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tribes of Vancouver Island and the Thompson and Frazer rivers. 

 Especially noteworthy in the material sent in by Dr. Newcombe are 

 several totem and house poles, ceremonial feast dishes, a very old 

 Haida grave-house, and an interesting and well -identified series of 

 ceremonial objects. In a similar manner, the Californian collections 

 have received notable additions from the continued researches of 

 Dr. J. W. Hudson, who has continued the work of investigating and 

 collecting in two regions not hitherto adequately represented in this 

 department: the first region being the lower Klamath, the second 

 that region of California adjacent to Death and Panamint valleys. 

 As a result of the work among the Cheyenne and Kiowa under the 

 direction of Mr. James Mooney and the co-operation of the Bureau of 

 Ethnology, additional material has been received, especially from the 

 Cheyenne. Of chief interest in this material is a full -sized Clieyenne 

 tipi, carefully made of skins after the old manner, decorated in colors, 

 and completely equipped with interior furnishings appropriate to a 

 Cheyenne tipi of a family of means and influence. As a result of the 

 Curator's continued investigation, among the tribes of the Caddoan 

 stock and the Arapaho, a considerable amount of material has been 

 acquired which makes the collections from those tribes more complete 

 and interesting. From nearly all of the above-mentioned expeditions 

 osteological material has been also acquired, especially from the ex- 

 pedition of Dr. Newcombe on the Northwest Coast. Among the 

 notable purchases made during the year should be mentioned, first 

 those made by Mr. Ayer, of specimens from Egypt, Italy, and Benin, 

 Africa. Mr. Clarence B. Moore has again manifested his friendly 

 interest in the department, as shown by his presentation Of fifteen 

 interesting specimens from Florida. The departmental collection 

 of ethnic photographs was enlarged by the acquisition of about 400 

 prints by purchase from the Bureau of Ethnology. It may be noted 

 in this connection that Mr. Carpenter, the official photographer of the 

 Museum, has devoted several months of the year to the work of photo- 

 graphing all the Indians and other primitive peoples brought together 

 by the Department of Anthropology and the Philippine Commission of 

 the World's Fair. Mr. Carpenter has not yet concluded his work, but 

 it is believed that he will have made, before the Exposition closes, 

 over 2,000 negatives. The value of such a collection of physical types 

 cannot be estimated. Ninety-six species of birds, of which. 11 were 

 new to the Museum collections, were obtained by Mr. Breninger, col- 

 lector in Nicaragua. The collecting in the Chicago region also re- 



