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collections and the Indian habitat groups in the Hall of the 

 Indians of the Southwest. The researches of Doctor Spinden 

 on the pueblos of the Rio Grande, of Mr. Nelson on the ruins 

 of Galisteo, and of Doctor Goddard on the Apache are 

 establishing very exact standards of the history of this region. 

 Professor A. L. Kroeber of the University of California has 

 been making a special study of the clan and family relations 

 among the Zuni. 



In the Plains we have Rev. G. L. Wilson's volume on 

 the Mandan-Hidatsa; Doctor Lowie's on the Shoshone, and 

 Mr. James R. Murie's on the Pawnee. 



One of the most important problems is the date of man's 

 arrival in North America. This is being especially investi- 

 gated by Dr. Chester A. Reeds and Mr. Leslie Spier in the 

 glacial deposits of the Delaware valley, made famous 

 through the prior explorations of Messrs. Putnam, Abbott 

 and Volk. 



The significant feature of all this anthropological research 

 is that it brings together for the Museum a synthesis 

 of the entire history of Indian life in North America, 

 which, enriched by the Jesup North Pacific researches, still 

 continued under the direction of Professor Boas, will finally 

 afford material for a great historic treatment of the Indians 

 of North America as a whole. 



Of the Anthropological Papers reporting these results, 

 seventeen volumes are now published or under way. 



The biological survey of Porto Rico, undertaken in coope- 

 ration with the New York Academy of Sciences and the 



„. , , . c Insular Government, has been carried on 



Biological Survey ' 



of Porto Rico ' actively by several members of the Museum's 

 staff, namely, Dr. H. E. Crampton, Dr. F. E. 

 Lutz, Mr. R. W. Miner, Mr. A. J. Mutchler, Dr. Chester A. 

 Reeds and Professor A. L. Treadwell. Under the present 

 arrangements, the specimens secured are presented to the 

 Museum. The scientific results are to be published by the 

 New York Academy of Sciences. 



