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SMITHSONIAN  INSTITUTION 

UNITED  STATES  NATIONAL  MUSEUM 


REPORT  ON  THE  PROGRESS  AND  CON- 
DITION  OF    THE    UNITED   STATES 
NATIONAL  MUSEUM  FOR  THE 
YEAR  ENDING  JUNE  30,  1921 


*j. 


WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE 
1921 


United  States  National  Museum, 
Under  Direction  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution, 

Washington^  D.  6'.,  Septemher  SO^  19M. 
Sir  :  I  have  the  honor  to  submit  herewith  a  report  upon  the  present 
condition  of  the  United  States  National  Museum  and  upon  the  work 
accomplished  in  its  various  departments  during  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  30,  1921. 

Very  respectfully, 

William  deC.  Ravenel, 
Administrative  Assistant  to  the  Secretary^ 
In  charge  of  the  United  States  National  Museum. 
Dr.  Charles  D.  Walcott, 

Secretary^  Smithsonian  Institution. 

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CONTENTS.  -"^^^«' 

Page. 

Staff  of  Museum 7 

Inception  and   history 9 

Operations  of  the  year 15 

Appropriations 15 

Buildings  and  equipment 16 

Collections 18 

Freer  collections 19 

Loeb  collection  of  chemical  types 20 

Cooperation  of  the  executive  departments 20 

Partello    bequest 20 

Visitors . 21 

Publications 23 

Library : 23 

Photographic    laboratory 24 

Meetings  and  congresses 24 

Organization  and  staff 32 

Necrology 34 

Reports  on  the  collections  :  "39 

Department  of  biology,  by  Leonhard  Stejneger,  head  curator 47 

Department  of  geology,  by  George  P.  Merrill,  head  curator 81 

Department  of  arts  and  industries,  W.  deC.  Ravenel,  director : 

Textiles,  medicine,  woods,  and  foods,  by  F.  L.  Lewton 97 

Mechanical  technology,  by  Carl  W.  Mitman 115 

Mineral  technology,  by  Carl  W.  Mitman 121 

Graphic  arts,  by  R.  P.  Tolmau 123 

Division  of  history,  by  T.  T.  Belote,  curator 131 

List  of  accessions 143 

List  of  publications 199 


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ILLUSTRATIONS. 

South  front  of  Natural  History  Building  of  the  Museum Facing  title 

Slieleton  of  smallest  horned  dinosaur,  Brachyceratops  montanensis,  from 
Montana.     Collected  in  1913;  mounted  during  1920  and  1921.     Facing 

page 90 

Skeleton  of  an  extinct  bear  from  a  Pleistocene  Cave  deposit  near  Cumber- 
land, Md.  Collected  in  1915 ;  mounted  during  1920  and  1921.  Facing 
page 

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STAFF  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  NATIONAL 

MUSEUM. 

[June  30,  1921.] 

Cbtarles  D.  Walcott,  Secretary  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  keeper  ex  officio. 
William  ueC.  Kavenel,  Administrative  assistant  to  the  Secretary,  in  charge  of 
the  United  States  National  Museum. 

SCIENTIFIC  STAFF. 

Department  of  Anthropology  : 

Walter  Hough,  acting  liead  curator. 
Division  of  Ethnology:  Walter  Hough,  curator;  .7.  W.  Fewkes,  collaborator; 
Arthur  P,  Rice,  collaborator. 

Section  of  Musical  Instrument:  Hugo  Worch,  custodian. 
Division  of  American  Archeology:  Neil  M.  Judd,  curator;  R.  G.  Paine,  aid; 

Philip  A.  Means,  collaborator. 
Division  of  Old  World  Archeology :  I.  M.  Casanowicz,  assistant  curator. 
Division  of  Physical  Anthropology :  Ales  Hrdlicka,  curator. 
Associates  in  Historic  Archeology :  Paul  Haupt,  Cyrus  Adler. 
Depabtment  of  Biology  : 

Leonhard  Stejneger,  head  curator  ;  James  E.  Benedict,  assistant  curator. 
Division  of  Mammals :  Gerrit  S.  Miller,  jr.,  curator. 

Divisio-n  of  Birds:  Robert  Ridgway,  curator;  Charles  W.  Richmond,  asso- 
ciate curator ;  J.  H.  Riley,  aid ;  Edward  J.  Brown,  collaborator. 
Section  of  Birds'  Eggs :  Bradshaw  H.  Swales,  custodian. 
Division  of  Reptiles  and  Batrachians:  Leonhard  Stejneger,  curator;  Doris 

M.  Cochran,  aid. 
Division  of  Fishes:  Barton  A.  Bean,  assistant  curator. 

Division  of  Insects:  L.  O.  Howard,  honorary  curator;  .T.  M.  Aldrich,  asso- 
ciate curator;  B.  Preston  Clark,  collaborator. 

Section  of  Hyiuennptera :  S.  A.  Rohwer,  custodian ;   W.  M.  Mann,  as- 
sistant custodian. 
Section  of  Myriapoda :  O.  P.  Cook,  custodian. 

Section  of  Diptera  :  J.  M.  Aldrich,  in  charge;  Charles  T.  Gi-eene,  as- 
sistant custodian. 
Section  of  Muscoid  Diptera :  C.  H.  T.  Townsend.  custodian. 
Section  of  Coleoptera :  E.  A.  Schwarz.  custodian. 
Section  of  Lepidoptera :  Harrison  G.  Dyar.  custodian ;  William  Schaus, 

assistant  custodian. 
Section  of  Orthoptera  :  A.  N.  Caudell,  custodian. 
Section  of  Hemiptera :  Edmund  H.  Gibson,  custodian ;  W.  L.  McAtee, 

acting  custodian. 
Section  of  Forest  Tree  Beetles :  A.  D.  Hopkins,  custodian. 
Division  of  Marine  Invertebrates:   Waldo  L.    Schmitt,   curator;    C.   R.    Shoe- 
maker, assistant  curator ;  H.  K.  Harring,  custodian  of  the  rotatoria ;   Mrs. 
Harriet  Richardson  Searle,  collaborator;  I\lax  M.  Ellis,  collaborator. 
Division   of   Mollusks:   William    H.    Dall.    honorary    curator;    Paul    Bartsch, 
curator;  William  B.  Marshall,  assistant  curator;  Mary  Breen,  collaborator. 
Section  of  Helminthological  Collections :  C.  W.  Stiles,  custodian ;  B.  H. 
Ransom,  assistant  custodian. 
Diinsion  of  Echinoderms:  Austin  H.  Clarlc,  curator. 

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Department  of  Biology — Continued. 

Division  of  Plants  {National  Herbarium) :  Frederick  V.  Coville,  honorary 
curator ;  W.  R.  Maxon,  associate  curator ;  J.  N.  Rose,  associate  curator ; 
P.  C.  Standley,  assistant  curator;  Emery  C.  Leonard,  aid;  Ellsworth  P. 
Killip,  aid. 

Section  of  Grasses :  Albert  S.  Hitchcock,  custodian. 
Section  of  Cryptogamic  Collections :  O.  F.  Cook,  custodian. 
Section  of  Higher  Algae:  W.  T.  Swingle,  custodian. 
Section  of  Lower  Fungi:  D.  G.  Fairchild,  custodian. 
Sections  of  Diatoms:  Albert  Mann,  custodian. 
Associates  in  Zoology:  C.  Hart  Merriam,  W.  L.  Abbott,  Mary  J.  Rathbun, 
David  Starr  Jordan. 
Depabtment  of  Geology  : 

George  P.  Merrill,  head  curator. 
Division   of  Physical   and    Chemical   Geology    (systematic   and   applied)  : 

George  P.  Merrill,  curator;  E.  V.  Shannon,  assistant  curator. 
Division  of  Mineralogy  and  Petrology:  F.  W.  Clarke,  honorary  curator; 
W.   F.   Foshag,   assistant   curator ;    Frank   L.   Hess,   custodian   of   rare 
metals  and  rare  earths. 
Division  of  Paleontology:  R.  S.  Bas.sler,  curator;  Charles  E.  Resser,  as- 
sistant curator ;  Jessie  G.  Beach,  aid. 

Section   of   Invertebrate   Paleontology:  T.   W.    Stanton,   custodian   of 

Mesozoic  collection ;  "William  H.  Dall,  associate  curator  of  Cenozoic 

collection :  T.  Wayland  Vaughan,  custodian  of  Madreporarian  corals. 

Section   of   Vertebrate   Paleontology :  Charles    W.   Gilmore,   associate 

curator;  James  W.  Gidley,  assistant  curator  of  fossil  mammals. 
Section  of  Paleobotany :  David  White,  associate  curator ;  F.  H.  Knowl- 
ton,  custodian  of  Mesozoic  plants. 
Associates  in  Paleontologj' :  Frank  Springer.  E.  O.  Ulrich. 
Associate  in  Petrology:  Whitman  Cross. 
Department  of  Arts  and  IxorsTRiEs  : 

William  deC.  Ravenel.  director. 
Division  of  TeHiles:  Frederick  L.  Lewton.  curator;   Mrs.  E.   W.  Rosson, 
aid. 

Section    of    Wood    Technology :  William    M.    N.    Watkins,    assistant 
curator. 
Division  of  Medicine:  Charles  Whitebread,  assistant  curator. 
Divisions  of  Mineral  and  Mechanical  Technology:  Carl  W.  Mitman,  curator; 
Chester  G.  Gilbert,  associate  curator:  Paul  E.  Garber.  aid:  George  W. 
Spier,  custodian  of  watches. 
Division  of  Graphic  Arts:  R.  P.  Tolman,  assistant  curator. 
Section  of  Photography :  A.  J.  Olmsted,  custodian. 
Division  of  History  : 

T.  T.  Belote,  curator;  Charles  Carey,  assistant:  J.  B.  Leavy,  philat- 
elist. 

ADMINISTRATIVE  STAFF. 

Chief  of  correspondence  and  documents.  H.  S.  Bryant. 

Superintendent  of  buildings  and  labor,  J.  S.  Goldsmith. 

Editor,  Marcus  Benjamin. 

Engineer,  C.  R.  Denmark. 

Disbursing  agent.  W.  I.  Adams. 

Photographer,  A.  J.  Olmsted. 

Property  clerk,  W.  A.  Knowles. 

Assistant  librarian,  X.  P.  Scudder. 

Shipper.  L.  E.  PeiTy. 


REPORT  ON  THE  PROGRESS  AND  CONDITION 

OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  NATIONAL  MUSEUM 

FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING  JUNE  30, 1921. 


By  William  deC.  Ravenel, 

AdminiHtrative  Assistant  to  the  Secretary, 
In  charge  of  the  United  States  National  Museum. 


INCEPTION  AND  HISTOPvY. 

The  Congress  of  the  United  States  in  the  act  of  August  10,  1846, 
founding  the  Smithsonian  Institution  recognized  that  an  opportunity 
was  afforded,  in  camming  out  the  large-minded  design  of  Smithson, 
to  provide  for  the  custody  of  the  museum  of  the  Nation.  To  this 
new  establishment  was  therefore  intrusted  the  care  of  the  national 
collections,  a  course  that  time  has  fully  justified. 

In  the  beginning  the  cost  of  maintaining  the  museum  side  of  the 
Institution's  work  was  wholly  paid  from  the  Smithsonian  income; 
then  for  a  time  the  Government  bore  a  share,  and  during  the  past  40 
years  Congress  has  voted  the  entire  funds  for  the  expenses  of  the 
Museum,  thus  furthering  one  of  the  primary  means  "  for  the  increase 
and  diffusion  of  Imowledge  among  men  "  without  encroaching  upon 
the  resources  of  the  Institution. 

The  museum  idea  was  inherent  in  the  establishment  of  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution,  which  in  its  turn  was  based  upon  a  10  years'  dis- 
cussion in  Congress  and  the  ad^dce  of  the  most  distinguished  scientific 
men,  educators,  and  intellectual  leaders  of  the  Nation  of  75  years 
ago.  It  is  interesting  to  note  how  broad  and  comprehensive  were  the 
views  which  actuated  our  lawmakers  in  determining  the  scope  of  the 
Museum,  a  fact  especially  remarkable  when  it  is  recalled  that  at  that 
date  no  museum  of  considerable  size  existed  in  the  United  States, 
and  the  museums  of  England  and  of  the  Continent  of  Europe  were 
still  to  a  large  extent  without  a  developed  plan,  although  containing 
many  rich  collections. 

The  Congress  which  passed  the  act  of  foundation  enumerated  as 
within  the  scope  of  the  Museum  "  all  objects  of  art  and  of  foreign  and 
curious  research  and  all  objects  of  natural  history,  plants,  and  geo- 
logical and  mineralogical  specimens  belonging  to  the  United  States," 

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thus  stamping  the  Museum  at  the  very  outset  as  one  of  the  widest 
range  and  at  the  same  time  as  the  Museum  of  the  United  States.  It 
was  also  appreciated  that  additions  would  be  necessary  to  the  col- 
lections then  in  existence,  and  provision  was  made  for  their  increase 
by  the  exchange  of  duplicate  specimens,  by  donations,  and  by  other 
means. 

If  the  wisdom  of  Congress  in  so  fully  providing  for  a  museum  in 
the  Smithsonian  law  challenges  attention,  the  interpretation  put 
upon  this  law  by  the  Board  of  Regents  within  less  than  six  months 
from  the  passage  of  the  act  can  not  but  command  admiration.  In 
the  early  part  of  September,  1846,  the  Regents  took  steps  toward 
formulating  a  plan  of  operations.  The  report  of  the  committee 
appointed  for  this  purpose,  submitted  in  December  and  January 
following,  shows  a  thorough  consideration  of  the  subject  in  both  the 
spirit  and  letter  of  the  law.  It  would  seem  not  out  of  place  to  cite 
here  the  first  pronouncement  of  the  board  with  reference  to  the  char- 
acter of  the  Museum : 

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

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

"  Your  committee  are  further  of  opinion  that  in  the  Museum,  if 
the  funds  of  the  Institution  permit,  might  judiciously  be  included 
various  series  of  models  illustrating  the  progress  of  some  of  the  most 
useful  inventions;  such,  for  example,  as  the  steam  engine  from  its 
earliest  and  rudest  form  to  its  present  most  improved  state ;  but  this 
they  propose  only  so  far  as  it  may  not  encroach  on  ground  already 
covered  by  the  numerous  models  in  the  Patent  Office. 

"  Specimens  of  staple  materials,  of  their  gradual  manufacture,  and 
of  the  finished  product  of  manufactures  and  the  arts  may  also,  your 

'  Since  the  lustitutioii  was  not  chartered  in  a  legal  sense,  but  established  by  Conjsress, 
the  nse  of  the  word  "  charter  "  in  this  connection  was  not  correct. 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL,   MUSEUM,  1921.  11 

committee  think,  be  usefully  introduced.  This  would  supply  oppor- 
tunity to  examine  samples  of  the  best  manufactured  articles  our 
country  affords,  and  to  judge  her  gradual  progress  in  arts  and  manu- 
factures.    *     *     * 

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

The  important  points  in  the  foregoing  report  are  (1)  that  it  was 
the  opinion  of  the  Regents  that  a  museum  was  requisite  under  the 
law,  Congress  having  left  no  discretion  in  the  matter;  (2)  that 
ethnology  and  anthropology,  though  not  specially  named,  were  yet 
as  important  subjects  as  natural  history;  (3)  that  the  history  of  the 
progress  of  useful  inventions  and  the  collection  of  the  raw  materials 
and  products  of  the  manufactures  and  arts  should  also  be  provided 
for;  (4)  for  the  gallery  of  art  the  committee  had  models  in  existence, 
and  they  proposed,  pending  the  gathering  of  art  collections,  which 
would  of  necessity  be  slow,  to  provide  for  loan  exhibitions  b}'  co- 
operating with  art  academies  and  societies. 

In  the  resolutions  which  were  adopted  upon  the  presentation  of  the 
report,  a  museum  was  mentioned  as  "  one  of  the  principal  modes  of 
executing  the  act  and  trust."  -  The  work  was  to  go  forward  as  the 
funds  permitted,  and,  as  is  well  known,  the  maintenance  of  the 
Museum  and  the  library  was  long  ago  assumed  by  Congress,  the 
Institution  taking  upon  itself  only  so  much  of  the  necessary  responsi- 
bility for  the  administration  of  these  and  subsequent  additions  to  its 
activities  as  would  weld  them  into  a  compact  whole,  which  together 

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


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form  a  unique  and  notable  agency  for  the  increase  and  diffusion  of 
knowledge,  for  the  direction  of  research,  for  cooperation  with  depart- 
ments of  the  Government  and  with  universities  and  scientific  societies 
in  America,  and  likewise  afford  a  definite  correspondent  to  all  scien- 
tific institutions  and  men  abroad  who  seek  interchange  of  views  or 
knowledge  with  men  of  science  in  the  United  States. 

Since  that  early  day  the  only  material  changes  in  the  scope  of  the 
Government  museum  have  been  the  addition  of  a  department  of 
American  history,  intended  to  illustrate  by  an  appropriate  assem- 
blage of  objects  the  lives  of  distinguished  personages,  important 
events,  and  the  domestic  life  of  the  country  from  the  colonial  period 
to  the  present  time,  and  provision  for  the  separate  administration  of 
the  National  Gallery  of  Art  as  a  coordinate  unit  under  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution.  From  1906  to  1920  the  Gallery  was  adminis- 
tered as  the  department  of  fine  arts  of  the  Museum. 

The  development  of  the  Museum  has  been  greatest  in  those  subjects 
which  the  conditions  of  the  past  three-quarters  of  a  century  have 
made  most  fruitful — the  natural  history,  geology,  ethnology,  and 
archeology  of  the  United  States,  supplemented  by  many  collections 
from  other  countries.  The  opportunities  for  acquisition  in  these 
directions  have  been  mainly  brought  about  through  the  activities  of 
the  scientific  and  economic  surveys  of  the  Government,  many  of 
which  are  the  direct  outgrowths  of  earlier  explorations,  stimulated  or 
directed  by  the  Smithsonian  Institution.  The  Centennial  Exhibition 
of  1876  afforded  the  first  opportunity  for  establishing  a  department 
of  the  industrial  arts,  of  which  the  fullest  advantage  has  been  taken, 
but  the  department  or  gallery  of  the  fine  arts  made  little  progress, 
though  not  from  lack  of  desire  or  appreciation,  until  1906,  when  cir- 
cumstances led  to  its  definite  recognition.  The  historical  collections 
have  been  greatly  augmented  within  the  past  few  years  by  large  col- 
lections illustrative  of  the  World  War,  including  a'  comprehensive 
series  of  aircrafts  and  their  accessories. 

While  it  is  the  primary  duty  of  a  museum  to  preserve  the  objects 
confided  to  its  care,  as  it  is  that  of  a  library  to  preserve  its  books  and 
manuscripts,  yet  the  importance  of  public  collections  rests  not  upon 
the  mere  basis  of  custodianship  nor  upon  the  number  of  specimens 
assembled  and  their  money  value,  but  upon  the  use  to  which  they  are 
put.  Judged  by  this  standard,  the  National  Museum  may  claim  to 
have  reached  a  high  state  of  efficiency.  From  an  educational  point 
of  view  it  is  of  great  value  to  those  persons  who  are  so  fortunate 
as  to  reside  in  Washington  or  who  are  able  to  visit  the  Nation's  Capi- 
tal. In  its  well-designated  cases,  in  which  every  detail  of  structure, 
appointment,  and  color  is  considered,  a  selection  of  representative 
objects  is  placed  on  view  to  the  public,  all  being  carefully  labeled  in- 
dividually and  in  groups.    The  child  as  well  as  the  adult  has  been 


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provided  for  and  the  kindergarten  pupil  and  the  high-school  scholar 
can  be  seen  here  supplementing  their  class-room  games  or  studies. 
Under  authority  from  Congress  the  small  colleges  and  higher  grades 
of  schools  and  academies  throughout  the  land,  especially  in  places 
where  museums  do  not  exist,  are  also  being  aided  in  their  educational 
work  by  sets  of  duplicate  specimens,  selected  and  labeled  to  meet  the 
needs  of  both  teachers  and  pupils. 

Nor  has  the  elementary  or  even  the  higher  education  been  by  any 
means  the  sole  gainer  from  the  work  of  the  Museum.  To  advance 
knowledge,  to  gradually  extend  the  boundaries  of  learning,  has  been 
one  of  the  great  tasks  to  which  the  Museum,  in  consonance  with  the 
spirit  of  the  Institution,  has  set  itself  from  the  first.  Its  staff,  though 
chiefly  engaged  in  the  duties  incident  to  the  care,  classification,  and 
labeling  of  collections  in  order  that  they  may  be  accessible  to  the 
public  and  to  students,  has  yet  in  these  operations  made  important 
discoveries  in  every  department  of  the  Museum's  activities,  which 
have  in  turn  been  communicated  to  other  scholars  through  its 
numerous  publications.  But  the  collections  have  not  been  held  for  the 
study  of  the  staff  nor  for  the  scientific  advancement  of  those  belong- 
ing to  the  establishment.  Most  freely  have  they  been  put  at  the  dis- 
posal of  investigators  connected  with  other  institutions,  without 
whose  help  the  record  of  scientific  progress  based  upon  the  material 
in  the  Museum  would  have  been  greatly  curtailed.  When  it  is  pos- 
sible to  so  arrange,  the  investigator  comes  to  Washington ;  otherwise 
such  collections  as  he  needs  are  sent  to  him,  whether  he  resides  in  this 
country  or  abroad.  In  this  manner  practically  every  prominent 
specialist  throughout  the  world  interested  in  the  subjects  here  well 
represented  has  had  some  use  of  the  collections  and  thereby  the  Na- 
tional Museum  has  come  to  be  recognized  as  a  conspicuous  factor  in 
the  advancement  of  knowledge  wherever  civilization  has  a  foothold. 


OPERATIONS  OF  THE  YEAE. 

APPROPRIATIONS. 

The  maintenance  and  operations  of  the  National  Museum  for  the 
fiscal  year  from  July  1,  1920,  to  June  30,  1921,  were  provided  for  by 
the  following  amounts  appropriated  in  the  sundry  civil  bill  ap- 
proved June  5,  1920,  and  in  the  first  and  second  deficiency  bills  ap- 
proved on  March  1  and  June  16, 1921,  respectively : 

Preservation   of  collections $312.  620.  00 

Furniture  and  fixtures 20,000.00 

Heating  and  lighting; 74,000.00 

Building   repairs 10.000.00 

Books 2,  000.  00 

Postage 500.00 

Printing  and  binding 64,202.70 

483.  322.  70 

The  item  for  preservation  of  collections,  from  which  are  paid  the 
administrative,  scientific,  preparatorial,  and  clerical  staff,  the  watch, 
labor,  and  cleaning  force,  and  the  cost  of  all  preservatives,  has  re- 
mained at  $300,000  from  1911  until  the  present  time.  The  additional 
$12,620  this  year  was  given  for  the  extension  of  the  service  to  cover 
an  additional  building — the  Freer  Gallery  of  Art — for  which  it  pro- 
vided watchmen,  cleaners,  and  clerical  help  and  the  necessary  mis- 
cellaneous supplies  needed  in  connection  therewith.  It  afforded  no 
cessation  of  the  strictest  economy  by  means  of  which  only  is  it  pos- 
sible to  continue  the  operations  of  the  Museum.  Present  conditions 
can  perhaps  best  be  realized  when  it  is  mentioned  that  10  years  ago 
the  item  of  $300,000  was  considered  insufficient  to  cover  the  needs  of 
the  Museum  in  these  lines.  Within  this  half  decade,  with  its  tre- 
mendous decrease  in  the  purchasing  power  of  the  dollar,  over  3,000,000 
specimens  have  been  added  to  the  collections,  the  scope  of  the  Museum 
has  been  materially  enlarged,  and  an  additional  building  has  been 
added  to  the  Museum  group,  aside  from  the  Freer  Gallery.  The 
appropriation  alone  has  remained  stationary. 

During  this  period  increases  have  been  granted,  however,  in  the 
items  for  heating  and  lighting  and  for  printing  and  binding,  owing 
to  the  increased  cost  of  coal  and  the  tremendous  increase  in  the  cost 
of  labor,  paper,  and  other  materials  used  in  printing.  On  the  other 
hand,  even  with  the  greatly  extended  service,  the  item  for  building 
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16  REPORT   OF    NATIONAL    MUSEUM,   1921. 

repairs  is  now  $5,000  less  that  it  was  10  years  ago,  when  the  Natural 
History  Building  was  new  and  naturally  required  comparatively 
little  in  the  way  of  repairs.  The  amount  for  furniture  and  fixtures 
is  likewise  $5,000  less  than  it  was  for  a  number  of  years  prior  to  the 
war  when  prices  of  labor  and  material  were  from  50  to  75  per  cent 
lower. 

Of  the  $64,202.70  appropriated  this  year  for  printing,  $37,500  was 
the  regular  item,  and  $26,702.70  a  deficiency  item  for  the  completion 
during  the  year  of  an  unusual  accumulation  of  work  at  the  Govern- 
ment Printing  Office.  The  Museum  printing  had  for  several  years 
been  held  back  for  lack  of  sufficient  available  funds. 

A  comparison  of  the  operating  expenses  of  the  United  States  Na- 
tional Museum  with  museums  of  similar  size  and  scope  in  this  coun- 
try and  abroad  is  extremely  interesting,  and  brings  out  very  strongly 
the  inadequacy  of  the  appropriations,  especiallj^  with  reference  to  the 
salaries  paid  to  all  classes  of  its  employees.  The  scientific  staflf  is 
paid  from  40  to  50  per  cent  less  than  scientific  men  of  the  same  grade 
in  similar  museums  elsewhere. 

BUILDINGS  AND  EQUIPMENT. 

The  Aircraft  Building  was  opened  to  the  public  on  October  7, 1920, 
wiiereby  the  Museum  added  about  14,000  square  feet  of  floor  space  to 
its  exhibition  halls.  This  metal  structure,  erected  by  the  War  De- 
partment on  the  Smithsonian  Reservation  in  1917  for  the  use  of  the 
United  States  Signal  Service,  was  transferred  to  the  custody  of  the 
Smithsonian  after  the  close  of  the  war.  In  it  has  been  assembled  a 
collection  of  aircraft  and  accessories  in  production  during  the  war 
period. 

In  the  upkeep  of  the  buildings  the  more  important  work  performed 
in  the  Natural  History  Building  included  the  construction  of  a  locker 
room  for  the  engineer  force  at  the  east  entrance,  ground  floor;  the 
painting  of  the  ceiling  and  side  walls  of  the  corridor  and  the  rooms 
in  the  east  hall,  ground  floor,  and  of  the  corridor  around  the  south, 
east,  and  west  sides  of  the  auditorium;  the  laying  of  cork  flooring 
in  the  west  and  northwest  ranges,  ground  floor;  installing  rubber 
interlocking  tile  flooring  in  two  elevators  at  the  north  entrance ;  and 
the  painting  of  all  concrete  floors  in  corridors  of  the  west  hall, 
ground  floor;  also,  the  painting  of  the  exterior  surfaces  of  all  metal 
window  frames  on  the  first  and  second  floors  and  the  wooden  frames 
and  sashes  on  the  ground  and  third  floors,  and  the  preparation  of  the 
east  court  and  planting  the  same  with  lawn  grass. 

In  the  Arts  and  Industries  Building  the  interior  work  included 
the  pointing  up  and  painting  of  walls  and  ceilings  in  several  exhibi- 
tion halls  and  office  rooms  and,  in  the  latter,  the  replacing  of  worn- 
out  floors  with  new  ones  of  pine.    On  the  exterior,  the  snow  brakes 


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on  the  roofs  were  repaired,  the  roofs  painted,  and  a  beginning  made 
of  painting  the  exterior  woodwork  of  all  windows  of  the  building. 
On  the  Smithsonian  Building  the  only  work  of  importance  was  the 
painting  of  the  exterior  woodwork  of  the  windows  in  the  east  end. 

Wlien  the  Freer  Building  was  planned,  arrangements  were  made  to 
procure  heat,  light,  and  power  from  the  central  heating  plant,  which 
the  Institution  was  assured  would  be  in  a  position  to  supply  the  same 
before  needed.  In  the  absence  of  such  service,  however,  the  Freer 
(iallery  was  connected  with  the  Museum  power  plant,  which  necessi- 
tated the  operation  of  the  old  boilers  in  the  Arts  and  Industries 
Building  during  the  coldest  portion  of  the  heating  season.  During 
this  3'ear  the  use  of  bituminous  coal  in  these  boilers  was  made  possi- 
ble by  the  removal  of  the  old  flat  grates  and  the  installation  of  hand- 
operated  stokers.  The  antiquated  blow-off  valve  combination  on  the 
boilers  in  the  Natural  History  Building  was  also  replaced. 

Though  the  winter  was  a  comparatively  mild  one,  heat  was  fur- 
nished the  buildings  from  October  6,  1920,  to  May  20,  1921,  with  a 
consumption  of  3,224  tons  of  coal.  Wliile  the  cheapest  gi-ade  is  used, 
the  cost  of  coal  averaged  $9.59  a  ton.  At  one  time  it  reached  $10.70  a 
ton,  about  three  times  the  contract  price  of  1916.  The  amount  of 
electric  current  generated  was  367,875  kilowatt  hours,  at  a  cost  of 
3.285  cents  a  kiloAvatt  hour.  The  ice  plant,  in  operation  for  4,017 
hours,  produced  324.7  tons  of  ice,  supplying  all  the  buildings  under 
the  iSmithsonian  Institution  on  the  Mall.  The  increasing  demand 
for  ice  will  necessitate  a  new  machine  within  a  few  years. 

The  power  plant  remained  shut  down  during  July  and  August, 
1920,  and  from  June  4  to  30,  1921.  It  is  more  economical  to  purchase 
needed  electric  current  than  to  operate  the  Museum  plant,  since  cur- 
rent can  be  bought  during  the  summer  months  at  2^  cents  a  kilowatt 
hour  by  Government  departments  owning  generating  plants.  This 
closing  down  of  the  plant  permits  also  its  operation  during  the  year 
with  fewer  men — as  the  employees  then  take  the  greater  portion  of 
their  leave — and  allows  a  general  overhauling  of  the  machinery, 
obviating  trouble  during  the  heating  season. 

Less  trouble  was  experienced  during  the  year  than  in  the  past 
four  years  in  procuring  the  necessary  labor,  and  for  the  first  time  in 
several  years  all  of  the  men  employed  met  the  civil-service  require- 
ments. While  the  quality  of  service  rendered  was  not  as  high 
standard  as  desired,  it  proved  fairly  satisfactory.  This  can  be  read- 
ily understood  when  it  is  considered  that  the  salaries  of  the  assistant 
engineers  and  electricians  are  from  75  to  90  per  cent  less  than  those 
paid  in  private  business  in  Washington. 


18  BEPOKT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921.. 

There  were  acquired  during  the  year  62  exhibition  cases  (50  steel 
and  12  wooden),  and  165  pieces  of  storage,  laboratory  and  office  fur- 
niture. Of  the  exhibition  cases,  12  were  made  in  the  Museum,  the 
other  50  transferred  to  the  Museum  by  the  Department  of  the  In- 
terior, having  been  used  at  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Ex- 
position at  San  Francisco  in  1915. 

Of  the  165  pieces  of  storage,  laboratory  and  office  furniture.  96 
pieces  were  manufactured  in  the  Museum  workshops  and  69  were 
purchased.  It  is  becoming  more  and  more  the  policy  of  the  Museum 
to  manufacture  its  own  furniture,  as  in  most  cases  it  can  be  done 
more  economically,  owing  to  the  difference  in  the  cost  of  labor. 

At  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year,  there  were  on  hand  3,647  exhibition 
cases  and  bases  and  11,508  pieces  of  storage,  laboratory  and  office 
furniture.  In  addition  to  these,  there  were  46,650  wooden  unit 
drawers,  4,712  metal  unit  drawers,  1,047  wooden  unit  boxes,  224 
double  unit  boxes,  and  11.244  insect  drawers;  also  752  winged  frames, 
5,885  special  drawers  with  paper  bottoms,  and  11,445  special  drawers 
with  compo  bottoms. 

COLLECTIONS. 

The  total  number  of  specimens  acquired  by  the  Museum  during  the 
year  was  approximately  338,120.  Received  in  1,730  separate  acces- 
sions, they  were  classified  and  assigned  as  follows:  Anthropology, 
3,824;  zoology,  196,077;  botany,  55,436;  geology,  mineralogy,  and 
petrology,  estimated,  21,772;  paleontology,  estimated,  50,000;  textiles, 
wood,  medicine,  foods,  and  other  miscellaneous  organic  products, 
943;  mineral  technology,  466;  mechanical  technolog}',  162;  graphic 
arts,  2,296 ;  and  history,  7,144. 

Additional  material,  to  the  extent  of  794  lots,  mainly  geological, 
was  received  for  special  examination  and  report.  While  this  free  de- 
termination of  material  sent  in  from  all  parts  of  the  countr^^  requires 
considerable  time  on  the  part  of  specialists,  it  is  not  without  advan- 
tage to  the  Museum  in  furnishing  occasional  desirable  specimens  and 
in  recording  new  localities. 

About  25,000  specimens  were  sent  out  in  exchange,  for  which  the 
Museum  received  much  valuable  material  specially  desired  for  the 
collections. 

The  distribution  of  specimens  for  educational  work  was  broadened 
this  year  to  include  objects  from  the  department  of  anthropology. 
Of  the  6,000  specimens  distributed  as  gifts  in  aid  of  education  dur- 
ing the  period  of  this  report,  over  5,000  were  comprised  in  classified 
and  labeled  sets  of  specimens  prepared  for  schools  and  colleges, 
nearly  2,000  being  ores  and  minerals.  The  other  subjects  represented 
were  rocks,  rock  weathering  and  soil  formation,  mollusks,  marine  in- 


REPORT   OF    NATIONAL    MUSEUM,   1921.  19 

vertebrates,  fishes,  birds  and  birds'  eggs,  insects,  pottery,  basketry, 
and  prehistoric  implements.  Another  10,000  specimens  left  the  Mu- 
seum temporarily  as  loans  to  students  and  investigators  in  many  jfields 
of  science. 

The  reports  of  the  head  curators  in  the  natural  history  departments 
and  of  the  curators  in  the  other  branches  of  the  museum,  beginning  on 
page  39,  give  in  detail  the  additions  to  and  the  work  upon  their 
collections  during  the  year. 

FREER  COLLECTIONS. 

In  the  1920  report  it  was  noted  that  the  building  for  the  Freer 
collections  was  nearing  completion  and  the  collections  were  being 
shipped  to  Washington  from  Detroit.  On  April  31,  1921,  the  final 
work  in  the  construction  of  the  building  was  completed  by  the  George 
A.  Fuller  Co.,  and  the  structure  was  formally  transferred  to  the 
Smithsonian  Institution,  being  accepted  on  May  3,  1921,  just  four 
years  and  seven  months  after  ground  was  broken  for  its  erection. 
That  this  result  was  not  reached  earlier,  as  was  anticipated  at  the  be- 
ginning, was  largely  due  to  unforeseen  delays  incident  to  the  World 
War,  but  the  Avork  was  at  all  times  conducted  with  that  deliberation 
and  attention  to  details  necessary  to  stability  and  permanency  of 
structure,  and  these  it  is  believed  have  been  obtained.  Planned  with 
special  reference  to  accommodating  a  collection  whose  various  units 
were  known  and  of  affording  unusual  facilities  for  study  and  re- 
search, the  building  is  an  object  of  art  in  itself  and  is  bound  to  become 
a  mecca  for  art  lovers  from  all  over  the  world. 

This  3'ear  witnessed  also  the  construction,  under  the  officer  in 
charge  of  public  buildings  and  grounds,  of  the  driveways  and  walks 
leading  to  the  Freer  Gallery  and  the  seeding  of  the  land  iramedi- 
ately  surrounding  it,  which  has  now  been  brought  up  to  the  standard 
of  the  balance  of  the  Smithsonian  Reservation. 

During  the  summer  and  autumn  of  1920  the  remaining  portions 
of  the  Freer  collections  were  brought  to  Washington  from  Detroit 
and  stored  in  the  building.  The  work  of  unpacking  and  installing 
the  specimens  was  begun  in  the  late  autumn,  under  the  able  direction 
of  Miss  Katharine  N.  Rhoades,  who  had  been  associated  with  Mr. 
Freer  in  their  care  for  some  years.  It  is  anticipated  that  some  time 
must  elapse  before  the  exhibits  are  all  in  readiness  and  the  halls  can 
be  opened  to  visitors. 

In  December,  1920,  Mr.  John  E.  Lodge,  curator  of  the  department 
of  Chinese  and  Japanese  art  in  the  Boston  Museum  of  Fine  Arts, 
was  appointed  curator  of  the  Freer  Gallery  and  placed  in  charge. 
The  Freer  Gallery  is  being  administered  as  an  independent  unit  of 
the  National  Gallery  of  Art,  but  the  heating,  lighting,  and  guarding 
of  the  building  continues  to  be  carried  on  in  connection  with  the 


20  REPORT   OF   NATIONAL    MUSEUM,   1921, 

National  Museum  sj^stem,  since  the  Freer  Gallery  is  dependent  upon 
the  Museum  plant  for  heat,  light,  and  power. 

LOEB   COLLECTION   OF    CHEMICAL  TYPES. 

Practically  no  progress  was  made  this  year  in  establishing  the 
Loeb  collection  of  chemical  types  owing  to  the  diificulty  experienced 
in  moving  to  Washington  the  steel  storage  cabinet  and  other  prop- 
erty purchased  from  the  Morris  Loeb  fund,  and  which  are  still  in 
the  library  of  the  Chemists'  Club  of  New  York  City. 

Numerous  .specimens  for  the  type  collection  have  been  promised 
and  will  be  turned  over  to  the  National  Museum  as  soon  as  the 
storage  cabinet,  especially  built  to  protect  delicate  specimens  from 
deterioration,  has  been  received  and  installed  in  its  permanent  place. 

COOPERATION  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  DEPARTMENTS. 

Belonging  as  it  does  to  the  Nation,  the  National  Museum  receives 
important  assistance  from  other  governmental  agencies.  Particularly 
was  this  true  during  the  fiscal  year  1921.  Credit  is  due  to  the  Navv 
Department  for  transporting  and  installing  in  the  Museum  building 
many  attractive  exhibits  in  the  World  War  collections;  to  the  War 
Department  for  similar  service,  including  the  detail  to  the  Museum 
of  one  officer  for  several  months ;  to  the  Dei^artments  of  Agriculture, 
Commerce,  and  the  Interior  and  the  Bureau  of  American  Ethnology 
for  many  valuable  contributions  of  specimens  and  much  assistance 
in  classifying  and  labeling  objects  in  the  Museum;  to  the  Interior 
Department  also  for  transferring  exhibition  cases  no  longer  needed 
by  it;  and  to  the  Post  Office  Department  for  large  series  of  postage 
stamps. 

This  cooperation  is  not  entirely  one-sided.  The  Museum  renders 
aid  to  the  executive  departments  whenever  possible,  as  evidenced 
by  the  work  of  Dr.  Ales  Hrdlicka  for  the  Department  of  Justice,  by 
which  over  a  million  of  dollars  in  land  and  money  was  saved  for  the 
Indians. 

PARTELLO  REQUEST. 

Under  the  terms  of  the  will  of  Dwight  J.  Partello,  who  died  on 
August  13,  1920.  the  Museum  is  bequeathed  his  collection  of  musical 
instruments,  bows,  and  cases,  gathered  during  many  years  of  collect- 
ing, 37  paintings,  a  gold  and  silver  box  or  casket  presented  to  Mr. 
Partello  by  the  Czar  of  Russia,  and  a  diploma  and  medal  awarded 
him  for  his  exhibit  of  violins  at  the  Chicago  Exposition  in  1893. 
The  unique  collection  illustrating  the  Italian  school  of  violins  is  well 
known  and  of  great  intrinsic  value.  It  numbers  25  instruments 
of  the  violin  family,  made  by  the  best  masters  in  pure  construction, 
including  Amati,  Stradavari,  Bergonzi,  Guarnerius,  and  others.  At 
the  end  of  the  fiscal  year  Mr.  Partello's  estate  had  not  been  settled. 


REPORT   OF   NATIOXAI.    MUSEUM,   1921.  21 

The  present  tendency"  of  museums  to  aid  in  the  appreciation  of  the 
art  of  music,  as  evidenced  by  the  lecture-recitals  and  concerts,  now 
forming  a  regular  feature  in  many  museums  of  the  country,  makes  it 
incumbent  upon  the  National  Museum  to  administer  this  collection 
so  as  best  to  benefit  the  public.  The  Museum  has  already  a  large 
and  diversified  collection  of  the  musical  instruments  of  both  aborigi- 
nal and  civilized  peoples,  exhibited  under  such  conditions  at  present, 
however,  that  its  true  value  can  not  be  appreciated.  It  is  expected 
that  a  better  installation  can  be  provided  when  more  space  becomes 
available  which  will  undoubtedly  lead  to  additional  contributions 
needed  to  fill  existing  gaps. 

VISITORS. 

As  customary  the  Museum  exhibition  halls  were  open  free  to  the 
public  from  9  a.  m.  to  4.30  p.  m.  on  all  week  days  during  the  year 
(holidays  included),  with  one  exception.  On  May  21,  1921,  the 
various  Museum  buildings  were  closed  all  day  out  of  respect  to  the 
late  Chief  Justice  Edward  Douglass  White,  for  10  years  a  Regent 
and  for  8  years  the  Chancellor  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution. 

The  Natural  History  Building  was  also  opened  to  visitors  every 
Sunday  afternoon  from  1.30  to  4.30.  To  accommodate  strangers  in 
Washington  at  inaugural  time,  this  was  extended  on  Sunday,  March 
6,  to  all-dav  service.  The  exhibition  halls  in  the  Smithsonian 
Building  were  likewise  open  on  Sunday  afternoon,  March  27,  to 
afford  added  opportunity  for  inspecting  the  collection  of  exquisite 
water-color  paintings  of  wild  flowers  by  Mrs.  C.  D.  Walcott.  Sun- 
day opening  of  all  the  buildings,  though  highly  desirable,  will  only 
be  possible  when  funds  are  available  to  provide  additional  watch- 
men and  other  attendants  required. 

The  number  of  visitors  to  the  Natural  History  Building  during 
the  year  aggregated  364,281  for  week  days  and  103,018  for  Sundays, 
being  a  daily  average  of  1,167  for  the  former  and  1,981  for  the 
latter.  At  the  Arts  and  Industries  Building  the  total  attendance 
was  286,397.  a  daily  average  of  917.  The  xVircraft  Building,  opened 
to  the  public  for  the  first  time  on  October  7,  1920  (though  subse- 
quently closed  from  October  14  to  November  3,  to  permit  of  the 
installation  of  a  naval  airplane)  had  an  attendance  of  31,235.  an 
average  of  147  persons  daily.  The  total  attendance  in  the  Smith- 
sonian Building  on  week  days  was  90,097,  an  average  of  288,  and  on 
the  one  Sunday  138. 

The  following  tables  show,  respectively,  the  attendance  of  visitors 
during  each  month  of  the  past  year,  and  for  each  year  since  1881, 
when  the  building  devoted  to  arts  and  industries  was  first  occupied. 


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REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921. 
Number  of  visitors  during  the  year  ending  June  30,  1921. 


Year  and  month. 


1920, 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

1921 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

Total 


Museum  buildings. 


Arts  and 
Industries. 


27,485 
37,645 
32, 167 
26, 757 
17,773 
15,306 

13,319 
12,858 
30,488 
21,494 
22,384 
28, 721 


286, 397 


Natural 
History. 


37, 817 
47,936 
47,813 
43,001 
36, 251 
30,044 

27,055 
26,351 
54,221 
37,868 
42,201 
36, 741 


467, 299 


Aircraft. 


693 
2,841 
2,616 

2,541 
3,157 
6,382 
4,316 
3,795 
4,894 


Smith- 
sonian 
Building. 


31,2.35 


8,891 
10,963 
9,729 
7,340 
5,409 
4,606 

4,391 
4,235 
11,323 
7,478 
7,145 
8,725 


90,235 


Number  o/  visitors  to  the  Museum  and  Smithsonian  buildings  since  1881. 


Year. 


1881 

1882 

1883 

1884  (half  year). 
1884-85(fiscal 

year) 

1885-86 

1886-87 

1887-88 

1888-89 

1889-90 

1890-91 

1891-92 

1892-93 

1893-94 

1894-95 

189.5-96 

1896-97 

1897-98 

1898-99 

1899-1900 

1900-1 


Museum  buildings. 

Smith- 
sonian 
Build- 
ing. 

Arts 
and 
indus- 
tries. 

Natu- 
ral 
His- 
tory. 

Air- 
craft. 

150,000 

167, 455 

202, 188 

97,661 

205,026 
174,225 
216,562 
249,665 
374,848 
274,324 
286, 426 
269, 825 
319,930 
195,  748 
201, 744 
180,505 
229,606 
177,254 
192,471 
225, 440 
216,556 

100,000 

152, 744 

104,823 

45,565 

105,993 
88,960 
98,552 
102,863 
149,618 
120,894 
111,669 
114,817 
174, 188 
103,910 
105, 658 
103, 650 
115,  709 
99, 273 
116,912 
133, 147 
151, 563 

Year. 


1901-2. . 
1902-3. . 
190:'-4. . 
1904-5.. 
1905-6.. 
1906-7.. 
1907-8. . 
1908-9. . 
1909-10. 
1910-11. 
1911-12. 
1912-13. 
1913-14. 
1914-15. 
1915-16. 
1916-17. 
1917-18. 
1918-19. 
1919-20. 
1920-21 . 


Museum  buildings. 


Arts    I  Natu- 
and    1     ral 
Indus-  ]    His- 
tries.   !    tory. 


173,888 
315, 307 
220, 778 
235,921 
210,886 
210, 107 
299,659 
245, 187 
228, 804 
207,010 
172, 182 
173,858 
146, 533 
133, 202 
146, 956 
161, 700 
161,298 
266, 532 
250, 982 
286, 397 


Total 8,854,641  3,666,796 


50, 403 
151, 112 
281,887 
319,806 
329, 381 
321, 712 
381, 228 
407, 025 
401, 100 
1132;  859 
422, 984 
467,299 


Air- 
craft. 


31, 235 


31,235 


Smith- 
sonian 
Build- 
ing. 


144,107 

181, 174 

143,988 

149,380 

149,661 

153,591 

237, 182 

198,054 

179, 163 

167,086 

143,134 

142, 420 

102,645 

40,324 

48,517 

86,335 

67,224 

101, 504 

86,013 

90,235 


5,012,244 


1  Building  open  only  three  months  of  the  year. 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL  MUSEUM,   1921.  23 

PUBLICATIONS. 

The  publications  of  the  year  comprised  9  volumes  and  60  separate 
papers.  The  former  consisted  of  the  Annual  Report  of  the  Museum 
for  1920  and  Bulletins  Nos.  106  (plates),  109,  110,  111,  112,  115, 
116,  and  117. 

Of  the  60  papers  issued  in  separate  form,  three  were  parts  of  volume 
1  of  Bulletin  100 ;  one  part  of  Bulletin  104 ;  one  part  of  volume  20, 
three  of  volume  22,  and  one  of  volume  23,  "Contributions  from  the 
United  States  National  Herbarium";  while  five  were  from  volume 
57,  twenty -nine  from  volume  59,  and  seventeen  from  volume  59  of  the 
Proceedings. 

In  addition  to  the  Museum  publications,  many  contributions  based 
on  material  in  its  collections  were  printed  by  other  bureaus  of  the 
Government.  All  of  the  publications  above  referred  to  are  cited 
in  the  bibliography  forming  part  of  this  report.  The  editorial  office, 
besides  supervising  the  printing  of  the  Museum  publications,  also  has 
charge  of  all  miscellaneous  printing  and  binding. 

The  distribution  of  volumes  and  separates  to  libraries  and  indi- 
viduals on  the  regular  lists  aggregated  75,546  copies,  in  addition  to 
which  some  13,367  copies  of  the  publications  of  last  and  previous 
years  were  supplied  in  response  to  special  applications. 

LIBRARY. 

The  library  of  the  Museum  is  assembled  almost  exclusively  with 
reference  to  the  working  up  of  the  collections,  and  embraces  a  wide 
range  of  subjects  in  the  sciences  and  arts,  owing  to  the  exceptional 
diversity  of  the  specimens.  The  main  library  is  housed  in  the  Natural 
Histor\'  Building,  while  the  publications  on  the  useful  arts  are  pro- 
vided for  in  the  Arts  and  Industries  Building.  Moreover,  each  of 
the  divisions  and  principal  offices  has  its  own  sectional  library,  con- 
sisting of  the  books  relating  wholly  to  its  subject,  which  are  with- 
drawn from  the  main  branches  and  so  distributed  in  order  to  facili- 
tate the  progress  of  the  work.  The  use  of  the  library  and  its  sections 
is  not,  however,  restricted  to  members  of  the  staff,  being  extended 
to  all  properly  qualified  persons,  and  this  privilege  is  extensively 
availed  of  by  the  Government  scientific  bureaus  and  other  establish- 
ments in  Washington. 

The  increment  during  the  year,  largely  obtained  through  gift  and 
exchange,  amounted  to  2,041  completed  volumes  and  2,719  pamphlets, 
increasing  the  number  of  books  in  the  library  to  150,067,  of  which 
58,658  are  bound  volumes  and  91,409  pamphlets  and  unbound  papers. 

The  most  important  single  acquisition  to  the  geological  section 
of  the  library  since  the  foundation  of  the  department  in  1880  was 
received  this  year  in  the  gift  through  Mrs.  Francis  D.  Cleveland  of 


24  REPORT   OF   NATIONAL    MUSEUM,   1921. 

the  library  of  her  brother,  the  hite  Dr.  Joseph  Paxson  Iddings,  com- 
prising upward  of  1,000  books  and  pamphlets,  chiefly  on  geological 
subjects.  Doctor  Iddings,  as  is  well  known,  was  one  of  America's 
leading  petrologists,  and  his  40  years'  accumulation  of  author's  ex- 
cerpts in  this  branch  of  science  was  unusually  large. 

PHOTOGRAPHIC  LABORATORY. 

In  illustrating  Museum  objects,  largely  for  reproduction  in  the 
publications  and  in  copying  plans,  diagrams,  etc.,  required  in  con- 
nection with  the  work  of  the  Museum,  there  were  made  in  the  photo- 
graphic laboratory  during  the  year  1,954  negatives,  11,267  black  and 
white  prints,  42  bromide  enlargements,  162  panoramas,  and  144  lan- 
tern slides,  besides  developing  467  field  negatives  and  mounting 
1,008  prints.  A  number  of  improvements  in  the  apparatus  and 
equipment  make  it  much  easier  to  handle  the  work  in  the  laboratory. 

MEETINGS  AND  CONGRESSES. 

As  customary  the  National  Academy  of  Sciences  held  its  annual 
meeting  in  the  Natural  History  Building  of  the  Museum  on  April 
25,  26,  and  27,  1921,  using  the  auditorium  for  the  scientific  sessions, 
open  to  the  public,  on  the  afternoon  and  evening  of  the  25th,  and 
on  the  morning  and  afternoon  of  the  26th;  while  the  adjoining 
committee  room,  No.  42-43,  was  used  for  the  business  meetings  ex- 
tending through  the  forenoon  of  the  27th. 

The  evening  session  was  devoted  to  an  address  by  His  Serene  High- 
ness Albert  I,  Prince  of  Monaco,  Agassiz  medalist,  and  was  fol- 
lowed by  a  reception  to  the  Prince  in  the  halls  assigned  to  the  Na- 
tional Gallery  of  Art.  Other  speakers  before  the  academy  and  their 
subjects  included:  Gilbert  N.  Lewis,  "Ultimate  rational  units"; 
William  Duane,  "  The  quantum  law  and  the  Doppler  effect " ;  P.  W. 
Bridgman,  "  Preliminary  measurements  of  the  effect  of  high  pres- 
sures on  the  thermal  conductivities  of  liquids";  C.  E.  Mendenhall 
and  Max  Mason,  "  The  stratification  of  suspended  particles  " ;  J.  R. 
Carson,  "  Radiation  from  transmission  lines  " ;  J.  R.  Carson  and  J.  J. 
Gilbert,  "  Transmission  characteristics  of  the  submarine  cable " ; 
W.  F.  Durand,  "Application  of  the  principle  of  similitude  to  the 
hydraulic  problem  of  the  surge  chamber";  E,  H.  Hall,  (1)  "  Theories 
of  osmotic  pressure,"  and  (2)  "  Comments  on  the  Borelius  space- 
lattice  theory  of  the  metallic  state  " ;  G.  P.  Merrill,  "  Metamorphism 
in  meteorites";  W.  M.  Davis,  (1)  "The  Island  of  Tagula,  New 
Guinea,  its  satellites  and  coral  reefs,"  and  (2)  "  The  shallow  seas  of 
Australasia  ";  A.  G.  Webster,  (1)  "  On  the  radiation  of  energy  from 
coils  in  wireless  telegraphy,"  (2)  "  On  the  vibration  of  gun  barrels," 
and    (3)    "On   the   problem   of  steering   an   automobile   around   a 


REPORT  OF   NATIONAL  MUSEUM,   1921.  25 

corner";  Edward  Kasner,  "A  model  of  the  solar  gravitational 
field";  George  D.  Birkhoff,  "On  the  problem  of  three  or  more 
bodies";  L.  E,  Dickson,  (1)  " Quaternions  and  their  generaliza- 
tions," and  (2)  "Investigations  in  algebra  and  number  theory"; 
H.  F.  Blichfeldt,  "  On  the  approximate  solutions  in  integers  of  a  set 
of  linear  equations";  H,  N.  Russell,  "A  provisional  theory  of  new 
stars  " ;  F,  Schlesinger,  "  The  compilation  of  star  catalogues  by  means 
of  a  doublet  camera";  Vernon  Kellogg,  "The  Xational  Research 
Council " ;  W.  S.  Adams,  "  The  order  of  the  stars " ;  C.  G.  Abbot, 
"  Cooking  with  solar  heat  on  Mount  Wilson  " ;  F.  W.  Clarke,  "  The 
evolution  of  matter";  Albert  Einstein,  "Relativity";  Austin  H. 
Clark,  "  The  classification  of  animals  " ;  L.  O.  Howard,  "  Attempts  to 
acclimatize  Aphelinus  niali  in  France,  South  Africa,  New  Zealand, 
and  Uruguay  " ;  C.  D.  Walcott,  "  Note  on  structure  of  the  trilobite  " ; 
J,  C.  Merriam,  "  Origin  and  history  of  the  Ursidae  or  bears  in  the 
Western  Hemisphere,  with  particular  reference  to  the  bearing  of 
this  question  on  problems  of  geographical  history  " ;  H.  F.  Osborn, 
"  The  evolution,  phylogeny,  and  classification  of  the  Proboscidae  " ; 
Simon  Flexner,  "  Experiments  in  epidemiology " ;  Graham  Lusk, 
"Effect  of  administering  various  simple  metabolites  upon  the  heat 
production  of  the  dog  " ;  Jacques  Loeb,  "  The  physical  and  chemical 
behavior  of  proteins";  Francis  G,  Benedict,  Edward  L.  Fox,  and 
Marion  L.  Baker,  "The  skin  temperature  of  Pachyderms";  L.  R. 
Jones,  "  The  temperature  factor  in  phytopathology  " ;  T.  B.  Osborne 
and  L.  B.  Mendel,  "  Results  of  feeding  experiments  with  mixtures 
of  foodstuffs  in  unusual  proportions " ;  C.  B.  Davenport,  "  Popula- 
tion"; and  E.  L.  Thorndike,  "Measuring  higher  grades  of  intelli- 
gence." The  following  papers  were  presented  by  title  only :  J.  M. 
Clarke,  "Life  of  James  Hall,  of  Albany,  geologist  and  paleontolo- 
gist, 1811-1890";  Franz  Boas,  "The  difference  between  variable 
series  " ;  Raymond  Pearl  and  Charmian  Howell,  "A  study  of  specific 
forces  of  mortality." 

The  National  Research  Council  used  the  auditorium  on  the  even- 
ing of  February  21,  1921,  for  a  lecture  by  Dr.  C.  H.  Herty  on  funda- 
mental chemistry,  illustrated  by  a  small  exhibit  displayed  in  the  ad- 
joining foyer. 

To  afford  the  many  men  and  women  throughout  the  country  in- 
terested in  venereal  disease  control  work  an  opportunity  of  hearing 
lectures  by  leading  authorities  on  the  subject,  the  Bureau  of  Public 
Health  Service,  Treasury  Department,  conducted  an  Institute  on 
Venereal  Disease  Control  in  the  auditorium  and  committee  rooms, 
from  November  22  to  December  4,  including  motion-picture  demon- 
strations on  the  evenings  of  November  26  and  29  and  December  1, 
and  a  meeting  of  the  American  Association  of  Women  in  Public 
Health  on  the  evening  of  November  24.    Rooms  45  and  46  and  the 


26  REPORT    OF    NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

auditorium  lobby  were  devoted  to  the  accompanying  exhibits.  The 
institute  was  followed  by  an  All- American  Conference  on  Venereal 
Diseases,  held  in  Washington  from  December  6  to  11,  1920,  the  large 
public  meetings  being  in  the  Museum  auditorium,  while  rooms  44 
and  45  were  given  over  to  registration,  exhibits,  etc. 

For  showing  moving  pictures  of  various  subjects  the  Public  Health 
Service  also  had  the  use  of  the  auditorium  on  the  afternoon  of 
November  12  and  on  the  mornings  of  January  31,  March  9,  10,  and 
25,  and  of  rooms  42-43  for  a  noontime  meeting  on  February  21. 

The  Department  of  Agriculture,  because  of  its  proximity,  made 
frequent  use  of  the  facilities  afforded  by  the  Museum.  On  the  even- 
ing of  March  21,  four  Department  of  Agriculture  motion  pictures 
were  shown  to  an  audience  composed  principally  of  department  em- 
ployees. The  auditorium  was  again  used  on  the  afternoon  of  March 
2,  when  the  Southern  Commercial  Congress  presented  to  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture  a  replica  of  the  painting  by  Szeldaties  of  the  late 
David  Lubin,  the  founder  of  the  International  Institute  of  Agricul- 
ture, with  headquarters  at  Rome,  Italy,  under  which  53  nations  were 
federated.  Mr.  Lubin,  from  the  time  of  the  organization  until  his 
death,  was  the  American  delegate  appointed  by  the  State  Department. 
The  leadership  of  Mr.  Lubin  in  directing  the  activities  of  the  South- 
ern Commercial  Congress  resulted  in  the  Federal  farm  loan  act  and 
other  vital  State  and  Federal  legislation  relating  to  the  economic 
stability  of  the  country.  Through  his  creative  genius  he  federated 
the  world,  based  on  agriculture,  and  it  was  the  only  tie  that  held 
during  the  World  War.  The  International  Institute  of  Agriculture 
was  the  only  international  body  where  the  belligerent  countries  did 
not  recall  their  delegates.  Dr.  Clarence  J.  Owens,  director  general 
of  the  Southern  Commercial  Congress,  presided  at  the  meeting  and 
made  the  presentation.  Other  speakers  were  the  Hon.  Edwin  T. 
Meredith,  Secretary  of  Agriculture ;  Hon.  D.  N.  Fletcher,  of  Florida ; 
Hon.  James  Duval  Phelan  and  Hon  Julius  Kahn,  of  California ;  and 
the  Italian  ambassador.  Senator  Vittorio  Rolandi  Eicci,  who  spoke 
in  his  native  tongue,  being  interpreted  by  Madame  Olivia  Eossetti 
Agresti,  secretary  to  David  Lubin.  A  message  from  the  King  of 
Italy  was  read  at  the  meeting. 

For  the  benefit  of  the  members  of  the  department's  staff  who 
missed  this  opportunity  to  hear  Madame  Agresti,  a  special  lecture 
by  this  interesting  speaker  was  arranged  in  the  auditorium  on  the 
evening  of  April  14,  when  she  spoke  on  international  economic 
problems. 

The  Federal  Horticultural  Board  held  an  all-day  meeting  in  Eoom 
42-43  on  December  20,  to  consider  the  advisability  of  restricting 
importation  of  fruits  and  vegetables  in  raw  or  unmanufactured  state 
from  Cuba,  the  Bahamas.  Jamaica,  Canal  Zone,  India,  Philippines, 


REPOET   OF   NATIOlSrAL,   MUSEUM,   1921.  27 

etc.,  on  account  of  the  citrus  black  fly.  On  May  16  and  17  the 
board  had  the  auditorium  for  an  important  conference  of  persons  in- 
terested in  the  cotton  industry  with  reference  to  damage  threatened 
by  the  pink  boll  worm. 

The  Forest  Service  had  the  auditorium  on  four  forenoons — on 
January  25  and  February  16,  for  general  meetings  of  the  employees 
of  the  service,  for  showing  lantern  slides :  on  March  25,  for  a  meet- 
ing of  employees  in  connection  with  official  work;  and  on  June  10, 
for  a  meeting  of  employees  to  dedicate  a  memorial  tablet  in  memory 
of  the  19  employees  of  the  Forest  Service  who  lost  their  lives  in  the 
World  War,  the  presentation  being  made  by  Mr.  Herbert  A.  Smith, 
and  the  address  of  acceptance  by  Lieut.  Col.  William  B.  Greeley, 
Forester  and  Chief  of  the  Forest  Service.  Music  was  furnished  by 
the  band  of  the  Third  United  States  Cavalry  from  Fort  Myer.  This 
Italian  renaissance  tablet  of  Sienna  marble,  following  closely  the 
style  of  certain  old  tablets  in  Italian  cathedrals,  is  believed  to  be 
the  only  work  of  its  kind  in  America. 

The  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry  showed  motion-picture  films  to  the 
scientific  staff  of  the  bureau  in  the  auditorium  on  the  afternoon  of 
November  18,  and  held  its  phytopathological  seminar  in  room  42-43 
on  the  afternoon  of  March  10. 

States  Kelations  Service  used  the  auditorium  on  three  occasions, 
as  follows:  On  the  morning  of  November  17  and  on  the  afternoon 
of  April  13,  for  showing  motion  and  stereopticon  pictures  relating  to 
its  activities,  to  the  employees  of  the  service,  and  on  the  forenoon  of 
May  28,  for  an  illustrated  lecture  by  Dr.  B.  SjoUema,  of  the  Veteri- 
nary University  of  Utrecht,  the  Netherlands,  on  some  of  the  unique 
features  of  the  agriculture  of  his  country.  The  Potomac  Garden 
Club,  cooperating  with  the  United  States  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture, held  its  annual  meeting  there  on  the  evening  of  January  17. 

The  members  of  the  staff  of  the  Bureau  of  Markets  were  called  to- 
gether in  the  auditorium  on  the  afternoon  of  September  24,  and  an 
all-day  conference  of  United  States  game  wardens,  under  the  au- 
.  spices  of  the  Biological  Survey,  occupied  room  42-43  on  January  6. 

Twice  was  the  auditorium  at  the  disposal  of  the  Army  Medical 
School — on  the  afternoon  of  November  17,  1920,  for  a  lecture  by 
Dr.  Hideyo  Noguchi.  of  the  Rockefeller  Institute  of  Medical  Re- 
search, delivered  before  the  student  officers  of  the  school  and  members 
of  the  Medical  Corps  of  the  Army  on  duty  in  Washington,  and  on  the 
afternoon  of  May  26,  for  the  closing  exercises  of  the  1920-21  session 
of  the  school. 

On  April  21  Mr.  D.  F.  Garland,  on  behalf  of  The  National  Cash 
Register  Co.,  demonstrated  welfare  work  to  a  group  of  employees 
of  the  Post  Office  Department.    Other  governmental  agencies  making 


28  EEPOBT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

use  of  the  meeting  facilities  were  the  Commission  of  Fine  Arts,  on 
January  20  and  21,  and  the  Federal  Board  of  Vocational  Education 
on  June  13. 

The  eleventh  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Farm  Economic 
Association  occupied  the  auditorium  and  committee  room  with  after- 
noon and  evening  sessions  on  December  30,  morning  and  afternoon 
sessions  on  December  31,  and  a  morning  session  on  January  1.  On 
December  30  room  42-43  was  utilized  for  a  conference  of  representa- 
tives of  national  organizations  engaged  in  rural  social  work  with 
day  and  evening  sessions. 

The  annual  convention  of  the  Northern  Nut  Growers'  Association 
convened  in  the  auditorium,  with  morning  and  evening  sessions  on 
October  7,  and  morning  and  afternoon  sessions  on  October  8,  and  an 
exhibit  of  nuts  and  mats  in  room  42-43. 

The  American  Institute  of  Architects  was  granted  the  auditorium, 
committee  rooms,  and  the  central  portion  of  the  foyer  for  the  fifty- 
fourth  annual  convention  of  the  institute,  from  May  11  to  13,  and 
the  Second  National  Architectural  Exhibition,  from  May  12  to  19, 
inclusive,  for  the  purpose  of  promoting  and  encouraging  a  wider 
public  interest  in  architecture.  In  connection  with  this  convention 
the  Association  of  Collegiate  Schools  of  Architecture  met  in  room 
42-43,  on  May  9  and  10,  with  an  evening  session  in  the  auditorium 
on  the  latter  date.  The  sessions  of  the  institute  included,  besides 
meetings  each  day  in  the  auditorium  and  room  42-43,  one  evening  ses- 
sion in  the  auditorium  on  May  11  and  a  morning  session  on  May  14  in 
room  42-43.  The  exhibition  was  inaugurated  with  a  formal  view 
on  the  evening  of  May  12,  when  the  foyer  and  north  lobby  were 
opened  to  the  invited  guests  of  the  institute  and  the  public  from 
8.30  to  11  p.  m.  The  drawings,  photographs,  etc.,  of  this  collection 
were  installed  on  temporary  floor  screens  placed  either  side  and  down 
the  central  portion  of  the  foyer.  A  number  of  the  exhibits  of  the  war 
collections  were  inclosed  by  the  screens,  some  of  the  cases  being  moved 
between  the  piers,  and  screens  built  on  either  side  of  them.  The 
walls  in  the  auditorium  lobby  were  also  used  for  exhibiting  drawings 
and  photographs,  and  a  special  exhibit  belonging  to  the  Architects' 
Small  House  Service  Bureau,  of  Minnesota,  was  installed  on  portable 
screens  against  the  south  wall  of  the  north  lobby,  either  side  of  the 
entrance  to  the  foyer. 

The  twelfth  annual  convention  of  the  American  Federation  of 
Arts  convened  in  Washington  on  May  18,  19,  and  20,  1921.  The 
afternoon  session  on  the  18th  was  held  in  the  Museum  auditorium 
and  was  devoted  to  the  general  subject  of  art  and  the  people.  It 
was  opened  with  a  demonstration  by  Mr.  Ross  Crane,  of  the  Better 
Homes  Institute  of  the  Art  Institute  of  Chicago,  of  "  Art  in  the 
home."    The  stage  was  set  as  a  living  room,  with  mantel,  windows, 


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and  doors;  and  the  furniture,  lent  by  one  of  the  local  dealers,  was 
brought'  in  piece  bj^  piece  until  the  room  was  complete.  Thus  was 
shown  how  the  Better  Homes  Institute,  by  the  use  of  stage  set  and 
actual  objects  of  everyday  use,  is  demonstrating  to  the  people  of 
the  Middle  West  the  relation  of  art  to  life,  creating  a  popular  de- 
mand for  better  art  in  house  furnishings  and  helping  to  induce  a 
larger  market  for  industrial  art  products.  Mr.  Allen  Eaton,  of 
the  Sage  Foundation,  spoke  on  "  Pictures  for  the  schoolroom,"  ex- 
hibiting a  number  of  prints  he  had  selected  for  a  schoolroom  print 
exhibition  for  circulation  by  the  federation.  Mr.  L.  M.  Churbuck, 
director  of  the  art  department  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Fair,  pre- 
sented an  excellent  paper  on  "  Art  in  State  fairs."  Miss  Mary  Powell, 
of  the  art  department  of  the  St.  Louis  Public  Library,  presented 
the  subject,  "  Art  in  the  public  library,"  and  Mr.  John  L.  Braun, 
president  of  the  Philadelphia  Art  Alliance,  made  a  telling  plea  for 
"  The  alliance  of  the  arts." 

On  the  evening  of  the  same  date  the  Eegents  and  Secretary  of  the 
Smithsonian  Institution  tendered  the  members  of  the  federation  and 
their  friends  a  reception,  with  a  special  view  of  the  exhibition  of 
war  portraits  in  the  National  Gallery  of  Art,  Dr.  Charles  D.  Wal- 
cott,  Mrs.  Walcott,  Mr.  Robert  W.  de  Forest,  and  Mrs.  John  W. 
Alexander  receiving  the  visitors. 

This  collection,  brought  together  by  the  National  Art  Committee, 
comprised  21  canvases  by  American  artists,  portraits  of  distinguished 
leaders  of  America  and  of  the  Allied  Nations  during  the  World  War, 
and  is  to  form  the  nucleus  for  a  National  Portrait  Gallery.  As  such 
it  will  be  shown  by  the  American  Federation  of  Arts  in  the  various 
cities  of  the  country  before  being  permanently  deposited  in  Wash- 
ington. In  planning  the  circuit  it  was  arranged  to  have  the  collec- 
tion temporarily  in  the  National  Gallery  of  Art  at  the  time  of  the 
convention  for  the  benefit  of  the  members  of  the  federation. 

The  main  hall  of  the  National  Gallery  was  given  over  to  the  por- 
trait collection  (which  was  on  exhibition  from  May  5  to  May  22), 
small  portions  of  the  halls  of  ethnology,  to  the  northeast,  being 
screened  off  to  display  paintings  from  the  Evans  collection  tempo- 
rarily displaced.  Opportunity  was  offered  the  delegates  to  see 
not  only  the  National  Gallery  exhibits  but  also  those  of  the  Museum 
in  other  fields,  as  the  foyer  and  west  ranges  of  the  ground  floor  and 
the  entire  first  floor  of  the  building  were  open  for  inspection  from 
8  to  11. 

The  Madame  Curie  committee  of  Washington  arranged  a  meeting 
in  the  auditorium  on  the  evening  of  May  20,  in  honor  of  Madame 
Marie  Curie,  the  codiscoverer  of  radium.  Madame  Curie  was  wel- 
comed by  Secretary  Walcott,  honorary  chairman  of  the  committee, 
and  by  Miss  Julia  Lathrop,  on  the  part  of  the  women  of  Washington, 


30  EEPOKT  OF   NATIONAL,  MUSEUM,   1921. 

after  which  Dr.  E.  A.  Millikan,  of  the  University  of  Chicago,  de- 
livered an  address  on  radium.  A  large  number  of  floral  bouquets, 
contributions  from  local  women's  organizations  and  others,  were 
presented  to  Madame  Curie.  The  Museum  exhibits  on  the  ground 
and  first  floors  were  open  to  inspection  during  the  evening.  In  con- 
nection with  Madame  Curie's  visit,  a  special  exhibit  of  radium  ores, 
radioactive  minerals,  and  radiographs  was  prepared  by  the  depart- 
ment of  geology  and  placed  in  the  main  passage  of  the  Art  Gallery, 
being  removed  later  to  a  permanent  location  in  the  east  end  of  the 
mineral  hall  on  the  second  floor. 

Another  reception  in  the  Natural  History  Building,  on  the  even- 
ing of  October  19,  enabled  the  delegates  to  the  convention  of  the 
American  Bankers'  Association,  and  their  friends,  to  inspect  the 
exhibition  halls,  as  a  part  of  the  program  for  acquainting  the  bankers 
with  governmental  activities  in  Washington. 

The  American  Society  of  Mammalogists  held  its  annual  meeting 
in  the  Museum,  with  day  sessions  in  room  42-43  on  May  2,  3,  and  4, 
and  an  evening  session  on  May  2  in  the  auditorium.  At  the  latter 
Mr.  Arthur  H.  Fisher  gave  a  talk  on  animals  in  zoological  gardens, 
illustrated  with  many  wonderful  motion  pictures  recently  made  in 
the  National  Zoological  Park  and  in  the  Philadelphia  Zoo.  From 
November  9  to  11  the  auditorium  was  used  during  the  daytime  for 
the  thirty-eighth  stated  meeting  of  the  American  Ornithologists 
Union. 

Under  the  auspices  of  the  Geological  Society  of  Washington,  Mr. 
William  T.  Lee  lectured  in  the  auditorium  on  November  20,  on  the 
use  of  aerial  photographs  in  geography.  This  was  illustrated  by 
stereopticon  views  of  natural  scenery  and  of  objects  of  geographic 
interest  and  of  submarine  objects  as  seen  from  an  airplane,  and  by 
a  series  of  motion  pictures  taken  from  hydroplanes  showing  scenes 
on  the  Potomac,  the  Pacific  fleet  passing  through  the  Panama  Canal, 
and  scenes  along  the  coast  of  California. 

The  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  Audubon  Society  of  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  held  in  the  hall  on  the  evening  of  Januarj'-  26, 
featured  two  illustrated  addresses  on  bird  life. 

The  Washington  Academy  of  Sciences  arranged  a  lecture  by  Dr. 
E.  B.  Rosa,  of  the  Bureau  of  Standards,  on  "A  reorganization  of 
the  civil  service,"  on  the  evening  of  October  21,  and,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Osteopathic  Association  of  the  District  of  Columbia, 
Dr.  A.  G.  Hildreth  spoke  on  the  evening  of  November  15  on  "  How 
to  escape  insanity  and  nervous  disorders." 

Of  timely  interest  also  Avas  a  series  of  evening  lectures  in  the  audi- 
torium arranged  b}^  the  School  of  Foreign  Service  of  Georgetown 
University  on  the  "  History  and  nature  of  international  relations," 


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the  principal  phases  of  the  history  of  relations  between  sovereign 
states  from  the  earliest  antiquity  down  to  our  own  day  being  treated 
by  acknowledged  masters  in  their  respective  fields,  some  of  the 
speakers  being  permitted  two  evenings  to  develop  their  themes. 
The  topics  and  speakers  were  as  follows:  October  21  and  22,  1920, 
"  The  concept  of  international  relations  in  antiquity,"  by  Dr.  Mi- 
chael I.  Rostovtseff;  November  19,  "Medieval  diplomacy,"  by  Dr. 
Carlton  J.  H.  Hayes ;  December  3  and  IT,  "  The  development  of 
diplomacy  in  modern  times,"  by  Dr.  James  Brown  Scott ;  January  7, 
1921,  "The  Far  East  and  Africa  as  factors  in  the  development  of 
international  relations,"  by  Hon.  Paul  S.  Reinsch:  January  21, 
"  Latin  America  as  a  factor  in  the  development  of  international  re- 
lations," by  Hon.  L.  S.  Rowe;  February  11,  "Economic  factors  in 
international  relations,"  by  Dr.  James  Lawrence  Laughlin;  March 
11,  "  The  effect  of  the  development  of  juristic  science  upon  interna- 
tional relations,"  by  Dr.  Roscoe  Pound;  March  18  and  April  8, 
"  The  United  States  as  a  factor  in  the  development  of  international 
relations,"  by  Dr.  Edwin  M.  Borchard ;  April  22  and  May  6,  "Arbi- 
tration and  other  agencies  for  the  proper  conduct  of  international 
relations,"  by  Hon.  John  Bassett  Moore ;  May  19,  "  Elements  for 
the  scientific  study  of  diplomacy,"  by  Dr.  Stephen  P.  Duggan. 

The  university  also  had  the  auditorium  on  the  evening  of  January 
14,  when  "  The  future  significance  of  the  Slavic  world,  and  particu- 
larly Russia,  in  economic  affairs,"  was  the  topic  of  short  addresses 
before  the  School  of  Foreign  Service  by  Rev.  E.  A.  Walsh,  Mr. 
Jolui  Hays  Hammond,  and  Mr.  Oscar  T.  Crosby.  The  Anthropolog- 
ical Society  of  ^Yashington  and  the  Entomological  Society  of  Wash- 
ington held  their  regular  meetings  of  the  season  in  room  42-3, 
Natural  History  Building. 

First  Pom,  Pacific  Scientific  Congress. — At  the  First  Pan  Pacific 
Scientific  Congress,  held  in  Hawaii  from  August  2  to  August  20, 
1920,  the  Musernn  was  represented  by  the  following  members  of  the 
staff  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution :  Mr.  John  B.  Henderson,  regent 
of  the  Smithsonian,  Dr.  Paul  Bartsch,  Mr.  Gerrit  S.  Miller,  jr., 
Mr.  T.  Wayland  Vaughan,  and  Mr.  Gerard  Fowke. 

The  meetings  were  held  in  Honolulu,  excepting  those  from  Au- 
gust 7  to  12,  when  an  excursion  was  made  to  the  island  of  Hawaii  to 
visit  the  wonderful  active  volcano  Kilauea,  various  volcanological 
problems  being  discussed  during  the  stay  there.  The  rest  of  the 
program  consisted  of  a  general  session  each  morning,  held  in  the 
throne  room  of  the  capitol,  and  sectional  sessions  in  the  afternoon, 
the  conference  being  divided  into  the  following  sections:  Anthro- 
pology, biology,  botany,  entomology,  geography,  and  seismology. 
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32  REPORT   OF   NATIONAL    MUSEUM,   1921. 

ORGANIZATION  AND  STAFF. 

At  the  close  of  the  year  the  Museum  organization  comprises,  besides 
an  administrative  office,  4  scientific  and  technical  departments  and 
1  independent  division,  as  follows:  The  department  of  anthro- 
pology, with  4  divisions  and  3  sections;  the  department  of  biology, 
with  9  divisions  and  16  sections;  the  department  of  geology,  with 
3  divisions  and  3  sections;  the  department  of  arts  and  industries, 
with  5  divisions  and  4  sections ;  and  the  division  of  history,  which, 
while  independent  of  these  departments,  has  not  yet  reached  the 
dignit}'  of  a  department.  History  has  one  section,  making  a  total  of 
49  recognized  subdivisions  of  the  Museum. 

The  scientific  staff  of  the  Museum  consisted  of  1  keeper  ex  officio, 
1  director,  3  head  curators,  12  curators,  4  honorary  curators,  6  asso- 
ciate curators,  13  assistant  curators,  23  custodians,  4  assistant  custo- 
dians, 8  aids,  10  associates,  7  collaborators,  1  philatelist,  and  1 
assistant,  a  total  of  94  persons,  of  whom  less  than  half  received  pay 
from  the  Museiun.  This  by  no  means  represents  all  the  scientific 
workers  on  the  collections,  for  the  Museum  also  has  much  regular 
assistance  from  employees  of  various  other  governmental  agencies  in 
Washington,  particularly  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and  the 
Geological  Survey,  in  classifying  and  arranging,  and  placing  on 
exhibition  the  specimens  in  their  respective  fields  of  investigation. 

A  synopsis  of  the  work  attaching  to  each  position  in  the  Museum 
was  prepared  this  year  and  forwarded  to  the  Bureau  of  Efficiency  in 
connection  with  a  bill  before  Congress  on  the  subject  of  the  reclassi- 
fication of  the  employees  of  the  Government. 

The  changes  in  organization  during  the  year  were  numerous.  The 
National  Gallery  of  Art,  which  had  for  a  number  of  years  been 
administered  as  the  fine  arts  department  of  the  Museum,  became  an 
independent  bureau  under  the  Smithsonian  Institution  on  July  1, 
1920,  through  provision  for  its  separate  maintenance  in  the  sundry 
civil  appropriation  act  for  the  year  1921.  To  the  new  bureau  were 
transferred  such  of  the  Museum's  collections  as  had  been  in  the 
custody  of  the  curator  of  the  National  Gallery  of  Art,  consisting  of 
paintings,  sculptures,  and  a  few  miscellaneous  pieces.  For  the  present 
the  gallery  continues  to  be  housed  in  the  Natural  History  Building  of 
the  Museum. 

Dr.  William  H.  Holmes  severed  his  connection  with  the  Museum 
on  July  1,  1920,  to  become  director  of  the  National  Gallery  of  Art, 
and  carries  with  him  to  his  larger  field  the  good  will  of  the  entire 
Museum  staff.  Doctor  Holmes  has  long  been  associated  with  the 
Institution  and  Museum.  In  the  latter  he  served  as  curator  of 
aboriginal  pottery  from  1882  to  1893,  as  head  curator  of  the  depart- 
ment of  anthropology  from  its  organization  in  1897  to  1902,  when  he 


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resigned  to  become  chief  of  the  Biu'eau  of  American  Ethnology, 
returning  to  the  Museum  as  head  curator  of  anthropology  in  1910. 
The  present  excellent  condition  of  the  anthropological  exhibits  is  a 
monument  to  his  taste  and  ability.  When,  in  1906,  it  became  neces- 
sary to  provide  a  somewhat  definite  organization  for  the  department 
of  fine  arts  of  the  Musemn,  the  curatorship  of  the  National  Gallery 
of  Art  was  tendered  to  Mr.  Holmes  and  accepted  by  him,  in  addition 
to  his  duties  at  the  Bureau  of  American  Ethnology.  During  all 
the  intervening  time  Doctor  Holmes  has  given  freely  of  his  time  and 
strength  for  the  National  Gallery  without  financial  return. 

Dr.  Walter  Hough,  curator  of  ethnology,  was  made  acting  head 
curator  of  the  department  of  anthropology  upon  Doctor  Holmes's 
resignation. 

On  July  1,  1920,  the  division  of  graphic  arts  was  transferred 
from  the  department  of  anthropology  to  that  of  arts  and  industries, 
where  it  more  proj)erly  belongs,  and  Mr.  Ruel  P.  Tolman  was  pro- 
moted to  assistant  curator  and  placed  in  charge. 

At  the  same  time  the  division  of  histor^^  was  removed  from  the 
department  of  anthropolog}^  and  made  an  independent  division,  re- 
porting directly  to  the  administrative  assistant  in  charge  of  the 
Museum.  Capt.  J.  J.  Hittinger,  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  of  the 
United  States  Army,  on  detail  from  the  War  Department  to  assist 
in  the  installation  of  the  World  War  collections,  severed  his  associa- 
tion with  the  Museum  in  December,  1920,  upon  retirement  from  the 
Department.  Captain  Hittinger  rendered  valuable  service  to  the 
Museum  in  this  connection.  The  aid  in  history,  Miss  Marie  V.  Schif- 
fer,  resigned  on  August  26,  1920,  and  Mr.  Charles  Carey  was  ap- 
pointed an  assistant  in  the  division  on  November  2,  1920,  giving 
special  attention  to  the  World  War  collections. 

In  line  of  better  administration,  the  collections  of  mollusks  were 
removed  from  the  division  of  marine  invertebrates  on  February  1, 
1921,  and  the  division  of  mollusks  was  reestablished,  with  Dr.  Paul 
Bartsch  in  charge  as  curator,  and  Mr.  Waldo  L.  Schmitt  was  ad- 
vanced to  be  curator  of  the  division  of  marine  invertebrates.  The 
rotatoria  and  the  helminthological  collections  went  with  the  divi- 
sion of  mollusks.  Mr.  Charles  R.  Shoemaker  was  promoted  from 
aid  to  assistant  curator  in  marine  invertebrates  on  March  16,  1921, 
and  Miss  Pearl  L.  Boone's  connection  as  aid  in  that  division  ceased 
on  April  7,  1921. 

Mr.  Carl  W.  Mitman,  curator  of  mechanical  technology,  was 
appointed  curator  also  of  mineral  technology'  and  placed  in 
charge,  with  the  title  "  curator,  divisions  of  mineral  and  mechanical 
technology."  He  will  be  aided  by  an  assistant  curator  in  each  of 
the  divisions.    Mr.   Mitman's  early  connection  with  the  Museum 


34  llEPORT  OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

was  with  the  collections  of  mineral  technology,  of  which  he  was 
aid  and  later  assistant  curator.  The  aid  in  mechanical  technology, 
Miss  Barbara  E.  Bartlett,  resigned  in  October,  being  succeeded  on 
April  1,  1921,  by  Mr.  Paul  E.  Garber. 

Beginning  May  1,  1921,  Mr.  Neil  M.  Judd,  curator  of  American 
archeology,  was  granted  leave  of  absence  for  five  months  to  con- 
duct explorations  for  the  National  Geographic  Society,  and  Mr. 
John  L.  Baer  was  appointed  acting  curator  for  the  period. 

Mrs.  Lucile  Simpson  Stelle,  aid  in  paleobotany,  resigned  on  July 
31,  1920,  and  Miss  Jessie  G.  Beach,  having  met  the  civil-service 
requirements,  was  promoted  from  the  position  of  typist  to  that  of 
aid  in  paleontology  on  October  16,  1920.  Mr.  Ellsworth  P.  Killip, 
who  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  was  serving  a  temporary  appoint- 
ment as  aid  in  the  division  of  plants,  was  given  permanent  status  as 
such  on  August  27,  1920. 

The  combination  of  the  property  office  and  the  shipping  office 
effected  August  1,  1919,  was  discontinued  August  1,  1920,  the  two 
offices  being  separated,  Mr.  W.  A.  Knowles  remaining  in  charge  of  the 
former  as  property  clerk,  and  Mr.  L.  E.  Perry  taking  over  the  latter  as 
shipper. 

On  November  12, 1920,  in  recognition  of  his  activity  in  building  up 
the  collection  of  pianos  in  the  Museum,  Mr.  Hugo  Worch  was  given 
an  honorary  appointment  as  custodian  of  musical  instruments.  Other 
honorary  members  added  to  the  staff  during  the  year  were  Dr.  Whit- 
man Cross,  as  associate  in  petrology,  on  October  19,  1920 ;  Dr.  David 
Starr  Jordan,  as  associate  in  zoology,  on  January  13,  1921 ;  Mr.  Max 
M.  Ellis,  collaborator  in  marine  invertebrates,  April  25,  1921 ;  and 
Mr.  W.  L.  McAtee,  acting  custodian  of  Hemiptera,  on  December  21, 
1921. 

Under  the  provisions  of  the  retirement  act  of  May  22,  1920,  the 
Museum  was  deprived  of  the  services  of  five  members  of  its  force  in 
August,  1920,  all  of  whom  had  reached  the  age  limit  and  three  had 
had  over  30  years  of  service  each.  They  were  Miss  S.  E.  Latham, 
and  Messrs.  A.  B.  Thorne,  W.  O.  Strieker,  W.  H.  Haney,  and  D.  R. 
Jameson. 

The  Museum  lost  by  death  during  the  year  Dr.  J.  P.  Iddings,  asso- 
ciate in  petrology;  Messrs.  Nelson  P.  Wood  and  William  Palmer, 
taxidermists;  and  Mr.  T.  W,  Reese,  watchman. 

NECROLOGY. 

Dr.  Joseph  Paxson  Iddings.  associate  in  petrology,  died  on 
Wednesday  morning,  September  8,  1920.  Although  not  actively  en- 
gaged in  museum  work.  Professor  Iddings's  connection  with  the  de- 
partment of  geology  of  the  Museum  was  of  more  than  ordinary  im- 
portance.   He  was  one  of  the  most  widely  and  favorably  known  of 


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American  petrologists,  and  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  development 
of  this  particular  branch  of  the  science.  His  large  collections  of 
volcanic  rocks,  made  during  his  extensive  trips  throughout  the  prin- 
cipal volcanic  districts  of  the  world,  were  installed  among  the  collec- 
tions of  the  Museum,  where  they  remain  accessible  for  reference  and 
study,  and  form  an  important  addition  to  the  already  large  series 
of  studied  material  in  the  department. 

During  the  early  portion  of  his  career,  from  1880  to  1895,  Doctor 
Iddings  was  connected  with  the  United  States  Geological  Survey, 
and  was  the  author  of  several  publications  of  importance  by  that 
organization.    Among  the  most  important  may  be  mentioned : 

The  Obsidian  Cliffs  of  the  Yellowstone  National  Park. 

On  the  Development  of  Crystallization  in  Igneous  Kocks. 

On  a  Group  of  Volcanic  Rocks  from  the  Tewan  Mountains. 

The  Microscopic  Petrography  of  the  Eruptive  Rocks  of  the  Eu- 
reka District  of  Nevada. 

The  Eruptive  Rocks  of  Electric  Peak  and  Sepulchre  Mountains, 
and  the  chapters  on  petrography  in  part  2  of  the  monograph  of 
the  Yellowstone  National  Park. 

His  best  known  personal  publications  are  his  translation  of  H. 
Rosenbusch's  Physiography  of  the  Rockmaking  Minerals  (1898)  ; 
Rock  Minerals  (1906)  ;  Igneous  Rocks,  2  volumes  (1909)  ;  and  The 
Problem  of  Vulcanism  (1914).  He  was  also  one  of  the  most  active 
and  influential  of  the  authors  of  the  Quantitative  Classification  of 
Igneous  Rocks  (1903).  A  striking  feature  of  his  work  was  his 
accuracy  and  careful  attention  to  detail. 

From  1895  to  1908  he  was  professor  of  petrology  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago,  since  which  time  he  lived  for  the  most  part  at  Brink- 
low,  Md.,  devoting  himself  largely  to  private  work,  and  particularly 
to  the  petrology  of  the  Pacific  and  South  Sea  Islands. 

He  was  a  man  of  broad  culture,  dignified  and  gentlemanly  bear- 
ing, and  his  loss  will  be  everywhere  most  deeply  felt. 

By  the  death  of  Mr.  N.  R.  Wood,  on  November  8.  1920,  the  Na- 
tional Museum  lost  one  of  its  most  skilled  preparators,  a  man  well 
known  over  the  country  as  the  most  expert  of  bird  taxidermists.  Mr. 
Wood  was  born  in  New  York  State  in  1852.  When  about  27  years 
of  age  he  was  employed  by  Ward's  natural  history  establishment  at 
Rochester,  N.  Y.  Here,  for  the  first  time,  his  work  was  congenial  and 
he  made  rapid  advances  in  the  general  work  which  was  assigned 
him..  It  was  soon  observed  that  he  was  especially  interested  in  the 
mounting  of  birds,  at  which  he  would  work  in  his  own  time  after 
hours,  and  he  was  assigned  as  assistant  to  their  best  bird  taxideraiist. 
Deficient  in  natural  mechanical  ability,  it  was  only  after  the  most  per- 
sistent effort  that  he  finally  reached  the  point  where  he  could  make 


36  REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

the  bird  skin  take  the  form  which  he  had  mentally  determined  to  be 
the  natural  and  best  position.  While  at  Ward's  establishment  he  made 
advances  in  the  methods,  but  it  was  not  until  he  had  been  in  the 
National  Museum  for  some  time  that  he  was  at  his  best.  His  work 
on  dry  skins  and  dismounting  and  remounting  old  birds  was  per- 
fected here. 

Mr.  Wood  came  to  the  Museum  in  1888,  and  at  first  was  employed 
to  assist  Mr.  William  T,  Hornaday  in  taking  care  of  the  live  animals 
in  the  shed  adjoining  the  Smithsonian  Building — the  beginning  of 
the  National  Zoological  Park  collections.  After  a  little  time  he  began 
to  mount  birds  for  the  Chicago  Exposition,  and  his  work  won  the 
approval  of  Mr.  Robert  Ridgway,  and  when  there  was  a  vacancy  in 
bird  taxidermy  he  was  placed  there  and  continued  in  this  work  until 
his  death. 

In  years  to  come,  as  now,  Mr.  Wood  will  be  known  by  his  fine  work 
displayed  in  the  mounted  bird  collection  on  exhibition  in  this  Museum. 
The  hawks  and  owls,  parrots,  and  game  birds,  the  greater  number 
remounted  by  him,  show  the  quality  of  his  work  and  point  to  the 
loss  which  the  Museum  has  sustained  in  his  death. 

William  Palmer,  for  many  years  a  valued  member  of  the  Museum 
force,  died  in  New  York  City  on  April  8,  1921.  He  was  born  at 
Penge,  England,  August  1,  1856,  and  came  to  this  country  with 
his  father,  the  late  Joseph  Palmer,  in  1868.  The  elder  Palmer 
became  connected  with  the  Museum  in  1873  as  its  preparator,  and 
was  particularly  skillful  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  modeling, 
casting,  the  coloring  of  reproductions,  and  taxidermy.  William 
Palmer,  under  the  tutelage  of  his  father,  became,  in  time,  equally 
adept  in  these  subjects.  He  joined  the  Museiun  force  in  1874  as 
an  assistant  to  his  father.  In  1883  he  was  sent  to  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  to  prepare  the  large  models  of  the  giant  squid  and  octopus 
exhibited  at  the  Great  International  Fisheries  Exhibition  in  London, 
and  later  transferred  here,  where  they,  and  many  other  examples  of 
his  art,  still  remain.  With  Messrs,  Lucas  and  ScoUick,  of  the 
Museum  force,  he  went  to  Newfoundland,  in  the  spring  of  1903,  and 
took  part  in  the  preparation  of  a  mold  and  skeleton  of  a  78-foot 
sulphur-bottom  whale.  A  year  later  he  accompanied  Dr.  G.  P. 
Merrill  to  the  State  of  Sinaloa,  Mexico,  for  the  purpose  of  making  a 
mold  of  the  great  Bacubarito  meteorite. 

Mr.  Palmer  was  an  excellent  general  naturalist,  and  was  par- 
ticularly well  versed  in  the  local  fauna  and  flora,  in  which  he  had 
specialized  for  many  years.  He  began  a  collection  of  birds  in 
the  spring  of  1874,  which  in  time  became  a  very  important  one, 
and  contained  many  local  rarities  and  records,  some  of  which  are 
still  unique.     In  the  course  of  his  ornithological  work  he  had  the 


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distinction  of  adding  two  species  of  birds  to  the  known  avifauna  of 
this  continent,  in  addition  to  describing  several  previously  unrecog- 
nized subspecies. 

Palmer's  skill  and  knowledge  as  a  natural  history  collector  caused 
him  to  be  detailed  on  various  expeditions  where  the  best  results 
were  required,  and  in  this  capacity  he  visited  Funk  Island  in  1887 
with  Doctor  Lucas  in  a  very  successful  search  for  remains  of  the 
extinct  great  auk.  In  1890  he  was  detailed  to  make  collections  on 
the  Pribilof  Islands,  and  in  1900,  1902,  and  1916  to  visit  Cuba.  He 
accompanied  Mr.  Owen  Bryant  on  a  very  productive  collecting 
expedition,  though  one  fraught  with  numerous  privations,  to  western 
Java,  in  1909  and  1910.  In  the  aggregate,  he  collected  many 
thousands  of  specimens  of  animals  and  plants,  as  well  as  fossil 
remains  and  miscellaneous  material,  not  only  on  official  expeditions 
but  on  those  prosecuted  on  his  own  account,  and  most  of  this  material 
has  found  its  way  into  the  National  Museum  series  over  a  long  period 
of  years.  By  the  terms  of  his  will,  Mr.  Palmer  has  also  bequeathed 
his  private  collection  of  birds  to  the  Museum. 

In  recent  years  Mr.  Palmer  had  become  much  interested  in 
vertebrate  fossil  remains  in  the  deposits  at  the  Calvert  Cliffs,  near 
Chesapeake  Beach,  Md.,  and  made  many  trips  there  in  search  of 
material,  both  officially,  and  in  his  own  time.  He  was  engaged 
in  studies  of  cetacean  remains  from  this  locality  at  the  time  of 
his  death. 

Mr.  Palmer  was  a  Fellow  of  the  American  Ornithologists'  Union, 
a  member  of  several  scientific  socities,  and  the  author  of  over  50 
papers  and  notes  on  ornithological  and  other  biological  subjects. 


REPORTS  ON  THE  COLLECTIONS. 

REPORT  ON  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  ANTHROPOLOGY. 
By  Walter  Hough,  Acting  Head  Curator. 

On  the  appointment  of  Dr.  W.  H.  Holmes  as  director  of  the 
National  Gallery  of  Art  on  July  1,  1920,  the  curator  of  ethnology 
was  appointed  acting  head  curator  of  anthropology. 

A  consistent  growth  is  observed  in  the  department  year  by  year. 
Relieved  of  responsibilities  lately  connected  with  divisions  of  the 
museum  not  germane  to  its  work,  it  has  moved  forward  more  rapidly. 
The  department  as  now  administered  comprises  the  divisions  of 
physical  anthropology,  ethnology,  American  archeology,  and  Old 
World  archeology,  which  are  closely  knit  sciences,  and  the  sections 
of  musical  instruments,  ceramics,  and  art  textiles.  These  branches 
record  commendable  progress  during  the  period  of  this  report. 

Administration  of  the  division  of  ethnology  and  the  sections  of 
art  textiles,  musical  instruments,  and  ceramics  was  continued  by  the 
acting  head  curator,  also  cooperation  with  the  division  of  history  in 
respect  to  installations  and  anthropological  laboratory  preparations 
in  the  section  of  period  costumes. 

ACCESSIONS    DESERVING    SPECIAL    NOTICE. 

The  accessions  generallj'^  were  of  diversified  character  and  tending 
to  improve  the  collections.  They  were  acquired  at  negligible  ex- 
pense. The  crowded  condition  of  the  museum,  necessitating  the  ac- 
ceptance of  desirable  collections  only  by  gift  or  bequest  without 
conditions,  has  limited  the  accession  of  loans.  The  accessions  of  the 
year,  therefore,  are  mainly  a  permanent  gain  to  the  museum. 

Of  exceptional  value  and  interest  to  the  division  of  ethnology  is 
the  collection  of  California  Indian  baskets  from  the  Missions,  a 
supplementary  gift  from  Miss  Ella  F.  Hubby,  of  Pasadena  and  New 
York.  A  blanket  robe  of  dog  and  mountain  goat  hair,  woven  by  the 
Cowichan  Indians  of  Vancouver  Island,  British  Columbia,  decorated 
with  a  Chilkat  totemic  painting  in  soft  colors,  is  a  unique  specimen 
gift  of  Mrs.  Charles  C.  Plyde  of  Washington,  D.  C.  A  single  specimen 
of  ancient  Hawaiian  wood  carving  in  form  of  an  image  of  a  god 
can  probably  not  be  duplicated.  It  was  collected  by  Rear  Admiral 
J.  V.  B.  Bleecker,  United  States  Navy,  many  years  ago.  The  image 
is  of  the  Easter  Island  type.     A  collection  of  the  very  scarce  ma- 

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40  REPORT   or   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

terial  from  the  Flathead  Indians  of  British  Columbia,  consisting  of 
carved  horn  bowls,  spoons,  fishhooks,  etc.,  was  presented  by  Dr. 
E.  A.  Spitzka,  Washington,  D.  C.  Twenty-four  ancient  ivory  carv- 
ings designed  as  fetishes,  mostly  from  the  Walaka  and  Baluba  Ne- 
groes, Lower  Congo,  Africa,  were  purchased. 

The  following  accessions  to  American  archeology  are  deserving 
of  special  notice:  A  collection  of  128  archeological  specimens,  many 
of  which  appear  to  exhibit  contact  with  non-Pueblo  peoples,  gath- 
ered b}^  Mr.  J.  A.  Jeancon  for  the  Bureau  of  American  Ethnology 
from  an  ancient  ruin  near  Taos,  N.  Mex.,  and  transferred  by  the 
bureau ;  a  collection  of  114  antiquities  from  cliff  dwellings  and  other 
prehistoric  ruins  northwest  of  the  Rio  Colorado,  made  for  the  Bureau 
of  American  Ethnolog}'^  by  Mr.  Neil  M.  Judd  and  subsequently 
transferred  b}'^  the  bureau;  a  bronze  ax  blade  and  a  highly  embel- 
lished, cylindrical  earthenware  vase  from  Salvador,  presented  by 
Sr.  Emilio  Mosonyi ;  a  series  of  183  specimens  from  prehistoric  ruins 
in  the  Chaco  Canyon  National  Monument,  N.  Mex.,  collected  by  Neil 
M.  Judd  under  the  auspices  of  the  National  Geographic  Society, 
which  later  presented  the  material  to  the  national  collections;  a 
carved  jade  tiki  or  fetish  from  New  Zealand,  secured  through  ex- 
change with  Mr.  Louis  C.  G.  Clarke ;  and  two  collections  of  Mexican 
antiquities  obtained  by  Maj.  Harry  S.  Bryan.  The  first  of  these 
is  a  gift  of  12  specimens ;  the  second,  a  loan,  includes  64  specimens. 
Dr.  Walter  Hough  presented  an  interesting  series  of  shell  beads  and 
pendants  and  stone  fetishes  from  Keetseel  Ruin,  Arizona,  and  the 
Zuni  region,  New  Mexico.  A  carved  wooden  Floridian  image,  found 
in  reclaimed  soil  which  Lake  Okeechobee  formerly  covered  to  a  depth 
of  6  feet,  was  given  to  the  Museum  b}^  Mr.  M.  A.  Millar,  Venus,  Fla. 

A  most  noteworthy  accession  to  the  division  of  Old  World  arche- 
ology is  a  valuable  collection  of  Buddhist  religious  art,  consisting 
of  old  bronze  statues  and  figures,  lacquered  shrines,  and  exquisitely 
painted  kakemonos  from  China  and  Japan,  gift  of  Mrs.  Murray 
Warner;  another  small  collection  of  Buddhist  bronze  figures  de- 
serves notice,  inasmuch  as,  besides  its  intrinsic  artistic  value,  it 
filled  some  gaps  in  the  Museum  collection  of  tlie  Buddhist  pantheon, 
gift  of  Mrs.  John  Van  Rensselaer  Hoff.  Mention  is  also  made  of  a 
small  collection  of  finely  worked  embroideries  with  Christian  themes, 
gift  from  the  estate  of  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Pinchot ;  and  the  collection  of 
Jewish  ceremonial,  which  includes  a  considerable  number  of  artis- 
ticall}^  worked  silver  vessels  from  Palestine,  lent  by  Mr.  Ephraim 
Deinard, 

Of  the  accessions  in  physical  anthropology  which  deserve  special 
notice,  the  foremost  place  belongs  to  the  "  Huntington  collection  "  of 
skeletal  material.  This  collection  is  received  formally  as  an  "  ex- 
change," but  is  really  in  the  main  a  gift  from  the  College  of  Physicians 


REPOBT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   19^1.  4l 

and  Surgeons  of  Columbia  University,  New  York  City,  through 
Prof.  George  S.  Huntington.  Small  portions  of  this  material  were 
already  in  our  possession  as  the  result  of  exchanges  in  previous  years; 
it  consists  of  the  identified  skeletal  remains  of  upward  of  1,500  indi- 
viduals of  known  sex,  age,  color,  nationality,  and  cause  of  decease. 
It  includes  in  ample  number  for  all  desired  information  representa- 
tives of  the  different  parts  of  the  white  race  which  are  entering  into 
the  composition  of  the  American  people,  and  as  such  will  have  a  con- 
stantly increasing  value  for  mutual  comparisons.  The  scientific  im- 
portance of  this  material  can  hardly  be  estimated,  and  it  is  not  too 
much  to  say  that  it  practically  doubles  the  value  of  our  collection. 
No  other  collection  of  equal  extent  is  in  existence.  Another  collection 
of  importance  is  that  of  27  human  brains  donated  to  the  Museum  by 
Dr.  Edward  Anthony  Spitzka,  Washington,  D.  C.  The  next  collec- 
ttion  of  note  is  that  of  10  Arikara  skulls  and  3  skeletons  donated 
by  the  University  of  South  Dakota,  through  Prof.  Freeman  Ward,  in 
return  for  a  report  on  their  collections.  These  specimens  are  in 
good  condition  and  fill  what  was  almost  a  complete  void  in  our  col- 
lections. Mention  should  also  be  made  of  a  quantity  of  skeletal 
material  collected  in  Tennessee  by  Mr.  W.  E.  Myer,  of  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  and  transmitted  to  the  Museum  by  the  Bureau  of  American 
Ethnology. 

In  addition  to  the  above  there  were  a  series  of  smaller  accessions  of 
crania  and  skeletons  from  various  parts  of  this  continent. 

A  loan  collection  of  rare  oriental  rugs  was  received  in  art  textiles, 
replacing  those  hung  last  year.  This  collection  was  sent  by  a  public- 
spirited  Washingtonian  to  be  exhibited  for  the  benefit  of  the  public. 
The  weavings  number  38  and  typify  the  chief  varieties  of  these 
artistic  textiles. 

The  section  of  musical  instruments  reports  that  the  Worch  col- 
lection of  pianos  has  been  enriched  by  the  gift  of  a  copy  of  the 
harpsichord  used  by  Johann  Sebastian  Bach,  the  great  composer. 
The  original  is  in  the  Museum  at  Stuttgart,  Germany.  Two  copies 
were  permitted  to  be  made  and  one  of  these  is  now  displayed  in  the 
Worch  collection  in  the  National  Museum.  The  instrument  has  four 
pedals  and  four  stops,  a  surprising  mechanical  equipment  for  the 
period.  A  dulcitone,  an  instrument  whose  sounding  apparatus  is  a 
succession  of  graded  tuning  forks,  was  procured  by  Mr.  Worch  from 
Glasgow,  Scotland.  Eleven  other  valuable  pianos,  illustrative  of  the 
history  otthis  instrument,  were  added  to  the  collection  by  Mr.  Worch. 
A  piano  liandsomely  decorated  by  Cottier  of  New  York  was  given  by 
Mrs.  Gouverneur  Morris,  Washington,  D.  C. 

The  collection  of  master  violins  bequeathed  to  the  Museum  by  the 
late  Dwight  J.  Partello  and  whose  disposition  lias  attracted  wide 


42  REPORT   OF    NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

public  interest  is  subject  to  litigation,  and  its  acquisition  by  the  Mu- 
seum depends  upon  action  by  the  courts. 

A  set  of  169  pieces  of  heavy  porcelain  with  blue  decoration  was 
received  b}'^  the  section  of  ceramics  as  a  bequest  from  Miss  Caroline 
Henry.  This  porcelain  was  given  to  Prof.  Joseph  Henry  b}"-  the 
first  Japanese  minister  to  the  United  States.  The  ware  is  interest- 
ing as  representative  of  the  first  somewhat  crude  attempts  to  adapt 
Euroj^ean  forms  in  Japanese  ceramic  art;  Mr.  Grosvenor  B.  Clark- 
son,  Washington,  D.  C,  presented  two  Japanese  porcelain  vases  in 
blue  and  white ;  Miss  Freeman  and  Mrs.  B.  H.  Buckingham,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  presented  six  large  Japanese  and  Chinese  plaques 
with  rich  decoration  in  colors  and  a  Japanese  bronze  statuette. 

EXPLORATIONS   AND  EXPEDITIONS. 

Dr.  W.  L.  Abbott  is  a  constant  contributor  of  the  results  of  his 
numerous  explorations  east  and  west.  At  present  his  material  is 
coming  from  Haiti  and  Santo  Domingo.  The  major  expeditions 
of  a  scientific  nature  have  contributed  little  material  for  anthro- 
pology. Special  archeological  explorations  in  Arizona  and  New 
Mexico  directed  by  the  Museum,  the  Bureau  of  American  Eth- 
nology, and  the  National  Geographic  Society  added  much  excellent 
material.  The  expedition  of  the  National  Geographic  Society  to 
the  Chaco  Canyon  ruined  cities  in  New  Mexico,  directed  by  Mr.  Neil 
M.  Judd,  of  the  National  Museum,  is  expected  to  produce  important 
results.  This  expedition,  which  set  off  in  April,  contemplates  five 
years  researches  in  Chaco  Canyon.  The  preliminary  work  on  this 
expedition  was  carried  on  during  the  summer  and  a  large  collection 
of  artifacts  sent  in.  Dr.  J.  Walter  Fewkes's  epoch-making  investi- 
gations on  Mesa  Verde,  Colo.,  for  the  Bureau  of  American  Eth- 
nology and  the  Department  of  the  Interior  were  productive  of  dis- 
tinctive scientific  and  educational  results. 

WORK  or  PEKSBRVING  AND  INSTALLING  THE  COLLECTIONS PRESENT  CONDITION  OF 

COLLECTIONS. 

It  is  difficult  to  characterize  the  multifarious  and  intricate  work 
accomplished  by  any  department  of  the  Museum.  The  high  stand- 
ards of  the  National  Museum  embrace  every  feature  from  the 
minute  to  the  greatest.  The  visible  Museum  must  be  kept  to  the 
highest  point  of  perfection  and  the  work  this  necessitates  is  con- 
stant and  exacting.  In  the  background  is  the  tremendous  routine 
of  occupational  activities  which  the  Geologist  Lesley  called  "  dead- 
work,"  and  which  must  be  completed  before  specimens  are  brought 
to  public  view. 

The  care  of  specimens  in  ethnology  presents  many  problems  on 
account  of  the  character  and  variety  of  the  material.     Some  of  the 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL,   MUSEUM,   1921.  43 

older  collections  which  were  not  cared  for  under  present  Museum 
standards  were  worked  over  and  tickets  and  marks  restored.  Among 
the  installations  mention  is  made  of  two  cases  of  rare  California 
Mission  Indian  baskets  of  the  Ella  F.  Hubby  collection  and  two 
cases  of  Chinese  minor  art  displays.  The  lay  figure  of  a  Nez  Perce 
Indian  chief  was  reconstructed  and  placed  on  exhibit,  and  the 
model  of  an  early  Iroquoian  stockaded  village  repaired  and  again 
put  in  place.  Hundreds  of  labels  were  put  on  specimens,  and  the 
effort  to  attach  a  card  to  every  exhibit  object  was  brought  close  to 
completion.  Plans  were  also  drawn  up  for  the  preparation  of  a 
series  of  handbooks  describing  certain  important  classes  of  exhibits 
in  the  division  of  ethnology. 

The  American  archeology  collection  has  approximately  reached  the 
limits  of  expansion  as  to  exhibition.    By  selection  and  elimination,  the 
exhibit  was  improved.     The  collection  from  the  Otto  T.  Mallery 
expedition,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Washington  branch  of  the 
Archeological  Institute  of  America,  to  the  Rio  Chama,  N.  Mex., 
a  locality  not  heretofore  represented  in  the  Museum,  was  installed. 
The  State  collections  exhibit  received  a  number  of  additions.     These 
collections,  which  are  of  interest  especially  to   visitors   from  the 
various  States,  were   also   improved  by  additional   labels   and  by 
consolidation  with  a  view  to  clearness  of  presentation.     The  archeo- 
logical collection  as  nowl  presented  may  be  considered  in  a  satis- 
factory state  of  completeness  as  to  arrangement,  and  with  the  addi- 
tion of  more  labels  will  take  its  place  as  one  of  the  most  instructive 
exhibits.     Especial  attention  was  given  to  the  prevention  of  decay, 
which  frequently  occurs  in  pottery  taken  from  burials,  and  almost 
complete  success  was  achieved  in  halting  the  disintegration.     Re- 
pairs of  broken  articles  and  other  routine  work  in  connection  with 
cleaning,   numbering,   and   like   duties   occupied   much   time.     The 
records  of  the  division,  which  had  fallen  behind  in  former  years, 
were  worked  upon  with  the  view  of  bringing  them  up  to  date.     It  is 
hoped  within  a  short  time  to  complete  indexes  which  will  render 
it  possible  to  locate  each  unit  without  loss  of  time. 

Old  World  archeology,  which  embraces  biblical  and  other  objects 
connected  with  ancient  religions  and  art,  reports  an  active  year. 
The  chief  work  was  the  reinstallation  of  the  collections  illustrating 
Christianitv,  Buddhism,  and  Mohammedanism,  which  were  dis- 
arranged  in  removal  previously  from  the  Arts  and  Industries  Build- 
ing. A  number  of  objects  of  silver,  illustrating  Jewish  ceremonial, 
were  installed,  forming  an  attractive  exhibit.  Specimens  were  added 
to  the  archeologic  exhibits  from  Great  Britain  and  India  and  some 
examples  of  ancient  sculpture  and  glass  placed  in  cases.  Printed 
labels  to  the  number  of  140  were  placed  on  exhibits. 


44  REPOET   OF   NATIONAL,    MUSEUM,   1921. 

The  most  advanced  methods  employed  in  the  division  of  physical 
anthropology  for  the  cleaning,  repair,  cataloguing,  identification, 
etc.,  were  applied  to  the  old  collections  from  the  Army  Medical 
Museum  and  from  other  sources.  The  collection  in  general  is  con- 
stantl}^  improving  in  all  respects  through  intensive  work  continued 
from  year  to  year.  It  is  the  endeavor  to  keep  abreast  of  the  im- 
provements in  the  methods  of  museum  science  and  to  maintain  the 
material  in  a  state  of  effectiveness.  Necessarily  the  rapid  increase 
in  specimens  received  by  the  division  required  better  facilities  for 
storage  which  will  provide  easier  access  to  the  accumulating 
material. 

The  rearrangement  of  the  cases  in  art  textiles  greatly  benefited 
the  appearance  of  the  hall.  The  exhibit  of  laces  was  also  much  im- 
proved by  the  arrangement  of  the  specimens  following  the  recon- 
struction of  the  cases  to  eliminate  as  far  as  possible  the  entrance  of 
dust.  On  the  south  and  west  walls  a  splendid  collection  of  oriental 
rugs  was  hung. 

Plans  were  made  for  improving  the  installation  of  the  collection 
of  musical  instruments  and  dust  proofing  the  cases.  Steps  were 
taken  to  j^repare  a  catalogue  and  handbook,  which  should  render 
the  exhibit  of  greater  value  to  the  public. 

The  ceramic  collection  shows  the  results  of  several  years'  work 
on  improving  the  character  of  the  exhibit.  Efforts  were  made  to 
eliminate  material  not  needed  in  the  collection,  much  of  which  had 
been  collected  in  a  haphazard  manner.  Noteworthy  is  the  exhibit 
of  two  cases  of  rare  old  Bohemian  ruby  glass  donated  by  Mrs.  C.  E. 
Danforth,  of  San  Diego,  Calif. 

The  varied  and  important  work  performed  in  the  anthropological 
laboratory  contributed  materially  to  the  benefit  of  the  public  exhibi- 
tion. Work  was  carried  on  here  which  could  not  be  performed  in  the 
divisions.  The  necessities  of  the  department  occupied  the  time  of  the 
laboratory  except  for  occasional  jobs  of  expert  work  for  other  sec- 
tions of  the  Museum.  Aside  from  current  tasks,  original  work  in 
modeling  lay  figures  was  continued  and  new  methods  for  expe- 
diting the  work  were  tried  out.  The  joining  of  broken  pottery  ves- 
sels, skeletons,  and  other  specimens  by  means  of  adhesive  cements 
and  such  materials  has  been  subject  to  a  long  investigation,  and  satis- 
factory results  have  been  reached.  Many  specimens  which  require  a 
degree  of  restoration  were  sent  to  the  laboratory  for  special  attention. 

RESEARCH    WORK. 

The  devotedness  to  scientific  work  by  the  personnel  of  the  depart- 
ment, a  feature  shared  by  the  entire  personnel  of  the  National 
Museum,  is  shown  by  the  amount  of  research  work  prosecuted  by  the 
staff.  It  is  also  evident  that  this  work  is  not  limited  to  the  legal 
hours  of  labor. 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL,   MUSEUM,   1921.  45 

The  curator  of  ethnology  finished  and  handed  in  papers  on  the 
racial  groups  in  the  National  Museum  and  on  the  series  of  specimens 
illustrating  the  history  of  inventions.  He  also  began  the  preparation 
of  an  account  of  the  stoves  and  other  heating  devices  in  the  Museum. 
A  summary  of  his  exploration  of  1920  was  prepared  and  an  account 
written  on  Museum  specimens  germane  to  the  Pilgrim  Tercentenary. 

The  examination  for  publication  of  the  several  collections  of 
archeological  remains  collected  in  Utah  and  Arizona  by  the  curator 
of  the  division  of  American  archeology  for  the  Bureau  of  American 
Ethnology  during  the  past  five  years  was  continued. 

The  curator  of  Old  World  archeology  completed  a  study  of  Parsee 
religious  ceremonial  objects.  He  also  completed  a  descriptive  cata- 
logue of  Buddhist  art,  which  was  published  during  the  year  by  the 
Museum.  The  plan  of  the  curator  is  to  continue  this  series  of  instruc- 
tive handbook  catalogues. 

The  materials  in  the  division  of  physical  anthropology  are  con- 
stantly drawn  upon  for  comparisons  as  well  as  for  new  observations. 
During  the  year  the  most  important  piece  of  research  done  on  the 
collections  was  that  relating  to  the  finer  modeling  of  teeth ;  but  much 
work  was  done  also  on  Indian  and  other  bones  in  connection  with 
the  preparation  of  the  pending  reports  on  the  Sioux  Indians  and 
the  anthropology  of  Florida  and  neighboring  regions.  In  addition 
measurements  for  future  use  were  begun  on  the  valuable  Mongolian 
collection  and  on  the  skeletal  material  from  Alaska,  the  latter  in 
connection  with  the  curator's  studies  on  the  origin  and  affinities 
of  the  Indian. 

Doctor  Hrdlica  performed  services  for  the  Department  of  Justice 
in  differentiating  full-blood  from  mixed-blood  Chippewa  Indians 
in  important  land  cases,  thereby  saving  over  a  million  dollars  in  land 
and  money  for  the  Indians,  in  accordance  with  the  statement  of  the 
department.  This  is  a  good  illustration  of  the  practical  value  of 
studies  of  recondite  subjects. 

Dr.  J.  Walter  Fewkes,  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  American  Eth- 
nology^, as  collaborator  in  the  division  of  ethnologj^,  has  assisted 
materially  in  the  acquisition  of  specimens  through  collections  made 
by  himself  and  members  of  the  bureau. 

Dr.  Arthur  P.  Rice,  also  a  collaborator,  sent  in  data,  photographs, 
and  ethnological  material  from  Yucatan. 

The  department  was  called  upon  daily  to  give  information  to 
visitors  on  many  subjects  of  more  or  less  importance;  but  little 
material,  and  that  in  the  form  of  photographs  with  descriptions  and 
publications,  was  sent  to  researchers  elsewhere. 

It  is  difficult  to  estimate  the  benefits  growing  out  of  personal  con- 
tacts with  visitors  desiring  information,  but  in  many  cases  it  is 
known  to  have  produced  results  of  importance  to  the  Museum. 


46  REPORT   OF   NATIONAL,   MUSEUM,   1^21. 

DISTKIBCTION    AND   EXCHANGE    OF    SPECIMENS. 

The  department  began  in  a  systematic  way  the  distribution  of 
duplicate  material  to  educational  institutions.  Despite  the  limited 
variety  of  duplicates  available,  series  of  ethnology  were  selected 
with  the  view  of  conveying  concrete  facts  of  value  in  culture  studies, 
and  sent  out  to  deserving  schools.  An  intelligent  distribution  of 
the  duplicate  materials  in  anthropology  is  prospectively  of  great 
educational  benefit  to  many  institutions  in  the  United  States,  espe- 
cially to  smaller  schools  with  limited  facilities.  An  increasing 
number  of  schools  teach  art,  and  such  collections  as  are  sent  out 
are  adapted  for  instruction  in  designing,  using  Indian  art  as  a  basis 
for  the  coming  American  school. 

Besides  the  gifts  noted  above,  several  exchanges  were  made  in 
the  division  of  ethnology  which  added  valuable  specimens  to  the 
collection.  The  division  supplied  Rev.  Dr.  James  M.  Magruder, 
Annapolis,  Md.,  with  two  model  arrows  of  the  southern  Maryland 
Indians  of  1750,  to  be  sent  by  the  Patriotic  Society  of  the  Ark  and 
Dove  of  Baltimore  to  the  King  of  England  as  a  reminder  of  the 
tribute  of  arrows  sent  by  the  colony  of  Maryland  during  the  colonial 
period. 

From  the  division  of  physical  anthropology  a  quantity  of  un- 
identified skeletal  material  was  prepared  for  the  George  Washington 
University,  at  their  request,  as  a  gift. 

The  department  of  anthropolog}'^  sent  out  7  gifts,  comprising  151 
specimens,  and  10  exchanges,  comprising  237  specimens.  There 
were  received  in  the  department,  for  examination  and  report,  36 
lots  of  specimens,  diversified  in  character. 

NUMBEE  OF  .SPECIMENS  ADDED  TO   THE  DEPARTMENT. 

During  the  year  there  were  received  149  accessions  comprising 
2,324  specimens,  in  addition  to  the  major  portion  of  the  Hunting- 
ton collection  of  skeletal  material,  which  has  not  yet  been  completely 
catalogued.  Of  these,  24  accessions,  containing  691  specimens,  were 
loans  and  deposits.  The  total  number  of  specimens  were  assigned 
as  follows:  Ethnology,  586  specimens;  American  archeology.  861 
specimens;  Old  World  archeology,  414  specimens;  physical  anthro- 
pology, 115  specimens  besides  the  skeletal  material  mentioned  above ; 
art  textiles,  133  specimens;  musical  instruments,  16  specimens;  and 
ceramics,  199  specimens.  In  addition,  6  accessions,  comprising  84 
specimens,  were  entered  in  the  department  before  the  transfer  of 
the  recording  for  the  section  of  period  costumes  to  the  division  of 
history  and  are  not  included  in  the  figures  given. 


REPORT  ON.  THE   DEPARTMENT  OF  BIOLOGY. 
By  Leonhakd  Stejnegeb,  Head  Curator. 

IMPORTANT   CHANGES    IN    ORGANIZATION    AND   STAFF. 

The  hope  expressed  in  my  last  annual  report  that  "  in  the  near 
future  "  it  might  be  possible  to  subdivide  further  the  large  division 
of  marine  invertebrates  was  partly  realized,  when,  on  February  1, 
1921,  the  old  division  of  mollusks  was  reestablished,  which  since 
October  16,  1914,  had  been  combined  with  the  division  of  marine 
invertebrates  for  economical  and  administrative  reasons  in  a  single 
division  under  the  latter  title.  By  the  new  arrangement  the  curator 
of  the  combined  division.  Dr.  Paul  Bartsch,  remained  curator  of  the 
division  of  mollusks,  while  the  associate  curator,  Mr.  Waldo  L. 
Schmitt,  was  promoted  to  curator  of  marine  invertebrates.  For 
administrative  reasons  the  collection  of  living,  madreporarian 
corals,  and  the  helminthological  collections  remain  for  the  present 
under  the  curator  of  mollusks.  The  name  "  division  of  marine  inver- 
tebrates" has  thereby  become  a  misnomer  more  than  ever;  but  as 
there  is  no  satisfactory  collective  term  for  the  heterogeneous  collec- 
tions consisting  of  crustaceans,  worms,  sponges,  etc.,  all  together  or 
in  part,  and  including  fresh-water  as  well  as  terrestrial  animals  in 
addition  to  the  truly  marine  forms,  it  has  been  thought  best  to  retain 
the  old  designation  without  qualification  until  further  subdivisions 
in  the  future  shall  have  made  a  more  suitable  nomenclature  possible. 

Unfortunately,  this  sej^aration  of  the  divisions  could  not  be  accom- 
panied by  any  increase  in  the  scientific  staff.  It  is  not  only  humili- 
ating for  the  leading  scientific  institution  of  the  Nation  to  have  to 
depend  upon  the  generosity  of  other  museums  and  private  individuals 
for  aid  in  answering  the  numerous  inquiries  as  to  the  identity  of  en- 
tire phyla  of  the  lower  animals  and  in  classifying  and  reporting  upon 
its  own  unsurpassed  collections,  but  it  is  positively  detrimental  to  the 
progress  of  science,  applied  as  well  as  unapplied,  that  there  are  cer- 
tain important  groups  of  animals  of  which  we  have  not  a  specialist 
in  this  country  so  situated  that  they  can  be  worked  up.  It  is  not 
pleasant  to  have  to  confess  that,  to  mention  an  example,  we  have  in 
Washington  no  person  who  can  classify  and  identify  our  spiders  and 
our  myriapods,  but  it  seems  almost  incredible  that,  in  spite  of  the 
efforts  which  have  been  made  for  fully  15  years,  it  has  as  yet  been  im- 
possible to  find  the  means  for  having  the  unrivaled  collection  of 
sponges  in  the  National  Museum  named  and  described  by  an  Ameri- 
71305°— 21 4  47 


48  REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

can  zoologist.  This  collection,  one  of  the  finest  of  its  kind,  was  re- 
ceived back  during  the  present  year  from  Europe  where  it  was  sent 
many  years  ago  to  be  monographed  by  the  then  leading  authority  on 
that  group  of  invertebrate  animals.  As  the  vicissitudes  of  this  col- 
lection point  a  moral,  it  may  be  well  in  this  connection  to  briefly  out- 
line their  history :  After  negotiations,  carried  on  for  several  years^  the 
entire  collection  of  sponges  of  the  National  Museum  was  shipped  in 
1906  to  Prof.  R.  von  Lendenfeld,  at  Prague,  Bohemia,  to  be  worked 
up,  as  it  has  been  found  impossible  to  find  anybody  in  America 
capable  of  undertaking  their  stud3\  The  financing  of  this  enterprise 
was  assumed  by  the  late  Dr.  Alexander  Agassiz,  who  was  greatly 
interested  in  the  work.  A  small  portion  of  the  collection  comprising 
specimens  sent  over  previously  was  returned  in  1908,  and  the  result  of 
their  study  published  in  1910,  In  the  meantime  Doctor  Agassiz's 
financial  position  required  him  to  withdraw  his  subsidy  for  the 
working  uf)  of  the  Museum  material,  and  he  died  shortly  after.  The 
negotiations  with  von  Lendenfeld  for  the  continuation  of  the  work 
fell  through,  because  the  Museum,  in  spite  of  the  endeavors  of  Dr.  R. 
Rathbun,  the  assistant  secretary  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution  in 
charge  of  the  National  Museum,  was  unable  to  spare  the  necessary 
amount  from  the  regular  appropriation,  and  no  other  financial 
assistance  was  obtainable.  The  proposition  to  establish  a  position  on 
the  scientific  staff  of  the  Museum  for  the  study  of  sponges  and  recall 
the  collection  was  discussed,  but  liad  to  be  abandoned  for  lack  of 
means.  Prof,  von  Lendenfeld's  death  in  1913  caused  the  renewal  of 
the  negotiations  with  his  successor,  Prof.  E.  Trojan,  but  with  no  better 
result.  Very  reluctantly,  and  only  after  all  efforts  to  find  a  satisfac- 
tory way  had  failed.  Doctor  Rathbun,  in  June,  1914,  ordered  the 
collection  to  be  returned  for  the  purpose  of  storing  it  until  it  should 
be  possible  to  induce  a  capable  American  zoologist  to  devote  himself 
to  the  important  work  of  making  this  remarkable  collection  accessible 
to  the  scientific  world.  Later  the  World  War  broke  out  and  nothing 
was  heard  from  the  collection  for  more  than  five  j^ears.  It  was 
scarcely  to  be  expected  that  this  priceless  alcoholic  collection,  which 
in  all  these  years  had  been  in  the  enemies'  country,  should  have  es- 
caped destruction  in  the  general  collapse  of  the  Austrian  Empire. 
Great  relief  was  therefore  felt  when  early  in  1920  a  letter  was  received 
from  Professor  Trojan  announcing  that  he  had  taken  care  of  the 
collection  during  the  war,  and  that  it  was  still  intact  and  in  good  con- 
dition. Gratefully  recognizing  his  efforts  to  preserve  the  specimens,  a  . 
satisfactory  arrangement  was  made  with  Professor  Trojan  to  have 
the  entire  sponge  collection  packed  and  returned.  It  was  finally  re- 
ceived after  an  absence  of  15  years.  The  specimens  are  here,  it  is 
true,  but  we  are  not  one  whit  nearer  the  realization  of  the  aim  for 


BEPORT   OF   NATIONAL    MUSEUM,   1921.  49 

which  these  collections  were  brought  together  at  the  expenditure  of 
much  money,  labor,  and  ingenuity,,than  we  were  before  they  were  first 
sent  abroad.  They  still  represent  a  dead  mass  of  material  awaiting 
proper  utilization  in  the  service  of  scientific  progress  and  must  re- 
main so  until  the  Museum  shall  be  financially  able  to  support  a 
sj)ecialist  in  this  important  branch  of  science.  The  moral  of  the 
above  needs  not  to  be  pointed  out;  the  danger  and  futility  is  too 
obvious. 

The  department  sustained  a  very  serious  loss  during  the  year  in 
the  deaths  of  Mr.  Nelson  R.  Wood  and  Mr.  William  Palmer,  both 
taxidermists  of  the  first  rank.  Mr.  Wood,  who  died  on  November  8, 
1920,  was  undoubtedly  the  foremost  bird  taxidermist  in  this  country. 
The  bird  exhibit  is  a  lasting  monument  to  his  grasp  of  the  character 
of  each  individual  and  his  unsurpassed  ability  to  give  it  lifelike 
expression.  The  technical  skill  with  which  he  handled  old  and  seem- 
ingly impossible  skins  and  achieved  results  as  if  it  had  been  fresh 
material  was  no  less  remarkable,  and  the  saving  and  rejuvenescence 
of  manj^  rare  and  valuable  old  specimens  is  due  to  his  thoughtful 
and  loving  care.  The  remounting  of  the  great  auk  is  a  case  in  point. 
Mr.  William  Palmer,  whose  death  occurred  on  April  8,  1921,  in  his 
65th  year,  was  an  excellent  all-around  museum  preparator.  He  was 
as  skillful  in  mounting  mammals  and  birds  as  in  making  plaster 
casts  of  whales,  fishes,  and  reptiles ;  his  ability  to  paint  these  and  to 
fashion  the  accessories  of  the  various  biological  groups  was  of  no 
mean  grade ;  and  he  was  equally  successful  in  handling  the  cleaning 
and  mounting  of  a  large  whale  skeleton  as  in  preparing  an  exhibit  of 
dainty  butterflies.  But  Mr.  Palmer  was  more.  He  had  an  extensive 
knowledge  of  the  natural  history  of  the  animals  and  plants  of  this 
region;  his  special  knowledge  of  certain  groups  of  birds  and  their 
plumages  was  considerable ;  he  had  also  paid  particular  attention  to 
collection  and  studying  the  fossil  remains  of  whales.  In  the  Museum 
exhibition  series  the  collection  illustrating  the  fauna  of  the  District 
of  Columbia  is  almost  exclusively  his  work,  and  to  a  great  extent 
also  the  casts  in  the  whale  hall  and  in  the  fish  and  reptile  hall. 

COMPARISON   OF    INCREMENT   OF   SPECIMENS    OF  1920-21    WITH    THAT   OF   1919—20. 

From  the  numerical  standpoint  the  collections  of  this  department 
show  a  healthy  growth  during  the  past  year,  no  less  than  251,485 
specimens  having  been  received  as  against  136,765  during  the  previous 
year.  This  increase  is  observable  in  almost  all  the  divisions.  It  is 
even  more  satisfactory  to  be  able  to  report  that  all  the  curators  ex- 
press themselves  as  highly  pleased  with  the  scientific  importance  of 
the  new  accessions,  in  instances  characterizing  the  collections  received 
as  "of  greatly  increased  value"  (mammals),  or  "of  far  greater 
value"  (fishes),  or  "greatly  surpassing  in  value  last  year's  acces- 


50  REPORT   OF    NATIONAL    MUSEUM,   1^21. 

sions"  (insects).  In  this  connection  I  wish  to  emphasize  what  I 
alluded  to  in  last  j'^ear's  report,  namely,  that  an  increase  in  the  num- 
ber of  specimens  received  means  additional  demands  on  the  time  and 
labor  of  the  staff  and  that  this  means  less  time  and  chance  for  scientific 
work  unless  additional  help  can  be  obtained.  The  showing  this  year 
is  gratifying  because  it  seems  to  indicate  a  return  to  normal  growth 
interrupted  by  the  war,  but  normal  growth  in  the  quantity  and  qual- 
ity of  the  accessions  requires  also  a  normal  growth  in  the  staff  and 
in  the  appropriations  for  the  maintainance  of  the  ever-growing 
collections. 

ACCKS.SIONS   DBSBEVING   SPECIAL  NOTICE,   AND  WHY. 

The  outstanding  features  of  this  year's  accession,  like  those  of 
last  year's,  are  the  Australian  collections  made  by  Dr.  Charles  M. 
Hoy,  which  we  owe  to  the  continued  generosity  of  Dr.  W.  L.  Abbott, 
and  those  resulting  from  the  Smithsonian  African  expedition.  To 
Doctor  Abbott  we  are  furthermore  indebted  for  a  valuable  collection 
of  mammals,  birds,  and  reptiles,  collected  by  C.  Boden  Kloss  in 
Siam,  Anam,  and  Cochin  China,  from  which  countries  we  have  had 
but  scant  material  before.  Doctor  Abbott,  himself,  collected  nu- 
merous birds,  reptiles,  land  mollusks,  and,  in  conjunction  with  Mr. 
E.  C.  Leonard,  about  10,000  plants  in  Haiti.  Miscellaneous  col- 
lections of  great  importance  were  also  received  from  the  Bureau  of 
Fisheries,  Department  of  Commerce,  and  the  Biological  Survey,  De- 
partment of  Agriculture,  as  will  be  detailed  below. 

The  more  important  accessions,  distributed  among  the  various 
divisions,  are  as  follows: 

Mammals. — The  most  valuable  single  specimen  received  by  the 
entire  department  was  a  fine  skeleton  of  a  whale,  about  45  feet  long, 
which  Avas  generously  presented  by  Mr.  James  A.  xVllison,  presi- 
dent of  the  Miami  Aquarium  Association,  to  the  National  Museum 
on  behalf  of  the  association.  This  specimen  which  was  stranded 
some  years  ago  at  Pablo  Beach,  Fhi.,  is  of  particular  interest,  as  it 
belongs  to  a  rare  species,  which  hitherto  has  been  represented  from 
North  American  waters  by  fragments  only.  The  individual  bones 
are  now  being  photographed  and  studied  with  a  view  to  the  publi- 
cation of  a  monograph,  and  the  skeleton  will  then  be  placed  on  exhi- 
bition in  the  whale  hall.  The  Australian  mammals  collected  by  Mr. 
Hoy  number  571  specimens,  representing  about  42  genera  and  75 
species.  The  material  consists  primarily  of  well-prepared  skins, 
skulls,  and  skeletons,  as  well  as  of  many  embryos  and  pouch  young 
preserved  in  alcohol.  The  144  mammals  from  Siam,  Anam,  and 
Cochin  China,  collected  by  Mr.  Boden  Kloss,  included  17  types.  The 
C99  mammals  from  Africa,  collected  by  Mr.  H.  C.  Raven,  of  the 


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Smithsonian  African  expedition,  in  conjunction  with  the  Universal 
Film  Manufacturing  Co.,  form  a  valuable  general  collection  sup- 
plementing, in  an  important  manner,  the  large  African  collections 
already  in  the  Museum.  The  Bureau  of  Fisheries  transferred  to  the 
division  4:0  skulls  and  one  skeleton  of  the  Alaskan  fur  seal  from  the 
Pribilof  Islands.  These  skulls,  which  were  collected  by  Dr.  G.  D. 
Hanna,  are  of  very  great  importance,  as  they  are  supplemented  with 
very  detailed  data  as  to  age,  size,  etc.,  and  form  the  basis  of  Doctor 
Hanna's  studies  of  the  development  of  this  economically  important 
species.  Several  large  Canadian  mammals,  including  mule  deer  and 
mountain  goats,  were  collected  by  Secretary  Walcott  of  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution  for  the  Museum.  Mr.  A.  F.  Bearpark,  of  Cape 
Town,  South  Africa,  donated  a  fetus  of  a  whale  from  South  Africa. 
Bii'ds. — That  Dr.  W.  L.  Abbott's  interest  in  the  fauna  of  the  farther 
India  is  as  keen  as  ever  is  evidenced  by  the  fine  collection  of  496 
birds  made  by  Mr.  C.  Boden  Kloss,  of  the  Federated  Malay  States 
Museums,  Kuala,  Ijumpur,  in  Siam,  Cochin  China,  and  Anam,  which 
he  presented  to  the  Museum.  The  region  was  only  slightly  repre- 
sented in  our  collection,  so  that  naturally  there  are  a  considerable 
number  of  forms  new  to  the  Museum,  approximately  90  species  and 
subspecies  and  3  genera.  The  collection  also  contains  the  types  of 
6  species  recently  described  by  Mr.  Kloss.  Hoy's  Australian  birds 
number  487  skins  and  47  alcoholics  and  skeletons,  and  contains  also 
a  generous  proportion  of  species  new  to  the  Museum,  though  no  figures 
can  be  given  at  present.  A  genus  of  lyre  birds  {Hamiohitea)  is  new 
to  the  Museum,  as  well  as  a  number  of  local  forms  from  Kangaroo 
Island,  South  Australia.  Of  the  several  hundred  birds  personally 
collected  by  Doctor  Abbott  in  Haiti  and  Santo  Domingo,  several  are 
of  particular  interest.  The  thick-knee  or  stone-plover  {Oedicnemus 
dominicensis)  and  the  local  form  of  the  grasshopper-sparrow  {Ammo- 
dramus  savannarwrn  intricatus)  were  new  to  the  Museum;  while  a 
whippoorwill  is  apparently  new  to  science.  Mr.  Kaven,  of  the  Smith- 
sonian African  expedition,  collected  162  skins  and  47  skeletons  and 
alcoholics.  As  the  collection  has  not'  yet  been  worked  up,  the  niun- 
ber  of  new  additions  are  not  known,  but  at  least  one  genus,  Megahias^ 
has  been  recognized  as  hitherto  unrepresented  in  the  Museum.  An 
alcoholic  specimen  of  Smithornis  will  be  of  great  assistance  in  ascer- 
taining the  correct  place  of  this  genus  in  the  system.  From  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  several  important  additions  were  re- 
ceived, principally  birds,  alcoholics,  and  skeletons,  the  result  of  Dr.  A. 
Wetmore's  explorations  in  Argentina,  Uruguay,  and  Paraguay. 
From  the  Swales  fund,  placed  at  the  disposition  of  the  division  by 
Mr.  B.  H.  Swales  as  mentioned  in  last  year's  report,  41  skins  of  foreign 
birds  were  obtained,  representing  about  38  species  new  to  the  Museum, 
including  seven  genera  not  hitherto  contained  in  the  national  collec- 


52  BEPORT   OF   I7ATI0NAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

tion,  among  them  Sypheotis,  a  genus  of  bustards,  and  Ptilolaemus, 
a  genus  of  hornbills.  Two  rare  Australian  species  new  to  the  collec- 
tions were  generously  donated  by  Capt.  S.  A.  "White,  of  Fulham, 
South  Australia.  The  egg  collection  received  a  noteworthy  addi- 
tion by  the  gift  of  8,344  eggs  and  10  nests  from  Dr.  Theodore  W. 
Richards,  United  States  Navy,  from  various  parts  of  the  world, 
among  them  a  number  of  eggs  of  foreign  species  not  previously 
present  in  the  Museum.  A  single  egg  of  the  rare  tooth-billed  or  dodo 
pigeon  {Diclunculus  strigirostris)  of  Samoa,  donated  by  Mr.  Mason 
Mitchell,  now  American  consul  at  Queenstown,  Ireland,  is  particu- 
larly noteworthy  because  it  is  the  first  egg  of  this  bird  to  come  to 
the  Museum,  and  thus  represents  a  family,  genus,  and  species  new  to 
the  national  egg  collection. 

Reptiles  and  mnphihiwtis. — The  Hoy  Australian  collections  con- 
tained 118  specimens,  including  many  species  new  to  the  collection, 
and  Raven's  African  material,  205  specimens  of  almost  equal  im- 
portance. The  South  American  herpetological  fauna  is  poorly  rep- 
resented in  the  national  collections,  and  the  specimens  from  Argen- 
tina and  Paraguay  collection  of  Dr.  Alexander  Wetmore  were 
therefore  very  welcome.  From  China,  also  poorly  represented, 
small  but  interesting  collections  were  received  from  no  less  than 
three  sources,  as  follows :  Twelve  from  Suifu,  Province  of  Sze 
Chuan,  through  Eev.  David  C.  Graham;  16  from  the  southwestern 
part  of  Hunan  Province,  collected  by  Dr.  Lewis  R.  Thompson ;  and 
11  from  Che-Kiang,  donated  by  Mr.  C.  H.  Barlow.  Mr.  C.  T. 
Ramsden,  of  Guantanamo,  Cuba,  made  the  division  a  very  acceptable 
gift  of  24  specimens  from  that  island,  mostly  representing  very  rare 
species.  A  very  interesting  addition  was  presented  by  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan,  namely,  4  tadpoles  of  the  remarkable  discoglossoid 
toad  Ascaphus  truei  from  Washington. 

Fishes. — By  far  the  largest  and  most  important  collection  of  fishes 
received  in  many  years  was  transferred  to  the  Museum  by  the  United 
States  Bureau  of  Fisheries.  It  consists  of  approximately  100,000 
specimens,  the  result  of  the  collecting  by  the  Fisheries  steamer 
Albatross  in  Philippine  waters  during  the  years  1907-1910.  It  is 
to  be  hoped  that  means  may  be  found  to  work  up  within  a  reason- 
able time  this  unrivaled  collection,  which  it  has  cost  the  Govern- 
ment such  great  efforts  and  outlay  to  acquire.  The  Fisheries  Bureau 
also  transferred  7  types  and  16  cotypes  of  malacoj)terygian  fishes 
collected  by  its  schooner  GraTnpus,  as  well  as  8,367  specimens  from 
the  Potomac  River  and  its  tributaries.  The  Hoy  Australian  collec- 
tion contained  52  specimens,  including  at  least  one  genus,  Aracana^ 
new  to  the  collection.  Another  Australian  collection  of  51  speci- 
mens was  obtained  in  exchange  with  the  Australian  Museum  in 
Sydney,  containing  8  species  new  to  the  National  Museum.     By 


EEPOBT  OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921.  53 

exchange  with  the  Indiana  University  Museum  250  specimens  col- 
lected by  the  Irwin  expedition  to  Chile  and  Peru,  1918-19,  were 
acquired.  The  Smithsonian  African  expedition  brought  48  speci- 
mens from  Lake  Taganyika,  with  at  least  2  noteworthy  additions  to 
our  collection.  An  interesting  lot  of  10  specimens  of  fishes,  among 
which  several  new  species,  killed  by  a  lava  flow  from  Mauna  Loa, 
Hawaii,  into  the  ocean  was  presented  by  Dr.  David  Starr  Jordan. 
They  were  collected  by  Tom  Reinhardt  and  Carl  S.  Carlsmith  about 
October  6,  1919. 

Insects. — Several  important  collections  made  by  private  individuals 
have  been  donated  during  the  present  year.  Among  them  the  J.  P. 
Iddings  collection  of  butterflies  and  moths,  presented  by  the  heirs  of 
Doctor  Iddings,  is  in  a  way  unique,  since  all  the  2,500  named  speci- 
mens, mostly  from  the  Tropics,  especially  of  the  oriental  region,  were 
mounted  in  Riker  and  similar  mounts  ready  for  exhibition.  They 
were  at  once  placed  in  suitable  cabinets,  but  the  final  arrangement  and 
labeling  are  still  in  progress.  Another  collection  of  Lepidoptera,  con- 
sisting of  about  5,000  specimens,  was  donated  by  Mr,  B.  Preston 
Clark,  The  W.  D.  Richardson  collection  of  Coleoptera,  about  4,350 
specimens,  was  presented  to  the  Museum  b}^  the  collector.  Another 
welcome  gift  consisted  of  about  2,000  specimens  of  miscellaneous  Phil- 
ippine insects,  chiefly  Hymenoptera,  from  Dean  C.  F.  Baker,  Los 
Baiios,  P.  I.  Another  noteworthy  acquisition  relates  to  the  class 
Protura,  animals  similar  to  a  very  primitive  wingless  type  of  insects, 
but  without  antennae.  Of  this  group,  of  which  only  26  species  are 
known  in  the  world,  12  species,  11  new,  collected  and  described  by 
Dr.  H.  E.  Ewing,  were  donated  by  him.  It  should  finally  be  men- 
tioned that  Mr.  William  Schaus,  of  the  Bureau  of  Entomology,  and 
an  honorary  assistant  curator  in  the  division  of  insects,  has  continued 
to  make  gifts  of  Lepidoptera  from  his  private  collection  and  by  pur- 
chase, and  has  also  donated  much  material  which  he  has  received  from 
other  lepidopterists  by  exchanging  portions  of  his  own  collection 
with  them.  He  has  also  purchased  water-color  paintings  of  more  than 
50  rare  butterflies  and  donated  them  to  the  collection. 

Marine  invet'tehrates. — As  usual,  the  Bureau  of  Fisheries  was  the 
largest  single  contributor,  the  principal  accession  being  some  360 
lots  of  sponges  collected  by  the  Fisheries  steamer  Albatross  in  1902 
(Hawaii)  and  1904-5  (eastern  Pacific)  estimated  at  comprising 
more  than  a  thousand  specimens.  These  were  included  in  the  ship- 
ment from  Prague  by  Doctor  Trojan.  They  had  originally  been 
transmitted  to  Doctor  von  Lendenfeld  by  the  bureau  direct.  Among 
the  other  specimens  transferred  by  the  Bureau  of  Fisheries  may  be 
noted  a  rather  complete  series  of  juvenile  stages  in  the  life  history  of 
Uca  pugilator,  one  of  the  east-coast  fiddler  crabs,  through  Mr.  O.  W. 


54  REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

Hyman,  acting  director  of  the  Beaufort  station  of  the  bureau.  Such 
material  is  highly  desirable,  as  the  stages  in  the  life  histories  of 
crustaceans  present  a  field  of  investigation  but  little  worked  and 
about  which  little  is  known.  A  valuable  lot  of  about  600  decapod 
and  ampliipod  crustacea,  part  of  the  material  secured  by  the  Ameri- 
can Museum  Congo  expedition,  was  received  from  that  institution, 
Miss  M.  J.  Eathbun  and  Mr.  C.  E.  Shoemaker,  both  of  the  National 
Museum,  having  worked  up  and  reported  upon  the  collections  of  the 
expedition.  Similarly,  87  specimens,  representing  57  species  of 
decapod  crustaceans,  were  received  from  the  Australian  Museum, 
Sydney,  being  part  of  the  material  gathered  by  the  Endeavour  expe- 
dition upon  which  a  report  by  Miss  Rathbun  is  now  in  process  of 
publication.  By  exchange,  28  specimens,  9  species  of  fresh- water 
shrimps,  part  of  the  material  upon  which  Dr.  R.  P.  Cowles  based 
his  paper  on  the  "  Palaemons  of  the  Philippine  Islands,"  published 
in  1914,  were  obtained  from  the  department  of  zoology  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  Philippines,  Manila.  From  Japan  two  collections  of 
Crustacea  were  received,  namely,  56  from  the  Pescadores  Islands, 
presented  by  the  Institute  of  Science,  Taihoku,  Formosa,  through 
Dr.  M.  Oshima,  and  337  specimens  from  northern  Japan,  collected 
and  donated  by  Dr.  Madoka  Sasaki,  Hokkaido  Imperial  University, 
Sapporo.  The  types  of  several  new  species  were  also  added  as  gifts 
by  their  discoverers  or  describers,  thus  two  parasitic  copepods  de- 
scribed by  Prof.  C.  B.  Wilson,  from  the  Venice  Marine  Biological 
Station,  received  through  Prof.  A.  B.  Ulrey;  another  parasitic 
copepod  described  by  the  same,  and  collected  and  presented  by  Prof. 
S.  I.  Kornhauser,  Denison  University;  and  one  polychaete  worm 
from  Valdez  Harbor,  Alaska,  described  by  Prof.  A.  L.  Treadwell 
and  collected  by  Lieut.  Col.  C.  A.  Seoane,  United  States  Army,  who 
donated  the  specimen. 

Mollusks. — The  most  important  accession  of  the  year  is  a  gift  from 
Mr.  Y.  Hirase,  Kioto,  Japan,  embracing  3,843  lots  from  the  Japanese 
islands ;  in  fact,  according  to  Doctor  Bartsch's  report,  it  is  one  of  the 
most  valuable  accessions  that  has  ever  come  to  the  division  of  mol- 
lusks. Together  with  the  Thaanum  collection  and  the  material 
dredged  by  the  fisheries  steamer  Albatross,  it  places  the  National 
Museum  collection  of  Pacific  mollusks  "  above  all  other  in  the  world." 
It  is  the  product  of  a  lifetime's  efforts  on  the  part  of  Mr.  Hirase  and 
a  corps  of  private  collectors  employed  by  him.  The  actual  number 
of  specimens  included  in  this  splendid  accession  can  not  be  given 
at  the  present  time,  as  final  unpacking  awaits  the  receipt  of  printed 
blank  labels  and  sufficient  containers.  About  2.500  mollusks  from 
Hawaii,  contributed  by  Dr.  Paul  Bartsch  and  Mr.  John  B.  Hen- 
derson, make  another  valuable  addition  to  our  large  collection  from 


REPOET   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921.  55 

those  islands.  Quite  a  number  of  individual  collectors  contributed 
to  the  Hawaiian  series,  among  others,  Miss  Olga  Smith,  Mr.  Irwin 
Spaulding,  and  Mr.  Walter  D.  Giffard,  all  of  Honolulu,  and  Mrs. 
Edna  Bowen,  of  Hanalei,  Kauai.  To  Dr.  W.  L.  Abbott  we  owe 
1,346  specimens  of  land  shells  from  Haiti  and  a  number  of  others 
from  Santo  Domingo,  all  of  his  own  collecting,  while  several  of  the 
accessions  from  Australia  are  the  results  of  Mr.  Hoy's  collecting,  all 
of  these  collections  containing  large  numbers  of  noteworthy  mollusks. 
The  Smithsonian  African  expedition  also  contributed  several  collec- 
tions of  mollusks,  and  from  the  Philippine  Islands  several  welcome 
additions  were  received  from  Mr.  C.  F.  Baker,  P.  I.;  Dr.  David 
T.  Gochenour,  Stuarts  Draft,  Va. ;  and  Mr.  H.  N.  Lowe,  Long  Beach, 
Calif. ;  the  latter  two  containing  types  of  new  species.  Our  relatively 
small  collection  of  South  American  mollusks  has  been  increased  by 
several  individual  collections,  nearly  all  containing  new  species,  from 
Dr.  C.  Wythe  Cooke,  Washington,  D.  C,  specimens  from  Co- 
lombia; from  Dr.  H.  Pittier,  Caracas,  Venezuelan  mollusks;  from 
Dr.  F,  Felippone,  Montevideo,  specimens  from  Uruguay  and 
Brazil.  Shipworms,  material  of  which  is  always  desirable,  were  re- 
ceived from  the  division  of  biology  of  the  science  and  agricultural 
department  of  Demerara.  Mr.  Ralph  W.  Jackson,  Cambridge,  Md., 
contributed  a  number  of  marine  shells,  including  types  of  two  new 
species,  and  Dr.  Mario  Sanchez,  Habana,  Cuba,  a  similar  collec- 
tion containing  five  types. 

Prof.  A.  S.  Pearse,  Madson,  Wis.,  deposited  a  large  number  of 
types  and  other  material  of  parasitic  worms,  and  material  transferred 
by  the  Bureau  of  Fisheries  contained  two  of  Doctor  Linton's  cestode 
types. 

Echinoderms. — Through  Prof.  Max  Weber  the  division  obtained 
267  specimens  of  unstalked  crinoids,  from  the  Dutch  East  Indies,  in- 
cluding about  40  species  new  to  our  collection  and  many  cotypes,  all 
collected  by  the  Dutch  Sihoga  expedition.  From  the  German  South 
Polar  expedition,  through  Prof.  R.  Hartmeyer,  23  specimens  of 
unstalked  crinoids  from  the  Gauss  expedition,  all  new  to  our  collec- 
tion, were  similarly  received.  The  State  University  of  Iowa's  Bar- 
bados-Antigua expedition,  through  Prof.  C.  C.  Nutting,  contributed 
71  specimens  of  ophiurans,  nearly  all  from  localities  unrepresented  in 
our  collection. 

Plants. — The  National  Herbarium  has  been  increased  during  the 
year  by  over  14.000  specimens  from  Haiti  and  Santo  Domingo  col- 
lected by  Dr.  W.  L.  Abbott,  and  Mr.  Emery  C.  Leonard,  of  the  di- 
vision of  plants.  The  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry,  of  the  Department 
of  Agriculture,  transferred  9,673  specimens,  including  4,298  speci- 
mens of  grasses.  The  collection  contained  about  3,000  specimens  from 
Siam.  Burma,  and  Assam,  recently  collected  by  Mr.  J.  F.  Rock,  be- 


56  BEPORT   OF   NATIOITAL   MUSEUM,  1921. 

sides  660  specimens  collected  in  Guatemala  and  Honduras  by  Dr.  S. 

F,  Blake,  and  700  from  the  western  United  States  collected  by  W. 
W.  Eggleston.  Another  transfer  from  the  Biological  Survey  of  the 
same  department,  contained  1,198  specimens  from  Alaska,  Canada, 
and  various  parts  of  the  United  States.  The  University  of  Minnesota 
presented  the  Museum  with  749  specimens  from  several  parts  of 
South  America,  while  the  National  Geographic  Society  similarly  do- 
nated 1,180  Alaskan  plants  collected  by  the  several  Katmai  expedi- 
tions under  the  leadership  of  Prof.  Robert  F.  Griggs.  Other  gifts 
were  730  specimens  from  Venezueki,  collected  and  donated  by  Mr. 
H.  Pittier ;  726  specimens  of  Louisiana  plants  presented  by  Brother 

G.  Arsene,  Covington,  La.;  and  1,614  miscellaneous  specimens,  the 
herbarium  of  the  late  Dr.  F.  L.  J.  Boettcher,  a  gift  from  Mrs. 
Boettcher.  A  large  number  of  specimens  were  received  in  exchange, 
thus  2,308,  mostly  from  the  West  Indies,  with  the  New  York  Bo- 
tanical Garden;  2,938  j^lants  from  Borneo  and  the  Philippines,  with 
the  Bureau  of  Science  at  Manila ;  400  specimens  from  China  and  New 
Caledonia,  with  G.  Bonati,  Lure,  France;  483  specimens  from  Mexico, 
with  the  Direccion  de  Estudios  Biologicos,  Mexico;  1,160  specimens, 
chiefly  European,  with  Eiksmuseets  Botaniska  Avdelning,  Stock- 
holm; 2,019  United  States  plants,  with  the  Arnold  Arboretum;  and 
713  specimens,  mainly  from  Quebec,  with  College  de  Longueuil. 

EXPLORATIONS    AND  EXPEDITIONS. 

From  the  standpoint  of  exploration  and  expedition  the  year  just 
completed  must  be  characterized  as  unusually  poor.  In  fact,  were 
it  not  for  the  expeditions  still  in  the  field  at  the  beginning  of  the 
year,  and  for  Dr.  W.  L.  Abbott's  unflagging  interest  and  generosity, 
the  showing  would  be  very  poor  indeed.  It  must  be  set  down  as  an 
indisputable  proposition  that  a  large  museum,  and  most  assuredly  one 
aspiring  to  be  among  the  leading  museums,  and,  moreover,  one  repre- 
senting.the  richest  nation  in  the  world,  can  not  maintain  its  standing 
without  being  able  to  send  out  properly  planned  and  properly  fitted- 
out  expeditions  for  the  purpose  of  expanding,  supplementing,  and 
.  completing  its  collections.  Take  these  away  and  the  institution  must 
infallibly  sink  down  to  an  humble  place  among  those  striving  for  the 
purpose  of  science  and  the  benefit  of  mankind,  and,  incidentally,  the 
benefit  and  glory  of  the  country  they  represent.  The  value  of  a 
national  museum  of  natural  history  is  not  so  much  in  the  display 
it  is  able  to  make  as  in  the  opportunity  for  research  and  exploration. 
It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  for  such  a  museum  exploration  is  the 
very  breath  of  life.  Even  in  countries  impoverished  by  war,  directly 
or  indirectly,  an  honorable  and,  let  it  be  said,  not  altogether  vain 
struggle  is  being  kept  up  to  continue  the  work  of  adding  to  the 
workl's  knowledge  as  circumstances  will  best  permit.     If  we  look 


REPORT  OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921.  57 

back  upon  the  past  history  of  our  own  institution,  is  it  not  clear  that 
the  high  achievement  we  have  attained  and  the  splendid  position  we 
have  reached  are  due  in  a  great  measure  to  the  surveys  and  explora- 
tions which  have  emanated  from  here,  and  the  researches  and  studies 
of  our  men  based  on  the  material  collected?  The  reputation  of  the 
Smithsonian  Institution  and  its  child,  the  National  Museum,  it  is 
no  exaggeration  to  say  is  largely  based  upon  just  that  kind  of  work. 
To  live  up  to  that  reputation,  to  keep  from  sliding  down  from  this 
enviable  position,  it  will  be  necessary  to  find  means  for  future  ex- 
plorations maturely  planned  and  energetically  carried  out. 

At  the  end  of  the  year,  only  one  of  the  previous  more  ambitious 
expeditions  is  still  in  the  field,  namely,  that  of  Mr.  C.  M.  Hoy,  in 
Australia,  financed  by  Dr.  W.  L.  Abbott.  During  the  past  year  his 
reports  in  part  relate  to  collections  made  at  the  following  localities : 

Farina,  S.  A. :  Work  in  tlie  Farina  district  was  done  at  Lindhurst,  30  miles 
east  of  the  town  of  Farina.  Nineteen  days  were  spent  liere,  resulting  in  the 
collection  of  110  birds  and  64  mammals.  A  few  reptiles  and  insects  were  also 
collected. 

Kangaroo  Island,  S.  A.:  Twenty-six  days  were  spent,  in  the  field,  on  Kan- 
garoo Island,  with  the  result  of  85  mammals,  51  birds,  and  miscellaneous  rep- 
tiles, amphibians,  and  marine  specimens  collected. 

Port  Lincoln  (Eyres  Peninsula),  S.  A.:  Twenty-two  days  were  spent  in  the 
field  resulting  in  the  collection  of  86  birds  and  but  15  mammals.  A  few  miscel- 
laneous specimens,  including  reptiles,  Crustacea,  etc.,  were  also  obtained. 

Busselton,  W.  A.  (50  miles  south)  :  Camp  was  pitched  50  miles  south  of  the 
town  of  Busselton,  on  the  edge  of  the  Government  timber  reserve.  Forty  days 
were  spent  in  camp.  The  weather  was  the  worst  that  I  have  experienced. 
During  the  while  40  days  there  were  only  3  days  free  from  rain.  Over  18 
inches  fell  in  that  time.  It  was  impossible  to  keep  things  dry,  and  even  the 
tent  fly  went  green  with  mold.  Despite  these  handicaps,  however,  a  pretty  fair 
collection  was  obtained.  The  collection  contains  94  mammals,  46  birds,  and  a 
few  miscellaneous  alcoholic  specimens  (reptiles  and  land  shells). 

Derby,  W.  A.  (82  miles  southeast)  :  Twenty-three  days  were  spent  in  the 
above  locality,  August  7-29.  The  locality  visited  was  very  poor  in  both  mammal 
and  bird  life,  and  a  collection  of  only  43  mammals,  68  birds,  and  10  reptiles 
secured. 

Port  Darwin,  X.  T.  (100  miles  south)  :  Forty-four  days  were  spent,  in  the 
field,  in  the  Northern  Territory  of  Australia.  An  area  of  country  30  miles  in 
extent,  running  south  by  west  from  Brocks  Creek  to  the  Douglas  River,  was 
worked.  On  this  trip  114  mamals,  representing  about  15  species,  106  birds, 
and  17  miscellaneous  reptiles  and  amphibians,  etc.,  were  obtained. 

Ebor  District,  N.  S.  W.  (52  miles  east  of  Armidale)  :  Two  camps  were 
pitched,  one  near  the  highest  point  on  the  northern  N.  S.  W.  tableland,  at  an 
elevation  of  5,000  feet  and  one  a  thousand  feet  lower.  It  was  at  the  first  camp 
that  the  most  successful  work  was  done.  Forty-four  days  were  spent  in  camp 
(Jan.  18-Feb.  27)  and  some  very  interesting  results  were  obtained;  141  mam- 
mals, 34  birds,  and  19  miscellaneous  reptiles,  land  shells,  etc.,  were  collected. 
The  weather  was  very  much  against  me,  as  heavy,  drizzling  fogs  and  rain  was 
an  almost  everyday  occurrence,  and  there  were  seldom  two  fine  days  at  a 
stretch. 


58  EEPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

During  the  year  two  shipments  were  received  from  Mr.  Hoy.  A 
total  of  571  mammals,  well  prepared,  several  of  which  were  hitherto 
unrepresented  in  our  collection,  together  with  a  series  of  skeletal 
and  embryological  material.  The  birds  numbered  534  specimens  and 
represented  considerably  over  100  species  and  subspecies.  A  num- 
ber of  interesting  reptiles,  amphibians,  fishes,  and  marine  inverte- 
brates were  also  collected. 

The  Smithsonian  African  expedition,  the  organization  and  start- 
ing out  of  which  were  detailed  in  my  last  year's  report,  completed 
its  biological  work  on  July  14,  1920. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Cape  Town,  Mr.  Raven  was  able  to  collect  only 
insects  and  invertebrates,  and  from  there  he  went  to  the  Addo  Bush, 
where  19  days  were  spent  in  collecting  small  mammals  and  birds. 
Going  through  Durban  and  Johannesburg,  Mr.  Eaven  spent  two 
weeks  collecting  at  Ottoshoop  in  the  Transvaal,  after  which  he  pro- 
ceeded to  Victoria  Falls,  and  from  there  he  left  for  the  Kafue  Eiver 
region,  where  he  camped  for  several  weeks.  After  spending  some 
weeks  along  the  Congo,  he  reached  Lake  Tanganyika,  where  camp 
was  made  for  about  a  month.  The  next  stop  of  any  length  was  in 
Uganda,  where  a  few  days  over  a  month  were  spent  in  collecting  in 
the  Budongo  Forest. 

Though  not  numerically  large,  the  collections  are  of  unusual  in- 
terest on  account  of  the  manner  in  which  the}'^  supplement  those  ob- 
tained by  other  expeditions  in  which  the  Smithsonian  Institution  has 
been  interested.  Among  the  most  important  material  may  be  men- 
tioned 699  mammals  (including  272  specimens  from  South  Africa, 
a  region  hitherto  ver}^  imperfectly  represented  in  our  collection ;  152 
from  Lake  Tanganyika;  the  chimpanzee  of  Uganda)  ;  567  birds,  206 
reptiles,  and  193  fishes,  the  latter  from  Lake  Tanganyika.  About 
100  lots  of  mollusks  were  also  collected. 

A  few  new  expeditions  undertaken  during  the  year  have  been  in- 
strumental in  adding  valuable  material  to  our  collections. 

Late  in  1920  Dr.  W.  L.  Abbott  undertook  personally  another  ex- 
pedition, this  time  visiting  the  north  side  of  Santo  Domingo  (Villa 
Riva,  Pimentel,  Catui,  Mao  in  the  Yaqui  Valley,  and  several  points 
on  the  Samana  Peninsula)  and  returning  in  May,  1921.  He  brought 
back  a  small  but  select  collection  of  birds,  but  his  main  efforts  were 
devoted  to  the  collecting  of  plants,  approximately  4,000  of  which 
have  been  received  and  will  doubtless  prove  of  great  value. 

The  Biological  Survey,  Department  of  Agriculture,  anxious  to  ob- 
tain first-hand  information  concerning  the  movements  of  North 
American  migratory  birds  in  southern  South  America,  in  the  spring 
of  1920  sent  Dr.  Alexander  Wetmore  to  Argentina,  where  he  col- 
lected information  and  specimens  in  the  Provinces  of  Chaco  and  For- 
mosa, as  well  as  in  the  Paraguayan  Chaco,  during  the  winter  season. 


REPORT   or    NATIONAL    MUSEUM,   1921.  59 

Returning  to  the  pampas  in  the  Province  of  Buenos  xA.ires,  he  later 
proceeded  to  northern  Patagonia.  In  January,  1921,  he  crossed  to 
Montevideo,  studying  and  collecting  in  Uruguay  until  the  end  of 
February,  when  he  returned  to  Argentina,  extending  his  explora- 
tions west  to  the  foothills  of  the  Andes.  Crossing  the  Andes  into 
Chile  he  returned  from  there  to  New  York  by  way  of  the  Panama 
Canal.  Over  2,500  specimens  of  mammals  and  birds  were  brought 
home  by  Doctor  Wetmore,  besides  reptiles  and  lower  animals.  A 
feature  of  his  collection  of  particular  importance  is  that,  in  addition 
to  paying  special  attention  to  the  main  purpose  of  his  expedition,  he 
secured  a  large  and  valuable  collection  of  anatomical  material  in 
the  form  of  skeletons  and  alcoholics. 

Incidental  to  his  geological  explorations  in  Canada  during  1920, 
Dr.  C.  D.  Walcott,  Secretary  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  as  usual 
had  the  museum's  need  of  good  fresh  material  for  the  renewal  of 
its  large  manunal  groups  in  mind,  and  among  other  specimens  col- 
lected two  Rocky  Mountain  goats. 

During  August  and  September,  1920,  Dr.  Paul  Bartsch,  curator  of 
mollusks,  was  delegated  by  the  State  Department  to  attend  the  first 
Pan-Pacific  Scientific  Congress  at  Honolulu.  He  was  accompanied 
by  Mr.  John  B.  Henderson.  While  the  meeting  of  the  congress  con- 
sumed the  greater  portion  of  their  time,  they  still  found  oppor- 
tunity to  make  a  notable  collection  for  the  museum,  among  which 
were  about  2,500  mollusks.  These  materially  increase  the  value  of 
our  rapidly  growing  and  exceedingly  important  collection  of  Ha- 
waiian mollusks,  and  are  remarkable  for  the  fact  that  fully  80  lots 
contain  few  or  no  duplicates  of  Hawaiian  material  already  in  the 
collection.  Reestablishing  the  heredity  experiments  which  are  being 
carried  on  under  the  joint  auspices  of  the  Smithsonian  and  Carnegie 
Institutions  and  which  were  interrupted  by  the  hurricane  in  1919, 
Doctor  Bartsch,  during  a  period  of  about  six  weeks  in  May  and  June, 
1921,  visited  the  Bahamas  to  secure  new  stock  material  and  then 
established  a  new  set  of  cages  for  Cerions  on  Loggerhead  Key,  Tor- 
tugas,  in  which  the  heredity  work  is  conducted.  Incidentally,  he  se- 
cured a  collection  of  about  20,000  Bahama  Cerions  and  other  mol- 
lusks, as  well  as  other  invertebrates  and  a  few  birds,  reptiles,  and 
amphibians. 

Excursions  into  South  America  by  several  experts  connected  with 
the  Geological  Survey  resulted  in  the  addition  of  noteworthy  collec- 
tions of  land  and  fresh-water  mollusks,  by  Dr.  C.  Wythe  Cooke,  from 
Colombia,  and  Mr.  George  L.  Harrington  from  Argentina,  Bolivia, 
and  Chile. 

Toward  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year  it  became  possible  to  take  ad- 
vantage of  certain  facilities  offered  over  the  Government  railroad 
now  under  construction  in  Alaska  and  have  Dr.  J.  M.  Aldrich,  asso- 


60  REPORT   OF   liTATIONAL   MUSEUM,   15^2.1. 

ciate  curator  of  insects,  proceed  to  the  interior  of  Alaska  for  the  i:»ur- 
pose  of  making  a  general  collection  of  insects  from  this  entomologi- 
cally  almost  unknown  part  of  the  country.  The  first  step  has  thus 
been  taken  toward  the  realization  of  a  plan  which  would  eventually 
extend  these  explorations  into  the  adjacent  parts  of  Asia,  and  pos- 
sibly the  entire  palearctic  regions.  Without  thoroughly  representative 
material  from  that  part  of  the  world  it  will  be  impossible  to  gain  a 
satisfactory  knowledge  of  our  own  subarctic  and  boreal  province. 
T\nien  last  heard  from  Doctor  Aldrich's  expedition  had  reached  the 
field  and  begun  collecting  operations. 

About  the  same  time  Dr.  William  M.  Mann,  of  the  Bureau  of 
Entomology,  and  assistant  custodian  in  the  section  of  Hymenoptera, 
division  of  insects,  joined  the  Mulford  biological  expedition  to  South 
America,  which  started  on  June  1,  and  which,  it  is  hoped,  will  enrich 
the  Museum's  collections  materially. 

Allusion  has  already  been  made  to  Dr.  W.  L.  Abbott's  expedition 
to  Santo  Domingo,  chiefly  in  the  interest  of  plant  collecting.  The 
only  other  botanical  expedition  to  be  mentioned  is  that  of  Dr.  A.  S. 
Hitchcock,  custodian  of  the  grass  herbarium,  who  left  in  April,  1921, 
upon  an  extended  collecting  trip  in  the  Philippines,  Japan,  China, 
and  the  Indo-Malayan  region.  At  the  request  of  Dr.  E.  D.  Merrill, 
director  of  the  bureau  of  science,  he  will  elaborate  the  grasses  for  a 
proposed  flora  of  the  Philippines.  The  primary  object  of  the  trip 
is  to  gather  data  for  a  revision  of  the  bamboos  of  the  world. 

WORK  OF  PEESEKVING  AND  INSTALLING  THE  COLLECTIONS.   PRESENT  CONDITION  OF 

COLLECTIONS. 

The  conditions  which  at  present  hamper  the  development  of  the 
biological  exhibition  series  and  which  were  detailed  in  my  report  of 
last  year  have  continued.  What  was  then  said  about  lack  of  space ; 
the  closing  of  most  of  the  exhibits  on  the  second  floor;  the  incon- 
venience of  the  present  arrangement  to  the  specialists  of  the  mammal 
division;  all  these  features  remain  unrelieved  and  explain  the 
apparent  lack  of  progress  in  the  exhibition  halls,  with  the  result 
that  the  renewal  of  the  bird  exhibit,  on  the  one  hand,  and  the 
development  of  the  District  of  Columbia  exhibit,  on  the  other, 
have  come  to  a  temporary  standstill.  The  aim  has  therefore 
been  to  improve,  whenever  possible,  the  quality  of  the  specimens 
already  on  exhibition,  by  remounting  such  skins  as  are  still  in  good 
condition  or  by  substituting  new  material,  whenever  available,  for 
the  old,  faded,  or  poorly  mounted  animals.  Some  of  the  older  speci- 
mens, it  must  be  remembered,  date  back  to  the  early  days  when  skins 
were  literally  "stuffed,"  while  others  have  come  to  the  Museum  in 
later  years  ready  mounted  from  dealers  or  other  museums  not  prac- 
ticing the  most  advanced  methods  of  taxidermy.    This  art  has  under- 


REPORT   OF    NATIONAL,   MUSEUM,   IS^l.  61 

gone  a  wonderful  transformation  from  the  time  Mr.  Hornaday,  as 
chief  taxidermist  of  the  National  Museum,  and  his  colleagues  intro- 
duced modern  ideas  into  the  craft.  By  their  knowledge  of  the  living 
animals  and  improved  technique,  the  National  Museum  achieved 
foremost  rank,  and  a  large  number  of  lifelike  mounts  in  the  collec- 
tion still  testify  to  their  skill  and  artistic  sense.  Naturally,  how- 
ever, not  all  the  specimens  from  that  time  claim  to  be  first  class,  and 
there  is  evident  a  tendency  to  exaggerate  the  bulk  of  many  animals. 
Reacting  against  this  tendency,  the  next  generation  of  taxidermists 
went  to  the  other  extreme,  by  only  considering  the  bony  structure 
of  the  animals,  with  the  result  that  quite  a  number  of  prominent 
specimens  look  as  if  the  skins  had  been  stretched  over  the  dry 
skeleton  without  reference  to  the  soft  tissues  and  organs.  Obviously 
the  ideal  method  of  mounting  a  skin  of  a  dead  animal  is  to  model 
the  body  from  a  living  specimen  of  the  same  species.  When  it  was 
decided  to  remount  an  African  leopard  in  the  exhibition  series, 
which,  though  being  of  average  quality,  showed  certain  obvious  de- 
fects when  compared  with  a  living  leopard  at  the  National  Zoolog- 
ical Park,  arrangements  were  made  with  the  superintendent,  Mr. 
N.  Hollister,  to  allow  Mr.  W.  L.  Brown,  the  taxidermist,  to  work  at 
the  park  in  front  of  the  leopard  case.  The  skin  was  stripped  from 
the  old  manikin  and  tanned,  and  then  the  necessary  alterations  made 
as  the  living  animal  posed  before  the  taxidermist.  The  experiment 
was  highly  successful,  with  the  result  that,  instead  of  an  indifferent 
specimen,  there  has  now  been  placed  on  exhibition  a  lifelike  leopard 
showing  all  the  characteristics  of  this  graceful,  yet  ferocious  cat. 
In  addition  to  this,  a  number  of  new  mammals  have  been  incorpo- 
rated in  the  show  collection  during  the  year.  As  Mr.  Hoy's  Aus- 
tralian expedition  has  supplied  a  number  of  fine  mountable  skins 
representing  the  unique  characteristics  of  the  fauna  of  that  far-away 
continent,  a  beginning  has  been  made  to  renovate  the  entire  Aus- 
tralian mammal  exhibit. 

In  my  last  annual  report  I  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  the 
closing  of  the  north  and  west  ranges  on  the  second  floor  had  made 
it  necessary  to  display  the  miscellaneous  collection  of  the  animals 
of  the  District  of  Columbia  in  the  whale  hall.  The  insistence  of 
the  public  to  see  at  least  part  of  the  mounted  insect  collection  made 
it  desirable  to  further  add  to  the  heterogenous  character  of  the  ex- 
hibits in  that  hall,  by  installing  there  five  slide  screens  holding  80 
unit  trays  of  insects,  displaying  many  striking  forms  from  various 
countries.  When  the  splendid  J.  P.  Iddings  collection  of  butterflies 
and  moths,  nearly  all  beautifully  displayed  in  Riker  mounts,  was 
given  to  the  museum  it  was  found  expedient  to  install  it,  tempo- 
rarily at  least,  in  a  couple  of  specially  constructed  cabinets  so  ar- 
ranged  that  the  visiting    public  could    themselves    pull    out    the 


62  BEPORT  OF   l^ATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921. 

drawers,  thereb}'  guarding  against  the  deterioration  of  the  collec- 
tion by  continuous  exposure  to  the  light.  This  collection  is  not 
labeled  as  yet,  but  the  work  is  a  slow  one,  and  the  time  which  the 
custodian  can  give  to  this  work  so  limited  that  it  may  be  some  time 
before  the  task  can  be  completed. 

The  curatorial  work  in  the  various  divisions  has  progressed  as- 
usual.  In  the  division  of  mammals  no  cases  for  skins  were  received 
during  the  year,  so  that  this  part  of  the  collection  is  rather  over- 
crowded at  the  present  time.  The  skulls  are  in  much  better  condi- 
tion, the  improvement  in  the  attic  being  notable.  Additional  cases 
in  the  latter  storage  have  also  been  furnished  for  the  rearrangement 
of  the  skeletons  there,  and  considerable  headway  in  their  proper  in- 
stallation has  been  accomplished  during  the  year.  The  alcoholic 
collection  has  been  gone  over  and  the  condition,  like  that  of  the  rest 
of  the  collections  in  this  division,  is  considered  good.  All  of  the 
larger  cetacean  material,  formerly  stored  in  the  northeast  basement 
of  the  old  museum  has  been  removed  to  tlie  new  museum,  where 
portions  of  it  are  now  stored.  The  valuable  collection  of  small  and 
medium-sized  cetaceans  has  been  reinstalled  in  30  quarter-unit  cases, 
arranged  and  labeled,  and  is  now  in  good  condition. 

The  rearrangement  in  the  division  of  birds,  due  to  the  respacing 
made  necessary,  was  continued  during  the  present  year;  that  of  the 
parrots  being  completed.  The  weaver  birds  (Ploceidae)  were  also 
rearranged.  Otherwise  most  of  the  time  has  been  occupied  in  label- 
ing and  distributing  collections  received  during  the  year.  A  matter 
causing  a  great  deal  of  work  is  the  poor  quality  of  the  cards 
furnished  for  case  labels,  necessitating  frequent  renewals.  Dur- 
ing the  year  260  cases  thus  requiring  relabeling.  One  of  the  most 
important  works  of  the  associate  curator  consists  in  posting  the  old 
records  for  data,  supplying  missing  data  to  entries  in  the  old  cata- 
logues, searching  out  lost  types  and  work  of  similar  character,  but  the 
work  is  of  necessity  slow,  and  but  little  time  is  available  from  daily 
routine  work.  The  search  for  old  types  was  rewarded  by  finding 
the  type  of  one  of  Peale's  specimens,  a  nightjar  {^CapTimulgus  aequi- 
cavda),  and  possibly  also  one  of  the  Polynesian  kingfishers,  but  its 
absolute  identity  has  not  yet  been  established.  Some  of  the  skins 
have  been  remade  by  the  taxidermists,  but  more  work  of  this  character 
is  needed.  The  accessioning  this  3^ear  of  the  large  Richards  egg  col- 
lection of  8,354  specimens,  with  the  necessary  cataloguing  and  label- 
ing, has  occupied  a  good  deal  of  the  time  of  the  division,  but  as  yet 
it  has  been  found  impossible  to  number  the  individual  eggs,  a  work 
absolutely  necessary  and  for  which  special  provision  has  been  asked, 
as  it  can  not  be  handled  with  the  present  force.  The  unusually  large 
number  of  alcoholics  and  skeletons  received  this  year  also  received 
proper  attention,  being  catalogued  and  tin  tagged,  but  the  labeling 


REPOET  OF  ISrATIOISTAL   MUSEUM,  1921.  63 

and  placing  of  the  larger  specimens  in  separate  containers  had  to  be 
suspended  toward  the  end  of  the  year  on  account  of  lack  of  suitable 
jars.  A  considerable  number  of  older  skeletons  were  cleaned  by 
the  preparators,  but  have  not  as  yet  been  card  catalogued  and  dis- 
tributed. 

In  the  division  of  reptiles,  the  regular  routine  work  of  caring  for 
the  specimens  has  continued  without  interruption  and  the  cata- 
loguing brought  up  to  date.  The  card  cataloguing  which  had  to 
be  suspended  for  some  time  was  resumed,  arrangement  being  made 
for  having  part  of  the  work  done  in  the  head  curator's  office.  All 
the  dry  turtle  material  has  now  been  transferred  to  the  third  story 
and  placed  in  metal-covered  quarter  unit  cases. 

Similarly,  in  the  division  of  fishes  the  collections  have  been  regu- 
larly inspected,  the  containers  refilled  or  changed  when  necessary, 
jars  and  shelves  cleaned,  labels  restored,  and  much  of  the  older 
undetermined  material  named  and  installed. 

In  the  division  of  insects  substantial  progress  has  been  made 
in  the  care  of  the  collections,  especially'  in  introducing  the  tray 
system.  Inability  to  obtain  a  sufficient  number  of  drawers  has  been 
the  limiting  factor  in  this  work.  The  associate  curator  reports  that 
the  collections,  as  a  whole,  are  in  as  good  condition  as  in  any  large 
modern  museum,  the  loss  from  museum  pests  being  exceptionally 
small,  due  to  the  excellent  system  of  cabinets  and  drawers  adopted. 

The  overhauling  and  putting  in  good  order  of  the  various  lots  of 
material  in  the  alcoholic  storage  of  the  division  of  marine  inverte- 
brates has  about  kept  pace  with  the  requirements  of  the  collection. 
Further  sorting  of  miscellaneous  lots  of  unidentified  material  into 
various  major  groups  of  invertebrates  has  been  done.  Only  recently 
the  sorting  of  the  rather  comprehensive  collections  of  the  Fish  Hawk 
in  Chesapeake  Bay  has  been  completed.  Coincident  with  the  great 
arrearages  in  cataloguing,  there  is  considerable  named  material  on 
hand  waiting  to  be  incorporated  in  the  regular  study  series.  Eevi- 
sion  of  the  collection  of  brachyuran  crustaceans  is  being  carried 
along  with  Miss  M.  J.  Rathbun's  monographic  reports,  and  the  rear- 
rangement of  the  entire  alcoholic  collections  begun  during  the  past 
fiscal  year  is  being  continued  as  time  permits.  Doctor  Bassler,  of 
the  department  of  geology,  in  connection  with  his  studies  of  the 
Bryozoa,  is  working  up  the  greater  part  of  the  recent  unnamed  mate- 
rial and  rearranging  the  entire  collection  of  these  forms. 

From  the  division  of  mollusks  the  report  is  that  the  usual  routine 
of  naming,  labeling,  cataloguing,  and  putting  in  place  in  the  series 
has  been  carried  on  as  in  former  years.  The  arrangement  and  re- 
installation of  the  west  Atlantic  Pelecypods  has  been  completed. 
The  west  Atlantic  mollusks  are  now  arranged  according  to  latest 
classifications  and  nomenclature  and  large  quantities  of  new  ma- 

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64  EEPOET  OF  ITATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921.  " 

terial  have  been  identified  and  incorporated.  This  places  the  east 
coast  collection  in  good  order  and  easily,  available  for  study.  Much 
time  has  been  devoted  to  classifying  the  Philippine  collection  ac- 
cording to  genera  and  species  and  arranging  it  in  systematic  order. 
In  the  course  of  identifying  material  sent  in  by  outside  correspond- 
ents a  considerable  portion  of  the  collections  has  been  arranged  ac- 
cording to  most  recent  classifications.  This  is  j)articularly  true  of 
the  west  coast  mollusks.  Rearrangement  of  the  collection  of  Ameri- 
can shipworms  is  well  under  way,  with  a  view  to  a  monograph  in  the 
near  future.  Since  last  February  the  time  of  one  man  for  one  day 
each  week  has  been  devoted  to  the  alcoholic  mollusk  collection.  In 
all  cases  where  necessary  new  containers  have  been  supplied  and  the 
older  ones  refilled.  This  Avork  is  progressing  satisfactorily.  Micro- 
scopic slides  of  molluskan  odontophores  to  the  number  of  724,  be- 
longing to  the  Thaanum  collection  and  prepared  by  the  late  Rev. 
R.  Boog  Watson,  were  registered  and  numbered  by  the  use  of  a  dia- 
mond point.  All  defective  slides  were  put  into  good  repair.  As  may 
be  judged,  the  addition  of  so  many  slides  has  greatly  enhanced  the 
already  valuable  collection  of  anatomical  preparations  belonging  to 
this  division.  A  number  of  slides  of  odontophores  and  of  the 
glochidia  of  several  species  of  naiad  have  been  made  as  an  addition 
to  our  collection  of  microscopic  slides.  The  reclassification  and  reno- 
vation of  the  general  recent  collection  have  been  continued  through- 
out the  year.  The  North  American  fresh-water  univalves  and  the 
great  and  difficult  families  Turbinidae  and  Trochidae,  among  the 
marine  shells,  were  gone  over  in  this  way.  The  labeling  an,d  register- 
ing of  the  great  Thaanum  collection  of  shells,  most  of  which  came 
from  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  have  been  completed.  Identification  of 
Philippine  marine  mollusks  secured  by  the  Albatross  during  the 
cruise  of  1907-1910  has  been  continued.  As  time  goes  on,  more  and 
more  of  our  material  is  being  thoroughly  identified,  and  great  prog- 
ress in  this  respect  has  been  made  throughout  the  collection,  espe- 
cially in  Hawaiian  material,  Philippine  material,  and  in  material 
from  the  east  coast  of  North  America  and  the  West  Indies  and  land 
and  fresh-water  mollusks  from  South  America.  The  writing  of  head 
labels  for  the  species  in  the  collection  has  been  progressing  during 
the  year  imtil  now  a  large  part  of  all  the  collections  in  our  charge 
is  furnished  with  these  labels,  adding  greatly  to  convenience  in  con- 
sulting them.  It  seems  appropriate  to  mention  at  this  time  the  vast 
amount  of  time  and  labor  saved  by  the  use  of  the  label  holders  and 
blocking-sticks  equipped  with  brass  clips.  Our  collection  is  growing 
so  rapidly  it  is  estimated  that  the  entire  time  of  at  least  one  person 
is  saved  by  the  use  of  these  small  inventions,  making  it  possible  for 
us  to  keep  current  the  work  of  the  division  without  asking,  to  date, 
for  additional  assistance.    The  economy  of  space  in  our  storage  cases 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921.  65 

is  also  worthy  of  note.  Approximately  5,000  cards  have  been  written 
during  the  year,  among  them  complete  bibliogi'aphies  of  the  South 
American  Corbiculidae,  the  AmpuUaridae  of  world-wide  distribu- 
tion, and  the  important  genera  of  Philippine  fresh-water  shells. 
This  saves  an  enormous  amount  of  time  when  working  with  the  col- 
lections mentioned.  The  card  catalogue  gazetteer  of  the  Philippine 
Islands  has  been  brought  up  to  date.  This  is  of  material  assistance 
in  working  with  the  Philippine  mollusks. 

In  the  division  of  echinoderms  considerable  progress  has  been  made 
in  overhauling  the  crinoid  collection.  The  entire  collection  of  dried 
ophiurans  has  been  rearranged  in  accordance  with  the  classification 
used  by  H.  L.  Clark  in  his  Catalogue  of  Recent  Ophiurans,  and  a 
synopsis  of  the  new  arrangement  has  been  prepared  and  hung  upon 
the  cases  so  that  anyone  can  now  find  any  species  or  specimen  of 
ophiuran  in  the  collection  regardless  of  whether  they  know  anything 
about  these  animals  or  not.  All  of  the  specimens  have  been  examined 
and  checked  up  with  the  card  catalogue.  To  bring  the  collection  into 
line  with  present  concepts  it  was  found  necessary  to  transfer  many 
species  to  new  genera  and  to  rename  many  others  which  are  now 
placed  in  synonymy.  The  entire  collection  of  dried  echinoids  has  also 
been  rearranged  in  accordance  with  the  classification  used  in  Agassiz 
and  Clark's  Hawaiian  and  other  Pacific  Echini,  and  all  of  the  speci- 
mens have  been  examined  and  checked  up  with  the  card  catalogue; 
a  number  of  the  specimens  have  been  reidentified,  and  the  generic 
allocation  of  many  of  the  species  has  been  revised  and  brought  up  to 
date. 

Curatorial  work  in  the  division  of  plants  has  proceeded  satisfac- 
torily during  the  past  fiscal  year.  In  particular,  Mr.  Standley,  in 
the  course  of  his  work  upon  the  Mexican  trees  and  shrubs,  has  identi- 
fied a  large  amount  of  Mexican  material  which  had  been  mounted 
but  not  named  beyond  the  genus,  and  has  redetermined  many  speci- 
mens from  the  same  region  which  had  previously  been  misidentified. 
Similar  important  work  of  revision  has  been  done  in  several  other 
groups,  notably  in  the  composites  by  Dr.  S.  F.  Blake,  the  willows  by 
Dr.  C.  R.  Ball,  the  grasses  by  Dr.  A.  S.  Hitchcock  and  Mrs,  Agnes 
Chase,  and  the  ferns  by  Mr.  Maxon.  As  in  several  recent  years,  ma- 
terial has  been  received  more  rapidly  than  it  could  be  mounted  and 
prepared  for  the  herbarium.  This  fact  and  the  need  of  economizing 
greatly  in  case  room  has  led  to  the  careful  scrutiny  of  recent  acces- 
sions and  the  elimination  of  much  material  which,  under  more  favor- 
able circumstances,  would  have  been  added  to  the  herbarium.  For 
similar  reasons  it  has  seemed  desirable  to  select  for  immediate  mount- 
ing and  installation  material  in  certain  groups  under  investigation 
(for  example,  ferns,  grasses,  cacti)  and  from  tropical  America  gen- 
erally, in  order  to  facilitate  special  investigations  previously  under 


66  EEPOET   OF    NATIONAL    MUSEUM,   1&21. 

AAay.  The  limit  of  this  sort  of  selection  is  quickly  reached,  however, 
and  it  is  important  that  additional  case  room  be  provided  without 
delay  and  that  means  be  found  of  mounting  promptly  all  material 
needed  for  permanent  preservation.  About  26,000  specimens  have 
been  mounted  during  the  year.  These  have  been  recorded,  chiefly 
through  temporary  clerical  help.  The  segregation  of  type  and  dupli- 
cate type  specimens  from  the  main  herbarium  has  been  continued 
as  opportunity  offered,  mainly  in  connection  with  other  w'ork,  and 
10, 136  specimens  have  now  been  distinctively  labeled,  catalogued,  and 
placed  in  individual  covers  in  the  so-called  type  herbarium. 

At  the  beginning  of  this  part  of  my  report  the  general  tendency 
of  the  work  of  the  preparators  has  been  mentioned.  Apart  from 
the  specimens  w  hich  found  their  places  in  the  exhibition  series  much 
work  was  spent  on  study  material  for  the  various  divisions.  Skins 
of  mammals  and  birds  were  made  up  or  repaired  for  the  study 
series,  many  dry  preparations  made  for  the  division  of  reptiles; 
skeletons  and  skulls  cleaned  whenever  needed  for  study.  jSIr. 
W.  L.  Brown,  whose  remounting  of  the  African  leopard  I  have 
already  alluded  to,  also  mounted  a  South  American  brocket  deer 
and  a  mule  deer,  wdiich  were  placed  in  the  exhibition  series.  A 
large  number  of  mammal  skins  were  worked  up,  birds  dismounted 
and  made  into  studj^  skins,  etc.  Some  time  before  his  death  Mr. 
Wood  had  already  begun  to  instruct  Mr.  Brown  in  his  way  of 
preparing  dry  bird  skins,  as  well  as  in  his  own  particular  methods 
of  mounting  birds  which  had  given  him  such  a  high  rank  among 
bird  taxidermists.  It  is  therefore  felt  that  Mr.  Brow^n  and  Mr. 
George  Marshall  in  the  future  will  be  able  to  fully  take  care  of 
this  branch  of  the  exhibits,  Mr.  Marshall,  in  addition  to  a  large 
amount  of  repair  work,  skinning  fresh  material  coming  in  from  local 
collectors  and  the  zoological  park,  tanning,  etc.,  has  mounted  a  num- 
ber of  smaller  mammals,  including  several  monkeys.  Mr.  J.  W. 
ScoUick,  the  osteologist,  in  addition  to  cleaning  a  number  of  .turtle 
skulls  and  bones,  prepared  179  whole  skeletons,  some  exceedingly 
delicate.  Among  the  lot  were  no  less  than  155  bird  skeletons,  and 
10  skeletons  of  rats,  which  were  mounted  for  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry,  Department  of  Agriculture.  Twelve  skins  of  the  same 
series  of  rats  w^ere  also  mounted  bj'^  Mr.  Marshall  for  the  same  bureau 
as  an  exhibit  to  illustrate  the  result  of  certain  feeding  experiments. 
The  bone-cleaning  w^ork  under  Mr.  Scollick's  supervision  resulted  in 
the  cleaning  of  57  mammal  skeletons  and  130  large  mammal  skulls. 
Mr.  C.  E.  Mirguet's  time  was  to  a  great  extent  taken  up  w'ith  two 
tasks,  the  preparation  and  cleaning  of  the  Florida  whale  skeleton, 
donated  by  the  Miami  Aquarium  Association  and  mentioned  above, 
and  the  buildin,g  of  a  drum  for  the  tanning  of  mammal  skins.    The 


REPOET   OF   NATIONAL   IMUSEUM,   1921.  6*7 

whale  skeleton  was  being  put  in  shape  for  photographing,  measur- 
ing, and  description  as  preliminaries  for  an  extensive  monograph, 
after  wliich  it  will  be  hung  in  the  exhibition  whale  hall.  In  addi- 
tion he  prepared  a  large  number  of  reptile  skins  and  skeletons  for 
the  study  series,  besides  plaster  casts,  repairs,  etc.,  Mr.  C.  R.  W. 
Aschemeier  has  been  assisting  Mr.  Brown  in  the  mammal  mounting 
when  required,  has  worked  up  105  mammal  and  21  bird  skins  and 
gone  over  the  entire  exhibition  collection  of  alcoholic  invertebrates, 
refilling  and  otherwise  caring  for  672  jars.  Mr.  Palmers  work,  up 
to  his  death,  was  mostly  on  the  faunal  exhibit  of  the  District  of 
Columbia. 

Unfortunately  the  crowding  of  the  collections  in  many  of  the  divi- 
sions must  of  necessity  increase  from  year  to  year  until  additional 
space  shall  be  allotted  to  the  department  of  biology.  To  that  extent 
the  condition  of  the  collections  must  be  considered  unsatisfactory  and 
must  gradually  grow  worse.  In  other  respects  the  conditions  must 
be  pronounced  as  generally  good.  Nevertheless,  the  results  of  the 
greater  activity  of  the  Museum  since  the  stagnation  period  of  the  war, 
which  were  presaged  in  my  previous  report,  are  already  beginning 
to  make  themselves  manifest,  inasmuch  as  the  greater  influx  of  mate- 
rial is  consuming  more  and  more  of  the  time  and  efforts  of  the  staff, 
which  has  remained  practically  stationary  during  the  last  20  years. 
The  mere  physical  care  of  the  collections  is  all  that  can  be  accom- 
plished in  many  instances. 

The  practice  of  sending  the  large  mammal  skins  to  the  professional 
tanneries  to  be  tanned  has  had  to  be  given  up  because  of  definite  losses 
and  the  general  poor  results.  A  rotary  drum  has  been  built  in  the 
taxidermist  shop ;  and  when  the  necessary  motor  shall  have  been  re- 
ceived, it  will  be  possible  to  handle  the  work  and  insure  perfect 
results. 

The  reports  of  the  various  divisions  generally  emphasize  the  free- 
dom the  collections  are  now  enjoying  from  the  usual  destructive 
museum  pests.  This  is  undoubtedly  due  to  the  systematic  fumigation 
with  bisulphide  of  carbon. 

The  crowding  alluded  to  above  might  be  relieved,  as  far  as  the 
division  of  plants  is  concerned,  by  the  building  of  a  balcony  as  advo- 
cated on  previous  occasions.  The  plan,  although  approved  and  ac- 
cepted as  the  only  practical  solution  of  a  nearly  intolerable  condition, 
awaits  only  the  appropriation  of  sufficient  means  to  be  carried  out. 
Otherwise  the  condition  of  the  National  Herbarium  is  satisfactory, 
but  as  far  as  the  cryptogamic  section  is  concerned  it  has  been  impos- 
sible with  the  small  staff  to  incorporate  in  it  the  material  received 
during  the  past  year,  and  for  several  years  past,  though  the  speci- 
mens have  been  pocketed  and  prepared  for  the  herbarium  as  soon  as 


68  REPOET  OF  KaTIO:NAL  museum,  1921. 

possible  after  they  are  received,  and  held  ready  for  installation,  when- 
ever one  or  more  specialists  can  be  secured. 

UESEARCHES    FOB    THE    BENEFIT    OF    THE;    MUSEUM. 

It  is  mainly  by  the  quality  and  amount  of  its  research  work  upon 
the  material  intrusted  to  its  care  that  the  reputation  of  this  Museum 
rests  and  its  existence  is  justified.  I  am  happy  to  say  that  the  past 
year  in  no  wa.y  falls  short  of  the  traditions  of  the  Institution.  The 
appended  bibliography  clearly  demonstrates  this.  It  does  not,  how- 
ever, fully  represent  the  work  accomplished  during  the  current  year, 
as  of  necessity  many  of  the  papers  published  in  1920-21  were  prepared 
previously,  nor  does  publication  necessarily  reveal  the  extent  of  the 
research  work  going  on.  Briefly,  the  scientific  activities  of  the  staff 
will  be  enumerated  below,  but  before  taking  up  the  work  in  the  divi- 
sions I  wish  to  call  attention  to  the  signal  honor  which  was  bestowed 
by  the  National  Academy  upon  a  member  of  the  staff  for  one  of  the 
publications  issued  by  the  Museum.  During  the  April  meeting  of 
the  academy  this  year,  the  Daniel  Giraud  Elliot  gold  medal,  together 
with  the  honorarium,  was  voted  to  Dr.  Robert  Eidgway  in  recogni- 
tion of  the  eighth  volume  of  The  Birds  of  Middle  and  North  America, 
which  forms  part  8  of  Bulletin  50  of  the  United  States  National 
Museum,  an  award  which  is  open  to  the  zoologists  and  paleontologists 
of  the  world.     When  announcing  the  award  the  chairman  of  the 

Elliot  medal  committee  said : 

In  undertaking  this  great  work  Ridgway  was  not  only  placing  the  crown  on 
his  labors  of  a  third  of  a  century,  but  was  giving  expression  to  a  plan  made 
by  Baird  a  half  century  before.  Ridgway  was  therefore  doubly  inspired  when, 
in  1901,  he  undertook  the  stupendous  task  of  preparing  a  10-volume  treatise 
on  all  the  birds  of  the  Western  Hemisphere  north  of  South  America.  With 
imremitting  zeal,  and  always  maintaining  the  standard  of  thoroughnesg  and 
accuracy  set  by  the  first  volume  of  the  series,  he  continued  his  labors  until 
eight  volumes  have  appeared,  the  last  in  1919.  Each  volume  contains  about 
850  pages,  a  total  of  6,800  pages  in  all.  Nearly  900  genera  are  defined  and 
over  3,000  species  and  subspecies  described. 

While  giving  expression  to  his  exceptional  powers  of  analysis  and  description 
trained  by  years  of  experience  and  observation,  Ridgway  has  produced  a  work 
which  in  method,  comprehensiveness,  and  accuracy,  as  well  as  in  volume,  has 
never  been  surpassed  in  the  annals  of  ornithology. 

This  will  give  you  an  idea  of  some  of  the  work  which  is  being 
quietly  and  unostentatiously  performed  in  the  divisions  of  this 
Museum.  Taking  them  up  one  by  one  the  work  of  the  scientific  staff 
may  be  epitomized  as  follows: 

Mr.  Gerrit  S.  Miller,  jr.,  found  but  little  time  for  scientific  investi- 
gation during  the  past  year.  Some  progress  was  made,  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  late  William  Palmer,  in  investigating  the  characters 
of  the  whale  from  Pablo  Beach,  Fla.,  and  in  conjunction  wath  Mr. 


EJBPORT  OF   NATIONAL  MUSEUM,  1921.  69 

N.  HoUister,  in  making  a  preliminary  examination  of  the  Celebesian 
mammals  collected  several  years  ago  by  Mr.  H.  C.  Eaven  and 
presented  by  Dr.  W.  L.  Abbott.  Dr.  Robert  Eidgway,  curator  of 
birds,  continued  liis  work  on  the  ninth  part  of  Bulletin  50,  The 
Birds  of  North  and  Middle  America.  The  matter  relating  to  the 
higher  groups,  including  genera  of  the  Falconiformes,  with  the 
illustrations,  w^as  nearly  finished.  A  large  number  of  bibliographic 
references  for  the  synonymies  not  only  for  part  9,  but  part  10  also, 
were  collected.  It  is  pleasant  to  be  able  to  report  that  the  manuscript 
for  part  9  of  this  monumental  work  is  nearing  completion.  Dr. 
Charles  W.  Eichmond,  associate  curator,  owing  to  the  press  of  the 
routine  curatorial  work,  found  but  little  time  for  research.  He 
made  some  progress,  with  Mr.  B.  H.  Swales,  in  their  proposed  joint 
work  on  the  birds  of  the  island  of  Haiti,  but  not  so  nmch  as  they  had 
hoped.  Progress  was  also  made  on  their  proposed  list  of  type 
specimens  of  birds  in  the  National  Museum,  as  mentioned  in  last 
year's  report.  Mr.  J.  H.  Eiley,  aid,  continued  his  studies  of  the 
birds  of  Celebes  and  also  furnished  the  curator  with  certain  data 
on  generic  characters  of  vultures  and  hawks.  The  study  of  the 
North  American  turtles  by  Leonhard  Stejneger  progressed  but 
slowly,  due  to  the  lack  of  leisure  from  routine  work.  Miss  Doris 
Cochran,  aid,  besides  identifymg  the  African  and  Malaysian 
snakes  in  the  collection,  devoted  special  attention  to  the  reptiles 
and  amphibians  of  Haiti  with  a  view  to  a  herx3etology  of  that 
island.  Mr.  B.  A.  Bean,  assistant  curator  of  fishes,  reports  satisfac- 
tory progress  of  the  report  by  himself  jointly  with  Dr.  Henry  W. 
Fowler,  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  Philadelphia,  on  the 
fishes  of  the  Wilkes  exijloring  expedition  and  other  collections. 

Dr.  J.  M.  Aldrich,  associate  curator  of  insects,  when  not  occupied 
with  general  routine  duties,  identifications,  etc.,  devoted  his  time 
mostly  to  the  study  of  the  muscoid  group  of  Diptera,  publishing  two 
short  papers  and  nearly  completing  several  others.  Bulletin  116  of 
the  Museum,  being  a  monograph  of  the  dipterous  genus  Dolichofus, 
the  result  of  the  joint  labors  of  Mr.  M.  C.  Van  Duzee,  Mr.  Frank 
E.  Cole,  and  himself,  was  completed  and  published  during  the  year. 
The  scientific  activities  of  the  honorary  custodians  of  the  various 
sections  will  appear  from  the  appended  bibliography. 

Dr.  Mary  J.  Eathbun,  honorary  associate  in  zoology,  has  completed 
the  second  paper  in  the  series  on  crabs  obtained  by  the  fisheries  inves- 
tigation ship  Endeavour^  1909-1914;  it  covers  the  Brachyrhyncha, 
Oxystomata,  and  Dromiacea,  and,  like  the  first  paper  on  the  Oxyrhyn- 
cha,  will  be  published  by  the  Commonwealth  of  Australia.  Consid- 
erable progress  has  been  made  on  a  bulletin  on  the  spider  crabs  of 
America.  This  is  the  second  of  her  series  of  valuable  monographs, 
which,  when  completed,  will  describe  and  figure  all  the  species  of 


70  EEPORT  OF  NATIONAL  MUSEUM,   1921. 

crabs  known  from  North  and  South  America.  She  has  also  named 
the  crabs  of  various  current  accessions,  notably  of  large  collections 
from  California  and  Japan,  including  Formosa.  Mr.  Waldo  L. 
Schmitt,  curator  of  marine  invertebrates,  has  had  but  little  time 
left  from  routine  duties  for  research  work.  The  first  installment,  or 
part,  of  a  report  on  the  Macrura  and  Anomura  of  the  Australian- 
Museum,  collected  by  the  Endeavour^  covering  the  families  Peneidae, 
Campylonotidae,  and  Pandalidae,  has  been  completed.  The  reports 
on  the  Macrura  and  Anomura  of  the  American  Museum  Congo  expe- 
dition and  the  Barbados-Antigua  expedition  of  the  University  of 
Iowa  are  still  in  progress.  Mr.  C.  R.  Shoemaker,  assistant  curator, 
has  given  much  of  his  time  to  the  working  up  of  several  large  lots  of 
Amphipods,  which  were  sent  to  the  Museum  for  identification.  Sev- 
eral reports  were  completed  and  published  as  shown  in  the  bibli- 
ography. Dr.  Harriet  Eichardson  Searle,  collaborator,  I  am  happy 
to  report,  has  resumed  her  studies  on  the  Isopoda  and  has  recently 
completed  a  report  on  the  collection  of  terrestrial  isopods,  secured 
by  Dr.  E.  J.  Jakobsen  in  Java.  Mr.  Harry  K.  Harring,  custodian  of 
rotatoria,  has  completed  his  report  on  the  rotatoria  of  the  Canadian 
Arctic  expedition  and  the  first  part  of  a  report  on  the  rotifers  of 
Wisconsin,  which  includes  a  revision  of  the  Notommatid  rotifers. 
Both  of  these  papers  are  now  in  press.  The  second  part  of  the  report 
on  Wisconsin  rotifers  is  well  under  way.  In  addition,  he  has  identi- 
fied a  number  of  interesting  collections. 

Dr.  William  H.  Dall's  completed  summary  of  the  West  Ameri- 
can collection  from  San  Diego  to  the  Polar  Sea  was  published  as 
Bulletin  112  of  the  United  States  National  Museum.  It  includes 
the  results  of  research  and  collections  made  by  west-coast  contrib- 
utors and  the  honorary  curator  since  1865,  amounting  to  more  than 
2,100  species  and  varieties.  A  number  of  interesting  new  forms, 
including  a  second  species  of  the  peculiar  South  American  Felipponea, 
were  received  and  described  during  the  year,  as  indicated  in  the  bib- 
liogi-aphic  list.  Most  of  the  time  not  occupied  by  routine  matters 
has  been  given  to  a  monograph  of  the  marine  shell-bearing  mollusks 
of  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  based  chiefly  on  the  important  collection 
donated  by  Mr.  D.  Thaanum,  of  Hilo,  Hawaii,  and  on  the  fisheries 
steamer  Albatross  dredgings  about  the  islands.  This  work  is  well  ad- 
vanced and  only  certain  troublesome  and  prolific  groups  of  minute 
shells  remain  to  be  worked  up  of  the  material  in  hand.  Mr.  John 
B.  Henderson,  a  regent  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  has  been  en- 
gaged on  a  monograph  of  the  Antillean  land  and  fresh-water  mol- 
lusks. A  list  of  the  mollusks  collected  by  the  Barbados- Antigua  ex- 
pedition of  the  State  University  of  Iowa  has  been  begun.  Considerable 
time  was  devoted  to  the  identification  of  east-coast  mollusks  sent  in 
by  correspondents.     In  the  little  remaining  time  he  and  the  curator 


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have  continued  work  on  the  molhisk  fauna  of  the  vicinity  of  Beaufort, 
N,  C.  The  report  on  New  Operculate  Landshells  of  Cuba,  of  which 
he  is  coauthor  with  Dr.  Carlos  de  la  Torre,  is  now  going  through 
press,  while  work  on  the  monograph  of  American  Tectibranchs  has 
been  slowly  continued.  Dr.  Paul  Bartsch,  curator  of  mollusks, 
has  given  much  time  to  routine  work  of  the  division.  Besides  de- 
voting attention  to  numbers  of  groups  of  mollusks,  as  shown  by 
a  reference  to  the  bibliography,  considerable  work  was  accomplished 
toward  a  monograph  of  the  American  shipworms,  the  small  east 
American  marine  mollusks  of  the  genera  Triphora,  Bittium,  Cer- 
ithiopsis^  and  Metaxia;  likewise  the  family  Vitrinellidae.  In  the 
latter  case  particular  stress  has  been  laid  on  the  examination  of  the 
anatomic  characters.  A  little  time  has  also  been  given  to  the  Philip- 
pine Nudibranch  mollusks  and  the  west  American  Caecidae,  as 
well  as  the  marine  mollusks  of  the  Mazatlanic  faunal  area.  Some 
additional  attention  has  also  been  given  to  the  land  mollusks  of  the 
Windward  and  Leeward  Islands.  Owing  to  the  difficulty  of  securing 
the  services  of  an  artist,  the  work  on  the  mollusks  of  the  region  about 
Beaufort,  N.  C,  has  not  been  completed,  but  it  is  hoped  that  this  will 
be  accomplished  during  the  ensuing  year.  A  new  series  of  heredity 
experiments  wdth  Cerions  has  been  begun  in  the  Tortugas  to  replace 
those  swept  away  by  the  hurricane  two  years  ago.  Mr.  William  B. 
Marshall,  assistant  curator,  had  but  little  time  remaining  from  liis 
routine  curatorial  duties  for  research,  and  but  one  paper  in  addition  to 
that  listed  in  the  bibliography  was  completed  and  is  now  ready  for 
the  press,  describing  eight  new  species  of  South  American  naiads, 
one  of  them  representing  a  new  genus.  Dr.  Charles  Wardell  Stiles, 
custodian  of  the  helminthological  collections,  and  Dr.  B.  H.  Ransom, 
assistant  custodian,  have  continued  their  studies  of  the  parasites  of 
man  and  other  animals.  Dr.  T.  Wayland  Vaughan,  custodian  of 
madreporarian  corals,  is  still  engaged  in  studying  the  Museum's 
recent  coral  collections  in  connection  with  his  geologic  studies. 

Mr.  Austin  H.  Clark,  curator  of  echinoderms,  during  the  year  con- 
tinued work  upon  the  crinoicls  of  the  Danish  /w^oZ/  expedition. 

In  the  division  of  plants  the  following  special  investigations  were 
begun,  continued,  or  completed  during  the  year:  Mr.  Frederick  V. 
Coville,  curator,  has  continued  his  studies  in  breeding  and  propagat- 
ing the  blueberries  (Vaccinium),  and  has  made  frequent  use  of  the 
herbarium  as  heretofore.  Mr.  J.  N.  Rose,  associate  curator,  has  con- 
tinued his  studies  of  the  Cactaceae,  in  collaboration  with  Dr.  N.  L. 
Britton,  director-in-chief  of  the  New  York  Botanical  Garden,  work 
which  has  been  under  way  since  1911  under  the  auspices  of  the  Car- 
negie Institution  of  Washington.  The  publication  of  volume  2  of 
the  Cactaceae  occurred  during  the  past  year,  and  volume  3  will  prob- 
ably appear  during  the  coming  year.     The  manuscript  of  volume 


72  EEPOKT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1&21. 

4  is  well  advanced.  Doctor  Rose  has  continued  his  studies,  also,  of 
Ecuadorean  plants  referred  to  in  the  last  report.  Mr.  William  R. 
Maxon,  associate  curator,  has  continued  his  investigation  of  the  pteri- 
dophyta  and  has  prepared  manuscript  for  Part  VIII  of  Studies  of 
Tropical  x\merican  Ferns.  He  has  nearly  completed  a  report,  also, 
upon  the  large  collection  of  Haitian  ferns  made  by  Dr.  W.  L.  Abbott 
and  Mr.  Emery  C.  Leonard  last  year  and  has  reviewed  critically  the 
West-American  allies  of  Selaginella  rupestris^  describing  several  new 
species.  A  popular  article  on  the  botanical  gardens  of  Jamaica  has 
been  contributed  to  the  Smithsonian  Annual  Report.  Mr.  Paul  C. 
Standiey,  assistant  curator,  has  nearly  completed  manuscript  sum- 
marizing his  studies  of  the  trees  and  shrubs  of  Mexico,  and  has  sub- 
mitted parts  2  and  3  for  publication;  parts  4  and  5  (conclusion)  will 
be  turned  in  for  publication  during  the  coming  year.  He  has  recently 
undertaken  the  preparation  of  a  synoptical  account  of  the  flora  of 
Central  America  and  Panama,  based  primarily  upon  the  collections 
in  the  National  Herbarium,  and  in  this  connection  proposes  visiting 
Salvador,  in  which  region  practically  no  botanical  collecting  has  been 
done.  Mr.  Standiey  also  has  completed  manuscript  for  the  Flora 
of  Alaska.  Mr.  Ellsworth  P.  Killip,  aid,  has  finished  his  revision  of 
the  genus  Passiflora  as  represented  in  Mexico,  Central  America,  and 
Panama,  and  the  manuscript  is  nearly  ready  for  publication.  Mr. 
Emery  C.  Leonard,  aid,  has  continued  his  study  of  the  genus  Scutel- 
laria. With  the  assistance  of  Mr.  Standiey  he  has  nearly  completed 
the  identification  of  the  phanerogams  of  his  Haitian  collection,  of 
last  year.  i 

Dr.  C.  Hart  Merriam,  associate  in  zoology,  continued  his  study  on 
North  American  bears.  Mr.  N.  Hollister  has  continued  work  on  the 
African  Artiodactyla,  but  it  is  greatly  delayed  b}^  the  housing  of  the 
mammalian  study  series  on  different  floors  from  the  basement  to 
the  attic.  Dr.  O.  P.  Hay,  of  the  Carnegie  Institution,  has  made 
constant  use  of  the  collections  in  connection  with  his  work  on  the 
Pleistocene  fauna  of  North  America.  The  thanks  of  the  Museum 
are  due  to  Mr.  Oldfield  Thomas,  of  the  British  Museum,  for  having 
compared  specimens  sent  to  him  with  types  and  other  material  in 
the  collections  under  his  care. 

Dr.  W.  L.  Abbott,  associate  in  zoology,  made  two  visits  to  the 
division  of  birds  for  purpose  of  examining  material  collected  in 
Haiti  and  Santo  Domingo  by  him,  and  giving  information  about  the 
specimens  and  localities.  Dr.  H.  C.  Oberholser,  of  the  Biological 
Survey,  continued  his  determination  of  the  Malayan  material  col- 
lected by  Dr.  W.  L.  Abbott,  and  made  occasional  identifications  in 
other  parts  of  the  ornithological  study  series.  Dr.  A.  Wetmore,  also 
of  the  Biological  Survey,  although  away  from  Washington  most  of 
the  year,  spent  some  time  in  work  on  the  bird  skeletons. 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL,   MUSEUM,   1921,  73 

Dr.  E.  R.  Dunn,  of  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology,  identified 
various  rejDtiles  and  batrachians  during  his  visits  to  the  Museum. 
Dr.  O.  P.  Ha}^  and  Mr.  C.  W.  Gilmore  have  examined  reptilian 
material  from  time  to  time.  Mr.  Remington  Kellogg,  of  the  Bio- 
logical Survey,  has  spent  considerable  time  in  the  division  of  reptiles 
identifying  and  studying  the  entire  collection  of  American  toads  of 
the  genus  Bufo  with  a  view  to  preparing  a  monograph. 

Mr.  "Walter  Koelz's  studies  of  the  whitefishes  in  the  division  of 
fishes,  mentioned  in  last  year's  report,  were  concluded  during  the 
present  year.  Similarly  Mr,  Carl  L.  Hubbs,  of  the  University  of 
Michigan,  studied  the  lancelets  and  lampreys  of  the  collection  in 
connection  with  a  forthcoming  review  of  these  groups.  Dr.  Henry 
W,  Fowler,  Philadelphia  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  has  greatly 
aided  in  the  ichthj^ological  work  of  the  Museum. 

It  is  quite  natural  that  when  specialists  visit  the  Museum  to 
examine  the  collections  in  connection  with  the  working  up  or  mono- 
graphing larger  groups  in  their  home  museums  or  own  private  col- 
lections, a  considerable  amount  of  original  identification  or  correc- 
tion of  current  identifications  of  our  own  specimens  must  result.  In 
this  way  the  National  Museum  benefits  directly  by  the  visits  of 
scientific  workers  from  other  institutions.  Again,  with  the  lack  in 
Washington  of  specialists  in  many  groups,  the  Museum  is  entirely 
dependent  upon  the  generous  assistance  of  many  outsiders  for  proper 
identification  of  specimens  sent  to  it.  For  these  favors  grateful 
acknowledgments  are  due.  The  division  of  insects  has  been  par- 
ticularly fortunate  in  this  respect  during  the  present  year.  Thus 
Dr.  E.  P.  Felt,  State  entomologist  of  New  York,  has  recently  re- 
turned a  large  collection  of  the  dipterous  gall-miclges  (Cecido- 
mjddae)  which  were  sent  him  several  years  ago.  He  has  mounted 
our  material  on  microscopic  slides,  the  only  possible  permanent 
method  for  these  very  delicate  and  tiny  flies;  most  of  our  material 
is  now  returned  as  types  of  new  species,  and  he  has  added  a  large 
amount  of  his  own  type  material,  making  our  collection  in  the  family 
probably  second  only  to  that  of  the  New  York  State  Museum  in  the 
world.  As  usual,  Prof.  T.  D.  A.  Cockerell,  of  the  University  of 
Colorado,  has  aided  greatly  with  the  bees,  while  Mr.  Nathan  Banks 
and  Dr.  P.  V.  Chamberlin,  both  of  the  Museum  of  Comparative 
Zoology,  have  identified  spiders  and  myriopods,  respectively.  So 
much  work  of  a  similar  nature  has  been  done  by  the  various  mem- 
bers of  staff  of  the  Bureau  of  Entomology  in  connection  with  their 
other  studies  that  it  would  be  impractical  to  acknowledge  the 
assistance  separatel}?^  and  individually. 

What  is  true  of  the  division  of  insects  with  regard  to  dependence 
on  the  aid  of  specialists  residing  outside  of  Washington  for  aid  in 
identifying   and   classifying  material   due   to   insufficiency   of   the 


74  REPORT   or   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

Museum  staff  holds  good  to  a  still  greater  extent  in  the  division  of 
marine  invertebrates.  In  fact,  so  extensive  is  the  number  of  these 
specialists,  to  whom  the  Museum  is  under  great  obligations,  that  a 
mere  list  of  their  names,  with  the  i^articular  group  of  invertebrates 
the}'  have  undertaken  to  work  upon,  must  suffice  for  this  report. 
It  includes  the  following:  Dr.  Henry  B.  Bigelow  (Medusae,  Cteno- 
phora).  Dr.  L.  A.  Borradaile  (Crustacea:  Pontoniiclae),  Dr.  L.  R. 
Gary  (Alcyonarians),  Dr.  E.  V.  Chamberlin  (x4nnelids  and  Gephy- 
rea).  Dr.  X.  A.  Cobb  (free-living  Nematodes),  Dr.  Wesley  R.  Coe 
(Nemerteans),  Dr.  Leon  J.  Cole  (Pycnogonids),  Dr.  Henri  Coutiere 
(Crustacea:  Crangonidae),  Dr.  R.  P.  Cowles  (Phoronidea),  Dr. 
Joseph  A.  Cushman  (Foraminifera),  Prof.  G.  S.  Dodds  (fresh- 
water Entomostraca ) ,  Mr.  A.  A.  Doolittle  (fresh-water  Entomo- 
straca),  Prof.  Max  Ellis  (Discodrilids),  Dr.  C.  O.  Esterly  (marine 
Copepods),  Dr.  A.  G.  Huntsman  (Ascidians),  Mr.  Fritz  Johansen 
(fresh- water  Entomostraca),  Prof.  Chauncey  Juday  (Crustacea: 
Daphniidae),  Dr.  C.  Dwight  Marsh  (fresh-water  Copepods),  Dr. 
Alfred  G.  Mayor  (Scyphomedusae),  Dr.  Maynard  M.  Metcalf 
(Salpa,  Pyrosoma,  Protozoa),  Dr.  J.  Percy  Moore  (Leeches),  Prof. 
J,  Playfair  McMurrich  (Actinians),  Dr.  Charles  C.  Nutting  (Hy- 
droids),  Dr.  Raymond  C.  Osbum  (Bryozoa),  Dr.  Henrj^  A.  Pilsbrj^ 
(Barnacles),  Capt.  F.  A.  Potts  (Crustacea:  Rhizocephalids) ,  Prof. 
Frank  Smith  (Earthworms),  Dr.  W.  M.  Tattersall  (Crustacea: 
Mysidacea),  Dr.  Aaron  L.  Tread  well  (Annelids),  Dr.  Willard  G. 
Van  Name  (Ascidians),  Prof.  L.  B.  Walton  (Planarians),  Dr. 
C.  B.  Wilson  (parasitic  Copepods). 

The  division  of  moUusks,  although  less  dependent  on  outside  help, 
nevertheless  gratefully  acknowledges  assistance  received  from  vari- 
ous specialists.  Thus  Dr.  Frank  Baker,  of  the  University  of  Illi- 
nois, and  Dr.  Victor  Sterki,  of  New  Philadelphia,  Ohio,  have  kindly 
determined  material.  Through  the  kind  cooperation  of  correspond- 
ents several  puzzling  points  concerning  Museum  material  have  been 
cleared  up  by  references  to  the  original  types  or  typical  material  in 
the  collections  under  their  care.  These  correspondents  are  Dr.  H.  A. 
Pilsbry,  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  in  Philadelphia;  Dr. 
F.  B.  Loomis,  of  Amherst  College;  and  Mr.  W.  F.  Clapp,  of  the 
Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology.  The  Museum  is  under  great  obli- 
gation to  the  United  States  Navy  Department  for  cooperation  of  a 
different  kind,  inasmuch  as  the  investigations  by  Dr.  Paul  Bartsch, 
curator  of  mollusks,  into  the  shipworm  problem  were  greatly  expe- 
dited through  the  efforts  of  the  commanding  officers  of  two  of  our 
navy  yards.  The  deeper  understanding  of  the  subject  gained  through 
this  investigation  has  greatly  enhanced  the  value  of  our  shipworm 
material.  The  officers  referred  to  are  Admiral  C.  W.  Parks,  Chief 
of  the  Bureau  of  Yards  and  Docks,  LTnited  States  Navy  Department ; 


REPORT   OF    NATIONAL,   MUSEUM,   1921.  75 

Commander  C.  D.  Thurber,  United  States  naval  station,  Pearl  Har- 
bor, Oahii.  Hawaii ;  and  Capt.  Edward  L.  Beach,  commandant  of  the 
Mare  Island  Naval  Station,  Calif.  As  noted  in  previous  reports,  the 
study  of  fossil  mollusks  is  so  dependent  on  that  of  the  recent  forms 
that  the  paleontologists  of  the  Geological  Survey,  notably  Dr.  AY.  P. 
Woodring,  Dr.  Julia  A.  Gardner,  Mr.  W.  C.  Mansfield,  and  Dr.  C.  W. 
Cooke  spent  considerable  time  studying  material  in  the  division  of 
mollusks. 

The  National  Herbarium,  as  in  previous  years,  is  used  frequently 
by  many  members  of  the  scientific  staffs  of  the  Department  of  Agri- 
culture. In  particular  Dr.  S.  F.  Blake,  Dr.  C.  R.  Ball,  Prof.  C.  V. 
Piper,  and  Dr.  W.  E.  Safford  have  given  attention  to  several  critical 
groups.  Mr.  Ivar  Tidestrom  has  continued  his  work  upon  the  plants 
of  Utah  and  Nevada. 

RESEARCTIES    ELSEWHERE    AIDED   BY    MUSEUM    MATERIAL 

The  liberal  policy  of  the  Museum  in  keeping  its  collections  and 
laboratories  open  to  visiting  specialists  and  in  sending  out  its  mate- 
rial to  scientific  workers  in  this  and  other  countries,  as  outlined  in  last 
year's  report,  was  continued  during  the  present  year  to  the  mutual 
advantage  of  both  parties. 

A  nimiber  of  prominent  students  visited  the  various  divisions  for 
longer  or  shorter  periods,  as  shown  by  the  following  list :  Mr.  Rem- 
ington Kellogg  used  the  cetacean  and  other  osteological  mammalian 
material ;  Mr.  Herbert  Lang,  American  Museum  of  Natural  History, 
studied  African  squirrels ;  Mr.  H.  E.  Anthony,  of  the  same  museum. 
South  American  mammals ;  Mr.  R.  M.  Anderson,  Geological  Survey  of 
Canada,  specimens  of  caribou.  The  bird  collections,  besides  being 
freely  used  by  members  of  the  staff  of  the  Biological  Survey,  were 
examined  b}^  Dr.  W.  B.  Alexander,  Perth,  West  Australia;  Dr. 
Stanley  C.  Ball,  Bishop  Museum,  Honolulu,  Hawaii;  Maj.  Allan 
Brooks,  Okanagan  Landing,  British  Columbia;  Dr.  H.  C.  Bryant, 
Museum  of  Vertebrate  Zoology,  Berkeley,  Calif. ;  Mr.  James  P. 
Chapin,  American  Museum  of  Natural  History,  New  York;  Mr. 
H.  K.  Coale,  Highland  Park,  111.;  Mr.  Donald  R.  Dickey,  Pasadena, 
Calif. ;  Dr.  Jonathan  Dwight,  New  Y^ork  City ;  Mr.  J.  H.  Fleming, 
Toronto,  Canada :  Dr.  Joseph  Grinnell,  director  of  Museum  of  Ver- 
tebrate Zoology,  Berkeley,  Calif. ;  Mr.  Ludlow  Griscom,  American 
Museum  of  Natural  History,  New  York;  Mr.  A.  K.  Haagner,  Pre- 
toria, Transvaal;  Mr.  Romeyn  B.  Hough,  Lowville,  N.  Y.,  Rev. 
H.  W.  Hubbard,  Peking,  China;  Mr.  M.  J,  Kelly,  Everhart  Museum, 
Scranton,  Pa.;  Mr.  F.  H.  Kennard,  Newton  Center,  Mass.;  Mr.  H. 
Matsumoto,  N.  E.  Imperial  L'^niversity,  Sendai,  Japan;  Mr.  W. DeW. 
Miller,  American  Museum  of  Natural  History,  New  York ;  Mrs.  M.  M. 
Nice,  Norman,  Okla. ;  Dr.  W.  H.  Osgood,  Field  Museum  of  Natural 


76  BEPORT   OF    NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

History,  Chicago,  111. ;  Mr.  C.  J.  Pennock,  Kennett  Square,  Pa. ;  Dr. 
J.  C.  Phillips,  Wenham,  Mass. ;  Mr.  H.  C.  Raven,  Bayshore,  N.  Y. ;  Mrs. 
E.  M.  B.  Reichenberger,  American  Museum  of  Natural  History,  New 
York;  Mr.  James  Henry  Rice,  jr.,  Wiggins,  S.  C. ;  Mr.  Charles  H. 
Rogers,  Princeton,  N.  J. ;  Mr.  Ralph  H.  Rose,  South  Kortright,  N.  Y. ; 
Dr.  L.  C.  Sanforcl,  New  Haven,  Conn. ;  Mr.  P.  A.  Taverner,  Ottawa, 
Canada ;  Mr.  W.  E.  Clyde  Todd,  Carnegie  Museum,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. ; 
Prof.  M.  Oshima,  of  Japan.  The  above  list  covers  those  who  ex- 
amined the  skin  collection,  and  includes  a  goodly  number  of  members 
of  the  American  Ornithologists'  Union,  who  spent  considerable  time 
during  the  period  of  the  meeting  (Nov.  8-11,  1920)  in  investigating 
various  questions  in  connection  with  their  work  in  other  museums  or 
in  relation  to  their  own  private  collections.  In  the  office  of  the  divi- 
sion of  birds  there  is  a  case  reserved  for  common  birds  of  the  Eastern 
States,  and  certain  birds  about  which  inquiry  is  most  frequent  (the 
nightingale,  the  robin  redbreast  of  Europe,  the  starling,  etc.),  as  well 
as  examples  of  a  few  birds  noted  for  their  bright  colors  or  strange 
features  of  bill,  plumage,  etc.  The  inquiries  of  many  amateurs  and 
nature-study  students  are  satisfied  by  reference  to  this  case  of  birds, 
but  no  list  of  these  visitors  or  statistics  as  to  their  numbers  has  been 
attemj)ted.  The  following  students  have  examined  the  series  of 
North  American  eggs  or  parts  of  it ;  Prof.  W.  B.  Barrows,  Agricul- 
tural College,  Mich.;  :Mr.  H.  W.  Brandt,  Cleveland,  Ohio;  Mr.  E.  J. 
Court,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Mr.  A.  F.  Ganier,  Nashville,  Tenn. ;  Mr. 
A.  H.  Hardisty,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Mr.  R.  G.  Pape,  Texarkana, 
Ark. ;  Dr.  A.  G.  Ruthven,  University  of  Michigan,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. ; 
Mr.  W.  E.  Saunders,  London,  Ontario,  Canada;  Mr.  J  Fletcher 
Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  Mr.  George  H.  Stuart,  3d,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Reptiles  and  amphibians  were  examined  by  Dr.  Thomas  Barbour, 
Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology ;  and  Dr.  E.  R.  Dunn,  of  the  same 
museum;  and  Dr.  Sidney  F.  Blake,  of  the  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture. An  unusual  number  of  outside  entomologists  made  prolonged 
stays  of  from  several  weeks  to  several  months  studying  our  ma- 
terials; thus  Mr.  Ray  T.  Webber,  Melrose  Highlands,  Mass.;  Mr. 
John  Tothill,  of  the  Canadian  entomological  staff;  Mr.  C.  F.  W. 
Musebeck,  Dr.  W.  T.  M.  Forbes,  and  Mr.  R.  T.  Shannon,  all  of 
Cornell  University.  Many  other  entomologists  have  visited  the  divi- 
sion of  insects  for  a  few  days  or  a  single  day  at  a  time,  such  as  Mr. 
S.  W.  Frost,  of  the  entomological  staff  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
College ;  Dr.  W.  J.  Holland,  director  of  the  Carnegie  IMusemn,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. ;  Dr.  William  Barnes,  Decatur,  111. ;  and  Dr.  C.  T.  Ramsden, 
Guantanamo,  Cuba.  While  no  outsiders  pursued  any  studies  in  the 
laboratories  of  the  division  of  marine  invertebrates  during  the  pres- 
ent year,  personal  inquiries  by  members  of  the  scientific  staffs  of  the 


EEPOET   OF   JiJ^ATIOlSrAL   MUSEUM,   1921.  77 

Bureau  of  Fisheries  and  of  various  bureaus  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  were  frequent.  Doctor  Ball,  recentlj^  appointed  curator 
of  the  Berenice  Paliui  Bishop  Museum,  in  Honolulu,  spent  several 
days  in  the  division  of  mollusks  reviewing  the  collections  to  ac- 
quaint himself  with  the  methods  employed.  Mollusks  were  also 
studied  by  Dr.  G.  Dallas  Hanna,  of  the  University  of  California; 
Dr.  Bruce  Clark,  of  the  same  university;  and  Hon.  Truman  H. 
Aldnch,  who  brought  a  lot  of  his  material  for  comparison  with  that 
in  the  Museum.  The  division  also  had  numerous  personal  calls 
from  specialists  in  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  Bureau  of  Fish- 
eries, and  Geological  Survey  for  information  or  examination  of 
collections  as  an  aid  in  their  particular  lines  of  research.  The  visi- 
tors calling  for  information  on  special  points  at  the  division  of  echi- 
noderms  were  Mr.  Wilfrid  B.  Alexander,  of  the  Western  Australian 
Museum,  Perth,  West  Australia  ,••  Dr.  August  F.  Foerste.  Dayton^ 
Ohio;  Prof.  T.  Harvey  Johnston,  Queensland  University,  Brisbane; 
Prof.  Hiko  Matsumoto,  Sendai  University,  Japan;  Capt.  Frank  A. 
Potts,  Cambridge,  England ;  and  Dr.  S.  Yoshida,  Osaka,  Japan.  Mr. 
Arthur  de  C.  Sowerby,  on  his  way  to  China  to  collect  for  the  Museum, 
stopped  for  several  days  and  visited  with  the  curators  and  examined 
specimens.  Dr.  R.  W,  Shufeldt,  Washington  City,  used  the  mammal, 
bird,  and  fish  collections  considerably  in  photographing  and  com- 
paring material.  Among  the  professional  botanists  from  elesewhere 
than  Washington  who  have  worked  in  the  herbarium  during  the  year 
are  the  following :  Prof.  H.  M.  Hall  and  Prof.  Frederick  E.  Clem- 
ents, of  the  Carnegie  Institution  of  Washington,  who  were  engaged 
in  studying  A  triplex,  Chrysothamnus,  and  several  other  critical 
genera ;  Dr.  C.  F.  Millspaugh,  of  the  Field  Museum  of  Natural 
History,  engaged  in  preparing  an  account  of  the  flora  of  Santa 
Catalina  Island,  Calif. ;  Dr.  P.  A.  Eydberg  of  the  New  York  Bo- 
tanical Garden,  in  connection  with  studies  of  Leguminosae  and  Com- 
positae  for  the  North  American  Flora ;  Mr.  C.  A.  Weatherby,  of  East 
Hartford,  Conn.,  engaged  in  the  study  of  certain  genera  of  fems; 
Prof.  S.  Mihara,  director  of  the  cotton  experiment  station  at  Mokpo, 
Chosen,  Japan ;  and  Prof.  Koyomitsu  Ryu,  of  the  College  of  Agri- 
culture, Morioka,  Japan. 

A  large  number  of  specimens  were  asked  for  as  loans  by  numerous 
outside  investigators  and  institutions  as  an  aid  in  the  study  of  their 
own  material.  Mammals  were  loaned  to  Dr.  J.  A.  Allen,  Mr.  H.  E. 
Anthony,  and  Mr.  Herbert  Lang,  of  the  American  Museum  of  Nat- 
ural History,  New  York;  the  University  of  California,  Department  of 
Geology ;  Mr.  Arthur  de  C.  Sowerby,  London ;  Dr.  Oldfield  Thomas, 
British  Museum;  Dr.  G.  D.  Hanna,  California  Academy  of  Sciences; 
Dr.  Joseph  Grinnell,  University  of  California;  Dr.  R.  W.  Shufeldt, 
Washington  City.    Birds  were  sent  to  Witmer  Stone,  Philadelphia 


78  REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

Academy  of  Natural  Sciences;  Messrs.  W.  de  W.  Miller  and  J.  P. 
Chapin,  American  Musemn  of  Natural  History,  New  York;  Mr. 
Frank  Bond,  Washington  City;  Maj.  Allan  Brooks  and  Mr.  Louis 
Agassiz  Fuertes,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. ;  Mr.  Charles  B.  Cory,  Field  Museum 
of  Natural  History ;  Dr.  N.  Kuroda,  Tokyo,  Japan ;  Mr.  H.  H.  Bailey, 
Miami  Beach  Zoological  Park,  Fla. ;  Mr.  A.  C.  Bent  and  Mr.  J.  C. 
Phillips,  Cambridge,  Mass.  Reptiles  and  amphibians  were  sent  to 
Dr.  Thomas  Barbour  and  Dr.  E.  R.  Dunn,  Museum  of  Comparative 
Zoology ;  Miss  M.  C.  Dickerson,  American  Museum  of  Natural  His- 
tory, New  York ;  Dr.  Frank  N.  Blanchard,  Zoological  Museum,  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan ;  and  Prof.  A.  M.  Reese,  West  Virginia  Univer- 
sity. From  the  division  of  fishes  specimens  were  loaned  to  Mr.  Carl 
L.  Hubbs,  Zoological  Museum,  University  of  Michigan,  and  Dr. 
Henry  W.  Fowler,  Philadelphia  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences.  In 
addition,  specimens  of  fishes  havQ  been  borrowed  repeatedly  by  the 
specialists  of  the  Bureau  of  Fisheries.  No  insect  material  of  any  im- 
portance was  transmitted  to  investigators  outside  of  the  Museum. 
Marine  invertebrates  were  sent  to  Dr.  K.  H.  Barnard,  South  African 
Museum,  Cape  Town ;  Capt.  F.  A.  Potts,  Zoological  Laboratory,  The 
Museums,  Cambridge,  England;  Mr.  W.  A.  Richter,  North  Milwau- 
kee, Wis.;  Dr.  Frank  Smith,  University  of  Illinois;  Mrs.  Leon  S. 
Stone,  New  Haven,  Conn. ;  Mr.  Joel  H.  Swartz,  geological  laboratory, 
Johns  Hopkins  University,  Baltimore,  Md.;  Dr.  A.  L.  Treadwell, 
Vassar  College,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  Plants  sent  out  from  the  Na- 
tional Herbarium  to  specialists  or  institutions  outside  of  Washington 
for  study  numbered  4,076,  comprised  in  71  lots,  a  slight  falling  off 
from  the  previous  year.  Only  the  larger  atid  more  important  loans 
are  mentioned  in  the  following  list :  208  specimens  of  Azalea  lent  to 
the  Arnold  Arboretum  of  Harvard  University,  for  monographic 
study  by  Dr.  Alfred  Rehder ;  184  specimens  of  violets  of  the  western 
United  States  lent  to  Dr.  Ezra  Brainerd,  Middlebury,  Vt.,  for  study 
in  connection  with  his  forthcoming  monograph  of  the  North  Ameri- 
can Vioiaceae ;  298  specimens  of  Hosachia  lent  to  the  University  of 
California,  Berkeley,  Calif.,  for  study  by  Prof.  W.  L.  Jepson;  127 
specimens  of  Mimulus  lent  to  Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  for 
study  by  Mrs.  Adele  Lewis  Grant,  who  is  engaged  in  a  revision  of 
the  North  American  species  of  this  genus ;  108  specimens  of  FUix  lent 
to  the  Gray  Herbarium  of  Harvard  University  for  study  by  Mr.  C.  A. 
Weatherby;  280  specimens  of  Hypoxis  lent  to  the  Gray  Herbarium 
of  Harvard  University  for  study  by  Miss  Amelia  E.  Brackett;  269 
specimens  of  Scrophulariaceae  lent  to  the  New  York  Botanical  Gar- 
den for  monographic  study  by  Dr.  Francis  W.  Pennell;  1,474  speci- 
mens of  North  American  species  of  Piper  lent  to  Prof.  William 
Trelease,  of  the  University  of  Illinois,  Urbana,  111.,  for  use  in  connec- 
tion with  his  monographic  study  of  this  genus.    During  the  year  11 


REPORT   OF    NATIOiSrAL   MUSEUxM,   1921.  79 

persons  connected  with  the  Department  of  Agriculture  have  borrowed 
from  the  National  Herbarium  44  lots  of  plants,  aggregating  1,293 
specimens. 

DISTRIBUTION    AND    EXCHANGE    OF    SPECIMENS. 

DujDlicates  distributed  to  schools,  colleges,  and  institutions  aggre- 
gated 2,925  specimens,  of  which  1,242  were  in  8  sets  of  molluslvis, 
regularly  prepared  for  this  purpose,  and  two  sets  of  91  fishes  each 
similarly  prepared. 

A  collection  of  about  500  glass  eels,  averaging  in  length  57  mm.' 
was  collected  for  and  presented  to  Dr.  Johannes  Schmidt,  of  the 
Carlsberg  Laboratorium,  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  to  assist  him  in  his 
studies  of  the  development  of  the  eel.  Of  the  alcoholic  specimens  of 
the  17-3'^ear  cicada,  collected  for  the  use  of  colleges  and  similar 
institutions,  as  mentioned  in  last  year's  report,  one  lot  of  100  speci- 
mens was  distributed  this  year. 

Exchanges  to  the  number  of  12,530  specimens  were  arranged,  11,926 
being  botanical.  Of  the  604  zoological  secimens,  the  most  important 
exchange  consisted  of  149  bird  skins,  which  were  sent  to  the  Museum 
of  the  University  of  Michigan ;  the  remainder  were  disposed  of  by 
the  divisions  of  mammals,  birds,  reptiles,  fishes,  marine  invertebrates, 
and  mollusks  in  small  lots  as  exchanges  with  various  institutions  and 
individuals.  The  largest  exchanges  of  plants  were  sent  to  the  New 
York  Botanical  Garden,  British  Museum  of  National  History,  Mr.  J. 
Theriot,  Le  Havre,  France,  Gray  Herbarium  of  Harvard  University, 
Field  Museums  of  Natural  History,  California  Academy  of  Sciences, 
and  the  College  de  Longueuil,  Quebec.     The  others,  made  up  of  sets 

of  less  than  500  specimens,  were  exchanged  with  53  different  insti- 
tutions and  individuals. 

TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  SPECIMENS  IN  DEPARTMENT  OP  BIOLOGY,  INCLUDING  NUMBER  OF  DUPLICATE 

SPECIMENS. 

As  explained  in  previous  reports,  the  numbers  given  below  can 
only  be  approximately  correct.  It  would  manifestly  be  impossible 
to  count  the  specimens  individually.  The  figures  presented  are  based 
upon  previous  estimates,  the  numbers  received  during  the  year  being 
added,  and  the  specimens  disposed  of  by  gift's  and  exchange,  or  other- 
wise expended,  being  deducted.  It  should  be  noted  that  this  census 
does  not  include  the  collections  of  mammals  and  birds  in  the  custody 
of  the  Biological  Survey. 

Duplicates  have  not  been  segregated  in  several  of  the  divisions 
for  various  reasons,  but  more  particularly  because  a  large  amount  of 
material  has  yet  to  be  worked  over  monographically,  so  as  to  make 
it  safe  to  deplete  the  series.  The  figures  furnished  in  last  year's  re- 
port for  the  duplicates  of  fishes  contained  not  only  the  number  of 
duplicates  actually  segregated  but  also  a  rough  estimate  as  to  the 
71305°— 21 6 


80  REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

possible  number  of  duplicates  which  the  rest  of  the  series  might 
yield  when  eventually  worked  up.  With  the  receipt  this  year  of 
approximately  100.000  specimens  of  Philippine  fishes  this  method 
of  arriving  at  a  fair  estimate  of  the  number  of  duplicates  available 
for  distribution  proved  utterly  inadequate.  It  has  therefore  been 
considered  the  better  plan  only  to  list  the  number  of  duplicates 
actually  segregated.  It  may  be  further  noted  that  the  figures  for  the 
division  of  plants  are  exclusive  of  the  lower  cryptogams.  In  the 
following  table  the  figures  in  parentheses  indicate  the  number  of 
duplicates  included  in  the  total : 

Division : 

Mammals 77, 071 

Birds - 299,771         (9,150) 

Reptiles 74,  329 

Fishes 709,987       (25,000) 

Insects 2,  200,  000 

Marine  invertebrates 704,539       (10,000) 

Mollusks 1,  436, 172       (12,  000) 

Echiuoderms 155,000       (50,000) 

Plants 1,073,000       (20,000) 

Total 6,729,869     (126,150) 


REPORT  ON  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  GEOLOGY. 
By  George  P.  Mbbriix,  Head  Curator. 

Considered  with  reference  only  to  the  work  actually  accomplished 
along  lines  of  investigation,  the  year  ending  June  30, 1921,  has,  with 
the  possible  exception  of  the  year  immediately  preceding,  been  one 
unprecedented  in  the  history  of  the  department. 

Accessions. — A  marked  increase  in  the  number  of  accessions  is 
shown  over  those  recorded  in  any  one  of  the  past  15  years.  The  total 
number  listed  is  231,  a  gain  of  51  over  last  year,  and  of  29  over  the 
recorded  number  in  1914—15,  next  highest  on  the  list.  Of  the  acquisi- 
tions of  the  present  year,  151  were  received  as  gifts,  39  as  exchanges, 
24  as  transfers  from  other  departments  of  the  Government,  chiefly 
the  Geological  Survey,  5  were  acquired  by  purchase,  and  5  as  deposits 
or  loans.  A  considerable  quantity  of  the  gift  and  transfer  material 
will,  doubtless,  on  examination  prove  to  be  duplicate  or  undesirable, 
what  proportion  it  is  yet  too  early  to  state,  but  apparently  the  total 
value  is  well  up  to  the  average.  The  additions  to  the  geological, 
mineralogical,  and  petrological  collections  number  1,772  individual 
specimens  and  140  boxes  and  trays,  only  a  few  of  which  have  as  yet 
been  unpacked  and  assorted,  but  which  it  is  estimated  will  yield  a 
total  of  not  less  than  20,000  specimens,  while  upward  of  50,000  speci- 
mens have  been  added  to  the  paleontological  collections. 

The  largest  contributor  to  the  division  of  geology  was  as  usual 
the  Geological  Survey,  whence  were  transferred  131  boxes  and  7 
trays  of  material,  much  of  it  being  described  sets  of  rocks  and  ores. 
From  this  source  also  were  received  5  specimens  of  the  platinum- 
bearing  covellite  from  the  Rambler  Mine,  Wyo. ;  the  type  set  of 
specimens  from  the  R  and  S  molybdeum  mine,  N.  Mex.,  described 
by  E.  S.  Larsen  and  C.  S.  Ross;  and  a  small  collection  of  carnotite 
minerals  and  associated  ores  from  Routt  County,  Colo.,  collected 
and  reported  on  by  Hoyt  S.  Gale. 

Accessions  of  materials  from  South  America  have  been  especially 
important.  Through  the  courtesy  of  the  Guggenheim  interests, 
Custodian  Frank  L.  Hess  was  enabled  to  add  a  large  series  illustra- 
tive of  the  Bolivian  tin  and  tungsten  ores,  and  through  Messrs  L.  L. 
Ellis  and  Don  Stewart,  of  Oruro,  Bolivia,  and  Prof.  Joseph  T. 
SingeAvald,  of  Johns  Hopkins  University,  Baltimore,  to  secure  other 
examples   of  like  nature.     From  Mr.   Tomas  A.   Le  Breton,   am- 

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bassador  from  Argentina,  was  received  a  representative  series  of 
Argentina  ores  and  minerals. 

Important  additions  were  made  to  the  borate  collections  from 
California  by  Assistant  Curator  Foshag.  Other  contributions  re- 
ceived through  the  same  source  include  specimens  of  rich  silver 
ore  from  the  California  Kand  Silver  Co.,Eandsburg,  Calif. ;  of  cerar- 
gyrite  from  the  Calico  District,  gift  of  J.  R.  Lane,  of  Yermo,  Calif. ; 
and  an  uncommonly  large  and  pure  example  of  cinnabar  contributed 
by  the  New  Alma  den  Mining  Co. 

Among  the  radium-bearing  materials  received  are  carnotite  ore 
from  the  Long  Park,  Colo.,  properties  of  the  Radium  Luminous 
Materials  Corporation,  furnished  by  the  Radium  InfoiTnation  Serv- 
ice, New  York  City ;  euxenite  ore,  sent  at  the  request  of  F.  L.  Hess 
by  the  Orser-Kraft  Feldspar  Co.  (Ltd.),  of  Perth,  Ontario;  torber- 
nite  from  White  Signal,  Grant  County,  N.  Mex.,  gift  of  the  Radium 
Treatment  &  Sanatorium  Co.,  Silver  City,  N.  Mex.;  and  approxi- 
mately a  kilogram  of  uraninite  from  Joachimstahl,  Bohemia,  ac- 
quired by  exchange  from  Ward's  Natural  Science  Establishment. 

Among  miscellaneous  gifts  may  be  mentioned  two  specimens  of 
gold  ore  from  the  Mother  Lode,  Calif.,  and  one  of  the  White  Pine 
County,  Nev.,  scheelite,  received  from  W,  J.  Loring,  San  Francisco, 
Calif. ;  examples  of  crude  talc  of  unusually  fine  quality  from  Death 
Valley,  sent  by  the  Pacific  Minerals  &  Chemical  Co.,  Glendale,  Calif. ; 
bauxite  from  British  Guiana,  donated  by  the  Demerara  Bauxite 
Co.,  Philadelphia;  a  specimen  of  a  sandstone  used  as  a  pulp 
stone  in  grinding  wood  for  paper  making,  contributed  by  the  Inter- 
national Paper  Co.,  New  York  City;  and  a  sand-rock  used  for 
various  industrial  purposes,  by  the  National  Silica  Co.,  Oregon,  111. 

An  exceptionally  large  example  of  filamentous  basalt,  Pele's  hair, 
from  Kilauea  Crater,  Hawaiian  Islands,  was  presented  by  Prof.  T.  A. 
Jaggar  through  Dr.  H.  S.  Washington,  and  four  specimens  of  an 
unusual  form  of  lava  from  the  eruption  of  a  volcano  in  San  Salvador 
in  1917,  together  with  photographs  of  the  region,  were  received  from 
Bartholomew  Mclntire,  San  Francisco,  through  the  Department  of 
State. 

But  four  additions  to  the  meteorite  collection  were  recorded  dur- 
ing the  year.  These  comprised  two  examples  of  the  Forsyth  Count}^, 
N.  C,  iron,  and  one  of  the  Chinautla,  Guatemala,  by  exchange  with 
Ward's  Natural  Science  Establishment ;  a  fragment  of  the  Troup, 
Tex.,  stone,  deposited  by  the  University  of  Texas ;  and  a  piece  weigh- 
ing 75  pounds  cut  from  a  475-pound  mass  of  iron  found  in  Owens 
Valley,  Calif.,  in  1913,  by  Mr.  Lincoln  Ellsworth,  of  New  York  City. 

The  extent  of  the  mineral  collection  was  materiallj^  increased.  A 
large  number  of  new  or  rare  species,  including  fine  examples  of 


REPORT   OF   ISTATIOXAL   MUSEUM,   1921.  .  83 

precious  opal  from  Nevada,  a  suite  of  rare  sulphosalts  from  the  Bin- 
nenthal,  Switzerland,  and  miscellaneous  minerals,  chiefly  from  for- 
eign sources,  were  obtained  through  exchange  with  Ward's  Natural 
Science  Establishment.  In  a  like  manner  were  added  a  number  of 
Italian  minerals,  received  from  Prof.  Alberto  Pelloux,  Genoa ;  mis- 
cellaneous minerals  from  California,  including  some  rare  sulphates 
and  an  attractive  exhibition  specimen  of  beautifully  crystallized 
pink  halite  from  Searles  Lake,  received  from  Mr.  M.  Vonsen,  Peta- 
luma,  Calif.;  interesting  lead  and  vanadium  minerals  sent  by  Mr. 
C.  A.  Heberlein,  Supai,  Ariz.;  and  a  collection  of  the  unusual  zeo- 
lites from  North  Table  Mountain,  near  Golden,  Colo.,  received  from 
the  School  of  Mines  at  Golden. 

The  Rainbow  Ridge  Mining  Co.,  through  Mr.  Archie  Rice,  New 
York  City,  presented  a  suite  of  precious  opal  from  their  mines  in 
Humboldt  County,  Nev.  These  show  the  variations  in  the  coloring 
of  the  opal,  ranging  from  the  very  dark  or)  "black"  opal  to  the 
palest  opalescent  tints.  The  collection  forms  a  part  of  an  exhibit 
composed  entirely  of  opals  in  the  matrix. 

Additional  accessions  of  note  include  the  following  gifts:  Rare 
copper  minerals  from  Chuquicamata,  Chile,  presented  by  Guggen- 
heim Bros.,  New  York  City;  exceptional  specimens  of  wolframite, 
by  J.  F.  Aguilar  Revoredo,  Oruro,  Bolivia,  and  of  the  rare  mineral 
hewettite,  by  A.  O.  Egbert,  Prescott,  Ariz. ;  sphenomanganite  and 
catoptrite  from  Sweden,  new  to  the  collections,  by  Col.  W.  A.  Roe- 
bling,  Trenton,  N.  J.;  inyoite  from  New  Brunswick,  by  E.  J.  Arm- 
strong, Erie,  Pa. ;  a  large  specimen  of  bismuthinite,  by  W.  H.  Wey- 
her,  Alta,  Utah,  and  an  exceptional  specimen  of  sphalerite,  by  C.  H. 
Short,  Salt  Lake  City,  both  obtained  through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Vic- 
tor C.  Heikes;  a  large  group  of  fluorspar  crystals,  by  the  Diamond 
Fluorspar  Co.,  Karbers  Ridge,  111. ;  described  specimens  of  augite 
and  apthitalite,  by  Dr.  Henry  S.  Washington ;  and  several  examples 
of  semiprecious  stones,  by  F,  M.  Myrick,  Johannesburg,  Calif. 

A  most  important  addition  to  the  collection  of  gems  and  gem 
minerals  was  afforded  by  the  acquisition,  through  the  Frances  Lea 
Chamberlain  fund,  of  56  cut  and  uncut  tourmalines  from  Mesa 
Grande,  Calif.  The  cut  forms  include  both  cabochons  and  facetted 
stones  and  show  the  rich  variety  of  coloring  characteristic  of  this 
mineral;  the  crystals  are  of  varying  sizes,  showing  two  to  three 
colors  in  each  example.  Through  the  same  means  were  secured  9 
cabochons  of  chrysoprase;  6  blue  zircons  from  Queensland,  Aus- 
tralia; 4  carved  jades;  2  cabochons  of  Persian  turquoise;  2  cut  gems 
each  of  Madagascar  orthoclase  and  wernerite;  1  Australian  opal 
carved  in  the  form  of  a  pansy  blossom ;  4  blue  and  yellow  Australian 
sapphires;   and  an  Australian  opal,  cut   cabochon,  weighing  31.9 


84  REPORT  OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921. 

carats.     A  cut  topaz  weighing  92.4  carats  was  received  as  a  loan 
from  Mrs.  George  P.  Merrill. 

The  principal  addition  to  the  petrological  collection  is  the  ex- 
tensive and  valuable  series  comprising  upward  of  300  hand  speci- 
mens of  igneous  rocks  from  the  islands  of  the  Pacific  and  Indian 
Oceans,  collected  by  the  late  Dr.  Joseph  P.  Iddings  and  presented 
by  his  sister,  Mrs.  Francis  D.  Cleveland,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.  These, 
one  regrets  to  state,  have  not  as  yet  been  fully  described.  Several 
brief  papers  under  the  joint  authorship  of  Drs.  Iddings  and 
Morely  are  sufficient  to  show  their  interest  and  importance,  but  it  is 
evident  much  work  upon  them  remains  to  be  done.  Including  also 
the  scientific  portion  of  Dr.  Iddings's  library,  as  well  as  valuable 
collections  assigned  to  other  departments,  this  is  considered  one  of 
the  most  noteworthy  accessions  of  the  year. 

Other  additions,  received  by  transfer  from  the  Geological  Survey, 
consist  of  collections  of  rocks  from  the  western  New  England  and 
eastern  New  York  lime  belt,  collected  by  Prof.  T.  Nelson  Dale,  and 
miscellaneous  rocks  from  Montana,  Colorado,  and  Washington,  col- 
lected by  Messrs.  Hancock,  Pishel,  and  Beekley. 

The  accessions  in  the  section  of  invertebrate  paleontology  are  of 
especial  interest  on  account  of  the  wide  range  of  localities  repre- 
sented. China,  Australia,  Tunis,  Thrace,  Java,  Philippines,  Hawaii, 
Trinidad,  Jamaica,  Haiti,  Colombia,  Argentina,  Chile,  and  Bolivia 
are  the  most  prominent  of  the  foreign  sources. 

Perhaps  the  most  valuable  of  these  foreign  collections  are  the 
moUuscan  types  from  Bowden,  Jamaica,  described  by  W.  P.  Wood- 
ring  and  deposited  by  Johns  Hopkins  University,  and  important 
acquisitions  of  fossil  invertebrates  and  plants  collected  in  China  by 
Prof.  George  D.  Louclerback,  of  the  University  of  California.  Large 
collections  from  Haiti,  the  result  of  surveys  being  made  for  the 
Haitian  Government  under  the  direction  of  the  Geological  Survey, 
through  which  institution  they  were  presented  by  the  Haitian  Re- 
public, must  also  be  mentioned,  as  well  as  a  valuable  lot  of  Tertiary 
fossils  from  Australia,  received  as  an  exchange  from  the  National 
Museum,  at  Melbourne. 

Additions  to  the  Cambrian  collections  are  comprised  in  three 
accessions.  About  6,000  specimens,  collected  and  studied  by  Secretary 
Walcott,  were  deposited  by  the  Smithsonian  Institution;  approxi- 
mately 1,000  from  the  Upper  Cambrian  of  Wisconsin,  received  as  a 
gift  from  Dr.  W.  O.  Hotchkiss,  State  geologist,  were  secured  through 
the  efforts  of  Dr.  E.  O.  Ulrich  to  supplement  the  monographic  studies 
by  himself  and  Dr.  C.  E.  Eesser;  and  332  specimens  from  Lancaster 
County,  Pa.,  were  presented  by  Dr.  H.  Justin  Roddy,  of  Millers- 
ville.  Pa. 


EEPORT   OF   NATIOXAL    MUSEUM,   1921.  85 

Approximate!}^  25.000  specimens  of  Silurian  and  Devonian  fossils 
from  Maine,  representing  the  final  shipment  of  collections  made  by 
the  late  Prof.  H.  S.  Williams,  have  been  transferred  from  the  Geo- 
logical Survey.  The  collections  from  these  horizons  have  been 
further  supplemented  by  valuable  and  much-needed  materials  se- 
cured through  three  exchanges  with  Eaymond  E,  Hibbard,  of  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y. 

Additional  noteworthy  accessions  are:  An  especially  selected  lot 
of  Carboniferous  foraminifera,  gift  of  Hon.  Charles  H.  Morrill, 
Lincoln,  Xebr. ;  a  large  collection  containing  many  new  species,  par- 
ticularly of  fossil  sponges  and  trilobites,  from  a  hitherto  vmrepre- 
sented  area  in  Nevada,  received  in  exchange  from  Mr.  H.  G.  Clinton, 
Manhattan,  Xev. ;  and  a  large  slab  of  fossiliferous  Ordovician  lime- 
stone from  southwestern  Ohio,  obtained  by  the  curator  for  exhibi- 
tion purposes. 

By  far  the  most  important  accession  to  the  section  of  vertebrate 
paleontology  is  a  collection  of  more  than  a  hundred  specimens  of 
vertebrate  remains,  mostly  mammalian,  representing  a  new  Pliocene 
fauna  of  30  or  more  species,  obtained  by  Mr.  J.  W.  Gidley,  working 
under  the  joint  auspices  of  the  National  Museum  and  the  Geological 
Survey.  The  collection  includes  basic  material  for  two  skeleton 
restorations,  one  of  a  little-lniown  species  of  mastodon,  the  other  a 
new  species  of  Glyptotherium.  Mr.  Gidley  also  collected  from  the 
"  bone  quarry  "  at  Agate,  Nebr.,  a  block  or  slab,  5^  by  3^  feet,  and 
14  inches  thick,  weighing  upward  of  4,000  pounds,  and  containing 
numerous  fossil  bones,  mostly  of  the  little  two-horned  rhinoceros 
Diceratherium  cooki. 

Mr.  C,  W,  Gilmore,  while  investigating  certain  fossiliferous  areas 
in  New  Mexico,  noted  elsewhere,  secured  interesting  mammalian 
remains. 

Of  the  materials  acquired  by  exchange,  mention  may  be  made  of 
a  fossil  turtle,  Bystra  norms,  a  rare  specimen  and  the  type  of  the 
genus,  received  from  the  Buffalo  Society  of  Natural  Sciences;  a 
disarticulated  skull  and  lower  jaws  of  the  crested  dinosaur  Stephan- 
osaurus,  the  first  representative  of  this  reptile  to  be  secured  for  the 
national  collections;  part  of  a  skull  and  lower  jaw  of  a  Pleistocene 
elephant  from  an  unknown  locality,  and  an  elephant  tooth  from 
Otranto,  Italy,  received  from  Ward's  Natural  Science  Establish- 
ment ;  approximately  200  specimens  of  Pleistocene  mammals  from  a 
cave  deposit  near  Coconino  County,  Ariz.,  received  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Arizona;  and  two  skulls  of  Diceratheriuin  cooki  and  casts 
of  two  Permian  reptile  skulls  from  the  University  of  Chicago. 

The  lower  jaw  of  a  Pleistocene  mastodon  from  near  Yazoo  City, 
Miss.,  gift  of  the  Yazoo  Commercial  Club;  a  jawbone  with  teeth 
intact  of  the  fossil  shark,  Edestus  heim^chsii,  gift  of  the  Southern 


86  REPORT   OF   NATIONAL    MUSEUM,   1921. 

Coal,  Coke  &  Mining  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  and  a  fossil  elephant  skull, 
acquired  by  purchase,  are  additional  accessions  worthy  of  note.  Men- 
tion may  also  be  made  of  the  acquisition  of  an  original  oil  painting 
of  a  life  restoration  of  the  flying  reptile  Ornithostoma  which. was 
deposited  by  the  Smithsonian  Institution. 

Of  prime  importance  among  the  accessions  to  the  section  of 
paleobotany  are  large  collections  from  the  Eocene  formations  of 
southeastern  North  America,  described  and  figured  by  E.  W.  Berry 
in  Professional  Pajoers  of  the  United  States  Geological  Survey. 
Following  these  should  be  noted  gifts  of  unusually  well-preserved 
exhibition  and  stud}'  specimens  from  Malheur  County,  Oreg.,  and 
Coeur  d'Alene,  Idaho,  the  former  presented  by  Mr.  Sam  Ballantyne, 
Boise,  and  the  latter  by  Henry  J.  Eust,  Coeur  d'Alene,  Idaho. 
Valuable  material  was  also  included  in  the  extensive  collection  from 
China  received  from  Professor  Louderback,  mention  of  which  is 
made  above. 

Explorations  and  expeditions. — Explorations  were  confined  wholly 
to  the  division  of  paleontology.  The  field  season  of  1920  was  spent 
as  usual  by  Secretary  Walcott  in  the  Canadian  Rockies.  His  work 
had  for  its  object  the  determination  of  the  character  and  extent  of 
the  great  interval  of  nondeposition  of  sedimentary  rock-forming 
material  along  the  Front  Range  of  the  Rockies  west  of  Calgary, 
Alberta,  and  the  clearing  up  of  the  relations  of  the  sunmait  and  base 
of  the  great  Glacier  Lake  section  of  1919  to  the  geological  forma- 
tions above  and  below.  Early  in  July  work  was  begun  along  the 
Ghost  River  northeast  of  Banff;  the  Rocky  Mountain  front  was 
studied  and  among  its  cliffs  a  new  formation  of  Lower  Middle 
Cambrian  age  was  determined.  Forty  miles  north  of  Lake  Louise 
a  geological  section  was  studied  in  detail  that  tied  in  the  base  of 
the  Glacier  Lake  section  with  the  Middle  and  Lower  Cambrian 
formations.  Proceeding  to  the  upper  valley  of  the  Clear  Water 
River,  a  most  perfectly  exposed  series  of  limestones,  shales,  and  sand- 
stones of  Upper  Cambrian  and  later  formations  was  found,  which 
cleared  up  the  relations  of  the  upper  portion  of  the  Glacier  Lake 
section  to  the  Ordovician  formations  above. 

During  July,  1920,  and  again  in  January,  1921,  Curator  Bassler 
was  engaged  in  the  preparation  of  casts  of  type  specimens  of  fos- 
sils in  the  Walker  Museum,  University  of  Chicago,  in  continua- 
tion of  plans  to  attain  for  the  national  collections  their  proper  com- 
pleteness by  having  represented  all  available  type  specimens.  The 
casting  of  all  the  Devonian,  Mississippian,  and  Pennsylvanian  types 
in  the  Walker  Museum,  amounting  to  some  thousands  of  specimens, 
was  accomplished  during  these  two  visits. 

Dr.  E.  O.  Ulrich,  of  the  Geological  Survey,  associate  in  paleon- 
tology, continued  his  field  researches  on  the  Cambrian  and  Ordo- 


EEPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1021.  87 

viciaii  rocks  of  the  Appalacliian  and  Mississippi  Valleys  during  the 
first  three  and  last  two  months  of  the  fiscal  year.  Accompanied  by 
his  assistant,  he  studied  numerous  areas  to  determine  doubtful  geo- 
logical points,  during  the  course  of  which  he  obtained  valuable  col- 
lections which  will  come  to  the  National  Museum. 

Early  in  the  year  Assistant  Curator  J.  W.  Gidley  was  detailed  to 
visit  Williamsburg,  Ya.,  to  investigate  a  reported  find  of  some  fossil 
bones  in  that  vicinity.  These  proved  to  be  the  remains  of  an  extinct 
species  of  whale  of  Miocene  age,  but  were  incomplete  and  too  badly 
damaged  to  make  possible  the  recovery  of  a  sufficient  number  for  an 
exhibition  mount. 

Two  other  important  field  expeditions  were  undertaken  hx  Mr. 
Gidley  during  the  year,  the  first  as  the  result  of  reports  from  Mr. 
Kirk  Bryan,  of  the  Geological  Survey,  who  had  discovered  some 
promising  localities  for  fossil  A'ertebrate  remains  while  maldng  an 
extensive  survey  of  the  underground  water  resources  in  the  San 
Pedro  Valley  of  Arizona.  Mr.  Gidley  spent  two  months  or  more  in 
the  Arizona  field,  visiting  three  localities  in  the  San  Pedro  Valley 
and  one  in  Sulphur  Springs  Valley.  The  last  yielded  only  fragmen- 
tary remains  of  Pleistocene  mammals,  but  much  better  results  were 
obtained  in  the  San  Pedro  Valley,  where  two  localities,  one  about 
2  miles  south  of  Benson,  the  other  at  the  Curtis  ranch,  about  14  miles 
south  of  Benson,  yielded  remains  of  about  30  species,  mostly  mam- 
mals, which  seem  to  represent  a  new  or  little-known  Pliocene  faima. 
Mr.  Gidley  shipped  21  boxes,  with  an  aggregate  weight  of  about 
4,630  pounds.  A  portion  of  this  material  will  be  suitable  for  ex- 
hibition, the  most  important  being  remains  sufficiently  complete  to 
form  the  basis  of  skeleton  restorations  of  a  rare  species  of  mastodon 
and  a  large  edentate.  Other  remains  represent  extinct  species  of 
camels,  carnivorous  animals,  rodents,  turtles,  and  birds. 

The  second  expedition,  entirely  under  Museum  auspices,  included 
a  trip  to  Agate  Springs,  Nebr.,  where  was  secured  a  large  slab,  or 
block  of  limestone  containing  remains  of  the  little  rhinoceros  Dicera- 
therium  cooli.  This  will  be  cleaned  and  exhibited  with  the  bones 
in  situ. 

Mr.  C.  W.  Gilmore  was  detailed  in  April  to  visit  a  fossiliferoug 
area  some  36  miles  north  of  Santa  Fe,  N.  Mex.,  for  the  purpose  of 
making  collections  of  paleontological  material,  and  for  determining 
the  advisabilit}"  of  reserving  certain  lands  for  national  monument 
purposes.  A  skull,  lower  jaws,  and  other  bones  of  an  extinct  rhi- 
noceros, various  limb  and  foot  bones  of  a  camel,  and  a  small  collec- 
tion of  miscellaneous  specimens  were  obtained  as  a  result  of  this  trip. 

Worh  of  preserving  and  installing  the  collections. — Numerous 
minor  changes  have  been  made  in  the  exhibition  collections  by  the 
addition  of  new  material.    A  special  case  to  accommodate  two  large 


88  REPORT  OF  13"ATlO:SrAL  MITSEtJM,  1921. 

masses  of  molybdenum  ore  has  recently  been  installed,  and  an  in- 
structive addition  made  by  Mr.  Shannon  to  the  economic  series  in 
the  form  of  weighed  samples  of  some  of  the  more  important  ores, 
each  of  which  is  accompanied  by  samples  of  its  constituent  elements 
in  their  relative  portions.  The  saline  series  has  been  greatly  im- 
proved by  the  addition  of  materials  collected  in  California  by  Mr. 
Foshag.  To  make  space  for  a  collection  of  ores  from  Argentina,  a 
series  of  mercury-antimony  ores  from  Huitzuco,  Mexico,  was  removed 
from  exhibition. 

Information  sufficient  for  the  disposition  of  some  250  boxes  of  mis- 
cellaneous material  stored  for  the  Geological  Survey  in  the  summer 
of  1919  having  been  received  from  the  Director,  the  task  of  assorting 
them  was  undertaken  and  carried  out  so  far  as  the  identit}'-  of  the 
boxes  could  be  definitely  determined.  This  proved  both  tedious  and 
difficult  owing  to  careless  and  incomplete  labeling.  A  part  of  the 
boxes  were  returned  to  the  survey,  some  turned  over  to  A^arious  sur- 
vey men  located  in  the  National  Museum,  and  128  boxes  were  acces- 
sioned as  a  transfer.  Of  the  last  named  but  a  small  proportion  has 
as  3'et  been  unpacked.  The  work  goes  slowly  since  much  of  the  ma- 
terial is  in  such  a  condition  that  the  disposition  of  each  lot  requires 
careful  consideration,  and  in  many  cases  can  not  be  made  without 
thorough  investigation  and  consultation  with  the  survey  collectors. 
Where  decision  is  possible  the  material  has  either  been  rejected  as 
unsuitable  for  museum  purposes  or  has  been  catalogued  and  incorpo- 
rated in  the  collections. 

Two  cases  supplementing  the  collection  of  gems  have  been  added  to 
the  exhibits  in  the  mineral  hall.  One  of  these  contains  gem  minerals 
in  the  matrix  or  as  found  in  nature ;  the  other  illustrates  the  varieties 
and  occurrence  of  precious  opal. 

Incidental  to  the  visit  of  Madame  Curie  the  exhibit  illustrating 
radio-activity  was  materially  enlarged  and  reinstalled  in  two  cases 
at  the  east  end  of  the  mineral  hall,  where  it  is  more  attractive  as  well 
as  more  instructive  than  as  formerly  displayed. 

The  study  series  of  minerals  has  been  entirely  overhauled,  cleaned, 
and  rearranged.  A  number  of  specimens  were  transferred  to  other 
series,  and  the  drawer  labels  improved  to  facilitate  the  ready  location 
of  specimens.  The  duplicate  collection  has  likewise  been  overhauled 
and  a  large  amount  of  worthless  material  discarded.  Several  hun- 
dred petrographical  specimens  selected  from  old  sets  broken  up  have 
been  incorporated  in  the  study  series  of  rocks. 

The  great  influx  of  new  collections  to  the  section  of  invertebrate 
paleontology  has  required  continued  rearrangement  of  the  study 
series  in  order  to  accommodate  the  new  material.  Much  time  has  to 
be  spent  each  year  in  this  purely  manual  labor,  but  condensation  and 
elimination  of  duplicates  is  necessary  since  the  collections  at  present 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921.  89 

nearly  fill  the  available  space.  The  Cambrian  collections  under  the 
charge  of  Secretary  Walcott  were  so  condensed  during  the  year  that 
an  entire  room  in  the  Smithsonian  building  was  made  available  for 
other  purposes.  Assistant  Curator  Resser  has  also  reduced  the  Cam- 
brian collections  housed  in  the  Museum  Building  until  they  now 
occupy  the  minimum  of  space  and  still  remain  accessible. 

Similar  work  on  the  post-Cambrian  Paleozoic  collections  has  been 
carried  on  by  Curator  Bassler.  Additional  space  afforded  by  the 
transfer  of  a  number  of  steel  cases  from  the  department  of  anthro- 
pology has  made  possible  the  withdrawal  of  all  material  from  storage, 
so  that  all  collections  are  now  easily  accessible.  Lack  of  time,  how- 
ever, has  prevented  completion  of  the  arrangement  of  large  collec- 
tions of  Devonian  invertebrates  known  as  the  Williams  collection, 
although  Doctor  Resser  has  devoted  considerable  time  to  this  work. 
The  preparation  and  classification  of  10  boxes  of  Cambrian  and 
Ordovician  fossils  forwarded  by  the  Canadian  Geological  Survey 
for  study  by  Secretary  Walcott  occupied  about  two  months  of  Doctor 
Resser 's  time. 

The  Mesozoic  collections  have  as  heretofore  been  cared  for  by 
Dr.  T.  W.  Stanton,  Dr.  W.  H.  Dall  has  kept  the  biologic  collections 
of  the  Cenozoic  series  up  to  their  usual  high  standard,  and  Dr.  T.  W. 
Vaughan  has  cared  for  the  numerous  large  accessions  secured  through 
his  activities. 

Miss  Jessie  Beach,  aid,  has  assisted  in  all  work  on  both  the  exhibi- 
tion and  study  series  where  literary  and  clerical  help  were  required. 
Her  duties  have  included  reading  of  proof,  preparation  of  manu- 
script, registering  and  numbering  specimens,  and  general  routine 
work  of  the  division. 

The  preparation  of  photographic  material  for  illustration,  par- 
ticularly of  fossil  insects,  cephalopods,  and  protozoans,  often  micro- 
scopic, has  as  heretofore  devolved  on  Messrs.  Bassler  and  Resser,  and 
been  executed  with  their  customary  skill  and  taste. 

In  addition  to  the  cleaning  and  rearranging  necessary  every  year 
exhibition  work  in  the  section  has  included  the  preparation  of  a 
mount  illustrating  an  Ordovician  sea  beach ;  an  exhibit  of  fossil  in- 
sects occupying  one-half  of  an  upright  case;  and  work  toward  the 
improvement  of  the  stratigraphic  exhibit  of  Paleozoic  faunas.  The 
forms  are  often  small  and  so  inconspicuous  to  the  average  visitor 
that  in  many  cases  enlarged  photographs  are  now  introduced  with 
the  specimens.  Experience  has  shown  that  a  picture  calls  attention 
to  the  descriptive  label  and  this  to  the  fossil  itself. 

Dr.  Frank  Springer  has  selected  from  his  collection  an  instructive 
and  showy  biological  series  of  fossil  crinoids,  an  exhibit  which  occu- 
pies two  entire  cases,  and  which  can  not  be  surpassed  in  any  museum. 


00  REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1821. 

Several  additions  to  the  exhibits  of  fossil  vertebrates  resulted  from 
the  work  in  that  section  diirinfi;  the  year.  A  skeleton  of  Brnehijcera- 
to'ps  1/iontanensis,  unique  in  being  the  smallest  horned  dinosaur  yet 
discovered,  forms  a  most  interesting  addition  to  the  exhibits  illus- 
trative of  the  Ceratopsia.  Mr.  N.  H,  Boss  is  to  be  highly  commended 
for  the  excellence  of  the  mount,  which  in  some  respects  proved  to  be 
a  most  difficult  subject.  It  might  also  be  mentioned  that  the  Na- 
tional Museum  now  has  mounted  skeletons  of  the  smallest  as  well 
as  the  largest  individuals  of  this  race  of  dinosaurs,  and,  indeed,  the 
only  ones  of  their  kind  in  any  museum  in  the  world  (pi.  2). 

Mr.  Boss  also  prepared  the  skeleton  of  the  smallest  lizard,  Smiiwa 
ensideris,  the  type,  specimen,  which  had  been  in  the  Museum  for  the 
past  50  years  in  the  condition  as  received  from  the  field  and  described 
by  Leidy.  Instead  of  consisting  of  but  a  few  bones,  the  specimen 
was  found  to  have  the  greater  part  of  the  skull,  the  backbone,  and 
numerous  other  bones  preserved.  This  is  a  most  important  specimen 
from  a  historical  standpoint,  being  the  first  Varanicl  lizard  to  be  de- 
scribed from  North  America ;  also,  it  is  now  known  to  be  the  most 
perfect  skeleton  of  its  kind  as  well  as  the  most  ancient. 

The  work  of  mounting  the  skeleton  of  the  fossil  wolverine,  Gulo, 
from  the  Cumberland  cave  deposit,  reported  as  under  preparation 
last  year,  has  been  completed  by  Mr.  Home,  as  has  also  that  of  a  com- 
posite mount  of  a  bear.  There  are  now  on  exhibition  three  skeleton 
mounts  from  the  material  collected  from  this  deposit  several  years 
ago  by  Mr.  Gidley  (pi.  3). 

Mr.  Home  has  also  completed  mounts  of  the  skulls  of  Monoclonms 
■fl,exus  and  Eleflias  j^rimigenius  and  cleaned  and  restored  the  miss- 
ing parts  of  eight  large  Oreodont  skulls  from  the  Miocene  of  Oregon. 

A  number  of  Titanothere  skulls  have  been  prepared  for  use  in  a 
special  exhibit  comprising  some  26  individuals  now  being  installed 
in  a  new  case  in  the  southeast  comer  of  the  exhibition  hall.  Mounts 
for  more  than  half  of  these  are  made,  and  the  work  is  well  under  way. 

Mr.  Barrett  was  engaged  for  the  entire  year  in  preparatory  repair 
work,  chiefly  on  specimens  from  the  study  collections.  Special  men- 
tion should  be  made  of  the  complete  overhauling  of  the  many  trays 
of  miscellaneous  Titanothere  materials.  Scattered  parts  of  indi- 
viduals were  assembled,  broken  bones  repaired,  and  the  material  ar- 
ranged in  standard  trays  in  the  steel  cases,  thus  rendering  them 
easily  accessible.  Several  hundred  individual  bones  of  the  Cumber- 
land cave  material,  several  small  collections  received  from  the  United 
States  Geological  Survey,  a  large  cetacean  skull  from  the  diatom  de- 
posits of  California,  numerous  Ceratopsian  fragments,  and  a  consid- 
erable portion  of  a  wolf  skeleton  have  also  received  attention. 


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EEPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1!)21.  91 

Mr.  Gidley  has  continued  his  systematic  arranijement  of  the  Fort 
Union  materials,  adding  about  200  to  the  identified  and  450  to  the 
catalogued  lists  of  this  collection. 

Since  the  resignation  of  Mrs.  Stelle,  the  position  of  aid  in  paleo- 
botany has  remained  vacant.  Messrs.  Bassler  and  Resser  have  there- 
fore been  obliged  to  look  after  the  work  of  this  section.  Exhibition 
work  has  dealt  mainly  with  the  biologic  series  occupying  the  long 
wall  case  in  the  paleobotanical  hall.  This  exhibit,  now  well  advanced, 
illustrates  the  biologic  relationships  of  fossil  plants,  and.  supple- 
mented by  ample  descriptive  labels  and  numerous  diagrams  and  pho- 
tographs, shows  admirably  the  evolution  of  these  organisms.  Miss 
Beach  has  assisted  in  the  cataloguing  and  numbering  of  the  new  ac- 
quisitions in  the  section. 

Present  condition  of  the  collections.  —  The  mineral  collection, 
though  ranking  but  third  among  those  of  the  public  museums  of  the 
country,  is  nevertheless  entitled  to  almost  first  consideration  on  ac- 
count of  the  method  of  display.  As  in  the  year  past,  the  gem  portion 
of  this  collection  has  been  under  the  immediate  supervision  of  Miss 
Maro-aret  Moodev,  to  whose  taste  is  due  much  of  its  attractiveness. 
This  collection  has  greatly  prospered  through  the  Chamberlain  en- 
dowment. Were  it  necessary  to  emphasize  the  desirability  of  having 
a  perfectly  definite  specified  sum  from  which  could  be  drawn  imme- 
diately funds  for  purchase,  it  is  here  offered.  Among  the  entire 
series  the  opals  have  perhaps  profited  the  most.  The  collection  as  a 
whole  is  fairly  balanced,  though  naturally  lacking  as  complete  a 
series  of  diamonds,  rubies,  sapphires,  and  other  expensive  stones  as 
might  be  wished. 

Little  has  been  added  to  the  exhibition  series  in  physical  and 
chemical  geology,  the  petrographical  series  and  the  collections  of 
larger  materials  grouped  under  the  heads  of  rock-weathering,  glacia- 
tion,  vulcanism,  etc,  remaining  practically  unchanged  from  last 
year.  The  meteorite  exhibit  has  received  several  important  addi- 
tions as  listed  below : 

Grams. 
Appley  Bridge,  England   (stone) 590 

Colby,  Wis.  (stone) \\fm 

Forsyth  County,  N.  C.  (iron) ]      ^^„ 

1      418 

Owens  Valley,  Calif,   (iron) 35,500 

Troup,  Texas  (stone) 115 

Yenberrie,  Australia    (iron) 3.320 

The  collection,  though  ranking  but  third  among  the  public  collec- 
tions in  America,  is  nevertheless  one  of  great  importance  on  account 
of  the  unusually  large  proportion  of  stones  which  have  been  the 
subject  of  systematic  investigation.  The  total  number  of  falls  an^d 
finds  now  represented   is   490. 


92  BEPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

As  a  whole,  the  exhibition  collections  throughout  the  department 
are  now  in  good  order,  although  there  are  important  gaps.  This  is 
particularly  the  case  in  vertebrate  paleontology,  where  there  is  need 
of  skeletal  remains  of  some  of  the  larger  reptilian  forms.  The  study 
series  in  all  divisions  are  in  good  order  and  accessible,  and  the  cata- 
logues are  well  up  to  date. 

Researches. — The  Head  Curator  has  continued  his  studies  on 
meteorites  and  has  completed,  for  the  time  being,  researches  on 
chondritic  structure  and  metamorphism. 

For  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  department  there  has  been 
made — at  least  begun — a  systematic  attempt  at  determining  the 
mineralogical  nature  of  the  ore  collections.  Heretofore,  owing  to 
lack  of  assistance,  it  has  been  possible  to  classify  these  collections 
only  according  to  the  principal  metal  they  carried,  regardless  of  its 
form  of  combination.  Mr.  Shannon  has  attacked  the  problem  with 
energy,  skill,  and  intelligence,  and  in  connection  with  his  work  has 
not  merely  discovered  minerals  new  to  the  localities,  but  in  several 
instances  new  to  science.  Andorite,  not  previously  known  from 
America,  has  been  found  to  constitute  silver  ore  from  Nevada,  and 
lead  ores  from  Colorado  have  been  found  to  consist  of  phosgenite 
and  strontiiun-bearing  cerussite.  Mr.  Shannon  has  also  made  a  de- 
tailed study  of  the  black  sands  of  Idaho,  disclosing  many  new  and 
unusual  facts  regarding  them.  Crystallographic  investigations  on 
datolite,  vivianite,  and  boulangerite  have  been  published  or  are  in 
process  of  publication.  Chemical  examinations  of  four  new  mineral 
species,  owyheeite,  nyeite,  higginsite,  and  orientite,  have  been  com- 
pleted, and  ludwigite  from  several  localities  has  been  investigated. 
The  mineral  collbranite  has  been  proven  identical  with  ludwigite. 

The  division  of  mineralogy  has  likewise  prospered  under  the  con- 
ditions existing  during  the  past  two  years.  Assistant  Curator 
Foshag  has  thoroughly  overhauled  and  rearranged  the  mineral  col- 
lection, and  corrected  and  brought  up  to  date  the  card  catalogue 
of  the  same.  He  has  also,  incidentally,  analyzed  and  described  sev- 
eral minerals,  some  of  which  were  new  to  science.  Among  these 
mention  may  be  made  of  plazolite,  a  new  mineral,  creedite,  and  a 
number  of  the  borate  minerals.  He  has  under  investigation  the 
minerals  microlite,  eakleite,  a  new  mineral  from  California,  and 
some  rare  lazurite-bearing  rocks,  also  from  California. 

With  the  departure  of  Mr.  Foshag,  work  on  the  petrographic 
series  must  come  to  a  stop.  This  is  greatly  to  be  regretted  since 
there  are  thousands  of  specimens  which  need  assorting,  a  portion 
to  be  reserved,  a  portion  held  for  duplicates,  and  still  another  por- 
tion to  be  rejected.  This  is  a  work  which  can  be  done  only  by  one 
with  some  petrographic  training.  The  work  is  falling  more  and 
more  behind  yearly  and  unless  we  are  more  fortunate  in  holding  our 


KEPORT   OF   NATIONAL,   MUSEUM,   1921.  93 

assistants  in  the  future  than  in  the  past,  the  outlook  is  indeed  dis- 
couraging. Many  of  these  collections  are  large  and  of  great  scien- 
tific interest,  as,  for  instance,  those  of  the  igneous  rocks  of  the 
Yellowstone  Park  described  by  the  late  Dr.  J.  P.  Iddings,  as  well 
as  those  of  the  Pacific  and  South  Sea  Islands.  These  need  to  be 
numbered  and  marked  individually  in  a  manner  to  insure  them 
against  being  lost  or  mislaid  through  careless  handling.  Now  they 
simply  lie  in  pasteboard  trays  with  labels  mainly  in  pencil,  and 
nothing  to  serve  as  a  connecting  medium  between  the  two.  The 
overturning  of  a  tray,  thus  separating  specimen  from  label,  would 
therefore  result  in  complete  ruin. 

Paleontological  researches  included  those  by  Secretary  Walcott 
on  the  appendages  of  the  trilobite  and  related  Crustacea,  upon  which 
subject  he  has  practically  completed  a  memoir. 

Curator  E.  S.  Bassler,  in  association  with  Ferdinand  Canu,  com- 
pleted the  concluding  volume  of  their  studies  on  the  American 
Cenozoic  Bryozoa,  as  well  as  certain  researches  entitled  "  Studies  on 
fossil  and  recent  Cyclostomatous  Bryozoa." 

Dr.  E.  O.  Ulrich's  monographic  studies  on  the  early  Paleozoic 
faunas  have  progressed  to  a  point  where  they  are  nearing  com- 
pletion. With  Doctor  Bassler  he  has  undertaken  a  monograph  em- 
bracing some  400  species  of  Silurian  Bryozoa  and  Ostracoda  of 
Maryland,  which  will  be  published  by  the  geological  survey  of  that 
State,  and  in  association  with  Dr.  C.  E.  Eesser,  has  continued  work 
on  the  Upper  Cambrian  faunas  of  the  Mississippi  Valley,  having 
practically  completed  the  description  and  illustration  of  several  large 
families  of  Early  Paleozoic  trilobites. 

Dr.  Frank  Springer  has  begun  studies  preparatory  to  a  monograph 
on  the  Silurian  Crinoidea  of  North  America,  forms  in  which  his 
collection  is  especially  rich. 

Dr.  T.  W.  Stanton  has  continued  work  on  the  invertebrate  faunas 
of  the  Comanche  series  of  the  Cretaceous,  and  Dr.  F.  H.  Knowlton 
has  completed  a  manuscript  on  the  fossil  plants  of  the  Miocene  Lake 
Bed  formation  of  South  Central  Colorado,  and  is  now  engaged  on  a 
revision  of  the  flora  of  the  Green  River  formation.  Dr.  Mary  J. 
Eathbun  identified  a  small  collection  of  fossils  from  Trinidad,  ob- 
tained by  J.  A.  Bullbrook  and  F.  W.  Penny. 

Mr.  C.  W.  Gilmore  completed  a  short  paper  on  the  fauna  of  the 
Arundel  formation  of  Maryland,  and  a  semipopular  account  of  the 
horned  dinosaurs  for  the  Smithsonian  annual  report,  both  of  which 
are  now  in  press.  The  manuscript  and  illustrations  for  an  article 
descriptive  of  the  extinct  lizard  Saniwa  ensidens  Leidy  are  nearing 
completion,  and  a  report  on  the  Cretaceous  fossil  Eeptilia  of  the 
State  of  North  Carolina  was  prepared  for  the  geological  survey  of 
that  State. 


94  REPORT   OF    NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   11121. 

Mr.  J.  W.  (ridley's  long  absence  in  the  field  prevented  the  com- 
pletion of  his  researches  on  the  Fort  Union  Primates.  However,  his 
studies  are  nearing  an  end,  and  he  hopes  to  present  the  results  for 
publication  in  a  short  time.  Some  progress  has  also  been  made  on 
the  study  of  the  Cumberland  Cave  carnivores. 

Within  the  year,  347  lots  of  material  have  been  sent  in  from  vari- 
ous sources  for  determination.  No  inconsiderable  amount  of  time  is 
spent  in  this  work.  In  the  majority  of  cases,  a  laboratory  test  is 
necessary  to  determine  the  nature  of  the  material,  and  when  fossils 
are  submitted,  one  lot  often  consists  of  a  number  of  forms  which 
frequently  require  careful  study.  Incidentally,  the  clerical  work 
necessary  to  keep  track  of  these,  and  in  writing  the  reports,  is  a  con- 
siderable item  in  the  day's  work.  In  addition  to  this,  and  aside  from 
inquiries  which  come  direct  to  members  of  the  staif,  484  letters  from 
persons  seeking  information  on  various  subjects  have  passed  through 
the  office  within  the  year. 

Various  students  outside  the  staff  have  engaged  in  researches  on 
the  collections,  particularly  the  paleontological.  Dr.  August  F. 
Foerste,  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  spent  the  summer  of  1920  in  a  study  of 
Silurian  cephalopods  and  Ordovician  trilobites;  Dr.  Arthur  Hollick 
has  been  engaged  for  a  part  of  the  year  studying  the  Alaskan  floras, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  United  States  Geological  Survey.  Miss 
Winifred  Goldring,  of  the  New  York  State  Museum ;  Prof.  E.  W. 
Berry,  of  Johns  Hopkins  University;  Dr.  Ralph  Chaney,  of  the 
University  of  California ;  and  Dr.  G.  R.  Wieland,  of  Yale  University, 
have  likewise  been  students  of  the  plant  collections.  Mr.  A.  S. 
Eomer,  of  Columbia  University,  New  York,  studied  our  Permian 
reptilian  and  amphibian  materials  in  connection  with  his  thesis  on 
comparative  myology ;  Mr.  Childs  Frick,  of  New  York,  spent  some 
time  in  looking  over  our  Equus  specimens  in  connection  with  his 
studies  of  the  Pacific  coast  Pliocene  and  Pleistocene  faunas ;  and  Mr. 
Eemington  Kellogg,  of  the  Biological  Survey,  studied  certain  of  our 
cetacean  materials  as  an  aid  to  his  investigations  of  the  Pacific  coast 
Cetacea.  It  might  be  said  that  aside  from  the  advantage  to  the 
student,  the  help  of  these  various  specialists  is  of  very  great  benefit 
to  the  collections. 

Messrs.  Palache,  of  Harvard  University,  and  Hewett  and  Larsen, 
of  the  Geological  Survey,  have  collaborated  on  sundryj  occasions 
with  Messrs.  Shannon  and  Foshag,  as  will  appear  in  their  publica- 
tions. Cooperation  with  the  Maryland  Geological  Survey  is  shown 
in  the  forthcoming  Silurian  volume  of  that  organization,  a  work 
which  has  resulted  in  the  acquisition  of  many  type  specimens 
by  the  National  Museum.  Mr.  Bruce  Wade,  of  the  Geological  Sur- 
vev  of  Tennessee,  has  studied  and  described  the  Museum's  large  col- 
lection  of  Cretaceous  fossils  from  that  State;  Dr.  O.  P.  Hay  has 


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continued  his  descriptive  work  on  American  Pleistocene  faunas ;  and 
many  other  specialists,  among  whom  may  be  mentioned  Ferdinand 
Canu,  Versailles,  France;  Dr.  M.  A.  Howe,  New  York  Botanical 
Gardens;  Dr.  J.  A.  Cushman,  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History; 
Prof.  T.  D.  A.  Cockrell,  Boulder,  Colo.;  and  Dr.  R.  T.  Jackson, 
Peterboro,  N.  H,,  have  collaborated  by  their  studies. 

Mr.  A.  Rodolfo  Martinez,  of  the  Geological  Institute  of  Mexico, 
has  been  working  in  the  laboratory  studying  methods  of  mineralog- 
ical  and  petrological  research. 

Distributions. — Exchanges  predominated  in  the  distributions  made 
during  the  year.  These  were  comprised  in  41  shipments  with  an 
aggregate  of  10,250  specimens  and  374  pounds  of  material  in  bulk. 
Eleven  specially  prepared  lots,  comprising  447  specimens,  were  sent 
out  as  gifts,  and  612  individual  specimens,  with  the  addition  of  150 
l^ounds  of  magnetite,  were  transmitted  in  20  shipments  to  special 
students  and  institutions  for  investigation  or  experimental  work. 

In  addition,  23  sets  of  ores  and  minerals,  3  sets  illustrating  rock 
weathering  and  soil  formation,  and  3  sets  of  invertebrate  fossils,  ag- 
gregating 2,156  specimens,  were  distributed  to  schools. 

Total  number  of  specimens  in  the  de'pojrtment. — It  is  impossible 
to  give  with  even  approximate  accuracy  the  number  of  specimens  in 
a  collection  of  this  nature.  It  is  estimated,  however,  that  the  collec- 
tions of  the  several  divisions  yield  a  total  of  not  less  than  1,500,000 
specimens.  No  statement  as  to  the  number  of  duplicates  included 
can  possibly  be  made. 
71305°— 21 7 


REPORT  ON  THE  DIVISIONS  OF  TEXTILES  AND  MEDICINE  AND  THE 
SECTIONS  OF  WOOD  TECHNOLOGY  AND  FOODS. 

By  F.  L.  Lewton,  Curator  of  Textiles. 

The  accessions  received  during  the  year  number  75  (including  one 
joint  accession  with  another  department),  being  just  the  same  as  the 
preceding  year. 

The  entries  covered  by  the  above  accessions  number  943,  772  less 
than  were  received  in  the  fiscal  year  1920.  These  entries  may  be 
divided  into  five  groups  as  follows:  Textiles  61,  medicine  509,  wood 
technology  152,  foods  159,  and  miscellaneous  organic  products  62, 
each  group,  with  the  exception  of  foods,  showing  fewer  entries  than 
last  year. 

"V^Tiile  the  number  and  quality  of  these  accessions  have  undoubtedly 
been  influenced  by  the  economic  conditions  prevalent  throughout  the 
country,  taken  as  a  whole,  they  compare  very  favorably  in  historic 
and  scientific  value  with  those  of  other  years. 

ACCESSIONS  DESERVING  SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

With  the  generous  cooperation  of  American  firms  producing  the 
highest  qualities  of  textiles,  the  National  Museum  is  building  up  a 
collection  for  exhibition  and  record  to  show  the  achievements  of 
American  textile  industries. 

In  this  connection,  the  most  important  and  valuable  accession  of 
textile  specimens  received  during  the  year  was  a  series  of  18  speci- 
mens of  fur  fabrics,  velvets,  and  plushes,  woven  at  Shelton,  Conn., 
and  contributed  by  Sidney  Blumenthal  &  Co.  (Inc.),  of  New  York, 
N.  Y.,  to  whom  the  Museum  has  several  times  been  indebted  for 
beautiful  examples  of  this  class  of  textiles.  The  specimens  received 
include  "  Kerami,"  "  Chinak,"  "  Perwitzky,"  "  Baby  Persian  Lamb," 
and  "Kitmole,"  pile  fabrics  representing  the  skins  of  real  animals; 
"  Continental,"  "  Shelbourne,"  "  Taranto,"  "  Fenwick  Textone,"  and 
"  Chadwick,"  upholstery  velvets  in  two-pile  and  printed  effects ;  and 
seven  specimens  of  novelty  pile  fabrics  for  coats,  dresses,  and  trim- 
mings, sold  under  the  names  of  "  Glamorsheen,"  "  Panoply,"  "  Pan 
Ondulay,"  "  Ronge  Plush,"  "Alfresco  Plush,"  and  "Audubon."  The 
last-named  fabric  has  been  finished  to  resemble  the  plumage  of  birds 
and  is  adapted  for  millinery  and  dress  trimmings  and  for  bags  and 
fancy  work. 

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98  REPORT   OF    NATIONAL,   MUSEUM,   1921. 

The  silk  collection  was  increased  by  seven  specimens  of  novelty 
silk  fabrics  woven  at  Hazelton,  Pa.,  the  gift  of  the  Duplan  Silk 
Corporation,  New  York  City.  These  comprise  beautiful  piece  and 
cross-dyed  combinations  of  silk  and  artificial  silk,  woven  with 
hard-twisted  crepe  yarns  and  slack-twisted  novelty  yarns  in  plain, 
satin,  and  twill  weaves. 

In  accordance  with  the  plan  of  preserving  as  an  historical  record 
all  types  of  equipment  and  apparatus  used  in  the  War  with  Ger- 
man3%  the  Museum  obtained  by  transfer  from  the  Director  of  Air 
Service,  specimens  of  the  airplane  fabrics  used  in  the  construction 
and  equipment  of  airplanes  for  military  use.  These  included  two 
grades  of  imported  Irish  linen  manufactured  in  accordance  with 
British  Air  Board  specifications,  and  the  best  grades  of  cotton 
airplane  cloth  and  balloon  cloth.  These  wonderful  fabrics  were 
made  in  America  from  sea-island  cotton  of  not  less  than  one 
and  one-half  inch  staple.  The  airplane  cotton  weighs  about  4 
ounces  to  the  square  yard,  is  mercerized,  and  looks  like  fine  silk 
poplin.  The  Director  of  the  Air  Service,  through  the  Material 
Disposal  and  Salvage  Division,  sold  a  surplus  of  these  fabrics, 
amounting  to  many  hundred  thousand  yards,  to  the  public  and  to 
manufacturers.  In  order  to  demonstrate  to  the  drj^-goods  trade 
how  the  cotton  airplane  and  balloon  fabrics  could  be  used,  some  of 
it  was  "  converted "  into  dress  and  drapery  fabrics  by  bleaching, 
dyeing,  or  printing.  The  converted  airplane  fabrics  were  also  sold 
to  the  public,  and  samples  of  these  were  included  in  the  specimens 
transferred  to  the  Museum. 

The  Museum  is  indebted  to  Mr.  T.  J.  Keleher,  of  Washington, 
D.  C,  for  a  Riker  mount  of  a  series  of  entomological  specimens 
exhibiting  the  life  cycle  of  the  silkworm  moth. 

The  collection  of  hand-woven  and  hand-worked  textiles  was  aug- 
mented by  a  number  of  interesting  specimens  acquired  by  gift,  loan, 
or  purchase.  To  Miss  Em-Sidell  Schroeder,  of  Washington,  the 
Museum  is  indebted  for  the  gift  of  a  fine  specimen  of  tied  and  dyed 
work  in  the  shape  of  a  "  Shikar  Chundri,"  made  in  Rajputana, 
India.  This  has  only  a  part  of  the  strings  removed,  and  shows  the 
method  of  tying  the  cotton  fabric  to  enable  portions  of  it  to  resist 
the  dye  and  so  develop  the  intended  pattern.  Miss  Schroeder  also 
contributed  two  specimens  of  hand  weaving  done  at  the  Washington 
Handicraft  School,  and  a  bark  cloth  pillow  cover.  An  old  blue  and 
Avhite  double-woven  coverlet  was  received  by  exchange  from  Mrs. 
M.  W.  Gill  of  Washington,  D.  C.  Two  patchwork  quilts,  repre- 
senting a  form  of  needlework  which  was  once  a  popular  household 
art,  but  is  now  fast  passing  away,  were  received  during  the  year. 
One,  of  silk,  loaned  to  the  collections  by  Mrs.  A.  F.  Graham,  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  presents  good  examples  of  patchAvork,  quilting, 


REPORT   OF    NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921.  99 

and  hand  embroidery;  the  other,  a  cotton  quilt,  interesting  because 
of  its  old,  English  landscape  chintz  lining,  was  obtained  from 
Miss  Edith  C.  Long,  also  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

Our  collection  of  Cashmere  shawls  has  been  augmented  by  the  loan 
of  an  interesting  specimen  from  Mrs.  Louise  E.  Hogan,  Neponsit, 
Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  which  represents  a  quality  unlike  those  heretofore 
received,  and  for  this  reason  is  a  valuable  acquisition,  as  this  class 
of  art  textiles  presents  a  large  field  for  study,  because  of  the  wide 
variety  of  design,  color,  and  quality  of  yarn  used  in  the  manufacture 
of  these  shawls. 

Examples  of  the  interesting  textile  fabrics  woven  by  the  Moros  of 
the  Lake  Lanao  region  of  the  Island  of  Mindanao,  in  the  southern 
part  of  the  Philippine  Archipelago,  were  loaned  to  the  Museum  by 
Lieut.  Col.  F.  W.  Brown,  Washington,  D.  C.  The  26  specimens  of 
Moro  weaving  include  bright-colored  plaid  squares  of  cotton  for 
headdresses ;  long,  striped  cotton  scarfs  or  sashes ;  and  all  cotton,  and 
cotton  and  silk  sarongs  in  gay  stripes  of  blue,  red,  green,  yellow, 
and  magenta.  Several  of  these  fabrics  showed  wide  stripes  woven 
with  warp  threads  which  had  been  tied  and  dyed,  giving  beautiful 
mottled  or  clouded  effects. 

Examples  of  the  household  crafts  of  earlier  days,  consisting  of  a 
spinning  wheel  of  the  type  used  to  spin  wool  and  cotton  yarns ;  a  home- 
made, four-arm  clock  reel  for  reeling  the  spun  yarn  into  the  skeins 
or  cuts  of  uniform  length  required  for  warping  the  old  hand  looms; 
three  homemade  baskets  woven  from  aspen  and  willow  sprouts  grown 
in  Virginia ;  two  candle  molds ;  and  a  bundle  of  dressed  raw  flax  which 
was  grown  in  Fairfax,  Va.,  soon  after  the  Civil  War,  were  contributed 
by  Mrs.  Charles  R.  Weed,  of  Seat  Pleasant,  Md. 

The  National  Museum  is  indebted  to  Mrs.  M.  W.  Gill,  of  Wash- 
ington, for  the  deposit  of  a  Florence  lock-stitch  sewing  machine, 
which  will  be  added  to  the  series  of  sewing  machines  illustrating  the 
development  of  this  most  useful  invention,  the  first  of  which  to  sew 
a  seam  by  machinery  is  the  Howe  machine  of  1845. 

In  the  division  of  medicine,  the  most  important  accession  of  the 
year  was  the  deposit  of  an  automatic  tablet  machine  by  the  Arthur 
Colton  Co.,  of  Detroit,  Mich.  Compressed  tablets  are  now  used  to  an 
enormous  extent  in  medicine,  being  made  with  machinery  of  in- 
genious construction.  The  fact  that  this  class  of  tablets  requires  no 
medium  or  vehicle  to  aid  in  their  administration,  and  the  ease  with 
which  they  can  be  tested,  as  well  as  their  permanent  character  (in 
most  cases  being  just  as  valuable  years  after  they  are  made  as  when 
fresh)  has  made  them  a  very  popular  form  of  medication.  This  ma- 
chine is  equipped  with  an  electric  motor,  and  will  produce  from  one 
to  three  hundred  tablets  a  minute.  It  will  be  used  to  demonstrate 
how  medicated  tablets  are  made. 


100  REPOET   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921. 

Next  in  importance  is  the  accession  covering  the  contribution  of 
the  H.  K.  Mulford  Co.,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  illustrating  vaccine  and 
serum  therapy.  Few  of  the  present  generation  are  aware  of  the  fact 
that  smallpox,  the  most  terrible  of  all  the  ministers  of  death,  killed 
at  least  60,000,000  people  in  the  18th  century,  and  that  in  preceding 
centuries,  about  10  per  cent  of  all  deaths  were  attributable  to  this  dis- 
ease. Millions  of  the  survivors  weakened,  crippled,  sightless,  all  bore 
hideous  traces  of  the  power  of  this  scourge.  It  was  left  for  a  humble 
village  doctor,  Edward  Jenner,  in  178^  to  conquer  this  disease  by  a 
bit  of  virus  on  the  point  of  an  ivory  lancet.  It  was  he  who  dem- 
onstrated to  the  world  that  this  disease  in  the  cow  is  mild,  while  in 
man  it  is  virulent,  and  introduced  cowpox  virus  into  the  system  of 
human  subjects  to  render  them  immune  from  the  malignant  type. 
With  compulsory  vaccination,  Jenner's  discovery  has  become  so  effec- 
tive that  many  active  physicians  have  never  seen  a  case  of  smallpox. 
The  average  person  knows  comparatively  little  about  this  wonderful 
discovery  and  the  manner  in  which  one  of  the  greatest  scourges  to 
mankind  was  conquered.  An  exhibit  has  been  arranged  in  a  manner 
which  tells  something  of  the  history  of  the  discovery;  the  terrible 
effects  of  the  disease ;  the  trifling  inconvenience  of  vaccination ;  and 
the  modern  sanitary  methods  of  procuring  the  virus,  etc. 

Another  valuable  medical  discovery  was  that  of  the  antitoxic 
property  of  the  blood  serum  of  animals  immunized  by  the  inocula- 
tion of  bacterial  toxins.  The  principle  of  this  discovery,  which  was 
ma^e  in  1890  by  Behring  and  Kitasato,  is  that  the  blood  serum  of  a 
subject  which  has  recovered  from  an  attack  of  a  communicable  dis- 
ease caused  by  bacteria  when  transferred  to  another  subject  will 
render  the  latter  immune.  Since  this  discovery,  antitoxins  for  the 
prophylactic  and  curative  treatment  of  diphtheria  and  lockjaw  have 
been  included  in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia.  All  serums  are 
obtained  in  practically  the  same  manner,  and  so  an  educational  ex- 
liibit  was  arranged  to  give  the  public  a  better  understanding  of  the 
theory  and  principles  of  serum  therapy.  The  subject  of"  diphtheria 
was  chosen  to  illustrate  in  detail,  and  there  follows  exhibits  relating 
to  lockjaw,  pneumonia,  and  cerebrospinal  meningitis.  By  means  of 
charts,  photographs,  and  specimens  Museum  visitors  are  shown  how 
the  bacteria  which  cause  these  diseases  are  grown  in  Loeffler's  blood 
serum;  the  manner  of  injecting  these  organisms  into  horses;  how  the 
immunized  horses  are  bled ;  steps  in  obtaining  the  blood  serum ;  tests 
for  purity  with  filled  syringes  ready  for  administration;  and  mor- 
tality tables  showing  the  decrease  in  fatalities  from  these  diseases 
since  this  discovery. 

That  hay  fever  is  the  result  of  pollen  irritation  is  now  an  accepted 
fact,  and  the  protein  sensitization  theory  has  received  a  great  deal 


REPORT  OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921.  101 

of  consideration.  According  to  this  theory,  the  hay-fever  victim 
has  the  faculty  of  decomposing  pollen  into  its  poisonous  and  non- 
poisonous  constituents,  and  the  poisonous  part  causes  the  troublesome 
irritation  to  the  mucous  membranes  of  the  eyes  and  nose.  Extracts 
made  from  pollen  are  employed  for  the  purpose  of  immunization  and 
creating  a  tolerance  to  pollen  proteins.  The  public  has  manifested 
great  interest  in  the  exhibit  illustrating  the  curative  and  preventive 
methods  of  treating  this  disease.  Charts  show  some  of  the  plants 
which  cause  the  disease ;  enlarged  illustrations  of  the  pollen ;  how  the 
medicine  is  administered;  the  effects  of  diagnostic  tests  on  patients 
to  ascertain  whether  their  trouble  is  caused  by  plants  maturing  in  the 
spring  or  autumn ;  and  filled  syringes  of  tlie  pollen  extracts  contain- 
ing the  protein  nitrogen  from  the  pollen  of  rye,  timothy,  orchard 
grass,  sweet  vernal  grass,  and  redtop  grass  dissolved  in  physiological 
saline  solution  for  treatment  of  spring  hay  fever,  and  extracts  from 
the  pollen  of  ragweed,  golden  rod,  and  com  for  fall  hay  fever. 

The  accession  is  made  up  of  15  charts,  upon  which  175  photo- 
graphs, specimens,  etc.,  have  been  mounted.  Several  interesting 
additions  will  be  made  to  this  series. 

The  arrangement  of  medicines  by  therapeutic  effect  is  the  most 
useful  to  physicians,  but  standard  works  (Pharmacopoeias  and  Dis- 
pensatories) contain  an  alphabetical  arrangement  of  the  articles  of 
materia  medica,  because  a  physiological  classification  is  a  delusive 
guide,  due  to  the  fact  that  some  medicines  could  be  properly  placed 
in  several  different  classes  on  account  of  the  variation  of  their  action 
depending  on  the  dose,  combination,  mode  of  administration,  etc. 
The  study  collections  of  the  division,  which  until  recently  were  the 
exhibition  series,  are  arranged  botanically,  and  the  therapeutic  action 
is  usually  described  on  the  label  by  group  names,  such  as  emetic, 
expectorant,  sialagogue,  etc.  These  descriptive  therapeutic  terms 
appear  on  many  of  the  specimens  of  the  exhibition  series  without 
conveying  anything  to  a  person  not  versed  in  medicine.  So,  with  a 
view  to  making  the  meaning  of  these  terms  clear  and  to  point  out 
some  of  the  most  used  representatives  of  some  of  the  well-known 
classes,  an  exhibit  has  been  arranged  comprising  26  groups.  Three 
official  medicines  have  been  selected  to  represent  each  class  depending 
upon  the  predominant  virtue  which  they  manifest  and  on  account  of 
which  they  are  most  frequently  prescribed.  The  therapeutic  groups 
shown  with  appropriate  descriptions  and  examples  are,  alteratives, 
antispasmodics,  laxatives,  carminatives,  diaphoretics,  emetics,  vesi- 
cants, caustics,  demulcents,  narcotics,  cardiac  stimulants,  cardiac  de- 
pressants, diuretics,  anodynes,  digestants.  antiseptics,  vermicides, 
astringents,  sialagogues,  febrifuges,  styptics,  expectorants,  antacids, 
anaesthetics,  local  anaesthetics,  and  disinfectants.     The  Museum  is 


102  EEPORT  OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921. 

indebted  to  the  following  companies  which  have  donated  the  material 
for  this  exhibit:  Powers- Weightman-Rosengarten  Co.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  20  specimens  of  medicinal  chemicals ;  E.  E.  Squibb  &  Sons,  New 
York  City,  15  pharmaceutical  preparations;  McKesson  &  Robbins 
(Inc.),  New  York  City,  11  medicinal  substances;  Eli  Lilly  &  Co., 
Indianapolis,  Ind.,  10  pharmaceuticals;  Dodge  &  Olcott  Co.,  New 
York  City,  6  medicinal  oils;  Schieffelin  &  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y., 
6  pharmaceutical  products;  Parke,  Davis  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.,  5 
medicinal  substances ;  Armour  &  Co.,  Chicago,  111.,  2  animal  products. 

The  disguising  of  disagreeable  medicines  is  a  problem  which  has 
long  taxed  the  ingenuity  of  doctors  and  pharmacists.  With  adults 
the  task  is  comparatively -easy,  and  is  accomplished  by  sneaking  the 
medicinal  substance  past  the  palate,  coated  with  gelatin,  sugar,  choco- 
late, etc.  But  in  the  case  of  children  it  is  difficult.  By  instinct  they 
object  to  disagreeable  medicines,  and  due  to  the  natural  inclination 
to  disintegrate  food,  usually  hold  a  pill,  capsule,  or  tablet  in  the 
mouth  until  the  purpose  of  the  coating  is  defeated.  Dr.  Bernard 
Fantus,  professor  of  pharmacology  and  therapeutics.  College  of 
Medicine,  University  of  Illinois,  has  devoted  a  great  deal  of  attention 
to  the  matter  of  candy  medication  for  children,  his  object  being  to  so 
incorporate  medicinal  substances  in  fats  and  sugars  that  they  may 
be  dissolved  in  the  mouth  as  candy  without  disagreeable  taste  or  odor 
being  detected.  Doctor  Fantus  visited  the  Museum  during  the  week 
of  the  meeting  of  the  Pharmacopoeial  Convention,  at  which  time 
he  consented  to  furnish  material  to  illustrate  this  form  of  medication. 
The  specimens  donated  by  him  for  this  purpose  consist  of  6  colored 
"  fat  sugars  "  used  as  the  base  in  which  to  incorporate  the  medicines, 
and  43  specimens  attractive  to  children  and  free  from  disagreeable 
odor  and  taste. 

Many  interesting  and  valuable  articles  showing  the  progress  and 
development  of  medicine  and  pharmacy  were  received  during  the 
year.  The  Whitall  Tatum  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  donated  14  speci- 
mens consisting  of  liquid  measures,  a  suppository  mold  and  ma- 
chine, a  tablet  mold  and  machine,  an  emulsifier,  prescription  sieve, 
and  pill  tile.  Mr.  W.  deC.  Eavenel,  United  States  National  Museum, 
contributed  an  old  balance  of  the  type  used  in  drug  stores  40  or  50 
years  ago.  The  National  College  of  Pharmacy,  Washington,  D.  C, 
through  the  dean.  Dr.  H.  E.  Kalusowski,  presented  the  Museum  with 
a  suppository  mold  made  by  James  Dominic  O'Donnell,  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  previous  to  1873,  which  is  believed  to  be  the  first  one 
ever  used  for  making  suppositories  by  compression.  One  of  the 
first  instruments  ever  used  for  throwing  a  finely  divided  spray  for 
medical  purposes,  consisting  of  a  rubber  bulb  4  inches  long,  and  a 
metal  bottle  2  inches  long  with  connecting  metal  parts,  was  made  by 
Asahel  M.  Shurtleff,  of  Codman  &  Shurtleff,  makers  of  surgical  in- 


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struments,  Boston,  Mass.,  about  August  27,  1871.  This  old  atomizer 
was  contribu<"ed  to  the  Museum  by  Mr.  Arthur  A.  Shurtleff,  of 
Boston. 

The  following  material  of  an  historical  nature  was  received  by 
gift :  From  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeial 
Convention  (Inc.),  through  Dr.  E.  Fullerton  Cook,  chairman  of  the 
revision  committee,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  manuscripts,  proofs,  and  docu- 
ments relating  to  the  Sixth,  Seventh,  and  Eighth  Revisions  of  the 
United  States  Pharmacopoeia;  from  the  United  States  Pharmaco- 
poeial Convention  (Inc.),  through  Dr.  Murray  Gait  Motter,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  one  typewritten  copy  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Sev- 
enth, Eighth,  and  Tenth  Decennial  Conventions;  from  Dr.  Murray 
Gait  Motter,  Washington,  D.  C,  four  photographs  of  prominent 
members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association;  and  from 
Mrs.  Frances  Long  Taylor,  of  Athens,  Ga.,  through  Miss  Katherine 
Wootten,  Washington,  D.  C,  a  number  of  papers  and  documents 
relating  to  the  life  and  career  of  Dr.  Crawford  W.  Long,  the  first 
to  intentionally  produce  anesthesia  by  inhalation  of  sulphuric  ether 
for  a  surgical  operation.  Mrs.  Taylor  also  loaned  Doctor  Long's 
medical  diplomas  and  a  case  of  surgical  instruments  used  by  him. 

In  planning  the  development  of  the  collections  of  the  division,  an 
interesting  feature  was  added,  namely,  group  representations  of  the 
more  important  drugs  showing  the  several  stages  in  their  production 
from  their  natural  sources.  Opium  and  cinchona  were  selected  to 
be  represented  in  detail,  and  the  work  of  obtaining  the  necessarj- 
specimens  and  photographs  was  completed  during  the  year.  The 
first  item  of  the  following  material  received  for  these  exhibits  was 
procured  by  transfer,  and  the  remainder  by  gift:  Fourteen  opium 
products  from  the  Bureau  of  Internal  Revenue,  Treasury  Depart- 
ment; photographs  of  poppy  cultivation  and  opium  manufacture 
were  received  from  the  following :  Mr.  J.  H.  Hill,  managing  director 
of  the  Ghazipur  Opium  Factory,  Ghazipur,  India,  through  Mr. 
Harold  R.  Foss,  American  consul  in  charge,  Calcutta,  India;  Mr. 
Ernest  B.  Price,  vice  consul  in  charge.  Canton,  China:  Dr.  Lewis  R. 
Thompson,  Shenchowfu,  China,  through  the  American  consulate, 
Changsha,  China;  Rev.  W.  Hartman,  Shenchowfu,  China,  through 
the  American  consulate,  Changsha,  China.  For  the  cinchona  case 
there  were  received  10  specimens  of  Cinchona  succirubra  bark  from 
Dr.  M.  Kerbosch,  director  of  the  Government  Cinchona  Plantations, 
Tjinjiroean,  Java,  Dutch  East  Indies,  through  Mr.  S.  W.  Zeverijn, 
Amsterdam,  Holland. 

New  exhibits  of  animal  products  were  arranged  during  the  course 
of  the  year,  and  the  following  material  was  obtained  for  this  pur- 
pose: Eli  Lilly  «&  Co.,  Indianapolis,  Ir.^^,  donated  6  sheets  of  colored 
gelatin,  13  specimens  of  elastic  capsules,  and  4  specimens  of  globules; 


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9  medicinal  substances  from  the  animal  kingdom  were  presented  by 
McKesson  &  Bobbins  (Inc.),  of  New  York  City;  and  the  H.  K.  Mul- 
ford  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  contributed  4  specimens  of  antitoxin 
serum  and  1  specimen  of  vaccine  virus. 

The  "  Medicinal  Forms  "  exhibit  was  enhanced  by  the  addition  of 
22  photographs  contributed  by  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  These  pictures 
were  made  especially  for  the  Museum,  and  illustrate  the  workings  of 
a  modern  pharmaceutical  manufacturing  plant.  They  show  the  crude 
drugs  as  received  from  the  market;  vacuum  driers;  percolators  for 
extracting  soluble  medicinal  constituents ;  how  pills,  tablets,  capsules, 
and  suppositories  are  manufactured,  counted,  and  bottled  by  machin- 
ery ;  how  pastes  and  ointments  are  placed  in  collapsible  tubes,  etc. 

A  needlework  illustration  of  enlarged  microscopic  views  of  animal 
cells,  tissues,  and  blood  crystals  was  presented  to  the  division  by  Dr. 
J.  S.  Foote,  professor  of  pathology.  College  of  Medicine,  Creighton 
tJniversity,  Omaha,  Nebr.  On  this  piece  of  hemstitched  linen  the 
tissues,  cells,  and  crystals  are  embroidered  in  colored  silks  represent- 
ing the  hematoxylin  and  eosin  stains.  The  nuclei  are  in  blue,  the 
cytoplasm  in  pink,  and  the  crystals  in  brown.  These  cells  are  ar- 
ranged around  a  large  Purkinje  cell  of  the  cerebellimi.  The  linen  has 
a  l|-inch  frame,  and  is  a  very  unique  and  interesting  piece  of  work. 

A  plaster  bust  and  a  marble  medallion  of  Dr.  Andrew  Taylor  Still, 
the  founder  of  osteopathy,  was  contributed  by  Dr.  George  A.  Still, 
surgeon  in  chief  of  the  American  School  of  Osteopathy  Hospital, 
Kirksville,  Mo.,  and  are  valuable  additions  to  the  exhibit  which  illus- 
trates the  history  and  principles  of  osteopathy. 

The  American  Osteopathic  Association  of  Orange,  N.  J.,  appointed 
a  committee  to  cooperate  with  the  Museum  in  obtaining  material  to 
complete  the  exhibit  relating  to  this  subject,  and  there  has  been  re- 
ceived for  this  purpose  by  gift,  through  Dr.  Norman  C.  Glover,  the 
Washington  representative  of  this  committee,  a  small  collection  of 
books  dealing  with  osteopathy,  photographs,  and  an  unmounted 
human  spine. 

Old  homeopathic  medicine  cases  were  contributed  by  Dr.  Mary 
E.  Hanks,  Chicago,  111.,  and  Dr.  Lynn  A.  Martin,  of  Binghamton, 
N.  Y.,  through  Dr.  W.  A.  Dewey,  of  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  The  case 
presented  by  Doctor  Hanks  is  made  in  the  form  of  a  book,  and  is 
very  interesting.  The  case  donated  by  Doctor  Martin  contains  two- 
hundredth  potencies  and  was  used  for  many  years  by  Dr.  Titus  L. 
Brown,  a  well-known  homeopathic  physician  and  instructor. 

The  collections  in  the  section  of  wood  technology,  were  increased 
by  a  number  of  accessions  of  importance.  To  the  office  of  works 
of  the  British  Government,  through  Sir  Lionel  Earle  and  the  Ameri- 
can ambassador  to  Great  Britain,  the  Museum  is  indebted  for  the 
gift  of  a  most  interesting  piece  of  oak  timber.    This  is  a  large  sec- 


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tion  taken  from  the  hammer-beam  roof  of  Westminster  Hall,  Lon- 
don, England,  during  recent  repairs  to  this  famous  building.  The 
roof  was  built  under  the  orders  of  Richard  II,  in  1399,  and  the  oak 
used  therein  must  be  anywhere  from  900  to  1,000  years  old,  or  more. 
The  roof  beams  and  timbers  of  this  historic  structure  were  found 
to  be  so  weakened  by  the  attacks  of  larvae  of  a  boring  beetle,  Xesto- 
hiwn  tessellatuni^  known  as  the  "  death  watch,"  that  portions  of  the 
timbers  were  removed  and  the  roof  supported  by  an  invisible  steel 
reenforcement.  The  section  of  timber  presented  to  the  Museum  is 
valuable  from  an  historical  and  entomological  standpoint,  and  in 
addition  shows  the  beauty  of  the  wood  itself,  the  old  craftsman's 
work,  and  the  durability  of  British  oak  when  used  in  heavy  con- 
struction. The  Museum  also  received  for  exhibition  with  the  speci- 
men photographs  and  drawings  of  Westminster  Hall  and  its  roof 
structure,  which  indicate  the  spot  from  which  the  specimen  was 
taken,  together  with  a  copy  of  a  report  by  Sir  Frank  Baines,  upon 
the  history  and  repairs  to  the  roof  of  Westminster  Hall  and  the 
methods  undertaken  to  combat  the  ravages  of  the  beetle. 

Specimens  and  photographs  of  balsa  wood,  a  material  weighing 
but  little  more  than  half  as  much  as  cork,  were  presented  by  the 
American  Balsa  Co.  (Inc.),  of  New  York  City,  These  include  a 
cross  section  of  the  trunk  of  a  young  balsa  tree,  Ochroma  lagoj^us, 
a  squared  piece  of  balsa  timber,  and  an  ice-cream  container  made  of 
this  recently  developed  wood  to  demonstrate  its  value  as  a  non- 
conductor of  heat.  The  utilization  of  the  wood  of  this  quick-grow- 
ing tropical  American  tree  has  been  brought  into  prominence  during 
the  last  few  years.  The  manufacture  of  buoyancy  and  insulation 
products,  such  as  life  rafts,  refrigerators,  and  parts  of  lifeboats  and 
airplanes,  especially  in  connection  with  the  war  with  Germany,  has 
become  very  extensive.  Eighty  thousand  floats  made  of  balsa  wood 
were  used  in  constructing  the  250-mile  submarine  mine  barrage  in 
the  North  Sea. 

The  Muskegon  Machine  Co.,  Muskegon,  Mich.,  contributed  a  series 
of  23  specimens  representing  the  work  of  an  industry  that  goes  hand 
in  hand  with  present-day  conservation  methods.  These,  the  products 
of  the  Linderman  dovetail  glue  jointer,  are  small  samples  of  what 
is  being  done  in  the  way  of  building  up  automobile  running  boards, 
doors,  etc.,  chair  seats,  moldings,  columns,  frames,  and  countless  other 
things  from  small  pieces  of  wood,  much  of  which  has  been  hitherto 
classed  as  waste  and  has  been  conveyed  under  the  boilers  to  be  used 
as  fuel. 

A  series  of  specimens  showing  steps  in  the  manufacture  of  willow 
baskets  was  contributed  by  Mr.  Andrew  Kessler,  of  Washington, 
D.  C.     Mr.  Kessler  personally  made  the  baskets  and  parts  by  hand 


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from  selected  stock  grown  by  him.  This  exhibit  represents  an  in- 
dustry that  is  gaining  in  importance  in  the  United  States,  and  is 
deserving  of  more  recognition. 

The  importance  of  the  closer  utilization  of  wood  as  a  conserva- 
tion measure,  and  the  practicability  of  laminated  wood  construction 
in  the  manufacture  of  a  number  of  articles  subject  to  severe  usage, 
is  shown  by  a  series  of  23  specimens  of  built-up  airplane  wing 
ribs,  tenpins,  duckpins,  and  shoe  lasts,  which  were  received  by  trans- 
fer from  the  Forest  Products  Laboratory  at  Madison,  Wis. 

A  moth-proof  cedar  chest  was  presented  by  the  Piedmont  Red 
Cedar  Chest  Co.,  of  Statesville,  N.  C.  This  chest,  designed  and 
built  especially  for  exhibition  in  the  National  Museum,  is  devoid  of 
all  brass  trimmings,  save  the  keyhole  plate,  and  is  finished  with  a 
high  wax  polish,  so  that  nothing  has  been  added  to  detract  from 
the  simple  beauty  of  the  wood  itself. 

As  accessions  of  imj)ortance  other  than  those  mentioned  under 
textiles,  medicine,  and  wood  technology,  there  should  be  mentioned 
the  transfer  from  the  States  Relations  Service  of  the  Department 
of  Agriculture,  of  an  exhibit  of  over  100  examples  of  canned  fruits, 
vegetables,  fish,  and  meats,  which  has  attracted  the  attention  of  large 
numbers  of  visitors.  This  appetizing  array  of  canned  foods  was 
put  up  by  children  according  to  the  coldpack  method,  and  repre- 
sents a  selection  from  the  jars  winning  prizes  in  17  State  contests 
between  members  of  boys  and  girls  canning  clubs.  The  10  best 
jars  entered  in  each  State  contest  were  selected  by  the  State  club 
leader,  and  sent  to  Washington  for  exhibition  in  the  National 
Museum,  as  an  additional  honor  to  the  youthful  prize  winners.  These 
examples  of  an  important  work  in  food  conservation,  now  being 
carried  on  by  children  all  over  the  United  States,  represent  a  great 
advance  in  camiing  methods,  and  show  that  home-put-up  foodstuff's 
which  can  be  shipped  about  from  local  to  State  fairs,  and  across 
the  country  to  Washington,  for  exhibition  under  severe  conditions 
of  light  and  heat,  well  deserve  the  attention  they  have  received  in  the 
section  of  foods. 

Fifteen  large  charts,  showing  graphically  the  composition  and 
fuel  value  of  important  articles  of  food,  were  added  to  the  section  of 
foods,  by  transfer  from  the  Department  of  Agriculture.  They  serve 
to  further  explain  the  models  of  100  calorie  portions,  and  the  exhibits 
showing  the  principal  classes  of  foods,  which  were  mentioned  in  a 
previous  report. 

The  importance  of  dehydration  as  a  means  of  conserving  a  local 
surplus  of  fresh  foods,  and  of  avoiding  many  transportation  difficul- 
ties, is  brought  to  mind  by  a  series  of  22  specimens  of  dehj^drated 
California  fruits  and  vegetables,  contributed  by  the  Caladero  Prod- 
ucts Co.,  Atascadero,  Calif. 


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A  very  complete  series  of  specimens  illustrating  steps  in  the  manu- 
facture and  use  of  the  "chank"  shell  of  India,  was  contributed  by 
Dr.  Hugh  M.  Smith,  United  States  Commissioner  of  Fisheries.  This 
shell  held  in  veneration  by  the  Hindus,  is  collected  by  divers  in  the 
Gulf  of  Manar,  off  the  coast  of  Travancore  and  elsewhere  in  India, 
and  has  been  used  from  time  immemorial  for  bracelets,  armlets, 
charms,  etc. 

The  Museum's  extensive  collection  of  authentic  commercial  raw 
materials  used  in  American  industries  was  increased  by  the  efforts  of 
Mr.  A.  E.  Carlton,  American  consul  at  Medan,  Sumatra,  wdio  sent 
through  the  State  Department,  eight  samples  of  Hevea  rubber,  rep- 
resenting all  the  grades  produced  and  sold  in  that  market,  including 
the  grades  most  in  demand  for  making  automobile  tires. 

Mr.  Dan  P.  Steeples,  of  Sumner,  Wash.,  presented  to  the  Museum, 
a  large  sheet  of  so-called  "  fungus  paper,"  a  wonderfully  preserved 
piece  of  the  leathery  velvet-like  mycelium  or  absorbing  organ  of  a 
parasitic  fungus,  Fornes  laricis,  which  is  rather  common  upon  Douglas 
fir,  larch,  pines,  and  other  species  of  trees  in  the  Northwestern  States. 
Several  hundred  years  ago,  a  similar  material,  called  surgeons' 
fungus,  was  used  as  a  styptic  for  stopping  bleeding  and  for  binding 
wounds,  like  a  plaster. 

EXPLORATIONS    AND  EXPEDITIONS. 

No  expeditions  or  trips  of  any  great  importance  were  made  by  any 
member  of  this  division  during  the  year.  The  International  Silk 
Show,  held  at  the  Grand  Central  Palace,  New  York  City,  February 
7  to  12,  1921,  was  attended  by  the  curator  in  response  to  the  invita- 
tion from  the  management  that  the  National  Museum  be  represented 
officially  by  exhibits  and  a  member  of  the  staff.  Advantage  was 
taken  of  this  opportunity  for  enlisting  the  cooperation  of  the  most 
important  manufacturers  of  silk  fabrics  in  the  extension  of  the 
Museum's  exhibits,  resulting  in  the  accession  of  two  valuable  groups 
of  fabrics  and  the  promise  of  many  others. 

Through  "the  courtesy  of  the  Hammermill  Paper  Co.,  of  Erie,  Pa., 
the  assistant  curator,  section  of  wood  technology,  was  enabled  to  visit 
the  plant  at  Erie  from  May  11  to  15,  1921,  and  study  under  the  most 
favorable  conditions  the  manufacture  of  high-grade  sulphite  paper. 
As  a  result  of  this  trip,  two  separate  but  closely  related  series  of 
specimens  are  being  prepared  for  the  Museum ;  one  qualitative,  show- 
ing every  step  in  the  manufacture  of  paper  from  spruce  wood;  the 
other  quantitative,  showing  the  exact  amounts  of  every  material  re- 
quired to  make  100  pounds  of  bond  paper. 

WOEK  OB*  PKESEKVING  AND  INSTALLING  COLLECTIONS. 

All  of  the  collections  under  the  care  of  the  curator  have  been  care- 
fully inspected  for  insects,  and  all  perishable  material  like  wools  and 


108  REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

foodstuffs  have  been  fumigated  several  times.  This  has  meant,  how- 
ever, constant  vigilance,  as  we  have  to  fight  not  only  the  usual  Mu- 
seum pests  like  the  drug-store  beetle,  Dermestes,  and  wool  and  grain 
moths,  but  recently  the  cigarette  beetle  has  become  a  menace  and  was 
found  attacking  the  tobacco  specimens.  The  old  exhibit  and  dupli- 
cate collections  dating  back  prior  to  1895  have  been  carefully  gone 
over,  checked  in  the  catalogues,  and  the  specimens  past  usefulness 
were  laid  aside  for  exchange  with  other  institutions  and  schools  or 
for  condemnation.  The  catalogueing  of  new  specimens  has  been  kept 
up  to  date,  and  the  installation  of  new  material  has  been  made  as 
soon  after  its  receipt  as  was  possible.  A  large  part  of  the  time  of 
one  preparator  was  given  to  making  gummed-letter  case  labels  for 
the  textile  exhibits,  a  large  number  of  group  labels  for  the  medicinal 
collections,  and  labeling  the  transparencies  in  the  section  of  wood 
technology,  so  that  the  legends  may  be  read  by  transmitted  light. 

The  examination  and  indexing  of  new  textile  terms  and  other 
special  information  contained  in  the  large  number  of  trade  papers 
and  periodicals  received  by  the  sectional  libraries  of  textiles,  woods, 
medicine,  and  foods  has  occupied  the  time  of  the  preparators  when 
not  engaged  in  other  duties.  A  set  of  upward  of  2,000  small  samples 
of  North  American  woods,  which  are  pieces  of  the  actual  wood 
specimens  experimented  upon  by  Dr.  Charles  S.  Sargent  and  his 
assistants  in  connection  with  his  report  on  the  forest  wealth  of  the 
United  States  for  the  Tenth  Census,  which  had  long  been  in  storage, 
was  gone  over  carefully  by  the  assistant  curator,  section  of  wood 
technology,  and  matched  up  with  the  data  published  by  Dr.  Sargent 
in  volume  9  of  the  Tenth  Census  Report.  This  very  valuable  scien- 
tific collection  of  authentic  specimens  is  thus  rendered  availa.ble  for 
the  study  and  identification  of  new  material. 

In  the  division  of  textiles  eight  new  permanent  installations  and  a 
special  temporary  exhibit  were  set  up  during  the  year.  The  special 
exhibit  of  live  silkworms  was  installed  in  the  South  Hall  during 
June  13-20,  1921.  During  this  period  about  300  silkworms  of  both 
thel  Italian  and  Japanese  races  reached  their  maturity  and  spun 
cocoons.  Before  the  exhibit  closed  on  June  30  moths  had  emerged 
from  most  of  the  cocoons,  so  that  during  practically  the  whole  18 
days  the  feeding  and  spinning  of  the  silkworms  and  the  activities 
of  the  adult  moths  could  be  seen.  The  public  was  informed  of  the 
exhibit  through  notices  in  the  local  newspapers,  which  were  copied 
by  papers  in  Baltimore  and  Philadelphia,  and  its  interest  in  the 
subject  was  evidenced  by  an  increased  attendance  of  visitors  to  the 
Arts  and  Industries  Building  of  over  1,500  the  first  week.  The 
installations  included  exhibits  of  cartridge  silks,  airplane,  and  bal- 
loon fabrics,  plushes  and  velvets,  tied  and  dyed  textiles,  a  rearrange- 
ment of  the  series  of  early  American  implements  for  spinning,  reel- 


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ing,  and  winding,  and  the  installation  of  the  historical  series  of  sew- 
ing machines  and  textile  machinery  models  which  were  transferred 
from  the  division  of  mechanical  technology.  The  series  illustrating 
the  composition  of  the  human  body  was  brought  down  from  the  east 
gallery,  where  it  had  been  shown  for  many  years  in  the  division  of 
medicine,  and  reinstalled  with  the  food  exhibits.  The  latter  were 
regrouped  and  their  appearance  very  much  improved.  The  new 
material,  showing  canning  and  preservation  of  foods  by  boys  and 
girls,  was  arranged  by  States  and  installed  in  the  large  wall  case 
in  the  east  south  range,  where  it  has  attracted  a  great  deal  of  at- 
tention. 

Practically  one-half  of  the  cases  of  the  exhibition  series  in  the 
division  of  medicine  contain  new  exhibits  which  were  installed  dur- 
ing the  year.  In  all,  15  new  exhibits  were  installed,  and  two  cases 
completely  rearranged  with  the  addition  of  new  material.  The  new 
exhibits  have  been  arranged  to  show  medicines  obtained  from  the 
animal  kingdom ;  the  use  of  sphagnum  m.oss  as  a  substitute  for  absorb- 
ent cotton ;  candy  medication  for  children ;  steps  in  the  manufacture 
of  glass  ampoules;  the  various  forms  into  which  medicines  are  pre- 
pared for  administration ;  the  manner  of  obtaining  and  administering 
serums  for  the  prevention  and  treatment  of  diphtheria,  lockjaw, 
pneumonia,  and  meningitis ;  the  importance  of  the  cinchona  tree  and 
the  poppy  plant  from  a  medicinal  standpoint;  how  medicines  are 
divided  into  classes  based  on  their  physiological  action;  the  impor- 
tance of  gelatin  to  disguise  the  taste  and  odor  of  unpalatable  mxedi- 
cines ;  the  progress  of  the  development  of  pharmaceutical  equipment ; 
how  specimens  are  examined  by  means  of  the  microscope,  etc.  An 
exhibit  case  devoted  to  Dr.  Crawford  W.  Long,  of  Athens,  Ga.,  the 
first  surgeon  to  intentionally  produce  anesthesia  by  inhalation  of 
sulphuric  ether  for  a  surgical  operation,  containing  a  number  of  his 
personal  relics  and  documentary  evidence  to  substantiate  his  claim, 
was  prepared  with  material  presented  or  loaned  to  the  Musemn  by 
his  daughter,  Mrs.  Frances  Long  Taylor.  The  Morton  case  con- 
taining the  original  apparatus  used  by  Dr.  William  T.  G.  Morton 
when  he  demonstrated  the  use  of  sulphuric  ether  as  an  anesthetic, 
and  personal  relics  of  this  famous  person,  and  the  marble  bust  of 
Maj.  Walter  Eeed,  were  obtained  by  transfer  from  the  division  of 
history.  The  bust  of  Maj.  Walter  Reed  was  installed  where  it  prop- 
erly belongs,  in  the  alcove  which  relates  to  the  history  of  medicine 
in  America.  It  is  here  exhibited  with  pictures  of  Drs.  James  Car- 
roll, Jesse  W.  Lazear,  and  Aristides  Agramonte,  other  members  of 
the  commission  which  proved  that  yellow  fever  is  transmitted  by 
mosquitoes.  An  important  addition  to  the  historical  collections  is  a 
series  of  eight  bromide  enlargements  of  men  famous  in  medicine, 
which  includes  pictures  of  the  following :  Aesculapius,  the  "  God  of 


110  EEPOET   OF   NATIONAL,   MUSEUM,   1&21. 

Medicine " ;  Hippocrates,  "  Father  of  Medicine " ;  Galen,  a  noted 
medical  writer,  sometimes  called  the  "  Father  of  Pharmacy " ; 
Avicenna,  the  Arab  medical  writer,  whose  teachings  were  followed 
by  myriads  of  medical  practitioners;  Paracelsus,  the  founder  of 
chemical  pharmacology  and  therapeutics ;  Vesalius,  who  did  much  to 
advance  the  study  of  anatomy ;  Pare,  a  famous  French  surgeon ;  and 
Edward  Jenner,  the  originator  of  vaccine  therapy,  who  extirpated 
the  loathsome  disease  smallpox.  These  pictures  have  been  framed 
and  labeled  and  are  hung  on  the  pilasters  above  the  cases  on  the 
east  gallery. 

A  special  exhibit  of  all  the  books  in  the  sectional  library  on  the 
subject  of  homeopathy  was  arranged  for  the  benefit  of  the  delegates 
to  the  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Institute  of  Homeopathy, 
which  was  held  in  this  city  from  June  19  to  24, 1921,  and  many  of  the 
delegates  visited  the  Museum  for  the  purpose  of  seeing  this  exhibit 
and  the  permanent  one  arranged  to  illustrate  the  history  and  prin- 
ciples of  this  school  of  medicine. 

The  southeast  court  containing  the  wood  collections  was  closed  to 
the  public  from  January  20  to  March  3,  1921,  in  order  to  permit 
the  installation  of  the  large  colored  transparencies  and  bromide  en- 
largements showing  forest  stands,  lumbering  methods,  and  wood 
utilization.  Each  of  the  transparencies  Avas  labeled  on  the  glass  with 
black  letters,  permitting  the  title  to  be  easily  read  from  the  floor,  even 
at  some  distance.  A  specific  title  in  white  letters  was  put  on  the 
frame  below  each  of  the  colored  bromide  enlargements,  and  four 
large  general  labels,  one  for  each  set  of  12  pictures  around  the  four 
sides  of  the  galler}',  were  mounted  above  the  frame.  Upon  opening 
the  wood  court  to  visitors  two  bulletin  boards  were  installed,  one  on 
either  side  of  the  entrance,  on  which  to  put  items  of  public  interest 
concerning  woods  and  their  uses.  Other  installations  include  a  large 
section  of  British  oak  from  the  roof  of  Westminster  Hall;  the  ex- 
hibit of  handmade  willow  baskets;  an  assembling  of  the  California 
redwood  material,  including  the  refinishing  of  a  large  6-foot  board ; 
and  the  exhibition  of  a  Piedmont  red-cedar  chest. 

PRESENT  CONDITION    OF   THE   COLLECTIONS. 

With  the  exception  of  slight  fading  of  certain  textile  fabrics  which 
are  affected  by  the  light,  and  the  discoloration  of  certain  food  sam- 
ples due  to  exposure  to  light  and  heat,  there  has  been  but  very  little 
deterioration  of  either  the  exhibit  or  study  materials.  The  collec- 
tions in  the  section  of  wood  technology  are  also  in  very  good  condi- 
tion. 

The  exhibition  and  study  series  of  the  division  of  medicine  are 
in  good  condition.  It  was  found  necessary  to  renew  the  preserving 
fluid  on  the  specimens  comprising  the  exhibit  of  organotherapy. 


REPORT  OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921.  Ill 

RESEARCH    AND    STUDIES    CARRIED   ON    AT  THE    MDSEDM. 

For  the  benefit  of  the  Museum. — As  much  time  as  could  be  spared 
from  routine  work  has  been  given  by  the  curator  and  one  assistant 
to  the  preparation  of  comprehensive  technical  definitions  of  textile 
fabrics  based  upon  authentic  specimens  in  the  Museum's  collections. 
This  has  meant  the  careful  examination  of  all  available  current  tex- 
tile literature,  as  the  technical  mill  and  trade  terms  used  in  older 
works  of  reference  are  often  not  in  accord  with  those  in  current  use 
in  the  United  States.  Considerable  progress  has  been  made  toward 
the  completion  of  a  fabrics  glossary  based  on  actual  specimens. 

The  use  of  the,  MusemrCs  coJlectioiis  and  fcwilities  hy  visitors  and 
correspondents. — Dr.  Arno  Viehoever  and  Mr.  J.  F.  Clevenger,  of 
the  pharmacognosy  laboratory  of  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry,  De- 
partment of  Agriculture,  made  frequent  use  of  the  study  collections 
in  the  division  of  medicine  for  identifying  and  comparing  commer- 
cial drugs  submitted  to  that  laboratory  under  the  food  and  drugs  act. 

Dr.  H.  E.  Kalusowski,  dean  of  the  college  of  pharmacy,  George 
Washington  University,  made  use  of  the  collections  in  the  study  of 
gums  and  resins. 

Mr.  Samuel  D.  Stevens,  North  Andover,  Mass.,  made  use  of  the 
collections  in  a  study  of  the  development  of  hand  spinning  and 
weaving  in  colonial  times. 

One  of  the  professors  of  the  school  of  medicine,  George  Washing- 
ton University,  frequently  brought  his  class  to  the  Museum  to  study 
the  exhibits  in  the  section  of  foods. 

The  research  director  of  the  trade  paper  Women's  Wear  and  his 
assistant  spent  some  time  studying  and  sketching  the  models  of 
spinning  and  knitting  machinery  in  the  division  of  textiles  for  use  in 
the  investigation  of  the  history  of  the  knitting  industry. 

Numerous  visitors  made  inquiry  at  the  curator's  office  in  search  of 
special  information  suggested  by  the  exhibits,  and  made  particular 
use  of  the  technical  books'  in  the  sectional  library.  The  curator 
furnished  special  information  on  industrial  raw  materials  and  the 
identification  of  specimens,  from  time  to  time  during  the  year  to  the 
Bureaus  of  Chemistry  and  Plant  Industry,  United  States  Department 
of  Agriculture,  and  to  the  New  York  appraiser's  office,  Treasury 
Department.  The  identification  of  specimens  of  fibers  and  fabrics, 
gums,  resins,  seeds,  and  woods,  and  bibliographical  compilations  on 
various  subjects  for  numerous  individuals,  both  in  and  out  of  the 
Government  service,  has  been  a  regidar  part  of  the  work  of  this 
division.  He  furnished  the  identification  of  the  cottons  and  cotton 
seeds  introduced  by  the  Office  of  Foreign  Seed  and  Plant  Introduc- 
tion and  Distribution.  Department  of  Agriculture. 
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112  REPORT   OF  NATIONAL  MUSEUM,   1921. 

Several  groups  of  school  children  from  private  and  public  schools 
of  Washington  and  Alexandria,  Va.,  were  given  talks  on  the  textile 
collections  by  the  curator.  He  also  arranged  for  lectures  and  demon- 
strations at  the  Museum  to  the  classes  in  home  economics  and  tex- 
tiles at  George  Washington  University  and  the  University  of  Mary- 
land. 

Names  of  special  cooperators. — Special  thanks  are  due  to  Dr. 
Murray  Gait  Motter,  librarian  of  the  Hygienic  Laboratory,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. ;  to  Dr.  W.  A.  Dewey,  registrar  of  the  homeopathic 
medical  school,  University  of  Michigan,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. ;  Dr. 
Caswell  A.  Mayo  and  Mr.  Charles  G.  Merrell,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio; 
Dr.  J.  Norman  Taylor,  chemist,  Fungicide  Board,  Department  of 
Agriculture ;  Mr.  T.  J.  Keleher  and  Dr.  Norman  C.  Glover,  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  for  their  splendid  cooperation  in  arranging  for  the 
contribution  of  specimens  to  the  Museum,  and  for  making  use  of 
every  opportunity  of  presenting  the  needs  of  the  Museum  to  persons 
and  professional  bodies  in  a  position  to  render  assistance. 

RESEARCHES    ELSEWHERE    AIDED    BY     MUSEUM    MATERIAL. 

Dr.  H.  E.  Howe,  of  the  National  Research  Council,  was  furnished 
with  small  samples  of  mercerized  cotton,  wool,  flax,  silk,  and  artificial 
silk  for  investigations  with  the  microscope. 

The  Microchemical  Laboratory  of  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry,  De- 
partment of  Agriculture,  was  also  supplied  with  fiber  specimens  for 
microscopical  work. 

The  firm  of  Darby  &  Darby,  patent  attorneys  of  New  York  City, 
was  furnished  a  sample  of  a  silk  fabric  of  special  construction  for 
use  in  a  patent  investigation. 

Mr.  M.  D.  C.  Crawford,  research  editor  for  Women's  Wear,  a 
trade  publication,  was  supplied  with  11  photographs  of  historical 
textile  machinery  for  use  in  a  study  of  the  development  of  certain 
phases  of  the  textile  industry. 

At  the  request  of  the  management  of  the  International  Silk  Expo- 
sition, held  in  the  Grand  Central  Palace,  New  York  City,  February 
7  to  12,  1921,  the  Museum  loaned  to  the  committee  on  historic  ex- 
hibit's several  specimens  concerned  with  the  early  manufacture  and 
use  of  silk  in  this  country. 

DISTRIBUTION   AND    EXCHANGE    OF    SPECIMENS. 

A  set  of  small  samples  of  American  woods,  representing  18  species, 
were  sent  as  an  exchange  to  the  New  York  State  College  of  Forestry, 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  at  the  request  of  Dr.  H.  P.  Brown,  professor  of 
wood  technology,  for  use  by  his  graduate  students  in  certain  research 
work. 


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A  set  of  twelve  8  by  10  inch  photographs  of  exhibits  in  the  division 
of  medicine  were  furnished  to  Mr.  Charles  G.  Merrell,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  and  were  by  him  framed  and  hung  in  the  Lloyd  Library  of 
Cincinnati,  in  order  to  bring  the  work  of  the  division  to  the  atten- 
tion of  the  many  professional  workers  in  botany,  medicine,  and 
pharmacy  who  frequent  that  library. 

Mr.  Merrell  was  also  furnished  a  photograph  of  the  model  of  the- 
Birch  oil  still  constructed  by  the  Museum,  from  which  he  prepared 
14  lantern  slides  and  presented  them  to  colleges  throughout  the 
United  States  for  use  in  lectures  in  the  manufacture  of  essential 
oils. 

Armour  &  Company,  Chicago,  111.,  was  furnished  with  a  photo- 
graph of  the  Museum's  exhibit  of  animal  drugs,  part  of  the  material 
for  wliich  was  furnished  by  that  company.  The  photograph  was 
reproduced  in  the  Armour  Magazine  for  the  information  of  its 
employees. 

Several  requests  were  made  during  the  year  by  visitors  and 
correspondents  for  copies  of  two  labels,  one  accompanying  the  series 
illustrating  the  composition  of  the  human  body,  and  the  other  classi- 
fying the  specimens  arranged  to  show  the  development  of  the  heal- 
ing arts.     All  of  the  requests  were  granted. 


REPORT  ON  THE  DIVISION  OF  MECHANICAL  TECHNOLOGY. 
By  Gael  W.  JMitman,  Curator. 

Staff. — In  the  last  annual  report  it  was  stated  that  the  goal 
toward  which  this  division  was  bending  its  efforts  and  for  which  it 
possessed  the  nucleus  was  a  museum  of  engineering.  Some  progress 
has  been  made  toward  this  end,  in  that  on  May  1,  1921,  the  writer 
was  placed  in  charge  of  the  division  of  mineral  technology  and  his 
title  changed  to  read  "  curator,  divisions  of  mineral  and  mechanical 
technology."  In  this  capacity  he  will  administer  the  work  of  all 
strictly  engineering  units  of  the  department  of  arts  and  industries. 
In  addition  to  the  advantages  to  be  thus  gained  in  the  development 
of  these  phases  of  the  Museum's  activities,  the  reorganization  is  ma- 
terially more  economical  in  that  the  two  divisions,  which  for  the  past 
10  years  have  been  cared  for  by  a  staff  in  each,  will  now  be  adminis- 
tered by  the  writer  aided  by  two  assistant  curators,  one  assigned  to 
mineral  technology  and  one  to  mechanical  technology. 

Accessions. — During  the  time  covered  by  this  report  there  was  a 
marked  increase  in  the  amount  of  material  received.  The  total 
number  of  accessions  is  33  as  against  13  for  the  year  1919-20,  while 
the  number  of  objects  is  162  against  97  for  the  previous  year. 

Of  these  accessions,  25  were  gifts,  4  were  loans,  1  a  transfer,  and 
2  were  prepared  in  the  division  laboratory.  The  designation  of 
the  objects  was  as  follows:  122  to  transportation  and  machinery, 
17  to  metrology,  6  to  firearms,  6  to  communication,  and  11  were 
objects  of  a  miscella'neous  character. 

In  a  division  covering  such  a  range  of  subjects  as  that  in  me- 
chanical technology,  it  is  difficult  to  place  comparative  values  upon 
the  various  accessions,  for  each  one  received  is  of  importance  in 
the  section  to  which  it  belongs.  Thus  in  land  transportation,  the 
Duryea  gasoline  automobile  of  1892-93,  presented  by  Mr.  Inglis 
M.  Uppercu,  New  York  City,  is  undoubtedly  the  accession  of  greatest 
importance  historically.  On  the  other  hand,  the  full-size  single- 
cylinder  sectioned  and  hand-operated  gasoline  engine  which  visual- 
izes the  cycle  of  operations  in  the  internal-combustion  engine  as  the 
visitor  operates  it,  is  by  far  the  most  important  accession  educa- 
tionally. There  is  not  a  visitor  who,  upon  seeing  this  exhibit,  does 
not  stop  before  it,  operate  it,  and  study  it.     The  exhibit  was  pre- 

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116  REPOET   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

sented  by  the  Willys-Overland  Co.,  Toledo,  Ohio,  through  Mr.  John 
N.  Willys,  president. 

Through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  E.  H.  Sithens,  Millville,  N.  J.,  in  pro- 
curing two  "  ordinary  "  bicycles,  one  a  "  Columbia  "  and  the  other  a 
"  Victor,"  the  collection  of  bicycles  was  greatly  enhanced,  and  now 
includes  12  distinct  types  ranging  from  about  the  first  introduction  in 
1863  to  the  "  new  rapid  safety,"  introduced  about  1887.  Mr.  Ransom 
Matthews,  Selma,  Calif.,  added  to  his  collection  of  gasoline  engine 
spark  plugs  loaned  to  the  Museum,  which  now  embraces  a  total  of  150 
different  types  of  plugs. 

The  collection  being  assembled  to  visualize  the  development  in 
aeronautics  was  considerably  improved  by  the  gift  of  the  experi- 
mental hydroplane  model  made  by  Mr.  Edson  F.  Gallaudet  in  1898, 
and  used  by  him  in  the  fall  of  that  year  in  experimental  aeronautical 
work  on  Long  Island.  The  model  was  presented  to  the  Museum  by 
the  Gallaudet  Aircraft  Corporation,  East  Greenwich,  R.  I. 

During  the  year  Mr.  George  W.  Spier,  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
custodian  of  watches,  donated  eight  valuable  specimens  of  early  time- 
pieces, both  of  American  and  European  manufacture.  They  are  in- 
corporated in  the  horological  collections  which  are  being  arranged  to 
illustrate  the  mechanical  developments  in  this  art.  In  this  connec- 
tion, an  important  watch  was  donated  by  John  J.  and  Charles  E. 
Bowman,  Lancaster,  Pa.  It  is  No.  49  of  50  watches  made  about  40 
years  ago  by  the  donors'  father,  Ezra  F.  Bowman.  One  of  its  most 
interesting  features  is  that  it  is  regulated  by  timing  screws  rather 
than  the  usual  type  of  regulator,  so  as  to  avoid  the  disturbance  of  its 
isochronal  adjustment.  The  watch  is  also  of  a  smaller  design  than 
the  customary  watch  carried  in  that  day  and  was  a  pioneer  of  the 
now  established  smaller  and  more  convenient  watch.  The  many  parts 
used  in  the  construction  of  several  of  the  models  of  Hamilton 
watches,  all  attractive!}^  mounted  in  a  massive  framework,  was  re- 
ceived as  a  gift  of  the  Hamilton  Watch  Co.,  Lancaster,  Pa.  This  ex- 
hibit, placed  with  a  part  of  the  collection  of  watches  on  exhibition, 
adds  materially  to  the  instructive  features  of  the  horological  collec- 
tions. 

Mr.  Emile  Berliner,  Washington,  D.  C,  presented  two  gramo- 
phones of  importance  in  the  developments  of  the  talking  machine. 
One  is  the  first  commercial  type  of  machine  brought  out  in  1893,  and 
the  other  is  an  electrically  operated  machine  devised  by  Mr.  Ber- 
liner in  1896.  Another  valuable  educational  exhibit  received  during 
the  year  was  that  prepared  by  the  Royal  Typewriter  Co.,  New  York. 
The  exhibit  consists  of  four  objects  which  illustrate  the  structural 
features  of  the  typewriter  generally,  with  particular  reference  to  the 
Royal.    This  is  done  by  means  of  a  sectional  or  skeleton  model  of 


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the  typewriter;  a  model  two  times  enlarged  of  the  type  bar  action; 
a  model  two  times  enlarged  of  the  roller  trip  escapement;  and  the 
complete  Royal  typewriter. 

Activities  and  condition  of  collections. — Despite  the  handicap  in- 
curred through  the  resignation  of  Miss  Bartlett  early  in  the  year,  re- 
sulting in  a  reduction  of  an  experienced  staff  by  one  third,  progress 
was  made  in  connection  with  the  maintenance  of  the  collections. 
The  work  of  reallocating  the  exhibits  begun  last  year  was  continued 
satisfactorily,  and  efforts  were  successful  to  a  slight  degree  in  procur- 
ing new  material  to  bring  the  several  exhibition  units  more  toward 
completeness.  As  a  result  of  the  rearrangement,  a  satisfactory 
amount  of  exhibition  space  became  available,  over  75  per  cent  of 
which  was  gradually  made  use  of  for  the  installation  of  valuable 
objects  which,  because  of  the  crowded  conditions  existing  before, 
were  of  necessity  placed  in  storage.  The  preparation,  repair,  and 
installation  of  this  material  consumed  fully  50  per  cent  of  the  time 
of  the  preparator  and  aid,  the  balance  being  used  in  the  design  and 
construction  of  new  exhibits  and  the  almost  endless  maintenance  of 
the  delicate  objects  comprising  the  greater  majority  of  the  collections. 
Prominent  amongst  the  installations  thus  made,  were  the  collection  of 
bicycles  and  the  collection  of  rails,  both  of  which  collections  are 
becoming  more  and  more  valuable.  Considerable  time  and  work  was 
likewise  involved  for  the  whole  staff  in  caring  for  the  materials  con- 
tinuing in  storage.  Through  tlie  assignment  of  larger  offices  to  the 
division,  there  became  available  several  basement  rooms,  which  were 
immediately  used  for  the  storage  of  materials  assigned  to  the  division 
but  heretofore  scattered  in  three  separate  places.  At  this  time  an 
examination  of  the  materials  was  also  made  to  determine  what,  if 
any,  redisposition  could  be  made,  each  item  being  considered  sepa- 
rately. As  a  result,  a  group  of  146  listed  objects  were  transferred 
elsewhere. 

In  furthering  the  definite  program  of  eliminating  all  possible 
overlappings  of  the  various  Museum  activities,  there  were  trans- 
ferred to  the  division  of  history  79  objects,  all  but  2  comprising  a 
biographical  series  relating  to  Joseph  Henry.  For  this  same  general 
reason  four  models  of  boats  were  transferred  to  the  division  of  his- 
tory, their  value  in  history  being  greater  than  their  value  as  ex- 
amples of  naval  architecture. 

In  the  nature  of  new  work  mention  may  be  made  of  the  almost 
complete  reconstructioni'  of  the  "  Stourbridge  Lion "  locomotive 
model  following  research  conducted  by  this  office,  and  the  construc- 
tion of  a  model  of  the  airplane  designed  by  Leonardo  da  Vinci  about 
1490  A.  D.  The  necessary  data  for  this  work  was  obtained  chiefly 
from  a  photostat  copy  of  da  Vinci's  notes  and  incomplete  sketches. 
Construction  of  a  model  of  the  Hensen  aircraft,  designed  by  Hensen 


118  EEPORT  OF   IS^ATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

about  1840,  was  also  undertaken  and  completed.  The  work  just 
enumerated  required  the  whole  time  of  the  preparator  when  not 
otherwise  engaged  in  the  maintenance  and  preservation  of  the 
collections. 

The  writer's  activities  during  the  year  when  not  required  by  the 
general  administrative  work  and  supervision  of  staff,  centered  in 
the  composing  of  descriptive  labels  to  accompany  exhibits.  Approxi- 
mately 300  labels  were  prepared  and  submitted  for  final  printing. 
The  writer  prepared  also  a  descriptive  catalogue  of  the  mechanical 
engineering  collection,  which  is  now  in  press  and  will  be  issued  as  a 
Museum  bulletin.  The  catalogue  is  confined  entirely  to  motors, 
locomotives,  and  objects  dealing  with  the  developments  in  transpor- 
tation, and  does  not  include  metrology  and  horology.  These  latter 
subjects,  it  is  expected,  will  be  the  basis  of  a  second  volume  of  the 
mechanical  collections,  to  be  prepared  at  some  future  date.  A  be- 
ginning was  made,  too.  in  the  preparation  of  a  descriptive  catalogue 
of  the  collections  devoted  to  naval  architecture,  and  it  is  a  satisfaction 
to  report  that  about  one-fourth  of  the  manuscript  has  been  prepared 
at  this  writing. 

Considering  the  scope  of  the  activities  of  this  division,  therefore, 
and  the  small  staff  engaged,  the  condition  of  the  collections  is  very 
satisfactory,  but  maintained  with  difficulty. 

Special  investigations. — No  special  investigations  were  conducted 
upon  the  materials  in  the  division  other  than  those  which  were  re- 
quired in  the  constructive  development  of  the  collections.  Prior  to 
the  actual  construction  of  the  models  visualizing  the  developments  in 
aircraft,  Mr.  Garber  was  closely  engaged  in  study  so  as  to  obtain  the 
most  authentic  data  available  on  these  subjects.  The  results  of  this 
Study  are  shown  in  the  models  on  exhibition  and  described  earlier  in 
this  report.  In  original  work  such  as  this  there  is,  of  course,  the 
possibility  of  error  in  interpretation,  so  that  the  division  welcomes 
any  constructive  criticism. 

Inquiries  relative  to  watches,  clocks,  locomotives,  ships,  firearms, 
electricity,  and  to  many  other  subjects  were  answered,  the  effort  be- 
ing made  to  not  only  answer  the  direct  inquiry,  but  to  enlarge  upon 
it,  giving  all  information  which  might  prove  useful. 

The  shortage  of  watchmakers  and  scientific  instrument  makers 
throughout  the  country  to-day  has  been  the  subject  of  earnest  con- 
sideration by  those  particularly  involved.  Through  the  efforts  of 
Mr.  Spier,  honorary  custodian  of  watches,  the  National  Research 
Council  was  made  conversant  with  the  situation,  as  a  result  of  which 
representatives  of  the  watchmaking  industry  and  the  watchmaking 
schools  were  invited  to  attend  a  conference  under  the  auspices  of  the 
council  to  discuss  the  question  and  devise  means  of  remedying  it. 
This  conference  was  held   in  Washington  May   19   and  20,   and 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL    MUSEUM,   1921.  119 

as  a  result,  there  was  formed  tentatively  the  Horological  Institute 
of  America,  whose  chief  purpose  is  to  bring  about  the  unification  of 
the  schools  of  watchmaking  throughout  the  country  and  to  increase 
the  capacity  and  standard  of  instruction  so  that  there  may  be  de- 
veloped a  wholly  American  industry.  At  this  conference  the  writer 
spoke  of  the  Museum's  educational  work  and  was  assured  of  the  co- 
operation of  those  present  in  the  horological  work  being  conducted. 
In  this  connection,  and  as  an  added  feature  for  the  people  attending 
the  conference,  the  Hamilton  Watch  Co.  loaned  to  the  Museum  for 
a  period  of  two  months  a  working  model,  enlarged  six  diameters,  of 
their  standard  23  jewel  watch  movement.  The  exhibit  is  still  on 
exhibition  at  this  writing  and  is  viewed  with  great  interest  by  the 
daily  visitors  to  the  Museum.  In  the  organization  of  the  Horolog- 
ical Institute,  too,  Mr.  Spier  was  elected  chairman  of  the  organiza- 
tion committee  and  the  writer  appointed  as  a  member  of  the  advisory 
committee. 


REPORT   ON   THE   DIAaSION   OF   MINERAL   TECHNOLOGY, 
By  Carl  W.  Mitman,  Curator. 

Staff. — For  18  months  after  the  resignation  of  Mr.  C.  C.  Gilbert 
and  Dr.  Joseph  E,  Pogue,  curators,  efforts  were  made  to  secure  a 
competent  staff,  but  without  success.  On  May  1,  1921,  and  in  order 
to  prevent  the  continuation  of  this  condition  of  affairs,  the  writer 
was  appointed  to  take  charge  of  this  as  well  as  the  division  of 
mechanical  technology,  inasmuch  as  he  formerly  was  connected  with 
the  division,  first  as  aid  and  later  as  assistant  curator,  and  is  there- 
fore experienced  in  the  work. 

With  this  arrangement  Miss  Ruth  Sherwood,  stenographer  and 
typist  of  the  division  of  mechanical  technology,  assumed  similar 
duties  for  the  division  of  mineral  technology,  taking  charge  of  the 
files,  catalogues,  etc.,  for  both  divisions;  while  Mr.  Haney, preparator 
for  the  division  since  its  organization,  and  who  has  admirably  main- 
tained the  collections  during  the  period  of  the  division's  inactivity, 
continues  in  this  same  capacity. 

Accessions, — Although  lacking  in  organization,  the  division  made 
some  progress,  but  only  in  the  obtaining  of  a  few  accesions — consid- 
erably more  than  during  the  preceding  year.  Last  year  one  acces- 
sion, comprising  one  object — the  working  model  of  a  salt  works — and 
626  specimens  belonging  to  an  earlier  accession  were  received,  while 
this  year  four  accessions,  comprising  466  specimens,  were  recorded. 
Of  these  accessions  one  is  a  gift,  one  a  deposit,  and  two  are  transfers. 

The  most  important  of  these  accessions  is  that  of  the  American 
chemical  exhibit  deposited  by  the  National  Research  Council,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  The  central  feature  of  the  exhibit  is  a  model  repre- 
senting an  idealized  group  of  chemical  industries  such  as  are  required 
in  the  production  of  dyes,  war  gases,  pharmaceuticals,  and  explo- 
sives. The  model  plants  which  produce  the  crude  chemicals,  namely, 
sulphur  wells,  a  coal  mine  and  by-product  coke  plant,  a  fixed  nitrogen 
plant,  and  salt  wells  are  located  at  the  outer  portion  of  the  model, 
while  the  plants  for  the  production  of  intermediates  and  finished 
products  are  in  the  center  toward  the  front.  Radiating  from  the  in- 
termediate plant  are  four  smaller  plants;  one  for  the  production  of 
explosives,  another  for  pharmaceuticals  and  medicinals,  the  third  for 
making  war  gases,  and  the  fourth  for  the  production  of  dyes.  To 
these  there  might  be  added  synthetic  flavors,  perfumes,  food  colors, 

synthetic  resins,  and  the  like. 
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122  REPORT   OF   ^^ATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921. 

In  addition  to  the  model  there  are  charts  showing  some  of  the  inter- 
mediates and  finished  products  obtained  from  each  of  the  four  crude 
chemical  materials — sulphur,  salt,  coal,  and  atmospheric  nitrogen. 
On  these  charts  actual  samples  of  the  chemical  substances  are  attached. 

Other  features  of  the  exhibit  are  a  collection  of  American  dyes, 
war  gases,  explosives,  pharmaceuticals,  synthetic  flavors,  food  colors, 
and  perfumes,  all  derived  from  coal  intermediates,  and  models  to 
show  the  molecular  structure  of  these  chemicals. 

The  Bausch  &  Lomb  Optical  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y,,  presented  eight 
specimens  of  optical  glass.  These  are  valuable  as  indicative  of  the 
wholly  American  optical-glass  industry  which  was  developed  during 
and  since  the  World  War. 

Upon  request  of  the  Georgetown  University  School  of  Foreign 
Service  a  few  specimens  of  mineral  commodities  such  as  Chile 
nitrate,  manganese  ore,  copper  ore  and  copper,  raw  tin,  etc.,  were 
supplied  for  illustrative  purposes  in  the  classroom. 

The  prime  object  in  view  for  the  division  since  its  inception  was 
to  obtain  latitude  in  depicting  the  mineral  industrial  operations  and 
their  social  bearing.  But  to  have  concentrated  on  any  one  project 
until  complete,  with  the  facilities  at  hand,  would  have  been  to 
narrow  down  the  scope  of  instruction  afforded  for  years  ahead. 
It  seemed  best,  therefore,  to  make  the  exhibits  cover  the  fields  of 
metals  and  noimietals  inclusively,  even  though  sketchily  to  begin 
with.  Thus  the  activities  were  gradually  widened  so  that  the  total 
number  of  industries  represented  at  this  writing  is  22,  or  about 
one-half  of  the  important  types  of  mineral  occurrences.  None  is 
complete;  some  depict  only  the  industrial  processes;  some  show 
only  the  stages  from  native  occurrences  to  finished  product;  and 
few  deal  with  the  economic  aspects,  the  most  difficult  and  at  the 
same  time  the  most  important  phase  of  the  undertaking.  All  need 
a  thoroughgoing  attention  to  arrangement  and  labeling.  In  other 
words,  the  exhibits  already  assembled  need  amplifying,  and  addi- 
tional exhibits  are  to  be  obtained. 


REPORT  ON  THE  DIVISION  OF  GRAPHIC  ARTS. 
By  R.  P.  ToLMAN,  Assistant  Curator. 

On  July  1,  1920,  this  division  was  transferred  from  the  depart- 
ment of  anthropology  to  the  department  of  arts  and  industries,  and 
Mr.  R.  P.  Tolman  jilaced  in  charge,  with  title  of  assistant  curator. 

Plans  were  formulated  for  complete  rearrangement  of  the  series 
in  a  logical  sequence  so  as  to  bring  both  historical  and  technical 
material  of  a  kind  together  in  a  chronological  order.  This  plan 
has  been  carried  out  only  in  a  small  part,  but  it  promises  to  be  a 
great  improvement  and  will  be  followed  carefully  and  should  be 
comj^leted  in  the  next  fiscal  year. 

The  year  has  been  devoted  largely  to  preparation  of  card  cata- 
logues in  both  the  division  of  graphic  arts  and  the  section  of  photog- 
raphy and  with  the  collection  of  material  for  the  completion  of  the 
exhibition  series.  A  number  of  gaps  in  the  exhibition  series  have 
been  filled.  As  an  illustration,  the  exhibit  of  handmade  paper  and 
watermarks  is  one  of  a  series  showing  the  materials  used  in  graphic 
arts.  Printing  ink  has  been  installed  for  several  years.  An  ex- 
hibit showing  the  steps  in  designing  and  making  of  type  is  the 
next  in  the  series,  and  Dard  Hunter  has  promised  to  send  the  Museum 
the  materials,  tools,  etc.,  used  by  him  for  cutting  the  punches,  cast- 
ing the  type,  etc.,  for  the  two  books  made  entirely  by  him.  This 
will  show  the  hand  methods  of  early  times.  An  exhibit  showing 
modern  methods  is  being  planned. 

The  definite  scientific  value  of  an  accession  is  hard  to  determine 
with  such  varying  material  as  was  received  this  year.  The  following 
deserve  to  be  mentioned : 

The  exhibit  of  handmade  paper  and  watermarking  of  handmade 
paper  consists  of  90  specimens  beginning  with  the  rags  from  which 
the  paper  is  made,  photographs  of  machines  used  to  beat  the  rags, 
four  sizes  of  hand  molds,  on  which  the  paper  is  made  showing  the 
various  kinds  of  watermarks,  the  ordinary  wire  marks,  and  the  beau- 
tiful light  and  shade  watermarks  with  method  of  hoAv  the  mold  is 
wired  or  embossed,  together  with  photographs  showing  the  interior 
of  a  French  handmade  paper  mill,  and  the  model  of  the  paper  mill 
in  the  Science  Museum,  London.  Samples  of  laid  paper  made  about 
1480,  1570,  1660,  and  1V80  with  attention  called  to  the  differences  in 
the  paper  of  various  dates,  especially  noticeable  in  the  even  texture 

123 


124  EXPORT   OF   NATIONAL    MUSEUM,   1921.  . 

of  the  1780  example.  Also  an  early  sample  of  wove  paper,  which 
was  invented  by  John  Baskerville  in  1750,  and  an  example  of  light 
and  shade  watermark  made  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Smith,  the  inventor  of 
the  process,  about  1850,  as  well  as  other  fine  and  beautiful  water- 
marks. The  whole  exhibit  was  assembled  and  labeled  by  Mr.  Dard 
Hunter,  of  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  who  is  an  authority  on  handmade  paper, 
both  as  a  writer  and  a  manufacturer.  One  of  the  many  labels  may 
be  of  general  interest,  as  it  gives  a  brief  history  of  paper. 

PAPER. 

221-210  B.  C— Paper  was  made  in  China  from  silk  refuse.    The  oldest  mold 

covering  was  made  of  strips  of  bamboo,  bound  together  by 

filaments  of  vegetable  fiber. 
105  A.  D Paper  made  from  rags  and  plant  fibers  first  made  in  China  by 

Ts'ai  Lun. 

Unknown Date  of  invention  of  wire  screen  unknown. 

12th  century--. Paper  made  in  Europe  by  the  Moors.     First  mention  of  rag 

paper  occurs  in  the  tract  of  Peter,  Abbot  of  Cluny  (1122-1150). 

1270 First  watermarked  design. 

1494 First  English  paper  mill  was  established  at  Hertford  by  John 

Tate. 
1690 First  American  paper  mill  operated  by  William  Rittenhouse  at 

Rosborough,  near  Philadelphia. 

1750 Wove  paper  invented  by  John  Baskerville. 

1798 First    paper-making    machine    invented    by    Louis    Robert,    a 

Frenchman.     Introduced  into  England  by  Henry  Fourdriner, 

who  perfected  the  process. 

1819 First  colored  watermarks. 

1849 Light    and    shade    watermarks    invented    in    England    by    Mr. 

W.  H.  Smith. 

Mr.  Dard  Hunter  has  also  made  a  second  valuable  contribution  to 
the  division  of  two  books  in  unbound  condition  which  he  made  from 
beginning  to  end.  They  are  The  Etching  of  Figures,  by  William 
Aspinwall  Bradley,  and  The  Etching  of  Contemporary  Life,  by 
Frank  Weitenkampf,  curator  of  the  print  department.  New  York 
Public  Library.  Both  of  these  books  were  published  by  The  Chicago 
Society  of  Etchers  for  their  associate  members,  limited  to  250  and  275 
copies  respectively,  and  accompanied  by  an  etching  by  an  active  mem- 
ber of  the  society.  To  quote  from  the  introduction  in  The  Etching 
of  Figures,  by  Mr.  Bradley : 

This  publication  is  the  entire  work  of  Dard  Hunter,  Marlborough-on-Hudson, 
The  paper  was  made  by  him  especially  for  this  book,  each  sheet  separately  in  a 
hand  mold.  The  steel  punches  for  the  type  were  cut  by  him,  the  matrices  struck, 
and  the  type  cast  in  a  hand  mold.  The  printing  was  done  on  a  hand  press. 
These  methods  are  practically  the  same  as  those  used  by  printers  at  the  time 
of  Albrecht  Durer. 

In  an  exhaustive  study  of  paper  making  and  typography  Mr.  Hunter  has  never 
seen  mention  of  a  book  produced  in  which  paper,  type,  and  printing  were  the 
work  of  one  man  as  they  are  in  the  present  volume. 


REPORT   OF    NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921.  125 

Mr.  Rudolph  Ruzicka,  the  well-known  wood  engraver  of  New 
York,  promised  the  division  some  time  ago  an  exhibit  of  his  work, 
and  this  year  the  Carteret  Book  Club,  of  Newark,  presented  a  set 
of  four  blocks  and  five  proofs  in  color  through  Mr.  Ruzicka.  These 
are  especially  interesting  because  the  blocks  were  designed,  engraved, 
and  printed  by  him  for  the  Carteret  Book  Club,  of  Newark,  and  show 
the  fine  results  of  modern  methods. 

Among  the  prints  received  this  year  were  about  300  from  the 
wood  blocks  of  Thomas  Bewick  from  Earle  W.  Huckel,  of  Phila- 
delphia, a  former  aid  in  the  division.  These  are  of  especial  interest, 
as  only  a  few  original  prints  were  owned  by  the  division.  Nine  hun- 
dred and  ninety-nine  specimens  were  received  from  Mr.  Huckel  and 
need  careful  study  before  further  comment  can  be  made  upon  their 
value. 

Beautiful  examples  of  the  art  of  printing  type,  designs,  and  half- 
tone engraving  were  the  gift  of  the  firm  of  Norman  T.  A.  Munder 
Co.,  of  Baltimore. 

The  Rembrandt  Intaglio  Printing  Co.,  of  Lancaster,  England, 
was  the  first  to  use  rotary  intaglio  photogravure,  a  process  developed 
for  it  by  Karl  Klic,  of  Vienna.  Historical  examples  dating  1894, 
1896,  and  1897  are  among  the  specimens  received,  the  1894  example 
being  one  of  the  first  successful  examples  ever  made.  The  specimens 
in  color  are  very  beautiful.  This  method  is  now  used  extensively. 
Entire  newspapers  are  printed  by  this  method  and  the  "  rotogra- 
vure "  section  of  the  Sunday  papers  show  the  fine  results  which  are 
obtained  on  cheap  paper. 

Mr.  Benjamin  C.  Brown,  of  Pasadena,  Calif.,  president  of  the 
Print  Makers  Society  of  California,  contributed  six  examples  of  his 
work  in  soft  ground  etching,  together  with  a  written  description 
of  his  methods  of  work,  which  contains  new  information  on  the 
subject.  Five  of  Mr.  Brown's  soft  ground  etchings  are  printed  in 
color,  and  not  only  fill  a  gap  in  the  collection  but  are  as  well  fine 
examples  of  the  art. 

This  method  gives  a  sketchy  and  artistic  effect.  A  metal  plate  is 
covered  with  a  soft  sticky  ground,  over  which  it  stretched  a  thin 
sheet  of  rough  paper,  and  on  this  the  drawing  is  made  with  lead 
pencil.  Where  the  pencil  marks  appear  on  the  paper,  it  sticks  to 
the  ground,  so  that  when  the  paper  is  pulled  off  the  ground  comes  up 
with  it,  leaving  the  metal  exposed  wherever  the  pencil  has  touched 
the  paper.    The  plate  is  then  etched  in  the  usual  way. 

The  American  Museum  of  Natural  History,  New  York  City,  is  for- 
tunate in  possessing  50  of  what  are  undoubtedly  the  first  font  of 
metal  type  ever  cast.  They  were  made  by  the  Korean  Government 
Printing  Office  in  1403.  The  American  Museum  presented  facsimiles 
in  type  metal  of  the  brass  originals  to  the  United  States  National 


126  REPORT  OF  NATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921. 

Museum.  The  originals  were  made  about  50  years  earlier  than  mov- 
able type  are  said  to  have  been  made  in  Europe.  The  type  are  con- 
cave underneath  and  irregular  in  thickness,  but  this  was  of  no  con- 
sequence. They  were  set  up  in  wax  and  all  pressed  down,  so  that  the 
printing  surface  was  level. 

Clay  types  were  invented  in  China  by  a  smith  named  Pi  Shing, 
between  1041-1049.  He  engraved  a  type  in  a  very  fine  plastic  clay 
and  burned  it.  He  had  no  successor,  and  after  his  death  the  Chinese 
returned  to  their  ancient  methods  of  using  engraved  blocks  of  wood, 
which  process  is  said  to  date  back  to  581  A.  D. 

Electrotyping  is  a  method  used  in  graphic  arts  to  duplicate  print- 
ing plates.  Where  large  editions  are  wanted  several  plates  are  neces- 
sary and  duplicate  plates  may  be  made  at  very  small  cost,  in  com- 
parison to  the  original  engraved  plate.  The  claim  is  made  that  the 
metal  deposit  is  harder  in  proportion  to  the  hardness  of  the  material 
on  which  it  is  deposited,  and  therefore  the  electrotype  deposit  made 
on  lead  is  harder  and  tougher  than  that  made  on  wax,  so  that  larger 
editions  can  be  printed  from  lead-molded  electrotypes. 

The  Royal  Electrotype  Co.,  of  Philadelphia,  furnished  an  exhibit 
showing  the  process  of  manufacture  of  lead-molding  electrotypes 
from  a  halftone- and- type  original  through  the  various  steps  to 
the  finished  electrotype ;  and  also  had  it  carried  through  the  McKee 
treatment  which  process  puts  the  overlay  and  underlay  in  the  plate 
itself. 

At  the  present  time  a  large  percentage  of  the  electrotype  plates 
are  called  "nickel-steel."  This  name  is  a  misnomer  because  only 
nickel  and  copper  are  used.  A  thin  sheet  of  nickel  three  one-thou- 
sandths of  an  inch  in  thickness  is  deposited  first,  then  a  thick  layer 
of  copper.    The  smooth  nickel  surface  prints  with  very  little  wear. 

The  electrotype  exhibit  now  consists  of  wax  molding,  lead  molding, 
and  the  McKee  treatment  of  electrotype  plate. 

Mr.  Karl  Arvidson  and  Mr.  Charles  Furth  of  the  Photogravure 
&  Color  Co.,  contributed  several  hundred  specimens  of  photogelatine 
and  photogravure  work  extending  over  a  period  of  30  or  40  years, 
with  fine  examples  of  the  work  they  are  doing  at  present  in  photo- 
gravure, both  in  color  and  black  and  white. 

The  Ketterlinus  Lithographic  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Philadelphia, 
gave  10  specimens  of  their  work  in  lithographic  color  printing,  which 
presents  an  excellent  idea  of  the  results  obtained  by  lithographic 
printing. 

The  three  states  of  the  etched  plate  Shoveller  Drake,  by  Frank  W. 
Benson,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  the  well-known  artist,  together  with  the 
original  plate  in  its  "  destroyed  "  condition,  show  the  methods  used 
by  the  artist  in  carrying  the  plate  from  the  first  state  to  the  finished 


REPORT  OF   NATIOISTAL,  MUSEUM,   1921.  127 

published  one.  This  is  especially  evident  from  the  careful  study  of 
the  plate  itself.  The  expression  "  plate  destroyed  "  does  not  mean 
that  the  plate  has  been  actually  destroyed  but  that  the  plate  is  dis- 
figured so  that  print-s  from  it  have  no  artistic  or  commercial  value. 
It  also  insures  the  commercial  value  of  the  published  prints. 

Mr.  Walter  Tittle,  of  New  York,  has  contributed  two  of  his  fine 
dry-point  etchings  of  President  Harding,  taken  from  life.  The  divi- 
sion needs  more  contemporary  work  of  the  artists. 

The  specimens  contributed  by  Mr.  Howard  Levy,  of  Philadelphia, 
are  the  work  of  the  Overton  Engraving  Co.,  and  show  how  the  open- 
ing in  the  diaphragm  of  the  camera  affects  the  form  of  the  halftone 
dot  in  the  finished  product.    The  effect  is  truly  remarkable. 

Examples  of  two-color  printing  on  both  sides  of  the  paper  and 
four-color  printing  on  one  side  only  were  received  from  the  Curtis 
Publishing  Co.,  of  Philadelphia ;  the  paper  going  through  the  press 
but  once.  By  this  method  of  wet  printing  a  different  effect  from  dry 
printing  is  obtained.  The  ink  being  wet  mixes  and  mellows,  giving 
good  results,  but  with  not  quite  the  brilliance  of  dry  printing. 

Max  Levy  presented  an  etched  master  screen,  150  lines  to  the  inch, 
for  rotary  intaglio  photogravure.  From  this  master  screen  photo- 
graphic copies  are  made  on  glass  or  film,  and  such  copies  are  used  for 
photo  printing  on  carbon  tissue. 

Mr.  Paul  Brockett  contributed  a  three-color  print,  133  lines  to  the 
inch  is  shown,  and  the  same  picture  printed  seven  lines  to  the  inch. 
It  is  the  work  of  the  Trichromatic  Engraving  Co.,  and  shows  clearly 
the  formation  of  the  halftone  dot  in  color  work. 

Nearly  all  the  accessions  received  this  year  deserve  comment,  each 
one  having  particular  qualities  which  are  of  interest. 

The  total  number  of  specimens  received  was  1,963,  about  four  times 
as  many  as  last  year,  making  a  total  of  15,983  in  the  division  June 
30,  1921.  These  figures  do  not  take  into  account  the  photographic 
collections  in  the  section  of  photography.  Mr.  A.  J.  Olmsted,  custo- 
dian of  that  section,  makes  the  following  report  as  to  the  collections 
under  his  charge. 

SECTION    OF    PHOTOGEAPHY. 

On  July  1,  1920,  the  section  of  photography,  as  a  part  of  the 
di\'ision  of  graphic  arts,  was  transferred  from  anthropology  to 
the  department  of  arts  and  industries.  Only  one  accession  had  been 
received  since  the  death  of  Mr.  Thomas  W.  Smillie,  in  1917,  to 
whom  the  Museum  owes  a  great  debt  for  his  untiring  efforts,  knowl- 
edge, and  foresight  in  collecting  the  historical  material  now  in  the 
section  of  photography.  It  would  be  practically  impossible  at  this 
time  to  duplicate  it.  Mr.  Smillie  began  collecting  as  early  as  1886, 
and  even  then  realized  that  the  historical  specimens  were  fast  dis- 
appearing. 

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128  EEPOET   OF   NATIONAL,  MUSEUM,   1921. 

Efforts  were  made  to  continue  along  the  general  lines  which  Mr. 
Smillie  had  followed,  and  22  accessions  consisting  of  333  specimens 
were  received.  They  were  of  both  scientific  and  historical  value, 
as  most  of  them  were  new;  to  the  section. 

The  NeAv  York  World,  of  New  York  City,  presented  a  print  from 
the  first  negative  made  in  the  United  States  by  the  Belin  methood 
of  sending  illustrations  by  wire.  The  picture  was  the  portrait  of 
an  old  Indian,  and  was  sent  b}^  the  St.  Louis  Post  Dispatch  to  the 
New  York  World  on  November  14,  1920.  It  is  an  interesting  and 
timely  exhibit.  Photographs  had  been  transmitted  in  Europe  a 
short  time  previously  by  this  method. 

The  New  York  Universitv  furnished  a  bromide  enlargement  of 
the  first  daguerreotype  portrait  ever  made,  dating  1839  or  1840.  It 
was  of  Prof.  John  W.  Draper's  sister  Dorothy,  who  posed  in  the 
bright  sunshine,  her  face  heavily  powdered,  for  an  exposure  of  about 
four  minutes. 

Specimens  of  the  McDonough  color  process  were  secured  from  Mr. 
A.  J.  McCxregor,  Chicago,  111.  There  are  very  few  specimens  of  this 
process  in  existence  and  the  Museum  is  most  fortunate  to  have  these 
in  its  collection. 

The  War  Department  jDrinted  and  deposited  over  100  photographs 
from  the  original  negatives  made  by  Brady  of  the  Civil  War,  and 
also  sent  a  collection  of  large  toned  bromide  prints  representing 
scenes  in  the  Great  World  War,  which  have  been  placed  on  exhibi- 
tion. These  prints  show,  not  only  the  comparative  methods  of  war- 
fare of  1865  and  1918,  but  also  differences  in  photographic  results. 

The  most  recent  development  in  motion-picture  cameras  is  repre- 
sented b}^  a  Jenkins  model  of  a  high-speed  camera  that  will  make 
30,000  exposures  a  minute — these  results  are  necessary  in  the  study 
of  analysis  of  motion.  Strange  as  it  may  seem,  Muybridge,  who  is 
known  as  the  grandfather  of  motion  pictures,  began  his  work  in  an 
effort  to  study  the  motion  of  animals.  To-day  the  highest  develop- 
ment of  motion  pictures  is  the  analysis  of  motion — studying  the 
motion  of  projectiles  and  airplane  propeller  blades,  etc. 

The  Canadian  Government,  Dominion  Park  Branch,  sent  a  reel  of 
motion-picture  film  picturing  Trumpeter  Swans,  an  almost  extinct 
bird — and  for  this  reason  the  film  is  valuable  and  will  be  increasingly 
so  as  the  years  go  by. 

Several  prints  by  processes  that  were  not  represented  in  the  col- 
lection have  been  received:  a  bromoil  of  Andrew  Carnegie  from 
Harris  &  Ewing,  from  Mr.  Edward  Crosby  Doughty  an  enlarge- 
ment on  Japanese  tissue,  and  Mr.  Charles  E.  Fairman  furnished 
some  very  attractive  gum  prints. 

One  thousand  three  hundred  and  seventy-one  printed  plates  and 
apparatus  of  the  Muybridge  collection  were  catalogued  this  year, 


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thereby  bringing  the  work  up  to  date  and  making  it  possible  to 
catalogue  the  accessions  as  received  in  the  future.  This  was  a  large 
amount  of  work  and  took  several  months  to  accomplish  it.  The 
completion  of  the  card  catalogue  almost  marks  an  epoch  in  the  records 
of  the  collection.  Up  to  this  year  the  card  catalogue  consisted  of 
three  separate  sj'stems,  from  which  no  totals  could  be  obtained.  The 
numbers  now  run  in  an  unbroken  series,  the  last  entry  being  3388, 
and  a  cross- reference  is  partially  completed. 

The  wall  cases  on  the  south  side  of  the  court  were  cleaned  and 
material  in  them  stored.  This  space  was  used  for  the  Bradj^  Civil 
War  and  Signal  Corps'  photographs  of  the  Great  World  War.  This 
collection  of  pictures  complements  the  war  collections  made  by  the 
Museum  and  attracts  much  attention  from  visitors. 

The  series  of  partly  finished  lenses  furnished  by  Bausch  &  Lomb 
Optical  Co.  makes  a  fine  new  exhibit  and  will  be  of  interest  to  those 
who  wish  to  learn  how  a  fine  anastigmat  lens  is  made.  There  are 
many  and  various  processes  of  fine  workmanship  which  enter  into 
their  manufacture. 

In  order  to  place  new  and  timely  exhibits,  old  ones  must  be  taken 
down.  This  crowded  condition  and  lack  of  space  somewhat  inter- 
feres with  the  growth  of  the  collection  and  the  desire  to  secure  new 
material.  Mr.  G.  S.  Williams,  of  Washington,  is  a  friend  of  the 
collection.  In  the  past  he  has  secured  many  exhibits  and  always 
has  the  advancement  of  the  collection  in  mind.  Likewise  Mr.  George 
Harris,  of  Harris  &  Ewing,  sends  material  of  Museum  interest,  that 
comes  to  him  in  the  course  of  business. 

Mr.  C.  L.  Lewis,  Toledo,  Ohio,  past  president  of  the  Photogra- 
phers' Association  of  America,  often  visits  the  collection  when  in 
Washington,  and  was  instrumental  in  securing  the  transparency  and 
lantern  slide  of  the  McDonough  color  process  received  during  the 
year.  The  collections  of  the  section  are  unique.  The  Photogra- 
phers' Association  of  America  has  appointed  a  committee  to  form 
a  similar  collection,  to  be  at  Winona  Lake,  Ind.,  where  they  aim 
to  establish  a  school  of  photography,  endowed  by  the  association. 
The  formation  of  another  collection  will  make  competition  for  new 
material,  and  funds  should  be  provided  so  the  section  of  photography 
can  purchase  rare  specimens  when  they  come  on  the  market. 

Plans  for  the  coming  year  are  a  continuance  of  those  formulated 
last  year.     A  section  devoted  to  the  history  of  color  photography  . 
and  motion  pictures  is  in  course  of  development.     Efforts  will  be 
made  to  secure  recent  pictorial  photographs  from  America's  leading 
pictorial  workers. 


REPORT  ON  THE   DIVISION  OF  HISTORY. 
By  T.  T.  Belote,  Curator. 

IMPORTANT   CHANGES    IN   ORGANIZATION. 

During  the  past  fiscal  year  the  organization  of  the  division  of 
history  has  undergone  an  important  change.  On  July  1,  1920,  the 
division  which  had  been  a  branch  of  the  department  of  anthropology 
since  its  organization  in  1881,  was  given  an  independent  status  as  a 
separate  and  distinct  branch  of  the  Museum's  activities.  This  action 
was  the  logical  result  of  the  tremendous  development  of  the  historical 
collections,  particularly  during  the  more  recent  period  of  their  exist- 
ence, a  development  which  rendered  their  efficient  and  economic  admin- 
istration except  as  an  independent  unit  a  very  difficult  matter.  The 
change  was  desirable,  however,  not  only  from  the  standpoint  of  ef- 
ficiency and  economy  but  from  the  scientific  point  of  view  as  well, 
in  that  the  historical  collections  in  the  Museum  represent  classes  of 
materials  of  an  unique  character.  They  are  of  special  interest  and 
value  to  the  public  and  to  the  student  of  history  on  account  of  their 
exceptional  patriotic  and  educational  significance  in  connection  with 
the  national  development  of  the  United  States.  Illustrating  pri- 
marily military  and  naval  history,  they  represent  also  many  other 
phases  of  American  achievements  and  contributions  to  world  prog- 
ress along  social,  political,  technical,  and  scientific  lines. 

The  establishment  of  the  division  upon  an  independent  basis,  and 
the  addition  to  the  staff  of  an  aid  in  connection  with  the  war  collec- 
tions has  greatly  increased  the  facilities  of  the  division  for  systematic 
historical  museum  work.  The  separation  of  the  historical  from  the 
anthropological  collections  permits  their  future  development  along 
strictly  historical  lines,  and  at  the  same  time  eliminates  a  great  vol- 
ume of  work  of  routine  character  which  was  necessary  under  the 
former  arrangement. 

COMPAHISON   OF   INCREMENT  OF   SPECIMENS   OF   1920-21    WITH  THAT  OF  1919—20. 

The  number  of  specimens  received  during  the  past  fiscal  year  is 
much  smaller  than  the  number  received  during  the  previous  year. 
This  is  explained  by  the  fact  that  the  number  received  during  the 
fiscal  year  1919-20  was  uncommonly  large,  owing  to  the  acquirement 
by  the  Museum  of  an  immense  amount  of  military  and  naval  ma- 

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132  REPORT  OP   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

terial  relating  to  the  war  with  Germany.  Even  so  the  additions  dur- 
ing the  past  year  are  sufficiently  large  to  materially  increase  the  matter 
on  hand  and  to  indicate  that  the  collections  will  continue  to  expand 
in  a  normal  and  satisfactory  manner.  The  7,144  specimens  received 
cover  a  wide  range  as  regards  their  character,  and  represent  very 
evenly  the  various  fields  and  sections  of  the  historical  activities  of 
the  Museum. 

ACCESSIONS  DESERVING    SPECIAL   NOTICE. 

The  extent  and  importance  of  the  materials  added  to  the  historical 
collections  during  the  past  fiscal  year  can  only  be  made  clear  after 
a  brief  reference  to  the  various  classes  into  which  these  materials  are 
divided  in  accordance  with  the  present  scheme  of  the  activities  of  the 
division. 

The  historical  collections  are  at  present  divided  under  two  gen- 
eral heads,  one  including  the  material  relating  to  the  recent  World 
War;  the  other,  known  at  present  as  the  original  historical  collec- 
tions, includes  much  material  relating  to  United  States  history  prior 
to  and  subsequent  to  that  period.  The  collections  relating  to  the 
World  War  are  further  divided  into  the  following  classes  of  ma- 
terial: Commemorative,  foreign,  military,  naval,  numismatic,  and 
pictorial.  The  original  collections  are  divided  into  the  following 
classes  of  matter:  Antiquarian,  biographical,  costume,  military, 
naval,  numismatic,  philatelic,  and  pictorial. 

Thus  it  may  be  noted  that  the  division  of  history  seeks  to  illustrate 
the  national  development  of  the  United  States  by  an  accumulation 
of  museum  material  belonging  to  the  classes  stated  above,  which 
when  associated  together  and  exhibited  in  contiguous  territory  will 
present  a  graphic  story  of  the  most  notable  phases  of  American  his- 
tory. Each  of  the  classes  of  materials  mentioned  above  has  a  specific 
duty  to  perform  in  this  connection,  and  all  unite  to  form  a  vast  reser- 
voir of  objects  for  the  graphic  presentation  in  museum  form  of  the 
annals  of  the  United  States  from  the  colonial  period  down  to  most 
recent  times. 

WAR    COLLECTIONS. 

The  additions  to  this  section  of  the  historical  collections  have  not 
been  so  large  as  during  the  previous  fiscal  year  when  they  attained  to 
gigantic  proportions.  They  have  nevertheless  been  notable  both  in 
size  and  interest. 

Most  notable  have  been  the  contributions  made  by  the  Navy  De- 
partment. The  exhibit  of  this  Department  in  the  rotunda  of  the 
Natural  History  Building  and  in  the  Aircraft  Building  now  includes 
among  other  objects  the  following  of  special  note.  In  the  latter  loca- 
tion are  shown  two  naval  aircraft  of  the  latest  design,  a  flying  boat 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1931.  133 

F-6-L^  and  an  aeromarine  39-B  seaplane.  The  first  of  these  is  sec- 
tionalized  to  show  the  process  of  manufacture  and  forms  one  of  the 
most  interesting  objects  in  the  entire  war  collection.  Planes  of  this 
type  were  used  for  patrol  and  convoy  duty  in  the  war  zone  during 
the  great  conflict.  Their  wing  spread  is  103  feet  10  inches,  length 
over  all  49  feet  4  inches,  gasoline  capacity  495  gallons,  speed  100 
miles  an  hour,  horsepower  800,  and  weight  with  field  load  13,000 
pounds.  They  are  equipped  with  radio,  four  230-pound  bombs,  10 
Lewis  guns,  and  1  Davis  nonrecoil  gun.  They  carry  a  crew  of  five 
including  two  pilots,  a  radio  operator,  a  bomber,  and  a  mechanician. 
Power  is  derived  from  two  Liberty  motors  and  the  possible  cruising 
radius  is  about  eight  hours.  This  splendid  plane  with  its  hugh  bulk 
and  massive  wings  suggesting  a  fabled  marine  bird  of  prehistoric 
times,  its  powerful  motive  engine,  its  gasoline  tanks,  its  delicate  and 
complicated  apparatus  for  purposes  of  navigation  and  communica- 
tion, and,  finally,  its  bombs  for  offensive,  and  its  guns  for  defensive 
j^urposes  may  well  be  taken  as  a  suitable  illustration  of  the  wonder- 
ful use  by  the  Navy  Department  of  this  latest  and  most  effective 
enemy  of  the  submarine  and  protector  of  friendly  shipping.  This 
exhibit  is  made  even  more  graphic  and  effective  by  the  installation 
of  four  model  figures  representing  as  many  members  of  the  crew  at 
their  respective  stations  with  flying  suits  and  equipment  as  actually 
used  in  time  of  war.  The  second  plane  deposited  by  the  Navy  De- 
partment is  a  much  smaller  scout  plane,  known  as  an  aeromarine 
39-B.  This  plane  is  equipped  with  a  Curtiss  100-horsepower  engine 
capable  of  making  1,400  revolutions  a  minute  with  a  speed  of  68 
miles  an  hour.  The  upper  wing  of  this  plane  is  47  feet  in  width,  the 
lower  36  feet,  the  length  over  all  30  feet,  and  the  height  13  feet. 

In  the  rotunda  of  the  Natural  History  Building  are  a  number  of 
very  interesting  models  showing  the  t^^pes  of  vessels  used  by  the 
Navy  in  the  war  zone,  including  the  torpedo-boat  destroyer  Manley^ 
which  did  patrol  duty  and  chased  enemy  submarines  from  December 
26,  1917,  to  November  11,  1918;  a  submarine  chaser,  441  of  which 
were  built  during  the  war  and  121  performed  efficient  service  on  the 
coast  of  France  and  in  the  Mediterranean;  an  Eagle  boat  designed 
especially  to  chase  enemy  submarines,  but  none  of  which  were  fin- 
ished in  time  to  take  part  in  the  war;  a  submarine  of  late  model;  the 
converted  yacht  Corsair  representing  a  type  of  converted  yacht  used 
as  an  auxiliary  A^ery  successfully  during  the  war;  and  a  mine  sweeper 
designed  especially  to  remove  loaded  mines  from  the  paths  of  other 
ships.  Thirty-six  of  the  latter  were  sent  to  Europe  after  the  armis- 
tice was  signed  for  duty  in  connection  with  the  removal  of  the 
North  Sea  barrage. 

Of  great  interest  in  connection  with  these  models  are  a  number  of 
marine  instruments  of  the  most  recent  type  used  on  naval  vessels  for 


134  REPORT   OF   NATIONAL,  MUSEUM,   1921. 

various  purposes,  including  a  magnetic  compass,  a  master  gyroscopic 
compass,  a  chronometer,  a  sextant,  a  pelorus,  a  patent  log,  a  sound- 
ing machine,  a  hand  lead,  a  stadimeter,  and  an  aneroid  barometer. 
These  illustrate  in  an  excellent  manner  the  character  of  the  delicate 
and  complex  machinery  by  means  of  which  the  modem  ships  of  war 
are  managed. 

The  exhibit  of  the  Navy  Department  also  contains  a  number  of 
typical  pieces  of  ordnance  of  the  type  used  during  the  war,  as  the 
6-inch  gun  from  which  was  fired  the  first  American  shot  during  the 
war,  and  the  primer  which  fired  the  last  shot  on  November  11,  1918, 
at  10  o'clock  57  minutes  30  seconds,  and  examples  of  regular  types 
of  naval  guns,  as  a  1-pounder  rapid-fire  gun  on  a  boat  cage  stand 
mount  used  on  the  bows  of  boats  when  employed  in  landing  armed 
detachments  or  on  harbor  patrol ;  a  3-inch  Davis  nonrecoil  13-pounder 
gun  used  on  small  patrol  vessels  having  decks  too  light  to  stand  the 
shock  of  recoil  of  the  usual  type  of  guns;  a  3-inch  50-caliber  anti- 
aircraft gun ;  and  a  Y  gun  or  depth-charge  projector  used  to  attack 
submarines.  Of  particular  interest  in  this  connection  are  unique 
models,  complete  in  every  detail,  of  the  long-range  naval  guns  on 
tractor  and  railroad  mounts  used  in  France  during  the  war,  includ- 
ing the  7-inch  naval  tractor  and  the  14-inch  naval  railway  batteries, 
marks  1  and  2.  In  connection  with  these  guns  are  a  number  of  fire- 
control  instruments,  including  a  bore-sight  telescope,  a  gun-sight 
telescope,  a  gun-sight  check  telescope,  a  short-base  range  finder,  and 
a  turret  periscope.  Other  ordnance  materials  of  note  are  projectiles 
of  the  type  used  by  the  Navy  during  the  war — a  number  of  aircraft 
bombs ;  12,  8,  7,  6,  5,  4,  3,  inch  shells ;  6,  3,  and  1  pounder  gun  pro- 
jectiles; and  a  number  of  torpedoes  and  torpedo  tubes. 

Of  special  interest  are  a  number  of  pieces  of  the  delicate  yet  power- 
ful signaling  apparatus  used  during  the  war  on  naval  airplanes  and 
ships.  These  include  a  radio-telephone  set,  a  radio  compass,  and 
specimens  of  receiving  and  transmitting  vacuum  tubes.  A  very  strik- 
ing exhibit  in  this  connection  is  a  set  of  hydrophones  for  the  detec- 
tion of  the  proximity  of  submarines,  mounted  on  a  model  of  a  ship's 
stern. 

The  Navy  Department  has  also  deposited  a  number  of  pieces  of 
captured  German  naval  material.  The  most  interesting  of  these 
are  the  engines  of  a  German  submarine,  complete  in  every  detail, 
a  torpedo,  and  seven  naval-gun  shells. 

As  may  be  noted  from  the  foregoing  summary,  the  exhibit  already 
deposited  by  the  Navy  Department  relating  to  the  great  war  is  most 
striking  and  presents  in  a  graphic  manner  the  leading  features  of 
the  work  of  that  branch  of  the  service  during  the  great  conflict. 
This  exhibit  is  constantly  receiving  additions  of  note  and  will  un- 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921.  135 

doubtedly  in  time  become  one  of  the  most  notable  collections  of  such 
materials  in  existence. 

Of  important  additions  to  the  numismatic  section  of  the  war  col- 
lection are  replicas  of  the  victory  medal  with  the  buttons  and  ribbons 
pertaining  thereto,  received  from  the  War  Department,  Quarter- 
master Corps.  From  the  same  source  were  received  copies  of  the 
certificates  issued  by  the  War  Department  to  those  wounded  in  the 
service  during  the  war  and  to  the  next  of  kin  in  the  case  of  those 
who  were  killed.  Replicas  of  the  naval  medals  issued  for  special 
services  during  the  war,  including  the  medal  of  honor,  distinguished 
service  cross,  and  distinguished  service  medal  were  purchased.  From 
the  Italian  Government,  through  the  State  Department,  were  re- 
ceived two  bronze  replicas  set  in  marble  of  the  obverse  and  reverse 
of  the  gold  medal  of  honor  presented  by  the  Italian  National  Com- 
mittee founded  for  that  purpose  to  King  Victor  Emmanuel  III  as 
commander  in  chief  of  the  army  and  navy  as  a  national  testimonial 
of  the  deeds  of  heroism  and  sacrifice  performed  by  the  Italian  people 
during  the  World  War.  Of  special  interest  among  other  medals 
added  to  the  collection  during  the  past  year  are  replicas  of  the  medal 
commemorating  the  achievements  of  the  American  Red  Cross  War 
Council,  1917-1919,  received  from  the  American  Numismatic  Society; 
of  the  medal  awarded  in  1919  by  Williams  College  to  Williams  men 
who  served  in  the  Army  or  the  Navy  of  the  United  States  or  of  any 
of  the  Allies  during  the  war,  from  Williams  College ;  of  the  medal 
by  A.  Bonnetain,  commemorating  the  services  of  Marie  Dupage  and 
Edith  Cavell,  from  Mrs.  E.  H.  Harriman. 

An  interesting  series  of  European  commemorative  medals  of  the 
war  was  also  added  to  the  collection.  These  include  portrait  medals 
of  President  Wilson,  General  Pershing,  Premier  Clemenceau,  and 
Marshal  Foch.  Of  special  interest  in  connection  with  the  work  of 
American  patriotic  societies  during  the  war  are  a  rei^lica  of  the 
World  War  service  insignia  and  a  copy  of  the  certificate  for  civilian 
service  issued  by  the  General  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  to  members 
of  the  society  in  recognition  of  patriotic  service  rendered  to  the 
United  States  during  the  war.  These  were  presented  to  the  Museum 
by  the  society. 

The  pictorial  material  relating  to  the  war  has  been  increased  by 
a  number  of  specimens,  the  most  important  being  two  large  paint- 
ings by  Arthur  M.  Hazard  of  Boston,  Mass.,  entitled  "Not  by 
Might"  and  "The  Spirit  of  the  Armistice."  These  two  works  typify 
the  noble  and  unselfish  achievements  of  the  American  soldiers  and 
sailors  in  a  spirited  and  striking  manner.  They  were  used  in  the 
United  States  during  the  fourth  and  fifth  Liberty  loan  drives,  and 
also  in  Canada  during  the  Victory  loan  drive  of  that  Dominion. 


136  REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

They  have  been  presented  to  the  Museum  by  the  Woman's  Liberty 
Loan  Committee  of  New  England. 

The  collection  of  uniforms  of  the  type  worn  by  American  women 
during  the  war,  which  is  being  assembled  in  the  Museum  by  the 
National  Society  of  the  Colonial  Dames  of  America,  has  been  in- 
creased by  representatives  of  the  following  organizations : 

Chief  yeoman  (F),  United  States  Naval  Reserve  Force;  yeoman 
(F)  winter  uniform;  yeoman  (F)  summer  uniform;  National  League 
for  Women's  Service,  first  lieutenant,  Junior  Corps;  League  of 
Catholic  Women,  canteen  service;  Woman's  Land  Army  of  Hamil- 
ton County,  Ohio,  under  auspices  of  Cincinnati  Garden  Club;  Na- 
tional Land  Army  of  Ohio,  canteen  uniform ;  War  Camp  Com- 
munity Service;  contract  surgeon.  United  States  Army;  Salvation 
Army;  United  States  Army  nurse;  American  Fund  for  French 
Wounded;  Knights  of  Columbus;  Emergency  Fleet  Corporation, 
United  States  Shipping  Board;  Navy  Nurse  Corps,  blue  and  white 
hospital  uniforms;  and  Young  Women's  Christian  Association. 

To  the  commemorative  section  of  the  war  collections  was  added 
a  collection  of  British  and  Canadian  uniforms  worn  during  the  war 
by  Lieut.  Louis  Bennett  of  the  40th  Squadron,  Royal  Air  Force, 
who  was  killed  in  action  in  France  August  24,  1918.  These  are 
accompanied  by  a  number  of  miscellaneous  documents  and  photo- 
graphs relative  to  the  service  of  Lieutenant  Bennett.  The  collec- 
tion was  presented  to  the  Museum  by  Lieutenant  Bennett's  mother, 
Mrs.  Louis  Bennett,  of  AVeston,  W.  Va. 

A  touching  reminder  of  the  conflict  reaching  the  Museum  during 
the  past  year  is  the  body  of  the  carrier  pigeon  Cher  Ami  received 
from  the  United  States  Signal  Corps  and  mounted  by  the  Museum 
taxidermist.  This  pigeon  was  one  of  600  birds  which  were  donated 
by  the  pigeon  fanciers  of  Great  Britain  for  use  in  France  during 
the  World  War.  Trained  by  American  pigeoneers  and  flown  from 
American  lofts,  1917-18,  Cher  Ami  returned  to  his  loft  with  a 
message  dangling  from  the  ligaments  of  a  leg  cut  off  by  rifle  or 
shell  shot.  He  was  also  shot  through  the  breast  and  died  from 
the  effects  of  this  wound  June  13,  1919. 

The  foreign  material  relating  to  the  World  War  has  been  In- 
creased by  a  collection  of  French  military  objects  presented  to  the 
Museum  by  the  French  Government.  This  collection  includes  a 
steel  listening  post,  a  steel  cupola  with  gun,  a  catapult,  a  Brandt 
cannon,  a  number  of  hand  and  rifle  grenades,  several  swords  and 
bayonets,  signal  rockets,  a  number  of  pieces  of  armor  and  mis- 
cellaneous relics.  From  the  Czecho-Slovak  Army  in  Russia,  artillery 
section,  with  headquarters  at  Vladivostok,  was  received  a  Russian 
3-inch  field-gun,  model  of  1903,  manufactured  at  Perm,  which  was 
originally    mounted    upon   a    wheeled   carriage   but   later   removed 


EEPORT  OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921.  137 

and  modified  for  mounting  on  a  railroad  car.  The  gun  was  cap- 
tured with  the  armored  train  Orlik  from  bolshevists  forces  by 
Czecho-Slovak  troops,  July,  1918,  and  used  by  the  latter  in  their 
defense  of  the  Trans-Siberian  Kailroad,  1918-20.  From  the  War 
Department,  Motor  Transport  Corps,  was  received  three  captured 
German  military  vehicles  as  follows:  A  Komnick  auto  truck,  a 
Herring  truck,  and  a  Lanz  ordnance  tractor. 

ORIGINAL   COLLECTIONS. 

The  antiquarian  section  of  the  original  historical  collections  has 
received  a  number  of  notable  objects,  among  which  the  following  may 
be  mentioned:  A  watch  seal  of  carnelian  set  in  gold,  bearing  the 
Washington  crest  and  owned  by  General  Washington  subsequent  to 
the  War  of  the  Eevolution.  The  seal  was  given  by  Washington  to 
his  nephew,  Bushrod  Washington,  who  inherited  Mount  Vernon 
upon  the  death  of  Mrs.  Washington  in  1802.  It  was  later  bequeathed 
to  Mr.  William  Lanier  Washington  and  has  now  been  presented  to 
the  National  Museum  by  Mr.  William  Sloane,  of  New  York  City. 
A  pair  of  shoe  buckles  and  a  punch  glass  owned  by  General  Wash- 
ington ;  a  purse  owned  by  Mrs.  Washington ;  a  gold  watch  and  a  sil- 
ver teaspoon  owned  by  Lord  Thomas  Fairfax;  a  silver  tea  caddy 
owned  by  Gov.  Alexander  Spottswood;  a  Imife  and  fork  owned  by 
Dr.  William  Cabell;  three  glass  decanters  in  a  silver  stand  owned 
by  Col.  Augustine  Claiborne;  and  a  traveling  sermon  box  owned 
by  Gilbert  Burnett,  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  were  lent  by  the  National 
Society  of  the  Colonial  Dames  of  America.  A  Cincinnati  china  tea- 
cup and  an  antique  Mexican  chair  were  presented  by  Mrs.  E.  M. 
Chapman.  A  collection  of  15  pieces  of  American  Historical  china- 
ware,  including  a  number  of  pieces  used  at  the  White  House  by  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  and  decorated  with  the  LTnited  States  coat  of  arms,  was 
lent  by  Mrs.  F.  W.  Dickins.  A  pair  of  silver  shoe  buckles  worn  dur- 
ing the  War  of  the  Revolution  by  Lieut.  Col.  Thomas  Posey,  of  the 
Seventh  Virginia  Regiment,  was  lent  by  Miss  Lucy  S.  Beverley,  and 
two  glass  decanters  owned  by  Henry  Clay  were  the  gift  of  Mrs. 
Lulu  Hillary  Epler. 

Among  the  notable  additions  to  the  biographical  section  of  the 
historical  collections  are  a  silver  punch  bowl  with  tray,  ladle,  and  10 
mugs,  which  were  presented  to  Lieut.  Col.  George  Armistead.  The 
bowl  with  cover  is  in  the  shape  of  a  cannon  ball  supported  by  four 
eagles.  On  one  side  is  engraved  a  view  of  the  fort  and  harbor;  on 
the  other  appears  the  following  inscription :  "  Presented  by  a  number 
of  the  citizens  of  Baltimore  to  Lieutenant  Colonel  George  Armistead 
for  his  gallant  and  successful  defense  of  Fort  McHenry  during  the 
bombardment  by  a  large  British  force  on  the  12th  and  13th  of  Sep- 
tember, 1814,  when  upwards  of  1,500  shells  were  thrown,  400  of 


138  REPORT  OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

which  fell  within  the  area  of  the  Fort,  and  some  of  them  of  the 
diameter  of  this  vase."  These  interesting  souvenirs  of  the  bombard- 
ment of  Fort  McHenry  have  been  installed  in  the  case  with  the 
original  United  States  flag  which  flew  over  the  fort  at  that  time 
and  which  inspired  Francis  Scott  Key  to  write  the  words  of  the 
Star  Spangled  Banner.  They  are  presented  to  the  Museum  by  Mr. 
Alexander  Gordon,  jr.,  of  Baltimore,  a  great-grandson  of  Lieut. 
Col.  George  Armistead.  A  very  handsome  gold  mounted  and  jew- 
eled sword  presented  to  Maj.  Gen.  George  B.  McClellan  in  1861  by 
the  city  of  Philadelphia  was  donated  to  the  Museum  by  his  daughter, 
Mme.  Paul  Desprez.  A  particularly  interesting  relic  in  connection 
with  the  lives  of  famous  Americans  is  an  iron  wedge  bearing  the 
initials  "A.  L,"  which  was  used  by  Abraham  Lincoln  when  a  resi- 
dent of  New  Salem,  111.,  1830-1834,  and  given  by  him  to  Mentor 
Graham,  his  instructor  in  surveying.  This  important  memento  of 
the  early  life  of  the  great  war  President  has  been  presented  to  the 
Smithsonian  Institution  by  Mr.  Henry  W.  Allen,  of  California. 
Other  notable  relics  of  the  Civil  War  acquired  during  the  past  fiscal 
year  were  a  dress  sword  with  belt,  sash,  gauntlets,  and  spurs,  pre- 
sented to  Brig.  Gen.  Marcus  La  Rue  Harrison  by  the  officers  and 
men  of  his  command,  the  First  Arkansas  Regiment,  and  donated  to 
the  Museum  by  Mrs.  Harrison.  The  National  American  Woman's 
Suffrage  Association  has  added  to  their  already  large  and  interesting 
collection  of  relics  in  the  Museum  a  gold  badge  presented  to  Susan 
B.  Anthony  by  the  Citizens  Suffrage  Association  of  Philadelphia  in 
1848,  a  flag  pin  presented  to  her  by  the  ladies  of  Wyoming  on  the 
occasion  of  her  eightieth  birthday  in  1900,  and  the  distinguished 
service  medal  awarded  to  Dr.  Anna  Howard  Shaw  by  the  United 
States  War  Department  for  especially  meritorious  and  conspicuous 
service  as  chairman  of  the  Woman's  Committee  of  the  Council  of 
National  Defense  during  the  War  with  Germany.  The  biographical 
collections  have  also  been  increased  by  a  large  collection  of  objects  re- 
lating to  the  scientific  career  of  Joseph  Henry,  first  Secretary  of 
the  Smithsonian  Institution,  transferred  from  the  division  of  me- 
chanical technology. 

The  principal  feature  of  the  period  costumes  section  of  the  his- 
torical collections,  namely,  the  series  of  costumes  worn  by  mistresses 
of  the  White  House,  has  been  brought  up  to  date  by  the  addition  of 
the  dress  worn  by  Mrs.  Ellen  Louise  Wilson  during  the  first  adminis- 
tration of  President  Wilson.  This  costume  of  satin  brocade,  the 
bodice  trimmed  with  rhinestones  and  pearls  and  the  train  of  lace, 
has  been  lent  by  Mrs.  Wilson's  daughter.  Miss  Margaret  Wilson. 
Other  additions  of  note  to  the  costumes  section  included  a  number 
of  costumes  covering  the  period  from  colonial  times  to  the  present 
day,  both  American  and  European,  the  gift  of  the  estate  of  Mrs. 


KEPORT  OF   NATIONAL  MUSEUM,   1921.  139 

Mary  E.  Pinchot.  Numerous  other  additions  of  the  same  general 
character  have  also  been  made  to  this  important  section  of  the  his- 
torical collections. 

The  militarj^  section  has  received  a  number  of  interesting  acces- 
sions, the  most  notable  being  the  uniform  coat,  vest,  breeches,  and 
sash  worn  by  Capt.  Ely  Dagworthy  of  the  British  Army  during  the 
French  and  Indian  War.  This  uniform,  lent  by  the  National  Society 
of  the  Colonial  Dames  of  America,  is  the  earliest  British  uniform  in 
the  possession  of  the  Museum,  and  is  a  splendidly  preserved  speci- 
men of  the  uniforms  of  the  type  which  played  such  a  prominent  part 
in  America  during  the  French  and  Indian  War,  the  War  of  the  Ke vo- 
lution, and  the  War  of  1812.  Other  military  relics  of  note  received 
during  the  past  fiscal  year  are  two  pairs  of  epaulets  of  the  period 
of  the  War  of  1812,  presented  by  Mrs.  Mary  Mason  Barlow;  a  sword, 
a  saber,  a  hat,  belt,  cup,  and  powder  horn,  used  during  the  War  with 
Mexico  by  Lieut.  Baldwin  J.  Crosswait,  Third  Ohio  Infantry,  pre- 
sented by  Miss  Forest  M.  Crosswait;  a  sword,  sash,  and  four  belts, 
owned  during  the  Civil  War  by  Bvt.  Capt.  Frank  M.  Smith,  First 
Maryland  Volunteers,  jDresented  by  Mrs.  Smith;  a  pair  of  epaulets 
worn  during  the  Civil  War  by  Col.  E.  W.  Chastain,  Eighth  Georgia 
Regiment,  Confederate  States  Army,  lent  by  Mr.  Norman  C.  Stow ; 
and  a  sword,  scabbard,  and  belt,  taken  from  the  body  of  a  Mexican 
bandit  after  the  raid  of  Francisco  Villa  on  Columbus,  N.  Mex.,  March 
9,  1916,  presented  by  the  Hon.  A.  S.  Burleson. 

The  materials  relating  to  the  history  of  the  Navy  prior  to  the 
World  War  have  been  increased  by  a  number  of  accessions  of  im- 
portance. Among  these  are  a  collection  of  relics  recovered  from  the 
wreck  of  the  U.  S.  battleship  Maine  when  the  remains  of  this  ship 
were  removed  from  Habana  Harbor  in  1911,  including  such  materials 
as  chinaware.  silverware,  timepieces,  rifles,  powder  cans,  binoculars, 
and  various  other  objects  in  use  on  the  ship  in  1898  at  the  time  of 
the  explosion.  All  of  them  now  show  plainly  the  effects  of  the  salt 
water  by  which  they  were  covered  during  the  period  when  the  wreck 
remained  submerged.  These  were  received  from  the  Navy  Depart- 
ment. A  fitting  companion  piece  to  this  collection  is  a  bronze  memo- 
rial plaque,  designed  by  Charles  Keck,  and  cut  from  metal  recovered 
from  the  wreck  at  the  same  time  as  the  relics  described  above.  This 
beautiful  tablet,  presented  to  the  Museum  by  Dr.  Gertrude  R.  Brig- 
ham,  is  one  of  a  number  of  such  pieces  made  from  various  parts  of 
the  Maine  in  accordance  with  act  of  Congress  of  August  22.  1902, 
which  authorized  their  manufacture. 

The  materials  relating  to  the  early  history  of  the  Navy  have  also 
been  increased  by  the  transfer  from  the  division  of  mechanical  tech- 
nology of  models  of  the  frigate  Constitution^  the  first  United  States 
Monitor^  and  the  Confederate  ram  MerHmac. 


140  E.EPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 

The  collections  of  the  section  of  numismatics  have  been  increased 
by  a  number  of  interesting  specimens.  As  was  the  case  during  the 
previous  year  the  principal  contributor  to  the  coin  collection  has 
been  Mr.  Douglas  N.  Starr,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  who  has  made  a 
nimiber  of  notable  additions  to  his  already  large  and  interesting  loan 
collection  of  United  States  and  foreign  coins.  Among  these  are  the 
following  United  States  gold  pieces:  Five  dollars,  1884;  twenty  dol- 
lars, 1850 ;  twenty  dollars,  1907,  designed  by  Augustus  St.  Gaudens ; 
one  dollar,  McKinle}^  memorial,  1917;  and  two  specimens  of  the 
United  States  silver  half  dollar  commemorating  the  Pilgrim  Ter- 
centenary, 1920.  Mr.  Starr  has  also  lent  a  most  interesting  series  of 
uncirculated  German  commemorative  coins,  showing  the  portraits  of 
the  German  emperors  from  1871  to  1914.  Mr.  George  W.  Conner, 
of  Holl5^wood,  Calif.,  has  presented  an  interesting  series  of  the  paper 
currency  of  the  Eepublic  of  Texas.  Among  interesting  additions  to 
the  collection  of  medals  are  a  bronze  portrait  plaque  of  Ambrose 
Swasey,  designed  by  Victor  D.  Brenner,  which  has  been  presented 
by  Mr.  Swasey ;  a  bronze  medal  commemorating  the  centennial  anni- 
versary of  the  University  of  Virginia,  presented  to  the  Smithsonian 
by  the  university ;  and  a  bronze  replica  of  the  medal  of  award  of  the 
Alaska- Yukon  Pacific  Exposition,  presented  by  Erastus  Brainard, 
of  Seattle,  Wash. 

The  philatelic  collections  have  been  increased  during  the  year  by 
the  addition  of  numerous  specimens  from  the  Post  Office  Department, 
and  many  of  these  are  examples  of  new  issues  received  by  that  depart- 
ment from  the  International  Bureau  of  the  Universal  Postal  Union, 
Berne,  Switzerland.  Unfortunately,  owing  to  the  serious  illness  of 
the  philatelist  it  is  impossible  at  present  to  give  specific  description 
of  the  materials  received  in  this  field  of  the  activities  of  the  division 
of  history. 

RESEARCHES    TOR    THE    BENEFIT    OF    THE     MUSEUM. 

Under  this  head  may  very  appropriately  be  considered  a  most 
important  work  undertaken  during  the  past  fiscal  year  in  connection 
with  the  reclassification  of  the  records  of  the  division.  This  was 
rendered  necessary  by  the  separation  of  the  historical  records  from 
those  of  the  department  of  anthropology  with  which  they  had  here- 
tofore been  connected.  It  is  now  possible  for  the  first  time  to  unite 
the  entire  body  of  data  relating  to  the  historical  specimens  in  the 
offices  of  the  division.  This  will  be  accomplished  by  the  entry  of 
this  data  in  skeleton  form  in  Museum  catalogue  books  of  standard 
type  from  which  series  of  catalogue  numbers  will  be  assigned  to  all 
the  historical  material  involved,  both  old  and  new.  Thus  the  his- 
torical records  will  be  greatly  simplified  and  the  entire  series  of 
catalogue  books  containing  them  will  be  located  in  a  single  consecu- 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL    MUSEUM,   1921.  141 

tive  file  instead  of  being  scattered  throuo;h  the  anthropoloofical  files 
as  was  formerly  the  case.  In  the  same  connection  the  early  records 
are  being  verified  and  the  material  covered  by  them  classified  under 
the  various  heads  indicating  the  field  of  activity  of  the  various  sec- 
tions of  the  division  as  indicated  in  the  earlier  portion  of  this  report. 
Corresponding  adjustments  are  being  made  in  the  arrangement  of  the 
card  catalogue  of  the  division,  and  when  the  researches  along  this 
line  are  complete  an  excellent  basis  will  have  been  secured  for  the 
preparation  of  a  classified  catalogue  of  the  historical  collections  for 
publication  purposes. 

RESEARCHES    ELSEWHERE    AIDED    BY    MUSEUM    MATERIAL. 

The  usual  number  of  inquiries  concerning  the  historial  materials 
have  been  received  during  the  past  fiscal  year  and  much  information 
along  this  line  has  been  furnished  for  the  benefit  of  researches  in 
historical  museum  material  in  other  fields.  In  many  instances  the 
data  furnished  has  been  accompanied  by  photographs  of  objects 
connected  with  the  work  under  discussion. 


LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS  TO  THE  COLLECTIONS  DURING 
THE  FISCAL  YEAR  1920-1921. 

(EXCEPT    WHEN    OTHERWISE    INDICATED,    THE    SPECIMENS    WEEE    PRESENTED    OR    WERE    TRANS- 
FERRED BY  BUREAUS   OF  THE  GOVERNMENT    IN    ACCORDANCE    WITH   LAW.) 


ABBOTT,  E.  L.,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Fragment  of  a  leaf -shaped  blade  and 
a  chipped  arrow  point  collected  at 
Ocean  City,  Md.  (65512)  ;  sacred 
paint  slab  and  piece  of  flint  worked 
for  drill,  from  Arizona   (66567). 

ABBOTT,  Dr.  W.  L.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. :  201  bird  skins,  9  skeletons  and 
2  nests,  6  alcoholic  birds,  1  turtle 
and  2  eggs,  3  reptiles,  2  mj'riapods, 
and  4  packages  of  shells  from  Haiti 
(65280,  65367)  ;  4,000  plants,  10 
specimens  of  cacti,  31  bird  skins, 
several  eggs  and  nests,  5  skeletons 
of  birds,  6  lots  of  mollusks,  6  snakes, 
1  insect,  10  archeological  specimens 
and  lot  of  human  bones,  all  from  the 
.  Dominican  Republic  (66026,  66323, 
66659)  ;  571  mammals,  534  birds,  IIS 
reptiles,  65  fishes,  258  invertebrates, 
4  vials  of  ants,  17  insects,  a  collec- 
tion of  mollusks,  and  a  bottle  of 
parasitic  worms  (collected  by 
Charles  M.  Hoy  in  Australia)  (65456, 
66572). 

ABBOTT,  Dr.  W.  L.,  and  C.  Bodex 
Kloss,  Federated  Malay  States 
Museums,  Kuala  Lumpur,  F.  M.  S. : 
144  mammals,  496  birds,  3  reptiles, 
and  6  ethnological  specimens  from 
Siam,  Anam,  and  Cochin  China 
(65213). 

ABBOTT,  Dr.  W.  L.,  and  Emeey  C. 
Leonakd,  U.  S.  National  Museum : 
10,000  plants  from  Haiti,  collected 
for  the  Museum   (65600). 

ABRAMS,  Prof.  Le  Roy.     (See  under 
Leland  Stanford  Junior  University, 
and  E.  A.  McGregor.) 
71305°— 21 10 


ACADEMY      OF      NATURAL      SCI- 
ENCES, Philadelphia,  Pa. :  12  speci- 
mens of  minerals  (65445,  exchange). 
ACKERMAN,      Carl,      Los      Angeles, 
Calif. :  3  specimens  of  cacti  (65420)  ; 
4    specimens    of   cacti    (65485,    ex- 
change). 
ADAMS,   Paul   J.,   Knoxville,   Tenn. : 
176   specimens   of  land    and   fresh- 
water shells,  representing  11  species, 
from  Tennessee  (66241). 
AGNES    SCOTT  COLLEGE,  Decatur, 
Ga: 
Dragonfly,   Gamphaeschna    furcil- 
lata  (66740). 
AGRICULTURE,  DEPARTMENT  OF : 
Set  of  15  charts  illustrating  the 
composition    of   food   materials 
(66205). 
(See  also  under  Copenhagen,  Den- 
mark, Zoological  Museum.) 
Bureau  of  Biological  Survey:  1,981 
insects  representing  196  species 
in    the    Orders   Neuropteroidea, 
Coleoptera,  Homoptera,  Diptera, 
and  Hymenoptera   (65183)  ;  185 
miscellaneous    reptiles    and   ba- 
trachians  from  various  localities 
received  during  1919-1920;  also 
8,726     miscellaneous     mammals 
from  various  localities  received 
between  July  1,  1917,  and  June 
30,  1920,  inclusive,  and  not  previ- 
ously   accessioned    (65225)  ;    39 
reptiles    and    batrachians    from 
various     localities     (65227)  ;     8 
specimens   of   Anodonta   wahla- 
metensis  from  the  mouth  of  Bear 
River,  Utah,  8  mollusks,  9  crus- 

143 


144 


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AGRICULTURE,  DEPARTMENT 
OF — Continued. 
Bureau  of  Biological  Survey — Con. 
taceans,  14  fishes,  6  amphibians, 
2  specimens  of  Aegla  laevis,  and 
7  reptiles,  from  Argentina  and 
Paraguay,  all  collected  by  Dr. 
Alexander  Wetmore  (65232, 
65982)  ;  88  bunches,  75  sprays, 
and  12  heads  of  Birds  of  Para- 
dise (65312)  ;  2  turtles,  18 
snakes,  4  lizards,  25  amphibians, 
and  49  batrachians  from  various 
localities  in  the  United  States 
(65594,  65713)  ;  46  plants  from 
Wisconsin,  collected  by  H.  H.  T. 
Jackson  and  H.  H.  Sheldon 
(65659)  ;  23  eggs,  2  nests  and  1 
skeleton  of  birds  (65710)  ;  nest 
and  2  eggs  of  Megaqulscalu^ 
major  major  (65881)  ;  3  plants, 
Selaginella  and  cacti,  10  speci- 
mens of  cacti,  and  a  specimen  of 
Mammillaria,  all  collected  in 
Arizona,  by  Mr.  Vernon  Bailey 
(65918,  66190,  66406,  66221, 
66336)  ;  also  37  specimens,  2 
species,  of  freshwater  moUusks 
from  North  Dakota,  collected  by 
Mr.  Bailey  (66090)  ;  44  speci- 
mens, 10  species,  of  land  shells 
from  Dijon,  France,  collected  by 
Mr.  E.  A.  Goldman  (66089)  ; 
4  .  plants  from  Washington 
(66135)  ;  (through  Bureau  of 
Entomology)  116  specimens  of 
Coleoptera,  60  species  ;  231  speci- 
mens of  Hemiptera,  22  species; 
87  specimens  of  Lepidoptera,  12 
species,  153  specimens  of  Dip- 
tera,  23  species,  and  236  speci- 
mens of  Hymenoptera,  20  species 
(66252)  ;  23  reptiles  and  batra- 
chians, 6  mollusks,  and  1  cactus 
collected  by  Dr.  Alexander  Wet- 
more  in  South  America,  and  9 
frogs  collected  by  Mr.  Francis 
Harper  and  Mr.  H.  M.  Laing  in 
Alberta,  Canada  (66263)  ;  260 
alcoholic  birds,  210  skeletons, 
skulls,  etc.,  and  82  birds  eggs, 
also  7  fishes  from  South  America 
(66331,  66403,  66675)  ;  10  speci- 


AGRICULTURE,     DEPARTMENT 
OF — Continued. 

Bureau  of  Biological  Survey — Con. 
mens,  3  species,  of  freshwater 
mollusks,  from  Athabaska  Delta, 
Alberta,  Canada,  and  13  speci- 
mens, 1  species,  of  freshwater 
mollusks  from  Carlisle,  La. 
(66377)  ;  81  beetles  from  Brazil, 
collected  by  Messrs.  E.  G.  Holt 
and  J.  C.  Vasquez  (66395) ;  24 
alcoholic  specimens  of  birds 
from  Canada;  and  52  skeletons 
and  skulls,  and  4  eggs  from 
Argentina  (66596)  ;  61  skeletons 
and  parts  of  birds,  36  alcoholic 
specimens  of  birds,  10  eggs  and 
2  nests,  from  Argentina,  Mon- 
tana, etc.  (66645)  ;  (through 
C.  R.  Risinger  and  W.  E.  Mus- 
grave)  :  Cotton  seed  and  a  little 
fiber  found  by  C.  R.  Risinger  in 
a  cliff  dwelling  about  15  miles 
north  and  a  little  east  of  Cotton- 
wood, Ariz.  (66691)  ;  1,142  plants 
(66722)  ;  1,622  mammals  trans- 
ferred by  the  Biological  Survey 
between  July  1,  1920,  and  June 
30,  1921,  inclusive  (66774), 

Bureau  of  Chemistry:  8  specimens 
of  starches  and  2  specimens  of 
dextrin  (65794). 

Bureau  of  Entomology:  1,311  speci- 
mens of  miscellaneous  Hymenop- 
tera (65214)  ;  4  specimens  of 
fresh-water  isopods,  Caecidotea 
species,  collected  in  a  well  at 
Dallas,  Tex.,  by  Mr.  F.  C.  Bishopp 
(65229)  ;  an  earthworm  taken 
from  earth  about  the  base  of  a 
palm  purchased  from  a  local 
florist  by  Col.  Charles  A.  Wil- 
liams, United  States  Army  (re- 
tired) (65645)  ;  140  miscella- 
neous insects  from  Auch,  Gers, 
France,  collected  by  Dr.  L.  O. 
Howard  (65670)  ;  25  specimens, 
all  type  material,  including  type 
and  allotype,  of  a  remarkable 
hemipteron  constituting  a  new 
subfamily,  collected  at  Santiago 
de  las  Vegas,  Cuba,  by  Dr.  Mario 
Calvina    (65770)  ;  miscellaneous 


LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS. 


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AGRICULTURE,     DEPARTMENT 
OF — Continued. 

Bureau  of  Entomology — Contd. 
specimens  of  cicadas  collected  by 
Mr.  Dixon  Merrill  6  miles  south 
of  Lebanon,  Wilson  County,  Tenn. 
(66001)  ;  380  specimens  of  Co- 
leoptera,  220  of  Hemiptera,  and 
33  of  Lepidoptera  (66010)  ;  2 
mollusks,  Megalomnstoma  cro- 
ceum  and  Veronicella  ocoiden- 
talis,  from  San  Juan,  Porto 
Rico  (66237);  6  amphipods, 
Orchestia  grillus,  collected  by 
Mr.  J.  D.  Mitchell,  Victoria, 
Tex.  (66399)  ;  2,857  specimens 
of  determ  ined  H  y  m  e  n  o  p  t  e  r  a 
(66750)  ;  34  specimens  of  in- 
sects from  Brazil  (66752)  ;  800 
beetles  (66756). 

(See  also  under  California  Acad- 
emy of  Sciences  and  Gerald  F. 
Hill.) 

Federal  Horticultural  Board:  4 
specimens,  1  species,  of  mol- 
lusks, Neritina  zehra,  collected 
In  soil  about  plants  from  Para, 
Brazil,  at  quarantine,  Washing- 
ton (65203)  ;  3  isopods,  P/w/oscio. 
species,  on  orchids  from  Manaos, 
Brazil  (65.549)  ;  2  vials  of  en- 
chytraid  worms  from  Holland 
(65638)  :  4  slugs  collected  in  dirt 
around  plants  from  Naples,  Italy 
(66266)  ;  5  specimens,  3  species, 
of  mollusks  taken  from  soil 
around  shamrocks  from  Liver- 
pool, England  (66279)  ;  3  speci- 
mens, 1  species,  of  mollusks  col- 
lected by  Mr.  Max  Kisliuk,  jr., 
at  Philadelphia,  Pa.  (66461)  ;  5 
specimen-s,  2  species,  of  mollusks, 
Opeas  goodalU,  and  SuiuUna 
octona,  from  soil  around  a  potted 
palm  fi-om  Georgetown,  British 
Guiana  (66663). 

Forest  Service:  Plant,  CJieilanthes 
viUosa,  from  New  Mexico 
(66058)  : 

Forest  Service,  Forest  Products 
Laboratory,  Madison,  Wis.:  23 
specimens  of  airplane  ribs,  ten- 
pins, duck  pins,  and  shoe  lasts, 
showing  laminated  wood  con- 
struction (66696). 


AGRICULTURE,     DEPARTMENT 

OF — Continued. 
Bureau  of  Plant  Industry:  3,281 
specimens  of  grasses  (65186, 
65618)  ;  (through  Prof.  A.  S. 
Hitchcock)  ;  1,017  specimens  of 
grasses  (65426,  66015);  95 
plants  (65187,  6-5255,  65272, 
65310,  65414)  ;  45  specimens  of 
plants  from  St.  Lucia  (65193)  ; 
19  plants  from  Georgia  (65194)  ; 
700  plants  collected  by  Mr.  W. 
W.  Eggleston  (65195)  ;  plants 
from  the  District  of  Columbia 
(65196)  ;  2  packets  of  seeds  of 
African  plants  (65197)  ;  662 
specimens  of  plants  from  Cen- 
tral America,  collected  by  Dr. 
S.  F.  Blake  (65226,  65951)  ; 
(through  Dr.  Blake),  6  photo- 
graphs of  type  specimens  of 
plants,  and  11  specimens  of 
mosses  from  Guatemala  (65409, 
65895);  97  plants  from  India 
(65297,  66580,  65588)  ;  plant, 
Qaylussacia  brachycera,  from 
Pennsylvania  (65356)  ;  17  pho- 
tographs of  botanical  speci- 
mens; 20  plants,  cacti,  from 
Washington  (85648)  ;  2  plants, 
Ribes,  from  Alaska  (65693)  ; 
9  plants  from  Mexico  (65720)  ; 
5  plants  from  Texas  (65811)  ; 
90  Guatemalan  plants,  17  plants 
from  Colombia  and  Costa  Rica, 
46  plants  from  Colombia,  all  col- 
lected by  Mr.  Wilson  Popenoe 
(66018,  65925,  66039)  ;  (through 
Pi'Of.  C.  V.  Piper)  photograph  of 
type  specimen  of  plant,  Phaseo- 
lus  ricciardianus,  2  photographs 
of  plants,  32  plants  from  Flor- 
ida, and  259  plants  from  North 
Dakota  (65926,  66000,  66017, 
66163)  ;  fragmentary  specimen 
and  photograph  of  a  plant, 
Rinorea  gracilis,  from  Bolivia 
(66128)  ;  (through  Dr.  F.  V. 
Coville)  plant,  and  section  of 
trunk  of  sage  brush  collected  by 
R.  L.  Piemeisel,  August  7,  1912, 
2  miles  northwest  of  Tooele, 
Utah  (66164,  66530)  ;  plant, 
Cassytha  fiKformis,  from   Flor- 


146 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921. 


AGRICULTURE,     DEPARTMENT 
OF — Continued. 

Bureau  of  Plant  Industry — Contd. 

ida,  collected  by  Mr.  M.  B.  Waite 
(66167)  ;  4  fragmentary  speci- 
mens of  plants,  Alsodeia 
(66206)  ;  5  photographs  and  a 
fragmentary  specimen  of  plant, 
Rinorea  (66231)  ;  2  slugs,  Agri- 
lomax  agrestis,  young,  from  cit- 
rus plants  in  greenhouses 
(66246)  ;  plant,  Baltinwra,  from 
Java  (66286) ;  (through  W.  E. 
Safford )  79  specimens  and  photo- 
graphs of  p  1  a  n  ts  ,  Datura 
(66297)  ;  3  plants  from  Trini- 
dad, one  of  them  representing 
the  species  Poly  gala  (66360, 
66638)  ;  4  plants  from  Cali- 
fornia and  Texas,  collected  by 
Dr.  O.  F.  Cook  (66372)  ;  30 
ferns  collected  in  Utah  and 
Nevada  by  Mr.  I.  Tidestrom 
(66410)  ;  9  plants  collected  by 
Mr.  George  E.  Murrell  (66483)  ; 
2  photographs  and  2  plants 
(66498)  ;  5  specimens  of  cacti 
from  California,  collected  by  L. 
G.  Polhamus  (66517)  ;  plant 
from  Alabama  (66577)  ;  2  plants, 
Casiniiroa  (66578)  ;  plant  from 
New  Mexico  (66599)  ;  (through 
Mr.  E.  O.  Wooton)  85  plants 
from  Montana  (66679)  ;  3,000 
plants  from  Siam,  Burma,  and 
India,  collected  by  Mr.  Joseph  F. 
Rock  (66713)  ;  plant,  Protea 
arg&ita  (66762). 

States  Relations  Service:  A  col- 
lection of  canned  food  products 
representing  the  finest  examples 
of  canning  done  by  State  leaders 
in  boys'  and  girls'  club  work 
from  prize-winning  exhibits  at 
State  Pairs  (65793). 

AINSLIE,  C.  N.,  Sioux  City,  Iowa: 
Approximately  200  small  moths, 
Microlepidopera,  from  Iowa  (65538). 

ALEXANDER,  Dr.  C.  P.,  Urbana,  111. : 
4  mosquitoes  collected  in  Illinois  by 
Mr.  S.  C.  Chandler  (65816). 


ALEXAJNTDER,  W.   B.,   Buenos  Aires, 
Argentina  :  2  specimens  of  cacti  from 
Argentina    (66397). 

ALFARO,  Dr.  A.,  Museo  Nacional,  San 
Jose,  Costa  Rica :  988  specimens  of 
mosquitoes  (65990,  65991,  66062, 
66119,  66523)  ;  33  flies  belonging  to 
the  family  Tipulidae   (66375). 

(See  also  under  San  Jos6,  Costa 
Rica.) 

ALLEN,  Dr.  EUGENE  T.,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. :  661  plants  collected  in 
Norway,  by  Dr.  Olaf  Andersen 
(66085). 

AMERICAN  AMBASSADOR  TO 
GREAT  BRITAIN.  (See  under 
British  Government,  H.  M.  Ofiice  of 
Works). 

AMERICAN  BALSA  CO.  (INC.),  New 
York  City  :  8  photographs,  1  reprint, 
and  3  specimens  showing  growth  and 
use  of  balsa  wood   (66522.). 

AMERICAN  BATH  STONE  CO.,  Bos- 
ton, Mass. :  2  four-inch  cubes  of 
"Bath  stone"   (66593). 

AMERICAN  BIBLE  SOCIETY,  New 
York  City :  3  pamphlets  containing 
a  verse — John  III,  16 — from  the 
Bible,  printed  in  269  different  lan- 
guages  (65355). 

AMERICAN  HARDWOOD  MANU- 
FACTURERS' ASSO  C  I  A  T  I  O  N  , 
Memphis,  Tenn. :  64  photographs, 
8  by  10  inches,  picturing  the  manu- 
facture of  hardwood  lumber 
(66071). 

AMERICAN  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL 
HISTORY,  New  York  City :  50  type- 
metal  casts  of  the  first  movable 
metal  type  ever  made,  Korea,  1403 
(65998)  ;  35  echinodenns,  23  amphi- 
pod  crustaceans,  and  a  collection  of 
decapod  crustaceans,  a  duplicate 
series,  secured  by  the  /American 
Museum  Congo  expeflition ;  also  5 
decapod  crustaceans  from  Patago- 
nia and  1  decapod  crustacean  from 
the  Falkland  Islands  (66109)  ;  25 
muscoid  flies  (66146)  ;  4  flies  of  the 
genus  MesemhriTieUa  (G62S8,  ex- 
change) ;  plant,  Erif/cron,  from 
Ecuador  (66441,  exchange) ;  64 
specimens,    34    species,    of    diplop- 


LIST   OF  ACCESSIONS. 


147 


AMERICAN  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL 
HISTORY— Continued, 
terous  wasps    (Hymenoptera)    from 
Congo,   determined   by   J.   Bequaert 
(66524)  ;    11    cotype    adults    and    9 
cotype  galls  of  13  species   of  gall- 
making  Cynipidae   (66697). 
AMERIC-IN    OSTEOPATHIC    ASSO- 
CIATION,   Orange,   N.   J.    (through 
Dr.  Norman  C.  Glover,  Washington, 
D.  C.)  :  A  collection  of  photographs, 
books,     and     charts,     also     an     un- 
mounted   iiuman    si)ine   for   use   in 
exhibit     illustrating     principles     of 
osteopathy   (6674S). 
AMERICAN    SECURITY    &    TRUST 
CO.       (See    under     Miss    Caroline 
Henry. ) 
AMERICAN    TYPEFOUNDERS    CO., 
Jersey    City,    N.    J.:    IS-point    type 
body  with  the  Lord's  Prayer  cast  on 
its  face,  and  18-point  type  body  with 
■    American    Typefounders    advertise- 
ment on  its  face,   and  one  type  A 
(66222). 
AMERICAN     WALNUT     MANUFAC- 
TURERS'    ASSOCIATION.        (See 
under  Pickrel  Veneer  Co.) 
AMES,  Oakes,  Boston,  Mass.:  49  or- 
chids   from    the    Philippine    Islands 
(66272,  exchange). 
ANACONDA  COPPER  MINING  CO., 
Anaconda,    Mont.:    A    specimen    of 
crystallized   arsenic   oxide    (66082). 
ANDERSON,  Mrs.  Thomas  H.,  Wa-sh- 
ington,  D.  C. :  Shrunken  head  of  an 
Indian,       Jivaro       Indians,       South 
America  (65261). 
ANDREWS,  D.  M.,  Boulder,  Colo. :  3 

plants  from  Colorado  (65387). 
ANDREWS,  Mrs.  George  L.  (through 
Miss  Emily  O.  Battles  and  Mrs. 
Julian- James,  Washington,  D.  C.)  : 
2  Chinese  vases,  rectangular,  and  8 
specimens  of  modern  Mexican  pot- 
tery (65318)  ;  a  collection  of  laces, 
jewelry,  and  silverware,  and  an  em- 
broidered crepe  de  chine  dress ;  also 
a  wash  drawing  of  "  Two  Boys  Play- 
ing with  a  Dog,"  signed  "  F.  O.  C, 
Darley,  fecit"  (65319,  loan). 
ANECT,  Rev.  Beotheb,  St.  Michael's 
College,  Santa  Fe,  N.  Max.:  190 
plants  from  New  Mexico  (65497). 


ANGEL,  May  Goodrich,  Hailey,  Idaho : 
Sample  of  black  .sand  from  Idaho 
(65380). 

ANHYDROUS  FOOD  PRODUCTS 
CO.,  THE,  Chicago,  111. :  22  specimens 
of  dehydrated  fruits  and  vegetables 
(66251). 

ANTHONY,  Miss  Lucy.  (See  under 
National  American  Woman's  Suf- 
frage Association.) 

APOLLINAIRE  -  MARIE,  Brother, 
(See  under  Institute  de  la  Salle, 
Bogota,  Colombia.) 

ARANA,  Senor  Ignacio,  Pipi,  Santa 
Cruz,  Bolivia,  South  America 
(through  P.  L,  Ports,  Washington, 
D.  C.)  :  A  bracelet  canteen  used  by 
the  Chiriguauo  Indians,  Bolivia, 
some  30  or  40  years  ago  (65885). 

ARISTE  -  JOSEPH,  Brother.  (See 
under  Institute  de  la  Salle,  Bo- 
gota, Colombia.) 

ARIZONA,  UNIVERSITY  OF,  Tucson, 
Ariz. :  A  collection  of  about  200  speci- 
mens of  mammalian  fossils  from  a 
cave  near  Anita,  Coconino  County, 
Ariz.  (65379,  exchange). 

ARMOUR  &  CO.,  Chicago,  111. :  2  speci- 
mens of  medicinal  substances  from 
the  animal  kingdom  (65790)  ;  4  sam- 
ples of  suprarenalin  (66676). 

ARMSTRONG,  E.  J.,  Erie,  Pa. :  Speci- 
men of  inyoite  from  Hillsborough, 
New  Brunswick  (65557)  ;  5  speci- 
mens of  Upper  Devonian  sponges 
from  western  New  York  (66013). 

ARMSTRONG,  L.  K.  (See  under 
Henry  Fair.) 

ARNOLD,  P.  B.,  La  vino  Furnace  Co., 
Sheridan,  Pa.  (through  Dr.  Edgar  T. 
Wherry)  :  A  specimen  of  manganese 
ore  from  Wassau  district,  Upper 
Guinea,  western  Africa  (66541). 

ARSENE,  Brother  G.,  St.  Paul's  Col- 
lege, Covington,  La. :  726  plants  from 
Louisiana  (65400)  ;  plant,  Burman- 
nia,  from  Louisiana    (65582). 

ARVIDSON,  Karl.  (See  under  Photo- 
gravure and  Color  Co.) 

ASTORIA  MAHOGANY  CO.  (INC.), 
Long  Island  City,  N.  Y.:  12  photo- 
graphs showing  the  manufacture  of 
mahogany  veneers   (65873). 


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ATKINS,  John  R.,  Dallas,  Tex.:  3 
specimens  of  cacti  from  Texas 
(65868). 

ATKINSON,  C.  M.,  Florence,  S.  C. : 
United  States  silver  half  dollar  is- 
sued in  1829    (65347). 

AUSTEN,  Maj.  E.  E.  (See  under 
British  Government,  British  Museum 
(Natural  History).) 

AUSTRALIAN  INSTITUTE  OF 
TROPICAL  MEDICINE,  Towns- 
ville,  North  Queensland,  Australia : 
40  specimens,  12  species,  of  named 
Australian  insects   (665S7). 

AUSTRALIAN  MUSEUM,  Sydney,  N. 
S.  W.,  Australia :  A  collection  of 
crustaceans  collected  by  the  "  En- 
deavour"  (66308)  :  51  fishes  (66543, 
exchange). 

BACKER,  C.  A.,  Buitenzorg,  Java:  2 
specimens  of  Solidago  (65450). 

BAILEY,  Harold  H.,  Miami,  Fla. :  7 
mice,  Peromyscus,  from  Hog  Island, 
Va.,  and  a  collection  of  miscellane- 
ous beetles  in  alcohol  (65663). 

BAILEY,  Dr.  L.  H.,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. :  4 
.specimens  of  Venezuelan  cacti,  and 
52  ferns  from  Trinidad  and  Vene- 
zuela (66329,  66640)  ;  20  specimens 
of  cacti,  and  2  ferns  from  Trinidad 
(66612,  66718,  exchange)  ;  (through 
Mrs.  Agnes  Chase)  plant  Fuirena, 
from  Venezuela  (66684). 

BAIN,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  H.  Foster,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. :  Collection  of  minor 
oriental  art  objects  (49  specimens) 
(65364,  loan). 

BAIN,  Mrs.  H.  Foster,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  8  Chinese  embroidei'ed 
squares  and  a  yellow  brocade  satin 
imperial  throne  cushion,  collection 
of  vases,  jars,  etc.  (66227,  66464. 
loan ) . 

BAKER,  Prof.  C.  F.,  College  of  Agri 
culture,  Los  Banos,  P.  I. :  300  butter- 
flies and  moths  from  the  Philippine 
Islands  (65188)  ;  45  specimens  of 
Sphecinae  (wasps),  representing  14 
species,  including  types  of  3  new 
species ;  58  specimens  of  Scollinae 
(wasps),  representing  18  species,  in- 
cluding types  of  7  species ;  4  speci- 
mens of  Elidinae  (wasps),  represent- 


BAKER,  Prof.  C.  F.— Continued. 

ing  1  species  new  to  the  collection 
(65465)  ;  61  specimens,  31  species,  of 
mollusks  from  Luzon  and  Mindanao, 
P.  I.  (66249)  ;  211  specimens  of  un- 
identified Chrysidildae  (cuckoo 
wasps),  mainly  from  the  Philippines 
(66376). 

BAKER,  Dr.  Frank  C.  (See  under 
Illinois,  University  of.) 

BALDWIN,  Ralph,  Clarendon,  Va. : 
Specimen  of  fungus,  Amanita  stro- 
biliformis,  from  Virginia  (65386). 

BALDWIN,  S.  W.,  U.  S.  National 
Museum :  Chimney  swift,  Chaetura 
pelagim   (66656). 

BALLANTYNE,    Sam,    Boise,    Idaho: 

Collection    of    fossil    plants    from 

Malheur  County,  Oreg ;  a  fossil  leaf 

of  Platanns  from  the  same  county 

(65985,  66310). 

BANKS,  Dr.  C.  S.,  Bureau  of  Science, 
Manila,  P.  I. :  126  named  mosquitoes 
from  the  Philippine  Islands  (66064)  ; 
skeleton  of  a  shrew,  Pacliyura 
lusom^nsis,  from  Manila  (66337). 

BARBER,  Mrs.  A.  W.,  care  H.  S.  Bar- 
ber, U.  S.  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture :  12  miniature  bows  collected  on 
the  Rosebud  Indian  Reservation, 
South  Dakota,  in  1900  (66632). 

BARBER,  Herbert  S.,  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  3  specimens,  2  species,  of  land 
shells  and  8  small  terrestrial  isopods 
from  Plummer  Island,  Md.  (66037, 
66234). 

(See  also  under  E.  A.  Schwarz.) 

BARBER,  Manly  D.,  Knoxville,  Tenn. : 
229  specimens,  14  species,  of  fresh- 
water mollusks  from  Tennessee 
(65563). 

BARBOUR,  Prof.  Edwin  H.  (See 
under  Hon.  Charles  H.  Morrill.) 

BARKER,  Frank,  Gem,  Idaho :  a  new 
species  of  mineral  from  the  Tam- 
arack-Custer  mine,  Coeur  d'Alene 
District,  Idaho  (65327). 

BARLOW,  Miss  Catherine  Britten, 
Washington,  D.  C. :  Black  silk  lace 
scarf  bought  in  Bi-ussels,  and  pre- 
sented in  memory  of  the  donor's  sis- 
ter, Mary  Elizabeth  Barlow  (65854). 


LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS. 


149 


BARLOW,  Dr.  C.  H.,  Baltimore,  Md. : 
10  snakes  and  a  lizard  from  Clie- 
kiang  Province,  China  (663S6)  ;  5 
specimens,  2  species  of  fresh-water 
mollusks   (66468). 

BARLOW,  Mrs.  Maey  Mason,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. :  2  pairs  of  epaulets 
worn  (luring  the  early  part  of  the 
nineteenth  century  by  an  officer  of 
the  New  York  State  Militia  (6 
specimens)    (65640). 

BARNES,  P.  T.  (See  under  Pennsyl- 
vania  Department   of  Agriculture.) 

BARTRAM,  Edwin  B.,  Bushkill,  Pa.: 
128  plants  from  Arizona  (65705, 
65746). 

BARTSCH,  Dr.  Paul,  U.  S.  National 
Museum :  2  birds  from  Florida 
(66035). 

BASSETT,  Dr.  V.  H.,  Savannah,  Ga. : 
Mosquito,  Psorophora  columbiae 
(66066)  ;  6  mosquitoes  (66084)  ;  6 
mosquitoes  from  Savannah,  Ga. 
(66103). 

BATCHELDER,  Charles  F..  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.:  325  New  England 
plants  (65215). 

BATTLES,  Miss  Emily  O.  (See 
under  Mrs.  George  L.  Andrews.) 

BAUSCH  AND  LOMB  OPTICAL  CO., 
Rochester,  N.  Y. :  28  pieces  of  optical 
glass  showing  progressive  steps  in 
lens  manufacture  (65446)  ;  8  speci- 
mens of  optical  glass,  examples  of 
the  first  successful  production  of  op- 
tical glass  in  America   (65602). 

BAXTER,  M.  S.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
(through  G.  P.  Van  Eseltine)  :  25 
plants  from  New  York    (65425). 

BEARPARK,  Artiiub  F.,  Cape  Town, 
South  Africa :  Parasites  from  a 
whale,  pieces  of  a  whale,  and  a 
fetus,  all  from  Cape  Point,  South 
Africa  (65946)  ;  whale  fetus  (al- 
coholic)   (66542). 

BECKER,  Mrs.  George  F.,  Washmg- 
ton,  D.  C. :  6  relics  of  the  World 
War  (66634). 

BEDE,  P.,  Sfax,  Tunis,  Africa:  Col- 
lection of  invertebrate  fossils  and 
minerals  from  Tunis,  Africa  (66169, 
exchange). 


BEEKLY,  Albert  L.,  Tulsa,  Okla. 
(through  Dr.  T,  W.  Stanton)  :  4 
lots  of  Mesozoic  invertebrates  com- 
prising 56  specimens  and  about  20 
species  from  Argentina   (65823). 

BENEDICT,  Dr.  J.  E.,  U.  S.  National 
^Museum  :  Box  turtle  from  Woodside, 
Md.    (65295). 

BENHAIM,  Walter  D.,  Detroit,  Mich. : 
2  prints  from  original  negative  of 
•the  automobile  race  between  Henry 
Ford  and  Alexander  Win  ton  on 
Grosse  Point  track,  Detroit,  Mich., 
December  10,  1901,  copyrightetl  1918 
(6.5397). 

BENJAMIN,  Mrs.  Carolyn  Gilbert. 
(See  under  Colonial  Dames,  of 
America,  National  Society  of.) 

BENJAMIN,  Dr.  Marcus,  U.  S.  Na- 
tional Museum :  Pamphlet  entitled 
"  Ode  on  the  Death  of  Abraham  Lin- 
coln," by  S.  G.  W.  Benjamin,  1865 
(65383)  ;  tintype  of  Esther  Kibbe,  of 
Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,  made  about 
18.50   (66118). 

BENNETT,  Mrs.  Louis,  Weston,  \Y. 
Va. :  British  and  Canadian  uni- 
forms worn  during  the  World  War 
by  her  son,  Lieut.  Louis  Bennett, 
Fortieth  Squadron,  Royal  Air  Force, 
who  was  killed  in  action  in  France, 
August  24,  1918,  and  miscellaneous 
documents  and  pliotographs  relative 
to  his  military  service  (65654). 

BENNINGTON,  Arthur.  (See  under 
New  York  World,  The.) 

BENSON,  Frank  W.,  Salem,  Mass.: 
Etched  copper  plate.  No.  183, 
"  Shoveller  Drake,"  the  work  of  the 
donor   (66728). 

BEQUAERT,  Dr.  J.,  American  Mu- 
seum of  Natural  History,  New  York 
City:  2  paratypes  of  lies,  Hirom- 
neura  bradleyi  and  1  specimen  of  H. 
texana  (65492)  ;  6  specimens  of 
Hymenoptera,  representing  3  spe- 
cies, two  of  which  are  new  to  the 
Museum  collections  (66711). 

BERLIN  -  DAHLEM,  GERMANY. 
(See  under  Botanischer  Garten  und 
Museum,  Botanisches  Museum,  and 
Deutsches  Entomologisches  Mu- 
seum.) 


150 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


BERLINER,  Emile,  Washington,  D. 
C. :  Photograph  showing  the  gyro- 
copter  in  flight,  June  10,  1920,  Col- 
lege Park,  Md.  (65601)  ;  2  gramo- 
phones, one  of  the  commercial  type 
produced  in  1893,  and  the  other,  the 
first  electrically  operated  type 
which  was  devised  by  the  donor 
(65948). 

BERNICE  PAUAHI  BISHOP  MU- 
SEUM, Honolulu,  Hawaii  (through 
Dr.  C.  H.  Edmondson)  :  10  speci- 
mens, 6  species,  of  crustaceans  from 
Palmyra  Island,  collected  by  Dr.  C. 
M.  Cooke  (6673S). 

BERRY,  Prof.  E.  W.,  Johns  Hopkins 
University,  Baltimore,  Md. :  Collec- 
tion of  type  specimens  of  fossil 
plants  from  the  Tertiary  rocks  of 
Mississippi,  described  in  Profes- 
sional Paper  125A,  U.  S.  Geological 
Survey  (66544). 

BETHEL,  Ellsworth,  State  Museum, 
Denver,  Colo,  (through  Dr.  Fred- 
erick V.  Coville)  :  73  plants  from 
the  western  United  States  (65943). 

BEVERLEY,  Miss  Lucy  S.,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. :  Pair  of  silver  shoe 
buckles  worn  during  the  War  of  the 
Revolution  by  Lieut.  Col.  Thomas 
Posey,  Seventh  Virginia  Regiment 
(65884,  loan). 

BIERBAUM,  Ben,  Powder  River,  Wyo. : 
Part  of  a  lower  jaw  of  Coryphodon 
(66248). 

BIGELOW,  Col.  John,  U.  S.  Army  (re- 
tired), Washington,  D.  C. :  Photo- 
graph of  John  Bigelow,  minister  to 
France,  1865-66  (65694). 

BIRD,  Henky,  Rye,  N.  Y. :  10  speci- 
mens of  Diptera  (66133), 

BITTERMAN,  Capt.  Theodore,  Medi- 
cal Administrative  Corps,  U.  S.  Army, 
Washington,  D.  C. :  3  specimens  of 
glass-sponge  "  Venus  Flower  Basket," 
Enplectella,  species  (65719). 

BLACKMORE,  E.  H.,  Victoria,  British 
Columbia,  Canada:  50  specimens  of 
Lepidoptera  collected  in  British  Co- 
lumbia (65829)  ;  30  moths  collecte<l 
by  the  donor  in  Victoria  (65934)  ; 
paratype  of  a  specimen  of  Lepidop- 
tera, Eulype  alhodecorata.  and  a 
specimen  of  Pyla,  species  (66177). 


BLAKE,  Dr.  S.  F.,  Bureau  of  Plant  In- 
dustry, U.  S.  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture, Washington,  D.  C. :  7  plants  and 
6  spotted  turtles  from  Massachusetts 
(65408,  65940)  ;  plant  from  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  (66735). 

(See  also  T.  S.  Brandegee  and  New 
York  Botanical  Garden). 

BLEECKER,  Rear  Admiral  J.  V.,  U.  S. 
Navy  (retired),  Morristown,  N.  J. 
(through  Miss  M.  N.  Bleecker)  :  A 
carved  wooden  idol  from  Oahu,  Ha- 
waiian Islands  (65907). 

BLINCHO,  Mrs.  Laura:  A  pitcher  of 
Albion  ware  made  at  Colbridge  Pot- 
tery, Staffordshire,  England  (65303, 
loan). 

BLUMENTILIL  &  CO.,  Sidney,  New 
York  City :  18  samples  of  upholstery, 
dress,  and  millinery  pile  fabrics 
(66732). 

BOETTCHER,  Mrs.  F.  W.  J.,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. :  Collection  of  plants 
(65242). 

BOGOTA,  COLOMBIA.  (See  under 
Institute  de  la  Salle, ) 

BONAPARTE,  HERBARIUM  OF, 
Prince  Roland,  Paris,  France 
(through  Mr,  H.  Heuvrard,  Cu- 
rator) :  8  fragmentary  specimens  of 
ferns  from  Costa  Rica  (66739, 
65814).    Exchange. 

BONATI,  G.,  Lure  (Haute  -  Saone), 
France :  400  plants,  mainly  from 
China  and  New  Caledonia  (66374, 
exchange). 

BOONE,  Miss  Pearl  L.,  Hyattsville, 
Md. :  Plant  from  Maryland  (66643). 

BOTANISCHER  GARTEN  UND  MU- 
SEUM, Berliu-Dahlem  bei  Steglitz, 
Germany:  Fern  from  Haiti  (66125)  ; 
4  fragmentary  specimens  of  ferns 
from  tropical  America  ( 66358 ) .  Ex- 
change. 

BOTANISCHES  MUSEUM,  Berlin- 
Dahlem,  Germany :  5  plants,  Selagi- 
nella    (65543,    Exchange). 

BOURNE,  A.  I.  (See  under  Massa- 
chusetts Agricultural  College  Ex- 
periment Station.) 

BOWEN,  Mrs.  Edna,  Hanalei,  Kauai, 
Hawaiian  Islands :  87  specimens 
representing  40  species  of  marine 
moUusks  from  the  Hawaiian  Islands 
(65577). 


LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS. 


151 


BOWMAN,  Charles  E.  (See  under 
John   J.   Bowman.) 

BOWMAN,  John  J.  and  Charles  E., 
Lancaster,  Pa. :  A  watch,  No.  49  of 
the  50  made  by  Ezra  F.  Bowman. 
Lancaster,  Pa.,  the  father  of  the 
donors,  between  1S79-1881.  Marked 
"  E.  F.  Bowman,  Lancaster,  Pa.,  No. 
49"  (66305). 

BOYLE,  John,  Jr.,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
American  flag  woven  during  the 
World  War  from  Navaho  blanket 
yarn  by  Hosteen  Nez  Basa,  an  In- 
dian woman  of  New  Mexico  (65608). 

BRADLEY,  Mrs.  J.  E.,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Abnormal,  soft-shelled  egg  of 
a  domestic  fowl  (65467). 

BRADSHAW,  R.  V.,  Eugene,  Oreg. : 
2  plants  (05341)  ;  4  plants  from  Ore- 
gon (65573,  65672)  ;  3  specimens  of 
plants,  Salix,  and  2  plants  from  Ore- 
gon, including  duplicate  type  of 
Bucephalus  vialis  (65745,  66142)  ; 
plant,  Leptotaenia   (66662). 

BRADY,  Mrs.  Samuel,  Los  Angeles, 
Calif. :  Specimen  of  sulphur  found 
on  the  surface  of  old  machinery  at 
Flint  Steel  Mill,  Rockland,  Mich. 
(65976). 

BRAINERD,  Erastus,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Medal  of  award  of  the 
Alaska  -  Yukon  -  Pacific  Exposition, 
Seattle,  Wash.,  1909  (65369). 

BRANDEGEE,  T.  S.,  Department  of 
Botany,  University  oH  California, 
Berkeley,  Calif. :  5  plants  from 
Mexico  (65285)  ;  (through  Dr.  S.  F. 
Blake)  3  plants  from  Mexico  (65407, 
66418). 

BRANNER,  Dr.  J.  C,  Little  Rock, 
Ark.  (through  Dr.  O.  P.  Hay)  :  3 
specimens  of  Discinoid  brachiopod 
from  Arkansas   (65844). 

BRAUN,  Annette  F.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio  : 
7  .specimens  of  Microlepidoptera,  in- 
cluding 6  paratypes  of  4  species 
(65919). 

BRAUNTON,  Ernest  C,  Los  Angeles, 
Calif. :  17  photographs  of  plants 
(65276). 

BRICKER,  Joseph  W.,  Smithville, 
Ohio :  Photograph  of  a  letter  written 
by  Oen.  U.  S.  Grant  to  Mrs.  George 
William  Bricker,  April  11,  1863.  re- 


BRICKER,  Joseph  W.— Continued, 
garding  her  two  sons  in  the  Army 
under  his  command  (66173). 
BRIDWELL,   J.   C,   Bureau   of  Ento- 
mologj',  U.  S.  Department  of  Agri- 
culture, Washington,  D.  G. :  31  para- 
sitic  wasps    (3    species)    from    the 
Hawaiian  Islands  (65393). 
BRIGHAM,  Dr.  Gertrude,  Smithsonian 
Institution  :  Bronze  memorial  tablet 
designed  by  Charles  Keck  and  cast 
from  metal  recovered  from  the  wreck 
of  the  U.  S.  S.  Maine  (65949). 
BRIMLEY,  C.   S.      (See  under  North 
Carolina   State   Department   of  Ag- 
riculture. ) 
BRITISH  GOVERNMENT: 

British    Museum     {Natural    His- 
tory),      London,       England 
(through  Maj.  E.  E.  Austen)  :  55 
specimens,  21  of  them  cotypes, 
representing  32  species  of  Mexi- 
can  Diptera    (65822)  ;   2   beetle 
larvae,     Henoticus     calif  ornicus 
(66400)  ;    7    Ordovician    cystids 
(66253).     Exchange. 
Imperial   Bureau   of   Entomology, 
London,  England    (through  Mr. 
James  Waterson)  :  10  specimens 
of  African  Tetrastich!  represent- 
ing 6  species,  four  of  them  co- 
types  (66381). 
H.   M.    Office   of   Works,   London, 
England     (through     Sir    Lionel 
Earle  and  the  American  Ambas- 
sador) :    Section  of  oak  timber 
from  the  hammer-beam  roof  of 
Westminster     Hall,     4     photo- 
graphs, 2  drawings,  and  1  mim- 
eographed copy  of  "  Notes  upon 
the  History  and  Repairs  to  the 
Roof,"    by     Sir    Frank    Baines 
(65860). 
Royal     Botanic     Gardens,     Kew, 
Surrey,  England :   100  miscella- 
neous plants  (6294)  Exchange. 
(Through    War   Department )  : 
Special  sand  bag  of  the  type  used 
by  the  British  Army  during  the 
World  War  (65685). 
BRITTON,  Dr.  N.  L.     ( See  under  New- 
York  Botanical  Garden.) 
BROCKETT,  Paul,  Smithsonian  Insti- 
tution :  Enlarged  halftone,  7  dots  to 
the  inch  (65981). 


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REPORT   OF    NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


BROOKLYN  INSTITUTE  OF  ARTS 
AND  SCIENCES,  CENTRAL  MU- 
SEUM, Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  (through 
Charles  Schueffer)  :  Biological  ma- 
terial with  pupal  cells  and  adult  of 
Sagra  beetles  from  India  (65737)  ; 
4  bats,  Desmodus  rotundus,  alco- 
holics, collected  on  Asia  Island, 
Peru  (65738). 

BROWN,  Benjamin  C,  Pasadena, 
Calif.:  6  soft  ground  etchings,  1  in 
brown  and  5  in  color,  the  work  of 
the  donor  (66576). 

BROWN,  Edwaed  J.,  Los  Angeles, 
Calif. :  4  skins  of  sandpipers,  Ercu- 
netes,  from  Virginia   (66683). 

BROWN,  Lieut  Col.  F.  W.,  U.  S. 
Army,  Washington,  D.  O. :  26  speci- 
mens of  textile  fabrics  from  the 
Lake  Lanao  region,  Mindinao,  P.  I. 
(65211;  loan). 

BROWN,  Will,  San  Bernardino, 
Calif.:  Crystal  of  axinite  (65256, 
exchange). 

BROWNE,  Mrs.  Arthur  S.,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. :  Chinese  carved  ivory 
cardcase   (66208). 

BRUES,  Dr.  C.  T.,  Melrose  Highlands, 
Mass.  (through  C.  F.  W.  Muese- 
beck)  :  Paratype  of  Apanteles  cauda- 
tus  and  one  of  MicropUtis  stigrna- 
tious  (66429,  exchange). 

BRYAN,  Maj.  Harry  S.,  Springfield, 
Ohio :  Archeological  objects  and  a 
reproduction  from  the  Valley  of 
Mexico  (65938)  ;  archeological  ma- 
terial from  the  Valley  of  Mexico 
(65939,  loan)  ;  lacquered  box,  2  docu- 
ments, 5  samplers,  and  2  coin  dies 
(66048)  ;  ethnological  and  religious 
specimens  (66049,  loan)  ;  carved 
lacquer  gourd  from  Mexico  (66122)  ; 
religious  Mexican  hieroglyphic 
painting  and  a  pioneer  band  saw 
(66193,  loan)  ;  obsidian  blade  from 
Mexico    (66704,   loan). 

BRYAN,  Kirk,  Tucson,  Ariz. :  8  living 
cacti  from  Arizona   (66465). 

BUCKINGHAM,  Mrs.  B.  F.,  and  Miss 
I.  C.  FREEMAN,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
6  old  plaques,  2  caps,  2  handker- 
chiefs, 2  embroidered  dresses,  and 
2  petticoats,  of  the  period  of  1812, 
and  a  bronze  statuette    (66487). 


BUDDINGTON,  A.  F.  (See  under 
Princeton  University,  Department  of 
Geology.) 

BUFFALO  SOCIETY  OF  NATURAL 
SCIENCES,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. :  The  tj^pe 
specimen  of  the  fossil  turtle,  Bystra 
nanus  (65488,  exchange). 

BULLBROOK,  J.  A.,  Port-of-Spain, 
Trinidad,  West  Indies  (through  Dr. 
T.  W^ayland  Vaughan)  :  Collection  of 
invertebrate  fossils  from  Trinidad, 
and  a  monkey  skeleton  (65691). 

BURCHARD,  E.  F.,  U.  S.  Geological 
Survey,  Washington,  D.  C. :  23  lots 
of  fossils  from  Pedatin  district, 
Mindanao,  and  4  lots  from  Tayabas 
Province,  Luzon,  P.  I.    (66086). 

BURLESON,  Hon.  A.  S.,  Postmaster 
General,  Washington,  D.  C. :  Sword, 
scabbard,  and  belt,  taken  from  the 
body  of  a  Mexican  bandit  after  tlie 
raid  of  Francisco  Villa  on  Columbus, 
New  Mexico,  March  9,  1916  (66120). 

BURNETT,  Jerome  B.,  University  of 
Nebraska,  Department  of  Geology, 
Lincoln,  Neb. :  Invertebrate  fossils 
from  Colombia,  South  America,  col- 
lected by  Mr.  C.  W\  Washburne  and 
the  donor  (65593). 

BURT,  Mrs.  A.  S.,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Portion  of  a  right  maxillary,  carry- 
ing 2  teeth,  of  a  Titanothere  (65820). 

BUSH,  B.  F.,  Courtney,  Mo.:  137 
plants  (66364)  ;  54  plants  from  Mis- 
souri (66716). 

BUSHNELL,  D.  I.,  jr.,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Beaded  cap,  Scotch  style, 
made  by  a  Creek  Indian  in  Georgia 
for  General  Gaines   (65435,  loan). 

BYRNE,  Col.  Charles  B.,  U.  S.  Army, 
Washington,  D.  C. :  2  hardwood  bars 
from  the  Casa  Blanca,  the  reputed 
residence  of  Ponce  de  Leon  in  Porto 
Rico   (65872). 

BYRNE,  Miss  Ellen  Abert,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C:  Indian  objects  (66432). 

CALADERO  PRODUCTS  CO.,  Atas- 
cadero,  Calif. :  14  samples  of  dehy- 
drated fruits  and  vegetables  (66754). 

CALDERON,  Seiior  Salvador,  Chief 
of  the  Laboratorj',  Direccion  General 
de  Agricultura,  San  Salvador,  El 
Salvador:  About  30  insects  from 
Central  America  (65307)  ;  61  fishes, 
Poecilids  (66497). 


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153 


CALIFORNIA  ACADEMY  OF  SCI- 
ENCES, San  Francisco,  Calif, 
(through  Bureau  of  Entomology, 
U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 
Washington,  D.  C.)  :  7  specimens  of 
Hemiptera,  including  4  paratypes  of 
2  species  (66113)  ;  (through  Miss 
Alice  Eastwood)  Plant,  Pilularia, 
from  California  (66391,  exchange)  ; 
15  living  cacti  collected  in  Mexico  by 
Mr.  I.  IM.  .Tolinston  (664S4,  ex- 
change). 
CALIFORNIA  RAND  SILVER 
(INC.),  Randsburg,  Calif.:  Silver 
ore  (65248). 
CALIFORNIA,  UNIVERSITY  OF,  De- 
partment of  Botany,  Berkeley,  Calif, 
(through  Prof.  H.  M.  Hall)  :  48 
photographs  of  type  specimens  of 
plants  in  the  Gray  Herbarium 
(66162)  ;  19  photographs  of  type 
specimens  of  plants  of  the  genera 
Pyrrocoma,  Chrysothamnus,  Erio- 
carpum  and  UazarcUa  in  the  Green 
Herbarium  at  Notre  Dame  Univer- 
sity (66393)  ;  Plant,  Dryopteris 
(66616).  Exchange. 
CAMP,   R.    D.,    Brownsville,   Tex.:  19 

plants  (663S7,  66664,  66560). 
CAMPBELL,  Prof.  Arthur  S.,  Upland, 
Calif. :  6    paratypes    of    ophiurans, 
Ophiocryptus  maculosus  and  a  star- 
fish, Henricia  leviuscula  (66367). 
CAMPBELL,    William    J.,    Philadel- 
phia, Pa. :  4  photostats  of  plumbeo- 
types   (66348,  6-5592). 
CANADIAN  GOVERNMENT : 

Department  of  Agriculture,  Ento- 
mological Laboratory,  Frederick- 
ton,  New  Brunswick  (through 
John  Tothill)  :  Paratype  of 
Ernestia  longicomis  (66574). 
Department  of  the  Interior,  Do- 
minion Parks  Branch,  Ottawa, 
Canada  :  Motion-picture  film  en- 
titled "  Trumpeter  Swans  " 
(65935). 
Geological  Survey,  Ottawa,  Can- 
ada :  77  crustaceans  from  Can- 
ada (65230,  exchange). 
Department  of  the  Naval  Service, 
Ottawa,  Canada  :  145  specimens, 
representing  15  species,  of  ma- 


CANADIAN  GOVERNMENT— Contd. 
Department  of  the  Naval  Service — 
Continued. 

rine  and  fresh  water  moUusks 

from  James  and  Hudson  Bays 

and  vicinity  (66256). 

CANTON      CHRISTIAN      COLLEGE', 

Canton,  China    (through   Dr.  C.  W. 

Howard)  :  61  specimens  of  Hymen- 

optera  from  Canton,  China  (66686). 

CAPPS,  S.  R.,  United  States  Geological 

Survey,  Washington,  D.   C. :  Fossils 

from  the  coast  of  Thrace  (65965). 

CARLETON,  M.  A.,  Almirante,  Pana- 
ma :  85  plants  collected  in  Panama 
(66.515). 

CARLTON,  A.  E.,  American  Consul, 
Medan,  Sumatra,  Netherlands  In- 
dies :  Samples  of  the  eight  com- 
mercial grades  of  Hevea  rubber  pro- 
duced and  sold  in  the  Medan  market 
(66204). 

CARNEGIE  INSTITUTION  OF 
WASHINGTON,  Washington,  D.  C. 
(through  Prof.  W\  A.  Setchell,  De- 
partment of  Botany,  University  of 
California,  Berkeley,  Calif.)  :  75 
ferns  from  Samoa  (66055)  ;  (through 
Dr.  D.  T.  MacDougal,  Tucson,  Ariz. )  : 
3  specimens  of  cacti  (66330). 

(See  also  under  Prof.  A.  L.  Tread- 
well.) 

CARNEGIE  MUSEUM,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.  (through  Dr.  W.  J.  Holland)  :  19 
specimens  of  parasitic  eynipoids 
(wasps),  including  16  species,  of 
which  14  are  represented  by  holo- 
types   (65483,  exchange). 

CARNEY,  J.  E.,  Jr.,  Rio  de  Janeiro, 
Brazil:  Tourmalines,  beryls,  and 
examples  of  rare  minerals  from 
Brazil   (66569). 

CARR,  Wilbur  J.,  Director  of  the 
Consular  Service,  Department  of 
State,  Washington,  D.  C. :  Moorish 
flintlock  musket  and  3  South  African 
native  spears  (65605)  ;  Moorish  dag- 
ger ;  Chinese  carving  of  a  mendicant 
priest,  with  standard ;  plumb,  lamp, 
and  terra  cotta  head  from  ancient 
Rome ;  and  a  piece  of  carved  stone 
from  the  Greek  theater  at  Syracuse, 
Sicily  (65758). 


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REPORT  OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


CARTERET  BOOK  CLUB,  OF  NEW- 
ARK, THE,  Newark.  N.  J.  ( through 
Rudolph  Ruzicka,  New  York  City)  : 
9  specimens,  comprising  4  engraved 
wood  blocks  and  5  proofs,  designed, 
engraved,  and  printed  by  Rudolph 
Ruzicka  (65920). 

CARTWRIGHT,  L.  W.,  Vallejo,  Calif. : 
A  carved  wooden  image  from  the 
Solomon  Islands  (65572)  ;  model  of 
Samoau  outrigger  canoe  (65S51). 

CASE  RESEARCH  LABORATORY, 
Auburn,  N.  Y. :  Dyscrasite  sender, 
receiver,  and  tube  of  the  type  fur- 
m'shed  the  Signal  Corps,  U.  S.  Army, 
subsequent  to  November  11,  1918 
(65315). 

CASTELLANOS,  Alberto,  Buenos 
Aires,  Argentina :  5  specimens  of 
cacti  (65535,  exchange). 

CAUDELL,  A.  N.  (See  under  Fred- 
erick Knab,  Estate  of.) 

CxlWTHORN  INSTITUTE  OF  SCI- 
ENTIFIC RESEARCH.  THE,  Nel- 
son, New  Zealand  (through  Dr.  R.  J. 
Tillyard)  :  78  species  of  Pyralidae, 
all  new  to  the  Museum  collections 
(66650). 

CHAMBERLAIN,  Edward  B.,  New 
York  City:  2  specimens  of  pteri- 
dophyta  from  Dominica,  British 
West  Indies  (66270). 

(See   also   under    Sullivant    Moss 
Society,  The.) 

CHAMBERLAIN  FUND,  FRANCES 
LEA,  Smithsonian  Institution :  Col- 
lection of  tourmalines,  cut  and  un- 
cut, and  other  cut  gems  (65235)  ;  3 
cut  blue  zircons  (65374)  ;  4  carved 
jades  (657S3)  ;  2  cabochons  of  Per- 
sian turquoise  (65785)  ;  2  cut  gems 
each  of  Madagascar  orthoclase  and 
wernerite,  and  1  Australian  opal 
(65786)  ;  4  Australian  sapphires,  3 
cut  blue  zircons  from  Queensland, 
Australia,  and  a  cut  opal  weighing 
31.9  carats,  from  Australia  (6.5910, 
66224,  66590). 

CHAMPLAIN,  A.  B.,  Bureau  of  Plant 
Industry,  Harrisburg,  Pa. :  33  speci- 
mens of  parasitic  Hymenoptera 
(66108,  exchange). 

CHANDLER,  Prof.  Asa  C.  (See 
under  Rice  Institute,  The.) 


CHANSLEll,  Waltee  S.,  Bicknell, 
Ind. :  9  small  mammal  skulls,  and  a 
partial  skeleton  of  a  dog  from  Ed- 
wardsport,  Ind.  (65252,  65852). 

CHAPIN,  E.  A.,  Bureau  of  Animal  In- 
dustry, U.  S.  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture, Washington,  D.  C. :  22  exotic 
beetles,  including  8  species  new  to  the 
Museum  collections  (06145,  ex- 
change). 

CHAPIMAN,  Mrs.  E.  M.,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Cincinnati  china  teacup  and 
antique  Mexican  chair    (65906). 

CHAPMAN,  Dr.  F.,  Victoria,  Aus- 
tralia :  5  lots  of  Tertiary  bryozoans 
from  Australia   (65678). 

CHAPMAN,  Mrs.  Robert  Hollistee, 
Washington,  D.  C. :  Ethnological 
specimens  and  a  lyre-bird  tail 
(66486). 

CHASE,  Mrs.  Agnes,  Department  of 
Agriculture,  Washington-,  D.  C. :  54 
plants   (65508). 

(See  also  under  Dr.  L.  H.  Bailey.) 

CHASE,  Enoch  A.,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Original  trade-mark  No.  1,  issued  by 
the  U.  S.  Patent  Office,  October  25, 
1870,  to  the  Averill  Chemical  Paint 
Co. ;  also  Patent  Office  specification 
for  same  (65684,  loan). 

CHICAGO,  UNIVERSITYY  OF, 
WALKER  MUSEUM,  Chicago,  111.: 
Casts  of  type  specimens  of  inverte- 
brate fossils  in  the  Walker  ]Mu- 
seum,  made  by  Dr.  R.  S.  Bassler 
(6.5569,  e.s change)  :  2  skulls  of 
D  iceratherium  cooki  from  Agate 
Springs,  Nebr. ;  casts  of  the  skulls 
of  Edapliosaurus  and  Diadectes 
from  the  Permian  of  Texas,  and  a 
collection  of  casts  of  tyr>e  specimens 
of  invertebrate  fossils  prepared  by 
Dr.  R.  S.  Bassler  (66014,  exchange). 

CHILDS,  L.  J.,  Rialot,  Calif.:  Speci- 
men of  the  mineral  bayldonite  from 
Riverside         County,  California 

(66570). 

CHINA,  GEOLOGICAL  SURVEY  OF, 
Peking,  China  ;  V.  K.  Ting,  Director : 
4  specimens  of  fossil  crabs,  Macrop- 
thalmiis  lafrciUci  used  as  medicine 
in  China   (65587). 


LIST   OF   ACCESSIONS. 


155 


CHRrSTIANIA,  NORWAY,  ZOOL- 
OGISK  MUSEUM  OF  THE  UNI- 
VERSITY: 2  snakes  collected  by 
Carl  Lumholtz  in  Borneo  (66768,  ex- 
change). 

CLARK,  Austin  H.,  U.  S.  National 
Museum :  Prehistoric  shell  imple- 
ment from  Barbados,  West  Indies 
(65864). 

CLARK,  B.  P.,  Boston,  Mass.:  263 
exotic  beetles   (66199). 

CLARK,  H.  Walton.  ( See  under  Miss 
Eliza  Garvin.) 

CLARKE,  Louis  C.  G.,  London,  Eng- 
land: A  small  jade  tiki  from  New 
Zealand,  and  a  collection  of  neo- 
lithic stone  implements  from  Great 
Britain,  Ireland,  and  Greece  (65772, 
65954 ) .     Exchange. 

CLARKSON,  Gros\'enor  B.,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. :  2  Japanese  vases  (65525). 

CLAUDE- JOSEPH  Beotheb.  (See 
under  Instituto  de  la  Salle,  Correo 
Nunoa.  Chile.) 

CLEMENS,  Mrs.  Joseph,  Greenville. 
Calif.:  6  plants  (65419);  3  plants 
from  California  (66040). 

CLEVELAND,  Mrs.  Feancis  D.,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass. :  The  entire  collection 
of  insects  and  rocks,  and  the  sci- 
entific portion  of  the  library  of  the 
late  Dr.  Joseph  P.  Iddings  (65750). 

CLINTON,  H.  G.,  Manhattan,  Nev. : 
Collections  of  invertebrate  fossils 
from  Nevada  ( 65692,  exchange ) . 

CLOKEY,  iRA  W.,  Denver,  Colo.:  13 
Colorado  plants  and  2  ferns  (65689, 
66223)  ;  271  plants  (66110,  ex- 
change). 

COCKERELL,  Prof.  T.  D.  A.,  Boulder, 
Colo. :  Bee,  Poeciloconalos  mimus,  a 
species  and  genus  new  to  the  Mu- 
seum collections  (65212)  ;  86  speci- 
mens of  insects  from  England,  mostly 
named,  and  4  para  types  and  4  other 
named  species  of  beetles  from  the 
Seychelles  Lslands  (65927)  ;  mol- 
lusks,  marine  invertebrates,  echino- 
derms,  insects  and  plants  from  the 
Madeira  Islands  (06057,  66238. 
66281)  ;  shells,  insects,  and  flies, 
beetles,  and  plants  (66174,  66586). 


COLE,  Elmer  E.,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Powder  horn  with  carved  cap  and 
spout,  used  in  the  early  fifties  by 
Thomas  Smiley,  Meadville,  Pa. 
(65507,  loan). 

COLE,  Miss  Lillian  A.,  Union,  Me.: 
11  plants  (66356,  66564). 

COLEGIO  DEL  SAGRADA  CORA- 
ZON,  Guantanamo,  Oriente,  Cuba 
(through  Brother  Hioram)  :  26  ferns 
from  Cuba  (66316). 

COLEGIO  DE  SAN  PEDRO  APOS- 
TOL,  Cartegena,  Colombia  (through 
Brother  Heriberto)  :  161  Colombian 
plants  (65449,66230). 

COLLEGE  OF  PHYSICIANS  AND 
SURGEONS. 

(See  under  Columbia  University.) 

COLONIAL  DAMES  OP  AMERICA, 
NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  (through  Mrs.  Carolyn 
Gilbert  Benjamin)  :  Lady's  fan  of 
the  colonial  period  (65396)  ;  old 
English  china  pitcher  presented  by 
the  poet  James  Montgomery  to  the 
journalist,  Joseph  Gales  (66404)  ; 
uniform  coat,  vest,  breeches,  and 
sash  worn  during  the  French  and 
Indian  Wars  by  Capt.  Ely  Dag- 
worthy  of  the  British  Army  (66546)  ; 
miscellaneous  relics  of  the  colonial 
period  (G6552)  ;  4  documents  of  the 
eighteenth  centurj'  (66604)  ;  glass 
tumbler  owned  by  George  Washing- 
ton (66628)  ;  collection  of  uniforms 
of  the  type  worn  by  American 
women,  members  of  war  organiza- 
tions during  the  World  War,  1914- 

1918  (66674,  loan). 

COLONIAL  WARS,  GENERAL  SO- 
CIETY OF  (through  W.  W.  Ladd, 
Governor  General,  New  York  City)  : 
Bronze  war  service  insignia  and 
certificate  for  civilian  service  of  the 
type  issued  by  the  General  Society 
of  Colonial  AVars  to  members  of  the 
society  in  recognition  of  patriotic 
services  rendered  to  the  United 
States  during  the  World  War,  1917- 

1919  (66311). 

COLORADO  SCHOOL  OF  MINES, 
Department  of  Geology.  Golden, 
Colo. :  19  specimens  of  zeolites  from 
North  Table  Mountain,  near  Golden, 
Colo.  (6CG95,  exchange). 


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REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


COLORADO  STATE  MUSEUM,  Den- 
ver, Colo. :  8  plants  from  New  Mex- 
ico (66513). 

COLORADO,  UNIVERSITY  OF,  De- 
partment of  Biology,  Boulder,  Colo. : 
26  plants  (66430). 

COLTON  COaiPANY,  Abthxjb,  De- 
troit, Mich. :  An  automatic  tablet 
machine  complete  with  punches, 
dies,  and  electric  motor  (66765,  de- 
posit) . 

COLUMBIA  UNIVERSITY,  COL- 
LEGE OF  PHYSICIANS  AND 
SURGEONS,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
(through  Dr.  George  S.  Hunting- 
ton) :  172  cases  of  skeletal  material 
(66480,  exchange). 

COMMERCE,  DEPARTMENT  OF : 

Coast    and    Geodetic    Survey:   53 
bottom    samples    taken    during 

the  summer  of  1919  by  the 
Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey 
steamer  Surveyor  on  passage 
between  NorfoU?:,  Va.,  and  San 
Diego,  Calif.,  via  Panama 
Canal  (65683);  chronoscope; 
dip  circle,  bought  between  184S 
and  1885 ;  verticle  circle,  bought 
between  1885  and  1893;  geo- 
detic level,  and  an  astronomical 
transit,  46  inches,  purchased 
between  1848  and  1852  (65983). 
Bureau  of  Fisheries:  10  Turbel- 
larian  worms  taken  from  oysters 
collected  on  Port  Inglis  oyster 
bar,  near  Cedar  Key.  Fla. 
(65182)  ;  2  plants.  Opuntia, 
from  North  Carolina  (65283)  ; 
25  -f  juvenile  forms  of  crabs, 
Uca  pugilator,  from  the  sandy 
beach  south  of  Diver's  Island, 
Beaufort,  N.  C.  (65516)  ;  ap- 
proximately 100,000  fishes  col- 
lected by  the  steamer  Albatross 
in  Philippine  waters  (65731)  ;  15 
specimens  of  dried  sponges  from 
Ikatan  Baj',  Unimak  Island, 
Alaska,  collected  by  Warden 
Joseph  N.  Braun  (65787)  ;  360  + 
lots  of  sponges  collected  by  the 
steamer  Albatross,  250  -f-  of 
them  from  the  Albatross  Hawai- 
ian Cruise  of  1902,  and  110  -f 
from  the  Eastern  Pacific  Cruise 


COMMERCE,    DEPARTMENT    OF— 

Continued. 

Bureau  of  Fisheries — Continued, 
of  1904-5  (65876) ;  type  speci- 
men of  Peristedion  gilberti 
(65933)  ;  9  skulls  of  fur  seals, 
Callorhinus,  from  St.  Paul 
Island,  and  25  skulls  and  1 
skeleton  of  fur  seals  from  St. 
George  Island  (65959)  ;  6  skulls 
of  branded  S-j-ear  old  fur  seals, 
Callorhinus,  from  the  Pribiloff 
Islands,  Alaska  (65960)  ;  skele- 
ton of  a  leather  back  turtle, 
and  72  crustaceans  (15  species 
of  amphipods  and  5  species  of 
isopods),  all  from  Wood's  Hole, 
Mass.  (65977,  66504)  ;  (through 
Samuel  W.  Geiser)  5  specimens 
of  a  new  species  of  amphipod 
from  Chesapeake  Bay,  collected 
by  the  steamer  Fish  Hawk 
(65993)  :  specimen  of  croaker, 
Micropogon  undulatus  {her- 
maphroditic) (60140)  ;  7  type 
specimens  of  16  cotypes  of  new 
mala-copterygian  fishes  (66257)  ; 
a  miscellaneous  lot  of  fishes  from 
the  Potomac  River  and  its  tribu- 
taries (66448)  ;  211  specimens, 
38  lots,  of  moUusks,  Sphaeriidae, 
from  Iowa  (66449)  ;  54  speci- 
mens, 1  species,  of  landshells 
from  Key  West,  Fla.  (66455)  ;  a 
miscellaneous  collection  of  ma- 
rine invertebrates,  starfishes, 
mollusks,  fish,  and  stomach  con- 
tents of  fish  from  Alaska,  to- 
gether with  8  lots  of  unidentified 
Philippine  sponges  (66605)  ;  4 
microscopic  slides  and  2  vials  of 
cestode  worms  including  the  type 
and  cotypes  of  Phyllobothrium 
tumidum  (host  Carcharodon  car- 
charias)  and  the  type  of  Phyllo- 
bothrium loliginis  from  a  sword- 
fish  (66666). 

(See  also  under  N.  H,  Cowdrey, 
and  Dr.  A.  R.  Stubbs.) 

Bttreau  of  Foreign  and  Domestic 
Commerce:  A  skein  of  tussah 
silk.  Two  Deer  Brand,  produced 
by  the  Chun  Yi  Filature  of 
Mukden,  Manchuria  (65626)  ; 
samples  of  mica  from  China 
(66094). 


LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS. 


157 


CONGRESS,  LIBRARY  OF.  (See  un- 
der Ukraine,  The  Friends  of.) 

CONNER,  George  W.,  Hollywood, 
Calif.:  Paper  currency  of  the  Re- 
public of  Texas  issued  1838-41  (9 
specimens)    (65455). 

CONNOR,  Buck,  Hollywood,  Calif.: 
Lover's  flute  from  the  Brule  Sioux 
(65697)  ;  catlinite  pipe  and  stem, 
skin  pipe  bag,  8  arrows,  and  2  stone- 
head  clubs   (66350). 

CONZATTI,  Prof.  C,  Oaxaca,  Mexico : 
2  plants,  MammilUria  (65699)  ;  196 
plants  from  Mexico  (65736,  65806, 
65838,  66032,  66033)  ;  plant,  Dio- 
spyros  from  Oaxaca  (66472)  ;  10 
specimens  of  cacti  (66714). 

COOK,  Dr.  E.  Fullerton.  ( See  under 
United  States  Pharmacopoeial  Con- 
vention ( Inc. ) ,  Board  of  Trustees  of 
the.) 

COOK,  Dr.  O.  F.  (See  under  Miss 
Ellen  D.  Schulz.) 

COOKE,  Dr.  C  Wythe,  U.  S.  Geologi- 
cal Survey,  Washington,  D.  C. :  50 
specimens,  6  species,  of  land  and 
fresh-water  .shells  collected  by  the 
donor  in  Department  of  Santander, 
U.  S.  of  Colombia  (66267). 

COOPE,  Miss  Jessie,  W^ashington, 
D.  C. :  18  Chinese  ethnological  speci- 
mens (65240). 

COOPER,  Prof.  William  S.,  Depart- 
ment of  Botany,  University  of  Minne- 
sota, Minneapolis,  Minn. :  Plant  from 
Alaska   (65268). 

COPELAND,  E.  B.,  Chico,  Calif.:  2 
plants,  Selaginella,  from  California 
(65887). 

COPENHAGEN,  DENMARK,  UNI- 
VERSITY OF  COPENHAGEN,  ZOO- 
LOGICAL MUSEUM  (through  U.  S. 
Department  of  Agriculture)  :  Collec- 
tion of  beetle  larvae  representing  8 
species  (66339,  exchange). 

COPPEDGE  DRUG  STORE,  Browns- 
ville, Tex. :  Larva  of  a  moth,  Argeus 
labruscae,  from  Brownsville,  Tex. 
(65504). 
CORBACHO,  Senor  Joege  M.,  Lima, 
Peru :  Peruvian  document  signed  in 
1735  by  the  Marquis  of  Castel  Puerte, 
viceroy  of  Peru,  1724-1735  (65278). 


CORNELL      UNIVERSITY,      Ithaca, 
N.  Y.    (through  Prof.  W.  W.  Row- 
lee)  :    50    Central    American    plants 
(65850)  ;  5  fragmentary  plants,  Sela- 
ginella;  (through  C.  F.  W.  Muese- 
beck)   4  paratypes  of  parasitic  Hy-  , 
menoptera  (braconids)  (66298,66306, 
exchange.) 
CORT,  Dr.  W.  W.  Department  of  Medi- 
cal   Zoology,    Johns    Hopkins    Uni- 
versity, Baltimore,  Md. :  About  500 
fresh-water   snails,   Blmifordia   for- 
mosana,  from  Taichu  Province,  For- 
mosa  (66022). 
COUNCIL  OF  NATIONAL  DEFENSE, 
Washington,  D.   C.    (through  E.  K. 
Ellsworth,    Acting    Director)  :    Silk 
flag  presented  by  the  women  of  Ar- 
menia,   through    the   Armenian   Na- 
tional Union,  to  the  women  of  Amer- 
ica, through  the  Woman's  Commit- 
tee of  the  United  States  Council  of 
National  Defense,  in  recognition  of 
the  services  rendered  to  women  of 
Armenia  by  the  women  of  America 
during  the  World  War   (65729). 

COVILLE,  Dr.  Frederick  V.,  Bureau 
of  Plant  Industry,  U.  S.  Department 
of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Plant,  Azalea  arhoresccns,  from 
Great  FaUs,  Va.   (66273). 

(See  also  under  Agriculture,  De- 
partment of.  Bureau  of  Plant  In- 
dustry, Ellsworth  Bethel,  F.  W. 
Hunnewell,   and   Titus   Ulke.) 

COWDRY,  N.  H.,  Department  of 
Anatomy,  Peking  Union  INIedical  Col- 
lege, Peking,  China :  213  plants  from 
China  (65751)  ;  (through  Depart- 
ment of  Commerce,  Bureau  of 
Fisheries)  33  Chinese  plants 
(66099). 

COX,  Prof.  Philip,  Fredericton,  New 
Brunswick,  Canada:  10  fishes, 
sticklebacks    (66368,    exchange). 

CRAMER  DRY  PLATE  CO.,  G.,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. :  An  8  by  11  inch  framed 
portrait  of  Mr.  Gustav  Cramer 
(66137). 

CRANE,  W.  E.,  Washington,  D.  C. :  18 
species  of  Pleistocene  ( ?)  shells  from 
a  low  bluff  15  to  20  miles  west  of 
the  port  of  Batavia,  Java,  on  the 
China  Sea  (66490). 


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CROSTHWAITE,  Miss  Fokest  M., 
Washington,  D.  C. :  Military  equip- 
ment owned  during  tlie  Mexican 
"War  by  Lieut.  Baldwin  H.  Cross- 
wait,  Third  Ohio  Infantry;  lady's 
riding  saddle  of  the  period  of  the 
Revolution,  and  riding-habit  coat  of 
the  period  of  the  Civil  War ;  2  Ger- 
man religious  books  of  the  eigh- 
teenth century ;  and  miscellaneous 
natural  history  material   (65484). 

CROTHER,  A.  H.,  Laurel,  Md. :  Egret, 
Herodias  egretta-,  from  Maryland 
(65434). 

CURRAN,  Howard,  Orillia,  Ontario, 
Canada:  4  flies  (66415). 

CURTIS  PUBLISHING  CO.,  PhDadel- 
phia.  Pa.  (through  Perry  R.  Long 
and  William  Slagle)  :  98  printed 
proofs  of  four-color  work  and  24 
prints  as  they  come  from  the  press, 
printed  in  two  colors  on  both  sides 
(66198). 

CURTISS  AEROPLANE  AND  MO- 
TOR CORPORATION,  Garden  City, 
Long  Island,  N.  Y. :  Photographs  of 
airplanes  Eagle,  Wasp,  and  Oriole 
(65558). 

CUTLER,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Russell  G., 
Kanab,  Utah :  Archeological  objects 
found  while  digging  a  cellar  in 
Kanab,  Utah   (65540). 

CZECHO-SLOVAK  ARMY  IN  RUS- 
SIA, ARTILLERY  SECTION,  Vladi- 
vostok, Siberia  (through  the  Quar- 
termaster Corps,  U,  S.  Army)  :  Rus- 
sian 3-inch  gun  captured  with  the 
armored  train  "  Orlik  "  from  bolshe- 
vik forces  by  Czecho-Slovak  troops, 
July,  1918,  and  used  by  the  latter  in 
their  defense  of  the  Trans-Siberian 
Railroad,  1918-1920  (65821). 

DALL,  Dr.  W.  H.,  U.  S.  Geological 
Sui'vey,  Washington,  D.  C. :  Artist 
proof  wood-engraving  of  Asa  Gray 
by  Gustav  Kruel  (1843-1907) 
(66416). 

(See  also  under  J.  G.  Malone,  and 
C.  R.  Orcutt.) 

DANIEL,  Robert  E.  L.,  Moqui  Indian 
Agency,  Keams  Canon,  Ariz. :  7 
sheets  of  drawings  in  color  illustrat- 
ing tribal  myths  of  the  Kiowa  In- 
dians, Fort  Sill,  Okla.,  an  earthen- 


DANIEL,  Robert  E.  L.— <:;ontinued. 
ware  jar  from  Marsh  Pass,  and  a 
stone    figurine    of    ancient    Pueblo 
manufacture  (65566). 

DARBY,  Miss  Charlotte  L.,  Falls 
Church,  Va. :  House  wren.  Troglo- 
dytes aedon,  from  Virginia  (66630). 

DARLING,  Nancy,  Woodstock,  Vt. : 
Fern,  Polysticlmm  adiantiforme, 
from  Florida  (65760). 

DAVIDSON,  Dr.  A.,  Los  Angeles, 
Calif.:  Plant,  Petrophyton,  from 
California  (65877)  ;  8  plants  from 
California  (65777,  66642)  ;  10  plants 
(65253,  65440). 

DAVIDSON,  W.  M.,  Vienna,  Va. :  Syr- 
phus  fly,  from  southern  California, 
collected  by  the  donor  (65677). 

DAVIS,  Prof.  Donald  W.  (See  under 
Eastern  State  Hospital,  Williams- 
burg, Va.) 

DAVIS,  Rev.  John,  Hannibal,  Mo.: 
317  plants   (65402,  66450). 

DAVIS,  J.  J.,  Riverton  Entomological 
Laboratory,  Riverton,  N.  J. :  23  para- 
types  of  8  species  and  varieties  of 
May-beetles,  Phyllophaga  (65344). 

DAY,  Prof.  A.  L.  (See  under  Philip- 
pines,  University   of.) 

DAYTON  -  AVRIGHT  Co.,  Dayton, 
Ohio:  Isometric  plan  of  De  Havi- 
land  4  battle  plane,  showing  military 
equipment  (3  copies)    (66633). 

DEAM,  Charles  C,  Bluffton,  Ind. :  17 
plants  (65428)  ;  9  plants,  Selagi- 
nella,  from  the  United  States  and 
Canada  (65889)  ;  (through  W.  W. 
Eggleston)  66  plants  from  Indiana 
(66121). 

DEAM,  Miss  Roberta  E.  (See  under 
Michigan,  University  of.  Museum  of 
Zoology.) 

DEAN,  F.  A.  W.,  Alliance,  Ohio:  5 
specimens  representing  5  species  of 
mollusks  (65208)  ;  white  metal  token 
commemorating  the  Hudson-Fulton 
celebration,  1909,  and  2  bronze 
medalets  commemorating  the  Lin- 
coln centennial,  1909    (65236). 

DE  GOLYER,  E.,  Chief  Geologist, 
Compania  Mexicana  El  Aguila,  S.  A., 
New  York  City  (through  Dr.  T. 
Wayland  Vaughan)  :  Type  specimen 
of  the  fossil  pelecypod,  Sauvagesia 
degolyej'i  (65615). 


LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS. 


159 


DEINARD,  Ephraim,  Arlington,  N.  J. : 
Collection  of  objects  of  Jewish  and 
Mohammaden  religious  ceremonial, 
consisting  of  textiles,  specimens  of 
wood,  stone,  copper,  brass,  silver, 
and  manuscripts,  chiefly  from  Pales- 
tine (255  specimens)    (65324,  loan). 

DEMERARA  BAUXITE  CO.  (LTD.), 
Philadelphia,  Pa. :  Samples  of  Brit- 
ish Guiana  bauxite  (66318). 

DE-  NEALE,  Miss  Edna,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  An  American  Hornbook 
painted  on  bone  (65390,  loan). 

DENSLOW,  Rev.  H.  M.,  New  York 
City :  Plant,  Listera,  from  New  York 
(66571,  exchange). 

DE  RONCERAY,  Miss  Makie  Estelle, 
Smithsonian  Institution :  3  china 
doll  heads,  and  a  lot  of  doll  clothes, 
aU  of  the  period  of  1870,  and  a  lace 
shawl  worn  in  Porto  Rico  between 
1858  and  1864  by  Mrs.  Charles  de 
Ronceray  ( Henrietta  R  a  s  a  1  e  e ) 
(66105). 

DESPREZ,  Mme.  Patjl,  Paris, 
France:  Gold  mounted  and  jeweled 
sword  presented  by  the  city  of  Phila- 
delphia to  Maj.  General  George  B. 
McClellan  in  1861  (65865). 

DETMERS,  Miss  Feeda,  Ohio  Agri- 
cultural Experiment  Station,  Woos- 
ter,  Ohio:  Plant  (65250). 

DETWILER,  Frederick  Knecht,  New 
York  City :  6  water -color  drawings 
by  the  donor  showing  the  construc- 
tion of  wooden  ships  in  the  United 
States  shipyard  at  Noank,  Conn., 
during  the  World  War,  1918 
(66382). 

DEUTSCHES  ENTOMOLOGISCHES 
MUSEUM,  Berlin-Dahlem,  Germany 
(through  Dr.  Walther  Horn)  :  196 
sawflies  (66531). 

DEVEREUX,  Mrs.  J.  Ryan,  Chevy. 
Chase,  Md. :  Harp  piano   (65526). 

DEWEY,  Dr.  William  A.  (See  under 
Dr.  Mary  E.  Hanks  and  Dr.  Lynn 
Arthur  Martin.) 

DIAMOND  FLUORSPAR  CO.,  Kai'- 
bers  Ridge,  111. :  Specimen  of  fluor- 
spar (65610). 

DICKENS,  Mrs.  F.  W.,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  15  pieces  of  American  his- 
torical chinaware  (660S2,  loan). 

71305°— 21 11 


DIRECCION  DE  ESTUDIOS  BIO- 
LOGICOS.  (See  imder  Mexican 
Government. ) 

DIRECCION  GENERAL  DE  AGRI- 
CULTURA.  (See  under  Guate- 
mala.) 

DOBBIN,  Frank,  Shushan,  N.  Y. :  55 
plants  from  New  York  (66341). 

DODGE  &  OLCOTT  CO.,  New  York 
City  :  Sample  of  bay  leaves,  Pimenta 
acris,  and  6  medicinal  oils  (65343, 
65870). 

DOGNIN,  Paul,  Wimille,  France :  200 
specimens  of  pyralidae  (lepidop- 
terous  insects)   (66625). 

DOUGHTY,  Edward  Crosby,  Wil- 
liamstown,  Mass. :  Framed  photo- 
graphic enlargement  on  Japanese 
tissue  (66396). 

DUKES,  W.  C,  Mobile,  Ala. :  10  speci- 
mens of  a  moth,  Aefferia  tepperi, 
new  to  the  Museum  collections 
(66285). 

DUNN,  L.  H.,  Ancon,  Canal  Zone:  8 
mosquitoes  (66201)  ;  fly,  Pseudol- 
fersia  mexicancu  (66228). 

DUPLAN  SILK  CORPORATION,  New 
York  City:  7  samples  of  novelty 
silk  fabric  woven  at  Hazleton,  Pa. 
(66772). 

DU  PONT  DE  NEMOURS  &  CO.,  E.  I., 
New  York  City :  An  embossed  book- 
binding of  fabrikoid,  in  imitation  of 
leather   (66583). 

DUTTON,  D.  Lewis,  Brandon,  Vt. :  17 
plants,  chiefly  from  Vermont 
(66063). 

DYAR,  Dr.  H.  G.,  U.  S.  National  Mu- 
seum :  350  crane  flies  from  the  Pa- 
cific Northwest  (65682). 

EARLE,  Charles  T.,  Palma  Sola, 
Fla. :  A  collection  of  fragmentary 
bones  and  teeth  of  fossil  vertebrates 
(66138)  ;  22  specimens  of  fragmen- 
tary bones  and  teeth  from  the  Pleis- 
tocene of  Florida  (66505). 

(See  also  under  Harry  Walling). 

EARLE,  Charles  T.,  and  Harry 
Walling,  Palma  Sola,  Fla. :  Fossil 
bones  and  teeth  from  Bishops  Har- 
bor, Fla.  (66690). 

EARLE,  Sir  Lionel.  (See  under 
British  Government,  H,  M.  Office  of 
Works.) 


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REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


EASTERN  STATE  HOSPITAL,  Wil- 
liamsburg, Va.  (through  Prof.  Don- 
ald W.  Davis)  :  Portions  of  a  fossil 
whale  skeleton  (65635). 

EBERT,  Col.  R.  G.,  Vancouver,  Wash. : 
Plant,  Vancouveria  hexandra 
(65399). 

ECLIPSE  ELECTROTYPE  &  EN- 
GRAVING CO.,  THE,  Cleveland, 
Ohio :  A  chart  showing  the  various 
halftone  screen  effects,  5  photo- 
graphs, and  some  miscellaneous 
pamphlets  (15  specimens)    (66804). 

EDMONDSON,  Dr.  C.  H.  (See  under 
Bernice  Pauahi  Bishop  Museum, 
Honolulu,  Hawaii.) 

EGBERT,  A.  O.,  Prescott,  Ariz, 
(through  F.  L.  Hess)  :  Specimen  of 
hewettite  in  gypsum  from  Paradox 
Valley,  Montrose  County,  Colo. 
(65914). 

EGGLESTON,  W.  W.  (See  under 
Charles  C.  Deam.) 

EIGENMANN,  Dr.  C.  H.  (See  under 
Indiana  University  Museum.) 

ELLIOTT,  William  E.,  Chicago,  111. 
(through  F.  L.  Hess)  :  Sample  of 
rock  showing  the  occurrence  of  radio- 
active minerals,  and  a  small  piece  of 
pitchblende  (65994). 

ELLIS,  L.  L.,  Oruro,  Bolivia  (through 
F.  L.  Hess)  :  Specimen  of  crystal- 
lized wolframite  and  1  of  cassiterite 
from  Bolivia  (65220). 

ELLSWORTH,  E.  K.  (See  under 
Council  of  National  Defense.) 

ELLSWORTH,  Lincoln,  New  York 
City :  A  piece  weighing  78  pounds 
cut  from  the  Owns  Valley,  Calif., 
meteorite  (66591,  exchange). 

EMERY,  D.  L.,  St.  Petersburg,  Fla.: 
50  specimens,  3  species,  of  Crepidula, 
and  11  lots  of  marine  shells  from 
the  west  coast  of  Florida  (65862, 
65575)  ;  3  species  of  marine  shells 
from  St.  Petersburg  and  Longboat 
Inlet,  West  Florida  (65989)  ;  7 
species  of  marine  shells  from  south- 
west Florida,  between  Longboat  In- 
let and  Caseys  Pass,  and  1  species 
from  San  Diego  County,  Calif. 
(66132)  ;  4  specimens  of  mollusks, 
Marginella,  1  of  them  from  Gulf- 
port,  Fla.,  and  50  specimens  of  De- 
tracia  bulloides,  1  of  them  from 
Boca  Ceiga  Bay,  Fla.  (66320). 


ENGBERG,  Dr.  C.  C,  University  of 
Nebraska,  Lincoln,  Nebr. :  21  lots  of 
mollusks  from  the  west  coast  of  the 
United  States  (65632)  ;  12  specimens 
representing  3  species  of  marine 
sheUs  from  Olga,  Wash.  (65703)  ; 
5  specimens,  1  species,  of  freshwater 
mollusks  from  Fidalgo  Island,  and  1 
alga   (66512). 

ENGELHARDT,  Geoege  P.,  Brooklyn 
Institute  of  Arts  and  Sciences, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. :  100  specimens  of 
Microlepidoptera  from  Long  Island, 
N.  Y.  (65559)  ;  3  specimens  of  rob- 
ber flies  collected  by  the  donor  at 
Great  Falls,  Va.,  October,  20,  1920 
(65706). 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF 
WASHINGTON.  (See  under  Prof. 
Otto  Scheerpeltz  and  Prof.  Emil 
Moczarski.) 

EPLER,  Mrs.  Ltjltt  Hiixeary,  Govans, 
Baltimore,  Md. :  2  glass  decanters 
formei'ly  owned  by  Henry  Clay 
(65501). 

ESTACION  AGRONOMICA  DE 
HAINA,  Santo  Domingo,  Dominican 
Republic:  43  plants  (66729). 

EVANS,  Prof.  Alexander  W.,  Osborn 
Botanical  Laboratory,  Yale  Univer- 
sity, New  Haven,  Conn. :  Specimen  of 
hepatic  from  Jamaica  (65496). 

EVANS,  Victor  J.,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
2  hand-print  cloths  of  the  Moros, 
Philippine  Islands  (66280,  ex- 
change). 

FAIR,  Henry,  Spokane,  Wash, 
(through  Mr.  L.  K.  Armstrong)  : 
Basalts  from  the  emnrons  of  Spo- 
kane, Wash.  (66309). 

FAIRMAN,  Charles  E.,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  4  gum  prints  and  1  platinum 
print   (66723). 

FANTUS,  Bernard,  Chicago,  111.:  49 
specimens  illustrating  candy  medica- 
tion for  children  (66070). 

FAR  WELL,  Oliver  A.,  Detroit,  Mich. : 
Plant,  Amaranthus,  from  Michigan 
(65429)  ;  plant,  Lacmaria,  from  Mis- 
sissippi (65839). 

FAWCETT,  C.  T.,  Fawcett  Gap,  Va.: 
Grooved  stone  ax  and  9  chipped  ar- 
rowheads collected  at  Fawcett  Gap, 
Va.  (66157). 


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161 


PAYSSOUX,  H.  A.,  Hollister,  N.  C. :  3 
pearls  found  in  oysters  from  Norfok, 
Va.  (66250). 

FAZ,  AxFKEDo,  Valparaiso,  Chile:  A 
collection  of  Diptera,  comprising  45 
species  and  approximately  130  speci- 
mens (65313,  exchange). 

FELIPPONE,  Dr.  Florentino,  Monte- 
video, Uruguay:  11  crustaceans  (1 
barnacle,  6  shrimps,  4  crabs)  ;  a 
sponge,  45  mollusks,  2  echinoderms, 
1  fish  and  a  collection  of  insects 
(65373)  ;  5  specimens  representing  5 
species  of  South  American  fresh- 
water mollusks  (65564,  exchange)  ; 
a  miscellaneous  lot  of  specimens,  in- 
cluding echinoderms,  crustaceans, 
mollusks,  insects,  reptiles,  and  fishes 
(66165). 

FELLOWS,  Dr.  Dana  W.,  Fort  Kent, 
Me. :  690  plants  from  Maine  (65360). 

FERNALD,  Dr.  H.  T.,  Department  of 
Entomology,  Massachusetts  Agricul- 
tural College,  Amherst,  Mass.:  2 
cuckoo  bees  (65664). 

FERRISS,  James  H.,  Joliet,  IlL:  5 
specimens  of  cacti  (65430,  65522)  ;  9 
plants   (cacti)    (65460,  exchange). 

FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL 
HISTORY,  Chicago,  111.  (through 
Dr.  C.  F.  MiUspaugh)  :  22  plants 
from  the  Santa  Catalina  Islands, 
Calif.    (66477,  exchange). 

FISHBACK,  Clifford  L.,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Salamander  collected  on 
Blagden's  Estate,  from  a  pool  near 
Piney  Branch   (66235). 

FISHER,  George  L.,  Houston,  Tex.: 
306  plants  (65584)  ;  28  plants,  chiefly 
from  Texas  (66072). 

FLEMING,  J.  H.,  Toronto,  Ontario, 
Canada:  6  bird  skins  from  Celebes 
(65922,  exchange). 

FLETT,  J.  B.,  Ashford,  Longmire 
Springs,  Wash,  (through  Prof.  C.  V. 
Piper)  :  20  plants  and  7  ferns  from 
Washington  (66159,  66379). 

FLORANCE,  E.  L.,  Jr.,  New  York 
City:  Cloth  shoulder  device  of  the 
Eighty-first  Division,  United  States 
Army,  worn  during  the  World  War 
(65866). 


FLORIDA  STATE  MUSEUM,  Uni- 
versity of  Florida,  Gainesville,  Fla. : 
Vertebra  of  a  fin  -  back  whale 
(65992)  ;  2  mollusks  from  Gulfport, 
representing  the  species  Turbonilla 
iPyrgiscus)    (66333). 

FLORIDA,  UNIVERSITY  OF,  Agri- 
cultural Experiment  Station,  Gaines- 
ville, Fla.  (through  J.  R.  Watson)  : 
20  specimens  of  thrips   (65676). 

FLOURNOR,  J.  C,  Laredo,  Tex.: 
Mexican  archeological  specimens,  to- 
gether with  several  frauds  (66025, 
deposit). 

FLYNN,  AsHBY  T.,  U.  S.  National  Mu- 
seum :  Combination  jackknife,  and  a 
cigar  ease,  gilt  lacquer  with  minia- 
ture, about  1800   (65317,  66194). 

FOERSTE,  Dr.  August  F.,  Steele 
High  School,  Dayton,  Ohio;  Cast  of 
a  rare  Silurian  crinoid  type,  and  a 
specimen  of  Dayton  flood  laminated 
mud  (65725)  ;  cast  of  32  type  speci- 
mens of  Paleozoic  cephalopods 
(66549). 

FOOTE,  Dr.  J.  S.,  Creighton  Uni 
versify,  Omaha,  Nebr. :  A  needle- 
work illustration  of  enlarged  micro- 
scopic views  of  animal  cells  and 
tissues,  and  blood  crystals,  embroid- 
ered in  colored  silks  on  linen  by  the 
wife  of  the  donor  (65528). 

FORBES,  Dr.  S.  A.  (See  under  Illi- 
nois State  Natural  History  Survey, 
Urbana,  111.) 

FORNANZINI,  Gervaso,  Valtellina, 
Lanzada,  Italy:  Detachable  fi-ont 
gun  sight  for  a  double-barrel  gun 
(Italian)    (65338). 

FORTIE,  M,  J.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. : 
Mosquito,  ToxorliuncMtes  brevipal- 
pis,  from  Africa  (66296). 

FOSHAG,  W.  F.,  U.  S.  National  Mu- 
seum :  A  group  of  pink  beryl  crystals 
from  San  Diego  County,  Calif. 
(65289). 

FOSS,    Haeold.      (See   under    J.    H. 

Hill.) 
FOSTER,    C.   L.,   Kiating,    Szechuan, 

China:  16  fragments  of  rocks,  and 

14  specimens  of  invertebrate  fossils 

from  China  (66592,  65979). 


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FOUR  WHEEL  DRIVE  AUTO  CO., 
THE,  Clintonville,  Wis.:  Model  ot 
four-wheel-drive  ammunition  truck 
of  the  type  used  by  the  United 
States  Army  during  the  World  War 
(65267). 

rOX,  R.  A.,  Dawson,  Yukon,  Canada  . 
Specimen  of  asbestos  (65883). 

FRAME,  A.  M.,  Sutton,  W.  Va. :  Speci- 
men of  pisolitic  siderite  (66172). 

FRAXK,  Chakles  L.,  Washington,  D. 
C. :  300  Japanese  match-box  labels 
printed  in  color  and  in  black  and 
white  (65354)  ;  lithograph  by  Jules 
Arnout  partly  printed  in  color, 
partly  colored  by  hand  (66582). 

FREEMAN,  Miss  I.  C.  (See  under 
Mrs.    B.    F.   Buckingham.) 

FREEMAN,  O.  M.,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
4  plants  from  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia   (65405,   65741.  66561). 

FRENCH  GOVERNMENT: 

Bureau  of  Information,  New  York 
City  (through  Maj.  Jean  Malye, 
Director )  :  Military  relics  of  the 
World  War  (47  specimens) 
(65458). 

FRENCH,  Col.  WiLLABD  (through  Mrs. 
Louise  D.  French,  Washington,  D. 
C.)  :  Mechanical  navigator — a  math- 
ematical instrument  for  the  purpose 
of  solving  all  problems  in  spherical 
triangles  which  arise  in  navigation 
(65609,  loan). 

FRIESE,  Dr.  H.,  Schwerin,  Mecklen- 
burg, Germany :  45  specimens,  rep- 
resenting 80  species,  of  bees  (66299, 
exchange). 

FROST,  C,  A.,  Framingham,  Mass.: 
Male  cotype  of  weevil,  Allaiidrus 
brevicornis  (65902). 

FROST,  G.  Allan,  Tubbenden  Cot- 
tage, Farnborough,  Kent,  England: 
13  specimens  of  English  Silurian 
and  Mesozoic  fossils  (66454,  ex- 
change). 

FROST,  S.  W.,  School  of  Agriculture 
and  Experiment  Station,  the  Penn- 
sylvania State  College,  Arendtsville, 
Pa. :  195  specimens  of  parasitic 
Hymenoptera  (65909). 

FURTH,  Charles.  (See  under  Pho- 
togi'avure  and  Color  Co.) 


GAERSTE,  Dr.  Thomas,  Curacao, 
Dutch  West  Indies :  2  cicadas,  Fidi- 
cina  boffotana  (65464)  ;  katydid,  be- 
longing to  the  group  Pseudo- 
phyllinae,  and  a  lizard,  Anolis  linea- 
tus  (65509)  ;  beetle,  Ligyrus  fossor 
(65580). 

GAINES,  Marshall  R.  (See  under 
Dr.  Y.  Hirase.) 

GALE,  HoYT  S.,  Hollywood,  Los  An- 
geles, Calif. :  Samples  of  thenardite 
from  Rhodes  Marsh,  Esmeralda 
County,  Nev.  (66442). 

GALLAUDET  AIRCRAFT  CORPO- 
RATION, East  Greenwich,  R,  I.: 
Original  Gallaudet  hydroplane  model 
(66685). 

GANDOGER,  Dr.  Michel,  Arnos 
(Rhone)  par  Villefranche,  France: 
5  plants  (66006). 

GARDENER,  Mrs.  Helen  H.  (See 
under  National  American  Woman's 
Suffrage  Association. ) 

GARFIELD,  A^bram.  (See  under  Mrs. 
G.  Stanley-Brow^n.) 

GARFIELD,  Dr.  Haert  A.  (See  un- 
der Mrs.  G.  Stanley-Brovm  and 
Williams  College.) 

GARFIELD,  Irwin  McD.  (See  under 
Mrs.  G.  Stanlej'-Brown.) 

GARFIELD,  James  R.  (See  under 
Mrs.  G.  Stanley-Brown.) 

GARMAN,  Prof.  H.,  Kentucky  Agri- 
cultural Experiment  Station,  Lex- 
ington, Ky. :  Plant,  and  2  micro- 
scopic slides  containing  fresh-water 
Entomostraca  from  Frankfort,  Ky. 
(65191,  65207). 

GARRETT,  Prof.  A.  O.,  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah:  2  plants,  Selaginella-, 
from  Utah  (65362,  65385). 

GARRETT,  C,  Cranbrook,  British 
Columbia,  Canada :  300  mosquitoes 
(66144). 

GARVIN,  Miss  Eliza,  Fort  Wayne, 
Ind.  (through  H.  Walton  Clark)  : 
144  specimens  of  Japanese  algae,  8 
bryozoans,  and  5  hydrozoans  (66502, 
66556). 

GEDEIST,  Oliver.  (See  under  Moni- 
tor Stove  Co.,  The.) 

GEE,  Prof.  N.  Gist,  Summerton,  S.  C. : 
84  specimens  representing  32  species 
of    marine     mollusks    from     China 


LIST   OF  ACCESSIONS. 


163 


GEE.  Prof.  N.  Gist— Continued. 

(65649)  ;  16  vials  of  insects  and  7 
vials  of  crustaceans  (66488)  ;  lot  of 
fresh-water  sponges  from  a  jQsh  pond 
and    3    fragmentary    specimens    of 
millipeds    from    Summerfcon,    S.    C. 
(66670). 
GEISER,     Samuel  W.      (See     under 
Commerce,   Department   of,   Bureau 
of  Fisheries.) 
GERMAN  SOUTH  POLAR  EXPEDI- 
TION,    The     Berlin,     Germany 
(through  Prof.  Dr.  R.  Hartmeyer)  : 
23  Antartic  crinoids  (65495). 
GEROULD,    Dr.    John    H.,    Hanover, 
N.  H. :  4  braconids,  Apanteles  flavi- 
conchae  (65454). 
GERSTENBERG,      E.,      Washington, 
D.     C. :  Skull    of    a    hippopotamus 
(65412). 
GIDLEY,  J.  W.,   U.   S.  National  Mu- 
seum:  16  cacti  from  Arizona  (66260, 
66284). 
GIES,   Mrs.    Edward  L.,   Washington, 
D.    C. :  Chinese   carved   sandalwood 
fan  in  a  lacquer  box  (66170). 
GIFFARD,     Walter     D.,     Honolulu, 
Hawaii :  83  specimens,  68  species,  of 
marine  shells  from  Hawaii  (65499). 
GILBRETH,  Frank  B.    (Inc.),  Mont- 
clair,  N.  J. :  9  photographs  illustrat- 
ing motion  study  and  elimination  of 
fatigue  in  industry  (66763). 
GILKEY,  Miss  Helen  M.     (See  under 

Oregon  Agi-icultural  College.) 
GILL,  Mrs.  Mary  Wright,  Washing- 
ton,   D.    C. :  A    Florence   lock-stitch 
sewing  machine.  No.  69948    (65529, 
deposit)  ;    a    blue-and-white   double- 
woven  coverlet  (66143,  exchange). 
GILMER,  Capt.  W.  W.,  U.  S.  Navy,  U. 
S.  Naval  Station.  Guam  :  Skull  bones 
found  about  a  half  mile  north  of  the 
village  of  Yona,  betv/een  the  Pago 
and  Ylig  rivers,  Guam  (65371). 
GILPIN,   LANGDON    &   CO.    (INC.), 
Baltimore,  Md. :  Specimen  of  sassa- 
fras pith  (65653). 
GLEISSNER,  Dr.  Max  J.,  U.  S.  Geo- 
logical Survey,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Specimen   of  lava    from    the    1920 
Kilauea  flow  (66649). 
GLOVER,  Dr.  Norman  C.     ( See  under 
American  Osteopathic  Association), 


GLUCKSTEIN,  Mrs.  Sophia  Roos, 
Washington,  D.  C.  (through  her 
daughters  Fannie  and  Nina  Gluck- 
stein.  Print  on  silk,  "Apotheosis  of 
Shakespeare  "  (65376) . 

GOCHENOUR,  Dr.  David  T.,  Stuarts 
Draft,  Va. :  38  specimens,  8  species, 
of  mollusks,  including  the  type  of  a 
new  subspecies,  from  the  Philippines 

(65224). 

GODDARD,  Dr.  H.  S.,  Vancouver, 
Wash. :  Female  Indian  skull,  found 
in  the  hills  near  the  Yakima  Indian 
Reservation.  Wash.  (65452)  ;  5 
chipped  blades  (66436). 

GODING,  Dr.  F.  W.,  American  Consul 
General,  Guayaquil,  Ecuador:  1321 
specimens  of  Homoptera,  including 
38  of  Cicadellidae,  58  of  Cicadidae, 
850  of  Membracidae,  300  of  Cico- 
pidae,  and  75  of  Fulgoridae  (66147). 

GORDON,  Alexander,  Jr.,  Baltimore, 
Md. :  Silver  punch  bowl  with  tray, 
ladle,  and  10  mugs,  presented  to 
Col.  George  Armistead  by  citizens  of 
Baltimore  in  recognition  of  his  serv- 
ices in  connection  with  the  defense 
of  Fort  McHenry,  against  the  Brit- 
ish attack  in  1814  (66427). 

GORDON,  Mrs.  Mary  E.,  East  Frank- 
lin, Me. :  Copy  of  the  souvenir  news- 
paper entitled  "  Boston,  1630-1880  " 
issued  by  Rand  Avery  &  Co.,  Boston, 
September  17,  1880  (65624). 

GOTEBORGS  BOTANISKA  TRAD- 
GARD,  GOTEBORG,  SWEDEN, 
Stora  Anggarden,  Dr.  Carl  Skotts- 
berg.  Director:  84  ferns,  mainly 
from  Juan  Fernandez  (65520,  ex- 
change). 

GOTTSCHALK,  Alfred  Louis  Moreau 
(through  Mrs.  Louise  Josephine  Gott- 
schalk,  executrix.  New  York  City)  : 
Small  collection  of  antiquities,  in- 
cluding specimens  of  Inca  potteries, 
Aztec  idol,  Trojan  lamps,  etc.,  pot- 
tery and  porcelains  from  Spanish 
America,  Eastern  brasses,  and  a  col- 
lection of  miscellaneous  arms,  be- 
queathed to  the  National  Museum  in 
memory  of  the  late  Prof.  Otis  T. 
Mason  (65571). 


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REPORT   OF    NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


GRAHAM,  Mrs.  A.  F.,  Washington,  D. 
O. :  Silk  patchwork  quilt  embroid- 
ered with  Odd  Fellow  emblems, 
made  by  Mrs.  Eliza  Rozenkrantz 
Hussey,  grandmother  of  Mrs.  Gra- 
ham, about  1845   (65537,  loan). 

GRAHAM,  DA^^D  C,  Suifu,  Szechuan, 
China  :  Collection  of  insects,  reptiles 
and  batrachians,  shells,  8  birds,  2 
mammals,  2  crabs,  2  fishes,  an  eel, 
and  parasitic  worms  (65937)  ;  fos- 
sils and  insects  from  China  (66009)  ; 
bird  skins,  fossils,  insects,  a  leech, 
a  bat  and  a  reptile  from  China 
(66673). 

GRANT,  J.  M.,  Langley,  Wash.:  45 
plants,  and  150  specimens  of  crypto- 
gamic  plants  from  the  western 
United  States  (66192,  66520). 

GRAVES,  E.  W.,  Bentonsport,  Iowa: 
74  plants  from  Iowa  (65840)  ;  72 
plants  (66275,  exchange). 

GRAY,  L.  J.,  Iron  City,  Tenn. :  Phos- 
phatic  minerals  from  Iron  City, 
Tenn.    (65599). 

GREENE,  F.  C,  Tulsa,  Okla. :  15 
ferns  from  Oklahoma  and  Missouri ; 
plant,  OpMoglossum,  from  Kansas ; 
plant,  Selaginella,  from  Oklahoma 
(65349,  65427,  65521). 

GREENE,  George  M.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. :  Dipterous  gall  on  stem  of 
hackberry,  Cecidomyia,  new  species 
(65453). 

GREGER,  D.  K.,  Fulton,  Mo.:  Speci- 
men of  ammonite  from  Pettis 
County,  Mo.  (65275,  exchange)  ;  3 
blastoids  from  the  Carboniferous  of 
Oklahoma,  and  1  crinoid  from  the 
Carboniferous  of  Texas  (66202,  ex- 
change) ;  an  exhibition  specimen  of 
cephalopod  from  the  Lower  Missis- 
sippian  of  Missouri  (66351)  ;  fossil 
crinoid,  Cactocrinus,  from  Marion 
Count,  Mo.  (66462,  exchange). 

GRIFFIN,  W.  W.,  Paskenta,  Calif.: 
Skin  of  a  gopher,  Thomomys,  from 
Paskenta  (65662), 

GRIFFITH,  Chauncey  H.,  New  York 
City:  Martin  Luther  Bible,  dated 
1748   (66197). 

GRIMES,  Mrs.  G.  S.,  Washington,  D. 
C.  (through  George  Harris)  :  1  black 
negative  silhouette,  made  about  the 
year  1895  (65800). 


GUATEMALA,  GOVERNMENT  OF: 

Direccion  General  de  Agricultura, 
Guatemala  City  (through  Seiior 
Don  Adolfo  Tonduz)  :  358 
plants,  ferns,  and  cacti  from 
Guatemala  (66261,  66371,  66421, 
66476,  66602). 

GUGGENHEIM  BROS.,  New  York 
City  (through  F.  L.  Hess)  :  Copper 
minerals  from  Chuquicamata,  Chile 
(66478). 

GUITERREZ,  Seiior  Josfi  N.,  Campo 
Duran,  Province  de  Salta,  Argen- 
tina, via  Embarcacion  (through  Dr. 
Edwin  Kirk)  :  Bead  pouch,  4  cord 
beaded  bracelets,  and  2  earrings 
(66598). 

GUNNELL,  L.  C,  Smithsonian  Insti- 
tution :  27  specimens  of  halftone 
color  printing  (65329). 

HAAGNER,  A.  K.,  Pretoria,  Union  of 
South  Africa :  Skin  of  a  monkey, 
Lasiopyga  pygerythra,  from  North 
Rhodesia,  Africa  (65892). 

HABERYAN,  H.  D.,  Farmersville,  La. : 
Dragonfly,  Progomphus,  species 
(66189). 

HAITI,  REPUBLIC  OF,  Department 
of  Public  Works,  Office  of  the  Engi- 
neer in  Chief,  Port  au  Prince,  Haiti 
(through  Director  of  the  U.  S.  Geo- 
logical Survey,  Washington,  D.  C.)  : 
6  boxes  of  geological  material  col- 
lected in  Haiti  by  Wendell  P.  Wood- 
ring  (66093)  ;  17  boxes  of  geological 
material  from  the  Republic  of  Haiti 
(66511). 

HALE,  Prof.  Geokge  E.,  Mount  Wilson 
Solar  Observatory,  Pasadena,  Calif. : 
2  photographs  of  the  moon  (65326). 

HALL,  Mrs.  Caklotta  C,  Berkeley, 
Calif. :  3  plants,  Selaginella,  from 
Colorado  (65805). 

HALL,  Prof.  H.  M.  (See  under  Cali- 
fornia, University  of,  Department  of 
Botany. ) 

HAMILTON  WATCH  CO.,  Lancaster, 
Pa. :  Framed  panel  of  parts  used  in 
Hamilton  watches  (66052). 

HAMLIN,  John,  Miami,  Fla. :  Male 
and  female  specimens  of  the  fly 
Neorondama  (66229). 


LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS. 


165 


HAMMER  DRY  PLATE  CO.,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. :  A  framed  portrait  of 
Mr.  L.  P.  Hammer  (66195.) 

HANKS,  Dr.  Maby  E.,  Ctiicago,  111. 
(througli  Dr.  W.  A.  Dewey,  Ann  Ar- 
bor, Mich.)  :  An  old  homeopathic 
medicine  case  (66733). 

HANSEN,  Peteb  L.,  Washington,  D. 
C. :  Pair  of  wooden  shoes  from  Bloo- 
hoj,  Denmark  (66083). 

HARDING,  James  E.,  Potrerillos, 
Chile:  28  plants  from  Chile  (65759). 

HARLAN,  Habby,  Louisville,  Ky. :  A 
geode  simulating  a  fossil  ear  of  corn 
(66225). 

HARPER,  R.  M.,  State  Geological 
Survey,  Tallahassee,  Fla. :  9  plants 
(65346,  66419). 

HARRINGTON,  Geoege  L.,  U.  S.  Geo- 
logical Survey,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
16  specimens,  10  species,  of  land- 
shells  from  Bolivia,  Chile,'  and 
Argentina,  and  20  specimens,  3 
species,  of  marine  shells  from 
Alaska  (65861,  66038)  ;  2  landshells 
from  Villa  Monies,  Bolivia  (66007). 

HARRIS  &  EWING,  Washington,  D. 
C. :  A  bromoil,  framed,  of  Andrew 
Carnegie  (65924). 

HARRIS,  Geoege.  (See  under  Mrs. 
G.  S.  Grimes.) 

HARRIS,  Gbaham  H.,  Casa  Marina, 
Key  West,  Fla. :  Dorsal  and  anal 
fins  of  the  threadfish,  Alectis 
(66188). 

HARRIS,  J.  Aethue,  Grantsville, 
Utah:  24  amphipod  crustaceans, 
Oammarus  Uninaeus,  from  Ice  Spring 
Craters,  Sevier  Desert,  Utah  (65325). 

HARRISON,  Mrs.  W.  La  Rue,  Domin- 
ion Heights,  Cherrydale,  Va. :  Sword 
and  scabbard,  belt,  sash,  pair  of 
gauntlets,  and  pair  of  spurs,  in  oak 
case,  presented  to  Bvt.  Brig.  Gen. 
Marcus  La  Rue  Harrison,  U.  S.  Vol- 
unteers, in  1864,  when  colonel,  by  the 
officers  and  men  of  his  command, 
the  First  Arkansas  Cavalry  (65314). 
HARTMAN,  Rev.  W.,  Shenchowfu, 
China  (through  the  American  Con- 
sul, Changsha,  China)  :  2  original 
photographs  showing  poppy  fields  in 
bloom  (65547). 


HARTMEYER,    Prof.    Dr.    R.       (See 
under  German  South  Polar  expedi- 
tion, The.) 
HARTNELL,      Geobge,      Cheltenham, 
Md. :  Ruby-crowned  kinglet,  Regulus 
calendula,  from  Maryland  (65364). 
HARVARD  UNIVERSITY,  Cambridge, 
Mass. : 
Arnold      Arboretum:       (Jamaica 
Plain)  (through  C.  S.  Sargent)  : 
Plant,  Campnosperma,  from  Pan- 
ama (65590)  ;  2,019  plants  from 
the   United    States    (66149,   ex- 
change). 
Gray  Herbarium    (through  B.   L. 
Robinson,   Curator)  :   23   plants 
from  Trinidad;  17  photographs 
of  type  specimens  of  plants;  3 
plants,     Selaginella,     from     the 
western  United  States ;  2  plants, 
Lophiola,     from     Nova     Scotia 
(65574,  65742,  65767,  66482,  ex- 
change). 
Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology: 
10  lizards  from  Peru   collected 
by  the  Harvard  Peru  expedition 
(66437,  exchange). 

HAWAIIAN  SUGAR  PLANTERS'  AS- 
SOCIATION, EXPERIMENT  STA- 
TION, Honolulu,  Hawaiian  Islands 
(through  Dr.  Francis  X.  Williams)  : 
18  paratypes  of  Philippine  wasps 
(65328)  ;  16  wasps  nests  from  the 
Philippine  Islands,  collected  by 
Doctor  Williams  (65598)  ;  (through 
Mi-,  p.  H.  Timberlake)  22  specimens 
representing  6  species  of  determined 
bees,  2  of  which  are  new  to  the  Mu- 
seum collections,  and  6  specimens 
of  an  undetermined  chrysididid 
(66731). 

HAWVER,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Pabsons, 
Bolinas,  Marin  County,  Calif. :  Fern, 
Polystichum  munitum,  from  Califor- 
nia (66068). 

HAY,  Dr.  O.  P.,  Carnegie  Institution 
of  Washington,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Pueblo  Indian  skull  (66741,  ex- 
change). 

( See  also  under  Dr.  J.  C.  Branner, 
Frank  Janes,  and  Dr.  Adolph  H. 
Schultz), 


166 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


HAYES,  William  McKim,  Baltimore, 
Md. :  A  lot  of  15  pieces  representing 
cetaceans,  and  several  shark's  teeth, 
from  Calvert  Miocene  Cliffs,  just  be- 
low Chesapeake  Beach,  Md.  (65461). 

HAYNES,  Caroline  C,  Highlands,  N. 
J. :  29  specimens  of  Hepaticae  from 
the  United  States  (65867)  ;  plant, 
Seloginclla,  from  California  (65963). 

HAZEN,  Prof.  T.  E.,  Barnard  College, 
Columbia  University,  New  York 
City:  26  photographs  of  Trinidad 
plants  (65216). 

HEATON,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Franklin  A., 
Kanab,  Utah:  Archeological  objects 
from  a  cave  on  the  east  slope  of 
Mount  Trumbull,  northwestern  Ari- 
zona (65541). 

HEBARD,  Morgan,  Philadelphia  Acad- 
emy of  Natural  Sciences,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. :  130  specimens  of  North 
American  Orthoptera  from  the  pri- 
vate collection  of  Mr.  Hebard 
(65791,  exchange). 

HEBERLEIN,  C.  A.,  Supai,  Ariz.:  14 
specimens  of  lead  and  vanadium 
minerals   (66715,  exchange). 

HEIDEMANN,  Mrs.  Mica,  Chevy 
Chase,  Md. :  Gold  watch,  thin  model, 
silver  dial,  Swiss  make,  about  the 
period  of  1860  (66501). 

HEIGHWAY,  Dr.  A.  E.,  Alexandria, 
Va. :  Samples  of  tin  ore  from  Battle 
Mountain,  Nev.,  and  of  wulfenite 
from  Tecoma,  Nev.  (65265)  ;  2  speci- 
mens of  powellite  replacing  molyb- 
denite (65281)  ;  specimen  of  long- 
fibered  chrysotile  asbestos    (65443). 

HEIKES,  Victor  C.  (See  under 
George  H.  Short  and  W.  H.  Wey- 
her. ) 

HEITMULLER,  Anton,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Indian  beads,  crucifix,  wood 
carving,  horn  spill  holder,  brass 
candlestick,  brass  swivel  lamp,  and 
poker  (66434,  66475). 
HELLER,  A.  A.,  Chico,  Calif. :  6  plants 
from  Oregon  and  California  (66317). 
HELSINGFORS,  FINLAND,  LABO- 
RATORIUM  ZOOLOGICUM  UNI- 
VERSITATIS  (through  Dr.  Valio 
Korvenkontio)  :  8  skulls  and  13 
skins  of  small  mammals  from  Fin- 
land (66535,  exchange). 


HENDERSON,  John  B.,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Sponge,  hydroid,  8  annelids, 
170   crustaceans,   2,500   mollusks,    3 
ascidians,  15  fishes,  5  fungi,  echino- 
derms,  and  about  50  fossils  collected 
in  Hawaii  by  Messrs.  Henderson  and 
Bartsch  (65581). 
HENRY,  Miss  Caroline,  Washington, 
D.   C.    (through   American   Security 
&  Trust  Co.)  :  169  pieces  of  Japa- 
nese    blue     porcelain     (66550,     be- 
quest). 
HENSHAW,  Henry  W.,  Cosmos  Club, 
Washington,     D.     C. :    Plant     from 
Massachusetts  (65384). 
HERIBERTO,  Brother.     (See  under 
Colegio  de  San  Pedro  Apostol,  Car- 
tagena, Colombia.) 
HERRE,  Albert  C,  Washington  State 
Normal  School,  Beilingham,  Wash. : 
79  lichens,  58  mounted  specimens  of 
plants,  and  301  plants  (65228,  65264, 
65448). 
HERRERA,    Dr.    A.    L.      (See    under 

Mexican  Government.) 
HERTRICH,   William,    San    Gabriel, 

Calif.:  Plant  (66613). 
HESS,    Frank    L.,    U.    S.    Geological 
Survey,  Washington,  D.  C. :  Tin  and 
tungsten  ores  from  Bolivia,  collected 
for  the  Museum   (66469). 

(See    also    under    A.    O.    Egbert, 
W.    E.    Elliott,    L.    L.    Ellis,    T. 
Hirabayashi,     W.     J.     Loring, 
Orser-Kraft     Feldspar     (Ltd.), 
Radium  Co.  of  Colorado  (Inc.), 
J.    F.   Aguilar   Revoredo,   Alex- 
ander   R.    Shepherd,    2d,    Prof. 
Joseph  T.   Singewald,  and  Don 
Stewart.) 
HEUVRARD,   H.      (See  under  Bona- 
parte,   Prince    Roland,    Herbarium 
of.) 
HEWETT,    D.    F.,    U.    S.    Geological 
Survey,  Washington,  D.  C. :  Fossils 
and  minerals  from  Cuba  (65190). 
HIBBARD,  Raymond  R.,  Buffalo,  N. 
Y. :  87  specimens  of  Devonian  cono- 
douts     from     western     New     York 
(65233)  ;  500  specimens  of  fossil  in- 
vertebrates     from      the      Hamilton 
group,  18  Mile  Creek,  Erie  County, 
N.  Y.  (65442)  ;  collection  of  Silurian 


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HIBBARD.  Raymond  R.— Continued, 
and    Devonian    fossils     (conodonts 
and    annelid    remains)     from    New 
York  (65619,  exchange). 

HIBBERD,  Miss  JocELYN  P.,  Wasii- 
ington,  D.  C. :  Collection  of  stone  ar- 
row and  spear  heads  gathered  by  the 
donor  from  Willistown  Township, 
Chester  County,  Pa.,  8  miles  from 
Valley  Forge   (65749). 

HIGGINSON,  Mrs.  F.  L.  (See  under 
Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee  of 
New  England.) 

HILL,  Fredeeick  W.  (See  under  An- 
drew .7.  Leach.) 

HILL,  Dr.  Gerald  P.,  Australian  In- 
stitute of  Tropical  Medicine,  Hos- 
pital, Townsville,  North  Queensland, 
Australia  (through  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,  Bureau  of  En- 
tomology, Washington,  D.  C.)  :  73 
named  Australian  insects  (66200). 

HILL,  J,  H.,  Managing  Director, 
Ghazipur  Opium  Factory,  Ghazipur, 
India  (through  Harold  R.  Foss, 
American  Consul  in  Charge,  Cal- 
cutta, India)  :  10  photographs  of 
poppy  cultivation  and  opium  manu- 
facture in  India   (65674). 

HINE,  Prof.  .James  S.,  Ohio  State  Uni- 
versity, Columbus,  Ohio :  3  speci- 
mens of  Hymenoptera,  Aphelinus 
semiflavidus,  and  1  specimen  of 
Pli  orocera   ( 65952 ) . 

HINKLEY,  A.  A.,  Du  Bois,  111.:  414 
landshells  from  Arizona  (6.5287). 

HINSDALE,  F.  Gilbert,  New  York 
City :  7  specimens  of  whaling  appa- 
ratus  (66767,  exchange). 

HIORAM,  Brother.  (See  under 
Colegio  del  Sagrada  Corazon,  Guan- 
tanamo,  Oriente,  Cuba. 

HIPSHER,  Edward,  Morris  College, 
Barboursville,  W\  Va. :  4  living 
plants    (65263,    exchange.) 

HIRABAYASHI,  T.,  Bureau  of  Mines, 
Tokyo,  Japan  (through  Mr.  F.  L. 
Hess)  :  Samples  of  rare  earth  min- 
erals from  Japan    (65915). 

HIRASE,  Dr.  Y.,  Okazaki,  Kyoto,  Ja- 
pan (through  Marshall  R.  Gaines)  : 
A  collection  of  mollusks  from  the 
Japanese  islands,  embracing  3,843 
lots  (66510). 


HITCHCOCK,  Prof.  A.  S.  (See  under 
G.  C.  Munro.) 

HOES,  Mrs.  R.  G.,  Wasliington,  D.  C. : 
Lady's  straw  bonnet  used  in  Vir- 
ginia during  the  period  prior  to  the 
Civil  W^ar  (66712,  loan). 

(See  also  under  Mrs.  Isabel  Rives, 
Mrs.  Maddiu  Summers,  and 
Mrs.  William  H.  Walker.) 

HOFF,  Mrs.  John  Van  Renssalaer, 
Washington,  D.  C. :  "The  Colonel 
John  Van  Renssalaer  HofC  Collec- 
tion "  comprising  Chinese  and 
Japanese  jade  and  bronze,  Philip- 
pine brass,  and  Porto  Rican  and 
American  Indian  specimens  (65251). 

HOGAN,  Mrs.  Louise,  Neponsit,  Long 
Island,  N.  Y. :  Cashmere  shawl 
(66753,  loan). 

HOLLAND,  Dr.  W.  J.  (See  under 
Carnegie  Museum,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.) 

HOLLISTER,  N.,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Thrush,  Bylocichla,  species,  from 
W^ashington,  D.  C.  (65477)  ;  head  of 
a  ring-necked  duck,  Marila  collaris, 
from  Wisconsin    (65636). 

HOLMES,  Joseph  A.,  2d,  Casper, 
Wyo. :  6  cacti   (66559). 

HOLWAY,  Prof.  E.  W.  D.,  University 
of  Minnesota,  Minneapolis,  Minn. : 
Cactus  from  Chile   (65810). 

(See  also  under  Minnesota,   Uni- 
versity of.) 

HOLZMAN,  Jacob,  Reed  College,  Port- 
land, Oreg. :  7  slugs  from  Oregon 
(66423). 

HOPKINS,  Mrs.  Archibald,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. :  Cambric  frock  worn  by 
Charlotte  Brooks  Everett  about  1830 
(65827). 

HORN,  Dr.  Walther.  (See  under 
Deutsches  Entomologisches  Mu- 
seum.) 

HOTCHKISS,  Dr.  W.  O.,  State  Geolo- 
gist, Madison,  Wis.  (through  Dr.  E. 
O.  Ulrich)  :  1,000  specimens  of 
Upper  Cambrian  fossils  from  Wis- 
consin (65322). 

HOUGH,  Miss  Catherine,  U.  S.  Na- 
tional Museum :  30  Devonian  fossils 
from  Pennsylvania  (65406). 

HOUGH,  Dr.  Walter,  U.  S.  National 
Museum  :  Archeological  objects  from 
Keetzeel,  and  Zuni  region,  Arizona 


168 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921. 


HOUGH,  Dr.  Walter — Continued. 
(65302)  ;  2  beetles  collected  in  Ari- 
zona during  the  summer  of  1920 
(65754)  ;  2  stone  pipes  found  about 
30  years  ago,  one  near  Morgantown, 
W.  Va.,  and  the  other  near  Chain 
Bridge,  Md.  (65848)  ;  lantern,  spirit 
stove,  lamp,  lighters,  etc.,  hand 
bracket,  saw  frame,  battledore,  and 
Hd  of  coiled  basket  (66474). 

HOWARD,  Dr.  C.  W.  ( See  under  Can- 
ton Christian  College.) 

HRDLICKA,  Dr.  A.,  U.  S.  National 
Museum:  Skull  of  a  cat,  FeUs  catus, 
from  Cleveland  Park,  D.  C.  (65661). 

HUBBARD,  H.  W.,  American  Board 
Mission,  Peking,  China:  26  bird 
skins  from  North  China  (66652). 

HUBERT,  H.  Edwaed,  New  Orleans, 
La. :  5  crawfish,  3  shrimps,  1  earth- 
worm, and  2  fishes  (66373). 

HUCKEL,  Eakxe  Wentworth,  Ger- 
mantown,  Philadelphia,  Pa.:  Collec- 
tion of  prints,  consisting  of  etchings, 
engravings,  lithographs,  wood  en- 
gravings, and  photomechanical 
prints  and  one  sixteenth  century 
bookbinding  (125         specimens) 

(65647)  ;  a  collection  of  about  317 
Bewick  wood  engravings  and  272 
American  wood  engravings  dated 
about  1825-1835,  and  85  miscellane- 
ous prints  (674  specimens)    (65972). 

HUNNEWELL,  F.  W.,  Cambridge, 
Mass.  (through  Dr.  Frederick  V. 
Coville)  :  Plants  from  the  District  of 
Columbia  (65679). 

HUNTER,  Dakd,  Chillicothe,  Ohio: 
Handmade  paper  exhibit  consist- 
ing of  rags,  half-stuff,  animal  size, 
hand  molds,  and  various  styles  of 
wateiTnarks,  dies,  and  casts  for  light 
and  shade  watermarks;  water- 
marked paper  and  photographs  of 
beating  machines  and  one  of  a  model 
of  a  handmade  paper  mill  in  the 
Science  Museum  in  London,  England 
(66264)  ;  2  books,  The  Etching  of 
Figures,  by  William  A.  Bradley, 
with  an  artist  proof  etching  by  Wil- 
liam A.  Levy,  and  The  Etching  of 
Contemporary  Life,  by  Frank  Wei- 
tenkampf,  with  an  artist  proof  etch- 


HUNTER.  Dard — Continued, 
ing  by  Ernest  D.  Roth,  each  being 
entirely  the  work  of  the  donor,  who 
made  the  paper,  designed  the  type, 
cut  the  steel  punches,  struck  the 
matrices,  cast  the  tj^pe,  and  printed 
the  books  all  by  hand  (66548). 
HUNTINGTON,  Dr.  George  S.     (See 

under  Columbia  University.) 
HYDE,  Mrs.  Charles  C,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Cowichan  Indian  blanket  with 
totemic  painting  (66584). 
HYDE,     Frederick    B.,     Washington, 
D.    C. :  Skin   and    skull   of   a   deer, 
Odocoileus,      collected      in      Maine 
(65832). 
HYDE,   John,   Washington,   D.   C. :  2 
fans  from  Capri,  a  pair  of  old  Eng- 
lish   pattens,    an    old    English    hat 
stretcher,  and  an  English  tassel  (or 
teazle)    used  in  the  preparation  of 
woolen  cloth  (65223). 
ICE,  Miss  Cleo,  U.   S.  National  Mu- 
seum :  Grooved    stone   ax   found   in 
the  valley  of  the  Cottonwood  River, 
Chase  County,  Kans.,  by  Mr.  R.  A. 
Ice  (66176). 
IHERING,  Dr.  Hermann  von,  Buenos 
Aires,    Argentina:  3    specimens,    2 
species,  of  crabs  from  Florinapolis, 
Brazil  (66232). 
ILLINGWORTH,   Dr.   J.   F.,  Meringa 
near  Cairns,  North  Queensland,  Aus- 
tralia:  66      flies      from      Australia 
(65210,66185). 
ILLINOIS    STATE    NATURAL    HIS- 
TORY    SURVEY,     Urbana,     111. 
(through    Dr.     S.    A.     Forbes)  :  12 
specimens  of  Cynipidae,   "  cotypes  " 
of  5  species  described  by  Prof.  C.  P. 
Gillette  (66635,  exchange). 
ILLINOIS,     UNIVERSITY     OF,     Ur- 
bana,   111.    (through    Dr.   Frank   C. 
Baker)  :  16  specimens,  2  species   (1 
amphipod  and  15  isopods)  from  Win- 
nebago Lake,  Wis.   (66458). 
IMPERIAL  BUREAU  OF  ENTOMOL- 
OGY.    (See  under  British   Govern- 
ment.) 
INDIA,  MYSORE  DEPARTMENT  OF 
AGRICULTURE,  BANGALOR :  The 
3  stages,  larva,  pupa,  and  adult,  of 
Sagra,  species,  collected  at  Malles- 
war,   India,   November  24,   1920,   in 
the  stem  of  Chaprada  avarc  (65797). 


LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS. 


169 


INDIA,   ZOOLOGICAL  SURVEY  OF, 

Indian  INIuseum,  Calcutta,  India 
(tlirougli  Dr.  B.  Prastiad)  :  8  speci- 
mens, 5  species,  of  fresliwater  mol- 
lusks  from  India,  Ceylon,  and  the 
Solomon  Islands  (66494,  exchange). 

INDIANA  UNIVERSITY  MUSEUM, 
Bloomington,  Ind.  (through  Dr.  C. 
H.  Eigenmann)  :  250  fishes  collected 
by  the  Irwin  expedition  to  Chile  and 
Peru,  1919  (66451,  exchange). 
INSTITUTE  OF  SCIENCE,  Taihoku, 
Formosa,  Japan  (through  Dr.  M. 
Oshima)  :  56  specimens,  16  species, 
of  crustaceans  from  Formosa 
(66023). 
INSTITUTO  DE  LA  SALLE,  Bogota, 
Colombia :  Collections  of  anthropo- 
logical material  and  fossils  from  Co- 
lombia (65245)  (through  Brother 
Apollinaire-Marie)  ;  skins  and  skulls 
of  5  small  mammals  (65803,  ex- 
change) ;  (through  Brother  Ariste- 
Joseph  and  J.  B.  Reeside,  jr.)  :  4 
specimens  of  invertebrate  fossils,  5 
fossil  leaves,  and  fragmentary  re- 
mains of  vertebrate  fossils  (66394). 
INSTITUTO  DE  LA  SALLE,  Correo 
Nunoa,  Chile  (through  Brother 
Claude- Joseph)  :  72  grasses  (65372)  ; 
342  plants  from  Chile  (65780, 
66601)  ;  97  plants  (66507). 
INSTITUTO  DE  LA  SALLE,  Havana, 
Cuba  (through  Brother  Leon)  :  10 
specimens  oi  Passiflora  (65899). 
INTERIOR  DEPARTMENT : 

U.  S.  Geological  Survey:  A  small 
collection  of  carnotite  minerals 
and  associated  ores  made  by 
Hoyt  S.  Gale,  from  Routt 
County,  Colo.  (65389)  :  A  small 
collection  of  Eocene  fossil  plants 
comprising  the  types,  figured 
specimens,  and  other  material 
described  by  Prof.  Edward  W. 
Berry  in  Professional  Paper 
125-A,  U.  S.  Geological  Survey 
(65539)  ;  a  collection  of  353 
species  of  Eocene  fossil  plants 
comprising  the  types,  figured 
specimens,  and  other  material 
described  in  U.  S.  Geological 
Survey   Professional   Paper   91, 


INTERIOR   DEPARTMENT— Con. 

U.  (8.  Geological  Survey — Contd. 
by  Professor  Berry  (65542)  ; 
rocks  from  the  western  New 
England  and  eastern  New  York 
lime  belt,  collected  by  Dr.  T. 
Nelson  Dale;  also  27  boxes  of 
thin  sections  (65544)  ;  25  crates 
(250  drawers)  of  Silurian  and 
Devonian  invertebrate  fossils, 
chiefly  from  Maine,  with  note 
books,  lists,  and  other  data  con- 
cerning them  by  the  late  Prof. 
H.  S.  Williams  (65591)  ;  portions 
of  skull  and  jaws  of  a  Plesio- 
saurian  reptile,  collected  by  Mr. 
John  B.  Reeside,  jr.,  in  south- 
western Colorado  (65763)  ;  4 
small  lots  of  vertebrate  fossils 
collected  by  Mr.  W.  T.  Thorn,  jr., 
in  northeastern  Montana 
(65779)  ;  foot  bones  of  a  fossil 
camel  from  near  Dayville,  Oreg. 
(65808)  ;  miscellaneous  rock 
specimens  from  Montana,  Colo- 
rado, and  Washington,  collected 
by  Messi's.  Hancock,  Pishel,  and 
Beekley  (65966)  ;  specimen  of 
creedite  from  a  type  locality, 
Wagon  Wheel  Gap,  Colo.,  col- 
lected and  described  by  Mr.  E. 
S.  Larsen  (65967)  ;  5  minerals 
(65980)  ;  a  large  piece  of  chal- 
cocite  from  Butte,  Mont.,  col- 
lected by  Mr.  B.  S.  Butler 
(66050)  ;  6  miscellaneous  min- 
eral specimens  (66134)  ;  fos- 
sils from  the  Coastal  Plain  re- 
gion of  Texas,  Louisiana,  and 
Florida,  collected  by  Mr.  C.  B. 
Hopkins  (66209)  ;  128  boxes  of 
miscellaneous  geological  mate- 
rial, and  seven  trays  of  miscel- 
laneous collections  (66301, 
66443,  66439)  ;  20  specimens  and 
15  thin  sections  from  the  molyb- 
denum mine  near  Questa,  N. 
Mex.,  described  by  Messrs.  E.  S. 
Larsen  and  C.  S.  Ross  in  Eco- 
nomic Geology,  November,  1920 
(66521)  ;  5  specimens  of  plati- 
num-bearing covellite  from 
Rambler  mine,  Wyoming 
(66594)  ;   collection  of  31   rock 


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REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


INTERIOR  DEPARTMENT— Con. 

U.  S.  Geological  Survey — Contd. 
specimens    from    Western   Aus- 
tralia    (66622)  ;    rock    carrying 
molybdenum  -  bearing  halotricb- 
ite  from  the  south  side  of  Du- 
chesne River,  2  miles  southwest 
of  Ouray,  Utah,  collected  by  Mr. 
F,  L.  Hess  in  1917    (66644)  ;  2 
specimens    of    dike    rock    from 
Hall     Quarry,     Mount     Desert 
Island,   Me.    (66672)  ;   duplicate 
phosphate  specimens  from  west- 
ern  phosphate    fields    of   Utah, 
Idaho,   and  Wyoming,  collected 
by  Messrs.   H.   S.   Gale,   R.   W. 
Richards,    and    E.    Blackwelder 
(66706). 
( See  also  under  Haiti,  Republic  of, 
B.  Leo  Laird  and  Dr.  Frederick 
W.  Sardeson.) 
INTERNATIONAL  PAPER  CO.,  New 
York  City:    Specimen  of  sandstone 
used    as   a  pulp   stone   in   grinding 
wood  for  paper  making  (65514). 

IOWA  STATE  COLLEGE  OF  AGRI- 
CULTURE .\ND  MECHANIC  ARTS, 
Ames,  Iowa  (through  Dr.  L.  H. 
Pammel )  :  9  flies  and  beetles 
(65493). 

IOWA,  STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF, 
Iowa  City,  lowd.  (through  Prof.  C.  C. 
Nutting)  :  71  ophiurans  from  the 
University's  Barbados  -  Antigua  ex- 
pedition (65732). 

JACKSON,  Prof.  H.  S.,  Department  of 
Botany,  Purdue  University,  Lafay- 
ette, Ind. :  Specimen  of  rust  from 
Indiana   (65781). 

JACKSON,  Ralph  W.,  Cambridge, 
Md. :  2  skins  of  horned  larks,  genus 
Otocoris;  38  specimens,  12  species, 
of  mollusks  and  larva  of  2  species  of 
insects,  all  from  Maryland  (65366, 
66435)  ;  skin  and  skull  of  a  squirrel. 
Sciurus  (66338)  ;  51  specimens,  9 
species,  of  mollusks  from  Little 
Choptank  River,  Md.,  including  one 
type  specimen   (66340). 

JACKSON,  Rear  Admiral  R.  H.,  U.  S. 
Navy.  ( See  under  Mrs.  Margaret  A. 
S.  Smith.) 


JAEGER,  Edmund  C,  Palm  Springs. 
Calif. :  3  plants,  Sclagmella,  from 
California   (66407). 

JAGGER,  Prof.  T.  A.,  Volcano  House, 
Hawaii  (through  Dr.  H.  S.  Wash- 
ington, Washington,  D.  C.)  :  A  mass 
of  filamentous  basalt  (Pele's  Hair) 
from  Kilauea  Crater,  Hawaiian 
Islands   (65784). 

JAMES,  H.,  Bisbee,  Ariz. :  Tooth  of  an 
extinct  species  of  horse  (66247). 

.JAMES,  Mrs.  Julian-,  Washington,  D. 
C. :     Purple     boudoir     cap     (65241, 
loan)  ;  cut-glass  night  lamp  of  the 
period  of  1850  (65554)  ;  gold  locket 
containing  portraits  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
James,  June  17,  1869  (65565,  loan)  ; 
dress  worn  by  Mrs.  Julian-James  at 
the  Colonial  Ball  held  at  the  New 
Willard  Hotel,  Washington,   D.   C, 
on  March  31,  1921,  when  she  repre- 
sented her  sixth  great-grandmother, 
Mrs.    Hugh    Mason     (66445,    loan). 
(See  also  under  Mrs.   George  L. 
Andrews,  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Rich- 
ardson,    and    Mrs.    J.    Kearny 
Warren. ) 

JANDORF,  Morton  L.,  York,  Pa.:  5 
specimens  of  zinc  minerals  (66215, 
exchange). 

JANES,  F  K  A  N  K,  Truman,  Ark. 
(through  Dr.  O.  P.  Hay)  :  Fragment 
of  a  tooth  and  a  part  of  a  dorsal 
vertebra  of  a  mastodon  (66428). 

JARDIN  BOTANICO,  Trinidad,  Para- 
guay (Dr.  Carlos  Fiebrig,  Superin- 
tendent) :  20  living  cacti  and  3  pack- 
ages of  seeds  (65282,  exchange). 

JENKINS,  C.  Francis,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  A  model  high-speed  motion- 
picture  camera  for  the  analysis  of 
motion  (66500)  ;  a  motion-picture 
camera  with  a  vertical  reciprocating 
motion  of  lens  barrel  and  film  (no 
lens),  and  a  motion-picture  camera 
with  a  longitudinal  reciprocating 
motion  of  lens  barrel  and  film, 
Tessar  Lens,  Tessar,  No.  133,854, 
Carl  Zeiss  (65552,  loan). 

JOHANSEN,  Feits,  Victoria  Memorial 
Museum,  Ottawa,  Canada:  9  speci- 
mens of  amphipods  representing  2 
species,   consisting    of   3   specimens 


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171 


JOHANSEN,  Frits— Continued, 
of  Gammarns  limnaeus  and  6  speci- 
mens of  Eyalella  aztcca  (65782)  ; 
3  specimens  of  crustaceans,  Lepi- 
durus  couesii,  from  Alberta,  Can- 
ada, and  3  specimens  of  Ilyalella 
asteca-  from  James  Bay,  Ontario 
(G5S37)  ;  9  sea  urchins,  Strongylo- 
centrotus  drohachiensis,  and  a  star- 
fish, Asterias  acervata  horealis,  all 
from  Hudson  Bay   (66056). 

JOHNS  HOPKINS  UNIVERSITY, 
Baltimore,  Md. :  Types  and  para- 
types  of  mollusca  from  Bowden,  Ja- 
maica, described  by  W.  P.  Wood- 
ring  (65234,  deposit). 

JOHNSON,  Hon.  Ben,  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives, Washington,  D.  C. : 
Nest  of  a  large  wasp  (66383). 

JOHNSON,  C.  W.,  Boston,  Mass. :  Fly, 
EstJieria,  species,  and  2  beetles, 
Niptiis  Iwloleucus  (66214). 

JOHNSON,  D.,  Clinton,  Ky. :  2  adults 
and  10  larvae  of  a  beetle,  Dynastes 
titytis  (66388). 

JOHNSON,  Dr.  Duncan  S.,  Johns 
Hopkins  University,  Baltimore, 
Md. :  2  plants,  OxaUs   (65930). 

JOHNSON,  J.  Chestee,  Marine  on  St. 
Croix,  Minn. :  Australian  stone  im- 
plements (12  specimens)  (65363, 
exchange)  ;  coral,  Pocillopora,  spe- 
cies  (65550). 

JOHNSON,  Myetle  E.  (See  under 
Scripps  Institution  for  Biological 
Research. ) 

JOHNSTON,  Ivan  M.,  University  of 
California,  Berkeley,  Calif. :  25 
plants,  Selaginella,  from  Colorado 
(65630). 

JOHNSTON,  John  R.,  Pruitland  Park, 
Fla. :  Worm  lizard,  RMneura  flori- 
dana,  from  Florida   (66319). 

JOHNSTON,  Prof.  T.  Haevey,  Bris- 
bane, Queensland,  Australia:  13 
specimens  of  Australian  flies,  in- 
cluding paratypes  of  3  species  and 
named  representatives  of  4  others 
(65401). 

JONES,  R.  N.,  Brooksville,  Fla. 
(through  ]Mr.  H.  C.  Skeels,  Bureau 
of  Plant  Industry,  U.  S.  Department 
of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C.)  : 
270  plants  from  Florida  (66295). 


JORDAN",  Dr.  David  Staee,  Stanford 
University,  Calif. :  Fishes  killed  by 
a  lava  flow  from  Mauna  Loa,  Ha- 
waii, collected  by  Tom  Reinhardt 
and  Carl  S.  Carlsmith  (65901). 

JULIAN,  Geoege  H.,  Bluntsville,  Ala. : 
Fragment  of  a  branch  of  a  fossil 
tree,  Lepidodendron,  from  Blount 
County,  Ala.  (66503). 

JURICA,  Prof.  Hilary  S.  (See  under 
St.  Procopius  College.) 

KALUSOWSKI,  Dr.  H.  E.  (See  un- 
der National  College  of  Pharmacy.) 

KEENAN,  Michael,  Springer,  N. 
Mex. :  Dried  lizard  and  a  mollusk 
(66411). 

KELEHER,  T.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C : 
A  Keleher  silk  culture  exhibit  in 
Riker  mount  (65627). 

KELLERS,  Lieut.  H.  C.  (M.  C),  U. 
S.  Navy,  Washington,  D.  C. :  3  toads, 
2  frogs,  7  lizards,  and  14  snakes 
collected  at  Bremerton,  Wash.,  and 
at  Gorse  Creek,  Kitsap  County, 
Wash.   (66532). 

KERBOSCH,  Dr.  M.,  Director  of  the 
Government  Cinchona  Plantations 
Tjinjiroean,  Java,  Netherlands,  In- 
dia (through  S.  W.  Zeverijn,  Am- 
sterdam, Holland)  :  10  specimens  of 
cinchona  succirubra  bark  (65950). 

KESSLER,  Andeew,  Washington,  D. 
C. :  A  series  of  9  specimens  showing 
the  manufacture  of  handmade  wil- 
low baskets  (66161). 

KETTERLINUS  LITHOGRAPHIC 
MANUFACTURING  CO.,  THE, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. :  10  lithographic 
prints  in   color    (66211). 

KEW,  Dr.  W.  S.  W.,  San  Francisco, 
Calif.:  3  cacti  from  Mexico  (65391)  : 
19  specimens  of  cacti  (65735,  65869). 

KEW,  SURREY,  ENGLAND.  (See 
under  British  Government.) 

KEYSER,  E.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Textile  specimens  from  Peru 
(66075). 

KILLIP,  Ellsworth  P.,  U.  S.  National 
Museum:  118  plants  from  New 
York  and  New  Jersey  (65404)  ;  34 
plants  (65620)  ;  57  plants  from 
Panama  (66734)  ;  122  specimens  of 
grasses  from  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia and  vicinity  (65801). 


172 


EJEPORT   OF  ISTATIOlsrAIi  MUSEUM,  1921. 


KIMBALL,  Miss  Katherine  D.  (See 
under  R.  R.  Stewart.) 

KINSEY,  Dr.  Alfeed  C,  Department 
of  Zoology,  University  of  Indiana, 
Bloomington,  Ind. :  32  cotype  flies 
and  11  cotype  galls  representing  10 
species  of  cynipids  new  to  the  Mu- 
seum collections   (66431,  exchange). 

KIRK,  Dr.  Edwin,  U,  S.  Geological 
Survey,  Washington,  D.  C. :  Speci- 
men of  wind-polished  silicified  wood 
and  4  wind-faceted  quartz  pebbles, 
from  Neuquen,  Argentina  (65974)  ; 
2  small  lots  of  Cretaceous  inverte- 
brate fossils  from  Argentina  and 
Bolivia,  and  a  small  collection  of 
Tertiary  invertebrates  from  Bolivia 
(66021). 
(Se  also  under  Senor  Jos6  N. 
Guiteri'ez. 

KLOSS,  C.  BoDEffj.  (See  under  Dr. 
W.  L.  Abbott.) 

KNAB,  ESTATE  OF  FREDERICK 
(through  A.  N.  Caudell,  executor)  : 
Bamboo  blowgun,  quiver  and  gourd 
for  cotton,  from  Upper  Amazon, 
South  American  ( 65291 ) . 

KORNHAUSER,  Prof.  S.  I.,  Denison 
University,  GranviUe,  Ohio :  A 
microscopic  slide  with  the  type  of 
Clausidiurn  dissimdle,  a  commensal 
copepod,  taken  from  Callianassa  at 
Cold  Spring  Harbor,  Long  Island, 
N.  Y.  (65510). 

KORVENKONTIO,  Dr.  Valio.  (See 
under  Helsingtors,  Finland.) 

LABORATORIUM  ZOO  L  O  G  I  C  U  M 
UNIVERSITATIS.  (See  under  Hel- 
singfors,  Finland.) 

LADD,  W.  W.  (See  under  Colonial 
Wars,  General  Society  of.) 

LAIRD,  B.  Leo,  San  Francisco,  Calif, 
(through  the  Interior  Department. 
U.  S.  Geological  Survey)  :  A  collec- 
tion of  Pliocene  and  Pleistocene  in- 
vertebrate fossils  from  the  neighbor- 
hood of  La  Purissima,  Baja  Cali- 
fornia (66363). 

LAKE,  Stuaet  N.,  Rome,  N.  Y. : 
Scraper  or  chisel,  probably  from  the 
Neolithic  period  of  the  Stone  Age 
(66030). 

LaMANCE,  Mrs.  Lora  S.,  Lake  Wales, 
Fla. :  Scalp-lock  headdress  (65988). 


LANE,  J.  R.,  Yermo,  Calif. :  Specimen 
of  cerargyrite  from  Calico  District, 
Calif.   (65218). 

LANE,  M.  C,  Ritzville,  Wash.:  156 
beetles  from  Washington  State 
(66100). 

LARSEN,  E.  S.,  U.  S.  Geological  Sur- 
vey, Washington,  D.  C. :  10  crystals 
of  feldspar  from  Northern  Black 
HilLs,  South  Dak.  (65955). 

LEACH,  Andrew  J.  (througli  Fred- 
erick W.  Hill,  executor,  Chicago, 
111.)  :  Silk  handkerchief  decorated 
with  portraits  of  noted  Confederate 
leaders,  captured  at  Cedar  Creek, 
Ya.,  October  19,  1864,  by  Capt. 
Andrew  J.  Leach,  First  New  York 
Dragoons   (66346,  bequest). 

Le  BRETON,  Thomas  A.,  Ambassador 
of  Argentina,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
A  collection  of  ores  and  minerals 
from  Argentina  and  8  photographs 
of  mining  localities  (65335). 

LEE,  FiTZHTJGH,  Newborn,  Ga. :  Fun- 
gus from  Georgia    (65833). 

LEE,  Olan  Ivan,  New  York  Mineral- 
ogical  Club,  New  York  City:  Speci- 
men of  lava  from  Mount  Erebus, 
Ross  Island,  McMurdo  Sound,  South 
Victoria  Land  (65834).     ' 

LEIM,  A.  H.  (See  under  Toronto, 
University  of.  Biological  Depart- 
ment. ) 

LEITH,  Prof.  C.  K.  (See  under  Wis- 
consin,  University  of.) 

LELAND  STANFORD  JUNIOR  UNI- 
VERSITY, Stanford  University, 
Calif.  (through  Prof.  Le  Roy 
Abrams)  :  5  specimens  of  Selaginella 
from  California  and  Oregon  (65748, 
exchange)  ;  fossil  fishes,  represent- 
ing 7  species,  from  the  Miocene  dia- 
tom beds  at  Lompoc,  Calif.  (65765). 

LENMAN,  Miss  Isobel  H.,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. :  Anthropological  speci- 
mens  (66043). 

LEON,  Brother.  (See  under  Insti- 
tuto  de  la  Salle,  Havana,  Cuba.) 

LEONARD,  Emery  C,  U.  S.  National 
Museum.  (See  under  Dr.  W.  L.  Ab- 
bott.) 

LESTAGE,  J.  A.,  Uccle,  Brussels,  Bel- 
gium: 10  specimens  of  the  coffee 
borer,    Zylotrechics    quadripes,    and 


LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS. 


173 


LESTAGE,  J.  A.— Continued, 
about  30  specimens  of  2  species  of 
braconid     parasites     of     the     same 
(66139). 

LEVY,  Edwabd,  Philadelphia,  Pa. :  Set 
of  12  odd-shaped  diaphragms  and  12 
halftone  prints  showing  their  effect 
on  the  form  of  the  halftone  dot 
(66648). 

LEVY,  Max,  Gemiantown,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. :  Etched  master  screen  for 
rotary  intaglio  work    (66020). 

LEVY  &  CO.,  Max,  Germantown,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.:  Ruling  indicator 
(66291). 

LEWIS,  Walter  P.,  Phillipsburg, 
N.  J. :  2  fossil  bryozoans  from  Mar- 
tins Creek,  Pa.   (66101). 

LEWTON,  Fredeeick  L.,  U.  S.  Na- 
tional Museum :  Bob-white,  CoUnus 
virginmnus,  from  Maryland  (66408). 

LILLY  &  CO.,  Eli,  Indianapolis,  Ind. : 
6  sheets  of  gelatin ;  13  elastic  gelatin 
capsules;  and  4  globules  (65345)  ;  10 
medicinal  substances    (66054). 

LINDMAN,  Dr.  Gael,  PJksmuseets 
Botaniska  Avdelning,  Vetenskapsa- 
kademien,  Stockholm,  Sweden :  2 
photographs  of  ferns  in  the  Swartz 
Herbarium    (65849,    exchange). 

(See  also  under  Riksmuseets  Bo- 
taniska Avdelning.) 

LINE,  Frank,  Maurertown,  Va. :  Nest 
of  ruby-throated  hummingbird, 
Archilochus  coluhris,  from  Virginia 
(65665). 

LONDON,  ENGLAND.  (See  under 
British  Government.) 

LONG,  The  Misses,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Flemish  linen  damask  with  macrame 
lace  fringe  and  gentleman's  em- 
broidered handkerchief  with  coronet 
(66611,  loan)  ;  folding  pocket  lan- 
tern (Minor's  patent,  January  24, 
1855)    (66660). 

LONG,  Perry  R.  (See  under  Curtis 
Publishing  Co.) 

LONGUEUIL,  COLLEGE  OF,  Longu- 
euil,  Quebec,  Canada  (through  Rev. 
Brother  Marine-Victorin)  :  713  plants 
from  Quebec  (66402), 


LORING,  W.  J.,  San  Francisco,  Calif, 
(through  Mr.  F.  L.  Hess)  :  2  speci- 
mens of  gold  ore  from  the  Mother 
Lode,  California,  and  1  of  scheelite 
from  White  Pine  County,  Nev. 
(66181). 

LOTHROP,  S.  K.,  Peabody  Museum, 
Cambridge,  Mass. :  A  decorated  effigy 
jar  and  a  decorated  tripod  bowl,  both 
found  near  Filadelfia,  Nicoya,  Costa 
Rica  (66425). 

LOUDERBACK,  Prof.  George  D.,  Uni- 
versity of  California,  Berkeley, 
Calif. :  9  cases  of  fossil  invertebrates 
and  plants  from  China  (66528) . 

LOWE,  H.  N.,  Long  Beach,  Calif.:  2 
mollusks,  the  type  and  cotjTie  of 
Cochlostyla  santacrusensis,  from 
Sauta  Cruz  Island,  P.  I.  (65531). 

LOWE,  J.  E.,  Duluth,  Ga. :  Confederate 
States  Army  belt  buckle  (65259). 

LOWERY,  Robert  O.,  Garfield,  Wash. : 
Dried  head  of  a  salmon,  Oncorhyn- 
chus  gorbuscha  (66268). 

LUMMIS,  George  M.,  Fort  Myers,  Fla. : 
3  specimens  of  mistletoe  from  Florida 
(66065). 

LUNGREN,  Charles  B.,  Ozona,  Fla.: 
10  specimens,  10  species,  of  mollusks 
from  the  Dutch  West  Indies ;  3  speci- 
mens, 3  species,  of  mollusks,  includ- 
ing the  type  of  a  new  species  from 
Florida,  and  1  barnacle  (66551). 

MacBEAJST,  G.  G.,  Assiniboia,  Saskatch- 
ewan, Canada :  2  butterflies,  Cata- 
gramma  lyca  and  Euptychia  terres- 
tris  (65274)  ;  267  species  of  Lepidop- 
tera  new  to  the  Museum  collections 
(66538). 

MacDOUGAL,  Dr.  D.  T.,  Tucson,  Ariz. : 
7  plants  from  California  (65686, 
66614)  ;  plant,  Populus,  from  Tucson, 
Ariz.  (66466)  ;  3  plants,  Echino- 
cereus  (66545). 

(See  also  under  Carnegie  Institu- 
tion of  Washington.) 

Mcdowell,  J.  Spotts,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa :  Samples  of  hydromagnesite 
from  Soda  Springs,  Idaho  (66004). 

McGregor,  a.  G.,  Chicago,  111. :  Lan- 
tern slide  and  a  transparency  made 
by  the  McDonough  color  process 
(66724). 


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REPORT  OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


McGregor,  E.  a.,  Los  Angeles,  Calif, 
(through  Prof.  Le  Roy  Abrams)  :  39 
lichens  from  Santa  Catalina  Island, 
Calif.  (66095). 

MacINNES,  Noeman,  Miami,  Fla. :  A 
spider,  Gasteracantha  cancriformis, 
a  species  belonging  to  the  Gulf  States 
(66148). 

McINTIRE,  Babtolomew,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Calif,  (through  Department  of 
State)  :  4  specimens  of  lava  from 
the  eruption  of  a  volcano  in  San 
Salvador  in  1917,  and  16  photographs 
(65734). 

McKESSON  &  ROBBINS  (INC.),  New 
York  City :  9  medicinal  substances 
from  the  animal  kingdom,  and  11 
medicinal  substances  (65415,  65S71). 

McLEOD,  C.  Y.,  Clarksdale,  Miss.: 
Posterior  half  of  an  upper  molar  of 
the  American  mastodon   (65519). 

MACE,  C.  B.  (See  under  Schleswig 
International  Commission.) 

MAHIN,  Mrs.  F.  W.,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  4  pieces  of  old  lace  (66426, 
loan). 

MALDONALDO,  Mrs.  Estelle,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. :  2  specimens  of  pot- 
tery from  Guatemala  (66053). 

MALONE,  J.  G.,  Newport,  Oreg. 
(through  Dr.  W.  H.  Dall)  :  Plant, 
Boschniakia  strobilaeea  (66452). 

MALYE,  Maj.  Jean.  (See  under 
French  Government.) 

MANN,  Dr.  W.  M.,  U.  S.  National  Mu- 
seum :  5  specimens  of  braiding  in 
fiber  illustrating  the  manufacture  of 
arm  bands,  from  Rubiana  Lagoon, 
New  Georgia,  British  Solomon  Is- 
lands (65284). 

MARINE-VICTORIN,  Rev.  Beothek. 
(See  under  Longueuil,  College  of.) 

MARSHALL,  Ernest  B.,  Laurel,  Md. : 
5  specimens  of  Cooper's  hawk,  Ac- 
oipiter  cooperi,  and  a  sharp-shinned 
hawk,  Accipiter  velox,  all  from  Mary- 
land (65478,  66380,  66509)  ;  skin  and 
skull  of  a  squirrel,  Sciurus,  and 
skulls  of  two  opossums,  Didelphys, 
from  Marj^land  (65524,  6-5845, 
66091)  ;  skull  of  an  opossum,  Didel- 
phys,  and  2  skulls  of  minks,  from 
Laurel,  Md.  (66155)  ;  bat,  Eptesicus 
(alcoholic)   (66334). 


MARSHALL,  Geokge,  U.  S.  National 
Museum :  Fishes  collected  from  the 
Patuxent  River  near  Laurel,  Md. 
(65332)  ;  skull  of  a  fox,  Vulpes, 
from  Fairland,  Montgomery 
County,  Md.  (65846)  ;  skeleton  of  a 
gray  fox,  Urocyon,  from  Camp 
Meade,  Md.  (65908)  ;  skin  of  a  cedar 
waxwing,  BomhyciUa  cedrorum, 
with  unusual  markings  (65945)  ; 
bird  from  Maryland  (66658). 

MARSHALL,  Henry  R.,  Wilson,  N. 
C. :  2  birds  from  North  Carolina 
(66378). 

MARTIN,  Dr.  Lynn  AETHUE,Bingham- 
ton,  N.  Y.  (through  Dr.  W.  A.  Dewey, 
Ann  Arbor,  Mich.)  :  An  old  homeo- 
pathic medicine  case  owned  and 
used  for  many  years  by  Dr.  Titus  L. 
Brown,  of  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 
(66736). 

MASSACHUSETTS  AGRICULTURAL 
COLLEGE  EXPERIMENT  STA- 
TION, Department  of  Entomology, 
Amherst,  Mass.  (through  A.  I. 
Bourne)  :  Lepidoptera  larvae  col- 
lected in  eastern  Massachusetts 
(65752). 

MATTHEWS,  Ransom,  Selma,  Calif. : 
A  collection  of  automobile  and  mo- 
tor cycle  spark  plugs  and  a  vulcan- 
izing outfit  (65294,  loan). 

MAYNE,  Bruce,  Delta,  Utah:  2  flies, 
Tahanus  producUis   (65293). 

MAYNARD,  E.  A.,  .Jamaica,  Long  Is- 
land, N.  Y. :  16  polished  crystals  of 
chiastolite  from  Lancaster,  Mass. 
( 65441,    exchange ) . 

MEDINA,  Lieut.  Col.  Frederic  Diez  de, 
Bolivian  Legation,  Washington,  D. 
C. :  A  sheet  of  gold,  gold  tassel  or 
pendant,  specimens  of  arrow  points 
and  fragments,  and  a  textile  woven 
in  colors,  all  from  the  State  of  La 
Paz,  Bolivia   (65769,  exchange). 

MELBOURNE,  '  VICTORIA,  AUS- 
TRALIA, THE  NATIONAL  MU- 
SEUM: 8  lots  of  Tertiary  bryo- 
zoans  from  Australia  (65701,  ex- 
change). 

MERRILL,  Dr.  George  P.,  U.  S.  Na- 
tional Museum  :  37  wood  engravings 
by  American  engravers  of  about 
1830,  comprising  8  by  Alexander  An- 


LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS. 


175 


MERRILL,  Dr.  George  P. — Continued, 
derson,  5  by  J.  H.  Hall,  17  by  Abel 
Bowen,    and    7    unknown    (65358)  ; 
microscope  and  accessories  in  case, 
owned  during  the  period  1830-1870 
by  Rev.  Elijah  Jones,  pastor  of  the 
Congregational     Church     at     Minot 
Center,   Androscoggin    County,    Me. 
(65655). 
MERRILL,  Mrs.  Geoege  P.,  Washing- 
ton,   D.    C. :  A   cut    topaz   weighing 
92.4  carats   (66151,  loan). 
MESSMANN,  Geoege,  New  York  City 
(through    the   National   Geographic 
Society,  Washington,  D.  C.)  :  Piece 
of  scrimshawed  whalebone  (65342). 
MEXICAN  GOVERNMENT : 

Department  of  Agriculture,  Mexi- 
co,  D.   F. :  About  1,000  beetles 
representing  700  species  ( 66757 ) . 
Direccion  de  Estudios  BioJogicos, 
Mexico,  D.  F.    (through  Dr.  A. 
L.       Herrera,       Director)  :  483 
Mexican     plants      (65243,     ex- 
change) ;    2    phyllopod    crusta- 
ceans, Estheria  compleximanus, 
from      Guadalupe      Hidalgo 
(65562)  ;    7    specimens,     repre- 
senting   7    species,    of    marine 
moUusks  from  Lower  California 
(65576)  ;    2    photographs    of    a 
specimen    of    a    starfish,    Acan- 
thaster  ellisii,  from  Lower  Cali- 
fornia    (65721)  ;     15     scorpions 
Vaejovis     subcristatus     (66492, 
exchange). 
MEYER,     Dr.     Reinhold,    Landsberg 
a/W,  Germany :  122  specimens,  rep- 
resenting 23  species  of  bees  (66213, 
exchange). 
MIAMI  AQUARIUM  ASSOCIATION, 
James  Asbury    Allison,    President, 
Miami,  Fla. :   Skeleton  of  a  w^hale, 
Balaenoptera,  found  on  Pablo  Beach, 
Fla.   (65394). 
MICHIGAN,   UNIVERSITY   OF,   Mu- 
seum of  Zoology,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. ; 
2  vials  of  isopod  crustaceans,  3  frogs 
and  2  garter-snakes  from  Washing- 
ton,   all    collected    by    Dr.    F.    N. 
Blanchard    (65789)  ;   4   tadpoles  of 
Ascaphus  truei.  collected  in  Wash- 
ington  by  T.   M.   and   H.   T.   Gaige 
(65798)  ;    (through  Dr.  A.  G.  Ruth- 
71305°— 21 12 


MICHIGAN,  UNIVERSITY  OF— Con. 
ven,  director)  shrimp,  Macroch- 
rahium  jamaicense,  from  Colombia 
(65836)  ;  (through  Miss  Roberta  E. 
Deam)  550  plants,  chiefly  from  Mich- 
igan and  Ontario  (duplicates  from 
the  C.  K.  Dodge  Herbarium) 
(66689,  exchange)  ;  frog,  paratype 
of  Eleutherodactylus  megalops,  col- 
lected in  San  Lorenzo,  Santa  Marta 
^Mountains,  Colombia,  by  Dr.  Ruth- 
ven   (66405). 

MILLAR,  M.  A.,  Venus.  Fla.:  Old 
wooden  idol  plowed  up  on  the  north 
shore  of  Lake  Okeechobee,  Fla. 
(66473). 

MILLE,  Rev.  Louis,  S.  J.,  Quito,  Ecua- 
dor: Cactus  from  Ecuador  (65398). 

MILLER,  Prof.  Aethue  M.,  University 
of  Kentucky.  Lexington,  Ky. :  A 
block  of  oolitic  carbonate  iron  ore 
from  Preston,  Ky.  (65726). 

MILLER,  Geeeit  S.,  jr.,  U.  S.  Na- 
tional aiuseum  :  Skeleton  of  a  mink, 
Mustela,  from  Fairfax  County,  Va. 
(65395)  ;  mollusks,  egg  and  2  skulls 
of  the  wedge-tailed  shearwater, 
Puffinus  cuneatus,  and  2  incomplete 
skeletons  of  Bulwer's  petrel,  Bul- 
iveria  buUceri;  also  6  skins  and 
skulls  of  rats  and  1  rat  skeleton,  all 
from  the  Hawaiian  Islands  (65604, 
66573 ;  3  plants  from  California 
(66745). 

MILLER,  Dr.  M.  G.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. : 
Indian  skull  from  a  shell  heap  near 
Cape  Blanco,  Caloosahatchee  River, 
Lee  County,  Fla.  (65239). 

MILLIKEN,  F.  B.,  Manhattan,  Kans. : 
14  oil  beetles,  representing  3  species, 
namely,  Epicarda  callosa,  Nemog- 
natha  lutea,  and  Cantharis  Mguttata 
(65296). 

MILLS,  Mrs.  Stephen  C,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Tonto  Apache  basket  bowl 
and  a  Tlinkit  basket,  from  the  col- 
lection of  her  father,  Gen.  G.  G. 
Lee  (66579). 

MILLSPAUGH,  Dr.  C.  F.  (See  under 
Field  Museum  of  Natural  History.) 

MINASSIAN,  KiEKOE,  New  York  City  : 
Postage  stamps  of  Afghanistan  and 
Kashmir     (55    specimens)  ;    also    6 


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KEPOET   OF  li^ATIOlSrAL,   MUSEUM,   1921. 


MINASSIAN,  KiRKOB— Continued, 
leaves  (5  of  paper  and  1  of  vellum) 
from    Arabic    and    Turkish    manu- 
scripts  (G5300). 
MINNESOTA,       UNIVERSITY       OP, 
Minneapolis,    Minn,    (through    Prof. 
C.    O.   Rosendahl)  :  4   specimens   of 
Selaginella        (66158,       exchange)  ; 
specimen  of  Selaginella  from  Brit- 
ish    Columbia     (66287)  ;      (through 
Prof.     E.     W.     D.     Holway)  :    749 
plants  from  vpestem  South  America 
(66314). 
MISSOURI    BOTANICAL    GARDEN, 
St,     Louis,     Mo.:    Plant,     Alironia, 
from  western  Colorado    (65622)  ;   2 
plants,      Seluginella      (66357,      ex- 
change). 
MITCHELL,     H.     H.,     Regina,     Sas- 
katchewan, Canada  :  Dried  skin  of  a 
tiger  salamander,  Amhy stoma  Ugri- 
num,  from  Saskatchewan  (65817). 
MITCHELL,    Mason,    American   Con- 
sul,   Queenstown,    Ireland:    Egg    of 
the     dodo    pigeon,     or     tooth-billed 
pigeon,      Didunculus      strigirostris, 
from    Samoa,   new   to   the   Museum 
collections  (65548). 
MOCZARSKI,   Prof.  Emil.      (See  un- 
der Prof.  Otto  Scheerpeltz.) 
MONITOR  STOVE  CO.,  THE,  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio   (through  Oliver  Gedeist, 
Director    of    Publicity)  :  Model    of 
caloric  pipeless  furnace,  invented  by 
W.  J.  Doyle,  1909  (65249). 
MOORE,     Alfked     F.,     Los    Angeles, 
Calif. :  A  rat,  7  insects,  and  a  collec- 
tion of  rocks  and   fossils   collected 
nearCalama,  Chile  (65987). 
MORELET,    Sylvanus    G.,    Carnegie 
Institute  of  Washington,   Washing- 
ton, D.  C. :  4  lots  of  potsherds  from 
4  localities  in  Central  America  and 
Mexico  (65863). 
MORRILL,  Hon.  Charles  H.,  Lincoln, 
Nebr.  (through  Prof.  Edwin  H.  Bar- 
bour) :   A    collection    of    exhibition 
and  study  specimens  of  Carbonifer- 
ous foraminifera  (65277). 
MORRIS,  Mrs.  Goua'erneue,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. :  Hale  piano  decorated  by 
Cottier  of  New  York  (66347). 


MORROW,    Miss   C.   F.,    St.   Thomas, 
Virgin  Islands  of  the  United  States: 
133  plants   from    St.   John   and    St. 
Thomas,     Virgin     Islands     of     the 
United  States   (66171,  66302,  66489, 
66730). 
MORSE,  Edward  L.,  Pittsfield,  Mass. : 
Original  specimen  of  a  message  re- 
corded by  the  Morse  register,  May 
25,  1844   (65555). 
MOSELEY,    E.     L.,     Bowling    Green, 
Ohio.:  91  plants   (65422)  ;  3  plants, 
Lacinaria   (66328). 
MOSONYI,  Emilio,  New  York  City :  A 
highly        embellished,        cylindrical 
earthenware     vase     from     "Ataco," 
northwestern  part  of  Salvador,  and 
a   bronze  ax  blade  found  in  "  San 
Jose  Villaneuva,"  in  the  southwest- 
ern   part    of    the    same     Republic 
(65351). 
MOTTER,   Dr.  MtJRRAY   Gaxt,   Wash- 
ington,   D.    C. :    4    photographs    of 
prominent  members  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  (66348). 
MOUSLEY,  H.,  Hatley,  Quebec,  Can- 
ada: 12  ferns  (65221,  exchange). 
MOXLEY,    George    L.,    Los    Angeles, 
Calif. :  Plant  from  southern  Califor- 
nia   (65447)  ;   ferns,  Asplenium  and 
Clieilanthcs,  from  California  (65900, 
66258)  ;    plant,    Selaginella   xoatsoni 
(66327)  ;  15  specimens  of  Selaginella 
from  California    (66370,  exchange)  ; 
3  plants  from  California   (66637). 
MUESEBECK,  C.  F.  W.     (See  under 
Dr.   C.   T.  Brues   and   Cornell  Uni- 
versity, Department  of  Entomology.) 
MULFORD  CO.,  H.  K.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. :  4  specimens  of  antitoxin  serums 
(65614)  ;    15    charts   mounted   with 
specimens,  photographs,   etc.,   show- 
ing the  preparation  and  use  of  vac- 
cines and  serums  for  the  prevention 
and  treatment  of  diphtheria,  small- 
pox, pneumonia,  tetanus,  meningitis, 
and  hay  fever;  also  1  30cc.  vacule 
package  of  digitol   (66727). 
MULLIS,  Miss  Frances,  Friday  Har- 
bor, Wash.:  5  specimens,  4  species, 
of  crustaceans  from  Friday  Harbor, 
Washington,  one  of  them,  Spironto- 
caris  grandimann-,  being  for  the  first 
time      recorded      from      American 
waters  (65831). 


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177 


MUNDER  &  CO.,  Norman  T.  A.,  Balti- 
more, Md. :  125  specimens  of  type 
and  halftone  printing  (65639)  ;  2 
halftones  of  Lincoln,  2  halftones  of 
Franklin,  and  2  broadsides  (66349). 

MUNRO,  G.  C,  Keomuko,  Lanai,  Ha- 
waii (through  Prof.  A.  S.  Hitch- 
cock) :   12  plants    (65898). 

MUNZ,  Dr.  Phillip  A.  (See  nuder 
Pomona  College,  Claremont,  Calif.) 

MURDOCK,  Miss  Eleanor  P.,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. :  A  book  of  poems  and 
songs  bj-  Robert  Burns,  in  wooden 
binding   (66220). 

MUSEO  NACIONAL.  ( See  under  San 
Jose,  Costa  Rica.) 

MUSEU  PAULISTA,  Sao  Paulo,  Bra- 
zil (through  A.  d'E.  Taunay,  Di- 
rector) :  Parasitic  worm,  Tristoma. 
species,  14  isopods,  representing  3 
species,  and  3  amphipods,  represent- 
ing 2  species,  from  Brazil ;  also  a 
oollection  of  Brazilian  annelids,  one 
lot  of  barnacles,  and  a  small  collec- 
tion (duplicates)  of  parasitic  cope- 
pods  (65681)  ;  8  skins  and  skulls  of 
bats  from  Brazil    (66600). 

MUSEUM  OF  THE  AMERICAN  IN- 
DIAN, THE  HBYE  FOUNDATION, 
New  York,  N.  Y.  (through  Dr.  Mar- 
shall H.  Saville)  :  Obsidian  from 
ancient  quarry  refuse  from  near 
Fiscal,  Guatemala  (65527)  ;  Pota- 
watomi  sacred  medicine  bundle 
(Oklahoma)    (65896,  exchange). 

MUSEUM  OF  HISTORY,  SCIENCE, 
AND  ART,  Los  Angeles,  Calif.:  A 
box  of  shell  fragments  with  bryo- 
zoans  from  the  Pleistocene  of  Cali- 
fornia (66002). 

MUSGRAYE,  W.  E.  (See  under  Agri- 
culture, Department  of.  Bureau  of 
Biological  Survey.) 

MUSKEGON  MACHINE  CO.,  Mus- 
kegon, Mich. :  23  dovetailed  wood 
samples  showing  the  work  of  the 
Linderman  automatic  dovetail  glue 
jointer  (66692). 

MYER,  W.  E.,  Nashville,  Tenn. :  An 
adult  skeleton  and  the  skeletons  of 
two  children  found  by  the  donor  in  a 
stone  slab  grave  9  miles  northeast  of 
Nashville  (65222)  ;  skull  of  a  young 


MYER,  W.  E. — Continued. 

adult  female,  found  in  a  stone  slab 
grave  at  the  Love  Slound  on  Whites 
Creek,  6  miles  north  of  NashvUle 
(65451)  ;  skull,  2  skeletons,  and  a  lot 
of  miscellaneous  human  bones 
(66631). 

MYERS,  George  Hewitt,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  38  Oriental  raggs  (66773, 
loan). 

MYRICK,  F.  M.,  Johannesburg,  Calif., 
Specimens  of  blue  chalcedony,  jasper, 
and  myrickite  from  California 
(65331). 

NATIONAL  AJVIERICAN  WOMAN'S 
SUFFRAGE  ASSOCIATION,  New 
York,  N.  Y.  (through  Mrs,  H.  H. 
Gardener  and  Miss  Lucy  Anthony)  : 
Gold  and  enamel  flag  pin  presented  to 
Miss  Susan  B.  Anthony  by  ladies  of 
Wyoming  on  the  occasion  of  her 
eightieth  birthday,  *1900,  and  dis- 
tinguished service  medal  awarded  to 
Dr.  Anna  Howard  Shaw  in  recogni- 
tion of  distinguished  services  as 
chariman  of  the  Woman's  Committee 
of  the  Council  of  National  Defense 
during  the  World  War  (65773)  ; 
(through  Mrs.  Gardener,  U.  S.  Civil 
Service  Commission,  Washington, 
D.  C.)  Official  copy  of  the  certifica- 
tion of  the  Secretary  of  State  to  the 
effect  that  the  amendment  to  the  Con- 
stitution extending  the  right  of  suf- 
frage to  women  has  become  valid, 
and  the  pen  used  by  Secretary 
Bainbridge  Colby  when  signing  the 
original  document,  August  26,  1920 
(66218)  ;  (through  Mrs.  Gardener) 
gold  badge  presented  to  Susan  B. 
Anthony  by  the  Citizens  Suffrage 
Association  of  Philadelphia,  1881 
(66335). 

NATIONAL  COLLEGE  OF  PHAR- 
MACY, Washington,  D.  C.  (through 
Dr.  H.  E.  Kalusowski)  :  A  supposi- 
tory machine  made  before  1873  by 
James  Dominic  O'Donnell,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.    (66307). 

NATIONAL  GEOGRAPHIC  SOCIETY, 
Washington,  D.  C. :  1,180  plants  from 
Alaska,  collected  by  the  Katmai  ex- 
peditions under  the  direction  of  Prof. 
Robert    F.    Griggs    (66087)  ;    arche- 


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REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921. 


NATIONAL    GEOGRAPHIC    SOCIE- 
TY— Continued, 
ological   material   collected   by   the 
National  Geographic  Society's  expe- 
dition of  192|0  (Neil  M.  Judd,  Direc- 
tor), from  ancient  ruins  in  the  Chacp 
Canyon  National  Monument,  N.  Mex., 
and    the    Canyon    de    Chelly,    Ariz. 
(65958). 
(See    also     under    George    Mess- 
mann.) 

NATIONAL  RESEARCH  COUNCIL, 
Washington,  D.  C. :  Chemical  exhibit 
consisting  of  topographical  model 
representing  a  group  of  chemical  in- 
dustries ;  charts ;  collection  of  dyes, 
explosives,  medicinals,  etc.;  and  a 
series  of  molecular  models  (66664, 
deposit). 

NATIONAL  SILICA  CO.,  Oregon,  111. : 
Specimen  of  siliceous  sandrock  used 

.  for  industrial  purposes   (66028). 

NAVY  DEPARTMENT :  United  States 
Navy  model  F-5-L  seaplane  with  ac- 
cessories, aeromarine  39-B  seaplane 
complete  with  OXX  Curtiss  engine, 
and  16  enlarged  photographs  of 
naval  airplanes  (65717)  ;  flying  suits 
and  accessories  of  the  type  used  by 
the  United  States  Navy  during  the 
World  War  (28  specimens)  (65856, 
loan)  ;  collection  of  naval  models, 
ordnance,  signal,  and  marine  instru- 
ments of  the  type  used  by  the  United 
States  Navy  during  the  War  with 
Germany,  1917-18,  and  German 
naval  material  captured  during  the 
same  period  (66742)  ;  relics  re- 
covered from  the  wreck  of  the  U.  S. 
battleship  Madne  in  Habana  Har- 
bor, 1911  (66761). 

NELSON,  J.  C,  Salem,  Oreg.:  4 
plants  from  Oregon  (66720). 

NELSON,  NoBMAN  E.,  Fort  Worth, 
Tex. :  47  specimens  of  Lower  Cre- 
taceous bryozoans  from  Texas 
(65755,  exchange). 

NEW  ALMADEN  MINING  CO.,  New 
Almaden,  Calif. :  Specimen  of  cinna- 
bar from  Senator  mine.  New  Al- 
maden, Calif.  (65238). 

NEWTON,  Rev.  J.  C,  Calhoun,  Kaw- 
nesi  Gakuin,  Kobe,  Japan :  Photo- 
graph of  the  Dragon  God  (Dai  Ja) 
in  Idzumo,  Japan  (66708). 


NEWTON,  S.  H.,  Reno,  Nev. :  About 
100  specimens  representing  6  species 
of  mollusks  (65612). 

NEW  YORK  BOTANICAL  GARDEN, 
Bronx  Park,  New  York  City  (through 
Dr.  N.  L.  Britton,  Director)  :  25 
plants,  190  ferns,  70  specimens  of 
hepatics,  3  specimens  of  Rubiaceae, 
6  plants,  46  mosses,  plant,  Achy- 
ranthes,  plant,  Salvinia,  plant,  Pas- 
siflora;  (through  Dr.  S.  F.  Blake)  5 
specimens  of  Polygala,  all  from 
Trinidad  (65189,  65722,  66687, 
65778,  65911,  66078,  66160,  66568, 
66639,  66726,  65932)  ;  77  plants  from 
Trinidad  and  Jamaica  (65743)  ; 
1,513  plants,  chiefly  from  Trinidad, 
Cuba,  and  Jamaica  (65984)  ;  46  liv- 
ing plants  (65200)  ;  36  plants  (65201, 
65246,  65262,  65888,  66096,  66725)  ; 
14  mosses  and  10  specimens  of  Opun- 
tia  from  Florida  (65321,  66655)  ;  3 
living  plants,  Opuntia  (65368)  ;  cac- 
tus from  Pennsylvania  (65418)  ;  61 
plants  fi'om  South  America  (65436)  ; 
plant,  Campnosperma,  from  Panama 
(65487)  ;  25  ferns,  from  Cuba  (65660, 
66717)  ;  (through  Dr.  S.  F.  Blake) 
plant,  Senecio,  from  Cuba  (65947)  ; 
fern,  Woodsia  scopuUna,  from  North 
Carolina  (65730)  ;  47  ferns,  collected 
by  Doctor  Underwood  and  Mrs.  E. 
G.  Britton  in  Jamaica,  5  specimens 
of  ferns,  HymenopJiyllum,  from 
Jamaica  (65956,  66045)  ;  48  West 
Indian  plants  (65999)  ;  19  ferns  and 
2  specimens  of  cacti,  from  Tobago, 
West  Indies  (65807,  66481)  ;  49 
plants  from  the  Southern  States,  col- 
lected by  Dr.  F.  W.  Pennell  (66332)  ; 
plant  from  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 
(66243,  exchange). 

NEW  YORK  STATE  COLLEGE  OF 
AGRICULTURE,  CorneU  Univer- 
sity, Ithaca,  N.  Y.  (through  Prof.  K. 
M.  Wiegand)  :  286  plants,  chiefly 
from  central  New  York  (66680,  ex- 
change). 

NEW  YORK  UNIVERSITY,  New 
York  City:  A  bromide  enlargement 
of  the  original  daguerreotype  made 
of  Miss  Draper  by  Prof.  John  W. 
Draper,  the  first  photographic  por- 
trait ever  made  (66292). 


LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS. 


179 


NEW    YORK    WORLD,    THE,    New 
York    City     (through    Mr.    Arthur 
Bennington)  :     Original    photogi-aph 
of  an  Indian  sent  by  wire ;  bromide 
general  view  of  sending  apparatus; 
bromide  of  Mr.  Edward  Belin,  the 
inventor,  and  assistant,  and  a  bro- 
mide of  Mr.  Belin  at  the  sending  in- 
strument (660S0). 
NORTH     CAROLINA,     STATE     DE- 
PARTxMENT    OF    AGRICULTURE, 
Agricultural     Experiment     Station, 
Raleigh,  N.  C.  (through  C.  S.  Brim- 
ley)  :  1  tachinid   fly    (exchange),  1 
ortalid   fly    (gift),   2   tachinid   flies 
(loan)    (65714)  ;   3  flies,  2  presum- 
ably new,  collected  at  Raleigh,  North 
'Carolina  (65757). 
NORTON,  J.  B.,  HartsviUe,  S.  C:  53 
plants  from  South  Carolina  (66019, 
exchange). 
NOYES,    L    G.,    SomerviUe,    Mass.:  2 
plants,     Mammillaria     and     Cereus 
(G6617,  66699). 
NUTTING,   Prof.   C.   C.      (See   under 

Iowa,  State  University  of.) 
NYLANDER,  Olat  O.,  Caribou,  Me.: 
50    Devonian    fossils    from    Maine 
(66012). 
O'DONIGHUE,  Prof.  Charles  H.,  Uni- 
versity of  Manitoba,  Winnipeg,  Mani- 
toba, Canada:  3  specimens  of  Dip- 
tera,  4  of  Hymenoptera,  5  of  Cole- 
op  tera,  and  a  leech  (66184). 
O'KEEFE,    Mrs.    Mills,    Hyattsville, 
Md. :  Photo-engravings  and  souvenir 
post  cards   relating  to  the  Pilgrim 
Tercentenary,   1920    (13   specimens) 
(66116). 
OLDROYD,  Mrs.  Ida  S.,  Stanford  Uni- 
versity, Calif.:  12  specimens  repre- 
senting 8  species  of  mollusks,  and  13 
specimens,  4  species,  of  land  and  ma- 
rine mollusks,  all  from  California 
(65704,  65996). 
OLIVA,  Senora  Ignacia  G.,  Guadala- 
jara, Mexico:  122  Mexican  grasses 
(65336). 
OPPERMANN  FUR  CO.,  THE,  Sagi- 
naw, Mich. :  The  skin  of  a  melanistic 
wildcat  (lynx)  (66131). 
ORCUTT,  C.  R.,  San  Diego,  Calif.:  3 
specimens  of  barnacles,  Balanus  or- 
cutti,    B.    amphitrite    inexpectatus, 


ORCUTT,  C.  R.— Continued, 
first  United  States  record,  and.  Tet- 
raclita  squamosa  rv.bcscens  form 
elegans,  from  La  Jolla,  (65718)  ;  8 
specimens  of  cacti  from  California 
(66262)  ;  (through  Dr.  W.  H.  Dall) 
15  species  of  fossils  from  San  Quen- 
tin  Bay,  Lower  California,  probably 
Pliocene  or  early  Pleistocene  (66620), 

OREGON  AGRICULTURAL  COL- 
LEGE, Corvallis,  Oreg. :  11  plants 
(65424)  ;  6  plants  from  Oregon 
(65621)  :  (through  Miss  Helen  M. 
Gilkey,  curator)  plant,  Centaurea, 
from  Oregon  (66016). 

ORSER-KRAFT  FELDSPAR  (LTD.), 
Perth,  Ontario,  Canada  (through  Mr. 
F.  L.  Hess)  :  Samples  of  euxenite 
ore  (65480). 

ORTEGA,  Senor  Don  Jesus  G.,  Mazat- 
lan,  Sinaloa,  Mexico:  111  plants 
from  Mexico  (65923)  ;  7  plants 
(66274). 
OSHIMA  Dr.  M.  (See  under  Insti- 
tute of  Science,  Taihoku,  Formosa, 
Japan.) 
OSTERHOUT,    Geobge    E.,    Windsor, 

Colo.:  9  plants  (66565,  exchange). 
OTIS,    Ika    C,    Seattle,    Wash.:    106 
plants  from  western  United  States 
(65912). 
OTTAWA,      CANADA.     (See      under 

Canadian  Government.) 
OTTOLENGUI,    Dr.    R.,    New    York 
City:  10  noctuid  moths,  including  2 
cotypes   and   2   others  new   to   the 
collection  (65560). 
OWEN,  Virgil  W.,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. : 

12  beetles  (66491). 
PACIFIC  MINERALS  &  CHEMICAL 
CO.,   Glendale,   Calif.:  Specimen   of 
crude  talc  from  Acme,  Death  Valley, 
Calif.   (65518). 
PALMER,    Dr.    E.    C,    Philadelphia, 
Pa.:  Stone  club  of  the  Maori,  New 
Zealand  (65304). 
PALftlER,    WnxiAM,    U.    S.    National 
Museum:  Black  snake,  and  7  crabs, 
Rliithropanopeus   Jierrisii,    all   from 
South  Chesapeake  Beach,  Md.,  the 
latter  collected  by  the  donor  (65370, 
65517)  ;  3  birds  from  the  vicinity  of 
Washington,     D.     C,     including    a 


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REPOET   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


PALMER,  William — Continued, 
snow  bunting,  Plectrophenax  nivalis 
(65506)  ;  salamander  from  Plummer 
Island,  Md.,  collected  by  Mr.  H.  S. 
Barber,  and  a  musk  turtle  from 
Chesapeake  Beach   (65642). 

PAMMEL,  Dr.  L.  H.  (See  under 
Iowa  State  College  of  Agriculture 
and  Mechanic  Arts.) 

PARISH,  S.  B.,  Berkeley,  Calif.:  2 
specimens  of  cacti  (66413)  (through 
G.  P.  Van  Eseltine)  :  Plant,  Selagi- 
nella,  from  California  (65473). 

PARISI,  Dr.  Bruno,  Milan,  Italy: 
Specimen  of  thalassimid,  Typhlo- 
caris  letJiaea   (66240,  exchange). 

PARKE,  DAVIS  &  CO.,  Detroit, 
Mich. :  22  photographs  showing  lab- 
oratory operations  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  pharmaceutical  preparations 
(65472)  ;  5  specimens  of  medicinal 
substances  (65953). 

PARKER,  Dr.  A.  C,  Altmar,  N.  Y. : 
Young  ring-necked  snake  from  Alt- 
mar,  N.  Y.  (666S1). 

PARMAN,  D.  C,  Uvalde,  Tex. :  33  liv- 
ing cacti  from  Texas   (66283). 

PATTEN,  Mrs.  L.  Deak,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Ethnologica  from  the  Oglala- 
Teton  Sioux,  Pine  Ridge,  S.  Dak. 
(65596,  loan). 

PATTISON,  Mrs.  S.  L.,  Canutillo, 
Tex.:  18  specimens  of  cacti  (66244, 
66359). 

PEABODY  MUSEUM,  Salem,  Mass.: 
2  photographs  of  models  of  the  ves- 
sels Friendship  and  Rising  States 
(65S80). 

PEABODY  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL 
HISTORY.  (See  under  Yale  Uni- 
versity.) 

PEARSE,  Dr.  A.  S.,  University  of  YVls- 
consin,  Madison,  Wis.:  36  slides  of 
fish  parasites  from  Lake  Valencia, 
Venezuela  (65886)  ;  23  microscopic 
slides  of  parasitic  worms,  represent- 
ing 21  species,  7  of  which  are  types 
(66536)  ;  2  slides  of  parasitic 
worms,  Crepidostomum  Mloba,  type 
and  cotypes  from  Lake  Pepin,  and 
CapiUaria  catostomi,  type,  from 
Sturgeon  Bay   (66588). 

PECK,  L.  H.,  Delta,  Utah:  Topaz  in 
matrix  and  2  topaz  crystals  (66117). 


PELLETT,  Frank  C,  American  Bee 
Joui-nal,  Hamilton,  111. :  50  bees  and 
wasps  (65712). 

PELLOUX,  Prof.  Albeeto,  Genoa, 
Italy :  24  specimens  of  minerals 
(66409,   exchange). 

PENNSYLVANIA  DEPARTMENT  OF 
AGRICULTURE,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
(through  P.  T.  Barnes,  Executive 
Assistant)  :  9  specimens,  1  species, 
of  slugs,  Limax  maxlmus  (66407). 

PENNY,  F.  W.,  Pointe-a-Pierre,  Trini- 
dad, British  West  Indies :  14  fossil 
corals  from  Trinidad,  from  type  lo- 
cality of  corals  described  by  P.  M. 
Duncan  from  St.  Croix,  Trinidad 
(65929). 

PEREZ,  Gilbert,  Bureau  of  Education, 
Lucena,  Tayabas,  Luzon,  P.  I. :  27 
Philippine  Island  land  shells  (65217, 
exchange). 

PERKINS,  John  U.,  Smithsonian  In- 
stitution :  Photogravure  by  Goupil 
of  Winslow  Homer's  painting  The 
Herring  Net    (66422). 

PERRY,  Mrs.  Ruth  Habmison,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. :  Rifle  and  powder 
horn   (66688). 

PHILIPPINE  ISLANDS,  GOVERN- 
MENT OF,  Bureau  of  Science, 
Manila,  P.  I. :  Skin  of  a  crane,  Anti- 
gone sharpei,  and  20  mammals  from 
the  Philippine  Islands  (65339,  de- 
posit) ;  33  plants  from  Borneo 
(65423,  exchange)  ;  2,905  plants, 
chiefly  from  the  Philippine  Islands 
(65568,  exchange). 

PHILIPPINES,  UNIVERSITY  OF, 
Manila,  P.  I.  (through  Prof.  A.  L. 
Day)  :  28  specimens,  representing  9 
species,  of  named  freshwater 
shrimps  (65969,  excliange). 

PHOTOGRAVURE  &  COLOR  CO., 
New  York  City  (through  Karl 
Arvidson  and  Charles  Furth)  : 
Photogravures  in  black  and  white 
and  3  colors ;  photogravures  in 
colors  at  one  impression ;  photo- 
gelatin  prints  in  black  and  white 
and  3  colors ;  historical  specimens 
and  Muybridge  material  (66226). 

PICHON,  Miss  Eugenie  C,  Upperville, 
Va. :  2  beaded  bags,  2  beaded  neck- 
laces, beaded  belt  and  a  mortar 
(66746). 


LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS. 


181 


PICKETT,  R,  v.,  Edgewater,  Colo.: 
9  cacti  from  Colorado  (66615,  ex- 
change). 

PICKREL  VENEER  CO.,  New  Al- 
bany, Ind.  (through  American  Wal- 
nut Manufacturers'  Association,  Chi- 
cago, 111.)  :  Specimen  of  black  wal- 
nut showing  method  of  cutting  ve- 
neers (66760). 

PIEDMONT  RED  CEDAR  CHEST 
CO.,  Statesville,  N.  C. :  Piedmont 
red  cedar  chest  (65696). 

PILKINGTON,  H.  M.,  New  York  City  : 
Plant  from  Haiti,  and  10  cacti,  and 

2  specimens  of  cactus  wood  (65842, 
65936). 

PILLING,  Mrs.  James  W.,  Coyoacan, 

D.  F.,  Mexico :  Small  and  finely 
woven  Navaho  blanket  from  Ari- 
zona (66352). 

PINCHOT,  ESTATE  OF  MRS.  MARY 

E.  (through  the  executors,  care  of 
Hon.  Gifford  Pinchot,  MUford,  Pa.)  : 
Collection  of  period  costumes  (31 
specimens)  and  5  small  ecclesiastical 
embroideries  (65616). 

PIPER,  Prof.  C.  v..  Bureau  of  Plant 
Industry,  U.  S.  Department  of  Agri- 
culture, Washington,  D.  C. :  Plant, 
Chenopodium,  from  Maryland 
(65651)  ;  3  specimens,  2  species,  of 
land  shells  from  Key  West,  Fla., 
and  6  specimens,  1  species,  of  fresh- 
water shells  from  Everglades,  Fla. 
(65921)  ;  plant,  Selaginella,  fi'om 
Briitsh  Columbia   (66124). 

(See  also  under  Department  of 
Agriculture,  Bureau  of  Plant  In- 
dustry, and  J.  B.  Flett.) 

PITTIER,  Dr.  H.,  care  U.  S.  legation, 
Caracas,  Venezuela :  Ethnological 
objects  from  Central  America,  con- 
sisting of  a  lime  gourd,  perforated 
rattle,  bone-handle  rattle,  spindle, 
and  cotton  for  spinning  (65286)  ; 
750  plants  from  Venezuela  (66493, 
65421,  65747,  66259)  ;  17  species  of 
land  and  fresh-water  mollusks  from 
Venezuela  (65975). 

POCAHONTAS  MEMORIAL  ASSO- 
CIATION, THE,  Washington,  D.  C. : 

3  dolls  representing  the  Indian 
princess  Pocahontas,  1  in  native 
costume,  and  2  in  English  dress 
(65470). 


POMONA  COLLEGE,  Claremont, 
Calif,  (through  Dr.  Philip  A.  Munz, 
Curator,  Department  of  Botany)  : 
361  plants  from  southern  California 
(65298,  exchange)  ;  10  plants  (t5i)e 
collection  of  Selaginella  leucobrj/o- 
ides,  fi-om  California  (66597,  ex- 
change) (through  G.  P.  Van  Esel- 
tine)  ;  2  plants,  Belagmella,  from 
California  (65474,  exchange)  ;  49 
specimens  representing  17  species  of 
crustaceans  from  California 
(65675)  ;  fern,  Pellaea,  from  the 
Providence  Mountains,  Calif.  (66710, 
exchange). 

POOLE,  A.  J.,  U.  S.  National  Museum : 
22  specimens,  representing  4  species, 
of  land  and  fresh-water  mollusks 
from  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.   (65534). 

PORTER,  Dr.  Caklos  E.,  Santiago, 
Chile :  6  isopods  representing  ap- 
parently new  species  of  the  family 
Idotheidae    (66233). 

PORTER,  Mrs,  .John  Biddle,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. :  Doll's  furniture  and 
doll's  china  owned  by  the  children 
of  Hon.  Richard  Rush,  United  States 
minister  to  Great  Britain,  1817-25, 
and  member  of  the  first  Board  of 
Regents,  Smithsonian  Institution 
(65995,  loan). 

PORTS,  Peecy  L.,  Clarendon,  Va.:  4 
cacti   from   Bolivia    (65377,   66245). 
(See    also    under    Senor    Ignacio 
Arana. ) 

POST  OFFICE  DEPARTMENT:  15 
sets  of  specimen  stamps,  etc.,  in 
triplicate  (4,413  specimens),  received 
from  the  International  Bureau  of 
the  Universal  Postal  Union,  Berne, 
Switzerland  (65192,  65271,  65381, 
65410,  65411,  65561,  65753,  65809, 
65835,  66061,  66217,  66322,  66343, 
66471,  66606)  ;  coUection  of  postage 
stamps,  post  cards,  and  stamped  pa- 
per (65875)  ;  United  States  1,  2,  and 
5  cent  postage  stamps  of  the  Pilgrim 
Tercentenary  commemorative  issue, 
and  $2  postage  starnp  of  the  current 
issue,  in  triplicate  (12  specimens) 
(65970). 

(See    also    under    Ukraine,    The 
Friends  of.) 


182 


EEPOET   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


POWERS  -  WEIGHTMAN  -  ROSEN- 
GARTEN  CO.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. :  20 
specimens  of  medicinal  chemicals 
(65812). 

PRASHAD,  Dr.  B.  (See  under  India, 
Zoological  Sun'ey. ) 

PRENTISS,  Dr.  Elliott  C,  El  Paso, 
Tex. :  2  specimens  of  cacti  (65673) . 

PRICE,  Ernest  B.,  Vice  Consul  in 
charge  at  Canton,  China  (through 
Department  of  State,  Washington, 
D.  C.)  :  7  photographs  of  poppy  fields 
in  Fukien  Province,  China  (66603). 

PRINCETON  UNIVERSITY,  Depart- 
ment of  Geologj^  Princeton,  N.  J. : 
(through  A.  F.  Buddington)  :  3  speci- 
mens of  minerals  from  New  York 
(65702,  exchange). 

PRUITT,  Beetie,  Lomax,  N.  C. :  Eggs 
of  aluna  moth  (66345). 

PURDUE  UNIVERSITY,  Department 
of  Botany,  La  Fayette,  Ind. :  26 
specimens  of  rusts  (65728). 

PURPUS,  Dr.  J.  A.,  Botanical  Garden, 
Darmstadt,  Germany :  8  plants 
(65723,  exchange). 

QUEHL,  L.,  Halle  bei  Saale,  Germany  : 
plant,  Mammillaria  (66719,  ex- 
change). 

RADIUM  CO.  OP  COLORADO  (INC.), 
THE  (through  Mr.  F.  L.  Hess)  :  2 
specimens  of  "  Kentsmithite  "  from 
Long  Park,  Montrose  County,  Colo., 
collected  by  James  S.  James  (65986). 

RADIUM  INFORMATION  SERVICE, 
New  York  City :  3  specimens  of  car- 
notite  ore  from  the  Long  Park,  Colo., 
propei'ties  of  the  Radium  Luminous 
Material  Coi-poration  (66623). 

RADIUM  TREATMENT  AND  SANA- 
TORIUM CO.,  THE,  Silver  City, 
N.  Y. :  Samples  of  torbemite  from 
White  Signal,  Grant  County,  N.  Mex. 
(66694). 

RAINBOW  RIDGE  MINING  CO. 
(through  Archie  Rice,  New  York 
City)  :  A  series  of  opal  specimens  in 
the  rough,  from  the  mines  of  the 
Rainbow  Ridge  Mining  Co.,  located 
in  Humboldt  County,  Nev.  (65978). 

RAMSDEN,  Dr.  C.  T.,  Guantanamo, 
Cuba :  A  collection  of  reptiles,  ba- 
trachians,  moths,  and  isopods,  the 
latter   comprising   the   type   and  14 


RAMSDEN,  Dr.  C.  T.— Continued, 
paratypes  of  Cubaris  ramisdeni,  new 
species,  from  "  El  Ocujal,"  Guan- 
tanamo, Cuba  (65586),  10  isopods 
representing  a  new  species  of  Pseu- 
darmadillo  (66312). 

RAVENEL,  William  deC,  U.  S.  Na- 
tional Museum :  Memorial  certificate 
issued  by  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment and  memorial  certificate  issued 
by  the  French  Government  in  com- 
memoration of  the  death  of  Second 
Lieut.  William  deC.  Ravenel,  jr., 
U.  S.  Air  Service,  killed  in  line  of 
duty  June  30,  1918;  also  a  bronze 
victory  service  medal  awarded  to 
Lieutenant  Ravenel  by  the  U.  S. 
War  Department,  and  a  bronze  cross 
awarded  by  the  citizens  of  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  (65502)  ;  hobble 
of  finely  braided  rawhide  from  Ar- 
.  gentina.  South  America  (65585)  ;  an 
old  pharmaceutical  balance  (65893). 

REED,  Dr.  Edwyn  P.,  Valparaiso,  Chile 
(through  Dr.  Alexander  Wetmore)  : 
Snake  and  3  lizards  collected  in  Val- 
paraiso (66595). 

REED,  Lieut.  Richakd  C,  U.  S.  Navy, 
Supply  Corps,  U.  S.  Navy,  Tutuila, 
Samoa :  12  bird  skins,  1  fish,  para- 
sitic flies  and  centipede  eggs,  all 
from  Samoa    (66102,  66440). 

REESIDE,  J.  B.,  Jr.  (See  under  In- 
stituto  de  la  Salle,  Bogota,  Colom- 
bia.) 

REICHE,  Karl,  Mexico,  Mexico:  23 
plants  (66398,  66619). 

REID,  Eael  D.,  U.  S.  National  Mu- 
seum :  33  fishes,  and  16  inverte- 
brates from  Chesapeake  Beach,  Md. 
(65205,  65333)  ;  60  pairs  of  ear 
stones  (otoliths)  dissected  from  the 
heads  of  fishes  obtained  in  the  Wash- 
ington markets  (66186). 

REINHARD,  E.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. :  8 
specimens  of  Silurian  and  Devonian 
fossils  from  New  York  State  (66003). 

REINHARD,  H.  J.,  Texas  Agricultural 
Experiment  Station,  College  Station, 
Tex. :  Mollusk,  Siiccinea  luteola,  and 
a  dermestid  beetle,  Trogoderma, 
species,  from  College  Station 
(66618). 


LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS. 


183 


REKO,  Dr.  Blas  P.,  Oaxaca  de  Juarez, 
Mexico:  6  plants    (65841,  66433). 

REMBRANDT  INTAGLIO  PRINT- 
ING CO.  (LTD.),  Queens  Mill,  Lan- 
caster, England :  20  specimens  of 
rotary  intaglio  printing,  17  in  black 
and  white  and  3  in  color,  the  earliest 
specimen  dated  1894  and  the  latest 
1920  (65476). 

RENSON,  Seuor  Don  Carlos.  (See 
under  San  Salvador,  El  Salvador.) 

REVOREDO,  .1.  F.,  Aguilar,  Oruro, 
Bolivia  (through  Mr.  F.  L.  Hess)  : 
Specimen  of  wolframite  from  Chi- 
cote  Hill,  east  of  Oruro,  Bolivia 
(65513). 

RICE,  Archie.  (See  under  Rainbow 
Ridge  Mining  Co.) 

RICE,  A.  P.,  Brookline,  Mass. :  4  ears 
of  corn  in  the  husk  and  2  samples 
of  cotton  from  Yucatan  (66653). 

RICE    INSTITUTE,    THE,    Houston, 
Tex.    (through  Prof.  Asa  C.  Chand- 
ler) :  Specimen  of  skate,  new  species, 
and  a  minnow,  Zygonectes  henshalli 
(66069). 

RICE,  J.  R.,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Specimen  of  black  granite  (gabbro) 
from  Rowan  County,  N.  C.  (66417). 

RICHARDS,  Dr.  Theodore  W.,  U.  S. 
Navy,  Washington,  D.  C. :  Collection 
of  several  thousand  birds'  eggs, 
chiefly  from  North  America  (65320). 

RICHARDSON,  Mrs.  Charles  W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  (through  Mrs. 
Julian- James)  :  Leghorn  straw  poke 
bonnet  (65567,  loan). 

RICHARDSON,  W.  D.,  Fredericks- 
burg, Va. :  4,380  beetles,  comprising 
the  donor's  collection,  except  the 
family  Drj'opidae  (65775). 

RICKER,  P.  L.,  U.  S.  Department  of 
Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Land  planarian  from  a  greenhouse, 
Fourteenth  and  B  Streets,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  (65532). 

RIDGWAY,  Robert,  Olney,  111.:  3 
bird  skins  from  Illinois  (65365). 

RIKSMUSEETS  BOTANISKA  AV- 
DELNING,  Stockholm,  Sweden 
(through  Dr.  Carl  Lindman,  Di- 
rector) :  280  plants,  Bryophyta,  from 
northern  Europe  (65644)  ;  880 
plants,  largely  algae  and  grasses 
(66282,  exchange). 


RIVES,  Mrs.  Isabel,  Washington,  D. 

C.  (through  Mi-s.  R,  G.  Hoes)  : 
Smoking  cap,  Scotch  style,  embroid- 
ered in  moose  hair,  from  Canada 
(65437,  loan). 

ROBERTS,  E.  W.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio: 
14  detail  photographs  of  Hiram 
Maxim's  early  flying  machine,  and 
copy  of  a  photograph  of  him,  also 
a  copy  of  the  Journal  of  the  Society 
of  Automotive  Engineers,  April, 
1918,  containing  a  description  of 
the  machine   (65903). 

ROBERTSON,  Miss  Lida  B.,  Living- 
ston Normal  School,  Livingston, 
Ala. :  Plant,  Firmiana  platanifolia 
(65266)  ;  plant  (65311). 

ROBINSON,  Col.  WniT,  U.  S.  Army, 
West  Point,  N.  Y. :  Shrew  (alco- 
holic), Microsorex  winnemanna 
(65305). 

ROCK,  Prof.  Joseph  F.,  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment   of    Agriculture,    Washington, 

D.  C. :  4    plants,    Kokia,    from    the 
Hawaiian  Islands  (65199). 

ROCKWOOD,  L.  P.,  Forest  Grove, 
Oreg. :  2  type  specimens  of  Diptera 
(66210). 

RODDY,  Dr.  H.  Justin,  Millersville, 
Pa. :  332  Cambrian  fossils  from 
Lancaster  County,  Pa.   (65258). 

ROEBLING,  Col.  Washington  A., 
Trenton,  N.  J. :  3  specimens  of  min- 
erals from  Sweden  (65352). 

ROGERS,  L.  E.,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
The  nest  of  a  wasp  collected  at  Shin 
Pond,  Patten,  Me.  (65740). 

ROIG,  Dr.  Mario  Sanchez,  Havana, 
Cuba:  Selenite  from  Cuba,  also  8 
specimens,  2  species,  of  terrestrial 
isopods  (65904,  65968). 

ROMAN,  Dr.  A.,  Entomologiska  Afdel- 
ning,  Naturhistoriska  Riksmuseet, 
Stockholm,  Sweden:  2  ichneumon 
flies,  Polysphincta  carbon  at  or 
(65792). 

ROSENDAHL,  Prof.  C.  O.  ( See  under 
Minnesota,  the  University  of.) 

ROSS,  C.  S.,  U.  S.  Geological  Survey, 
Washington,  D.  C. :  Specimen  of 
onyx  from  Lime  Creek,  Del  Norte 
Quadrangle,  near  Bidell,  Colo. 
(66051). 


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REPORT   OF   ITATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


ROST,  E.  C,  Alhambra,  Calif. :  8  cacti 
(65657,  66414,  exchange)  ;  27  cacti 
(66444,  66744). 

ROWLEE,  Prof.  W.  W.,  Department 
of  Botany,  Cornell  University,  Ith- 
aca, N.  Y. :  3  plants,  Ochroma,  from 
Central  America  ( 65690 ) . 

(See    also    under    Cornell     Uni- 
versity). 

ROWLETT,  Mrs.  S.  C,  Halifax,  Va. : 
8  plants  (66453,  66562). 

ROYAL  BOTANIC  GARDENS.  (See 
under  British  Government.) 

ROYAL  ELECTROTYPE  CO.,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.:  Exhibit  showing  lead- 
molding  electrotype  and  McKee 
process  of  treating  electrotypes 
(66196)  ;  6  photographs  of  the  Royal 
Electrotype   Co.'s   plant    (66526). 

ROYAL  TYPEWRITER  CO.  (INC.), 
THE,  New  York  City  (through  G.  E. 
Smith,  President)  :  Royal  type- 
writer, No.  10,  latest  model ;  Royal 
typewriter,  skeleton  model,  to  af- 
ford inspection  of  all  working  parts, 
working  model,  double  size,  of  the 
Royal  tjT)ewriter  accelerating  key 
lever  action,  and  working  model  of 
the  Royal  typewriter  roller  trip  es- 
capement  (65698). 

RUNYON,  RoBEET,  Brownsville,  Tex. : 
27  cacti  from  Texas  (65652,  65700, 
65830,  66067)  ;  29  plants  (66424, 
66518,  66558,  66657,  06747)  ;  8  plants, 
Lophophora,  from  Texas  (66031). 

RUSH,  Mrs.  Paul  J.,  Proctor,  Tex.: 
Skin  and  skull  of  a  pallid  white- 
footed  mouse,  Peromyscus  manicu- 
latus  pallescens  (65247), 

RUST,  Henry  J.,  Coeur  d'Alene, 
Idaho:  Collection  of  fossil  plants 
from  Coeur  d'Alene  (66154). 

RUTH,  Prof.  Albert,  Polytechnic, 
Tex. :  48  plants,  4  plants  from  Texas, 
and  a  plant,  Opuntia  (65403,  66041. 
66721). 

RUTHVEN,  Dr.  A.  G.  (See  under 
Michigan,  University  of.  Museum  of 
Zoology.) 

RUZICKA,  Rudolph.  ( See  under  the 
Cartei'et  Book  Club,  of  Newark.) 

ST.  PROCOPIUS  COLLEGE,  Lisle, 
111.  (through  Prof.  Hilary  S.  Jurica) 
176  specimens  of  miscellaneous  in- 


ST.  PROCOPIUS  COLLEGE— Contd. 
sects     (160     from     Lisle,     Dupage 
County,  111.,  and  16  collected  in  the 
Key    Islands,    Dutch    East    Indies) 
(65973). 

SANCHEZ,  Dr.  Maeio,  Sr.,  Habana, 
Cuba :  19  specimens,  9  species,  of 
mollusks  from  Cuba,  including  the 
types  of  5  new  species  (65231)  ;  9 
specimens,  representing  8  species,  of 
fossil  mollusks  from  Yedado,  near 
Habana,  Cuba   (65669). 

SAN  JOSli;,  COSTA  RICA,  MUSEO 
NACIONAL  (through  Dr.  A.  Al- 
faro)  :  23  crane  flies  representing  17 
species,  including  the  tj'pe  of  a  new 
species,  from  Costa  Rica  (65671,  ex- 
change). 

SAN  SALVADOR,  EL  SALVADOR, 
LABORATORIO  DE  AGRICUL- 
TURA  (through  Senor  Don  Carlos 
Renson)  :  14  plants  from  El  Salvador 

(65931). 

SAO  PAULO,  BRAZIL.  (See  under 
Museu  Paulista.) 

SARDESON,  Dr.  Frederick  W.,  Min- 
neapolis, Minn,  (through  Interior 
Department,  U.  S.  Geological  Sur- 
vey) :  Collection  of  Cretaceous  in- 
vertebrate fossils  including  about  12 
species  and  over  200  specimens  from 
the  Arcturus,  Hill,  and  Walker  mines 
of  the  Mesabi  Iron  Range,  Minn. 
(66361). 

SARGENT,  C.  S.  ( See  under  Harvard 
University,  Arnold  Arboretum.) 

SASAKI,  Madoka,  Sapporo,  Japan: 
337  specimens,  34  species,  of  crusta- 
ceans from  Japan  (66769). 

SAUNDERS,  C.  F.,  Pasadena,  Calif.: 
3  plants,  Selaginell-a,  from  California 
(66107,  66636). 

SAVAGE,  M.  F.,  New  York  City:  4 
photographs,  a  daguerreotype,  and  2 
tintjTpes  of  the  period  of  the  Civil 
War,  and  a  souvenir  badge  issued 
on  the  occasion  of  the  dedication  of 
Grant's  Tomb,  1897  (65641)  ;  iron 
lamp  said  to  have  been  found  in  the 
trench  warfare  on  the  Austrian  front 
in  the  region  of  Venice,  Italy,  and 
bought  in  Rome,  Italy  (66321), 


LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS 


185 


SAVILLE,  Dr.  Marshall  H.  (See 
under  Museum  of  the  American  In- 
dian, tlie  Heye  Foundation.) 

SCALCO,  Salvatoee,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Banana  possum  (Mannosa) 
(65388). 

SCHAEFFER,  Chables.  (See  under 
Brooklyn  Institute  of  Arts  and 
Sciences,  Central  •  Museum,  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.) 

SCHAUS,  William,  U.  S.  National  Mu- 
seum :  800  specimens  of  Lepidoptera 
representing  400  species,  new  to  the 
Museum  collections,  and  55  water 
color  paintings  of  rare  species  of 
butterflies  to  represent  these  species 
in  the  collection  (66534). 

SCHEERPELTZ,  Prof.  Otto  and  Prof. 
Emil  MOCZARSKI,  Staatsreal- 
schule,  Vienna,  Austria  (through  the 
Entomological  Society  of  Washing- 
ton )  :  244  specimens  of  cave  and  sub- 
terranean Coleoptera,  representing 
100  species  new  to  the  Museum  col- 
lections (66077). 

SCHIEFFELIN  &  CO.,  New  York 
City  :  6  specimens  of  pharmaceutical 
preparations   (65874). 

SCHLESWIG  INTERNAT  lONAL 
COMMISSION,  Kollund,  Schleswig 
(through  C.  B.  Mace,  Secretary  Gen- 
eral) :  3  sets  of  postage  stamps  is- 
sued during  the  international  com- 
mission's administration  of  the  pleb- 
iscite area  in  Schleswig,  1919-20 
(65359). 

SCHMID,  Edwabd  S.,  Washington,  D. 
C. :  24  birds,  including  2  Amazon 
parrots  (66303,  66447,  66621,  66661). 

SCHOCK,  Oli\'eb  D.,  Harrisburg,  Pa. : 
2  photographs  of  a  shrub  from  Penn- 
sylvania (65957)  ;  plant,  trailing 
juniper,  from  Pennsylvania  (65962). 

SCHROEDER,  Miss  Em-Sidell,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. :  A  bark  cloth  (Kapa) 
pillow  cover,  2  samples  of  hand 
weaving,  and  a  specimen  of  a  chun- 
dri  with  knots  united   (65433). 

SCHUCHERT,  Prof.  Chaeles.  (See 
under  Yale  University.) 

SCHULTZ,  Dr.  Adolph  H.,  Carnegie 
Laboratory,  Johns  Hopkins  Medical 
School,  Baltimore,  Md.  ( through  Dr. 
O.   P.   Hay)  :  Left  ramus  of  lower 


SCHULTZ,  Dr.  Abolph  H.— Contd. 
jaw,  containing  two  molars,  of  the 
fossil  peccary,  Tayassii  lenis,  from 
the  Pleistocene,  Calvert  County, 
Maryland ;  also  an  X-ray  negative 
(66362). 

SCHULZ,  Miss  Ellen  D.,  San  Antonio, 
Tex.:  212  plants  from  Texas  (2 
through  Prof.  O.  F.  Cook)  (65270, 
65498,  66166,  66269,  66682) ;  161 
plants  from  Texas  and  New  Mexico 
(65583)  ;  2  plants,  Af  a  mm  ill  aria 
(66563).* 

SCHWARZ,  Dr.  E.  A.,  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D. 
C  :  About  200  beetles,  Tenebrionidae, 
representing  genera  not  in  the  Mu- 
seum collections  (66749)  :  100  beetles 
collected  at  Plummer  Island,  Md.,  in 
1920  (65762). 

SCHWARZ,  Di-.  E.  A.,  and  Heebeet  S. 
BARBER,  U.  S.  Department  of  Ag- 
riculture, Washington,  D.  C. :  1,000 
beetles  from  Plummer  Island,  Md. 
(66758). 

SCIDMORE,  Miss  Eliza  Ruhamah, 
Washington,  D.  C. :  2  Korean  straw 
figures  (65511). 

SCIENCE  AND  AGRICULTURE  DE- 
PARTMENT, Division  of  Biology, 
Georgetown,  Demerara,  British 
Guiana :  3  vials  of  shipworms,  mol- 
lusks,  from  British  Guiana  (65530). 

SCOLLICK,  J.  W.,  U.  S.  National  Mu- 
seum :  Daguerreotype,  silhouette  por- 
trait, and  an  ambrotype  portrait, 
also  a  turtle  from  Bennings,  D.  C. 
(65323,  65413). 

SCOTT,  Geoege,  Hollywood,  Calif.: 
African  ethnologocal  and  archeo- 
logical  specimens   (66755). 

SCRIPPS  INSTITUTION  FOR  BIO- 
LOGICAL RESEARCH,  La  Jolla, 
Calif. :  453  specimens  representing 
45  species  of  crustaceans  from  Cali- 
fornia, and  7  crabs,  Pilummis  spino- 
liirsutus  (65633,  66401)  ;  (through 
Myrtle  E.  Johnson)  :  4  coelenterates 
from  California   (66255). 

SEBASTIEN,  E.,  St.  Thomas,  Virgin 
Islands  of  the  United  States:  Fruit 
of  the  screw  pine,  Pandanus  syl- 
vestris  and  a  photograph  of  the  same 
(65260). 


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SECHRIST,  E.  Lloyd,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Model  of  Tahitian  outrigger 
canoe,  and  3  photographs  of  scenes 
in  Tahiti  (66392). 

SilGUY,  Mons.  E.,  Museum  d'Historio 
Naturelle,  Paris,  France:  24  speci- 
mens of  mosquitoes,  and  29  speci- 
mens, 12  species  of  named  mos- 
quitoes  (66242,  66300). 

SEIFRIZ,  Dr.  William,  Johns  Hop- 
kins University,  Baltimore,  Md. :  2 
ferns  from  Java    ( 66128 -). 

SELLS,  Mrs.  Cato,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
White  lace  veil  and  black  lace  veil 
made  by  Miss  Abigail  Sias,  of  Dan- 
ville, Conn.,  about  1830   (66629). 

SEOANE,  Lieut.  Col.  C.  A.,  Signal 
Corps,  U.  S.  Army,  Seattle,  Wash.: 
Polychaete  worm,  type  of  new  species 
(66027). 

SETCHELL,  Prof.  W.  A.  (See  under 
Carnegie  Institution  of  Washington.) 

SEYMOUR,  Mrs.  Henry,  Ancon,  Canal 
Zone:  Earthenware  double  jar  of 
recent  make,  from  Honduras;  me- 
tate  of  cellular  lava  and  a  pottery 
jar  with  painted  designs,  both  from 
Honduras,  also  a  stone  image  from 
Mexico   (65350). 

SHANNON,  R.  C,  Entomological  De- 
partment, Cornell  University,  Ithaca, 
N.  Y. :  Specimen  of  an  unknown 
drosophilid  from  Camp  Meade,  Md., 
2  specimens  of  a  very  small  species 
of  anthomyidae  collected  at  Ithaca, 
N.  Y.,  and  602  beetles  from  Wash- 
ington State    (65739,  65776,  66106). 

SHARKIE,  Rev.  Antonixjs,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. :  Wooden  balance  for 
weighing  money  from  Syria  (66420). 

SHAW,  Dr.  E.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
200  specimens,  6  species,  of  land 
sheUs  from  Bolivia    (66141). 

SHEPHERD,  Alexander  R.,  2d,  Tung- 
stonia,  Nev.  (through  Mr.  F.  L. 
Hess)  :  Specimen  of  hubnerite  from 
60  miles  northeast  of  Ely,  Nev. 
(65505). 

SHEPPARD,  M.  J.,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Fossil  pecten  from  the  Tertiary  rocks 
of  Contra  Costa  County,  Calif. 
(66074). 


SHEPPARD,  Walter  B.,  Jackson, 
Wyo. :  Small  collection  of  plants 
from  Wyoming  (66036). 

SHIDELER,  Prof.  W.  H.,  Miami  Uni- 
versity, Oxford,  Ohio :  Collection  of 
rare  Upper  Ordovician  fossils  from 
Oxford,  Ohio  (65818,  exchange). 

SHORT,  George  H.,  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah  (through  Victor  C.  Heikes)  : 
Specimen  of  sphalerite  from  the 
Judge  mine.  Park  City,  Utah 
(65667). 

SHREVE,  Dr.  Forest,  Desert  Labora- 
tory, Tuscon,  Ariz. :  Plant,  cactus, 
from  Arizona  (65658). 

SHUFELDT,  Dr.  R.  W.,  U.  S.  Army 
(retired),  Washington,  D.  C. :  7 
small  mammals  from  South  America 
(65523)  ;  plant,  Meibomia,  from  the 
District  of  Columbia  (65579)  ;  2 
skeletons  of  fishes,  a  dried  fish,  and 
skeleton   of  a   hawk    (66277). 

SHUFELDT,  Dr.  R.  W.,  U.  S.  Army 
(retired),  Washington,  D.  C,  and 
Dr.  A.  d'E.  TAUNAY,  Sao  Paulo, 
Brazil:  3  skeletons  of  fishes  (66278). 

SHUFELDT,  Mrs.  R.  W.,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Common  swift  from  Great 
Falls,  Md.  (65471). 

SHURTLEFP,  Arthur  A.,  Boston, 
Mass. :  Original  atomizer  or  vapor- 
izer made  about  August  27,  1871,  by 
Asahel  M.  Shurtleff,  Boston,  Mass. 
(66665). 

SIGMUND,  Louis,  Goldfield,  Nev.: 
Samples  of  fibrous  opal  from  Esmer- 
alda County,  Nev.  (65184). 

SIMONS,  Mrs.  Carrie  L.,  San  Diego, 
Calif. :  10  mollusks  representing  the 
species  Schismope  califomica,  from 
North  Coronado  Island,  Lower  Cali- 
fornia (66024). 

SIMPSON,  Charles  T.,  Little  River, 
Fla. :  36  specimens,  22  subspecies,  of 
mollusks,  Liguus,  from  Florida,  rep- 
resenting type  lots  of  new  subspecies 
described  by  the  donor  (65209). 
.  SINGEWALD,  Prof.  Joseph  T.,  Johns 
Hopkins  University,  Baltimore,  Md. 
(through  Mr.  F.  L.  Hess)  :  Specimen 
of  wolframite  and  cassiterite  from 
Carmen  Mine,  Yungas,  Bolivia 
(65916). 


LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS. 


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SITHENS,  E.  H.,  Millville,  N.  J.: 
Victor  "ordinary"  bicycle  (66457). 
(See  also  under  Lawrence  Wor- 
stall.) 

SKEELS,  H.  C.  (See  under  R.  N. 
Jones.) 

SLAGLE,  Wm.  (See  under  Curtis 
Publishing  co.) 

SLOANE,  William,  New  York  City: 
Gold  watch  seal  owned  by  Gen. 
George  Washington  and  presented 
by  him  to  Judge  Bushrod  Washing- 
ton  (66076). 

SLOCUM,  A.  W.,  Chicago,  111.:  Small 
collection  of  fresh-water  shells  from 
Crooked  Lake,  Bay  View,  Mich.,  and 
post-glacial  shells  and  marl  from 
Mud  Lake,  Mich.  (65444). 

SMALL,  Hon.  John  M.,  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives, Washington,  D.  C. : 
Silver  loving  cup  presented  in  1920 
by  the  Chinese  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, Peking,  China,  to  a  party  of 
American  Congressmen  (of  which 
Mr.  Small  was  chairman)  on  a  tour 
through  China  and  Japan  (6616S, 
deposit). 

SMITH,  Mrs.  F.  M.,  Baltimore,  Md. : 
Sword,  sash,  and  4  belts  owned  dur- 
ing the  Civil  War  by  Bvt.  Capt. 
Frank  M.  Smith,  First  Maryland 
Volunteers  (65536). 

SMITH,  G.  E.  (See  under  Royal 
T5T)ewriter  Co.   (Inc.).) 

SMITH,  Dr.  Hugh  M.]  Bureau  of  Fish- 
eries, Washington,  D.  C. :  A  series 
of  specimens  illustrating  the  chank 
industry  of  India  (65643). 

SMITH,  J.  A.,  Canon  City,  Colo.: 
Specimen  of  fossil  brachiopod  from 
the  Manitou  limestone,  near  Canon 
City,  Colo.  (65855). 

SMITH,  Capt.  John  Donnell,  Balti- 
mox'e,  Md. :  10  plants  from  Nica- 
ragua, collected  by  A.  Tonduz 
(66114). 

S:MITH,  Mrs.  Margaret  A.  S.,  New 
York  City  (through  Rear  Admiral 
R.  H.  Jackson,  U.  S.  Navy)  :  Plaster 
death  mask  of  Rear  Admiral  Wil- 
liam T.  Sampson,  U.  S.  Navy  (1840- 
1902)    (66759). 


SMITH,  Miss  Maby,  Areola,  Va. : 
Double  egg  of  a  domestic  fowl 
(66369). 
S^IITH,  Miss  Olga,  Honolulu,  Hawaii : 
48  si)ecimens,  36  species,  of  Hawaiian 
marine  shells  (65494)  ;  36  specimens, 
representing  5  species  of  land  shells 
from  the  island  of  Oahu,  Hav/aii 
(65597). 
SMITHSONIAN  INSTITUTION : 

An  oil  painting  representing  the 
Pterodactyl  Ornithostoma 
(65185)  ;  iron  wedge  used  by 
Abraham  Lincoln  when  a  resi- 
dent of  New  Salem,  111.,  1830- 
1834,  and  given  by  him  to  his 
instructor  in  surveying,  Mentor 
Graham  (65826)  ;  2  bronze  re- 
plicas of  the  medal  designed  by 
A.  Bonnetain,  1919,  in  commemo- 
ration of  the  services  of  Marie 
Depage  and  Edith  Cavell 
(65828)  ;  oil  portrait  of  Rear  Ad- 
miral William  Harkness,  U.  S. 
Navy,  and  gold  chronometer 
owned  by  him  (65847)  ;  about 
6,000  Cambrian  fossils  (66540)  ; 
bronze  medal  commemorating 
the  centennial  anniversary  of 
the  University  of  Virginia,  1921 
(66628,  deposit). 
Smithsonian  African  expedition 
under  the  direction  of  Edmund 
Heller  in  conjunction  tvith  the 
Universal  Film  Manufacturing 
Co.  (collected  by  H.  C.  Raven)  : 
5  mammals,  3  birds,  3  rep- 
tiles, and  1  fish  (65475)  ;  collec- 
tion of  mammals,  birds,  reptiles, 
mollusks,  and  insects  (65771)  ; 
collection  of  mammals,  birds, 
reptiles,  fish,  mollusks,  insects, 
and  3  vials  of  helminths  from 
East  Africa  (65961)  ;  collection 
of  mammals,  birds,  reptiles, 
fishes,  mollusks,  insects,  and 
helminths  from  East  Africa 
(66059)  ;  collection  of  parasites, 
insects,  and  a  lizard  (66097). 
Bureau  of  American  Ethnology: 
Skull,  bones,  and  lower  jaw, 
found  at  a  village  site  near 
Gatesville,  Tex.,  and  presented 
to  Dr.  J.  W.  Fewkes  in  April, 


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SMITHSONIAN     INSTITUTION— 

Continued. 
Bureau  of  American  Ethnology — 
Continued. 

1919  (65334)  ;  archeological 
specimens  and  liuman  bones 
found  at  Indian  Hill,  Fla.,  sent 
to  tlie  Bureau  by  Mr.  Charles 
T.  Earle,  Palma  Sola,  Fla. 
(65551)  ;  stone  arrow  polisher, 
presented  to  the  Bureau  of 
American  Ethnology  by  Dr. 
Walter  Roth,  of  Georgetown, 
British  Guiana  (65625)  ;  arch- 
eological material  collected  in 
the  spring  of  1920  in  northwest- 
ern Arizona  and  southwestern 
Utah  by  Mr.  Neil  M.  Judd 
(65764)  ;  a  pseudo  .stone  imple- 
ment of  limestone  found  by 
Rev.  E.  N.  Kremer,  Harrisburg, 
Pa.,  in  the  vicinity  of  Camphill, 
Cumberland  County,  Pa.,  and 
presented  by  him  to  the  Bureau 
(65795)  ;  8  human  skulls  and  a 
quantity  of  human  bones  col- 
lected by  Dr.  J.  W.  Fewkes 
from  the  Fire  Temple  group  of 
ruins  on  the  Mesa  Verde  Na- 
tional Park,  Colo.,  during  the 
summer  of  1920  (66011)  ;  25 
skeletons  collected  during  the 
summer  of  1920  from  the 
Fewkes  and  Gordon  Mounds 
near  Nashville,  Tenn.,  by  Mr. 
William  E.  Myer,  of  Nashville 
(66115)  ;  archeological  material 
collected  by  Mr.  J.  A.  Jeancon 
for  the  Bureau  of  American 
Ethnology  from  a  ruin  near 
Taos,  N.  Mex.,  in  the  summer  of 

1920  (66156)  ;  antique  Russian 
ax  head  found  at  Port  Graham, 
Alaska,  in  1913  (66290). 

National  Museum,  collected  by 
members  of  the  staff:  Bassler, 
R.  S. :  10  slabs  of  fossils  illus- 
trating an  Ordovician  sea  beach 
(65819).  Foshag,  W.  F. :  Col- 
lection of  minerals  from  Cali- 
fornia, obtained  in  May,  1920 
( 65416 ) .  Gidley,  J.  W. :  14  speci- 
mens of  cacti  (66191,  66324)  ; 
16  plants  (66390)  ;  collection  of 


SMITHSONIAN     INSTITUTION— 

Continued. 

National  Museum — Continued, 
vertebrate  remains  —  mostly 
mammalian — representing  a  new 
Pliocene  fauna,  from  the  San 
Pedro  and  Sulphur  Springs  Val- 
leys, Ariz.  (66702)  ;  a  large  slab 
containing  numerous  fossil 
bones  from  the  "  bone  quarry  " 
at  Agate,  Nebr.  (66703).  Gil- 
more,  C.  W. :  A  small  collection 
of  mammalian  fossUs  from 
Santa  Fe  Marls,  near  Espanola, 
N.  Mex.  (66610).  Hough,  Wal- 
ter, a  small  collection  of  inverte- 
brate fossils  from  Polacca,  Hopi 
Reservation,  Ariz.  (65244)  ; 
archeological  material  collected 
at  Polacca,  Ariz.,  during  the 
summer  of  1920  (65301). 
Maxon,  William  R. :  75  plants 
from  New  York,  Maryland,  and 
Virginia  (65306).  Walcott, 
Charles  D. :  Skin  and  skull  of  a 
mule  deer,  Odocoileus,  2  goats, 
Oreamnos,  and  a  porcupine, 
Erethizon,  collected  in  Alberta, 
Canada  (65897). 

National  Museum,  oMained  by 
purchase:  Bronze  medal  com- 
memorating the  achievements  of 
the  American  Red  Cross  War 
Council,  1917-1919  (2  speci- 
mens) (66212)  ;  medal  of  honor, 
distinguished  service  cross,  and 
distinguished  service  medal,  of 
the  type  awarded  by  the  United 
States  Navy  Department  for 
services  during  the  World  War, 
1917-18  (65766)  ;  3  prints  show- 
ing 3  states  of  the  etching  of 
plate  No.  183.  "Shoveller 
Drake"  (66728);  112  Mexican 
plants,  collected  by  C.  A.  Pur- 
pus  (65799)  ;  silver  Indian 
peace  medals  (6  specimens) 
(66770)  ;  112  plants  from 
Painted  Desert,  Ariz.  (65761)  ; 
109  Uganda  plants  (65254, 
66389)  ;  225  specimens  of  Mis- 
souri Lower  Devonian  fossils 
(65971)  ;  collection  of  bees  con- 
taining     222     specimens,     150 


LIST   OF   ACCESSIONS. 


189 


SMITHSONIAN     INSTITUTION— 
Continued. 

National  Museum — Continued, 
species,  of  which  72  are  para- 
types  (65466)  ;  98  beetles  of  the 
family  Tenebriouidae,  including 
cotypes  of  64  species  (65486)  ; 
'90  plants  from  Kamerun  (65198, 
65309)  ;  effigy  jar  made  by  the 
so  -  called  mound  builders 
(66459)  ;  1,838  plants  collected 
by  Mr.  E.  H.  Wilson,  in  eastern 
Asia  (66129)  ;  394  Chinese 
plants  collected  in  Yunnan  by 
Schoch,  and  400  Chinese  plants 
collected  by  Purdon  (66326)  ; 
250  plants  from  Yunnan,  China, 
collected  by  Simeon  Ten 
(66365)  ;  729  plants  from  Para- 
guay (65553)  ;  160  plants  from 
Oregon  and  California  (66317)  ; 
25  mosses  (66342)  ;  paper  cur- 
rency of  the  type  issued  in  Ger- 
many and  Austria  during  the 
World  War,  1914-1918  (450 
specimens)  (65292)  ;  6  volcanic 
rocks  from  Hegau  and  Schem- 
nitz  (66126)  ;  a  fossil  elephant 
skull  (65481)  ;  579  specimens  of 
Diptera,  including  215  types  and 
cotypes  (66060)  ;  patchwork 
quilt,  specimens  of  Javanese  cot- 
ton fabric,  and  2  specimens  of 
printed  India  calico  (65628)  ; 
2  United  States  silver  half  dol- 
lars commemorating  the  Pilgrim 
Tercentenary,  1920  (65607)  ; 
foreign  postage  stamps  issued 
1914-1920  (688  specimens) 
(65378)  ;  250  plants  from  Ecua- 
dor (65290)  ;  exhibition  slab 
of  Silurian  crinoids  (66693)  ; 
bronze  commemorative  medals 
of  the  World  Vv'ar,  1914-1918  (9 
specimens)  (66112)  ;  5  lamps 
(66046)  ;  24  specimens  of  carved 
ivory  from  Africa  (66589)  ;  3 
specimens  of  minerals  consisting 
of  maucherite,  phosphosiderite, 
and  klaprothite  (66008). 
National  Museum,  made  in  the 
Anthropological  Labo  ratory : 
Plaster  casts  (in  triplicate)  of  a 
stone  pipe  found  on  the  south 


SMITHSONIAN     INSTITUTION— 

Continued. 

National  Museum — Continued, 
bank  of  Snake  River  in  Gar- 
field County ,  Wash.,  original 
furnished  by  Mr.  E.  W.  Gibson, 
of  Pomeroy,  Wash,  (65438)  ; 
4  plaster  casts  of  medicine  or 
pigment  plate,  the  original  of 
which  is  the  property  of  Mr. 
A.  G.  Curtis,  Prescott,  Ariz. 
(66175)  :  2  plaster  casts  of  an 
old  Indian  pipe,  the  original  of 
which  is  in  the  custody  of  Mr. 
Edward  Butts,  curator.  Library 
Museum,  Kansas  City  Public 
Library,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
(66289)  ;  3  plaster  casts  of  jad- 
eite  "Bird  God"  (Tuxtla  statu- 
ette) (66325)  ;  2  plaster  casts  of 
a  celt  from  Brazil,  original  the 
property  of  Dr.  H.  S.  Washing- 
ton, Geophysical  Laboratory, 
Washington,  D.  C.  (66668). 

National  Museum,  made  in  the  Me- 
ohanical  Technology  Laboratory: 
Model  of  Leonard  da  Vinci's 
aircraft  1490  A.  D.,  made  from 
da  Vinci's  own  notes,  scale  one- 
fourth  (65503)  ;  model  of  Hen- 
sen's  "Aerial  steam  carriage " 
(66366). 

National  Zoological  Park:  Griffon 
vulture.  Gyps  ftdvus,  crowned 
crane,  Balearica  pavonia,  2  speci- 
mens of  European  robin,  Eri- 
thaous  rubecula,  3  specimens  of 
red-billed  hilltit,  Liothrix  luteus, 
mute  swan,  Cygnus  gibbus,  up- 
land goose,  Chloephaga  leucop- 
tera,  scarlet  ibis,  Ouara  rubra, 
whistling  swan,  Olor  columbi- 
anis,  spur-winged  goose,  Pleo- 
tropterus  gambensis,  Australian 
crested  pigeon,  Ocyphaps  lo- 
photes,  and  egg  of  king  vulture, 
Sarcoramphus  papa  (65237)  ; 
skin  and  skeleton  of  a  deer, 
Mazama  simplicicornis,  and  skin 
and  skeleton  of  a  rat,  Myocastor 
coypus  (65337)  ;  young  lion, 
Felis  leo  (65603)  ;  bandicoot, 
Perameles  nasuta  (alcoholic), 
kangaroo,   Petrogale   penicillata 


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SMITHSONIAN     INSTITUTION— 
Continued. 
Natalonal  Zoological  Park — Con. 
(alcoholic),    skull   of   a   coyote, 
Canis  latrans,  and  skin  and  skull 
of  a  kangaroo,  Macropus  gigan- 
teus  (65804)  ;  skin  and  skull  of 
a    fox    squirrel,    Sciurus   niger, 
and  skin  and  skeleton  of  a  sooty 
paca,   CuniouJus  paca    (65941)  ; 
golden   pheasant,    Chrysolophus 
pictiis,  little  brown  crane,  Grus 
canadensis  (2  specimens)  ;  white 
eyed  duck,  Nyroca  nyroca,  kea 
parrot,   'Nestor  notabilis,  white- 
faced     tree-duck,     Dendrocygna 
viduata,  sultana,  Porphyria  cal- 
vus,   scarlet   ibis,    Ouara.   rubra 
(2    specimens)  ;    roseate    spoon- 
bill, Ajaja  ajaja   (6G042)  ;  skin 
and  skull  of  a  goat,   Oreamnos 
montanus,   and   a   monkey,   Ala^ 
caca  rhesus  (alcoholic)  (66088); 
egg  of  the   large   Indian   paro- 
quet,    Conurus    n ep  al ensis 
(66178)  ;  skin  and  skeleton  of  a 
hunting     dog,     Lycaon     pictus 
(66265)  ;  skin  and  skeleton  of  a 
monkey,  Papio  ham,adryas,  skin 
and    skeleton    of    a    bandicoot, 
Peramelcs  nasuta,  and   a  nine- 
banded  armadillo,  Dasypus  nov- 
emcinctus    (alcoholic)    (66566)  ; 
piping-crow-shrike,    Gymnorhina 
tibicen,     and      a      sun  -  bittern, 
Eurypyga  helias  (66624). 

SODERSTROM,  LuDOVic,  Quito,  Ecua- 
dor :  Bulbs  of  2  species  of  plants 
from  Ecuador  (65431). 

SOHNER,  Harey  L.,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Indian  chief's  beaded  coat 
from  Valdez,  Alaska    (66029). 

SOLIS,  Seiior  Dr.  Octavio,  Mexico 
City,  Mexico :  3  plants  from  Mexico 
(66412,  exchange)  ;  3  plants  (cacti) 
from  Mexico   (66516). 

SOMMER,  Dr.  H.  Otto,  Washington, 
D.  C:  A  love  flute  of  the  Ute  In- 
dians, Ute  Mt.,  S.  E.  Colorado 
(65316). 

SOUTH  DAKOTA,  UNIVERSITY  OF, 
Department  of  Geology,  Vermillion, 
S.    Dak.     (through    Prof.    Freeman 


SOUTH  DAKOTA,  UNIVERSITY 
OF — Continued. 
Ward,  State  Geologist)  :  Skeletal 
material,  consisting  of  3  complete 
skeletons,  11  skulls,  and  a  few  mis- 
cellaneous bones,  excavated  and  col- 
lected by  the  University  of  South 
Dakota  in  connection  with  the  State 
Geological  Natural  History  Survey, 
from  the  old  Arikara  and  Mandan 
village  sites  on  the  flood  plains  of 
the  Missouri  River  in  South  Dakota 
(65650)  ;  140  plants  from  South  Da- 
kota  (65744). 

SOUTHERN  COAL,  COKE  &  MINING 
CO.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. :  Jawbone  with 
teeth  intact  of  the  fossil  shark, 
Edestus  heinrichsii,  from  the  Shiloh 
mine,  near  Shiloh,  111.   (65964). 

SPAULDING,  Irwin,  Honolulu,  Ha- 
waii :  85  specimens,  69  species,  of 
marine  shells  from  the  Hawaiian 
Islands  (65500). 

SPIER,  George  W.,  Chevy  Chase,  Md. : 
English  silver  watch,  about  200  years 
old,  marked  on  the  works  "  G. 
Windle,  London,  #3926"  (65613); 
French  silver  watch  marked 
"L'Epine  a  Paris,"  and  an  English 
silver  watch,  "  Charles  Dunning, 
London  "  (65646)  ;  lady's  gold  watch, 
Swiss  make,  1860;  gold  watch,  en- 
graved gold  dial,  English  make, 
1840 ;  silver  double-case  watch,  Irish 
make,  1760;  silver  double-case 
watch,  English  make,  1820,  and  old- 
time  gold  watch  key  (66499). 

SPITZKA,  Dr.  Edward  Anthony,  Bu- 
reau of  War  Risk  Insurance,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. :  Human  brains,  ethno- 
logical and  archeological  specimens, 
shells,  fossils,  minerals,  and  11 
echinoderms   (66608,  66609). 

SPRINGER,  Dr.  Frank,  East  Las 
Vegas,  N.  Mex. :  Samples  of  molyb- 
denite, from  near  East  Las  Vegas 
(66152). 

SQUIBB  &  SONS,  E.  R.,  New  York 
City:  15  specimens  of  pharmaceu- 
tical preparations  (66203). 

STAHEL,  Dr.  Gerold,  Paramaribo, 
Surinam :  3  specimens  of  cacti  from 
Surinam   (65392). 


LIST  OF   ACCESSIONS. 


191 


STANBROUGH,  William  Monell, 
Custodian,  Falls  House  Memorial 
Collection,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. :  Cast  of 
fragment  of  carved  soapstone  Indian 
head  (G5853). 

STANDLEY,  J.  E.,  Seattle,  Wash.: 
Freak  tooth  of  a  walrus  from  the 
Arctic  region   (65489). 

STANLEY-BROWN,  Mrs.  G.,  James  R. 
GARFIELD,  Dr.  Harey  A.  GAR- 
FIELD, Abkam  GARFIELD,  and 
Irwin  McD.  GARFIELD  (through 
Mrs.  G.  Stanley-Brown,  Kew  Gar- 
dens, Long  Island,  N.  Y.)  :  Lavender 
satin  dress  worn  by  Mrs.  Lucretia  A. 
Garfield  at  the  inaugural  ball  on  the 
occasion  of  the  inauguration  of  her 
husband.  President  James  A.  Gar- 
field, in  1881  (66111). 

STANTON,  Dr.  T.  W.  ( See  under  Al- 
bert L.  Beekly,  and  R.  K.  Thomas. ) 

STAPLES,  A.  H.,  Douglas,  Ga. :  Fossil 
teeth  of  mammoth,  mastodon,  and 
shark  (66671). 

STARR,  Douglas  N.,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Gold,  nickel,  and  silver  coins 
of  the  United  States,  Germany,  Great 
Britain,  Japan,  and  China  (17  speci- 
mens) (65457,  loan)  ;  2  United 
States  silver  half  dollars  commemo- 
rating the  Pilgrim  Tercentenary, 
1920  (65575,  loan)  ;  United  States 
and  German  coins  issued  1834-1913 
(8  specimens)  (65656,  loan)  ;  a  Fili- 
pino spearhead  from  Luzon,  an  In- 
dian spearhead  from  Montana,  an 
Indian-made  fx*ontier  knife,  and  a 
pair  of  Sioux  moccasins  (65843)  ; 
United  States  silver  half  dime  issued 
in  1795,  Bechtler  gold  dollar,  and  a 
United  States  twenty-dollar  gold 
piece  issued  in  1850  (66554,  loan). 

STATE  DEPARTMENT:  Bronze  re- 
plicas (set  in  marble)  of  the  obverse 
and  reverse  of  the  gold  medal  of 
honor  presented  by  the  Italian  Na- 
tional Committee,  founded  for  that 
purpose,  to  King  Victor  Emanuel  III 
as  commander  in  chief  of  the  army 
and  navy,  as  a  national  testimonial 
of  the  deeds  of  heroism  and  sacrifice 
performed  by  the  Italian  people  dur- 
ing the  World  War  (65545). 

(See  also  under  Bartolomew  Mc- 
Intire,  and  Ernest  B.  Price.) 
71305°— 21 13 


STEEPLES,  Dan  P.,  Sumner,  Wash.: 
A  large  sheet  of  "  fungus  paper,"  the 
mycellium  of  the  quinine  fungus. 
Pomes  laricis,  taken  from  a  cavity  in 
a  4-foot  Douglas  fir  at  Hillsboro, 
Oreg.,  1893  (66764). 

STEVENS,  Prof.  O.  A.,  Agricultural 
College,  N.  Dak. :  15  plants  from 
North  Dakota  (65687)  ;  10  named 
specimens  of  bees  representing  6 
species,  of  which  4  are  represented 
by  types  (65796). 

STEWART,  Don,  Oruro,  Bolivia 
(through  Mr.  F.  L.  Hess)  :  Speci- 
men of  wolframite  from  the  Con  de 
Auqui  district,  Bolivia    (66150). 

STEWART,  R.  R.,  Gordon  College, 
Rawalpindi,  India  (through  Miss 
Katherine  D.  Kimball,  Bureau  of 
Plant  Industry,  U.  S.  Department  of 
Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C.)  :  32 
specimens  of  Himalayan  ferns 
(66293). 

STILL,  Dr.  George  A.,  Kirksville,  Mo. : 
Bust  and  medallion  of  Dr.  Andrew 
Taylor  Still,  founder  of  osteopathy 
(66537). 

STOCKHOLM,  SWEDEN.  (See  under 
Riksmuseets  Botaniska  Avdelning.) 

STOW,  Norman  C,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Pair  of  epaulets  worn  by  Col.  E.  W. 
Chastain,  Eighth  Georgia  Regiment, 
Confederate  States  Army,  during  the 
Civil  War  (66506,  loan). 

STUBBS,  Dr.  A.  R.,  Tampico,  Mexico 
(through  Department  of  Commerce, 
Bureau  of  Fisheines,  Washington, 
D.  C.)  :  9  specimens  of  fish,  0am- 
husia  nicaraguensis,  from  Tuxpam, 
Mexico  (66553). 

SUFFERN,  Robert  A.,  Plainfield,  N. 
J. :  Small  collection  of  Pleistocene 
shells  from  a  marl  bed  at  Marks- 
boro,  N.  J.  (65917). 

SUKSDORF,  W.  N.,  Bingen,  Wash.: 
14  plants,  Selaginella,  chiefly  from 
the  western  United  States  (66044.) 

SULLIVANT  MOSS  SOCIETY,  THE, 
New  York  City  (through  Mr.  Ed- 
ward B.  Chamberlain)  :  60  mosses 
( QQ495,  exch  a  nge ) . 

SUMMERS,  Mrs.  Maddin,  Washington, 
D,  C.  (through  Mrs.  R.  G.  Hoes: 
Laces,  bed  spread,  and  pillow  shams 
(11  specimens)   (66771,  loan). 


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SURR,  GoKDON,  San  Bernardino, 
Calif. :  2  varieties  of  minerals,  as- 
bolite  and  alexandrolite  (?),  from 
Tulare  County,  Calif.   (65882). 

SWALES,  B.  H.,  U.  S.  National  Mu- 
seum:  13  bird  skins  from  the  Old 
World  representing  species  mostly 
new  to  the  Museum  (65595)  ;  egg  of 
emu,  Dromiceius  novaeliollandiae 
(66179)  ;  8  bird  skins,  mostly  new  to 
the  Museum  collections  (66276)  ;  20 
bird  skins  from  the  Old  World 
(66701). 

SWART  S,  Clifton  R.,  Guaymas, 
Sonora,  Mexico :  Living  cactus  from 
Mexico  (66519). 

SWASEY,  Ambrose,  Cleveland,  Ohio: 
Bronze  portrait  plaque  of  the  donor 
designed  by  Victor  D.  Brenner,  1915 
(66081). 

SWISHER,  C.  Lee:  An  exhibition 
specimen  of  Devonian  starfish  from 
Tucker  County,  W.  Va.   (65629). 

SYDNEY,  NEW  SOUTH  WALES, 
AUSTRALIA.  (See  under  Austra- 
lian Museum.) 

TABER,  Prof.  Stephen,  University  of 
South  Carolina,  Columbia,  S.  C. 
(through  Dr.  T.  Wayland  Vaughan)  : 
Fossil  coral  from  Swan  Island,  West 
Indies  (66479). 

TABOR,  I.  C,  Danbury,  Wis.:  Moth. 
Telea  polyphemus   (66677). 

TAUNAY,  A.  d'E.  (See  under  Museu 
Paulista,  and  Dr.  R.  W.  Shufeldt.) 

TAYLOR,  Mrs.  Frances  Long,  Athens, 
Ga.  (through  Miss  Katherine  Woot- 
ten,  Washington,  D.  C.)  :  Printed 
documents  relating  to  the  first  use 
of  ether  as  an  anaesthetic  in  surgery 
in  1842  by  Dr.  Crawford  W.  Long 
(65997)  ;  articles  and  documents  re- 
lating to  the  life  and  career  of  Dr. 
Crawford  W.  Long,  the  first  to  use 
ether  as  an  anaesthetic  in  surgery 
(66216,  loan). 

TAYLOR,  Capt.  William,  Granbury, 
Tex. :  Cast  from  the  interior  of  a 
fossil  raollusk   (66104). 

TEXAS,  UNIVERSITY  OF,  Austin, 
Tex. :  Specimen  of  the  Throup, 
Tex.,  meteorite  (65858,  deposit). 


THOIVIAS,  R.  K.,  Navajo,  Ariz, 
(through  Dr.  T.  W.  Stanton)  : 
Specimens  of  mollusks,  Oreohelix 
utahensis,  from  Hardscrabble  Draw, 
near  Zuni  Sacred  Lake,  Apache 
County,  Ariz.  (66646). 

THOMPSON,  Charles  A.,  Hillsdale, 
Mich. :  Specimen  of  the  fossil 
cephalopod,  Huronm  (66073). 

THOMPSON,  Dr.  Lewis  R.,  Fincastle, 
Va. :  Bat,  reptiles,  and  insects  col- 
lected in  the  southwestern  part  of 
the  Hunan  Province,  China  (65432)  ; 
(through  the  American  Consul, 
Changsha.  China)  original  photo- 
graph showing  poppy  field  in  bloom 
(65546)  ;  9  bees  and  wasps  and  15 
reptiles  and  amphibians  (66079). 

THOMPSON,  Mrs.  Otto,  Glacier  Park, 
Mont. :  21  plants  from  Montana 
(65204). 

THORNBER,  Prof.  J.  J.,  University  of 
Arizona,  Tucson,  Ariz. :  Cactus  from 
Arizona  (65891). 

THORNTON,  C.  W.,  Nome,  Alaska: 
35  plants  from  Alaska  (65707). 

THORPE,  Col.  G.  C,  U.  S.  Marine 
Corps,  Washington,  D.  C. :  Speci- 
mens from  Santo  Domingo,  in  eth- 
nology, ceramics,  American  arche- 
ologj',  and  mechanical  technology. 
(66707,  loan). 

TILLES,  George,  Jr.,  Wilmington,  N. 
C. :  2    living   specimens   of   Venus's 
fly-trap,    Dionaea    miiscipula,    from  ' 
North  Carolina   (66508). 

TILLYARD,   Dr.   R.   J.,   Nelson,  New 
Zealand:  6  specimens  of  rare  two- 
winged  flies  from  New  Zealand,  in- 
cluding two  named  species  (65462). 
(See  also  under  Cawthron  Insti- 
tute    of     Scientific     Research, 
the). 

TIMBERLAKE,  P.  H.,  Honolulu,  Ha- 
waii :  32  specimens  of  determined 
Opiinae,  representing  5  species,  with 
para types  of  one  (65768). 

(See  also  under  Hawaiian  Sugar 
Planters'  Association,  Experi- 
ment Station.) 

TINSLEY,  R.  W.,  Southwestern  Uni- 
versity, Georgetown,  Tex. :  Skin  of 
a  bridled  weasel,  Mustela  frenata 
(66581). 


LIST   OF  ACCESSIOjSTS. 


193 


TITTLE,  Walter,  New  York  City:  2 
dry-point  artist-proof  etcliings  from 
life  of  President  Harding  (profile 
and  full  face),  by  the  donor 
(66547). 

TOLMAN,  R.  P.,  U.  S.  National  Mu- 
seum:  5  photographs  (portraits)  by 
jM.  B.  Brady  and  GO  silver  prints, 
plain  (portraits)  (65330)  ;  a  photo- 
graph of  General  Sherman,  by  M.  B. 
Brady   (65556). 

TONDUZ,    Seiior   Don   A.,   San   Jose, 
Costa     Rica:    Cactus     from     Costa 
Rica,  and  2  plants,  Ficus,  from  Cen- 
tral America  (66005,  66183). 
(See  also  under  Guatemala.) 

TORONTO,  UNIVERSITY  OF,  Bio- 
logical Department,  Toronto,  Can- 
ada (through  A.  H.  Leim)  :  20  spec- 
imens, 3  species,  of  amphipods  from 
Nova  Scotia  (66529). 

TORRE,  D.  Carlos,  de  la,  University 
of  Habana,  Habana,  Cuba :  8  speci- 
mens representing  2  species  of  tei-- 
restrial  isopods  from  Cuba  (65206). 

TOTHILL,  John.  (See  under  Cana- 
dian Government,  Department  of 
Agriculture.) 

TOTTEN,  Maj.  George  Oakley,  Jr., 
Washington,  D.  C. :  2  specimens  of 
the  l^'ucatan  goldfinch,  AstragaUnus 
psaltria  joiiyi,  from  Merida,  Yuca- 
tan (66355). 

TREADWELL,  Prof.  A.  L.,  Vassar 
College,  Poughkeep.sie,  N.  Y. 
(through  Carnegie  Institution  of 
Washington)  :  2  marine  mollusks, 
Cryptoplax  oculatus,  from  Samoa 
(65815)  ;  2  specimens  of  a  myrio- 
pod,  Leodice  rubro-vittata,  from  To- 
bago, British  West  Indies  (66136). 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT: 

Bureau  of  Internal  Revenue  14 
specimens  of  opium  products 
(65756). 

TREMPER,  Dr.  R.  H.,  Los  Angeles, 
Calif. :  6  land  shells,  Epiphragmo- 
phora  traskii  zechae,  from  Califor- 
nia  (66525). 

TRUE,  W.  J.,  East  Falls  Church,  Va. : 
Snake  fro'm  East  Falls  Church 
(66446). 

TSUDA,  Miss  Ume  :  Brass  crucifix 
from  Italy  (66709). 


TWEED,  Mrs.  Mary  R.,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  Child's  doll  and  lady's  bonnet 
of  1850  (65905). 

TYLOR,  J.  E.,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Congo  eel,  Amphiiima  means,  from 
Fort  Myers,  Fla.  (66496). 

UKRAINE,  THE  FRIENDS  OF, 
Washington,  D.  C.  (through  the  Post 
Office  Department)  :  Postage  stamps 
of  the  Ukrainian  People's  Republic 
(14  specimens)  (66236) ;  (through 
the  Library  of  Congress)  postage 
stamps  of  the  Ukranian  People's  Re- 
public   (14  specimens)     (66254). 

ULKE,  Titus,  Washington,  D.  C. :  A 
framed  portrait  of  Lord  Elgin  taken 
in  1855  by  Henry  Ulke,  one  of  the 
first  photographic  portraits  worked 
up  in  water  color  and  Indian  ink 
(66555,  loan)  ;  through  F.  V.  Co- 
ville ;  5  plants  from  the  vicinity  of 
Washmgton,  D.  C.  (66678)  ;  2  plants 
from  the  vicinity  of  Washington, 
D.  C.   (66700). 

ULREY,  Dr.  A.  B.  ( See  under  Venice 
Marine  Biological  Station.) 

ULRICH,  Dr.  E.  O.  (See  under  Dr. 
W.  O.  Hotclikiss.) 

UNITED  STATES  MARINE  CORPS, 
Washington,  D.  C. :  Bronze  statue, 
entitled  "  Crusading  for  the  Right," 
designed  by  Charles  Raphael  Peyre, 
in  commemoration  of  the  services  of 
the  United  States  Marines  at  the 
battle  of  Chateau-Thierry  (65733). 

UNITED  STATES  PHARMACO- 
POEIAL  CONVENTION  (INC.), 
BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  OF 
(through  Dr.  E.  Fullerton  Cook, 
Chairman  of  the  Revision  Commit- 
tee, Philadelphia,  Pa.)  :  Manuscripts, 
proofs,  and  historical  documents  re- 
lating to  the  Sixth,  Seventh,  and 
Eighth  Revision  of  the  United  States 
Pharmacopoeia  (65788)  ;  (through 
Dr.  Murray  Gait  Motter,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.)  :  A  typewritten  copy  of 
the  Proceedings  of  the  Seventh, 
Eighth,  and  Tenth  Decennial  Con- 
ventions of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeial 
Convention  (Inc.),  for  the  Revision 
of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  (66344, 
deposit). 


194 


EEPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


UNIVERSAL  FILM  MANUFACTUR- 
ING CO.,  New  York  City :  Copies  of 
the  films  of  the  picture  "  Ship- 
wrecked Among  the  Cannibals " 
(66207). 
(See  also  under  Smithsonian  In- 
stitution. ) 

UPPERCU,  iNGLis  M.,  New  York 
City :  Gasoline  automobile,  the  sec- 
ond machine  designed  and  con- 
structed by  Charles  E.  Duryea,  and 
tested  on  the  road  early  in  Septem- 
ber, 1893  (65715). 

VANATTA,  E.  G.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.: 
6  mollusks,  Opeas  pumiUum,  living 
in  decayed  boards  of  fences  in  Phil- 
adelphia (65202). 

VAN  ESELTINE,  G.  P.,  Bureau  of 
Plant  Industry,  U.  S.  Department  of 
Agriculture,  AVashington,  D.  C. :  64 
plants,  chiefly  from  the  United  States 
(65802). 

(See  also  under  S.  B.  Parish,  and 
Pomona  College.) 

VAN  ZWALUWENBURG,  R.  H.,  U.  S. 
Entomological  Laboi*atory,  Stone- 
henge,  Charlottesville,  Va. :  4  type 
specimens  of  a  beetle,  Melanotus 
hyslopi  (66463). 

VAUGHAN,  Dr.  T.  Wayland,  U.  S. 
Geological  Survey,  Washington, 
D.  C. :  150  specimens,  18  lots,  of 
land  and  fresh-water  shells  from 
Mexico   (66460). 

(See  also  under  J.  A.  BuUbrook, 
E.  De  Golyer,  and  Prof,  Stephen 
Taber.) 

VAUPEL,  F.,  Botanisches  Garten,  Dali- 
lem,  Berlin,  Germany :  Plant,  cactus, 
from  Peru  (65680). 

VEATCH,  Chaeles,  Kansas  City,  Mo. : 
Mollusk,  Tellina  idae,  collected  by 
the  donor  in  the  vicinity  of  Long 
Beach,  Calif.  (66667). 

VENICE  MARINE  BIOLOGICAL 
STATION,  University  of  Southern 
California,  Los  Angeles,  Calif, 
(through  Dr.  A.  B.  Ulrey)  :  10  plus 
specimens,  3  species,  including  the 
type  of  2  new  species  of  parasitic 
copepods  from  fishes  in  the  aquaria 
at  the  Venice  Marine  Biological 
Station    (65617) ;    a    collection    of 


VENICE  MARINE  BIOLOGICAL 
STATION— Continued, 
mollusks,  hydroids,  trematodes, 
bryozoans,  echinoderms,  and  salpa 
collected  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
Venice  Marine  Biological  Station  off 
southern  California    (65631). 

VONSEN,  M.,  Petaluma,  Calif.:  16 
specimens  of  minerals  from  Cali- 
fornia (65219)  ;  specimen  of  selenite 
in  colemtmite,  from  Borate,  Calif. 
(66627).    Exchange. 

WAITE,  M.  B.,  Bureau  of  Plant  In- 
dustry, U.  S.  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture, Washington,  D.  C. :  Plant  from 
Maryland  (65774). 

WALCOTT,  Mrs.  Charles  D.,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. :  3  specimens  of  lichens 
from  Alberta,  Canada  (65944)  ;  3 
plants,  Trillium  (66514). 

WALFORD,  Edwin  A.,  F.  G.  S.,  West 
Bar,  Banbury,  England :  28  speci- 
mens of  fossil  invertebrates  from  the 
neighborhood  of  Banbury,  England 
(65257). 

WALKER,  H.  Edward,  Baltimore, 
Md. :  464  miscellaneous  microscopic 
mounts  of  natural  history  objects  in 
mahogany  slide  case,  1  small  re- 
ducing lens  for  use  with  microscope, 
and  1  stone  ax  (65279). 

WALKER  MUSEUM.  ( See  under  Chi- 
cago, University  of.) 

WALKER,  Robert  S.,  Chattanooga, 
Tenn. :  Gall  from  Tennessee  (65308). 

WALKER,  Mrs.  William  H.,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  (through  Mrs.  R.  G. 
Hoes)  :  Articles  of  infant's  costume 
from  the  Walker  family  of  Washing- 
ton, period  of  1815-30  (65459,  loan). 

WALLING,  Harry  (through  Charles 
T.  Earle,  Palma  Sola,  Fla.)  :  10 
specimens  of  fossil  bones  from  the 
east  coast  of  Tampa  Bay,  Manatee 
County,  Fla.  (66353). 

WAR  DEPARTMENT: 

General  Staff  of  the  United  States 
Army:  Historical  Branch:  5  re- 
productions on  tracing  paper, 
actual  size,  of  character  sketches 
found  on  the  walls'  of  a  German 
dugout  in  the  Mont-Sec  region, 
France,  by  the  American  Expe- 
ditionary Forces,  1918   (65479). 


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LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS. 


195 


WAR  DEPARTMENT— Continued. 

Air  Service:  Specimens  represent- 
ing 4  standard  grades  of  cotton 
and  linen  airplane  and  balloon 
fabrics,  together  witli  samples 
of  converted  balloon  and  air- 
plane cloth  (65668)  ;  chemicals 
used  in  watei"proofing  and  fire- 
proofing  airplane  wings  (22 
specimens)  (65813)  ;  military 
airplane  engines  of  the  type  used 
during  the  World  War  (8  speci- 
mens)   (66743). 

Motor  Transport  Corps:  2  German 
motor  trucks  and  a  German  trac- 
tor captured  by  American  Expe- 
ditionary Forces  in  1918  during 
the  World  War  (65361). 

Ordnance,  Office  of  the  Chief  of: 
Progress  boards  illustrating  the 
manufacture  of  military  explo- 
sives used  during  the  World 
War  (7  specimens)  (65515, 
loan ) . 

Quartermaster  General,  Office  of: 
Wound  certificate  and  death  cer- 
tificate of  the  type  used  by  the 
War  Department  in  recognition 
of  services  during  the  World 
War,  1914-1918  (65299)  ;  United 
States  Army  medals  and  decora- 
tions (14  specimens),  also  2 
victory  ribbon  bars  (65340)  ; 
United  States  Army  nurse's  uni- 
form and  insignia  (21  speci- 
mens) (65469)  ;  United  States 
Army  standard  B  truck  with 
accessories  (66043)  ;  uniform 
and  equipment  of  Dutch  infan- 
tryman, period  of  the  World 
War,  1914-1918  (66239). 

Signal  Corps:  Carrier  pigeon  Cher 
Ami  which  flew  from  American 
lofts  during  the  World  War  and 
died  June  13,  1919,  from  the 
effects  of  a  wound  received  in 
action  in  France  (65696)  ;  99 
sepia  bromide  enlargements 
(65878)  ;  109  Brady  Civil  War 
photographs  (65879). 

(See  also  under  British  Gov- 
ernment.) 
WARD,  Prof.   Freeman.      (See  under 
South  Dakota,  University  of.) 


WARDS  NATURAL  SCIENCE  ES- 
TABLISHMENT, Rochester,  N.  T. : 
2  examples  of  the  Forsyth  County, 
N.  C,  meteoric  iron,  and  1  of  Chin- 
autla,  Guatemala  (65375)  ;  a  crystal 
of  blue  zircon  from  Queensland, 
AustraUa  (65606)  ;  100  Ordovician 
fossils  from  Nevada  (65727)  ;  skull 
and  lower  jaw  of  an  elephant,  and  a 
tooth  of  an  elephant  from  the  Pleis- 
tocene at  Otranto,  Italy  (65824)  ;  62 
specimens  of  minerals  (65825)  ;  a 
small  collection  of  Ste.  Genevieve 
fossils  from  Fountain  Creek,  near 
Waterloo,  111.  (66127)  ;  .skull  of  the 
fossil  reptile,  Stephanosaurus, 
(66153)  ;  specimen  of  lapiz  lazuli 
from  Persia  (66180)  ;  3  trilobites 
from  the  Devonian  of  Gerolstein 
(66219)  ;  a  kilogram  of  uraninite 
from  Bohemia  (66669)  :  Exchange. 

WARNER,  Maj.  Mxjkkay  (through  his 
widow  Mrs.  Margaret  E.  Warner), 
Eugene,  Oreg. :  Collection  of  objects 
of  Buddhist  religious  art  (66533). 

WARREN,  Mrs.  J.  Keakny,  New  York 
City  (through  Mrs.  Julian- James, 
Washington,  D.  C.)  :  Cluny  lace  sun- 
shade with  ivory  handle  (66539, 
loan). 

WASHINGTON,  Chables  S.,  U.  S.  Na- 
tional Museum:  10  crustaceans,  50 
insects,  6  frogs,  and  2  lizards  col- 
lected by  the  donor  at  Hopkins, 
Richland   Count.v,    S.   C.    (65533). 

WASHINGTON,  Dr.  H.  S.,  Geophysi- 
cal Laboratory,  Carnegie  Institution 
of  Washington,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
A  columbite  crystal  from  ( ?)  Had- 
dam.  Conn.  (65711)  ;  specimen  of 
aphthitalite  from  Kilauea,  Hawaii 
(65857)  ;  specimen  of  rhyolite  from 
Sardinia  (65894)  ;  2  analyzed  speci- 
mens of  augite  (66047). 

(See  also  under  Prof.  T.  A.  Jag- 
ger.) 

WATERSON,  James.  (See  under 
British  Government,  Imperial  Bu- 
reau of  Entomology.) 

WATSON,  Mrs.  H.  W.,  Pinos  Altos,  N. 
Mex. :  3  prayer  sticks  from  a  cave  in 
Steamboat  Canon,  near  Pinos  Altos 
(65417). 


196 


REPORT   or    NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


WATSON,  J.  R.  (See  under  Florida, 
University  of,  Agricultural  Experi- 
ment Station.) 

WEED,  Mrs,  Charles  R.,  Seat  Pleasant 
Station,  Washington,  D.  O. :  Wool 
spinning  wheel,  yarn  reel,  Virginia- 
gi-own  raw  flax,  3  willow  baskets, 
and  2  candle  molds  (65709). 

WEEKS  PHOTO-ENGRAVING  CO., 
Philadelphia,  Pa.;  6  prints  made 
from  electrically  etched  copper  plate 
(G6607). 

WEIK,  Kakl  W.,  Lakeside,  Conn.: 
Specimen  of  igneous  rock  from 
Lakeside  (66182). 

WEIR,  Dr.  James  R.,  LaboratoiT  of 
Forest  Pathology,  Spokane,  Wash.: 
Plant,  Selaginella,  from  Washington 
(65288). 

WELD,  L.  H.,  Bureau  of  Entomology, 
U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 
Washington,  D.  C. :  517  specimens  of 
gall-making  wasps,  Cynipidae,  rep- 
resenting 34  new  species,  described 
by  the  donor  (65491)  ;  30  determined 
Cynipidae,  representing  9  species,  6 
of  which  are  cotypes  (6G751). 

WESTLAKE,  S.  R.,  Ironwood,  Mich.: 
12  specimens  of  iron  minerals  from 
Ironwood  (66313,  exchange). 

WETMORE,  Dr.  Alexander.  (See 
under  Dr.  Edwyn  P.  Reed.) 

WEYHER,  W.  H.,  Alta,  Utah  (through 
Victor  C.  Heikes)  :  Specimen  largely 
of  bismuthinite  from  the  Sells  mine, 
Alta,  Utah  (65666). 

WHERRY,  Dr.  Edgar  T.,  Bureau  of 
Chemistry,  U.  S.  Department  of  Agri- 
culture, Washington,  D.  C. :  Speci- 
men showing  glauberite  crystal 
cavities  in  shale,  from  York  County, 
Pa.  (65269)  ;  30  ferns  from  the  east- 
ern United  States  (65688)  ;  plant 
from  Maryland  (65724)  ;  plant,  Sela- 
ginella,  from  Maryland  (66557)  ;  2 
plants  from  the  District  of  Columbia 
(66641,  66698). 

(See  also  under  P.  B.  Arnold.) 

WHITALL  TATUM  CO.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. :  6  pieces  of  pharmaceutical  ap- 
paratus (65273)  ;  a  suppository  ma- 
chine with  a  set  of  molds  (65353)  ; 
7  specimens  of  pharmaceutical  equip- 
ment (65716). 


WHITE,   Mrs.   John  Jay,  New  York 
City:  2  mounted  heads  of  African 
antelopes,     Oreotragiis     (65490,    de- 
posit). 
WHITE,   Capt.   S.  A.,   Wetunga,   Ful- 
ham,  South  Australia:  2  bird  skins, 
Apheloccphala     pectoralis,     and     A. 
nkiricincta,  both  species  new  to  the 
Museum  collections  (65382). 
WHITFORD,  H.  N.,  School  of  Fores- 
try,   Yale   University,   New   Haven, 
Conn. :   Plant,  Cordia,  from  Mexico 
(65890). 
WICKHAM,  H.  F,,  University  of  Iowa, 
Iowa   City,   Iowa:   11  beetles   from 
the  Bahama  Islands  (65357). 
WIEGAND,  Prof.  K.  M.     (See  under 
New  York  State  College  of  Agricul- 
ture. ) 
WILDER,   Dr.   George   D.,   American 
Board   Mission,   Peking,   China:    18 
bird  skins  from  North  China  (66651). 
WILLETT,    G.,    Wrangel,    Alaska:    4 
mollusks   and  3   foraminifera   from 
Forrester  Island,  Alaska  (65611). 
WILLIAMS,   Col.   Charles  A.,   U.   S. 
Army  (retired),  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Myriopods  (65623). 
WILLIAMS  COLLEGE,  Williamstown, 
Mass.   (through  Dr.  H.  A.  Garfield, 
President)  :    Bronze    medal    of    the 
type  awarded  in  1919  by  Williams 
College  to  all  Williams  men  in  good 
standing,  who  served  in  the  Army  or 
Navy  of  the  United  States,  or  any  of 
the  Allies  during  the  World  War  (2 
specimen  s )   ( 65708 ) . 

WILLIAMS,  Dr.  Francis  X.  (See 
under  Hawaiian  Sugar  Planters'  As- 
sociation.) 

WILLIAMSON,  E.  B.,  Bluffton,  Ind. : 
26  dragon-flies  and  damsel  flies  from 
the  United  States,  also  food  of  3 
species  (65463)  ;  skull  of  a  bat,  Arti- 
heus  jamaicensis,  from  Rio  Frio, 
Colombia  (66354)  ;  61  dragon-flies 
(664S5). 

WILLIAMSON,  Thomas  N.,  Graham, 
Va. :  Pigeon  hawk,  Falco  colum- 
barius,  from  Virginia   (65468). 

WILLIS,  Mrs.  Lewis,  Beahm,  Va.: 
Horned  grebe,  Colymbus  auritus, 
from  Virginia  (65942). 


LIST   OF   ACCESSIONS. 


197 


WILLYS-OVERLAND     CO.,     Toledo, 
Ohio:    One  sectional   Willys-Knight 
one-cylindei-  gasoline  motor  (operat- 
ing), sliowing  the  sleeve  valves  and 
other  working  parts  in  operative  re- 
lation (66187). 
WILSON,    Miss    Margaret,    AVashiug- 
ton,   D.   C. :   Dress   of  Ellen  Louise 
W^ilson,  first  wife  of  President  Wood- 
row  Wilson,   worn   during  his   first 
administration,     19ia-1917      (66384, 
loan). 
WINSLOW,   Prof.   E.   J.   Aubumdale, 
Mass. :   Plant,   Lycopod'mm  sabinae- 
foUum,  from  Vermont  (66647). 
WINTERS,  Fred  E.,  Santa  Barbara, 
Calif.:     14     specimens     of     water- 
beetles    from    Santa    Barbara    and 
Pasadena,  Calif.   (66130,  exchange). 
WISCONSIN,  UNIVERSITY  OF,  De- 
partment of  Geology,  Madison,  Wis. 
(through  Prof.  C.  K.  Leith)  :  Sam- 
ples of  greenalite  from  Mesabi  dis- 
trict, Minn.   (66585). 
WOMAN'S     LIBERTY    LOAN    COM- 
MITTEE     OF      NEW      ENGLAND 
(through  Mrs.  F.  L.  Higginson,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.)  :  2  paintings  by  Arthur 
M.  Hazard,  entitled  "  Not  by  Might  " 
and  "The  Spirit  of  the  Armistice" 
used  in  connection  with  the  Fourth 
United  States  Liberty  Loan,  and  the 
United  States  and  Canadian  Victory 
loans  (66470). 
WOODIN,  J.  F.,  Lexa,  Ark. :  Male  In- 
dian skull  and  female  Indian  lower 
jaw  (66527). 
WOOTTEN,    Miss    Katherine.      (See 
under  Mrs.  Frances  Long  Taylor.) 


WORCH,  Hugo,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Dulcitone  from  Glasgow,  Scotland 
(65482) ;  11  pianos  (65928) ;  Bach 
harpsichord  (66271)  ;  grand  piano 
made  by  Andrg  Stein,  Vienna,  Aus- 
tria (66705). 
WORSTALL,  Lawrence,  Millville, 
N.  J.  (through  E.  H.  Sithens)  :  Co- 
lumbia "ordinary"  bicycle  (66456). 
WYND,   J.  L.,   Fall  Creek,   Oreg. :    10 

plants  from  Oregon  (66737). 
YALE  UNIVERSITY,  PEABODY  MU- 
SEUM   OF    NATURAL    HISTORY, 
New  Haven,   Conn,    (through   Prof. 
Charles    Schuchert)  :    Specimens    of 
Miocene  (?)     fossils    from    Zorritos, 
northern  Peru,  collected  by  Dr.  E.  T. 
Nelson  (66098). 
YAZOO  COMMERCIAL  CLUB,  Yazoo 
City,  Miss. :  Fossilized  lower  jaw  of 
a  mastodon  (65589). 
YOSHIDA,     Dr.     Sadao:    About    300 
specimens   of  fresh-water   mollusks, 
Blanfordia  nosoplwra,  from  Kurume, 
Kyushi,  Japan,  the  intermediate  host 
of  ScMstosomum  japonicum  (65637). 
ZETEK,   J.,   Ancon,    Canal    Zone:    10 
vials      of      miscellaneous      beetles 
(65918). 
ZEVERIJN,  S.  W.     (See  under  Dr.  M. 

Kerbosch. ) 
ZOOLOGICAL  MUSEUM.     (See  under 

Copenhagen,  Denmark.) 
ZOOLOGISK  MUSEUM,  UNIVER- 
SITY. (See  under  Christiania,  Nor- 
way.) 
ZUNDEL,  George  L.,  State  College, 
Pullman,  Wash.:  21  fungi  (66315, 
exchange). 


I 


LIST  OF  PAPEES  BY  MEMBEKS  OF  THE  IVIUSEUM  STAFF 
AND  OTHERS,  BASED  DIEECTLY  OE  INDIEECTLY  ON 
MATEEIAL  IN  THE  NATIONAL  COLLECTIONS,  PUB- 
LISHED BY  THE  I^mSEUM  AND  ELSEWHEEE  DUEING 
THE  FISCAL  YEAE  192(>-1921.i 


ALDRICH,  J.  M.  Coloradia  paudora 
Blake,  a  moth  of  which  the  cater- 
pillar is  used  as  food  by  Moua  Lake 
Indians. 

Annals  Ent,  Soc.  Amer., 
vol.  14,  no.  1,  Mar. 
1921,  pp.   36-38. 

The  Muscoid  genera  Pseudeu- 

antha  and  Uramvia  (Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struiis,  vol.  9,  nos.  4— 
6,  Apr.-June,  1921, 
pp.  83-92. 

The   anthomyiid    senus   Athe- 


rlgona  in  America  (Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  9,  nos.  4- 
6,  Apr.-June,  1921, 
pp.  93-98,  fig.  2. 

(See   also   under  M.   C.   Van 


BARBOUR,  THOMAS.  Some  reptiles 
from  Old  Providence  Island. 

Proc.  Ncto  Eng.  Zool. 
Club,  vol.  7,  May  6, 
1921,   pp.    81-85. 

and  G.  K.  NOBLE.  Amphi- 
bians and  reptiles  from  southern 
Peru  collected  by  the  Peruvian  ex- 
pedition of  1914-15  under  the  aus- 
pices of  Yale  University  and  the  Na- 
tional Geographic  Society. 

Proe.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  .58,  no.  2352, 
Jan.  6,  1921,  pp.  609- 
620. 

BARTSCH,  PAUL.     A  new  shipworm. 
Proc.    Biol.    Soc.    Wash- 
ington, vol.    33,    July 
24,  1920,  pp.  69,  70. 

The  west  American  mollusks 

of    the    families     Rissoellidae    and 

Synceratidae  and  the  Rissoid  genus 

Barleeia. 

Proc.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2331, 
Nov.  9,  1920,  pp. 
159-176,    pis.    12,    13. 

The  Caecidae  and  other  ma- 


Duzee.) 
ALEXANDER,  C.  P.,  and  W.  L.  Mc- 
ATEE.     Diptera  of  the  superfamily 
Tipuloidea  found  in  the  District  of 

Columbia. 

Proc.    U.   8.   Nat.   Mus., 

vol.      58,      no.      2344, 

Dec.      7,      1920,      pp. 

385-435,  pi.  26. 

ASCHEMEIER,  C.  R.     On  the  gorilla 

and  the  chimpanzee. 

Joum.  Mam.,  vol.  2,  no. 
2,    May    2,    1921,    pp. 
90-92. 
BANGS,  OUTRAM,  and  THOMAS  E. 
PENARD.     Notes   on   some  Ameri- 
can birds,  chiefly  neotropical. 

Bull.  Mus.  Camp.  Zool.,         shipworms  and  descriptions  of  some 

vol.    64,    no. ^4,    Jan.,  ^^^^  wood-boring  mollusks. 

1921,  pp.  365-397.  p^^^     ^j^j     ^^^     Wash- 

BARBER,   H.    S.      (See   under   H.    F.  ington,  vol.   34,  Mar. 

Dietz.)  31,  1921,  pp.  25-32. 

•  ^  A  few  papers  published  prior  to  this  fiscal  year  are  included,  having  been  inadver- 
tently omitted  from  previous  reports. 

199 


rine   mollusks    from    the   northwest 

coast  of  America. 

Joum.  Washington 
Acad.  8ci.,  vol.  10, 
no.  20,  Dec.  4,  1920, 
pp.  565-572. 

A    new    classification    of   the 


200 


EEPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921. 


BARTSCH,  PAUL.     New  marine  mol- 

lusks     from     the     west     coast     of 

America. 

Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  34,  Mar. 
31,  1921,   pp.   33-39. 

(See  also  under  Jolm  B.  Hen- 
derson. ) 

BASSLER,  R.  S.     Tlie  Cambrian  and 
Ordovician  deposits  of  IMaryland. 

Maryland  Geol.  Surv., 
Cambrian  and  Ordo- 
vician, 1919,  pp.  1- 
424,  pis.   1-58. 

(See    also    under    Ferdinand 

Canu.) 

BEAN,  Barton  A.     (See  under  Henry 

W.  Fowler.) 
BELOTE,  Theodore  T.     Commemora- 
tive medals  of  the  World  War. 

Daughters  Amer.  Rev. 
Mag.,  Dec,  1920,  pp. 
667-699,    illustrated. 

BENT,  A.  C.     The  probable  status  of 
the  Pacific  coast  Skuas. 

Condor,  vol.  23,  no.  3, 
June  3,  1921,  pp. 
78-80. 

BERRY,    Edward    W.     A    palm    nut 

from  the  Miocene  of  the  Canal  Zone. 

Proc.    U.   S.   Nat.   Mus., 

vol.      59,      no.      2356, 

June    10,     1921,    pp. 

21,  22,  text  figs.  1-3. 

Tertiary    fossil    plants    from 

Costa  Rica. 

Proc.  V.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  59,  no.  2367, 
June  14,  1921,  pp. 
169-185,  pis.  22-27. 

Tertiary    fossil    plants    from 


the  Dominican  Republic. 

Proc.  V.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  59,  no.  2363, 
June  28,  1921,  pp. 
117-127,  pi.  21. 

BERRY,  S.  Stillman.  Preliminary 
diagnosis  of  new  cephalopods  from 
the  western  Atlantic. 

Proc.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2335, 
Nov.  10,  1920,  pp. 
293-300,  pi.  16. 

BLAKE,  S.  F.  Nine  new  plants  of 
the  genus  Stylosanthes. 

Proc.  Biol.  Soo.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  33,  July 
24,    1920,    pp.    45-53. 


BLAKE,    S.   F.     Five   new  species   of 
Cedrela. 

Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wasfi- 
ington,  vol.  33,  Dec. 
30,  1920,  pp.  107- 
111. 

Two  new  Salvias  from  Guate- 
mala. 

Proc.    Biol.    Soc.    Wash- 
ington,  vol.    33,    Dec. 
30.  1920,  pp.  113-115, 
New   trees   and    shrubs   from 

Mexico  and  Guatemala. 

Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  33,  Dec. 
30,  1920,  pp.  117- 
120. 

Neomillspaughia,  a  new  genus 


of   Polygonaceae,   with   remarks   on 

related  genera. 

BuU.  Torrey  Bot.  Club, 
vol.  48,  no.  3,  Mar., 
1921,  pp.  77-88,  pi.  1. 

The  American  species  of  Max- 


imilianea  ( Cochlospermum ) . 

Journ.  Washington 
Acad.  Sd.,  vol.  11, 
no.  6,  Mar.  19,  1921, 
pp.  125-132,  figs.  1,  2. 

New   trees   and   shrubs   from 


Yucatan. 

Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  34,  Mar. 
31,  1921,  pp.  43-46. 

Revisions  of  the  genera  Acan- 


thospermum,    Flourensia,    Oyedaea, 

and  Tithonia. 

Contr.  U.  8.  Nat.  Herb., 
vol.  20,  pt  10,  June 
20,  1921,  pp.  383- 
436,  pi.  23. 

New  Meliaceae  from  Mexico. 

Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  WasJi- 
ington,  vol.  34,  June 
30,  1921,  pp.  115- 
117. 

A  new  Aspilia  from  Ti-inidad. 

Proc.    Biol.    Soc.    Wash- 
ington, vol.   34,   June 
30,     1921,     pp.     119, 
120. 
BLANCHARD,  Frank  N.    Three  new 
snakes  of  the  genus  Lampropeltis, 

Occasional  papers,  Mus. 
of  Zool.,  Univ.  of 
Mich.,  81,  Apr.  28, 
1920,  pp.  1-10,  pi.   1. 

A  synopsis  of  the  king  snakes, 

genus  Lampropeltis  Fitzinger. 

Occasional  papers,  Mus. 
of  Zool.,  Univ.  of 
Mich.,  87,  June  24, 
1920,  pp.  1-7  and 
table. 


LIST  OF  PUBLICATIONS. 


201 


BOONE,  Peakl  L.    A  new  Chinese  Iso- 

pod,  Ichthyoxenus  geei. 

Proc.  V.  S:  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  57,  no.  2.319,  July 
27,  1920,  pp.  497- 
502,  pis.  40,  41. 

A  new  genns  and  species  of 

Isopod  from  Chile. 

Rev.  Chile)vn  Hist.  Nat., 
anno.  24,  no.  2,  Mar.- 
Aug.  1920,  pp.  25-31, 
pi.  2,  2  figs. 

■ The  Isopoda  of  the  Canadian 

Arctic  and  adjoining  regions. 

Rept.  Canadian  Arctic 
Expedition,  1913-18, 
vol.  7,  Crustacea,  pt. 
D,    Isopoda,   Nov.    10, 

1920,  pp.   1D-40D. 

Report  on  the  Tanaidacea  and 

Isopoda  collected  by  the  Barbados- 
Antig-ua  Expedition  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Iowa  in  1918. 

Univ.  Iowa  Studies; 
Studies  in  Nat.  Hist., 
vol.  9,  no.  5,  Mar.  15, 

1921,  pp.  91-98,  pi.  1. 
BOULENGER,  G.  A.     A  monograph  of 

the   American    frogs    of   the    genus 

Rana. 

Proc.  Amer.  Acad.  Arts 
and  Soi.,  vol.   55,  no. 

9,  Aug.,     1920,     pp. 
413-480. 

BOVING,  Adam  G.  and  A.  B.  CHAM- 
PLAIN.  Larvae  of  North  American 
beetles  of  the  family  Claeridae. 

Proc.    U.   8.   Nat.   Mus., 

vol.     57,     no.     2323, 

Aug.     21,     1920,     pp. 

575-649,  pis.  42-53. 

BRITTON,    N.    L.    and    J.    N.    ROSE. 

The     Cactaceae:  Descriptions     and 

illustrations  of  plants  of  the  cactus 

family.     2. 

Carnegie  Institution  of 
Washington,  pub.  no. 
248,  vol.  2,  Sept.  9, 
1920,  pp.  i-viii,  1- 
239,  pis.  1-40,  text 
figs.   1-305. 

• Necabbottia,     a     new    cactus 

genus  from  Hispaniola. 

Smithsonian  Misc.  Colls., 
vol.  72,  no.  9,  June 
15,  1921,  pp.  1-6, 
plates  1-4,  text  figs. 
1,  2. 
BUSCK,  August.  A  new  Gracilaria 
injurious  to  Avocado  (Lepid.). 

Can.    Ent.,   vol.    52,    no. 

10,  Oct.,  1920. 


CANU,  Ferdinand,  and  Ray  S.  BASS- 
LER.  Fossil  Bryozoa  fi'om  the  West 
Indies. 

Carnegie   Institution   of 
Washington,  pub.   no. 
291,     1919,     pp.     73- 
102,  pis.  1-7. 
North  American  Early  Terti- 
ary Bryozoa. 

Bull.    U.    S.   Nat.   Mus., 
no.      106,      June     30, 
1920,  pp.  i-xx,  1-879, 
text      figs.       1-279. 
Plates  1-162,  July  26, 
1920. 
CASANOWICZ,     I.     M.     Descriptive 
catalogue  of  the  collection  of  Bud- 
dhist art  in  the  United  States  Na- 
tional Museum. 

Proc.   U.   8.   Nat.   Mus., 
vol.     59,      no.      2371, 
June     18,     1921,     pp. 
291-347,  pis.   44-92. 
CAUDELL,  A.  N.     Cockroaches. 

Chapter  26  of  Sanitary 
Entomology  by  W.  D. 
Pierce,  pp.  374-382, 
figs.  71-73,  1921, 

■ Some    new    Orthoptera    from 

Mokanshan,  China. 

Proc.  Ent.  8oc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  23,  no.  2, 
Feb.  1921,  pp.  27-35, 
figs.  1,  2. 

Hippiscus  olancha  Caudell,  an 

apparently  undescribed  grasshopper 
from  California. 

Ent.   News,  vol.   32,  no. 

5,      May,     1921,     pp. 

149-151. 
CHAMBERLAIN,  Ralpjh  V.  The 
Annelida  Polychaeta.  Reports  on 
an  exploration  off  the  west  coasts  of 
Mexico,  Central  and  South  America, 
and  off  the  Galapagos  Islands,  in 
charge  of  Alexander  Agassiz,  by  the 
U.  S.  Fish  Commission  steamer  Al- 
hatross,  during  1891,  Lieut.  Com- 
mander Z.  L.  Tanner,  U.  S.  Navy, 
commanding,  XXXYIII.  Reports  on 
the  scientific  results  of  the  expedi- 
tion to  the  tropical  Pacific,  in  charge 
of  Alexander  Agassiz,  by  the  U.  S. 
Fish  Commission  steamer  Albatross, 
from  August,  1899,  to  March,  1900, 
Commander  Jefferson  F.  Moser,  U.  S. 
Navy,  commanding,  XX.  Reports  on 
the  scientific  results  of  the  expedi- 
tion to  the  eastern  tropical  Pacific, 


202 


EEPORT  OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


CHAMBERLAIN,  Ralph  V.— Contd. 
in  charge  of  Alexander  Agassiz,  by 
the  U.  S.  Fish  Commission  steamer 
Albatross,  from  October,  1904,  to 
March,  1905,  Lieut.  Commander  L. 
M.  Garrett,  U.  S.  Navy,  command- 
ing, XXXI. 

Mem.  Mus.   Comp.  Zool., 

vol.    48,    July,    1919, 

pp.   1-514,   pis.   1-80. 

CHAMPLAIN,     A.     B.       (See    xmder 

Adam  G.  Boving.) 
CHAPIN,    James    P.      Description    of 
four   new    birds    from    the    Belgian 

Congo. 

Amer.     Mus.    Novitatcs, 
no.   7,   April   4,   1921, 
pp.  1-9. 
CHAPMAN,  Feank  M.     The  distribu- 
tion of  bird  life  in  the  Urubamba 
Valley  of  Peru.     A   report  on    the 
birds  collected  by  the  Yale-National 
Geographic  Society's  expeditions. 

Bull.    U.    S:  Nat.    Mils., 
no.      117,     June     29, 
1921,   pp.   1-138,   pis. 
1-9. 
CHASE,    Agnes.     The    Linnean    con- 
cept of  pearl  millet. 

Amer.   Journ.  Bot.,  vol. 

8,  no.    1,   Jan.,    1921, 
pp.  41-49. 

The   Nortli   American   species 

of  Pennisetum. 

Contr.  V.  S.  Nat.  Heri., 
vol.  22,  pt.  4,  Feb.  12, 
1921,      pp.      209-234, 
figs.  63-76. 
CLARK,  Austin  H.    A  new  unstalked 
Crinoid  from  the  Philippine  Islands. 
Proc.    Biol.    8oc.    Wash- 
ington,   vol.     33,     pp. 
21,  22,  July  24,  1920. 

Report  on  the  Crinoids  col- 
lected by  the  Barbados-Antigua  ex- 
pedition from  the  University  of  Iowa 
in  1918. 

Univetsity  of  Iowa 
Studies;  Studies  in 
Natural  History,  vol. 

9,  no.    5,    pp.    3-28, 
Mar.  15,  1921. 

Report  on  the  Ophiurans  col- 


lected by  the  Barbados-Antigua  ex- 
pedition from  the  University  of  Iowa 
in  1918. 

University  of  Iowa 
Studies;  Studies  in 
Natural  History,  vol. 
9,  no.  5,  pp.  29-63, 
Mar.  15,  1921. 


CLARK,     Austin     H.     Sea-lilies    and 
feather  stars. 

Smithsonian  Misc.  Colls., 
vol.  72,  no.  7,  Apr.  28, 
1921,  pp.  1-47,  pis. 
1-16. 

The  steps  in  the  evolution  of 

animals. 

Journ.  Washington  Acad. 
Sei.,  vol.  11,  no.  9, 
pp.   207,   208,  May  4, 

1921. 

CLARK,  HowAKD  Walton.    ( See  under 

B.  W.  Evermann.) 

COCKERELL,  T.  D.  A.    A  new  Trigo- 
nalid  from  India  (Hym.). 

Proc.  Ent.  Soc.  Wasli- 
ington,  vol.  22,  no.  7, 
Oct.  1920,  pp.  191, 
192. 

Some    neotropical     meliponid 


bees. 


I'oru. 


Bull.  Amer.  Mus.  Nat. 
Hist.,  vol.  42,  art.  11, 
Dec.  1920,  pp.  459- 
468. 

Some   fossil  fish   scales   from 


Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  59,  no.  2355,  June 
10,  1921,  pp.  19,  20, 
text  figs.  1-7. 

Some    Eocene     insects     from 

Colorado  and  Wyoming. 

Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  59,  no.  2358,  June 
27,  1921,  pp.  29-39, 
pi.  8,  text  figs.  1-9. 

COOKE,  Charles  Wythe.  Tertiary 
mollusks  from  the  Leeward  Islands 
and  Cuba. 

Carnegie  Institution  of 
Washington,  pub.  no. 
291,  1919,  pp.  103- 
156,  pis.   1-16. 

COOKE,  May  Thacher.  Birds  of  the 
Washington  region. 

Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  34,  Mar. 
31,   1921,   pp.  1-21. 

COLE,  F.  R.  (See  under  M.  C.  Van 
Duzee. ) 

COVILLE,  Frederick  V.  The  influ- 
ence   of    cold    in    stimulating    the 

growth  of  plants. 

Journ.  Agric.  Research, 
vol.  20,  no.  2,  Oct.  15, 
1920,  pp.  151-160,  pis. 
20-35. 


LIST  OF  PUBLICATIONS. 


203 


COVILLE,  Frederick  V.  A  new  hy- 
brid— the  Katlierine  blueberry. 

Journ.  Hered.,  vol.  8,  no. 
11,  Nov.-Dec,  1920 
(frontispiece,  with  ex- 
planatory text). 

CRAM,  Eloise  B.  (See  under  Bray- 
ton  H.  Ransom.) 

CUSHMAN,  Joseph  Augustine.  Fos- 
sil    f  Oram  inif  era     from     the     West 

Indies. 

Carnegie  Institution  of 
Washington,  pub.  no. 
291,  1919,  pp.  21-71, 
pis.  1-15,  text  figs. 
1-8. 

The  American  species  of  Ortho- 

phragmina  and  Lepidocyclina. 

Prof.  Paper  U.  S.  Oeol. 
Surv.,  no.  125-D,  July 
26,  1920,  pp.  39-108, 
pis.  7-35,  text  fig.  3. 

Lower  Miocene  Foraminifera 


of  Florida. 

Prof.  Paper  V.  S.  Oeol. 
Surv.,  no.  128-B,  Aug. 
12,  1920,  pp.  67-74, 
pi.  11. 

The  foraminifera  of  the  Atlan- 


tic Ocean,  Part  2,  Lituolidae. 

Bull.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  no. 
104.  Oct.  6,  1920,  pp. 
1-111,  pis.  1-18. 

Foraminifera  from  the  North 


Coast  of  Jamaica. 

Proc.   V.   8.   Nat.   Mus., 
vol.  59,  no.  2360,  June 
10,    1921,    pp.    47-82, 
pis.  11-19,  figs.  1-16. 
CUSHMAN,  R.  A.     The  North  Ameri- 
can   Ichneumon-flies    of    the    tribes 
Lycorini,  Polysphinctini,  and  Thero- 

niini. 

Proc.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2326,  Sept. 
3,  1920,  pp.  7-48, 
pi.  2. 

North  American  Ichneumon- 
flies,  new  and  described,  with  taxo- 
nomic  and  nomenclatorial  notes. 

Proc.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2334,  Nov. 
8,  1920,  pp.  251-292, 
fig.  1. 

North   American    Ichneumon- 


flies  of  the  tribe  Ephialtini. 

Proc.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2340,  Nov. 
10,  1920,  pp.  327-362, 
pi.  21,  fig.  1. 


CUSHMAN,  R.  A.  The  males  of  the 
Ichneumonid  genera  Myersia  and 
Thaumatotypidea,  with  descriptions 

of  new  species. 

Proc.  Ent.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  23,  no.  5, 
May,  1921,  pp.  109- 
112,  fig.  1. 

and   S.  A.   ROHWER.     Notes 

on  Hellen's  "  Beitrage  zur  Kenntnis 

der   Ichneumon iden   Finlands :   Sub- 

familie  Pimplinae." 

Insecutor  Insdtae  Mevr 
struus,  vol.  8,  nos.  7- 
9,  Oct.  15,  1920,  pp. 
161-164. 

DALL,  William  'Healey.  Pliocene 
and  Pleistocene  fossils  from  the  Arc- 
tic coast  of  Alaska  and  the  auri- 
ferous beaches   of  Nome,   Northern 

Sound,  Alaska. 

Prof.  Paper  U.  8.  Geol. 
8urv.,  no.  125-C,  Jan. 
27,  1920,  pp.  23-37, 
pis.  5,  6. 

A  new  Alaskan  Chiton. 

Nautilus,  vol.  34,  July, 
1920,  pp.  22,  23. 

Turritidae  vs.  Turridae. 

Nautilus,  vol.  34,  July, 
1920,  pp.  27,  28. 

Two     new    Pliocene    Pectens 

from  Nome,  Alaska. 

Nautilus,  vol.  34,  no.  3, 
Jan.,  1921,  pp.  76,  77. 

Species  names  in  the  Portland 

catalogue :    I,   American. 

Nautilus,  vol.  34,  no.  3, 
Jan.,  1921,  pp.  97- 
100. 

Summary  of  the  marine  shell 

bearing  mollusks  of  the  northwest 
coast  of  America,  from  San  Diego, 
Calif.,  to  the  Polar  Sea,  mostly  con- 
tained in  the  collection  of  the  United 
States  National  Museum,  with  illus- 
trations of  hitherto  unfigured 
species. 

Bull.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
no.  112,  Feb.  24,  1921, 
pp.   1-217,   pis.   1-22. 

Molluscan    species   named    in 


the  Portland  catalogue,  1786,  part  2, 

foreign  species. 

Nautilus,  vol.  34,  no.  4, 
Apr.,  1921,  pp.  124- 
132. 


204 


EEPORT  OF   NATIONAL,   MUSEUM,  1921. 


DALL,    William    Healey.     Two   new 
South  American  shells. 

Xautilus,  vol.  34,  no.  4, 
Apr.,  1921,  pp.  132, 
133. 

New  fossil  invertebrates  from 

San  Quentin  Bay,  Lower  California. 

The  West  American  Sci- 
entist, vol.  19,  no.  2, 
Apr.  27,  1921,  pp.  17, 
18. 

New  shells  from  the  Pliocene 


or  Early  Pleistocene  of  San  Quentin 
Bay,  Lower  California. 

The  West  American  Sci- 
entist, vol.  19,  no.  3, 
June     15,     1921,     pp. 
21-23. 
DAUBNEY,    Capt.   R.     The   life   his- 
tories of  Dictyocaulus  filaria  (Rud.) 
and  D.  viviparus   (Bloch). 

Joum.  Comp.  Path,  and 
Therap.,   vol.    33,    no. 
4,   Dec.   31,   1920,   pp. 
225,   226,  figs.   1,  2. 
DE    CANDOLLE,  Casimib.     New 
.species  of  piper  from  Central  Amer- 
ica. 

Bot.  Oaz.,  vol.  70,  no.  3, 
Sept.,   1920,  pp.   169- 
189. 
DEWEY,   W.   A.      Smithsonian   Insti- 
tution Exhibit  of  Homeopathy. 

Joum.       Afiier.       Inst. 

.   Homeopathy,  vol.  13, 

o.  7,  Jan.,  1921,  pp. 

608,  609,  illustrated. 

DIETZ,  H.  F.,  and  H.  S.  BARBER.     A 

new  avocado  weevil  from  the  Canal 

Zone. 

Joum.  Agric.   Research, 
vol.  20,  no.  2,  Oct.  15, 
920,    pp.     114,    115, 
pis.   7-9. 
DIXON,  H.  N.    Reports  upon  two  col- 
lections of  mosses  from  British  East 

Africa. 

Smithsonian  Misc.  Oolls., 
vol.    72,    no.    3,    Sept. 
1,     1920,     pp.     1-20, 
pis.  1,  2. 
DYAR,   Hakbison   G.     The  classifica- 
tion of  American  Aedes    (Diptera). 
Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  8,  nos.  7- 
9,    July-Sept.,     1920, 
pp.   103-106. 

The  American   Aedes   of  the 

stimulans  ^oup    (Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  8,  nos.  7- 
9,  Julv-Sept.,  1920, 
pp.  106-120. 


DYAR.  Harrison  G.  The  larvae  of 
Aedes  campestris  Dyar  and  Knab 
( Diptera ) , 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  8,  nos.  7- 
9,  July-Sept.,  1920, 
p.  120. 

A  note  on  Aedes  niphadopsis 

Dyar  and  Knab   (Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  8,  nos.  7- 
9,  July-Sept.,  1920, 
pp.  138,  139. 

The  Grabhamia  gi'oup  of  Pso- 

rophora  (Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  8,  nos.  7— 
9,  July-Sept.,  1920, 
pp.  140,  141. 

A  new  Noctuid  from  Oregon 

( Lepidoptera ) . 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  8,  nos.  7- 
9,  July-Sept,  1920, 
p.  146. 

The  Aedes  of  the  mountains 


of  California  and  Oregon  (Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 

strmis,    vol.    8,    nos. 

10-12,  Oct.-Dec,  1920, 

pp.  165-173. 

A  new   Culex   from   Panama 


(Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  8,  nos. 
10-12,  Oct.-Dec,  1920, 
pp.  173,  174. 

Notes  on  Aedes  fulvus  Wiede- 
mann (Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  8,  nos. 
10^12,  Oct.-Dec,  1920, 
pp.  174,  175. 

A    collection    of    mosquitoes 

from   the   Philippine   Islands    (Dip- 
tera), 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  8,  nos. 
10-12,  Oct.-Dec,  1920, 
pp.    175-186. 

New  Lepidoptera,  chiefly  from 

Mexico,  with  synonymic  notes. 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  8,  nos, 
10-12,  Oct.-Dec,  1920, 
pp.  187-198. 

Note   on    the    distribution   of 


the    flood    mosquitoes   of   the   West 

(Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  8,  nos. 
10-12,  Oct.-Dec,  1920, 
pp.   198,  199. 


LIST  OF  PUBLICATIONS. 


205 


DTAR,     Harrison     G.    The     earliest 

name  of  the  yellow-fever  mosquito 

( Diptera ) . 

tnsecutor  Inscitiae  2fcn- 
atruus,  vol.  8,  nos. 
10-12,  Oct.-Dec,  1920, 
p.    204. 


Comment  on  "  Notes  on  South 

American  IMosquitoes  in  the  British 

Museum."      By    J.    Bonne-Wepster 

and  C.  Bonne. 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Mcn- 
struus,  vol.  9,  nos 
1-3,  .lan.-Mar.,  1921, 
pp.    2e-31. 

The  male  of  Psorophora  cofflni 


Dyar  and  Knab  (Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
atruus,  vol.  9,  nos. 
1-3,  Jan.-Mar.,  1921, 
p.   31. 


The  swarming  of  Culex  quin- 

quefasciatus  Say  (Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  A'en- 
struus,  vol.  9,  nos. 
1-3,  Jan.-Mar.,  1921, 
p.    32. 

Ring-legged    Culex    in    Texas 


(Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Mcn- 
struus,  vol.  9,  nos. 
1-3,  Jan.-Mar.,  1921, 
pp.  32-34. 

Three   new   mosquitoes   from 

Co.sta  Rica    (Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  9,  nos. 
1-3,  Jan.-Mar.,  1921, 
pp.  34-36. 

Notes  on  the  North  American 


species  of  Choeroporpa   (Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  9,  nos. 
1-3,  Jan.-Mar.,  1921, 
pp.  37-39. 

New  American  Noctuidae  and 


notes   ( Lepidoptera ) . 

Insecutor  Inscitiaie  Men- 
struus,  vol.  9,  nos. 
1-3,  Jan.-Mar.,  1921, 
pp.    40-45. 

Two    new    American   mosqui- 
toes  (Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  9,  nos. 
1-3,  Jan.-Mar.,  1921, 
pp.    46-50. 


DYAR,  Harrison  G.     A  new  mosquito 
from  East  Africa  (Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  9,  nos. 
4-6,  Apr.-June,  1921, 
pp.    51,    52,    fig.    1. 

New  forms  of  American  moths 

( Lepidoptera ) . 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  9,  nos. 
4-6,  Apr.-June,  1921, 
pp.  59-68. 

The   American  Aedes   of   the 

punctor  group  ( Diptera ) . 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  9,  nos. 
4-6,  Apr.-June,  1921, 
pp.   69-80,   pi.   1. 

Note  on  Schizura  apicalis  G. 

and  R.  (Lepidoptera). 

Insecutor  Insciti<ie  Men- 
struus,  vol.  9,  nos. 
4-6,  Apr.-June,  1921, 
p.    99. 

Change  of  preoccupied  name 

( Lepidoptera ) . 

Insecutor  Insciti<ie  Men- 
struus,  vol.  9,  nos. 
4-6,  Apr.-June,  1921, 
p.  99. 

Two   new   culex   from   Costa 

Rica  (Diptera). 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  9,  nos. 
4-6,  Apr.-June,  1921, 
p.    100. 

EIGENMANN,  Carl  H.  The  fishes  of 
the  rivers  draining  the  western  slope 
of  the  Cordillera  Occidental  of  Co- 
lombia, Rios  A^trato,  San  Juan, 
Dagua,  and  Patia. 

Ind.  Univ.  Studies,  vol. 
7,  no.  46,  Sept.,  1920, 
pp.   1-19,  map. 

A.  The   fresh-water   fishes   of 

Panama   east   of   longitude   80°    W. 

B.  The    Magdalena    Basin    and    the 

horizontal  and  vertical  distribution 

of  its  fishes. 

Ind.  Univ.  Studies,  vol. 
7,  no.  47,  Dec,  1920, 
pp.    1-34,    pis.    1-4. 

EVERMANN,  Barton  Warren,  and 
Howard  Walton  CLARK.  Lake 
Maxinkuckee,  a  physical  and  biolog- 
ical survey. 

Dept.  of  Conservation, 
State    of    Ind.,    pub. 


206 


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EVERMANN,  Barton  Warren — Con. 
no.  7,  vols.  1,  2,  1920  ; 

vol.  1,  pp.  i-eeo,  9 

half  tone  pis.,  38  col- 
j  ored  pis.,  23  text  figs., 

1    map ;    vol.    2,    pp. 
1-512. 

EWING,  H.  E.     A  Gamasid  mite  an- 
noying to  man. 

Journ.  PaHsitol.,  vol.  6, 
1920v  pp.  195,  196, 
fig.  1. 

New  predaceous  and  parasitic 


mites   of   tlie   superfamily    Gamaso- 

idea  (Acarina). 

Ent.  News.  vol.  31,  no. 
10,  Dec,  1920,  pp. 
286-293,  figs.  1-11. 


The    genus    Trombicula    Ber- 

lese,  in  America  and  ttie  Orient. 

Ann.  Ent.  Soc.  Amer., 
vol.  13,  no.  4,  Dec, 
1920,  pp.  381-390, 
figs.  1-3. 

FOSHAG,   William   F.     Sulpliolialite 
from  Searles  Lake,  Calif. 

Amer.  Journ.  Sci.,  vol.  49, 
Jan.,  1920,  pp.  76,  77. 

Tliaumasite     (and     spurrite) 


from  Crestmore,  Calif. 

Amer.  Mineralogist,  vol. 
5,  Apr.,  1920,  pp.  80, 
81. 

Apthitalite    (Glaserite)    from 


Searles  Lake,  Calif. 

Amer.  Journ.  Sci.,  vol. 
49,  May,  1920,  pp. 
367,   368. 

Illustration  of  the  hexagonal 


system.    Hematite  from   New  Mex- 
ico. 

Amer.  Mineralogist,  vol. 
5,  no.  8,  Aug.,  1920, 
pp.  149-152,  text,  fig. 
31. 

The   chemical  composition   of 

hydrotalcite    and    the    hydrotalcite 
group  of  minerals. 

Proc.  V.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2329,  Sept. 
9,   1920,   pp.   147-153. 

Some  recent  accessions  to  the 


mineral    collections    of    the    United 
States  National  Museum. 

Proc.    U.   8.   Nat.   Mus., 

vol.  58,  no.  2337,  Nov. 

13,  1920,  pp.  303-305, 

pis,  18-20. 


FOSHAG,  William  F.  Plazolite,  a 
new  mineral. 

Amer.  Mineralogist,  vol. 
5,.  no.  11,  Nov.,  1920, 
pp.   183-185. 

The  origin  of  the  colemanite 

deposits  of  California. 

Econ.  Geol.,  vol.  16,  no. 
3,  Api-.-May,  1921,  pp. 
199-214. 

The    isomorphic    relations    of 

the  sulphosalts  of  lead  and  copper. 

Amer.  Journ.  Set.,  vol. 
1,  May,  1921,  pp. 
444-446. 

FOWLER,  Henry  W.  and  Barton  A. 
BEAN.  A  small  collection  of  fishes 
from  Soochow,  China,  with  descrip- 
tions of  two  new  species. 

Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2338,  Nov. 
3,  1920,  pp.  307-321, 
figs.  1,  2. 

GAHAN,  a.  B.     New  reared  parasitic 

Hymenoptera  from  the  Philippines. 

Philippine  Journ.  Sci., 
vol.  17,  no.  4,  Oct., 
1920,    pp.    343-351. 

On  the  identity  of  several  spe- 
cies of  Chalcidoidea  (Hymenoptera). 

Proc.  Ent.  Soc  Wash- 
ington, vol.  22,  no.  9, 
Dec,  1920,  pp.  235- 
243. 

Remarks  on  the  genus  Pleu- 

rotropis  with  description  of  a  para- 
site of  Trachelus  tabidus  Fabricius 
( Hymenoptera  :  Chalcidoidea) . 

Proc.  Ent.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  23,  no.  5, 
May,  1921,  pp.  113- 
120,  figs.  1,  2. 

GIDLEY,  James  Williams.  New  spe- 
cies of  Claenodonts  from  the  Fort 
Union    (Basa  Eocene)    of  Montana. 

Bull.  Amer.  Mus.  Nat. 
Hist.,  vol.  41,  Dec.  8, 
1919,  pp.  541-555,  pi. 
28,  text  figs.  1-10. 

Pleistocene  peccaries  from  the 

Cumberland  cave  deposit. 

Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  57,  no.  2324, 
June  18,  1920,  pp. 
651-678,  pis.  54,  55. 

(See    also    under    Gerrit    S. 


Miller.) 


LIST  OF  PUBLICATIONS. 


207 


GILBERT,  Chables  Henry  and  Carl 

L.  HUBBS.     The  Macrouroid  fishes 

of  the  Philippine  Islands  and   the 

East  Indies. 

Bull.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mu8., 
no.  100,  vol.  1,  pt.  7, 
Oct.  5,  1920,  pp.  369- 
588,  figs.  1-40. 

GILMORE,  Charles  W,  Dimetrodon 
gigas,  a  giant  spiny  lizard  from 
Texas  bone  beds. 

Sci.  Amer.  Suppl.,  no. 
2271.  July  12,  1919. 
pp.  20,  21,  3  figs. 

New  fossil  turtles,  with  notes 

on  two  described  species. 

Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  56,  no.  2292,  July 
30,  1919,  pp.  iia- 
132,  pis.  29-37,  text 
figs.   1-8. 

An  ornithomimid  dinosaur  in 


the  Potomac  of  Maryland. 

Science  (n.  s.),  vol.  50, 
no.  1295,  Oct.  24, 
1919,  pp.  394,  395. 

A  mounted  skeleton  of  Dime- 


trodon gigas  in  the  United  States 
National  Museum,  with  notes  on  the 
skeletal  anatomy. 

Proc.   U.  S.   Nat.  Mus., 

vol.  56,  no.  2300,  Dec. 

15,     1919,     pp.     525- 

539,   pis.    70-73,    text 

figs.  1-8. 

Reptilian  faunas  of  the  Torre- 


jon,  Puerco,  and  underlying  Upper 
Cretaceous  formations  of  San  Juan 
Covmty,  N,  Mex. 

Prof.  Paper  U.  8.  Geol. 
Surv.,  no.  119,  1919, 
pp.  1-71,  pis.  1-26, 
text  figs.  1-33. 

Osteology  of  the  carnivorous 


Dinosauria  in  the  United  States  Na- 
tional Museum,  with  special  refer- 
ence to  the  genera  Antrodemus  (Al- 
losaurus)   and  Ceratosaurus. 

Bull.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
no.  110,  Sept.  9, 1920, 
pp.  i-xi,  1—159,  pis. 
1-36,  text  figs.  1-79. 

A  new  horned  dinosaur  from 


Canada. 

8ci.  Amer.  Monthly,  vol. 
3,   no.    1,   Jan.,    1921, 
pp.    7,    8,    text    figs. 
1-3. 
71305°— 21 14 


GILMORE,  Charles  W.  An  extinct 
sea  lizard  from  western  Kansas. 

Sci.  Amer.,  vol.  124,  no. 
14,  Apr.  2,  1921,  pp. 
273  and  280,  3  text 
figs. 

Fossil  footprints  of  Texas. 

8ci.  Amer.,  vol.  124,  no. 
17,  Apr.  23,  1921,  pp. 
333  and  340,  4  text 
figs. 

GIRAULT,  A.  A.  New  Serphidoid, 
Cynipoid  and  Chalcidoid  Hymenop- 
tera. 

Proc.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2332, 
Sept.  9,  1920,  pp. 
177-216. 

GREENE,  Charles  T.  A  new  genus 
of  Bombyliidae  (Diptera). 

Proc.  Ent.  8oG.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  23,  no.  1, 
Jan.,  1921,  pp.  23,  24, 
fig.  1. 

Dipterous    parasites    of    saw 

flies. 

Proc.  Ent.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  23,  no.  2, 
Feb.,  1921,  pp.  41-43. 

Further  notes  on  Ambopogon 

hyperboreous  Greene  (Diptera). 

Proc.  Ent.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  23,  no.  5, 
Apr.,  1921,  pp.  107- 
109. 

Two  new  species  of  Diptera. 

Proc.  Ent.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  23,  no.  6, 
June,  1921,  pp.  125- 
127,  fig.  1. 

Common  flies  and  how  to  tell 


them  apart. 

Chapter  9  of  Sanitary 
Entomology,  by  W.  D. 
Pierce,  pp.  138-152, 
pi.  4,  figs.  10-30. 

( See  also  under  W.  D.  Pierce. ) 

GRINNELL,  Joseph.     Revised  list  of 

the  species  in  the  genus  Dipodomys. 
Journ.  Mam.,  vol.  2,  no. 
2,    May   2,    1921,    pp. 
94-97. 

GRISCOM,      Ludlow,      and      J.  T. 

NICHOLS.    A  revision  of  the  sea- 
side sparrows. 

Aistr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc. 
New     York,     no.     32, 

Nov.      3,      1920,  pp. 
18-30. 


208 


REPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


HALL,  Maurice  C.     Parasitic  worms 
of  swiue  and  diseases  due  to  them. 

Poland  China  Journ., 
vol.  6,  no.  23,  July 
25,  1920,  pp.  196,  197, 
200,  figs.  1,  2. 

Apparent  atropliy  of  spicules 

associated  witli  increasingly  close 
and  permanent  union  of  the  male 
and  female  Syngamus. 

Journ.  Parasitol.,  vol.  7, 
no.  2,  Jan.,  1921,  p. 
100. 

Parasites   and   parasitic   dis- 
eases of  sheep. 

Farmer!*'  Bull.,  U.  S. 
Dept.  Agrlc,  no.  1150, 

Jan.      4,      1921,      pp. 

1-53,  figs.  1-34. 

Carbon  tetrachlorid  for  the  re- 


moval of  parasitic  worms,  especially 
hookworms. 

Journ.  Agrio.  Research, 

U.    S.     Dept.    Agric, 

vol.    21,    no.    2,    Apr. 

15,  1921,  pp.  157-175. 

(See  also  under  Brayton  H. 


Ransom.) 
HAUSMAN,   Leon  Augustus.     A  mi- 
crological  investigation  of  the  hair 
structure  of  the  Monotremata. 

Amer.  Journ.  Anat., 
vol.  27,  Sept.,  1920, 
pp.  463-495. 

Mammal  fur  under  the  micro- 
scope. 

Natural  History,  vol. 
20,  no.  4,  Sept.-Oct., 
1920,  pp.  434-444,  9 
figs. 

Structural   characteristics    of 

the  hair  of  mammals. 

Amer.     Nat.,     vol.     54, 
Nov.-Dec,     1920,     pp. 
496-523,    pis.    1-7. 

HAY,  Oliver  P.    Descriptions  of  some 

mammalian  and  fish   remains  from 

Florida  of  probably  Pleistocene  age. 

Proc.    V.    8.    Nat.   Mus., 

vol.  56,  no.  2291,  July 

31,  1919,  pp.  103-112, 

pis.  26-28. 

Descriptions  of  some  Pleisto- 
cene vertebrates  found  in  the  United 
States. 

Proc.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2328,  Oct. 
12,  1920,  pp.  83-146, 
pis.  3-11,  text  figs. 
1-4. 


HAY,  William  Perry.  The  Craw- 
fishes ( in  "  Lake  IMaxinkuckee,  a 
physical  and  biological  survey"). 

Dept.    of    Conservation, 

State  of  Ind.,  pub.  no. 

7,  vol.  2,  pp.  83-86. 

HEINRICH,  Carl.     Coleophora  notes 

with  descriptions  of  two  new  species 

(Lepid.). 

Proc.  Ent.  8oc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  22,  no.  7, 
Oct.,  1920,  pp.  159- 
162. 

The  pea  moth,  a  new  species. 

Can.  Ent.,  vol.  52,  Nov., 
1920,  pp.  257,  258, 
figs.  24,  25. 

Synonymical    note    in    Oeco- 

phoridae   (Lepid.). 

Proc.  Ent.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington,  vol.  22,  no.  9, 
Dec,  1920,  p.  232. 

New  synonymy    in    a    recent 


paper  on  the  European  corn-borer 
(Lepid.). 

Ent.  News,  vol.  32,  no. 
2,  Feb.,  1921,  pp.  57, 
58. 

Some  Lepidoptera  likely  to  be 

confused  with  tlie  pink  boUworm. 

Journ.  Agric.  Research, 
vol.  20,  no.  11,  Mar. 
1,  1921,  pp.  807-836, 
pis.    93-109. 

HENDERSON,  John  B.  A  mono- 
graph of  the  east  American  Scap- 
hoi>od  moUusks. 

Bull    U.   8.   Nat.   Mus., 
no.  Ill,  Oct.  6,  1920, 
pp.   1-177,  pis.   1-20. 
and  Paul  BARTSCH.    A  classi- 
fication of  the  American  operculate 
land  mollusks  of  the  family  Annu- 
lariidae. 

Proc.  V.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2327,  July 
8,  1920,  pp.  49-82. 

HEWETT,  D.  p.  and  Earl  V.  SHAN- 
NON. Orientite,  a  new  hydrous  sili- 
cate of  manganese  and  calcium  from 

Cuba. 

Amer.  Journ.  Soi.,  vol. 
1,  June,  1921,  pp. 
491-506,  text  figs. 
1-5. 

HITCHCOCK,    A.     S.      Genera    and 

supergenera. 

Science,  (n.  s.),  vol.  52, 
no.  1335,  July  30, 
1920,  pp.  107,  108. 


LIST   OF   PUBIJCATIONS. 


209 


HITCHCOCK,  A.  S.     Report  on  a  re- 
cent trip  to  British  Guiana. 

Joum.  N.  Y.  Bot.  Oard., 
vol.  21,  no.  247.  .Tuly, 
1920,  pp.  129-137, 
pis.  248,  249. 

Revisions  of  North  American 

grasses :  Isachne,  Oplismenus,  Echi- 
nochloa,  and  Chaetochloa. 

Contr.  U.  8.  Nat.  Herd., 
vol.  22,  pt.  3,  Nov.  1, 
1920,  pp.  115-208, 
pis.  25-32,  figs.  21- 
62. 

A  manual  of  farm  grasses. 

Washington,  1921,  pp. 
i-x,  1-175,  figs.  1-35. 

The  type  concept  in  system- 
atic botany, 

Amer.   Joum.   Bot.,  vol. 

8,    no.    5,   May,    1921, 

pp.  251-255. 

HOAGLAND,  Ruth  A.     Polychaetous 

annelids    collected    by    the    United 

States  Fisheries  steamer  Albatross 

during  the  Philippine  expedition  of 

1907-1909. 

Bull.    U.    S.    Nat.    Mus., 
no.  100,  vol.  1,  pt.  9. 
Mar.     24,     1921,     pp. 
603-635,  pis.  46-52. 
HOLLISTER.  N.    Popular  Guide,  Na- 
tional Zoological  Park,  Washington, 

D.  C. 

Published  by  the  Smith- 
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Oct.,  1920,  pp.  1-59, 
pis.  1-46,  map. 

The  names  for  two  genera  of 

African  Artiodactyla. 

Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  34,  Mar. 
31,  1921,  pp.  77-80. 

A  new  name  for  the  West  Af- 


rican pygmy  squirrel. 

Proc.    Biol.    Soc.    Wash- 
ington, vol.    34,    .Tune 
30,    1921,   p.    135. 
(See  also  under  Gerrit  S.  Mil- 


ler, jr.)   > 
HOUGH,    Waltee.     The    cliff-dweller 
housekeeper. 

The  Amer.  Indian  Mag., 
vol.  7,  no.  4,  Aug., 
1920,  pp.  7-10,  7  text 
figs. 

Torches   and   candles.     Early 

development  of  artificial  lighting  fa- 
cilities. 

Sinclair's  Mag.,  vol.  4, 
no.  5.  Dec,  1920,  pp. 
10-15,  6  text  figs. 


HOUGH,  Walteb.  Lamps — new  and 
old. 

Sinclair's  Mag.,  vol.  4, 
no.  6,  Jan.,  1921,  pp. 
11-15,  4  text  figs. 

HOWE,   Marshall  A.     Tertiary  cal- 
careous algae  from  the  islands  of  St. 
Bartholomew,  Antigua,  and  Anguilla. 
Carnegie      Institute     of 
Washington,  pub.    no. 
291,    1919,    pp.    9-19, 
pis.  1-6. 

HOWELL,  Arthur  H.  Description  of 
a  new  species  of  beach  mouse  from 
Florida. 

Joum.  Mam.,  vol.  1,  no. 
5,  Nov.,  1920,  pp. 
237-240,  fig.  1. 

HRDLIOKA,  Al^s.  The  anthropology 
of  Asiatic  peoples. 

Anat.  Sup.  to  China 
Med.  Joum.,  July, 
1920,  pp.  1-10. 

The  anthropological  problems 

of  the  Far  East. 

Science  (n.  s.),  vol.  52, 
no.  1.355,  Dec.  17, 
1920,    pp.   567-574. 

Shovel-shaped  teeth. 

Amer.  Joum.  Phys. 
Anthrop.,  vol.  3,  no. 
4,  Oct.-Dec,  1920,  pp. 
429-465,  pis.   1-6. 

Physical     Anthropologj' :     Its 

scope  and  aims ;  its  histoi-y  and  pres- 
ent status  in  America. 

Wistar  Inst.  Anat.  & 
Biology,  1920,  pp.  1- 
164,  pis.  1-2. 

Anthropometry. 

Wistar  Inst.  Anat.  d 
Biology,  1920,  pp.  1- 
163,  text  figs.  1-20. 

HUBBS,  Carl  L.     (See  under  Charles 

Henry  Gilbert.) 
HYSLOP,    J.    A.      Genotypes   of   the 
Elaterid  beetles  of  the  world. 

Proc.  V.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2353, 
Apr.  9,  1921,  pp. 
621-680. 

JACKSON,  Hartley  H.  T.  The  status 
of  Merriam's  shrew.  (Sorex  mer- 
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Joum.  Mam..,  vol.  2.  no. 
1,  Feb.  10,  1921,  pp. 
29-31,  fig.  1. 


210 


REPORT  OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,  1921. 


JOHANSEN,  Feits.    The  larger  fresh- 
water   Crustacea     of    Canada     and 

Alaska. 

Canadian  Field-Nat.,  vol. 
34,  no.  7,  Oct.,  1920, 
(=Feb.  9,  1921),  pp. 
126-132. 

The  larger  fresh-water  Crus- 


tacea from  Canada  and  Alaska,  II — 

Isopoda. 

Canadian  Field-Nat.,  vol. 
34,  no.  8,  Nov.,  1920, 
(=Mar.  11,  1921),  pp. 
145-148. 

The  larger  fresh- water  Crus- 


tacea from  Canada  and  Alaska,  III — 
Euphyllopoda  ( Branchiopoda ) . 

Canadian  Field-Nat.,  vol. 
.35,   no.  2,  Feb.,  1921 
(=June     22,     1921). 
pp.    21-30. 

Fresh-water    Crustacea    from 


Canada. 

Canadian  Field-Nat.,  vol. 
35,  no.  2,  Feb..  1921 
(=June     22,     1921), 

p.  36. 

JORDON,  Eric  Knight.  Notes  ou  a 
collection   of  shells  from   Trinidad, 

Calif. 

Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2325, 
Sept.  8,  1920,  pp.  1-5, 
pi.  1. 

KENDALL,  William  Conveksk.    Peri- 
toneal membranes,  ovaries,  and  ovi- 
ducts of  Salmouiod  fishes  and  their 
significance  in  fish-cultural  practices. 
Bull.      Bur.      Fisheries, 

vol.  37,  doc.  no.  901, 
,Mar.     28,     1921,     pp. 
184-208,  figs.    1-11. 

KNOWLTON,  F.  H.  A  catalogue  of 
the  Mesozoic  and  Cenozoic  plants  of 
North  America. 

Bull.  U.  S.  Oeol.  Surv., 
no.  696,  1919,  pp.  1- 
815. 

Evolution  of  geologic  climates. 

Bull.  Oeol.  Soc.  Amer., 
vol.  30,  Dec.  31, 1919, 
pp.  499-566. 


A  dicotyledonous  flora  in  the 

type  section  of  the  Morrison  forma- 
tion. 

Amer.  Journ.  Soi.,  vol. 
49,  Mar.,  1920,  pp. 
18^194. 


LARSEN,  EsPEK  S.,  and  Earl  V. 
SHANNON.  Boussingaultite  from 
South  Mountain,  near  Santa  Paula, 
Calif. 

Amer.  Mineralogist,  vol. 
5,    no.    7,    July,   1920, 
pp.   127-129. 
LEWTON,  Frederick  L.     The  history 
of  kidney  cotton. 

Journ.       Washington 

Acad.  8ci.,  vol.  10,  no. 

21,  Dec.  19,  1920,  pp. 

591-597,  figs,  1,  2. 

LINCOLN,  Frederick  C.   A  peculiarly 

marked  example  of  Dumetella  caro- 

linensis. 

Auk,  vol.  37,  no.  4,  Oct., 

1920,  p.  593. 
McATEE,  W.  L.,  and  F.  P.  METCALF. 

Notes  on  cockleburs  (Ambrosiaceae; 
Xanthium)  of  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia and  vicinity. 

Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  33,  Dec. 
30,  1920,  pp.  177- 
179. 

McATEE,   W.   L.      (See   under  C.   P. 

Alexander, ) 
McEWAN,   EULA  Davis.     A  study  of 
the  brachiopod  genus  Platystrophia. 
Proc.   U.   S.   Nat.   Mus., 
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Sept.     2,     1919,     pp. 
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MANN,  William  M.     The  occurrence 
of  Mallophaga  on  a  dragon-fly. 

Ent,  Netcs,  vol.  31,  no. 
9,  Nov.,  1920,  p.  252. 

Additions  to  the  ant  fauna  of 

the  West  Indies  and  Central 
America. 

Bull.  Amer.  Mus.  Nat. 
Hist.,  vol.  42,  art.  8, 
Dec.  20,  1920,  pp. 
403-439,  figs.  1-9. 

The  ants  of  the  Fiji  Islands. 

Bull.  Mus.  Comp.  Zool., 
vol.    64,    no.    5,    Feb., 

1921,  pp.    401  -  499, 
figs.   1-38. 

A  new  genus  of  Termite  guest 


from  Fiji. 

Psyche,    vol.     28,   Apr., 
1921,   pp.    54-56,    fig. 
1. 
MARSHALL,  William  B.    New  fresh- 
water shells  from  Guatamala. 

Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2336, 
Nov.  13,  1920,  pp. 
301,  302,  pi.  17. 


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MAXON,  William  R.     New  selaginel- 

las  from  the  western  United  States. 

Smithsonian  Misc.  Colls., 

vol.    72,    no.    5,    Dec. 

22,     1920,    pp.     1-10, 

pis.  1-6. 

Notes    on    American    ferns — 

XVI. 

Amer.  Fern  Journ.,  vol. 
11,  no.  1,  Mar.,  1921, 
pp.  1-4. 

A  neglected  fern  paper. 

Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  34,  June 
30,  1921,  pp.  lu- 
lls. 

MAY,  Henry  G.  Observations  on  the 
nematode  genus  Nematodirus,  witli 
descriptions  of  new  species. 

Proc.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2350, 
Nov.  30,  1920,  pp. 
577-588,   pis.   29-35. 

MERRELL,  Charles  G.  Medicinal 
Division  of  the  National  Museum. 

Amer.  Journ.  Pharmacy, 
vol.  92,  no.  9,  Sept., 
1920.  pp.  661-665,  1 
fig. 

Journ.  Amer.  Pharma- 
ceutical Assoc,  vol.  9, 
no.  9,  Sept.,  1920,  pp. 
896-899,  1  fig. 

Northwestern  Druggist, 
vol.  28,  no.  9,  Sept., 
1920,  pp.  27,  28,  1 
fig. 

MERRILL,  George  Perkins.  Second 
report  on  researches  on  the  chemi- 
cal and  mineralogical  composition 
of  meteorites. 

Memoirs.  Nat.  Acad. 
Sci.,  vol.  14,  mem.  4, 
1919,  pp.  1-vii,  1-15, 
pis.  1-5,  text  figs.  1- 
4. 

The  Cumberland  Falls,  Whit- 
ley County,  Ky.,  meteorite. 

Proc.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  57,  no.  2306, 
June  15,  1920,  pp. 
97-105,  pis.  14-18, 
text  fig.  1. 

The  composition  and  struc- 
ture of  meteorites  compared  with 
that  of  terrestrial  rocks. 

Ann.  Rep.  Smithsonian 
Inst.,  for  19  17, 
(1919,)  pp.  175-188, 
pis.  1-9,  text  figs. 
1-3. 


MERRILL,  George  Perkins.  Contri- 
butions to  a  history  of  American 
State  geological  and  natural  history 
surveys. 

Bull.  V.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
no.  109,  Aug.  2,  1920, 
pp.  i  -  xviii,  1  -  549, 
pis.  1-37. 

On  chond rules  and  chondrltic 

structure  in  meteorites. 

proc.  Nat.  Acad.  Sci., 
vol.  6,  no.  8,  Aug., 
1920,  pp.  449-472, 
pi.  1,  text  figs.  1-17. 

A   retrospective   view   of   the 

origin  of  Meteor  Crater,  Ariz. 

Pui.  Astr.  Soc,  Pacific, 
no.  189,  Oct.,  1920, 
pp.  1-6,  pi.  7,  text 
fig.  1. 

Notes    en    the    meteorite    of 


Estherville,  Iowa,  with  especial  ref- 
erence to  its  included  "  peckhamite  " 
and  probable  metamorphic  nature. 

Proc.   U.   S.   Nat.   Mus., 

vol.     58,      no.      2341, 

Nov.     11,     1920,     pp. 

363-370,   pis.   22-24. 

METCALF,  F.  P.      (See  under  W.  L. 

McAtee. ) 
MILLER,  Gerrit   S.,   Jr.,  and  James 
W.  GIDLEY.     a  new  rodent  from 
the  Upper  Oligocene  of  France. 

Bull.  Amer.  Mus.  Nat. 
Hist.,    vol.     41,    Dec. 

29,  1919,  pp.  595-601, 
pi.  34,  text  figs.   1-3. 

Conflicting  views  on  the  prob- 
lem of  man's  ancestry. 

Amer.  Journ.  Phys.  An- 
thro.,  vol.  3,  no.  2, 
Aug.,  1920,  pp.  213- 
245. 

[Note  on  the  relationship  of 

the  European  cave  bears  to  the 
American  grizzly  and  brown  bears.] 

Journ.  Mmn.,  vol.  1,  no. 
5,  Nov.,  1920,  pp. 
228,  229. 

and  N.  HOLLISTER.  Descrip- 
tions of  sixteen  new  murine  rodents 
from  Celebes. 

Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  34,  Mar. 
31,  1921,  pp.  67-76. 

Twenty  new  mammals 

collected  by  H.  C.  Raven  in  Selebes. 
Proc.    Biol.    Soc.    Wash- 
ington, vol.   34,   June 

30,  1921,  pp.  93-104. 


212 


REPORT  OF  NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


MITMAN,  Carl  W.     Ancestors  of  the 

Liberty   motor. 

8ci.      Amer.      Monthly, 
vol.    3,    no.    2,    Mar., 
1921,  pp.  247-250,  il- 
lustrated. 
MORGAN,  Thomas  H.     Variations  in 
tlie  secondary  sexual  characters  of 
the  Fiddler  crab. 

Amer.  Nat.,  vol.  54,  no. 
632,  May-June,  1920, 
pp.  220-246,  text 
flgs.  1-6. 

Variation  in  juvenile  Fiddler 

crabs. 

Amer.  Nat.,  vol.  55,  no. 
636,   Jan.-Feb.,    1921, 
pp.  82,  83. 
MUESEBECK,  C.  F.  W.    A  revision  of 
the  North  American  species  of  Ich- 
neumon-flies belonging  to  the  genus 

Apanteles. 

Proc.    U.    8.   Nat.   Mtis., 

vol.  58,  no.  2349,  Jan. 

4,  1921,  pp.  483-576. 

NICHOLS,  J.  T.     (See  under  Ludlow 

Griscom. ) 
NOBLE,   G.  K.     (See  under  Thomas 

Barbour.) 
OBERHOLSER,   Haeky   C.     Descrip- 
tion   of   a    new   Clapper   rail    from 

Florida. 

Proc.  Biol.  8oc.  Wasli- 
ingtan,  vol.  33,  July 
24,  1920,   pp.   33,   34. 

Descriptions  of  tive  new  sub- 
species of  Cyoruis. 

Proc.  Biol.  8oo.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  33,  Dec. 
30,  1920,  pp.  85-87. 

Notes     on     North     American 


birds.    X. 

Auk,  vol.  38,  no.  1,  Jan., 
1921,   pp.   79-82. 
The  geographic  races  of  Cya- 


nocitta  cristata. 

Au^,  vol.  38,  no.  1,  Jan., 
1921,   pp.   83-89. 
PALACHE,    Charles,    and    Earl    V. 
SHANNON.    Higginsite,  a  new  min- 
eral of  the  olivenite  group. 

Amer.  Mineralogist,  vol. 

5,   no.  9,   Sept.,   1920, 

pp.       155-157,       text 

figs.   1,   2. 

PEARSE,  a.   S.     The  fishes  of  Lake 

Valencia,  Venez.uela. 

Univ.  Wis.  Studies  in 
Science,  no.  1,  Sept., 
1920,  pp.  1-51. 


PENARD,    Thomas    E.      (See    under 

Outram  Bangs.) 
PENNELL,     Francis     W.       Scrophu- 
lariaceae  of  Colombia-I. 

Proc.    Acad.    Nat.    Sci. 
Philadelphia,        1920, 
Oct.  4,  1920,  pp.  136- 
188. 
PIERCE,  W.  D.,  and  C.  T.  GREENE. 
What  we  should  know  about  mos- 
quito biology. 

Chapter  18  of  Sanitary 
Entomology,  pp.  266— 
274,  flgs.  48-58. 
PILSBRY,    Henry    A.      Barnacles    of 
the  San  Juan  Islands,  Wash. 

Proc.  V.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  59,  no.  2362, 
June  27,  1921,  pp. 
111-115,  pi.  20,  text, 
figs.   1,   2. 

PIPER,  C.  V.    A  new  genus  of  Legu- 
minosae. 

Journ.  Washington 
Acad.  8ci.,  vol.  10, 
no.  15,  Sept.  19,  1920, 
pp.    432,    433. 

Some  new  plants  from  the  Pa- 
cific Northwest. 

Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  33,  Dec. 
30,  1920,  pp.  103-106. 

Two  new  legumes  from  Mex- 


ico and  Costa  Rica. 

Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  34,  March 
31,   1921,   pp.   41,   42. 

PITTIER,    H.      Notes    on    the    genus 

Swartzia  in  Panama  and  Guatemala. 

Journ.  Washington  Acad. 

Sci.,    vol.    11,    no.    7, 

Apr.  4,  1921,  pp.  155- 

160. 

Two  new  species  of  Bursera. 

Journ.  WO'Shington  Acad. 

Sci.,   vol.    11,    no.    10, 

May  19,  1921,  pp.  229, 

230. 

RAFFENSPERGER,  H.  B.    ( See  under 

Bray  ton  H.  Ransom.) 
RANSOM,  Brayton  H.    Reactions  fol- 
lowing   injections;    of    parasite    ma- 
terial. 

Journ.  Parasitol.,  vol.  6, 
no.  4,  Aug.  14,  1920, 
p.  199. 

Gapeworm    in    turkeys    and 


chickens. 


Journ.  Parasitol.,  vol.  6, 
no.  4,  Aug.  14,  1920, 
pp.  200,  201. 


LIST  OF   PUBLICATIONS. 


213 


RANSOM,  Bkayton  H.  Zur  Fiage 
des  Vorkommens  lebender  Trichinen 
in  g  e  f  r  o  r  e  n  e  m  amerikanischeu 
Schweinefleisch  und  der  Anwendiing 
der  Kalte  als  Mittel  zur  Verhiitung 
der  Trichinengefahr. 

Ztschr.    f.    Fleisch.-    u. 

Milchhyg.,  vol.  31,  no. 

4,  Nov.  15,  1920,  pp. 

46,  47. 

Intestinal  lesions  in  calves  due 

to  Cooperia  punctata. 

Journ.  Parasitol.,  vol.  7, 
no.  2,  Jan.,  1921,  p.  96. 

The  occurrence  of  Oncocerca 


in  cattle  in  the  United  States. 

Journ.  Parasitol.,  vol.  7, 
no.  2,  Jan.,  1921,  p.  98. 

The  Metazoan  parasites  of 


man. 


Nelson  Loose-Leaf  Med., 
vol.  2,  pp.  381-433, 
figs.  1-39. 

Relation  of  insects  to  the  para- 
sitic worms  of  vertebrates. 

Chapter    5    of    Sanitary 

Entomology,     by     W. 

Dwight  Pierce,  pp.  51- 

96. 


The  turkey  an  important  fac- 
tor in  the  spread  of  gapeworms. 

Bull.  U.  S.  Dept.  Agric, 
no.  939,  Apr.  23,  1921, 
pp.  1-13. 

and  Eloise  B.  CRAM.     The 


course  of  migration  of  Ascaris  larvae 
from  the  intestine  to  the  lungs. 
(Authors'  abstract.) 

Program,  Al).str.  Papers, 

Amer.  Soc.  Zool.,  p.  39. 

Anat.  Rec,  vol.   20,   no. 

2,    Jan.    20,    1921,    p. 

207. 

and  Maurice  C.  HALL.    Para- 


sitic diseases  in  their  relation  to  the 
live-stock  industry  of  the  southern 
United  States. 

Journ.  Amer.  Vet.  Med. 
Assn.,  vol.  57  (n.  s.), 
vol.  10,  no.  4,  July, 
1920,  pp.  394-413. 


,    B.    SCHWARTZ,    and    H.    B. 

RAFFEXSPERGER.      Effects    of 
pork-curing  processes  on  trichinae. 

Bull.  U.  S.  Dept.  Agric, 
no.  880,  Sept.  10, 1920, 
pp.  1-37. 


RATHBUN,    Mary    J.      West    Indian 
Tertiary  decapod  crustaceans. 

Carnegie  Institution  of 
Washington,  Pub.  no. 
291,  1919,  pp.  157- 
184,  pis.  1-9. 

Stalk-eyed  Crustaceans  of  the 


West  Indies. 

Rapport  betreffende  sen 
voorloopig  onderzoek 
naar  den  toestand  van 
de  Visscherij  en  de 
Industrie  van  Zeepro- 
ducten  in  de  Kolonie 
Curagao,  ingevolge  het 
Ministerieel  Besluit 
van  22,  November, 
1904,  Uitgebracht 
Door,  Prof.  Dr.  J. 
Boeke,  Hoogleeraar 
aan  de  Rijks-Universi- 
teit  te  Utrecht,  Tweede 
Gedeelte. 

[Report  on  the  fisheries 
and  aquatic  resources 
of  the  Dutch  West  In- 
dies, Curagao,  part  2] 
1919  [1920]  pp.  317- 
349,  text.  figs.  1-5. 

New   species   of  spider  crabs 

from    the    Straits    of    Florida    and 
Caribbean  Sea. 

Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  33,  July 
24,  1920,  pp.  23,  24. 

Additions  to  West  Indian  Ter- 


tiary decapod  crustaceans. 

Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2343,  Nov. 
11,  1920,  pp.  381-384, 
pi.  25. 

On  intersexes  in  Fiddler  crabs. 

Amer.  Nat.,  vol.  55,  no. 
636,  Jan.-Feb.,  1921, 
pp.    80-82. 

Report  on  the  Brachyura  col- 


lected by  the  Barbados-Antigua  ex- 
pedition from  the  University  of  Iowa 
in  1918. 

Univ.  Iowa  Studies  ; 
Studies  in  Nat.  Hist., 
vol.  9,  n<x  5,  Mar.  15, 
1921,  pp.  65-90,  pis. 
1-3. 

RAVENEL,   W.    deC.    Report   on   the 

progress  and  condition  of  the  United 

States  National  Museum  for  the  year 

ending  June  30,  1919. 

May  25,  1920,  pp.  1-211, 
7  pis. 


214 


REPORT   OF  NATIONAL,  MUSEUM,  1921. 


RAVENEL,    W.    deC.     Report    on    the 

progress  and  condition  of  the  United 

States    National    Museum    for    the 

year  ending  June  30,  1920. 

Dec.  1,  1920,  pp.  1-210, 
1  pi. 

RICHARDSON  [SEARLE],  Haeriet, 
Isopod  Crustaceans  of  the  Dutch 
West  Indies. 

Rapport  betrefifende  een 
voorlooplg  onderzoek 
naar  den  toestand 
Tan  de  Visscherij  en 
de  Industrie  van  Zee- 
producten  in  de  Kolo- 
nle  Curasao,  inge- 
volge  hot  Ministerieel 
Besluit  van,  22, l  No- 
vember, 1904,  Uitge- 
bracht  Door,  Prof.  Dr. 
J.  Boeke,  Hooglee- 
raar  aan  de  Rijks- 
Universiteit  te  Ut- 
recht,  Tweede  Gede- 
elte. 
[Report  on  the  fisheries 
and  aquatic  resources 
of  the  Dutch  West  In- 
dies (Curasao),  part 
2]  1919  [1920]  p.  350. 

( See  also  under  Harriet  Rich- 


ardson Searle.) 

RIDGWAY,     Robert.     Diagnoses     of 

some  new  genera  of  birds. 

Smithaoman  Misc.  Colls., 
vol.  72,  no.  4,  Dec. 
6,  1920,  pp.'  1-4. 

RILEY,  J.  H.     Four  new  birds  from 

the  Philippines  and  Greater  Sunda 

Islands. 

Proc.  Biol.  Sac.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  33,  July 
24,   1920,  pp.   55-57. 

Five  new  genera  of  birds. 

Proc.  Biol.  S'O'C.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  34,  Mar. 
31,   1921,  pp.  51-53. 

Four  new  birds  from  Celebes. 

Proc  Biol.  Soc.  Wash- 
ington, vol.  34,  Mar. 
31,   1921,  pp.   55-57. 

ROBINSON,  B.  L.    Further  diagnoses 

and   notes   upon   tropical  American 

Eupatorieae. 

Contr.    Gray    Eerb.    (n. 
s.),    no.    61,    Dec.    30, 
1920,  pp.  1-30. 


ROBINSON,  B.  L.    The  Eupatoriums 

of  Bolivia. 

Contr.    Gray    Eerl.    (n. 
s.),    no.    61,    Dec.    30, 
1920,  pp.  30-80. 

ROHWER,  S.  A.    Notes  on  the  Harris 

collection  of  sawflies,  and  the  species 

described  by  Harris. 

Journ.  Wash.  Acad.  Sci., 
vol.  10,  no.  18,  Nov.  4, 
1920,    pp.    508-518. 

Chalybion  Dahlbom  not  a  sy- 
nonym of  Sceliphron  Klug   (Hym.). 

Ent.  News,  vol.  32,  1921, 
p.  27. 

Descriptions  of  new  Chalcid- 


oid    flies    from    Coimbatore,    South 

India. 

Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist., 
ser.  9,  vol.  7,  Jan., 
1921,  pp.  123-135, 
(figs.  1-9. 

The   nomenclature   of   super- 


generic  names. 

Joum.  Wash.  Acad.  Sci., 
vol.  11,  no.  5,  Mar.  4, 
1921,  pp.  106-109. 

Notes     and     descriptions     of 


neotropical  sawflies  of  the  subfamily 

Perreyiinae. 

Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  59,  no.  2366,  June 
20,  1921,  pp.  161-167. 

Notes    on    sawflies,    with    de- 


scriptions of  new  genera  and  species. 

Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  59,  no.  2361,  June 
28,   1921,  pp.  83-109. 

(See  also  under ^  R.  A.  Cush- 


man.) 
ROSE,  J.  N.    Epiphyllum  hookeri. 

Addisonia,  vol.  5,  no. 
4,  Dec.  30,  1920,  pp. 
63,  64,  pi.  192. 

Botanical  explorations  in  Ecu- 
ador. 

Pom  American  Bulletin, 
vol.  52,  no.  1,  Jan., 
1921,  pp.'  24-34,  pi. 
1-4. 

( See  also  under  N.  L.  Britton. ) 

SAFFORD,  •William  B.    Synopsis  of 

the  genus  Datura. 

Joum.  Washington 
Acad.  Soi.,  vol.  11,  no. 
8,  Apr.  19,  1921,  pp. 
173-189,  flgs.  1-3. 


LIST  OF  PUBLICATIONS. 


215 


SASAKI,  Madoka.  Report  of  cephalo- 
pods  collected  during  1906  by  the 
United  States  Bureau  of  Fisheries 
steamer  Albatross  in  the  northwest- 
ern Pacific. 

Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  57,  no.  2310, 
Sept.  3,  1920,  pp. 
163-203,  pis.  23-26. 

SCHAUS,  William.  New  species  of 
Notodontidae  from  Central  and 
South  America  (Lepidoptera). 

I  n  sec  u  tor  Insecitiae 
Menstruus,  vol.  8, 
DOS.  7-9,  July-Sept., 
1920,   pp.    147-161. 

Description.s  of  two  new  species 

of  butterflies  from  Tropical  America. 

Journ.  Wash.  Acad.  8ci., 

vol.  10,  no.  15,   Sept. 

19,     1920,     pp.     434, 

435. 

New    species    of    neotropical 


SCHWARTZ,  Benjamin.    Hemolysins 

from  parasitic  worms. 

Arch.  Int.  Med.,  vol.  26, 
no.  4,  pp.  431-435. 

Effects  of  X-rays  on  trichinae. 

Journ.   Agric.  Resea/rch, 
V.    S.    Dept.    Agric., 
vol.   20,  no.   11,  Mar. 
1,  1921,  pp.  845-854. 
Effects   of  secretions   of   cer- 
tain parasitic  nematodes  on  coagu- 
lation of  blood. 

Journ.    Parasitol.,    vol. 
7.   no.   3,   Mar.,   1921, 
pp.    144-150. 
(See   also  under  Brayton  H. 


Pyraustinae   (Lepid.) 

Proo.    Ent.    Soc.    Wash- 
ington, vol.  22,  no.  7, 
Oct.,    1920,    pp.    172- 
190. 
New    species    of    neotropical 


Pyraustinae    ( Lepid. ) . 

Proc.  Ent.  Soc.  TFosTt- 
ington,  vol.  22,  no.  8, 
Nov.,  1920,  pp.  200- 
222. 

New    species    of    Heterocera 


from  South  America. 

Insecutor  Inscitiae  Men- 
struus,  vol.  9,  nos. 
4-6,  Apr.-June,  1921, 
pp.  52-58. 

SCHMITT,  Waldo  L.  The  marine  dec- 
apod  Crustacea   of  California. 

Univ.  California  Puh. 
Zool.,  vol.  23,  May  21, 
pp.  1-470,  pis.  1-50, 
text  figs..   1-165. 

SCHWARTZ,  Benjamin.    Active  sub- 
stances in  Macracanthorhynchus. 

Journ.  Parasitol.,  vol. 
7,  no.  2,  Jan.,  1921, 
p.  97. 

^    Antibody  production  by  asca- 


rids. 


Journ.  Parasitol.,  vol. 
7,  no.  2,  Jan.,  1921, 
pp.  98,  99. 

Effects  of  X-rays  on  trichinae. 
Journ.     Parasitol.,    vol. 
7,    no.    2,    .Tan.,   1921, 
pp.   100,   101. 


Ransom.) 
SCHWARZ,   E.    A.     A    new    scolytid 
beetle  from  tropical  Florida. 

Proc.    Ent.    Soc.    Wash- 
ington, vol.  22,  no.  8, 
Nov.,    1920,   pp.   222- 
226,  figs.  1,  2. 
SEARLE,  Mrs.  Haebiet  Richardson. 
Description  d'un  nouveau  genre  de 
crustace    Isopode    de    la    Nouvelle- 
Zemble  et  appartenant  a  la  famille 

de  Munnopsidae. 

Bull.       Mus.       National 
Hi^t.    Natur.,    Paris, 
vol.  25,  Annee.  1919, 
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(This  is  a  reprint,  ex- 
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SHANNON,  Eabl  V.     On  coarse  gab- 
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Journ.  Geol.,  vol.  27,  no. 
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pp.  579-581. 

The  occurrence  of  bindhiemite 

as  an  ore  mineral. 

Econ.  Geol.,  vol.  15,  no. 
1,  Jan.,  1920,  pp.  88- 
93. 

A  new  description  of  amesite. 

Amer.  Journ.  Set.,  vol. 
49,  Feb.,  1920,  pp. 
96-98. 

Bismutoplagionite,      a      new 


mineral. 


Amer.  Journ.  Set.,  vol. 
49,  Mar.,  1920,  pp. 
166-168. 


216 


BEPORT   OF   NATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


SHANNON.  Earl  V.  Diabantite,  stil- 
phonomelane,  and  chalcodite  of  the 
trap  quarries  of  Westfleld,  Massa- 
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Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
Tol.  57,  no.  2316, 
June  15,  1920,  pp. 
397-403. 

Petrography  of  some  lampro- 

phyric    dike    roclis    of    the    Coeur 
d'Alene  mining  district,  Idaho. 

Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  57,  no.  2318, 
Sept.  2,  1920,  pp. 
475-495,  pis.  37-39, 
text  figs.   1—4. 

An  occurrence  of  naumannite 


in  Idaho. 

Amer.  Journ.  Sci.,  vol. 
50,  Nov.,  1920,  pp. 
390,    391. 

Boulangerite,   bismutoplagion- 


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variety  of  jamesonite. 

Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mtts., 
vol.  58,  no.  2351, 
Nov.  3,  1920,  pp. 
589-607. 

Some  minerals  from  the  old 


tungsten  mine  at  Long  Hill  in  Trum- 
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Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2348, 
Nov.  9,  1920,  pp. 
469-482. 

Recent  accessions  in  the  divi- 


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Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2339, 
Nov.  10,  1920,.  pp. 
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Analyses  and   optical  proper- 


ties of  amesite  and  corundophilite 
from  Chester,  Mass.,  and  of  chromi- 
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Proc.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2342, 
Nov.  10,  1920,  pp. 
371-379. 

Notes  on  anglesite,  anthophyl- 


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stilpnomelane,  tetrahedrite,  and  trip- 
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Proc.    U.   8.   Nat.   Mus., 

vol.      58,      no.     2345, 

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SHANNON,  Earl  V.    Massive  laumon- 

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Amer.  Mineralogist,  vol. 
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pp.   6.   7. 

Owyheeite. 

Amer.  Mineralogist,  vol. 
6,  no.  4,  Apr.,  1921, 
pp.   82,   83. 

The     identity     of     "  coUbra- 

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Amer.  Mineralogist,  vol. 
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The     old     cobalt     mine     in 


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Amer.  Mineralogist,  vol. 

6,   no.   5,   May,   1921, 

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Additional  notes  on  the  crys- 


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Amer.   Journ.   Sci.,  vol. 

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( See  also  under  D.  F.  Hewett. ) 

(See    also    under    Esper     S. 


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(See     also     under     Charles 


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SHERPF,  Earl  E.    The  amphipods  of 
the     Canadian     Arctic     expedition, 

1913-1918. 

Rept.  Canadian  Arctic 
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1920,  pp.    1-30,    text 
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North    American    species    of 

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Bot.  Gaz.,  vol.  70,  no. 
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SHOEMAKER,  Clarence  R.  Amphi- 
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Univ.  loioa  Studies ; 
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SHUFELDT,    R.    W.     The   American 

antelope. 

Amer.  Forestry,  vol.  26, 
Dec,  1920,  pp.  747- 
754,  13  flgs. 

Observations   on  the   cervical 

region  of  the  spine  in  Chelonuins. 

Joum.   Morph.,  vol.   35, 

no.  1,  Mar.,  1921,  pp. 

213-223,  pis.  1,  2. 

SMITH,   Charles   Piper.      Studies  in 

the  genus  Lupinus — V.    The  Sparsi- 

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Bull.   Torrey  Bot.   Club, 

vol.  47,  no.   11,   Nov., 

1920,      pp.      487-509, 

figs.   53-66. 

SNYDER,  John  Otterbein.    Notes  on 

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Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
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SOWERBY,  Abthub  de  Carle.  Notes 
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seum, and  on  bears  of  palaearctic 
eastern  Asia. 

Joum.  Mam.,  vol.  1,  no. 
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Notes    on    the    East    Asiatic 

members  of  the  species  Sc-inrus  vul- 
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new  subspecies. 

A7in.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist., 
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SPRINGER,    Frank.     The    Crinoidea 

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Smithsonian  Inst.,  Pub. 
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The  fossil  crinoid  genus  Dola- 

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Bull.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mu.^., 
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pp.  i-iii,  1-78,  pis. 
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STANDLP:Y,  Paxil  C.    Stachys  lanata 

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Rhodora,    vol.     22,    no. 
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■ Six  new  species  of  plants  from 


STANDLEY,     Patjl     C.    Trees     and 

shrubs  of  Mexico  (Gleicheniaceae — 

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Contr.  U.  S.  Nat.  Herh., 
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1920,  pp.  1-169. 

The  North   American  species 

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Journ.  Washington 
Acad.  Set.,  vol.  10,  no. 
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A   new   species    of   Campnos- 

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Joum.  Arnold  Arh.,  vol. 
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Some    interesting    plants    in 


Glacier  Park,  Mont. 

Gard.  Chron.,  ser.  3, 
vol.  68,  no.  1771,  Dec. 
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126-128. 

- — —    Ferns     of     Glacier     National 


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Amer.  Fern  Journ.,  vol. 
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Flora     of     Glacier     National 


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Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash- 
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Park,  Mont. 

Contr.  U.  S.  Nat.  Herh., 
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16,  1921,  pp.  235-438, 
pis.  33-52. 

Rubiaceae  (pars). 

N.  Amer.  FL,  vol.  32, 
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STANTON,  Timothy  W.  The  fauna 
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Prof.  Paper  U.  S.  Geol. 
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STURTEVANT,  A.  H.  The  dipterous 
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SWALES,  B.  H.  Records  of  several 
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D.  C. 

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218 


REPORT   OF   l*rATIONAL   MUSEUM,   1921. 


SWINGLE,  Walter  T.    A  new  species 

of  Pistacia   native  to  southwestern 

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Journ.  Arnold  Arb.,  vol. 
2,  no.  2,  Oct.,  1920, 
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TAYLOR,  Walter  P.     A  new  ptarmi- 
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Condor,  vol.  22,  no.  4, 
Aug.  10,  1920,  p.  146. 

A  new   meadow   mouse  from 


the  Cascade  Mountains  of  Washing- 
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Journ.  Mam.,  vol.  1,  no. 

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180-182. 

THOMAS,  Oldfield.  Report  on  the 
Mammallia  collected  by  Mr.  Edmund 
Heller  during  the  Peruvian  expedi- 
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TODD,  W.  E.  Clyde.    Descriptions  of 

apparently     new     South     American 

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Proc.  Biol.  l^oc.  Wash- 
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TOLMAN,  R.  P.  Description  of  the 
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Convention  Bull.,  First 
Annual  Conv.  Int. 
Printing  House  Crafts- 
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19  2  0,  Washington, 
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TREAD  WELL,  Aaeon  L.    A  new  Poly- 

chaetous  annelid  of  the  genus  Nereis 

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Proc.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  58,  no.  2347, 
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468,    text   figs.    1-4. 

Polychaetous     annelids     col- 


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steamer  Albatross  in  the  waters  ad- 
jacent to  the  Philippine  Islands  in 

1907-10. 

Bull.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
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TRELEASE,  William.    North  Ameri- 
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Amer.  Journ.  Bot.,  vol. 
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VAN  CLEAVE,  H.  J.    Two  new  genera 

and     species     of     acanthocephalus 

worms  from  Venezuelan  fishes. 

Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
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Acanthocephala    parasitic    in 


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91-94. 

VAN  DUZEE,  M.  C,  F.  R.  COLE,  and 
J.  M.  ALDRICH.  The  Dipterous 
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Bull.  U.  8.  Nat.  Mus., 
no.  116,  Mar.  21, 
1921,  pp.  1-304,  pis. 
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VAUGHAN,  Thomas  Wayland.     Fos- 
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Cuba,  and  Porto  Rico,  with  an  ac- 
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Pleistocene,  and  recent  coral  reefs. 
Bull.    U.    8.   Nat.   Mus., 
no.      103,     July     11, 
1919,    pp.    i-vi,    189- 
524,   I-XIV,    pis.    68- 
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Corals    from    the    Cannonball 


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Prof.  Paper  U.  8.  Oeol. 
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WADE,    Bruce.    The    fossil    annelid 

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WALCOTT,  Charles  D.  Cambrian 
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LIST   OF   PUBLICATIOIsrS. 


219 


WALCOTT,  Chaeles  D.  Cambrian 
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Smithsonian  Misc.  CoU-, 
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90,  text  flgs.   1-10. 

WALKER,  Bkyant.  A  new  fresh- 
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Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  57,  no.  2321, 
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1  fig. 

WAYNE,  Arthub  T.  The  russet- 
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S.  O. 

Auk,  vol.  37,  no.  3, 
July,  1920,  pp.  465, 
466. 

WEATHERBY,    C.    A.     Varieties    of 

Pityrogramma  triangularis. 

Rhodora,  vol.  22,  no. 
259,  July,  1920,  pp. 
113-120. 

WELD,  L,  H.  American  gallflies  of 
the  family  Cynipidae  producing  sub- 
terranean galls  on  oak. 

Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus., 
vol.  59,  no.  2368, 
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WETMORE,  Alexander.     The  knot  in 

Montana. 

Auk,  vol.  37,  no.  3, 
July,   1920,   p.   451. 


WETMORE,  Alexander.  The  wing 
claw  in  swifts. 

Condor,  vol.  22,  no.  6, 
Dec.  4,  1920,  pp.  197- 
199. 

Five    new    species    of    birds 

from  cave  deposits  in  Porto  Rico. 

Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wast^ 
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30,  1920,  pp.  77-81, 
pis.  2,   3. 

WILSON,  Charles  B.  The  copepod 
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physical  and  biological  survey  " ) . 

Dept.  of  Conservation, 
State  of  Ind.,  pub. 
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pp.  79-82. 

New  species  and  a  new  genus 

of  parasitic  copepods. 

Proc.    U.   8.  Nat.   Mus., 

vol.      59,  no.      2354, 

June     10,  1921,     pp. 

1-17,  pis.  1-7. 

YOKOGAWA,  Sadamu.  A  new  nema- 
tode from  the  rat. 

Journ.     Parasitol.,     vol. 

7,    no.    1,    Oct.,    1920, 

pp.    29-33,    pis.    6,    7, 

flgs.  1-4. 

YUNCKER,    T.    G.      Revision    of   the 

North   American   and   West   Indian 

species  of  Cuscuta. 

Univ.  III.  Biol.  Monogr., 
vol.  0,  nos.  2,  3, 
Mar.  1,  1921,  pp. 
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