X contp:nts. 



Rki'outs of Head C'trators. 



Page. 



Report on the Department of Vntlinipuldiry f(ir the year 1901-2 53 



Work of the year 53 



Collections 53 



Collected for the Museum 53 



Gifts to the Museum 54 



Purchased by the Museum 55 



■ Purchased by the Bureau of American Ethnology and deposited in theXational 



Museum 55 



Exchanges 55 



Loans 55 



Care of ri>llections 56 



Installation of exhibits 56 



Storage 56 



Field wt)rk 56 



Researches 57 



Report on the Department of Biology for the year 1901-2 59 



Exhibition collections 59 



Explorations _ 61 



Accessions 62 



Work on the study series (>" 



Catalogue books 70 



Scientific researches and i)ublications 70 



Cooperation of specialists and loan of specimens 73 



Laboi-ator\^ use of the collections by investigators and students 75 



Distribution of duplicate specimens 76 



Expositions 76 



Personnel 76 



Report on the Department of ( Jeology for the year 1901-2 77 



Accessions 77 



Sources of new material 80 



Routine 80 



Present condition of the collections 82 



Research and i)ublication 83 



Assistance to individuals ami institutions 84 



Plans for tlie future 84 



APPENDICES. 



I. The Museum staff 85 



II. List of accessions 87 



III. Distribution of specimens 125 



J ^'. Biljliography I35 



