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Department III (B). — American Prehistoric Pottery. W. B. Holmes, 

 Bureau of E1 hnologj . honorary curator, 1 >r. Edward Foreman, asi istant, 

 one preparator. 



DIVISION 01 ZOOLOGY. 



Department IV. — Mammals. Frederick W. True, curator, one clerk, 

 i wo preparators. 



Department V (A). — Birds. Robeii Rid g way, curator, Leonhard 

 Btejneger, assistant, one clerk and one preparator. 



Department V(B). — Birds' Eggs. Capt. Charles Bendire, XT. S. A., 

 honorary curator (volunteer), and one clerk. 



Department VI. — Reptiles and Batrachians. Dr. II. 0. Yarrow, hon- 

 orary curator (volunteer). 



Department VII. Pishes. Dr. T. II. Bean, curator, two assistants 

 detailed from the United States Pish Commission. 



Department VI If. — < Comparative Anatomy, Frederick \Y. True, cura- 

 tor, V. A. Lucas, assistant, and one preparator. 



Department IX. — Mollusks. W. II. Dall, curator, P. E. 0. Steams, 

 adjunct curator, both of U. S. Geological Survey, one clerk. 



Department X. — Insects. Prof. 0. V. Riley, honorary curator (vol- 

 unteer). 



Department XI. — Marine Invertebrates. Richard Bathbun, U. S. 

 Fish Commission, curator, one assistant, and one clerk detailed from 

 the United States Fish Commission. 



Department XII(A). — Invertebrate Fossils, Paleozoic. C.J). Walcott, 

 United States Geological Survey, honorary curator. 



Department XII (/>). — Invertebrate Fossils, Mesozoic and Cenozoic 

 Dr. O. A. White, CTnited States Geological Survey, honorary curator, 

 J. B. Marcon, CTnited States Geological Survey, honorary assistant, one 

 clerk. 



DIVISION OF BOTANY. 



Department XIII. — Fossil and Recent Plaids. — Lester P. Ward, 

 I aited States Geological Survey, honorary curator, one clerk, one pre- 

 parator. 



DIVISION <>!• GEOLOGY. 



Department XIV. — Mineralogy. Dr. P. W. Clarke, United States 

 Geological Survey, honorary curator, W. S. Yeates, assistant. 



Department XV. — Lithology and Physical Geology. George P.Mer- 

 rill, acting curator, one preparator. 



Department XVI. — Metallurgy and Economic Geology. Fred. P. 



1 tewey, curator. 



A comparison of the above classification with that presented in the re- 

 ports for 1883 will show changes in the following particulars, uamely, thai 

 the scope of the Department of Arts and Industries has been augmented 

 during the year by the addition of two sections : (1) Naval Architecture, 

 of which Capt. J. W. Collins is the honorary curator, and 2) Animal 

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