612 INDEX. 



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 Audubon Societies of the United States, conference of, held in lecture hall of 



the ]\Iuseum 39 



Aurivillius, Doctor, species of butterflies described by 21, 69 



Authors in bibUography, list of 173 



Bache, Alexander D., resolutions submitted to Board of Regents by 193 



Bailey, Mrs. Florence Merriam, bird collection consulted by 32 



titles and notices of papers by 149 



western birds studied by 76 



Baird, Spencer F. , activities of 4 



announcement by, in report for 1884 225 



annual report of, for 1887, stating need of fireproof build- 

 ing 225 



extracts from report of, for 1880 222, 248 



1882 249,263 



1883 224, 266 



inadequacy of Museum building discussed by 263 



keeper of U. S. National ^Museum 237 



letter sent from, to Speaker of House of Representatives. . . 223 



Baker, C. F. , Nevada collection of plants purchased from 71 



Baker, E. G. , plants loaned to 35 



Ball, Elmer D. , insect specimens sent to 34 



Ballou, H. H., comparisons of insects made by 76 



student of entomology, work at the Museum conducted by 32 



Bangs, Outram, bird collection consulted by 32, 76 



specimens sent to 33 



Honduras birds presented by 20, 68 



obtained in exchange from, bird specimens from Costa Rica. . 68 



titles and notices of papers by 147, 149 



Banks, Nathan, custodian, Section of Arachnida 93 



paper by, published 79 



papers on entomological subjects published by 31 



titles and notices of papers by 149, 150 



Barber, Thomas, a monographic work on chameleons, in preparation by 76 



the Old World chameleons studied by 32, 76 



Barker, George F. , material loaned to 88 



Bartsch, Paul, aid, Division of MoUusks 93 



studies on the Pyramidellidfe continued by 30, 78 



succession of, to position as jirincipal aid in the Division of 



Mollusks 47 



time spent by, in Philadelphia studying zoological collections . 65 



title and notice of paper by 150, 154 



Basement for new National Museum building, description of 297 



Smithsonian building, uses for 235 



Bassler, R. S., collection of iluorite and associated rocks and minerals from 



Kentucky, made l^y 84 



Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, visited by 26 



papers in preparation by, on fossil Bryozoa and Ostracoda 35, 89 



time spent by, in the field 87 



title and notice of paper by 150 



Bats, addition to collection of 20 



Beadle, C. D. , plants loaned to 35 



Bean, Barton A. , assistant curator, Division of Fishes 93 



expedition to the Bahamas accompanied by 26, 66 



