Gifts and Acknowledgments 43 



species at the Zoological Park, continue their educational work 

 in the Museum collections. 



Other special gifts are: An ancestral tablet (for worship), 

 from China, and a sacred belt, apron and head-dress of a lama 

 of Tibet from Mrs. William Tod Helmuth; a fur coat made 

 up in parka fashion, probably of marten skins, Alaska, from 

 Mrs. E. H. Harriman; horns from Alaskan moose, spread 66 

 inches, engraved with Haida figures, from Juneau or Sitka, 

 presented by J. M. Ellsworth. Five thousand feet of motion 

 picture film of microscopic life, marine views, embryology and 

 hatching of chick, and formation of crystals was the gift of 

 Mr. A. Fabbri. More than 8,000 insects from China were re- 

 ceived from the Reverend Harry R. Caldwell ; an archaeological 

 collection of about 3,500 specimens from New York State and 

 a series of ethnological specimens from North American In- 

 dians were presented by Mr. W. L. Hildburgh. A Chinese 

 costume was given by Mrs. J. A. Finn; 517 birdskins from 

 Ecuador by Mr. William B. Richardson ; a mummified body of 

 a man with a rabbit-skin blanket and some bone fragments, 

 from a cliff cave in Tularosa Mountains of New Mexico, near 

 Frisco River, were the gift of Dr. S. M. Strong, U. S. A. 



The Spanish-American Iron Company of Santiago, Cuba, 

 rendered much valuable service to the Museum through active 

 cooperation with Mr. Anthony in the field. The company 

 steamer and railroads were placed at Mr. Anthony's disposal, 

 quarters at Daiquiri were given for several weeks, and horses 

 and men were always had for the asking. 



While in the field, the Asiatic Zoological Expedition was 

 assisted very materially by the following gentlemen, without 

 whose cooperation it would have been impossible to carry on 

 the work, and it is a pleasure to acknowledge here the indebt- 

 edness of the American Museum to them: the Director of the 

 Bureau of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese government; M. 

 Georges Chemin Dupontes, Directeur de l'Exploitation de la 

 Compagnie Franchise des Chemins de Fer de lTndochine et du 

 Yunnan, Hanoi, Tongking; M. Henry Wilden, Consul de 

 France, Shanghai; M. Kraemer, Consul de France, Hongkong; 

 Mr. Howard Page, Standard Oil Co., Yunnan-fu; Hon. Paul 

 Reinsch, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary 



