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The subglacial pot-hole from the town of Russell, St. 

 Lawrence County, N. Y., which was mentioned in my last 

 annual report, was transported to the Museum during the 

 winter and mounted under the archway in front of the main 

 entrance, as a companion piece to the Kelley's Island glacial 

 grooves. 



The 450-kilogram Mainka seismograph which was presented 

 last year by Emerson McMillin to the New York Academy of 

 Sciences, arrived during 191 2, and was deposited by the 

 Academy at the Museum in care of this department. The 

 installation included the construction of a solid concrete pier 

 reaching to the solid rock, and the instrument is now on exhi- 

 bition in the little room reached from the southeast corner of 

 the Eskimo Hall on the ground floor. This is the largest 

 instrument in the United States for recording earthquake 

 shocks. 



EXISTING AND EXTINCT RACES OF MEN 



Clark Wissler, Curator 



Department of Anthropology. — Several important ac- 

 cessions are credited to the year just closed. Ogden Mills 

 presented some 400 oil paintings by the famous George Catlin, 

 many of which are now on exhibition in the Plains and Wood- 

 lands Halls. Mrs. Edward H. Harriman presented a large 

 collection from the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska. 

 From the field work the greatest returns in collections were 

 by the southwestern archaeological expedition in charge of 

 Assistant Curator Nelson and the Stefansson -Anderson ex- 

 pedition to Coronation Gulf. In addition may be mentioned 

 a Penobscot collection by Dr. Speck and Mr. Paul, a Potawa- 

 tomi collection by Mr. Skinner, a Hidatsa-Mandan collection 

 by G. L. Wilson, a Ute-Shoshone collection by Dr. Lowie and 

 a New Jersey Rock-shelter series by Mr. Schrabisch. 



There were many small gifts of specimens during the year 

 as noted in the accession list. It is hoped that such gifts may 

 increase, for in this way the general collections are gradually 

 rounded out and made useful for study and reference. The 

 year just closed has been marked by the great increase in the 



