32 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Among such investigations was one by Mr. L. Fison, in regard to the 

 aborigines of Australia, and an agreement was entered into with him 

 by which the Institution was to publish it, uniform with Mr. Morgan's 

 memoir. The number of manuscripts in hand waiting tor publication 

 prevented Mr. Fison's article from going to press, and he finally was 

 able to make arrangements at home for its appearance. The i^aper was 

 accordingly withdrawn and transmitted to the author through Mr. Mor- 

 gan. 



There is now a sufiicient number of the quarto memoirs completed to 

 form another volume of the " Contributions," Volume XXIII ; and this 

 will be issued early in the year 1881. It will probably comprise : 



1st. Lucern arise and their allies. By Henry James Clark. (130 pages, 

 and 11 plates.) 



2d. On the geology of Lower Louisiana and the salt deposit on 

 Petite Anse Island. By Eugene W. Hilgard. (34 pages, 2 plates and 

 4 wood-cuts.) 



3d. Ou the Internal Structure of the Earth considered as aifecting 

 the phenomena of Precession and Nutation. By J. G. Barnard. (16 

 pages, and 2 wood-cuts.) 



4th. A classification and synoi)sis of the Trochilidae. By Daniel 

 Giraud Elliot. (277 pages, and 127 wood-cuts.) 



5th. Fever : a Study in Morbid and Normal Physiology. By H. C. 

 Wood. (266 pages, 5 plates and 16 wood-cuts.) 



Miscellaneous Collections. — Four A'olumes of articles, heretofore pub- 

 lished, have been made i\]} and added to the octavo series of the 

 "Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections" during the year. These form 

 Volumes XVI, XVII, XVIII, and XIX, and are constituted as follows : 



The Sixteenth volume contains: 



1st. Land and fresh-water shells of North America. By George W. 

 Tryon, jr. Part IV, Streponiatidie (American Melanians), 1873, 490 pp. 



2(1. Catalogue of the described Diptera of North America. By C. 

 E. Osten-Sacken (second edition.) 1878. 324 pp. 



3d. The Toner lectures. Lecture VII. The nature of Eeparatory 

 Inflamation in Arteries after Ligature, Acujjressure, and Torsion. By 

 Edward O. Shakespeare, M. D., 1879, 74 pp. 



4th. Circular relative to Smithsonian Scientific and Literary Ex- 

 changes, 1879, 2 pp. 



5th. Circular relative to Business Arrangements of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, 1879, 7 pp. 



6th. List of described Species of Humming Birds. By Daniel Gi- 

 raud Elliot, 1879, 22 pp. 



7th. List of the principal Scientific and Literary Institutions in the 

 United States. May, 1879, 6 pp. 



8th. List of the publications of the Smithsonian Institution, July, 

 1879, 18 pp. 



