L BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
Collections—Mr MeGee has been occupied chiefly in admin- 
istrative and editorial work. Mr William Dinwiddie continued 
and completed the development of negatives taken during the 
recent expedition to the Papago-Seri country, and is resuming 
the labeling, arrangement, etc, of the collection. 
Anthropologie classification—TVhe Director has been occupied 
in elaborating the classification of the science of man, which 
forms the foundation for the work of the Bureau. In this 
work the voluminous collection of manuscripts, notes, and other 
material collected by the Bureau since its institution is con- 
stantly used, and is found of great value. 
Publication—The composition of the Thirteenth Annual 
Report is nearly completed, a few pages remaining for revision. 
During the month the bulletin by Dr Franz Boas, entitled 
“Chinook Texts,” was delivered from the bindery and distribu- 
tion was begun. The bulletin by Mr Mooney on the ‘‘Siouan 
Tribes of the East,” is reported in the bindery, and that by Mr 
Fowke or. ‘‘Archeologic Investigations in James and Potomac 
Valleys” is reported on the press. 
OPERATIONS DURING MAY 
As hitherto, for some months field work has been limited; 
Mr James Mooney remains in the field collecting material for 
and preparing a report on Kiowa heraldry; and Dr J. Walter 
Fewkes repaired to New Mexico during the closing days of 
the month for the purpose of making collections among the 
ruins of ancient pueblos. 
Work in Indian hieroglyphics—Vhe interruption of Dr Cyrus 
Thomas’ researches relating to the codices and other inscrip- 
tions of southwestern United States and Mexico is continued. 
During the greater part of the month he has been employed in 
the preparation of the introduction to the monograph by C. C. 
Royce on ‘Indian Land Cessions.” 
Work in archeology—The execution of the drawings designed 
to illustrate the report by Mr Cosmos Mindeleff on the cliff 
ruins of Canyon de Chelly has been carried forward, though 
somewhat slowly by reason of pressure toward the completion 
of illustrations for other reports now being made ready for the 
press. 
