SECRETARY'S REPORT 211 



Volume 142 



No. 1, Facts and theories concerning the insect head, by R. E. Snodgrass. 66 



pp., 21 figs. (Publ. 4427.) Nov. 4, 1960. (75 cents.) 

 No, 3. Some osteological features of modem lower teleostean fishes, by William 



A. Gosline. 42 pp., 8 figs., 4 diagrams. (Publ. 4458.) June 12, 1961. 



(50 cents.) 



Volume 143 



No. 1. Some locomotor mechanisms of birds, by Frank A. Hartman. 91 pp., 



7 figs. (Publ. 4460.) June 1.5, 1961. ($2.00.) 

 No. 2. Sixteen-day weather forecasts from satellite observations, by C. G. Abbot. 



6 pp. (Publ. 4462.) May 26, 1961. (25 cents.) 



SMITHSONIAN ANNUAL REPORTS 



REPORT FOR 1959 



The complete volume of the Annual Keport of the Board of 

 Regents for 1959 was received from the printer on December 22, 1960 : 



Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution showing 

 the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ended 

 June 30, 1959. x+ 693 pp., 86 pis., 125 figs., 1 map. (Publ. 4392. ) 



The general appendix contained the following papers (Publ. 

 4393-4416) : 



The transuranium elements, by Glenn T. Seaborg. 



The IGY in retrospect, by Elliott B. Roberts. 



Astronomy from artificial satellites, by Leo Goldberg. 



Solar radio astronomy, by Alan MaxwelL 



The new uses of the abstract, by George A. W. Boehm. 



Mirages, by James H. Gordon. 



Lessons from the history of flight, by Grover Loening. 



The use of oceanography, by G. E. R. Deacon. 



Ambergris — Neptune's treasure, by C. P. Idyll. 



The rhythmic nature of animals and plants, by Frank A. Brown, Jr. 



The survival of animals in hot deserts, by E. B. Edney. 



Amphibians, pioneers of terrestrial breeding habits, by CJoleman J. Goin. 



A study of saturniid moths in the Canal Zone Biological Area, by A. D. Blest. 



Evolution of knowledge concerning the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides, by 



Benjamin Schwartz. 

 The protection of fauna in the U.S.S.R., by G. P. Dementiev. 

 Reconstructing the ancestor of corn, by Paul C. Mangelsdorf . 

 The need to classify, by Roger L. Batten. 

 Current advances and concepts in virology, by stafC members of Lilly Research 



Laboratories. 

 In search of a home: From the Mutiny to Pitcaim Island (1789-1790), by 



H. E. Maude. 

 The Chinook sign of freedom : A study of the skull of the famous chief Com- 



comly, by T. D. Stewart. 

 The Muldbjerg dwelling place: An early Neolithic archeological site in the 



Aamosen Bog, West Zealand, Denmark, by J. Troels-Smith. 

 Three adult Neanderthal skeletons from Shanidar Cave, northern Iraq, by Ralph 



S. Solecki. 

 Sumerian technology, by Ida Bobnla. 

 Brandywine : An early flour-milling center, by Peter C. Welsh. 



