Jan., 191 i. Annual Report of the Director. 9 



Nov. 12. — "Plants and People of Mexico." 



Prof. Charles J. Chamberlain, Department of Botany, 

 University of Chicago. 

 Nov. 19. — "Gold Mining in Alaska." 



Prof. Wallace W. Atwood, United States Geological 

 Survey. 

 Nov. 26. — "Material Basis for Perpetuity of the American People." 



Dr. W J McGee, Washington, D. C. 

 Dec. 3. — 'The Indians of the Province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador." 

 Dr. S. A. Barrett, Curator of Anthropology, Public 

 Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

 Dec. 10. --"The Winning of the West or Home-making by the 

 Government." 



Mr. C. J. Blanchard, Statistician, U. S. Reclamation 

 Service. 



Publications. — During the year eleven publications were issued, 

 most of the numbers being of the Zoological Series. The mailing list 

 has been considerably extended in connection with the exchange system 

 of literature with scientific and learned societies. 



Following is a list of the publications issued and a table showing 

 their distribution during the year: 



Pub. 139. — Zoological Series, Vol. VII, No. 8. Description of two 

 New Pulmonate Mollusks with a list of other species 

 from the Solomon Islands, collected by Dr. George A. 

 Dorsey. By William Healey Dall. 10 pp., 1 plate, 

 edition 1,500. 



Pub. 140. — Report Series, Vol. Ill, No. 4. Annual Report of the 

 Director to the Board of Trustees, for the year 1909. 

 107 pp., 14 illustrations (half-tones), edition 2,500. 



Pub. 141. — Zoological Series, Vol. X, No. 2. Diagnoses of New East 

 African Mammals, including a New Genus of Muridas. 

 By Wilfred H. Osgood. 10 pp., edition 1,500. 



Pub. 142. — Zoological Series, Vol. VII, No. 9. A Synoptic List of 

 the Fishes known to occur within fifty miles of Chicago. 

 By S. E. Meek and S. F. Hildebrand. 105 pp., 12 zinc 

 etchings, 52 half-tones, edition 1,500. 



Pub. 143. — Zoological Series, Vol. X, No. 3. Further New Mam- 

 mals from British East Africa. By Wilfred H. Osgood. 

 8 pp., edition 1,500. 



