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National Zoological Park, Congressional appropriation xxxi, xxxix, 31 



disbursed by Smithsonian Institution 3 



expenditures .._ xxxi 



forest trees in 65 



geology of , 72 



laying out of grounds 40 



map of park 38 



moneys paid for land 37 



ornithology of 66 



report of acting manager 64, 74 



commissioners 38, 39 



Secretary on 34 



resignation of Mr. W. T. Hornaday 41 



selection of land 37 



transfer to Regents of Institution 39 



Natural history of the Cetaceans, contributions to, by F. W. True 30 



Nautical Almanac, exchanges of 60 



Naval architecture, statistics of accessions 27 



Observatory, exchanges of 60 



officers, collections made by 29 



Navarro, Consul-General J. N., acknowledgments due . 61 



Navigazione Generale Italiano, acknowledgments due 61 



Navy Department, exchanges of 60 



Necrology: Hon. S. S. Cox 43 



of astronomers 172 



Nests, statistics of accessions ... 27 



Netherlands, exchange transmissions to 59, 63 



Netherlands- American Steam Navigation Company, acknowledgments due 61 



New Jersey State reports presented to Institution 78 



New South Wales, exchange transmissions to 59, 63 



Newton, H. A. Memoir of Elias Loomis 741 



New York and Brazil Mail Steamship Company, acknowledgments due _ _ 61 



Mexico Steamship Company, acknowledgments due 61 



New Zealand, exchange transmissions to 59. 63 



Niagara River, history of. By G. K. Gilbert 231 



Nicaragua, exchange transmissions to 59. 63 



Night heron in Zoological Park 64 



Noble, Hon. John W., commissioner for establishment of Zoological Park, 



report of 39 



Noctuidae, contributions to monograph on, by John B. Smith 30 



North America, linguistic map of 50 



North American ethnology accounts examined by executive committee, - . xix 



Congressional appropriation for xix, xxxii, xl 



expenditures xx, xxi 



estimates for 4 



geology, progress report for 1886. By Nelson H. Darton. 79, 81 

 lepidoptera, bibliographical catalogue of the transforma- 

 tions of, by Henry Edwards 29, 30 



paleontology, progress report for 1886. By J. B. Marcou, 79,81 



North Carolina, ancient works in, examined 47, 48, 49 



North German Lloyd, acknowledgments due 61 



Norway, consul-general for, acknowledgments due 61 



exchange transmissions to .^. ....... .......... 59, 63 



