lo Field Museum or Natural History — Reports, Vol. V. 



was rccjcivcd. An almost cor  ' oi its Transactions was presented 



by the South Australia R< ty, Adelaide. The Soci6t< des 



Sciences Naturallcs, La Roc:. v. ice, presented a complete set to 



date of its Annales and the Arc): , cal Sun-cy of India eleven of its 



eariy Reports to assist in complctinR the Museum file. Other gifts 

 that ha\*c been received arc listed elsewhere. The late Dr. Scth E. 

 Meck's ichthyolotncal librarv*, consisting largely of monographic papers 

 and pamphlets, was purchased and from it 2,000 new titles were se- 

 cured. These have been catalogued and boimd. Other important 

 acquisitions by purchase were: The Oxford English Dictionary'; Aud^ 

 bcrt, Histoirc Naturcllc des Singes et Maids, 1800; Bcrthelot et Ruellc, 

 Collection des Ancicns Alchimistes Grccs; Hobson, Chinese Potter>- and 

 Porcelain; sets to date of the Journal of Indian Art Omithologische 

 Monatsbcrichte and The Zoologische Annalen. 



The number of periodicals received was ninety-nine with twenty- 

 two in subscription sets which have been prc\'iousJy entered. There 

 were bound during the year 564 books, pamphlets and serial publica- 

 tions, and 19,275 cards were \^Titten and added to the catalogues. 

 Twelve installments of the John Crerar Library cards have been re- 

 ceived and added to its catalogue. 



There was an increasing number of students and other visitors who 

 found the librar>' of service in seeking volumes not obtainable in other 

 Ubraries in the city. A rearrangement of the book cases in the reading 

 room was made during the year that rendered the books more accessible 

 and improved its general appearance. 



Departmental Cataloouino. Inventoryinq. and Labeling. — The work of 



cataloguing in the Department of Anthropology during the year 

 is quite notable, 10,062 cards ha\nng been written. The cards are 

 distributed over the di\-isions as follows: 975 North American, chiefly 

 Hopi ethnol^i -^ -.071 Mclanesian ethnology; 5,027 New Guinea, col- 

 lections by ^ :;T, V'oogdt and Dorscy; 932 A.siatic ethnology*; and 

 57 classical archaeology'. These cards have been entered in the in- 

 ventory books of the Department, which now number 38, and the total 

 number of cards recorded beginning from the first volume is 139,516. 

 During the year the Department wvls supplied with 2.664 printed labels, 

 which have been distributed as follows: 720 Ph>-sical Anthropology; 

 1,250 Mrs. T. B. Blackstone Collection; 52 Models of Chinese Boats; 

 373 Joseph N. Field Collection; 12 Edward E. Aver Philippine Guns; 

 249 Classical Archaeology; and 8 objects in the Gem Room. From the 

 section of Photography the Department has received 1,310 prints, which 

 have been duly classified and added to the departmental albtims, euh 

 print ha\-ing received a ty-pewrittcn description. Three albimis re- 



