i66 Pircctor's Report for J(jip. 



mudfls lia\L' liccii iiiadi.'. aix- two dcu\) water sliarks, 12 iiicho and 

 15 inclio Ioiil; respectively, nt unknown species. 



In a paper on I labits and Coloration of Hawaiian lirach}ura 

 and Fishes. ])ul)li,shed by the Carnegie Institution. Dr. W. 11. 

 Longley. in acknowledging his indebtedness to the Bishop Mu- 

 seum, states that "what is probably the best existing record of the 

 form and coloration of a group of tropical fishes of comparable 

 numbers is embodied in the series of painted casts of more than 

 340 species prepared by Mr. John W. Thompson for the Uishop 

 Museum. Honolulu. *" 



Helen M. Helvie continues in charge of the exhibition halls. 

 Since September first she has been assisted in caring for visitors 

 by Lahilahi Webb. 



The Librarian. Hlizaljeth B. Higgins, has devoted her time 

 chierty to cataloguing and to a general consideration of the 

 -library's place in the plans for enlargement of the Museum's 

 activities. During the absence of Miss Higgins, September to 

 Jamtary, the routine work of the library was etficiently per- 

 formed by Miss Carolyn Dickerman. 



Although not officially a member of the Stafi:, Gerrit P. Wil- 

 der has given generously of his time and thought in building up 

 for the Museum a unicpie collection of Hawaiian food plants. 

 .\mong other things he has collected, grown, and cross-bred many 

 varieties of native taro. and has obtained from Hawaiians the 

 names, peculiarities, and uses of the different forms of this inter- 

 esting plant. It is hoped that the studies of Mr. Wilder will 

 result in publications of value to botanists and to ethnologists. 



PUBLICATIONS 



During the vear the following publications were issued: 

 Memoirs \'olume ^^ Number 2. Fornander Collection of Ha- 

 waiian Antiquities and Folk-lore, edited by Thomas G. Thrum. 

 19 19, 2yy pages. 

 Memoirs \'olume \', Number 3. Fornander Collection of Ha- 

 waiian Anticjuities and Folk-lore, edited by Thomas G. Thrum. 

 19 19. 216 pages. 

 Memoirs N'olume A". Index. 17 pages. 



X'olume \ , which constitutes the Second v'^eries of the For- 



I 6 I 



