12 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1934 



and embellished with thousands of graduated pearls. This model 

 was displayed during the 1933 season at the Century of Progress 

 Exposition in Chicago. 



From Alaska came 3,950 artifacts collected by James A. Ford and 

 M. B. Chambers; from Palestine 1,081 flint objects from Paleolithic 

 cave deposits near Haifa, collected by the American School of Pre- 

 historic Research and the British School of Archeology in Jerusalem ; 

 from Louisiana 1,771 specimens of stone and pottery collected by 

 Frank M. Setzler for the Bureau of American Ethnology near Marks- 

 ville; from eastern Arizona 647 artifacts from Basket Maker III and 

 Pueblo I, II, and III sites collected by Dr. F. H. H. Roberts, Jr., for 

 the Bureau of American Ethnology; from Cumberland Island, Ga., 

 part of an aboriginal dugout canoe bequeathed by the estate of 

 Lucy Coleman Carnegie. 



Skeletal material received included 65 lots of bones from Indian 

 burials at Port Tobacco, Md., from Judge William J. Graham; 49 

 skulls from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, collected and presented by 

 the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines; 37 skulls and 

 skeletons from the Sacramento Valley, Calif., given by Robert 

 F. Heizer; and 16 skulls from the same area, donated by Dr. Ales 

 HrdH6ka. 



Biology. — The biological material accessioned came from a wide 

 variety of localities. From the Province of Szechwan, China, Dr. 

 D. C. Graham sent 229 mammals, 95 bird skins, and 31 skeletons, 

 including a series of the rare bird Cholornis, new to the Museum, a 

 large number of insects, 229 mollusks, and many other forms. Dr. 

 Hugh M. Smith's sendings from Siam included 44 mammals, 444 bird 

 skins, 2,387 insects, and 409 mollusks. W. N. Beach donated nearly 

 2,000 eggs of South African birds, adding 200 forms not previously 

 represented in the Museum. From India came specimens of birds 

 from Dr. W. L. Abbott and the Roerich Museum. 



Dr. C. E. Burt made a large collection of reptiles and amphibians 

 in the southeastern States for the Museum. Among important fishes 

 received were 31 from Baffin Land and other northern waters col- 

 lected by the Norcross-Bartlett expedition under Capt. Robert A. 

 Bartlett. 



The most important entomological addition during the year was a 

 collection of about 69,000 insects (including 51,000 named beetles) 

 made by the late H. F. Wickham and presented by Mrs. Wickham. 

 Over 61,000 insects were received from J. C. Bridwell, collected by 

 him during his travels in Africa, Austraha, North America, and 

 the Hawaiian Islands. Frank Johnson made a generous donation of 

 2,000 Lepidoptera. 



Additions to the marine invertebrate collection included a valuable 

 lot of earthworms from Dr. Frank Smith, representing liis Ufetime 



