SECRETARY'S REPORT 251 



No. 4. Uniformity among growth layers in three ponderosa pine, by Waldo S. 

 Glock, Paul J. Germann, and Sharlene R. Agerter. xiv+375 pp., 71 figs., 13 pis. 

 ( Publ. 4508. ) February 21, 1963. ( $6. ) 



Volu7ne 146 



No. 1. Aboriginal cultural development in Latin America : An Interpretative re- 

 view, edited by Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans, vi+148 pp., 20 figs. 

 (Publ. 4517.) June 17, 1963. ($5.) 



SMITHSONIAN ANNUAL REPORTS 



REPORT FOR 1961 



The complete volume of the Annual Report of the Board of Regents 

 for 1961 was received from the printer on November 15, 1962. 



Annual Rei)ort of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution showing 

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

 ended June 30, 1961. x+579 pp., illus. (Publ. 4478.) 



The general appendix contained the following papers (Publ. 4479- 

 4499): 



Some astronomical aspects of life In the universe, by Su-Ssu Huang. 



X-rays from the sun, by Herbert Friedman. 



The challenge of space exploration, by Robert C. Seamans, Jr. 



The Smithsonian's satellite-tracking program, by B. Nelson Hayes. 



The main lines of mathematics, by J. L. B. Cooper. 



Early experiments in instrument flying, by James H. Doolittle. 



Three famous early aero engines, by Robert B. Meyer, Jr. 



Organic chemistry : a view and a prospect, by Sir Alexander Todd. 



The new age of the sea, by Philip B. Yeager. 



Drilling beneath the deep sea, by William B. Benson. 



A natural history of trilobites, by H. B. Whittington. 



Chromosomes and the theory of heredity, by C. D. Darlington. 



Tropical climates and biology, by G. S. Carter. 



Outdoor aerobiology, by P. H. Gregory. 



The detection and evasion of bats by moths, by Kenneth D. Roeder and Asher 



E. Treat. 

 The honey bee, by James I. Hambleton. 

 Evolution, genetics, and anthropology, by A. E. Mourant. 

 Australopithicines and the origin of man, by J. T. Robinson. 

 The skull of Shanidar II, by T. D. Stewart. 



Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki theory and its relation to ethnobotany, by F. P. Jonker. 

 Minerals in art and archeology, by Rutherford J. Gettens. 



REPORT FOR 1962 



The report of the Secretary, which will form part of the 1962 Annual 

 Report of the Board of Regents, was issued January 24, 1963. 



Report of the Secretary and financial report of the Executive Committee of the 

 Board of Regents for the year ended June 30, 1062. x+241 pp., 16 pis. (Publ. 

 4514.) 



