588 INDEX. 



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Oxides, emery 220 



gibbsite - 239 



ilmenite 245 



manganese oxides 252 



ocher 239 



rutile 245 



silica 215 



Ozokerite - 451 



occurrences of 453 



uses of 454 



Pagodite 322 



Pair of candlesticks - 550 



Paleobotany, section of, accessions to 39 



installation in 46 



Palmer, Edward, made collections for Museunr - 66 



Palmer, William, collecting outfit furnished to 68 



material collected by 67 



small shrikes of North America studied by 59 



title of paper by 143 



Pan-American Exposition 13, 69 



Paper c;lay 346 



Papers describing and illustrating collections in the U. S. National Museum . . 153 



iniblished in separate form during year ending June 30, 1899 151 



Passing of the Israelites through the Red Sea 560 



Passover dish - 555 



Patented heddle frames 503 



Peabody, George, gifts to Yale University by - 70 



Peabody Museum, reference to establishment of 70 



Peale, A. C. , appointed aid in section of paleobotany 39, 51 



Peat 424 



analyses of 425 



Peru, distrilnition of specimens in 123 



Petalite 308 



mode of occurrence of 309 



Petroleum 434 



analysis of 434 



uses of 435 



Phosphates -* 356 



amblygonite 390 



apatite 356 



descloizite 388 



in Belgium 371 



Canada 362 



England 368 



France 369 



Germanv 370 



Italy..! 373 



Maltese Islands 373 



Norway 363 



Portugal 372 



Russia 373 



Spain 371 



Tunis 373 



