266 
Field  Columbian  Museum — ; 
Reports,  Vol. 
i. 
April    2. — "  Zinc  Mining  and  Smelting." 
Mr.  H.  W.  Nichols,  Assistant  Curator  Department 
of  Geology. 
April   9. — "  Zoology — A  Glance  at  the  Leading  Types  of  the  Animal 
Kingdom. " 
Prof.  Frank  Collins  Baker,  Curator  of  the  Chicago 
Academy  of  Sciences. 
April  16.  —  "A  Tour  of  the  Plant  World."    (North  America.) 
Dr.  C.  F.  Millspaugh,  Curator  Department  of  Bot- 
any. 
April  23. — "The  Archeology  of  Peru." 
Dr.  George  A.  Dorsey,  Acting  Curator  Department 
of  Anthropology. 
April  30.  — "  Historical  Development  of  the  Steam  Engine." 
Prof.  C.  V.  Kerr,  Armour  Institute  of  Technology. 
There  are  now  on  hand  1,466  slides,  classified  by  lectures  as  fol- 
lows : 
Total  Number  Number  of  Illus- 
Department.  of  Slides.  trated  Lectures. 
Anthropology,  262  slides  12 
Botany,     .........      315     "  8 
Geology,   455     "  13 
Zoology,  327     "  14 
General,  107     "  3 
Total,   1,466  slides 
In  addition  to  their  assignments  on  the  regular  lecture  course  of 
the  Museum,  the  curators  of  the  institution  entered  cordially  into  the 
Chicago  Record  course  of  lectures  delivered  at  different  public  schools 
within  the  city,  contributing  very  largely,  as  has  been  generously 
acknowledged,  to  the  success  of  that  undertaking. 
Publications. — The  publications  of  the  Museum  during  the  year 
have  appeared  from  time  to  time  as  the  opportunity  for  study,  re- 
search, and  observation  presented  itself  and  the  importance  of  the 
subject  matter  dictated.  The  following  list  is  presented,  giving  the 
titles  of  issues  since  the  date  of  the  last  report,  with  the  number  of 
pages  and  illustrations  : 
Pub.  22. — Zool.  Ser.,  Vol.  1,  No.  8.  ''  List  of  Fishes  and  Reptiles 
by  Field  Columbian  Museum  East  African  Expedition 
to  Somali  Land  in  1896."  By  S.  E.  Meek.  26  pages, 
edition  1,000,  2  illustrations  (2  zinc  etchings). 
