﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  15 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  Important 
  gifts 
  from 
  individuals 
  included 
  

   24 
  earthenware 
  vessels, 
  clay 
  heads, 
  and 
  projectile 
  points 
  from 
  Mex- 
  

   ico; 
  2 
  wooden 
  figurines 
  excavated 
  in 
  Florida; 
  and 
  1 
  obsidian 
  mirror 
  

   from 
  a 
  stream 
  bed 
  in 
  Ecuador. 
  Outstanding 
  among 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   donated 
  to 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  ethnology 
  was 
  a 
  ceremonial 
  mace 
  of 
  serpen- 
  

   tine 
  from 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Mare. 
  This 
  specimen 
  is 
  an 
  excellent 
  example 
  

   of 
  the 
  ceremonial 
  weapons 
  described 
  in 
  French 
  scientific 
  literature 
  

   on 
  New 
  Caledonia 
  and 
  the 
  Loyalty 
  Islands. 
  Other 
  ethnological 
  ob- 
  

   jects 
  of 
  special 
  interest 
  are 
  weapons, 
  pieces 
  of 
  armor, 
  inscriptions 
  

   on 
  bamboo, 
  and 
  musical 
  instruments 
  from 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands, 
  and 
  

   fishing 
  paraphernalia, 
  tools, 
  utensils, 
  dance 
  masks, 
  a 
  feathered 
  dance 
  

   headdress, 
  and 
  hand-woven 
  costumes 
  from 
  various 
  South 
  and 
  Central 
  

   American 
  localities. 
  The 
  collection 
  of 
  ceramics 
  was 
  augmented 
  by 
  

   porcelain 
  articles 
  from 
  Capo 
  di 
  Monte 
  molds, 
  dating 
  to 
  about 
  1821, 
  

   and 
  examples 
  of 
  painted 
  terra 
  cotta 
  made 
  presumably 
  by 
  Greek 
  colo- 
  

   nists 
  at 
  Apulia, 
  Italy, 
  during 
  the 
  fourth 
  century 
  B. 
  C, 
  and 
  excavated 
  

   at 
  Pompeii. 
  Interesting 
  examples 
  of 
  American 
  glass 
  included 
  "Bur- 
  

   mese" 
  and 
  "Peachblow" 
  articles 
  manufactured 
  in 
  Massachusetts 
  and 
  

   "Case" 
  glass 
  from 
  West 
  Virginia. 
  Among 
  the 
  various 
  collections 
  

   assigned 
  to 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  period 
  art 
  and 
  textiles 
  were 
  antique 
  jewelry 
  

   from 
  Scotland, 
  Hungary, 
  Portugal, 
  France, 
  Egypt, 
  China, 
  Ceylon, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands; 
  Spanish, 
  French, 
  and 
  Chinese 
  antique 
  

   ornamental 
  fans; 
  and 
  a 
  handsomely 
  ornamented 
  snuffbox 
  bearing 
  

   the 
  registry 
  mark 
  of 
  Bergen, 
  Norway, 
  presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Stejneger 
  

   at 
  the 
  expressed 
  wish 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  Leonhard 
  Stejneger, 
  for 
  many 
  

   years 
  head 
  curator 
  of 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  biology. 
  Notable 
  gifts 
  to 
  

   the 
  division 
  of 
  physical 
  anthropology 
  included 
  Indian 
  skeletal 
  re- 
  

   mains 
  from 
  two 
  ossuaries 
  on 
  a 
  farm 
  in 
  Prince 
  Georges 
  County, 
  Md., 
  

   completing 
  a 
  collection 
  from 
  this 
  locality 
  begun 
  in 
  former 
  years, 
  and 
  

   a 
  midget's 
  skull 
  of 
  485 
  cc. 
  capacity, 
  the 
  smallest 
  human 
  adult 
  skull 
  

   thus 
  far 
  reported. 
  

  

  Biology. 
  — 
  The 
  first 
  complete 
  skeleton 
  of 
  the 
  African 
  bush 
  elephant 
  

   (Loxodonta 
  cylotis) 
  to 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  national 
  collections 
  and 
  four 
  

   small 
  rodents 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  endemic 
  plague 
  area 
  in 
  Boliva 
  were 
  

   the 
  most 
  noteworthy 
  accessions 
  in 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  mammals. 
  

  

  Particularly 
  welcome 
  among 
  the 
  birds 
  accessioned 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

   were 
  several 
  forms 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  collection: 
  Representatives 
  of 
  the 
  

   pheasant 
  genus 
  Anurophasis 
  and 
  the 
  shrike 
  genus 
  EvZacestoma 
  from 
  

   New 
  Guinea; 
  2 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  black-lored 
  grass 
  warbler 
  {Cisticola 
  

   nigrilora) 
  ; 
  65 
  species 
  of 
  Ecuadorian 
  birds; 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  warbler 
  

   Prinia 
  flaviventris 
  delacouri; 
  and 
  8 
  avian 
  specimens 
  from 
  Eritrea, 
  a 
  

   hitherto 
  unrepresented 
  locality. 
  Another 
  interesting 
  accession 
  in- 
  

   cluded 
  birds 
  from 
  the 
  widely 
  scattered 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   Exploring 
  Expedition 
  of 
  1838-42. 
  

  

  