192 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



It may be stated tliat the labor involved in mounting the skulls is 

 but partially indicated by the figures which appear in the table, since 

 the mountings in most cases were complicated in their character and 

 the component bones of the skulls were distinctively colored. In addi- 

 tion to osteological work, there have been made 3 anatomical models, 

 and 45 casts of reptiles, invertebrates, and coud)s and gills of domes- 

 tic fowls. Besides this a group was completed, showing the common 

 octopus and its surroundings, and a large number of specimens hav^e 

 been mounted for the synoptic series of invertebrates. 



PHOTOC; ISA I'll KK. 



Mr. T. W. Smillie, tlie photographer, reports that 857 negatives and 

 3,402 silver prints have been made during the year. A large propor- 

 tion of these was for the departments of ethnology, mammals, geology, 

 reptiles and batrachians, and prehistoric anthropology. 



In addition, 281 extra i)rints were mounted and 147 cyanotypes, 22 

 lantern-slides, and 4 enlargements were made. 



The National Museum, as heretofore, has rendered assistance to the 

 U. S. Fish Commission in photographic work, the Commissioner fur- 

 nishing the material necessary, and one assistant to aid the photog- 

 rapher. In this connection there were made G45 silver prints, 121 

 cyanotypes, and 57 lantern-slides. 



COLORIST. 



During the early part of the fiscal year, Mr. A. Zeno Shindler con- 

 tinued his work on the series representing the races of man. Thirty 

 paintings of this series have been finished and turned over to the 

 Department of Ethnology, while five more are in course of completion. 

 About fifty figures have been painted for use in groups for the exhibit 

 of the Department of Ethnology at the Columbian Exposition. These 

 include, among others, a Sioux warrior mounted on a horse, a Navajo 

 woman spinning, a Xavajo silversmith, a Cte woman burden-bearer, 

 a South American Indian, and a Zuni warrior. 



