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CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Eeport of the Secretary — Continued. 

 Explorations — Contin tied. 



F. A. Ober— Wesclndies 24 



David S. Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert — Pacific coast 24 



Tarlton H. Bean — Alaska 25 



W. H. Ball— Alaska 26 



H. H. Rusby — NewMexico 26 



Howgate arctic expedition 26 



Publications 27 



Index to Smithsonian publications 28 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 28 



Twenty-second volume 28 



Palenque tablet, by Dr. C. Ran 29 



Physiological research : Dr. H. C. Wood, on "Fever" 29 



Meteorology — tables of rain-fall 30 



Archaeology (G. Latimer, F. A. Ober, L. H. Morgan, and L. Fison) 31 



Miscellaneous Collections 32 



Sixteenth volume 32 



Seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth volumes 33 



Memoir of James Smithson, by W. J. Rhees 33 



Henry memorial volume 34 



Digest of atomic weights, by G. F. Becker 35 



The Toner lectures 36 



Lecture on sanitary drainage, by George E. Waring 37 



Physical tables, by Professor Guyot 38 



Bulletius of the National Museum 38 



Proceedings of the National Museum 40 



Systematic nomenclature 41 



Smithsonian Annual Report 42 



Contents of Report for 1878 42 



Contents of Report for 1879 43 



JfATiONAL Museum 44 



Increase of the Museum 46 



1. By localities — 



Alaska 47 



California 48 



Arizona 48 



New Mexico 48 



Montana 49 



Wyoming Territory 49 



Florida 49 



Atlantic coast 49 



Mexico 49 



West Indies 50 



South America 50 



Europe 50 



Western Africa 50 



2. By subjects — 



Ethnological contributions 51 



Mammals - 51 



Birds 52 



Reptiles 53 



Fishes 53 



Shells 55 



