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Locality. Collectors. Material. 



Little Lower Colorado River, 

 Arizona, J. A. Burt, .... Archaeological material, Ex- 

 ploring prehistoric Hopi 

 ruins. 

 Province of Tusayan, . . . Charles L. Owen, . . Archaeological material from 



_ ' _ , prehistoric Hopi ruins. 



Little Lower Colorado River, 



Arizona, J- A. Burt, .... Archaeological material, Ex- 

 ploring prehistoric Hopi 

 ruins. 



In connection with field work, emphatic and grateful mention 

 should be made of the valuable aid received from Mr. Stanley 

 McCormick for continuing the work among the Hopi Indians. The 

 Curator of the Department of Zoology says: " The value of field 

 work has never been more thoroughly demonstrated than during the 

 past year, when in the Department of Zoology, of the total accessions 

 more than one-half were acquired by collectors in the field. The 

 work of the department covered Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, New 

 Brunswick and Quebec, Canada, and Florida. At the present time 

 the department has but one collector in the field, while several col- 

 lectors in different parts of the United States could be employed with 

 great advantage. Many of our mammals are annually becoming 

 scarcer and more difficult to obtain, and of these the Museum has yet 

 to acquire a large number. Of many of these sufficient should be 

 obtained for special installation in groups with requisite accessories, 

 and the only method of procuring the specimens in the condition and 

 of the age required is to seek them in their habitat." The Curator 

 of Anthropology says: " The event of unusual importance has been 

 the additional interest manifested in the department by the gift of 

 Mr. Stanley McCormick of $5,400 for the purpose of making more 

 complete the Hopi exhibit. Under this fund four expeditions have 

 been undertaken. Assistant Burt spent December and January in 

 the exploration of several Hopi ruins along Little Colorado River, 

 Arizona, and as a result the exhibits showing the ancient life of the 

 Hopi have been increased by over 300 fine specimens of pottery, 

 bone, stone, shell, and textile fabrics. Part of this collector's time 

 was spent in examining ruins hitherto not represented in scientific 

 museums, and while the full significance of his discoveries is not yet 

 determined, it is safe to say that new factors have been added to our 

 knowledge of the early movements of certain Hopi clans. The second 

 McCormick expedition was that of the Curator and Mr. Voth in 

 December to six of the Hopi pueblos, at which time notable additions 



