44 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1920. 



Mr. Hugo Worch contributed three pianos and a harpsichord to 

 the series he is building up here representing the history of the 

 pianoforte, and from Mrs. J. Ryan Devereux came a noteworthy 

 collection of 81 musical instruments of various types. 



The additions in graphic arts included a collection of several 

 hundred specimens of wood engravings, mezzotints, aquatints, etc., 

 donated by Mr. Earle W. Huckel; miniature mosaics from Mr. 

 Stockton W. Jones, showing a method of making pictures not here- 

 tofore represented in the division; sephiograph reproductions from 

 the Crane Lithograph Co.; and American-made vellum from Mr. 

 George A. Hathaway. The section of photography was enriched by 

 photographic apparatus used by Edward Muybridge in his study of 

 motion in animals, presented by the Commercial Museum of Phila- 

 delphia. 



In the ceramic gallery loans were credited from Miss E. B. Lowe 

 of old English porcelain, and from Miss Eliza Euhamah Scidmore 

 of Japanese porcelain and bronze. 



Biology. — The additions to the biological collections aggregated 

 approximately 136,765 specimens. Not only was the year numerically 

 a very prosperous one, but the reports of the curators show a gratify- 

 ing increase in the scientific importance of the material received. 

 This is particularly true of the division of birds, in which no less 

 than 163 species new to the collection were among the accessions. 

 This splendid result was to a great extent due to the liberality of Mr. 

 B. H. Swales, of Washington, D. C, who placed a fund at the disposi- 

 tion of the Museum for this particular purpose. No less important 

 was the material received through the continued generosity of Dr. 

 W. L. Abbott. Impressed by the importance of securing for the 

 Museum an adequate representation of the fast disappearing higher 

 vertebrate fauna of Australia, he granted the means to send Mr. 

 Charles M. Hoy to that Continent for the purpose of collecting 

 especially mammals and birds. No less than 240 specimens of the 

 former and 228 of the latter from a region hitherto very poorly repre- 

 sented in the national collection are contained in this first installment. 

 Dr. Abbott's personal explorations in Haiti have also yielded very 

 important additions. A third expedition was of particular interest 

 as supplementing our African collections, which were hitherto con- 

 fined chiefly to the eastern side of the Continent, viz, the Collins- 

 Garner expedition to the French Congo. More than 2,350 mammals, 

 birds, reptiles, fishes, and invertebrates were thus added, among 

 them 2 gorillas, 2 chimpanzees, 2 buffalos, etc. The first installment 

 from another African expedition, carried out by the Institution in 

 conjunction with the Universal Film Co., contained 239 mammals 

 and birds from southern Africa, still further contributing to the 

 excellency of our series from the dark continent. 



