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the year ending June 30, 1887. Part ii." Being the report of the operations and 

 condition of the U. S. National Museum. This part coutaiuB: 1. The report of the 

 assistant secretary, G. Brown Goode, upon the condition and progress of the Museum. 

 2. Rejjorts of the curators of the different departments. 3. Papers illustrative of the 

 collections in the U. S. National Museum. 4. Bibliograi)hy for the year, including (1) 

 the publications of the National Museum, aud (2) papers by ofiQcers of the National 

 Museum and others relatiog to Museum material. 5. List of accessions for the year. 

 This i>art forms an octavo volume of xviii + 771 pages, illustrated with 127 figures, 

 31 plates, and 1 folding map. 



No. 722. "Report of S. P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, for 

 the year ending June 30, 1889." Octavo pamphlet of 84 pages. 



PUBLICATION OF THE BURKAU OF ETHNOLOGY. 



No. 693. "Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85." By J. W. Powell, Director. This work contains 

 the introductory report of the Director, 58 pages, with accompanying papers as fol- 

 lows: "Ancient Art of the Province of Chiriqui," hy William H. Holmes; "A Study 

 of the Textile Art in its relation to the Development of Form and Ornament," by 

 William H. Holmes; "Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices," by Cyrus Thomas; 

 " Osage Traditions," by Rev. J. Owen Dorsey ; "The Central Eskimo," by Dr. Frauz 

 Boas. The report forms a royal octavo A'olume of Iviii-f 675 pages, illustrated with 

 546 figures, 7 plates, aud 3 maps. 



