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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. 



Schuchert while in Russia, was presented by the Imperial Acadenry 

 of Sciences of St. Petersburg, through the cooperation of Dr. Fred- 

 erich von Schmidt, and a valuable donation consisting of nearly 600 

 specimens of Hamilton brachiopods was received from the Yale 

 University Museum. By exchange with the Zoological Museum of 

 the University of Copenhagen more than a hundred specimens of 

 identified European mesozoic and tertiary bryozoans were obtained. 



To the collection of fossil vertebrates were added tine specimens of 

 pterodactyl, ichthyosaurus, and teleosaurus; some fishes from the 

 lithographic limestone, and a fossil skull of Bison alleni from a placer 

 deposit of frozen gravel, 25 feet below the surface. The object last 

 mentioned is especially noteworth} T as being the first specimen of the 

 species discovered in Alaska. It was secured through the efforts of 

 Gen. Timothy E. Wilcox, U. S. A. (retired), and was presented to the 

 Museum by Mr. Donald McLean, of Rampart City. Alaska. 



One hundred and thirty-two fossil plants, collected from the higher 

 beds of the anthracite series, were donated by Mr. C. W. Unger, of 

 Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and 190 specimens of fossil plants from Illi- 

 nois, Ohio, and other localities, forming part of the Carl Rominger 

 collection, were also obtained. 



The approximate number of specimens received by the Museum 

 during the year and the total number in the possession of the Museum 

 at the close of the vear are recorded in the following table: 



Department. 



Anthropology: 



Ethnology 



Historic archeology 



Historic religions 



Prehistoric archeology. 



Technology 



Graphic arts 



Medicine 



History 



Physical anthropology . 



Ceramics 



Photography 



Music 



Biology: 



Mammals 



Birds 



Birds' eggs 



Reptiles and batrachians 

 Fishes 



Mollusks 



Insects 



Marine invertebrates 

 Helminthology 



I Number 

 i >f speci- 

 I mens Total. 

 I received I 

 in 1903-04 



