4 BULLETIN 193, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



No, 2. Gem collection of the U. S. National Museum. By George F. Kun*. 



Pp. 267-275. 

 No. 3. The collection of building and ornamental stones in the U. S. National 

 Museum: A hand-book and catalogue. By George P. Merrill. Pp. 

 277-648, 9 pis. 

 No. 4. List of specimens of textile fibers and fabrics in the reference 

 series of the Section of Textile Industries of the U. S. National 

 National Museum, June 30, 1886. By Romyn Hitchcock. Pp. 

 649-655. 

 No. 5. Preparation of microscopical mounts of vegetable textile fibers. By 



Romyn Hitchcock. Pp. 657-658. 

 No. 6. How to collect mammal skins for purposes of study and for mount- 

 ing. By William T. Hornaday. Pp. 659-670, 9 figi. 

 Pt. 4. Bibliography of the Museum. Pp. 671-699. 



Pt. 5. List of accessions with descriptive notes and indices. Pp. 701-811. 

 Report of the United States National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1887. (Ft. 

 2 of the Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 

 for the year ending June 30, 1887.) 

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



Pp. 1-62. 

 Pt. 2. Reports of the curators. Pp. 65-158, 2 figs., 1 pi. 

 Pt. 3. Papers illustrative of the collections in the U. S. National Museum. 



No. 1. Cradles of the American aborigines. By Otis T. Mason. Pp. 161- 



212, 45 figs. 



No. 2. Notes on the artificial deformation of children among savage and 



civilized peoples. [With bibliography.] By J. H. Porter. Pp. 213- 



235. 



No. 3. The human beast of burden. By Otis T. Mason. Pp. 237-295, 54 figs. 



No. 4. Ethno-conchology: A study of primitive money. By Robert E. C. 



Stearns. Pp. 297-334, 22 figs., 9 pis. 

 No. 5. A preliminary catalogue of the Eskimo collection in the U. S. 

 National Museum, arranged geographically and by uses. By T. Dix 

 Bolles. Pp. 335-365. 

 No. 6. The extermination of the American bison, with a sketch of its dis- 

 covery and life history. By William T. Hornaday. Pp. 367-548, 

 21 pis., 1 map. 

 No. 7. The preservation of museum specimens from insects and the eflfects 

 of dampness. By Walter Hough. Pp. 549-558, 4 figs. 

 Pt. 4. Bibliography of the Museum, Pp. 561-594. 

 Pt. 5. List of accessions, with descriptive notes. Pp. 597-725. 

 Report of the United States National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1888. (Pt. 

 2 of the Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 

 for the year ending June 30, 1888.) 

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



Pp. 1-84. 

 Pt. 2. Reports of the curators. Pp. 85-222. 



Pt. 3. Papers describing and illustrating the collections in the U. S. National 

 Museum. 

 No. 1. The Coast Indians of southern Alaska and northern British Columbia. 

 By Albert P. Niblack, Pp. 225-386, 360 figs, (most of them appear- 

 ing on 70 pis., a few in the text), 2 charts. 

 No. 2. A catalogue of the Hippisley collection of Chinese porcelains: Witk 

 a sketch of the history of ceramic art in China. By Alfred E. 

 Hippisley. Pp. 387-491. 



No. 3. The expedition to Funk Island, with observations upon the history 

 and anatomy of the great auk. By Frederic A. Lucas. Pp. 493-529, 

 3 pis. 



