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V. Birds: Robert Eidgway, curator; Leonard Stejneger, assistant en rator. 



Bikd's Eggs : Charles E^ Bendire, U. S. Army, curator.* 

 VL Reptiles and Batrachians: H. C. Yarrow, M. D., curator. " 

 VIL Fishes: Tarleton H. Bean, curator ; * Barton A. Beau, aid. 

 VIII. Vertebrate Fossils: O. C. Marsh, U. S. Geological Survey, curator.* 

 IX. MoLLUSKS : W. H. Dall, U S. Geological Survey, curator ; * R. E. C. Stearns, 



adjunct curator. 

 X. Insects: C. V. Riley, Department of Agriculture, curator;* J. B. Smith, as- 

 sistant curatoi\ 

 XI. Marine Invertebrates : Richard Rathhun, U. S. Fish Commission, curator.* 

 XII. Comparative Anatomy: F. W. True, acting curator ; F. A. Lucas, assistant 

 curator. 



XIII. Invertebrate Fossils : 



Paleozoic: C. D. Walcott, U. S. Geological Survey, curator.* 

 Mesozoic : C. A. White, U. S. Geological Survey, curator.* 

 Cenozoic : W. H. Dall, U. S. Geological Survey, curator.* 



XIV. Fossil Plants : Lester F. Ward, U. S. Geological Survey, curator ; * F. H. 



Kuowltou, assistant curator. 

 XV. Recent Plants: Lester F. Ward, U. S. Geological Survey, curator; * F. H. 



Knowlton, assistant curator. 

 XVI. Minerals : F. W. Clarke, U. S. Geological Survey, curator ; * William S. 

 Yeates, assistant curator. 

 XVII. LiTHOLOGY AND PHYSICAL Geology : George p. Merrill, curator. 

 XVIII. Metallurgy and Economic Geology : Fred. P. Dewey, curator. 

 XIX. Living Animals : William T. Horuaday, curator. 



THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. 



There have been no important changes in the administrative corps 

 during the year. 



Mr. W. V. Cox, chief clerk, acted as representative of the Smithson- 

 ian Institution at the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition. 



F.— REVIEW OF WOEK IN THE SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENTS. 



The energies of several of the curators have been devoted during the 

 greater part of the year to the preparation of exhibits for the Cincin- 

 nati Exposition. A report upon the participation of the Smithsonian 

 Institution in this exposition, including statements in regard to the 

 several exhibits, will be published in the report for 1889. This work 

 has seriously interfered with the regular Museum duties of the curators, 

 and has consequently diminished the amount of original research in the 

 scientific departments of the Museum. It is a matter of regret that so 

 few of the special collections in the Department of Arts and Industries 

 have been formally reported upon this year. In many cases the cura- 

 tors of these collections are performing this work in an honorary ca- 

 pacity, and are compelled to devote the greater part of their time to the 

 accomplishment of work connected with their official duties. Following 

 the custom adopted in previous reports, I have briefly reviewed the 

 work of each department separately. 



* Honorary. 



