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All accessions in the Department of Geology have been fully cata- 

 logued as received, the largest number appended being obtained by the 

 addition of the specimens of the Frederick J. V. Skiff collection. In 

 packing or installing the older collections specimens occasionally were 

 found which had been overlooked in previous cataloguing, and the 

 opportunity was improved to record these also. The total number of 

 entries made during the year was 452. During the installation of the 

 cases in the new building, all missing or soiled labels have been replaced 

 as fast as the cases were installed, by new ones. As considerable care 

 was taken in packing the labels from the old installation so that loss 

 or injury should be avoided, the instances where such labels needed 

 replacement were fortunately few. New labels were also provided 

 for any specimens added that had not previously been installed, and 

 the form, wording or size of some of the old labels was changed in 

 instances where this seemed desirable. The total number of re-installed 

 cases completely labeled diu-ing the year is 70 and the total number of 

 new labels that have been prepared is 668. 



Cataloguing in the Department of Zoology during the year was 

 reduced to that which was absolutely necessary, namely 43 entries in 

 Mammalogy and 247 in Ornithology. Many exhibition labels have been 

 prepared, including an entirely new set for the large habitat groups of 

 mammals. 



The following table shows the work performed on catalogues and 

 inventorying accomplished : 





No. of 



Total No. 



Entries 



Total No. 





Record 



of Entries to 



During 



of Cards 





Books 



Dec. 31, 1920 



1920 



Written 



Department of Anthropology 



38 



155.194 



1,646 



155,334 





58 



482,310 



234 



87,409 





22 



141,472 



452 



8,456 





40 



101,304 



290 



34.696 



The Library 



14 



117,766 



6,690 



283,716 



Section of Photography 



20 



121,239 



395 





ACCESSIONS. — The most notable gift of the year in the Department 

 of Anthropology is the valuable collection of Indian baskets from British 

 Columbia and California made by Mr. Homer E. Sargent in the course 

 of fifteen years and presented by him to the Museum. The present 

 contribution of 342 baskets is merely the first installment; there are 

 several hundred more to come by next spring. This extensive collection 

 comprises excellent and partially old specimens from the Hupa, Pomo, 

 Paiute, Panamint, Maidu, Mono, Chumashan, Diegeno, Chemehuevi, 

 Navaho, and other tribes. Mr. Edward E. Ayer presented to the 

 department a kris from the Moro on the Philippines, a Pima basket 

 from California, several interesting objects from the Tlingit and Eskimo 



