32 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



of the Smithsonian publications), forms an octavo pamphlet of 32 pages. 



" The Botany of Bermuda, by General Sir John Henry Lefroy, F. E. 

 S." (No. 5G4), forms an octavo pamphlet of 109 pages, illustrated with 5 

 wood-cut i^lates. 



" The Mammals of Bermuda, by J. Matthew Jones, F. E. S. C." (No. 

 565), forms an octavo j)amphlet of 19 pages. 



"The Birds of Bermuda, by Capt. Saville G. Eeid, F. Z. S." (No. 

 566), forms an octavo pamphlet of 117 pages. 



" On a Bird new to the Bermudas, with IS^otesupon several species of 

 rare or accidental occurrence in these islands, by Clinton Hart Merriam, 

 M. D." (No. 567), forms an octavo pamphlet of 4 pages. 



"The Eeptiles of Bermuda, by Samuel Garman" (No. 568), forms a 

 pamphlet of 19 pages, illustrated with 6 wood-cut plates, containing91 

 figures. 



Annelida from Bermuda, by H. E. Webster (No. 569), forms an octavo 

 of 26 pages. 



Proceedings of the National Museum. — This series (as heretofore ex- 

 plained) comprises carefully prepared memoirs on new and interesting 

 specimens and articles collected for the National Museum, and printed 

 as soon as material for a "signature" of 16 pages is made up. This 

 series, like that of the "Bulletins," is primarily published and stere- 

 otyped under the authority and direction of the honorable Secretary of 

 the Interior. These articles or contributions comprise, first, papers pre- 

 pared by the scientific corps of the National Museum; secondly, papers 

 by other naturalists based on the Museum collections; and, lastly, of 

 memoranda and interesting information gathered from the correspond- 

 ence of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Volume VI of the " Proceedings of the United States National Mu- 

 seum" for 1883 (Smithsonian No. 548) was completed and published 

 during the past year. The volume contains papers by Tarleton H. 

 Bean, L. Belding, Katherine J. Bush, W. H. Dall, William J. Fisher, 

 James M. Flint, Charles H. Gilbert, Theodore Gill, G. Brown Goode, 

 G. H. Heap, William T. Hornaday, Frederick Humbert, J. G. Hunt, 

 David S. Jordan, Pierre Louis Jouy, George P. Merrill, E. W. Nelson, 

 A. P. Niblack, Charles C. Nutting, Eichard Eathbun, Charles Eau, Eob- 

 ert Eidgway, John A. Eyder, Eosa Smith, Sidney I. Smith, Eobert E. 

 C. Stearns, W. A. Stearns, Leonhard Stejneger, Joseph Swain, Freder- 

 ick W. True, S. T. Walker, Charles A. White, Merritt Willis, and H. 

 C. Yarrow. It forms an octavo volume of vii -f 558 pages, illustrated 

 with 6 wood-cuts in the letter-press, and 14 wood-cut plates. 



Smithsonian Annual Report. — The Annual Eeport of the Eegents of 

 the Institution to Congress for 1882, submitted January 19, 1883, was not 

 actually published and ready for distribution till the past year, 1884. The 

 volume contains the Journal of Proceedings of the Board of Eegents, the 

 reports of the Executive Committee of the Board, and of the Secretary 



