Vol. XI] EVERMANN— DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1921 (y\\ 



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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM 

 FOR THE YEAR 1921 



By BARTON WARREN EVERMANN 

 Director of the Museum 



The annual report of the Director for the year 1920 was 

 presented to the Academy at the annual meeting February 

 16, 1921. At that time the taxidermists were at work upon 

 the Grizzly Bear Group. Shortly afterward the artist began 

 upon the background for that group. The work of both taxi- 

 dermists and artist has been progressing very slowly, but it is 

 hoped that the group will be completed in a few days. 



Owing to lack of funds necessary to secure competent 

 preparators, very little has been done during the year upon 

 small panel groups. It is hoped that during the coming year 

 funds may be available to enable the Museum to prepare a 

 considerable number of groups of this class. It is also hoped 

 that we may be able to complete the Golden Gate Park Bird 

 exhibit and that the exhibit of fur-bearing animals of Cali- 

 fornia which we have long had in mind may be commenced. 



PERSONNEL 



The personnel of the Museum remains about the same as it 

 was one year ago. Mr. William Heim, taxidermist, who was 

 absent on account of ill health in the early fall of 1920, re- 

 turned but soon found it necessary to take still further leave. 



The employes of the Academy at this date are as follows : 

 Dr. Barton Warren Evermann, Director and Executive 

 Curator of the Museum, Editor, and Director of the Steinhart 

 Aquarium ; W. W. Sargeant, Secretary to the Board of Trus- 

 tees; Miss Susie Peers, Secretary to the Director; Joseph W. 

 Hobson, Recording Secretary; Miss Alice Eastwood, Curator 

 and Mrs. Kate E. Phelps, assistant, Department of Botany; 

 Edward P. Van Duzee, Curator, F. R. Cole, Curator in 

 Dipterology, and J. O. Martin, assistant, Department of Ento- 

 mology; Dr. John Van Denburgh, Curator, and Joseph R. 

 Slevin, assistant curator, Department of Herpetology; Dr. G. 



