Jan., 1907. Annual Report of the Director. 15 



Geological, . . . . . . . . . . , . . 336 . 



Ornithological, 177 



Zoological, 272 



Report 610 



The following table shows the number of exchanges with each of 

 the Insular Possessions. 



Philippine Islands 2 



pv ; P-brto Rico, . . . - . . . . . . . : \.. . * 1 



Hawaii, 5 



Total, 8 



The number of exchanges receiving the different publications in 

 the Insular Possessions are as follows: 



Anthropological, . 2 



Botanical;. . ... . . 5 



Geological, 3 



Ornithological, 2 



Zoological, 6 



Report, .... .8 



Library. — During the period covered by this report 5,187 books 

 and pamphlets have been added to the Library, doubling the acces- 

 sions of recent years. Among the purchases of special interest are: 

 Blanco's Flora de Filipinas; Historia Naturali Palmarum; Biologia 

 Centrali Americana, Botany and Zoology; a collection of zoological 

 works obtained from Dr. D. G. Elliot, consisting of 1,244 books and 

 pamphlets; and a collection of botanical works brought together 

 by Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, consisting of 1,500 books, and pamphlets. 

 Among the gifts special mention is made of the "Investigations and 

 Studies in Jade," describing and illustrating the Bishop collection in 

 the Metropolitan Museum in New York. This magnificent edition, 

 presented by the estate of the late Heber R. Bishop of New York, was 

 privately printed and limited to 100 copies. The Museum is to 

 be congratulated upon being one of the fortunate recipients. Note- 

 worthy gifts were also received from the Due de Loubat ; Dr. Antonio 

 Penafiel, City of Mexico, Mexico; Dr. T. J. Cheeseman, Auckland, 

 New Zealand; Dr. Edward Seler, Berlin, Germany; Mr. George 

 Murray Guion, Chicago ; Anthropological Society of Bombay, Calcutta, 

 India; Musee du Congo, Bruxelles, Belgium; Musee d'Histoire 

 Naturelle, Marseilles, France; Svenska Sallskapet Antropologia och 

 Geografi, Stockholm, Sweden; Rijks Musee van Natuurlijke Histoire, 

 Leyden, Netherlands; Cincinnati Museum of Natural History; and 

 the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Exchanges have been 



