CATALOGUE OF rUBLICATIONS. 591 



584. Tlie Aurora Borealis, or Polar Light: it.s Plienomena and Laws. 

 By Elias Loomis. (From the Sinitlisoiiiau Keport for 18ii,").) 

 8vo., pp. 41, C cuts. 



685. Addresses at the Unveiling' of the Jose])h Henry Statue at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, Ai)ril 19, 1883. By Chief Justice Waite, 

 Chancellor of the Smithsonian [ustitution, and NoAii Porter, 

 President of Yale College. (From the Smithsonian Peport for 

 1883.) 1884. 8vo., pp. 27, 1 plate. 



586. Report of Spencer F. Baird, Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti- 



tution for the Year 1883. 1885. 8vo., pp. SG. 



587. lieport of the Assistant Director and of the Curators of the TJ. S. 



National ]\Iuseum for the Year 1883. (From the Smithsonian 

 Report for 1883.) 1885. 8vo., pp. 200. 



588. Miscellaneous Papers relating to Anthropology. (From the Smith- 



sonian Report for 1883.) 1885. 8vo., pp. 122, 33 cuts. 



589. Brief Directions for Removing and Preserving the Skins of Mam- 



mals. By William T. Horn ad ay. 1883. 8vo., pp. 7, 4 cuts. 

 {Circular of National Museum, No. 22.) 



590. Instructions for Taking Paj)er Molds of Inscriptions in Stone, 



Wood, Bronze, etc. Prepared by A. P. iS^iblack, U. S. Navy. 



1883. 8vo., PI). 5. {Circular of Xational Museum, No, 23.) 



591. Synoptical Flora of North America: The GamopetahT, being a 



second edition of Vol. i, Part ii, and Vol. it, Part i. By Asa 

 Gray. 188(>. 8vo., pp. 984. (xM. C, xxxi.) 



592. Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington. Vol. yii, 



Containing the Minutes of the Society and of the Mathematical 

 Section for the year 1884. January 5, 1884, to December 20, 



1884. Published by the co-operation of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution. I'S^o. 8 vo., pp. 105, G cuts. (M. C, xxxiii.) 



593. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti- 



tution for the year 1883. Forty-eighth Congress, first session. 

 House Mis. Doc. No. 09. 1885. 8vo., pp. 997, 1 plate, 33 cuts. 



CONTENTS. 



Journal of Pioceodiiigs of the Board of Regents. 

 Report of the Executive Committee for the year 1883. 

 Report of the Executive Committee on the Henry Statue. 

 Baird, S. F. Secretary's report of operations. 



The Suiitlisonian Institution. 



National Museum. 



Bureau of Ethnology. 



U. S. Geological Survey. 



U. S. Fish Counnission. . . 



Appendix to the Report of the Secretary. 



Correspondence on Asttouonjical Anuor.ncements. 



Report on exchanges for 1883. 



Report on National Museum by Assistant Director and Curators. 



