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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1906. ‘3 
CLASSIFIED LIST OF PAPERS BASED WHOLLY ORIN PART ON THE 
NATIONAL COLLECTIONS. 
MUSEUM ADMINISTRATION. 
Mason, Oris Turton. Report on the de- 
partment of anthropology for the year 
1903-4. 
Rep. Smithsonian Inst. (U. 8. Nat. Mus.), 
1904 (1906), pp. 61-75. 
Merritu, GeorGcrE P. Report on the de- 
partment of geology for the year 1903-4. 
Rep. Smithsonian Inst. (U. S. Nat. Mus.), 
1904 (1906), pp. 97-104. 
Rarusun, Ricwarp. Report upon the 
condition and progress of the U. 8. Na- 
tional Museum during the year ending 
June 30, 1904. 
Rep. Smithsonian Inst. (U.S. Nat. Mus.), 
1904 (1906), pp. 1-186. 
Trueb, FrepericK W. Report on the de- 
partment of biology for the year 1903-4. 
Rep. Smithsonian Inst. (U.S. Nat. Mus.), 
1904 (1906), pp. 77-95. 
ETHNOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, PHYSICAL 
ANTHROPOLOGY. 
Casanowicz, ImmanuEL M. The S. S. 
Howland collection of Buddhist re- 
ligious art in the National Museum. 
Rep. Smithsonian Inst. (U. S. Nat. Mus.), 
1904 (1906), pp. 735-744, pls. I-XVII. 
Gives a sketch of the origin, doctrines, and 
history of Buddhism, followed by a descrip- 
tion of 27 objects. 
Fuint, JAmes M. Directions for collect- 
ing information and objects illustrating 
the history of medicine. 
Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., No. 39, pt. S, Aug. 8, 
1905, pp. {1]-[5]. 
Hoimes, Wittram H. Certain notched 
or scalloped stone tablets of the mound 
builders. 
Am. Anthropologist (new series), VIII, No. 
1, Jan.-Mar., 1906, pp. 101-108, pls. xm, 
XIII, 2 figs. 
Calls attention to the paper of Mr. Clarence 
B. Moore, in which he deseribes and illus- 
trates stone plates, which he is able to iden- 
tify as mortar plates, or palettes, intended 
for grinding pigments. The distribution of 
the designs is carefully studied by the author. 
Houeu, Water. Pueblo environment. 
Science (new series), XXII, No. 597, 
June 8, 1906, pp. 865-869. 
Treats of the geography, geology, meteor- 
ology, and biology of the Pueblo region and 
Hovucu, Warrer—Continued. 
discusses the environment with regard to its 
general effects on man’s body and activities. 
This paper was the address of the vice-presi- 
dent and chairman of Section H, American 
Association for the Advancement of Science. 
Sacred springs in the southwest- 
ern United States. 
Records of the Past, vy, pt. v1, June, 1906, 
pp. 163-169. 
Treats of spring worship among the Pueblo 
Indians, in whose country this feature of 
their life is emphasized by the arid enyiron- 
ment and consequent importance of water. 
The ceremonies performed around springs, 
the offerings placed in them, and the lore 
connected with them are described. 
Hrpuicka, Anes. Notes on the San 
Carlos Apache. 
Am. Anthropologist (new series), vi, No. 
3, July-Sept., 1905, pp. 480-495, pls. xxx- 
XXXII, 7 figs. 
A brief account of the present status and 
mode of life of the Apaches on the San Carlos 
Reservation, Ariz., with notes on their sub- 
divisions, dwellings, manufactured objects, 
habits, and customs, and on antiquities in the 
San Carlos Valley. 
Diseases of the Indians, more es- 
pecially of the southwest United States 
and northern Mexico. 
Washington Medical Annals, iv, 
Dee., 1905, pp. 372-394. 
A résumé of personal observations, and 
special data furnished by physicians in the 
Indian Service, on diseases among the Indi- 
ans, with a discussion, 
No. 6, 
Notes on the Pima of Arizona. 
Am. Anthropologist (new series), VIII, Jan.— 
Mar., 1906, pp. 39-46, pls. vilI-1x, 8 figs. 
Brief account of the tribe as it exists at the 
present time (1905), including notes on dwell- 
ings, manufactures, and customs. 
Brains and brain preservatives. 
Proc. U. S. Nat.*Mus., Xxx, No. 1451, June 
4, 1906, pp. 245-320b, figs. 1-27. 
A detailed account and graphic ilustra- 
tions of the results of experiments in the 
laboratory of the divison of physical anthro- 
pology, U. 8. National Museum, with 15 
different preservatives containing formalin. 
Contribution to the physical an- 
thropology of California. 
Pub. Univ. California, Am. Archeology 
and Ethnology, Iv, No.2, Berkeley, June, 
1906, 20 figs. 
A detailed description of a series of Caiifor- 
nia mainland crania. 
