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appendix 12. Special mention is made of the eighteenth volume of 

 A. C. Bent's Life Histories of North American Birds entitled "Life 

 Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and Their 

 Allies," and a "Catalog of the Automobile and Motorcycle Collection 

 of the Division of Engineering, United States National Museum," by 

 S. H. Oliver. 



The distribution of volumes and separates to libraries and other in- 

 stitutions and to individuals aggregated 57,938 copies. 



CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION 



After almost 38 years of continuous service, Neil M. Judd retired 

 from active duty as curator of the division of archeology on December 

 31, 1949, and to this vacancy. Dr. Waldo R. Wedel, who had served 

 as associate curator in the same division, was promoted on January 1, 

 1950. 



Dr. Preston E. Cloud, Jr., chief of paleontology and stratigraphy 

 branch. United States Geological Survey, and Dr. Roland W. Brown, 

 geologist in the same service, were given honorary appointments on 

 November 9, 1949, as custodians of Paleozoic fossils and of Mesozoic 

 ant" 'Jenozoic plants, respectively. 



LespectfuUy submitted. 



Remington Kellogg, Director. 



Dr. A. Wetmore, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



