Publications of the U. S. National Museum 



The scientific publications of the National Museum include two 

 series known, respectively, as Proceedings and Bulletin. 



The Proceedings series, begun in 1878, is intended primarily as a 

 medium for the publication of original papers based on the collections 

 of the National Museum, that set forth newly acquired facts in biology, 

 anthropology, and geology, with descriptions of new forms and re- 

 visions of limited groups. Copies of each paper, in pamphlet form, are 

 distributed as published to libraries and scientific organizations and to 

 specialists and others interested in the different subjects. The dates 

 at which these separate papers are published are recorded in the table 

 of contents of each of the volumes. 



The series of Bulletins, the first of which was issued in 1875, contains 

 separate publications comprising monographs of large zoological 

 groups and other general systematic treatises (occasionally in several 

 volumes), faunal works, reports of expeditions, catalogs of tj^pe speci- 

 mens, special collections, and other material of similar nature. The 

 majority of the volumes are octavo in size, but a quarto size has been 

 adopted in a few instances. In the Bulletin series appear volumes 

 under the heading Contributions from the United States National 

 Flerbarium, in octavo form, published by the National Musemn since 

 1902, which contain papers relating to the botanical collections of the 

 Museum. 



The present work forms No. 209 of the Bulletin series. 



Remington Kellogg, 

 Director, United States National Museum. 



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WASHINGTON : 1957 



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