38a FitLD MiSEiM or Natural History — Repobts, Vol. V. 



All acccssioru; in the Department ol Geology have been fully cat*> 

 loy^ucd as received, the larRcsl number appended T ' 1 by the 



.1 ' ' • n of t* imens of the Frederick J. V. .^kiu cuucction. In 



paiiv..!^ or in-i.i ...^ the older collections specimens occasionally were 

 found which had been overlooked in j>revious catalojruinfj, and the 

 opportunity was improved to record these also. The total niunber <rf 

 entries made during the year was 45a. During the installation of the 

 cases in the new building, all missing or soilc<l labels have been replaced 

 as fast as the cases were installed, by new ones. As considerable care 

 was taken in packing the labels from the old installation so that loss 

 or injury should be avoided, the instances where such labels needed 

 replacement were fortunately few. New labels were also provided 

 for any specimens added that had not previously been in.stalled, and 

 the form, wording or size of some of the old labels was changed in 

 instances where this seemed desirable. The total number of re-in.stalled 

 cases completely labeled during the year s 70 and the total number of 

 new labels that have been prepared is 668. 



Cataloguing in the Department of Zoology during the year was 

 reduced to that which was absolutely necessary, namely 43 entries in 

 Mammaloj^' and 247 in Omitholojr>'. Many exhibition labels have been 

 prqiarcd, including an entirely new set for the large habitat groups oi 

 mammals. 



The following table .shows the work performed on catalogues and 

 inventorying accomplished: 



Department of .Anthropology. 

 Department of Ii<.tany 

 ' ' ;'."»rtmcnt of (icf-lipy 

  "-♦Tientof Zo6k»gy 



■rary . 

 of Pbo< 



bo Uun at Photography 



AcctssioMs. — The most notable gift of the year in the Department 

 of Anthropolog>' is the valuable collection of Indian baskets from British 

 Columbia and California made by Mr. Homer E. Sargent in the course 

 of fifteen years and presented by him to the Museimi. The present 

 contribution of 342 baskets is merely the first in.stallment; there are 

 several hundred more to come by next spring. This extensive collection 

 comprises excellent and partially old specimens from the Hupa, Pomo, 

 Paiutc, Panamint, Maidu, Mono, Chumashan, Diegeno, Chemehuevi, 

 Navaho, and other tribes. Mr. Edward E. Aver presented to the 

 department a kris from the Moro on the Philippines, a Pima basket 

 from California, several interesting objects from the Tlingit and Eskimo 



