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  SECRETARY 
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  sented 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  several 
  hundred 
  specimens 
  of 
  costumes, 
  weap- 
  

   ons, 
  weavings, 
  and 
  other 
  objects 
  of 
  value 
  from 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  A 
  

   noteworthy 
  set 
  of 
  painted 
  sketches, 
  head 
  dresses, 
  and 
  other 
  articles 
  

   came 
  as 
  a 
  gift 
  from 
  C. 
  H. 
  Heyl, 
  2d. 
  Mrs. 
  Richard 
  Wainwright 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  interesting 
  baskets 
  and 
  pieces 
  of 
  pottery. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  American 
  archeology 
  there 
  was 
  received 
  a 
  

   large 
  collection 
  of 
  pottery 
  and 
  various 
  artifacts 
  as 
  a 
  gift 
  from 
  the 
  

   National 
  Geographic 
  Society, 
  representing 
  the 
  material 
  collected 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  N. 
  M. 
  Judd 
  during 
  several 
  seasons 
  of 
  field 
  work 
  at 
  Pueblo 
  

   Bonito, 
  N. 
  Mex. 
  Accompanying 
  this, 
  the 
  society 
  forwarded 
  also 
  

   material 
  from 
  other 
  sites 
  in 
  New 
  Mexico. 
  The 
  collections 
  of 
  Dr. 
  

   J. 
  Walter 
  Fewkes 
  from 
  Eldon 
  Pueblo, 
  near 
  Flagstaff, 
  Ariz., 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   H. 
  W. 
  Krieger 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  Columbia 
  River, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  B. 
  Col- 
  

   lins, 
  jr., 
  from 
  Louisiana 
  and 
  Mississippi, 
  during 
  work 
  for 
  the 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  have 
  resulted 
  in 
  highly 
  valuable 
  material. 
  

   The 
  most 
  valuable 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  exhibits 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  Old 
  

   World 
  archeology 
  is 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  Jewish 
  religious 
  ceremonial 
  ob- 
  

   jects, 
  Maccabean 
  coins, 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  art 
  works 
  and 
  antiquities 
  

   received 
  as 
  a 
  loan 
  from 
  E. 
  Deinard. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  physical 
  anthropology 
  there 
  has 
  come 
  a 
  set 
  

   of 
  casts 
  of 
  skeletal 
  remains 
  of 
  early 
  man 
  from 
  Krapina, 
  a 
  collection 
  

   of 
  Indian 
  and 
  Eskimo 
  skeletons 
  and 
  skulls 
  from 
  Alaska, 
  and 
  skeletal 
  

   material 
  from 
  the 
  lower 
  Mississippi 
  Valley. 
  

  

  Biology. 
  — 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  received 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  amounted 
  to 
  more 
  than 
  197,000 
  individual 
  speci- 
  

   mens. 
  Of 
  especial 
  importance 
  has 
  been 
  an 
  exceedingly 
  valuable 
  

   collection 
  of 
  Siamese 
  mammals, 
  birds, 
  reptiles, 
  amphibians, 
  fishes, 
  

   insects, 
  moUusks, 
  and 
  marine 
  invertebrates, 
  secured 
  through 
  Dr. 
  

   Hugh 
  M. 
  Smith, 
  Director 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  for 
  the 
  Siamese 
  Government. 
  

   The 
  Smithsonian-Chrysler 
  Expedition 
  to 
  Africa, 
  under 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  

   Mann, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park, 
  while 
  planned 
  to 
  

   f^ecure 
  living 
  animals, 
  brought 
  back 
  also 
  valuable 
  series 
  of 
  skins 
  of 
  

   mammals 
  and 
  birds 
  and 
  other 
  materials 
  for 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

   A 
  South 
  American 
  expedition 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Waldo 
  L. 
  Schmitt, 
  under 
  the 
  

   auspices 
  of 
  the 
  Walter 
  Rathbone 
  Bacon 
  Traveling 
  Scholarship, 
  has 
  

   brought 
  large 
  collections 
  of 
  crustaceans 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  specimens 
  in 
  

   many 
  other 
  groups. 
  Mr. 
  John 
  D. 
  Sherman 
  presented 
  a 
  collection 
  

   of 
  about 
  20,000 
  water 
  beetles, 
  a 
  highly 
  important 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  

   insect 
  collections. 
  Another 
  large 
  donation 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  about 
  10,000 
  

   moths 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  William 
  Schaus, 
  honorary 
  assistant 
  curator 
  of 
  

   insects. 
  Through 
  the 
  unsettled 
  political 
  situation 
  in 
  China, 
  zoologi- 
  

   cal 
  work 
  in 
  that 
  country 
  has 
  been 
  somewhat 
  hampered, 
  but 
  neverthe- 
  

   less 
  certain 
  collections 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  de 
  C. 
  Sowerby, 
  

   through 
  the 
  generosity 
  of 
  Col. 
  R. 
  S. 
  Clark. 
  

  

  