REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 31 



From the Bureau of Education was received a photograph of twiu 

 Eskimo chihlren at Port Clareuce, Alaska. 



Perhaps no bureau of the Government has been in closer affiliation 

 with the National Museum in past years than the United States Fish 

 Commission. Since its organization in 1871 the Museum has been con- 

 stantly enriched by the acquisition of large collections, especially of 

 fishes and marine invertebrate objects. These departments in the 

 Museum have hitherto been cared for by officers of the Fish Commis- 

 sion, and their honorary position as curators in the Museum, it is 

 thought, has been a source of much mutual benefit to the Commission 

 and the Museum. The collections of special interest from the Commis- 

 sion during the present year were gathered principally by, or through 

 the cooperation of, Prof B. W. Evermann, Dr. Hugh M. Smith, and 

 Mr. Charles H. Townsend. 



The collections received during the year from the different bureans 

 of the Department of Agriculture have been large and varied. The 

 botanical collections, under the care of Mr. F. V. Coville, Botanist of 

 that Department, have been greatly enriched. Large quantities of 

 interesting botanical material have been obtained from different sec- 

 tions of the country, through the agency of collectors connected with 

 the Department of Agriculture. In the classification of plants, etc., as 

 well as in obtaining material. Prof F. L. Lamson-Scribner, Dr. J. N. 

 Rose, and Mr. J. B. Leiberg have been conspicuous in their efforts. 



The services of Mr. L. O. Howard, entomologist of the Department, 

 who succeeded Prof C. V. Biley as honorary curator of the department 

 of insects in the National Museum, have resulted in the addition of 

 numerous specimens to the Musenm collection. In the classification 

 and identification of the collections of Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, and 

 Diptera he has been ably assisted by Messrs. Ashmead, Linell, and 

 Coquillett. The Museum is also indebted to Mr. E. A. Schwarz for 

 large collections of different orders of insects collected by him. 



Through Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Chief of the Biological Survey, types 

 and other specimens of fishes collected by the Death Valley Expedition 

 and described by Prof C. H. Gilbert, have been transferred to the 

 Museum. Fishes, crabs and shrimps, land and fresh-water shells, col- 

 lected by Messrs. Nelson and Goldman in Mexico and in the western 

 part of the United States, have been received, as well as large quan- 

 tities of other material obtained by collectors attached to tlie Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



The Bureau of Animal Industry, under the direction of Dr. D. E. 

 Salmon, has been instrumental in adding to the Museum some very 

 interesting material. Among the most valuable collections of para- 

 sites transmitted by the Bureau are those made by Dr. C. W. Stiles, tlie 

 honorary custodian of the helminthological collections of the National 

 Museum. 



The collections which have been received from the Bureau of Eth- 



