IS REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1901. 



was relatively much smaller, several of the accessions were of unusual 

 interest. Micronesia, Polynesia, and Melanesia were represented by 

 a collection of native implements, costumes, etc., made by Mr. C. H. 

 Townsend and Dr. 11. F. Moore, naturalists on the U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission steamer Albatross during the extended cruise of that steamer 

 in ls;t!i L900. Material illustrating the Pamamary and other Indian 

 tribes of tin 1 Upper Purus River and the Bororo Indians of Matto- 

 Grosso, Brazil, was received as the result of explorations by Prof. J. 

 B. Steere. of Ann Arbor. Mich., and from the Rev. William A. Cook, 

 the latter through the favor of Dr. Orville A. Derby, of Sao Paulo, 

 Brazil. By exchange with the Field Columbian Museum the depart- 

 ment came into possession of a share of the great collection made by 

 Dr. Emil Hassler in connection with his important investigations 

 among the various tribes inhabiting the region of the Upper Paraguay 

 River in South America and exhibited by him at the World's Colum- 

 bian Exposition of 1893. The remaining accessions in ethnology and 

 archaeology, as will be seen by reference to the list, relate to countries 

 all over the world and to many parts of the United States. The 

 Division of History has also been greatly enriched through several 

 donations. 



In the Department of Biology the additions numbered 115,767 

 specimens, of which 78,767 were zoological and 37,000 botanical. The 

 Division of Insects shows the greatest increase in zoology, 37,000 

 specimens, followed by Marine Invertebrates with 11,889, Mollusks 

 with L0,500, Mammals with 7.!»7<i. and Birds with 6,478. 



< )ne of the most noteworthy accessions was a large amount of valuable 

 material resulting from recent explorations in the East Indies by Dr. 

 \Y. L. Abbott, including mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, mollusks, 

 and other groups of marine invertebrates, of which a large proportion 

 of the species represented arc probably new to science. The generosity 

 shown by Dr. Abbott in continuing to make the National Museum the 

 depository for the many treasures secured during his extended labors 

 in tin' Little-known regions of the Eastern Tropics is exceedinglv grati- 

 fying. About 300 mammals. 600 birds, and many birds' eggs and 

 reptiles were the outcome of Dr. E. A. Mearns's work in Florida, 

 while the expedition to Venezuela of ('apt. Wirt Robinson, U. S. 

 Army, and Dr. M. W. Lyon, jr., was productive of a large collection 

 of mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, etc, including a valuable series 

 o1 ' bat-. The extensive collection of mammals made in Southern 

 Europe by Mr. Dane Coolidge comprises what is probably the best 

 -eric-, of Italian rodents now contained in any museum in the world. 

 From a collecting trip to Madison County, New York, Mr. G. S. 

 Miller, jr., brought back about 200 mammals. 



