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ing, 1,016,048; Natural History Building, 709,139; and Aircraft 

 Building, 173,249. 



Publications and pnnting. — The sum of $24,000 was available 

 during the year for the publication of the Museum Annual Report, 

 Bulletins, and Proceedings. Thirty-five publications were issued — 

 the Annual Report, 1 volume (vol. 6) of Bulletin 100 complete, 2 

 Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, 4 Bul- 

 letins, and 27 separate Proceedings papers. These made a total of 

 2,844 octavo pages and 283 plates, an increase of 1,404 pages and 41 

 plates over last year. The Bulletins issued were as follows: No. 

 170, Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey, Part 2, by 

 Arthur Cleveland Bent; No. 172, Birds from Siam and the Malay 

 Peninsula in the United States National Museum Collected by Drs. 

 Hugh M. Smith and William L. Abbott, by J. H. Riley; No. 173, 

 Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineer- 

 ing, United States National Museum, by Frank A. Taylor; No. 174, 

 Life Histories of North American Woodpeckers, by Arthur 

 Cleveland Bent. 



Volumes and separates distributed during the year to libraries and 

 individuals throughout the world aggregated 69,658. 



W. P. A. assistance. — The Works Progress Administration of the 

 District of Columbia continued the assignment of workers to Museum 

 offices, although during the course of the year the number decreased 

 from 166 to 147. The service performed totaled 174,402 man-hours 

 and embraced many types of work in all departments, such as check- 

 ing, labeling, and repairing library material ; preparing drawings and 

 photographs; typing notes and records; model making and repair; 

 preparing, mounting, cataloging, and labeling specimens; drafting; 

 translating; computing; and repair of Indian pottery. 



Special exhibitions. — Fourteen special exhibitions were held during 

 the year under the auspices of various scientific, governmental, and 

 educational agencies. In addition, the department of engineering 

 and industries sponsored 23 special exhibits — 3 in engineering, 8 in 

 graphic arts, and 12 in photography. 



CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION AND STAFF 



A reorganization effective July 1, 1938, changed the designation 

 of the former Department of Arts and Industries to Department of 

 Engineering and Industries, and that of the Division of Textiles to 

 Division of Crafts and Industries. On June 16, 1939, Dr. Wallace 

 E. Duncan was appointed to this division as Assistant Curator of 

 the Section of Chemical Industries. William C. Dawson was ap- 

 pointed scientific aid in the Division of Graphic Arts on June 1, 

 1939. In the Head Curator's office Miss Mary C. Wallace was ad- 

 vanced to clerk-stenographer on February 11, 1939. 



