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DISTRIBUTION 



In all, 661,370 copies of publications and miscellaneous items were 

 distributed. Publications: 33 Contributions to Knowledge, 31,963 

 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 7,373 Annual Report volumes 

 and 23,284 pamplilet copies of Report separates, 44,798 special pub- 

 lications, 233 reports of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, 47,497 

 publications of the National Museum, 31,547 publications of the Bu- 

 reau of American Ethnology, 26,671 publications of the National 

 Collection of Fine Arts, 1,112 publications of the Freer Gallery of 

 Art, 16,243 publications of the Astropliysical Observatory, 2,944 Re- 

 ports of the American Historical Association, and 3,688 publications 

 not issued by the Smithsonian Institution. Miscellaneous items: 232 

 North American Wild Flowers and 6 Wild Flower prints, 4 Pitcher 

 Plant volumes, 48,656 Guide Books, 17,473 picture pamphlets, 255,271 

 postcards and postcard folders, 20,794 color slides, 78,425 informa- 

 tion leaflets, 10 New IMuseum of History and Technology pamphlets. 

 There were also distributed 401 statuettes, 2,337 Viewmaster reels, 

 and 1 filmstrip and 1 filmstrip record.^ 



SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



In this series, under the immediate editorship of Ruth B. MaclNIanus, 

 there were issued 11 papers and title pages and contents of 4 volumes, 

 as follows : 



Volume 119 



Title page and table of contents. ( Publ. 4384. ) [July] 19.59. 



Volume 135 



Title page and table of contents. (Publ. 4386.) [August] 1959. 



Volume 136 



Title page and table of contents. ( Publ. 4387. ) [August] 1959. 



Volume 138 



No. 5. A biological study of Katmai National Monument, by Victor H. Cahalane. 



246 pp., 17 pis., 4 figs. (Publ. 4376.) Aug. 20, 1959. ($3.00.) 

 Title page and table of contents. ( PubL 4418. ) [March] 1960. 



Volume 139 



No. 2. The birds of Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Panama, by Alexander Wetmore. 



27 pp., 1 pi., 3 figs. (PubL4378.) July 8, 19.59. (50 cents.) 

 No. 3. Further observations on distribution of patterns of coagulation of the 



hemolymph in neotropical insects, by Charles Gr^goire. 23 pp. (Publ. 4379.) 



Aug. 18, 19.59. ( 40 cents. ) 

 No. 4. A review of the genus Hoplomys (thick-spined rats), with description of 



a now form from Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Panama, by Charles O. Handley, 



Jr. 10 pp., 1 fig. (PubL4380.) July 3, 1959. (25 cents.) 



^Additional copies of the Institution's filmstrip and record. "Let's Visit the Smith- 

 sonian," were distributed through the Society for Visual Education, Chicago, 111. 



