56 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. 



Mr. William II. Holmes, formerly Head Curator of the Department 

 of Anthropology, but now Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnol- 

 ogy, has accepted the position of honorary curator of the division of 

 prehistoric archeology, and Mr. J. I). McGuire, also of the Bureau 

 of Ethnology, that of collaborator in the same division. Other appoint- 

 ments have been made as follows: Dr. Edward L. Greene, formerly 

 professor of botany in the Catholic University of America, associate 

 in botany; Mr. Paul Brockett, custodian of the division of graphic 

 arts, and Mr. J. S. Goldsmith as superintendent of construction and 

 labor, being a part of the service performed by the late Dr. J. E. 

 Watkins. The appointment of Mr. Walter L. Halm, as aid in the 

 division of mammals, in 1902-03, inadvertently failed to receive men- 

 tion in the last report. 



A number of members of the scientific staff have severed their con- 

 nection with the Museum, all at their own volition, to accept positions 

 elsewhere at higher compensation. Among these were Mr. F. A. 

 Lucas, curator of comparative anatomy, who has become curator-in- 

 chief of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; 

 Mr. Louis Pollard, assistant curator in the division of plants; Mr. 

 Rolla P. Currie, aid in the division of insects; and Mr. W. C. Phalen, 

 aid, Messrs. R. S. Bassler and Alvan S. Stewart, preparators, in the 

 Department of Geology. 



Dr. Marcus W. Lyon, jr., of the division of mammals, who on 

 November 1, 1902, was temporarily transferred to the service of the 

 Smithsonian Institution and its bureaus in connection with the exhibit 

 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition as chief special agent, is still 

 employed in that capacity. 



NECROLOGY. 



It is with deep regret that I have to record the death, on August 

 11, 1903, of Dr. J. Elfreth Watkins, whose official connection with 

 the National Museum extended almost continuously over a period of 

 nearly twenty years. 



Dr. Watkins was born in Ben Lomond, Virginia, on May IT, 1852, 

 his parents being Dr. Francis B. Watkins and Mary Elfreth. He 

 was a descendant of Thomas Watkins, who, during the War of the 

 Revolution, aided in organizing a troop of cavalry, while on his 

 mother's side he was connected with Timothy Matlack, known as the 

 "Fighting Quaker," a member of the Committee on Safety in Penn- 

 sylvania, and later a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1780 

 to 1787; and also with John Elfreth, who served in the Philadelphia 

 City Troops in 1814. 



After receiving an academic education at Tremont Seminary in 



