THE CURATOR S REPORT. 



seven or eight square yards, and ten small cases with glass fronts. 

 Also one large and five small botanical cases with wooden doors ; 

 and a set of forty large drawers in the basement for storing speci- 

 mens which it is not practicable or desirable to arrange for exhibi- 

 tion. The additions to the museum during the year have been about 

 as follows : 



Carved stone pipes (mound builders), 



Copper axes (mound builders), 



Pottery (mound builders), ... 



Bone implements and ornaments (mound builders), 



Shell implements and ornaments (mound builders), 



Hematite implements and ornaments (mound builders), 



Stone implements, ...... 



Flint implements, - . . . . 



Skulls, ..... 



9 

 I 



350 

 75 

 80 



H 



SO 



350 



21 



Fishes from Pacific, presented by the Smithsonian Institution, 30 specimens 

 Birds' eggs, presented bj Dr. Velie and others, . . 60 specimens 



The museum now contains 



FROM MOUNDS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: 



Inscribed tablets, 4 Carved stone pipes, 41 



Copper axes, . 26 Copper awls, . . 14 



Copper heads, 300 Copper knives, etc., . . 4 



Skulls, .36 



And a miscellaneous collection of other articles. 



FROM SOUTHERN MOUNDS AND BURIAL PLACES 



Vessels of ancient pottery, ..... 



Pipes (earthen), .... 



Bone relics, awls, etc , . . 



Shell ornaments, etc., .... 



Skulls, ... ... 



Shell beads, from different localities, over 

 Indian and other skulls (exclusive of above), . 

 Flint implements and weapons. 

 Stone implements and weapons. 

 Hematite implements and weapons. 



600 



10 



120 



"5 



17 



lOCO 



40 



lOOOO 

 IIQO 



32 



Marine shells, about 

 Land shells, about . 500 species 



Fresh water shells, about 400 species 

 Mammals, stuffed, 12 species 



Birds, stuffed, . 85 species. 



Corals, sponges, etc., 

 Indian weapons, etc. 

 Historical relics and curiosities, 

 [Proc. D. a. N. S., Vol. TV.] 



IN NATURAL HISTORY. 



Soo species. Birds' eggs. 



Fishes, 



Reptiles, 



Plants, 



Skulls of animals, about 



87 species. 

 50 species. 

 100 species. 

 2500 species. 

 50 species. 

 I case. 

 I case. 

 I case. 



Nov. iS, 18S3.] 



