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was engaged to identify and catalogue our extensive ethno- 

 logical collections from the Philippines, and the work has been 

 most satisfactorily done. 



Among the field workers, Dr. J. R. Walker has made con- 

 siderable progress with the physical measurements among the 

 Dakota at Pine Ridge. Mr. D. C. Duvall, among the Black- 

 foot, has completed his field notes upon games and amuse- 

 ments. Mr. R. H. Lowie has visited the Shoshone Indians 

 on the Lemhi Indian Reservation in Idaho for the purpose of 

 studying their ethnology. Dr. C. C. Vinton is collecting 

 material in Korea, and Mr. M. R. Harrington has been com- 

 missioned to make a collection from the Iroquois in Canada. 



The Acting Curator has also assumed the editorship of the 

 anthropological papers published by the Museum. 



Jesup North Pacific Expedition Publications. — In June 

 Professor Franz Boas retired as Curator of the Department 

 of Anthropology, and has since acted as the editor of the 

 Jesup North Pacific Expedition publications on a fund estab- 

 lished by Mr. Jesup. During the year the following parts 

 have been completed : 



Vol. II, Part V. " The Lillooet Indians." By James Teit. 

 Vol. X, Part I. " Kwakiutl Texts — Second Series." By Franz Boas 

 and George Hunt. 



Department of Entomology. — A considerable portion of 

 the Curator's time has been occupied in identifying, labeling 

 and cataloguing the collections received. In connection with 

 this work Mr. Beutenmiiller has visited the United States 

 National Museum at Washington, the American Entomological 

 Society at Philadelphia, and the New York State Museum at 

 Albany for purposes of study. In all, 9,300 specimens have 

 been mounted. 



Among the important gifts should be mentioned a collec- 

 tion of. 2,000 butterflies, from Mr. William Schaus, and a col- 

 lection of termites and nests from Panama, presented by Mrs. 

 A. Beaumont. These were collected by the late James 

 Beaumont. 



