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[N. S. Vol. LI. No. 1330 



Guides, 1,886 Handlooks, 3,087 Leaflets and 

 1,044 Reprints, a total of 9,022 copies. 



The publications of The American Museum 

 of Natural History for the current year in- 

 clude the Animal Report; the Bulletin; the 

 Anthropological Papers; Natural History, the 

 Journal of The American Museum of Natural 

 History; the Guide Leaflets, and the Hand- 

 looks. During 1919 Volume XLI. of the 

 Bulletin was published, which contained three 

 articles on mammalogy, one on ichthyology, 

 nine on invertebrate zoology, three on verte- 

 brate pateontology, two on herpetology, one 

 on ornithology and one on invertebrate 

 palaeontology. Also two volumes relating to 

 the Belgian Congo were published: Volume 

 SXXIX., containing a monograph by Bequaert 

 on " A Revision of the Vespidse of the Belgian 

 Congo" and a monograph by Schmidt on 

 " Contributions to the Herpetology of the 

 Belgian Congo"; and Volume XI., which is 

 devoted entirely to Pilsbry's paper on " A 

 Review of the Land Mollusks of the Belgian 

 Congo." The collection of papers on the 

 Belgian Congo has steadily increased ; a " List 

 of Reports on the Results of The American 

 Museum Congo Expediton " published this 

 year contains a short description of fifteen 

 such papers. 



For the most part the members of the an- 

 thropological staff gave their time to the data 

 obtained on former field exi)editions. Prob- 

 lems of racial distinction and origins were 

 developed by Assistant Curator Sullivan and 

 Dr. Bruno Getteking. Mr. Sullivan, with the 

 cooperation of the department of physiology, 

 made a series of microphotographs of racial 

 hair cuttings for study and exhibition. His 

 main investigation, however, concerned itself 

 with a series of measurements upon full and 

 mixed-blood Indians made some years ago 

 under the direction of Professor Franz Boas. 

 These data have been thoroughly compiled and 

 correlated to show the results of race mixture. 

 Among some of the significant conclusions 

 are the constancy of degrees of correlation 

 between bodily proportions even in mixed- 

 bloods and the apparent inheritance of specific 

 correlations between face width and breadth 



of head. Dr. Getteking completed the meas- 

 urement and description of the skulls for 

 northeastern America and eastern Siberia, for 

 a report upon the physical anthropology of 

 the Jesup North Pacific Expedition. 



Facilities for promoting research in hmnan 

 biology have been greatly improved during 

 the year. A room adjoining the physiological 

 laboratory has been equipped as an anthro- 

 pometric laboratory and oiEce for Assistant 

 Curator Sullivan. By special arrangement 

 the equipment of the physiological laboratory 

 ia now available for the work of this depart- 

 ment. The Galton Society has organized a 

 special laboratory for the study of racial char- 

 acters, which, for the present, is housed in 

 this department, the curator being the chair- 

 man of its governing coromittee and Assistant 

 Curator Sullivan its director. 



Assistant Curator Spinden discovered a 

 correlation between the calendars of the Aztec 

 and Maya that promises to give an unbroken 

 historical record for the New World from the 

 beginning of the Christian era. Mr. Leslie 

 Spier has completed an exhaustive study of 

 the sun dance of the Plains Indians, revealing 

 some interesting culture movements among 

 these tribes. Dr. Elsie Clews Parsons has 

 nearly completed a detailed analysis of the 

 social organization of the Rio Grande Pueblo 

 Indians. 



The Anthropological Papers deal entirely 

 with the work of the department of anthro- 

 pology. These papers are now in their 

 twenty-ninth volimae. The nine parts which 

 api)eared during 1919 include articles on va- 

 rious phases of the history of the Crow, Aztec, 

 White Mountain Apache, Eskimo and Philip- 

 pine tribes, and make a total of 713 pages, 

 125 text-figures and 3 maps. Among these 

 articles are " Kinship in the Philippines," by 

 A. L. Kroeber, Vol. XIX., Part III.; "Myths 

 and Tales from the White Mountain Apache," 

 b7P. E. Goddard, Vol. XXIV., Part H.; and 

 "The Aztec Ruin," by Earl H. Morris, Vol. 

 XXVI., Part I. An important Guide Leaflet 

 on " Indian Beadwork " was prepared by Dr. 

 Wissler. The Handhooh on the "Peoples of 

 the Philippines," by A. L. Kroeber, has just 



