48 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1906. 
batrachians, 4; fishes, 16; insects, 21; crustaceans, 2; mollusks, 3; hel- 
minthology, 1; corals, 2; plants, 4; geology, 1; fossils, 13; oceanog- 
raphy, 1. 
The regular distribution of the publications of the year consisted of 
23,670 volumes and 33,600 separates, while the special distribution, 
resulting from requests received from time to time and from the effort 
to place the publications among scientific establishments where they 
will do the most good, amounted to about 48,000 volumes and sepa- 
rates from the issues of this and former years. 
Besides the printing of the publications the editor has charge of all 
the other printing for the Museum, including the several forms of 
labels employed in connection with the exhibition collections, those 
for the specimens, for the shelves and for the cases. 
LIBRARY. 
The library was exceptionally fortunate the past year in the matter 
of valuable donations. Perhaps the one of greatest general interest 
was a copy of the magnificent publication in-two volumes, entitled 
‘* Investigations and Studies in Jade,” profusely illustrated by Ameri- 
can, European, and Chinese artists, and presented by the estate of the 
late Heber R. Bishop, whose large collection of jade and other hard 
stones was denoted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 
The material for this imposing work was prepared under the direc- 
tion of Mr. Bishop at great cost, but its publication was left to his 
executors. The number of copies was limited to one hundred, to be 
distributed to members of his family, heads of governments, and the 
principal libraries and museums in this and other countries. . 
Prof. Lester F. Ward, of the U. S. Geological Survey, and for 
many years connected with the Museum, presented his collection 
of botanical and paleobotanical books, memoirs, and pamphlets. 
Mr. Robert Ridgway, curator of birds, contributed a large number of 
natural history papers, and Dr. C. W. Richmond, assistant curator of 
birds, over a hundred valuable works relating to the same subject and 
to travel. Prof. O. T. Mason and Dr. C. A. White have continued 
to add to their donations of some years ago, and many valuable pub- 
lications have reached the library in this way. 
The library now contains 27,726 volumes, 44,075 unbound papers, 
and 108 manuscripts, the additions during the year having comprised 
3,556 books, 5,327 pamphlets, and 105 parts of volumes. There were 
catalogued 1,848 books, 4,864 pamphlets, and 12,228 parts of period- 
icals, and 290 books were bound. 
The number of books, periodicals, and pamphlets borrowed from 
the general library amounted to 28,924, including 19,354 which were 
assigned to the sectional libraries, 
