i6 Fi»ii» Coi.i-MiinN Museum — Rkports, \\u 



adilcti to thr statuary of the Coiurnl>ian Kotundn. A nuiul>cr of the 

 souvenirs of th«' l"'.\p«)siti<ni have l»ccn courteously donatetl by 

 ini' lis In th* P«p.irtnMnt of Industrial Arts the 



priiu : h.»vi- horn i«» the textile room. Several •promi- 



nent w. .. • 's», Iri'lantI, have contributed to the completeness 



of the !<• trated in the textile collection. A nun)ber of 



new c have addctl to the attractiveness of the new ceramic 



hall The fnvriie (glassware collection of the Tiffany Glass and 

 pecorativr ( ul the sets of early American china ^'athcred in 



PenuNvlvania. by Mr. E. A. Barber, for the Museum, should be 

 particularly mcntii Tpon the application of the Museum to 



Hn(;lish A liii.im Ault «Sc Co., exhibitors at the Exposi- 



tion.  '  .1 >« t of miMiern English ware in lar^e sizes. Not- 



able I s has i» • " made in cxtcndini;; the collections of the 



pcpi: of / ,>. A large lot of skins of mammals, 



pn V from tropical habitats, have been purchased in London. 



These were mountetl by the Museum Taxitlermist ami will make 

 effective groups when all are placed in position. A collection of 

 shells, of rodents, and a number of minor vertebrate animals have 

 also been purchased and arc now being prepared, classihcd and 

 ' ' I for ' ' A collection of Colorado birds, including 114 



vj. -ui ly --j'l limens. has been purchased for the Department of 



Or:..; ■■^ -•".! < < >MSiderable field work has been unt!. i takiii to 



cnth< r at, of binls from Chicago and vicinit) 



K\pKi>irioNs AM» FiKi.D WoRK — Although a great deal of work 

 that might properly come under the head of expeditions has t>een 

 done during the year, only three regular expeditions have been sent 

 out by the Museum: One to Yucatan and the Islands and States of 

 M< xico, the other to the West Indies, and the third to Alaska and 

 Siberia. 



r . Mr. .Mlistin \ . .\rmour. ot this cily, invited 



Dr. M  I ii.. Department of Botany, and Trof. Holmes, of 



the I>« , "f \iiflir..i.,.!...'v, to accompany him on his yacht to 



Havana, -n the east coast of Yucatan, Laguna 



di Terminos and Vera Cruz. On this expedition the Curator of Bot- 

 any fitted out for making collections in both Zoology and Botany and 

 (or general photography. His work resulted in the acquisition of 

 nearly eight hundred specimens in botany, which formed the types 

 inc" ' ;n his " Flora of Yiicatan," and considerable material for 

 -^ • rment the small herbarium in his department. He 



... .)Ut four hundred sprrimens in Zoology, principally 

 ' ^ . and'a numl>er of excellent necatives relating to Geology, 



Botanv. Ethnology and Travel. Having met with a serious accident 



