﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  27 
  

  

  importance 
  in 
  ethnology 
  is 
  one 
  from 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  Belgian 
  Congo 
  

   received 
  as 
  a 
  gift 
  from 
  tlie 
  Kev. 
  Ellen 
  I. 
  Burk. 
  

  

  There 
  was 
  received 
  also 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  miscellaneous 
  materials 
  

   secured 
  by 
  Dr. 
  David 
  C. 
  Graham 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  his 
  work 
  in 
  

   western 
  China, 
  principally 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Szechwan. 
  

  

  An 
  exchange 
  of 
  specimens 
  with 
  A. 
  S. 
  Kenyon, 
  of 
  Melbourne, 
  Aus- 
  

   tralia, 
  brought 
  a 
  miscellaneous 
  collection 
  of 
  decorative 
  art 
  work 
  on 
  

   wood, 
  stone, 
  and 
  shell, 
  and 
  in 
  basketry, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  stone 
  and 
  wooden 
  

   message 
  sticks 
  and 
  an 
  assortment 
  of 
  throwing 
  sticks, 
  including 
  

   decorated 
  boomerangs. 
  

  

  Archeological 
  materials 
  include 
  an 
  old 
  type 
  of 
  reed 
  basket 
  from 
  a 
  

   rock 
  shelter 
  in 
  Russell 
  County, 
  Ky., 
  secured 
  by 
  purchase; 
  flint 
  and 
  

   stone 
  implements 
  and 
  bone 
  and 
  copper 
  beads 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Charles 
  Beckman, 
  from 
  various 
  sites 
  along 
  the 
  Columbia 
  River 
  in 
  

   Washington; 
  and 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  stone 
  implements 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Walter 
  Hough, 
  head 
  curator, 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Abilene, 
  Tex. 
  

   Among 
  Old 
  World 
  specimens 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   nearly 
  500 
  that 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  Dr. 
  George 
  Grant 
  Mac- 
  

   Curdy, 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  School 
  of 
  Prehistoric 
  Research, 
  

   from 
  localities 
  in 
  Dordogne, 
  France, 
  received 
  as 
  a 
  loan 
  from 
  the 
  

   Archaeological 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington. 
  Skulls 
  and 
  skeletons 
  of 
  

   ancient 
  Eslumo 
  from 
  the 
  Collins 
  collection 
  on 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  Island 
  

   form 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  physical 
  

   anthropology 
  in 
  this 
  department. 
  There 
  were 
  received 
  also 
  10 
  masks 
  

   taken 
  from 
  living 
  Labrador 
  Eskimo, 
  obtained 
  in 
  exchange 
  from 
  

   Prof. 
  V. 
  Suk, 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Brno, 
  Moravia. 
  

  

  Biology. 
  — 
  Noteworthy 
  among 
  receipts 
  in 
  this 
  department 
  have 
  

   been 
  the 
  highly 
  valuable 
  collections 
  of 
  mammals, 
  birds, 
  and 
  insects 
  

   left 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  by 
  bequest 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Col. 
  Wirt 
  Robinson, 
  long 
  

   a 
  valued 
  contributor 
  to 
  the 
  Institution. 
  There 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  

   also 
  large 
  collections 
  of 
  birds 
  and 
  plants 
  obtained 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Joseph 
  F. 
  

   Rock 
  in 
  western 
  China 
  from 
  areas 
  previously 
  unrepresented 
  in 
  our 
  

   halls, 
  which 
  were 
  received 
  as 
  a 
  gift 
  from 
  the 
  National 
  Geographic 
  

   Society, 
  under 
  whose 
  auspices 
  the 
  field 
  work 
  was 
  performed. 
  

  

  Excellent 
  collections 
  from 
  western 
  China 
  in 
  many 
  branches 
  of 
  

   biology, 
  principally 
  in 
  birds, 
  mammals, 
  insects, 
  crustaceans, 
  and 
  

   fishes, 
  were 
  obtained 
  through 
  the 
  continued 
  efforts 
  of 
  Dr. 
  David 
  C. 
  

   Graham, 
  who 
  has 
  long 
  been 
  a 
  resident 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Szechwan, 
  

   and 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  most 
  assiduous 
  in 
  obtaining 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  

   fauna 
  in 
  that 
  area 
  for 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  From 
  farther 
  south, 
  

   in 
  Siam, 
  there 
  were 
  obtained 
  large 
  and 
  valuable 
  series 
  of 
  mammals, 
  

   birds, 
  reptiles, 
  insects, 
  mollusks, 
  and 
  miscellaneous 
  invertebrates 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  through 
  the 
  efforts 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Hugh 
  M. 
  Smith, 
  honorary 
  curator 
  

   in 
  zoology 
  on 
  the 
  staff 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  who 
  is 
  now 
  

  

  