804 INDEX. 



Page. 



Seismology, progress report for 1886, by C. G. Rockwood, jr 79,81 



Senatej action of, with regard to appropriation for fireproofing of part of 



Smithsonian building 10 



bill relative to new Museum building 4 



Serials added to the library 75 



Serpents, poisonous, venoms of, researches upon, by S. Weir Mitchell and 



T. Reichert 79 



Servia, exchange transmissions to 63 



a party to Brussels convention 58 



Shipaulovi pueblo, model of, made by C. Mindeleff 53 



Shufeldt, Dr. R. W., studied bii^d skeletons -. : 30 



Sia tribe of Pueblo Indians, study of 43, 54 



Siderostat in astro- physical observatory 11 



Sign language, investigations in ....42, 47,50 



Signal Office, exchanges of 60 



Siletz tribes, gentile system of. Paper by J. Owen Dorsey . . - 50 



Sixth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology 15, 54, 82 



Sketch of plans for new Museum building presented 4 



Skull, clinical study of the, paper on, by Dr. Harrison Allen 15,80 



Smith, John B., contribution toward a monograph of the insects of the 



lepidopterous family Noctuidae of temperate North America 30 



Smithson bequest, amount of — 2 



Smithsonian fund, condition of — xvii 



accounts examined by executive committee xvii 



annual reports for 1887 and 1888 15, 79 



building, continuation of fireproofing 10 



should be paid for by Government xii 



Contributions to Knowledge 14,79 



vol. XXVI 79 



exchanges, reports on, for 1887, by George H. Boehmer 79 



Institution, exchanges of 60 



Secretary's report for 1890 1 



Miscellaneous Collections 14 



publications, check list of 81 



list of, by William J. Rhees. 15 



Snakes in Zoological Park 64 



Snyder, B. F., on anchor stones 80,81 



Snyder, Dr. J. F., a primitive urn burial 609 



Societies corresponding with exchange bureau 55, 56 



Solar corona, memoirs relating to. - — 14, 79 



South Australia, exchange transmissions to 59,63 



South Carolina, explorations in '. 47 



Spain, consul-general for, acknowledgments due. - 61 



exchange transmissions to 59,63 



a party to Brussels convention _. 58 



Sparrow hawk in Zoological Park - - 64 



Special researches by curators of Museum — 30 



Specimens, packages of, received by Museum. — 28 



preservation of, from insects', etc 81 



Spectro-bolometer in astro-physical observatory — 11 



Spermophilus tredecimlinea tus in Zoological Park - 64 



Sponges, horny. Lendenfeldt's monograjih on, presented to Institution 78 



Sqviirrels in Zoological Park 64 



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