﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  President. 
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  EXTINCT 
  INVERTEBRATES. 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Geology 
  and 
  Invertebrate 
  Paleon- 
  

   tology. 
  — 
  The 
  Curator 
  and 
  his 
  assistant 
  have 
  continued 
  the 
  

   cataloguing 
  and 
  labeling 
  of 
  the 
  extensive 
  collection 
  of 
  inverte- 
  

   brate 
  fossils. 
  Also 
  certain 
  of 
  the 
  exhibition 
  collections 
  have 
  

   been 
  thoroughly 
  cleaned 
  and 
  improved. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  acquisitions 
  should 
  be 
  mentioned 
  a 
  collection 
  

   of 
  fossils 
  from 
  Grant 
  Land, 
  presented 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Ward- 
  

   well 
  and 
  Charles 
  Percy, 
  both 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  recent 
  Peary 
  

   Expedition. 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Granger 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Barnum 
  Brown 
  

   also' 
  have 
  made 
  valuable 
  contributions 
  to 
  the 
  department. 
  

  

  The 
  Curator 
  has 
  prepared 
  three 
  articles 
  which 
  are 
  appear- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  the 
  Bulletin. 
  

  

  The 
  princif&l 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Hovey, 
  the 
  Associate 
  

   Curator, 
  has 
  been 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  preparation 
  and 
  editing 
  of 
  

   the 
  American 
  Museum 
  Journal 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  series 
  of 
  Guide 
  

   Leaflets. 
  This 
  journal 
  has 
  been 
  issued 
  monthly 
  from 
  October 
  

   to 
  May, 
  instead 
  of 
  quarterly, 
  as 
  formerly, 
  and 
  the 
  Guide 
  

   Leaflets 
  are 
  now 
  issued 
  independent 
  of 
  it. 
  Dr. 
  Hovey 
  has 
  

   also 
  assisted 
  in 
  the 
  Members' 
  lectures, 
  the 
  holiday 
  lectures 
  

   and 
  the 
  children's 
  courses. 
  He 
  has 
  prepared 
  and 
  published 
  one 
  

   article 
  in 
  the 
  Bulletin 
  and 
  a 
  Guide 
  Leaflet 
  to 
  the 
  meteorite 
  

   collection 
  in 
  the 
  foyer. 
  

  

  LIVING 
  AND 
  EXTINCT 
  RACES 
  OF 
  MEN. 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Ethnology. 
  — 
  The 
  collections 
  in 
  this 
  

   department 
  have 
  been 
  greatly 
  enriched 
  through 
  the 
  addition 
  

   of 
  new 
  material 
  of 
  great 
  scientific 
  value 
  and 
  of 
  much 
  general 
  

   interest. 
  Early 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  Director 
  opened 
  negotiations 
  

   with 
  the 
  authorities 
  of 
  the 
  Congo 
  Free 
  State, 
  and 
  arrange- 
  

   ments 
  were 
  made 
  whereby 
  the 
  Belgian 
  Government 
  is 
  to 
  pre- 
  

   sent 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  extensive 
  ethnological 
  collections 
  illus- 
  

   trating 
  the 
  customs, 
  culture 
  and 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  natives 
  

   of 
  the 
  Congo. 
  Three 
  shipments, 
  containing 
  more 
  than 
  2,000 
  

   specimens, 
  have 
  already 
  been 
  received. 
  

  

  A 
  unique 
  collection 
  of 
  tattooed 
  heads 
  of 
  the 
  Maori, 
  the 
  

   natives 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  — 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  great 
  scientific 
  

  

  