1088 



INDEX. 



Page. 

 Musical instruments, prehistoric, from 



Scandinavia 527 



prehistoric, from 



Scotland 547 



prehistoric, from 



South America. . . 624 



prehistoric, from 



Spain 560 



prehistoric, list of 

 nndetermi ned, 

 in t li e National 



Museum 572 



prehi8toric, of the 

 Pueblo Indians, 

 Arizona and 



New Mexico 583 



primitive, from Brit- 

 ish Guiana 649 



Eowbotliani's the- 

 ory concerning 

 various stages of 



aboriginal 518,519 



tubular or reed- 

 shaped, from Chi- 

 riqui, Colombia .. 648 



used by Indians of 

 the Northwest 



Coast 565 



Walla.schek's t h e - 

 oryconcerningde- 

 velopment of abo- 

 riginal 520 



wind, mentioned 



in the Bible 974,976 



scale, different opinions as lo the, 



used by primitive peoples 664 



stringed instruments mentioned 

 1 n t h e 

 Bible... 974,978 

 theory con- 

 cerning 

 aborigi- 

 nal 518 



wind instruments, ancient, from 



Mexico ... 595 



theory c o n - 

 cerning ab- 

 original... 517 

 Myrmeciaformicata, specimen of, received 



from Edgar J. Bradley 26 



Nace, Abram D., implements for Arapahoe 



dice game collected by 691 



Nadaillac, Marquis de, observations on 



])rehistoric whistles by 524 



Naipes, or Spanish playing-cards 935, 936 



Namseung-to, Korean game of 820 



Nansen.F., quoted 1029 



Narragansett Indians, dice game of 



the 704 



Nash, G. v., specimens of plants pur- 

 chased from 78 



Natchesan stock, games of the 7.38 



Natchez Indians, stave game of the 738 



National Academy of Sciences, list of 

 papers to bo read at meeting (1896) of 

 the 269 



National Academy of Sciences, meeting of 

 the i 44 



National Cabinet delivered to the Regents 

 of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution 4 



of Curiosities transfer- 

 red to Smithsonian In- 

 stitution 4 



National Herbarium, catalogue entries in . 80 

 copy of letter from 

 Acting Secretary 

 of Smithsonian In- 

 stitution to United 

 States Senate con- 

 cerning additional 

 appropriation for 

 maintenance of. . . 81,82 

 copy of letter from 

 Assistant Secretary 

 of Agriculture to 

 United States Sen- 

 ate, concerning ad- 

 ditional appropria- 

 tion for mainte- 

 nance of 81 



number of speci- 

 mens added to the. 80 

 report concerning 



condition of 79 



review of work in . . 77 



tran sfer of, to th e Na- 

 tional Museum... 80 



National Institute dissolved in 1861 290 



established in 1841 290 



expiration (18 61) of 



charter of the 299 



lack of funds for proper 

 care of collections of 



the 293 



organization of 4 



reference to collections 



under care of 291 



report (1842) of commit- 

 tee in charge of 291 



transfer (1858) of collec- 

 tions of the, to Smith- 

 sonian Institution.. 297 

 National Museum, TJ. S., accessions to the 

 collections in 



the 20 



An Account of 

 the, by Freder- 

 ick W. True.. 287 

 appropriation 

 bill passed 

 (1879) forbuild- 



ing for the 304 



appropriations 



for the 24,271 



bibliography of, 



1895 195 



bill introduced 

 into Congress 

 for an addi- 

 tional building 

 for use of the. 45 



