158 KANSAS Academy of Science. 



nell Expedition In search of Sir John Franklin, 1853-'54-'55. 72 pp. and 1 pi. A Grammar and Die. 

 tionary of the Yoruba Language, with an introductory description of the country and people of 

 Yoruba, by Rev. J. T. Bowen, Southern Baptist missionary. 232 pp., and 1 map. 



Vol. XXIII, 1881, contains Lucernarife and their Allies. A Memoir on the Anatomy and Physi- 

 ology of Haliclystus auricula and other Lucernarians, with a disscussion of their relations to 

 other Acalephffi, to Beroids, and to Polypi, by Henry James Clark, B. S., A. B. 13S pp., 11 pi. 

 Geology of Lower Louisiana and the Salt Deposit on Petit Anse Island, by Eugene W. Hilgard, 

 Ph.D. 38 pp., 1 map. Internal Structure of the Earth, considered as aifecting the Phenomena 

 of Precession and Nutation, being the third of the Problems of Rotary motion, by J. G. Barnard, 

 U. S. A. 16 pp. Classification and Synopsis of the TrochilidJB, by Daniel Giraud Elliott, F. R. S. E 

 300 pp., 127 figs. Fever: A Study in Morbid and Normal Physiology, by H. C. Wood, A. M., M. D. 

 266 pp., 5 pi. 



Vol. XXIV, 1885, contains: Article I. Results of Meteorological Observations made at Provi- 

 dence, R. I., extending over 45 years, from December, 1831, to December, 1876, by Alexis Cas- 

 well. 36 pp. Art. II. Tables and Results of the Precipitation, in Rain and Snow, in the United 

 States: Collected by the Smithsonian Institution, and discussed under the direction of Joseph 

 Henry and Spencer F. Baird, secretaries, by Charles A. Schott, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci., etc. 270 

 pp., 5 pi., 5 rainfall maps of the United States, 56x70 cm. 



Vol. XXV, 1885, contains: Article I. Prehistoric Fishing in Europe and North America, by 

 Charles Rau. 360 pp., 405 figs., 1 pi. Art. II. Archaeological Researches in Nicaraugua. by J. F. 

 Bransford, M. D. 104 pp., 137 figs., 2 pi. of 40 figs. Art. III. Contents of a Bone Cave in the 

 Island of Anguilla, West Indies, by Edward D. Cope. 34 pp., 5 pi. 



Vol. XXVI, 1890, contains: Article I. Researches upon the Venoms of Poisonous Seri^ents: The 

 Venoms of Certain Thanatophidepe, by S. Weir Mitchell, M. D., and Edward T. Reichert, M. D. 

 196 pp., 5 col. pi. of 17 figs. Art. II. Genesis of the Arietidfe, by Alpheus Hyatt. 272 pp., 6 fold- 

 ing tables, and 14 pi. 



No. 671, 1889. The Anatomy of Astrangia Danae. 6 litho. pi. of 142 figs., by A. Sonrel: 20 pp. 

 explanation of the plates by J. Walter Fewkes. 



No. 672, 1889. Six Species of North American Fresh Water Fishes. 6 litho. pi. from drawings 

 by A. Sonrel; 12 pp. explanation of plates by David Starr Jordan. 



No. 800, 1891. Plates, prepared between the years 1849 and 1859, to accompany a report on the 

 Forest Trees of North America, by Asa Gray. Contains the following elaborate illustrations: 

 PI. 1, Magnolia grandiflora: 2, M. glauca; 3, M. umbrella; 4. M. auriculata; 8, Liriodendron tulipi- 

 fera; 10, Tilia americana; 20, Acer rubrum; 25, A. spicatum; 27, iEsculus glabra: 30. 3^. dist^olor; 

 31, M. parviflora; 34, Robinia pseudacacia; 35, R. viscosa; 39, Cercis canadensis; 40, Gymnocladus 

 canadensis; 41, Gleditschia triacanthos; 46, Prunus americana; 47, P. chicasa; 48, Cerasus penn_ 

 sylvanica; 49, C. virginiana; 50, C. serotina; 51, Pyrus coronaria; 63, Cornus alternifolia. 



No. 801. Experiments in Aerodynamics, by S. P. Langley, secretary Smithsonian Institution- 

 120 pp., 11 figs., 10 pi. 



Vol. XXVIII, 1892. Life Histories of North American Birds, with special reference to their 

 breeding habits and eggs, by Chas. Bendire, Captain U. S. A. (retired), Honorable Curator United 

 States National Museum. 456 pp., 12 col. litho. pi. of 135 figs, of eggs in natural sizes and colors. 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, regular size, 15x24 cm., unbound. Vol. XVI, 1880, eon- 

 tains: Art. I. Land and Fresh-water Shells of North America, by Geo. W. Tryon, jr. Part IV, 

 Strepomatldae (American Melanlans). 490 pp., 833 figs. II. Catalogue of the Described Diptera 

 of North America, by C. R. Oaten Sacken. 324 pp. III. The Toner Lectures: Lecture VII. The 

 Nature of Reparatory Inflammation in Arteries after Ligature, Acupressure, and Torsion, by 

 Edward O. Shakespeare, M. D. 74 pp., 7 pi. VI. List of Described Species of Humming Birds, 

 by Daniel Giraud Elliott. 22 pp. 



Vol. XVII, 1880, 1032 pp., relating to The Smithsonian Institution: Its Origin, History, etc. 

 Edited by William J. Rhees, chief clerk of the Institution. 



Vol. XVIII, 1880. The Smithsonian Institution: Journal of Proceedings of the Board of Re- 

 gents, Journal of Executive Committee, Reports of Committees, Eulogies, Statistics, etc., 1846 to' 

 1876. 856 pp. 



Vol. XIX, 1880. Proceedfngs of the United States National Museum. Vol. I, 1878, 524 pp.. 5 pi. ; 

 Vol. II., 1879, 504 pp., 7 pi. 



Vol. XX, 1881. Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington, Vol. I, March, 1871, to June, 

 1874, 218 pp.; Vol. II, October, 1874, to November, 1878, 452 pp.; Vol. Ill, November, 1878, to June, 



1880, 172 pp. 



Vol. XXI, 1881. Memoir of James Smithson, his Beiiuest, Scientific Writings, etc., by \Vm. J. 

 Rhees, Walter R. Johnson, and J. R. McD. Irby. 23G pp., 5 pi. A memorial of Professor Joseph 

 Henry. 532 pp., with portrait. 



Vol. XXII, 1882. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, Vol. Ill, 1880, 600 pp.: Vol. IV' 



1881, 692 pp. 



