INDEX 



Page. 

 Abbott, Dr. C. C, remarks by, concerning 



preblstoric bone whistle. 567 



Abbott, Dr. William L., ethnolosical spec- 

 imens received 



from 86 



important collec- 

 tions received 



from 32 



insects presented 



by 03 



large collections 

 o f mammals, 

 birds, etc., pre- 

 sented by 9 



musical instru- 

 ments present- 

 ed by 95 



quoted 558 



reference to ex- 

 plorations i n 

 Africa and In- 

 dia by • 32 



specimens of 

 birds presented 



by 54 



valuable speci- 

 mens of mam- 

 mals received 



from 50 



Aboriginal engraved tablets 488 



masks 486 



pipes 488 



sculpture, different areas and 



styles of 480 



sculptures in pottery in North 



America 475 



stone in North 



America 468 



of footprints 491 



Accession list, indexes to 147 



Accessions during the year ending June 



30, 1896, list of 109 



to the collections in the Na- 

 tional Museum 20 



to the Museum library, list of. 165 



Acridiumjjeregrinnm (locust) in Palestine 967 



Act of Congress, 1846, provisions concern- 

 ing scope of the 



Museum 11 



to establish Smith- 

 son i an Institu- 

 tion 11 



Actinolite, composition of 



Adair's History of American Indians, ref- 

 erence to 



Adams, William W., reference to iincient 



knuckle bones found by 



Adler, Dr. Cyrus, assistant curator of ori- 

 ental antiquities 



Biblical Anti q u i t i e s , 



^y 



Bulgarian coin present- 

 ed by 



custodian of religious 



ceremonial objects - . - 



description of shofar by . 



engaged in study of As 



Syrian and Babylonian 



seals in museum col- 



- lections 



ref(;rence to paper on 

 The Shofar, Its Use 



and Origin, by 



reference to publication 



of pajiers by 



specimens of pottery 

 from Jerusalem pre- 

 sented by 



titles of papers by 



Administrative departments, review of 



work in the 



staff 



Aes (=As) of Thessalonica, the 



Africa, accessions from 



to Museum library 



from institutions in - 



account of divinatory practices in . 



bagpipe from 



(East) reference to fortune-telling 



in 



four-sided tabret from 



prehistoric musical instruments 



from 



trumpet (n'feer) from 



A gate (shebo) of the Bible, the 



Agricultural Chemists, Society of, meet- 

 ing of the 



Agriculture, Department of, birds' eggs 

 r e ce i V e d 

 from the . . 

 collection of 

 insects 

 presented 



by 



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