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all of which had been previously distributed in the form of sep- 

 arates. In June, 1908, volume 33 of the Proceedings, containing 35 

 jDapers, was published, 700 copies of each paper being delivered in 

 pami)hlet form, instead of GOO, as in previous years. This increase 

 will allow a somewhat wider distribution than heretofore. In addi- 

 tion to those already mentioned, 23 '* separates," forming part of 

 volume 34 of the Proceedings, were published and distributed during 

 the year. 



Of bulletins, 5 volumes were issued, as follows: No. 50, volume 4, 

 Birds of North and Middle America, by Kobert Ridgway, containing 

 973 pages of text and 34 plates, and descrij^tive of the thrushes, wren- 

 thrushes, mockingbirds, starlings, Aveaver-birds, larks, sharpbills, 

 tyrant flycatchers, manakins, and chatterers; No. 58, The Herpetology 

 of Japan and Adjacent Territory, by Leonhard Stejneger ; No. 59, Re- 

 cent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan, by T. Way- 

 land Vaughan; No. GO, The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the 

 Collections of the U. S. National Museum, by Henry A. Pilsbry, of 

 the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences; and No. Gl, Varia- 

 tions and Genetic Relationships of the Garter Snakes, by Alexander 

 C. Ruthven, of the University of Michigan. 



The " parts " of volumes consisted of the following numbers in the 

 series of Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium : Volume 

 X, part 5, Report on the Diatoms of the Albatross Voyages in the 

 Pacific Ocean, 1888-1904, by Albert Mann, of the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture: Volume X, part 6, The Cyperacese of Costa Rica, by 

 the late Prof. C. B. Clarke; Volume X, part 7, Studies of Tropical 

 American Ferns, No. 1, ])y William R. Maxon ; Volume XII, part 1, 

 Catalogue of the botanical library of John Donnell Smith, presented 

 in 1905 to the Smithsonian Institution, compiled by Alice Cary At- 

 wood; Volume XII, part 2, containing The Lecythidacese of Costa 

 Rica, and Tonduzia, a New Genus of Apocynacese from Central 

 America, by H. Pittier de Fabrega ; and A Collection of Plants from 

 the Vicinity of La Guaira, Venezuela, by J. R. Johnston; Volume 

 XII, part 3, Types of American Grasses, by A. S. Hitchcock. 



In addition to the foregoing, 17 papers describing Museum mate- 

 rial, and for the most part written by members of its statf, were pub- 

 lished in the Quarterly Issue of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Col- 

 lections. They may be classified as follows : Archeology, 1 ; mam- 

 mals, 1 ; fishes, 1 ; insects, 1 ; marine invertebrates, including mollusks, 

 4; botany, 4: geology, 5. The Secretary also granted permission for 

 the printing elsewhere than in the publications of the Institution and 

 Museum of 10 papers by members of the staff. 



The following is a classification by subjects of the 230 papers cited 

 in the bibliography : Administration, 1 ; ethnology, 5 ; archeology, 3 ; 



