266 Fjei.d Columbian Museum — Rkports, Vol. i. 



April 2. — "Zinc Mining and Smelting." 



Mr. H. W. Nichols, Assistant Curator Department 

 of Geology. 



April 9. — -" Zoology — A Glance at the Leading T)pes of the Animal 



Kingdom." 

 Prof. Frank Collins Baker, Curator of the Chicago 

 Academy of Sciences. 



April 16. — "A Tour of the Plant World." (North America. ) 



Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, Curator Department of Bot- 

 any. 



April 23. — "The Archeology of Peru." 



Dr. George A. Dorsey, Acting Curator Department 

 of Anthropology. 



April 30. — " Historical Development of the Steam Engine." 



Prof. C. V. Kerr, Armour Institute of Technology. 



There are now on hand 1,466 slides, classified by lectures as fol- 

 lows : 



Total Number Number of lUus- 



Departinent. of Slides. trated Lectures. 



Anthropology, 262 slides 12 



Botany 315 " 8 



Geology, 455 " ^3 



Zoology, 327 " 14 



General, 107 " 3 



Total, 1,466 slides 



In addition to their assignments on the regular lecture course of 

 the Museum, the curators of the institution entered cordially into the 

 Chicago Record course of lectures delivered at different public schools 

 within the city, contributing very largely, as has been generously 

 acknowledged, to the success of that undertaking. 



Publications. — The publications of the Museum during the year 

 have appeared from time to time as the opportunity for study, re- 

 search, and observation presented itself and the importance of the 

 subject matter dictated. The following list is presented, giving the 

 titles of issues since the date of the last report, with the number of 

 pages and illustrations : 



Pub. 22.— Zool. Ser., Vol. i. No. 8. "List of Fishes and Reptiles 

 by Field Columbian Museum East African Expedition 

 to Somali Land in 1896," By S. E. Meek. 26 pages, 

 edition 1,000, 2 illustrations (2 zinc etchings). 



