Contents 

 Reports of the Departments — Continued page 



Education for the Blind. Jonathan Thorne Memorial Fund 51 



Instruction within the Museum 52 



Reference Photographs and Negatives 53 



Staff S3 



Geology and Extinct Invertebrates— Department of Geology and Invertebrate 



Palaeontology _ 54 



Important Acquisitions , 54 



Martinique, St. Vincent and Guadeloupe 54 



Porto Rico Survey 54 



Crocker Land Expedition 55 



Exhibition 56 



Laboratory Work 56 



Research 57 



Publications 57 



Minerals— Department of Mineralogy 57 



Accessions 57 



Gem Collection 58 



Woods and Forestry— Department of Woods and Forestry 59 



Existing Invertebrates— Department of Invertebrate Zoology 59 



Field Work and Research 59 



Publications 60 



Shell Collections 61 



Darwin Hall 62 



Insects^ and Spiders 62 



Accessions 62 



Recent and Extinct Fishes — Existing Reptiles and Batrachians — Department of 



Ichthyology and Herpetology 63 



Fishes. 63 



Accessions 63 



Devilfish 64 



Exhibition ^ 64 



Exhibit of Sharks and Other Fishes 64 



Study Collections 65 



Bibliography of Fishes 65 



Reptiles and Batrachians 65 



Expeditions 65 



Accessions 66 



Exhibition 67 



Collections and Research 68 



Changes in Staff 68 



Mammals and Birds — Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology 68 



Accessions 69 



Congo Expedition 69 



South America 70 



New Exhibits , 70 



Study Collections 71 



Research 71 



Publications < 71 



Extinct Vertebrates — Department of Vertebrate Palaeontology 72 



Field Expeditions 72 



New Exhibits 72 



Preparation and Exhibition of Study Collections 74 



Need of Exhibition Space 74 



New Installation of Study Collections 74 



The Evolution of Man. Researches and Exhibits • 75 



Other Researches and Publications 75 



Existing and Extinct Races of Men — Department of Anthropology 76 



Acquisitions 76 



Field Work and Research 78 



Exhibition 80 



Publications 81 



Anatomy and Physiology— Department of Anatomy and Physiology 81 



Public Health— Department of Public Health 82 



Exhibition 82 



Bacteriological Museum 83 



Extension Work in the High Schools 84 



Cooperation with Other Institutions 84 



Research 84 



Staff. 84 



The Library — Department of Books and Publications 85 



Acquisitions 86 



Osborn Library of Vertebrate Palaeontology 87 



Publications 87 



Technical Publications 87 



Popular Publications 88 



