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Wj^oming, where 149 lots of fossil specimens were obtained. A 

 skeleton of Uintatherimn complete enough to articulate for exhi- 

 bition, probably the most complete skeleton of this animal yet dis- 

 covered, was the outstanding specimen collected. Partial skeletons 

 of Palaeosyops are also of high importance. 



Short trips to the Miocene along Chesapeake Bay for cetacean 

 remains were made by Dr. Remington Kellogg and other members 

 of the staff. Many specimens from this unique fauna have been 

 added to the collections. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Visitors. — A total of 2,505,871 visitors at the various Museum 

 buildings was recorded during the year, this being virtually the 

 same as for the previous year. The high months this year were 

 August 1940 and April 1941, when 369,942 and 320,594 visitors, re- 

 spectivelj', were recorded. The attendance in the four Museum 

 buildings was as follows: Smithsonian Building (main hall closed 

 from July 1 to January 19), 212,464; Arts and Industries Building, 

 1,302,210; Natural History Building, 803,516; Aircraft Building 

 (closed from March 17 to June 30), 182,112. 



Publications and frinting. — The sum of $23,000 was available 

 during the fiscal year 1941 for the publication of the annual report, 

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

 the annual report, 1 Bulletin, 1 volume of Bulletin 100, 1 separate 

 paper from another volume of Bulletin 100, 1 title page, table of 

 contents, and index of the Contributions from the United States 

 National Herbarium, 19 separate Proceedings papers, and 1 title 

 page, table of contents, and index of a Proceedings volume. Par- 

 ticularly outstanding were the following: "Life Histories of North 

 American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds, and Their Allies," 

 by Arthur Cleveland Bent (Bulletin 176) ; "The Fishes of the Groups 

 Elasmobranchii, Holocephali, Isospondyli, and Ostariophysi Ob- 

 tained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries Steamer Albatross 

 in 1907 to 1910, Chiefly in the Philippine Islands and Adjacent Seas," 

 by Henry "\V. Fowler (Bulletin 100, volume 13) ; "Further Studies 

 on the Opalinid Ciliate Infusorians and Their Hosts," by Maynard 

 M. Metcalf; "The Cuban Operculate Land Mollusks of the Family 

 Annulariidae, Exclusive of the Subfamily Chondropominae," by 

 Carlos de la Torre and Paul Bartsch; "A Supposed Jellyfish from 

 the Pre-Cambrian of the Grand Canyon," by R. S. Bassler; "Notes 

 on Birds of the Guatemalan Highlands," by Alexander Wetmore; 

 and "The Chicora (Butler County, Pa.) Meteorite," by F. W. Preston, 

 E. P. Henderson, and James R. Randolph. 



