REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 
Fewxes, J. WALTER—Continued. 
A discussion of the fundamental religious 
ideas of the Antilleans follows the de- 
scription of the idol. 
Cremation in cliff-dwellings. 
Records of the Past, 1x, pt. 3, May- 
June, 1910, pp. 154-6. 
Relates to the discovery of calcined 
human remains in Cliff-Palace, Mesa 
Verde, Colo., and discusses the range of 
aboriginal cremation in the southwestern 
United States. 
Report on the excavation and re- 
pair of Cliff-palace, Mesa Verde Na- 
tional Park, Colo., in 1909. 
Reports of the Superintendent of the 
Mesa Verde National Park and 
J. Walter Fewkes, in charge of 
excavation and repair of ruins, to 
the Secretary of the Interior. De- 
partment of the Interior, 1909, 
pp. 13-33, pls. 1-5. 
The report of Dr, Fewkes is preceded by 
the report of the superintendent of the 
park dealing with the affairs of his custo- 
dianship, attention being given to roads 
and trails, water supply, travel, privi- 
leges, extention of boundaries, rules and 
regulations, etc. Dr. Fewkes first de- | 
scribes the ruins as they appeared before 
operations began, and refers to means of 
access, vandalism, methods of repair 
work, ete. The body of the paper is an 
account of the work of excavation and 
repair and is supplemented by descriptive 
details of the cliff village, perhaps the 
most remarkable yet discovered. The 
paper is accompanied by a plan of the 
ruins, and is embellished with four half- 
| Hrpuiéxa, ALES—Continued. 
les temps préhistoriques ou prédynas- 
tiques. 
Bull. et Mem. Soc. d’ Anthropolo- 
gie, Paris, Fifth Series, x, No. 3, 
1909, pp. 143-144. 
An abstract of the principal results of 
observations made by the author on the 
ancient and modern Egyptians while ac- 
companying the Metropolitan Museum’s 
recent expedition to Egypt. It speaks for 
the continuity of race, but against the 
continuity of type of the inhabitants of 
the Nile valley from the pre-dynastic to 
the present time. 
On the stature of the Indians of 
the southwest and of northern Mexico. 
Putnam Anniversary Volume, 
1909, pp. 405-426. 
This paper presents in brief form a com- 
parative study of stature among twenty- 
three Indian tribes of the southwest 
United States and northern Mexico, and 
discusses the causes underlying the re- 
markable diversity. 
Report on an additional collection 
of skeletal remains from Arkansas and 
Louisiana (Made, and presented to the 
National Museum in 1909, by Mr. 
Clarence B. Moore.) 
Journ, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 14, 
1909, pp. 172-249, 1 map, figs. 
1-9. 
This paper is a detailed study of the 
extensive collection of skeletal remains 
obtained from mounds and other Indian 
burial places in Arkansas and Louisiana. 
The crania are found to present two varie- 
tone plates illustrating the buildings be- ties of deformation, and represent two 
fore and after the repairs were made. types of people. Detailed observations 
Rois are given regarding the interesting patho- 
HRDucKa, ALES. Note sur la variation logical conditions characterizing the 
morphologique des Egyptiens depuis skulls and other bones. 
HISTORY. 
Casanowicz, ImMANUEL M. The Gus- | CaAsANowicz, IMMANUEL M.—Continued. 
tavus Vasa Fox collection of Russian to the Emperor of Russia, bearing con- 
gratulations upon his escape from assas- 
M sination, and a description of the gifts 
useum = 
5 presented by Emperor Alexander IT, and 
T r 
ioe so be ee (acy ely ie by municipalities and private persons of 
ie fas 20; A010) PB» LAS; Russia, to members of the American mis- 
souvenirs in the United States National 
This paper contains a resumé of the oe 
special mission sent by Congress in 1866 
MAMMALS. 
ALLEN, J. A. Additional mammals from | BatLey,, VERNON. Two new _ pocket 
Nicaragua. gophers of the genus Thomomys. 
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 28, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 23, 
Art. 9, Apr. 30, 1910, pp. 87-115. May 4, 1910, pp. 79-80. 
Comparisons are made with material Describes two new gophers; the types 
from the Biological Survey. being in the Biological Survey collection. 
