^^^ CONTENTS. 



Page. 



EEPORT OF THE SECRETAKY-Coutinued. 



Explorations— Continued. 24 



T? A ether — West Indies .'* ' 24 



LtidS Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert-Pac.hc coast ----•--;;-_; ,, 



TarltonH. Bean— Alaska ' 26 



W. H. Dall— Alaska 26 



H. H. Kusby— NewMesico 26 



Howgate arctic expedition i!.' .'.*'.'.!! 27 



Publications " 28 



Index to Smithsonian pnbhcations.... _^ 2g 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge [',','..''.. 38 



Twenty-second volume __ 29 



Palenque tablet, by Dr. C. R^u -.- -■-•-■-;;•;;;•*; ;;;;"/. 29 



Physiological research: Dr. H.C.Wood, on Fever ^^ 



Meteorology-tables of ^^^'f^"- ^ '£ Morgan, and L. Fison) 31 

 Archaeology (G. Latimer, F. A. Uber, 1.. n. li » ^^ 32 



Miscellaneous Collections '.'".'*'.'. 32 



Sixteenth volume " ' 33 



Seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth volumes -• ^^ 



Memoir of James Smithson, by W. J. Rhees *;;;;;;;;*. 34 



Henry memorial volume - - - - 35 



Digest of atomic weights, by G. F. Becker ;;;;;;;;;;;. 36 



The Toner lectures :" 'r^'"' I'v v^^v\n^" ' 37 



Lecture on sanitary drainage, by George E. Warmg ^ ^^ 



Physical tables, by Professor Gnyot 3g 



Bulletins of the National Museum ^^ 



Proceedings of the National Museum \^""^"... 41 



Systematic nomenclature "'" 42 



Smithsonian Annual Report 42 



Contents of Report for 1878 '"" 43 



Contents of Report for 1879 44 



National Museum 46 



Increase of the Museum 



1. By localities — 47 



Alaska '/_ 48 



California - ]'__* 48 



Arizona 48 



Kew Mexico 49 



Montana - 49 



Wyoming Territory 49 



Florida 49 



Atlantic coast 49 



Mexico 50 



West Indies '" 50 



South America * 50 



Eiirope 50 



Western Africa 



2. By subjects — 51 



Ethnological contributions ■"'' 5^ 



Mammals 52 



Birds ^3 



Eeptiles 53 



Fishes ' 55 



Shells 



