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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1918. 



Smithsonian Institution — Contd. 

 Sioux, Ute, and Chippewa Indians, 

 purchased by the Bureau from Miss 

 Frances Densmore (61573) ; a loom 

 of the Osage Indians collected by 

 Francis LaFlesche (62013) ; 12 speci- 

 mens of plants from Minnesota, col- 

 lected by Miss Densmore (62190) ; 

 25 stone objects from the Huastec 

 region, Mexico, presented to the Bu- 

 reau by John M. Muir, Tampico, 

 Mexico (62253) ; 2 pottery frag- 

 ments received from Carriacou and 

 Caicos Islands, British West Indies 

 (62564). 



National Museum, collected by 

 members of the staff: Bassler, R. S. : 

 7 large exhibition specimens illus- 

 trating unconformities, conglomer- 

 ates, etc. ; 200 fossils and large lime- 

 stone slabs; and 600 specimens of 

 quartz, chert, conglomeratic marble, 

 and limestone ; also about 150 speci- 

 mens, including 2 large exhibition 

 specimens, of rock phosphate and 

 phosphatic limestone from Wallace, 

 Ky., obtained through the courtesy 

 of the United Phosphate & Chemical 

 Co. (61668, 61855). Hough, Wal- 

 ter: Archeological specimens (49) 

 collected at Luna, N. Mex., dur- 

 ing June, 1917 (61337). Martin, 

 J. C. : Collections of rocks to illus- 

 trate rock weathering, including 

 granite-gneiss, diabase, soapstone, 

 gabbro, sandstone, and limestone 

 from Virginia and Maryland (62536). 

 Maxon, William R. : 190 specimens 

 of plants from the vicinity of Wash- 

 ington, D. C. (62045,62540). Maxon, 

 William R., and Paul C. Standley : 

 60 specimens of plants from the vi- 

 cinity of Washington, D. C. (62539). 

 Merrill, George P. : A collection, in- 

 cluding albite, columbite, pitchblende, 

 black mica, staurolite, bauxite, 

 quartz, etc., from North Carolina 

 and Georgia (62537). Miller, Ger- 

 rit S., jr. : 36 specimens of batrachi- 

 ans from Virginia (61476). Stand- 

 ley, Paul C. (see under William R. 

 Maxon). Wherry, Edgar T. : 20 

 mineral specimens from Amelia, Va. 

 (61407). 



Smithsonian Institution — Contd. 



National Museum, obtained by pur- 

 chase: A 500-gram meteoric stone 

 from Eustis, Fla. (61572) ; postage 

 stamps of French New Hebrides, 

 Hungary, Papua, and Seychelles (44 

 specimens) ; of Germany and Great 

 Bratain issued 1906-1913 (24 speci- 

 mens) (61891, 62117) ; also of New 

 Britain, issued 1914-15 (6 specimens) 

 (62403) ; porpoise skull and rib 

 bones (61415) ; 229 specimens of 

 Mexican plants collected by C. A. 

 Purpus (62450) ; 38 turtles from 

 Georgia and Florida (62500) ; 62 

 photographic prints of archeological 

 subjects, mainly Mexican ; 1 Mexi- 

 can hieroglyphic manuscript of 

 12 pages, folded Japanese fash- 

 ion (61457) ; pepper-box pistol 

 (61973) ; miscellaneous collections 

 of plants, namely, 336 from Mis- 

 souri (62212), 1,249 from China 

 (61716, 62043, 62360), 1,000 chiefly 

 from Venezuela and Curacao 

 (62451), 52 from East Africa 

 (61507), 183 from Africa (61480), 

 7S6 from Japan and 822 from China 

 (61344), 631 from California and 

 Oregon (61365, 62312), 648 from Ar- 

 gentina (61305), 25 specimens 

 (62028), 150 specimens from Magda- 

 lena Island, Lower California 

 (61798), 458 specimens from Wash- 

 ington (61856) ; 100 specimens of 

 algae (Phycotheca Boreali- Ameri- 

 cana, Fascicles XLIV and XLV) 

 (61364) ; postage stamps of the 

 United States, Austria, Hungary, 

 Germany, Great Britain, Haiti, Italy, 

 Peru, and Sweden (112 specimens) ; 

 also 35 specimens of United States 

 and foreign postage stamps issued 

 1882-1916 (62098, 62562) ; 11 ethno- 

 logical specimens from the Sioux, 

 Hidatsa, and Chippewa Indians, also 

 10 stone artifacts, etc., found on the 

 White Earth Reservation in Minne- 

 sota during the summer of 1917 

 (61452, 62231) ; 6 skins of thick- 

 billed parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachy- 

 rhyncha, from Arizona (62074) ; 

 postage stamps of Austria, Came- 

 roons, Cayman Islands, French In- 



