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ancient Egyptians, accompanied by a full set of detailed original 

 notes relating to them, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New 

 York City; Chilean Indian crania, from Mr. R. E. Lacham, of San 

 Isidro, Santiago, Chile; 3 ancient Tarasco Indian crania from Mexico, 

 from the American Museum of Natural History; a collection of bones 

 from burial mounds on Alkali Ridge, southeastern Utah, from the 

 University of Utah ; 5 skulls from mounds in Nebraska, 4 contributed 

 by Mr. R. F. Gilder and 1 by Mr. J. E. Wallace, of Omaha ; 195 nega- 

 tives taken during a joint expedition under the Office of Indian 

 AflFairs and the Smithsonian Institution for the study of tuberculosis 

 among the American Indians by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka ; Indian skulls 

 and bones from an ossuary on Piscataway Creek, Maryland, collected 

 by Mr. J. D. Mctiuire, Doctor Hrdlicka, and Mr. J. H. Reams; human 

 skeletal remains from Casa Grande, Arizona, from the excavations by 

 Dr. J. W. Fewkes; skeleton of a Chinese, from Dr. William D. 

 Owens, U. S. Navy; 2 skulls from the island of San Lorenzo, Peru, 

 from Mr. William J. Peters, of the Carnegie Institution of Washing- 

 ton; 2 Sioux skulls from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, from Dr. J. R. 

 Walker; and 2 skulls from a mound near Bardstown, Mississippi, 

 from Mr. A. F. Barrott, of Washington, District of Columbia. Im- 

 portant anatomical material was also secured from Capt. Irving 

 Rand, U. S. Army; Dr. Henry J. Nichols, U. S. Army; Dr. E. A. 

 Mearns, U. S. Army, and Prof. F. P. Mall, of Johns Hopkins 

 University. 



Under the joint auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and the 

 Office of Indian Affairs, Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, assistant curator in 

 charge of the division, visited several tribes of Indians, for the pur- 

 pose of ascertaining the prevalence and cause of tuberculosis among 

 them. The results of his investigations are noted in connection with 

 the account of the Sixth International Congress of Tuberculosis on 

 a later page. Through the courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of 

 Art, of New York City, arrangements were made for the preserva- 

 tion of such skeletal material as might be uncovered during the 

 excavations which that museum has been conducting in Egypt during 

 several years past. Doctor Hrdlicka was detailed to accompany the 

 expedition of last year, at the invitation and expense of the Metro- 

 politan Museum. The importance of his work may be judged by the 

 fact that over 500 mummied bodies and other remains were obtained 

 for the National Museum, and the opportunity was afforded for mak- 

 ing observations on and measurements of living Egyptians and the 

 skulls and bones representing various epochs preserved in the museum 

 at Cairo. On his return trip. Doctor Hrdlicka visited several 

 European museums and laboratories of anthropology and anatomy. 



Doctor Hrdlicka has continued investigations on the humerus, on 

 the cranial capacities in the American aboriginal race, and on the 



