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sentative series of objects actually used during the recent conflict by 

 the Uniter) States, the Allies, and the enemy countries. 



The most notable collection not connected with the war received 

 by the division of history during the past year consists of a very 

 large and interesting series of costumes and accessories worn by the 

 late Richard Mansfield in his extensive repertoire of historic char- 

 acters, presented by Mrs. Mansfield. Many other historical relics 

 were received, among them the gold medal awarded by act of Con- 

 gress to Capt. Thomas Truxtun, United States Navy, in recognition 

 of the defeat of the French ship Vengeance^ February 1, 1800, lent by 

 Mr. Thomas Truxtun Houston ; a silver-mounted telescope owned by 

 Thomas Jefferson, lent by Brig. Gen. Jefferson Randolph Kean. 

 Medical Corps, United States Army; and a jeweled sword presented 

 to Maj. Gen. John R. Brooke, United States Army, by American and 

 Cuban friends in 1899. 



The operations of the curators of the divisions of ethnology and 

 archeology in Arizona have added considerably to the collections 

 in archeology, and Dr. W. L. Abbott has supplemented the material 

 generously contributed by him in previous j^ears from Celebes with 

 a large series of costumes, ornaments, and implements collected by 

 Mr. H. C. Raven. Especially interesting are the decorative de- 

 signs on the bark cloth used for costumes on these islands. 



In physical anthropology very important accessions from the 

 ancient pueblo region were received through Mr. F. W. Hodge, as a 

 gift from the Museum of the American Indian, and as a gift from 

 Dr. Edwin Kirk valuable crania and other physical remains from 

 the territory occupied by the Haida and Tlingit tribes of Alaska. 



Biology. — The number of specimens received during the year by 

 the department of biology, totaling about 482,740, vastly exceeded 

 the number accessioned last year. This great increase was chiefly duo 

 to the incorporation of the unrivaled collection of Antillean land 

 mollusks, aggregating approximately 400,000 specimens, which was 

 donated by Mr. John B. Henderson, a regent of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. It is one of the most complete and extensive collections 

 of its kind in existence not only because it contains nearly all the 

 known West Indian species but because of the large number of types 

 and authentic specimens which it includes. Among the many other 

 important collections received, it may be well to mention the final in- 

 stallment of Mr. Raven's Celebes collections, which we owe to Dr. W. 

 L, Abbott's generosity, and the interesting material from the Collins- 

 Garner Expedition to the French Congo, containing as it does, 

 besides a large number of birds and smaller mammals, three gorillas 

 and several chimpanzees. Secretary Walcott, during his explorations 

 in British Columbia, collected several large mammals for the Museum, 



