550 CATALOGUE OF PUBLICATIONS. 



List of Kcgeuts of llie lastitution from 1846 to 1879, accovdiug to mode of 



appointment, residence, etc. 

 Act of Congress to establisli the Smithsonian Institution, August 10, 1846. 

 The same according to the Revised Statutes. 

 By-laws of the " Estahlishmeut." 

 The "Establishment" of the Smithsonian lustitution, organization and 



journal of proceedings, 1846 to 1877. 

 Examination of Professor Henry hy the English Gorerument Scientific 



Commission, June 28, 1870. 



330. Smitbsou and bis Bequest. By William J. Riiees. 18X0. 8vo., 



pp. 7G, 9 pUites. (M. C, xxi.) 



CONTENTS. 



Life of Smithson. 



Legislation of Congress in relation to the bequest. 



List of first Board of Kegents. 



Obituary notice of Smithson, March, 1830. 



DUTENS, L. Account of the First Duke of Xorthumberlaud. 



Notice of the First Duke in The Gentleman's Magazine, 1786. 



Coffin-plate inscrii)tioH of Hugh Smithson. 



Account of Earl Percy. 



Notice of Smithsou's i^apcr on "Tabasheer." 



Davy, Sir H. Notice^^f Smithson's paper on "Calamines." 



Illustrations of presentations of books to Smithson. 



Berzelius. Notice of Smithson's researches. 



Extracts from Smithson's scientific writings. 



Catalogue of the library of Smithson. 



Notice of the city of Washington, in Harriott's travels. 



Notice of the city of Washington, in Weld's travels. 



331. The Palenque Tablet, in the United States jSTational Museum, 



Washington, D. C. By Charles Rau. 1879. 4to., pp. 90, 2 

 plates. (S. C, XXII.) 



33'>. I'loceedings of the U. S. National Museum for 1878. Vol. i. 1879. 

 8vo., pp. 524, 8 cuts, 8 plates. (M. C, xix. 



CONTENTS. 



Bean, T. H. Description of a new_ si^aroid fish, Sargus liolhrooMi, from 

 Savannah Bank. 

 On the occurrence of Stichaus pxinctatits ( Fabr. ) Ivroyer, at St. Michael's, 



Alaska. 

 On the identity of EuchaJarodus Putiiami Gill, with Pleurouectes glahcr 



(Storer) Gill, with notes on habits of the species. 

 Description of a sj^ecies of ii/ codes (L. Turneri) from Alaska. 

 See also under Goode and Beaa. 

 Belding, L. a partial list of the birds of central California. 

 Cook, C. The manufacture of porpoise-oil. 



Dall, W. H. Description of new forms of mollusks from Alaska con- 

 tained in the collections of the National Museum. 

 Postplioceue fossils in the Coast Eange of California. 

 Fossil mollusks from later tertiaries of California. 



Note on shells from Costa Rica kitchenmidden, collected by Drs. Flint 

 and Br.ansford. 



