ANNUAL REPORTS 7 



Pt. 2. Papers describing and illustrating the collections in the U. S. National 

 Museum. 

 No. 1. The poisonous snakes of North America. By Leonhard Stejneger. Pp. 

 339-487, 70 figs., 19 pis. 

 Chinese games with dice and dominoes. By Stewart Culin. Pp. 



491-537, 33 figs., 12 pis. 

 The onyx niaibles: Their origin, composition, and uses, both ancient 



and modern. By George P. Merrill. Pp. 541-585, 18 pis. 

 The cowbirds. By Charles Bendire. Pp. 589-624, 3 pis. 

 Primitive American armor. By Walter Hough. Pp. 627-651, 5 figs., 



22 pis. 

 The weapons and wings of birds. By Frederic A. Lucas. Pp. 655- 



663, 8 figs., 1 pi. 

 Notes on the ethnology of Tibet. [Based on collections in the U. S. 

 National Museum.] By William Woodville Rockhill. Pp. 669- 

 747, 52 pis. 

 No. 8. Two Persepolitan casts in the U. S. National Museum. By Cyrus 



Adler. Pp. 751-753, 2 pis. 

 No. 9. Museum collections to illustrate religious history and ceremonials. 



By Cyrus Adler. Pp. 757-768. 

 No. 10. If public libraries, why not public museums? By Edward S. Morse. 

 Pp. 771-780. 

 Report of the United States National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1894. 



Ft. 1. Report on condition and progress of the Museum. By G. Brown Goode. 



Pp. 1-233. 

 Pt. 2. Papers describing and illustrating the collections in the U. S. National 

 Museum. 

 No. 1. Primitive travel and transportation. By Otis Tufton Mason. Pp. 

 237-593, 260 figs., 25 pis. 



No. 2. Mancala: The national game of Africa. By Stewart Culin. Pp. 595- 



607, 15 figs., 5 pis. 

 No. 3. The golden patera of Rennes. By Thomas Wilson. Pp. 609-617, 



1 fig., 1 pi. 



No. 4. The wooden statue of Baron H Kamon-no-KamI Naosuke, pioneer 

 diplomat of Japan, Translated from the Japanese, by H. Satoh. 

 Pp. 621-622, 1 pi. 

 No. 5. A study of the primitive methods of drilling. By J. D. McGuire. 



Pp. 623-756, 201 figs. 

 No. 6. The swastika. By Thomas Wilson. Pp. 757-1011, 374 figs., 25 pis. 

 Report of the United States National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1895. 



Pt. 1. Report on condition and progress of the Museum. By G. Brown Goode. 



Pp. 1-308. 

 Pt. 2. Papers describing and illustrating collections in the U. S. National 

 Museum. 

 No. 1. The social organization and the secret societies of the KwakiutI 



Indians. By Franz Boas. Pp. 309-738, 215 figs., 51 pis. 

 No. 2. The graphic art of the Eskimos. By Walter James Hoffman. Pp. 



739-968, 154 figs., 82 pis. 

 No. 3. Notes on the geology and natural history of the Peninsula of Lower 



California. By George P. Merrill. Pp. 969-994, 10 pis. 

 No. 4. The mineralogical collections in the U. S. National Museum. By 



Wirt Tassin. Pp. 995-1000, 1 pi. 

 No. 5. The tongues of birds. By Frederic A. Lucas. Pp. 1001-1020, 13 figs., 



2 pis. 



No. 6. The Ontonagon copper bowlder in the U. S. National Museum. By 



Charles Moore. Pp. 1021-1030, 2 pis. 

 No. 7. Taxidermical methods in the Leyden Museum, Holland, By R. W. 



Shufeldt. Pp. 1031-1037, 6 pis. 



