REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 13 



I).— Till: MUSEUM STAFF. 



THE SCIENTIFIC STAFF. 



Very few important changes in the personnel of the scientific depart- 

 ments of the Museum have occurred during the year. 



Dr. James M. Flint. U. S. Navy, who has been honorary curator of 

 the section of materia medica during- the greater part of the time since 

 its organization, was recalled by the Secretary of the Navy in Novem- 

 ber, 1891. tie was succeeded by Dr. John 0. Boyd, U. S. Navy, who 

 remained until April <>, L892, when he was relieved by Dr. William S. 

 Dixon, 17. S. Navy, who now occupies that position. 



There are at the present time thirty-two organized departments and 

 sections in the Museum under the care of curators, including honorary 

 and acting curators, and assistant curators. 



LIST OF CURATORS, ASSISTANT CURATORS, AND AIDS. 



Aits and Industries: Dr. G. Brown Goode, Honorary Curator. 



Materia Medica: Dr. William S. Dixon, TJ. S. Navy, Honorary Curator. 



Animal Products: Mr. R. Edward Earll, Acting Curator. 



Naval Architecture: (apt. J. W. Collins, U. S. Fish Commission, Honorary 



Curator. 

 Fisheries: Capt. J. W. Collins, U. S. Fish. Commission, Honorary Curator. 

 Foods: Prof. W. O. Atwater, Department of Agriculture, Honorary Curator. 

 Historical Collections, Coins and Medals: Mr. A. Howard Clark, Curator. 

 Transportation and Engineering: Mr. J. E. Watkins, Curator. 

 Oriental Antiquities: Prof. Paul Haupt, Johns Hopkins University, Honorary 



Curator; Dr. Cyrus Adler, .Johns Hopkins University, Assistant Curator. 

 Graphic Aits: Mr. S. R. Koeliler, Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Cuiator. 

 Forestry: Dr. B. F. Fernow, Department of Agriculture, Honorary Cuiator. 

 Physical Apparatus: Mr. W. C. Winlock, Smithsonian Institution, Honorary 

 Curator. 

 Ethnology: Prof. Otis T. Mason, Curator; Mr. Walter Hough, Assistant. 

 American Prehistoric Pottery: Mr. William H. Holmes, Bureau of Ethnology, 



Honorary Curator. 

 Prehistoric Anthropology: Dr. Thomas Wilson, Curator: Mr. E. P. Upham, As- 

 sistant. 

 Mammals: Mr. Frederick W. True, Curator. 

 Birds: Mr. Rohert Ridgway, Curator. 



Birds' Eggs: Capt. C. E. Bendire, U. S. Army, Honorary Curator. 

 Reptiles and Batrachians: Dr. Eeonhard Stejneger, Curator. 

 Fishes: Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, U. S. Fish Commission, Honorary Curator; Mr. Barton 



A. Bean, Assistant. 

 Vertebrate Fossils: Prof. <>. C. Marsh, Yale College, Honorary Curator; Mr. Fred- 

 eric A. Lucas, Assistant Curator. 

 Mollusks: .Mr. William H. Dall, F. S. Geological Survey. Honorary Curator; Dr. 



R. E.C.Stearns, Adjunct Curator. 

 Insects: Dr. C. V. Riley. Department of Agriculture, Honorary Curator: Mr. Martin F. 



Einell, Aid. 

 Marino Invertebrates: Mr. Richard Rathbun, F. S. Fish Commission. Honorary 



Curator; Mr. James E. Benedict, Assistant Curator. 

 Comparative Anatomy: Dr. Frank Faker. National Zoological Park, Honorary 

 Curator; Mr. Frederic A. Lucas, Assistant Curator. 



