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teorologists the work was placed iu the bands of Prof. William Libbey, 

 jr., of PrincetoD, New Jersey, with the expectation that the new edi- 

 tion will be ready for the printer during the coDiing year. 



Among the publications of this series mention may be made of the 

 tenth '' Toner Lecture," by Dr. Harrison Allen, on " A Clinical Study 

 of the Skull." 



A revised catalogue and index of all the Smithsonian publications to 

 the middle of ISSO, occupying 383 pages, prepared by Mr. William J. 

 Rhees, the chief clerk, has also been published. 



No completed volume of the Miscellaneous Collections has been issued 

 within the year. 



Smithsonian Animal Reports. — The annual report of the Regents to 

 Congress for the year ending June 30, 1887, in two parts or volumes, 

 has been received from the Public Printer and has been widely dis- 

 tributed. The annual report for the succeeding year, 1888, although 

 printed, has not yet been received ; but is daily expected. 



A detailed account of the several publications of the Smithsonian 

 Institution for the year, under each class, will be given in the Appendix. 



Other publications. — The publications of the National Museum com- 

 prise the " Proceedings of the National Museum " and the " Bulletins 

 of the National Museum," and are maintained by an appropriation an- 

 nually made by Congress. As stated in my last report, "It has been 

 decided to hereafter omit these publications from the series" of Miscel- 

 laneous Collections issued by the Institution.* Of the publications of 

 the Bureau of Ethnology the sixth annual report has been issued dur- 

 ing the year. 



The edition of Swan's paper on "The Indians of Cape Flattery" 

 having become exhausted, a new edition of 250 copies has been printed. 



The Annual Report of the American Historical Association, which by 

 the act of incorporation the Secretary of the Institution is directed to 

 communicate to Congress, has been printed as Senate Miscellaneous 

 Document No. 170. 



In October, 18S9, final arrangements were made with Prof. Edward 

 D. Cope, whereby it is expected that his important work upon " Rep- 

 tilia," undertaken several j'ears ago at the request of the Secretary, 

 will be ready for the printer by the end of December, 1890. 



Except in the case of the Annual Reports, the publications of the In- 

 stitution are generally issued with satisfactory promptness. The An- 

 nual Reports, which have been for some years so seriously behindhand 

 as to materially aifect the value of the reviews upon scientific progress, 

 are, it is hoped, to be brought up to date during the coming year. 



To avoid any possible delay on account of lack of legislation, the at- 

 tention of the chairman of the Committee on Printing of the United 



States Senate has been called to the desirability of having the bill pro- 



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* A fall account of these productions will be given in the second part of the Annual 

 Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1889-"J0. 



