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151 pai3ers (of wbicli 2 were in cotijimction with II. A. iSficliolsoii and 2 

 in conjunction with O. H. St. John), and occupying GO pages ; 3d. The 

 published writings of Charles D. Walcott, numbering 27 paj^ers and 

 occupying 15 pages ; 4th. A collection from fifteen authors of " Publica- 

 catious based upon the PahTeontological Collections of the United States 

 Government," including the titles of 3 papers by Jacob W. Bailey, 12 

 papers by T. A. Conrad, 5 papers by James D. Dana, 2 i)apers by 

 Christian G. Ehrenberg, 7 papers by James Hall (1 in conjunction 

 with F. B. Meek, above referred to), 2 j^apers by Angelo Heilprin, 3 

 papers by Alpheus Hyatt, 10 papers by Jules Marcou, 2 papers by 

 John S. Newberry, 1 paper by I. N. Nicollet, 4 papers by David Dale 

 Owen, and 5 by Owen and Shumard, 2 papers by Hiram A. Prout, 

 1 paper by James Schiel, 7 papers by Benjamin F. Shumard, and 5 

 in conjunction with Owen (above referred to); and lastly, 5 papers 

 by Eobert P. Whitfield ; these occupying 72 i)ages. An index of gen- 

 era and species of invertebrate fossils occupies 52 pages. The work 

 is supplied with a general index of subjects and autliors, and forms 

 an octavo volume of 333 pages. 



Proceedings of the National Museum. — Of this series a prompt distri- 

 bution is made, signature by signature, as fast as each IG pages of 

 matter is printed, thus giving the publication somewhat the character 

 of a periodical. 



Volume VIII of the Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum for 

 1885 has been completed. It contains descriptive papers by Tarleton 

 H. Bean, Charles W. Beckham, H. G. Beyer, E. A. Brock, W. H.Dall, 

 Carl H. Eigenman, Walter Faxon, Walter J. Fewkes, J. M. Flint, S. 

 Garman, G. Brown Goode, V. Havard, O. P. Hay, David S. Jordan, 

 Frank H. Knowlton, George N. Lawrence, Frederic A. Lucas, John 

 Belkna]) Marcou, Otis T. Mason, Seth E. Meek, George P. Merrill 

 Charles E. Orcutt, Edward Potts, Eichard Eathbun, Eobert Eidgway, 

 C. V. Eiley, John A. Eider, E. W. Shufeldt, Sidney L Smith, Silas 

 Stearns, Leonhard Stejneger, Charles H. Townsend, Frederick W. True, 

 Lucien M. Turner, A. B. Verrill, and Jos6 C. Zeledon. The volume 

 contains 7G2 Svo pages, including introduction, index, aud explanatory 

 pages, and is illustrated by 15 woodcut figures in the text and 25 

 plates of relief cuts. 



The Smithsonian Annual Report. — Eeference was made in the last 

 report (pages 337, 338) to an act of Congress approved March 3, 1885, 

 directing that " the annual reports of the Smithsonian Institution shall 

 be hereafter printed at the Government Printing Offlce, iu the same 

 manner as the annual reports of the heads of Departments are now 

 printed for submission in print to the two houses of Congress." The 

 Smithsonian reports had previously been s ibmitted to Congress in man- 

 uscript, requiring a special resolution each year to secure their printing, 

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