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in charg-e of an expedition sent out l»y the Bureau of Ethnolooy. in 

 conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania, to explore the 

 antiquities of the west coast of Florida. This work resulted in most 

 important discoveries, partially reported upon in the Proceedintrs of 

 the American Philosophical Societv, Philadelphia, for iSltH. Among 

 the works bearing on his explorations in Arizt)na that entitled "Out- 

 lines of Zuni Creation Myths," published in the Thirteenth Annual 

 Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, is one of the most important. In 

 the second annual report an intcn'esting papor on '"Zufii Fetiches'"' 

 appeared. Many of the articles on various phases of his explorations 

 were pul)lished in periodicals from time to time, l)ut it is a mattcM- of 

 regret that his early death precludes the possihilit}- of publishing a 

 large amount of material which he had brought together. 



Mr. A. Zeno Shindler, who died August 18, 1S9!». was connected 

 with the National Museum for many years as an artist. He was 

 engaged largely upon ethnological work and produced a number of 

 portrait studies of the peoples of the world, l)ut his most notable 

 service was in painting casts of fishes, reptiles, and other natural history 

 specimens. 



