Oct. i8g8. Annual Report of the Dirkctor. 267 



Pub. 23. — Anthropol. Ser., Vol. 2, No. 2. "A Bibliography of the 

 Anthropology of Peru." By Dr. George A. Dorsey. 

 150 pages, edition 1,000, no illustrations. 



Pub. 24. — Report Ser., Vol. i, No. 3. "Annual Report of the Di- 

 rector." 92 p^ges, edition 2,000, 18 illustrations (14 

 half-tones and 4 zinc etchings). 



Pub. 25. — Bot. Ser., Vol. i, No. 4. "Contribution III to the Coastal 

 and Plain Flora of Yucatan." By C. F. Millspaugh. 

 66 pages, edition 1,000, no illustrations. 



Pub. 26. — Zool. Ser., Vol. i. No. 9. "List of a Collection of Shells 

 from the Gulf of Aden, obtained by the Museum's Afri- 

 can Expedition." By Dr. W. H. Dall. 6 pages, edi- 

 tion 1,000, no illustrations. 



Pub. 27. — Zool. Ser., Vol. i, No. 10. "Lists of Species of Mam- 

 mals, principally Rodents, obtained by W. W. Price, 

 Dr. S. E. Meek, G. K. Cherrie, and E. S. Thompson in 

 the States of Iowa, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, 

 and California, with Descriptions of New Species." By 

 D. G. Elliot. 32 pages, edition 1,000, no illustra- 

 tions. 



Pub. 28. — Anthropol. Ser., Vol. 2, No. 3. " Ruins of Xkickmook, 

 Yucatan." By Edward H. Thompson. 22 pages, edi- 

 tion 1,000, 24 illustrations (3 zinc etchings, 7 drawings, 

 and 14 half-tones). 



The method of mailing these publications, of checking the ac- 

 knowledgments, and of keeping the list correct as to changed and new 

 addresses has been very satisfactory, and it is rare that complaints 

 are received of improper direction or failure to receive the publications 

 promptly. Such tardiness or neglect in acknowledging the receipt 

 of these publications appeared to exist the first of the year that it was 

 found necessary to send out a special circular letter reminding those 

 to whom the publications had been sent of the importance of signing 

 and returning the acknowledgments enclosed in the several publica- 

 tions. This not only enabled the institution to account for the dis- 

 tribution of publications, but was the indirect means of correcting 



