118 ANNUAL. REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1924 



The Republic of Salvador, by Paul C. Standley. 



The tent caterpillar, by R. E. Snodgrass. 



The life history and habits of the solitary wasp, Philanthus gihhosus, by Ed- 

 ward G. Reinhard. 



The use of idols in Hopi worship, by J. Walter Fewkes. 



Two Chaco Canyon pit houses, by Neil M. Judd. 



Collections of Old World archeology in the United States National Museum, 

 by I. M. Casanowicz. 



The " Shake Religion " of Puget Sound, by T. T. Waterman. 



Excavations at Askalon, by Prof. J. Garstang. 



National efforts at home making, by F. H. Newell. 



Ideals of the telephone service, by John J. Carty. 



Report for- 1923. — The report of the executive committee and pro- 

 ceedings of the Board of Regents of the Institution, and the report 

 of the secretary, both forming parts of the annual report of the 

 Board of Regents to Congress, were issued in pamphlet form in 

 December, 1923. 



Report of the executive committee and proceedings of the Board of Regents of 

 the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30, 1923. 13 pp. 

 (Publ. 2750.) 



Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for year ending June 

 30, 1923. 125 pp. (Publ. 2749.) 



The general appendix to this report, which was in press at the 

 close of the year, contains the following papers : 



The constitution and evolution of the stars, by Henry Norris Russell. 



The sun and sunspots, 1820-1920, by E. Walter Maunder. 



Joining the electric wave and heat wave spectra, by E. F. Nichols and J. D. 



Tear. 

 The possibilities of instrumental development, by George E. Hale. 

 The borderland of astronomy and geology, by Prof. A. S. Eddington. 

 Atmospheric nitrogen fixation, by Eric A. Lof. 

 The place of proteins in the diet in the light of the newer knowledge of 



nutrition, by H. H. Mitchell. 

 The story of the production and uses of ductile tantalum, by Clarence W. 



Balke. 

 The composition of the earth's interior, by L. H. Adams and N. L. Williamson. 

 Diamond-bearing peridotite in Pike County, Ark., by H. D. Miser and C. S. 



Ross. / 



Recent progress and trends in vertebrate paleontology, by W. D. Matthew. 

 Animals in the National Zoological Park, by N. HoUister. 

 The burrowing rodents of California as agents in soil formation, by Joseph 



Grinnell. 

 The natural history of China, by A. de C. Sowerby. 

 Life in the ocean, by Austin H. Clark. 

 A study of the flight of sea gulls, by R. C. Miller. 

 Insect musicians and their instruments, by R. E. Snodgrass. 

 The gardens of ancient Mexico, by Mrs. Zelia Nuttall. 

 A new national monument (Hovonweep), by J. Walter Fewkes. 

 The genesis of the American Indian, by A. HrdliC-ka. 

 Ruined cities of Palestine, east and west of the Jordan, by Arthur W. Sutton. 



