Jan., 1908. 



Annual Report of the Director. 



121 



while over 1,000 cards were added to the box catalogue. In the 

 Division of Ornithology over 7,000 labels were prepared, and attached 

 to the specimens in the study collection. 



The year's work on catalogues and inventorying is shown in 

 detail as follows: 





No. of 



Total No. of 



Entries 



Total No 





Record 



Entries to 



during 



of Cards 





Books 



Dec. 31, 1907. 



1907. 



Written. 



Department of Anthropology . 



3 1 



93,020 



12,896 



96,910 



Department of Botany 



49 



2 19,800 



26,310 





Department of Geology 



20 



7 2 . 8 37 



10,635 



6,630 



Department of Zoology 



21 



67,45 2 



10,102 



23,911 



The Library 



I I 



57,130 



6,241 



66,085 



Section of Photography 



6 



59-523 



10,600 





Accessions. — The most important additions to the Department of 

 Anthropology during the year have been acquired through expeditions. 

 Foremost among these is the material obtained by Assistant Curator 

 Simms from the Igorot tribes of northern Luzon, chiefly from the prov- 

 inces of Lepanto, Bontoc, and Nueva Vizcaya. Mr. Simms remained 

 many months in this region, as noted in the last report, engaged in 

 investigation under the Robert F. Cummings fund. The collection is 

 probably the largest and most representative ever made from any one 

 tribe in the Island. Second in importance is a large and representa- 

 tive collection of ethnological specimens, illustrating the culture of the 

 Sauk and Fox Indians, of Tama, Iowa, made by Dr. William Jones. 

 This collection admirably supplements one made at the same place 

 several years ago by the Curator of the Department. As a result of the 

 expedition from the Department of Zoology in British East Africa, 

 Mr. C. E. Akeley brought back several hundred unusually interesting 

 specimens, representative of the culture of several tribes of that region. 

 Mr. V. Shaw Kennedy, who accompanied Mr. Akeley on that expedi- 

 tion, brought a number of specimens to Chicago with him, and has 

 presented them to the Museum. From Vice-president Ryerson has 

 been received, as a gift, a small but valuable collection made a few years 

 ago by Curator Cory among the Seminoles of Florida. From Tuan 

 Fang, a viceroy of The Two Kiang Provinces, China, was received a 

 very interesting, ancient Chinese monument, bearing inscriptions in 

 excellent state of preservation. This gift of the Viceroy was to 

 commemorate his visit to this Institution. Of the collections ac- 

 quired by purchase, the largest was that secured from a well-known 



