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site and a near-by pueblo in Chaco Canyon, N. Mex. There may be 

 noted also a small collection of stone graters, pestles, celts, and a con- 

 siderable number of clay figurines collected personally by the assist- 

 ant secretary in the mountains of the Dominican Republic, and a 

 further series of earthenware vessels and stone and bone ornaments 

 secured by Mr. Neil M. Judd from Pueblo Bonito and presented by 

 the National Geographic Society. 



Through work financed by Dr. W. L. Abbott, Mr. H. W. Krieger 

 secured an excellent series of bone and shell implements and pot- 

 sherds near Samana Bay, Dominican Republic. Excellent series of 

 prehistoric stone implements were secured by exchange with the 

 Indian Museum in Calcutta, and the National Museum of Australia. 

 Further accessions from the Old World include collections made in 

 France by Dr. George Grant MacCurdy and deposited by the Archae- 

 ological Society of Washington. 



The Division of Physical Anthropology obtained a fine collection 

 of human skeletal material from the work of Mr. Collins and Mr. 

 Stewart on Nunivak Island already mentioned, and a further collec- 

 tion of skulls and skeletons from the Avest coast of Florida obtained 

 by Mr. Collins, in Avork financed by the Bureau of American Eth- 

 nology. 



Biology. — Specimens received in the department of biology during 

 the fiscal year reached the enormous total of 680,350, a large increase 

 over the preceding year due principally to certain extensive private 

 collections that have come to the Museum. Chief among these is the 

 C. F, Baker collection of insects, formed by Doctor Baker, dean of 

 the College of Agriculture in Los Banos, P. I., and left by him on his 

 death to the Museum. In order to obtain this material it was neces- 

 sary to send Mr. R. A. Cushman, of the Bureau of Entomology, as- 

 sistant custodian of hymenoptera in the Museum, to Manila to pack 

 the collection and see that it was transferred safely to Washington, 

 an arrangement that was possible through the cooperation of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture. The series included is one 

 of the finest ever assembled of the insects of the Philippine Islands, 

 and is also rich in general East Indian material. The C. G. Lloyd 

 mycological collection, comprising 75,000 specimens of the larger 

 fungi, was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution during the year 

 by the trustees of the Lloyd estate. There are included in addition 

 10,000 photographic negatives of fungi, a voluminous series of notes 

 pertaining to the specimens, and a comprehensive card catalogue. 

 The whole comprises one of the largest and most important collec- 

 tions in the group ever brought together. Among other accessions, 

 the Charles W. Hargitt hydroid collection is especially important, as 

 it represents the lifetime work of this well-known specialist. 



