REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 27 



Section of Oriental Antiquities: Paul Haupt, Johns Hopkins University, 

 Honorarj Curator ; Cyrus Adler, Jobus Hopkins University, A ssistant ( lurator. 

 Department of American Aboriginal Pottery: W. JI. Holmes, Bureau of Eth- 

 nology, Honorary ( lurator. 



Department of Prehistoric Anthropology : Thomas Wilson, Curator. 



DIVISION OF ZOOLOGY. 



DEPARTMENT <>f Mammals: F. \V. True, Curator. 



Department of Biros: Robert Ridgway, Curator, 



DEPARTMENT OF Birds'Eggs : Capt. Chas. E. Bendire, U.S. Army, Honorary Curator. 



Department of Reptiles and Batrachians: Leonhard Stejneger, Curator. 



Department of Fishes: Tarleton II. Beau, U. S. Fish Commission, Honorary Cura- 

 tor; Barton A. Bean, Aid. 



DEPARTMENT of Vertebrate Fossils: O. C. Marsh, U. S. Geological Survey, Hon- 

 orary Curator. 



Department OF Mollusks: W. II. Dall, U.S. Geological Survey, Honorary Cu- 

 rator ; R. E. C. Stearns, Adjunct Curator. 



Department of [nsects: C. V. Riley, Department of Agriculture^ Honorarj Cu- 

 rator; Martin Linell, Aid. 



Department of Invertebrates: Richard Rathbun, U. S. Pish Commission, Hon- 

 orary Curator. 



Department of Comparative Anatomy : F. W. True, Acting Curator : F. A. Lucas, 

 Assistant < lurator. 



Department of Living Animals: William T. Hornaday, Curator. 



Department of Invertebrate Fossils: 



Paleozoic: C. D. Walcott, U. S. Geological Survey, Honorary Curator. 

 MESOZOIC: C. A. White, U. S. Geological Survey. Honorary Curator. 

 Cenozoic: W. 11. Dall, U.S. Geological Survey, Honorary Curator. 



DIVISION OF BOTANY. 



DEPARTMENT of Fossil Plants: Lester F. Ward, U. S. Geological Survey, Honorary 



Curator. 

 Departmentof Recent Plants: George Vasey, Botanist of the Department of 



Agriculture, Honorary Curator. 



DIVISION OF (IEOL0GY. 



Department of Minerals: F. W. Clarke, U. S. Geological Survey, Honorary Cu- 

 rator; William S. Yeates, Assistant Curator. 

 Department of Lithology and Physical Geology: George P. Merrill. Curator. 

 Departmentof Metallurgy and Economic Geology : Fred P. Dewey, Curator. 



Of the curators and acting curators thirteen receive salaries from 

 the Museum. Of the remainder, seven are officially connected with 

 the U. S. Geological Survey, lour with the Department of Agriculture, 

 three with the T. S. Pish Commission, and one each with the U S. 

 Army, IT. S. Navy, and Bureau of Ethnology. 



PERSONNEL OF THE SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENTS. 



During the year a section of Forestry has been established, and 

 with the consent of the Secretary of Agriculture, Dr. 15. E. Fernow, 

 chief of the forestry Division of the Department of Agriculture has 

 been appointed curator of the collection. 



