90 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



Paleontology: C. D. Walcott, Honorary Curator; Charles Schuchert, Assistant 

 Curator. 

 Vertebrate Fossils: O.C. Marsh, Honorary Curator; F. A. Lucas, Acting Assist- 

 ant Curator. 

 Invertebrate Fossils: 



Paleozoic : Charles Schuchert, Custodian. 

 Mesozoic : T. W. Stanton, Custodian. 

 Cenozoic : W. H. Dall, Associate Curator (Honorary). 

 Fossil Plants: Lester F.Ward, Associate Curator (Honorary) ; F. H. Knowlton, 

 Custodian of Mesozoic Plants; David White, Custodian of Paleozoic Plants. 

 Minerals : F. W. Clarke, Honorary Curator; Wirt Tassin, Assistant Curator. 



Collection of Gems and Precious Stones : Rev. Dr. L. T. Chamberlain, Custodian. 

 Geology: George P. Merrill, Curator; W. H. Newhall, Aid. 



Library: Cyrus Adler, Librarian (Honorary); Newton P. Scudder, Assistant 

 Librarian. 



Associates. 



(Honorary.) 



Theodore Gill, Associate in Zoology. 



R. E. C. Stearns, Associate in Zoology. 



R. W. Shufeldt, Associate in Comparative Anatomy. 



C. A. White, Associate in Paleontology. 



C. Hart Merriam, Associate in Zoology. 



ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. 



Chief Clerk : W. V. Cos. 

 Chiefs of Division: 



Correspondence and Reports : R. I. Geare. 



Registration and Storage: S. C. Brown. 



Editor of Proceedings and Bulletins: Marcus Benjamin. 



Disbursing Clerk : W. W. Karr. 



Property Clerk : J. S. Goldsmith. 



Photographer : T. W. Smillie. 



Buildings and Superintendence: J. E. Watkins. 



Preparators. 



Joseph Palmer, Chief Modeler. 

 W^illiam Palmer, Chief Taxidermist. 

 A. Z. Shindler, Preparator. 

 J. W. Scollick, Osteologist. 

 Henry Marshall, Taxidermist. 

 N. R. Wood, Preparator. 

 A. H. Forney, Taxidermist. 



