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  ANNUAL 
  ItEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  Mr. 
  B. 
  H. 
  Swales, 
  honorary 
  assistant 
  curator 
  of 
  birds, 
  presented 
  

   176 
  specimens 
  and 
  7 
  skeletons 
  of 
  birds, 
  including 
  46 
  species 
  and 
  4 
  

   g-enera 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  Museum. 
  About 
  100 
  of 
  these 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  States 
  

   of 
  Parahyba 
  and 
  Ceani, 
  Brazil. 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  W. 
  Kichmond, 
  asso- 
  

   ciate 
  curator 
  of 
  birds, 
  presented 
  collections 
  that 
  include 
  nine 
  genera 
  

   and 
  six 
  species 
  hitherto 
  lacking 
  in 
  the 
  collections. 
  

  

  The 
  United 
  States 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  transferred 
  338 
  specimens 
  

   from 
  various 
  localities, 
  among 
  them 
  tlie 
  types 
  of 
  seven 
  newly 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  species. 
  Dr. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Chapin 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  

   donated 
  a 
  valuable 
  collection 
  of 
  ectoparasites, 
  with 
  other 
  materials. 
  

   Capt. 
  R. 
  A. 
  Bartlett 
  presented 
  776 
  specimens 
  of 
  marine 
  inverte- 
  

   brates, 
  collected 
  off 
  the 
  northwest 
  coast 
  of 
  Greenland 
  during 
  the 
  

   sinnmer 
  of 
  1926. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  additions 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Herbarium 
  

   there 
  may 
  be 
  noted 
  9,500 
  specimens 
  of 
  plants 
  from 
  Colombia, 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  for 
  the 
  Museum 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  P. 
  Killip 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Albert 
  C. 
  Smith, 
  

   and 
  11,000 
  Jamaican 
  plants, 
  chiefly 
  ferns, 
  secured 
  for 
  the 
  Museum 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  W. 
  R. 
  Maxon 
  in 
  Jamaica. 
  There 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  also 
  the 
  re- 
  

   ceipt 
  of 
  50,000 
  mounted 
  plants 
  constituting 
  the 
  remaining 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  

   John 
  Donnell 
  Smith 
  herbarium, 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Insti- 
  

   tution 
  in 
  1905, 
  but 
  until 
  this 
  year 
  retained 
  for 
  study 
  in 
  the 
  custody 
  

   of 
  Captain 
  Smith 
  in 
  Baltimore. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  collections 
  to 
  

   students 
  in 
  American 
  botany 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  overestimated. 
  

  

  Geology. 
  — 
  The 
  j^ear 
  has 
  been 
  one 
  of 
  unprecedented 
  prosperity 
  in 
  

   the 
  department 
  of 
  geology; 
  as, 
  although 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  accessions 
  

   has 
  not 
  been 
  large, 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  is 
  overwhelmingly 
  

   greater 
  than 
  last 
  year, 
  208 
  accessions 
  with 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  176,781 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  being 
  recorded. 
  

  

  Of 
  primary 
  importance 
  are 
  the 
  Washington 
  A. 
  Roebling 
  and 
  

   Frederick 
  A. 
  Canfield 
  mineral 
  collections, 
  with 
  their 
  accompany- 
  

   ing 
  endowments. 
  The 
  former, 
  gift 
  of 
  Mr. 
  John 
  A. 
  Roebling, 
  com- 
  

   prises 
  approximately 
  16,000 
  specimens, 
  embracing 
  almost 
  the 
  entire 
  

   number 
  of 
  known 
  mineral 
  species, 
  and 
  contains 
  much 
  of 
  interest 
  and 
  

   value 
  for 
  exhibition. 
  An 
  endowment 
  of 
  $150,000 
  was 
  provided 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Roebling 
  lo 
  make 
  additions 
  to 
  this 
  collection 
  and 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  

   research 
  in 
  mineralogy. 
  The 
  Frederick 
  A. 
  Canfield 
  collection, 
  be- 
  

   queathed 
  to 
  the 
  Institution, 
  contains 
  upward 
  of 
  9,000 
  specimens, 
  

   and 
  is 
  notable 
  chiefly 
  for 
  its 
  fine 
  examples 
  of 
  Franklin 
  Furnace 
  min- 
  

   erals, 
  although 
  containing 
  in 
  addition 
  much 
  of 
  rare 
  beauty 
  and 
  

   value 
  for 
  exhibition 
  and 
  study. 
  An 
  endowment 
  of 
  nearly 
  $50,000 
  

   was 
  provided 
  for 
  the 
  upkeep 
  of 
  the 
  collection. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Foshag's 
  exploratory 
  work 
  in 
  northern 
  Mexico 
  in 
  coop- 
  

   eration 
  with 
  Harvard 
  University 
  yielded 
  exceptionally 
  fine 
  examples 
  

   of 
  minerals 
  and 
  ores. 
  The 
  series 
  of 
  radium 
  minerals 
  was 
  materially 
  

  

  