70 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



Benedict, Miss M. J. Eathbun, J. IST. Rose, Gerrit S. Miller, jr., Walter 

 Hough, Robert Eidgway, David White, Charles Schuchert, and Miss 

 Harriet Eichardsou. The titles of those papers which have been pub- 

 lished withiu the fiscal year will be found in the Bibliography (Appen- 

 dix IV). 



LIBRARY. 



The librarian. Dr. Cyrus Adler, states that the accessions for the 

 year were as follows: Books, 848; pamphlets, 1,945; parts of period- 

 icals, 16,746; total, 19,539. These figures include the publications 

 retained from the accessions to the library of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, which were as follows : Books, 407; pamphlets, 1,148; parts of 

 periodicals, 11,817. One thousand books belonging to the Smithsonian 

 deposit and 409 belonging to the Museum were bound. 



More than 10,000 books were borrowed during the year, a consider- 

 able jiroportion of these beiug assigned to sectional libraries. About 

 17,000 books were consulted in the library. 



The work of transferring titles to the new catalogue is progressing. 



Two new sectional libraries have been organized during the year — 

 Technology and Stratigraphic Paleontology. There are now twenty- 

 three authorized sectional libraries, as follows : 



Administration, Mesozoic fossils, 



Birds, Mineralogy, 



Botany, Mollusks, 



Comparative anatomy, Oriental antiquities. 



Ethnology, Paleobotany, 



Fishes, Parasites, 



Geology, Photography, 



History, Prehistoric archjeology. 



Insects, Reptiles, 



Mammals, Stratigraphic paleontology. 



Marine invertebrates, Technology. 



Medicine, 



EXPLORATIONS. 



A quantity of valuable material has come into the possession of the 

 Museum through explorations conducted by members of the Museum 

 staff, by other individuals, and by various bureaus of the Government. 



Dr. W, L. Abbott has sent in large collections of birds, mammals, 

 reptiles, insects, and other animals collected by himself in lower Siam 

 and Kashmir, thus very materially adding to the valuable series of 

 specimens which have been received from him in past years. 



Prof. Dean C. Worcester, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, contributed a 

 large series of bird skins, eggs, and nests collected in the Philippine 

 Islands. 



An interesting series of bird skins collected in Santa Marta, Colom- 

 bia, was received from Mr. Outram Bangs, Boston, Massachusetts. 



The Biological Survey of the Department of Agriculture, the U. S. 

 Fish Commission, and other Governmental bureaus have continued to 



