30 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1901. 



occurring near Montreal, Canada. Mr. Lucas has begun upon the 

 texl for the volume on Stegosaurs projected by the late Prof. O. C. 

 Marsh, and has given some attention to the study of the mastodons of 

 North America. The following papers by him have also been pub- 

 lished: ••The lachrymal bone in Pinnipeds;" "The characters and rela- 

 tions of Gallinuloides, a fossil gallinaceous bird from the Green River 

 Shales of Wyoming;" " Description of the skull of Lepidosteus atrox;" 

 "A new rhinoceros. Trigonias osbomi, from the Miocene of South 

 Dakota;** "The pelvic girdle of Zeuglodon, Basilosaurus cetoides 

 (( )wen);" " A new fossil cyprinoid, Leuciscus turn* ri, from the Miocene 

 of Nevada," and "A new dinosaur, Stegosaurus marshi, from the 

 Lower Cretaceous of South Dakota." 



The collections in the Museum are constantly referred to by the 

 scientific assistants of the Department of Agriculture, the United 

 States Fish Commission, and the Geological Survey. Among persons 

 otherwise connected who have visited the Museum during the past year 

 for the purpose of study the following may be mentioned: Mr. Ernest 

 Thompson Seton, the well-known artist and writer on natural history 

 subjects, spent some time in an examination of the specimens of Ameri- 

 can deer, in connection with a contemplated work on the large game 

 of the country. Dr. E. A. Mearns, U. S. Army, continued for a short 

 period his work on the zoology of the Mexican boundary survey, 

 studying the American cats, and also giving some attention to the 

 pocket and white-footed mice. Mr. Out ram Bangs, of Boston, brought 

 a large series of birds from Panama, and Mr. Frank M. Chapman, of 

 the American Museum of Natural History, some Peruvian birds, for 

 identification with the aid of Museum specimens. The committee on 

 nomenclature of the American Ornithologists 1 Union made use, as 

 heretofore, of the excellent facilities afforded by the Division of Birds 

 in determining the status of various newly described species and sub- 

 species of birds. 



The collections of the Division of Mollusks were consulted by Prof. 

 L. C. Glenn and Mr. A. P. Martin, of the Maryland geological sur- 

 vey, in connection with their work on the Maryland Tertiary forma- 

 tions, and by Mr. F. N. Balch. of Boston, for the identification of cer- 

 tain arctic shells. In the Division of Insects, investigations were con- 

 ducted hv Dr. A. Fenyes, Prof. W. L. Tower, of Harvard University, 

 Miss M. M. Enteman, of Chicago University, Prof. J. B. Smith, of 

 Rutgers College, Mr. J. A. G. Rehn, of the Philadelphia Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, and Sir Gilbert Carter, of Nassau, Bahamas. 



Among those who made use of the botanical collections were Prof. 

 E. L. Greene, of the Catholic University, and Mi-. E. L. Morris, of 

 tin- Western High School, Washington. District of Columbia; Mr. 

 Stewardson Brown and Mr. Joseph Crawford, of the Philadelphia 

 Academy of Natural Sciences; Dr. N. L. Britton, of the New York 



