LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN 507 '■' F4-5 19G2-G8 CENTRAL CIRCULATION BOOKSTACKS The person charging this material is re- sponsible for its renewal or its return to the library from which it was borrowed on or before the Latest Date stamped below. You may be charged a minimum fee of $75.00 for each lost boolc. Theft/ mutilation, and underlining of books are reasons for disciplinary action and may result In dismissal from the University. TO RENEW CALL TELEPHONE CENTER, 333-8400 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN ilMJ i9iA MAY 1 5 1995 When renewing by phone, write new due date below previous due date. L162 .^0^ ^\ \* eld Museum of Natural History 1966 Annual Report Annual Report 1966 .&^I5«SS!S» Field Museum of Natural History PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY FIELD MUSEUM PRESS T, HE QUIET, CLASSIC exterior of Field Museum belies the usual hum of activity within. Individuals and families; students and school groups; visiting scientists from throughout the world and graduate students using the research collections; readers in the library; users of the photographic collections and research personnel from industry — these and others brought Field Museum attendance to a 30-year high of almost 1,800,000 in 1966. While exhibits, educational programs, and research are the ulti- mate measures of a great science museum, its capacity to produce these "products" for its visitors rests on the museum organization itself: the people, collections, structure, and equipment. If any museum is to avoid mistaking form for substance it must build its strength in this order of priority. These elements of the organization must grow in strength and distinction in an order of magnitude comparable to its program. Thus this report is begun with deep gratitude to the Board of Trustees, Women's Board, and Members of Field Museum, who, sensitive to the material needs of the insti- tution, worked with the Staff to achieve tangible progress during the year Though emphasizing the Museum organization, the narrative must begin with an intangible — the return, on March 1, to the well- known name Field Museum of Natural History. In appreciation for the immense contributions made throughout the Museum's history by the Field family, and with particular recognition of the unparal- leled dedication of the late Stanley Field, the Board of Trustees unanimously voted early in the year, to return to the Museum's earlier name. The response of the community, overwhelmingly favor- able, seemed to be composed of almost equal parts of relief and affec- tion. For the Staff, the change dissolved a cloak of anonymity under which it had labored for 23 years. The Board of Trustees was strengthened by the addition of six new members, elected under the provisions of a change in the by-laws increasing the size of the Board from 21 to 27. Those elected were: William R. Dickinson, Jr. Marshall Field Paul W. Goodrich Gerald A. Sivage William G. Swartchild, Jr. E. Leland Webber At their request. Trustees William V. Kahler and Walter J. Cum- mings were elected Honorary Trustees. Another decision of the Board of Trustees, of signal importance to the strength of the Museum, was the authorization of a Women's Board. Mrs. Hermon Dunlap Smith, an Associate in our Bird Divi- sion and a dedicated and loyal volunteer worker for the Museum for many years, was asked to head a committee to form the Board. The affirmative response was most gratifying and was clearly a combina- tion of respect for Ellen Smith and appreciation for Field Museum. Continued work on a survey of the building in consultation with John Dolio and Associates, Inc. was fruitful in delineating the major requirements for modernization of the Museum. It hardly need be stated that each step forward in the survey added liberal increments to the institution's capital needs, which were of multi-million-dollar dimensions with the survey yet incomplete. Perhaps the most sig- nificant, and certainly the most evident, building improvement com- pleted during the year was the cleaning of the north and south entrances — the first cleaning since completion of the Museum in 1921. The removal of 45 years' accumulation of grime produced a dramatic transformation of the building's exterior. A major reorganization was accomplished in February with the establishment of a centralized Department of Exhibition. Prior to this time. Exhibition personnel had been attached to the respective scientific departments. Their consolidation into a single department was an important step toward accelerating and strengthening the Museum's exhibition program. As mentioned in last year's report, a Department of Planning and Development was established on January 1 headed by Mr. Robert E. Coburn. During the year, the Department became a going organiza- tion and an important factor in our public relations and fund-raising effort. The financial needs of Field Museum that have been reported with unflagging regularity in the reports of the last several years were discussed with equal regularity at the monthly meetings of the Board of Trustees. Early in the year a Development Committee of the Board was formed, with Mr. Harry 0. Bercher as Chairman, to work with the Staff Department of Planning and Development as a means of meeting operating and capital requirements of the Museum. An important first step toward solving operating fund needs was the inauguration of a solicitation program of contributions from corpora- tions. By year's end more than 100 corporations and other business organizations had contributed. Of these, 35 were at a level of $1,000 or more, which qualified the donors as Corporate Associates of the Museum. More than $49,000 was received from this source. Al- though no formal program of individual solicitation was undertaken, we are gratified that increased support was received from individuals. An organized solicitation of contributions from our Members is planned for 1967. As a condition precedent to this effort, increased effort was aimed at enlarging our Membership, which increased 20% during the year and stood at approximately 12,000 at year end. The Robert R. McCormick Trust made an extremely generous gift of $300,000 in support of our exhibition program. We are greatly indebted to the trustees of the McCormick Trust, who have granted in excess of $500,000 to the Museum during the last four years. Par- ticularly generous gifts were also received from Chicago Daily News Charities Fund, Chicago Sun-Times Charities Fund, Marshall Field & Company, International Harvester Foundation, The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company, George A. Bates, William H. Mitchell, The Shinner Foundation, Mr. & Mrs. Jack C. Staehle, Mr. & Mrs. Wil- liam S. Street, Mr. & Mrs. Chester Dudley Tripp, The Chicago Com- munity Trust — John G. and Frances C. Searle Fund, Mr. & Mrs. Edward Byron Smith, and Solomon Byron Smith. The National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, U. S. Army, Office of the Surgeon General, and U. S. Navy, Office of Naval Re- search, contributed significantly to the research funds of the Museum. A full list of individuals and corporations who contributed other than Membership funds during 1966 is carried on pages 30-32. Field Museum is in a period of transition. What has been accom- plished in recent years could not possibly have been done without the generous contributions of individuals and corporations in response to our statements of need for the institution. We have much yet to do. With the continuing help of all who wish nothing less than excellence, Field Museum will continue to move ahead. WOMEN'S BOARD The formation of the Women's Board in May was a notable event for the Museum. Mrs. Hermon Dunlap Smith headed the group charged with the responsibility for establishing the Board, and a group of ladies who had expressed interest in Field Museum and its specialized areas of work were invited to membership. The charter membership of the Board stood at 164 at year end. A number of very successful events were held during the year, including a sponsorship of the Marshall Field & Company fall fashion showing, which was made available to the newly formed Board through the courtesy of the company. All costs were absorbed by Marshall Field & Company; thus, the entire proceeds of the benefit were made available, by decision of the Board's officers, to support the Museum's educational program for children. The interest and enthusiasm of the individual members of the Women's Board have been a stimulation to all of the staff who have had the privilege of working with them. SCHOOL PROGRAMS Use of Field Museum by school groups continued to rise and reached a total attendance figure of 315,000, an increase of 50,000 over the 1965 level. A significant portion of this increase can be directly attributed to various federal school aid programs, principally under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, which provide increased opportunity for educational enrichment through field trips. It is unfortunate, however, that no provision has been made in any of these federal programs to assist financially the mu- seums on which the very welcome but nonetheless very real logistic burdens are placed. Educational programs were presented in great variety and were restricted only by the staff limitations discussed in previous years. More than 50 different programs were available to school groups without charge on a reservation basis. The diversity of offerings may be seen by a sampling of program titles: Earth and Man, Ani- mal Migrations, How Plants Adapt to Surroundings, Ocean Life of Today, Cave Man to Civilization, Space Geology. More than 60,000 students studied in the museum through these Raymond Foundation programs and hundreds of thousands of others benefited from the portable exhibits circulated to schools by the Harris Extension service. An excellent six-week summer course in Anthropology was con- ducted for a group of 25 high ability high school students selected from 200 applicants. Lectures, seminars, field trips, and an archaeo- logical excavation were conducted by a distinguished staff of an- thropologists from Field Museum and from outstanding universities. A summer institute in earth sciences was presented to 20 elemen- tary teachers and science consultants. The purpose of the institute was to broaden the teaching competence of the participants and to aid them in assisting in the improvement of science education in their local schools. Laboratory, lecture and field sessions combined to produce a successful six- week program. For the fifth consecutive year, the Museum collaborated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science in presenting the Holiday Science Lectures to approximately 800 selected science students of the metropolitan Chicago area. Dr. Paul Weiss, Pro- fessor of the Rockefeller University, New York, spent two days with the students lecturing on "Living Form, the Nature and Origin of Pattern." The Holiday Science Lectures and the two summer pro- grams were given with assistance from National Science Foundation. Taxidermist Carl Cotton, left, explains his work on Members' Night. Special Programs May 6 saw the largest attendance in the history of Field Museum's Members' Night; some three thousand Members' and friends, at-'' tended the evening, which was highlighted by a preview of a special exhibit of Maya stone rubbings in Hall 9 Gallery. They toured the research and preparation areas, as well, seeing such time-honored favorites as the taxidermy laboratory, and viewing current research projects of Museum scientists. Field Museum played host for the second year to the Showcase of Music Concerts, presented by the University of Indiana School of Music. The Museum Saturday Afternoon Lecture Series, held in the spring and fall, featured a series of lectures and films on nature and travel. The Chicago Area Teachers' Science Association Fair, with prize-winning science exhibits by Chicago and suburban stu- dents was held in May. The same month saw Chicago Latin Day, another annual student event. Kennicott Club, the Illinois Orchid Society, the Chicago Shell Club, the Audubon Society and similar groups continued to maintain close relations with the Museum. Rubbing from Maya Stone Carving A n t h r o P o I o g y Great as the geographical distances are between anthropological field sites scattered throughout the world, they are often not so stag- gering as the distances in time along the long span of human existence on this planet. In 1966, Field Museum anthropologists worked in settings as different as the hot, wet island of Guam and the Arizona desert. They studied periods ranging from the Old Stone Age of 30,000 years ago, to the late 19th and early 20th centuries Dr. Glen Cole, Assistant Curator of Prehistory, carried out ar- chaeological research in Malawi, East Africa, in cooperation with Dr. Desmond Clark of the University of California, Berkeley. They excavated stone tools in stratigraphic context dating from about 30,000 to 20,000 B.C. In addition, they carried out a successful re- connaissance for paleolithic sites in Tanzania, and Dr. Cole made a test excavation at Kalambo Falls, Zambia, in a deposit dating from 8 35,000 to 25,000 B.C. It is expected that type collections of tools from these different excavations will be added to the Museum's African collections. Dr. Phillip H. Lewis, Curator of Primitive Art and Melanesian Ethnology, made a month's study trip to examine and photograph New Ireland specimens in German and Swiss museums. Analysis of the data collected will enable him to define the art style areas of this large Melanesian island. He plans to check these conclusions during a field trip to New Ireland in the near future. Dr. Paul S. Martin, Chief Curator Emeritus, completed a second and final season of excavation at Hay Hollow site, eastern Arizona. This research was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Extraordinary and enthusiastic help was rendered by eight undergraduate students, whose presence was made possible by a grant from the Undergraduate Research Participation Program of the National Science Foundation. The students undertook indi- vidual research projects. The goal of the investigations was to de- termine the social and cultural changes that took place when the people of Hay Hollow site were shifting from a hunting-gathering subsistence to an agricultural base. From carbon 14 determinations, the site dates from about 200 B.C. to a.d. 200. Dr. Fred Reinman, Assistant Curator of Oceanic Archaeology and Ethnology, completed his archaeological field work on Guam in June. The expedition, supported by the National Science Founda- tion, located 136 sites and excavated five of these, ranging in time from the beginning of the Christian era to modern times. The re- mainder of the year was spent at the Museum in analyzing the large quantity of pottery, fishing gear, tools of stone, bone and shell, and food remains recovered from the prehistoric house sites. During the summer Dr. James W. VanStone, Associate Curator of North American Archaeology and Ethnology, worked on a long range project for the study of culture change during the 19th cen- tury among the Indians and Eskimos of southwestern Alaska, par- ticularly the effect of Western impact on these groups. He used archaeological techniques to supplement the available ethnographic and archival data. He excavated a historic Tanaina Indian village on Lake Clark and collected ethnographic data. The work was undertaken with the joint support of the National Museum of Can- ada and the University of Manitoba. Students from the latter in- stitution assisted. Toward the end of the summer he carried out additional surveys and collected settlement pattern data in the Nushagak River region where he hopes to do additional field work. 9 There are many gaps in the Museum's ethnographic collections from Africa. In order to fill some of them Leon Siroto, Assistant Curator of African Ethnology, has been encouraging graduate stu- dents in anthropology and other persons going to Africa to collect needed material. Useful collections have already been made by Robert Asher of Chicago and William Sytek of the University of Chicago. Mrs. Christine Danziger, Conservator, expanded the kinds of materials studied and treated in the Conservation Laboratory. The major part of her efforts was devoted to the cleaning and restoration of painted wood carvings and the treatment of leather specimens The educational effort of the Department of Anthropology con- tinued at a somewhat accelerated rate. Phillip Lewis and James VanStone were appointed Lecturers in Anthropology at the Univer- sity of Chicago. Also, at Northwestern University, Lewis gave a course on The Art of Non-literate Peoples. Chief Curator Donald Collier and Kenneth Starr, Curator, Asiatic Archaeology and Eth- nology, gave courses at the University of Chicago. Of particular interest was the increase in emphasis on undergraduate work in An- thropology. Dr. Martin's Summer Course in Archaeology was given to eight talented undergraduates. Curators Collier, Starr, Cole and Siroto participated in the Raymond Foundation's Summer Science Course in Anthropology, for Chicago area high school students. Stuart Struever, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University, super- vised a dig for high school students during a summer course in Anthropology given by the Museum's Raymond Foundation. The dig excavated an Indian village near Flossmoor. Here, Struever examines a hammerstone held by student Theresa Gentry. 10 Lycaste \irginalis alba, the white nun orchid, national flower of Guatemala. The Museum's long term field and research program in the botany of the new world tropics gained momentum during 1966. Major field work was carried out in Central America and in Peru during the year. Dr. William C. Burger, Assistant Curator of Vascular Plants, Ing. Antonio Molina R., Field Associate, and Dr. Louis O. Williams, Chief Curator, collected in previously little known areas of Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Burger has begun work on an account of the vege- tation of Costa Rica, which has not been comprehensively studied for about 30 years. In 1966 Servicio Forestal y de Caza, of Peru, and Field Museum were engaged in a cooperative research project to study the forests and forest products of Amazonian Peru, a vast region mostly unex- plored botanically. The facilities of Servicio Forestal in Peru and the research capabilities of Field Museum in Chicago should make this a productive undertaking. Mr. Donald R. Simpson, who was appointed to the staff as Assistant Curator of Peruvian Botany, Dr. Williams and Mr. Schunke, began field work in this region at Iparia National Forest. Dr. Gabriel Edwin, Assistant Curator of Vascular Plants, also did field work in Peru in connection with his preparation of a study of the Scrophulariaceae for the Flora of Peru. 11 The cooperative studies of the Central American flora carried out by Escuela Agrlcola Panamericana (Honduras) and Field Museum have continued to be productive of research materials. Staff and a graduate student were in the field at the beginning and again at the end of the year with Field Assistant Ing. Antonio Molina R. Dr. Patricio Ponce de Leon, Assistant Curator of the Crypto- gamic Herbarium, completed a monograph on the Geastraceae, a family of fungi. He began similar studies of the Lycoperdaceae, an allied family. Mrs. Dorothy N. Gibson, Custodian of the Herbarium, has completed manuscript accounts of two families for both the Flora of Peru and the Flora of Guatemala. Mr. Robert G. Stolze, Her- barium Assistant, made a collecting trip to the high Beartooth Mountains in Montana and Wyoming, east of Yellowstone National Park. His collections increase the usefulness of the Museum's repre- sentation from the Rocky Mountains region. The Museum's botanical field program was highly productive. Nine-five accessions were made during the year, for a total of about 43,000 specimens. Some 23,000 specimens came in from our coop- erative Central American program; about 6,000 from the Beartooth Mountains; and al- most 400 from the Street Expedition to Afghanistan, the re- mainder from gifts and exchanges. Original sets of Museum expe- dition collections are deposited in our her- barium while dupli- cates are sent to scien- tific institutions around the world. Technician Frank Boryca preparing a plant model for Botany exhibit. 12 These dramngs of Tullimonstrum gregarium were done by students at Hyde Park High School from an unilltistrated scientific description written by Eugene Richard- son, Curator, Fossil Invertebrates. Top view is by Wanda Black, ventral view by Annette Stewart, lateral view by Sheila Fairbanks. The model (bottom) is by Dr. Tibor Perenyi, of the Museum. Geology Dr. Robert F. Mueller, Research Associate in Mineralogy, and Dr. Edward J. Olsen, Curator of Mineralogy, have finished three major papers on their meteorite work. They have just undertaken a large project to study diffusion in stone meteorites. In 1966 Dr. Louis Fuchs of Argonne National Laboratory and Olsen discovered three new minerals in two of the Museum's meteo- rites. Brianite and panethite were found in the Dayton meteorite and krinovite in the Wichita County meteorite. They have not yet been found as terrestrial minerals. The former two have been com- pletely described and approved by the International Mineralogical Association. Olsen also identified the amphibole richterite (soda tremolite) in the iron meteorite Wichita County. Amphiboles, which contain com- bined water, are extremely common in terrestrial rocks, but until 13 The Chalmers Topaz, 5,890 carats of blue topaz, cut for the Museum by Walter Kean. It is the world's largest faceted blue topaz. now, none has ever been found in a meteorite. This particular occur- rence gives information about the environment in which the meteo- rite was formed and about the abundance of water in primitive solar matter. In conjunction with a group from Argonne National Laboratory, Olsen published work on the metal-chemical characteristics of ancient copper-based artifacts in the journal Science. Using highly sophisti- cated techniques, they measured impurities in the copper used in making the various artifacts, which ranged from Palestinian battle- axes to Mexican bells and Peruvian tools. The relative proportions of the impurities give clues to the type of ore-source and may ulti- mately lead to a geographic identification of the ore-sources. The collection of meteorites, one of the largest, and certainly one of the most useful collections in the world, containing representatives of more than half the known world total of meteorites, was entirely retrayed during the year. The late Mr. Henry Horback relabelled a major part of it. Several large iron meteorites which were badly rusted have been cleaned by the Conservation Laboratory of the Department of Anthropology. From rough material in our mineral collection, a 1400-carat white topaz was cut by Mr. Walter Kean. Thanks to arrangements made by Curator Olsen, a major meteorite exchange was completed with Arizona State University. Dr. Bertram G. Woodland, Curator of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, advanced his study of deformed metamorphic rocks from central Vermont. His particular problem is the microscopic investi- gation of the orientation of mineral grains in these rock specimens which will give clues to the deformational history of the area. Study of metamorphic rocks from the central Black Hills of South Dakota continued, and metamorphic rocks in the Blue Ridge area of North Carolina have been collected and examined. Dr. John Clark, Associate Curator of Sedimentary Petrology, ex- tended his study of Oligocene paleogeography from South Dakota into Nebraska and Wyoming. The 1966 field project with Orville L. 14 Gilpin, Chief Preparator of Fossils, yielded new information and specimens of fossil vertebrates. Clark finished a paper on a new family of extinct insectivorous mammals. Dr. Eugene S. Richardson, Jr., Curator of Fossil Invertebrates, and Professor Ralph G. Johnson of the University of Chicago, a Re- search Associate at the Museum, have continued their program of field and laboratory work on the rich fossil fauna of the Coal Age, using specimens collected from strip mines of the Peabody Coal Company, south of Chicago. Matthew H. Nitecki, Associate Curator of Fossil Invertebrates, has been working on the receptaculitids. He is undertaking a sys- tematic revision of the Middle Paleozoic forms, which are algae, not sponges as is generally assumed. During the summer of 1966, Nitecki did field work in the Ozark region of Missouri and the Mississippi valley region. Dr. Robert H. Denison, Curator of Fossil Fishes, completed a study of Ordovician vertebrates from western North America, based principally on collections made in 1949, 1964 and 1965. His paper describes the numerous fragmentary remains, considers their growth, and examines the histology of the various hard tissues of their skele- tons. During 1966 Denison also finished a description of the earliest known lungfish, specimens of which have been found at the Museum's quarry in the early Devonian rocks of the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming. Associate Curator of Fossil Mammals, Dr. William D. Turnbull, continued work on two major studies : one on the mammalian masti- catory apparatus and a report on the mammalian tooth remains of the Hamilton Fauna (Late Pliocene) of Australia. Both are near completion. The study of the Hamilton Fauna is a joint project by Curator Turnbull and Dr. E. L. Lundelius, Jr., of the University of Texas. The animals they are describing are an important link in mammalian evolution in Australia. Specimens, however, are few. In 1963-64 Turnbull and Lundelius collected 145 teeth from over three tons of matrix. In order to provide a more adequate sampling of the fauna, they returned to Australia late in 1966 and processed several times the amount of matrix treated in the original trip. Dr. Rainer Zangerl, Chief Curator of Geology, worked on several Pennsylvanian sharks from the Mecca and Logan Quarry shales of Indiana; in particular, he analyzed the numerous specimens of Agas- sizodus. He also wrote a manuscript on the shell of turtles for the forthcoming Biology of Reptiles, Academic Press. 15 The limpkin, found in Georgia and Florida, as well as Central and South America. A drawing by 'O ^ 1 Douglas Tibbitts for Emmet R. Blake's Manual of Neotropical Birds. '^tCcl^ Zoology Chief Curator Austin L. Rand brought his Handbook of New Guinea Birds close to publication and opened a new exhibit on Con- vergence, showing how different animals — birds in the exhibit^ — evolve similar structures to deal with similar situations. Rand also finished the section Nedariniidae (sunbirds) for a forthcoming vol- ume of Peters' Checklist of the Birds of the World. DIVISION OF MAMMALS— Curator Joseph Curtis Moore reported on two genera of Pacific whales to the Eleventh Pacific Science Con- gress in Tokyo. He completed manuscript on the superfamily of beaked whales for publication in the Museum series Fieldiana. Re- search Curator Philip Hershkovitz neared the end of his book on the marmosets of South America. Associate Jack Fooden, working on macaque monkeys, left for Thailand at the end of the year. For four months he will be in the field investigating macaques in areas where two or more kinds occur together. He will seek evidence of intergradation or hybridization and look for interactions of members of two species meeting naturally in the field. Analysis of data from the W. S. and J. K. Street Expedition to Afghanistan occupied Jerry Hassinger and Hans Neuhauser. Hassinger, a Street Expedition Fellow, and a Thomas J. Dee Fellow of the Museum, has been work- ing on the terrestrial mammals of the area. Neuhauser, also a Thomas J. Dee Fellow, worked on the bats. Both men participated in the expedition in 1965. 16 DIVISION OF BIRDS— The single most important acquisition of the year was a mounted specimen of the Great Auk received from the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Brussels, in exchange for a suite of North American birds. There are only 78 Great Auk speci- mens left in the world, and this is only the tenth in North America. It probably came from Eldey Island, Iceland, prior to 1840. For some years in private hands, it passed to the Brussels museum and finally to Chicago. Emmet R. Blake, Curator of Birds, formally launched his research project on the birds of Central and South America, with an assistant from a National Science Foundation grant. The year was spent in intensive work on the more than 500 species of birds which will be covered in the first volume of The Manual of Neotropical Birds. Several volumes are expected in the next few years. Associate Curator Melvin A. Traylor completed a study of the evolution of the birds of the Andes Mountains and presented a paper on the subject at the International Ornithological Congress at Oxford. He worked also on the African Sylviidae (Old World Warblers) for Peters' Checklist of Birds of the World. DIVISION OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES— Curator Robert F. Inger completed an ecological and taxonomic study of some 33,000 frog specimens from Garamba National Park, Congo. Inger ob- served and collected in this Congolese National Park, and his field experiences have richly contributed to his forthcoming report on this varied African fauna. Inger left for Washington in September on a year's leave of absence. He was appointed Program Director of Environmental Biology, National Science Foundation. Associate Curator Hjmien Marx and Dr. George B. Rabb, Associate Director of Brookfield Zoo and a Research Associate of the Museum, studied the phylogenetic relationships of the poisonous viperine snakes. In another cooperative effort, Mr. Marx and Dr. Konrad Klemmer, of the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt-am-Main, are preparing a checklist of the poisonous snakes of the family Elapidae, which in- cludes the cobras, coral snakes and kraits. The cobras, because of their habits, size and proximity to densely populated areas, probably take a higher toll of human life than any other snakes, DIVISION OF FISHES— Curator Loren P. Woods continued revision of the Order Berycoidei for publication in the Sears Foundation Memoir Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. The berycoids are primitive, spiny-rayed fish. Additional work on the order involved examining and reporting on collections from the waters off Easter Island in the southeast Pacific and the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. 17 DIVISION OF INSECTS— The most important event of the year was the pubhcation by Field Museum of Ectoparasites of Panama, the fruit of a cooperative project supported by U. S. Army Medical Re- search and Development Command, Office of the Surgeon General. Twenty specialists collaborated in writing the 850-page book which was edited by Curator Rupert Wenzel and Lt. Col. Vernon J. Tipton. It includes 18 papers dealing with the classification, biology and ecol- ogy of the mites, ticks, fleas, lice and other blood-sucking external parasites of vertebrates, chiefly mammals, that occur in Panama. The papers are based principally on extensive survey collections made by the Army, U. S. Public Health Service and Gorgas Memorial Laboratory from 1959 to 1962. More than 360 species of parasites are treated. Fifteen new genera and more than 115 new species are described. The book is the most comprehensive treatment of its kind for any tropical country. It will be used to assist in identifying po- tential disease carriers during bio-medical surveys being conducted along possible routes for a new trans-Isthmian canal. Remarkable progress was made in the processing of collections. A great backlog, however, of unprepared specimens totaling about three-quarters of a million insects remains to be processed. The backlog constitutes perhaps the major problem of the Division, a problem which must be solved if the rich collection resources are to be made available to research workers. The most important acquisition of the year was the Alexander Bierig Collection of over 30 thousand beetles. A small but highly significant exchange shipment of 25 histerid beetles from Dr. 0. Kryzhanovskij of the Zoological Institute of Leningrad repre- sents the first exchange of insect research material between Field Museum and the Leningrad Institute. Photo by Hymen Marx The saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus, is one of the species being used in a study by Dr. George B. Rabb and Mr. Hymen Marx. 18 The gentle jird, Meriones crassus, is a common Aotuuc rodent. It is one of over 100 species of mammals reported on by Douglas Lay in the Museum's forthcoming Mammals of Iran, a Report of the Street Expedition to Iran. The Streets have led two expeditions for Field Museum recently, the latest, 1965, to Afghanistan, resulted in a significant increase in our knowledge of animals of this area. DIVISION OF LOWER INVERTEBRATES— Alan Solem, Curator, sub- stantially completed the text for a monograph of Pacific Island endo- dontid snails. Many things go into the making of a scientific mono- graph and several assistants were occupied with illustration of shells and soft parts, preparation of charts, mounting, labeling, statistical calculations and so forth. Solem began another long range study, the problems associated with shell reduction in gastropods. Mr. Laurie Price, who has collected for Dr. Solem for some years, spent the Australian spring, from mid-October to mid-December, collecting in Tasmania. DIVISION OF VERTEBRATE ANATOMY— Assistant Curator Karel F. Liem completed his work on the functional morphology of the respiratory mechanisms of the amphibious fish Monopterus albus. He found that this Asiatic fish, which can live out of water for indefi- nite periods in moist land environments, breathes with its skin and the linings of the mouth, gill cavity and esophagus. Even in water, seventy-five per cent of the total oxygen requirement is gathered from the air and only twenty-five from water. Liem also completed functional anatomical studies on the kissing gourami Helostoma, and Luciocephalus pulcher, another air-breathing Asiatic fish. He began a study of the explosive adaptive radiation of the fish family Cichli- dae in Lake Tanganyika. 19 Exhibition As mentioned earlier, an initial step toward a more active exhi- bition program was taken early in the year with the establishment of a separate Department of Exhibition. Artists, preparators, and technicians previously assigned to one or another of the four scien- tific departments are now joined in a single force so that their diversi- fied talents and skills may be applied with greater coordination and flexibility in the exhibition program. The arrival from South America and subsequent exhibition of the Sierra Sagrada, piloted alone by Francis Brenton, caused considerable stir in Chicago during 1966. These photos show the boat as it came to the Museum. Brenton is at lower right, helping with the exhibit. A second preliminary step has been the creation of an Exhibition Committee, charged with over-all planning of a comprehensive, bal- anced program that best employs the resources of the Museum in providing for all who seek information about the natural world. 20 Progress was made in two major undertakings begun before con- solidation of the exhibition staff; these are the revision of exhibits dealing with Tibet and work toward the completion of the Hall of Useful Plants. However, a large number of special exhibits and events absorbed much of the efforts of the exhibition staff. Some of these were annual events such as the 21st Chicago Exhibition of Nature Photography sponsored by the Chicago Nature Camera Club ; the 2nd Annual Chicago Shell Fair sponsored by the Chicago Shell Club; the 16th Annual Amateur Handcrafted Gem and Jewelry Com- petitive Exhibition sponsored by the Chicago Lapidary Club; draw- ings and other forms of art work by students of the Junior School of the Art Institute of Chicago ; and the all too brief Orchid Show spon- sored by the Illinois Orchid Society in November. An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Abelam and Kilengi people of the Territory of New Guinea obtained by Dr. Philip C. Dark, Research Associate, and Dr. Robert MacLennan, inaugurated the use of the Museum's new special exhibition gallery in Hall 9 on 4 March. It was followed in May by a display of rubbings by Mrs. Merle Smith from Maya stone carvings. An exhibition of floral lino- block prints by Henry Evans, one of bird paintings by Mrs. Florence Guise, based in part on studies of specimens in the Museum's col- lections, and a display of work by students enrolled in a Summer Art Seminar sponsored by the Chicago Board of Education were others in the series of non-recurring special exhibits. The display in Stanley Field Hall of a catamaran made of two Indian dugout canoes assem- bled by Francis Brenton and sailed by him from Cartagena, Colom- bia, to Burnham Harbor in Chicago, created a great deal of public interest. Almost as sudden and unexpected was the opportunity to exhibit the work of Huang Chun-pi and Kao Yi-hung, two of Nationalist China's foremost painters in the classic tradition. Both artists were in attendance during the exhibition from November 10 to 18 and demonstrated their methods of painting on two occasions, one of which was in Simpson Theatre for the general public. Several displays of recent accessions were exhibited in Stanley Field Hall. These were: a painting by M. Gudin, court painter to King Louis Phillipe of France, portraying a canoe race between In- dians and French sailors, which was presented to the Museum by Mrs. A. W. F. Fuller; selected minerals from a collection given by Mr. Glenn Commons; and a huge quartz crystal weighing 350 pounds obtained by purchase. A faceted blue topaz, the Chalmers topaz, weighing 5,890 carats, also obtained by purchase, was placed in a special display case on the south second floor gallery. 21 Library Two illustrations from Die Saugethiere, The Library received an extremely rare, com- plete set of this work published from 1 775 to 1835. In 1966 the Museum Library experienced, more than ever before, the impact of the current emphasis on education and research. This increased pressure was felt, on the one hand, from greater numbers of readers, and on the other from the growing number of newly- acquired books and documents. Expanded research has accelerated the cooperative inter-library loan program. Reading Room attend- ance increased 21 per cent in 1966, and circulation rose over 38 per cent. Full use of the Library's resources cannot be computed accu- rately because Reading Room activities do not include statistics of the literature used in the departmental and divisional libraries by staff, visiting colleagues and students. Statistics also fail to reflect many other activities such as the consultation of reference works and the various abstracting and indexing services. With the appoint- ment, in October, 1966, of a full time assistant in the Reading Room, the service has become much more efficient. In addition, the two exhibit cases installed in the Reading Room for displays of special collections enable visitors to see our rare and unusual books, and at the same time serve an important function in the Museum's public relations. The Library's acquisitions program has been moving at an accel- erated pace. During 1966 more than 11,200 books and periodicals were added to the collection. The usefulness of the card catalog has been extended by the ad- dition of 26,740 cards. The catalog is the key instrument for the retrieval of information from the Library's resources, which were augmented by the addition of 2,900 titles representing 6,100 volumes. 22 There was most satisfactory progress on the Library's reclassifi- cation program, as well. 1,930 title cards corresponding to 4,280 volumes were reclassified. It is expected that this herculean task will be completed within the next few years. Many gifts from individuals, governments and institutions were received. The most important is an extremely rare set of all seven volumes of Die Sdugethiere in Ahbildungen Nach Der Natur (trans- lated Animal Kingdoms), by J. C. D. von Schreber. These books, published between 1775 and 1835, were given to the Museum by Mrs. Frederick F. Sellers. To all those who have made donations to the Library, and to all those who have contributed by their efforts and interest, the Library wishes to extend its cordial thanks. Building Operations Hall 9 Gallery, designed to house special exhibits and to act as a rest area for visitors, was opened this year. Work on Hall 32, which will house a permanent exhibit on the civilization of Tibet, accel- erated. Well-appointed new offices for the Department of Develop- ment and Planning, which includes Public Relations and the Women's Board, and for the Raymond Foundation, were designed and com- pleted during the year. Public Information Services Field Museum Press published over 2,000 pages of scientific ma- terial in 1966, in fourteen papers and monographs of varying length. Responsible also for the Bulletin and a great deal of miscellaneous internal and external printing — brochures, pamphlets and the like — the Press had an active and productive year. The Division of Public Relations, intensifying its efforts to bring the story of Field Museum to the public, saw increased coverage of Museum work and events by the metropolitan press, the wire services, television networks and other media. The Museum Book Store, serving visitors to the Mu- seum and others, added two hundred titles to its stock of natural history books and increased its sales by fourteen per cent. The skilled members of the Divisions of Photography and Motion Pic- tures added their essential photographic art to the publishing and public relations programs, and continued their important contribu- tions to the research effort of the four scientific departments. 23 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Comparative Statement of Receipts and Expenditures - Current Funds Years 1966 and 1965 OPERATING FUND RECEIPTS 1966 1965 Endowment income — From investments in securities $ 917,002 $ 835,501 From investments in real estate 112,000 112,000 $1,029,002 $ 947,501 Chicago Park District— tax collections 374,307 358,663 Annual and sustaining memberships 59,244 45,431 Admissions 51,406 50,036 Unrestricted contributions and sundry receipts . . 304,703 276,429 Restricted funds transferred and expended through Operating Fund 357,483 817,797 $2,176,145 $2,495,857 EXPENDITURES Operating expenses — Departmental $ 850,692 $ 783,377 General 832,791 693,171 Building repairs and alterations 234,692 176,266 $1,918,175 $1,652,814 New geology and library facilities $ 14,053 $ 509,012 Collections — purchases and expedition costs 128,243 127,447 Furniture, fixtures and equipment 48,194 26,133 Provision for heating plant renewal 22,486 22,486 Pension appropriations contributed to pension trust in 1966 (Note) 50,000 50,000 Appropriation for building and exhibit moderni- zation 110,000 $2,181,151 $2,497,892 DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR $ 5,006 $ 2,035 Note: The Museum converted its group annuity pension plan on December SI, 1966 into a contributory trusteed pension plan which provides for liberalized pension benefits. A substantial unfunded past service liability exists under the new plan, but current actuarial estimates hereof are not yet available. In 1966, a contribution of $150,000 was mxide to the pension trust to fund a portion of this liability. This amount was made up of $50,000 unthdrawn from unre- stricted endowment and $50,000 appropriated from income in each of the years 1965 and 1966. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 24 N. W. HARRIS PUBLIC SCHOOL EXTENSION 1966 1965 Income from endowments $ 54,747 $ 51,831 Expenditures 45,311 43,925 EXCESS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURES $ 9,436 $ 7,906 OTHER RESTRICTED FUNDS RECEIPTS From Specific Endowment Fund investments .. . $ 112,256 $ 106,540 Contributions and grants for specific purposes . . . 597,000 648,840 Operating Fund provision for heating plant renewal 22,486 22,486 Sundry receipts 70,169 Gain on sale of restricted fund securities 471 1,091 $ 732,213 $ 849,126 EXPENDITURES Expended through Operating Fund $ 357,483 $ 817,797 Added to endowment fund principal 65,000 55,000 $ 422,483 $ 827,797 EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF RECEIPTS OVER EXPENDITURES $ 309,730 $ (23,671) The Board of Trustees, Field Museum of Natural History: We have examined the accompanying comparative statement of receipts and expenditures — current funds of the Field Museum of Natural History for the year ended December 31, 1966. Our examination was made in accordance with gen- erally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. In our opinion, the statement mentioned above presents fairly the receipts and expenditures of the current funds of the Field Museum of Natural History for the year ended December 31, 1966, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year. Arthur Young & Company March 7, 1967 25 Use During 1966 of Income from Special Purpose Endowment Funds Edward E. Ayer Lecture Foundation Fund Cost of Museum Lecture Series $ 5,339 Frederick Reynolds and Abbey Kettle Babcock Fund Subsidy to Publication Program 2,847 Mrs. Joan A. Chalmers Bequest Fund Purchase of specimens 6,776 Laboratory equipment and supplies 1,926 Emily Crane Chadbourne Zoological Fund Field trips 700 CoNOVER Game Bird Fund Purchase of specimens 1,610 Expeditions and study trips 2,389 Thomas J. Dee Fellowship Fund Fellowship grants 4,536 Group Insurance Fund* Group insurance cost 6,568 N. W. Harris Public School Extension Fund Preparation, care and distribution of exhibits to Chicago schools 45,311 Library FuNDf Purchase of books and periodicals 12,000 James A. Nelson and Anna Louise Raymond Public School and Children's Lecture Fund Subsidy to public school and children's lecture program 46,472 Maurice L. Richardson Paleontological Fund Expeditions, field work, and professional meetings 2,939 Homer E. Sargent Fund Purchase of specimens 650 Karl P. Schmidt Fund Study grant 35 These funds have been used in accordance with the stipulations under which they were accepted by the Museum. In addition, the income from more than $20,000,000 of unrestricted endowment funds was used in general Museum operation. * Established by Stanley Field t Established by Edward E. Ayer, Huntington W. Jackson, Arthur B. Jones, Julius and Augusta N. Rosen wald 26 Contributions and Bequests The gifts of many individuals have built a great mu- seum. Contributions and bequests now and in the future will permit needed improvement of exhibits, expansion of the educational program, and increased support of scientific research. The following form is suggested to those who wish to provide for Field Museum of Natural History in their wills: Form of Bequest I do hereby give and bequeath to Field Museum of Natural History of the City of Chicago, State of Illinois: Cash contributions to Field Museum of Natural History are allowable as deductions in computing net income for federal income tax purposes. 27 DONORS TO THE COLLECTIONS OF THE MUSEUM - 1966 DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY Mr. & Mrs. Richard Reed Armstrong Norman Asher Robert A. Asher Dr. William C. Burger Robert C. Campbell Mrs. Annette E. Carmean Walter A. Carpus Prof. Huang Chun-pi Dr. Donald Collier Cranbrook Institute of Science Jean M. F. Dubois Mrs. Robert C. Eichin Edwards D. Ford Morton Goldsholl James R. Groundwater Mrs. Nicholas Hopkins C. N. Hsu Laura S. Konsberg Duane F. Lambert Prof. Doo Hyun Lee Christopher C. Legge Dr. C. L. Lundell Captain Arthur L. Myrland Mrs. Walter H. Nadler Elmer T. Nelson Douglas Newton Merrell Petty Dr. Fred M. Reinman Donald Roll Robert G. Ruvel Victor E, Sabo Robert Trier William D. Turnbull Mrs. Joseph H. White Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Wielgus Dr. & Mrs. Louis O. Williams Prof. Kao Yi-hung DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY Holly Reed Bennett Dr. Robert F. Betz Dr. William Burger Henry P. Butcher University of California Phil Clark A. H. Heller Dr. Hugh H. litis Miss Trudy Jenne Dr. N. L. H. Krauss Dr. B. F. Kukachka C. H. Lankester D. Roy Lent Francis F. Lukas Prof. Antonio Molina R. New York Botanical Garden Dr. Gonzalo Ordetx Dr. Dale J. Osborn Dr. Peter H. Raven Rocky Mountain Forest & Range Experiment Station Dr. J. Rzedowski Dr. Jonathan Sauer Charles Schnell Dr. Earl E. Sherff (deceased) Dr. H. Sleumer James Sleznick, Jr. Smithsonian Institution Oceanographic Sorting Center U. S. Forest Products Laboratory Dr. U. T. Waterfall Dr. Louis O. Williams Dr. Sieghard Winkler DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY American Museum of Natural History David Bardack Edward Bozman Neal Brown William Caulfield University of Chicago Glenn Commons Robert Corso Dr. John Cvejanovich Kenneth Davenport Darwin K. DeCamp Mrs. Italia B. de Soriano Miss M. Gertrude Dobson Dr. W. Elders Dr. Margaret Elliott Enrico Fermi Institute D. Erling Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Eraser John Funk Dr. E. C. Galbreath James Granath Dr. Clifford C. Gregg Randy Groom Gerald Gunderson Jerry Herdina Lee Hesselbring William Heston Dr. W. H. Johnson Malcolm Kerr Mr. & Mrs. James Konecny A. W. Kott Frederick G. Kott Mrs. Nellie Kott Robert J. Kott John Krztan The Guild Lapidary Paul Moore John K. Nelson Northwestern University Oriental Institute Mr. & Mrs. Ted Piecko Leo Plas Miss Nancy A. Ramsden Dr. Bruce Saunders Dr. James M. Schopf Mr. & Mrs. Staneck E. T. Tonry Ricardo Viarmontes Walter Voigt Dr. Bertram G. Woodland Loren Woods 28 DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY University of Arkansas Dr. Paul F. Basch Werner C. A. Boker- mann Dr. Walter C. Brown Dr. William Burger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Burke, Jr. California Academy of Sciences Chicago Zoological Society Dr. Glen H. Cole Dr. David Cook Stanley J. Dvorak Henry S. Dybas George Eickwort W. E. Eigsti Donald S. Erdman Dr. E. W. Eager Robert Faurot ' Frederick R. Fechtner Paul E. R. Fechtner, Sr. E. C. Fernando - Dr. Robert L. Fleming Robert C. Frohling Mrs. Arthur Frost Dr. Malcolm D. Furniss Murray Glen Dr. John R. Hendrickson Dr. Harry Hoogstraal Gunnar Hoy Leslie Hubricht Philip Keller Arthur Kling Dr. N. L. H. Krauss Douglas Lay Dr. Karel F. Liem Lincoln Park Zoological Society Chapin Litten, Jr. Miss Laurie Litten Lund University Russell P. MacFall William MacLean Arthur G. Mathews Joseph McHale Dr. Frederico Medem J. L Menzies University of Michigan Prof. Rodger D. Mitchell Museum and Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa Prof. Harry G. Nelson Office de la Recherche Scientiflque et Tech- nique Outre-Mer Daniel Parelius Prof. Orlando Park Stewart Peck Dr. D. Reichle Dr. C. L. Remington Dr. K. Rohde Khosrow Sariri Mrs. Charles A. Seevers Dr. Roy Selby John G. Shedd Aquarium Edwin T. Sherwin South African Institute for Medical Research Dr. Walter Suter Robert Talmadge Dr. Russell Tuttle U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service U. S. National Museum Urban Council & Urban Services, Hong Kong Dr. E. K. Urban Dr. Bernard Verdcourt Harold K. Voris Dr. John Wagner Dr. Milton W. Weller Dr. Louis O. Williams Charles E. Wood Alex K. Wyatt Mrs. Ann Frame Young LIBRARY University of Alberta (Canada), Depart- ment of Zoology Professor Chang Chi-Yun Everett Claspy Dr. Donald Collier Consulate General of Spain Dr. Ulrich F. Danckers Dr. Henry Field Dr. Clifford C. Gregg Dr. Fritz Haas Mrs. Wilfred Hambly Dr. Harry Hoogstraal Hunt Botanical Library Illinois Audubon Society Professor Taizo Inokuma Kyoto University — • Research Institute for Humanistic Studies Christopher C. Legge Wendell M. Levi Dr. Phillip H. Lewis Mrs. George Allen Mason Ministry of Finance — Government of Northern Ireland Ministry of Interior, Bangkok Thailand Mrs. John V. Murra Dr. Edward J. Olsen R. Pendergaast Dr. Austin L. Rand Ernest J. Roscoe Lillian A. Ross Mrs. Frederick F. Sellers Dr. Robert F. Tooper Robert Trier Chester Dudley Tripp United States Public Health Service — Communicable Disease Center E. Leland Webber Dr. Louis 0. Williams DONORS of MATERIALS to the MUSEUM Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Coburn General Biological Supply House Incorporated International Harvester Company Siemens-Reiniger Corporation Douglas Tibbitts 29 DONORS TO THE FUNDS OF THE MUSEUM-1966 INDIVIDUALS CONTRIBUTIONS OF $1000 OR MORE DURING THE YEAR Anonymous George A. Bates Mr. & Mrs. Harry O. Bercher Margaret B. Conover Gaylord Donnelley Foundation Joseph N. Field Grainger Charitable Trust The Hugh M. Hefner Foundation David M, Kennedy Robert M. McCormick Charitable Trust William H. Mitchell John Shedd Reed The Shinner Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edward Byron Smith Mr. & Mrs. Solomon Byron Smith Mr. & Mrs. Jack C. Staehle Mr. & Mrs. William S. Street The Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Theodore B. Tieken (H.B.B. Foundation) Mr. & Mrs. Chester Dudley Tripp Trotting Charities, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Louis Ware Kenneth V. Zwiener CONTRIBUTIONS OF LESS THAN $1000 Anonymous Mrs. Robert McCormick Adams Mrs. James Alsdorf Mrs. John Ames Robert S. Adler Family Fund Edward Alexander Mrs. A. Watson Armour III Mrs. Lester Armour Edwin C. Austin Burton Babetch Mrs. Claude A. Barnett David Barnow Mrs. Warren Barr, Sr. Mrs. George R. Beach, Jr. Mrs. Laird Bell Mrs. B. E. Bensinger Mrs. John P. Bent Mrs. James S. Benton Mrs. Jacob Bischof Mr. & Mrs. Bowen Blair WiUiam McCormick Blair Mrs. Leigh Block Mrs. Philip D. Block, Jr. Frank Bouska Mrs. Arthur Bowes Mrs. Gardner Brown Mrs. Roger Brown Mrs. Daniel Bryant Mrs. Walther Buchen Mrs. Thomas B. Burke Cornelia Bussey Mrs. Kyle Adams Carney Mrs. James A. Cathcart Mrs. Robert V. Cave Mrs. Henry T. Chandler Chardin Anthropological Society of Loyola University Peder A. Christensen Mrs. J. B. Clow Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Coburn Mrs. Fairfax M. Cone Mrs. Peter Fries Connor, Jr. Arthur W. Consoer Contemporary Club of Chicago Mrs. James A. Cook Mrs. William S. Covington Mrs. Norman Cram Mrs. Arthur Cushman Mrs. William B. Cutler Mrs. John B. DeLany Mrs. Albert B. Dick, Jr. Mrs. Edison Dick Mrs. Arthur Dixon Wesley M. Dixon Mr. Edmund J. Doering Elliott and Ann Donnelley Foundation Mrs. Elliott Donnelley Mrs. Gaylord Donnelley Thomas E. Donnelley II Mrs. Querin P. Dorschel Mrs. H. J. Douglass Robert T. Drake Mrs. C. Michael Dunn Mr. & Mrs. R. Winfield Ellis Mrs. Winston Elting Walter Erman Mrs. Ralph Falk II Mrs. Howard Fenton Mrs. Calvin Fentress Dr. Alice J. Ferris Mrs. Joseph N. Field Mrs. Marshall Field Mrs. Gaylord Freeman, Jr. Gustave K. Franklin Mrs. Nicholas Galitzine Mrs. Carol Gaillard James R. Getz William J. Gibbons Alec Gianeras Mrs. Howard Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Goodrich Colin S. Gordon Mrs. Samuel G. Goss III William B. Graham Dr. Clifford C. Gregg Mrs. Harold F. Grumhaus Mrs. Robert C. Gunness Mrs. Charles C. Haffner, Jr. 30 (Individuals' Contributions of less than $1000 continued) Mr. & Mrs. Maxwell Hahn Mrs. Burton W. Hales Hales Charitable Fund, Inc. Mrs. Paul V. Harper Employees of Harper & Row, Publishers Mrs. Byron Harvey Mrs. Richard Harza T. W. Havey Mrs. Marshall Haywood, Jr. John F. Hayward Mrs. Frederick Charles Hecht Mrs. James D. Hey worth Mrs. Joseph W. Hibben Mrs. W. Press Hodgkins Colonel Ralph B. Howe Mrs. Henry P. Isham Mrs. Ralph N. Isham Mrs. Willard Jaques Ralph S. Johns Morris Johnson William V. Kahler The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Foundation Florence M. Keebler Viola E. Keebler Mrs. John L. Kellogg Dan Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Keith Kindred Mrs. Ansel M. Kinney Mrs. Walter A. KraflFt Commander John F. Kurfess Mrs. Louis E. Laflin, Jr. Mrs. Gordon Lang Dr. Eleanor I. Leslie Mrs. Nathaniel Leverone Mrs. Edward M. Levin, Jr. Mrs. Howard Linn Mrs. Franklin J. Lunding Mrs. James F. Magin Estate of Sol May Mr. & Mrs. Remick McDowell Mrs. Henry W. Meers Midwest Chinese Student and Alumni Services Mrs. J. Roscoe Miller Mrs. John T. Moss Mrs. Charles F. Murphy, Jr. Mrs. Wallace D. Mackenzie Mrs. W. Paul McBride Mrs. Brooks McCormick Mrs. Richard H. Needham Mr. & Mrs. Norman W. Nelson Dr. M. Graham Netting Mrs. John Nuveen Mrs. James R. OfReld Mrs. Alfred O'Gara Mrs. Eric Oldberg Mrs. W. I. Osborne, Jr. Mrs. Walter Paepke Mrs. Donald Palmer Mr. & Mrs. James L. Palmer Mrs. Priest Palmer Daniel E. Pasowicz Mrs. John T. Pirie, Jr. Mrs. Fred A. Poor Mrs. James W. Pope Mrs. William A. P. Pullman Mrs. George A. Ranney Ruth Regenstein Mrs. Joseph E. Rich Mrs. Henry Richardson Dr. Maurice L. Richard- son J. H. Riley Mrs. Katherine Field Rodman Mrs. Frederick Roe Melville N. and Mary F. Rothschild Fund Mrs. Arthur Rubloff Mrs. Clive Runnells Mrs. James Doyle Ryan Mrs. Donald Ryerson Mrs. John G. Searle Mrs. Charles Seevers Barry E. Semer Dr. Earl E. Sherff James G. Shakman Mrs. Gerald A. Sivage Mr. & Mrs. Hermon Dunlap Smith Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Snydacker Mrs. N. Starosselsky State Microscopical Society of Illinois Sydney Stein Mrs. Gardner H. Stern Mr. & Mrs. Alan T. Street Mrs. Henry H. Straus Mrs. Robert E. Straus Mrs. Roy E. Sturtevant Mrs. John E. Swearingen Mrs. Phelps H. Swift Stuart Talbot Mrs. A. Thomas Taylor Mrs. Bruce Thome Mrs. Newton Tobey Mrs. Thomas S. Tyler Mrs. Newland Van Antwerpen Walter F. Wallace, Jr. Mrs. Cyril L. Ward Mrs. George H. Watkins Mrs.«.W. A. P. Watkins David G. Watrous Mr. & Mrs. E. Leland Webber Mrs. Edward K. Welles Mrs. John Paul Welling Mr. & Mrs. Arthur D. Welton, Jr. Dr. Rupert L. Wenzel Mrs. Ira E. Westbrook Mrs. Jay N. Whipple Mrs. Richard W. Wilde Dr. Louis O. Williams Mrs. Jack A. Williamson Stephen A. Wilson Mrs. Arthur M. Wirtz Lloyd Wood Mrs. Frank H. Woods Perry Woodbury Mrs. Philip K. Wrigley CORPORATIONS CONTRIBUTIONS OF $1000 OR MORE DURING THE YEAR Arthur Andersen & Co. Appleton Electric Company Borg-Warner Foundation, Inc. Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Chicago Title and Trust Company Foundation The Chicago Community Trust — John G. and Frances C. Searle Fund 31 (Corporations' Contributions of $1000 or more continued) Columbia Pipe & Supply Co. The CT Foundation Chicago Daily News Charities Fund Chicago Sun-Times Charities Fund The A. B. Dick Foundation The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation Draper and Kramer, Incorporated Marshall Field & Company First Chicago Foundation General Biological Supply House Incorporated Harris Bank Foundation Hart Schaffner & Marx Charitable Foundation Illinois Bell Telephone Company Inland Steel-Ryerson Foundation, Inc. International Harvester Foundation Jewel Companies, Inc. The Jupiter Corporation M. S. Kaplan Company Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters La Salle National Bank Link-Belt Company John Mohr & Sons The Northern Trust Company The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company The Quaker Oats Foundation Rollins Burdick Hunter Co. Sunbeam Corporation Texaco Inc. CONTRIBUTIONS OF LESS THAN $1000 Anonymous (2) American Hospital Supply Corporation American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago American Telephone and Telegraph Company Amsted Industries, Incorporated Baxter Laboratories, Inc. Fred S. Bremer Co. Leo Burnett Company, Inc. Cedarpine Foundation Chemetron Corporation Cherry Electrical Products Corp. Christiana Foundation, Inc. City Products Corporation James B. Clow & Sons, Inc. Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Chicago Container Corporation of America Corey Steel Company Corn Products Company Crane Packing Company Crown Zellerbach Foundation Edward Don & Company R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company Enco, Inc. First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Chicago F. C. B. Foundation, Inc. Clinton E. Frank, Inc. General American Transportation Corporation Peter Hand Brewery Co. The Harmony Company Hendrickson Mfg. Co. Household Finance Corporation Illinois Central Railroad International Minerals & Chemical Corporation Koppers Company, Inc. Lever Brothers Company Foundation, Inc. Marsh & Truman Lumber Co. Oscar Mayer Foundation, Inc. Estate of Leander J. McCormick The Merchandise Mart Miehle-Goss-Dexter Foundation Mohawk Electric Construction Co. Morton International, Inc. George Pick & Company The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Foundation John Plain Foundation Prairie Farmer Publishing Company Radio Steel & Mfg. Co. Sahara Coal Company, Inc. Santa Fe Foundation, Inc. Scribner & Co. Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson Simoniz Company Sinclair Oil Corporation Foundation Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Skil Corporation Standard Oil (Ind.) Foundation, Inc. Standard Rate & Data Service, Inc. Swift & Company Foundation Szabo Food Service, Inc. United-Greenfield Charitable & Educational Foundation United States Gypsum Company Warwick Electronics Inc. WBBM - TV Westinghouse Electric Corporation Arthiu" Young & Company Young & Rubicam, Inc. 32 Museum Publications in 1966 DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY QuiMBY, George I. The Dumaw Creek Site. A Seventeenth Century Prehistoric Indian Village and Cemetery in Oceana County, Michigan. Fieldiana: Anthropology, vol. 56, no. 1, 91 pp., 34 illus. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY Standley, Paul C, Louis 0. Williams and Cyrus Longworth Lundell Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana: Botany, vol. 24, part 8, nos. 1-2, 210 pp., 61 illus. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY DeMar, Robert E. Longiscitula Houghae, A New Genus of Dissorophid Amphibian from the Per- mian of Texas. Fieldiana: Geology, vol. 16, no. 2, 9 pp., 2 illus. The Phylogenetic and Functional ImpHcations of The Armor of The Dissorophi- dae. Fieldiana: Geology, vol. 16, no. 3, 34 pp., 9 illus. Denison, Robert H. Cardipeltis: An Early Devonian Agnathan of the Order Heterostra^. Fieldiana: Geology, vol. 16, no. 4, 28 pp., 11 illus. Kjellesvig-Waering, Erik N. A Revision of the Families and Genera of the Stylonuracea (Eurypterida). Fieldiana: Geology, vol. 14, no. 9, 29 pp., 4 illus. Olson, Everett Claire Relationships of Diadectes. Fieldiana: Geology, vol. 14, no. 10, 29 pp., 10 illus. Zangerl, Rainer A New Shark of the Family Edestidae, Ornithoprion hertwigi From the Pennsyl- vanian Mecca and Logan Quarry Shales of Indiana. Fieldiana: Geology, vol. 16, no. 1, 43 pp., 26 illus. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY Dybas, Henry S. Evidence for Parthenogenesis in the Feathervnng Beetles, with a Taxonomic Re- view of a New Genus and Eight New Species (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae). Fieldiana: Zoology, vol. 51, no. 2, 42 pp., 14 illus. Haas, Fritz On Some New Non-Marine Mollusks from Colombia and Peru. Fieldiana: Zoology, vol. 44, no. 25, 11 pp., 10 illus. Inger, Robert F. The Systematics and Zoogeography of The Amphibia of Borneo. Fieldiana: Zoology, vol. 52, 402 pp., 71 illus., 51 tables. SoLEM, Alan The Neotropical Land Snail Genera Labyrinthus and Isomeria (Pulmonata, Camaenidae). Fieldiana: Zoology, vol. 50, 226 pp., 61 illus., 16 tables. Wake, David B. and Arden H. Brame, Jr. A New Species of Lungless Salamander (Genus Bolitoglossa) from Panama. Fieldiana: Zoology, vol. 51, no. 1, 10 pp., 5 illus., 1 table. 33 Wenzel, Rupert L., and Vernon J. Tipton, Editors Ectoparasites of Panama. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1966. xii + 861 pp., 93 pis., 154 text figs., 17 tables, 1 map. (With Foreword by Lt. Col. Harold D. Newson.) Including the following papers: Barrera, Alfredo New Species of the Genus Amblyopinus Solsky from Panama and Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) , pp. 281-88, text figs. 31-33. Brennan, James M. and Conrad E. Yunker The Chiggers of Panama (Acarina: Trombiculidae) , pp. 221-66, text figs. 12-30. Emerson, K. C. Mallophaga of the Mammals of Panama, pp. 267-72. Fairchild, Graham B. Introduction, pp. 1-8. A Checklist of the Hippoboscidae of Panama (Diptera), pp. 387-92. and Charles O. Handley, Jr. Gazetteer of Collecting Localities in Panama, pp. 9-22, 1 map. Glen M. Kohls and Vernon J. Tipton The Ticks of Panama (Acarina: Ixodoidea), pp. 167-219, tables 4, 5. Furman, Deane P. The Spinturnicid Mites of Panama (Acarina: Spinturnicidae) , pp. 125- 66, pis. 37-46. Guimaraes, Lindolpho R. Nycteribiid Batflies from Panama (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) , pp. 393-404, text figs. 35-37. Handley, Jr., Charles 0. Checklist of the Mammals of Panama, pp. 753-95. Hershkovitz, Philip Mice, Land Bridges and Latin American Faunal Interchange, pp. 725- 51, text figs. 151-54. Strandtmann, Russell W., and Conrad E. Yunker The Genus Hirstionyssus Fonseca in Panama (Acarina: Dermanyssi- dae), pp. 105-24, text figs. 4-11. Tipton, Vernon J., Robert M. Altman and Charles M. Keenan Mites of the Subfamily Laelaptinae in Panama (Acarina: Laelaptidae), pp. 23-82, pis. 1-34, tables 1-3. and Eustorgio Mendez The Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Panama, pp. 289-385, pis. 47-93, text fig. 34. Wenzel, Rupert L. and Phyllis T. Johnson Checklist of the Sucking Lice of Panama (Anoplura), pp. 273-79. Alicja Kiewlicz and Vernon J. Tipton The Streblid Batflies of Panama (Diptera Calypterae: Streblidae), pp. 405-675, text figs. 38-146, tables 6-10. and Vernon J. Tipton Some Relationships between Mammal Hosts and their Ectoparasites, pp. 677-723, text figs. 147-50, tables 11-17. Vernon J. Tipton and Christina J. Fowler Appendix. Classified List of Hosts and Parasites, pp. 797-823. Yunker, Conrad E. and Frank J. Radovsky The Dermanyssid Mites of Panama (Acarina: Dermanyssidae), pp. 83- 103, text figs. 1-3. 34 Field Museum of Natural History Bulletin VOL. 37, 1966 Dybas, Henry S. Featherwing Beetles, no. 4, pp. 3-4, 3 illus, Edwin, Gabriel Deck the Halls, no. 12, pp. 7-9, 5 illus. Fawcett, W. Peyton An Ornament to The Age in Which We Live, no. 11, pp. 3-6, 9 illus. Conrad Gesner, no. 8, 5 pp., 3 illus. Hershkovitz, Philip Museum Taxonomy Serves Medical Research, no. 9, pp. 4-7, 7 illus. Lewis, Phillip Paintings of New Guinea, no. 3, pp. 4-6, 9 illus. Martin, Paul Putting Together the Pieces, no. 6, pp. 6-7, 2 illus. Marx, Hymen An Aquatic? Marvel — The Basilisk, no. 5, pp. 11-12, 2 illus. Olsen, Edward J. Gems and Minerals, no. 3, p. 7, 4 illus. Rand, Austin L. A New Zoology Exhibit in Which The Tongues of Certain Birds Are Used to Illustrate the Biological Principle of Convergence, no. 9, pp. 9-11, 2 illus. Fauna of Southeast Asia, no. 4, p. 11, 3 illus. The Question of Importance in Zool- ogy, no. 8, pp. 6-7, 1 illus. — and Jerry D. Hassinger Afghanistan — Report on Fauna from the Street Expedition, no. 10, pp. 6-7, 1 illus. Richardson, E. S., Jr. The Tully Monster, no. 7, pp. 4-6, 4 illus. Siroto, Leon Problem Piece: An Axe-Handle from Africa, no. 12, pp. 3-6, 9 illus. SoLEM, Alan Sacks of Exotic Dirt, no. 6, pp. 3-4, 3 illus. Webber, E. Leland Field Museum Again: Name Change Honors Field Family, no. 3, pp. 2-3, 5 illus. Woodland, Bertram G. Mountain Building II, no. 1, pp. 3-7, 3 illus. Mountain Building III, no. 2, pp. 6- 10, 5 illus. Mountain Building IV, no. 4, pp. 5-9 5 illus. Mountain Building V, no. 5, 6 pp., 6 illus. Woods, Loren A Voyage of the Anton Bruun, no. 2, 3 pp., 3 illus. OTHER MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS Annual Report 1965: Field Museum of Natural History, 42 pp., 9 illus. Other Publications of Staff Members DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY Cole, Glen H. Precision and Definition in African Archaeology, prepared jointly with J. D. Clark, G. L. Isaac, and M. R. Kleindienst. South African Archaeological Bulletin 21, pp. 114-21. Collier, Donald Review of Colombia (by G. Reichel-Dolmatoff). American Anthropologist, vol. 68, pp. 1072-74. Review of Life, Land and Water in Ancient Peru (by Paul Kosok). Ameri- can Antiquity, vol. 31, pp. 761-63. 35 Legge, C. C. William Diaper: a biographical sketch. Journal of Pacific History, vol. 1, 1966. Martin, Paul S. Review of Bat Cave (by H. W. Dick). Man, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 252. SiROTO, Leon Review of Peoples of Africa (James L. Gibbs, editor). Natural History, vol. 75, no. 2, pp. 58-59. Starr, Kenneth Review of Indian Archaeology Since Independence (by B. B. Lai). Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 86, no. 2, pp. 225-29. Rubbings: An Ancient Chinese Art. Newsletter of the Midwest Chinese Stu- dent and Alumni Services, new series, vol. 9, nos. 3-4, pp. 1-3, pis. 1-5. VanStone, James W. The Changing Culture of the Snowdrift Chipewyan. National Museum of Can- ada, Bulletin 209 (Anthr. Ser. 74). Review of Archeology of the Yakutat Bay Area, Alaska (by Frederica DeLa- guna and others). American Antiquity, vol. 31, no. 4, p. 599. Review of Obshchestvennyi stroi Eskimosov i Aleutox ot maierinskogo roda k sosedskoi obshchine (by L. A. Fainberg). American Anthropologist, vol. 68, no. 3, pp. 782-83. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY Edwin, Gabriel New Species. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, vol. 53, Dec. 1966. Williams, Louis O. The Agonondras (Opiliaceae) of Mexico and Central America. Ciencia, vol. 24, nos. 5-6, Feb. 1966. Guia bibliogrdfica sobre fanerogamas de Mexico. La Hacienda, vol. 61, no. 6. (with A. Robyns) Hibiscus luteus (Rolfe) and Comb. Nov. (Malvaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, vol. 53, May 1966. A new Homemania from Panama. Brittonia, vol. 18, no. 3, July-Sept. 1966. New Plants from South Mexico and Guatemala. Brittonia, vol. 18, no. 3, July- Sept. 1966. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY Clark, John Status of the generic nam£s Metacodon and Geolabis (Insectivora). Journal of Paleontology, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 1248-1251. Denison, Robert H. The origin of the lateral-line system. American Zoologist, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 369- 70, figs. 1-2. (with V. J. Gupta) Devonian fishes from Kashmir, India. Nature, vol. 211, pp. 177-78, figs. 1-2. (with W. D. Ian Rolfe) The supposed fish Pseudodontichthys Skeels, 11962, is the phyllocarid crustacean Dithyrocaris. Journal of Paleontology, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 214-15. NiTECKi, Matthew H. (with J. Keith Rigby) Vintonia doris, a new Mississippian demosponge from Arkansas. Joiu"nal of Paleontology, vol. 40, pp. 1373-78, pi. 173, 2 figs. "Paleontology" in 1966 ed. of Encyclopaedia Brittanica Junior. 36 Olsen, Edward J. (with A. M. Friedman, M. Conway, M. Kastner, J. Milsted, D. Metta) Cop- per Artifacts: Correlation with Source Types of Copper Ores, Science, vol. 152, pp. 1504-6. (with K. Fredriksoon) Phosphates in Iron and Pallasite Meteorites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 30, pp. 459-70. Rocks and Minerals, Rocks and Minerals Mag., no. 321, June. (with R. F. Mueller) Stability of Orthopyroxenes with Respect to Pressure, Temperature, and Composition. Journal of Geology, vol. 74, pp. 620-25. Articles on: Talc, Meteorites, Diamond, Mineral, Pyroxene, Iron Ore, Olivine, Feldspar, Geochemistry, Crystal, Gem. 1966 ed. Encyclopaedia Brittanica Jr. Richardson, E. S., Jr. (with Ralph G. Johnson) A remarkable Pennsylvanian fauna from the Mazon Creek Area, Illinois. Journal of Geology, vd. 74, no. 5, pp. 626-31. Animal or Plant? ETC: a Review of General Semantics, vol. 23 no. 4, pp. 475-78. Zangerl, Rainer (with D. D wight Davis) Translation of Phylogenetic Systematics, by Willi Hennig, University of Illinois Press, Urbana. 263 pp., 69 figs., 1966. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY Blake, Emmet R. Foreword in The Birds of Guyana (by Dorothy E. Snyder). Peabody Museum of Natural History, Salem, Massachusetts, pp. 9-10. Brongersma, L. D., Robert F. Inger and Hymen Marx Proposed Use of the Plenary Powers to Conserve the Generic Name Calamaria Boie, 1827, and the Specific Name Calamaria linnaei Schlegel, 1837 (Reptilia, Serpentes). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 22, pp. 303-13. Hershkovitz, Philip Catalog of Living Whales. United States National Museum Bulletin no. 246, viii + 259 pp. Comments on the Proposal for Conservation cf Pan Oken, 1 81 6, and Panthera Oken, 1816. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 23, parts 2/3, pp. 67-69. Comments on the Proposal on Zorilla by Dr. Van Gelder and the Counter Pro- posal by Dr. China. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 23, parts 2/3, pp. 74-75. Comments on the Proposed Suppression of Meles montanus Richardson, 1829, and M. jeffersonii Harlan, 1825. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 22, parts 5/6, pp. 336-39. On the Identification of Some Marmosets Family Callithricidae (Primates). Mammalia, vol. 30, pp. 327-32. On the Status of Procyon brachyurus Wiegmann and P. obscurus Wiegmann. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 25, parts 5/6, p. 338. Review of Evolutionary and Genetic Biology, vol. 2, John Buettner-Janusch, editor. The American Biology Teacher, vol. 28, no. 7, p. 94. South American Swamp and Fcssorial Rats of the Scapteromyine Group (Crice- tinae, Muridae) with Comments on the Glans Penis in Murid Taxonomy. Zeitschrift fiir Saugetierkunde, vol. 31, pp. 81-149, 42 illus. Status of the Black-footed Ferret in Wyoming. Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 47, pp. 346-47. Taxonomic Notes on Tamarins, Genus Saguinus (Callithricidae, Primates), unth Descriptions of Four New Forms. Folia Primatologica, vol. 4, pp. 381-95, 4 illus. Whatever Happened to Hairy Man? Letter to Editor, Science, vol. 153, p. 362. 37 Inger, Robert F, Reptile. Encyclopaedia Britannica, pp. 173-91. The Reptiles. FoUett Beginning Science Books, pp. 1-32. and Bernard Greenberg Ecology and Competitive Relations Among Three Species of Frogs (Genus Rana). Ecology, vol. 47, pp. 746-59. and Alan E. Leviton The Taxonomic Status of Bomean Snakes of the Genus Pseudorabdion Jan and of the Nominal Genus Idiopholis Mocquard. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, vol. 34, pp. 307-14. LiEM, Karel F. Sex Reversal. McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, pp. 360- 62. Review of The Future of Man (by P. Teilhard de Chardin). American Biol- ogy Teacher, vol. 28, pp. 817-18. Lloyd, Monte and Henry S. Dybas The Periodical Cicada Problem I. Population Ecology. Evolution, vol. 20, pp. 133-49. The Periodical Cicada Problem II. Evolution, vol. 20, pp. 466-505. Moore, Joseph Curtis Diagnoses and Distributions of Beaked Whales of the Genus Mesoplodon knoum from North American Waters. No. 3, pp. 33-61, 12 figs. Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises (Kenneth S. Norris, editor). University of California Press, 789 pp., illus. Rand, Austin L. A display of the boat-billed Heron. The Auk, vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 304-06, 2 illus. Birds of Paradise. Animals, vol. 8, no. 13, pp. 346-55 (with 16 photos by Thomas Gilliard). Every Bird is Different from every other Bird. ETC: A Review of General Semantics, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 245-49 (reprinted from the Bulletin, Nov. 1948). In Memoriam: Reuben Myron Strong. The Auk, vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 282-87. The Snipe Rediscovered. Audubon Magazine, vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 351-54 (with illustrations by Guy Coheleach). Solem, Alan Land snails of the Genus Amphidromus /rom Thailand (MoUusca: Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, vol. 117, no. 3519, pp. 615-28, 2 pis., 2 tables. Some non-mxirine moUusks from Thailand, with notes on classification of the Helicarionidae. Spolia Zoologica Musei Hauniensis, Copenhagen, vol. 24, 110 pp., 1 table, 24 figs., 3/pls. (with Adolf Zilch). Zum 80 Geburtstag von Fritz Haas. Archiv fiir Mollus- kenkunde, vol. 95, pp. 1-2. Traylor, Melvin a. The Race of Acrocephalus rufescens in Zambia. Bulletin of the British Orni- thologists' Club, vol. 86, pp. 161-62. Relationships in the Combassous (Sub-Genus Hypochera). Ostrich, supple- ment 6, Proceedings of the Second Pan-African Ornithological Congress, pp. 57-74. Review of A Revised Check List of African Non-Passerine Birds (by C. M. N. White). The Auk, vol. 83, pp. 492-93. 38 OFFICERS Board of Trustees, 1966 James L. Palmer, President Clifford C. Gregg, First Vice-President Joseph N. Field, Second Vice-President BowEN Blair, Third Vice-President Edward Byron Smith, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary E. Leland Webber, Secretary BOARD OF TRUSTEES Lester Armour Harry O. Bercher Bowen Blair Wm. McCormick Blair William R. Dickinson, Jr. Joseph N. Field Marshall Field Paul W. Goodrich Clifford C. Gregg Samuel Insull, Jr. Henry P. Isham HuGHSTON M. McBain Remick McDowell J. RoscoE Miller William H. Mitchell James L. Palmer John T. Pirie, Jr. John Shedd Reed John G. Searle John M. Simpson Gerald A. Sivage Edward Byron Smith William G. Swartchild, Jr. Louis Ware E. Leland Webber J. Howard Wood HONORARY TRUSTEES Walter J. Cummings William V. Kahlbr 39 WOMEN'S BOARD, 1966-1967 OFFICERS Mrs. Hermon Dunlap Smith, President Mrs. Walter A. Krafft, First Vice-President Mrs. Claude A. Barnett, Second Vice-President Mrs. George H. Watkins, Secretary Mrs. Thomas M. Ware, Assistant Secretary Mrs. Austin T. Cushman, Treasurer Mrs. Robert E. Straus, Assistant Treasurer Mrs. a. 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VanStone, Ph.D., Associate Curator, North American Archaeology and Ethnology Fred M. Reinman, Ph.D., Assistant Curator, Oceanic Archaeology and Ethnology Leon Siroto, M.A., Assistant Curator, African Ethnology Glen H. Cole, Ph.D., Assistant Curator, Prehistory HosHiEN Tchen, Ph.D., Consultant, East Asian Collection Christopher C. Legge, M.A., Custodian of Collections Joyce A. Korbecki, Assistant GusTAF Dalstrom, Artist Christine S. Danziger, M.S., Conservator Agnes M. Fennell, B.A., Departmental Secretary Robert J. Braidwood, Ph.D., Research Associate, Old World Prehistory Philip J. C. Dark, Ph.D., Research Associate, African Ethnology Fred Eggan, Ph.D., Research Associate, Ethnology J. Eric Thompson, Dipl. Anth. Camb., Research Associate, Central American Archaeology George I. Quimby, M.A., Research Associate, North American Archaeology and Ethnology James R. Getz, B.A., Field Associate Evett D. Hester, M.S., Field Associate DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY Louis O. Williams, Ph.D., Chief Curator William C. Burger, Ph.D., Assistant Curator, Vascular Plants Gabriel Edwin, Ph.D., Assistant Curator, Vascular Plants Patricio Ponce de Leon, Ph.D., Assistant Curator, Cryptogamic Herbarium Donald Ray Simpson, M.S., Assistant Curator, Peruvian Botany Dorothy Gibson, Custodian of the Herbarium Robert G. Stolze, B.S., Herbarium Assistant Valerie Connor, Departmental Secretary, Botany Margery C. Carlson, Ph.D., Research Associate, Phanerogamic Botany Sidney F. Glassman, Ph.D., Research Associate, Palms E. P. KiLLiP, A.B., Research Associate, Phanerogamic Botany Rogers McVaugh, Ph.D., Research Associate, Vascular Plants 42 Donald Richards, Research Associate, Cryptogamic Botany Hanford Tiffany, Ph.D., Research Associate, Cryptogamic Botany Ing. Agr. Antonio Molina R., Field Associate DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY Rainer Zangerl, Ph.D., Chief Curator Edward J. Olsen, Ph.D., Curator, Mineralogy Bertram G. Woodland, Ph.D., Curator, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology John Clark, Ph.D., Associate Curator, Sedimentary Petrology Robert H. Denison, Ph.D., Curator, Fossil Fishes William D. Turnbull, Associate Curator, Fossil Mammals David Techter, B.S., Assistant, Fossil Vertebrates Eugene S. Richardson, Jr., Ph.D., Curator, Fossil Invertebrates Matthew H. Nitecki, M.S., Assistant Curator, Fossil Invertebrates Orville L. Gilpin, Chief Preparator, Fossils Winifred Reinders, Departmental Secretary Ernst Antevs, Ph.D., Research Associate, Glacial Geology David Bardack, Ph.D., Research Associate, Vertebrate Paleontology Albert A. Dahlberg, D.D.S., Research Associate, Fossil Vertebrates Ralph G. Johnson, Ph.D., Research Associate, Paleoecology Erik N. Kjellesvig-Waering, B.S., Research Associate, Fossil Invertebrates Robert F. Mueller, Ph.D., Research Associate, Mineralogy Everett C. Olson, Ph.D., Research Associate, Fossil Vertebrates Bryan Patterson, Research Associate, Fossil Vertebrates Thomas N. Taylor, Ph.D., Research Associate, Paleobotany J. Marvin Weller, Ph.D., Research Associate, Stratigraphy R. H. Whitfield, D.D.S., Associate, Fossil Plants Violet Whitfield, B.A., Associate, Fossil Plants DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY Austin L. Rand, Ph.D., Sc.D., Chief Curator Joseph Curtis Moore, Ph.D., Curator, Mammals Philip Hershkovitz, M.S., Research Curator, Mammals Emmet R. Blake, M.S., D.Sc, Curator, Birds Melvin a. Traylor, Jr., A.B., Associate Curator, Birds M. DiANNE Maurer, A.B., Assistant, Birds Robert F. Inger, Ph.D., Curator, Amphibians and Reptiles (on leave) Hymen Marx, B.S., Associate Curator, Reptiles LOREN P. Woods, A.B., Curator, Fishes Pearl Sonoda, Assistant, Fishes Rupert L. Wenzel, Ph.D., Curator, Insects Henry S. Dybas, B.S., Associate Curator, Insects 43 August Ziemer, Assistant, Insects Fritz Haas, Ph.D., Curator Emeritus, Lower Invertebrates Alan Solem, Ph.D., Curator, Lower Invertebrates Karel F. Liem, Ph.D., Assistant Curator, Vertebrate Anatomy Sophie Andris, Osteologist Mario Villa, Tanner Marilyn A. Grudzien, Departmental Secretary Rudyerd Boulton, B.S., Research Associate, Birds Alfred E. Emerson, Ph.D., Sc.D., Research Associate, Insects Harry Hoogstraal, Ph.D., Research Associate, Insects Ch'eng-chao Liu, Ph.D., Research Associate, Reptiles Orlando Park, Ph.D., Research Associate, Insects Clifford H. Pope, B.S., Research Associate, Amphibians and Reptiles George B. Rabb, Ph.D., Research Associate, Amphibians and Reptiles Charles A. Reed, Ph.D., Research Associate, Vertebrate Anatomy Robert Traub, Ph.D., Research Associate, Insects Ronald Singer, D.Sc, Research Associate, Mammalian Anatomy Alex K. Wyatt, Research Associate, Insects Luis de la Torre, Ph.D., Associate, Mammals Jack Fooden, Ph.D., Associate, Mammals Waldemar Meister, M.D., Associate, Anatomy Edward M. Nelson, Ph.D., Associate, Fishes Charles F. Nadler, M.D., Associate, Mammals Harry G. Nelson, B.S., Associate, Insects Karl Plath, Associate, Birds DioscoRO S. Rabor, M.S., Associate, Birds Lillian A. Ross, Ph.B., Associate, Insects Ellen T. Smith, Associate, Birds Robert L. Fleming, Ph.D., Field Associate Georg Haas, Ph.D., Field Associate Frederick J. Medem, Sc.D., Field Associate Dale J. Osborn, Field Associate, Mammals William S. Street, Field Associate Janice K. Street, Field Associate DEPARTMENT OF EXHIBITION John R. Millar, Chief Frank Boryca, Technician Walter L. Boyer, B.F.A., Artist Harry E. Changnon, B.S., Assistant to Chief of Exhibition Carl W. Cotton, Taxidermist Samuel H. Grove, Jr., Artist-Preparator (on leave) 44 Theodore Halkin, B.F.A., M.S., Artist Walter P. Huebner, Preparator Joseph Krstolich, Artist Marion Pahl, B.F.A., Staff Illustrator TiBOR Perenyi, Ph.D., Artist Walter C. Reese, Preparator DEPARTMENT OF N. W. HARRIS PUBLIC SCHOOL EXTENSION Richard A. Martin, B.S., Curator Ronald Lambert, Preparator Lido Lucchesi, Preparator Bertha M. Parker, M.S., Research Associate JAMES NELSON AND ANNA LOUISE RAYMOND FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL AND CHILDREN'S LECTURES Miriam Wood, M.A., Chief Edith Fleming, M.A. Marie Svoboda, M.A. George R. Fricke, B.S. Harriet Smith, M.A. Ernest J. Roscoe, M.S. Elda B. Herbert, M.A., Secretary THE LIBRARY Meta p. Howell, B.L.S., Librarian W. Peyton Fawcett, B.A., Associate Librarian and Head Cataloger Bertha W. Gibbs, B.A., B.S. in L.S., Reference and Inter-library Loan Librarian Eugenia Jang, Serials Librarian Chih-\\-ei Pan, M.S., Cataloger Yoo I. Peal, B.A., M.Th., Assistant Cataloger Alfreda C. Rogowski, Departmental Secretary FIELD MUSEUM PRESS Editorial Office Ed\v.\rd G. 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Shouba, Building Superintendent Gustav a. Noren, Superintendent of Maintenance Leonard Carrion, Chief Engineer Jacques L. Pulizzi, Assistant Chief Engineer THE GUARD George A. Lamoureux, Captain VOLUNTEERS In 1966 volunteer workers were an invaluable help to the Museum staff. The Museum wishes to thank Mrs. Alice Burke, Mr. Stan- ley J. Dvorak, Dr. Margaret Elliott, Mrs. Joseph B. Girardi, Mr. James W. Granath, Mr. Sol Gurewitz, Mr. Tom Guensburg, Mrs. Diana Handler, Mrs. Ellen Hyndman, Mrs. Dorothy Karoll, Mr. Robert Miller Knowles, Mrs. Robert Pringle, Miss Pamela Rich, Mrs. Alice K. Schneider, Mr. Wayne Serven, Mrs. Gertrude Siegel, Mrs. Dorothy Stauffer, Mrs. Helen Strotz, Mr. Raymond J. Wielgus and Mrs. Barbara Wolfson for many hours of service. 46 y^-