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of Ornithology number 626 specimens, most of which were collected 

 by members of the stafT, in Illinois and adjoining states. There were 

 216 specimens added by purchase, and a number of valuable gifts 

 also api)ear in the list. The Department collected mammal skins in 

 Illinois, Wisconsin, and California, numbering nearly 500 skins. The 

 expedition conducted by Chief Ta.\idermist Akeley contributed 

 mammal specimens from British East Africa, mention of which is 

 made elsewhere. In the divisions of Ichthyology and Herpetology, 

 there were added, approximately, 2,000 specimens, of which one half 

 were received from the East African Expedition. The number of 

 insects added were considerable over 3,500, mostly from Illinois, 

 Michigan, and Wisconsin. The Museum also ])urchased a valuable 

 collection of shells from a collector in Indianapolis. An interesting 

 series of shells, illustrating the pearl button manufacture, was pre- 

 sented by the Automatic Button Company, of Muscatine, Iowa. Two 

 sponges and two hydroids from Cape Nome were presented by Mr. 

 H. A. Ring. 



Expeditions and Field Work. — During part of the year the Curator 

 of Anthropology continued his investigations among the Pawnee, in 

 behalf of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. In connection 

 with this work he spent ten weeks at Columbia University, working 

 up the linguistics of the Skidi Pawnee, under the direction of Dr. 

 Franz Boas. Three investigators are now in the field in the Philip- 

 pine Islands, engaged in ethnological investigation, funds for this 

 work having been generously provided by Mr. Robert F. Cummings, 

 as referred to in the last report. Miss Laura E. Benedict is still among 

 the Bagobo, where she has been now for nearly two years. Mr. Fay 

 Cooper Cole left Chicago in December, 1906, and proceeded to north- 

 western Luzon, where he has remained since, investigating the ethnol- 

 ogy of the little-known Tinguianes, in the province of Abra.. Ilocos Sur, 

 and Ilocos Norte. During this time Mr. Cole has made several hundred 

 photographs, a large number of life masks, and has made numerous 

 physical anthropological studies. At the present time he is engaged 

 in linguistic investigations. Dr. William Jones left Chicago in 

 August, and proceeded to Manila, whence, after making certain pre- 

 parations, he left for a period of at least two years' investigation 

 among the practically unknown tribes in eastern and northern Luzon. 

 When last heard from, Dr. Jones was ascending the Cagayan River, 

 and expects to make his headquarters at Echague. His special object 

 in this region will be the investigation of the Negritos. Before 



