404 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



PROCEEDINGS . . . v. I-XXXII. Washington, 1878-1907. 8. 



Intended primarily as a medium of publication for newly acquired facts in 

 biology, anthropology and geology, descriptions of new forms of animals 

 and plants, discussions of nomenclature, etc. 



A limited edition of each paper is printed and distributed in pamphlet form 

 in advance. 



v. 1-4 issued also in Smithsonian miscellaneous collections, v. 19, 22. 



BULLETIN . . . no. 1-60. Washington, 1875-1907. 8. (no. 59, 4.) 



A series of elaborate papers issued separately and based for the most part 

 upon collections in the museum ; devoted principally to the discussion of 

 large zoological and botanical groups, faunas and floras, bibliographies of 

 eminent naturalists, reports of expeditions, etc. 



No. 39 [Directions for collecting and preserving specimens] published in 

 separately paged brochures (19 to date, designated as pt. A-S, 1891-1905). 

 no. 47 (The fishes of North and Middle America, by D. S. Jordan and 

 B. W. Evermann) issued in 4 vols. paged continuously (1896-1900). no. 

 50 (The birds of North and Middle America, by R. Ridgway) in progress, 

 pt. 1-4 (4 vols.) issued 1901-07. no. 53 (A catalogue of the type and 

 figured specimens of fossils, minerals, rocks, and ores in the Department 

 of geology, by G. P. Merrill) in 2 pts., 1905-07. no. 56 (Mammals of the 

 Mexican boundary of the United States, by E. A. Mearns) pt. i issued 

 1907. 



No. 1-16 issued also in Smithsonian miscellaneous collections v. 13, 23-24. 



No. 51 and its supplement I contain A list of the publications of the U. S. 

 National museum, 1875-1900, 1901-1906, with index to titles, by R. I. 

 Geare. 



SPECIAL BULLETIN, no. I-IV. Washington, 1892-1904. 4. 



This form has been used only where a size larger than octavo was deemed 

 especially desirable. 



No. i, 3 (Life histories of North American birds, by C. Bendire) issued 

 also as Smithsonian contributions to knowledge, v. 28, 32. no. 2 (Oceanic 

 ichthyology, by G. B. Goode and T. H. Bean) in 2 pts., text and atlas of 

 plates, issued also as Smithsonian contributions to knowledge, v. 30-31. 

 no. 4 (American hydroids, by C. C. Nutting) pt. 1-2 issued 1900-04 (2 

 vols). 



CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM , v. 

 VIII, IX, XI. Washington, 1903/05-07. 8. 



v. 10 in progress, pt. 1-6 pub. 1906-07. 



On verso of t-p. of v. 9-11 : Bulletin of the United States national museum. 



v. 1-7 pub. by U. S .Department of agriculture, 1890-1902. 



The United States National Herbarium, which was founded by the Smithsonian 

 Institution, was transferred in 1868 to the U. S. Department of Agriculture and con- 

 tinued to be maintained by that department until July i, 1896, when it was returned to 

 the official custody of the Smithsonian Institution. The Department of agriculture, 

 however, continued to publish the Contributions until on July i, 1902 the National 

 museum, in pursuance of an act of Congress, assumed responsibility for the publication. 



