W. Johnson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; more than 100 
isopods from Pacific Marine Station, College of the Pacific and the 
University of California, through Robert J. Menzies; about 700 marine 
arthropods, taken off the coasts of North and South Carolina, from 


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Prof. A. S. Pearse, Duke University; 137 echiuroid and sipunculoid 
worms and 10 flatworms from Dr. W. K. Fisher; and more than 100 
Indian amphipods from Dr. K. Nagappan Nayar, of Madras, India. 

As gifts, the division of mollusks received a collection approximating 
4,000 specimens, largely North American Sphaeriidae, from Leslie 
Hubricht; 300 marine mollusks from Biak Island, Netherlands East 
Indies; and holotypes, paratypes, and topotypes from a number of 
specialists. By transfer, about 500 mollusks collected by Dr. Preston 
E. Cloud, Jr., on Saipan came to the Museum from the Geological 
Survey; approximately 5,000 marine shells from Panama were re- 
ceived from the Fish and Wildlife Service through Dr. Paul S. Galt- 
soff; and from the Smithsonian Institution 621 land and fresh-water 
mollusks from Pert purchased through the income of the Frances Lea 
Chamberlain fund. 

The most noteworthy accession acquired by the division of echino- 
derms comprised 400 specimens dredged from the deep waters of the 
North Atlantic Ocean by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s 
vessel Ailantis. 

Botany.—H. A. Allard collected 5,577 plants for the National 
Herbarium in northeastern Pert, and Associate Curator KE. H. Walker 
obtained 2,282 plants in New Zealand. As exchanges, the National 
Herbarium received 19,276 specimens, of which 4,175 were trans- 
mitted by the University of California, 1,027 from Eritrea were shipped 
by the University of Florence, and 762 from islands in the Pacific 
Ocean were forwarded by the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Dr. John 
Gossweiler, of Angola, presented through the Department of State 
645 plant specimens from Portuguese West Africa, and Dr. C. M. 
Rogers, of Wayne University, Detroit, donated 980 specimens from 
the Mesa de Maya region of the southwestern United States. The 
Escuela Agricola Panamericana, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, forwarded 
965 plants, partly on an exchange basis and the remainder as a gift. 
By purchase, 1,596 plant specimens from Colombia were acquired 
from Kjell von Sneidern, and by transfer from the Division of Rubber 
Plant Investigations, Department of Agriculture, 2,098 plants, 
collected for the most part by Dr. Richard E. Schultes in the eastern 
lowlands of Colombia, were added to the collections. 

Geology.—Twenty-four minerals hitherto unrepresented were added 
to the mineralogical collections, of which seven were received as gifts, 
eight were acquired as exchanges, and nine came as transfers from 
the Geological Survey. The Kegel collection of fine crystallized sec- 
ondary copper and lead minerals from Tsumeb, Southwest Africa, 
comprising approximately 900 specimens and including many of the 
best-known examples of azurite, malachite, cerussite, anglesite, va- 
nadinite, and mimetite, is considered to be the most important acces- 


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sion ever purchased under the Roebling fund. Included among the 
additions to the Canfield collection were a very fine columbite crystal 
from North Carolina, a large specimen of native lead with pyrochroite 
from Sweden, a striking example of rutilated quartz from Brazil, and 
a group of large wulfenite crystals from Arizona. An outstanding 
addition to the gem collection consists of 41 pieces made up largely 
of strands of beads of a variety of gem materials, as well as some very 
fine cut amethysts, a bequest of Mrs. Edna Ward Capps. In addi- 
tion to a number of gems received as gifts, an unusual tourmaline 
cat’s-eye weighing 53.20 carats was purchased under the Chamberlain 
fund for the gem collection. Dr. Stuart H. Perry continued his inter- 
est in the meteorite collection by donating two stony meteorites 
weighing 8.4 kilograms and 502 grams, recently found at Kearney, 
Nebr. Sections of other meteorites were received from the Georgia 
Department of Mines, Mining, and Geology and from the Institute 
for Nuclear Studies of the University of Chicago through Dr. Harri- 
son Brown. By exchange, portions of five Spanish meteorites were 
acquired from the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales of Madrid, 
Spain. 

Gifts, exchanges, transfers, and purchases added many genera and 
species not previously represented in the collections of fossil inverte- 
brates. As gifts, the Museum received 500 fresh-water invertebrate 
fossils of the Pliocene Truckee formation from Daniel I. Axelrod; ap- 
proximately 2,600 Ordovician fossils from O. C. Cole; 45 Turkish 
Jurassic fossils from G. H. Cornelius; 150 invertebrate fossils from 
Wales, collected by Dr. John P. Marble; 150 Italian Triassic inverte- 
brates from Dr. Franco Rasetti; and 500 Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and 
Cenozoic invertebrates from Tunisia, Algeria, and the Sahara Desert 
from Maurice H. Wallace. ‘Types of corals, Foraminifera, and Car- 
boniferous fossils were included in the accessions. 

Several hundred Ordovician, Mississippian, and Pennsylvanian crin- 
oids were purchased under the Springer fund from Harrell L. Strimple. 

By the bequest of the late Dr. Joseph A. Cushman, the Museum 
acquired his library and collection of Foraminifera comprising at least 
150,000 slides and including about 13,000 type and figured specimens. 
The Vaughan collection of larger Foraminifera, aggregating about 
25,000 specimens, as well as the smaller Foraminifera formerly housed 
in the Cushman laboratory at Sharon, Mass., 1,275 type and figured 
Jurassic Foraminifera from Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota, 
147 type specimens of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Foraminifera from 
Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4 in northern Alaska, and 653 Silurian 
brachiopods from southeastern Alaska were received as transfers 
from the Geological Survey. Through funds provided by the Walcott 
bequest, the Museum purchased the Renfro fossil invertebrate collec- 


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tion comprising about 250,000 specimens from the Pennsylvanian of 
Jack County, Tex., and the Cretaceous in the vicinity of Fort Worth, 
Tex. Field work financed by the same fund resulted in the collection 
of about 15,000 Paleozoic invertebrates by Dr. G. A. Cooper and 
W. T. Allen in the Midwest, 500 Ordovician fossils by Dr. Cooper in 
New York and Pennsylvania, and approximately 3,000 Lower Cre- 
taceous fossils by Dr. A. R. Loeblich, Jr:, and W. T. iene in southern 
Oklahoma and northern Texas. 

An excellent series of fossil mammals from the Paleocene af the 
San Juan Basin, New Mexico, and the lower Eocene of western Wyo- 
ming, including the condylarth Meniscothervum and the earliest titano- 
there, Lambdotherium, were obtained by Dr. C. Lewis Gazin. Skeletal 
remains of the giant ground sloth Megatherium and associated ele- 
ments of the Pleistocene fauna were excavated by Dr. Gazin in 
Herrera Province, western Panama. Dr. David H. Dunkle assembled 
an unusual collection of Jurassic fossil fishes in the Pinar del Rio region 
of western Cuba. Skulls of two distinct types of mosasaurs, collected 
by Dr. T. EK. White in the Cretaceous of Texas, were transferred by 
the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys. 

Engineering and industries—The Dan River Mills, Inc., presented 
exhibition units illustrating the operation of a textile-finishing mill, 
the development of a fabric design, and the production of a wrinkle- 
shed finish. A hydraulic duplex pump, the first pumping engine of 
the Washington (D. C.) aqueduct system, was transferred by the 
District of Columbia through the Board of Commissioners. 

Two prints by Stanley William Hayter, one titled “Cronos,” an 
engraving and soft-ground etching, and the other titled ‘‘Palimpsest,”’ 
a soft-ground etching printed in three colors, as well as a lift-ground 
aquatint named “La Faute,’”’ by Jacques Villan, were purchased for 
graphic arts under the Dahlgreen fund. Fifty-one examples of the 
work of the photographer Victor Prevost, who pioneered in the use 
of waxed-paper negatives in the United States, were presented by 
Melville Rosch. A Renfax synchronizer, early sound equipment used 
prior to the invention of sound on film, was received from Ralph S. 
Koser. <A graphic portrayal of the development and use of sutures 
in early times is shown in the exhibit ‘Sutures in Ancient Surgery”’ 
donated by Davis & Geck, Inc. 

Mstory.—A silmantlieres basket reputed to have belonged to 
Napoleon and received as a bequest from Miss Bessie J. Kibbey is 
worthy of notice. 

Two outstanding ship models, one of them a small-scale reproduction 
of the U. 8. 8. Yorktown (CV-—5) with a squadron of planes on the 
flight deck, and the other a remarkably fine scale model of the U.S. 8. 
Washington (later Seattle), were transferred by the Department of the 


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Navy. A series of military uniforms of the period of World War II 
were received as a transfer from the Department of the Army. The 
Bureau of Engraving and Printing deposited two specimen sets of 
current United States paper money and Federal Reserve notes in 
denominations from $1 to $10,000. 

A portfolio of 107 de-luxe proofs and stamps of the Principality of 
Monaco, presented by Prince Rainier III to the Economic Cooperation 
Administration, were received as a transfer, and the same agency also 
forwarded a collection of Italian stamps issued in commemoration of 
the European Recovery Program, a gift of the Government of Italy. 
Recently issued foreign stamps totaling 2,964 in number were trans- 
ferred by the Universal Postal Union. 


EXPLORATION AND FIELD WORK 


During the first half of the fiscal year, Dr. Waldo R. Wedel, at that 
time associate curator of archeology, was detailed to the River Basin 
Surveys, Bureau of American Ethnology, to supervise field and 
laboratory operations in the Missouri Valley. 

Under the W. L. Abbott fund, M. A. Carriker, Jr., during the 
present season continued investigations of the bird life of northern 
Colombia, making collections in the lower Atrato Basin. He entered 
the area from Medellin, proceeding by air to Turbo, then moving by 
boat to stations on each side of the Gulf of Uraba. His investigations 
continued along the lower Atrato, in part near the Panamanian 
frontier, extending finally into more elevated regions above Frontino. 
Examples of more than 500 species of birds were obtained in this 
interesting region where there is union between the forms of life found 
in eastern Panamé and those of northwestern South America. 

Dr. Alexander Wetmore, with Watson M. Perrygo as assistant, 
was again in the field in eastern Panam4é from the middle of February 
to the beginning of April, their work being concerned with the collec- 
tion and distribution of birds. Through the friendly assistance of 
Brig. Gen. R. Beam, commanding officer, Albrook Air Base, and of 
Lt. Col. M. E. Potter, director of personnel services, in providing 
transportation by water and other facilities, a base was established 
in Chimén on the Pacific coast about 90 miles east of Panama City. 
The party worked first on the lower portion of the Rio Chimdn and 
then moved in cayucos to the head of tidewater on the Rio Majé. 
From here the naturalists proceeded on foot with porters to the lower 
elevations of Cerro Chucanti in the Serrania de Majé. The region 
covered was in an extensive area of virgin forest without human 
inhabitants, beyond the limit of navigation by canoe. An excellent 
collection of birds was obtained in a region that so far as known has 
not been visited previously by naturalists. 


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Under a cooperative arrangement with the United States Weather 
Bureau, Charles O. Handley, Jr., was detailed to make natural-history 
collections on Prince Patrick Island in the Canadian Arctic Archi- 
pelago. As the year closed, the curator of birds, Dr. Herbert Fried- 
mann, was en route to South Africa and southern Rhodesia to study 
the habits of the parasitic honey-guides and weaverbirds, having 
received grants for the purpose from the American Philosophical 
Society and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 

Associate Curator Paul L. Llg assembled data on the life histories 
and ecology of commensal copepods at the University of Washington 
oceanographic laboratories at Friday Harbor. Dr. J. P. HE. Morrison, 
associate curator of mollusks, made a short field study of mollusks 
inhabiting the salt marshes on the eastern shore of Maryland. Assist- 
ant Curator R. Tucker Abbott was detailed, at the request of the 
Pacific Science Board, National Research Council, to conduct field 
studies in Kenya and Tanganyika, Hast Africa, for the purpose of 
obtaining carnivorous snails and transporting them to the Trust 
Territories of the Pacific, a part of the program planned for the control 
of the destructive giant snail in that area. 

W. L. Brown, chief exhibits preparator, visited South Carolina and 
Wyoming to procure background materials required for the completion 
and installation of the Virginia-deer and pronghorn-antelope exhibi- 
tion groups in the North American mammal hall. 

Head Curator KE. P. Killip and Curator Jason R. Swallen were en- 
gaged for 3 weeks in botanical field studies on Big Pine Key, Fla., 
collecting specimens and making observations on the distribution of 
plant life. At the request of the Department of Agriculture, Mr. 
Swallen was detailed to the Great Plains Field Station at Mandan, 
N. Dak., to review experimental work now being conducted there on 
the crested wheatgrass, and to the Texas Research Foundation at 
Kingsville, Tex., to complete a survey of the grasses of that region. 
Dr. George A. Llano, associate curator of cryptogams, made extensive 
collections of lichens under the auspices of the Arctic Institute of 
North America after proceeding to the Arctic Research Laboratory 
at Point Barrow, Alaska, where he was provided with transportation 
to Wainwright, Umiat on the Colville River, Anaktuvuk Pass in the 
Brooks Range, and Anchorage. On the return trip Dr. Llano made 
collections on several islands in the Aleutian Chain. Associate 
Curator Paul S. Conger, division of cryptogams, was engaged in 
studying marine diatoms for 2 months at the Chesapeake Biological 
Laboratory, Solomons Island, Md. Dr. F. A. McClure, research 
associate in grasses, continued with his studies of the bamboos in the 
West Indies, Central America, and South America. 


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At the request of the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia, Dr. 
W. F. Foshag, head curator of geology, on detail from the National 
Museum, traveled to Guatemala and devoted 3 months to a study of 
the mineralogical composition of Meso-American archeological jade 
objects in the Museo de Antropologia at Guatemala City, the well- 
known Rossbach collection in the Municipal Museum at Chichecasten- 
ango, the Robles collection at Quetzaltenango, and the Nottlebahn 
collections. As part of a project relating to the mineralogy and geo- 
chemistry of saline mineral deposits, Dr. George S. Switzer spent 3 
months investigating the origin and occurrence of rare sulfate minerals 
at The Geysers and Island Mountain, Calif. 

Paleontological field work financed from the income of the Walcott 
bequest brought new materials from Panamé, Cuba, and the United 
States to the collections. The four field parties studying problems 
in invertebrate paleontology in the United States comprised the fol- 
lowing: Dr. G. A. Cooper, W. T. Allen, and Alwyn Williams, visiting 
Commonwealth Fellow from Wales, collected lower Middle Ordovician 
brachiopods at various localities in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, 
Tennessee, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico; 
Dr. A. R. Loeblich and W. T. Allen carried on field investigtaions in 
the Lower Cretaceous of Oklahoma and Texas; lower Middle Ordo- 
vician strata in Pennsylvania and New York were examined by Dr. 
Cooper and Mr. Williams; and David Nicol visited Upper Cretaceous 
and Tertiary beds in North Carolina and Virginia. Dr. C. L. Gazin, 
curator of vertebrate paleontology, assisted by F. L. Pearce, searched 
for Paleocene mammals in the Puerco and Torrejen horizons in the 
San Juan Basin of New Mexico, and later in the season transferred 
the field work to the Lower Eocene Knight formation in the vicinity 
of Big Piney and LaBarge in western Wyoming. At the invitation 
of the Museo Nacional de Panamé and with the cooperation of the 
Panamanian Government, Dr. Gazin, with Dr. T. HE. White as assist- 
ant, proceeded to Herrera Province where they achieved considerable 
success in the excavation of remains of the giant ground sloth Mega- 
therium. A part of this collection will eventually be returned to Panama 
for display. Associate Curator David H. Dunkle was highly success- 
ful in obtaining an excellent series of fossil fish and ammonites from 
the Jurassic Jagua formation in the Pifiar del Rio region of western 
Cuba. 

PUBLICATIONS 


During the fiscal year 1949-50, 29 publications were issued: 1 Annual 
Report, 2 in the Bulletin series, 22 in the Proceedings, and 4 numbers of 
the Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. A list 
of these is given in the complete report on Smithsonian publications, 


Depa ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


appendix 12. Special mention is made of the eighteenth volume of 
A. C. Bent’s Life Histories of North American Birds entitled ‘“ Life 
Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and Their 
Allies,” and a ‘“‘Catalog of the Automobile and Motorcycle Collection 
of the Division of Engineering, United States National Museum,” by 
S. H. Oliver. 

The distribution of volumes and separates to libraries and peer in- 
stitutions and to individuals aggregated 57,938 copies. 


CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION 


After almost 38 years of continuous service, Neil M. Judd retired 
from active duty as curator of the division of archeology on December 
31, 1949, and to this vacancy, Dr. Waldo R. Wedel, who had served 
as associate curator in the same division, was promoted on January 1, 
1950. 

Dr. Preston E. Cloud, Jr., chief of paleontology and stratigraphy 
branch, United States Geological Survey, and Dr. Roland W. Brown, 
geologist in the same service, were given honorary appointments on 
November 9, 1949, as custodians of Paleozoic fossils and of Mesozoic 
and Cenozoic plants, respectively. 

Respectfully submitted. 

Remincton Kewuioaa, Director. 

Dr. A. Wetmore, 

Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 


APPENDIX 2 
REPORT ON THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 


Sir: I have the honor to submit, on behalf of the Board of Trustees, 
the thirteenth annual report of the National Gallery of Art, for the 
fiscal year ended June 30,1950. This report is made pursuant to the 
provisions of section 5 (d) of Public Resolution No. 14, Seventy-fifth 
Congress, first session, approved March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51). 


ORGANIZATION 


The statutory members of the Board of Trustees of the National 
Gallery of Art are the Chief Justice of the United States, the Secretary 
of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institution, ex officio. The five general trustees con- 
tinuing in office during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1950, were 
Samuel H. Kress, Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Duncan Phillips, Chester 
Dale, and Paul Mellon. The Board of Trustees held its annual 
meeting on May 4, 1950. Samuel H. Kress was reelected President 
and Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Vice President, to serve for the ensuing 
year. Donald D. Shepard continued to serve during the year as 
Adviser to the Board. All the executive officers of the Gallery 
continued in office during the year. 

The three standing committees of the Board, as constituted at the 
annual meeting May 4, 1950, were as follows: 


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 


Chief Justice of the United States, ex officio, Fred M. Vinson, Chairman. 
Samuel H. Kress, Vice Chairman. 
Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. Alexander Wetmore. 
Paul Mellon. 
FINANCE COMMITTEE 


Secretary of the Treasury, ex officio, John W. Snyder, Chairman. 
Samuel H. Kress, Vice Chairman. 

Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 

Chester Dale. 

Paul Mellon. 


910888—50——_3 


24 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE 


Samuel H. Kress, Chairman. 

Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Vice Chairman. 
Duncan Phillips. 

Chester Dale. 

David E. Finley, ex officio. 

Perry B. Cott was appointed Assistant Chief Curator on September 1, 
1949, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Charles Seymour, 
Jr., which was effective as of August 15, 1949. Mr. Seymour resigned 
to become associated with Yale University. 


APPROPRIATIONS 


For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1950, the Congress of the United 
States appropriated for the National Gallery of Art the sum of 
$1,114,700 to be used for salaries and expenses in the operation and 
upkeep of the Gallery, the protection and care of works of art acquired 
by the Board of Trustees, and all administrative expenses incident 
thereto as authorized by section 4 (a) of Public Resolution No. 14, 
Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, approved March 24, 1937 (50 
Stat. 51). This sum includes the regular appropriation of $1,087,700 
and a supplemental appropriation of $27,000. The supplemental 
appropriation was necessitated by the Classification Act of 1949, 
Public Law 429, Eighty-first Congress, effective October 30, 1949, 
which gave salary advancement to Government employees. 

From these appropriations the following expenditures and en- 
cumbrances were incurred: 


Pers OmalyServal Ges ie aioe 20a lea RN od ey Sada $989, 600. 00 
Printingan dre productions as nema a= Onn oem Taree 5, 535. 98 
Supplies) equipment, ete i262) eee ees es 119, 498. 07 
Wnoblisated*balances aie Ral Ge wis iw a trl ua ents 65. 95 

ch Do) of Si i Ml" aA OEE pe pan 1, 114, 700. 00 


In addition to these appropriations the Gallery received from the 
National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission the sum of $25,000 
for expenses in connection with the exhibition called ‘“‘Makers of 
History in Washington, 1800-1950.” The period of the exhibition was 
from June 29, 1950, to November 19, 1950. As of June 30, 1950, the 
sum of $13,237.19 had been spent or obligated, leaving a balance of 
$11,762.81 for operations during the fiscal year 1951. 


ATTENDANCE 


During the fiscal year 1950 there were 2,187,293 visitors to the 
Gallery, an increase of 657,725 over the attendance for 1949. The 


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average daily number of visitors was 6,025. From March 17, 1941, 
the day the National Gallery of Art was opened to the public, to 
June 30, 1950, the number of visitors totaled 17,258,269. 


ACCESSIONS 


There were 2,354 accessions by the National Gallery of Art, as gifts, 
loans, or deposits, during the fiscal year. Most of the paintings and a 
number of the prints were placed on exhibition. 


PAINTINGS 


On December 6, 1949, the Board of Trustees approved the purchase 
of the painting “The Skater,” by Gilbert Stuart, with funds of the 
Gallery. 

The Board of Trustees on October 18, 1949, accepted four paintings: 
Self-portrait of Judith Leyster from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods 
Bliss; ‘‘Colonel Pocklington and his Sisters,” by Stubbs, from Mrs. 
Charles S. Carstairs; ‘‘Enthroned Madonna and Child,’’ Byzantine 
thirteenth century, from Mrs. Otto Kahn; and ‘Young Woman in 
White,” by Robert Henri, from Miss Violet Organ. 


DECORATIVE ARTS 


The Board of Trustees accepted from Lewis Hinstein on December 
6, 1949, a seventeenth-century Brussels tapestry entitled ‘‘ America.” 


PRINTS AND DRAWINGS 


On October 18, 1949, the Board of Trustees accepted from Miss 
Margaret McCormick a drawing, “Head of an Old Man,” attributed 
to Legros. The Board on December 6, 1949, accepted a woodcut, 
““Men with Boat on Shore of Ocean,” by A. Lepére, from George 
Matthew Adams. At the same time the Board approved the addition 
of four Legros drawings and four Legros etchings to the gift by George 
Matthew Adams of prints and drawings by Legros, and other works of 
art. On May 4, 1950, the Board accepted 3 prints, ‘‘Wet’’ and 
‘‘Seaward Skerries,” by Zorn, and ‘‘Limeburner,” by Whistler, from 
Walter L. Bogert; 142 prints and drawings from Lessing J. Rosenwald, 
to be added to his gift to the Gallery; and 51 seventeenth-century 
Dutch prints from John Thacher in memory of Charles Hoyt. On 
the same date the Board also approved the addition of three Legros 
drawings and five Legros etchings to the gift by George Matthew 
Adams of prints and drawings by Legros, and other works of art. 


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EXCHANGE OF WORKS OF ART 


The Board of Trustees on October 18, 1949, accepted the offer of 
Lessing J. Rosenwald to exchange the engraving “The Madonna on 
the Half-Moon,”’ by Hans Sebald Beham, for a superior impression of 
the same work; and on December 6, 1949, the Board also accepted Mr. 
Rosenwald’s offer to exchange nine prints from the Rosenwald Collec- 
tion for superior impressions of like prints. 


WORKS OF ART ON LOAN 


During the fiscal year 1950 the following works of art were received 
on loan by the National Gallery of Art: 


From Artist 
Copley Amory, Washington, D. C.: 
Elizabeth Copley (Mrs. Gardiner Greene) ______--- Copley. 
Self portraiteas enn meee eee eee eee ht eee Copley. 
Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge, Beverly Farms, Mass.: 
MadamenDietz=Monins sae ie ee Degas. 
C. S. Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal: 
Cupidvandsthe| Graces=! masses sis) ee Boucher. 
PPheeAnNUN Cla tions) awe wenn eel Ri eee Dierick Bouts. 
The Virgin and Two Donors Adoring the Child_____- Carpaccio. 
A Sacra Conversazione (The Rest on the Flight) - - ____ Cima. 
AS Road atuVille-dvAwrayue ee Ue we aT Corot. 
MhewBridge atpviantess 99 kes See Ne wae eae Corot. 
Wenice from theyDoganales fe. se ae eee Corot. 
Wigton Ge le leeimaba wee ee ee Degas. 
Selizportrait sae ea oe ae Brea fae a aan Degas. 
A Fete at Rambouillet_._ ---- EE RI a ee Fragonard. 
Baptismuof Chrisieese eee re ee Ee sea eae omia a Francia. 
Mirsecowndes- Stone aus sews ui ame ee me ee 2 a Gainsborough. 
Portrait of a Young Wompns) ts ss os Ghirlandaios 
View of Maraontthe Brentas si aeaue yr aie Guardi. 
S-PretroidiCastellosVenicet abr i anne se een eae Guardi. 
AGRegatta onthe) Grand;@anale dos eis Ee Guardi. 
A Fete on the Piazza di San Marco-_---_--- Ee Guardi. 
Portrait of Sara Andriesdr. Hessix _-_- yet la NSU Stare Hals. 
Prances*berestordasneuses seman een Oo ee Hoppner. 
A Fete Galante sins vinnie. i Bie ets Pees ee Lancret. 
Mademoiselle; Salles. opiiiay ays rappel cs otal nal iy piste I 3 La Tour. 
Portrait of Baron Duval d’Espinoy (Man with a 
SSN UE EES eo ee NS OUI GL Se ea La Tour. 
VERE Roky ay oe) 029 aA Se lie SO pe ga eS val Lawrence. 
BITE WATS COM OIG Tae pes sees Pe ene may WR YO L’Epicie. 
Portraitsofsa Vea eee ES Gan) Oi, aS VeU ENS ele eee L’Epicie. 
The Presentation in the Temple (Reverse: Stigma- 
CHVATACOLY COL? [he [MEA 2 ee ee Stefan Lochner 
The Boy with the Cherries________._.____-_----._-. Manet. 
The Boy Blowing Bubbles= 242424 sae. saat ees Manet. 


‘Rhe)Break=Wprer the liceg2 uit santa a ea Monet. 


SECRETARY'S REPORT 27 


From Artist 
C. 8. Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal—Continued 

SGU RsT sie paaeall 2a hg WN AT Sl Dee UN sa lal Da Monet. 
PROT ERATE ROL iO CO UE Sune Mh uh yd Cin eo as Nattier. 
Portrait of Madame de la Porte_____---__-_-------_-- Nattier. 
Pallas Athene_____________- gs INLAND pad ls Rembrandt. 
ATO] evianySeated oem it Ji ieee tee Oe eee Oe AD Rembrandt. 
Madame Claude Monet Lying on a Sofa________---- Renoir. 
Felling the Trees at Versailles, 1774/5..______--___- Hubert Robert. 
Felling the Trees at Versailles, 1774/5___________- __ Hubert Robert. 
Rortraitvof Miss Constable! 22 22s 9) 52s) awe seas Romney. 
Rortraitofa,Young Woman 22). 222192 )) 2 aaeee are Rubens. 
Mlightamtomugyp tyes 2 lee eye hee a eels ie Rubens. 
Portrait ofav am ou oo ee ek i eas Van Dyck. 


Two Ming vases, black. 

One lapis-lazuli ewer. 
William H. Jeffreys, Bethesda, Md.: 

aRhewetimeysrr amily ots i I OMA a ae ee Hogarth. 
Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, N. Y.: 

1,289 bronzes from the Dreyfus Collection. 
Robert Woods Bliss, Washington, D. C.: 

22 objects of Pre-Columbian art. 


LOANED WORKS OF ART RETURNED 


The following works of art on loan were returned during the fiscal 
year 1950: 


To Artist 
The Italian Government: 
Auinarblestatue.of Davide-24 2]. sete ie Michelangelo. 
Stanley Mortimer, Jr., New York, N. Y.: 
Madonna and Child________ phepaaiy tanga ah od Mag all School of Ghiberti. 
Paul Mellon, Upperville, Va.: 
Six books of drawings and prints______.__ __---.---- Blake. 


James Hazen Hyde, New York, N. Y.: 
Louis XVI tapestry-covered sofa. 

Robert Woods Bliss, Washington, D. C.: 
One object of Pre-Columbian art. 


WORKS OF ART LENT 


During the fiscal year 1950 the Gallery lent the following works of 
art for exhibition purposes: 


To Artist 
Amherst College, Department of Fine Arts, Amherst, 
Mass.: 
SKIT RS oon etn eee eS Ua Aa gre Ieee te SU Racee la Ep A Benjamin West. 
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, 8. C.: 
George Washington (Vaughan-Sincelair).-___________ Gilbert Stuart. 
ASLeV Ryan eet ete hall UN ES Mo AS AR Benjamin West. 


Amn Biddle Hopkinson ween. saae au on ees O mas Sully 


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To Artist 
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, S. C.—Continued 
HrancisvMopkinsony 6.2 fs 3 ase De eee ee Thomas Sully. 
JNigedwacler: Jelkomotoinye ook Bee oe es ee John Trumbull. 
Wailliamn URE KAT Ee oe Oe TN nt Sale Gi A Sa Gilbert Stuart. 
Hienry Mavens ay enon 2 ya Ra oy 2 Pa eS J. S. Copley. 
IPOCAWO MLAS Mss Wag ie net UN Rea se Spats lle ee British School. 
ATCT E WiC ESO Bes Nh i ic NAR REIL aA Ralph E. W. Earl. 
JohnPhilin derelaas ve wie 202 IAs vik yl SRE ee Charles Willson 
Peale. 
lle mryy (OTe yeas I Ra a at John James Audubon. 
General William Moultrie...----_---___---22 2-1 22 Charles Willson 
Peale. 
Walliamarmah Milo ore iiss kali nie ic ey ial ee Saeed Oa Robert Feke. 
Mary Welton Wlorrisi co 280 2 uu lo ia 2 2 eee John Wollaston. 
JANE MBTO WIE we ee enn ved RA IN CW ne 2 eae J. S. Copley. 
Walliamay Se Moumgige Se fou) oN SU Ue eRe ae eae Charles Loring 
Elliott. 
TOSI AS PAM SGOT vie ws uci Houle DIR CD UREN REESE a Jeremiah Theus. 
Matilda; Caroline; Crugen. {0 Gini IME au ane oeas Gilbert Stuart. 
George Bollocks sekwtes e i SOU A I A Oe as Gilbert Stuart. 
MrsiGeorge Pollock: ee sas yo 2 ie sce Use Ve Gilbert Stuart. 
IEVO Der tye Dine wy ks Mea nA ales Te a co ANIA eA Gilbert Stuart. 
uke: Whites Von wpe eae ioe Mira os eRe. ees ea eS Gilbert Stuart. 
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.: 
POCAHONTAS Gree TES sh asa er ey RU yea ee British School. 
Nbralna maim Colm ese ee ie bi teh el i lenis Ry ae Healy. 
ihe Mackawanna Valleys ico. l) Ou Nu tee Inness. 
Four Arts Gallery, Palm Beach, Fila.: 
George Washington (Vaughan-Sincelair)_____________ Gilbert Stuart. 
Self=ponGra rt ses ee hue Le SU DU Re ee Rue pee Benjamin West. 
Mlexandenih email t omega. 22s) U anes Te Nae aa ed John Trumbull. 
Jains VBIOKGN KS)! ) So) oy sa vefoyalars ee ea ie Thomas Sully. 
FAN CIS EVO P KATES @ TH ee Nee Te a NY ge Thomas Sully. 


Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, Calif.: 
Indian hunting rug. 

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada: 
Two drawings: 


Marhetite vo ge sumac uni NEM aN ce ai Moreau le Jeune. 


ORES ay NS 0 ay SA UN POUR gL Boucher. 
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Canada: 
Mars Richard Yates su lass Mann ise Min onli i Una 10S Gilbert Stuart. 
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Va.: 
JAMES TB UCI AT aM ya T EN NUNC a Wie Nau ce Healy. 
JN obee Mole Waal: | Wb oY fo) howe anny ea ieN WTA Os ia cam RIN eam Ce oie ad Healy 


The White House, Washington, D. C.: 
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EXHIBITIONS 


During the fiscal year 1950 the following exhibitions were held at 
the National Gallery of Art: 


Indigenous Art of the Americas. Lent by Robert Woods Bliss for an indefinite 
period to the National Gallery of Art for exhibition. Reopened with changes 
May 28, 1948. 

Gulbenkian Collection of Egyptian Sculpture. Lent by C. S. Gulbenkian for 
an indefinite period to the National Gallery of Art for exhibition. Opened 
January 30, 1949. 

Gulbenkian Collection of Eighteenth Century French Objects. Lent by C. 8. 
Gulbenkian for an indefinite period to the National Gallery of Art for exhibition. 
Opened February 20, 1949. 

R. Horace Gallatin Collection. Exhibition of prints bequeathed to the National 
Gallery of Art by Mr. Gallatin. Continued from previous fiscal year through 
July 25, 1949. 

South African Art. Exhibition of contemporary South African paintings, 
drawings, and sculptures sponsored by the Government of the Union of South 
Africa. July 31 to September 5, 1949. 

R. Horace Gallatin Collection. Exhibition of the same prints mentioned above. 
September 10 to October 17, 1949. 

Art Treasures from the Vienna Collections. Exhibition, lent by the Austrian 
Government, of paintings, sculptures, miniatures, Greek and Roman antiquities, 
ivories, works of goldsmiths and silversmiths, rock crystal and precious stones, 
jewels, arms and armor, a clock, and tapestries. November 20, 1949, to January 
22, 1950. 

American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art. Feb- 
ruary 5 to April 2, 1950. 

Rosenwald Collection. Exhibition of recent accessions of prints and drawings. 
Opened April 9, 1950. 

Makers of History in Washington, 1800-1950. Exhibition celebrating the 
sesquicentennial of the establishment of the Federal Government in the City of 
Washington. Opened June 29, 1950. 


The following exhibitions were displayed in the cafeteria corridor of 
the Gallery during the fiscal year 1950: 


Prints by Adriaen van Ostade. Rosenwald and Addie Burr Clark Collections. 
Continued from previous fiscal year through August 21, 1949. 

Nineteenth-century French Prints. Rosenwald and George Matthew Adams 
Collections. August 23 to November 27, 1949. 

Exhibition of Rowlandson Prints. Rosenwald Collection. November 28, 
1949, to February 27, 1950. 

Prints by Muirhead Bone, David Y. Cameron, and James McBey. Rosen- 
wald Collection and gift of Miss Elisabeth Achelis. February 28 to May 14, 
1950. 

Index of American Design. Water-color renderings. Opened May 15, 1950. 


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TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS 


Rosenwald Collection.—Special exhibitions of prints from the Rosen- 
wald Collection were circulated to the following places during the 
fiscal year: 


Kenneth Taylor Galleries, Nantucket, Mass.: 
35 Rowlandson prints. 
July-September 1949. 
Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, Wis.: 
42 prints. 
November—December 1949. 
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Mass.: 
10 prints. 
December 1949. 
Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minn.: 
8 Gauguin prints. 
April 1950. 
The Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Canada: 
4 miniatures. 
April-May 1950. 
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada: 
1 Fragonard drawing. 
April-May 1950. 
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pa.: 
23 prints. 
September—December 1949. 


Index of American Design.—During the fiscal year 1950 exhibitions 
from this collection were shown at the following places: 


Arnot Art Gallery, Elmira, N. Y. 

Society of Fine Arts, Wilmington, Del. 

Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wis. 

Spelman College, Atlanta, Ga. 

Kenneth Taylor Galleries, Nantucket, Mass. 

St. Paul Public Library, St. Paul, Minn. 

Public Schools of Springfield, Springfield, Mass. 

Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. 

Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. 

Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass. 

Montgomery Blair High School and Leland Junior High School, Maryland 
(adult classes). 

New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, N. Y. 

Manchester Historic Association, Manchester, N. H. 

University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. 

Cooper Union Museum, New York, N. Y. 

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Wm. Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, Mo. 

Congressional Women’s Club, Washington, D. C. 

Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Il. 

Manchester Historic Association, Manchester, N. H. 

University of Maine, Orono, Maine. 


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Wiscasset Library, Wiscasset, Maine. 

Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, Maine. 
Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, Maine. 

John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. 
Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio. 
Edinburg Regional College, Edinburg, Tex. 
Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio 
Tate Gallery, London, England. 

Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Mass. 

The Downtown Gallery, New York, N. Y. 

State Exposition Building, Los Angeles, Calif. 
State Capitol, Sacramento, Calif. 


CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES 


The Curatorial Department accessioned 218 new gifts to the Gallery 
during the fiscal year. Advice was given in the case of 265 works of 
art brought to the Gallery for opinion, and 34 visits to other collections 
were made by members of the staff in connection with proffered works 
of art. About 300 paintings were studied and considered for possible 
acquisition. About 1,000 inquiries requiring research were answered. 
During the year, 11 individual lectures were given by members of the 
curatorial staff, both at the Gallery and elsewhere. In addition, Miss 
Elizabeth Mongan conducted special weekly classes at Alverthorpe, 
Jenkintown, Pa., for students from Beaver College; Perry B. Cott 
participated in the oral examination of a candidate for a master’s 
degree in art from Indiana University and prepared an examination for 
two students at American University for their master’s degrees in art; 
and Charles M. Richards gave two courses in art history under the 
auspices of the Department of Agriculture. Mr. Cott also represented 
the National Gallery at a conference at the Peabody Museum, Salem, 
Mass., and at a conference at the National Academy of Design in New 
York; and Mr. Richards presented a paper and a report to the Ameri- 
can Association of Museums meeting at Colorado Springs, Colo. 

Special installations were prepared for the Art Treasures from the 
Vienna Collections, lent by the Austrian Government, and for the 
Sesquicentennial exhibition, ‘Makers of History in Washington, 
1800—1950.”’ 

Over 20,000 photographs were acquired this year from Kuropean 
museums and other sources, and these are being cataloged and filed in 
the George Martin Richter Archives. 


RESTORATION AND REPAIR OF WORKS OF ART 


Necessary restoration and repair of works of art in the Gallery’s 
collections were made by Francis Sullivan, who was appointed assist- 


32 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


ant restorer to the Gallery on December 1, 1949. All work was com- 
pleted in the restorer’s studio in the Gallery with the exception of the 
restoration of two paintings begun before the death of Mr. Pichetto in 
January 1949 and completed in the New York studio by Mr. Pichetto’s 
residual staff. Both paintings have been returned to the Gallery in 
good condition. 

PUBLICATIONS 


During the year Huntington Cairns contributed articles and reviews 
to the Yale Law Journal, the Harvard Law Review, the Virginia 
Quarterly Review, and the Baltimore Evening Sun. He also delivered 
four lectures at the Johns Hopkins University on the theory of 
criticism. 

The series of 12 articles on ‘‘Masterpieces in the Gallery” by John 
Walker, published in the Ladies’ Home Journal, was completed in 
December 1949, making a total of 36 articles by Mr. Walker, prin- 
cipally on the Gallery’s collection, published in that periodical since 
1946. An article by Mr. Walker on “The Vienna Treasures and Their 
Collectors” appeared in the National Geographic Magazine for June 
1950. Erwin O. Christensen contributed two articles to Antiques 
Magazine: ‘‘Justice,’”’ published in January 1950, and ‘What Is 
American Folk Art?”’ published in May 1950. James W. Lane con- 
tributed four book reviews to the Catholic World, on “John Singleton 
Copley,” by James T. Flexner, “Cream Hill,” by Lewis Gannett, 
“The Twelve Seasons,’’ by Joseph Wood Krutch, and “‘The Virgin and 
Child,”’ with introduction by Thomas Bodkin; he also wrote a review 
of ‘Martin Johnson Heade,” by Robert G. McIntyre, for the summer, 
1949, issue of the College Art Journal. An article by Charles M. 
Richards, “Standard Procedure for Intermuseum Loans,”’ was pub- 
lished in Museum News. 

An illustrated catalog of recent acquisitions to the Rosenwald 
Collection was compiled by Miss Elizabeth Mongan and was issued for 
the opening of the Rosenwald exhibition on April 9, 1950. An illus- 
trated catalog of the “(Makers of History in Washington, 1800-1950,”’ 
was prepared by Perry B. Cott and James W. Lane for the opening of 
the ‘““Makers of History in Washington, 1800-1950” exhibition. 

A second volume of ‘Masterpieces of Painting from the National 
Gallery of Art,”’ by Huntington Cairns and John Walker, is in process, 
and Perry B. Cott has begun the preparation of a catalog on Renais- 
sance bronzes. 

During the past fiscal year the publications fund supplemented 
the group of color reproductions offered to the public with four new 
color postcard subjects and a new 11-by-14-inch reproduction; 
12 more of the latter are on order, to be utilized in a forthcoming 


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portfolio of religious subjects. Four large collotype reproductions 
were added to the long list of this type of print available. 

A companion volume to “Masterpieces of Painting,’ namely, 
“Masterpieces of Sculpture from the National Gallery of Art,” an 
illustrated catalog of the Mellon Collection, and “‘Popular Art in the 
United States,’ by Erwin O. Christensen, were placed on sale during 
the fiscal year 1951. The third large printing of the illustrated Kress 
catalog was completed during the year. 

The publication date of ‘“The Index of American Design” (formerly 
entitled ‘(Made in America”), by Erwin O. Christensen, has been set 
at October 15, 1950, and “‘Pictures from America,” by John Walker, 
is also to be published soon. 

While the exhibition of Art Treasures from the Vienna Collections 
was on view, the Publications Fund distributed over 53,000 catalogs 
and more than 36,000 color postcards; and made available other 
publications dealing with the Austrian exhibition. 


b) 


EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 


More than 28,000 persons attended the General, Congressional, and 
Special Tours during the fiscal year, with the attendance for the 
“Picture of the Week”’ talks reaching a total of over 26,000. Lectures 
on special subjects, with lantern slides, were given in the auditorium 
on Sunday afternoons; 13 of these were by visiting lecturers, and the 
total attendance was 17,000. A black-and-white strip-film of 300 
representative paintings from the Gallery’s collections has been very 
much in demand. The slide collection and the film “The National 
Gallery of Art’’ have been widely distributed during the year. 

The Educational Office has continued the publication of a monthly 
Calendar of Events announcing all the Gallery activities, including 
notices of exhibitions, new publications, lectures, gallery talks, tours, 
and concerts. Approximately 4,600 copies of the calendar are mailed 
each month. 

LIBRARY 


A very important contribution to the Library this year was the 
purchase of 997 books, 3,395 pamphlets, 15,518 photographs, 418 
periodicals, and 9 subscriptions from funds presented to the Gallery 
by Paul Mellon. Other gifts included 153 books, 103 of them pre- 
sented by Lessing J. Rosenwald, 42 pamphlets, and 1 periodical. 
Fifteen books and subscriptions to 30 periodicals were purchased 
from otherfunds. Five hundred and ninety books, pamphlets, period- 
icals, and bulletins were received on exchange from other institutions. 
During the year 535 persons other than the Gallery staff used the 
Library for purposes of art research either in person or by phone. 


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INDEX OF AMERICAN DESIGN 


During the fiscal year, 108 examples from the Index were reproduced 
in publications, and 719 examples were borrowed for use in forthcoming 
publications. More than 1,100 photographs of the Index were sent 
out for use by designers, for research and study, and for publicity. 
The Index material was studied by 468 persons, 399 of whom were 
new users. Three hundred and thirty-nine slides were circulated for 
use in lectures. <A total of 2,057 Index plates were sent out for ex- 
hibition and publication purposes during the fiscal year 1950. 


CONSTRUCTION OF NEW GALLERIES AND OFFICES 


In keeping with the recommendation of the Committee on the 
Building and the Board of Trustees, a contract was entered into 
on June 19, 1949, for the completion of 12 galleries in the east end of 
the building. Eight of these galleries were completed in time to be 
used for the Sesquicentennial exhibition, ““Makers of History in 
Washington, 1800-1950.” The remaining four were completed by 
July 15, 1950. A similar contract was entered into on March 10, 
1950, for the completion of five offices and a slide storage room in 
the west wing on the ground floor. Work is progressing satisfactorily, 
and it is contemplated that this project will be completed by early fall. 


CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING 


The Gallery building and grounds, and the mechanical equipment, 
were maintained throughout the year at the high standard established 
in the past. Among the nonrecurring and unusual items were the 
construction of a 48-foot cold frame to increase facilities for growing 
plants for the garden courts; the construction of bases and pedestals 
for exhibition material of the Austrian exhibition; construction of 
additional exhibition facilities for the Bliss exhibit; complete over- 
hauling and realigning of air-conditioning refrigeration machine 
No. 3; and the construction of storage facilities on the 81-foot level. 


COMMITTEE OF EXPERT EXAMINERS 


The United States Civil Service Commission’s Committee of Expert 
Examiners, composed of staff members of the Gallery, graded the 
Museum Art Specialist examination papers. Registers of eligibles 
were established, and appointments made therefrom. 


OTHER ACTIVITIES 


Forty-five Sunday evening concerts were given in the East Garden 
Court during the fiscal year. Two Saturday afternoon concerts were 
given in the lecture hall, thus making a total of 47 musical perform- 
ances at the Gallery this year. The Seventh Annual Music Festival 


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was held in May, with 41 works by American composers included in 
the programs. 

The Photographic Laboratory of the Gallery produced 11,000 
prints, 1,029 black-and-white slides, 903 color slides, and 2,418 
negatives in the fiscal year 1950, in addition to infrared and ultra- 
violet photographs, X-rays, and color separations. 

A total of 2,890 press releases, 171 permits to copy paintings in the 
Gallery, and 182 special permits to photograph in the Gallery were 
issued during the fiscal year 1950. 


OTHER GIFTS 


Gifts of books on works of art and related material were made to 
the Gallery by Paul Mellon and others. Gifts of money during the 
fiscal year 1950 were made by The A. W. Mellon Educational and 
Charitable Trust, Lessing J. Rosenwald, and Mrs. C. B. Myhre. An 
additional cash bequest was received from the Estate of the late 
William Nelson Cromwell. 


AUDIT OF PRIVATE FUNDS OF THE GALLERY 


An audit of the private funds of the Gallery has been made for the 
fiscal year ended June 30, 1950, by Price, Waterhouse & Co., public 
accountants, and the certificate of that company on its examination 
of the accounting records maintained for such funds will be forwarded 
to the Gallery. 

Respectfully submitted. 

Huntineton Carrns, Secretary. 

THE SECRETARY, 

Smithsonian Institution. 


APPENDIX 3 
REPORT ON THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 


Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the activi- 
ties of the National Collection of Fine Arts for the fiscal year ended 
June 30, 1950: 

THE SMITHSONIAN ART COMMISSION 


The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Smithsonian Art Com- 
mission was held in the Regents’ Room of the Smithsonian Building 
on Tuesday, December 6, 1949. The members present were: Paul 
Manship, chairman; Alexander Wetmore, secretary (member, ex 
officio); John Nicholas Brown, Eugene Speicher, George Hewitt 
Myers, George H. Edgell, Robert Woods Bliss, Archibald G. Wenley, 
and David E. Finley. Thomas M. Beggs, Director of the National 
Collection of Fine Arts, was also present. 

The Commission recommended the reelection of John Nicholas 
Brown, George Hewitt Myers, Robert Woods Bliss, and Mahonri M. 
Young for the usual 4-year period. The following officers were re- 
elected for the ensuing year: Paul Manship, chairman; Robert Woods 
Bliss, vice chairman, and Dr. Alexander Wetmore, secretary. The 
following were elected members of the executive committee for the 
ensuing year: David EK. Finley, chairman, Robert Woods Bliss, Gil- 
more D. Clarke, and George Hewitt Myers. Paul Manship, as chair- 
man of the Commission, and Dr. Alexander Wetmore, as secretary 
of the Commission, are ex-officio members of the executive committee. 

The secretary reviewed briefly the legal status of the John Gellatly 
collection, suit for the possession of which had been decided in favor 
of the Smithsonian Institution in the District of Columbia Court of 
Appeals. The Director of the National Collection of Fine Arts 
reported upon progress in the reorganization of sections of the per- 
manent exhibition and outlined further plans for its improvement in 
appearance and usefulness. A research project on the spectrochemi- 
cal analysis of ancient glass, inspired by the Archeological Institute 
of America and to be sponsored by the National Collection of Fine 
Arts with technical aid from the National Bureau of Standards, was 
briefly described. 

The following works of art were accepted for the National Collec- 
tion of Fine Arts: 

Oil painting, Gold Mining, Cripple Creek, by Ernest Lawson, N. A. Henry 
Ward Ranger bequest. 


Portrait in oil of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, by James Reid Lambdin. 
Offered anonymously. 


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DEPOSITS 


The following deposits for the Collection were made during the year: 


Bronze bust of Orville Wright, by Oskar J. W. Hansen, presented by Mr. and 
Mrs. Robert Frackelton, in memory of Lt. Rollin N. Conwell, Jr., U.S.M.C.R., 
was accepted by the Smithsonian Institution for the National Air Museum, and 
deposited January 10, 1950. (Withdrawn by the National Air Museum February 
3, 1950.) 

Oil, on wood panel, Reclining Tiger, by Charles R. Knight, bequest of Vernon 
Bailey, was accepted by the Smithsonian Institution for the U. S. National 
Museum (division of mammals), and deposited January 10, 1950. 

Ninety-six drawings and paintings, by Abbott H. Thayer, N. A. (1849-1921), 
made during his study of protective coloration in the Animal Kingdom, were 
accepted by the Smithsonian Institution for the United States National Museum 
(division of birds), as a loan from the heirs of the artist, through David Reasoner, 
and deposited February 17, 1950. 


TRANSFERS 


Two oils, Beach of Bass Rocks, Gloucester, Mass., by Frank Knox 
Morton Rehn, N. A. (1848-1914), and Fog, by James Craig Nicoll, 
N. A. (1847-1918), bequest of Martha L. Loomis to the United States 
National Museum in 1935, were transferred from the division of 
graphic arts on August 26, 1949. 


THE CATHERINE WALDEN MYER FUND 


One miniature, water color on ivory, was acquired from the fund 
established through the bequest of the late Catherine Walden Myer, 
as follows: 

70. Robert A. B.S. Sparrow, attributed to Benjamin Trott; from Edmund Bury, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LOANS ACCEPTED 


Orrefors crystal vase, signed Edvard Hald, was lent by Mr. and 
Mrs. Hugh Smith on December 1, 1949. 

Fifty miniatures from the Pepita Milmore collection were lent by 
Mrs. Henry L. Milmore on April 24 and 26, 1950. 


WITHDRAWALS BY OWNERS 


Two miniatures, Roswell Shurtleff and Anna Pope Shurtleff, by 
Frank Barbour, lent in 1941, were withdrawn on October 13, 1949, 
by order of the owner, Mrs. O. A. Mechlin. 

Three oils, Portraits of Joseph Turner and Elizabeth Oswald Chew, 
by John Wollaston, lent in 1932, and Portrait of John Hager Howard, 
attributed to Charles Willson Peale or Robert Edge Pine, lent in 1934, 
were withdrawn on November 7, 1949, by order of the owner, Mrs. 
H. H. Norton. 


38 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


A miniature, Mrs. Robert Means, by Edward G. Malbone, lent in 
1939, was withdrawn on December 9, 1949, by the owner, John J. 
Pringle, Jr. 

An oil painting, Landscape, attributed to Richard Wilson, lent in 
1931, was withdrawn on June 28, 1950, by the owner, Mrs. Mabel 
Perkins Ruggles. 


LOANS TO OTHER MUSEUMS AND ORGANIZATIONS 


Oil, portrait of Andrew Jackson, by Ralph E. W. Earl, was lent to the 
Department of State September 20, 1949, to be hung in the office 
of the Under Secretary of State for a period not to exceed 4 years. 

Oil, Thomas A. Edison Listening to His First Perfected Phonograph, 
by Col. Abraham Archibald Anderson, was lent to the Morse Exhi- 
bition of Arts and Science, sponsored by the National Academy of 
Design, for the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of its found- 
ing, held at the American Museum of Natural History, January 18 
to February 28, 1950. (Returned March 7, 1950.) 

Seven portraits by G. P. A. Healy, Gen. W. T. Sherman, Mrs. 
W. T. Sherman, William G. Preston, F. P. G. Guizot, President John 
Tyler, Col. A. G. Brackett, and Gen. A. J. Myer, were lent to the 
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for an exhibition entitled ‘“Healy’s 
Sitters or a Portrait Panorama of the Victorian Age,” from January 
24 through March 5, 1950. (Returned March 16, 1950.) 

Fifty-two items from the exhibition of Abbott H. Thayer’s studies 
on the protective coloration in the Animal Kingdom were lent, with 
the consent of the owners, for exhibition in the American Academy 
of Arts and Sciences from January 12 through February 8, 1950. 
(Returned February 15, 1950.) 

Oil, portrait of John Muir, by Orlando Rouland. was lent to the 
Bureau of the Budget on February 13, 1950, for a period not to 
exceed 4 years. 

Oil, portrait of Capt. John Ericsson, by Arvid Nyholm, was lent 
to the House Judiciary Committee on March 8, 1950, for a period 
not to exceed 4 years. 

Oil, portrait of Commodore Stephen Decatur, by Gilbert Stuart, 
was lent to the Truxtun-Decatur Naval Museum on April 27, 1950, 
for a period not to exceed 1 year. 

Oil, portrait of Samuel P. Langley, by Robert Gordon Hardie, 
was lent to the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory of the National 
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Langley Field, Va., May 1, 
1950, for an indefinite period. 

Three oil paintings, Gen. John J. Pershing, by Douglas Volk; 
Admiral William S. Sims, by Irving R. Wiles; and Gen. William T. 


SECRETARY’S REPORT 39 


Sherman, by George P. A. Healy; and one marble bust of Alexander 
Graham Bell, by Moses W. Dykaar, were lent to the National Gallery 
of Art, to be included in the Sesquicentennial celebration, ‘(Makers 
of History in Washington, 1800-1950,” from June 28 through Novem- 
ber 19, 1950. 

Oil, December Uplands, by Bruce Crane, was lent to the executive 
office, Council of Economic Advisers, on June 27, 1950, to be hung in 
room 372A, Old State Building, for a period not to exceed 4 years. 


LOANS RETURNED 


Four oil paintings lent to the Public Library of the District of Colum- 
bia in April 1940 were returned on November 22, 1949: Portrait of 
Thomas McKean, by Charles Willson Peale, and Portrait of Mary 
Abigail Willing Coale, by Thomas Sully, from the Georgetown Branch; 
Madonna with Halo of Stars, by an unknown artist, from the South- 
eastern Branch; and Musa Regina, by Henry Oliver Walker, from the 
Northeastern Branch. 


THE HENRY WARD RANGER FUND 


Since it is a provision of the Ranger bequest that the paintings pur- 
chased by the Council of the National Academy of Design from the 
fund provided by the Henry Ward Ranger bequest, and assigned to 
American art institutions, may be claimed by the National Collection 
of Fine Arts during the 5-year period beginning 10 years after the death 
of the artist represented, two paintings were recalled for action of the 
Smithsonian Art Commission at its meeting December 6, 1950: 

Oil painting, Gold Mining, Cripple Creek, by Ernest Lawson, listed earlier in 
this report, was accepted by the Commission to become a permanent accession. 

Frances, by Frederick Carl Frieseke, N. A., was returned to the Washington 
County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Md., where it was originally assigned 
in 1932. 


THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS REFERENCE LIBRARY 


Three hundred and eighty-four publications (260 volumes and 124 
pamphlets) were accessioned during the year, bringing the total in 
the National Collection of Fine Arts Library to 11,746. 


INFORMATION SERVICE 


The requests of 1,255 visitors for information received special atten- 
tion, as did many similar requests by mail and phone; 706 art works 
were submitted for identification. 


910888—50——_4 


40 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


The Director and Paul V. Gardner, curator of ceramics, gave lec- 
tures on art topics during the year to a number of groups, including 
the art section of the University Women’s Club; the Arts Club and 
officers of art societies in the Metropolitan area; the Kiln Club; the 
District of Columbia Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revo- 
lution; the Alexandria Association at Gadsby’s Tavern; and the Amer- 
ican Federation of Jewish Women. They also served as judges or as 
members of juries of selection and award for a number of exhibitions 


held in Washington. 
SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS 


Thirteen special exhibitions were held during the year, as follows: 


July 1 through 31, 1949.—An exhibition of 60 water colors and sketches of 
Greenland, painted between 1899 and 1911 by Christine Deichmann (1869-1945), 
was shown on screens in the lobby. A list was mimeographed. 

August 12 through December 31, 1949.—Centennial Exhibition of Paintings by 
Abbott Handerson Thayer, N. A. (1849-1921), in the Gellatly Collection and the 
Freer Gallery of Art, with the cooperation of the latter. Supplementary exhibits 
in the lobby consisted of (1) Thayer’s studies on the protective coloration in the 
Animal Kingdom, (2) camouflage, and (3) works by his former students, consisting 
of 155 oils, water colors, pastels, models, and photographs. A catalog was printed. 

September 8 through 28, 1949.—Exhibition of 262 oils, water colors, and prints, 
by Madame Henriette Reuchlin, held under the patronage of His Excellency, E. N. 
Van Kleffens, Ambassador of the Netherlands to the United States. A list was 
mimeographed. 

November 6 through 29, 1949.—The Twelfth Metropolitan State Art Contest, 
held under the auspices of the District of Columbia Chapter, American Artists 
Professional League assisted by the Entre Nous Club, consisting of 324 paintings, 
sculpture, prints, ceramics, and metalcraft. A catalog was privately printed. 

December 10 through 30, 1949.—The Fifty-eighth Annual Exhibition of the 
Society of Washington Artists, consisting of 71 paintings and 11 pieces of sculpture. 
A catalog was privately printed. 

January 16 through 29, 1950.—Eighty-two drawings in pencil, pen, charcoal, 
chalk, crayon, and water color, by contemporary French artists, from the per- 
manent collection. 

February 4 through 27, 1950.—Exhibition of 335 drawings and paintings of 
Indo-China, by Jean Despujols. A catalog was provided. 

March 4 through 26, 1950.—A selection of 34 oil paintings and 1 bronze bust, 
from the William T. Evans collection. 

March 30 through April 2, 1950.—A gros point carpet (10’ 2’” by 6’ 914’’), 
made by Queen Mary, and the specially constructed oak casket in which it came. 
A catalog was provided by the British Information Service. 

April 2 through 27, 1950.—Biennial Exhibition of the National League of 
American Pen Women, consisting of 356 paintings, sculpture, prints, ceramics, 
and metalcraft. A catalog was privately printed. 


SECRETARY’S REPORT 4] 


April 6 through May 8, 1950.—Exhibition of 50 miniature paintings commemo- 
rating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the American Society of Miniature Painters. 

June 4 through 30, 1950.—The Seventeenth Annual Exhibition of the Miniature 
Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society of Washington, D. C., consisting of 203 
examples, 

June 8 through 30, 1950.—Exhibition of 56 paintings of Ancient Egyptian 
Monuments, by Joseph Lindon Smith, held under the patronage of His Excel- 
lency Mohamed Kamil Abdul Rahim Bey, Ambassador of Egypt. A catalog was 
provided. 


Respectfully submitted. 


Tuomas M. Buaas, Director. 
Dr. A. WeTMorgE, 


Secretary, Smithsonman Institution. 


APPENDIX 4 
REPORT ON THE FREER GALLERY OF ART 


Sir: I have the honor to submit the thirtieth annual report on the 
Freer Gallery of Art for the year ended June 30, 1950. 


THE COLLECTIONS 


Additions to the collections by purchase were as follows: 


BRASS 


49.11. Egyptian (middle of 13th century). Brass bowl with gold and silver 
inlay. In center band. six cartouches with thulth writing alternating 
with roundels with horsemen. Bottom and inside engraved. 0.072 x 
0.166. 

BRONZE 

49.10. Chinese, Chou dynasty (1122-256 B. C., early). A covered ceremonial 
vessel of the type kuang. Design cast in low and high relief representing 
mainly feline and bird forms. Smooth gray-green patina. LEight- 
character inscription inside cover and bottom. (lllustrated.) 0.229 x 
0.246 x 0.107. 

49.15. Chinese, Chou dynasty (1122-256 B. C., early). A monster mask. 
Casting in hollow relief with linear intaglio decoration. Blue-gray 
patina with incrustations of malachite and azurite. 0.174 x 0.234. 

49.17. Chinese, T‘ang dynasty (A. D. 618-906). Square mirror with lacquered 
reverse surface decorated with birds, phoenixes, butterflies, plants, etc., 
in gold and silver, inlaid into the lacquer. Incrustations of earth and 
malachite. 0.141 x 0.145. 

49.24, Chinese, Chou dynasty (1122-256 B. C., late). Garment hook (kou). 
Gilded with all-over incised pattern. Areas of green patination. Length: 
0.103. 

49.25. Chinese, Chou dynasty (1122-256 B. C., late). Garment hook (kou). 
Mounted with gold designs placed like cloisons and inlaid with turquoise. 
Areas of green patination. Length: 0.197. 


CRYSTAL 


49.14. Egyptian, Ikhshidid orearly Fatimid period (middle of 10thcentury). Flat, 
oval-shaped vessel with two low excrescences on the narrow sides. 
Arabesque decorations forming a stylized tree on the front and back are 
executed in low, sharp-edged relief. Austrian enameled gold mount of 
about 1600. 0.152 x 0.068 x 0.035. 


JADE 


49.16. Chinese, Chou dynasty (1122-256 B. C., late). Flat carving of dragon, 
carved on both sides. 0.046 x 0.075. 


LACQUER 


49.22. Chinese, Chou dynasty (1122-256 B. C., late). Ewer of brownish lacquer 
over wood, representing a crouching animal. Decorations carved in 
relief. Handle detached; occasional cracks through wood and lacquer. 
0.156 x 0.307 x 0.153. 


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49.18. 


50.1. 


50.2. 


49.12. 


49.13. 


49.23. 


49.26. 


49.27. 


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MANUSCRIPT 


Armenian, 12th-13th century. A volume in a tooled-leather binding with 
a fourchée-like cross tooled on the front cover: The Gospel according to 
the four Evangelists. Two hundred and seventy parchment leaves 
written in angular erkat‘agir (uncial). Initials, paragraphs, titles, ar- 
cades, and six miniatures in color and gold. 0.332 x 0.246. 


PAINTING 


Indian, Mughal, school of Akbar (third quarter of the 16th century). 
“The Taking of Prisoners at the Prince’s Court,” from the Hamza-nama, 
executed for the Emperors Humayiin and Akbar. Painted in gold and 
color on cotton cloth. 0.671 x 0.512. 

Persian (first half of the 16th century). Solomon (?) and his Flying 
Throne, Borne by Angels. Drawing on paper, tinted with gold and 
color. (lllustrated.) 0.808 x 0.198. 

Persian (first half of the 16th century). The Garden of the Fairies. 
Drawing on paper, slightly tinted with color and gold. 0.279 x 0.172. 


POTTERY 


Chinese, Sung dynasty (A. D. 960-1280). 
Chitin ware. Vase with pear-shaped body and tall, slender, slightly 
flaring neck, flaring foot; reddish-buff stoneware, fired hard; thick opaque 
glaze, shades of bluish gray with dark flecks; scattered greenish-gray 
patches with red flecks. Glaze ends unevenly at foot. 0.344 x 0.143. 

Chinese, T‘ang dynasty (A. D. 618-906). 
Three-color ware. Dish with low, sloping sides and everted rim, three 
spreading feet; fine-grained soft white clay; soft lead glaze in green, 
white, and yellowish brown; considerable iridescence and flaking; 
bottom unglazed; decorated with floral patterns deeply impressed in 
clay. 0.060 x 0.290. 

Chinese, Sung dynasty (A. D. 960-1280). 
Ting yao. Dish with six-lobed rim bound in brass; thin, sharply cut 
foot. Wooden stand. Fine-grained porcelain fired hard; high-fired 
glossy, transparent, ivory-colored glaze; ‘‘tear drops’ on outside; 
covers footrim; decoration of ducks, waves, and water plants painted in 
slip under glaze inside. 0.040 x 0.188. 

Chinese, T‘ang dynasty (A. D. 618-906). 
Mortuary figurine of water buffalo and rider. Made of soft white clay 
covered with transparent glaze in blue, white, brown, and green; finely 
crazed. Horns and ears slightly chipped. 0.158 x 0.163 x 0.102. 

Chinese, T‘ang dynasty (A. D. 618-906). 
Mortuary figurine of a female dancer. Made of hard, close-grained clay 
in buff white with minute black specks; transparent glaze in green and 
brown, finely crazed; head unglazed with traces of pigment on lips 
and eyes. (Illustrated.) 0.282 x 0.103. 

Chinese, Chin dynasty (A. D. 265-420). 
Tripodal vessel of the type lien, with cover; hard gray pottery with 
decorations incised and in relief; the three feet in the form of crouching 
bears; inscription of seven characters written in cinnabar around body 
of vessel. 0.280 x 0.332. 


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49.19. Persian, Kashan (circa A. D. 1200). Double-shell ewer with rooster-head 
neck and tail-shaped handle. Ajouré work with black design and cobalt 
spots under turquoise glaze. Slight iridescence in spots. 0.291 x 0.181. 


SCULPTURE 


49.9. Indian, Gandhara (circa A. D. 2d century). Frieze showing four scenes 
from the life of the Buddha: Birth, Enlightenment, First Preaching, 
Nirvana. Carved in high relief on seven pieces of dark gray-blue slate. 
0.670 x 2.898 x 0.098. 

49.20. Japanese, Kamakura period (A. D. 1185-1333). Guardian figure in an 
attitude of violent tension: skirt swinging to proper left, remains of 
jeweled pendant on bare torso; cleaned and repaired; inscription on 
tennon below left foot. Wood. Pair with 49.21. Height: 2.264. 

49.21. Japanese, Kamakura period (A. D. 1185-1333). Guardian figure in an 
attitude of violent tension: skirt swinging to proper right, remains of 
jeweled pendant on bare torso; cleaned and repaired. Wood. Pair 
with 49.20. Height: 2.335. 


WOOD CARVING 


49.7 Persian, Seljuq (A. D. 1148 [543 H.]). A pair of doors. Arabesques and 

A-B. inscription in kijfic and decorative naskhi in various compartments; on 
back, frames with incised geometric designs and undecorated boards. 
A: 2.278 x 0.625; B: 2.280 x 0.610. 

49.8 Persian, Mongol period (A. D. 1285 [684 H.]). A pair of doors. Ara- 

A-B. besque designs on one side, geometrical strapwork with decorated polyg- 
onal inserts and framing naskht inscriptions on the other. Many of 
the polygonal inserts lost and substituted by plain modern ones. A: 
2.147 x 0.555; B: 2.172 x 0.550. 


The work of the staff members has been devoted to the study of new 
accessions and objects submitted for purchase and to general research 
within the collections of Chinese, Japanese, Persian, Arabic, and 
Indian materials. Reports, oral or written, were made upon 2,236 
objects, as follows: From individuals, 1,075; from dealers, 837; at 
other museums, 324. There were 505 photographs of objects sub- 
mitted for examination, and 295 Oriental-language inscriptions were 
translated. Docent service and other lectures given by staff members 
are listed below. 


REPAIRS TO THE COLLECTIONS 


A total of 20 objects were cleaned, resurfaced, remounted, or 
repaired as follows: 


American paintings cleaned and resurfaced 
Chinese paintings remounted 
Chinesespaintings repairedts 86s jue Se eae aie 
Japanese paintings remounted 
Japaneserpaintings repaired «sku is. a i ee 
Arabic manuseript pages repaired 022. a Ae 
Persian manuscript pages repaired 
Japanese sculptures repaired 


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The repair and restoration of the ceiling of the Whistler Peacock 
Room, mentioned in last year’s report, has been completed. The 
final work of cleaning and restoring the wainscoting, shutters, and 
doors, now in progress, is being carried on as before by John and 
Richard Finlayson, of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 


CHANGES IN EXHIBITIONS 


Changes in exhibitions totaled 149, as follows: 


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Winimese bronze sinus Gud) Ab MMIC NNN in munca eu ag bugne (iin) yy) ae Ss 10 
(CLO nV SISLEY 1-0) (0 FMR SH eA WY RC Ip VL aE Np UE 2 
(OU iva y eget e) Taye a A CE I a 2 
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lncdianistonelsculptunees eae oes ee a ee ay ene 4 
Japanese lacquerigs liek Yk sige We eae he vay en pee ae 12 
Japanese paintings __________-_----- ba ay ileal ed, TERNARY, I Shs 4 
Japanese wood sculpture_______________- pats fe Aca Rp a 2 
IRGrSignGWOOGs CAT YIM ie iis esse yey ye tie LEE allan al a Sed 2 
LIBRARY 


During the year the following work was accomplished in the library: 

Accessions, including books, pamphlets, periodicals, rubbings, study 
material, and photographs, 826; cataloging of all kinds, including 
cards typed and filed, 5,518; binding, repairing, and mounting, 762. 
The Japanese publication Bijutsu Kenkyu was analyzed, and work 
on the analyzing of the Japanese periodical Kokka was started. 


PUBLICATIONS 


Two publications of the Gallery were issued during the year: 


Guest, Grace Dunham: Shiraz Painting in the Sixteenth Century (Oriental 
Studies No. 4). S. I. Publ. 3978. October 1949. 

Stubbs, Burns A.: James McNeill Whistler, A Biographical Outline Illustrated 
from the Collections of the Freer Gsllery of Art (Occasional Papers, vol. 1, 
No. 4). S. I. Publ. 3994. February 1950. 


One article by a staff member appeared in an outside publication: 


Wenley, A. G.: The Question of the Po-Shan-Hsiang-Lu. Archives of the 
Chinese Art Society of America, vol. 3, p. 5, 1948-1949. 


REPRODUCTIONS 


During the year the photographic laboratory made 3,631 prints, 
434 glass negatives, and 19 lantern slides. 


BUILDING 


The cabinet shop has been constantly occupied in the usual work of 
making necessary equipment, certain repairs to the collections, the 


46 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


Peacock Room, and minor repairs to the building. Lack of a painter, 
however, has badly handicapped operations, so that work of this 
nature is far behind schedule. At least half of the exhibition galleries 
need redecorating, while many other parts of the building are in crying 
need of attention. 

An important project was the construction of a counter for the 
display and sale of publications and photographs in the entrance 
lobby. This relieved the understaffed administration office of 
considerable work. 

ATTENDANCE 


The Gallery was open to the public from 9 to 4:30 every day except 
Christmas Day. The total number of visitors to come in the main 
entrance was 62,801. The highest monthly attendance was in 
August with 8,550, and the lowest was in December with 1,951. 

There were 1,626 visitors to the main office during the year. 


COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 


Under the provisions of the will of the late Charles L. Freer, there 
was created at the University of Michigan a fund, the income from 
which is to be used to add to the knowledge and appreciation of 
Oriental art, primarily in aid of research to be conducted by experts 
regarding the art objects embraced in a collection of Oriental art 
transferred by the testator to the Smithsonian Institution, and for 
the publication of the results of such research. Therefore, the 
University of Michigan and the Freer Gallery of Art have entered into 
a collaborative arrangement to carry out the broad general principles 
concerning the program in Oriental art contemplated by the will of 
Charles L. Freer. Briefly, to implement this arrangement the 
following actions have been or will be taken: 


1. Mr. Wenley has been appointed research professor of Oriental art in the 
Department of Fine Arts of the University of Michigan without salary and 
on an annual basis. 

2. Dr. Ettinghausen has been appointed research professor of Islamic art in the 
Department of Fine Arts of the University of Michigan without salary and 

_. oD an annual basis. 

3.,The university shall appoint a professor of Oriental art in the Department 
of Fine Arts of the University of Michigan as soon as practicable. It is 
the purpose of the university to appoint to this position a scholar to whom 
the Gallery will also be prepared to offer a joint appointment, without 
salary and on an annual basis, as research associate in the Gallery. 

4. The university has appointed a committee of the Freer fund consisting of 
the dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, the 
chairman of the Department of Fine Arts, the chairman of the General 
Committee of the Division of Fine Arts, and the research professor of 
Oriental art in the Department of Fine Arts (Director of the Freer Gal- 
lery). This committee is authorized to determine the program of research 


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and publication to be carried on with funds derived from the income of 
the Freer fund, and to prepare an annual budget for presentation to the 
provost of the university for the expenditure of such funds. 

5. The University of Michigan and the Freer Gallery of Art are collaborating 
in the publication of a series to be known as Ars Orientalis. This will 
succeed the university’s Freer fund publication Ars Islamica, which has 
been edited at the Freer Gallery since 1944. In its greater breadth of 
treatment Ars Orientalis will supplement other Gallery publications. 

6. The Freer Fund Committee has established a Charles L. Freer fellowship 
in Oriental art, which may be given to candidates for the doctoral degree 
and entitles the holder to a year of advanced work at the Freer Gallery 
of Art. In this connection the Director of the Freer Gallery is serving on 
the standing committee on graduate work in Oriental art of the Depart- 
ment of Fine Arts, University of Michigan. 


Hither party to the above-mentioned arrangement may terminate 
this by the giving of a year’s notice to the other party of its intention 
to terminate. 


DOCENT SERVICE AND OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES 


By request 19 groups met in the exhibition galleries for instruction 
by staff members. Total attendance was 369. 

On invitation the following lectures were given outside the Gallery 
by staff members: 


1960 

Jan. 9. Mr. Pope lectured at the University Women’s Club on ‘Beginnings of 
Glaze and Porcelain and Their Development through the Ming 
Dynasty.” (Illustrated.) Attendance, 90. 

Feb. 2. Mr. Pope lectured at the Chevy Chase Women’s Club on “Chinese 
Paintings.” (Illustrated.) Attendance, 60. 

Mar. 10. Mr. Pope lectured at the Cleveland Museum, Cleveland, Ohio, on 
“Introduction of Chinese Porcelain to Europe.” (Illustrated.) 
Attendance, 150. 


HONORARY DUTIES 


During the year, members of the staff undertook honorary duties 
outside the Institution as follows: 

Mr. Wenley appointed a member of the Nominating Committee of the Far 
Eastern Association. 

Mr. Pope appointed art editor of the Far Eastern Quarterly. 

Respectfully submitted. 

A. G. WENLEY, Director. 
Dr. A. WETMORE, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 


APPENDIX 5 
REPORT ON THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 


Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the field 
researches, office work, and other operations of the Bureau of Ameri- 
can Ethnology during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1950, conducted 
in accordance with the Act of Congress of April 10, 1928, as amended 
August 22, 1949, which provides for continuing ‘independently or in 
cooperation anthropological researches among the American Indians 
and the natives of lands under the jurisdiction or protection of the 
United States and the excavation and preservation of archeologic 
remains.” 

SYSTEMATIC RESEARCHES 


Dr. M. W. Stirling, Director of the Bureau, devoted most of his 
time during the fiscal year to administrative affairs of the Bureau. 
He also continued studies on the archeological collections made in 
Panamé during the winter of 1948-49, particularly on the ceramic 
collection from the site of Utivé in the Province of Panamé. With 
the exception of a few brief trips for the purpose of attending scientific 
meetings or giving lectures, the entire year was spent in Washington. 

Dr. Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr., Associate Director of the Bureau 
and Director of the River Basin Surveys, spent most of the fiscal year 
in administering and directing the River Basin Surveys. In Septem- 
ber he attended the Twenty-ninth International Congress of Ameri- 
canists where he gave an illustrated talk on the program and work 
of the River Basin Surveys. Early in October he participated in the 
annual meeting of the National Council for Historic Sites and Build- 
ings at Williamsburg, Va. From Williamsburg he went to the Joshua 
S. and John E. Williamson farm near Dinwiddie to examine an archeo- 
logical site where considerable material attributable to the eastern 
variant of the Folsom culture had been found. That particular site 
is one of the most extensive of its kind thus far noted in the East, and, 
if excavated, should provide valuable information. 

Later in October Dr. Roberts visited the Missouri Basin head- 
quarters at Lincoln, Nebr., and, accompanied by Paul L. Cooper, 
proceeded to the Angostura Reservoir in South Dakota where a 
series of excavations was under way. After spending several days 
with the field party, they went to Wyoming to examine the site for 

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the proposed Edgemont Reservoir on the Cheyenne River. From 
there they went to Fort Collins, Colo., where the Horsetooth Reser- 
voir is under construction, and examined paleontological and archeo- 
logical specimens uncovered in the process of the work. Returning 
to Washington early in November, Dr. Roberts went to Richmond, 
Va., and gave the principal address before the annual meeting of the 
EKastern States Archeological Federation. The subject of his talk 
was the progress and results of the River Basin program. 

Late in November and early in December Dr. Roberts was again in 
Lincoln, Nebr., where he assisted in making plans for reorganizing 
the laboratory and field headquarters. While there he took part in 
the Seventh Conference for Plains Archeology and presided over one 
of the symposia dealing with the problems of Plains archeology. 

In February and March Dr. Roberts visited the Departments of 
Anthropology at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City; the Univer- 
sity of Washington, Seattle; the University of Oregon, Eugene; and 
the University of California, Berkeley. He discussed the plans for 
field work during the coming season and made arrangements for 
student help and field assistants for the River Basin Surveys parties. 
While at Eugene he also inspected the field headquarters and labora- 
tory for the Columbia Basin project and assisted Joel L. Shiner, the 
acting field director, in making plans for the summer season. Enroute 
back to Washington, Dr. Roberts visited the Department of Anthro- 
pology at the University of Denver, where he talked with Arnold M. 
Withers about the cooperation of that institution in the program in 
Colorado. From there he proceeded to Lincoln to plan for the sum- 
mer’s work in that area. At that time he also spoke on the River 
Basin program before the annual meeting of the Nebraska State 
Press Association at Omaha. 

In May Dr. Roberts visited the Fort Gibson Reservoir in Oklahoma 
and discussed plans for additional projects with the District Engineer 
at Tulsa. At Norman, Okla., he examined materials which had been 
salvaged from sites at the Fort Gibson Reservoir by a field party from 
the University of Oklahoma and also attended sessions of the annual 
meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. From Oklahoma 
Dr. Roberts went to Texas, visiting the Garza-Little Elm, Lavon, 
and Belton Reservoir projects. He also spent several days at the 
Whitney Reservoir where one of the River Basin Surveys parties 
under Robert L. Stephenson was excavating a series of Indian sites. 
From the Whitney Reservoir he went to Austin to inspect the field 
headquarters and laboratory located at the University of Texas. 

During the period July 1 through October 24, 1949, Dr. John P. 
Harrington continued the study of the grammar of the Abnaki lan- 
guage at Old Town, Maine. The Abnaki language is the only one of 


50 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


the Indian languages of New England that is still spoken. Abnaki 
forms throw considerable light on the closely related, extinct Massa- 
chusetts language in which the famous Eliot Indian Bible is written. 
The earliest vocabulary, or vocabularies, of the Abnaki language re- 
sulted from the work of French missionaries in the Kennebec Valley, 
but the work has been lost. The maps and writings of Capt. John 
Smith, Champlain, and Lescarbot carry a number of Abnaki place 
names. The earliest extensive Abnaki vocabulary is that attributed 
to Capt. George Weymouth and was probably taken down by him in 
1605 from Abnaki Indians whom he captured near the St. George 
Islands, off the eastern end of Penobscot Bay, and took to England. 
This vocabulary was first printed in 1625. In 1691, 86 years after 
the Weymouth Abnaki vocabulary had been made, a young French 
missionary priest named Sebastian Rasles arrived in Canada and 
compiled his vast French-Abnaki dictionary. This dictionary was 
captured by the English at the battle of Norridgewock in 1724 and 
was first printed in 1833. 

On February 9, 1950, Dr. Harrington proceeded to Mérida, Yuca- 
tan, for the purpose of studying the Maya language. A tape recorder 
was taken along and 10 half-hour recordings of stories told in the 
Maya language were obtained. Dr. Harrington returned to Wash- 
ington on April 11, bringing with him a large quantity of linguistic 
material. 

At the invitation of the Canadian Government, Dr. Henry B. 
Collins, Jr., conducted archeological investigations on Cornwallis 
Island in the northern part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. 
Excavations were made at four prehistoric Eskimo village sites at 
Resolute Bay on the south side of the Island. Dr. Collins and his 
assistant, Jean P. Michea, reached Resolute by plane on May 27 after 
brief stops at Frobisher Bay on Baffin Island, and at Thule in north- 
west Greenland. The work continued until August 23, 1949. The 
numerous house ruins on Cornwallis and neighboring islands show 
that this now uninhabited region once supported a sizable Eskimo 
population. The Cornwallis Island structures—built of stones, 
whalebones, and turf—proved to have been made by the Thule 
Eskimos, a prehistoric group that originated in Alaska and later 
spread eastward to Canada and Greenland. A large collection of 
artifacts was obtained which, after study, will be divided between the 
Smithsonian and the National Museum of Canada, joint sponsors of 
the work. As the natural history of Cornwallis Island is so little 
known, an attempt was made to collect representative samples of 
fossils, minerals, vascular plants, mosses and lichens, insects, and 
fresh-water invertebrates. 


SECRETARY’S REPORT 51 


Dr. Collins organized a symposium on Arctic anthropology as part 
of the program for the Twenty-ninth International Congress of 
Americanists held in New York in September 1949, the participants 
being anthropologists, archeologists, and linguists from the United 
States, Canada, and Denmark who have specialized in Eskimo 
research. 

Dr. Collins continued to serve as chairman of the directing commit- 
tee of the Bibliography of Arctic Literature and the Roster of Arctic 
Specialists, two projects that the Arctic Institute of North America 
is carrying out under contract with the Office of Naval Research for 
the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and the Defense 
Research Board of Canada. He also participated in organizing the 
forthcoming Alaska Science Conference to be held under the auspices 
of the National Research Council in November 1950, serving as a 
member of the steering committee and chairman of the social sciences 
division. : 

During August Dr. William N. Fenton spent 2 weeks studying the 
archives of the Ontario County Historical Society at Canandaigua, 
N. Y. In August and September he made tape recordings in the 
field at Tonawanda and Allegany Seneca reservations. In October 
he completed a survey of Iroquois materials in the Massachusetts 
Archives at the State House, in Boston, and found additional Pickering 
letters in Salem. In December, 34 volumes of the printed journals 
of the Continental Congress (1774-89) were surveyed and extracted 
for Iroquois material. During March—May Dr. Fenton was detailed 
to assist the Department of Justice in the preparation of a case for 
the Court of Claims concerning Indian lands. In June he was detailed 
to the Office of Indian Affairs on problems of tribal organization 
among the Pueblos, the Klamath Indians of California, and the 
Blackfeet of Montana. Dr. Fenton was in the field on this assign- 
ment at the close of the fiscal year. 

In September Dr. Gordon R. Willey, anthropologist of the Bureau 
of American Ethnology, assumed the temporary duties of Acting 
Director of the Institute of Social Anthropology for the remainder of 
the fiscal year. However, research under Bureau auspices continued, 
and preparation of various manuscripts was carried forward. He 
continued the preparation of the manuscript ‘Prehistoric Settlement 
Patterns in the Viri Valley of Northern Peru.” Subsequently he 
began studies on collections from the Canaveral and Ormond Beach 
Mounds in east Florida, completing these studies in May. The 
month of June was then devoted to rewriting and revising a manu- 
script, “Karly Ancon and Early Supé: Chavin Horizon Sites of the 
Central Coast of Perti.”’ This report, approximating 125,000 words, 


52 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


was written in collaboration with Dr. John M. Corbett and will be 
released by the Department of Anthropology, Columbia University. 


RIVER BASIN SURVEYS 
(Report prepared by Frank H. H. Roperts, Jr.) 


The River Basin Surveys were organized as a unit of the Bureau 
of American Ethnology in the fall of 1945. Their purpose was to 
carry into effect a memorandum of understanding between the Na- 
tional Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution, which provides 
for the salvage of archeological and paleontological remains occurring 
in areas to be flooded or otherwise disturbed by the program of the 
Federal Government for flood-control, irrigation, hydroelectric, and 
navigation projects. The first actual field work was started in July 
1946 and has continued since that date. Throughout the period of 
operations, the investigations have been conducted in cooperation 
with the National Park Service and the Bureau of Reclamation of 
the Department of the Interior, the Corps of Engineers, Department 
of the Army, and a number of nongovernmental institutions scattered 
throughout various States. During the past fiscal year the work was 
financed by a transfer of $215,886 to the Smithsonian Institution by 
the National Park Service, derived in part from the National Park 
Service and in part from the Bureau of Reclamation. The money 
from the National Park Service was for use in areas outside of the 
Missouri Basin, while that from the Bureau of Reclamation was for 
work in the latter area. Because of the fact that the appropriations 
for fiscal 1950 were made available so late in the summer, the neces- 
sary funds could not be transferred to the Smithsonian Institution 
until the period for field work had passed in many areas. Conse- 
quently, less was accomplished than in previous years. 

Activities during the year included reconnaissance or surveys for the 
purpose of locating archeological sites or paleontological deposits that 
will be involved in construction work or are in locations that eventually 
will be flooded, and in the excavation of sites located by previous 
surveys. ‘The survey work covered 26 reservoirs located in 8 States 
and scattered over 5 river basins. Excavations were completed or 
under way at the end of the fiscal year in 13 reservoir areas in 9 States. 
Three of the excavation projects were in areas where digging had been 
done in previous years, while the remainder were new undertakings. 
At the close of the fiscal year, the total of the reservoir areas, where 
surveys had been made or excavations carried on since the beginning 
of the program inJuly 1946, was 180 located in 23 States. Archeological 
sites located and recorded have reached a total of 2,260, of which 484 
have been recommended for excavation or additional testing. During 


SECRETARY’S REPORT 53 


the year preliminary appraisal reports were completed for all the 
reservoirs surveyed, and 23 reports were mimeographed for limited 
distribution to the cooperating agencies. This makes a total of 120 
such reports issued since the start of the program. The excavations 
made during fiscal 1950 bring the total for areas where such work has 
been done to 21. Technical reports on the results of some of that work 
have appeared in scientific journals, while the completed manuscripts 
on others are now awaiting publication. Paleontological surveys have 
been made in 100 reservoirs, 56 being those where archeological work 
has also been done. The remaining 44 will eventually be visited by 
archeological parties. Including the reservoir areas where archeo- 
logical work remains to be done, the over-all total of reservoirs visited 
is 224, 

The distribution by States of all the reservoirs investigated for 
archeological remains as of June 30, 1950, is as follows: California, 20; 
Colorado, 23; Georgia, 3; Idaho, 10; Illinois, 2; Iowa, 3; Kansas, 6; 
Louisiana, 1; Minnesota, 1; Montana, 5; Nebraska, 16; New Mexico, 
1; North Dakota, 13; Ohio, 2; Oklahoma, 5; Oregon, 24; South Dakota, 
9; Tennessee, 1; Texas, 13; Virginia, 1; Washington, 9; West Virginia, 
2; Wyoming, 11. Excavations have thus far been made in: Cal- 
ifornia, 1; Colorado, 1; Georgia, 1; Kansas, 1; Montana, 1; Nebraska, 
1; New Mexico, 1; North Dakota, 2; Oklahoma, 1; Oregon, 1; South 
Dakota, 2; Texas, 3; Virginia, 1; Washington, 3; and Wyoming, 1. 

Throughout the fiscal year the River Basin Surveys received full 
cooperation from the National Park Service, the Bureau of Reclama- 
tion, and the Corps of Engineers, as well as various State agencies. At 
some of the projects guides and transportation were furnished to staff 
men in the field. At others, office and laboratory space was provided, 
and in a number of cases labor and mechanical equipment were made 
available by the construction agency. The assistance provided made 
possible a greater accomplishment than would otherwise have been 
possible had it been necessary for the River Basin Surveys men to rely 
on their own resources. The National Park Service was primarily 
responsible for procuring the funds necessary for carrying on the pro- 
gram and also served as the liaison between the Smithsonian Institu- 
tion and the other governmental agencies, not only in Washington but 
through its several regional offices as well. 

General supervision and direction of the work in California, Texas, 
Louisiana, Georgia, Ohio, and Virginia were from the main office in 
Washington. The Missouri Basin program was carried on under the 
direction of a field headquarters and laboratory at Lincoln, Nebr., and 
the activities in the Columbia Basin were supervised by a field office 
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Washington office—The main headquarters of the River Basin Sur- 
veys continued under the direction of Dr. Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr., 
throughout the year. Joseph R. Caldwell, Carl F. Miller, and Ralph 
S. Solecki, archeologists, were based at that office, although Mr. 
Solecki did not work full time for the Surveys. 

Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Miller left Washington on July 7 for Carters- 
ville, Ga., where they started an excavation program within the area 
to be flooded by the Allatoona Reservoir. Mr. Miller completed 
part of the project early in December and returned to Washington, 
while Mr. Caldwell continued digging until early in February, when 
he went to Athens, Ga., to establish a field laboratory and study the 
material obtained during the excavations. Facilities for the labora- 
tory at Athens were provided by the University of Georgia. During 
the first week in August Mr. Miller was temporarily detached from 
the Allatoona investigations and sent to Louisiana to make a prelimi- 
nary reconnaissance at the Bayou Bodcau Reservoir. Except for a 
week in May when he visited archeological sites at Chester’s Island 
and Floyd’s Island in the Okefenokee Swamp, Mr. Caldwell spent 
the remainder of the fiscal year at Athens preparing his report, “‘A 
Preliminary Report on Excavations in the Allatoona Reservoir,” 
which was published in Karly Georgia, vol. 1, No. 1, and a manuscript 
pertaining to the Rembert Mounds on the Savannah River, which 
will be published in the first volume of the River Basin Surveys 
Papers. 

After his return to Washington Mr. Miller devoted most of his time 
to a study of the material and information he had obtained at the 
Allatoona Reservoir and in the preparation of his portion of the report 
on the project. He also served as assistant to the Director, and 
during such times as the latter was absent from the office took charge 
of the operations. In June he went to the Buggs Island Reservoir, 
on the Roanoke River in southern Virginia, to excavate a large village 
and burial site that was being destroyed by construction within the 
area. During the year Mr. Miller completed and published five 
manuscripts on his work in the Southeast. 

Mr. Solecki, who had been transferred to the Smithsonian Institu- 
tion’s staff the previous May to conduct an archeological reconnais- 
sance in northern Alaska, returned to duty with the River Basin 
Surveys on September 11. In November he proceeded to Ohio, 
where he made a brief reconnaissance of the proposed Deer Creek and 
Paint Creek Reservoirs in the Scioto Reservoir basin near Chillicothe. 
During the remainder of the fiscal year be prepared a detailed report 
on the excavation of the Natrium Mound, 10 miles north of New 
Martinsville, W. Va., which he had dug during the winter of 1948-49. 

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sistants, made surveys of the Burns, Bear, and Owens Reservoirs of 
the Merced group, in the San Joaquin Valley. Nineteen sites were 
located in the three projects, but as all of them are of little significance 
no additional work has been recommended for them. In June, Mohr 
and Freed made a survey at the Cachuma Reservoir on the Santa 
Ynez River, near Santa Barbara. They located 18 sites and at the 
end of the fiscal year Mohr was making preparations to dig a series of 
test trenches in two of them. 

Franklin Fenenga joined the River Basin Surveys as archeologist 
on June 19 and initiated a series of excavations at the Terminus 
Reservoir on the Kaweah River in the Central Valley. That area is 
particularly important because it was at the boundary of the terri- 
tories of the Wikchamni division of the Yokuts of the San Joaquin 
Valley and of the Balwisha group of the Mono Indians. The archeo- 
logical materials from the sites should provide important information 
on the problem of cultural contact and diffusion between the different 
tribes. 

Columbia Basin.—Work in the Columbia Basin was continued 
under the direction of the field headquarters at Eugene, Oreg., where 
the University of Oregon provided laboratory and office space. 
Douglas Osborne, acting field director, was in charge of the program 
in that area until he resigned on September 3 to accept a position 
with the University of Washington. Joel L. Shiner was appointed 
to succeed him and continued as acting field director throughout the 
remainder of the year. 

During August excavations were carried on in the McNary Reser- 
voir area, with Washington State College cooperating in the project. 
Hight sites were tested or excavated on the south side of the Columbia 
River between Umatilla Rapids and Techumtas Island, and in addi- 
tion further work was done at one of the sites excavated during the 
previous fiscal year. Survey reports had indicated that at two of 
the locations there probably were remains beneath a layer of volcanic 
ash. Digging there, however, failed to produce any evidence for such 
an occupation. Information from other sites investigated demon- 
strated that there were at least two cultural horizons along that 
portion of the river. ‘The data seem to indicate that the older in- 
habitants made most of their implements of basalt while the later 
ones used chalcedony for the most part. The economy of the two 
groups appears to have been basically the same, although the earlier 
was less complex than the later. This is indicated by greater de- 
pendency on shellfish and a tendency toward sporadic occupation 
and a wandering life. 

During September Charles C. Case, Jr., and Robert C. Salisbury, 
field assistants, surveyed 11 proposed reservoirs in the Willamette 

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Valley, viz, Dexter, Hills Creek, Cougar, Blue River, Gate Creek, 
Green Peter, Cascadia, Wiley Creek, Holly, Falls Creek, and White 
Bridge. The Big Cliff, which had been surveyed by Osborne the 
previous spring, was revisited. Probably because of the extreme 
steepness of the terrain and the dense cover of timber, nothing of 
archeological interest was found. It seems likely that the small 
tributary canyons in which those reservoirs will be located were 
never used by Indians except for temporary hunting and fishing 
grounds. 

From the Willamette area, Case and Salisbury proceeded to the 
Heise-Roberts project on the Snake River in southeastern Idaho. 
That project consists mainly of bank-control work and when com- 
pleted will not flood any of the adjacent area. Careful examination 
of the terrain to be disturbed by the construction work failed to reveal 
any archeological remains, and so further work at that location will 
not be necessary. From there the survey team went to the Crow 
Creek Reservoir near the Idaho-Wyoming border. Careful search 
of the area to be flooded by that project failed to reveal any archeo- 
logical sites, and no further investigations will be required. From 
Crow Creek, Case and Salisbury returned to the Post Reservoir, 
which will be on the Crooked River, 10 miles east of the town of Post, 
Oreg. That district was occupied at one time by small bands of the 
northern Paiute, and since their economy was based on hunting and 
gathering, they spent little time in any one spot. Consequently, 
only three small camp sites were found in the area that will be flooded. 
At all three the archeological materials were found to occur only on 
the surface, and no further work has been recommended for that 
reservoir. 

During the fall and winter months Shiner processed the materials 
from the McNary excavations and prepared the preliminary appraisal 
reports on the results of the surveys. In collaboration with Douglas 
Osborne, a preliminary report was written, giving the results of the 
excavation program in the McNary Reservoir. In February, Mr. 
Shiner, with a party of students from the University of Oregon, 
excavated a small cave east of The Dalles where the relocation of a 
highway was destroying archeological material. This project was in 
cooperation with the University of Oregon, which provided the student 
labor and assumed all the expenses of the project. An interesting 
series of artifacts was obtained, showing a sequence of types for the 
area. 

In the early part of June Mr. Shiner made an inspection trip to the 
Cascade Reservoir on the Payette River, Idaho, to determine the 
condition of an archeological site where excavations were planned. 
On his arrival there he found that the water in the reservoir had risen 


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much more rapidly than contemplated and that there was no possibility 
for archeological work. From the Cascade Reservoir he returned to 
the McNary Reservoir to inspect the sites where work was to be done 
during the summer field season. 

Richard Daugherty joined the River Basin Surveys staff as arche- 
ologist on June 12 and proceeded to the O’Sullivan Reservoir, near 
Moses Lake, Wash. Excavations were carried on at the O’Sullivan 
Reservoir in the summer of 1948 by Mr. Daugherty and the investi- 
gations this year were a continuation of the previous program. Daugh- 
erty began work in a village site and at the close of the fiscal year had 
excavated the remains of several pit houses and accompanying midden 
deposits. 

Douglas Osborne rejoined the River Basin Surveys on June 15 as 
a consulting archeologist and took charge of the general excavation 
program in the Columbia Basin. He proceeded with George Cheney 
and S. J. Tobin, who joined the Surveys on June 16 as archeologists, 
and their parties to the Chief Joseph and Equalizing Reservoirs in 
Washington. Cheney began work at the Chief Joseph Reservoir on 
June 19 and from then until the close of the fiscal year was occupied 
in the excavation of village sites. Tobin’s party at the Equalizing 
Reservoir began the excavation of a large cave on the same date. The 
cave, although its floor was littered with huge blocks that had fallen 
from the ceiling, gave evidence of considerable occupation, and numer- 
ous specimens of netting, cordage, basketry, and other perishable 
material were found there. Osborne returned to Eugene, and then 
proceeded with a party to the McNary Reservoir, where he began a 
series of excavations in sites lying farther upstream from those investi- 
gated during previous seasons. At the close of the fiscal year his 
party was busy digging house pits and midden deposits. 

A survey party consisting of George Coale, Stewart Peck, and 
Charles Farrell began a reconnaissance of the John Day Reservoir on 
the Columbia River June 27 and at the close of the fiscal year had 
located a number of important sites. 

Georgia.—The bulk of the work done in Georgia was at the Allatoona 
Reservoir on the Etowah River, near Cartersville. During the period 
from July to February, Joseph R. Caldwell excavated 6 sites and 
tested 10 others. From July to December, Carl F. Miller excavated 
5 sites and tested 9 others. As a result of the investigations, it is 
now possible to outline a new sequence of cultural stages in the 
Etowah River area. At least 10, and probably 11, different periods 
were identified, extending from the historic Cherokee of about 1755 
back to a pre-pottery period when the people depended for the most 
part on hunting and food gathering for their sustenance. The various 
periods as outlined on the basis of the investigations have been named 


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Galt, which is that of the historic Cherokee; Brewster and Lamar, 
which probably represent Creek occupation; Savannah and Etowah, 
which pertain to the same basic Muskogean stock but have not been 
identified as to the specific tribes; and the Woodstock period, which 
has not yet been correlated with any specific peoples but which is 
significant because it was characterized by a fortified village having 
circular palisades with towers and is the first where there is evidence 
for the growing of corn. The preceding period has been designated 
the Cartersville and is identified by a distinctive type of stamped 
pottery decoration and indications that the people had become at 
least semisedentary. The next preceding period was one represented 
by a site excavated by Mr. Miller but was not found by Mr. Caldwell, 
who did not include it in his sequence. Mr. Miller has tentatively 
designated the period as the Acworth. It was represented by the 
remains of a village containing some 60 round structures of varying 
sizes. Definite indications of Hopewellian influences were found in 
this horizon. The pottery was a plain, well-polished ware that 
preceded the introduction of stamped wares in the area. The next 
period recognized by both Caldwell and Miller is one designated 
the Kellogg. It was characterized by a semisedentary hunting and 
gathering culture. There was great use of storage pits, and a variety 
of acorns and nuts were recovered from them. Apparently it was 
during this period that the bow and arrow appeared in the Allatoona 
region. Antedating the Kellogg was a period called Stallings, which 
is represented only by scattered finds of potsherds from a fiber- 
tempered pottery. The oldest of the sequence, which tentatively has 
been designated pre-pottery, preceded the Stallings. The pre-pottery 
stage may represent several periods and cover a long duration of time. 
During that stage of the occupation of the area, the people had no 
pottery, no pipes, no agriculture, and possibly no houses. At least 
no evidence was found indicating any type of structure. The economy 
was basically hunting and gathering, and the chief weapon probably 
was a javelin hurled with a spear thrower. 

Louisiana.—The only work done in Louisiana during the fiscal year 
consisted of the reconnaissance made by Carl F. Miller at the Bayou 
Bodcau project on the Red River, northeast of Shreveport. He found 
that although there are archeological remains in that district, none of 
them. occur in the area to be involved by the work of the Corps of 
Engineers. 

Missouri Basin.—As in previous years, the program in the Missouri 
Basin was supervised and directed from the field headquarters at the 
University of Nebraska, in Lincoln. From July 1 until the end of 
December, Dr. Waldo R. Wedel was in charge of the program. His 
promotion to the position of curator of the division of archeology, 


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United States National Museum, made it necessary for him to with- 
draw from the River Basin Surveys activities, and on January 23 
Paul L. Cooper was designated as acting field director. 

Delay in the passage of the 1950 appropriation bill greatly reduced 
field work in the Missouri Basin during the summer of 1949 and 
prevented completion of the program originally set up for the fiscal 
year. However, it was possible to make surveys at the Onion Flat, 
Soral Creek, and Raft Lake Reservoirs in the Big Horn River basin 
in Wyoming during July, and to initiate an excavation program in the 
Angostura Reservoir in South Dakota. Nothing of archeological 
significance was noted in the three reservoirs, and no further work is 
recommended for them. 

‘The investigations at the Angostura Reservoir continued from 
early in July until November and were resumed in May. Though 
the final results of the excavations will not be known until it is possible 
to study all the materials obtained, it may be said that the sites where 
digging was done represent a number of different cultures, most of 
them indicating pre-pottery-making peoples. At two of them, 
however, evidence was obtained of two different pottery-making 
groups. At one of the sites the occupation level was so deeply buried 
that it was necessary to use a bulldozer to remove the sterile over- 
burden. Material from that particular site indicates a period of 
considerable antiquity. Tentative correlations suggest that it 
probably is comparable in age to some of the so-called Yuma remains 
in other parts of the Plains area. 

Other field work accomplished during the 1949 season was an 
18-day reconnaissance in the Oahe Reservoir area in South Dakota. 
Preliminary surveys had been made there in previous years, but 
during the reconnaissance in November more than 50 sites, many of 
them previously unrecorded, were visited. 

Active field work was resumed in June when a paleontological party 
proceeded to the Angostura Reservoir, the Boysen and Anchor 
Reservoirs in Wyoming, and the Canyon Ferry project in Montana. 
Important fossils were recovered from the latter area. On June 7 
excavations were started in the Garrison Reservoir in North Dakota, 
in the Tiber Reservoir in Montana, and later in the month at the 
Oahe project in South Dakota. All those activities were proceeding 
satisfactorily at the end of the fiscal year. 

During the fall and winter months considerable work was done in 
the laboratory. Eight preliminary reports were written and mimeo- 
graphed for distribution to the cooperating agencies. In all, 16,938 
specimens collected from 146 sites in 16 reservoir areas were cleaned 
and cataloged. Fifty-six maps were drawn and 1,318 negatives 
processed. The negatives include field photographs, black-and-white 


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negatives of color transparencies, and laboratory photographs. Two 
hundred and six transparencies were cataloged and filed; 78 enlarge- 
ments were printed and mounted; and 1,782 black-and-white contact 
prints were made, cataloged, and filed. More than 4,000 photo- 
graphic copies of archeological records were made to bring the basic 
record file up to date. A considerable number of animal bones taken 
from archeological sites were identified and there was some restora- 
tion of fragmentary pottery. 

G. Ellis Burcaw joined the staff as an archeologist on May 31 and 
left Lincoln on June 7 for the Garrison Reservoir in North Dakota, 
where he began a series of excavations at the so-called Rock Village. 
That site, one of the farthest upstream of the known fortified earth- 
lodge villages, was yielding considerable quantities of artifacts, in- 
cluding some European trade material, as work progressed at the 
close of the fiscal year. 

Karly in the fiscal year Paul L. Cooper devoted his time to studying 
materials pertaining to the archeological remains in the Oahe and 
Fort Randall Reservoirs. During September he made two brief 
trips to the Angostura and Oahe Reservoirs and late in October 
accompanied Dr. Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr., Director of the River 
Basin Surveys, on a visit to the excavation projects at the Angostura 
Reservoir and to inspect sites in other areas. During November he 
made a reconnaissance along the east side of the Missouri River in 
the Oahe Reservoir area. In December he accompanied Dr. Gordon 
Baldwin, of the National Park Service, Dr. Carlyle Smith, of the 
University of Kansas, and Wesley Hurt, of the University of South 
Dakota, on a trip to the Fort Randall and Oahe Reservoirs in South 
Dakota for the purpose of selecting sites for excavation by the Uni- 
versities of Kansas and South Dakota during the summer of 1950. 
On January 23, 1950, he was designated acting field director of the 
River Basin Surveys, and thereafter his activities were mainly con- 
cerned with planning and supervising the headquarters and field 
activities of the organization. 

Robert B. Cumming, Jr., archeologist, served throughout the year 
as laboratory supervisor at the Lincoln headquarters. During such 
time as the acting director was absent from the office, he assumed 
administrative responsibility for continuing its operations. In addi- 
tion he carried on research work on the skeletal material from the 
Medicine Creek and Harlan County Reservoirs and prepared an ap- 
pendix on the skeletal remains from the Woodruff ossuary for the 
technical report on the ossuary. He also did some work on the human 
remains from ossuaries in Nebraska. 

Walter D. Enger, Jr., archeologist, joined the River Basin Surveys 
staff on May 31 and left Lincoln on June 9 to begin the excavation of 


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sites to be flooded by the proposed Tiber Reservoir on the Marias 
River in Montana. Previous surveys in that area had shown three 
types of sites, consisting of buried occupational levels exposed along 
the edges of the river terraces, surface sites on the river terraces, and 
tipi-ring sites on top of the plateau surrounding the reservoir. Be- 
cause of the nature of the cultures represented, the artifact yield and 
the work accomplished before the end of the fiscal year was small; 
but considerable information was being obtained about the sequence 
of cultures and the general aboriginal characteristics of the area. 

Jack T. Hughes, archeologist, left Lincoln on July 7 and proceeded 
to the Angostura Reservoir in South Dakota, where he initiated a 
series of excavations. Hughes continued in charge of that project 
until September when he resigned from the River Basin Surveys to 
return to Columbia University for further academic work. Mr. 
Hughes prepared a report on the results of the Angostura work ob- 
tained while he was in charge of the field party. 

Donald J. Lehmer, Jr., archeologist, joined the Missouri Basin 
staff on June 1. He left Lincoln on June 9 with G. Ellis Burcaw and 
proceeded with him to the Tiber project where he assisted in estab- 
lishing headquarters. From there he returned to Pierre, S. Dak., 
and on June 19 began the excavation of a stratified earth-lodge village 
in the area of the Oahe Dam approach channel. By the end of the 
fiscal year his party had identified house remains attributable to both 
the Arikara and the Mandan. 

George Metcalf, field and laboratory assistant, spent the period 
from July 22, 1949, to November 7, 1949, with the field party at the 
Angostura Reservoir. During the fall and winter months he assisted 
in the analysis of the material from the Medicine Creek Reservoir and 
in the preparation of the report for the excavations made there during 
the previous fiscal year. He also made a study of ceramic materials 
from Upper Republican sites which are in the collections of the 
Nebraska State Historical Society at Lincoln. Metcalf left Lincoln 
on May 19 with the Wheeler party and at the close of the fiscal year 
was working at the Angostura Reservoir. 

Robert L. Shalkop joined the staff as an archeologist on June 28, 
and at the end of the fiscal year was preparing to leave with a recon- 
naissance party to survey a number of reservoir projects in Montana 
and Wyoming. 

James M. Shippee, field and laboratory assistant, was a member 
of the field party at the Angostura Reservoir from early in July until 
early in November. During the fall and winter months he devoted 
considerable time to the restoration of pottery vessels and the process- 
ing of other specimens from the Angostura excavations. During the 
spring months most of his time was occupied in the preparation of 


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field equipment to be used by the various parties during the summer 
months. 

At the beginning of the fiscal year Richard P. Wheeler, archeologist, 
was engaged in preliminary archeological surveys of the Onion Flat, 
Soral Creek, and Raft Lake Reservoirs, in the Big Horn River basin, 
Fremont County, Wyo. He returned to the Lincoln headquarters 
on July 11 and spent the time from then until the middle of August 
preparing reports on the reservoir areas examined over the period 
in which his party had been in the field. In August he joined the 
Angostura field party and after the departure of Mr. Hughes took 
full charge of the operations. From September 4 to November 7, 
Wheeler and his crew partially excavated or tested and mapped11 
sites. He returned to Lincoln in November and devoted the time 
from then until the middle of April in analyzing artifacts, supervising 
the drawing of site maps and profiles, and preparing an outline and 
notes for the final report on the Angostura investigations. On April 
19 he made a 5-day trip to the Angostura Reservoir to make plans 
for the excavations for the coming season. One month later he 
returned to the Angostura Reservoir with a field party and from then 
until the end of the fiscal year he excavated and tested two sites and 
supervised the removal of overburden with a bulldozer at two areas 
at a third site. The use of mechanized equipment in this particular 
instance was made necessary by the fact that the occupation level 
occurs beneath from 9 to 10 feet of sterile deposits, and there was not 
sufficient time to remove them by the usual hand methods. The 
materials found in the deeply buried level indicate an early hunting 
culture. 

Dr. Theodore E. White, paleontologist, spent the early months of 
the fiscal year in the laboratory at Lincoln identifying osteological 
material obtained from archeological sites and in preparing a report 
on the physiography of the Angostura Reservoir. He worked in 
Texas in November and December. In January he wastransferred 
to the Smithsonian Institution staff and was sent to Panamé. He 
returned to duty with the River Basin Surveys in May. He left the 
Lincoln headquarters on June 15 and proceeded to the Boysen Reser- 
voir area in Wyoming, where he prospected for vertebrate fossils 
until June 15. He then moved on to the Anchor Reservoir area 
where he prospected the Upper Permian and Lower Triassic deposits. 
On June 21 he moved to the Canyon Ferry Reservoir area in Montana, 
and spent the time prospecting the Oligocene and Miocene deposits. 
Two of the Oligocene localities produced abundant specimens, mostly 
small mammals, while three new localities were discovered in the 
Miocene deposits. Material obtained from two of the new localities 
definitely establishes the presence of both Lower and Middle Miocene 


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deposits in the area. During the course of this work, Dr. White was 
assisted by Prentiss Shepherd, Jr., a student at Harvard University, 
and William C. Harrup, Jr., a student at Columbia University. 

Ohio.—Field work in Ohio was restricted to brief visits to the 
proposed Deer Creek and Paint Creek Reservoirs on two tributaries 
of the Scioto River, near Chillicothe. Mr. Solecki, of the River 
Basin Surveys, went to Ohio in November and, in company with 
Clyde B. King, superintendent of Mound City National Monument, 
and Raymond Baby, archeologist of the Ohio State Archeological 
and Historical Society, Columbus, determined that no sites of archeo- 
logical significance would be inundated by the proposed reservoirs. 
During the course of the reconnaissance, Mr. Solecki examined three 
features on Deer Creek and two nearby on Spruce Hill, which were 
purported to be Norse iron furnaces, but was unable to find anything 
that could be construed as conclusive proof that the remains repre- 
sented ancient iron furnaces. The opinion was that the features 
probably had been lime kilns dating from the early Colonial period 
in the area. 

Texas.—The River Basin Surveys in Texas continued to operate 
from the base and headquarters furnished by the Department of 
Anthropology of the University of Texas at Austin. Surveys were 
begun and completed at the Belton Reservoir on the Leon River, at 
the Canyon Reservoir on the Guadalupe River, and at the Texarkana 
Reservoir on the Sulphur River, near the town of Texarkana. The 
work at the Belton Reservoir resulted in the location of 43 archeo- 
logical sites. Five of them were found to lie outside the reservoir 
area. Twelve of the remaining are rock-shelter sites, 12 are open 
occupational areas, and 4 are a combination of the two forms. The 
remainder consist either of burned rock middens or deeply buried 
middens. Testing was done in five sites, and a number of interesting 
artifacts were recovered. However, it was discovered that during 
the course of the years most of the sites in the area had been looted 
by commercial collectors and so little remains that further investi- 
gations are not warranted. Such evidence as was found during the 
reconnaissance and testing indicated that the Belton district probably 
was occupied by people of the Round Rock focus over a period of 
many centuries. 

At the Canyon Reservoir, 20 archeological sites were located and 
recorded. Five of them are large open sites, 3 are small rock shel- 
ters, 1 is a deeply buried occupation level, 1 is a subterranean cavern, 
and the remaining 10 are small open sites containing a single burned 
rock midden in each. The area is one from which only meager archeo- 
logical information is available and for that reason 8 of the sites have 
been recommended for excavation and complete analysis. 


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The Texarkana reconnaissance resulted in the location of 50 arche- 
ological sites, all of which are open occupational areas. At three of 
them there are small artificial mounds of the variety which has been 
called ‘(Capped Ridge.” Ten of the sites appear to belong to a non- 
pottery horizon, probably the Balcones phase. Seventeen are large 
village areas characterized by potsherds and appear to range in time 
from Early Gibson Aspect to Middle Fulton Aspect. At least two 
sites are related to the Coles Creek culture. The remainder are small 
sites of indeterminate affiliation. Of the total, 16 sites have been 
recommended for extensive excavation and analysis. 

Excavations were carried on at the Whitney Reservoir from March 
6 to June 18. During that period five Indian sites—three rock- 
shelter and two open sites—were extensively excavated and two 
historic sites were studied and recorded. One shelter called Picto- 
graph Cave contained material from two different periods, the first 
probably dating before A. D. 1200 and the second sometime subse- 
quent to that date but pre-Columbian. The early occupation is com- 
parable in many respects to the Round Rock focus in Texas, while 
the second has not yet been correlated with other remains. The 
data obtained from the shelter give interesting information pertaining 
to changes in diet and population density during the two periods of 
occupation. The second, known as Buzzard Shelter, is not far from 
the first, and also gave evidence of an early occupation in the lower 
depths of the fill. The later occupation in the shelter suggests certain 
similarities to that of the Toyah focus. While there is considerable 
similarity between the cultural sequence found in the two shelters, 
there are specific differences in artifact types and stratigraphic pro- 
portions. The third shelter, known locally as Sheep Cave, is the 
largest of the three, and the material from it agrees in the main with 
that from the other two. Five flexed burials were found there, how- 
ever, and study of the physical type represented should throw some 
light on the relationships of the people. 

Three weeks were spent in the excavation of a small occupational 
area on the second terrace of the Brazos River at the Steele site. 
The evidence of occupation on the surface covers about an acre in 
extent and it is underlain by an unknown number of occupational 
levels of considerably greater extent. Traces of occupation extend 
to a depth of at least 15 feet, and it will be necessary to use mechanical 
equipment to excavate a deep trench in order to make stratigraphic 
studies. The site appears to be a significant one in that the most 
recent occupation was prior to the advent of pottery and the bow and 
arrow in that area. 

The Stansbury site, the location of a historic Indian village, was the 
fifth area excavated. Material from it includes trade items of F rench, 


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English, and American origin. The occupation probably began in 
the mid-eighteenth century, or perhaps somewhat earlier, and lasted 
until 1869. House patterns with compact floor, post holes, central 
fire hearth, and bell-shaped cache pits were found. In general, it 
may be said that the site shows relationship with Taovayas site of 
Spanish Fort. It is located near the site of Towash Village, one of the 
historic sites studied. This village was an early white settlement dat- 
ing from the 1840’s to the present time. The first dam and bridge on 
the Brazos River were located there, and their remains, as well as those 
of the old stone store and church, are still to be seen. Measurements 
and photographs were taken in order to make scale drawings of the 
buildings. 

The other historic site studied was that of Fort Graham, a frontier 
post dating 1849-54. The outlines of one of the buildings, as well as 
several other features, were located. It also was determined that the 
“Village of the Caddoes,”’ visited by Ferdinand Roemer in 1846, was 
situated at the site of Fort Graham. 

Excavations got under way at the Lavon Reservoir on June 19 in 
the Hogge Bridge site, one of 11 situated along the east fork of the 
Trinity River. Each of the sites contains a large circular pit, which 
is a feature peculiar to the area. Digging was started in one of the 
large pits in order to determine what their purpose may have been. 
By the end of the fiscal year, the southwestern quarter of the pit in 
the Hogge Bridge site had been cleared and the original surface un- 
covered. The pit was 10 feet deep, 65 feet in diameter on the inside, 
and had a rim of dirt from the original excavation piled around the 
periphery measuring 90 feet from crest to crest. The floor proved to 
be concave, and no post holes or evidences of a structure had been 
found by the end of the year. Along the east rim of the pit was a bur- 
ial area, and on the inner slope of the south side of the pit a bear burial 
was uncovered. Potsherds indicate that the site probably dates be- 
tween A. D. 1200 and 1500, but its cultural affiliations had not yet 
been determined. 

During November and December Dr. Theodore E. White prospected 
the Upper Cretaceous deposits in the Lavon Reservoir for vertebrate 
fossils. A number of specimens were located, but time permitted the 
removal of only two. One consisted of a small mosasaur (unident) 
skull and the skull of a large mosasaur (Tylosaurus?). 

During the time when he was not in the field, Robert L. Stephenson, 
archeologist, prepared reports on the various surveys which he had 
made and processed the specimens in the laboratory at Austin. In 
November he attended the Seventh Conference for Plains Archeology 
and presented a paper on the work he had been doing in Texas. In 
May he attended the meetings of the Society for American Archaeology 


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at Norman, Okla., and took part in the discussions held there. At the 
close of the fiscal year he was occupied with the excavations at the 
Lavon Reservoir. 

Edward B. Jelks was appointed temporary assistant at the labora- 
tory in October and in February was made assistant field archeologist. 
He helped Mr. Stephenson in the processing of specimens until March 
6, when he proceeded with the party to the Whitney Reservoir and 
assisted in the excavation program throughout the course of the work. 
During such times as Mr. Stephenson was not with the party, Mr. 
Jelks was in full charge. On June 12 he was appointed archeologist 
and proceeded to the Lavon Reservoir, where he was at work at the 
end of the fiscal year. 

Cooperating institutions.—As in previous years, numerous State and 
local institutions cooperated with the River Basin Surveys. Space for 
field offices and laboratories for units of the Surveys were provided by 
the Universities of Georgia, Nebraska, Oregon, and Texas. The 
Universities of Oregon and Washington and Washington State College 
joined forces with the Surveys both in reconnaissance work and in 
excavations at the McNary, O’Sullivan, Equalizing, and Chief Joseph 
Reservoirs in the Columbia Basin, while the University of Georgia took 
over the responsibility for the excavation of one large site in the 
Allatoona Reservoir in Georgia, and for a series of surveys as well as 
excavations along the Flint River in the southern part of that State. 
The University of Missouri and the Missouri Archeological Society 
continued their cooperation in making surveys in a number of proposed 
reservolr areas and in conducting some excavations. During the 
early months of the fiscal year, the Museum of Natural History of the 
University of Kansas, the Laboratory of Anthropology of the Univer- 
sity of Nebraska, the State Museum of the University of Nebraska, 
and the Nebraska State Historical Society continued excavation 
projects that had been started toward the close of the preceding year. 
The University of Oklahoma continued work in the Fort Gibson 
Reservoir in the summer of 1949, and in June of 1950 returned to the 
area for further work. 

Late in the fiscal year a program developed by the National Park 
Service, whereby various scientific agencies would carry on salvage 
work in proposed reservoir areas, got under way. On the basis of 
agreements between the National Park Service and the agencies 
concerned, certain funds were made available to the latter to help 
cover the expense of the investigations. The River Basin Surveys 
participated in that program in a consultative capacity only. The 
final results of the work accomplished, however, will be correlated with 
those of the Surveys. 


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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY 
(Report prepared by Gorpon R. WILLEY) 


General statement.—The objectives of the Institute of Social Anthro- 
pology are anthropological research on the community life of rural 
peoples of Latin America and the training of Latin American nationals 
in the methods and principles of modern social anthropology. The aim 
is to inform both the social scientist and layman in the United States 
concerning little-known peoples of other parts of the world and to 
build up in various Latin American countries a corps of professionally 
trained scientists and friends. 

During the past year the Institute was financed by transfers of funds 
from the Department of State, totaling $82,510, from the appropria- 
tion “International Information and Education Activities, 1950.” 
As in the previous year, long-term planning has been done on a very 
tentative basis because of budget uncertainties for the future. Early 
in the fiscal year reorganizations in Department of State technical- 
aid-type programs called for a reappraisal of the Institute’s goals and 
programs. With the Point IV foreign aid scheduled to take the place 
of many of the projects of the former Committee for Scientific and 
Cultural Cooperation, the question was raised as to whether the work 

of the Institute should come within this new organizational frame- 
_work. The decision of the Institute, in keeping with the general 
policy of the Smithsonian Institution, was that the Institute should 
continue with basic research and teaching and not enter directly into 
the field of applied social science. Nevertheless, the Institute, 
through the office of the Director, served in an informal consultative 
capacity to the Program Analysis and Reports Branch of the Inter- 
departmental Committee and to the Point IV successor of this 
committee. Such consultation has included recommendations for 
anthropological aid and personnel for Point IV work, conferences with 
the representatives of other governmental agencies considering 
technical assistance programs, and informal memoranda from our 
field representatives on features of local native life that provide a 
background for economic development programs. 

The regular assignments and program of the Institute continued as 
formerly in the Washington office, and in the field stations in Brazil, 
Colombia, México, and Pert. 

Washington office.—Dr. George M. Foster, Director, served from 
July 1 until September 3, assuming leave status at the end of this 
period to conduct privately sponsored research in Spain. Although 
these investigations in Spain are not officially connected with the 
Institute of Social Anthropology program, they bear directly upon it 
scientifically in view of the close historical relationships between Spain 


68 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


and Latin America. Dr. Gordon R. Willey, on loan from the Bureau 
of American Ethnology, was Acting Director for the remainder of the 
year. Miss Lois C. Northcott, formerly secretary to the Director, 
became administrative assistant in November 1949. 

Upon the recommendation of the Director, Dr. José M. Cruxent, 
Director of the Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas, Venezuela, 
visited the United States on a Department of State grant-in-aid. He 
remained during August and September, traveling within this country 
to various museums and universities. 

In February, Dr. Willey began an extended tour of Institute field 
posts and, en route, visited other Latin-American countries to renew 
professonal contacts and to discuss scientific and local academic 
problems with Latin-American colleagues. Mexico City, Guatemala 
City, Panamé, Bogoté, Quito, Lima, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Sao 
Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Caracas were included on this trip. 

Brazil—Drs. Donald Pierson, sociologist, and Kalervo Oberg, 
social anthropologist, continued their research and teaching activities 
in cooperation with the Escola Livre de Sociologia e Politica in Sao 
Paulo. Dr. Pierson, after a 2-months’ consultation in the United 
States, assumed duties in the Escola Livre de Sociologia e Politica as 
dean of the graduate section. In connection with these duties he 
trained graduate students in problems of academic administration. 
In addition he taught courses in sociology and social anthropology, 
supervised masters theses in social anthropology, and was engaged in 
writing and preparing manuscripts in social anthropology and soci- 
ology. In April Dr. Pierson represented the Smithsonian Institution 
at Brazil’s National Indian Week celebrations in Rio de Janeiro. 
at the request of the Brazilian Embassy. During May and June, 
Dr. Pierson, accompanied by graduate students, undertook an in- 
tensive social anthropological survey of the large and important Sado 
Francisco River Valley. This field work was sponsored by the 
federal government of Brazil as well as by the Institute of Social 
Anthropology. A survey report is anticipated that will be of par- 
ticular interest for the Brazilian Government’s economic development 
plans for the Sao Francisco Valley. 

Dr. Kalervo Oberg, accompanied by a student assistant, spent the 
months of July and August in the northwestern Mato Grosso among 
the Nambicuara, Iranxe, and other Indian groups. These tribes, 
some of the most primitive in the world, lead a completely isolated 
life, and there is very little scientific literature on them. He returned 
to Sao Paulo late in August and resumed teaching, devoting his re- 
search time to the preparation of a manuscript on the Mato Grosso 
field work. Dr. Oberg delivered the address at the Escola Livre de 


SECRETARY’S REPORT 69 


Sociologia e Politica for the commencement exercises held in March. 
He spent May and June in the United States on consultation. 

Colombia.—In Colombia, Dr. Raymond E. Crist, cultural geog- 
rapher on leave from the University of Maryland, represented the 
Institute at the Universidad del Cauca, Popayan. For the past year 
Dr. Crist was in Colombia only for the months of July through August, 
returning to the United States in September. During this stay, 
which was a continuation of an appointment made in 1949, Dr. Crist 
and a group of Colombian scientists and graduate students made a 
survey trip into the western section of the Department. of Cauca for 
the purpose of studying land utilization and agricultural and animal- 
husbandry techniques. In August he accompanied Dr. A. C. White- 
ford of Beloit University on a field trip among the Guambiano In- 
dians, and shortly thereafter he visited the lower Eastern Cordillera 
on a geographic survey. Dr. Crist was especially cited to the Secre- 
tary of State by the assistant public affairs officer in Bogoté for the 
professional and personal success of his stay in Colombia. 

Mézxico.—Dr. Isabel T. Kelly, Institute representative assigned to 
the Escuela Nacional de Antropologia in Mexico City, divided her 
time between teaching and the writing of the first volume of an 
ethnography of the Totonac Indians. This work was completed in 
March, and since then Dr. Kelly has continued with preparation of 
the second volume. She also carried on a research seminar for Mex- 
ican graduate students in the writing and general preparation of 
scientific monographs. 

The United States-sponsored Benjamin Franklin Library in Mexico 
City exhibited some 80 photographs taken by Dr. Kelly during her 
work among the Totonac Indians, and these photographs were later 
borrowed by the Mexican Government for displays in Jalapa, Monter- 
rey, Morelia, and Oaxaca. Dr. Kelly’s activities have been favorably 
publicized by a feature article released in the Mexican popular weekly 
magazine Nosotros. 

In connection with the Washington office’s attempt to demonstrate 
the utility of anthropology for the Point IV type of economic devel- 
opment program, Dr. Kelly prepared an analysis of possibilities for 
public housing in the tropical coastal area of the Gulf of Mexico. This 
was written from the point of view of the native cultures involved, 
with which Dr. Kelly is expertly familiar, and points up the conflicts 
and difficulties to be overcome in implanting technological ideas on 
alien societies. During September Dr. Kelly was in the United 
States for consultation. 

Pert.—The 1950 year opened with Dr. George A. Kubler, on leave 
from Yale University, as the Institute’s representative attached to the 
Peruvian Instituto de Estudios Etnolégicos in Lima. Dr. Kubler, an 


70 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


authority on the Colonial Period in Pert, continued with his research 
on archival material in the Department of La Libertad, Trujillo, as 
well as in the Lima archives. Consultation with students in anthro- 
pology and history was also maintained. Dr. Kubler returned to the 
United States in September. A manuscript covering a part of Dr. 
Kubler’s work in Pert, ““The Indian Caste of Pert, 1795-1950,” an 
analysis of population and racial attitudes, was submitted for publica- 
tion in April. 

Ozzie G. Simmons, current representative in Pert, arrived in Lima 
in November. Mr. Simmons offered a course on American ethnic 
groups and acculturation in the Peruvian Instituto de Estudios 
Etnolégicos and began field investigations at the town of Lunahuan4. 
Studies at this community, initiated in February with the aid of a 
student assistant, have run throughout the year and will extend into 
1951. Coincident with this research Mr. Simmons is collaborating in 
a seminar on social anthropological field methods. He has also aided 
in a questionnaire project conducted by the Peruvian National School 
of Social Work among groups of highland Indians who have recently 
moved to the vicinity of Lima in response to industrial opportunities. 
Quite importantly, he has been instrumental in advising the Peruvian 
Ministry of Public Health to add a Peruvian social anthropologist to 
their staff for work in the Department of Ica. This has created an 
excellent job opportunity for a Peruvian trained by us and has shown 
the way for further employment of our trainees in governmental 
departments. 


EDITORIAL WORK AND PUBLICATIONS 


There were issued one Annual Report and one Bulletin volume 
(Handbook of South American Indians), and one Publication of the 
Institute of Social Anthropology as listed below: 


Sixty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1948-1949. 
34 pp. 

Bulletin 143. Handbook of South American Indians. Julian H. Steward, 
editor. Volume 5, The comparative ethnology of South American Indians. 
xxvi+ 818 pp., 56 pls., 190 figs., 22 maps. 1949. 

Institute of Social Anthropology Publ. No. 10. Nomads of the Long Bow: 
The Siriono of eastern Bolivia, by Allan R. Holmberg. 104 pp., 7 pls., 4 charts, 
lmap. 1950. 


The following publications were in press at the close of the fiscal year: 


Bulletin 143. Handbook of South American Indians. Julian H. Steward, 
editor. Volume 6, Physical anthropology, linguistics, and cultural geography of 
South American Indians. 

Bulletin 144. The northern and central Nootkan tribes, by Philip Drucker. 

Bulletin 145. The Indian tribes of North America, by John R. Swanton. 


SECRETARY’S REPORT 71 


Bulletin 146. Chippewa child life and its cultural background, by Sister M. 
Inez Hilger. 

Bulletin 147. Journal of an expedition to the Mauvaises Terres and the Upper 
Missouri in 1850, by Thaddeus B. Culbertson. Edited by John Francis 
McDermott. 

Bulletin 148. Arapaho child life and its cultural background, by Sister M. 
Inez Hilger. 

Institute of Social Anthropology Publ. No. 11. Quiroga: A Mexican Munici- 
pio, by Donald D. Brand. 

Institute of Social Anthropology Publ. No. 12. Cruz das Almas: A Brazilian 
village, by Donald Pierson. 

Institute of Social Anthropology Publ. No. 13. The Tajin Totonac: Part 1. 
History, subsistence, and technology, by Isabel Kelly and Angel Palerm. 

Institute of Social Anthropology Publ. No. 14. The Indian caste of Peru, 
1795-1950: A population study based upon tax records and census reports, by 
George Kubler. 


Publications distributed totaled 19,116 as compared with 19,660 for 
the fiscal year 1949. 
LIBRARY 


The total number of volumes accessioned in the library is 34,838, an 
increase of 119 volumes over the fiscal year 1949. 


ARCHIVES 


The largest collection of Indian photographs acquired by the 
Bureau in many years was obtained during the past year when the 
Library of Congress gave permission to copy pictures submitted long 
ago for copyright purposes. These pictures, made more than 50 
years ago, show many famous Indians whose portraits are new to the 
collections. Another group of 50 rare Indian photographs was re- 
ceived from Eddie Herman, a Sioux Indian of Hot Springs, S. Dak. 

The manuscript material in the archives of the Bureau has been 
used by research workers both by personal visits for consultation and 
by correspondence. 

A new manuscript of 2,380 pages, in the Fox Indian language, 
consisting of a vocabulary, with grammatical and linguistic notes, 
was donated to the Bureau by Miss Ella A. Merritt of Washington. 
This work was compiled by the late James Brannin, formerly connected 
with the United States Navy during the time (1935-42) he was 
stationed near the Fox Indians in Wisconsin. 


COLLECTIONS 
Acc. No. 


175998. Surface material from aboriginal sites in Allatoona Reservoir area, 
Cherokee, Bartow, and Cobb Counties, northwest Georgia, collected 
by Joseph R. Caldwell from November 1946 to April 1947. River 
Basin Surveys. 

910888—50-———6 


72 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


Acc. No. 

182578. Archeological materials, consisting of stone artifacts and potsherds, 
from two prehistoric shell mounds near Monagrillo, Herrera Province, 
Republic of Panam4, and including in the Monagrillo pottery series 
what is believed to be the earliest yet known from Papramé, collected 
by Drs. M. W. Stirling and Gordon R. Willey during the 1948 Smith- 
sonian Institution-National Geographic Society expedition to Panama. 

182845. A collection of archeological material together with 250 geological speci- 
mens, 31 mammals, botanical specimens, 4 fish, 20 insects, and approxi- 
mately 64 marine invertebrates from Cornwallis Island, the Canadian 
Arctic, collected by Henry B. Collins, Jr., in the summer of 1949 on the 
National Museum of Canada-Smithsonian Institution Expedition. 

183940. 68 potsherds of various types from an archeological site, Crystal River, 
Citrus County, Fla., collected by Dr. Gordon R. Willey. 

185245. 2 beetles, 2 lizards, 1 snake, and 1 frog from Province of Chiriquf, Pa- 
namé, collected by Dr. M. W. Stirling. 

185249. About 20 specimens of Eocene invertebrate fossils from Louisiana, col- 
lected by Carl F. Miller. River Basin Surveys. 

185382. 11 original oil paintings of Yahgan, Ona, and Tehuelche Indians, Argen- 
tine prisoners, and scenes of the Furlong Expedition of 1908 to Tierra 
del Fuego, painted by Charles W. Furlong. 

185538. (Through Carl F. Miller) 12 fresh-water mollusks from northwestern 
Georgia, gathered in an Indian village site. River Basin Surveys. 

185627. (Through Dr. Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr.) 2 mosasaur skulls collected 
by Dr. T. E. White from upper Cretaceous deposits of the Lavon Re- 
servoir area, 1 mile east of Culeoka, Collin County, Tex. River Basin 
Surveys. 

186797. 4 dictaphones and phonographs, including ones used by Alice C. Fletcher 
and Frances Densmore. 


MISCELLANEOUS 


Miss Frances Densmore, Dr. John R. Swanton, and Dr. Antonio 
J. Waring, Jr., continued as collaborators of the Bureau of American 
Ethnology. 

During the year information was furnished by members of the 
Bureau staff in reply to numerous inquiries concerning the American 
Indians, past and present, of both continents. The increased number 
of requests from teachers of primary and secondary grades and from 
Scout organizations indicates a rapidly growing interest in the American 
Jndian throughout the country. Various specimens sent to the 
Bureau were identified and data on them furnished for their owners. 

Respectfully submitted. 

M. W. Strruine, Director. 

Dr. A. WETMORE, 

Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 


APPENDIX 6 
REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 


Str: J have the honor to submit the following report on the activi- 
ties of the International Exchange Service for the fiscal year ended 
June 30, 1950: 

The Smithsonian Institution is the official United States agency for 
the exchange with other nations of governmental, scientific, and 
literary publications. The International Exchange Service, initiated 
by the Smithsonian Institution in the early years of its existence for 
the interchange of scientific publications between learned societies 
and individuals in the United States and those of foreign countries, 
serves as a means of developing and executing in part the broad and 
comprehensive object, ‘‘the diffusion of knowledge.”’ It was later 
designated by the United States Government as the agency for the 
transmission of official documents to selected depositories throughout 
the world, and it continues to execute the exchanges pursuant to 
conventions, treaties, and other international agreements. 

The number of packages received for transmission during the year 
was 1,009,675, an increase over the previous year of 169,550 packages, 
or approximately 20 percent. The weight of the packages was 
832,087 pounds, an increase of 35,387 pounds, or approximately 4.4 
percent. It was only through the installation and utilization of labor- 
saving devices that the International Exchange Service was able to 
process the additional number of packages without increased personnel. 

The average weight of the individual package decreased to approxi- 
mately 13 ounces as compared with the average of 15 ounces for the 
fiscal year of 1949. This indicates that the majority of the publica- 
tions now being transmitted are current publications rather than accu- 
mulated publications. A further reason for the reduction in the 
average weight of the individual package is to be found in the fact 
that more of the departments of the United States Government are 
using the International Exchange Service for the transmission of their 
periodical publications. The publications received from both the 


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foreign and domestic sources for shipment are classified as shown in 
the following table: 


Classification Packages Weight 
Number Number Pounds Pounds 
United States parliamentary documents sent abroad-_-- 526) 804i |Posk ae oes 2261966) |e eee 
Publications received in return for parliamentary docu- 

TING AES eee ed Np Ape ere t en Ae ee htt eee ee eer 135596) |e 2s see eee _ 21, 873 
United States departmental documents sent abroad---- 201 01 Op eee ees 220548 Tan | eee 
Publications received in return for departmental docu- 

Men tse a eee ene A a eee ee ee ee ae 5,955 |------------ 14, 147 
Miscellaneous scientific and literary publications sent 

NOLEN ee ee Re rer TT) TPAD) ee oe 253;1928))| ae 


Miscellaneous scientific and literary publications re- 
ceived from abroad for distribution in the United 


Ste Les eae MUL aOR US RUNS Ma NON SPA eae 431084 lke seen 94, 686 
UH Mo) ete eg ee tes ap oe WR a RS 947, 040 62, 635 701, 381 130, 706 
Grandito tel ee ese RAN IS aes ae oes 1, 009, 675 832, 087 


The packages of publications are forwarded by freight to the 
exchange bureaus of foreign countries and to addressees in foreign 
countries where shipment by such means is impractical by direct 
mail. The number of boxes shipped to the foreign exchange bureaus 
was 2,889, a decrease of 407 boxes from the previous year. Of the 
boxes shipped 841 were for depositories of full sets of United States 
Government documents, these publications being furnished in ex- 
change for the official publications of foreign governments for deposit 
in the Library of Congress. The number of packages forwarded by 
mail and means other than freight was 219,471. 

In spite of the fact that considerable savings in transportation 
continued to be effected by exporting through Baltimore rather than 
New York, and in spite of the advantage gained through special 
arrangements for shipment to Germany, the allotment for transporta- 
tion was insufficient to maintain full operations for the entire year. 
Owing to the insufficient funds and to the fact that no shipments. 
were made to China or Rumania, the International Exchange Service 
ended the fiscal year with a backlog of 145,224 pounds of publications. 

Consignments are now forwarded to all countries except China and 
Rumania. Publications for addressees in Formosa, formerly sent. 
through the Chinese Exchange Bureau, are now forwarded by direct. 
mail. 


FOREIGN DEPOSITORIES OF GOVERNMENTAL DOCUMENTS 


The number of sets of United States official publications received 
by the Exchange Service to be sent abroad in return for the official 
publications sent by foreign governments for deposit in the Library 
of Congress is 99 (59 full and 40 partial sets). Changes that occurred. 
during the year are shown in the footnotes. 


SECRETARY'S REPORT 75 
DEPOSITORIES OF FULL SETS 


ARGENTINA: Direccién de Investigaciones, Archivo, Biblioteca y Legislacié6n Ex- 
tranjero, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriories y Culto, Buenos Aires. 
AUsTRALIA: Commonwealth Parliament and National Library, Canberra. 

New Souts Watss: Public Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 

QUEENSLAND: Parliamentary Library, Brisbane. 

Souts AvustRaAuia: Public Library of South Australia, Adelaide. 

TasMANIA: Parliamentary Library, Hobart. 

Victoria: Public Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 

WESTERN AvusTRALIA: Public Library of Western Australia, Perth. 
Austria: Administrative Library, Federal Chancellery, Vienna. 
Brieium: Bibliothéque Royale, Bruxelles. 

Braziu: Biblioteca Nagional, Rio de Janiero.! 
Buue@aRia: Bulgarian Bibliographical Institute, Sofia, 
Burma: Government Book Depot, Rangoon. 
Canapa: Library of Parliament, Ottawa. 

Manirosa: Provincial Library, Winnipeg. 

Ontario: Legislative Library, Toronto. 

QursBeEc: Library of the Legislature of the Province of Quebec. 
Cxryton: Department of Information, Government of Ceylon, Colombo.? 
CuiILE: Biblioteca Nacional, Santiago. 

Cuina: Ministry of Education, National Library, Nanking, China. 

Prrpina: National Library of Peiping.® 
Cotompsia: Biblioteca Nacional, Bogotdé. 

Costa Rica: Oficina de Depésito y Canje Internacional de Publicaciones, San José. 
Cusa: Ministerio de Estado, Canje Internacional, Habana. 
CzEcHOSLOVAKIA: Bibliothéque de l’Assemblée Nationale, Prague. 
Denmark: Institut Danois des Echanges Internationaux, Copenhagen.! 
Eeyrt: Bureau des Publications, Ministére des Finances, Cairo. 
FinuaNnp: Parliamentary Library, Helsinki. 
France: Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris. 
GERMANY: Offentliche Wissenschaftliche Bibliothek, Berlin. 
Parliamentary Library, Bonn.’ 
Great BRITAIN: 
ENGLAND: British Museum, London. 
Lonpon: London School of Economics and Political Science. (Depository 
of the London County Council.) 
Huneary: Library of Parliament, Budapest. 
Inpra: National Library, Calcutta. 
InponEs1A: Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Djakarta.® 
IRELAND: National Library of Ireland, Dublin. 
IsRAEL: Government Archives and Library, Hakirya.® 
Itaty: Ministerio della Publica Istruzione, Rome. 
JAPAN: National Diet Library, Tokyo. 
Mexico: Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, Departamento de Informacién para 
el Extranjero, Mexico, D. F. 


1 Changed from Institutio Nagional do Livro. 

2 Changed from partial set. 

3 Suspended. 

4 Changed from Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. 
5 Changed from Amerika Institut, Berlin. 

6 Added during the year. 


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NETHERLANDS: Royal Library, The Hague. 

NeEw ZEALAND: General Assembly Library, Wellington. 

Norway: Utenriksdepartmentets Bibliothek, Oslo. 

PERU: Secciédn de Propaganda y Publicaciones, Ministerio de Relaciones Ex- 

teriores, Lima. 

PHILIPPINES: Bureau of Public Libraries, Department of Education, Manila. 

Pouanp: Bibliothéque Nationale, Warsaw. 

PortuGaL: Biblioteca Nacional, Lisbon. 

Spain: Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid.’ 

SWEDEN: Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm. 

SwiITzERLAND: Bibliothéque Centrale Fédérale, Berne. 

TurKEY: Department of Printing and Engraving, Ministry of Education, 

Istanbul. 

Union or Soutu Arrica: State Library, Pretoria, Transvaal. 

Union oF Soviet Socrauist Repustics: All-Union Lenin Library, Moscow 115. 
Uxraline: Ukrainian Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, 

Kiev.8 

Unirep Nations: Library of the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. 

Uruauay: Oficina de Canje Internacional de Publicaciones, Montevideo. 

VENEZUELA: Biblioteca Nacional, Caracas. 

YucGostavia: Ministére de l’Education, Belgrade. 


DEPOSITORIES OF PARTIAL SETS 


AFGHANISTAN: Library of the Afghan Academy, Kabul. 
Bottvia: Biblioteca del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto, La Paz. 
BRAZIL: 

Mrnas Gerats: Directoria Geral de Estatistica em Minas, Bello Horizonte. 
British Guiana: Government Secretary’s Office, Georgetown, Demerara. 
CANADA: 

ALBERTA: Provincial Library, Edmonton. 

British Coutumstia: Provincial Library, Victoria. 

New Brunswick: Legislative Library, Fredericton. 

Nova Scotia: Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia, Halifax. 

SASKATCHEWAN: Legislative Library, Regina. 

Dominican ReEpvuBLic: Biblioteca de la Universidad de Santo Domingo, Ciudad 
Trujillo. 

Kcuapor: Biblioteca Nacional, Quito. 

GREECE: National Library, Athens. 

GUATEMALA: Biblioteca Nacional, Guatemala. 

Harri: Bibliothéque Nationale, Port-au-Prince. 

HONDURAS: 

Biblioteca y Archivo Nacionales, Tegucigalpa. 

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Tegucigalpa. 
IcELAND: National Library, Reykjavik. 

Inpia: 

BruaR AND Orissa: Revenue Department, Patna. 

BomsBay: Undersecretary to the Government of Bombay, General Depart- 

ment, Bombay. 


7 Changed from Cambio Internacional de Publicaciones. 
8 Suspended. 


SECRETARY’S REPORT Wd. 


Inp1a—Continued 

UNITED PROVINCES OF AGRA AND OUDH: 

University of Allahabad, Allahabad. 
Civil Secretariat, Council House, Lucknow.® 

West Beneau: Library, West Bengal Legislature, Assembly House, Calcutta. 
Iran: Imperial Ministry of Education, Tehran. 
Iraq: Public Library, Baghdad. 
JAMAICA: Colonial Secretary, Kingston. 

University College of the West Indies, St. Andrews.? 
Liperia: Department of State, Monrovia. 
Mataya: Federal Secretariat, Federation of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. 
Matra: Minister for the Treasury, Valleta. 
NEWFOUNDLAND: Department of Home Affairs, St. John’s. 
Nicaracua: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Managua. 
PaxkisTAN: Chief Secretary to the Government of Punjab, Lahore. 
PanaMA: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Panama. 
ParaauayY: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Seccién Biblioteca, Asuncién. 
SALVADOR: 

Biblioteca Nacional, San Salvador. 

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, San Salvador. 
Scoritanp: National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh.® 
Stam: National Library, Bangkok. 
StnecaPore: Chief Secretary, Government Offices, Singapore. 
Vatican Ciry: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Italy. 


INTERPARLIAMENTARY EXCHANGE OF THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL 


There are now being sent abroad 83 copies of the Federal Register 
and 87 copies of the Congressional Record. This is an increase of 
2 copies of the Federal Register and 12 of the Congressional Record 
over the preceding year. The countries to which these journals are 
being forwarded are given in the following list. 


DEPOSITORIES OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD AND FEDERAL REGISTER 


ARGENTINA: 
Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional, Buenos Aires. 
Biblioteca del Poder Judicial, Mendoza." 
C4mara de Diputados, Oficina de Informacion Parliamentaria, Buenos Aires. 
Boletin Oficial de la Republica Argentina, Ministerio de Justica e Instruccién 
Publica, Buenos Aires. 
AUSTRALIA: 
Commonwealth Parliament and National Library, Canberra. 
New Souru Watss: Library of Parliament of New South Wales, Sydney. 
QUEENSLAND: Chief Secretary’s Office, Brisbane. 
Western Austra: Library of Parliament of Western Australia. 
BRAZIL: 
Biblioteca da Camera dos Deputados, Rio de Janeiro. 
Amazonas: Archivo, Biblioteca e Imprensa Publica, Mandos. 
Banta: Governador do Estado da Bahia, Sao Salvador. 
Espririro Santo: Presidencia do Estado do Espirito Santo, Victoria. 


® Added during the year. 
10 Federal Register only. 


78 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


Brazit—Continued 
Rio GRANDE Do Suu: Imprensa Oficial do Estado, Porto Alegre. 
SERGIPE: Biblioteca Publica do Estado de Sergipe, Aracajd. 
Sio Pauto: Imprensa Oficial do Estado, Sao Paulo. 
British Honpuras: Colonial Secretary, Belize. 
CANADA: 
Library of Parliament, Ottawa. 
Clerk of the Senate, Houses of Parliament, Ottawa. 
CuBA: 
Biblioteca del Capitolio, Habana. 
Biblioteca Publica Panamericana, Habana.! 
House of Representatives, Habana. 
CzEcHOSLOVAKIA: Library of the Czechoslovak National Assembly, Prague.!! 1 
Eeyrr: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egyptian Government, Cairo.1! 
Ex Satvapor: Library, National Assembly, San Salvador. 
FRANCE: 
Bibliotheque Assemblée Nationale, Paris. 
Bibliothéque, Conseil de la République. 
Library, Organization for European Economic Cooperation, Paris.1! 12 
Publiques de |’Institute de Droit Compare, Université de Paris, Paris.’ 
Research Department, Council of Europe, Strasbourg.!! 12 
Service de la Documentation Etrangére, Assemblée Nationale, Paris." 
GERMANY: Der Bayrische Landtag, Munich. 14 
Deutscher Bundesrat, Bonn.!3 % 
Deutscher Bundestag, Bonn.# 4 
GREAT BRITAIN: 
House of Commons Library, London. 
Printed Library of the Foreign Office, London. 
GREECE: Bibliotheque, Chambre des Députés Hellénique, Athens.18 
GuaATEMALA: Biblioteca de la Asamblea Legislativa, Guatemala. 
Haiti: Bibliothéque Nationale, Port-au-Prince. 
Honpuras: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional, Tegucigalpa. 
INDIA: 
Civil Secretariat Library, Lucknow, United Provinces.!” 
Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi.!3 
Legislative Assembly Library, Lucknow, United Provinces. 
Legislative Department, Simla. 
Parliament Library, New Delhi.3 
InponestiA: Provisional Parliament of East-Indonesia, Macassar, Celebes. 
IRELAND: Dail Eireann, Dublin. 
ITALY: 
Biblioteca Camera dei Deputati, Rome. 
Biblioteca del Senato della Republica, Rome. 
European Office, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 
Rome.” 
International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, Rome.!” 


11 Congressional Record only. 

12 Added during the year. 

13 Congressional Record only. 

14 Three copies. 

18 Added during the year. 

16 Changed from Library, Greek Parliament. 
17 Federal Register only. 


SECRETARY’S REPORT 79 


Japan: Library of the National Diet, Tokyo. 
MExIco: 
Direccién General de Informacién, Secretaria de Gobernacién, Mexico, D. F. 
Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, Mexico, D. F. 
AGUASCALIENTES: Gobernador del Estado de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes. 
CamMPECHE: Gobernador del Estado de Campeche, Campeche. 
CutaPas: Gobernador del Estado de Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutierrez. 
CHIHUAHUA: Gobernador del Estado de Chihuahua, Chihuahua. 
CoanutLa: Periddico Oficial del Estado de Coahuila, Palacio de Gobierno, 
Saltillo. 
Couima: Gobernador del Estado de Colima, Colima. 
Duranco: Gobernador Constitucional del Estado de Durango, Durango. 
Guanajuato: Secretaria General de Gobierno del Estado, Guanajuato. 
GUERRERO: Gobernador del Estado de Guerrero, Chilpancingo. 
Jautisco: Biblioteca del Estado, Guadalajara. 
Lower Catirornia: Gobernador del Distrito Norte, Mexicali. 
Mé£xico: Gaceta del Gobierno, Toluca. 
Micuoacdn: Secretaria General de Gobierno del Estado de Michoacan, 
Morelia. 
Moretos: Palacio de Gobierno, Cuernavaca. 
Nayarit: Gobernador de Nayarit, Tepic. 
Nuevo LE6n: Biblioteca del Estado, Monterrey. 
Oaxaca: Periddico Oficial, Palacia de Gobierno, Oaxaca. 
PuEBLA: Secretaria General de Gobierno, Puebla. 
QueERfraARO: Secretaria General de Gobierno, Secciédn de Archivo, Querétaro. 
San Luis Porosf: Congreso del Estado, San Luis Potosi. 
SinaLoa: Gobernador del Estado de Sinaloa, Culiacan. 
Sonora: Gobernador del Estado de Sonora, Hermosillo. 
Tasasco: Secretaria de Gobierno, Sessién 3a, Ramo de Prensa, Villahermosa. 
TAMAULIPAS: Secretaria General de Gobierno, Victoria. 
TLAXCALA: Secretaria de Gobierno del Estado, Tlaxcala. 
Veracruz: Gobernador del Estado de Veracruz, Departamento de Gober- 
nacién y Justicia, Jalapa. 
YucatAn: Gobernador del Estado de Yucatan, Mérida. 
NETHERLANDS: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague.” 
New Zeauanp: General Assembly Library, Wellington. 
Norway: Library of the Norwegian Parliament, Oslo. 
PaxisTan: Punjab Legislative Assembly, Lahore.® 
Prru: Cdémara de Diputados, Lima. 
PotanpD: Ministry of Justice, Warsaw.!? 
PortuGa.: Secretaria da Assembla National, Lisbon.' ”° 
SwitzeRLAnpD: Bibliothéque, Bureau International du Travail, Geneva." 
Library, United Nations, Geneva. 
International Labor Office, Geneva.'9 24 
Union or SoutH AFRICA: 
Cars or Goop Hope: Library of Parliament, Cape Town. 
TRANSVAAL: State Library, Pretoria. 
Unton or Sovier Socrauist Repusuics: Fundamental’niia Biblioteka, Ob- 
shchestvennykh Nauk, Moscow.'® ”° 


18 Added during the year. 

19 Federal Register only. 

20 Congressional Record only. 
21 Two copies. 


80 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


Urvueuay: Diario Oficial, Calle Florida 1178, Montevideo. 
VENEZUELA: Biblioteca del Congreso, Caracas. 


FOREIGN EXCHANGE AGENCIES 


Kxchange publications are forwarded to all countries except China 
and Rumania. The countries listed are those to which shipments 
are forwarded by freight. Packages of publications are forwarded to 
addresses in other countries directly by mail. 


LIST OF AGENCIES 


Austria: Austrian National Library, Vienna. 

Beucrum: Service des Echanges Internationaux, Bibliothéque Royale de Belgique, 
Bruxelles. 

Cuina: Bureau of International Exchange, National Central Library, Nanking.” 

CzEcHOSLOVAKIA: Bureau of International Exchanges, National and University 
Library, Prague.?3 

Denmark: Institut des Echanges Internationaux, Bibliothéque Royale, Copen- 
hagen K. 

Eeyrt: Government Press, Publications Office, Bulaq, Cairo. 

FINLAND: Delegation of the Scientific Societies of Finland, Kasirngatan 24, 
Helsinki. 

France: Service des Echanges Internationaux, Bibliothéque Nationale, 58 Rue 
de Richelieu, Paris. 

GERMANY: Offentliche Wissenschaftliche Bibliothek, Berlin.24 25 

German Central Committee for Distribution of Cultural Materials, 
Stuttgart.2 26 

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: Wheldon & Wesley, 83/84 Berwick Street, London, 
W. 1. 

Huneary: Hungarian Libraries Board, Ferenciektere 5, Budapest, IV. 

Inpia: Superintendent of Government Printing and Stationery, Bombay. 

Iraty: Ufficio degli Scambi Internazionali, Ministero della Publica Istruzione, 
Rome. 

Japan: International Exchange Service, National Diet Library, Tokyo.” 

NETHERLANDS: International Exchange Bureau of the Netherlands, Royal 
Library, The Hague. 

New Sovuta Wa tes: Public Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 

New Zearanp: General Assembly Library, Wellington. 

Norway: Service Norvégien des Echanges Internationaux, Bibliothéque de |’ Uni- 
versité Royale, Oslo. 

PaLEsTINE: Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem. 

PHILIPPINES: Bureau of Public Libraries, Department of Education, Manila. 

Pouanp: Service Polonais des Echanges Internationaux, Bibliothéque Nationale, 
Warsaw. 

Portucat: Secc¢ao de Trocas Internacionais, Biblioteca Nacional, Lisbon. 


22 Shipments suspended. 

23 Changed from Bureau des Echanges Internationaux, Bibliothéque de l’Assemblée Nationale. 
* Distribution under the supervision of the United States High Commissioner for Germany. 

% For all sectors of Berlin and the Eastern Zone. 

26 For the Western Zone. 

% Changed from International Exchange Service, National Library of Japan. 


SECRETARY'S REPORT 81 


(QUEENSLAND: Bureau of Exchanges of International Publications, Chief Secre- 
tary’s Office, Brisbane. 

Rumania: Ministére de la Propagande Nationale, Service des Echanges Inter- 
nationaux, Bucharest.”? 

Sourn Avustraia: South Australian Government Exchanges Bureau, Govern- 
ment Printing and Stationery Office, Adelaide. 

Spain: Junta de Intercambio y Adquisicié6n de Libros y Revistas para Biblote- 
cas Pitiblicas, Ministerio de Educacién Nacional, Avenida Calvo Sotelo 20, 
Madrid. 

SwEDEN: Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm. 

SwiTzERLAND: Service Suisse des Echanges Internationaux, Bibliothéque Centrale 
Fédérale, Palais Fédérale, Berne. 

TASMANIA: Secretary to the Premier, Hobart. 

Turkey: Ministry of Education, Department of Printing and Engraving, 
Istanbul. 

Union oF Soutn Arrica: Government Printing and Stationery Office, Cape Town, 
Cape of Good Hope. 

Union oF Soviet Socrauist Repustics: Bureau of Book Exchange, State Lenin 
Library, Moscow 19.8 

Victoria: Public Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 

WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Public Library of Western Australia, Perth. 

YuaGostavia: Federal Bibliographical Institute of Yugoslavia, Belgrade.” 


Respectfully submitted. 
D. G. Wiuurams, Chief. 
Dr. A. WETMORE, 
Secretary, Smithsoman Institution. 


22 Shipments suspended. 

2 Changed from International Book Exchange Department, Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign 
Countries, Moscow 56. i 

227 Changed from Section des Echanges Internationaux, Ministére des Affaires Etrangéres. 


APPENDIX 7 
REPORT ON THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 


Sir: Transmitted herewith is a report on the operations of the 
National Zoological Park for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1950. 

The value of the collection was enhanced by the acquisition of 
specimens that have not hitherto been on exhibition or that are 
rarities. As the Zoo is a combined educational, recreational, and 
research institution, the addition of new kinds of animals is of marked 
benefit. At the close of the year the personnel had been recruited to 
almost its authorized strength, and the rate of personnel turn-over 
had declined. Such good progress had been made in repair work 
that the general condition is definitely better than it has been for 
several years. 

The National Zoological Park continues to do its utmost to further 
the expressed purpose of the Smithsonian Institution, ‘‘the increase 
and diffusion of knowledge among men,” by constantly rendering a 
wide variety of services in addition to maintaining the exhibits. 
Valuable opportunities for research are afforded students of biology, 
particularly vertebrate zoology, as well as artists, photographers, and 
writers, utilizmg only methods of study that do not endanger the 
welfare of the animals or of the public. Other services are answering 
in person, and by phone, mail, and telegraph, questions regarding 
animals and their care and transportation; furnishing information to 
other zoos and private and public agencies regarding structures for 
keeping and housing animals; cooperation with other agencies of the 
Federal, State, and municipal governments in research work; and 
preparation of articles for publication. 


THE EXHIBITS 


Specimens for exhibition are acquired by gift, deposit, purchase, 
exchange, births, and hatchings and are removed by death, exchange, 
or return of those on deposit. Although depositors are at liberty to 
remove their specimens, many leave them permanently. 

As in any colony of living things, there is a steady turn-over, and 
so the exhibits are constantly changing. Thus, the inventory list of 
specimens in the collection on June 30 of each year does not show all 
the kinds of animals that were exhibited during the year; sometimes 

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creatures of outstanding interest at the time they were shown are no 
longer in the collection at the time the list is prepared. 


ACCESSIONS 
GIFTS 


Many valuable additions to the collections were made by gifts 
during the past year. 

The Government of India, through Prime Minister Jawaharlal 
Nehru and the Embassy of India in Washington, presented a pair of 
baby elephants. These were captured in Mysore and sent from 
Bombay to the States with a young Indian mahout, Baba Jan, in 
charge. The Isthmian Steamship Co. furnished free transportation 
for the elephants and a return passage for Baba Jan. They were 
officially presented by Madam Vijayalakshmi Pandit, Ambassador to 
the United States from India, through Assistant Secretary of State 
George C. McGhee, in the presence of some 70,000 people. Ashok, 
named after an ancient Indian emperor known for his peaceful reign, 
was about a year old. Shanti, an Indian word meaning peace (and 
also a girl’s name), was about 2 years old. They adapted themselves 
immediately to life at the Zoo and are two much-admired animals. 

The U. S. National Park Service captured and sent three grizzly 
bears, which were especially desirable additions inasmuch as the Zoo 
has had none for many years. Grizzlies are now so scarce that they 
are highly prized, and the courtesy of the National Park Service in 
supplying them is much appreciated. These three were removed 
from Yellowstone Park because they threatened to become a menace 
to visitors; otherwise they would not have been disturbed. 

A number of shipments were received from members of the Armed 
Forces who had been abroad; many of them came from Malaya, 
where they were collected by Maj. Robert Traub, of the Army Med- 
ical Department, Research and Graduate School. Outstanding 
among the rare and interesting creatures are two pencil-tailed tree 
mice, a species seldom seen in captivity. 

Miss Alice Birney Robert, Washington, D. C., presented a great 
gray kangaroo that her father obtained while in Australia. 

The American Veterans Association presented “‘Amvet,’”’ an unus- 
ually fine lion cub, which promises to become a splendid adult. 

Roy Humbert, of Eustis, Fla., sent four giant anolis lizards from 
Cuba. 

Capt. Hugh L. Keegan, of the United States Army Medical Corps, 
sent a number of Philippine species, including two elephant trunk 
snakes, a tangalunga, a Philippine palm civet, and a slender-tailed 
cloud rat (Phloeomys cumingi). 


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The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service continued sending valuable 
animals, including a Steller’s sea lion from St. Paul Island, Alaska. 

J. D. Handman, of Nyasaland, Africa, in making shipments of 
animals ordered from him, has in each case put in one or two extra 
creatures as gifts. The specimens are from a region not well known 
zoologically, and so all are of special interest. 

An American black bear, ‘“SSmoky,”’ a cub that had been rescued 
from a forest fire in New Mexico, was presented by the U. S. Forest 
Service. The animal was flown to Washington in a Piper Cub air- 
plane, through the courtesy of Mr. Piper, and presented in connection 
with the Forest Service’s campaign to emphasize the necessity for 
prevention and control of forest fires. 


DEPOSITORS AND DoNoRS AND THEIR GIFTS 


(Deposits are marked *) 


Adams, Joseph L., Washington, D. C., opossum. 

Allen, Mrs. Arthur, Alexandria, Va., horned lizard. 

Allen, Robert F., Washington, D. C., 2 opossums. 

Allen, Ross, Ocala, Fla., 3 southern chicken snakes. 

AMVETS, Washington, D. C., lion cub. 

Anholt, R. W., Washington, D. C., Pekin duck. 

Aqueduct Police Force, Washington, D. C., water snake. 

Army Medical Department, Research and Graduate School, through Maj. Robert: 
Traub, Washington, D. C., 2 pencil-tailed tree mice. 

Asbury, George, Jr., Washington, D. C., alligator. 

Austin, Arthur E., Washington, D. C., 2 rabbits, guinea pig. 

Baird, James, Triangle, Va., copperhead snake. 

Baldwin, Lt. Col. Charles, Canal Zone, 2 kinkajous. 

Barbour, Mrs., Sunnybrook, Md., Muscovy duck. 

Beckett, Howard, Lanham, Md., great horned owl. 

Bergen, R. P., Washington, D. C., Pekin duck. 

Bittenbender, C. R., Arlington, Va., Pekin duck. 

Blair, Mrs. Marge, Washington, D. C., Pekin duck. 

Blair, William, Hillwood Square, Va., horned grebe. 

Blocker, E. M., Fresno, Calif., California spotted skunk, 2 coyotes. 

Boatright, Miss Susie, Peacock, Tex., 4 horned lizards. 

Bockman, Chas. C., Baltimore, Md., blue goose. 

Boykin, Masters Robert and Richard, Washington, D. C., jumping mouse. 

Brill, Delbert, Washington, D. C., opossum. 

Brucker, Brad, Washington, D. C., black-widow spider. 

Buell, Miner W. and James, Bethesda, Md., 5 rabbits. 

Busbey, Bill, Berwyn, Md., 2 pygmy rattlesnakes, diamondback rattlesnake,. 
black racer, opossum. 

Butler, C. P., Washington, D. C., 12 hermit crabs. 

Butler, William J., Chevy Chase, Md., opossum. 

Canada, Dr. R. O., Arlington, Va., 2 cottontail rabbits. 

Chaffe, Melvin, Washington, D. C., horned lizard. 

Charles, R. W., Washington, D. C., alligator. 

Cleveland Zoological Park, Cleveland, Ohio, 2 spur-winged geese. 


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Cliff, Arthur E., Washington, D. C., Pekin duck. 

Cline, L. A., Washington, D. C., chain king snake. 

Coleman, Mrs. Howard, Arlington, Va., 2 Pekin ducks. 

Collins, Mrs. J., Washington, D. C., horned lizard. 

Collins, Miss Jeanne, Washington, D. C., 7 rabbits. 

Comley, Clifford, Jr., Arlington, Va., 2 Pekin ducks. 

Costello, Mrs. E., Washington, D. C., Philippine macaque. 

Cottam, Dr. Clarence, Washington, D. C., white-fronted goose. 

Counts, R. L., Washington, D. C., rabbit. 

Darison, Mrs. G. F., Washington, D. C., albino gray squirrel. 

Davidson, Miss Mary, Washington, D. C., screech owl. 

Davis, Miss Elizabeth, Washington, D. C., 4 blue jays. 

Davis, Mrs. Elwood, Washington, D. C., rabbit. 

Davis, John, Washington, D. C., great blue heron. 

Davis, Malcolm, Calcutta, India, 2 koels. 

Dean, Mr., Sunnyside, Md., 70 bantam chickens. 

Denletian, Gary A., Washington, D. C., eastern nighthawk. 

Dickey, Donald, Suitland, Md., osprey. 

Dix, Mr. and Mrs. E. S8., Vienna, Va., bobwhite quail. 

Doerr, William C., Washington, D. C., alligator. 

Dornin, W., Phoenix, Ariz., Boyle’s king snake, 5 sidewinder rattlesnakes. 

Douglas, J. E., Rockville, Md., pilot black snake. 

DuFour, Mrs. E., Prince Georges County, Md., red, blue, and yellow macaw. 

Easterman, W. B., Arlington, Va., 2 Pekin ducks. 

Hleazer, J. M., Clemson, 8. C., red-tailed hawk. 

Faul, Mrs. Henry, Lanham, Md., 4 opossums. 

Faust, John H., Washington, D. C., spotted salamander. 

Fickel, Miss Susan, Alexandria, Va., domestic rabbit. 

Fieser, Jimmy and Johnny, Bethesda, Md., Pekin duck. 

Fox, James B., Washington, D. C., goshawk.* 

French, Mrs. Patterson, Washington, D. C., baby alligator. 

Frey, Miss Jane, Washington, Pekin duck. 

Gabriel, Master Richard, Arlington, Va., Pekin duck. 

Garrett, Miss Betty I., Arlington, Va., alligator. 

Gassage, F. T., Takoma Park, Md., horned lizard. 

Gaver, Gordon, Thurmont, Md., king cobra,* 3 Indian cobras,* cape cobra,* 
boa constrictor,* central American boa,* rainbow boa,* regal python,* Indian 
rock python,* 8 Mexican tropical moccasins,* cottonmouth moccasin,* 3 
copperhead snakes,* chicken snake,* corn snake,* pine snake,* 2 black tegus,* 
Gila monster,* 4 rhesus monkeys,* 2 Javan macaques,* African monitor,* 
2 gila monsters,* 3 beaded lizards.* 

Gaynor, Donald B., Silver Spring, Md., 3 Pekin ducks. 

Geuton, John, McLean, Va., 4 Pekin ducks.* 

Gillespie, Mrs. Wm. V., Takoma Park, Md., ring-necked dove. 

Good, C. B., Gore, Va., raccoon. 

Gooden, Mrs. E. L., Takoma Park, Md., Pekin duck. 

Gouleit, Misses Gloria and Joann, Washington, D. C., 2 rabbits. 

Graham, Mrs. Wallace H., Washington, D. C., ocelot. 

Gray, Ralph, Arlington, Va., 2 gray raccoons. 

Green, Robert, Washington, D. C., barn owl. 

Greeson, L. E., Arlington, Va., fox squirrel. 

Griffin, Fred, Washington, D. C., black duck. 

Haggard, J. W., Washington, D. C., 5 hamsters. 


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Haggerty, Miss Irene, Washington, D. C., 3 guinea pigs. 

Hall, Miss Suzanne, Westgate, Md., Pekin duck. 

Hamilton, A. G., Washington, D. C., mockingbird. 

Handley, Charles, Washington, D. C., 3 guinea pigs, 12 hamsters. 

Hanley, C., Arlington, Va., angora goat. 

Hardy, Mrs. W. E., Bowie, Md., 2 wood ducks. 

Harris, Mrs. E. G., Arlington, Va., 2 hamsters. 

Harris, Lester E., Jr., Takoma Park, Md., pilot black snake. 

Hassett, William D., The White House, mynah.* 

Hayes, Buster, Tampa, Fla., Indian rock python,* coatimundi.* 

Hebert, Emmett, A., Bethesda, Md., 2 Pekin ducks. 

Hegener Research Supply, Sarasota, Fla., corn snake. 

Heller, Miss Barbara, Washington, D. C., Pekin duck. 

Hershfield, Master Peter, Alexandria, Va., raccoon. 

Hicks, Robert, Washington, D. C., puma.* 

Hoffman, R. A., Washington, D. C., double yellow-headed parrot. 

Holcomb, V., Washington, D. C. blue heron. 

Hook, Rev. Walter C., Fairfax, Va., 2 Pekin ducks. 

Houser, Adam, Avondale, Md., 2 Pekin ducks. 

Hughes, Chas., Silver Spring, Md., 4 fence lizards, 5 garter snakes, prairie rattle- 
snake, bull snake. 

Hughes, Miss Gene, Washington, D. C., 2 red-shouldered hawks. 

Humbert, Roy, Eustis, Fla., 4 giant anolis. 

Hynes, Dr. Wm. P., Washington, D. C., 3 grass parakeets. 

Indian Government, through Premier Jawaharlal Nehru, 2 Asiatic elephants. 

Ingalls, Tommy, Washington, D. C., 2 white mice, 2 canaries. 

Ingham, Rex, Ruffin, N. C., patas monkey,* rhesus monkey,* DeBrazza’s guenon 
monkey,* sooty mangabey monkey,* great gray kangaroo,* scarlet snake.* 

Jenkins, R. §., Buena Vista, Va., Philippine macaque.* 

Johnson, Miss Betty, Chevy Chase, Md., raccoon. 

Jolley, Edward M., Jr., Washington, D. C., black snake, copperhead. 

Jones, Miss Marie, Washington, D. C., 2 white rabbits. 

Judd, Master Robert, Chevy Chase, Md., flying squirrel. 

Kahlaugh, Mrs. R., Knoxville, Tenn., sparrow hawk. 

Kane, Miss Kathleen, Washington, D. C., Pekin duck. 

Kaplin, Mrs. 8., Takoma Park, Md., wood thrush. 

Kaye, Joseph, Washington, D. C., 2 Pekin ducks, 2 rabbits. 

Keegan, Capt. Hugh L., Pampanga, P. I., 2 elephant trunk snakes, tangalunga, 
Philippine palm civet, slender-tailed cloud rat. 

Keller, Stanley, Silver Spring, Md., 2 crows. 

Kelly, John S., Hyattsville, Md., 2 skunks. 

Kemp, Mr., Washington, D. C., bobwhite quail. 

Kidda, Mrs. Leonard, Washington, D. C., skunk. 

Kincannon, Oliver, Chevy Chase, Md., 4 fighting fowl. 

Kinsey, M. E., Washington, D. C., 2 rabbits. 

Kintz, Maj. J. S., Washington, D. C., snapping turtle. 

Knauss, Misses Sylvia and Miriam, McLean, Va., alligator. 

Knight, Mrs. R. L., Silver Spring, Md., crow. 

Kochanaki, Mr. and Mrs. J. F., Arlington, Va., 8 horned lizards. 

Kreitzer, H. M., Silver Spring, Md., 2 Pekin ducks. 

Kyriages, Gus, Alexandria, Va., loggerhead turtle. 

Lamon, John C., Knoxville, Tenn., grass snake. 

Lawburt, Max H., Washington, D. C., white rabbit. 


SECRETARY’S REPORT 


Lawner, Mr., Chevy Chase, Md., hamster. 

Long, Lewis E., Washington, D. C., South American opossum and 4 young. 
Loraman, Mrs., Washington, D. C., red fox. 

Lund, Hugh, Arlington, Va., 2 Pekin ducks. 

MacBurnett, Mrs. R. D., Washington, D. C., horned lizard. 
Mackintosh, Master Dick, Bethesda, Md., water snake. 
Martin, Miss Diana, Washington, D. C., Pekin duck. 

Marx, Joy, Washington, D. C., gray squirrel. 

McCabe, John H., Arlington, Va., snowy owl.* 

McChaney, H. M., McLean, Va., mole snake. 

McCoy, Mrs. W. L., Kensington, Md., 4 Pekin ducks. 
McCrary, J. A., Washington, D. C., rabbit. 

McDowell, A. W. K., Annapolis, Md., great horned owl. 
McGill, Paul P., Arlington, Va., mockingbird.* 

McGraham, A., Washington, D. C., 2 opossums. 

McKnett, Mrs. John W., Washington, D. C., 4 mallard ducks. 
Meate, Mrs. May, Arlington, Va., Pekin duck. 

Meible, Mrs. John C., Washington, D. C., canary.* 

Miller, Miss B., Washington, D. C., Pekin duck. 

Miller, Roy, Washington, D. C., horned lizard. 

Millon, Arthur, Washington, D. C., 2 horned lizards. 

Mitchell, Master George, Arlington, Va., alligator. 
Montedonico, Joe, Bethesda, Md., garter snake, grass snake. 
Morgan, Joseph P., Baltimore, Md., 200 clawed frogs.* 
Morris, Dr. Anthony, Washington, D. C., 2 kangaroo rats. 
Morse, Thatcher, Washington, D. C., pilot black snake. 

Nash, Mrs. James T., Washington, D. C., capuchin monkey. 
Nelson, Helen May, Washington, D. C., baby alligator. 
Norris, A. N., Chevy Chase, Md., 2 albino-gray squirrels. 
O’Neill, Mrs. Wm. C., Alexandria, Va., Java finch. 

Owen, Miss Susan, Arlington, Va., Pekin duck. 

Paine, Mrs. D. C., and McGovern, Miss Joan, Arlington, Va., angora rabbit. 
Pamply, William A., Silver Spring, Md., 2 Pekin ducks. 
Pararas, J. L., Washington, D. C., alligator. 

Parkinson, Mrs. W. C., Washington, D. C., 100 guppies. 
Pates, W. W., Fredericksburg, Va., 2 red-shouldered hawks. 
Patterson, Mrs. H. French, Washington, D. C., baby alligator. 
Paul, Seymour, Balboa Heights, C. Z., coatimundi.* 


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Perrott, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A., North Arlington, Va., 4 Cumberland turtles. 


Pettis, Louis, and Miller, Jack, Washington, D. C., 4 barn owls. 
Pickett, Miss Evelyn, Washington, D. C., 2 Pekin ducks. 

Picot, Mrs. Hanison, Alexandria, Va., opossum. 

Preston, J. H., Mount Pleasant, Pa., 2 silver foxes, 2 platinum foxes. 
Pritchard, Hunter, Washington, D. C., hamster. 

Rabillard, Capt. and Mrs. G. N., Washington, D. C., domestic rabbit. 
Randel, Capt. Hugh W., Canal Zone, crested guan. 

Reese, Miss Barbara Ann, Alexandria, Va., 4 Pekin ducks. 

Ridder, Mrs. I. D., Clifton Forge, Va., 2 Philippine macaques. 
Roane, Wayne, Arlington, Va., hamster. 

Robert, Miss Alice Birney, Washington, D. C., great gray kangaroo. 
Robertson, Alaric Alvis, Arlington, Va., Pekin duck. 

Rose, Mrs. Joseph, Falmouth, Va., hamadryas baboon. 


910888—50——7 


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Ryan, Thomas W., Washington, D. C., Canada goose. 
Sapp, Mary Ellen, Vincent, and Chris, Bethesda, Md., snapping turtle 
Sargent, Mrs. V. W., Garrett Park, Md., coot. 
Sartain, W., Washington, D. C., sparrow hawk. 
Schwartz, Mrs. H., Washington, D. C., Pekin duck. 
Scott, Allwood, Washington, D. C., white rabbit. 
Scott, Joseph R., Arlington, Va., ring-necked pheasant. 
Seay, Mrs. Thomas, Washington, D. C., muskrat. 
Seielestad, H. D., Washington, D. C., copperhead. 
Sergent, Russell, Washington, D. C., small alligator. 
Shaddix, W. N., Washington, D. C., barred owl. 
Sharpe, Miss Barbara A., Takoma Park, Md., white rabbit. 
Shaw, B., Washington, D. C., 2 ring-necked pheasants. 
Shaw, Brackley, Washington, D. C., 2 Pekin ducks. 
Silberman, James M., Washington, D. C., 2 spice finches, black-hooded red 
siskin. 
Simpson, Murry S., Chevy Chase, Md., skunk. 
Sinclare, L. A., Alexandria, Va., ring-necked pheasant. 
Sinclare, M. E., Herndon, Va., great horned owl. 
Smith, H. W., Washington, D. C., rabbit. 
Smith, Miss Hilda E., Silver Spring, Md., barn owl. 
Snapp, Mrs. Edwin C., Washington, D. C., Polyphemus moth. 
Snyder, Mrs. E. T., Washington, D. C., Pekin duck. 
Spicer, Master Curt J., Greenbelt, Md., 6 hamsters. 
Spicer, Jack, Arlington, Va., mink. 
Stevens, R. E., Washington, D. C., pilot black snake. 
Stover, Mrs. Harry B., Arlington, Va., crow.* 
Stover, Miss Susan, Chevy Chase, Md., opossum. 
Swift, C. B., Jr., Washington, D..C., Pekin duck. 
Tanit-Ikao, Princess, Lynbrook, N. Y., 3 Indian rock pythons, * alligator. 
Tapley, Mrs., Arlington, Va., chicken. 
Thompson, H. O., Brandon, Va., 2 Virginia deer. 
Thompson, W. E., Bethesda, Md., 12 Pekin ducks. 
Thompson School, Washington, D. C., rabbit. 
Thornton, Herbert, Washington, D. C., scarlet tanager. 
Trefflich’s Bird & Animal Co., New York City, 2 great gray kangaroos.* 
Tullock, W. J., Jr., Alexandria, Va., alligator. 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: 
Through Edward K. Beebe, Missoula, Mont., 2 pumas. 
Through Leon D. Cool, Rockville, Md., cardinal. 
Through Vernon Ekedahl, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, Willows, 
Calif., 2 snow geese, 4 cackling geese. 
Through K. F. Roahen, Billings, Mont., whistling swan. 
Through J. C. Savage, Klamath Falls, Oreg., 4 cackling geese. 
Through Dr. Victor Scheffer, St. Paul Island, Alaska, Steller’s sea lion. 
U.S. Forest Service, New Mexico, through Homer C. Pickens, black bear cub. 
U. S. National Park Service, Washington, D. C., whistling swan. 
U.S. National Park Service, through Edmund B. Rogers, Yellowstone National 
Park, Wyo., 3 grizzly bears. 
Vaughn, Mrs. Harry H., Alexandria, Va., yellow-headed parrot.* 
Veckey, Mrs. L., Washington, D. C., ovenbird. 


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Vieth, Miss Elsie Jane, Washington, D. C., 2 Pekin ducks. 
Vinogradoff, Mrs. Gene, Alexandria, Va., 3 ring-necked doves.* 
Walters, H. R., Washington, D. C., 2 Pekin ducks. 

Warner, Tony, Washington, D. C., guinea pig. 

Washington Animal Rescue League, Washington, D. C., silver fox. 

Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Robert, Washington, D. C., cheetah.* 

Weaver, W. C., Washington, D. C., saw-whet owl. 

Weisbender, Eugene R., Arlington, Va., 2 raccoons. 

Welch, Mr. (address unknown), coatimundi. 

Westbrook School, Washington, D. C., white rabbit. 

Wharton, Charles, Avondale Estates, Ga., 4 Cercomys, 1 Euryzgomatomys, 
cottonmouth moccasin, diamondback rattlesnake, copperhead snake, king 
snake, garter snake. 

White, Mrs. Harry D., Washington, D. C., Florida gallinule. 

Whitemore, Miss Catherine, Arlington, Va., rabbit. 

Wildrick, Mrs. Warren, Washington, D. C., weasel.* 

Williams, C. E., Washington, D. C., woolly monkey.* 

Williams, Mrs. M. C., Arlington, Va., sparrow hawk. 

Wills, Carl, Arlington, Va., skunk. 

Wise, Mrs. E. B., Washington, D. C., 3 guinea pigs. 

Wolf, Miss Mary, Washington, D. C., diamondback turtle. 

Wright, Albert, Arlington, Va., 2 Pekin ducks. 

Wyatt, Mrs. Walter, Washington, D. C., brown thrasher. 

Xidon, Mrs. Y., Washington, D. C., rabbit, frogs, salamanders. 

Zaroff, Mrs. J., Washington, D. C., cooter turtle. 

Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 2 red wolves, 3 coyotes. 


PURCHASES 


Some of the more important of the year’s purchases include a pair 
each of great-eared foxes and fennecs; two echidnas which have 
been continuously on exhibition for more than a year; a pair of 
Steller’s sea lions; a pair of red howler monkeys; a greater bird of 
paradise; a pair of Siberian red-breasted geese; and a male aardvark. 


BIRTHS AND HATCHINGS 


It was a surprise when both pairs of the Zoo’s hybrid bears (female 
Alaska brown bear X male polar bear) produced litters of cubs. 
One of the cubs (named Gene) was raised and has grown into a husky 
bear and, because of its ancestry, a famous one. 

The English Park cattle, the gaur, the pygmy hippopotami, and the 
Chinese water deer have been breeding regularly. 

A baby black-fronted duiker was born. 

One pair of Acoumba lemurs produced a young one that has done 
amazingly well. 

A pair of snowy egrets in the flight cage at the bird house built a 
nest, hatched two eggs, and raised the young to maturity. 

Roseate spoonbills nested and hatched three young. 


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MAMMALS 

Scientific name Common name Number 

VAM TVOLROG US) LEU UG = 2 oe ee aN AoW ad Until iSO a eee 9 

VAT USE US Ha phe acl NUE ois NIA NIA fre aS Ne SN AE SEA Axis! deers stuiu dae 12 _ shag eee 1 

IBOSKE C/U TUS Meese SOR Ligeti a AES GE ELL ae English Park cattle_-_.________ 2 

IBiBOSNG OUT US een eeer nee EE MIE Ube Ke Ganare tee ee DAC ih ote oe ais 1 

Cenhalophus, nigrifrons. 25. ae) ya Black-fronted duiker___________ 1 
Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus X C. a. 

DUG CTALREILTRULS Ne ee estan Si alacant Green guenon X vervet guenon. 1 
Cercomihecus dianas 2) 12 see ae Diana monkeys 4 .)0.e0 eae 1 
(APD OES: (OGY DIODES ENS a NE Japanese deeriic. ilu 1 
Gheeropsis libervensis220 2) a Bans Pygmy hippopotamus__________ 2 
CunveulUsipacaae wan .mnaiewi Tile, Weave le ian Parca: 20 ulead: Aenea ae 1 
Dialaeica a Ve fallow deer. 22-22-22 7 

TA ee we mc LAenart a White fallow deer__ 22) __ ses. 5 5 
Felis concolor X F. c. patagonica____-_-_- Pramaia otic esr Nd an a ae 3 
Hippopotamus amphibius__-------_---- Hippopotamus: 2&1 hae eae 1 
Hydro potes (nermisins) 22s we ale Wei Chinese water deer)! 21 _2y8! 4 
Hylobates agilis X H. lar pileatus_______ Hy bridigibbon 22to(iitr a ee ae 1 
UECONLOCEO US! MOSQLEG Sas a toys) aan EL Lion-headed marmoset_________ 2 
Mephitis mephitis nigra__.-____-_-_____- Skunk dotvetiien 7. 3 pes 6 
Oiocyonumegalotise se ee! oe ea erate Great-eared fox. _..____-_____L: 3 
Tamandua tetradactyla.._..__....._____- Tamandua anteater____________ 1 
LNGKVERCHROL JUS: CipU = Ss MN 8 SS SSE eRe le Bland). tev le ee 1 
Thalarctos maritimus X Ursus midden- 
dor ffi (2d generation, 2 litters of 83each) Hybrid bear__________________ 6 
BIRDS 
SANGORTOS COANE TORS EOE ENT OOS Ge A Roseate spoonbill______________ 3 
(Ho eDOES CARRS NEI ea Noes a sa Black'swani.s)20 0) esa ssereae a 
Haliaeetsleucocepnaliuss ses) havens mens Bald, eaglet’ 322 2y 2 a eee 1 
eucophoyn) tht’. 2s. sane ee GREE Snowy: heron?. Lele 2 
Streptopelia tranquebarica__=--_.__-___- Blue-headed ring dove__________ 7 
REPTILES 
CORROAOHIVES ACER PO HSS SS a Mexican rattlesnake. _________- 14 
CORSTUGHIOD COMSTOCIPEA SSB ue a Boa constrictors-20. ae 32 
RESEARCH 


Scientific research is not set up as a separate activity in the National 
Zoological Park but is an important part of the operation. The 
proper care of hundreds of different kinds of animals, some of which 
have not previously been kept alive, calls for constant observation 
and study to determine for each one its natural living conditions, likes 
and dislikes. Usually the most important step is to try foods that 
will be acceptable substitutes for those that the animals would nor- 
mally obtain in the wild. Other conditions, such as humidity, tem- 
perature, type of bedding, types of perch, indeed everything affecting 


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the animal in captivity, require constant study to make certain that 
a suitable environment is maintained. Failure to provide the proper 
conditions is likely to result in the loss of animals that are often 
of great value and are sometimes irreplaceable. Even if the animals 
do not die, they are almost certain to become unsuitable for exhibition 
if not properly cared for. 

In the course of carrying on in his home studies of small mammals 
that were not well known or that had been considered difficult or 
impossible to keep alive in captivity, the Assistant Director has 
developed a food mixture that has proved highly satisfactory. The 
lesser short-tailed shrew (Cryptotis parva) and the large African 
elephant shrew (Macroscelides rufescens) were fed this and produced 
young, the short-tailed shrews even producing the second generation 
in captivity. Four species of bats thrived on this diet exclusively. 
The greater short-tailed shrews (Blarina brevicauda) and star-nosed 
mole (Condylura cristata) preferred this to most other food. It has 
been offered to many other small and medium-sized mammals such 
as marmosets, night monkeys, and several different kinds of rodents 
and carnivores, practically all of which like the food. It has been so 
successful with specialized mammals that have heretofore been very 
difficult or impossible to keep in captivity, that it appears worth 
while to publish the formula: 

One yolk of hard-boiled egg; approximately an equal amount of rather dry 
cottage cheese; approximately an equal amount of ripe banana; approximately 
an equal amount of mealworms; 6 drops of Jeculin; 6 drops of wheat-germ-oil; 
6 grains of Theragram. 

Make up the mixture with a mortar and pestle. If the wheat-germ oil is in 
3-minim capsules put in two; add the Theragram, which is a yellowish paste; 
add a few drops of water to soften the gelatin of the wheat-germ-oil capsules and 
to dissolve the Theragram. Then put in the other ingredients and grind all 
together with the pestle until a paste is formed with the chitin of the mealworms 
scattered through it. 


The mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) are the same as, or similar to, 
those that get into cereals. Cultures of them can be maintained in 
bran or cornmeal with the addition of banana peelings, slices of raw 
potato, and occasionally light sprinklings of water to moisten the 
bran or cornmeal very slightly but not enough to cause if to form 
lumps or to mildew. 

The Assistant Director has also developed a milk mixture that has 
been tried out with many small mammals with excellent success. 
It is as follows: 

Three ounces cow’s milk from which about one-third of the cream has been 


removed; 1 teaspoonful raw egg yolk; 4 drops Jeculin; 1 drop Navitol or 
Viosterol; 14 teaspoonful calcium gluconate. 


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Stir until thoroughly mixed. Keep in refrigerator. Warm the small amount 
needed for each feeding. Use same care in sterilizing utensils as would be used in 
caring for a human baby. 


MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS 


In addition to the numerous daily small repairs, substantial prog- 
ress was made during the year in maintenance work of a more perma- 
nent improvement character. 

The 85,000-gallon sea-lion pool that had been leaking seriously was 
completely relined with concrete. Four-hundred linear feet of con- 
crete coping for fence was built and 400 feet of 6-foot fencing erected 
thereon; a parking area between the restaurant and the creek, 300 feet 
long and 20 feet wide, was given a bituminous-stone surfacing; the 
surface of the area behind the cages above the reptile house was im- 
proved by 2,100 square feet of cement surfacing, 175 linear feet of 
curb, 175 feet of concrete retaining wall 4 feet high, and 60 linear feet 
of steps; V-gutters were installed in front of these cages. This wil 
improve the appearance of the area, check erosion, and improve 
sanitation. Three hundred eighty-six feet of 4-inch soil pipe and 
fittings were installed to provide for sewage disposal from the vicinity 
of the cook house; a high-voltage cable was laid from the basement of 
the reptile house to the cook house to provide current for the electric 
oven. Thespace in the bird house formerly occupied by eight double- 
deck bird cages that had never been satisfactory was remodeled to 
accommodate three large cages that are much better. Five thousand 
square feet of parking area was surfaced with bituminous-stone mixture. 
At odd times, particularly when outside work could not be carried on, 
the making of cement legs for benches and cement tables was continued. 


VISITORS 


The number of visitors was 3,437,669, an increase of 91,619 over 
the previous year. This was the largest attendance in the history of 
the Zoo and was probably due in part to the continued high employ- 
ment in the Washington area, increase in travel accompanying the 
general economic prosperity, and the frequency with which the 
Zoo was able to announce the addition of interesting specimens to the 
collection. The variation in attendance on the different days of the 
week, which was so extreme before the war, has been much less 
noticeable. Formerly early days of the week had relatively low 
attendance, with an increasing number of visitors the latter portion of 
the week, and very large crowds on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. 
There is also a considerable increase in the earlier hours of the day. 


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ESTIMATED NUMBER OF VISITORS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1950 


Manly GAO) cms OW a al a 419, 000| February.. ._____________ 133, 350 
PANT OTS Geek. cen an ng ot Abe), (AO) || MIAN 208, 450 
September! 02 wu aie B02) ZOO! A qoril ieee ae ars aye Rs eea 447, 419 
Octoberse ras osc ZOZN2O0) | Midis tess ste we lie a bu 406, 000 
November. i. 2.600 ee. 175 A400 Sumer ly Siings CS aU aE 288, 500 
Wecember Os lo 71, 350 ——_—_——_—. 
January (1950)__-_-___.____ 178, 100 A Coy reeN kee ae ele nae ee 3, 437, 669 


Groups came to the Zoo from schools in 31 States, some as far away 
as Maine, Florida, Washington, California, and New Mexico. There 
was an increase of 129 groups and 8,901 individuals in groups over last 
year. 


NUMBER OF GROUPS FROM SCHOOLS 


Number Number Number Number 

of groups in groups of groups | in groups 
Mabamaentel ta at syed 18 f.) 9 256 || New Hampshire__________ 1 44 
Califoriag 22 rs: 1 33 || New Jersey__._____-_-___- 18 1, 060 
Connecticut____..--__--_- 11 455 || New Mexico_.__----___-_- 1 18 
DMelawarewn ose we way 17 TEM WN NO Oe ee 84 5, 253 
District of Columbia __-_- 135 7,070 |} North Carolina______-___- 199 6, 720 
ORIG athe ee eo ae 3 GIS |) Qe ee asen oes 70 2, 624 
Georgians eee A eee 48 2,850 || Oklahoma_________-_ -.-- 1 16 
HINGIS aS ea 2 39 || Pennsylvania______._____ 243 11, 580 
Indianactyie tess: 9 291 || Rhode Island_____-_--___- 1 38 
Kentucky-.._--_......_..- 7 252 || South Carolina_____----_- 58 1, 825 
Maines ein ah e eis 12 696 || South Dakota____._____-- 1 80 
Maryland ates = a2 Sen 582 34, 493 || Tennessee___-__._----_-_- 46 1, 983 
Massachusetts_-__--_------ 13 21/5) Wao ae ee 346 19, 602 
Michigan___.____....____- 15 545 || Washington______________ 1 36 
Minnesota_______-_______-- 1 42 || West Virginia____----_--- 35 1, 942 
IVMEISSOUTIMe ee eS 1 50 | ——————_ 
Mississippi______________- 2 138 Tota lneese mung 1, 973 102, 553 


About 2 p.m. each day the cars then parked in the Zoo are counted 
by the Zoo police and listed according to the State, Territory, or 
country from which they came. This is, of course, not a census of 
the cars coming to the Zoo but is valuable in showing the percentage 
of attendance, by States, of people in private automobiles. The 
tabulation for the fiscal year 1950 is as follows: 


Percent Percent 
iN rectyyleura Ges soe Oe hae ed ie 2 DASH D)ori| KO Now Co Leste el Wh ca eI igus. ROL 1.7 
\Wraglomactiosn, ID); Ogee eas Oa Ml NCS Notaries 1.5 
\W arte oN Sa De QONO*IHNew Jerseys 20s sea wees tine nes ae 1.3 
Rennsylvantay Ye 4.49" Massachusetts. 20020 0-2 252 oe 1.0 
North Caroling aes ZAC) Cali Orme se ee UN nena teas 0.9 
INS Wa dor Kes ees hes hey 2 IVES iaet lO Ko rc Fs crenata st 0. 8 


The cars that made up the remaining 11.3 percent came from 
every one of the remaining States, as well as from Alaska, Bahamas, 
Belgium, Canada, Canal Zone, Cuba, Dutch West Indies, France, 
Guam, Guatemala, Hawaii, Japan, Mexico, Newfoundland, Okinawa, 
Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, and Saipan. 


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FINANCES 


The regular appropriation provided in the District of Columbia 
appropriation act was $544,700. 

The stone restaurant building, which was constructed in the Park 
in 1940 under an allotment of $90,000, is under a 3-year lease, obtained 
by competitive bidding, at $23,052 per annum. This money is 
deposited in the general fund of the United States Treasury. The 
concessionaire serves meals and light refreshments and sells souvenirs. 


NEEDS OF THE ZOO 


The principal needs of the Zoo remain as they have for several 
years, i. e., the replacement of antiquated structures that have long 
since ceased to be suitable for the purpose. The more urgently 
needed buildings are: (1) A new administration building to replace 
the 145-year-old historic landmark now in use for an office building 
for the Zoo, but which is neither suitably located nor well adapted 
for the purpose. This building is in an excellent location for a public 
recreational structure and could probably be rehabilitated and used 
for recreational purposes, perhaps as a children’s museum, and thus 
maintained as a historic building. The new office building should be 
better located both from the standpoint of accessibility to the public 
and convenience for the administration of the Zoo. (2) A new 
building to house antelopes and other medium-sized hoofed animals 
that require a heated building. 


STATUS OF THE COLLECTION 


Species soe Species Pan 
Class or sub- Mieiuad: Class or sub- individ 
species species 
Mammals soe sse seen 243 7340p sects ie =aa nase sean eee 2 103 
IB Ind Sese eee Nee eat 353 1,087 || Mollusks___.------------- 2 4 
Rep tiless ses ae eeae 113 487 
Amphibians________-_---- 29 148 Mo tale) Sess aon 771 2, 821 
Iishwe ais can 29 258 
SUMMARY 
Animals on handiJuly, V1 949 0 ba lias Ay a 12, 947 
ACCESSIONS Curing: the year ss. ysis ecg Pe as) Sia be 2 ena 1, 414 
Total number of animals in collection during the year________-__ 4, 361 
Removals for various reasons such as death, exchanges, return of animals 
ONPACPOSIE VETG LU MM LUE ARAN AIBN ia sii i LRN sta NNSA UC a 1, 540 
Invcollectionsan une 30s lO hO ss. eee wet env negaeealieeg 2. 821 


1 The total 3,724 given in last year’s report was in error. 


SECRETARY’S REPORT 


ANIMALS;IN THE COLLECTION, JUNE 30, 1950 


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MAMMALS 
MONOTREMATA 
Scientific name Common name Number 
Tachyglossidae: 
Tachyglossus aculeatus DAVE ND ENE kt Echidna or spiny anteater --_-_-_- 2 
MARSUPIALIA 
Didelphiidae: 
Didelphis virgintana_____.__------- QPOs wm yes Sa hee ee a 5 
Metachirus nudicaudatus__.__-.___- South American naked-tailed 
OPOSSUM 2 = Sa ow ee eee 1 
Phalangeridae: 
Zeta Lis Or, OLCEN StS a sep ee Australian flying phalanger - __-_ 2 
Trichosurus vulpecula_..._...-254__- Vulpine opossum_______.--_-- 2 
Macropodidae: 
MendrolagusiuUstus a= 22 see oe New Guinea tree kangaroo. --. 1 
INSECTIVORA 
Tupaiidae: 
Wrogalevenenctty asta ae ee ee Philippine tree shrew--_--__--- 2 
Macroscelididae: 
Macroscelides rufescens_-.._------- East African elephant shrew--- 3 
PRIMATES 
Lemuridae: 
LOOP TRAGUCD LES ee eee sao COUMIb ay le my eee 3 
CTU AIONG 02a ee ea aE Mongoose lemur__.--.-------- 2 
Lorisidae: 
INACLUCE UALS (COUCH Ga ane ney mee ey Slow: loriss 20 Gig ie wns aaa 2 
Callithricidae: 
I ContocebUs OSG eae e hae ea ee Silky or lion-headed marmoset-_ 2 
Working) oeds pus en ee oS Cotton-headed marmoset-_---_-. 1 
Oedipomidas geoffroyi_------------- Geoffroy’s marmoset_._.------ 13 
Cebidae: 
Alouatta seniculus.._.___.---------- Red howler monkey__-___---- 2 
Aotus trivirgatus_._.-.------------ Douroucouli or night monkey_-_ 5 
Ateles geoffroyt vellerosus____------- Spider: monkey. a2 anh a aaa ae 2 
Ccbustapellanesnt {ee Le Cray capuchinas= see == aa 2 
CEbUSKCAPUCINUS= 2 ae oe eee ee White-throated capuchin _-__-_-- 3 
Gebusifiatwellus= = yaa eee ee Weeping capuchin________-__- 2 
ithecvavputhecia shee see pees ne Saki monkey.) 33550) eee 2 
Cercopithecidae: 
Cercocebus aterrimus__-_---------- Black-crested mangabey------- 1 
Cercocebus fuliginosus_.----------- Sooty mangabey_ == 2222222522 2 
Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus... Vervet guenon--_------------- 1 
Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus - - - -- - Green) cuenone 22s seen see 8 
Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus X C. Hybrid, green guenon X vervet 
a. pygerythrus. guenon Je. 6 2 ee eee 3 
Cercopithecus cephus_.-.2-..--+1--- Moustached guenon- --------- 2 
Cercopithecus diana_-------------- Diana monkey ss2) seees eee 3 


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Scientific name Common name Number 
Cercopithecidae—Continued 
Cercopithecus diana roloway - - ------ Roloway monkey______-____--- 1 
Cercopithecus neglectus___---------- De Brazza’s guenon___-__-__-_-- 1 
Cercopithecus nictitans petaurista.__. Lesser white-nosed guenon_-_-_-_-_ 1 
Cercopithecus preussi____-___------ Preussi/siguenon sok a ease 1 
J ELORDELOUS (OS = es Patas monkey 222) 22 =a 2 
GUM NO DYGAMNGULUS = sen se ieee Moor/monkeys 9! ae 1 
IL KCGHOGD, CA VIS Sa NN UE I a Crab-eating macaque_-________ 1 
Macaca irus mordaz._._-________-- Javan macaque______________ 5 
Macaca lasiotis. 222225 ee Chinese macaque_____________ 1 
INGAOHCOY SOR GO OHNOHT TOs See BN sr a Rhesus monkey-______________ 15 
Macaca nemestrina____________---- Pig-tailed monkey____________ 2 
Macaca philippinensis________----- Philippine macaque___________ 7 
INNA OK 0s SOLEUS = is Oe Wanderoo monkey____________ 1 
NW GHOCYCOR SCOR i I Toque or bonnet monkey___-_-__ 1 
WCC HIGH ORNs Las Bee Red-faced macaque________-__- 2 
Macaca: silva reuse aeni iis nie nensanee Barbary apes 2220) seas eae 4 
Mianadrallesesplira: sins keane u wine Mand rill )) oa) ak ee 2 
Pa MONCYyMOCEPRalus a= ea Ae Golden’ baboon 342323 aa 1 
JEG OG) POPOL Dine Sse ts ee Hamadryas baboon__________- 3 
ODO DOT. COTUUS Hye en po enn LO Chacma baboon? #122 a ain: 4 
Hylobatidae: 
ET AFLOUC LESH tl a sea en eee a sre Sumatran gibbons! 222) a aaam 1 
Hylobates agilis X H. lar pileatus.._.. Hybrid gibbon______________- 1 
ea LaDGteseROOlock Heya e Sena ie seen Hoolock gibbon 222255 eas 1 
Hylobates lar pileatus_____________- Black-capped gibbon_________-_ 1 
Pongidae: 
1 Ups ORATOR ie iS Sih Soe ied eee a ee Chimpanzee! =<) knee aie 2 
Pongo pygmaeus abelit__.________-_- Orangutans oes ee see 2 
EDENTATA 
Dasypodidae: 
Chaetophractus villosus____________- Hairyarmadillos i ates 1 
Up hr actus SCLCINCLULS = ee Six-banded armadillo________- 1 
Myrmecophagidae: 
Myrmecophaga tridactyla__________- Giant anteater_________ pa eM 1 
Tamandua tetradactyla____________- Three-toed anteater___________ 2 
LAGOMORPHA 
Leporidae: 
Oryctolagus cuniculusus: oseaers aie Domestic rabbit= ==) _ 220.2225) 10 
SULOTLAGUS LOTCAATUS ween ee Cottontail:rabbit 22) 2a 1 
RODENTIA 
Sciuridae: 
Callosciurus nigrovittatus__________- Southern Asiatie squirrel ______ 1 
GCallosciurusiprevostit ae Tricolored squirrel___________- 1 
Callospermophilus lateralis________- Albino golden-mantled ground 
squirrel) 002) Ee Va aeaG aie 1 
Citellus beecheyi douglasit_________- Douglas’s ground squirrel______ 2 


Cunomus ludovicianus____________- Plains prairie dog____________-_ 30 


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Scientific name Common name Number 
Sciuridae—Continued 
Eutamias spectosus________________ San Bernardino chipmunk_____ if 
Glaucomys volans= as <et Wayy ean i. Blying squirrel awe eae 3 
WORDED TOOLS Ee ONS Se Woodchuck or ground hog____-_ 4 
SCHILS CORUODACHIS. Beso k os ee Gray isquirrels =.) hana aang pen 1 
SCHIPUS CORD OASIS. oe Albino gray squirrel__________ 2 
IS CLUTUS IVIG eT) 1 9) shea Pella pe Oe INGE SOW tavals Bo 1 
ROMIUGSEStRTGtUS aaa Sen Eastern chipmunk____________ 2 
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus_________-- Redisquirrelipavayeasys ae 1 
Geomyidae: 
Thomomys bottae mewa__-_----_--- Pocket/gopher] 2) eens: 3 
Heteromyidae: 
Dipodomys microps_____-_-_--__-_- Small-faced kangaroo rat_____- 1 
Dipodomys spectabilis_____.______- Large kangaroo rat___________ 1 
Cricetidae: 
Gerbillus pyramidum |. 22e snes t eo Gerbile:. 10. Leet engine 3 
Meriones unguiculatus______.__._-- Mongolian gerbil____________- 1 
Mesocricetus auratus. 9 eens) Golden hamster_____________- 15 
Micros calijornicustys ines Says. California meadow mouse_- - _-_ 4 
Microtus pennsylvanicus_______-__- Meadow mouse_______-_____- 1 
Neotoma lepida____________-____-- Paeleira tigen pees 2 Bie eae 2 
Ondatra zibethicus____.___________- Misia ts Saye ee ene 2 
Peromyscus leucopus__------_-_--- Eastern white-footed mouse_-_- 3 
Peromyscus maniculatus gambeli___. Gambel’s white-footed mouse_-_ 13 
Peromyscus maniculatus sonoriensis._. Sonoran white-footed mouse - -- 1 
IRETOMYSCUS Ma mUbballie= \ os ee Northern golden mouse-------- 1 
Reithrodontomys megalotis longicau- 
CORY SA St AER A eR California harvest mouse - ----- 3 
Tatera schinzi shirensis_______----- Nyasaland gerbil_______--=---- 7 
Rhizomyidae: 
Rhizomys sumatnensis2 =) 22 | Bay ibamboopratane: sieeeee a 2 
Muridae: 
JACORINS Col Gao Ss EE Egyptian spiny mouse------_-- 4 
Chiropodomys gliroides____-__-_----- Pencil-tailed tree mouse__-_----_- 1 
INS GOUSCHMIB ISS J eee ee White and other domestic mice- 10 
Phloeomys cumingi_-_------------- Slender-tailed cloud rat_—-_--_- 3 
Rains WotarReou Sees See ee ete Bower’s tree rat___-_-_------- 1 
Rattus cremoriventor______--------- Pencil-tailed tree rat_______--- 1 
BOGE USHCC WOTOSUN a ay pene ae ym yy = Edward’s tree rat______-_---_- 2 
Ratiusimulleris.. 282 de eee Miiller’s tree rat_____-__------_- 2 
LES THRAOIS! CRO YOH sea a St Rajah treerrate. 2 eee 1 
TR CLEUSET GLE US eee L22)a ay oe Hooded laboratory rat-------- 5 
Ratwwsrsabanusa) 24= 8a Large spiny-backed tree rat___-_ 2 
Rattus whiteheadi__-_------------- Whitehead’s tree rat____--_--- 1 
IS@CCOSLOTIAUS SP Hae see a ee African pouched mouse-------- 1 
Zapodidae: 
ZG PUs RUASONLUS= sa a an Eee Jumping~mouses= a.) 55s sees 1 
Hystricidae: 
Acanthion brachyurum-_-_----------- Malay porcupine: =423=) 2-272 3 
VAtherurws Ofricanus 9-5 45 soe = West African brush-tailed por- 
Cupine Slee es hase eee ee 1 


Ig lagiies (el gate Ae eee African porcupine ------------ 2 


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Scientific name Common name 

Caviidae: 

Caviaiporcellusm 225 Wea yen ee Guinea) pig 2 lessee ee oe 

Dolichotis patagonica________------ Patagonian cavy__--------- 
Dasyproctidae: 

Cuniculuspacay 222 [asia ae Pa cance i savas eat eee 

Dasyprocta prymnolopha_-__------- Aout ice Uy sine gr aa 

Dasyprocta punctata.__222n 2-255 - Speckled agouti__.________- 
Chinchillidae: 

Chinchilla chinchilla__.___--------- Chinchillaeenawa wi eee 

ISAGLA LE MIUESCACCLG ey he ae Peruvian viscacha__________ 
Capromyidae: 

Capromys piloridess2] = es souk ee EDU Gig Cie ee ae 
Myocastoridae: 

Maj ocastorecou pus. meer ee aie ete Coypu 222 22aiwinse_ a 
Abrocomidae: 

Abrocoma bennettt__.____-----+---- Abrocomas) 4hu 220 ais 
Echimyidae: 

Cercomys cunicularius___---------- Cercomys - 2.2 bes aa 

Euryzgomatomys sp--------------- Euryzgomatomys_________-- 
Thryonomyidae: 

Thryonomys swinderianus___-------- Cane rats. 220. ou Siew ase 
Bathyergidae: 

Cryptomysispee se se Sieh eve Molesrat 22 vacuo aaiqeias 

CARNIVORA 

Canidae: 

SANG UOT LO DOS SSE Bees ie ea PaNi Con ni Koti op. qgls au eR aN NINN 

(CORDES CHOLOTRA CO = SEE ND Yio Us pease aa a AIO 

(CORDES TOUT OSs 2 SN lie Coyotec TEU Se: 7) Au aheeaeem 

Canisiiupus nubiluse eee ene eee Plains: wolfe. 

Canisiaveger nefis se see nia Die ey Texas red wolf. ae 

CW ILECUS ZENE CD mianrapn apa meyluig es sepa Hennec fox. 282 2. eee 

Nyctereutes procyonoides_____---_-- Raccoonidossie . yaaa meee 

Otocyontmegalotis = eam wee ase mate Li Big-eared fox_____________- 

Urocyon cinereoargenteus_________-- Gray fox! Oo LE ae 

Wraelave sinfiicl yc wet ere pee cette cary ine ge tuys sy Red fox sos Se Scie eae 

VOSS TUDO S53 SSG s Ss Sous ee yee Silverio xis <2 taiwan eg ene 
Ursidae: 

Euarctos americanus____-___-_--_-- Blacksbear2 220 cesele ae 

NE WOTCLOSHETOCLE NLS ame eee as Himalayan bear____________ 

iHelanctosi:malayantiss ae ay callie Malay or sun bear__________ 

WIG VERSOAS WHA SOUS Shee eh Slothy bear ss 2a Aes sy eee 

Uhalanctosimanitvm ws ate ea ‘Polar bear 2222) S2 pa enna 

Thalarctos maritimus Ursus mid- 

Bem dorffuitain sal ani alee Me Tne ea as Hy brid bears 2o0 U2 veins 

Mien anclosy Onn GL Usn 2 se a ee Spectacled bear2=- 2 2= a 

Wiarseessanclo gi ame iene th a ee A DNC al European brown bear_-_-_-___-_ 

Ursus arctos occidentalis. _________- Syrian brown bear______-__- 

(OE ASORS Capen ete IMO ESET NN ay Alaskan Peninsula bear_-_~—__ 

(QR ASOUS: 1A DUTROC OOS — Se soe se als so Grizzlyabearec = sana eee 

Wirsusntadendanjis a © atone uae Kodiak*bear 22.202. Wa eaes 

(GSS SOA AIS LE Sie iat Neal STS Sitka brown bears) ee 

GSES SPS EV EMSAM oie On Nate) 1 Alaska brown bear______---- 


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Scientifie name Common name Number 
Procyonidae: 
Bassariscus astutus__.______.__--_- Ringtail or cacomistle_________ 1 
INasuainanicas sant annem eek ay Coatimundi saya aa 8 
INCU: AIS OG ae a Nelson’s coatimundi______..__ 1 
Potos flavus. teoe seer enone. Kinkajoulsitilors bin uae 6 
BOLO SSP) Seno eee eT at nH efi tele Dwarkikinkay ous: = seem 2 
VAC COON See nA eH eee Naa 20 
aT OCUONUNLOLO Ts wiser sae ey estes co fe Taccoon. 22). aatibaa “3 
Raccoon (albino)_________ = _ 1 
Mustelidae: 
Lutra canadensis vaga________-___- Orig avocbe rae a ee 1 
Martes flavigula henricit_____._-__- Asiatic) marten = == = mesg seas 1 
Meles meles leptorynchus_._________- Chinese badger_______._______ 1 
Mephitis mephitis nigra______-____- Skunk sclovw samgery Wivehange 4 
Mustela eversmannt_--_____------- 1 ES) =) reste cence MON Ne oh ye fl 1 
Mustela noveboracensis._____---__-- WWW aise] is ye dE enn se neaN ae 1 
MONSIUG HBOS soo soe se see ee soos Iueast weasel. lb 2 = een 1 
Ipilogale pena . Se eae eS California spotted skunk______ 1 
ROTI COMAL USS ee ere Om eee American badger____________- 8 
Tayra barbara barbara__-___------- White tayras 223 2uSo. eee 1 
Mayravarvara sents... 2. eles Gray-headed tayra___________ 1 
Viverridae: 
Civettictis civetta__.____----------- African civet= 22525 Sawa eumss 1 
Crossarchus obscurus__------------ Kusimanse. 24.22 sigan sian 1 
Myonaz sanguineus_____-_--_----- Dwarf .civet.. oso isnee ee eae 1 
Nandinia binotata_._-------------- African palm civet________--_- 1 
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus-____--- - Small-toothed palm civet_____- 3 
Paradozurus philippinensis__-_.---- Philippine palm civet________- 1 
Viverra tangalunga___-_----------- Ground\civets222322 55a 1 
Hyaenidae: 
Crocuta crocuta germinans___-_----- East African spotted hyena_-_-- 2 
Felidae: 
els CHAIUSie een eo n,n ee a i eG Funglerca twa mane eae ee ee 1 
EE LaSHCON COLON tees mn = meres edt 5 an SUTRA EN 4 
Felis concolor X F. c. patagonica_-_-_-- Hybrid, North American puma X 
South American puma-_------ 6 
Melisileo. 2. ianel laity spine re is) D UA(o) o \exrisvialanian UNS ane URES Ae Ll 5 
FCUUSRON CO ois Sa ieee Jaguars 2 Clee iss ee 3 
Helasxpardalis <= sesanes Bera Pee Ocelot... 2... A, Se 2 
IPED FOOL es UN Black Indian leopard ---_.---- 1 
els) pardaus Haines Le Sees gE African leopard__.-..--------- 2 
Helisitemminckit. ia ei nana ey oo Golden. catz2.ceur Ev seliwoges? 1 
LIQ RO RIS ae es eee 2 Eee Bengal tiger2)2..0 0 sei aa 4 
Felis tigris sumatrae--------------- Sumatran tigers2220554 2s32a2— 2 
Oncifelis geofinoyys222 322 Shae ___ Geoffroy’s catilasiwoes 2a ee 3 
Oncilla pardinoides._-.------------ Lesser tiger cat._---_-----+--- 1 


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PINNIPEDIA 


Scientific name Common name Number 
Otariidae: 
Bumetopras jubata_ 2 2a. ear eh oe Steller’s sea:lion.| -siuie2 ays" 1 
Phocidae: 
Phoca vitulina richardii___--------- Pacific harbor seal__ 20222238" 1 
TUBULIDENTATA 
Orycteropodidae: 
Orycteropus aferomes oes Sasa a Aardvark or ant bear_-.__.---.- 1 
PROBOSCIDEA 
Elephantidae: 
Hlephas maximus ese es 2 yn as Asiatic elephants_- 22.2.2 2220 3 
Loxodonta africana oxyotis___-__---- African elephant____________+_ 1 
HYRACOIDEA 
Procaviidae: 
iProcaviaicapenstss isa ein see Elyrax 2.02 eee nents 2 
PERISSODACTYLA 
Equidae: 
Equus burchellii antiquorum_-_------ Chapman’s zebra________7 4244 1 
PEGA USHICUGTG eos ee ea and SENN AS cota Asiatic wild ass or kiang_______ 1 
Guus onagers 20) So eke au QOnager. 2 2 eos Sega 1 
Hquussprzewalskit. seems tee es Mongolian wild horse-_--..__-- 2 
Equus quagga grantiosie:) eos 2. Grant zebra. Sao 1e See 2 
Equus. zebras se cers ie sever eer a Mountain zebra_____.__212 2% 1 
Rhinocerotidae: 
Dicer os Drcornis= 2s Watets Wahi ames Black rhinocerosii 22382 222255 1 
FURINOCEhOS UNUCOLNIS 2 ase ee Great Indian one-horned rhi- 
NLOCETOS Hi! oie sw SYR ON me aE 1 
ARTIODACTYLA 
Suidae: 
Babirussa babyrussa_.____________- Babirussay 2 21 sa oy aa 1 
Phacochoerus aethiopicus aeliani___._ East African wart hog________ 2 
POLES SCHOO Nh sine Ain Ane eae Vy Oo European wild boar___-___-___ 2 
Tayassuidae: 
Pecart Ongulauuss : =o. a iNpane es OL Collared peccary___---___-_-_ 1 
Hippopotamidae: 
Choeropsis liberiensis__.-___--_--_-- Pygmy hippopotamus--________ 
Hippopotamus amphibius_________- Hippopotamus _ 3: iveuuse ee 2 
Camelidae: 
Camelus bactrranws es oa ymeigngan 1) Bactrian camels. 42 sees sa 3 
Camelus dromedarius_____________- Single-humped camel -_---____-__ 3 
Lama glamas 2 Nae seme reels, Ws Dlama 20S 5 Oe ahah eee eee 1 
Lama glama gquanitcow ss Sijous 0a als Guanacoe 2.000 lei Vaasa 3 
TEGAN ACOS Ni Meret lant ainee CS Nes AUD ACA S00 1) eae Le a ae a 3 
Vig Cug rea UVC Ug Trae satay milan ayo VAL CUT ise tee Dat LIN Se 1 


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Scientific name Cemmon name Number 
Cervidae: 
PAL USIAL TS aes ih Mla ete A Oe AL SDE Axis deers) 200) 2 
Cervus CONAdeNnsisan ass ka ae American elke Osis) Salon Mii netaeaes 4 
(HEDIS GH 0] OATS OL aN at os ee Redi deer 2c Cn bs aa ae 1 
Cervus nippones 2 2) A. Weaea Hie Japanese deer_______________- 4 
Cervus nippon manchuricus_______-- Dybowsky’s) deer. 2-2. 25282 2 
Doi dani net feed Geer. Subs wel ete enna 16 
OBO RE RARE od White fallow deer___._.__.__.____ 20 
Hydropotes inermis...______--.-__-- Chinese water deer___________ 6 
Odocotleus virgintanus._--_-___--_- Virginia deer oi 2 8 eels Ls 5 
Giraffidae: 
Girajaicamelopardalign ss or mene INfobianyeirs fies eee 5 
CHRER IO PARCEL SSO Reticulated giraffe___________- 1 
Bovidae: 
PAU OLLO US LETVIGS= © = ns eae ee Pa\Cay BO eo |aiselayahi pal lah cael eae il 29 
JEG0IOS GOOTGUS SSS 5 Ss sepS Sees eee be GE Di mln catalogs eat Le ayia ea Bona Lc 5 
HSUSONMOUSOM se crt t Sa arn year American bison_-__________-- 13 
SO SRUTLOUCU Siege sates big thar ap ley oe EY UM ah A Se A ae OL 3 
SOSHLOUL TUES EAS NLS Le aN ey ON Domestic cow (Jersey) Bal 1 
SO SME CLULTRUL See A pot heh SI a a ea ea West Highland or Kyloe cattle_. 4 
LBXOS HOH OHS as 3 Sas al Me suena British Park cattle___________- 5 
SO MULSHOMOMLES ane own ne Bien a eee Water buftalout iain aaa 2 
Can,arsibitca= ee hoe) act SRM UNE AMUN eRe ea al He 1 
Cephalophus maxwellit_________-_-- Maxwell’s duiker____________- 1 
Cephalophus nigrifrons____-------- Black-fronted duiker________-_- 3 
Hemitragus jemlahicus.____-------- Dahirieet ssa aii «ca eee 3 
Limnotragus speku. 8222222 Sitatungaswy 2 eee Cae Dumas 1 
Or yasleuconya ssl). baa as 2 8 angio Arabian ony xeeee a 2 ae 1 
DES: CHU AGING SEE SNE IS ONE Nees pes Se i=) Domesticisheepe sae ae ease 1 
DYyIS GUO NA RNS ORR Ee Mio ul ones =e es Sse yee eaten 1 
Poephagus grunniens.___---------- Nien 0 ee 4 
ASCUCOUSRING YO ULTe enya ye mea aa Bharal or blue sheep_----- ..-- 1 
SURCAUS GPSS Saas eee eee African) buttaloe== === nan 3 
Taurotragus oryt..-.-------------- 1 DEE oo aa AAI ask sc aie a 3 
BIRDS 
STRUTHIONIFORMES 
Struthionidae: 
SUPUURVOCAMELUS = 22 Hens Ostrich. =o 52 iste eek eee 1 
RHEIFORMES 
Rheidae: 
ERCOMOMIETUCO IVES tens ae se Ss ayaa Commontrheates 222 sae ee 3 
CASUARIFORMES 
Casuariidae: 
Casuarius casuarius aruensis-_------ Aru cassowary .-------------- 1 
Casuarius unappendiculatus occipi- 
0 HA Sa Ne aeRO EGS EC SALES ME RAE 3 0 Je Island cassowary .------------ 1 
Casuarius unappendiculatus unap- 
DETUAUC ULL LS = tam easy ana One-wattled cassowary aaa 1 
Dromiceiidae: 
Dromiceius novaehollandiae_-------- Commoniemus aes ae 2 


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TINAMIFORMES 
Scientific name Common name Number 
Tinamidae: 
Crypturellus variegatus__----------- Variegated tinamou-_-__------_- 1 
SPHENISCIFORMES 
Spheniscidae: 
Aptenodytes forstert_ £22. /2-.---- Hm peror penguin] «2222 sea 1 
Eudyptes chrysolophus__----------- Macaroni penguin____-----__- 1 
Spheniscus demersus__------------- Jackass penguin______________ 3 
Spheniscus humboldti__------------ Humboldt’s penguin__----___- 1 
PELECANIFORMES 
Pelecanidae: 
Pelecanus erythrorhynchus_-_-------- White pelican! 22.422 aaa 2 
Pelecanus occidentalis californicus._.- California brown pelican _-_-__- 2 
Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis___. Brown pelican_____---------- 2 
IPelecan us nOSCus= = sa aoe ee ee Rose-colored pelican___-_----- 2 
Sulidae: 
Sulanewcogastentex: cu s\n see ae ‘Brown booby.2223225-5 =. see 1 
Phalacrocoracidae: 
Phalacrocoraz auritus albociliatus._._.. Farallon cormorant______-__-- 1 
Phalacrocorax auritus auritus_------ Double-crested cormorant_._-- 1 
CICONIIFORMES 
Ardeidae: 
WA Dea aenod va Sein trea mance ie een Great blue heron____________- 2 
Hydranassa tricolor ruficollis___.---- Louisiana heron_-_____-_-_-_- 1 
Beucophoyr thulase as aa eee eee ue SNOwysegret as ae Ose eee 6 
Notophoyx novaehollandiae __ ------- White-faced heron_______-_--- 1 
Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli__------ Black-crowned night heron____ 9 
Cochleariidae: 
Cochlearius cochlearius___---------- Boat-billed heron______-__---- 1 
Ciconiidae: 
(ORY HOS CoH H naps sis ea White'storke (52s 42 eae 2 
TR OUSHCUTVE RE WES) a a ating a LL Malayan painted stork_______- 1 
VODGO PONCE a ae eS Jabiru sake eee Oe ie ee 2, 
Leptoptilus crumeniferus_---------- Miaraboues: ines nnayiia ate arn 1 
Leptoptilus dubtus___.-_.__---__---- Indianvadjutant32 05. 2mpaamaie 1 
Leptoptilus javanicus____.__.------ Lesser adjutant____.________- 2 
Miycteriaamericang - 522-2228. _ Woodibis2s.2 4.22 eae 1 
Threskiornithidae: 
JONG THOR CAE TOR TARE Set ASS Aa ES BO ONE Roseate spoonbill___.____--__- 3 
Gurararalbaweaiie wey Miia eM aN Lo Wihite ibisiiy.. ooo sae 4 
Guara alba Garniubra ss fei aes wi Hybrid, white ibis X scarlet ibis. 1 
Guana rubrae lea yeni pear nag Searletsibis io) 5) ee 3 
Threskiornis melanocephala_______-- Black-headed ibis__._____..---- 1 
Phoenicopteridae: 
Phoentcopterus antiquorum___-_-.-- Old World flamingo___._.-..-- 2 
Phoentcopterus chilensis.......___-- Chilean flamingo_._._.._--_-- 7 
Phoenicopterus ruber______.._-___-- Cuban \flamingoo 222) 5 se uee 1 


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ANSERIFORMES 
Scientific name Common name Number 
Anhimidae: 
Chauna torquata___..___--___-__-_- Crested screamer_____________ 4 
Anatidae: 

ANGIE EY CE OES ORG aig aati A a Wood ducke 235. ainsi 3 
Anas bahamensis___---- plait ta Bahama: pintail= = oa ee aes 2 
Anas brastliensis___-__._._---_---__- Brazilian teals (25 2.010. ORs 1 
Mallardsdick] eae" Siena 20 
AUS (BO ae Toalierd lucie sl aula 3 

Anas platyrhynchos X Dafila acuta... Hybrid, mallard duck X pintail 
Quick a= oa she Wy sania Meee 1 
Anas platyrhynchos domestica_-_-____- Pekin "duck Sone esr eips kama 20 
VAG SHT ALOT? DESe nee eran Black iduck #228 ee oye sewas 3 
VAIS CTACUO UPR OTS ee ee yn ene Greenland white-fronted goose_- 1 
Anser anser domestica. __-_________- Toulouse goose___________-__- 4 
Anseranas semipalmata______-_--_- Australian pied goose_________ 1 
AOHID, GHEE SASS a leper Besseriscaups 224 siete a 1 
MOGI GHG HOARSE SSACAS SSS Albis! Glue ee 4 
ADR: CARSINGHO 2 Whee aS eee Canvasback duck__*-=- 7227272 2 
Branta canadensis___-_.------------ Canada goose__________-______ 26 

Branta canadensis * Chen caerules- Hybrid, Canada goose X blue 
COTES ee eee tes ee een eae ace OOSSL NAAN EN AEE eh erayen ae 2 
Branta canadensis occidentalis _____- White-cheeked goose_________-_ 16 
Branta hutchinsti____---.--------- Hutchins’sso0sel 2222) us ae 3 
Branta hutchinsit minima___------- Cackling goose_____-______-_-_ 20 
BrOntawAjicollisa = 5 5252s ee Red-breasted goose-_-_-_------- 2 
Cairimarwmoschatas ==) — 2S eens aoe Muscovy ducks =e) oe aon os 
Cereopsis novaehollandiae___-------- Cape Barren goose__-----_---- 1 
Chenvatlanticas lie se Vinee Snow goosewa shale Meese 3 
Chenvcoenulescens= 2222 5-5 2a se Bluerg ose saa ie ae 3 
Chen hyperborea____--------------- Lesser snow goose- ----------- 2 
Chenopisiatrata=s= 2 2a ee ee Black: swam ic eu il ahd se ueeuaee 9 
Chloephaga leucoptera_---_--------- Upland goose___--_---------- 2 
Coscoroba coscoroba__-------------- Coscorobace a2 Sa 22 oe eee 1 
Cygnopsis cygnoides___------------ Domestic swan-goose_-_----_--- 3 
Cignusicolumbianus- 22222 oss Whistling swan___.____-_-_--- 5 
Cryamiusicygnushese a= qed ah eS Whooper/swan]] 2) 42252252252 2 
Cygnus melancoriphus-_-_----------- Black-necked swan_-_--___--_-- 1 
[Day (lies ATS eer ee yaa a Pra Gavi ase ie oa alee 7 
Dafilarsninicaudaa = $2.12 252 ow Chilean pintail________------- 1 
Dendrocygna autumnalis___-------- Black-bellied tree duck_-_------ 3 
Dendrocygna viduata__------------- White-faced tree duck____--_-- 2 
Mareca americana___-------------- Baldpates: 220 ae vee 1 
Metopiana peposaca__------------- Rosy-billed pouchard__-------- 2 
Nettion carolinense_--------------- Green-winged teal___---------- 3 
WNetivon fOrmosiwm = — ese sae Baikal tealovi28 2 52 Ged eis 2 
Philacte canagica___--------------- Himperor goosess eae ase 2 
Plectropterus gambiensis__--------- Spur-winged goose__-_--------- 2 
Querquedula discors__-------------- Blue-winged teal___----------- 2 


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FALCONIFORMES 
Scientific name Common name Number 
Cathartidae: 
Cathartesnauya2 ses ne ee Turkey vulture___.____________ 1 
Corns CHAIR Bk ee ee ee ee Black wut ume ssa)s 027s ee ee a 
anconamphus\ papas steko e eee Kine) vultunece 222222 eae 2 
WOE CROSS SS Andean condor_____---_--_-_-_ 2, 
Sagittariidae: 
Sagittarius serpentarius__-__------- Secretary bird. so) 20s eee ib 2 
Accipitridae: 
AccipitenNCOOMent= ne es ts es Cooper’s hawk_____-__.-_____ 1 
Buteovjamatcen sisi tec 2a er ee ee Red-tailed hawk_______-_____- 5 
Buteo lineatus lineatus__-.--------- Red-shouldered hawk-_-_______-- 4 
Buteo melanoleucus__- 2 =. ee South American buzzard eagle__ 2 
iButeoplatuypterussae ten ao yt ee Broad-winged hawk___________ 1 
ButeOpoectlochT Owen as eas Red-backed buzzard _____-____-_ 1 
BULCOVS WATSON Ut a su eee eva Swainson’s hawk 0 iL 
Giumps nen pellan hy ea Sek my el) Riippell’s vulture_____________ 2 
Haliaeetus leucocephalus________---- Baldieagles {2252.6 sea al 
Haliaeetus leucogaster_______------- White-breasted sea eagle_______ 2 
Haliastur ind usa 22k Dees i= Brahminy. kites 2220 iiee See 3 
EVOL UCHR) 1) CL a ne A Scie Harpy.eacless) 22 Jive ee oe 1 
IMalvagorchimangos= Vat cuca inn iis Chimangos) 20 aaa 3 
Milvus migrans parasitus_____----- African yellow-billed kite______ 2 
Pandion haliaetus carolinensis _ __--- Ospreye soo 2 a eam 2 
HPA ODULEO UNUCLR CLUS a. ee epee One-banded hawk-_-___-______- 1 
Pithecophaga jefferyt.------------- Monkey-eating eagle__________ 1 
Spiziastur melanoleucus____-------- Black-and-white hawk eagle ___ 1 
Falconidae: 
AlCOmnextCanUse ss. scams ean se Prairie:falcon2 2254 see 1 
Falco peregrinus anatum_____-__---- Duck bawke 2002 See 1 
E{QUCONS PONV CILILS am ee ae see ee ee Sparrow hawks ose eee 5 
FOU DORIS PLAT C UL Sus ea enna ee South American caracara___---_- 3 
GALLIFORMES 
Megapodiidae: 
Alectinanlatha mixes asa sbe als Brush) turkey 222520). aos 2 
Cracidae: 
Craciascrolataa tne whe en ae mean ania Crested curassow______-___-_- 2 
Craztiasctolatasclatenwi ssa iia ls Sclater’s curassow___________- 1 
Cracrnwb na ne ake wie taper ee es eyee nts lol Panama curassow--__-------- 1 
VIG CL oye it aa a MeN ae TO ne Ae Razor-billed curassow---_--_--- 1 
Penelope boliviangs) 3222 S252 8b. = Crested: guan!* 22°) See 3 
Phasianidae: 
VAG GUEST ILLS) CLT GUS a an mea ne ee Argus pheasant_____________-- 1 
Chrysolophus amherstiae___________ Lady Amherst’s pheasant___-_-- 1 
GChirysolophuscp telus 6 oe. ate morse Golden pheasant_____________ 2 
Colmnusicrystatise 22 er = am rieeen ae Crested quail... SUi22 2) Suns) 1 
Colinis vingintanius §2 i 56 Slee Bobwhite: 22 eG ate 1 
Crossopiilonaumiums = 2255 Saban es Blue-eared pheasant__________ 1 
iON COLUN US COGUUY sats se hee io Coqui-francolnies!y 2h) Saenaae 2 
Gallasig alles cme is GAN ce Naa Bantamsfow): se veo ieee ee 70 
Gallusigaliis sane ince ens lee Meni wei Oriental silky bantam fowl- _-_- 2 


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Phasianidae—Continued 
Gallirsigall use tyes esa xing sepa 9) Bichting) fowls eee eee ae 
Gallusigallis eee es ee eae Red jungle fowl______________ 
Gallusiqallusi a Sse one Hybrid, red jungle fowl X bantam 
POwdl se Wis Gene bE L AE Angle 
Gallushlajayettiyase nae ae ani eee Ceylonese jungle fowl_________ 
Gallusrsonnenaty= == Veen ie eg Gray, jungle fowlaee aes 
Gennaeus albocristatus_________---- White-crested kaleege_________ 
Gennaeus leucomelanus____.__-__-- Nepal kaleege________________ 
Gennaeus nycthemerus__-_____--__- Silver pheasant_______________ 
Heerophasts swinhot. = 5-2-2 2 Swinhoe’s pheasant__________- 
Odontophorus gujanensis marmoratus. Marbled Guiana quail________- 
FACUONCTUSLOLLS eye yey oan a Ue A yl Peakory dso ie is Nines Mei eae Ba 
Phasianus torquatus____________--- Ring-necked pheasant________-_ 
Syrmaticus reevest___.______-____-- Reeves’s pheasant_____-____-__ 
Numididae: 
Acrwylliumivuliuninum ss: eh) 8 Vulturine guinea fowl____-___-_- 
INGLINIdaspsuee a: Bearley hehe Guinea fowlaie as 
Guttera eduardi schoutedent_______-_- Schouteden’s crested guinea fowl 
Guttera plumifera schubotzi_-_-_--_-- Uele crested guinea fowl_-_____ 
Meleagrididae: 
VAGTVOCHATLS OCCUGtAs 922i) s eS Ocellated turkey. ----+------- 
Meleagris gallopavo_____----------- Wild: turkeys aie lag oe 
GRUIFORMES 
Gruidae: 
Anthropoides virgo___-------------- Demoiselle crane___-______-__- 
IS QLCGTUCO Mp AVONING a= 8 82) ey West African crowned crane_ -_- 
Balearica regulorum gibbericeps - ---- East African crowned crane___- 
Grus leucauchen..--_-____-_------ White-naped crane_---_-__--_-- 
Grus leucogeranus_____------------ Siberian crane_______________-_ 
Psophiidae: 
SO DRIGMEIL CODEC. 2 =a ae ae White-backed trumpeter -_-__-_ 
Rallidae: 
Amaurornis phoenicurus__--------- White-breasted rail___________ 
Aramides cajaned_.2 222 220i eee Woods rath a say Dee eh aca eed 
licanamernvcanag-. 255 422 eee American coot. 92 8 23000 ee 
Gallinula chloropus cachinnans------ Hlorida, gallinules.22. ees ae 
Gallinula chloropus indica___-------- Indian gallinule-_________----- 
TIronornis martinica__------------- Purple sallinules]..s. 2a 
Laterallus viridis_.________--------- Cayenne rail. 22 08 Lena ae 
Rallus limicola limicola____-------- NGhgeah op ery gay ee oe eS ee 
Cariamidae: 
Campana crisiatas 2 a eee Cariama or seriema-__-----_--_-- 
Eurypygidae: 
Erg UGG: TU OT a sao me ae ecu ge ENT Sun bittern 2 298 32 eae 
CHARADRIIFORMES 
Recurvirostridae: 
Himantopus mexicanus ------------ Black-necked stilt ____--_----- 
Burhinidae: 


Burhinus bistriatus___--.--------- South American thick-knee-___ 


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Scientifie name Common name Number 
Haematopodidae: 
Haematopus ostralegus_________---- European oystercatcher_______ 3 
Charadriidae: 
Belonopterus chilensis_._....------ Chilean lapwing____.___+-__2- 
Philomachus pugnaz -_------------ Rules s te oe ee 5 
Laridae: rx} 
aruUsvargentatiusien weuneele apes eae Herring: gull... 2Qnsane ox eis 1 
Larus delawarensis_.......-__._--- Ring-billed gull. ________=__- a 2 
Larusidominicanuss 25225 see es oe! Kelp gull_2u si isa oie) Ay een 2 
Larus novaehollandiae_--- --------- Silver, gull scsi Wie area 6 
COLUMBIFORMES 
Columbidae: 
Columba ivianaw ics Xe ae a Domestic pigeon________-____ 9 
Columba nigrinosiris £2) Pose Short-billed pigeon___________ 1 
Columbigallina minuta elaeodes_-____- Ground! ‘dovess224: 522) eae 2 
Ducula paulina 25023 wu ae Celebian imperial pigeon ______ 1 
Gallicolumba luzonica___---------- Bleeding-heart dove__________ 2 
Gallicolumba luzonica X Streptopelia Hybrid, bleeding-heart dove X 
Ceca oct oye des en UNE Ry ENR ring-necked dove____-__--_-_- 1 
GCOURANOL CLOT Cys mip Up ee yl NN aaeo Victoria crowned pigeon_______ 1 
Oreopeleta montana____-___---__-__- Ruddy quail dove___________- 2 
Streptopelia tranquebarica_._______- Blue-headed ring dove_______- 17 
ISETEPLOMELUGIACCAOCLO Mama yan aaymnt Ring-necked dove_____-__-_-_- 15 
KER CSVGHOGS Ss SIRE a ohh White-winged dove__________-_ 12 
Zenaidura auriculata_____________- South American mourning dove- 4 
ZENA UTORMAChOUndas snes ee Mourning /dovesan2 a5. Soa 2 
PSITTACIFORMES 
Psittacidae: 
‘Agapornis ilianae == Red-faced lovebird_____-______ 2 
PAUG ZOMONGESELY Ca man ieee taal panda Blue-fronted parrot____-_____- 1 
Amazona auropalliata____._______- Yellow-naped parrot_________- 4 
Amazona ochrocephala_____----___- Yellow-headed parrot -_-_-__-__- 4 
JN ROOV OOS CROAT R LS Beso i ns Double yellow-headed parrot_- 8 
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus__--_-_- Hyacinthine macaw_-_-_-_----- 1 
JANGROR. CHRON ROMLMD os sy I ee Yellow-and-blue macaw-_--_-_-_-_- 7 
PAU ORI AKOKOTO GYAN SR iis Wena i i Raa Red, blue, and yellow macaw_._ 6 
AGQLING GEUO DSi ie ete Meme Ue Cuban’ conure!2202 52 ae 1 
Brotogerys jugularis______________- Tovi parakeet. _u 22220222 222 12 
Calyptorhynchus magnificus_______- Banksian cockatoo___-_____-_- 1 
Coniirars wed delta mesa sre sass Weddell’s conure____________- 5 
Domiceltaigarraia =a cv esl maa Redilory ss) ..0 22) Cee if 
Sak atoe alba ere eta ie iNe nin ee ev lxin Wihite:cockatoos: 2244s as me 2 
ICICOLOCNG CTO Sienna wee te ea nian le Solomon Islands cockatoo_____ 2 
iNakatocngalerstey aan tase non ee saibye Large sulphur-crested cockatoo_ 3. 
Kakotoe moluccensis_______-2 22045. Great red-crested cockatoo-_---- 1 
Kakatoe sanguineus____-__._______-- Bare-eyed cockatoo____------- 1 
Neophema chrysostoma___---------- Blue-winged parrot _-_--------- 2 
Nestormotabil ism see cee catia rete 1 cf pa eA REN OCS ANA hg 1 
Nymphicus hollandicus______.___-- Cockatiel. oo ss tae ces L 


Scientific name 
Psittacidae—Continued 


Pionus menstruus___-_-_ 
Psitiacula eupatria____ 
Pstttacula krameri_____ 


Cuculidae: 


Eudynamys scolopacea__ 


Musophagidae: 


Tauraco corythaiz___~~- 
Tauraco donaldsoni____ 
Tauraco persa___------ 


Tytonidae: 


Tyto alba pratincola____ 


Strigidae: 


Bubo virginianus____--- 
Ketupa ketupu___.----- 
Nyctea nyctea_____----- 
Oiusiasvole Bais bo jee 


Alcedinidae: 


Dacelo gigas____------- 


Coraciidae: 


Anthracoceros coronatus_______----- 


Momotidae: 


Baryphthengus martit__- 
Momotus lessont_-_----- 


Capitonidae: 


Megalaima asiatica___-- 


Ramphastidae: 


Pieroglossus inscriptus_-_ 
Ramphastos ariel____--- 
Ramphastos carinatus____---------- 
Ramphastos culminatus__---------- 
Ramphastos piscivorus-- 


Cotingidae: 


Rupicola rupicola_----- 


Dicruridae: 
Dissemurus paradiseus-_ 
Oriolidae: 


Zarhynchus waglert___-- 


Corvidae: 


Corvus brachyrhynchos.- 


Corvus corax principalis 


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Common name Number 

pene rer Blue-headed conure__________- 1 

eee ME 2 1s Red-shouldered parakeet _ _-_-_- 1 

AY AUPE MV OUT ut Kramer’s parakeet______--_--- 1 
CUCULIFORMES 

eS Coca iy eb aati! A ECays) (aI ee NE CEUs wc Wa) 1 

AE ee rea South African turaco___-______ 2 

py antec hd pk ae Nee Donaldson’s turaco_________-_-_ 1 

beers = Purple turacol 2.32 20 eases 2 
STRIGIFORMES 

fy Sareea eS Barntowle cos. 2 ee ose eens 10 

ULE a eae os Great horned owl_.__-_-_-_____-_ 8 

oly es Ey 2S Malay fishing owl____-------- 1 

i aod ge SHOW Owll=- 2 kee See 1 

Ee eae he ee ene Screech owlisssuencs sleek eee. 4 

ja Sa pera nea Barred: owl. 2 222 2 ses aise 11 
CORACIIFORMES 

yi 2 NCA ee ra Kookaburra =] 2 eae 2 

Pied hornbill 32253252 hee 2 

Ee Vee pe Great rufous motmot____-___- 1 

pba paige Lesson’s motmot-.______------ 1 

PICIFORMES 

pe er Blue-throated barbet______---- 1 

NC Yellow-billed toucanet____---- 1 

pepe Oe Poe IN ALTHO NN Oe ee a 2 

Sulphur-breasted toucan__----- 3 

White-breasted toucan____---- 1 

ew ayy 3 2 ee MOCO) COUGAR Is eae ee 1 
PASSERIFORMES 

LANs iy rks eas Cock-of-the-rock____--------- 2 

aps ea ane ast Giant racquet-tailed drongo---- 1 

Sela Wagler’s oropendula__-------- 1 

PROV dees er American crow_.------------- 8 

pula es pa cba NY Ae: Northern raven____---------- 1 


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Scientific name Common name Number 
Corvidae—Continued 
Coruwss cornice ake teas area ee Hooded (crow. 5222222252 anes 1 
Convusicryptoleucuss ies Ns 2 White-necked raven_____-___-_- 1 
Convits tn solen sae e Hees eink nines oe Indian crowe2 255250 aes 2 
Corus moneda sais aaa ae Jackdaw 52250) 5. 2 5)46 ee 3 
Cyanoctitarcristata 2 aa Se es BW Jaye oO a ns SEN i 8 
CGyanocoraxichrysops=sa se ee Urraca jays... 222 2 eel 
Garrnulusiglandarvuss: ssa). hoes ee Huropean jaye soe = sae ae il 
Gymnorhina hypoleuca_______-__--- White-backed piping crow______ 1 
J EAA OGR SORA ATANY as Ie INES SO ee) bs Yellow-billed magpie___________ 1 
PCG PUCAINUGSONTCOS lee ea American magpie______________ 2 
Wrocissalcaenuleaal eens. ae) eas Formosan red-billed pie_______- 2 
Paradiseidae: 
DELVE GTOHIS OD OY OUT ON SS On 8 ik a Great bird-of-paradise_________- 1 
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus________-- Satin bowerbird))...- -) 2S ae oe 1 
Timaliidae: 
Garrulacivecal ors e ape ae aaron aii ta White-headed laughing thrush__ 2 
Pycnonotidae: 
Heterophasia capistratra___.__----- Black-headed sibia_____________ 2 
YCNONOLUSNANGLIS 22 2s eee ane Yellow-vented bulbul__________ 1 
Pycnonotus leucogenys_____--__-_--- White-cheeked bulbul__________ 1 
Mimidae: 
Mimus polyglotios polyglottos______- Eastern mockingbird___________ 1 
Mimus polyglottos leucopterus______- Western mockingbird__________ 2 
MOxLOSLOManLfism ae 6s en Re Brown thrasher________ 232220! 2 
Turdidae: 
Geolsehiacrtni ng sissy ent eae Orange-headed ground thrush___ 1 
Hylocichla mustelonatis. 26-0 22128 - Wood thrush’ 2252 eae 1 
ielatycrchlavjlavtpess en) s aumman a Yellow-footed thrush__________- 1 
LU SiGr ayes a ead. ete Sige Bonaparte’s thrush____________ 1 
Turdus migratorius___..__________- Eastern robin= 2282251 2a 3 
Sturnidae: 
Acridotheres tristts) 20-2 oe Common mynahw2o 352 .ae ea 1 
Graeculaineltgvosmmerias aman a nuenye Southern hill mynah___________ ] 
Gracupica melanoptera_______.----_- White starling 02322 Sa 1 
Lamprocolius splendens________-__- Splendid glossy starling________ 3 
Lamprotornis australis____________- Burchell’s glossy starling_______ 1 
Stunna malabari cas teen wears se Gray-headed mynah__________- 1 
Parulidae: 
Dendrovea pinws espana eee Pine warblerss: 223 2h) eee 1 
Seuvurus GuUnocapiulusa tenn win ias ssa Ovenbird 2) 2020s. 2 Sea 2 
Ploceidae: 
Aeginthatemporalis. 0 aay Sydney waxbill-.°_2 2 eee 8 
ACHEMOSI NE CONLATSS oan Ut Tawny, waxills so 20 in Viagra 3 
Aidemosyne malabarica________-__- Indian silverbill 310-4 panes 2 
Aidemosyne modesta________-__-__- Plum-headed finch_______-____- 2 
AltsteranusicinGr sees ne ciekee ou Parson, finch] sous ius eit 2 
PAT GA LG OSCUCUC yt oe Mae yan Cut-throat weaver finch_______- 6 
Amandava amandava_____-____--__- Strawberry finch 322 aus seas sne 3 
Cayleiavpictay Ge: Lua Na ers ueoe Painted fin chi) isa us iy save eee 1 
Diatropura.procnessiie oa Giant whydahe eyo ein eae 2 
Esirlda, astild aaa cai on, Red-eared waxbill___...------- 10 


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Scientific name Common name Number 
Ploceidae—Continued 
EU DIeCles | rANciSCQnGg = 2282 ns ae Bishop weaver =_22__ 22-222" 72 3 
Hypochera ultramarina____-__----- Combasou or indigobird____-__-_- 1 
Lagonosticta senegalla______-------- African fire finch____________- 2 
Lonchura leucogastroides________--- Bengali finch 222s ae 2 
Maintazmaj a! fea he bes aks White-headed munia_________- 2 
Minnianmalaccas: ss ae re ee Black-throated munia____-_---- 1 
MM OUPBES OULEC IHG ee eee Spicesfinch = <u ss Ue eee 3 
Padda oryziwora______------------ Java sparrow_-____-____--=-- 15 
Passer domesticus_____------------ House sparrow______--_------ 3 
VOCE USOC Cars = een aon wn Bre De aN ce Baya weaver_______---------- 2 
PIOCCUSTINLER MEATUS = = ee Ea Se Black-cheeked weaver--------- 2 
Ploceus vitellinus.—-_ = 52 _ = 22222 = Vitelline masked weaver_------ 6 
Roephilancurccauda= 26 mes sama Long-tailed finch_______-_---- 1 
oe phil personatas 92). see hs Se Masked finch______________-_- 2 
Onreleavquelea = 2 Ne eae Red-billed weaver___________- 4 
Sporaeginthus melopodus_-_--------- Orange-cheeked waxbill _ ---__-- 5 
Steganopleura bichenovii_---------- Bicheno/sifine hea awn eee ee 1 
Steganura paradisea____----------- Paradise why daha sere 12 
Taeniopygia castanotis________----- Zebra finches Sa. ya Se 3 
Uraeginthus bengalus__------------ Cordon-bleu finch_-_-_--------- 7 
Coerebidae: 
Cuanenpesicyancuss=s 9-5 22 Se Blue honey creeper-_-_-------- 14 
Icteridae: 
Agelaiusiassimilis 2 le Eases e Cuban red-winged blackbird --- 2 
Amblyrhamphus holosericeus__------ Scarlet-headed blackbird - - - -_- 1 
Gymnomystax mexicanus -___-------- Giant oriolex22 2322s Rew is 1 
Metenusipullocky= 22% Vannes Waser «2 Bullock’s troupial__________-- 1 
ictenusigiaud yaa es Ee eae Giraud’s oriole__________----- 1 
Molothrus bonariensis_-_----------- Shiny:cowbird= 4 23222 = 5 seaer 1 
Novopsaricuradeuss = yah Se eeeT = 2 Chilean blackbird _----------- 2 
iRezitessdepluppys- = = 2 eee Se Military staring 93222222232 "= 4 
Quiscalus quiscula__-------------- Purpleigrackleze {aes sea 1 
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus-__--- Yellow-headed blackbird - - ---- 1 
Xanthornis angustifrons___---------- Oropendulal 242s 1 
Thraupidae: 
Calospiza inornata languens _--_----- Plain-colored tanager - -------- 1 
Calospiza rujicolliss == 222225 => _ = Brown-headed tanager - - ------ 1 
Piranga eryihromelas __------------ Searlet tanager___------------ 2 
Ramphocelus carbo2_- 2222-2 -2__-- Silver-beaked tanager-_------- 2 
Ramphocelus dimidiatus - - - -------- Crimson tanager-__----------- 2 
Ramphocelus flammigerus . --------- Wellowstanager==) 2 =— 2 ss see= 2 
Ramphocelus passerinit------------ Passerini’s tanager---__------_- if 
Thraupis bonariensis darwinii _ __- -- Darwines tanagersss se seen 2 
RT AepEsiCand = = MEO Nh ae Bluetanager!=.3 ei Se eee I 
Fringillidae: 
Carpodacus mexicanus___---------- Mexican house finch ---------- 2 
Carpodacus purpureus californicus.___ California purple finch=====2-2 3 
Coryphospingus cucullatus__-------- Red=crestedemuc his aya epee 1 
Cyanocompsa argentina _-_-_-------- Argentine blue grosbeak-_----- 2 
DD iicand ican a ee ee eee Diucai finches.) ks Set ee 1 
Lophospingus pusillus___---------- Black-crested finch - ---------- 2 


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Scientific name Common name Number 
Fringillidae—Continued 

WD OFAN Qi pGese = oe See Be Cubanibullfinch])3 322 ae 2 
Melospiza melodia___-____-------- SOneSparro wee eee a eee 3 
Paroaria cucullata__._.._--------- Brazilian cardinal________-___-_ 1 
Paroaria gularis nigro-genis_—------ Black-eared cardinal_________-_ 1 
LASS GHGS: Sa IHOXS SP AUTOM) 2 os sae ee 1 
IRassering amoena:= 2) 2 oe Lazuli bunting 22222122 eee 1 
IZAUSSAOG. COTES 3a Sa eS es Painted bunting sees aaa eee 1 
JZAURSSGUID CUO 2 Se indigosbunting. ss eeoa tee ae 2 
Passerina leclanchery2 2 2 ee) Leclancher’s bunting_________- 1 
RPassering versicolor = 52 2s y2 Varied bunting_______________ 1 
Pheucticus aureoventris___________- Black-and-yellow grosbeak_-___- 2 
Phrygalus alana iss scene kn Le Chileanlark finche ye 1 
LEOPOLD POOR ssa EN an Mourning finch____~_________-_ 2 
JET OPA THIONS (HOM sg a an a ey Gay’s gray-headed finch___-__-_ 1 
IROOSPUZA LOT GUALC a aoe eae ae Ringed warbling finech________- 2 
Richmondena cardinalis__...___---- Cardinale: uh sy 002) ee ania 3 
ISEGLIVUSI CAMA NI UUS a aa es aes eed ony mea) a) Canary, 228.0) 52a ee 7 
Serinus canarius X Carduelis mexi- 

COR GM es DUR aia Oe I MN Hybrid, canary X siskin_____-_ 2 
SOPHOUS CHGS AAs Bees a SN a Green singing finch__________-_ 1 
(SHOTIOS (Omen Soe eee Miystoi finch. ee eee 1 
SCHUSTER Se OI Saltronsfinchu see eee 3 
ISUCCLUSRINTIVO Toman min teas Out eu ENTE Lesser yellow finch____._____- 4 
IS DUIUUSNAULT ODIO VOLES aaa ne Oy pepe ati Chilean siskin! 3.2 sess au eaaayeeet 1 
SHOCOWNORIGS GRU RANG gS SY Hicks’s seedeater__-_-___.-+-- 1 
Sporophila gutturalis.%42 2225) | Yellow-billed seedeater__-_-____- 1 
Sporophila melanocephala_________- Black-headed seedeater________ 2 
DE SGHPOS QUINOA ASS es ET Ob Mexican grassquit___._______- 3 
Volatinvagacanimas 2 ose eee Blue-black grassquit__________ 1 
Zonotrichia albicollis_____________- White-throated sparrow______- 4 
Zononichia capensisza2 sees WAC le Chingolos/2o!. sie aaa J 

REPTILES 

LORICATA 

Crocodylidae: 

Alligator mississipiensised sj 2)a88 Alligators: 02 sie ila aL een 33 
VALIG Aton SUMEN SUS: Wiis she uc Lee Chinese alligator_____________ 2 
Carman latirostiie ie so yaa lpapaareg a Broad-snouted caiman________ 1 
CavManiscler op sistas 4 sue Lam Ok Spectacled caiman___________-_ 4 
Crocodylus actus ne ea eueaan ee American crocodile__________- 3 
Crocodylus cataphractus__...______- Narrow-nosed crocodile-_-__-__- 1 
Crocodylus niloticuse 2) tesa African crocodile. ________-__- 2 
Crocodylus palustris 2. 22.2002 “Toad’’ crocodile___.._-_..-_= 2 
Crocodylus pops uses ees uname ne Salt-water crocodile___________ 1 
Osteolaemus tetraspis...__.-.__2__- Broad-nosed crocodile________- 3 


Scientific name 
Agamidae: 
Physignathus lesueuri__ 
Uromastiz acanthinurus 
Xenosauridae: 


Xenosaurus laticaudatus 


Iguanidae: 
Anolis carolinensis 


Anolis equestris 
Anolis sagrae________- 
Basiliscus vittatus_____ 
Conolophus subcristatus 
Phrynosoma cornutum 
‘Sceloporus undulatus 
Zonuridae: 
Zonosaurus ornatus 
Zonurus giganteus 
Helodermatidae: 
Heloderma horridum 
Heloderma suspectum 
Lacertidae: 
Eremias mucronata 
Teiidae: 
Cnemidophorus bocourti 
Scincidae: 
Egernia cunninghami 
Egernia luctuosa 
Egernia whitii 
Eumeces fasciatus 
Tiliqua scincoides 
Chameleontidae: 
Chameleon dilepis 


Typhlopidae: 
Typhlops sp 
Boidae: 


Constrictor constrictor 
Constrictor imperator 
Constrictor mexicanus 
Epicrates cenchria 
Eunectes murinus 
Python molurus 
Python regius 
Python reticulatus 
Python spilotes 
Python variegatus 


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SQUAMATA 
SAURIA 
Common name Number 
BE ARENT Auk Lesueur’s water dragon________ 4 


BUGLE ENEMIES North African spiny-tailed lizard_ 1 
SELES pa ono aa Broad-tailed lizard____________ 1 
ESA SUSE E So oi American anolis or false cha- 
Meleomes yo es ee 10 
i AT en ea Giantianolis pees eee ere ee 2, 
A LG PS Giantyanolisis Si) Glas aai ia 1 
Ez ORS Nara rales Basiliskesucys 22.2 2 VN NON, 4 
Shs Pe MOPS D2 Galapagos iguana_____________ 2 
again LD Horned lizard______1_________ 6 
OEE Pine or fence lizard__________-_ 6 
Cea Sh sea Ornate lizard_______________- 1 
LALA RHar Ethie 2 African spiny lizard__________- 1 
REE Si 2G a aS Mexican beaded lizard_______-_ 2 
SENSUAL Le Gila monster___._____________- 4 
BL EAN Egyptian sand lizard____--_--- 3 
we SOU PRES Wihiptailjlizardae snes e sane 1 
Be CSE Cunningham’s skink_____--__- 3 
ea ee Mourning skink_____-_----_--- 2 
Guu )s 350 ee Wihitessiskanke= Sn eee nee 10 
zie ID) aD ea Blue-tailed skink____________- 2 
De Neary Oi Blue-tongued lizard____------- 4 
ee ea Chameleons]. 2 522 10 
SERPENTES 
YR ORG |e African burrowing snake -- ---- 1 
aU Ae Greentree boas see ee eee 1 
PST Meaney cy Bae Dumériljsiboaeese eee 1 
MOUND 0 oa eae Boa constrictor__.____-_------- 2 
HME SO SMES a Central American boa___------ 386 
ESN Sal en 9 ns Southern’ boa! s22200 sess 1 
a SF sO See Rainbow boa____------------ 11 
SGA Veh GV ke Hal es IAT CO TCO ea 1 
aL WR ( Indian rock python__--------- 138 
CoML ako Ballitpythonwaass eae a 1 
BL Ses tied) ene Regal python_-__------------- 6 
pe Oo ele Diamond python_-_----------- 1 
A al een ata Carpet pythons as esse eee 4 


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Scientific name 
Colubridae: 
Arizona elegans eburnata__________- 
iBoaedon yuleginosuse ss. een 
IBogedonnlaveatin sansa ine eae 
Carphophis amoena. == 2.2. 28 
Chlorophis heterolepidota______-__-- 
Colwberncon'strr cto rims nail ee uae 
Dasypellisiscabra sae aera augn en 
Diadophisipunctatwse sus 2. ae lees 
Drymarchon corais couperi____---_- 
JOH GAM aH SS SE 
Ela phevobsoleta aves itis ninja ise 
Hlaphequadrivittata) 32) sy alensei 
LRGNOO DORON, 55 a 
JOO UAV CUS oO eae ee 
Heterodon contortriz______________- 
Lampropeltis getulus boylit________- 
Lampropeltis getulus getulus_______- 
Lampropeltis rhombomaculata______- 
Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum_ 
IN GU TAD CSO COONAN Ul a Ee DN Naas 
JO ATa rte tS} OSS eI Es NON US oe a 
Opheodrys vernalis nice 
Onybelisvacuminatus.= 22 9a ee ae 
LY CSN UCOSUS meee ean le auc iNs 
[SUM RAPOG, CIOs ON a Se Es 
hamnophissirtaliss 2222 Nh | 
Elapidae: 


Najaumelanoleuca sas suai eb) 
Viperidae: 

IEYHOS ONRIORTC IU ee ees 
Crotalidae: 

Agkistrodon mokeson =<.) 0 sa) nae 

Agkistrodon piscivorus.___________- 

Bothrops lanceolatuss =o. ios) in 

Crotalus terrificus basiliscus__—____- 


Chelydidae: 
Batrachemys noses <48455 200 1 


Chelodina longicollis____.__.__..__ 
Tydrasp7s sp. me Se Wc 8 a eb one ol) 


Hydromedusa tectifera_......-_____ 


Platemys platycephala___...-______ 


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Common name 


Glossy snake 2.52.2) ae 
House snake_________________ 
Brown house snake___________ 
WGrean Spaiiqae 
Bushisnake wes ce Unies 


Egg-eating snake_____________ 
Ring-necked snake___________-_ 
Indigo'‘snakes2. 1) s\se 2 ee 
Corn snake sooo a ae 


Hog-nosed snake____________-_ 
Boyle’s king snake_________--- 
Chain king snake____________- 
Mole: snake yoke nie iol meas 
Milk snake or spotted adder-____ 
Banded water snake__________ 
Water snake sku oso ees 
Smooth-scaled green snake--____ 
Pike-head snake_____________- 
Indian rat snake____________- 
DeKay’s snakes. 2-22. 
Garter snake::222s..00y ae 


Banded kraita2.3 5 ues Se 
Hgyptian cobra. =) 2 eae 
King: cobra). oi aes 
West African: cobras. 55a 


Putt adder2s jo) 20 2 ikea ie ee 


Copperhead snake___________- 
Cottonmouth moccasin.--______ 


Australian long-necked turtle___ 
Cagado or South American 
snake-necked turtle-____---- 


NNORFP REP KE DWE WP RRB RR eB eEP wWONKE BE WH eee 


SS = bo 


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Scientific name Common name Number 
Kinosternidae: 
Kinosternon subrubrum___________- Mid turtle ee ieee 5 
Sternotherus odoratus__..__________ IMS) < (quote 4 
Chelydridae: 
Chelvdnarserpentina=» 2252s e oes SHappin gktur Glessner 8 
Macrochelys temminckii___________- Alligator snapping turtle ______ 1 
Testudinidae: 
POAG UT OASIS Mes Ta GONE Indian fresh-water turtle_____-_ 1 
ChrSemys Pict@a ss one SUL LS Painted turtles. 43 s0is 7a ae 7 
Clemmysi guttata wees Ta pe Spotted turtles eee 6 
(CUBIS CDSCOLN NS SS Wooditurtle essen 4 
Cyclemys amboinensis____________- Kura kura box turtle____.____ 1 
UY OUROV ARE LU i a ee Kerefit?s\hurtles 22 32 2 ane 3 
Emydura macquariae_____________- Miimrast ub lem stan ane aaa ie 11 
Gophenusiberlandierve.. 222s Berlandier’s turtle___.________ 4 
Gnraptemysvarbounio 28 Mam 1 BarbourssycUnblesasas ares enee 8 
CPUS SROCLLUC TROY) rte AU Hinge-backed turtle_________- 1 
Malaclemys.centnatas 222 = aa Diamondback turtle. __________ 3 
ieclomedusa galeatas 2. 220i yaa Common African water turtle__ 1 
ielustos migricans.. (803 1 inane oe 7 Black African water turtle_____ 7 
Pseudemys concinna______________- Cooter seis ci aaa ian Ud Ee a EN 1 
Pseudemys elegans_____________-__- Mobile turtle________________ 12 
Pseudemys ornata subsp__________-- Central American turtle______-_ 6 
eT Ra PENerCArOlnG.0 Lo Mae Box turtles... 2. Ss sae os 50 
Terrapene major_______-___-------- Florida box turtle. 2-222 _=_ = _= 4 
Testudo ephippium_____________--- Dunean Island turtle_________ 2 
Testudo hoodensis_____________---- Hood Island turtle___-_______- 2 
Testudo tabulata_______________--- South American turtle________ 3 
FRESTILAOWUUCTN Ga eientlc cn iuS yia ees Albemarle Island turtle. __ -_-_- 5 
Trionychidae: 
VAINLY CONPCTOG a hr Se ek Le Soft-shelled turtle_______--_-- 17 
Amyda triunguis___-___----------- West African soft-shelled turtle 1 
AMPHIBIA 
CAUDATA 
Salamandridae: 
Triturus cristatus danubialis____---- European crested newt-----_-- 2 
Triturus pyrrhogaster_______------- Red Japanese salamander - - - -- 1 
Triturus torosus....-----_=------- Giantmewty2 222522 ees 14 
Triturus viridescens___-___.-------- Common newt (of the United 
States) ee Gi a A 3 
rilUris Ul Gantse— = eee Dee Common European salamander-_ 3 
Amphiumidae: 
Amphiuma means..-----+-+222=--- Congo:eel:.. 2 Nee naan eye 1 
Ambystomidae: 
Ambystoma tigrinum_.------------ Tiger salamander=2 22222222 _22 6 
Cryptobranchidae: 
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis____---- Helilbendersees= nee 10 
Megalobatrachus japonicus - - ------- Giant Japanese salamander-__---_ 1 


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SALIENTIA 
Scientific name Common name Number 
Dendrobatidae: 
Atelopus varius cruciger_.____-__--- Yellow atelopus______-_-_.--_ 14 
Dendrobatesiaunatus. 22.288 ae Arrow-poison frog______-_-_-- 6 
Bufonidae: 
BUF ON LUY C7 G11 S a ag ee ay UL EY Western green toad___________ 4 
Biuforamertcaniuss Souk 2 nay Ne aa Common! toad. . 2225) 2 ees 1 
Bufo empiusius ses yee se ss Sapo de concha_____.____--_- 1 
BVH) GOOD a ee see ee ee Marine toad 22 aJ2_ sae 11 
Bufo peltacephalus es Cuban giant toad______-______ 1 
Discoglossidae: 
Bombina bombina_____.-___-____--- Red-bellied toad______________ 2 
Leptodactylidae: 
Ceratophrys ornata_ «G22 s425 1222 Horned frogs 2452544. faa 4 
Pipidae: 
Y EAU H 4 17 (6 ean Ue SA es a Surinam toad {22i00.) see 1 
KMenopus laevis seis inane et is habe 0) African clawed frog_..______--_ 5 
Menopus! millenia haa w i  eye ee Miiller’s clawed frog____-_.._- 16 
Ranidae: 
LE LOG NAROURVIS 3) Os i Seay e es eh African green tree frog________ 1 
LEM ICOOIS GOS suas es a ee Broad-striped African tree frog. 12 
JG UV XG ROSES (3) oes oe a2 ose ay ey Narrow-striped African tree 
Frog - ej eine 2 
ET mer olcwsis pss ae ae a ean a ‘ Red-legged African tree frog___ 5 
Rana adspersa= aioe ale African bull frog ss. 54425.38 3 
Hanaicatesbianae” Sue tia aa eah eon Bull frog. — 2 ido ea tee ae 6 
Rana clamitanse vee oom ae Misa pa Green frog.- ._ 8222 Nen ea 2 
ONG Duprenig ways ak Miyagi wap iba Leopard frog... 3i)j.\5) ie 10 
FISHES 
ANYON (WISI TIGRE Bape Ns in SN Lh Climbing perch{23. 2 sss 4 
NORA LYS GOAT LD ee Uk a Wa Blindlicharacin 40a. a sae 6 
Aphyosemion sjoestedti_____________-=-. Red funduluss 2222 ea 2 
BO TDUSTEVET CLEC mena Ra igre aii Gale i TAN LH Clown barb!) 22.02 aes 2 
IOTROOS QUI TOS SASS ee Tiger) barb2 232. = ee ee 25 
Barbus partipentazona_____.____.-_----- Banded: barbs 2224254243332 2 
Brachydanio albolineatus__.._.._------- Pearl daniow i. 2252s. ee 2 
Brachydanto\jenton cai wenn Wa Zebra daniowiieee i ae 1 
Carassiusiauratus 950 epee Goldfish. -.-- | 2 on eee 1 
Channa\asiaticae: Site ine 2 ssp ea neiaiy ie Snakehead. __j2c.oc2i see 1 
Conydorasycsyy hl soy ete Ae nla eene eat South American catfish_______- 2 
Danio malabariciys wasn oy ees 3 Blue danio._ 23 2.4.4. ee ee 2 
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi_._._.___.___---_--_- Black tetra. 20s peel 14 
Hemichromis bimaculatus______.-_____- Jewelfish : 2. 2 ach junes pee 1 
Hemmigramus ocellifer: 022) 2a ee Head- and tail-light fish__-____- 2 
Hyphessorbrycon innesi__._._.--------- Neon tetra os saiee) 5 tee 25 
ebistesmretucilatus sme pean a Aix we aa Guppy _ 22222 4.2 sles ees 100 
Lenidosiren paradora._- 2 yah yi iene South American lungfish____-_- 2 
Ort Carte) Spy tale eal se VN are U EN BTL ie oa gal Maal A Ya 2 
Mesonauta insignis ime cis ii 2 OPV AN Ghd CUMIN LIN icc US Ae ane 1 
Ctocenclusiafinus sae ase a eee Nee Sucker catiishiss:ae ss eeememn 1 


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Scientific name Common name Number 

att Wractailapla tyne oats eae 4 
Platypoecilus maculatus___------------- {ee al eee eae a en 10 
Wlatimoecilus punctaliuses. sae. See e Mioonfishe sn ou Uusi tee ie eon 3 
Poecilobrycon unifasciatus_____-_------- Perm Califia sayy cys hee ts ah 1 
ersteula@niGdlers 8% ys) eae er <1 E59 fz Ss ae OE a if 
ROLOMLERISIGMIVECLEN Saas = = eee en MERIC Ame LU Chis ln epee ee 2 
Rasbora heteramorphas____------------- Rasbora fish: 28S. ener es reen y 30 
thanvehtnys albonubess_ 22-2 = 5 -- 2 2-8 White cloud mountain fish_____ 3 

/ INSECTS 
DEMYPAO RT Sh ole SES eI ie Ue Giant) cockroach=20222 2/2 ss 100 
ETH OLVODSISLDCLENSEs oats ee oer ae ae African giant cricket__________ 3 
MOLLUSKS 

LNG OCHIDs CD LS ANE NS Ue Giant land)snailew. ss) eee 3 
Achatinanulica sem so Naum e Us lL Zanzibar- Madagascar snail -_ ___ 1 


Respectfully submitted. 
W. M. Mann, Director. 
Dr. A. WETMORE, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 


APPENDIX 8 
REPORT ON THE ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 


Srr: I have the honor to submit the following report on the opera- 
tions of the Astrophysical Observatory for the fiscal year ended June 
30, 1950: 

The Astrophysical Obseivatory has continued its two divisions, the 
Division of Astrophysical Research, devoted to the study of solar 
radiation, and the Division of Radiation and Organisms, founded in 
1929 for the study of radiation effects on organisms. 

Beginning September 1, 1948, the Division of Radiation and Organ- 
isms was entirely reorganized under the new chief of the division, Dr. 
Robert B. Withrow. During this fiscal year Dr. Withrow’s extensive 
program of remodeling and reconditioning the laboratories was com-. 
pleted and his new research program inaugurated. 

Progress on the new editions of the Smithsonian Meteorological 
Tables and the Smithsonian Physical Tables can be reported. The. 
sixth edition of the Meteorological Tables was in press at the end of 
the year, and the manuscript of the ninth edition of the Physical 
Tables was nearly completed. This new and completely revised 
edition of the Physical Tables has been compiled under the direction. 
of Dr. William E. Forsythe. Preparation of this manuscript has. 
proved a colossal task because of the great volume of new material 
made available since the eighth revision was issued in 1932. 


DIVISION OF ASTROPHYSICAL RESEARCH 


Early in June 1950, the Director left Washington on an inspection 
trip that included both the Montezuma, Chile, and the Table Moun-: 
tain, Calif., field stations. He spent 16 days in June at the. 
first-named station and 9 days in July at the second. Excellent skies. 
prevailed especially at Montezuma during his stay. Many intercom-. 
parisons of instruments were made, as well as direct comparisons with. 
substandard silver-disk pyrheliometer S. I. No. 5, which he carried 
with him from Washington. Inventories were made at both stations. 
of all nonexpendable equipment on hand. Various phases of the work 
were discussed in detail with the personnel of the field stations. 

The Montezuma field station has now been in continuous operation. 
for 30 years. Throughout this period an average of three determina-- 

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tions of the solar constant was made on each day that skies were 
sufficiently clear. And throughout this whole period every effort 
was made to maintain the solar-constant values on the same scale. 
It seems worth while, therefore, to examine whether in these years 
of observation there is evidence of a progressive change in total radia- 
tion given off by the sun. The following table gives the mean solar 
constant for three decades: 


Total number of solar- » 
constant determinations Mean value of the 


Period (Montezuma, Chile) solar constant 
OZ SOnGivclusive)s O80 Ne alee Bila 5, 820 1. 9431 
OST FOKGnelusive) a! “oswee ss OO Sie 5, 520 1. 9463 
OD ASyGmelusive)) 2.002 os 5, 004 1. 9478 


This increase of one-fourth of 1 percent in the radiation emitted by 
the sun in two decades (1925-44) is of particular significance in view 
of evidence that has accumulated of climatic changes in various 
localities over the earth. On the whole, these changes indicate that 
average temperatures have increased somewhat during the past 100 
years, with an accelerated increase during the past several decades. 
A very interesting discussion of these evidences is given by Prof. 
Julian Huxley (Natural history in Iceland, Discovery, vol. 11, No. 3, 
March 1950). 

As stated in last year’s report, funds have been requested to re- 
establish a third field station. Clark Mountain, in southern Cali- 
fornia near the Nevada border, has been chosen as the most satisfac- 
tory available location. 

Work at Washington.—Statistical studies of, and final corrections 
for, the observational data from our two field stations (Montezuma, 
Chile, and Table Mountain, Calif.), were carried on under the super- 
vision of W. H. Hoover, chief of the division. Mr. Hoover also 
supervised the preparation of instruments and equipment for the 
solar-constant observations, for special research problems in progress 
at Table Mountain, and for requests for certain instruments received 
from other institutions. Of these latter, three silver-disk pyrheliom- 
eters, each calibrated against the Observatory’s standard pyrheli- 
ometer, were furnished at cost during the year, as follows: 

1. S. I. No. 82 to Dominion Physical Laboratory, New Zealand. 


2. S. I. A. P. O. No. 17 to Observatorio Cagigal, Caracas, Venezuela. 
3. S. I. A. P. O. No. 18 to Central Meteorological Institute, Bucharest, 


Rumania. 
In addition, two modified Angstrom pyrheliometers and one special 
water-vapor spectroscope were furnished to the Central Meteorologi- 
cal Institute at Uccle, Belgium. 

A summary of silver-disk pyrheliometry, in the form of a revision 
of Dr. Abbot’s paper of 1922 on “The Silver Disk Pyrheliometer,” 


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was published in December 1949 (Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 111, 
No. 14). This paper gives the constants and the present locations 
of more than 90 pyrheliometers that have been constructed and 
calibrated by the Smithsonian Institution and are now in use in 
widely scattered parts of the world. 

Five progress reports were submitted during the year, summarizing 
observations and exposures of textiles made under contract with the 
Office of the Quartermaster General, as mentioned in last year’s 
report. This work was carried on mainly at Montezuma, Chile. 

Both Dr. C. G. Abbot, research associate of the Observatory, and 
Dr. H. Arctowski continued their special studies referred to in last 
year’s report. 

Work in the field.—At the two continuously operating field stations 
(Montezuma, Chile, since 1920, and Table Mountain, Calif., since 
1925) observations for the determination of the solar constant were 
made on all days having sufficiently clear skies. In addition to this 
work, at Montezuma considerable time and effort were spent to main- 
tain the necessary radiation measurements in the work being done 
for the Quartermaster, mentioned above. These measurements were 
hampered by a lack of sufficient electric power. It is hoped soon to 
install new batteries and an improved generator. Since March 1, 
1950, the Montezuma station has also exposed certain textiles and 
other materials at the request of the National Bureau of Standards. 

With the cooperation of General Motors Corp. and under the 
sponsorship of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Department 
of the Army, as mentioned in our reports for 1947 and 1948, the 
Observatory established at Miami, Fla., in November 1947, a tem- 
porary observing station, where exposures to the sun and sky were 
made, both direct and through filters, of certain tent materials. 
Measurements of radiation received were made, as had been done 
previously at Camp Lee, Va. In addition, studies were made of the 
water-vapor absorption and spectral-energy distribution of sunlight 
at this moist, sea-level location. The equipment of the former field 
station at Tyrone, N. Mex., was used in these studies. By July 1949 
the work at Miami was nearly completed. Early in August 1949, 
Mr. Hoover supervised the dismantling of this temporary Miami 
station, and the equipment was transported in two trucks to the 
Table Mountain, Calif., field station. Here, with the aid of funds 
generously given by John A. Roebling, a second observing tunnel was 
prepared, similar to, but somewhat larger than, the regular tunnel 
in use at this station. The new tunnel is about 100 feet to the west 
of the old one. 

It is now possible, for the first time since the solar-constant program 
was inaugurated nearly 50 years ago, to make simultaneous, duplicate, 


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spectrobolometric observations at the two tunnels, each tunnel operat- 
ing with independent equipment but observing the sun through the 
same sky. As a preliminary to various special experiments that are 
contemplated with the new tunnel, there was in progress at the end 
of the fiscal year a series of duplicate solar-constant observations 
taken exactly simultaneously. A study of these simultaneous obser- 
vations will doubtless furnish interesting information concerning the 
dependability of the instrumental and observational procedures. 


DIVISION OF RADIATION AND ORGANISMS 


(Report prepared by R. B. Wirurow) 


The principal activities of the Division of Radiation and Organisms 
for the first two-thirds of the year were concerned with concluding the 
reorganization and reconstruction of the laboratory facilities. The 
division laboratories are now in first-class condition for plant photo- 
chemical research and include four constant-condition rooms, as 
follows: 

A 2° C. cold room for chemical isolation and analyses of labile 
compounds. 

A plant-growing room with one large luminaire for the routine 
production of plant material and eight small compartments for grow- 
ing plants under controlled conditions of intensity and wavelength. 

A monochromator room for action spectrum studies. 

A general experimentation room. 

A new type of fluorescent-incandescent luminaire has been devel- 
oped which involves the use of a special type of lamp holder for the 

fluorescent lamps, making it possible to put thirty-four 8-foot Slim- 
line lamps in a unit 4 feet wide and 8 feet long. The separation 
between the tubes is only % inch. Behind the lamps is a bank of 
twelve 60-watt incandescent lamps. ‘These lamps raise the long- 
wavelength energy level of the unit to permit a better type of growth 
than is possible with fluorescent lamps alone. The fluorescent lamps 
operate in series at 450 milliamperes on an 18,000-volt transformer 
and reactor. This arrangement greatly simplifies wiring and makes 
it possible to remove all auxiliary equipment from the growing room. 
The luminaire has a glass window and an exhaust system, making it 
possible to operate with a power input of 4 kilowatts without excessive 
heating. With this luminaire it is possible to obtain 2,500 foot- 
candles 2 feet below the unit. This is nearly double the intensity 
possible with similar luminaires designed around conventional aux- 
iliaries and standard lamp holders. 

A self-condensing type of water-cooled incandescent lamp luminaire 
has been developed which condenses the water vapor from the water- 

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filter cell and makes it possible to operate a unit involving one or more 
internal reflector lamps without contamination of the distilled-water 
filter by dust in the air or replacement of it for at least 2 weeks of 
continuous operation. This type of unit is proving useful for the 
incandescent irradiation of small cultures of algae and germinating 
seedlings. With this luminaire it is possible to obtain 3,000 foot- 
candles over small areas without excessive temperature rise of the 
irradiated cultures. 

Two large grating monochromators have been designed and are 
now being constructed for action spectrum studies. One unit will be 
used for recording absorption spectra and the other as an irradiation 
monochromator for action spectrum studies. The source for the 
irradiation monochromator is a 12-kilowatt carbon are. 

A new type of 60-cycle conductance bridge with a phase-detector 
amplifier has been developed which records directly changes in con- 
ductance of 1/R instead of some complex function of resistance, as 
with conventional bridges. With this instrument it is possible to 
follow changes in the concentration of dilute inorganic nutrient solu- 
tions with a precision of better than 0.3 percent, and no replotting of 
data is necessary. Continuous recordings of the uptake of single salts 
by seedlings may be followed, as well as the loss of salts from roots 
and other tissues. ‘This instrument is being used for studies of the 
effect of light and growth substances on ion exchange in plant tissues. 

During the latter third of the year experimental work was under 
way in three general areas: First, the effect of native and synthetic 
auxins on the water and ion exchange relations of potato-tuber tissue 
and corn and bean roots. As this work is being supported by the 
United States Army Chemical Corps, the results are not available 
for this report. The second area of work pertains to an investigation 
of the action spectrum and pigment systems involved in photomor- 
phogenesis of seedlings. Seedlings are being grown under conditions 
of constant light intensity and limited spectral range as obtained by 
large dyed gelatin filters prepared in these laboratories in order to 
separate photomorphogenesis from the other photochemical reactions 
of phototropism, chlorophyll synthesis, and photosynthesis. The 
third area of investigation pertains to the effect of light on the per- 
meability of plant tissues and on the capacity of seedlings to absorb 
nutrients from single salt solutions. These data are being obtained 
by continuous recording of solution conductance. 

A paper entitled “Light as a Modifying Influence on the Mineral 
Nutrition of Plants’? was presented by the chief of the division at the 
Symposia on Plant Growth Substances and Mineral Nutrition of 
Plants at the University of Wisconsin in September 1949. 


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The work of the division was materially aided by a generous grant 
last year by the Research Corporation for basic equipment and facil- 


ities. This support is gratefully acknowledged and has been invaluable 
to the reorganization program. 


Respectfully submitted. 


L. B. Aupricu, Director. 
Dr. A. WETMORE, 


Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 


APPENDIX 9 
REPORT ON THE NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM 


Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the activi- 
ties of the National Air Museum for the fiscal year ended June 30, 


1950: 
HIGHLIGHTS 


The National Air Museum suffered a great loss in the death in 
January of General of the Air Force H. H. Arnold, whose interest in 
the establishment of an aeronautical museum for the Nation was of 
long standing. Following the close of World War II General Arnold 
contributed generously both time and effort in the movement before 
Congress to make the museum a reality, and after its establishment 
in 1946 he continued, through correspondence and personal contacts, 
to help the new agency. At its meeting on May 24, 1950, the 
Advisory Board of the National Air Museum unanimously adopted 
the following resolution: 

Wuereas, The May 24 meeting of the Advisory Board of the National Air 
Museum is the first since the lamented death on January 15, 1950, of General of 
the Air Force H. H. Arnold; and 

Wuereas, It was General Arnold who developed the idea of a National Air 
Museum to memorialize the national development of aviation, and to preserve for 
posterity aeronautical material of historic interest and significance; and who, 
moreover, ordered the setting aside of examples of aircraft and aviation materials 
used or developed during World War II for future preservation: 

Therefore be it 

Resolved, That the Advisory Board of the National Air Museum records in its 
minutes its profound sorrow and its deep sense of loss in the death of General 
Arnold, brilliant leader and man of vision and foresight; and be it further 

Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the family of General Arnold 
and to the Secretary of the Air Force. 


On March 17, 1950, the report to Congress on the National Air 
Museum, required by law, was submitted to the President of the 
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively. 
This report carries out the stipulation of section 3 of Public Law 722, 
establishing the National Air Museum, that the Secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institution shall submit “‘recommendations to Congress 
for the acquisition of suitable lands and buildings for said national air 
museum.” 

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On June 1, 1950, the services of Maj. Gen. Grandison Gardner as 
the United States Air Force representative on the Advisory Board 
were terminated by reason of his transfer to a post of duty away from 
Washington. General Gardner’s enthusiastic interest and advice on 
Air Museum matters during his year’s tenure in this office were most 
helpful to the Board and the Air Museum staff. In his stead, Gen. 
Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, appointed 
Lt. Gen. K. B. Wolfe as his representative on the Board. 

The Air Museum had so busy a year that backlogs developed in 
several of the bureau’s work programs. Requests for information 
were of large volume, and a quarter of the curator’s time was spent 
on this service in addition to considerable time of two associate 
curators. There were accessioned and cataloged 465 items—a four- 
fold increase over last year—and there were designed, prepared, and 
installed three times as many temporary special exhibits of current 
or commemorative significance as the year before. 

Worth-while improvements were made, too, in the bureau’s condi- 
tion and operations. At the Park Ridge storage facility, for example, 
a considerable portion of the space originally rented by the bureau 
was vacated, and the smaller retained area was enclosed by fencing. 
These changes permitted the safe reduction of the watch force from 
10 to 7 guards and the employment, at no increase in over-all cost, 
of additional technical and clerical help to further the essential 
preservation and accessioning programs. With the help of a second 
museum aide added to the Washington staff, marked improvements 
were made in the aeronautical exhibits. 


MUSEUM BUILDING STUDIES 


As indicated in the bureau’s recent annual reports, for the past 2 
years studies have been conducted by the bureau’s staff in coopera- 
tion with the Public Buildings Administration to determine a suitable 
Museum building and site. After 17 months of work these studies 
were completed, and a report thereon was presented to the Advisory 
Board on June 29, 1949. 

The report embodies the ideas of the Advisory Board members, of 
architects and engineers of the Public Buildings Administration, and 
of the professional staff of the bureau regarding the scope and volume 
of the proposed aeronautical collection and the equipment, facilities, 
and services required to maintain, exhibit, and preserve the collection 
and operate the Museum. The descriptive matter, perspective 
drawings, preliminary floor plans, estimates of costs, and suggestions 
of suitable sites contained in the report are believed to provide a 


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basic scheme from which there can be developed a feasible and ade- 
quate building for the national aeronautical collections. 

With this report as a nucleus, the required report to Congress was 
prepared this year and, as indicated earlier, was submitted to Con- 
gress on March 17, 1950. 


ADVISORY BOARD 


A meeting of the Advisory Board of the National Air Museum was 
held on May 24, 1950, with the following members present: 

Dr. Alexander Wetmore, chairman, Secretary of the Smithsonian 
Institution; Rear Adm. A. M. Pride, Chief, Bureau of Acronautics, 
Department of the Navy; Maj. Gen. Grandison Gardner, Deputy 
Chief of Staff, Matériel, Department of the Air Force; Grover Loen- 
ing, Presidential appointee; William B. Stout, Presidential appointee. 

The death of Gen. H. H. Arnold, who was known personally by all 
members, was the subject of a commemorative conversation among 
the members and resulted in the resolution mentioned in the fore part 
of this report. The Board then heard brief reports by staff members 
on the year’s operations by the bureau at the Park Ridge, IIl., storage 
facility and in the conduct of the Museum activities in Washington. 
These operations are described under separate headings in subse- 
quent parts of this report. In connection with the storage operations, 
the Board approved the stafi’s list of aeronautical items in the col- 
lection that are to be rejected as unnecessary to the Museum. 

With the knowledge that the required report to Congress on the 
National Air Museum was in the hands of that body, the Board gave 
considerable attention to the problems involved in advancing the 
Air Museum’s site-procurement and building programs. It was 
appreciated that positive action must await, as with all federally 
supported building programs, specific authorization by Congress. 


SPECIAL EVENTS 


During the year the Air Museum participated both as host and 
guest in a number of unusual events connected with the acquisition 
of new aeronautical items for the national collection. The following 
are worthy of mention: 

On July 3, 1949, during the Air Force Association’s annual con- 
vention in Chicago, and as one of the public events held at the O’Hare 
International Airport, there was received for the Museum the United 
States Air Force B-29 superfort Enola Gay, famous as the first aircraft 
to drop an atomic bomb in warfare. The presentation was made by 
Maj. Gen. Emmett R. O’Donnell, Jr., Commanding General of the 
15th Air Force, with Col. Paul W. Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay, 


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and Maj. Thomas W. Ferebee, bombardier, in attendance. C. W. 
Mitman, Assistant to the Secretary for the National Air Museum, 
accepted it for the Museum. The previous day at the Air Force 
Association annual convention luncheon, the Air Museum was awarded 
a bronze plaque and citation in recognition of its continuing interest 
in and devotion to the Nation’s aeronautical history. The award 
was made by Gen. James Doolittle, United States Air Force (Ret.). 

On July 7, 1949, at the Washington National Airport there was 
formally presented to the Museum the Stinson SR-10F airplane that 
had been used by All American Aviation in airmail pick-up service 
and later was employed by the Air Force in developing the techniques 
of picking up airplanes, gliders, and persons from the ground. Nor- 
man Rintoul, the donor, who had piloted this plane in the above 
operations, demonstrated these methods prior to the presentation. 

On September 8, 1949, at the airport the City of Washington, Piper 
Super Cruiser that had been flown around the world in 1947 by 
Clifford Evans, Jr., was presented by William T. Piper. It was 
flown in for the presentation by George Truman, who had accom- 
panied Evans on the world flight in a similar airplane. 

On October 7, 1949, at a small but impressive presentation ceremony 
in the Aircraft Building in Washington, memorabilia of the interna- 
tionally famous aviatrix Amelia Harhart, consisting of a portrait 
sculpture, flight maps, globe, books, radio, photographs, models, 
trophy, and medals, were presented to the Air Museum by the Amelia 
Earhart Post of the American Legion, Department of California. 
Mrs. Amy Otis Earhart, mother of the aviatrix, unveiled the exhibit. 

On November 8, 1949, the Museum received from Power Jets, Ltd., 
London, England, the original Whittle W-—1—X turbojet engine in a 
presentation ceremony, held in the auditorium of the United States 
National Museum, in which several of the Advisory Board members 
participated. The presentation was made by the British Ambassador, 
and addresses were made by W. EH. P. Johnson, Managing Director 
of Power Jets, and Sir Frank Whittle, the inventor of the engine, both 
of whom journeyed from London, England, for the occasion. The 
acceptance address was made by Dr. A. Wetmore, Secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institution. 

On January 27, 1950, in the Regents’ Room of the Smithsonian, 
in the presence of several Board members, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer F. 
Wieboldt, of North Garden, Va., presented a bronze bust of Wilbur 
Wright by the sculptor Oskar J. W. Hansen. With this accession, 
the Museum now has bronze busts of both Orville and Wilbur Wright 
by the same sculptor. They are appropriately exhibited in the Air- 
craft Building. 


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Lastly, on June 28, 1950, the Air Museum participated as host to 
a small company gathered in the Aircraft Building to witness the 
awarding of a citation to Mrs. (‘Mother’) C. A. Tusch, Berkeley, 
Calif., by the United States Air Force, in recognition of her great 
interest in and fostering of airmen over the past 30 years. In the 
course of her long voluntary service Mrs. Tusch had gathered in her 
home a large collection of aeronautical memorabilia which she gener- 
ously presented to the National Air Museum earlier in the year. A 
token exhibit of the ‘‘Mother’ Tusch collection formed the back- 
ground for the ceremony setting. 


CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES 


The curator, Paul E. Garber, reports on the year’s work as follows: 

The general condition of aeronautical exhibits continues good, but 
the need for space is desperate. Until an adequate building of its 
own is provided, the National Air Museum is restricted for its displays 
to the Aircraft Building—a World War I hangar erected in 1919—and 
a small hall and overhead suspended exhibits in the adjacent Arts 
and Industries Building. These areas now house 37 man-carrying 
aircraft together with numerous engines, structural parts, and cased 
displays of parachutes, instruments, flight clothing, models, and other 
material reflecting some of the accomplishments of designers, engi- 
neers, and airmen. Were adequate space available a far more com- 
plete picture of aeronautical progress could be created with the 
irreplaceable material that the Museum now has in storage. This 
is a source of much disappointment to the visitor, the student, and 
historians. 

A number of improvements were made in the bureau’s exhibits 
during the year. Two bays in the Aircraft Building are now assigned 
to the Wright Brothers. In one, the portrait busts of Wilbur and 
Orville Wright are associated with memorials and awards; in the 
other there is displayed a reproduction of their wind tunnel, while 
on the walls their story is augmented by photographs, drawings, and 
paintings. To satisfy further the public interest in the Kitty Hawk, 
a 4-panel floor frame containing photographs of the Wright Brothers, 
a picture of their first flight, and a nomenclature drawing of the 
machine was installed beneath the plane. Twelve scale models of 
aircraft, illustrating types developed and flown by a number of the 
pioneers who followed the Wright Brothers, were attractively arranged 
in realistic action positions in a scenic setting depicting a flying field 
of the pioneer period. The planes are identified in the text on a 
miniature “billboard”? bordering the field. A splendid series of 
paintings by Jerome D. Biederman, illustrating World War II air- 


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craft in service, were utilized to augment an older display of scale 
models of these planes. Among other exhibits improved were the 
Thompson Trophy series and the story of the first American air force— 
the balloon corps established during the Civil War. With the help 
of Col. Roderick Tower, who had ence been a pilot of the Curtiss 
Jenny now in the collection, the original numbering and insignia of 
this airplane of World War I were restored, thereby improving the 
appearance and authenticity of the plane. Numerous other exhibits 
were serviced; the cleaning and repairing of all aircraft maintained; 
and the continuing project to provide accurate drawings and a repre- 
sentative space control scale model for each aircraft in the collection 
was advanced. 

Among new accessions of aircraft and engines, the Hnola Gay and 
Whittle W-1—-X are outstanding. Of the 14 full-sized aircraft acces- 
sioned, only one, the Roadable Autogiro, could be given exhibition in 
Washington; all the others were placed in the storage area. Five 
engines were received during the year, three being jets. In deference 
to the increasing size of huge bombers, transports, and patrol planes, 
a departure from the Museum standard airplane model scale of 1:16 
was decided upon, and 1:48 adopted for the larger models. Two of 
this new scale, a Northrop flying wing B-49 and a Fairchild cargo 
plane C-82, were added to the collection. <A large sectioned model, 
1:8, of the Piasecki helicopter permits technical study of this type. 
One guided missile, a Navy ‘Bat,’ was acquired, and enables the 
Museum to show the contrast between a radio-guided weapon and 
the human-guided ‘suicide’ Japanese Baka bomb previously 
accessioned. 

In addition to the aeronautical material actually accessioned this 
year, it can be reported that the Department of the Navy has placed 
in safe storage for the Museum the Lockheed P2V Truculent Turtle, 
which established the present long-distance, nonstop, nonrefueled 
flight record, and the Vought F-5-U. |The F—5-U is a unique develop- 
ment of low aspect-ratio wing configuration which has an unusually 
wide range of flight performance. 

Projects under way at the close of the year included a rearrangement 
of the aircraft engine collection in the Aircraft Building; improving, 
through the use of an automatic slide projector, the illustrated story 
of Colonel Lindbergh’s flights in the Spirit of St. Lowis; and prepar- 
ing a commemorative display to record the fortieth anniversary of 
the beginning of carrier operations in the Navy. 


STORAGE 


Compression of material to conserve space, development of preserva- 
tion techniques, disassembly of aircraft, and packing of aeronautical 


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materials have been the four principal categories of work at the 
Museum’s storage facility at Park Ridge, Ill., this year. 

Following an intensive period of preplanning, the curator, with the 
help of the storage facility staff and two of the staff from Washington, 
concentrated the entire stored collection within about one-half of the 
space previously occupied. This was followed by the erection of an 
8-foot-high wire-mesh fence enclosing the entire area, the fence being 
so made that individual panels are removable to facilitate the move- 
ment of aircraft into and out of the area. 

Preservation of aircraft flown in requires running up of the 
engines and giving them protective coatings while they are free and 
warm, draining tanks and venting fumes, cleaning the aircraft inside 
and out, placing dehydrators, and sealing all openings with tape. 
Proper treatment of material, when received, requires cleaning, in- 
specting, and replacing of preservatives. <A large backlog exists in 
the inspection and preservation of the aeronautical items originally 
transferred to the bureau by the Air Force. As an example of the 
work involved in preservation, the cleaning of the propellers on the 
Enola Gay, which, prior to its transfer to the Air Museum, had been 
stored outdoors for a long period, required 247 man-hours of time. 
Another rust-removing project involving the cleaning and applying 
of preservatives to the Enola Gay’s engines will consume an estimated 
1,400 man-hours. 

The disassembly of aircraft condenses the space they occupy, and 
this task constitutes the initial step taken toward boxing them. 
Some of the planes received from the Air Force had been partially 
dismantled and required further disassembly. Including these and 
the aircraft dismantled entirely by the facility personnel, 59 were 
handled during the fiscal year involving 1,697 man-hours. 

The boxing program is intended, as far as is practical, to prepare all 
stored material for safe storage and future shipment to Washington. 
Twenty-nine aircraft, 67 engines, and other aeronautical materials 
were already packed in boxes when received from the Air Force. The 
boxes had become damaged, however, through repeated handling, 
and many of them were repaired during the year. In addition, 6 
airplanes were packed, requiring 18 boxes and consuming 950 man- 
hours. Economies were effected by extensive salvaging of lumber 
from the boxes and crates in which rejected aircraft had been placed. 
Most of the aircraft and material received during the fiscal year were 
delivered in permanent boxes. 

These several major continuing projects begun during the year 
required nearly a fifth of the curator’s time in planning and super- 
vision. Several conferences of Air Force, Navy, and Air Museum 


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personnel had to be held—for example, to develop standards for 
retention or rejection of material for Museum purposes. There was 
involved, too, the details of the design and procurement of a large 
variety of essential equipment and supplies to carry on the work. 


INFORMATIONAL SERVICES 


To satisfy the demand for the bureau’s informational services, 
there was required during the year the expenditure of the equivalent 
of over 2 man-years of the staff’s time. Some examples of this great 
volume of requests received are: 

The National Defense Establishment was assisted by the loan of 
models of the Navy PBY and Air Force B-25 airplanes which served 
as the basis for larger models to be used for electronic evaluation tests. 
The Court of Claims was aided in its investigation of the origin of 
radio-shielding on aircraft engines. A number of photographs pre- 
served by the Archives were given correct identification. 'The com- 
memorative stamp issued on the forty-sixth anniversary of the Wright 
Brothers’ first flight and the first anniversary of the return to America 
of the Kitty Hawk, was checked for design, accuracy of technical 
detail, and text by the staff, working with officials of the Post Office 
Department and the Bureau of Engraving. 

The aeronautics classes of the District of Columbia high schools 
were supplied with a list of nonmilitary uses of aircraft compiled for 
their information and discussion. The Aircraft Industries Associa- 
tion was given facts regarding the Wrights’ first engine for use in a 
research project. The curator served on the committee of the 
National Aeronautic Association which determined the annual awardee 
for the Brewer Trophy. Many hobbyist modelmakers were assisted 
with loans of drawings and photographs, and photographic collectors 
exchanged prints with the Museum to mutual advantage. The 
Handbook of the National Aircraft Collection, written by the curator, 
continues to be in great demand, and the ninth edition will shortly 
be undertaken. The United Service Organization ordered this year 
a large number of copies for its libraries, and many schools continue 
to use it as a text. 

The bureau continued, asin former years, to satisfy as far as possible 
the requests of District of Columbia citizens’ groups for iulustrated 
lectures on aviation subjects. 


SURVEY 


Concentration by the staff on operations at the Washington base, 
and at the field storage facility limited the time available for survey 


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trips to locate and examine new material. The following surveys 
were made: 


Dearborn, Mich., January 18, by the curator and Stephen Beers, associate 
curator, to inspect aeronautical material at the Edison Institute. 

Dayton, Ohio, March 25, by Robert Strobell, associate curator, to inspect Air 
Force and other material available to the museum. 


ACCESSIONS 


This year the bureau received 34 new accessions from 31 sources 
totaling 465 specimens. Each accession was fully recorded in the 
Museum’s catalog system and formally acknowledged. The list 
follows: 


Arr Forcr, DEPARTMENT oF, Washington, D. C.: The Boeing B—29 superfortress 
bomber Enola Gay used to drop the first atomic bomb in warfare, on Hiroshima, 
Japan, August 6, 1945 (N. A. M. 682). 

AMELIA EaRHart Post 678, AmerRicAN LEGION, DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA, 
Los Angeles, Calif.: A collection of 6 objects associated with the aeronautical 
accomplishments of the late Amelia Earhart: the globe on which she planned 
her flights (contributed by Mrs. Amy Otis Earhart); a sculptured portrait 
(contributed by Mrs. Grace Wells Parkinson, the sculptress); the radio used 
on her Atlantic flight (contributed by Paul Mantz); two scale models of Lock- 
heed Vega and Electra airplanes which she flew, and a trophy intended to be 
presented at conclusion of the world flight (contributed by the Lockheed Air- 
craft Corporation) (N. A. M. 689). 

Berecu ArrcrArr Corp., Wichita, Kans.: The Beech Bonanza airplane Wazkiki 
Beech in which the late Capt. William P. Odom set a world’s nonstop, straight- 
line, distance record for light planes of 4,957.24 miles from Honolulu, Hawaii, 
to Teterboro, N. J., in 36.23 hours, March 7-8, 1949 (N. A. M. 667). 

BIEDERMAN, JEROME D., San Francisco, Calif.: 59 full color paintings of United 
States, British, German, and Japanese warplanes in use during World War II 
(N. A. M. 660, loan). 

Civit AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION, Washington, D. C.: A Pitcairn Roadable 
Autogiro, significant as an early and successful attempt, under Government 
sponsorship, to provide a practical, low-cost, road/air vehicle for private pilots 
(N. A. M. 672). 

Exey, Mas. J. 8. M., Alexandria, Va.: Hight insignia cut from sides of World War 
I airplanes; a French barometric altimeter taken from a French plane, World 
War I; and two name plates, one a Caproni, the other a Mercedes, from World 
War I equipment (N. A. M. 658). 

FAIRCHILD ENGINE AND AIRPLANE Corp., Hagerstown, Md.: A 1:48-sized scale 
model of a Fairchild C—82 ‘‘Packet,” the first military cargo and troop transport 
designed as such (N. A. M. 664). 

FRACKELTON, Mr. AND Mrs. Ropmrt, Fredericksburg, Va., ‘‘In Memory of Ist 
Lt. Rollin N. Conwell, Jr.. USMCR”: A bronze, life-size portrait bust of Orville 
Wright made from life in 1931 by Oskar J. W. Hansen (N. A. M. 670). 

GoopYEAR ArrcRAFT Corp., Akron, Ohio: An exhibit illustrating the cross-wind 
landing-wheel design developed by the donor under Civil Aeronautics Adminis- 
tration sponsorship (N. A. M. 657). 

Grant-SmitTH, Hon. U., Washington, D. C.: A flechette (steel dart), air-ground, 
antipersonnel weapon of World War I (N. A. M. 679). 


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GuecENHEIM Founpation, Tue Danizu anp Fiorencr, New York, N. Y.: 
The Robert H. Goddard Rocket Exhibit totaling 29 specimens consisting of 
1 large and 1 intermediate rocket and a significant selection of units with 
descriptive charts (N. A. M. 668). 

Kirk, Harry E., St. Louis, Mo.: A Consolidated PT-1, U. 8. Army training 
plane, the first of the “modern” United States military primary trainers 
(N. A. M. 676, loan). 

Kir, Preston, St. Louis, Mo.: An SE-5A airplane, an example of a single-seat 
British fighter used by Great Britain and United States during World War I. 
This particular specimen was one of 50 assembled in the United States for 
the Army, 1922-23 (N. A. M. 677, loan). 

Korn, Dr. Epwarp A., East Orange, N. J.: A photograph album containing 98 
prints showing scenes from the early flying activities of Edward Korn and his 
late brother Milton, 1908-15, as well as pictures of other ‘‘EHarly Bird’’ airplanes 
(N. A. M. 665). 

Korn, Dr. Epwarp A., East Orange, N. J., and Korn, Aruineton L., Jackson 
Center, Ohio: A Benoist tractor biplane of 1911, one of the earliest planes of 
this type (N. A. M. 666). 

Ler, Carr. E. Hamitron, Glendale, Calif.: A United Air Lines pilot’s uniform 
worn by donor prior to his retirement as senior pilot of United, July 1949 
(N. A. M. 678). 

Lorenine, ALBERT P., Southampton, N. Y.: A 1:16-sized scale model of the 
Loening Air Yacht. This model represents the high-performance 5-place 
flying-boat design that won the 1921 Wright Efficiency Trophy and the Collier 
Trophy for its designer, Grover Loening (N. A. M. 675). 

Los ANGELES, City or, Calif.: The Boeing B-17D Swoose; one of the very few 
combat-type aircraft operational on December 7, 1941, and still in service at 
the end of World War ITI (N. A. M. 662). 

McDonnevu ArrcraFrr Corp., St. Louis, Mo.: Two 1:16-sized scale models of 
McDonnell aircraft: an FH-1 “‘Phantom,” the U. 8. Navy’s first operational 
jet fighter and also the first U. S. all-jet aircraft to land and take off from a 
carrier; and an F2H ‘‘Banshee,”’ carrier-based, single-seat jet fighter (N. A. M. 
661). 

NatronaL Apvisory CoMMITTEE FoR AERONAUTICS, Langley Field, Va.: An 
N. A. C. A. “Quiet” propeller designed by the donor to reduce noise in light 
airplanes (N. A. M. 688). 

Navy, De5PARTMENT of, BurREAU oF A®rRONAUTICS, Washington, D. C.: A 
Westinghouse 19A “‘Yankee’”’ engine, the first purely American-designed axial- 
flow turbojet engine (N. A. M. 684); a cutaway Westinghouse 9.5A (J.32) 
axial-flow turbojet engine designed to Navy specifications for powering guided 
missiles or small pilotless target aircraft (N. A. M. 685); a ‘‘Bat”’ pilotless glide 
bomb, radar controlled, the only Allied pilotless missile weapon designed by 
America or Allies used operationally in World War II (N. A. M. 686); a magnetic 
compass used on the NC~—4 during the first transatlantic flight, 1919 (N. A. M. 
687). 

Norrurop ArrcoraFrt, Inc., Hawthorne, Calif.: A 1:48-sized scale model of the 
Northrop B—49, the first jet-propelled flying wing bomber designed and de- 
veloped by donor for the United States Air Force (N. A. M. 659). 

Priasecxt Hrticorter Corp., Morton, Pa.: A 1:8-sized scale model of the 
Piasecki HRP-1 Helicopter Rescuer. The first successful tandem rotor trans- 
port helicopter design to go into production (N. A. M. 674). 


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Piper AIRCRAFT Corp., Lock Haven, Pa.: A Piper Super Cruiser airplane, City 
of Washington, flown around the world, August 9-December 10, 1947, by 
Clifford Evans, Jr. (N. A. M. 683). 

Power Jets, Ltp., London, England: The Whittle W—1—X turbojet engine which 
was the first practical turbojet engine to successfully propel an aircraft in 
flight; and a 1: 24-sized scale model of the Gloster-Whittle E 28/39 ‘‘Pioneer’’ 
experimental aircraft powered by the foregoing type of engine and FED Ese vue 
the first successful turbojet-propelled aircraft (N. A. M. 669). 

RintTout, Norman, Pittsburgh, Pa.: A Stinson SR-10F ‘Reliant’ 5-place cabin 
monoplane. Equipment used for mail and human pick-ups is included 
(N. A. M. 663). 

RoosevEttT Fievtp, Inc., Mineola, L. I., N. Y.: Three full-sized airplanes: a 
Baldwin “Red Devil,” 1910-11; a Bleriot XI, 1914; a Nieuport 12, 1917-18; 
and 2 aircraft engines: a Curtiss V—4 and a Salmson Z—9 of World War I period 
(N. A. M. 680). 

Tuscu, Mrs. C. A. (‘“‘Mother’’), Berkeley, Calif.: The collection of aeronautical 
memorabilia acquired by the donor from World War I to 1950 and formerly 
exhibited in her home, known as ‘‘The Hangar, Shrine of the Air.” The 
collection of 325 listings consists of propellers, aeronautical and military 
uniform emblems and insignia, flight clothing, parts of aircraft and engines, 
personal souvenir items, wallpaper panels with original signatures, and framed 
photographs, many of which are autographed (N. A. M. 690). 

WaTERMAN, Watpo, Santa Monica, Calif.: The Waterman Whatsié airplane of 
1932, an early design of a tailless monoplane (N. A. M. 681). 

Wuitney, Grorce K., San Francisco, Calif.: An ‘Albatros’ D-—5 airplane of 
World War I, a type used widely by the German Air Force (N. A. M. 678). 

Wiesotpt, Mr. anp Mrs. Eimer F., North Garden, Va.: A bronze, life-sized 
portrait bust of Wilbur Wright sculptured by Oskar J. W. Hansen in 1949 
(N. A. M. 671). 


Respectfully submitted. 
Car. W. Mirman, 
Assistant to the Secretary for the National Air Museum. 


Dr. A. Wermore, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 


APPENDIX 10 
REPORT ON THE CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA 


Sir: It gives me pleasure to present herewith the annual report of 
the Canal Zone Biological Area for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1950. 


IMPROVEMENTS MADE 


A reinforced-concrete 11,720-gallon water tank, for ordinary uses 
as well as for fire protection, was built about 400 feet from the start 
of the Snyder-Molino Trail. The elevation of the tank above the 
laboratory level is such as to furnish enough pressure to bring the 
water over the roof of the large main building. The 4,000-gallon 
concrete water tank built in 1948 is now being used only for rain water 
for drinking and laboratory needs. 

The land south of the Chapman house was leveled in preparation 
for the reconstruction of the building used for corrosion and deteriora- 
tion tests; and the material necessary for a 12-foot extension to this 
building was purchased. ‘The present house, originally built in 1926, 
is infested with termites. Considerable progress was made in clearing 
the land back of the present laboratory group to allow space for more 
effective separation of our buildings to eliminate fire hazard. 

The floating equipment is in good shape. A reduction gear was 
added to the launch Luna. ‘The narrow-gage rail line from the Frijoles 
dock to the railroad station was relocated and improved. 


SCIENTISTS AND THEIR STUDIES 


During the year, 21 scientists made use of the island’s facilities. 
Present costs of transportation are keeping many from coming, and 
for the same reason a number of those who come do not stay as 
long as they would like to. Since the laboratory was started in 1923, 
about 660 separate papers relating to work done at Barro Colorado 
Island have appeared in print, not including the many reports made 
by representatives of Government agencies. 

Dr. Alfred O. Gross, professor of biology, Bowdoin College, accom- 
panied by Mrs. Gross, returned to the island after an absence of 25 
years, to continue his studies of birds. He spent about 6 weeks study- 
ing in great detail and photographing the Hicks’s seedeater and the 
little flycatcher, Myiobius barbatus, and made valuable observations 
of many other species. The island is exceptionally well suited for 
the investigation of the birds of the lower tropical forest. 

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Dr. Robert Zanes Brown, of Johns Hopkins University, spent 6 
weeks on the island, accompanied by Mrs. Brown as assistant. His 
main objectives were to obtain additional ecological data on army 
ants for Dr. T. C. Schneirla, of the American Museum of Natural 
History, and to locate and check up on the 18 queens of Heiton hama- 
tum and 9 of E. burchelli that he marked and left with their colonies in 
the 1948 dry season. He not only found the marked queens but was 
able to follow their movements day by day. Dr. Brown is also inter- 
ested in mammalian ecology, and, having the opportunity to see more 
of the island and its life than he was able to during his 1948 visit, he 
made valuable observations on population numbers and behavior. 

Dr. A. M. Chickering, of Albion College, Albion, Mich., returned 
to continue his exhaustive studies on the spiders of the island, Canal 
Zone, and Panama. This is his fifth visit. He has published 15 
papers on spiders of the region, the one on the salticids alone number- 
ing 474 pages. His estimate of the number of species of spiders on 
Barro Colorado Island is 1,200. 

Dr. Per Host, of Norway, returned to the island to continue his 
studies of the birds and mammals, as well as the general forest. With 
his special photographic equipment he made additional motion pic- 
tures and stills, in black-and-white and color. He also made many 
wire sound recordings of the voices of the jungle. In addition to his 
island studies, he revisited the Chocé Indians of Darién and the Cunas 
of San Blas and made photographic records and sound recordings of 
the songs, chants, and language. These records, being the only ones 
in existence, will become increasingly valuable as the customs and 
language of these Indians are lost through the encroachments of 
civilization. 

Dr. Eugene Eisenmann, of New York City, continued his study of 
the birds of the region, with which he is unusually familiar. From 
the island records he has prepared a list of all the birds known from 
the island and has added many species to it himself. 

Scott Seegers, of McLean, Va., and Mrs. Seegers, spent a few 
weeks on the island to obtain first-hand information on the plants 
and animals, and to consult published papers on studies made there, 
in connection with the preparation of an article. 

Dr. Lawrence Kilham, Microbiological Institute, Laboratory of 
Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, spent 4 days on 
the island, primarily to study the birds, and subsequently the mam- 
mals. His 12-page report is replete with careful observations and 
comparisons with conditions and the biota of Northeast Greenland. 
The number of birds he saw on the island was far beyond his expecta- 
tion. Of the mammals he records howler monkeys (infested with 


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bot flies), white-faced capuchins, coati-mundis, peccaries, tamanduas, 
tayras at close range, tapirs, fiequis, and sloths. 

G. W. Cottrell, of the Harvard University Library, and Mrs. 
Cottrell, spent about 2 weeks on the island to observe the whole 
complex of plant and animal life in a tropical rain forest. Their 
main interest was the study of the bird life, and, to a lesser degree, 
Lepidoptera. ‘They covered fully half of the island’s trails and had 
opportunity to study and observe the abundant mammalian life. 
Of birds, they identified 115 forms, 2 of which were new to the records 
of the island. Also they made a representative collection of Lepidop- 
tera and took many photographs. 

Mrs. KE. R. Kalmbach, of Denver, Colo., was able to spend 3 days 
on the island, after a longer stay in Colombia. Her special interests 
were the flora and the birds, and to a lesser extent the mammals. 

Ken Stott, Jr., general curator of the Zoological Society of San 
Diego, Calif., accompanied by Mrs. Stott, spent about 10 days on 
the island gathering first-hand knowledge of birds and mammals in 
the wild state in order to modify and improve the present exhibit 
and maintenance of the animals in the San Diego Zoo. He found 
opportunities for observing American tropical rain-forest wildlife 
on Barro Colorado Island to be unparalleled from the viewpoint of a 
zoo naturalist. During his brief stay he observed 102 species of birds 
and 11 of mammals, among the latter the ocelot and tapir. Special 
attention was given to feeding habits, particularly the manner of 
feeding and the types of food preferred, especially by the three species 
of diurnal primates, the tamandua anteater, the three-toed and 
two-toed sloths, and a number of birds, most of which are difficult 
to maintain in captivity for any great length of time. 

Dr. Rolf Blomberg, of Norway, spent 2 weeks on the island collect- 
ing material for his forthcoming book on the fauna of tropical America. 
In his report he refers to the richness of the island fauna, to the great 
helpfulness of the library facilities, and states that m no other part 
of the world has he been able to carry out such studies with greater 
ease and under pleasanter circumstances. 

Dr. Frederick W. Loetscher, Jr., of Centre College, Danville, Ky., 
with Mrs. Loetscher, spent 2 weeks on the island, mainly to study 
birds. A keen observer, he left with the laboratory a detailed list 
of the 102 species he definitely identified, with notes on their abun- 
dance. In addition, he made observations on the primates and 
edentates. Such reports, accumulated over long periods, give a 
valuable index to trends in populations, particularly relative abundance. 

Dr. H. B. Goodrich, professor of biology of Wesleyan University, 
Middletown, Conn., spent 4 days on the island observing and 

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“experiencing”’ a tropical rain forest for the purpose of providing a 
biological background for his teaching. He also took many color 
photographs. 

Dr. Cleveland Soper, director of the Tropical Research Laboratory 
of Eastman Kodak Co., continued exposure tests throughout the 
year, assisted by Paul Hermle, physicist, George Ade, chemist, and 
Ismael Olivares, microbiologist. These tests have yielded very 
valuable results, and, in Dr. Soper’s opinion, the test tables for the 
island are the most practical way to determine the effectiveness of 
biocides in preventing deterioration of processed photographic ma- 
terials, as well as the resistance of various protective coatings to 
tropical climatic conditions, etc. The correlations obtained between 
samples at the test table and similar items in actual use are more 
than satisfactory. Several important publications have resulted from 
these studies, such as ‘‘Notes on Tropical Photography,” “Care of 
Films and Cameras in Tropical Climates,” ‘‘Prevention and Removal 
of Fungus Growth on Processed Photographic Film,” and ‘‘Notes for 
the Photo-Traveler.”” The prevention of corrosion of lenses by fungi 
is one of the important projects. These exposure tests emphasize 
the value of rapid and long-term studies of the effects of temperature 
and humidity, especially as they pertain to fungus growth. The 
island is particularly well suited for studies of corrosion and deteriora- 
tion and the evaluation of biocides under such severe climatic 
conditions. 

W. E. Lundy, of the Panama Canal and secretary-treasurer of the 
Panama Canal Natural History Society, again spent about a week on 
the island studying the birds and mammals, and particularly the 
“‘voices’’ of the jungle. His observations are of special interest 
because they help to give a better idea of faunal abundance and 
fluctuation in numbers. 

Jay A. Weber, of Miami, Fla., spent considerable time in Panama, 
part of it on the island, collecting mollusks, of which there is a super- 
abundance of species. He was interested mainly in gathering the 
fresh-water and land forms of the island, largely for the United States 
National Museum. His previous visit to the island, to study birds, 
was 22 years ago. 

Dr. Alexander Wetmore, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 
revisited the island and held conferences with the resident manager 
on plans for the future of the area and proposed improvements. W. 
M. Perrygo, of the National Museum, accompanied him. 

John E. Graf, Assistant Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, spent 
a few days on the island examining the laboratory facilities and the 
improvements made since his official visit the year before and dis- 
cussing Operations, plans for further improvements, and expansion. 


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George O. Lee, professor of biology, Junior College, Canal Zone, 
again brought his students for an overnight stay on the island, as 
part of their school work. Similar groups from the Normal School 
of Santiago, Panama, the Abel Bravo Institute in Colén, and the 
National Institute of Panamé likewise came to the island. 

The resident manager continued his special research problems, 
particularly the long-term termite-resistance tests, and host relation- 
ships of the fruit-fly population. The termite-resistance tests, 
started in 1924, are of increasing importance each year. During 
these 25 years 42 detailed reports have been prepared and 48 papers 
published, largely by Snyder, Hunt, and Zetek. It is possible now to 
build in the Tropics with untreated timbers despite the abundance of 
termites, and, with a minimum of vigilance, avoid the ravages of these 
pests. 

Tests were also made on a number of electric-wire insulations, some 
untreated, others treated with pesticides and fungicides. The many 
instances in which termites have eaten through lead sheathing, as 
well as glass wool, prove the importance of these tests. 

The Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine continued to 
explore the worth and usefulness of soil poisons as deterrents to both 
termites and rot. 

The large Berlese funnel was kept in operation and yielded an 
abundance of rare insects and mites difficult to collect otherwise. 


URGENT NEEDS 


A steady flow of electric current 24 hours a day is indispensable to 
a laboratory. The island’s present supply of current is manufactured 
by gasoline-driven generators, some of which are not dependable. 
Some are single-phase, others three-phase, and this has made it 
necessary to revamp the entire distribution system. A double-throw 
three-pole switch had to be installed to separate the various phases 
and make mistakes impossible when the various generators are used. 
The drop in voltage at times is considerable. Also the gasoline and 
oil consumption of the present generators makes electricity too 
expensive. The only practical solution is to tap the transmission line 
of the Panama Canal at Frijoles, put in transformers there and on the 
island, and lay a cable along the lake bottom. This would give a 
dependable 24-hour daily service at a moderate cost. 


LIST OF THE VERTEBRATES OF THE ISLAND (BIRDS EXCLUDED) 


The following list, brought up to date by members of the scientific 
staff of the National Museum, shows a total of 173 species and sub- 
species of vertebrates (exclusive of the birds) now inhabitating Barro 
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data as to who collected and identified each species, where and why 
they were collected, notes on abundance, and the synonymy as it 
affects previously published data. 


FISHES (22) 
Pimelodidae: 
Rhamdia wagnert (Giinther). 
Characidae: 
Astyanax ruberrimus Kigenmann. 
Brycon chagrensis (Kner). 
Bryconamericus emperador (Kigenmann and Ogle). 
Compsura gorgonae (Evermann and Goldsborough). 
Gephyrocharax atricaudata (Meek and Hildebrand). 
Hoplias microlepsis (Ginther). 
Piabucina panamensis Gill. 
Roeboides guatemalensis (Giinther). 
Synbrachidae: 
Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch. 
Poecilidae: 
Brachyrhaphis cascajalensis (Meek and Hildebrand). 
Brachyrhaphis episcopi (Steindachner). 
Gambusia nicaraguensis Giinther. 
Molliensia sphenops (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 


Cyprinodontidae: 

Rivulus brunneus Meek and Hildebrand. 
Atherinidae: 

Thyrinops chagrest (Meek and Hildebrand). 
Centropomidae: 

Centropomus parallelus Poey. 
Cichlidae: 

Aequidens coeruleopunctatus (Kner and Steindachner). 
Syngnathidae: 

Oostethus lineatus (Kaup). 
Gobiidae: 


Gobiomorus dormitor Lacépéde. 
Gobiomorus maculatus (Ginther). 
Leptophilypnus fluviatilis Meek and Hildebrand. 


REPTILES (62) 
TESTUDINATA 


Chelydra acutirostris Peters. 
Geoemyda annulata Gray. 

Geoemyda punctariola funerea (Cope). 
Kinosternon postinguinale Cope. 
Pseudemys ornata Gray. 


CROCODILIA 


Caiman fuscus (Cope). 
Crocodylus acutus Cuvier. 


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SAURIA 


Gekkonidae: 

Gonatodes fuscus (Hallowell). 

Lepidoblepharis sanctae-mariae fugax Ruthven. 

Sphaerodactylus lineolatus Lichtenstein. 

Thecadactylus rapicaudus (Houttuyn). 
Iguanidae: 

Anolis lemurinus Cope. 

Anolis capito Peters. 

Anolis lionotus Cope. 

Anolis pentaprion Cope. 

Anolis biporcatus (Wiegmann). 

Anolis limifrons Cope. 

Anolis frenatus Cope. 

Norops auratus (Daudin). 

Polychrus gutturosus (Berthold). 

Corythophanes cristatus Boie. 

Basiliscus basiliscus (Linnaeus). 

Iguana iguana iguana (Linnaeus). 
Xantusiidae: 

Lepidoephyma flavomaculatum Duméril. 
Teiidae: 

Ameiva festiva Lichtenstein. 

Ameiva leptophrys Cope. 

Leposoma southt Ruthven and Gaige. 
Scincidae: 

Mabuya mabouya mabouya (Lacépéde). 
Amphisbaenidae: 

Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linnaeus. 


SERPENTES 


Typhlopidae: 
Anomalepis mexicanus Jan. 
Boidae: 
Constrictor constrictor imperator (Daudin). 
Epicrates cenchria maurus Gray. 
Colubridae: 
Amastridium veliferum Cope. 
Rhadinaea decorata Giinther. 
Rhadinaea pachyura fulviceps Cope. 
Coniophanes fissidens fissidens (Ginther). 
Pliocercus euryzonus dimidiatus Cope. 
Ozxyrhopus petola sebae (Duméril and Bibron). 
Xenodon rabdocephalus (Wiedemann). 


Siphlophis cervinus geminaius (Duméril and Bibron). 


Leimadophis epinephalus epinephalus (Cope). 
Enulius flavitorques (Cope). 

Enulius sclateri Boulenger. 

Dendrophidion percarinatus Cope. 
Dryadophis boddaertii alternatus (Bocourt). 
Thalerophis richardi occidentalis (Ginther). 
Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler). 


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Colubridae—Continued 
Spilotes pullatus pullatus (Linnaeus). 
Pseustes poecilonotus shropshirei (Barbour and Amaral). 
Chironius carinatus (Linnaeus). 
Chironius fuscus (Linnaeus). 
Imantodes gemmistratus (Cope). 
Imantodes cenchoa cenchoa (Linnaeus). 
Leptodeira rhombifera Giinther. 
Leptodeira annulata annulata (Linnaeus). 
Stenorhina degenhardti (Berthold). 
Tantilla ruficeps (Cope). 
Tantilla albiceps Barbour. 
Elapidae: 
Micrurus mipartitus (Duméril and Bibron). 
Micrurus nigrocinctus nigrocinctus (Girard). 
Crotalidae: 
Bothrops atrox asper (Garman). 
Bothrops schlegelit (Berthold). 


AMPHIBIANS (83) 


APODA 
Caecilia ochrocephala Cope. 
CAUDATA 
Oedipus complex Dunn. 
Oedipus parvipes (Peters). 
SALIENTIA 


Bufonidae: 
Bufo granulosis Spix. 
Bufo marinus (Linnaeus). 
Bufo typhonius alatus (Thominot). 
Engystomops pustulosus (Cope). 
Leptodactylus bolivianus Boulenger. 
Leptodactylus pentadactylus (Laurenti). 
EHleutherodactylus biporcatus (Peters). 
Eleutherodactylus bufoniformis (Boulenger). 
Eleutherodactylus longirostris (Boulenger). 
Eleutherodactylus fitzingert (Schmidt). 
Hleutherodactylus ockendeni (Boulenger). 
Eleutherodactylus cruentus (Peters). 
Eleutherodactylus lutosus molinoi (Barbour). 
Eleutherodactylus gaigae (Dunn). 
Eleutherodactylus diastema (Cope). 
Brachycephalidae: 


Dendrobates minutus minutus Shreve. 
Dendrobates auratus (Girard). 
Phyllobates nubicola flotator Dunn. 


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Hylidae: 
Hyla albomarginata Spix. 
Hyla sordida Peters. 
Hyla phaeota Cope. 
Hyla underwood: Boulenger. 
Hyla boulengeri (Cope). 
Centrolene prosoblepon (Boettger). 
Centrolene parambae (Boulenger). 
Centrolene fleishmanni (Boettger). 
Agalychnis spurrellt Boulenger. 
Agalychnis calcarifer Boulenger. 
Agalychnis callidryas (Cope). 
Ranidae: 
Rana warschewitschit (Schmidt). 


MAMMALS (56) 


MARSUPIALIA 


Didelphis marsupialis etensis Allen (opossum). 

Marmosa ruatanica isthmica Goldman (Isthmian marmosa). 
Philander opossum fuscogriseus Allen (Allen’s opossum). 
Metachirus nudicaudatus dentaneous Goldman (brown opossum). 
Caluromys derbianus derbianus Waterhouse (woolly opossum). 


EDENTATA 


Bradypus griseus griseus (Gray) (8-toed sloth). 

Choloepus hoffmanni Peters (2-toed sloth). 

Cyclopes didactylus dorsalis (Gray) (2-toed anteater). 
Tamandua tetradactyla chiriquensis Allen (3-toed anteater). 
Dasypus novemcinctus fenestratus Peters (9-banded armadillo). 


ARTIODACTYLA 


Mazama sartorii reperticia Goldman (brocket deer). 
Odocoileus virginianus chiriquensis Allen (white-tailed deer). 
Tayassu tajacu bangst Goldman (collared peccary). 

Tayassu pecari spiradens Goldman (white-lipped peccary). 


PERISSODACTYLA 
Tapirella bairdit (Gill) (Baird’s tapir). 
RODENTIA 


Coendou rothschildi Thomas (porcupine). 

Cuniculus paca virgatus (Bangs) (conejo pintado, paca). 
Dasyprocta punctata isthmica Alston (agouti, fequi). 
Heteromys desmarestianus zonalis Goldman (Canal Zone spiny pocket mouse). 
Oecomys enderst Goldman (Ender’s rat). 

Oryzomys caliginosus chrysomelas Allen (dusky rice rat). 
Oryzomys fulvescens costaricensis Allen (pigmy rice rat). 
Oryzomys talamancae talamancae Allen (Talamanca rice rat). 
Oryzomys tectus frontalis Goldman (Corozal rice rat). 

Rattus rattus rattus Linnaeus (black rat). 

Sigmodon hispidus chiriquensis Allen (Boqueron cotton rat). 


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Zygodontomys cherriet ventriosus Goldman (Canal Zone cane rat). 
Proechimys semispinosus panamensis Thomas (spiny rat). 
Microsciurus alfari venustulus Goldman (Canal Zone pygmy squirrel). 
Sciurus granatensis morulus Bangs (Canal Zone squirrel). 


LAGOMORPHA 


Sylvilagus brasiliensis gabbi (Allen) (forest rabbit). 


CARNIVORA 


Jentinkia sumichrasti notinus Thomas (bassariscus). 

Nasua narica panamensis Allen (coati-mundi, gato solo). 

Potos flavus isthmicus Goldman (kinkajou). 

Procyon cancrivorus panamensis (Goldman) (crab-eating raccoon). 
Eira barbara biologiae (Thomas) (tayra, black cat). 

Lutra repanda Goldman (otter, nutria). 

Felis concolor costaricensis Merriam (puma, leon). 

Felis onca centralis Mearns (jaguar, tiger). 

Felis pardaiis mearnsi Allen (ocelot, tigrillo). 

Felis yagouaroundi panamensis (Allen) (yagouaroundi). 


CHIROPTERA 


Artibeus jamaicensis palmarum (Allen) (Trinidad fruit bat). 
Artibeus cinereus watsont Thomas (Watson’s bat). 

Carollia perspicillata azteca Saussure (short-tailed bat). 
Micronycteris megalotis microtis Miller (Nicaraguan small-eared bat). 
Molossus coibensis Allen (Coiba Island mastiff bat). 

Myotis nigricans nigricans (Schinz) (little black bat). 

Noctilio leporinus leporinus (Linnaeus) (fish-eating bat). 
Phyllostomus discolor discolor (Wagner). 

Rhynchiscus naso priscus G. M. Allen (Mexican long-nosed bat). 
Saccopteryx bilineata (Temminck) (greater white-lined bat). 
Thyroptera albiventer (Tomes) (disc bat). 


PRIMATES 


Alouatia palliata aequatorialis Festa (howling monkey, mono negro). 
Aotus zonalis Goldman (night monkey). 

Cebus capucinus imitator Thomas (white-faced monkey, cari-blanco). 
Marikina goeffroyt (Pucheran) (marmoset, mono titi). 


RAINFALL 


In 1949, during the dry season, rains of 0.01 inch or more fell on 
27 days (50 hours), and during the wet season, on 214 days (949 hours) ; 
a total during the year of 241 days (999 hours). Rainfall was 
above the 25-year station average. November was the rainiest month 
(30 days, 211 hours). The dry season was the driest on record throgh- 
out the Isthmus. It began on December 19, 1948, and continued 


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until nearly the end of April. The rainy season continued till the 
early part of December. ‘The first 4 months of 1949 had a deficiency 
of 5.22 inches. The rainy season showed an excess of 13.32 inches, 
giving an excess of 8.10 inches for the year. 


TaBLE 1.—Annual rainfall, Barro Colo- 


rado Island, C. Z. 


Year Total inches Station average 
MOD eee Se OARS Tig ae ee yawn ete el 
NO 2 Geass paler ps 118. 22 113. 56 
TG A(t ean 116. 36 114. 68 
NO 2 Sues Oe ets 101. 52 111. 35 
NG PAG) ee a Mlle a 87. 84 106. 56 
MO SO Ress Uae ae 76. 57 101. 51 
1953s aka oi ie Ee 123. 30 104. 69 
MOS 2 ieurea mie eiect 113. 52 105. 76 
NOS Siar aa 101. 73 105. 32 
QS Ae NS 122. 42 107. 04 
NOS Higa ee Eye 148. 42 110. 35 
TOS Gan wat alee Nie 93. 88 108. 98 
MOS Gia iy seo e 124.13 110. 12 
MOSS wee rae, 117. 09 110. 62 
11S) S OBEN: 115. 47 110. 94 
TG AQ ais seg 86. 51 109. 43 
D149 745) | Sis ac a 91. 82 108. 41 
IO 4D en ge a 111. 10 108. 55 
MNO AS ieee aap 120. 29 109. 20 
POAA GT Bea soa ee 111. 96 109. 30 
OA He tea Coe ao 120. 42 109. 84 
NOAGE 2 os 87. 38 108. 81 
DUGG 7 fares ee ths SP? 107. 49 
NOAB eas Sarre §3. 16 106. 43 
QAO wole ieee ei NI 114. 86 106. 76 
TABLE 2.—Comparison of 1947 and 1948 rainfall, Barro Colorado Island, C. Z. 
(inches) 
M nee Station Years of Excess or oe 
ou average record deficiency | cess or de- 
1948 1949 ficiency 
seciee mmammrinsgctn |) | ag) PEG ae egg fa) ano eae 
Marcha DMN net Nae 17 .1l 1.31 24 —1. 20 —3. 39 
Agayetle a2 2 See on aaa a 2.92 90 2.73 25 —1.83 —5. 22 
May mebsarh in RL” 10. 80 11. 97 10. 90 25 +1.07 —4.15 
STI COse e 6.32 15. 57 11. 28 25 +4. 29 +.14 
UL yee ee BG eR 11. 45 13. 38 11.68 25 +1. 70 +1. 84 
IAT Pe aR 10. 46 9.99 12.34 25 —2.35 —.51 
September lau iw a Nes 6. 72 7.11 10.15 25 —3. 04 a; BS 
October-...----------------.-- BO es ia aaa 25 ses a3 411.14 
Dgeeaenasren moan orca) a Ae 1). Tyee ate Miestow | se mebatig 
BYC aT emese ck Ns ee ae 83.16 iarnalcoh 106.76. aoscosanSsos)loocaossceess +8. 10 
=5. 22 
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FISCAL REPORT 


During the fiscal year 1950, $10,609.04 in trust funds was available. 
Of this amount $10,502.83 was spent, leaving a balance of $106.21. 
In addition to this, $1,184.88 is still on deposit, representing local 
collections. 

The following items are paid out of trust funds: Food, ice, fuel, 
salaries and wages, office expenses, telephone, laboratory supplies, 
freight and express, laundry, and new parts, repairs to floating equip- 
ment and to generators, general upkeep, and repairs. 

During the year only $742 was collected as fees from scientists. 
This decline is largely due to the high cost of transportation to the 
Isthmus, which keeps many from coming. Despite the higher costs 
of food, wages, and other items, the laboratory has not increased 
its per diem charge to scientists, and continues to give a 25-percent 
discount to those who come from institutions that sustain table 
subscriptions. 

The following institutions continued their support to the laboratory 
through the payment of table subscriptions: 


Bais Grama no Ga en oes ee cake ee PTV ee $1, 000 
(Winn versitiynOts © lit cale oe eye iii Aue ps eeg atch Lipliner sl ey et Seika OA 300 
ING? Mowe ZAoolloesiorill Sone sa oR ee a 300 
American Museum of Natural Elistorys 22 oem) een 300 
Sraait Som ara Tiras 1 Gu a Oma yes sy ag eye ne eae re pe 300 


It is again most gratifying to record donations from Dr. Eugene 
Hisenmann. 

The Smithsonian Institution contributed $4,500 from its private 
funds, in addition to its table fees. This is included in the $10,609.04 
in trust funds. 

The sum of $5,000 was made available by the Smithsonian Institu- 
tion from appropriated funds, and of the amount $4,988.97 was used 
for permanent improvements. 

Respectfully submitted. 

JAMES ZETEK, Resident Manager. 

Dr. ALEXANDER WETMORE, 

Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 


APPENDIX 11 
REPORT ON THE LIBRARY 


Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the activities 
of the Smithsonian Library for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1950: 

The primary obligation of the library in ‘‘the increase and diffusion 
of knowledge” is to make constantly available to the scientific and 
curatorial staff of the Smithsonian Institution the published records 
of work done or in progress throughout the world in the subject fields 
ot the Institution’s special activities and responsibilities. All the 
detailed procedures necessary to meeting this obligation are directed 
toward this end. None of them are ends in themselves, and records 
of them are at best only quantitative indications of growth and accom- 
plishment. Mere numbers of publications acquired and handled mean 
little unless those publications have been selected with discrimination 
and, in terms of contemporary library parlance, ‘‘processed”’ for effec- 
tive use, with the special requirements of the Smithsonian Institution 
always in mind. The final test of the quality of the library’s work is 
the thoroughness with which an investigator has been able to canvass 
all the literature necessary to the successful completion or continuation 
of work on his particular piece of scientific research or curatorial 
assignment. No new scientific project, however unique, can be 
launched without dependence upon scientific literature. 

The daily record of publications delivered to the library shows a 
total of 53,035 for the year, 5,102 of which were shipped from abroad 
through the International Exchange Service. As usual, these books, 
pamphlets, and serial publications came from all over the world and 
were written in many different languages. They covered all the 
subjects with which the work of the Institution is directly concerned, 
and many related ones as well. 

The outstanding gift of the year was the fine library of some 4,000 
books and pamphlets on Foraminifera collected by the late Dr. Joseph 
A. Cushman, which, with its own catalog, accompanied and is to be 
kept with the Cushman foraminiferal collection bequeathed by Dr. 
Cushman to the Smithsonian Institution. This library is probably 
unexcelled for current completeness, and additions are to be made to 
it in future. 

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146 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


Neil M. Judd’s gift of his personal collection of some 500 books 
and papers on archeological subjects made it possible for the division 
of archeology to continue to have the use of this literature after 
Mr. Judd’s retirement. 

Acknowledgments for 7,392 gifts received were sent to many differ- 
ent donors to whom the library owes a lasting debt of gratitude for 
their generous contributions. 

The first published appearance of information about new ‘uaeoyee 
ies, inventions, and the progress of science, technology, and the arts 
in general is usually to be found in serial publications. which conse- 
quently are of the utmost importance in a scientific library. <A great 
many of those the Institution regularly receives are sent by organiza~- 
tions and institutions with which it is in continuing exchange. Ex- 
cept for the issues represented by 287 paid subscriptions, most of the 
16,961 parts of periodicals currently entered were exchange publica- 
tions. In the course of the year 344 new exchanges were arranged, 
and 7,016 volumes and parts needed to complete sets, or for other 
purposes, were obtained in response to 604 special requests. 

A good catalog is the key to the contents of the library, and good 
cataloging is a basic requirement of efficient library service. Upon its 
quality and completeness depends the ease or difficulty with which 
the resources of the library can be discovered. The classification 
and subject analysis of complex scientific publications, many of them 
written in foreign languages, is scholarly work. The cards filed in 
catalogs and shelflists are the clerical records of that work. During 
the past year 6,822 publications were fully cataloged, and 30,006 
catalog and shelflist cards were filed. The work of correlating the 
central periodical records with those of the central catalog was con- 
continued, and 1,000 entries were checked and accurately unified. 
Neither the central catalog nor the individual catalogs of the different 
bureau libraries can be the fully effective instruments that they 
ought to be until the very large number of unclassified and incom- 
pletely cataloged publications throughout the Institution can be 
properly cataloged. This is so large an undertaking that a special 
corps of catalogers would be needed to complete it within a predict- 
able period of time. 

In all, 18,719 publications were sent to the Library of Congress. 
Of this number 6,053 volumes and parts were marked and recorded as 
permanent additions to the Smithsonian Deposit. Other publica- 
tions included 1,303 doctoral dissertations, received chiefly from conti- 
nental European universities. The remainder were foreign and 
domestic documents and miscellaneous books, pamphlets, and period- 
icals on subjects not of immediate interest to the Institution. 


SECRETARY'S REPORT 147 


A considerable number of publications on special subjects were 
sent to other scientific libraries of the Government. Included among 
them were 776 medical dissertations and 2,058 other publications on 
medical subjects sent to the Army Medical Library, and 416 agri- 
cultural publications sent to the Department of Agriculture. 

Records of binding show that funds were sufficient to permit 1,511 
volumes, chiefly periodicals, to be sent to the Government Printing 
Office. Repairs to 1,023 volumes were made in the Museum library. 
The deterioration of completed volumes of periodicals that must 
wait for sufficient funds before they can be bound is one of the serious 
problems of the library, as is the care and repair of the many old 
books, some of them irreplaceable, that the Institution is so fortunate 
as to own. ‘The library is in no sense a museum of fine books. It is 
an active working collection, but the very character of the Institu- 
tion’s responsibilities, especially in connection with the work of the 
National Museum, makes it inevitable that many old as well as new 
books should be in constant use as tools. That some of them happen 
to be also collectors’ items is incidental but makes their care and pro- 
tection doubly important. 

It was not possible to undertake further work on the organization 
of the large collection of duplicates and unstudied material housed 
in the west stacks, but more than 36,000 pieces, mostly parts of 
periodicals previously checked and arranged, were sent to the United 
States Book Exchange to be used as opportunity offers in exchange for 
material drawn from the stockpile of that center. 

No reliable figure showing over-all use of the library can be given. 
The large decentralization of its collections, especially in the Museum, 
where 30 of its sectional libraries are in the custodial charge of the 
curators, makes it impractical to attempt to keep statistical records 
of the intramural use of books and periodicals. Loan-desk records 
show that 12,522 publications were borrowed for use outside the 
library, 2,181 of which were interlibrary loans made to 104 different 
Government, university, and other institutional libraries throughout 
the country. 

Loans are not made to individuals other than staff members and 
affiliates of the Institution, but the resources of the library are open 
to any individual who wishes to make reference use of them, either by 
coming in person or by telephoning or writing to the library. The 
library receives hundreds of requests for information in the course 
of the year, and whether the inquirer is a scholarly research worker or 
a casual sightseer, a foreign correspondent or a rural schoolboy, the 
staff makes every effort to see that his question is answered, either by 
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148 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


to an appropriate authority elsewhere. This is by no means an unim- 
portant part of the ‘diffusion of knowledge,” and especially in terms 
of good will, is a richly rewarding one. 

It is regrettable that no relief for the overcrowding of the library 


can be reported. 
SUMMARIZED STATISTICS 


Accessions 
Total re- 
corded 
Volumes volumes 
June 30. 
1950 
Astrophysical Observatory (including Radiation and Organisms) --_------------- 500 13, 573 
‘BureauyofAuiericanvE thnologye saa ee ee eee oe ee 119 34, 838 
National Ain Miser SNe cei te ag Sa ey SELES ee ME SRE Ee 86 126 
INationali@ollectiontor mine Am ts ieee eee a ae eno ee ca pene see 384 12,175 
ING E101 IVE Se ta ry ea AEs re ea Ek ra en oe A re 2, 735 246, 401 
INS tO al Zo OlO ical PE ea rye ee OE Le Ss SG ete a Sh nL NN Wg 3 4,196 
Smithsonian Deposit at the Library of Congress__.-.-.-------------------------- 1, 629 582, 280 
SMUD SOMIAMY © LCoS AT Re ata se SA Dae 375 33, 448 
ET Ge Us IS SAYS I NN IU eG ee 5, 831 927, 037 


Neither incomplete volumes of periodicals nor separates and reprints 
from periodicals are included in these figures. 


Exchanges 
New, exchanges arram me Gide Sis SIs Ay RAR tie SNA SE Spe NDS AAU ae eae a 344 
107 of these were assigned to the Smithsonian Deposit in the Library of 
Congress. 
Specially requested publications received . 3422224052 52022 ae 7, 016 
1,026 of these were obtained to fill gaps in the Smithsonian Deposit sets. 
Cataloging 
Volumes and) pamphlets, catalosedi iis 2 050 ea yl See a ee 6, 822 
Cards added: to.catalogs and shelflistse 2s 2225 20 Un ie ae ee ae 30, 006 
Periodicals 
Periodicalipartssentered tus eae PN ena A oe ol oe ae 16, 961 
Circulation 
Moans‘of books andperiodicals 2 eye a. sie We ay ee aye 12, 522 


This figure does not include the intramural circulation of books and 
periodicals filed in the sectional libraries of the Museum. 


Binding 
Voluniesisentitoitheybindeny vy Aa ee Cea ae Gigs a pag a 1, 511 
Volumesprepaired tim ithe Mise wri i ae 1, 023 
Respectfully submitted. 
Lema F. Crark, Librarian. 
Dr. A. WETMORE, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 


APPENDIX 12 
REPORT ON PUBLICATIONS 


Str: Ihave the honor to submit the following report on the publica- 
tions of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches for the year 
ended June 30, 1950: 

The Institution published during the year 12 papers in the Smith- 
sonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1 Annual Report of the Board of 
Regents and pamphlet copies of 22 articles in the report appendix, 
1 Annual Report of the Secretary, and a reprint of 1 special publication. 

The United States National Museum issued 1 Annual Report, 22 
Proceedings papers, 2 Bulletins, and 4 Contributions from the United 
States National Herbarium. 

The Bureau of American Ethnology issued 1 Annual Report, 1 
Bulletin, and 1 Publication of the Institute of Social Anthropology. 

The National Collection of Fine Arts issued 1 catalog. 

The Freer Gallery of Art issued 1 paper in its Oriental Studies series 
and 1 in its Occasional Papers series. 

Of the publications there were distributed 150,612 copies, which 
included 26 volumes and separates of Smithsonian Contributions to 
Knowledge, 26,489 volumes and separates of Smithsonian Miscel- 
laneous Collections, 28,248 volumes and separates of Smithsonian 
Annual Reports, 3,619 War Background Studies, 5,918 Smithsonian 
special publications, 40 reports and 211 sets of pictures of the Harri- 
man Alaska Expedition, 57,938 volumes and separates of National 
Museum publications, 14,877 publications of the Bureau of American 
Ethnology, 4,239 publications of the Institute of Social Anthropology, 
38 catalogs of the National Collection of Fine Arts, 1,178 volumes and 
pamphlets of the Freer Gallery of Art, 10 Annals of the Astrophysical 
Observatory, 1,318 reports of the American Historical Association, 
and 6,463 miscellaneous publications not printed by the Smithsonian 
Institution (mostly Survival Manuals). 

In addition, 11,523 picture pamphlets, 80,751 guide books, 30,230 
natural history and art post cards, 135 sets of North American Wild 
Flowers, and 5 volumes of Pitcher Plants were distributed. 


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150 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 


In this series there were issued 10 papers in volume 111, whole 
volume 112, and whole volume 113, as follows: 


VOLUME 111 


No. 8. Some stages in the evolution of the nervous system and the fore-gut 
of the polychaet, by Frank Raw. 35 pp., 5 figs. (Publ. 3983.) Aug. 4, 1949. 
No. 9. A new heron and a new owl from Venezuela, by Herbert Friedmann. 
3 pp. (Publ. 3985.) July 21, 1949. 

No. 10. A collection of fishes from Talara, Peri, by Samuel F. Hildebrand. 
36 pp., 9 figs. (Publ. 3986.) Aug. 18, 1949. 

No. 11. Larvae of the elaterid beetles of the tribe Lepturoidini (Coleoptera: 
Elateridae), by Robert Glen. 246 pp., 40 figs. (Publ. 3987.) Apr. 19, 1950. 

No. 12. Note on Fowle’s spectroscopic method for the determination of 
aqueous vapor in the atmosphere, by L. B. Aldrich. 6 pp., 1 pl., 2 figs. (Publ. 
3989.) Sept. 20, 1949. 

No. 18. Short periodic solar variations and the temperatures of Washington 
and New York, by C. G. Abbot. 8 pp., 2 figs. (Publ. 3990.) Oct. 4, 1949. 

No. 14. The Abbot silver-disk pyrheliometer, by L. B. Aldrich. 11 pp., 1 pl., 
1 fig. (Publ. 3991.) Dec. 8, 1949. 

No. 15. The roll call of the Iroquois chiefs. A study of a mnemonic cane 
from the Six Nations Reserve, by William N. Fenton. 73 pp., 12 pls., 3 figs. 
(Publ. 3995.) Feb. 16, 1950. 

No. 16. The forms of the black hawk-eagle, by Herbert Friedmann. 4 pp., 
1 pl. (Publ. 4013.) Feb. 28, 1950. 

No. 17. Periodic influences on Washington and New York weather of 1949 
and 1950, by C. G. Abbot. 8 pp., 3 figs. (Publ. 4015.) Mar. 22, 1950. 


VOLUME 112 (WHOLE VOLUME) 


Catalog of the termites (Isoptera) of the world, by Thomas E. Snyder. 490 pp. 
(Publ. 3953.) Nov. 1, 1949. 


VOLUME 113 (WHOLE VOLUME) 


Archeology of the Florida Gulf coast, by Gordon R. Willey. 599 pp., 60 pls., 
76 figs., 20 maps. (Publ. 3988.) Dec. 29, 1949. 


SMITHSONIAN ANNUAL REPORT 


Report for 1948.—The complete volume of the Annual Report of 
the Board of Regents for 1948 was received from the Public Printer 
December 28, 1949: 


Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution showing 
the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ended 
June 30, 1948. ix+466 pp., 100 pls., 52 figs., 1 chart. (Publ. 3954.) 


The general appendix contained the following papers (Publs. 
3955-3976): 


The Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution, by C. G. Abbot. 
Atomic energy in industry, by H. A. Winne. 


SECRETARY’S REPORT 151 


High-altitude research with V—2 rockets, by Ernest H. Krause. 

Roentgen rays against cancer, by John G. Trump. 

The optical glass industry, past and present, by Francis W. Glaze. 

The age of the earth, by Arthur Holmes. 

Petroleum resources of North America, by A. I. Levorsen. 

American meteorites and the National collection, by E. P. Henderson. 

Glacial varved clay concretions of New England, by Ray S. Bassler. 

Algal pillars miscalied geyser cones, by Roland W. Brown. 

Concepts in conservation of land, water, and wildlife, by Ira N. Gabrielson. 

The evolution and function of genes, by A. H. Sturtevant. 

The sense organs of birds, by R. J. Pumphrey. 

Insect control investigations of the Orlando, Fla., laboratory during World War 
II, by E. F. Knipling. 

The golden nematode invades New York, by W. L. Popham. 

The cork oak in the United States, by Victor A. Ryan and Giles B. Cooke. 

Remember the chestnut! by Amanda Ulm. 

The numbers and distribution of mankind, by C. B. Fawcett. 

Mexican calendars and the solar year, by Herbert J. Spinden. 

Surviving Indian groups of the eastern United States, by William Harlen Gilbert, Jr. 

Recently published Greek papyri of the New Testament, by Bruce M. Metzger. 

Japanese art—a reappraisal, by Robert T. Paine, Jr. 


Report for 1949.—The Report of the Secretary, which included the 
financial report of the executive committee of the Board of Regents, 
and which will form part of the Annual Report of the Board of 
Regents to Congress, was issued December 29, 1949: 

Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of 


the executive committee of the Board of Regents for the year ended June 30, 1949. 
ix+149 pp. (Publ. 3992.) 


SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS 


Smithsonian Mathematical Tables. Hyperbolic functions. Sixth reprint. 
Prepared by George F. Becker and C. E. Van Orstrand. lii+321 pp. (Publ. 1871.) 
1949. 


PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 


The editorial work of the National Museum has continued during 
the year under the immediate direction of the editor, Paul H. Oehser. 
There were issued 1 Annual Report, 22 Proceedings papers, 2 Bulletins, 
and 4 separate papers in the Contributions from the United States 
National Herbarium, as follows: 


REPORT 


Report on the progress and condition of the United States National Museum 
for the year ended June 30, 1949. iii+-123 pp. Jan. 13, 1950. 


PROCEEDINGS: VOLUME 97 


Title page, table of contents, list of illustrations, and index. Pp. i-vii, 571-601. 


Jan. 26, 1950. 
910888—50——11 


152 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


VOLUME 99 


No. 3248. Additions to the echiuroid fauna of the North Pacific Ocean, by 
Walter Kenrick Fisher. Pp. 479-497, pls. 28-34. Aug. 10, 1949. 

No. 3249. A remarkable new species of trypetid fly of the genus Ceratitis 
(sensu stricto) from East Africa in the collection of the United States National 
Museum, by H. K. Munro. Pp. 499-501, fig. 39. July 5, 1949. 

No. 3250. A new marine annelid from Florida, by Olga Hartman. Pp. 503- — 
508, fig. 40. Aug. 4, 1949. : 

No. 3251. A new species of apseudid crustacean of the genus Synapseudes 
from northern California (Tanaidacea), by Robert J. Menzies. Pp. 509-515, 
figs. 41-42. Aug. 4, 1949. 

No. 3252. Redescription of the shrimp Bathypalaemonella pandaloides (Rath- 
bun), with remarks on the family Campylonotidae, by L. B. Holthuis. Pp. 517— 
523, fig. 48. Aug. 25, 1949. 

No. 3253. The Nearctic species of Evaniidae (Hymenoptera), by Henry 
Townes. Pp. 525-539, fig. 44. Sept. 1, 1949. 


VOLUME 100 


No. 3254. On a collection of Mallophaga from Guam, Marianas Islands, 
by M. A. Carriker, Jr. Pp. 1-24, figs. 1-5. Nov. 29, 1949. 

No. 3255. Observations on flatworms and nemerteans collected at Beaufort, 
N. C., by A. S. Pearse. Pp. 25-88, figs. 6-9. Oct. 14, 1949. 

No. 3256. Some Alaskan syrphid flies, with descriptions of new species, by 
C. L. Fluke. Pp. 39-54, figs. 10-11. Oct. 11, 1949. 

No. 3257. Two new gynandromorphs, with a list of previously recorded 
sexual aberrations in the scolioid wasps, by Karl V. Krombein. Pp. 55-59, 
pls. 1-2. Nov. 16, 1949. 

No. 3258. Fresh-water Ostracoda from Brazil, by Willis L. Tressler. Pp. 
61-83, figs. 12-14. Jan. 8, 1950. 

No. 3259. The Nearctic species of Gasteruptiidae (Hymenoptera), by Henry 
Townes. Pp. 85-145, figs. 15-16. Apr. 18, 1950. 

No. 8260. Pyenogonida of the United States Navy Antarctic Expedition, 
1947-48, by Joel W. Hedgpeth. Pp. 147-160, figs. 17-19. Jan. 23, 1950. 

No. 3261. Copepods from Lake Erh Hai, China, by Sidney C. Hsiao. Pp. 
161—200, figs. 20-80. Apr. 26, 1950. 

No. 3262. Mosquitoes of the genus Tripteroides in the Solomon Islands, by 
John N. Belkin. Pp. 201-274, figs. 31-37. Mar. 30, 1950. 

No. 3263. A revision of the American clupeid fishes of the genus Harengula, 
with descriptions of four new subspecies, by Luis René Rivas. Pp. 275-309, pls. 
3-5, figs. 38-41. Mar. 28, 1950. 

No. 3264. Moths of the genus Cincia and three new and closely related genera, 
by William D. Field. Pp. 311-326, pls. 6-9. Mar. 10, 1950. 

No. 38265. Mammals of northern Colombia. Preliminary report No. 6: 
Rabbits (Leporidae), with notes on the classification and distribution of the 
South American forms, by Philip Hershkovitz. Pp. 327-375, figs. 42-48. May 
26, 1950. 

No. 3266. Some bird lice of the genera Acidoproctus and Quadraceps (Neo- 
tropical Mallophaga Miscellany No. 8), by M. A. Carriker, Jr. Pp. 377-386, 
figs. 44-45. Jan. 26, 1950. 

No. 3267. A review of the American clupeid fishes of the genus Dorosoma, by 
Robert Rush Miller. Pp. 387-410. Mar. 7, 1950. 


SECRETARY'S REPORT 153 


No. 3268. A contribution to the ornithology of northeastern Venezuela, by 
Herbert Friedmann and Foster D. Smith, Jr. Pp. 411-538, pls. 10-12, figs. 
46-50. Mar. 10, 1950. 


BULLETINS 


197. Life histories of North American wagtails, shrikes, vireos, and their allies. 
Order Passeriformes, by Arthur Cleveland Bent. Pp. i-vii, 1-411, 48 pls. June 
21, 1950. 

198. Catalog of the automobile and motorcycle collection of the Division of 
Engineering, United States National Museum, by Smith Hempstone Oliver. 
Pp. i-iv, 1-62, 18 pls. May 9, 1950. 


CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM 


VOLUME 29 


Part 7. Studies in the Bromeliaceae, XV, by Lyman B. Smith. Pp. i-vii, 
277-316, figs. 2-36. Dec. 28, 1949. 

Part 8. Studies of South American plants, XII, by A. C. Smith. Pp. i-viii, 
317-393. Jan. 23, 1950. 

Part 9. New grasses from Mexico, Central America, and Surinam, by Jason 
R. Swallen. Pp. i-v, 395-428. Mar. 7, 1950. 


VOLUME 30 


Part 3. Additional phanerogams in the flora of Guam, with notes on unverified 
records, by Egbert H. Walker and Robert Rodin. Pp. i-vi, 449-468, pls. 8-9. 
Aug. 25, 1949. 


PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 


The editorial work of the Bureau continued under the immediate 
direction of the editor, M. Helen Palmer. During the year there 
were issued 1 Annual Report, 1 Bulletin, and 1 Publication of the 
Institute of Social Anthropology, as follows: 


REPORT 


Sixty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1948-1949. 
34 pp. 
BULLETIN 


143. Handbook of South American Indians. Julian H. Steward, editor. 
Volume 5, The comparative ethnology of South American Indians. xxvi+-818 
pp., 56 pls., 190 figs., 22 maps. 1949. 


PUBLICATIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY 


No. 10. Nomads of the Long Bow: The Siriono of eastern Bolivia, by Allan 
R. Holmberg. 104 pp., 7 pls, 4 charts, 1 map. 1950. 


154 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
Centennial exhibition of paintings by Abbott Handerson Thayer, N. A. (1849- 
1921), August 12 through December 1949. 4 pp. 1949. 
PUBLICATIONS OF THE FREER GALLERY OF ART 


ORIENTAL STUDIES 


No. 4. Shiraz painting in the sixteenth century, by Grace Dunham Guest. 
70 pp., 50 pls., 15 figs. (Publ. 3978.) 1949. 


OCCASIONAL PAPERS: VOLUME 1 


No. 4. James McNeill Whistler: A biographical outline, illustrated from the 
collections of the Freer Gallery of Art, by Burns A. Stubbs. 29 pp., 28 pls. 
(Publ. 3994.) 1950. 


REPORT OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 


The annual reports of the American Historical Association are trans- 
mitted by the Association to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- 
tion and are by him communicated to Congress, as provided by the 
act of incorporation of the Association. The following report volume 
was issued this year: 


Annual Report of the American Historical Association, 1948. Vol. 1. Pro- 
ceedings. 


The following was in press at the close of the fiscal year: 


Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1949. Vol. 1. 
Proceedings. 


REPORT OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE 
AMERICAN REVOLUTION 


The manuscript of the Fifty-second Annual Report of the National 
Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, was transmitted to 
Congress, in accordance with law, December 13, 1949. 


APPROPRIATION FOR PRINTING AND BINDING 


The congressional appropriation for printing and binding for the past 
year was entirely obligated at the close of the year. The appropria- 
tion for the coming fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, totals $103,000, 
allotted as follows: 


General administration (Annual Report of the Board of Regents; Annual 


Reportioiithe Secretary) a S7e siete a Liaise eh Mie ie ee de ee $18, 500 
National Niuseuna ia Sea ey er eee ae ee ae be eee 36, 200 
Bureaurol Ameri camp t lanl o gays es sa ee UN ae ae ool ee 21, 500 
Ne tromall Ati Vise uimtcces etn co eer nt Gane te att Man ia re ee eee Neo ee age 500 
Service divisions (Annual Report of the American Historical Association; 


blank forms; binding; Museum print shop) -_..--_---_-------------- 26, 300 


103, 000 


SECRETARY’S REPORT 155 


Webster P. True, who had been associated with the Institution as 
editor for nearly 36 years—19 years in charge of the consolidated 
editorial offices and since 1940 as Chief of the Editorial Division— 
retired on May 31, 1950. 

Respectfully submitted. 

Pauu H. Orusnr, Chief, Editorial Division. 

Dr. A. WEeTMoRrgE, 

Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 


REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF 
THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSON- 
IAN INSTITUTION 


FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1950 


To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: 

Your executive committee respectfully submits the following report 
in relation to the funds of the Smithsonian Institution, together with a 
statement of the appropriations by Congress for the Government 
bureaus in the administrative charge of the Institution. 


SMITHSONIAN ENDOWMENT FUND 


The original bequest of James Smithson was £104,960 8s. 6d.— 
$508,318.46. Refunds of money expended in prosecution of the 
claim, freights, insurance, and other incidental expenses, together with 
payment into the fund of the sum, £5,015, which had been withheld 
during the lifetime of Madame de la Batut, brought the fund to the 
amount of $550,000. 

Since the original bequest, the Institution has received gifts from 
various sources, the income from which may be used for the general 
work of the Institution. These, including the original bequest, plus 
savings, are listed below, together with the income for the present year. 


ENDOWMENT FUNDS 


(Income for unrestricted use of the Institution) 


Partly deposited in United States Treasury at 6 percent and partly invested in 
stocks, bonds, and other holdings. 


Income 
Fund Investment present 
year 
Parent fund (original Smithson bequest, plus accumulated savings) _-_._.---- $728, 891.33 $43, 712. 50 
Subsequent bequests, gifts, and other funds, partly deposited in the U. S. 

Treasury and partly invested in the consolidated fund: 

Avery, Robert S., and Lydia, bequest fund___.-___---._---..------------ 54, 487. 74 2,591.14 

TTT LO WLC Ta Gah tar ch eae eS RS AO RR De RU ae EN 346, 910. 62 14, 753. 47 

Habelapry Sti bedauestiiund ssc ee ee eae 500. 00 30. 00 

Hachenberg, George P. and Caroline, bequest fund____---.-.------------ 4, 122. 41 178. 29 

Hamiltonswamessbequesttundass ses eate ee eS aes. 2, 913. 78 167. 87 

Henry Caroline beqtest tundea2s ns ee eee 1, 239. 68 53. 58 

Hodgkins hhomasiGs (generalecitt) essa en ee 146, 733. 43 8, 289. 25 

Porter seHennys Karke: memorialiiundess=s sane an ea ee 293, 560. 53 12, 696. 91 

Rhees, William Jones, bequest fund___.___-...-------------------------- 1, 074. 91 56.34 

Sanford, George H., memorial fund_._._____.._._-------_------_--- een 2, 012. 48 105. 46 

Witherspoon, Thomas A., memorial fund_.__.-.-__--_.-_--_------------- 182, 279. 68 6, 721. 29 

Special fund, stock in reorganized closed banks____....------------------- 2, 280. 00 160. 00 

GL Ba ate Se sO DN NB UR aI eS i 2 Pete ane eee Ns Na 988, 115. 26 44, 803. 61 

Gran Glyto tale eee oe a Ns SEP a aie es eke ees ead NN nae ene 1, 717, 006. 59 88, 516.11 


156 


REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE) COMMITTEE 157 


The Institution holds also a number of endowment gifts, the income 
of each being restricted to specific use. These, plus accretions to 
date, are listed below, together with income for the present year. 


Income pres- 
Fund Investment ent year 
Abbott, William L., fund, for investigations in biology __--_-------__-_______ $103, 134. 07 $4, 468. 79 
Arthur, James, fund, for investigations and study of the sun and lecture on 

Same--.__-_-.--~-------------------~-----------~---------- S2sosees2seceesse= 40, 994.19 1, 773. 04 
Bacon, Virginia Purdy, fund, for traveling scholarship to investigate fauna 

of countries other than the United States_________--_______________________ 61, 354. 63 2, 221.13 
Baird, Lucy H., fund, for creating a memorial to Secretary Baird-__-_.------- 24, 679.35 1, 087. 41 
Barstow, Frederick 10-4 fund, for purchase of animals for Zoological Park ____ 1,024.77 | 44,31 
Canfield collection fund, for increase and care of the Canfield collection of | 

TONE EUS cece SORE OES OS SA EIS SOE Ie IE a ae eS 39, 204. 24 1, 695. 61 
Casey, Thomas L., fund, for maintenance of the Casey collection and promo- 

tion of researches relating to\Coleopteras 22a o2 sot Se ane oe ene ee 10, 401. 67 406. 62 
Chamberlain, Francis Lea, fund, for increase and promotion of Isaac Lea col- 

léchionrorcemsandsmollusks= 5229 = seen en eee ae 28, 865. 24 1, 248. 46 
Hickemeyer, Florence Brevoort, fund, for preservation and exhibition of the 

photographic collection of Rudolph Hickemeyer, Jr__.----___----_--____-_- 10, 996. 44 230. 03 
Hillyer, Virgil, fund, for increase and care of Virgil Hillyer collection of light- 

ETON CCU Seeeen eee eee eee 6, 736. 68 291.34 
Hitehcock, Dr. Albert S., library fund, for care of Hitchcock Agrostoiogical 

TOA SRE ay ee ge a 1, 617. 40 69. 93 
Hodgkins fund, specific, for increase and diffusion of more exact knowledge 

in regard to nature and properties of atmospheric air___-__----_--------_--- 100, 000. 00 6, 009. 00 
Hrdlitka, Ales and Marie, fund, to further researches in physical anthroplogy 

and publication in connection therewith_-__-_-----_---_-__--_--------------- 18, 351. 21 815.31 
Hughes, Bruce, fund, to found Hughes alcove___------------_--------------- 19, 620. 33 848. 57 
Long, Annette and Edith C., fund, for upkeep and preservation of Long col- 

lection of embroideries, laces, and textiles__________-________--__---------- 556. 57 24. 04 
Maxwell, Mary E., fund, for care and exhibition of Maxwell collection__-_-__-__- 20, 105. 37 437.04 
Myer, Catherine Walden, fund, for purchases of first-class works of art for 

the use and benefit of the National Collection of Fine Arts______-_______-__ 19, 430. 11 840. 35 
Sone, Julia D., bequest fund, for benefit of the National Collection of Fine 

ENT gs sa Se BE aS cs SP SP i ta es ol pa ee 10, 248. 68 443, 24 
Pell, Gornelia Livingston, fund, for maintenance of Alfred Duane Pell Col- 

QQUROSE cscs cic SSE TES aR Ue ie 7, 597. 97 328. 62 
Poore, Lucy T. and George W., fund, for general use of the Institution when 

principal amounts to $250, 000. ered Mian ella bea = See aR ol oo ie ak oye a 126, 446. 10 5, 573. 40 
Rathbun, Richard, memorial fund, for use of division of U. S. National 

Museum containing @rustacea tse s eee se eee Sk Ue eae 10, 902. 13 471.52 
Reid, Addison T., fund, for founding chair in biology, in memory of Asher 

CTRITERUIS, so si Be Seg So UE se UT ee A EC 30, 416. 71 1, 530. 14 
Roebling Collection fund, for care, improvement, and increase of Roebling 

Collectionlolmineralss enue Se ie ee Ue ene oe 123, 708. 61 5, 350. 58 
Rollins, Miriam and William, fund, for investigations in physics and chem- 

LSS Layee oer a ee A A ass Oe ee ee 96, 247. 31 4,160. 11 
Smithsonian employees’ retirement fund ________-------.-------------------- 32, 936. 77 1, 501. 70 
Springer, Frank, fund, for care and increase of Springer collection and library _- 18, 381. 62 795. 00 
Walcott, Charles D. and Mary Vaux, research fund, for development of 

geological and paleontological studies and publishing results thereof ------- 384, 948. 48 13, 403. 72 
Younger, Helen Walcott, fund, held in trust____._--------------------------- 46, 610. 54 1, 382. 45 
Zerbee, Frances Brincklé, fund, for endowment of aquaria_------------------ 972. 27 42.03 

ING tet operetta erie Seen oer mn Se oben ed os Se aa ets eee 1, 385, 989. 46 57, 464. 49 


FREER GALLERY OF ART FUND 


Early in 1906, by deed of gift, Charles L. Freer, of Detroit, gave to 
the Institution his collection of Chinese and other Oriental objects of. 
art, as well as paintings, etchings, and other works of art by Whistler, 
Thayer, Dewing, and other artists. Later he also gave funds for the 
construction of a building to house the collection, and finally in his 
will, probated November 6, 1919, he provided stock and securities to 
the estimated value of $1,958,591.42, as an endowment fund for the 
operation of the Gallery. 


158 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


The above fund of Mr. Freer was almost entirely represented by 
20,465 shares of stock in Parke, Davis & Co. As this stock advanced 
in value, much of it was sold and the proceeds reinvested so that the 
fund now amounts to $6,420,811.53 in selected securities. 


SUMMARY OF ENDOWMENTS 


Invested endowment for general purposes_.__________________-_ $1, 717, 006. 59 
Invested endowment for specific purposes other than Freer 

TN GL © Vy edn Ta ae pee ra Sevag Op gem pe aa ae aR 1, 386, 989. 46 

Total invested endowment other than Freer endowment__ 3, 103, 996. 05 

Freer invested endowment for specific purposes________________ 6, 420, 811. 53 

Total invested endowment for all purposes______________ 9, 524, 807. 58 


CLASSIFICATION OF INVESTMENTS 


Deposited in the U. S. Treasury at 6 percent per annum, as 

authorized in the U. 8S. Revised Statutes, sec. 5591___________ $1, 000, 000. 00 
Investments other than Freer endowment (cost or market value 

at date acquired): 


BOT Sue NS 298 25 SEED CAE Sy Le a AE Ais EN USI SREY $747, 993. 56 
COCKS Se cis eh eS erat aelen Baie te hier sinias 1, 251, 101. 70 
Real estate and first-mortgage notes______-- 59, 938. 40 
Uninvested’capitaless 12 See 2 wee a es 44, 962. 39 

————_—————— _ 2, 103, 996. 05 

Total investments other than Freer endowment_________ 3, 103, 996. 05 

Investment of Freer endowment (cost or market 
value at date acquired): 

BOM Se eo 2 eS Bee OE PA aA GS $3, 539, 182. 19 
EOC KS alas ae la ee aR retind fot say Leyte 2, 853, 927. 77 
Unatinyesueol Gayomenl oe eos ee ee 27, 751. 57 

6, 420, 811. 53 

WBotalbimvestiavem toi et seats Cae rol ee a oe ele aaratine Seen eee 9, 524, 807. 58 


CASH BALANCES, RECEIPTS, AND DISBURSEMENTS DURING FISCAL 
YEAR 1950! 


Cash) balanceion’ hand! June’ 30; 19495208 (Se eee $530, 330. 73 
Receipts, other than Freer endowment: 

Income from investments_________________ $156, 125. 11 

Gifts and contributions__________________- 77, 703. 66 

Sales of publications. ________-_-2 22 2  -_ 34, 488. 82 

Miscellanéoush sas i522 Te i ee 31, 538. 15 


ee as 2, 038. 67 


Total receipts other than Freer endow- 
FOO E OY raat N TR RINSE VR SCs SEA REN Net a Go TERIA RRS EG 0 301, 394. 41 


1 This statement does not include Government appropriations under the administrative charge of the 
Institution. 


REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 


Receipts from Freer endowment: 
Income from investments_.__...._-___-___- $296, 293. 08 


NE Cyt eA aspen cn eed De Loge ah AEA NS FET RB 
Disbursements other than Freer endowment: 

Administrations: oa tg 2) wl pea eee ee $49, 172. 30 
iblication se ae es ee UN 40, 605. 33 
NETRA Nee eee ee me ee ee 4, 272. 10 
Custodian fees and similar incidentals______ 3, 372. 70 
Wirscellame Ouse wee eis Los ee ee ae 442, 43 
TERCISISREI RG) VETS ee a A ee le 182, 364. 45 
Sele Revirement System. 2. - oth Soe 3, 728. 28 
U.S. Govt. and other contracts (net) _____-_ 9, 618. 65 
Purchase and sale securities (net)_________- 50, 540. 69 
Payroll withholdings and refunds of advances 

(Cet) et RM ai es ee ea a 3, 729. 13 


Total disbursements other than Freer endowment-_-___-_- 
Disbursements from Freer endowment: 


SEM CTR SMe a ee alles LON tat ab yearn SIS UN a $83, 214. 19 
Purchases for collections.__.._...________- 155, 900. 00 
Custodian fees and similar incidentals___-___ 12, 578. 48 
Muscellancouss so: nee ade eee 43, 540. 86 
Purchase and sale of securities (net) ______- 5, 690. 11 


Total disbursements from Freer endowment____________- 
Investment of current funds in U. 8. Bonds________________--- 


PURPA ee a Ns 
ASSETS 
Cash: 
United States Treasury current 
ACCOMM ie = ren ee epee $266, 067. 26 
In banks and on hand____---- 113, 642. 87 
379, 659. 13 
Less uninvested endowment funds_ 72, 713. 96 
—_—_—_——— $306, 936. 17 
Travel and other advances______-_--------- 24, 910. 28 
Cash invested (U. 8. Treasury Notes)------ 602, 953. 13 


Investments—at book value: 
Endowment funds: 
Freer Gallery of Art: 
Stocks and bonds____$6, 393, 059. 96 
Uninvested capital___ 27, 751. 57 
—________—_— 6, 420, 811. 53 


159 


$296, 293. 08 


1, 128, 518, 22 


347, 846. 06 


300, 923. 64 
109, 098. 39 


748, 868. 09 


379, 650. 13 


1, 128, 518. 22 


$934, 799. 58 


160 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1950 


Investments—at book value—Continued 
Investments at book value 
other than Freer: 


Stocks and bonds__.-___-- $1,999,095. 26 
Real estate and mortgage 

MOLES see oe a 59, 938. 40 
Uninvested capital______- 44, 962. 39 


Special deposit in U. 8. 
Treasury at 6% interest. 1, 000, 000. 00 
————— $3,103, 996.05 
$9, 524, 807. 58 


10, 459, 607. 16 
UNEXPENDED FUNDS AND ENDOWMENTS 
Unexpended funds: 

Income from Freer Gallery of Art endowment___________- $402, 032. 72 

Income from other endowments: 
Restricted mee le hae e a Olen aah i $186, 777. 56 
Gere ra io g ay i end eae SS ent a 94, 331. 88 
—_ 281, 109. 44 
Giftsvand igramts! io 8 sae joi el IN ew by ai eed ac et 251, 657. 42 


934, 799. 58 
Endowment funds: 
reersGalleny of Artic 02 sue aos ee $6, 420, 811. 53 
Other: 
Restricted. ae eee es $1, 386, 989. 46 
Generale ease eeu ius 1, 717, 006. 59 
—____—_——. 3, 103, 996. 05 
—_—_——————_ 9, 524. 807. 58 


10, 459, 607. 16 


The practice of maintaining savings accounts in several of the 
Washington banks and trust companies has been continued during 
the past year, and interest on these deposits amounted to $696.21. 

In many instances, deposits are made in banks for convenience in 
collection of checks, and later such funds are withdrawn and deposited 
im the United States Treasury. Disbursement of funds is made by 
check signed by the Secretary of the Institution and drawn on the 
United States Treasury. 

The foregoing report relates only to the private funds of the Insti- 
tution. 

The Institution gratefully acknowledges gifts from the following: 
H. J. Brown, for purchase of bird specimens. 

Laura Welsh Casey, addition to capital of Thomas Lincoln Casey Fund. 
Florence Brevoort Eickemeyer Estate, for preservation and care of Rudolph Hicke- 

meyer photographie collection. 

E. R. Fenimore Johnson, for researches in underwater photography. 

Mary E. Maxwell Estate, income for use in preservation of Maxwell Collection. 
National Academy of Sciences, for services in connection with a special mission. 
National Geographic Society, for balance of expenses of expedition to Arnhem Land. 
Alberto A. Eno, for establishment of Southwest Archeological Fund. 


REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 161 


The following appropriations were made by Congress for the 
Government bureaus under the administrative charge of the Smith- 
sonian Institution for the fiscal year 1950: 


REMRCCREEOROKDECNSCS eames ere See SN Sus a na $2, 346, 000. 00 
emGualesoOOlociCAWbankeaxaeu al oe ee 544, 700. 00 


In addition, funds were transferred from other Departments of the 
Government for expenditure under direction of the Smithsonian 
Institution as follows: 


International Information and Educational Activities (transferred 

to the Smithsonian Institution from the State Department) __ $82, 510. 00 
Working Fund, transferred from the National Park Service, 

Interior Department, for archeological and paleontological 

investigations in River Basins throughout the United States__ 215, 886. 00 


The Institution also administers a trust fund for partial support 
of the Canal Zone Biological Area, located on Barro Colorado Island 
in the Canal Zone. 

The report of the audit of the Smithsonian private funds follows: 


Wasuineton, D. C., September 18, 1950. 
To THE Boarps or REGENTS, 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 
Washington 25, D. C. 

We have examined the accounts of the Smithsonian Institution relative to 
its private endowment funds and gifts (but excluding the National Gallery of 
Art and other departments, bureaus, or operations administered by the Institution 
under Federal appropriations) for the year ended June 30, 1950. Our examina- 
tion was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and 
accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing 
procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. 

The Institution maintains its accounts on a cash basis and does not accrue 
income and expenses. Land, buildings, furniture, equipment, works of art, 
living and other specimens and certain sundry property are not included in the 
accounts of the Institution. 

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly the 
position of the private funds and the cash and investments thereof of the Smith- 
sonian Institution at June 30, 1950 (excluding the National Gallery of Art and 
other departments, bureaus, or operations administered by the Institution under 
Federal appropriations) and the cash receipts and disbursements for the year 
then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied 
on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year. : 

Prat, Marwick, Mitcueiy & Co. 

Respectfully submitted. 

ROBERT V. FLEMING 
VANNEVAR BusH 
CLARENCE CANNON 


Executive Committee. 


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