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No. 170. Life histories of North American birds of prey (pt. 2): Orders 

 Falconiformes and Strigiformes, by Arthur C. Bent. Tiii+482 pp., 92 pis. 

 August 8, 1938. 



No. 172. Birds from Siam and tlie Malay Peninsula in the United States 

 National Museum collected by Drs. Hugh M. Smith and William L. Abbott, by 

 J. H. Riley, iv+581 pp. December 3, 1938. 



No. 173. Catalog of the mechanical collections of the Division of Engineering, 

 United States National Museum, by Frank A. Taylor, viii+203 pp., 37 pis. 

 March 2, 1939. 



No. 174. Life histories of North American woodpeckers : Order Piciformes, by 

 Arthur C. Bent, viii+334 pp., 39 pis. May 23, 1939. 



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Part 9. A revision of Besleria, by C. V. Morton. Pp. i-ix, 395-474. May 9, 1939. 

 Part 10. The Andean species of Pilea, by Ellsworth P. Killip. Pp. i-viii, 475- 

 530, pis. 30-40. June 14, 1939. 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



The editorial work of the Bureau has continued under the immediate 

 direction of the editor, Stanley Searles. During the year six bulletins 

 were issued as follows : 



Bulletin 118. An archaeological survey of the Norris Basin in eastern Tennes- 

 see, by William S. Webb. 398 pp., 152 pis., 79 figs., 2 maps. 



Bulletin 119. Anthropological Papers, Nos. 1-6. No. 1, A preliminai'y report 

 on archeological explorations at Macon, Ga., by A. R. Kelly. No. 2, The northern 

 Arapaho flat pipe and the ceremony of covering the pipe, by John G. Carter. 

 No. 3, The Caribs of Dominica, by Douglas Taylor. No. 4, What happened to 

 Green Bear who was blessed with a sacred pack, by Truman Michelson. No. 5, 

 Lemhi Shoshoni physical therapy, by Julian H. Steward. No. 6, Panatiibiji', an 

 Owens Valley Paiute, by Julian H. Steward. 204 pp., 18 pis., 37 figs. 



Bulletin 120. Basin-plateau aboriginal sociopolitical groups, by Julian H. 

 Steward. 346 pp., 3 pis., 13 figs. 



Bulletin 121. Archeological remains in the Whitewater District, eastern 

 Arizona. Part 1, House types, by Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr. 278 pp., 30 pis., 

 53 figs. 



Bulletin 122. An archaeological survey of Wheeler Basin on the Tennessee 

 River in northern Alabama, by William S. Webb. 214 pp., 122 pis., 25 figs. 



Bulletin 123. Anthropological Papers, Nos. 7-12. No. 7, Archeological investi- 

 gations in the Corozal District of British Honduras, by Thoraas and Mary Gann. 

 No. 8, Linguistic classification of Cree and Montagnais-Naskapi dialects, by 

 Truman Michelson. No. 9, Sedelmayr's Relacion of 1746, translated and edited 

 by Ronald L. Ives. No. 10, Notes on the Creek Indians, by J. N. B. Hewitt, 

 edited by John R. Swauton. No. 11, The Yaruros of the Capanaparo River, 

 Venezuela, by Vincenzo Petrullo. No. 12, Archeology of Arauquin, by Vincenzo 

 Petrullo. Sm pp., 32 pis., 27 figs. 



REPORT OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 



The annual reports of the American Historical Association are 

 transmitted by the Association to the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution and are communicated by him to Congress, as provided 

 by the act of incorporation of the Association. 



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