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No. 717. '-The Hnmau Beast of Burdeu." With 54 tignres. By Otis T. Mason. 

 (From tlie Smitbsouiau Report for 1837, Part ii.) Octavo pamplilet of .")9 pages. 



No. 718. "Ethuo-Conchology : a Study of Primitive Money." "With 2'i figures and 

 nine plates. By Robert E. C. Stearns. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1887. Part 

 II.) Octavo pamphlet of 38 pages. 



No. 719. "Tlie Extermination of the American Bison." With 21 plates and 1 fold- 

 ing map. By William T. Hornaday. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1887, Part ii.) 

 Octavo pamphlet of 184 pages. 



No. 720. The Preservation of Museum Specimens from Insects and the effects of 

 Dampness." With 5 figures. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1887, Part ii.) Oc- 

 tavo pamphlet of 10 pages. 



No. 721. " List of Accessions to the U. S. National Museum, during the year ending 

 June 30, 1887, with descriptive notes." (From the Smithsonian Rejiort for 1887, Part 

 II. ) Octavo pamphlet of 129 pages. 



No. 724. "The George Catlin Indian Gallery in the U. S. National Museum; with 

 memoir and statistics." Illustrated with 138 ])lates and (5 folding maps. By Thomas 

 Donaldson. From the Smithsonian Report for 188."), Part ii.) OctaA'o volume of 

 vii-{-939 pages. 



No. 732. " Throv/iug-sticks in the National Museum." With 17 plates. By Otis 

 T. Mason. (From the Smithsonian Rejiort for 1884, Part li.) Octavo jiamphlet of 

 11 pages. 



No. 733. '• Basket-work of the North American Aborigines." With 04 plates. By 

 Otis T. Mason. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1884, Part ii.) Octavo pamphlet 

 of 10 jjages. 



No. 734. "A Study of the Eskimo Bows in the U. S. National Museum." With 12 

 plates. By John Murdoch. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1884, Part ii.) Oc- 

 tavo pamphlet of 10 pages. 



No. 741. " Index to the Literature of Thermodynamics." Comprising Part i, a 

 subject index under 54 topics ; and Part ii, an author index, with the titles of papers 

 in full. By Alfred Tuckermau. Octavo volume of 244 pages. 



No. 745. "Check-list of Publications of the Smithsonian Institution, to July, 

 1890," Octavo pamphlet of 35 pages. 



SMITHSONIAN ANNUAL KEPORTS. 



No. GS9. "Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 

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

 ending June 30, 1887. Part i." This part comprises the report of the Institution 

 proper, and contains the Journal of Proceedings of the Board of Regents at the an- 

 nual meeting held January 12, 1887; the Report of the Executive Committee of the 

 Board, and the Report of Professor Baird, the Secretary of the Institution ; followed 

 by the "General Appendix," in which are given the following papers: Advance of 

 Science in the Last Half Century, by T. H. Huxley ; Progress in Astronomy in 1880, 

 by William C. Wiulock; in North American Geology, by Nelson II. Darton; in North 

 American Paleontology, by J. B. Marcon; in Vulcanology and Seismology, by C. G. 

 Rockwood ; in Geography and Exploration, by William Libbey ; in Physics, by George 

 F. Barker; in Chemistry, by II. Carrington Bolton; in Mineralogy, by Edward S. 

 Dana ; in Zoology, by Theodore Gill ; and in Anthropology, by Otis T. Mason. Also, 

 liapers on an Indian Mummy, by James Lisle ; Mound in Jefferson County, Tennessee, 

 by J. C. McCormick ; Ancient Mounds in Iowa, etc., by Clement L. Webster; Indians 

 of Washington Territory, .by Myron Eells ; Anchor Stones, by B. F. Snyder; Antiqui- 

 ties in Mexico, by S. B. Evans; concluding with a Biogra])hical Memoir of Arnold 

 Guyot, by James D. Dana. The Report forms an octavo volume of xx+735 pages, 

 illustrated with 10 figures and 3 plates. 



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