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At the North Pole, by Lincohi Ellsworth. 



Bird Banding in America, by Frederick C. Lincoln. 



The Distribution of Fresh-water Fishes, by David Starr Jordan. 



The Mind of an Insect, by R. E. Snodgrass. 



The Evidence Bearing on Man's Evolution, by Ale.s Hrdlicka. 



The Origins of the Chinese Civilization, by Henri Maspero. 



Archeology in China, by Liang Chi-Chao. 



Indian Villages of Southeast Alaska, by Herbert W. Krieger. 



The Interpretation of Aboriginal Mounds l)y Means of Creek Indian Customs, 

 by John R. Swanton. 



Friederich Kurz, Artist-Explorer, by David I. Bushnell, jr. 



Note on the Principles and Process of X-Ray Examination of Paintings, by 

 Alan Burroughs. 



Lengthening of Human Life in Retrospect and Prospect, by Irving Fisher. 



Charles Doolittle Walcott, by George Otis Smith. 



William Healey Dall, by C. Hart Merriam. 



SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS 



Classified List of Smithsonian Publications Available for Distribution, Sep- 

 tember 15, 1927. Compiled by Helen Munroe. 29 pp. (Publ. 2922.) 



List of Paintings, Pastels, Drawings, Prints, and Copper Plates by and attrib- 

 uted to American and European Artists together with a list of Original 

 Whistleriana in the Freer Gallery of Art. March 20, 1928. 51 pp. (Publ. 

 2963.) 



Handbook of the Health Exhibits of the United States National Museum under 

 direction of the Smithsonian Institution. April 6, 1928. 39 pp., 19 figs. 



Explorations and Field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1927. April 7, 

 1928. 188 pp., 213 figs. (Publ. 2957.) 



REPRINTS 



Phonetic Transcription of Indian Languages. Report of American Anthropo- 

 logical Association (Reprint). September, 1910. 15 pp., 2 charts. (Publ. 

 2415.) 



The Origin and Antiquity of the American Indian. By Alei? Hrdlicka. From 

 the Smithsonian Report for 1923, pp. 481-494, 16 pis. Revised edition. 

 (Publ. 2778.) 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



The editorial work of the National Museum is in the hands of Dr. 

 Marcus Benjamin. During the year ending June 30, 1928, the 

 Museum published 1 annual report, 3 volumes of proceedings, 5 com- 

 plete bulletins, 2 parts of a bulletin, 1 complete volume in the series 

 Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, and 57 

 separates from the proceedings. 



The issues of the bulletin were as follows : 



Bulletin 76. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and Adjacent Waters. Part 2. 

 Forcipulata (Part). By Walter Kenrick Fisher. 



