Jan., 1915. 



Annual Report of the Director. 



373 



Wyoming 

 Cuba . 

 Hawaii . 



2 Philippine Islands 



3 Porto Rico 

 5 



3 



I 



Distribution of Publications (Domestic) by Series 



Anthropological 232 Ichthyological 



Botanical 304 Ornithological 



Geological 313 Report . 



Historical 161 Zoological . 



151 

 160 



626 

 266 



THE LIBRARY. — The Library contains 64,875 books and pamphlets 

 distributed as follows: 



There were added dtiring the year 2,639 books and pamphlets. The 

 principal growth has been through gifts and interchange of the Museimi's 

 publications with individuals and institutions. Among the important 

 purchases were complete sets to date of the Transactions of the Asiatic 

 Society of Japan; Journal fiir Ornithologie; Ornithologische Monats- 

 berichte; and Ornis. Through the continued interest of friends a num- 

 ber of valuable publications were received. Mrs. Frank W. Barker, 

 Chicago, presented ten parts of a rare work ''The Acropolis of Ancon." 

 Dr. Berthold Laufer, Chicago, a copy of ''Epigraphische Denkmaler 

 aus China, Part first'* recently published by Dr. Laufer and Otto 

 Franke. Publications were also received from Mrs. F. H. Chalfant 

 of Pittsburgh; Prof. Henry F. Osborn of New York; Sir Thomas W. 

 Northcote of London; Judge Curtis H. Lindley of San Francisco; 

 and Prof. Alexander W. Evans of New Haven. The courtesy of 

 several contemporary institutions enabled the Library to complete 

 sets of their publications. The more noteworthy were: Amer- 

 ican Geographical Society New York City; British Museum Lon- 

 don; Cambridge University, Cambridge, England; Kentucky Geolog- 

 ical Survey Frankfort; South Park Commission, Chicago; Museum of 

 Natural History, Marseilles, France; Royal Asiatic Society, Shanghai; 

 Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland; Royal Museum of 

 Bohemia, Prag; Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frank- 

 fort-am-Main; Zoological Institute, Strassburg; Royal Society of 

 Tasmania, Hobart; National University of La Plata, Buenos Aires. 

 The books and periodicals bound dining the year number 504. As 

 routine work permits, the opportunity is being improved to make a 



General Library 

 Department of Anthropology 



42,656 



3.189 

 6,718 

 9,181 

 3,131 



Department of Botany 

 Department of Geology 

 Department of Zoology 



64,875 



