150 Field Museom of Natvbal History — Reports, Vol. V. 



All accessions received by the Department of Gcolo^ have been 

 fully catalo>,iic<l. The largest number of additions in any division was 

 that to the fialeonloloRical collections, which show an increase of 3,745 

 s- The total numlxrr of entries made during the year was 



5,J4o, LrinjnnjJ the total cnlrics to hq.qiq. A total of 7,878 cards 

 have \-)Ccn written. The lalnJinK of the mctc-''" ol lection has been 



conv'!. r«-.!. 578 lal)cls havinj; Krn niadc and i:. i during the yeftr 



for I . rposc. Other scries : i arc those of Chilean copper ores 



and Bnuilian ^old and iron orc;^. A total of 361 labels have been 

 written during the >'car and 775 lal>cls arc ready to be printed. To 

 the Dcimrtmcntal scries of photographs, 163 prints were added, making 

 a total of 3,911. All of these prints havelx!cn Iat)ded, numbered and 

 placc<l in albums in the order of their receipt. 



The regular cataloguing of the collection of mammals in the Depart- 

 ment of Zoology has proceeded as usual. The relatively small number 

 of accessions has made it possible to devote considerable time to the 

 revision and completion of early records and to the segregation oC 

 material unaccompanied by authentic data. A total of 43a origioal 

 catalogue entries were made during the year. In the classified card 

 catalogue, 1,500 cords were written in Mammalog>', which included a 

 considerable projxjrtion substituted for temporary cards made some 

 years ago before the collections had been fully classified. Separate 

 indexes arc now maintained of ( 1 ) the general study or reference coUeo- 

 tion of mammals; (2) the collection of mammals on exhibition; (3) the 

 mammal skeletons in addition to those of Osteology; (4) the dressed 

 skins of large mammals kept in special storerooms. With the exception 

 of those of the dressed sldns, these catalogues arc now practically all 

 rc\'iscd and completed to date. The serial or s>'noptic collection 

 of mammals on exhibition has been rcclassi6cd and new labels have 

 been written throughout. Careful consideration of the matter of 

 tagging and lalxJing the specimens in the Di\*ision of Ichthyology 

 and Herpetology in the most efficient manner, resulted in the pur- 

 chase of a numl)cring machine for stamping of tin tags, and in 

 printing a uniform scries of latx^ls, to be placed against the inner side 

 of the jars. The catalogue in this Division has been rearranged and 

 is being rewritten as the study of the collections proceeds. Over i ,000 

 labels for the reinstallation of the shell cases were prepared. The 

 entries made in the Department of Zoology numbered 1,024, bring- 

 ing the total to 99,699. The cards written number 1,654, making 

 a total of 34,13 2. 



The following table shows the work performed on catalogues and 

 thr invrr.torj-ing accomplished: 



